[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2018.01.28"] [Round "13"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2018.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.02.02"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ne4 16. Ndxe4 dxe4 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Bh4 Qa6 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. O-O Bf8 21. Qg4 Qxc4 22. Nxe4 Kh8 23. h3 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Qxg4 25. hxg4 Rxc5 26. Rd7 Rb5 27. b4 f6 28. g5 fxg5 29. Bxg5 a5 30. Rfd1 Kg8 31. Bd8 axb4 32. a4 Rc5 33. Rxb7 Rc8 34. Ba5 Rc4 35. Rd5 b3 36. Rxb3 Rxa4 37. Bc3 e4 38. Rb7 Ra6 39. Rdd7 Rg6 40. g3 Rc8 41. Bd4 Re8 42. Kg2 Rc8 43. Kh3 Re8 44. Rf7 Rc8 45. Rf4 Re8 46. Bc3 Rge6 47. Rff7 Rg6 48. Rfc7 Rd8 49. Kg2 Re8 50. Kf1 Rd8 51. Ke2 Re8 52. Kd1 Rg5 53. Kc2 Rf5 54. Bxg7 Bd6 55. Rd7 Rxf2+ 56. Kb3 Bxg3 57. Bd4 Be5 58. Bxe5 Rxe5 59. Rg7+ Kf8 60. Rxh7 Kg8 61. Kc4 Rg2 62. Rhe7 Rxe7 63. Rxe7 Kf8 64. Rxe4 Rg5 65. Kd4 Kf7 66. Re5 Rg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2018.01.27"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C83"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2018.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.02.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 Be7 21. Kh1 d4 22. cxd4 c4 23. b3 Bc5 24. bxc4 Rxd4 25. Qf3 bxc4 26. Rfd1 g6 27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Qb7 Bb6 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Ba4 Qb6 32. Qxb6 Bxb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2018.01.26"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Hou, Yifan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2680"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2018.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.02.02"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. d5 Ne5 16. Bb5 exd5 17. exd5 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bc5 19. Rbc1 Qe7 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Bc6 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Qc7 24. Rd6 Rcd8 25. Rcd1 h6 26. g3 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Rc8 28. Qe5 b5 29. Qd5 Kh7 30. Qe4+ Kg8 31. Rd7 Qa5 32. c7 Rf8 33. Qe7 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2018.01.24"] [Round "10"] [White "Jones, Gawain C B"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2018.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.02.02"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d6 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. Be4 e6 13. b3 f5 14. Bc2 g6 15. bxc4 e5 16. d4 exd4 17. Bg5 Bg7 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Qd3 Qf4 20. Qd2 Qxd2 21. Nbxd2 dxc3 22. Nb3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nb4 24. Re2 Nxc4 25. Rc1 b5 26. Na1 Bh6 27. Rb1 a5 28. Kg2 Nd2 29. Rbe1 Bf4 30. Re7 Rd7 31. Re8+ Kc7 32. Ra8 a4 33. Re6 Kb7 34. Rae8 Bd6 35. Bd1 Nd5 36. Re1 Nf4+ 37. Kh1 Bc5 38. Be2 Nxe2 39. R1xe2 b4 40. R2e5 Rc7 0-1 [Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2018.01.23"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2834"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2018.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.02.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Nb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bg5 Bg7 18. Bd3 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 c6 20. Be3 Qc7 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Qc1 Bc8 23. Qc2 Nfd7 24. c4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Qxc4 Nf8 27. Rc1 Bb7 28. Nf1 Ne6 29. N1d2 Qa5 30. Ng5 Nxg5 31. Bxg5 Bf8 32. Be3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2018.01.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D40"] [WhiteElo "2768"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2018.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.02.02"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rc1 a5 14. Nb5 Bb8 15. bxa5 Nxa5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nc7 Bxc7 18. Rxc7 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Nd4 Nc4 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. e4 d4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qb3 Rc7 25. f4 h6 26. f5 Re7 27. fxe6 Qxe6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2018.01.20"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2787"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2018.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.02.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a4 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. h3 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Qe2 Qf6 13. Bh2 Nf4 14. Bxf4 gxf4 15. g4 Ne7 16. b4 Ng6 17. Kd1 h5 18. g5 Qe7 19. b5 Kf8 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. d4 Kg7 22. d5 Bd7 23. Kc2 Rhb8 24. Bxa6 Bxf2 25. Bb5 Be3 26. h4 Ra5 27. c4 Rba8 28. Kb3 Nf8 29. Rhc1 Bg4 30. Kc2 Bxd2 31. Kxd2 Nd7 32. Ra3 Nc5 33. Bc6 Rb8 34. Ke1 Qd8 35. Qc2 Bxf3 36. Rxf3 Qc8 0-1 [Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2018.01.19"] [Round "6"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E03"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2018.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.02.02"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nf3 b5 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Bc6 13. O-O d4 14. Bf4 Qd5 15. f3 d3 16. exd3 Qxc5+ 17. Qxc5 Bxc5+ 18. Kg2 Bd4 19. Nc3 Kd7 20. Rae1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2018.01.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Wei, Yi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2743"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2018.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.02.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Rae8 13. Bf4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Bd6 15. c4 Qh5 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Qa3 Qa5 18. Qxd6 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Rd8 20. Re3 h6 21. Qf4 Qxa2 22. d5 Na5 23. Qc7 Qb1+ 24. Re1 Qb6 25. Re7 Qxc7 26. Rxc7 b5 27. cxb5 Rxd5 28. h3 Rxb5 29. Rxa7 Nc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2018.01.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Adhiban, Baskaran"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2018.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.02.02"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. g3 cxb4 5. a3 b3 6. d3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 e5 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. Nxb3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Rb8 12. Ne1 Bd7 13. Nc2 b5 14. Nd2 a6 15. Nb4 Nxb4 16. axb4 bxc4 17. Nxc4 Bb5 18. Nxe5 Bxb4 19. Rb1 a5 20. Ng4 Rb6 21. Qc1 Qc8 22. Ne5 Qe6 23. Nf3 Qxe2 24. Nxd4 Qxd3 25. Rd1 Qg6 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Nxb5 Rxb5 28. Qc6 Qf5 29. Be4 Qe5 30. Rd7 Rc5 31. Qb7 g6 32. Bd5 Qf6 33. Rb3 Rc3 34. Rxc3 Bxc3 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Bxf7+ Qxf7 37. Qc8+ Qf8 38. Qc4+ Qf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2018.01.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2811"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2018.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.02.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. b4 Nc7 13. f3 Bg6 14. c5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Ng5 16. Bb2 d4 17. f4 Nd5 18. fxg5 Ne3 19. Qd2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nxf1 21. Kxf1 Qxg5 22. Nd2 Qxe5 23. Nf3 Qh5 24. Qxd4 f6 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. Bc1 Rfe8 27. Bf4 a5 28. Bd6 axb4 29. Qxb4 Qd5 30. Qxb7 h6 31. Kg1 Ra4 32. h3 Rc4 33. Qb2 Qd3 34. Ra2 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Rc1 36. a4 f5 37. Qb7 f4 38. Bxf4 Rxc5 39. Rd2 Qxa4 40. Qf7 Rg8 41. Be5 Qc4 42. Rd6 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2018.01.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2018.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.02.02"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nfd2 Na5 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 O-O 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 e5 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Bc3 Nc6 16. Rab1 h6 17. f3 Re7 18. Kf2 f6 19. Bd5+ Kh7 20. Be4+ Kg8 21. Bb4 Rc7 22. Bd6 Rd7 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. Bxc4 Nd4 25. Bc5 Rc7 26. Bxd4 Rxc4 27. Be3 b6 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 Bb7 31. Rxa8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2018.01.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2718"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2018.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.02.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Bc2 Nh5 13. a4 b4 14. cxb4 Nc6 15. b5 Nb4 16. Nc4 Nxg3 17. hxg3 g4 18. Nh4 axb5 19. axb5 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Nxc2 22. Qa4 Qf6+ 23. Kg1 Nd4 24. b6+ Bd7 25. Qd1 cxb6 26. Kh2 O-O 27. Rf1 Qg5 28. Nxd6 Be6 29. Nhf5 Nxf5 30. exf5 Bd5 31. Qe2 Qf6 32. Qxg4+ Kh7 33. Ne4 Bxe4 34. dxe4 Rd8 35. Rc1 Rd4 36. Rc7 Rb4 37. Qe2 Kg7 38. Rc8 Qg5 39. Rc6 Rb3 40. Rc3 Rb4 41. b3 Rd4 42. Rc6 Rb4 43. Qf3 Kh7 44. Rd6 Kg7 45. Rd5 Qf6 46. Kg1 Kh7 47. Qd3 Kg7 48. Kf2 Rd4 49. Rxd4 exd4 50. Qb5 Qd8 51. Qd5 Qf6 52. g4 Kg8 53. Kf3 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.30"] [Round "14"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B28"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2691"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg4 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Nd4 Rc8 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qxc6+ Rxc6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bg2 Rc7 16. Bb6 Rd7 17. O-O-O Nd5 18. Nc4 e6 19. Rhe1 Nxb6 20. Nxb6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bc5 22. Nc4 b5 23. Ne5 Bxf2 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Rd6 Ke7 26. Rxa6 Rd8 27. Kc2 Be3 28. Bf1 Rd2+ 29. Kb3 Rf2 30. Bxb5 Bc1 31. a4 Rxb2+ 32. Kc4 f5 33. Ra7+ Kf6 34. a5 Be3 35. Ra8 f4 36. Bc6 Kg5 37. Re8 Kh4 38. Rxe6 Kxh3 39. Rxg6 Kg3 40. Rxg7 f3 41. Bxf3 Kxf3 42. g5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.30"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Qe7 12. Bd3 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. h3 Bb4 15. Qh4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa3+ 17. Kd2 Bd7 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bd4 Ne4+ 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qg4 Rf7 22. Qxe6 Re8 23. Qb3 e3+ 24. Bxe3 Qd6+ 25. Kc1 Qg6 26. Bd4 Kh8 27. Rhe1 Rxf4 28. g4 Rff8 29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. Kb2 h6 31. Qb4 Kh7 32. Qd6 Rf7 33. c4 Qe4 34. Rd3 Qg6 35. Qc5 Qe4 36. Re3 Qg6 37. Bc3 Ba4 38. Rd3 b5 39. cxb5 Rb7 40. Kc1 Rxb5 41. Qe7 Rb6 42. Bxg7 Qxg7 43. Qe4+ Qg6 44. Qxa4 Qe6 45. Qd7+ Kg6 46. Qxe6+ Rxe6 47. c4 h5 48. gxh5+ Kxh5 49. c5 Re4 50. Rc3 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.30"] [Round "16"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2718"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. e5 Nh6 8. Ne4 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. c3 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nd7 12. Nf2 Be6 13. Ng5 Bd5 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Ngxe4 c5 16. dxc5 Qc6 17. e6 Nxc5 18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Ng5 Rf5 20. Nf3 Nf7 21. Be3 Nd6 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Nc4 24. Ng4 Rh5 25. Nh6+ Rxh6 26. Bxh6 Ne6 27. Qf2 Kh8 28. Rae1 Rg8 29. Qf7 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Qh5 31. Rxe6 Qxh6 32. Rxe7 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.30"] [Round "18"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2760"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.30"] [Round "19"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B09"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2601"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. a3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 b6 8. e5 Ng4 9. Bg1 Nh6 10. Bd3 f6 11. Be4 Bb7 12. e6 f5 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. d5 Bb7 15. Bd4 c6 16. h4 cxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h5 Rf6 19. Nd4 Ng4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qd3 Rf8 22. O-O-O Qe8 23. Qg3 Rh8 24. Rh3 Qf8 25. Rdh1 Qf6 26. Ncb5 a6 27. Nc7 Qxd4 28. Nxa8 Rxh3 29. gxh3 Qe3+ 30. Qxe3 Nxe3 31. Nxb6 Ng2 32. Rf1 Kf6 33. Kd2 Kxe6 34. Rf2 Nh4 35. b4 Kf7 36. a4 e5 37. c3 Ke6 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 exf4 40. Rxf4 g5 41. Ra4 d4 42. cxd4 g4 43. hxg4 fxg4 44. d5+ Bxd5 45. Rxg4 Nf3+ 46. Kc3 Ne5 47. Rg8 Bf3 48. Nc4 Nd7 49. Rg6+ Ke7 50. Rxd6 Nc5 51. Rh6 Be2 52. Kb4 Nd3+ 53. Ka5 Nc5 54. Ne5 Nb7+ 55. Kb6 Nd6 56. Nc6+ Kd7 57. Nd4 Bd3 58. Kc5 Ne4+ 59. Kb4 Nd6 60. b6 Be4 61. Nb5 Nb7 62. Nc3 Bc6 63. Rh7+ Kd6 64. Nb5+ Kd5 65. Rh5+ Ke6 66. Nd4+ Kd7 67. Rh7+ Kd6 68. Rh6+ 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.30"] [Round "17"] [White "Jobava, Baadur"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Qf3 Bb4 10. Bd3 Nb5 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. Qg3 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bd6 Rf7 17. Rb3 Ba5 18. e4 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. e5 c5 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qh4+ Kg8 23. Rh3 Kf8 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Rg3 Qd8 26. exf6+ gxf6 27. Rg8 Qc7 28. dxc5 Kd7 29. h4 Kc6 30. h5 Rh7 31. Qxf6 Rxh5 32. f4 Rf5 33. Qg6 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.30"] [Round "13"] [White "Korobov, Anton"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1 c5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxc5 11. O-O Bd7 12. Ne5 Be8 13. Qe2 Nfd7 14. Bg3 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bg3 Nf6 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Rc8 19. Bd3 Qa5 20. a3 Nh5 21. Qf3 Nxg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.30"] [Round "15"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Bc5 8. e3 Bb4 9. Bd2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qb3 Ba5 14. Qxb6 Bxb6 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Rfd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.30"] [Round "21"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 a6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. Ne4 Ba7 13. b4 Nce7 14. Bd2 c6 15. Ng3 Bf7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Qd7 19. Ne4 Nf5 20. Nc5 Qc8 21. Nb3 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qg4 Nde7 24. Bxf7+ Qxf7 25. Nc5 b6 26. Nd7 h5 27. Qf4 Rd8 28. Nxb6 Rxd4 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Bc3 Rd3 31. Be1 Nh4 32. Qf4 Neg6 33. Qc4 Qxc4 34. Nxc4 Nf4 35. Ne3 Rb3 36. Kf1 Nhg6 37. Nc4 Ne5 38. Nxe5 fxe5 39. Bd2 Rb2 40. Bc3 Rc2 41. Bxe5 Nd3 42. Bd4 Nxb4 43. Rb1 Rc4 44. Bb6 Nd5 45. a5 c5 46. Ke2 Rc2+ 47. Kf3 c4 48. Bd4 Rd2 49. Ke4 Nf6+ 50. Ke3 Rd3+ 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.30"] [Round "20"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. Qe2 Bg5 14. Nf5 d5 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. d4 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Nd6 19. Qg4 Qc7 20. Bd3 Rce8 21. Re5 g6 22. c3 f6 23. Ree1 Kg7 24. h4 f5 25. Qf4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rxe8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.29"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2837"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. d5 Nb8 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf4 b5 10. a3 a6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Na2 Bb7 21. c3 Ne8 22. Bg3 Nf6 23. Be5 Ne4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rd7 Nc5 26. Rxe7 Kf6 27. Re3 Rd8 28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Rd1+ 30. Bf1 Rd2 31. Re2 Rd1 32. Nc3 Rc1 33. f3 a5 34. Kf2 Ba6 35. Re1 Rc2+ 36. Kg3 Bxf1 37. Nd5+ Kg7 38. Rxf1 Rxb2 39. Rc1 Nd3 40. Rc3 Ne1 41. Ne3 Re2 42. f4 h5 43. h3 h4+ 44. Kg4 f5+ 45. Kg5 Kf7 46. a4 Nxg2 47. Nxg2 Rxg2+ 48. Kxh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.29"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. Na3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nc2 Qe8 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Rd8 13. Qe2 d5 14. Rfe1 Qg6 15. Nf1 Nh5 16. Ng3 Nf4 17. Qc2 h5 18. Kh1 Qg4 19. Ng1 h4 20. f3 Qg6 21. Nf1 d4 22. Rad1 Rd6 23. g3 Nh5 24. gxh4 Rf4 25. Qg2 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rxh4 27. Ne2 Nf4+ 28. Nxf4 exf4 29. Nd2 Ne5 30. Nc4 Nxc4 31. dxc4 d3 32. Rd2 e5 33. Red1 Rg6+ 34. Kh1 Rgh6 35. Rf2 Rd6 36. Rfd2 Rdh6 37. Rf2 Rd6 38. Rfd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.29"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2639"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. c3 d6 7. a4 h6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Ba7 10. b4 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Qe7 16. g3 a5 17. Nd2 axb4 18. cxb4 d5 19. Qb3 c6 20. b5 Kh7 21. a5 Nd7 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rec1 Qf6 24. Rf1 Nf4 25. gxf4 exf4 26. Nc2 f3 27. Kh1 Qh4 28. exd5 cxd5 29. d4 Nf6 30. Qd3+ Ne4 31. Ne3 Kh8 32. Nxe4 dxe4 33. Qb3 Rf6 34. a6 e5 35. Qb7 Re8 36. dxe5 Rxe5 37. Qb8+ 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.29"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2672"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Bd6 6. e4 Ne7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c3 Nd7 9. d4 Bh5 10. Re1 Rc8 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qc2 c5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Qe4 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Bg6 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Be3 a6 23. Rxd5 Rfd8 24. Rad1 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Be4 26. Rd6 Bc6 27. Kf1 f6 28. Ke2 Kf7 29. c4 Ke7 30. Bc5 Kf7 31. b3 Re8+ 32. Kd2 Re5 33. Be3 Re7 34. Kc3 Rd7 35. Rxd7+ Bxd7 36. Kd4 Bc6 37. Kc5 Ke6 38. Kb6 Kd7 39. b4 Bf3 40. b5 axb5 41. cxb5 g5 42. a4 h5 43. h4 gxh4 44. gxh4 f5 45. Bf4 Be4 46. a5 Bf3 47. Kc5 Be2 48. Kb6 Bf3 49. a6 bxa6 50. bxa6 Kc8 51. Kc5 Be2 52. a7 Kb7 53. Bb8 Bg4 54. Kd4 Bd1 55. Ke5 Bg4 56. Kf4 Bh3 57. Kg3 Bf1 58. Kf3 Ka8 59. Kf4 Bh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.29"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2678"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2 f5 9. c3 Be7 10. Rg1 c4 11. g4 g6 12. gxf5 exf5 13. Kf2 b5 14. b3 Nb6 15. Ng3 Be6 16. Rh1 a5 17. h4 h5 18. Rb1 Rb8 19. bxc4 Nxc4 20. Bd3 Qd7 21. Ne2 b4 22. Rg1 Rg8 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Rxg5 Kf7 25. Kf3 bxc3 26. Nxc3 Rxb1 27. Bxb1 Rb8 28. Bd3 Ne7 29. Rg2 Nb2 30. Qb1 Nxd3 31. Qxd3 Qc6 32. Rc2 Qc4 33. Qd1 Rc8 34. Rc1 Qb4 35. Ne2 Rc4 36. Rb1 Qa3 37. Qb3 Qxb3 38. axb3 Rc2 39. b4 axb4 40. Rxb4 Bc8 41. Ng1 Ba6 42. Nh3 Bd3 43. Ng5+ Ke8 44. Bf2 Be4+ 45. Ke3 Nc6 46. Ra4 Rc3+ 47. Kd2 Rc2+ 48. Ke1 Rc1+ 49. Kd2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.29"] [Round "9"] [White "Demchenko, Anton"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. O-O g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. Kh1 Nh5 12. a4 Nf4 13. b4 Ng6 14. Ne1 Nd8 15. Nc2 Ne6 16. Ne3 Nef4 17. Re1 h5 18. f3 g4 19. Bf2 Qg5 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 Bxd4 22. Rc1 Be5 23. Bf1 Ne6 24. Nd5 g3 25. Bxg3 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Qxg3 27. e5 Qh4+ 28. Kg1 Qd4+ 29. Ne3 Nxe5 30. Qe2 Nf4 31. Qf2 Rg8 32. Kh2 Be6 33. Qh4 Neg6 34. Qf2 Ne5 35. Ne4 Ned3 36. Bxd3 Nxd3 37. Qh4 Qe5+ 38. Kg1 Rg6 39. Nc4 Qf4 40. Qxf4 Nxf4 41. Ne3 Nd3 42. Rxc7 Nxe1 43. Nxd6+ Kf8 44. Kf2 Nd3+ 45. Ke2 Nf4+ 46. Kd2 Rd8 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.29"] [Round "3"] [White "Moiseenko, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2667"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Nd6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nc3 e3 7. Bxe3 e6 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. Qe2 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bf4 O-O 14. g4 Re8 15. Kb1 Bf8 16. Qf2 Nc4 17. h4 b5 18. h5 Qe7 19. Nh3 Nxb2 20. Kxb2 Qb4+ 21. Ka1 Qc3+ 22. Kb1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.29"] [Round "11"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. b4 Bd4 5. Rb1 c6 6. e3 cxd5 7. exd4 d6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. d4 e4 10. c5 Ne7 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Nc3 Nf5 13. b5 a6 14. a4 axb5 15. axb5 Be6 16. Be2 Nd7 17. O-O Qf6 18. c6 Nb6 19. cxb7 Ra7 20. Bf4 Nxd4 21. b8=Q Rxb8 22. Bxb8 Ra3 23. Bc7 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.29"] [Round "5"] [White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Bb2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Be2 Ng6 8. c4 d4 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qf6 11. Nc2 Qxb2 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Nd4 Qa3 14. Bf3 Qa6 15. a3 Nc6 16. Ndb5 Qb6 17. d4 a6 18. Na4 Qd8 19. Nbc3 Be7 20. c5 O-O 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. b4 Bf6 23. Ne2 Be8 24. Ra2 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Rd2 e5 27. Kh1 Bc6 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.29"] [Round "1"] [White "Zhao, Jun"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "2604"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. e4 d4 7. a4 Be7 8. Na3 O-O 9. Bd2 Ne8 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Ne1 Be6 12. f4 f6 13. f5 Bf7 14. g4 Nd6 15. b3 a6 16. a5 Nb5 17. h4 Nc3 18. Qf3 Bxc4 19. dxc4 Nxa5 20. g5 Nc6 21. Qh5 Rfd8 22. Nd3 Nb4 23. Rac1 b5 24. Nb2 Bf8 25. Rfe1 h6 26. Bf1 Qf7 27. Qg4 fxg5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Bxg5 Be7 30. Bd2 Rd6 31. Bd3 Bf6 32. Kg2 Kf8 33. Rh1 Ke7 34. Ra1 Rdd8 35. Qg3 Kd7 36. Bxc3 dxc3 37. Nd1 Nxd3 38. cxd3 b4 39. Ne3 Kc6 40. Nd5 a5 41. Ra4 Rxd5 42. exd5+ Kb6 43. Qg4 e4 44. dxe4 Qc7 45. Qg3 Qxg3+ 46. Kxg3 Re8 47. Kf3 Bg5 48. Ra2 Bf6 49. Ra4 Bg5 50. Ra2 Bf6 51. Ra4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Zhigalko, Sergei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2641"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "144"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 f6 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. Be3 Ne6 13. O-O O-O 14. b4 Qd6 15. c3 c5 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Bxd4 19. Rfd1 c5 20. Qc4 Rfc8 21. Qb3 Qb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Kf1 Ra4 26. Ke2 Rb4 27. Rd2 Nc5 28. Rxd4 Rxb2+ 29. Ke3 Rb3+ 30. Ke2 Ne6 31. Rd7 Nf4+ 32. Kf1 Rb1+ 33. Ne1 Ne6 34. Rxb7 Nc5 35. Rb8+ Kf7 36. Ke2 Nxe4 37. Nd3 Nd6 38. g4 b5 39. h4 Ra1 40. Rb6 Ke6 41. f3 Kd5 42. Rb8 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Ra3 44. Ke2 Kd4 45. Nb4 Re3+ 46. Kf2 Rb3 47. Nc6+ Kc5 48. Nd8 Rb2+ 49. Kg3 Re2 50. Nb7+ Nxb7 51. Rxb7 b4 52. Rc7+ Kb6 53. Rxg7 b3 54. Rg8 Kc7 55. Rg7+ Kc6 56. Rg8 Re7 57. Rc8+ Rc7 58. Re8 b2 59. Re1 Kd5 60. Rb1 Rb7 61. Kf4 Rb3 62. g5 Ke6 63. Kg4 Rb4+ 64. f4 Kf7 65. Kh5 Kg7 66. f5 Rb8 67. Kg4 Rb5 68. Kh5 Rb4 69. g6 h6 70. Rd1 b1=Q 71. Rd7+ Kf8 72. Rd8+ Ke7 0-1 [Event "Wch Rapid playoff"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.28"] [Round "16"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2771"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2017.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Kg7 10. Nbd2 a5 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bb5 Ba7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. d4 Nh5 15. dxe5 Nxg3 16. hxg3 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Qf6 18. Nef3 Rad8 19. Qe2 g4 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Qxd4 22. Nb3 Qb4 23. Rac1 a4 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. a3 Qb5 26. Qc2 Rfe8 27. Nxa4 Kg8 28. Nc5 Re5 29. b4 Rde8 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.28"] [Round "14"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2772"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2017.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 c5 12. d5 Re8 13. b3 Bg4 14. Bb2 Bh5 15. Rae1 Bg6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nc4 Ba7 18. Qd3 h6 19. Re3 Rad8 20. g3 Bh7 21. Rfe1 g5 22. Qe2 Kg7 23. Rd1 Qg6 24. Re1 Qf6 25. Kg2 g4 26. Nh4 Qg5 27. f4 gxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Qf6 29. Qe2 Qg5 30. Rf1 Kg8 31. Nf5 Rxe4 32. Nxh6+ Qxh6 33. Rxe4 Bxe4+ 34. Qxe4 Kf8 35. Re1 Qf6 36. Re2 Bb6 37. h4 Kg7 38. Rf2 Qg6 39. Rf5 Kf8 40. h5 Qh7 41. g4 Re8 42. Qf3 Kg8 43. Kh3 Re1 44. Qf4 Kf8 45. Qg5 Qh8 46. Rf3 Qg7 47. Qxg7+ Kxg7 48. g5 Rd1 49. Ne3 Rh1+ 50. Kg4 c4 51. Nf5+ Kf8 52. bxc4 Rg1+ 53. Rg3 Rc1 54. g6 fxg6 55. hxg6 Rxc4+ 56. Kh5 Bd4 57. Rg4 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.28"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2729"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2017.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxc4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Nf1 Nd7 14. Ne3 Nf6 15. O-O Rac8 16. Qd3 Rc6 17. Rfd1 Rfc8 18. f3 g6 19. Kh1 Kg7 20. Qd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.28"] [Round "15"] [White "Bu, Xiangzhi"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2017.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Be2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid playoff"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.28"] [Round "17"] [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2758"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2017.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 e5 7. exd4 exd4 8. d3 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Bc1 Nf6 12. Na3 a6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Bd6 15. Re1 Rb8 16. Nc2 h6 17. b4 b6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Ba3 Qa5 20. Qc1 Rd8 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Qf4 Qc7 24. c5 Rd7 25. c6 Qxf4 26. cxd7 Qc7 27. Re8+ Kh7 28. d8=Q Nxe8 29. Qxe8 Bf5 30. Qa4 Qc3 31. Rd1 Bxd3 32. h4 Rb1 33. Rxb1 Bxb1 34. Qe8 Bg6 35. Bd5 d3 36. Bxf7 Bxf7 37. Qxf7 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 d2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.28"] [Round "13"] [White "Onischuk, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2637"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2017.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bc2 h6 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Be6 17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18. a4 f6 19. Nd2 Be6 20. Bb3 Kf7 21. Bxe6+ Kxe6 22. Nc4 Rad8 23. Kf1 Rd7 24. Ke2 Red8 25. a5 h5 26. b4 Ne7 27. Ra2 Nc8 28. Rd2 Nd6 29. Nxd6 Rxd6 30. Red1 c6 31. Rxd6+ Rxd6 32. Rxd6+ Kxd6 33. f3 b5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.28"] [Round "11"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2017.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5 8. O-O e6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. c3 O-O 12. Qe2 Rfd8 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.27"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2718"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2017.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. d4 exd4 9. e5 Nd5 10. cxd4 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Qf3 Bg6 14. exd6 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxd6 16. Bc4 c6 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qd3 Rac8 19. Be3 Rc6 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21. Rxc6 Qxc6 22. g3 Qe6 23. Bd2 Qe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2613"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2017.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Bb3 Re8 10. Nf1 Be6 11. h3 d5 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. Ba4 Nh7 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Rad8 16. Be3 dxe4 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Nxe4 Bd5 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Nb7 Rb8 21. Na5 Rxb2 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Bxc6 Rd8 24. Qa4 Bxc3 25. Red1 Rb4 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Rd1 Qf6 28. Qa6 Bd4 29. a3 Bxe3 30. axb4 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Kg7 32. Qf1 Qxf1+ 33. Rxf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.27"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2709"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2017.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5 15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7 21. Rae1 b5 22. Bb3 a5 23. a3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.27"] [Round "9"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E53"] [WhiteElo "2837"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2017.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. c4 Rac8 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Qb3 Ng4 16. g3 Ngf6 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. Ne1 Nd6 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 c4 21. Qc2 b5 22. Ng2 Nc5 23. Nf4 Qe7 24. Bg4 Rc7 25. Qc3 f5 26. Bf3 Rcd7 27. Qb4 Nb3 28. Ne6 Nxc1 29. Rxc1 Nc8 30. Qxb5 Rxd5 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Qb4 Nd6 33. Nc5 Rxc5 34. Qxc5 Qe4 0-1 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.27"] [Round "7"] [White "McShane, Luke J"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2017.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. Rd1 Qb6 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc4 Qa6 11. d3 Rd8 12. Nce5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 f6 14. Nc4 b5 15. Ne3 Bb7 16. Re1 Nc7 17. Bd2 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 e5 19. f4 Bd6 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Bf4 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Nd5 23. c3 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Bxc3 25. Qg4 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Rxd3 27. Re1 Qc8 28. Qh5 Qd7 29. Qxc5 Rd1 30. h4 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Rc8 32. Qf2 b4 33. Kh2 a5 34. Ng2 a4 35. Qb6 Rc2 36. Qxb4 Qd5 37. Qb8+ Kf7 38. Qa7+ Kg6 39. Qg1 h5 40. a3 Qf3 41. Bd6 Kh7 42. Bb4 Rf2 43. Bc5 Rc2 44. Bb4 Rf2 45. Bc5 Rf1 46. Qd4 Rd1 47. Qf4 Qd5 48. Bb4 Rb1 49. Qf2 Qe4 50. Qf4 Qe6 51. Qf3 Qh3+ 52. Kxh3 Rh1# 0-1 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Akobian, Varuzhan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2647"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2017.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 8. Nf3 Ba6 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Qc2 Qc6 11. Qxc6+ Nxc6 12. Bf4 O-O-O 13. Rc1 Kb7 14. g3 Rhe8 15. Bg2 Nd5 16. Bd2 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. e3 Kb8 20. Bc3 Nxc3 21. Rxc3 Re6 22. Bf3 Red6 23. Rc2 c5 24. Be2 Bb7 25. f3 Bc6 26. b3 Bd5 27. Rb2 c4 28. bxc4 Bxc4 29. O-O Bxe2 30. Rxe2 Rd3 31. Ra1 Rd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kg2 Ra1 34. e4 Rxa3 35. f4 Rc3 36. e5 Kc8 37. Rd2 b5 38. Rd5 b4 39. Rb5 b3 40. f5 a6 41. Rb6 Kc7 42. Rb4 a5 0-1 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Demchenko, Anton"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B69"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2660"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2017.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 b4 13. Ne2 h5 14. f5 e5 15. Rg1 Qb6 16. g4 Qf2 17. Qd3 hxg4 18. Rxg4 Nd8 19. Rg2 Qc5 20. Ng3 a5 21. Nd2 Nb7 22. Qf3 a4 23. Bc4 Rc8 24. Rc1 Bf8 25. Nh5 Ke7 26. Qg4 Bh6 27. Nxf6 Bxd2 28. Nd5+ Ke8 29. Qg8+ 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.26"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2691"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2017.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Re1 c6 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Bc2 Re8 13. d4 Nh5 14. Nf1 Nhf4 15. Ng3 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. e5 c5 18. Bxg6 Nxg6 19. Bg5 Ne7 20. Qd2 h6 21. Bf6 Kh7 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Nh5 gxf6 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Qxh6 Nf5 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. exf6 Be6 28. Nf4 Qxf6 29. Ng6+ Qxg6 30. Qxg6 Ng7 31. Re3 Re7 32. Rae1 Rae8 33. Rg3 Rf7 34. h4 Bb8 35. Rge3 Rfe7 36. dxc5 Bf7 37. Qf6 Rxe3 38. Rxe3 Rxe3 39. fxe3 Bc7 40. g4 Ne8 41. Qh8+ Bg8 42. h5 Bd8 43. Qh6+ Ng7 44. Qd6+ Be7 45. Qb8+ Ne8 46. b4 a5 47. Qxb7 axb4 48. Qxb4 Nf6 49. Qf4 Ke8 50. c6 Be6 51. h6 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Cheparinov, Ivan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2017.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4 Rac8 15. Nb5 b6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Be8 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Rc1 Bc6 20. c5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd7 22. cxb6 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 axb6 24. f4 f5 25. Kf3 Nc6 26. e4 Nf6 27. exf5 exf5 28. a4 Kf7 29. Bd2 g6 30. a5 bxa5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.26"] [Round "3"] [White "Sargissian, Gabriel"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "2672"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2017.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 b6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Bf8 14. h3 g6 15. Qe3 Bg7 16. a3 Nd7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qxe8+ Qxe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. b4 Nf8 21. Ne5 Rc8 22. Nxc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 9th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2017.12.11"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2017.12.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.12.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 h6 7. c3 a5 8. Nbd2 d6 9. h3 Be6 10. Re1 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Re8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Qd7 14. Qb3 Ne7 15. Nc4 Ng6 16. Rad1 b6 17. Qc2 d5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. b3 Rad8 20. d4 exd4 21. Rxd4 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Qa8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qd3 Qe7 25. Nc2 Nf4 26. Qd2 N6d5 27. Kf1 Nxc3 28. N4e3 Ne4 29. Qd4 c5 30. Qd1 Qf6 31. Ng4 Qc3 32. Nce3 h5 33. Nh2 Qb2 0-1 [Event "London Classic 9th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2017.12.10"] [Round "8"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2017.12.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.12.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 a6 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. Ne4 Ba7 13. b4 Kh8 14. Bd2 Nce7 15. b5 axb5 16. axb5 c6 17. Ng3 Be8 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. c4 Bc5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. d4 exd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxe7 Bc5 24. Rc7 Bb6 25. Re7 Bc5 26. Rc7 Bb6 27. Re7 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 9th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2017.12.09"] [Round "7"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2017.12.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.12.15"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1 f5 9. cxd5 e5 10. h3 Nf6 11. Ng5 Qe7 12. Qf3 Kh8 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Qxe6 15. Qxb7 Nbd7 16. Bc4 Qe7 17. Qg2 Nb6 18. Be2 a5 19. Bb5 Rad8 20. Qg5 g6 21. Qh6 Ng8 22. Qg5 Nf6 23. Rd1 e4 24. Qh6 Rg8 25. Ne2 Be5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Nf4 g5 28. Rxg5 Rxg5 29. Qxg5 Rg8 30. Qh6 Rg7 31. Bc4 Nxc4 32. bxc4 Qb2 33. Ke2 a4 34. Ne6 Rf7 35. Nf4 Rg7 36. a3 Ne8 37. Qc6 1-0 [Event "London Classic 9th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2017.12.08"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A18"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2760"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2017.12.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.12.15"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11. h4 h6 12. h5 Qa6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Bd3 Ba3 15. O-O Qd6 16. Nh4 O-O 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Ng3 Qh4 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. Ng3 Qh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 9th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2017.12.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2017.12.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.12.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nd7 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Ne2 Re8 10. g4 Nc5 11. Ng3 Ne6 12. Nf5 c5 13. h4 a5 14. h5 Ra6 15. Qd2 Nd4 16. Rh3 Bf8 17. O-O-O Be6 18. Kb1 f6 19. c3 Nxf3 20. Rxf3 c4 21. Qc2 cxd3 22. Rxd3 Qc8 23. g5 fxg5 24. Bxg5 Bf7 25. h6 gxh6 26. Bc1 Qe6 27. b3 a4 28. c4 axb3 29. axb3 Qc6 30. Rg3+ Kh8 31. Rd1 b5 32. c5 b4 33. Bb2 Bg6 34. Rd5 Qb5 35. Rg1 c6 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Bxe5+ Kg8 38. Bd4 Kf7 39. Nh4 1-0 [Event "London Classic 9th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2017.12.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2805"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2017.12.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.12.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. a4 Rae8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Nf6 16. Nf1 Bd6 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Be3 Qf5 19. Qe2 Qg6 20. f3 Bd5 21. c4 Be6 22. c5 Bxb3 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Qd2 h6 25. Bf2 Rc8 26. Ne3 Nd5 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Kh2 Qg5 29. Be3 Qf5 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Qxc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 9th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2017.12.04"] [Round "3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2837"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2017.12.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.12.15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Na3 cxd4 8. Nxc4 Bc5 9. b3 Qe7 10. Nfe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Nd7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Nd3 Bb6 15. Bc7 Re8 16. Qc2 e5 17. Rfd1 Nf8 18. a4 Bg4 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. h3 Rac8 21. Qd2 Be6 22. Nxe5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxb3 24. Nf3 Bxa4 25. Nxd4 Ne6 26. Nf5 Qf6 27. Ne3 Qd4 28. Qa2 Nc5 29. Rc4 Bb3 30. Rxd4 Bxa2 31. Rb4 Re6 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 9th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2017.12.03"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2715"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2017.12.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.12.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bc4 Qd8 9. b4 Be7 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Qc2 a6 12. a4 Qd7 13. Bb2 Bd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Be6 16. Be2 f6 17. a5 Rfd8 18. Bc1 Qf7 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Rfb1 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Nd2 Qe6 23. Kf1 Na7 24. Bxa7 Rxa7 25. Qa2 Kf7 26. Ke2 Raa8 27. Qxe6+ Kxe6 28. Nc4 c6 29. Nb6 Rab8 30. Rd1 c5 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Nd5 cxb4 33. cxb4 Rc8 34. Kd3 f5 35. f3 Bd6 36. Rb1 h5 37. Ne3 g6 38. b5 fxe4+ 39. fxe4 Bc7 40. Nd5 Bxa5 41. Ra1 Bd8 42. bxa6 bxa6 43. Rxa6+ Kf7 44. Ra7+ Ke8 45. Rh7 Rc6 46. g3 Rc1 47. Rh8+ Kd7 48. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 9th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2017.12.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2017.12.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.12.15"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nb3 Nc6 8. Nc3 e6 9. e4 d4 10. Na4 O-O 11. c3 dxc3 12. Nxc3 e5 13. Be3 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Nc5 Qe7 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Qf2 Bf8 19. h3 Bb4 20. Rac1 Rd3 21. Rfd1 Rad8 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Bf1 Rd8 24. a3 Be7 25. g4 Kg7 26. Kh2 h6 27. h4 Nd4 28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 Nh7 30. Bh3 Qb3 31. f4 Nc6 32. Nd5 exf4 33. Bxf4 Bxg5 34. Bxg5 Nxg5 35. Qf6+ Kh6 36. Bg2 Nh7 37. Qxf7 Rf8 38. Qc7 Qxb2 39. Rh1 Qf2 40. Kh3 Rf7 41. Qg3 Qb2 42. Ne3 Nf6 43. Bf3 Kh7 44. Nf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Bundesliga 1718"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2017.10.22"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Bluebaum, Matthias"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2643"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2017.10.21"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceDate "2017.10.25"] [WhiteTeam "Deizisau"] [BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nb3 a5 12. Bf4 b6 13. Rfe1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 a4 15. Nbd2 Bb7 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Nb4 18. axb4 Bxd5 19. b5 Re8 20. Rxa4 Nf8 21. Ne4 Qd7 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Nc3 Ne6 24. Qf5 Rd8 25. Be3 g6 26. Qh3 h5 27. Qg3 Qd3 28. h4 Qc2 29. Re2 Qf5 30. Ng5 Bxg5 31. Bxg5 Rd4 32. f3 Kh7 33. Kh2 Bb7 34. Kg1 Rd3 35. Kh2 Rd4 36. Kg1 Rd3 37. Kh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Bundesliga 1718"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2017.10.21"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Li, Chao B"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2728"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2017.10.21"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceDate "2017.10.25"] [WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"] [BlackTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Rae8 13. Bf4 Bd8 14. c4 Qd7 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Qd2 Na5 17. Rec1 Re4 18. Be3 c5 19. Rab1 Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Rxe3 21. fxe3 Qxb1+ 22. Rc1 Qe4 23. Rxc5 Bb6 24. Rc3 Re8 25. Qc2 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 f6 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. Ke2 Ke6 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. Rb2 Rb8 31. Nd2 Bc7 32. Ne4 Bd6 33. a4 f5 34. Nxd6 Kxd6 35. g4 fxg4 36. e4 b6 37. e5+ Kd5 38. Rb5+ Ke6 39. Ke4 Rc8 40. a5 Rc2 41. axb6 axb6 42. Rxb6+ Kf7 43. Kf5 Rf2+ 44. Kxg4 Rxh2 45. d5 Rd2 46. Rb7+ Kg6 47. Rb6+ Kf7 48. Rb7+ Kg6 49. Rd7 h5+ 50. Kg3 Re2 51. Re7 Rd2 52. Rd7 Re2 53. Re7 Rd2 54. d6 Kf5 55. d7 h4+ 56. Kh3 g5 57. e6 g4+ 58. Kxh4 Rd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Douglas IoM op"] [Site "Douglas"] [Date "2017.10.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Hou, Yifan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2794"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2017.09.23"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. c3 c6 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Be5 Bg5 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Bf4 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Bf5 Qc7 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Ne5 Qe6 23. Re3 Kg8 24. Rae1 Qc8 25. Nxf7 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Kxf7 27. Rf3 Kg8 28. Rxf4 Qe6 29. Qf5 Re8 30. Qxe6+ Rxe6 31. Kf1 a5 32. Rf3 Rg6 33. a4 Rd6 34. Ke2 Rd8 35. Kd3 Rb8 36. Rf5 b5 37. axb5 Rxb5 38. Kc2 Rb7 39. f4 Rb8 40. g4 a4 41. Re5 Kf7 42. f5 Ra8 43. Re6 Rc8 44. Re5 Ra8 45. h4 a3 46. bxa3 Rxa3 47. Kb2 Ra8 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 Rb8+ 50. Kc2 Rh8 51. Re6 Rh5 52. g6+ Kf8 53. f6 1-0 [Event "Douglas IoM op"] [Site "Douglas"] [Date "2017.09.30"] [Round "8"] [White "Fressinet, Laurent"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2657"] [BlackElo "2794"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2017.09.23"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a6 9. a4 a5 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 13. Bb3 Re8 14. d4 Bb6 15. Be3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Qb3 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Qd7 20. Re3 Ree8 21. Qc2 Qe6 22. Rae1 Ne7 23. Nd2 b5 24. Nf3 bxa4 25. Qxa4 Reb8 26. Qc2 Rb4 27. d5 cxd5 28. exd5 Qc8 29. Qxc8+ Nxc8 30. R1e2 Nb6 31. Nf5 Nc4 32. Rd3 a4 33. Ne3 Nxb2 34. Ra3 Nc4 35. Nxc4 Rxc4 36. Rd2 Ne4 37. Rd4 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Nc5 39. Rb4 Rd1 40. Nd4 g6 41. Rc4 Rb8 0-1 [Event "Douglas IoM op"] [Site "Douglas"] [Date "2017.09.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E16"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2794"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2017.09.23"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Qa4 Bd6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Qxd7 Nxd7 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. e4 Bb7 14. Rd1 Be7 15. Nc4 Nf6 16. f3 c5 17. Be3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Rfd8 19. Be3 Ne8 20. a4 Nd6 21. Bf1 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. b4 Bc7 26. b5 Kf8 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Ke2 f6 29. Kd3 Bc8 30. f4 Bd7 31. h4 h6 32. g4 Bd6 33. Kc3 Bc8 34. Kd3 Bb7 35. h5 e5 36. f5 Kd7 37. Bd5 Bxd5 38. exd5 Kc7 39. Bd2 Kb7 40. a5 a6 41. Kc4 bxa5 42. Bxa5 axb5+ 43. Kxb5 Be7 44. Bb6 Bf8 45. Be3 Kc7 46. Kc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Douglas IoM op"] [Site "Douglas"] [Date "2017.09.28"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Sethuraman, SP."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C82"] [WhiteElo "2794"] [BlackElo "2617"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2017.09.23"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nbd2 f5 12. Bc2 Qd7 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 f4 16. Bd2 Bf5 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Bb4 Bxb4 19. Qxb4 Bg4 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Rfe1 Be6 22. Rad1 c6 23. Bd3 Bg4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rxe4 Be6 26. Qc3 Qd5 27. Ree1 Qxa2 28. Qxc6 Bd5 29. Qd7 Rad8 30. Qh3 Rde8 31. Ng5 h6 32. Ne4 Qxb2 33. Nf6 Be6 34. Qh5 Bf7 35. Qh4 Rd8 36. e6 Rxd4 37. Rb1 Qa2 38. Ra1 Qb3 39. exf7 Qxf7 40. Ng4 Qg6 41. Ne5 Qd6 42. Nf3 Rd5 43. Qe7 Qxe7 44. Rxe7 Rf6 45. h4 b4 46. Rb7 a5 47. Re1 Rf8 48. Ree7 Rg8 49. Kh2 Rdd8 50. Ne5 Kh7 51. Nd7 1-0 [Event "Douglas IoM op"] [Site "Douglas"] [Date "2017.09.27"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Grandelius, Nils"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2794"] [BlackElo "2653"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2017.09.23"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. e5 Nd5 14. exd6 Bf6 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Bd4 Qb4 17. b3 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Kd7 20. Nd1 Bb7 21. Re1 Kxd6 22. Ne3 Kc5 23. c3 Rbc8 24. Red1 Rc7 25. Kb2 Kb6 26. f4 Rhc8 27. c4 dxc4 28. Nxc4+ Ka7 29. Nd6 Rb8 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Kxc1 Rf8 32. Nxb7 Kxb7 33. Kd2 Kc6 34. Ke3 f5 35. Rc4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Douglas IoM op"] [Site "Douglas"] [Date "2017.09.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2794"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2017.09.23"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Be3 Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Rfe1 Bb4 14. Bd4 Be6 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 c5 17. Ng5 Ke7 18. Kh2 h5 19. b4 cxb4 20. Bxb4+ Ke8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Re3 Ne7 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. Rc3 Rac8 25. Rd4 c5 26. Ra4 a6 27. Ra5 c4 28. Ra4 Rhf8 29. Raxc4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Douglas IoM op"] [Site "Douglas"] [Date "2017.09.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Lubbe, Nikolas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2794"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2017.09.23"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Bc4 h6 10. Be3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Qd3 Rc8 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qc7 15. Nd2 O-O 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rd7 18. Na4 d5 19. Nb6 dxe4 20. Qf1 Bg4 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Nb6 Rf8 24. Re1 Bb4 25. c3 Bxa5 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Rd8 28. Bxe4 Rd2 29. h3 Be6 30. Re2 Bc4 31. Rxd2 Bxf1 32. Rxf1 Kf8 33. Rfd1 Ke7 34. Bf5 Kf6 35. Rd7 Qc4 36. Bd3 Qa4 37. Be2 Qb3 38. R1d6+ Kg5 39. g3 g6 40. h4+ Kf5 41. g4+ Ke4 42. Rf6 1-0 [Event "Douglas IoM op"] [Site "Douglas"] [Date "2017.09.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Lampert, Jonas"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "2514"] [BlackElo "2794"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2017.09.23"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. c3 Nd7 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 Ngf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Bg5 c5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. a3 Qb6 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Nf3 Red8 18. Ne4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 a6 23. h3 Ne4 24. Bxe7 Qxf2+ 25. Kh2 Qg3+ 26. Kg1 Qf2+ 27. Kh2 Qg3+ 28. Kg1 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Douglas IoM op"] [Site "Douglas"] [Date "2017.09.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Esserman, Marc"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2794"] [BlackElo "2453"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2017.09.23"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Be3 b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Qe2 Ra8 15. Bc4 O-O 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. Bb3 Bf8 18. Kh1 Bc6 19. f3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Bc4 Qb7 22. Nf1 Ne8 23. Ne3 Nd6 24. Bd5 b5 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Ncd5 bxa4 27. Ra2 Rab8 28. Rda1 Qb5 29. Qe1 a3 30. Rxa3 Qxb2 31. Rxa6 c4 32. h4 h5 33. Qg3 g6 34. R6a2 Qd4 35. Rd1 Qc5 36. Qxe5 Bg7 37. Qg5 Kh8 38. e5 Nb5 39. Ra4 Na3 40. Qf4 Kg8 41. e6 fxe6 42. Nf6+ Bxf6 43. Qxf6 Qxe3 44. Qxg6+ Kf8 45. Qf6+ Kg8 46. Rxa3 1-0 [Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "2017.09.07"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Kovalyov, Anton"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "2641"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2017.09.03"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Bc5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bg2 a6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 h5 7. d4 Ba7 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. h3 Nf6 12. b3 Be6 13. Ba3 Kc8 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Nec3 Ng5 16. h4 Nf3+ 17. Kf1 Kb7 18. Kg2 Bg4 19. Ne4 Rhd8 20. Be7 Re8 21. Bb4 c5 22. Bc3 f6 23. Naxc5+ Bxc5 24. Nxc5+ Ka7 25. b4 g5 26. hxg5 Nxg5 27. f4 exf4 28. gxf4 Rxe3 29. Bd4 Re2+ 30. Kf1 Nh7 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "2017.09.06"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kovalyov, Anton"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2641"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2017.09.03"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qd2 b5 12. Rfd1 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a4 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. a5 Qb7 18. Qe3 Be7 19. Qb6 Qxb6 20. axb6 Rb8 21. Rxa6 Bd8 22. b7 Ke7 23. Nc5 dxc5 24. d6+ Kf6 25. Bf3 Kf5 26. Bd5 e4 27. Re1 Bf6 28. Bxe4+ Kg5 29. Ra5 Bxb2 30. Rxc5+ Kf6 31. Re3 g6 32. Rf3+ Ke6 33. Rd3 Rhd8 34. Ra5 f5 35. Bf3 Bc3 36. h4 Kf6 37. g3 f4 38. Be4 Bf5 39. Bxf5 gxf5 40. Rb5 Ke6 41. Kf1 Rd7 42. gxf4 Rbxb7 43. Re3+ Kf6 0-1 [Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "2017.09.04"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Yeoh, Li Tian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2478"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2017.09.03"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. c3 Be7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. h3 Rc8 13. g4 c4 14. Nbd2 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Re1 Rc6 17. Nf1 Nf7 18. Bf4 Re8 19. Re3 Be7 20. Qc2 g5 21. Bg3 b5 22. Rae1 Nf8 23. R3e2 b4 24. Qa4 Qb6 25. Ne3 Rd8 26. Rc1 Qb7 27. Qd1 Rdc8 28. cxb4 Bxb4 29. b3 Ba3 30. Rb1 c3 31. Qd3 Qa6 32. Qxa6 Rxa6 33. Rc2 Nd7 34. Ne1 Bd6 35. Rbc1 Rac6 36. Nd3 Ba3 37. Re1 a5 38. Ree2 Kf8 39. f3 Be7 40. Rc1 Ba3 41. Rcc2 Nd6 42. Bxd6+ Bxd6 43. Re1 Bb8 44. Rcc1 Kf7 45. Nc2 Nf8 46. Kf2 Ng6 47. a3 Rh8 48. Kg2 Nh4+ 49. Kf2 Ng6 50. Kg2 Nf4+ 51. Nxf4 Bxf4 52. Rb1 e5 53. dxe5 Rxh3 54. Rh1 Rxh1 55. Rxh1 Bxe5 56. Kf2 Rb6 57. b4 axb4 58. axb4 Bd6 59. Ke2 Bxb4 60. Kd3 Be7 61. Kxc3 Bf6+ 62. Kd2 Rb3 63. Ke2 Ke6 64. Rd1 Ke5 65. Ne1 Rb2+ 66. Rd2 Rb8 67. Nd3+ Kd6 68. Ra2 Rh8 69. Ra6+ Kc7 70. Nb4 Rd8 71. Ra5 Kb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE World Cup"] [Site "Tbilisi"] [Date "2017.09.03"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Yeoh, Li Tian"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2478"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2017.09.03"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GEO"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Qd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Na6 11. Rd1 b6 12. Ne5 Nc7 13. Nc4 Qd8 14. Bf4 Ncd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Be5 Be6 17. Qa3 Bh6 18. Ne3 a5 19. Bf3 Ra7 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Nf5 Bg5 22. Qg3 Bf6 23. Bxf6 exf6 24. Ne3 Rd7 25. Rd2 Re8 26. b3 h5 27. Rad1 Kh7 28. Qf4 Re4 29. Nxd5 Rxf4 30. Nxf4 Rc7 31. d5 Qd6 32. Ne2 b5 33. h3 h4 34. Kh1 Kg7 35. Ng1 g5 36. Nf3 Rc5 37. Kg1 Kg6 38. Rd4 f5 39. Nh2 f6 40. Nf1 Rc2 41. a4 Rc5 42. axb5 Rxb5 43. R1d3 Rc5 44. Ne3 Rc1+ 45. Rd1 Rxd1+ 46. Rxd1 Kf7 47. Nxf5 Qb4 48. Nd4 Qb7 49. d6 Qd5 50. f3 Qxd6 51. Rd3 f5 52. Kf2 Kf6 53. Ke2 Qh2 54. Kf2 Qd6 55. Ke2 Qe5+ 56. Kf2 Qc5 57. Kf1 Qc1+ 58. Kf2 Qb1 59. Rc3 f4 60. Ne2 Ke7 61. Rc7+ Kd6 62. Rc3 Qd1 63. Rc1 Qxb3 64. Ke1 a4 65. Nc3 a3 66. Kd2 a2 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.18"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2807"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Nd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. Nbd2 f5 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qd7 17. Ne4 Rae8 18. Nc3 b5 19. Qd2 h6 20. Nd5 Bg5 21. f4 Bh4 22. g3 Bd8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Re1 a5 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qe3 Qxe3+ 27. Nxe3 Bb1 28. Be6 Bb6 29. Nf5 d5 30. Kf2 g6 31. Nd6 Bxd4+ 32. Kf3 Bxa2 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.18"] [Round "16"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bg3 d6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bb5 Nh5 11. O-O Nxg3 12. hxg3 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bc2 c5 15. Re1 Be6 16. d4 Qc7 17. d5 Bd7 18. b3 Nb7 19. Qe2 Rfc8 20. a4 c4 21. b4 a5 22. axb5 axb4 23. cxb4 Bxb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nb1 Qb6 26. Nc3 Ra3 27. Qd2 Bd8 28. Rb1 Qa6 29. Bd1 Bb6 30. Be2 Bd7 31. Bf1 Ra1 32. Qb2 Rxb1 33. Nxb1 Nd8 34. Na3 Bb5 35. Qc3 Bd4 36. Qc1 Ba7 37. Nxb5 Qxb5 38. Qxc4 Qb6 39. Qa2 g6 40. Ne1 Kg7 41. Nd3 f5 42. Qc4 Nf7 43. Kh2 h5 44. Be2 fxe4 45. Qxe4 Qd8 46. f4 Qb6 47. g4 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.18"] [Round "18"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 17. g3 Nf6 18. Bh3 Qd7 19. Bd2 Ng4 20. d4 Nf6 21. Re2 Rce8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qf3 g6 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Qe6 26. Bd2 Kg7 27. Bf1 Ne4 28. Qe2 Kf7 29. c3 Nxd2 30. Qxd2 Bd6 31. Bd3 Kg7 32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Bxe2 Bc7 34. Bd3 Bd6 35. Be2 Bc7 36. Bd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.18"] [Round "13"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Le, Quang Liem"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bg3 d6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nf1 Bb7 14. Ne3 Re8 15. O-O Bf8 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Bh4 c4 18. Nd2 g5 19. Bg3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. dxc4 Nf4 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Be4 Nd3 24. Bxd3 Qxd3 25. Nb3 Qxd1 26. Raxd1 Nxb3 27. axb3 f6 28. f3 Kf7 29. Bf2 Ke6 30. Nc2 Kf7 31. b4 Bc6 32. Bc5 Bg7 33. Ne3 Kg6 34. Kf2 h5 35. Rd6 Bf8 36. Rd2 Bh6 37. Ra1 g4 38. Ra6 Re6 39. Rd1 f5 40. Rd6 Bxe3+ 41. Kxe3 f4+ 42. Kf2 Rxd6 43. Bxd6 Kf5 44. Rb6 Ke6 45. Rb8 Rxb8 46. Bxb8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.18"] [Round "14"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D79"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Ng5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 h6 11. Nh3 Nc6 12. Nf4 e6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bd7 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Ne5 17. Bxb7 Bg4 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Be3 g5 20. Ng2 Rd7 21. Ba6 Nf3+ 22. Kh1 Bxc3 23. Rac1 Rc7 24. Ne1 Ba5 25. Nxf3 Bxf3+ 26. Kg1 Rd8 27. Rxc7 Bxc7 28. Rc1 Bb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.18"] [Round "15"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. h4 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Ne5 h6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rh3 f5 15. Rd1 Kh7 16. Qc1 Bd5 17. Rc3 c6 18. g3 a5 19. e3 Rac8 20. Be2 Qe7 21. Rd2 Rc7 22. Bc4 Rfc8 23. Rdc2 Be4 24. Bd3 Bf3 25. Be2 Be4 26. Bd3 Bf3 27. Be2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.18"] [Round "12"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Bxf3 4. exf3 Nd7 5. f4 e6 6. g3 Ngf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O c5 9. c4 O-O 10. d3 Rb8 11. Nd2 b5 12. Qc2 a6 13. Nf3 bxc4 14. bxc4 d4 15. Bc1 Bd6 16. Bd2 g6 17. Qa4 Qb6 18. Ba5 Qa7 19. Rfe1 Bc7 20. Bd2 Rb2 21. Bc1 Rb4 22. Qc2 Rfb8 23. Ba3 R4b6 24. Qa4 Bd6 25. h3 Qc7 26. Rac1 Kg7 27. Qc2 Ng8 28. Ng5 h6 29. Ne4 Ne7 30. h4 h5 31. Ng5 Nf8 32. Qa4 Nc6 33. Ne4 Nd7 34. Ng5 Nf8 35. Rcd1 Nb4 36. Bxb4 cxb4 37. Qc2 Be7 38. Qb2 Bf6 39. Ne4 Nd7 40. c5 Nxc5 41. Nxf6 Kxf6 42. Qxd4+ Ke7 43. Rc1 Rb5 44. f5 gxf5 45. Qg7 Qd8 46. Qg5+ Kf8 47. Qxh5 Qf6 48. Bf1 Na4 49. d4 Rd5 50. Rc7 Rxd4 51. Rxf7+ Qxf7 52. Qh8+ 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.18"] [Round "17"] [White "Navara, David"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2737"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg5 Bc5 9. e3 Bxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 Qd6 13. Bg3 Qe7 14. O-O Bf5 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. Be5 Ne4 18. Rc1 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qxd7 Bxd7 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Bxe4 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. f4 f6 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. Ke3 Ke7 28. Kd4 Kd6 29. b4 b6 30. g3 g5 31. Bf3 gxf4 32. gxf4 Bf5 33. Bd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.18"] [Round "10"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C22"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Bd2 Bb4 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8 8. Qf4 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Rxe4 10. Qg3 d5 11. f3 Re6 12. Ne2 Rd6 13. Qf4 d4 14. Nxd4 Nd5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rxd5 cxd5 17. Be5 Re6 18. Qg3 Rg6 19. Qf2 Ba6 20. f4 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Qe7 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. a3 c5 24. h3 Re6 25. Kb1 d4 26. Qf1 Kh8 27. Qc4 Re8 28. Qb3 f6 29. Bb8 Rb6 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C90"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. d5 Nd7 17. b3 Bf6 18. Rb1 Bc3 19. Re3 b4 20. Nf1 c4 21. Bd2 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Qb6 23. Nd4 Rfe8 24. Ng3 Rac8 25. h4 c3 26. Qd1 f6 27. a3 bxa3 28. Ra1 Qb4 29. Nde2 Ne5 30. f3 Rb8 31. Qd4 Nxb3 32. Qxb4 Rxb4 33. Rxa3 Nc4 34. Rxb3 Rxb3 35. Bxb3 Nxe3 36. Nxc3 Rb8 37. Ba4 Be8 38. Bxe8 Rxe8 39. Kf2 Nc4 40. Nf5 g6 41. Nd4 Rb8 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.17"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Re1 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. c4 Nc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne6 11. Qh4 d6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Nc3 h5 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Bc3 f6 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Rd8 19. Ba5 Rd3 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Kf7 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Be6 24. b3 Bf8 25. Nc5 Bf5 26. Rd1 Ke8 27. Na6 Rc8 28. Bb4 c5 29. Ba5 e5 30. Nc7+ Kf7 31. Nb5 Ra8 32. Kf1 a6 33. Nd6+ Ke6 34. Nb7 Be7 35. Nd8+ Bxd8 36. Bxd8 Bb1 37. Bc7 Bxa2 38. Rd6+ Ke7 39. Rb6 a5 40. Bd6+ Kf7 41. Bxc5 a4 42. bxa4 Bxc4+ 43. Kg1 Rxa4 44. Rb7+ Ke6 45. Rb6+ Kf7 46. Rb7+ Ke6 47. Rb6+ Kf5 48. Rb4 Ra1+ 49. Kh2 Bd5 50. Rb6 Rc1 51. Be3 Rc2 52. Rb4 g5 53. Ra4 g4 54. Ra5 Be4 55. Rc5 Ra2 56. Rc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.17"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. a3 a5 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. b4 axb4 13. Bg5 f6 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Bd6 16. Qa8+ Qd8 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. Ra1 Ke7 19. Bd2 Bf7 20. Ne3 g6 21. g5 fxg5 22. Nxg5 b6 23. Kg2 Be6 24. h4 Nf6 25. Bc3 Rf8 26. Nf3 Nd7 27. Ng5 Nf6 28. Nf3 Nd7 29. Ng5 Nf6 30. Nf3 Nd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.17"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Navara, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2737"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. a4 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. fxe5 Bc5 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Bf2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 O-O 18. Kh1 Rae8 19. Bg3 Rc8 20. Rf3 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Qd5 22. c3 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bh4 b4 25. Be7 bxc3 26. Bxf8 Nxf8 27. Qd3 Rc4 28. Raf1 c2 29. Rc1 Rxd4 30. Qxc2 Qxe5 31. h3 h6 32. Qc8 Rd2 33. Rff1 Qd5 34. Qc6 Qxc6 35. Rxc6 f5 36. Ra1 Kf7 37. Ra7+ Rd7 38. Rxd7+ Nxd7 39. Kg1 Kf6 40. Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B09"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. a3 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nc6 8. d5 Nb8 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 c6 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Bd4 Nb6 14. b3 Qc7 15. Ra2 Rfe8 16. a4 a6 17. a5 Nbd7 18. Ne2 e5 19. dxe6 Rxe6 20. Nc3 Rce8 21. Ra4 R6e7 22. Kh1 Nf8 23. g3 Ne6 24. Bf2 Nd7 25. Qd2 Nec5 26. Rd4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 f5 28. exf5 gxf5 29. g4 Ne6 30. Qb4 d5 31. Bg3 Ng7 32. Kg2 Nf6 33. g5 Ne4 34. Nxe4 dxe4 35. Be2 c5 36. Qc3 Qc6 37. h4 Ne6 38. Bc4 e3+ 39. Kh2 Qe4 40. Re1 Qd4 41. Qxe3 Kf8 42. Qf3 Qd2+ 43. Re2 Nd4 44. Qd5 Rxe2+ 45. Kh3 R2e6 46. Qxc5+ Kg8 47. c3 Nc6 48. Qxf5 Qd7 49. g6 hxg6 50. Qxg6+ Kf8 51. Qf5+ Qf7 52. Qxf7+ Kxf7 53. f5 Nd8 54. fxe6+ Nxe6 55. Bd5 Re7 56. c4 Kg6 57. Kg4 Nd4 58. h5+ Kh7 59. Bd6 Rg7+ 60. Kf4 Nxb3 61. Be4+ Kg8 62. Bd5+ Kh7 63. Be4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2807"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. Qb3 a5 7. b5 Nd7 8. Bg2 Nc5 9. Qc2 h5 10. d3 h4 11. f4 Nh6 12. Nd2 a4 13. Ba3 Ra7 14. Rb1 Be7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxe4 O-O 18. b6 cxb6 19. Rxb6 Ng4 20. O-O Nf6 21. Bf3 Rc8 22. Qb2 Nd7 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Qxb7 Qd8 25. Qb2 Nc5 26. Qc2 Qa5 27. Rc1 Rb8 28. Qe2 h3 29. f5 exf5 30. Bd5 Qc3 31. Rd1 Kf8 32. Qe5 Re8 33. Qd6+ Kg8 34. Rf1 Nxd3 35. Qd7 Rf8 36. Qxf5 Nb4 37. Bxf7+ Rxf7 38. Qc8+ Rf8 39. Qe6+ Rf7 40. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.17"] [Round "7"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 g6 14. b3 d5 15. Qe5 Bf5 16. Bb2 f6 17. Qe3 Qd7 18. Qf3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Kf7 20. Re3 c6 21. Rae1 Bd6 22. g3 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Bf8 24. d3 Qe7 25. Qd2 Qd6 26. Qe3 Qe7 27. Qd2 Qd6 28. Qe3 Qe7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.17"] [Round "9"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b4 Nd3 13. Nf3 Nxc1 14. Rxc1 Be7 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Qa4 Rc8 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Bb5 O-O 19. Bxc6 Bd3 20. Rfe1 Rc8 21. Qd1 Bg5 22. Bd7 Rc7 23. Qxd3 Bxc1 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rxc1 Rc4 26. a4 Qc7 27. Qh3 Qxe5 28. Qe3 Re4 29. Qd2 Re2 30. Qd1 Qf4 31. f3 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Qg5 33. Qf1 Qe3 34. a5 Rb2 35. Qg1 Qxg1+ 36. Kxg1 Kf7 37. Kf1 Kf6 38. Rd1 a6 39. h4 Ke5 40. g3 Kd6 41. f4 h5 42. Rd3 e5 43. fxe5+ Kxe5 44. Ke1 Ke4 45. Rd4+ Ke5 46. Kd1 Rg2 47. Rd3 Ke4 48. Rd4+ Ke5 49. b5 axb5 50. Rb4 Rxg3 51. Kc2 Rg1 52. Rxb5 Ra1 53. Kb2 Ra4 54. Kb3 Ra1 55. Kb2 Ra4 56. Kb3 Ra1 57. Kb2 Ra4 58. Kb3 Rxh4 59. a6 Rh1 60. Ka2 Rh2+ 61. Rb2 Rh4 62. Ka3 Rc4 63. a7 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Le, Quang Liem"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2017.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Bg3 b6 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. c3 Bb7 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Bxd6 cxd6 11. O-O Nd7 12. c4 Ndf6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Rac1 Qe8 15. Bc4 Rc8 16. Qd3 Qc6 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qa6 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 f4 21. h3 fxe3 22. fxe3 Qg5 23. Qe2 Nd5 24. Ne4 Qxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Nxe3 26. Nxd6 Nd5 27. Nc8 Rf4 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 a6 31. Ke2 Ke8 32. Nd6+ Ke7 33. Nc4 b5 34. Ne5 Kd6 35. Nd3 a5 36. Nc5 a4 37. Kf3 Nf6 38. Ke3 Kd5 39. Nd3 Kc4 40. Ne5+ Kd5 41. Nd3 g5 42. b3 Kd6 43. bxa4 bxa4 44. Nc5 a3 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. Na4 Nh5 47. Nc3+ Kc6 48. Ke4 Nf4 49. h4 h6 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. g4 Nh3 52. Nb1 Nf2+ 53. Kf3 Nd1 54. Nxa3 Nc3 55. Nc2 Nxa2 56. Ke4 Kd6 57. Ne3 Nc3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis rapid"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.16"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2807"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2017.08.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Qb3 b5 15. Bf1 Rfe8 16. c4 Be6 17. Qc2 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd5 20. Rec1 Rac8 21. Rc2 Nb6 22. Qb3 h6 23. Bd2 Qf5 24. Rac1 Re6 25. h3 Nd5 26. Rc4 Bf4 27. Rc5 Rb8 28. Qc2 Qxc2 29. R5xc2 Bxd2 30. Rxd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis rapid"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.16"] [Round "9"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2017.08.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Bg3 Nh7 11. O-O Kh8 12. Qb3 Qe8 13. Rfe1 Bf6 14. Nf1 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Bxg5 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. d4 f6 18. f3 Rb8 19. Bf1 Bxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Bd7 21. Ree1 b5 22. axb5 Bxb5 23. Qa3 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qb5 25. Rf2 f5 26. Rd2 fxe4 27. fxe4 Ng6 28. h3 Ra8 29. Qa4 Rfb8 30. Kh2 exd4 31. cxd4 Qb4 32. Rc2 Qb7 33. Qd7 Qxe4 34. Rxc7 Qxd4 35. Rd1 Qxb2 36. Rxd6 Rd8 37. Qc6 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis rapid"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.16"] [Round "7"] [White "Le, Quang Liem"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2017.08.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Qb4 10. Rc1 Qxc3+ 11. Rxc3 b6 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. Ne5 Nd8 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15. e4 c5 16. d5 Nd6 17. f3 f6 18. Nd3 exd5 19. cxd5 Nb5 20. Rc1 d6 21. Kf2 Kd7 22. Nf4 Nd4 23. g4 a5 24. h4 a4 25. Rh2 g6 26. Kg3 b5 27. Ne2 Nxe2+ 28. Rxe2 Rae8 29. f4 f5 30. e5 fxg4 31. b3 h5 32. bxa4 b4 33. a3 b3 34. e6+ Ke7 35. Rc3 Rb8 36. Rb2 Rhc8 37. Rcxb3 Rxb3+ 38. Rxb3 Rc7 39. Rb8 c4 40. Rh8 Kf6 41. Rf8+ Kg7 42. Rd8 Kf6 43. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis rapid"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.15"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2017.08.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Nc4 Rc8 11. Ne3 Nf6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Bd2 Rc5 15. a4 Qc8 16. Be1 Rd8 17. b4 Rc7 18. a5 Bc4 19. Qd2 d5 20. Ncxd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bg5 22. d6 Rcd7 23. Qc3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Qxe5 Qc6 27. Qc5 Qxc5 28. bxc5 Re6 29. Bc3 Bd5 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 f6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis rapid"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.15"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Navara, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2737"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2017.08.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 Rc8 8. Nc3 e5 9. Qd3 Qc7 10. b3 b5 11. Nd5 Qb7 12. a4 Nf6 13. axb5 Nxd5 14. exd5 axb5 15. O-O bxc4 16. bxc4 Qc7 17. Qe3 Be7 18. Ba3 f6 19. Rfc1 O-O 20. Nd4 Rb8 21. h3 Qb6 22. Nc2 Rfc8 23. Qe2 f5 24. Ne3 Qd4 25. Ra2 Qe4 26. Qc2 Qxc2 27. Raxc2 Rb3 28. Rc3 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 f4 30. Nf1 e4 31. Rb3 Ba4 32. Rb7 Bf8 33. Rb4 Bc2 34. g3 g5 35. gxf4 gxf4 36. Bc1 Bh6 37. Nh2 Ra8 38. Ng4 Ra1 39. Nxh6+ Kg7 40. Nf5+ Kf6 41. Nxd6 Rxc1+ 42. Kg2 Ke5 43. Nf7+ Kf6 44. Nd6 Bd3 45. Rb6 Ke5 46. Nf7+ Kf5 47. Re6 f3+ 48. Kg3 Rg1+ 49. Kh4 Rg2 50. Nh6+ Kf4 51. Ng4 Rxg4+ 52. hxg4 Bxc4 53. Rf6+ Ke5 54. Rf5+ Kd6 55. Kg3 Bxd5 56. Rh5 e3 57. fxe3 Be4 58. Rf5 Ke6 59. Rxf3 Bxf3 60. Kxf3 h5 61. gxh5 Kf5 62. h6 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis rapid"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2017.08.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. Qe2 dxe4 8. Bxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Bxe7 11. Bf4 Bf5 12. Bxc7 Bxc2 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Rc1 Bf5 15. O-O Rac8 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. b3 Rfe8 18. Be3 Re7 19. Rfd1 h5 20. h3 Kh7 21. Ne2 a6 22. Rc4 Re5 23. Ra4 Rd5 24. Rc1 Bb2 25. Re1 Be5 26. Nf4 Bxf4 27. Bxf4 Bd3 28. Re7 Kg6 29. Be3 Rcd8 30. Rc7 R5d6 31. Rf4 R8d7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Rb4 f6 34. Rb6 Rc7 35. Bc5 Kf5 36. Bd6 Rc8 37. Rb7 g5 38. Bc5 Re8 39. Be3 h4 40. Rd7 Bb1 41. a3 Bc2 42. b4 Ba4 43. Kh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis rapid"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2017.08.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a5 7. c3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Ne4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Be3 Kh8 16. Qb3 Nd7 17. Bc4 f5 18. Bg5 Nc5 19. Bxd8 Nxb3 20. Bxc7 Nxa1 21. Bxd6 Rad8 22. Bc7 Rc8 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 f4 25. Bb5 fxg3 26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27. d4 gxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Nb3 29. g4 Kg8 30. Kg3 Nd2 31. b4 Ne4+ 32. Kh4 Nxc3 33. bxa5 Nd5 34. Rc1 Be4 35. Rc5 Ne7 36. Kg3 Rc8 37. Rb5 Rc3+ 38. Kh2 Rc2+ 39. Kg1 Nd5 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis rapid"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2017.08.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 Ba7 9. Re1 b5 10. Bb3 h6 11. Nbd2 b4 12. a5 Rb8 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Bc2 b3 15. Bb1 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Qd6 19. Ra4 Rb5 20. Nc4 Bxc4 21. Rxc4 Nxa5 22. Ra4 Re8 23. d4 e4 24. Ne5 Nb7 25. c4 Ra5 26. c5 Qd5 27. Rb4 Nxc5 28. Nc4 Ra4 29. Ne3 Qe6 30. Qd2 Rxb4 31. Qxb4 Ncd7 32. Rc1 Rb8 33. Qa5 Qd6 34. Rc4 g6 35. Qxc7 Qxc7 36. Rxc7 Nb6 37. Kf1 Na4 38. Ke2 Nxb2 39. Rc6 Kg7 40. Rxa6 Nd3 41. Nc4 Nf4+ 42. Kd2 Rb4 43. Ne5 Rxd4+ 44. Ke3 Rd1 45. Kxf4 Rxb1 46. Ra7 e3 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis rapid"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2017.08.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 f6 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 Qe7 13. Ne3 Qf7 14. Ka1 a5 15. g4 Ng6 16. Nf5 Bxa2 17. g5 Be6 18. Rdg1 Kh8 19. h4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. N3d4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 c5 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Qg4 Qe5 25. gxf6 Qxf6 26. Qg5 Qd4 27. Qxf4 a4 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 c4 30. Rg4 cxd3 31. cxd3 Rf8 32. d4 Rf3 33. Rc1 c6 34. Rc3 Kg8 35. d5 Kf7 36. dxc6 bxc6 37. Rxc6 Rxe3 38. Rc7+ Ke6 39. Rgxg7 a3 40. Rce7+ Kd6 41. Rd7+ Ke6 42. Rde7+ Kd6 43. Rd7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.11"] [Round "9"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2017.08.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rc2 c4 16. e3 Bb5 17. Qb4 Rc8 18. Be2 Nd7 19. O-O Rab8 20. Rfc1 a5 21. Qc3 Kg7 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Ba6 24. Kf1 Ne5 25. Ke1 f5 26. Nf3 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Rb3 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Bxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxb2 31. Rc5 Rb1+ 32. Ke2 Rh1 33. Rxa5 Rxh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.10"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D06"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2017.08.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bc4 N8c6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. O-O e6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Qd2 Be8 14. Rfd1 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Rc8 16. Nb5 e5 17. Bg3 Na5 18. Bf1 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 f6 20. Rad1 Kf7 21. f3 a6 22. Bf1 Nc4 23. Bxc4+ Rxc4 24. Rd7 Rb8 25. Kf1 Ke8 26. Be1 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Ke2 Rc2+ 29. Rd2 Rxd2+ 30. Bxd2 Kd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.09"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2742"] [Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2017.08.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {According to my research, Anand has a whopping 2958 performance over 10 classical games with this move! 5 wins and 5 draws against a 2767 opposition. Not bad, eh?} e5 { The main response. Black could also mainly play with e6. g6 and Nc6 are also playable alternatives to face the scary Adamsattack!} 7. Nde2 h5 {The most fash ionable move, Black avoids the kingside expansion, at the price of slightly weakening his own kingside. Now White has two main moves: Bg5 or g3.} (7... b5 8. g4 $1 {developing with Bg2 and Ng3.}) 8. Bg5 { going for the exchange right away} (8. g3 $5 {has been seen in a couple of hundred games in recent practice. Nakamura used it in the same tournament against MVL} Nbd7 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Qc7 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Nc3 Nb6 $1 {establishing good control over d5} 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. a4 Be7 17. axb5 axb5 18. h4 O-O 19. O-O Rc4 $132 {Â1/2-Â1/2 (33) Nakamura,H (2792) -Vachier Lagrave,M (2791) Saint Louis 2017, with enough counterplay.}) 8... Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. O-O-O {White puts his chips on his better development and prospects for the initiative, while Black sits there with the bishop pair and a solid pawn structure} g6 13. Kb1 Nc5 (13... Rc8 { Anand scored a great win against Topalov in 2015} 14. Nec3 Rc5 $6 {a step in th e wrong direction, later it was found that the plan with ...Nc5 (as Nepo played) is the most consistent} 15. Be2 b5 16. a3 Nb6 17. g4 $1 { gets there quickly} hxg4 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. hxg4 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Bg7 21. Qe3 Qb7 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. g5 Qc6 24. Rg1 Qd7 25. Qg3 Rc8 26. Bg4 Bxg4 27. Qxg4 Qxg4 28. Rxg4 $16 {1-0 (74) Anand,V (2796)-Topalov,V (2803) London 2015, keeping a very strong positional advantage.}) (13... Bh6 14. g3 Nc5 15. Qa3 b5 16. Nec3 O-O 17. Be2 Rb8 18. b4 $2 {trying to play similar to the Salem-Areshchenko game} a5 $1 19. Ka1 (19. bxc5 b4 $17 {is devastating}) 19... axb4 20. Qxb4 Na6 21. Qb3 Qa5 22. g4 h4 23. g5 Bxg5 24. Rhg1 Nc5 25. Qb4 Bd8 $19 { 0-1 (33) Ameir,M (2399)-Wei,Y (2728) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 14. Qf3 (14. Qa3 $5 Bxd5 (14... Bg7 $5) (14... Bh6 $5 { similar to the Ameir - Wei Yi game mentioned above, keeping the flexibility}) 15. Rxd5 Bg7 16. Nc3 O-O 17. h4 b5 18. f3 Rb8 19. b4 $1 { a very nice move, connected with a deep idea} Ne6 20. Qxa6 Nc7 21. Qc6 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 $16 {a great exchange sacrifice. Now White dominates positionally and he went on to win the game convincingly} f5 23. Bxb5 {White's queenside looks too open, but Black doesn't have the right pieces to attack, not to mention the completely passive g7-bishop} fxe4 24. fxe4 Rf7 25. a4 Rc8 26. Qb6 Qf8 27. Qe3 Bh6 28. Qe2 Ra8 29. a5 $18 { 1-0 (41) Salem,A (2652)-Areshchenko,A (2682) Sharjah 2017}) 14... Bg7 15. Nec3 b5 16. Ne3 O-O 17. Rg1 $146 (17. g4 $5 h4 18. Rg1 Qg5 $2 (18... Bh6 { was the provocative reply} 19. g5 $5 Bxg5 20. Nf5 $40) 19. Rxd6 Rfd8 20. Rc6 $1 Rac8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Bg2 Rd4 23. Rd1 Bb7 24. Ncd5 Rxe4 $2 (24... b4 $1 $44) 25. c3 $1 $16 {1-0 (38) Eljanov,P (2757)-Oparin,G (2621) Novi Sad 2016}) 17... Bh6 18. Ncd5 { Black could have kept the e6-bishop with natural moves like ...Rc8 or ...Kg7.} Bxe3 (18... Rc8 $5) (18... Kg7 $5) 19. Qxe3 Rc8 20. Be2 Kg7 (20... Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qe7 {would be similar to the game.}) 21. f4 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 exf4 23. Qxf4 Re8 $1 24. Rxd6 Qe7 {Black has no problems because e4 is falling next move.} 25. e5 (25. Bf3 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Rc4 $1 $15 {the safest, which may even give Black an edge, with the nice initiative on the e-file.}) 25... Qxe5 26. Qxe5+ Rxe5 27. Bf3 Ne4 {Making things interesting, most likely for White. I believe Nepo thought the endgame with bishop against knight could be somewhat dangerous, that's why he forced the exchange.} (27... a5 $1 {Anand's suggestion in the post-mortem as well, Black doesn't have any problems int he endgame, all his pieces are well placed.}) 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxa6 Re2 30. c3 h4 31. Ra5 b4 $2 {The losing mistake.} (31... Rb8 $1 { was forced, and Black has enough compensation to equalise. A sample line:} 32. a3 (32. Ra3 {Anand said in the post mortem he was considering this move} Rd8 33. Rb3 Rd5 $1 {with excellent counterplay again, f5-g5 is coming}) 32... Rb6 33. Ra7 Rf6 34. Rb7 Rf5 35. Ka2 Kh6 $132) 32. cxb4 Rcc2 33. b3 $1 {Maybe Black overlooked this idea, and didn't realise White has no problems after Ka1.} Rb2+ 34. Ka1 $18 {With the queenside safe, the b-pawn may start marching, while Black has to spend some tempi to grab both g2 and h3.} Rxg2 35. Rxg2 Rxg2 36. b5 Re2 37. b6 Re8 38. b7 Rb8 39. Rb5 f5 40. Kb2 $1 {Bringing the king over to control the f-pawn and finishing the last hope for Black.} 1-0 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.08"] [Round "6"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2017.08.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. c4 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg3 Ne5 12. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Qxd7 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. Rfd1 Qa4 16. Qxa4 Nxa4 17. Be5 f6 18. b3 Nb6 19. Bd4 Rac8 20. e4 e5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rac1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Nd2 Kf7 26. f3 Ke6 27. Kf2 Kd6 28. Ke3 Kc5 29. a3 Nd6 30. Kd3 a5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2807"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2017.08.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 $5 {In the past this was played only occasionally. Players with Black probably thought that treating the Reversed Dragon (meaning with a tempo less for Black) in such an aggressive way would be too risky. The main idea of the last move is keeping the knight on d5 without allowing Nxe5 or d2-d4, usually offering White the initiative.} 7. O-O { A neutral developing move, intending keeping all the threats in the centre.} ( 7. Nxe5 {does not look too promising:} Nxc3 8. bxc3 ({ One important point is that with the bishop on c5} 8. Nxc6 $2 { is impossible due to} Qf6 $19) 8... Nxe5 9. d4 Bd6 $5 $146 (9... Ng4 { Schwierskott,M (2162)-Schmid,F (2087) Bayern 2003 (0-1, 68)} 10. f3) (9... Bb6 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 c6 { Simurdova,Z (1730)-Pokorna,K (1410) Sec u Chrudimi 2008 (1-0, 45)} 12. f4 $16) 10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $11) 7... O-O { Fortunately, Black can answer with the same method.} (7... Be6 $2 { leaves b7 undefended:} 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxb7 $16) 8. d3 (8. Nxe5 {still does not work.} Nxc3 9. bxc3 (9. Nxc6 Nxd1 10. Nxd8 Bxf2+ $1 $15) 9... Nxe5 10. d4 Bd6 11. dxe5 Bxe5 $11) ({ There have been some developments after} 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 (9. Ng5 Qd8 10. Nxh7 Re8 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d4 Qh5 14. dxc5 e4 $44 { Aronian,L (2799)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis 2017 (1-0, 52)}) 9... Bb6 10. b4 e4 $5 {It looks like a good idea to use the temporary activity of the queen and dark-squared bishop for fighting for the initiative. Otherwise White may be simply better.} (10... a5 $5) (10... Nxb4 11. Bb2 e4 12. Ne5 $14) (10... Re8 11. Bb2 Qd6 12. b5 Nd4 13. a4 a6 14. a5 Bc5 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. e3 $14 Bg4 18. f3 $16 {Gelfand,B (2729)-Inarkiev,E (2702) Nazran 2017 (1-0, 50)}) 11. Ng5 Qd4 12. Be3 Qxb4 13. Nxe4 Bxe3 ({ Improving over a game played between the same players one week earlier:} 13... Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Rb1 Qe7 16. Qd2 $14 { Nakamura,H (2792)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2017 (1/2-1/2, 34)}) 14. fxe3 Qe7 {The central pawns are not necessarily strong as Black might have feared in the first game. They could easily become weak.} 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Rac1 c6 17. Nc5 Ng4 18. e4 b6 19. Na4 { Nakamura,H (2792)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis (blitz) 2017 (1-0, 53)} Qd7 $15 ) 8... Bb6 ({This prophylactic move surely is better than} 8... Be6 9. Ng5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 $14 Bd5 11. e4 $16) ({ But it is not clear how to get an advantage after a neutral move such as} 8... h6 {One possible continuation is} 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Nd2 Qe6 11. b3 { with pleasant play, even though not necessarily better an objective advantage.} ) 9. Bd2 ({This apparently modest developing move is more constructive than} 9. Na4 {, aiming to take the bishop pair, but neglecting the development and control in the centre.} Re8 10. a3 (10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Nd2 Qg6 12. Ne4 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. Kh2 Kh8 16. a3 f5 17. Nec5 Bc8 18. b4 e4 $15 {Eljanov,P (2 739)-Grischuk,A (2761) Geneve 2017 (0-1, 38), with perfect regrouping and active play in the centre.}) 10... Nd4 11. e3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 c6 13. b4 Be6 14. Bb2 Qd7 15. Qe2 Bg4 16. Qc2 Bh3 $11 { Gelfand,B (2728)-Adams,M (2736) Geneve 2017 (1/2-1/2, 24)}) 9... Bg4 $146 ({ I am not sure to which extent this improves over} 9... Be6 10. Ng5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 (11. Nxe6 {leads to interesting play:} Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 fxe6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxe5 Qxd3 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Bf4 Rae8 17. Qxc6 Re2 18. Rad1 Bxf2+ $6 19. Kh1 Qf5 20. Rd2 $14 {But in this line 18...Qa6 looks better, threatening ...Bxf2+ and ...Qxa2 simultaneously.}) 11... Bd7 12. c4 {White's position after the last exchange looks at least more pleasant. True, there was no need to help the knight improve its position with the following series of pawn moves.} h6 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nc3 f4 15. Rb1 Qc8 16. Ne4 $14 { Adzic,S (2130)-Nemeth,H (1648) Hungary 2012 (1-0, 31)}) 10. Rc1 ({ It remains an open question why not} 10. h3 Be6 (10... Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxe5 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 { wins a pawn. The kingside weakness does not seem to fully compensate for it.}) 11. Ng5 {with similar play to that in the previous line. The weakness induced by h2-h3 does not seem to be so telling.}) 10... Nxc3 {This looks like a concession, but Caruana was probably not satisfied by the alternatives.} (10... Qd7 $2 11. Nxe5 $16) (10... f6 11. Qb3 (11. Nxe5 $2 Nxc3 12. Nxc6 Nxd1 13. Nxd8 Nxf2 $17) 11... Be6 12. Ng5 fxg5 13. Bxd5 $14) (10... Re8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. a4 $5 a5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nh4 {with pleasant play on the light squares.} ) 11. Bxc3 ({ With the bishop on d2 the knight has not enough space for manoeuvring:} 11. bxc3 Qd7 12. Ng5 (12. c4 Bc5 13. Ng5 Nd4 14. Re1 Rad8 15. Ne4 Be7 $15) 12... f6 $1 $15) 11... Re8 12. b4 {Black is actively developed but White can start his queenside play without loss of time.} Qd6 {This logical move does not receive the engines' approval. But the recommended invasion of the d4-square tends to leave the b6-bishop out of play:} (12... Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. a4 c6 (14... a6 {may be better but Black's bishop does not impress after} 15. Re1) 15. a5 Bc7 16. a6 $36) (12... a5 13. b5 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. a4 { In the long run White's position may prove easier to play.}) 13. Nd2 Qh6 { Trying to keep the possibility of a central counter-attack.} (13... Rad8 14. Nc4 Qe6 15. a4 $36) 14. Nc4 (14. a4 Rad8 15. Nc4 $6 e4 $17) 14... Qh5 15. Rc2 { This rook lift works out well in similar positions, but here it may not be strongest, since there is no immediate way of activating the queen.} (15. Re1 Rad8 16. Qc2 Bh3 17. Bh1 $14 {The last move reveals another merit of 15.Re1.}) 15... Rad8 16. Nxb6 cxb6 (16... axb6 17. b5 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Re1 Qxb5 20. Rxc7 $14) {White has got the bishop pair and the better structure but he needs to play carefully as Black is very active.} 17. f3 {Due to White's choice on move 15 there was no other way of reducing Black's pressure in the centre.} ( 17. Rd2 b5 18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qc2 Bh3 21. Bf3 Bg4 $11) 17... Be6 18. Qd2 b5 19. f4 {The best way of putting the bishop pair to work.} Bg4 $6 { Obviously missing White's 22nd move or the 26th move in the next comment.} ({ Pawn reaction in the centre would not offer full equality:} 19... exf4 20. Rxf4 $36) ({or} 19... f6 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Qe3 $14) ({But Black could try} 19... Bd5 {for instance} 20. e4 Bc4 21. Bf3 Qh3 22. Be2 f6 $11 { Both sides will find it difficult to make progress in this static position.}) 20. Bxc6 $1 { Winning a pawn which will not be as easy to retrieve as Caruana thought.} bxc6 21. fxe5 f6 {Does Black really retrieve the pawn?!} 22. exf6 $3 {People may e started forgetting that not such a long time ago (a couple of decades) Anand entered the top arena as a brilliant combinative player.} Rxe2 23. f7+ Kf8 24. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Re5 ({The hidden point of the combination is that} 25... Qe5 {runs into} 26. Rxe2 $3 Qxc3 27. Re8 Qd4+ 28. Rf2 Qxb4 29. f8=Q+ Qxf8 30. Rfxf8 Rxd3 31. Rg8+ { The manoeuvre initiated by this move wins the a7-pawn by force.} Kf7 32. Ref8+ Ke7 33. Ra8 Bf5 34. Rxa7+ $18 {Pawns are equal and even though his king is temporarily passive, White should convert his clear extra exchange.}) 26. Qd4 $1 Qg5 27. Rc5 $1 Rxd4 28. f8=Q+ Kg6 29. Qf7+ (29. Qf7+ Kh6 30. Rf6+) 1-0 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2809"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2017.08.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. h4 Bg7 8. h5 Bf5 9. Ng5 e6 10. h6 Bf6 11. Nge4 Be7 12. d3 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 O-O 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Bg2 b6 17. Qa4 Rab8 18. O-O Nd4 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Rfe1 Rbd8 21. g4 Nb4 22. a3 Nd5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rc3 Nb5 25. Rc2 Nd4 26. Rc3 Nb5 27. Rc2 Nd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.04"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2822"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2017.08.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Nd5 h6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Re1 Ba7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Re8 14. a4 b4 15. a5 bxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Nd5 Ne7 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. d4 Ng6 21. g3 Qc8 22. Re3 Rb5 23. Nd2 h5 24. h4 Qh3 25. Qf1 Qg4 26. Qe2 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Re6 28. Nf1 Nf8 29. Rc2 exd4 30. cxd4 c5 31. dxc5 dxc5 32. Nd2 Rd6 33. Nc4 Rd4 34. Kg2 Ne6 35. Ra3 g6 36. Nd2 Kg7 37. Rac3 Rdb4 38. Ra2 Rd4 39. Rac2 Ra4 40. Nb3 Rxb3 41. Rxb3 Nd4 42. Rcb2 Nxb3 43. Rxb3 Rxe4 44. Rb6 Re6 45. Rb7 c4 46. Rc7 Re5 47. Rxc4 Rxa5 48. Rc6 Ra2 49. Kf3 a5 50. Ra6 a4 51. Ke3 a3 52. Kf3 f6 53. Ra7+ Kf8 54. Kg2 Ra1 55. Kf3 Ke8 56. Ra6 Ke7 57. Kg2 Kf7 58. Kf3 Ra2 59. Kg2 g5 60. g4 gxh4 61. gxh5 Ra1 62. Ra7+ Kg8 63. h6 Kh8 64. Kh2 f5 65. f4 a2 66. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.03"] [Round "2"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "2749"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2017.08.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nf3 a6 11. Ba4 Be6 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Nf4 Bxf4 14. exf4 b5 15. Bb3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd4 18. Qd3 Nxb3 19. axb3 d4 20. Bd2 Re8 21. Rfd1 Qd5 22. Ba5 h6 23. Qxd4 Qxb3 24. f5 Re4 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. Bxc3 b4 27. Be1 a5 28. f3 Re2 29. Bxb4 Rxb2 30. Bxa5 Rb5 31. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2017.08.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2017.08.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Re8 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Bg3 d6 10. h3 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. O-O Bf8 14. Nh2 d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Nhf3 Qd7 17. Re1 Bd6 18. Re2 Rad8 19. Qf1 Nh5 20. Bh2 Re7 21. Rae1 Rde8 22. g4 Nf6 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. dxe4 Qe6 25. Bb3 Qf6 26. Qg2 Na5 27. Bc2 Nc4 28. Bb3 Na5 29. Bc2 Nc4 30. Bb3 Na5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 30th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2017.07.09"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2810"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2017.07.07"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Bd2 b6 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. dxc5 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 bxc5 12. h4 h5 13. Qf4 Ng6 14. Qe3 Nd7 15. Rh3 Rb8 16. c4 d4 17. Qe4 Qc7 18. Re1 Qb7 19. Qd3 Kg8 20. Rg3 Ne7 21. Kg1 Nf5 22. Rg5 Nf8 23. Bf4 Ng6 24. Bg3 Re8 25. Nd2 Qe7 26. Ne4 Rf8 27. Rb1 Rh6 28. Qf3 Nfxh4 29. Bxh4 Nxh4 30. Qf6 Qxf6 31. exf6 Rg6 32. Rb5 Rxg5 33. Nxg5 gxf6 34. Ne4 f5 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Nxh5+ Kh6 37. Nf4 Rg8 38. Rxc5 e5 39. Nd3 Rxg2+ 40. Kf1 e4 41. Ne1 Rh2 42. Rc8 Rh1+ 43. Ke2 f4 44. Rh8+ Kg7 45. Rh5 Kg6 46. Rh8 Kg7 47. Rh5 f3+ 48. Nxf3 exf3+ 49. Kd2 Kf6 50. c5 Ke6 51. Rh6+ Kd7 52. a4 Kc7 53. a5 f6 54. Kd3 Rd1+ 55. Ke4 Ng2 56. Rxf6 Rd2 57. a6 Rxc2 58. Rf7+ Kc6 59. Rxa7 Rxf2 60. Rf7 Kxc5 61. Rxf3 Ra2 62. Rf8 Ra4 63. a7 Rxa7 64. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 30th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2017.07.09"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2810"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2017.07.07"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 Re8 10. O-O-O Bf6 11. h4 Nf8 12. Ng5 d5 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qf3 h5 15. Qg3 Bg4 16. Rde1 c6 17. f3 Bd7 18. Qf2 Qa5 19. Kb1 Re7 20. g4 Rae8 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 axb6 24. gxh5 gxh5 25. Bf2 c5 26. c4 dxc4 27. Ne4 Be7 28. Bxc4 Ng6 29. Bd5 Bc6 30. c4 Rd8 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Kc2 Ne5 33. Nd2 Nd3 34. Be3 f5 35. Rg1+ Kf7 36. Bg5 Nb4+ 37. Kd1 Nxa2 38. Bxe7 Kxe7 39. Rg5 Kf6 40. Rxh5 Nb4 41. b3 Ke5 42. Rh7 Kd4 43. Re7 Rh8 44. f4 Kd3 45. Nf3 Nc2 46. Re2 Nd4 47. Ne5+ Kc3 48. Re3+ Kb4 49. Rh3 Rh5 50. Kc1 Nxb3+ 51. Kb2 Nd4 52. Rc3 b5 53. cxb5 cxb5 54. Nd3+ Ka5 55. Rxc5 Rxh4 56. Rd5 Rh2+ 57. Kb1 Rh1+ 58. Kb2 Rh2+ 59. Kb1 Ne2 60. Rxf5 Nc3+ 61. Kc1 Ka4 62. Re5 Kb3 63. Nc5+ Kc4 64. Ne4 Ne2+ 65. Kd1 Nd4 66. Nd2+ Rxd2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 30th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2017.07.09"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2810"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2017.07.07"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne5 12. Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qxa7 Rxb2 14. O-O Bf6 15. a4 Qc8 16. Rab1 Nc6 17. Qa6 Qxa6 18. Bxa6 Rfb8 19. Bb5 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Na5 21. Rd1 Bxc3 22. Rd3 Bb4 23. c3 Ba3 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. h4 c6 26. Bd3 g6 27. Re1 f6 28. Ra1 Bc5 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Rb1 Rd8 31. Bf1 Ke7 32. g3 c4 33. Rb6 Ra8 34. Rb2 Nb3 35. Ra2 Ra5 36. Bxc4 Nc5 37. Bg8 h6 38. Bh7 Rxa4 39. Rxa4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 30th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2017.07.09"] [Round "2.5"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2017.07.07"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxc4 Qb6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rab1 Be6 12. Qh4 Qa6 13. Ng5 Nbd7 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. dxc4 Rab8 17. Rfd1 Ne5 18. b3 b6 19. Nb5 a6 20. Bf4 Nfg4 21. Na7 Rc7 22. Nc6 Rbc8 23. Nd8 1-0 [Event "Leon 30th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2017.07.09"] [Round "2.1"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2017.07.07"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bc4 Be7 9. a4 d6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Re1 Nf4 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. g3 Ng6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. e5 a5 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Ne3 Nf8 22. Qb3 Nb4 23. Nc2 Nxc2 24. Rxc2 Ne6 25. Rc3 Reb8 26. Qb5 Qxb5 27. axb5 a4 28. Ra1 Ra5 29. b4 Ra7 30. Rca3 Rba8 31. Rc1 g5 32. h3 h5 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Kg7 35. Kf1 Rh8 36. Ke2 Rh3 37. Rca1 Ra8 38. Rxa4 Nf4+ 39. Ke3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 30th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2017.07.09"] [Round "2.3"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E48"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2017.07.07"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. Qc2 h6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rd1 Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Ne7 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Qe4 Ng6 16. Be3 a6 17. g3 f5 18. Qf3 Rb8 19. Qh5 Ne7 20. d5 e5 21. Ba7 Ra8 22. Bb6 g6 23. Bxd8 gxh5 24. Bb6 Bd7 25. b4 Rac8 26. Rac1 Kg7 27. h4 Ng8 28. Bf1 Nf6 29. Bg2 Rc4 30. Bf1 Rcc8 31. Bg2 Rc4 32. Bf1 Rcc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 30th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2017.07.08"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Santos Latasa, Jaime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2542"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2017.07.07"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qd1 Nc6 13. h3 g6 14. Bd3 Bg7 15. O-O O-O 16. Re1 Qb6 17. Rb1 Rfe8 18. Ne5 Be6 19. a4 Red8 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. a5 Qd7 22. Qb3 a6 23. Qb4 Bf8 24. Nf3 Ra8 25. Rbc1 Bf5 26. Ne5 Qc8 27. Bf1 Be6 28. Qb3 Ne4 29. c4 dxc4 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Nxc4 Qf5 32. Qf3 Nd6 33. Re5 Qf6 34. Nb6 Rab8 35. Nd5 Qh4 36. g4 Bh6 37. Rxe7 Bxf4 38. Qxf4 Qxh3 39. Rcc7 h5 40. Rxf7 1-0 [Event "Leon 30th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2017.07.08"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Santos Latasa, Jaime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C28"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2542"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2017.07.07"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Nge2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 Nxc4 8. dxc4 d6 9. Qd3 Be6 10. b3 c6 11. Ba3 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. Qe3 h6 14. h3 Bf8 15. Rd3 a6 16. Rad1 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bb2 bxa4 19. Nxa4 Nd7 20. Nec3 Rdb8 21. Bc1 Nb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. Kh2 Qc7 25. f4 f6 26. Be3 Rd8 27. Qf2 Rab8 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Bxh6 Qf7 30. Be3 Qxf2 31. Bxf2 Rdc8 32. R3d2 Be7 33. Bg3 Rd8 34. Na4 Kg8 35. Nb2 Kf7 36. Nd3 Ke8 37. Ra1 Ra8 38. Rdd1 c5 39. Nb2 Bd7 40. Rxa8 Rxa8 41. Nc4 Ra6 42. Kg1 Bb5 43. Ne3 Ra2 44. Kf2 Bc6 45. Kf3 Kd7 46. Bxe5 Ke6 47. Bxg7 Bg5 48. Ra1 1-0 [Event "Leon 30th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2017.07.08"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Santos Latasa, Jaime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2542"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2017.07.07"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 d5 17. Bg5 b4 18. cxb4 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rc1 Qd6 21. exd5 exd4 22. Ne4 Qxb4 23. Rxc7 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. f4 Ree8 26. d6 Rad8 27. Nd2 Bd5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. d7 Rd8 30. Qe2 Be6 31. Nf3 Qb6 32. Rc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 30th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2017.07.08"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Santos Latasa, Jaime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2542"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2017.07.07"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. O-O e6 8. Qe1 Bd6 9. f3 Bh5 10. Qh4 Nf6 11. Nf4 Bxf4 12. Bxf4 Qe7 13. Bg5 Bg6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Nd2 h6 16. Rae1 O-O 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Qg3 a5 19. Nb3 a4 20. Nc5 b6 21. Nd3 g5 22. a3 Na5 23. Ne5 Rc8 24. Qf2 Nc4 25. Nd3 Qc7 26. Qc2 Qc6 27. Re2 Qd7 28. Rfe1 Re8 29. h3 Re7 30. Nf2 Kh8 31. Ng4 Rf8 32. Ne5 Nxe5 33. Rxe5 Rf6 34. Qe2 Qc6 35. Qa6 Kg8 36. R1e3 Rd7 37. Qe2 Rd6 38. Qf2 Qb5 39. Kh2 Kh8 40. Re2 Qe8 41. Qg3 Qd7 42. Qg4 Rf4 43. Qg3 Kg8 44. Qe1 Kf7 45. Qb1 Kg8 46. Qc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 30th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2017.07.08"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Santos Latasa, Jaime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2542"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2017.07.07"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 O-O 8. d4 Nf5 9. c3 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 d6 11. Re1 d5 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Nf3 Ne7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qb3 Qc6 20. Re1 a5 21. a4 Ne7 22. g3 Kf7 23. Kg2 Rb8 24. Qc2 g6 25. b3 b5 26. axb5 Rxb5 27. c4 Bb4 28. Qd3 Rb8 29. Qe2 Qd7 30. Qd3 Nc6 31. Bxb4 Rxb4 32. cxd5 Qxd5 33. Qe3 Rxb3 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Re4 Rxf3 0-1 [Event "Leon 30th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2017.07.08"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Santos Latasa, Jaime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E08"] [WhiteElo "2542"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2017.07.07"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.09.13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nh5 12. Bc1 Nhf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Qc8 16. Qxc8 Rfxc8 17. Nc3 a6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nd5 20. Bd2 N7f6 21. Nc3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Nd5 23. Rdb1 Rab8 24. Rb3 h6 25. a4 Bg5 26. f4 Bf6 27. Kf1 g6 28. Ke1 Bd8 29. Bf1 Ra8 30. Rab1 Ne7 31. Bd3 Nc6 32. Ke2 h5 33. Be4 Ra7 34. Kd3 Na5 35. Rb4 Rd7 36. Be1 Kf8 37. Bf3 Nc6 38. Rc4 Rdc7 39. Rxb6 Ne5+ 40. fxe5 Rxc4 41. Rxa6 R4c7 42. a5 Ke8 43. Rd6 Ra7 44. a6 Bc7 45. Bc6+ Kf8 46. Rd7 Rb8 47. d5 Bb6 48. Rxa7 Bxa7 49. d6 Rb6 50. Bb7 Rb5 51. Bd2 Rxe5 52. Bh6+ Ke8 53. Bc6+ Kd8 54. Bg7 Rf5 55. Bf8 1-0 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.07.02"] [Round "18"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2771"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2017.07.01"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 O-O 8. d4 Nf5 9. c3 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 d6 11. Re1 d5 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Qf3 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Qd6 15. Qxd6 Nxd6 16. Nd2 c6 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Re5 Nd6 20. Rae1 Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. Kd3 Nc7 26. Nf3 Ne6 27. g3 f6 28. Ke3 Kd6 29. Ne1 g6 30. Nd3 Ke7 31. Nf4 g5 32. Nxe6 Kxe6 33. g4 h6 34. h3 Kd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.07.02"] [Round "16"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2732"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2017.07.01"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. Be2 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. exd6 exd6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bg5 Nf6 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nc3 Nf5 13. Bxf5 Bxf5 14. d5 a6 15. Bd4 Qd7 16. Qd2 g5 17. h4 g4 18. Nh2 Nh5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nf1 Rae8 21. Ne2 Re5 22. Neg3 Nxg3 23. Nxg3 Rfe8 24. c4 Bg6 25. h5 Bxh5 26. Nxh5+ Rxh5 27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. Qd4+ Qe5 29. Qxg4+ Rg5 30. Qf3 Qxb2 31. Re1 Qf6 32. Qh3 Qd4 33. Qb3 b6 34. Rd1 Qe4 35. Qc3+ Kg8 36. Qh3 Kg7 37. Rc1 a5 38. a4 Qd4 39. Qf3 Qg4 40. Qxg4 Rxg4 41. Kf1 Kf6 42. f3 Rd4 43. Ke2 Rh4 44. Kd3 Rh2 45. Rg1 h5 46. Ke3 h4 47. Kf4 h3 48. gxh3 Rxh3 49. Ke3 Rh4 50. Kd3 Rf4 51. Rg8 Rxf3+ 52. Kd4 Ke7 53. Rc8 Kd7 54. Rf8 Rf1 55. Kd3 f5 56. Rf7+ Kc8 57. Kc3 Ra1 58. Rxf5 Ra3+ 59. Kb2 Rxa4 60. Kb3 Rb4+ 61. Kc3 b5 0-1 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.07.02"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2017.07.01"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 h6 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Rd8 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Ne7 19. c4 dxe4 20. dxe4 Ng6 21. Ra7 c6 22. Rd1 Qc8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rxb7 Qc8 25. Rb6 cxb5 26. Rxb5 Nd7 27. Nd5 Rc6 28. Nd2 Nc5 29. Qb2 Kh7 30. Rb8 Qe6 31. Qb5 Nf4 32. Ra8 Qg6 33. Nxf4 exf4 34. Qb8 Qf6 35. Nf3 Nd7 36. Qe8 Rd6 37. e5 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Qe6 39. Qh8+ Kg6 40. Rg8 Kf5 41. Qxg7 1-0 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.07.02"] [Round "14"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2796"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2017.07.01"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Nb3 a6 9. Bd3 b5 10. f4 Bb7 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 Rd8 14. a5 d5 15. e5 f6 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc8 18. Qh5 O-O 19. Be3 fxe5 20. fxe5 Bc5 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qxg6 Qxe5 23. Nf3 Qxe3 24. Ng5 Rf2 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7+ Kd6 28. Nf7+ Kc7 29. Nxd8+ Kxd8 30. h4 Qf4 31. Rxf2 Qxh4+ 0-1 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.07.02"] [Round "17"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2017.07.01"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. b4 Bf8 5. Bb2 c6 6. Ne3 Bxb4 7. Bxe5 Nf6 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Re8 10. Nf3 d6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. O-O Ne5 13. Qb3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bxd2 15. Rad1 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Ne4 17. Rd4 Nc5 18. Qa3 Qe7 19. e4 Be6 20. Rfd1 Nd7 21. Rxd6 Nb6 22. Qc3 Qg5 23. Ba1 Bxc4 24. Bh5 Rxe4 25. Rd8+ Re8 26. h4 Qh6 27. R1d6 Be6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Bxe8 Nd5 31. Qf3 Nf6 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Qg4+ Kf8 34. Qxe6 1-0 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.07.02"] [Round "10"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2832"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2017.07.01"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. c4 c5 8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qd6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Be2 Bc6 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. Nxd6 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Nxd6 17. Rxd6 Rc8 18. Rc1 Kf8 19. Ne5 Ke7 20. Rd2 f6 21. Nxc6+ Nxc6 22. Rdc2 Kd8 23. Bf3 Rab8 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. b3 Kc7 27. Kf1 a5 28. Rc4 Rb4 29. Ke2 Rxc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.07.02"] [Round "15"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C20"] [WhiteElo "2738"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2017.07.01"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nxd5 6. Nbc3 Be6 7. Nf4 Nc6 8. Bb5 Nxf4 9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Bxf4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Rxd6 12. Ne4 Rd5 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Nc3 Rd6 15. O-O Ke7 16. Rfe1 Rd2 17. Rac1 Rhd8 18. f3 Kf8 19. Ne4 R2d4 20. b3 Bf5 21. Ng3 Bg6 22. Nf1 c5 23. Re5 R4d5 24. Re3 f5 25. f4 Rd4 26. g3 Bf7 27. Re5 R8d5 28. Rce1 c4 29. Kf2 g6 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. b4 a5 32. a3 axb4 33. axb4 Rd6 34. Re5 Bd5 35. c3 Be4 36. Rc5 Rd1 37. Rxc7 Rc1 38. Ne3 Rxc3 39. Nxc4 Rc2+ 40. Ke3 Rxh2 41. b5 Rh3 42. Kd4 Rxg3 43. Ke5 Rb3 44. Kf6 Ke8 45. Rxh7 Kd8 46. Nd6 Bd3 47. Nb7+ Kc8 48. Nc5 Rc3 49. Nxd3 Rxd3 50. Kxg6 Rd5 51. b6 Rb5 52. b7+ Kb8 53. Rd7 1-0 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.07.02"] [Round "12"] [White "Jobava, Baadur"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2017.07.01"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Qd6 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 c5 16. dxc5 Qxe5 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Rfe1 Qf5 19. b4 Ra3 20. Rad1 Ba6 21. Qc1 Rd3 22. Qxc7 d4 23. Rxd3 Qxd3 24. Bf4 Qc3 25. Re7 Qxc7 26. Bxc7 d3 27. Bxb6 Rb8 28. Ba5 Bb5 29. Re5 Bc4 30. Re4 Bxa2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.07.02"] [Round "13"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2808"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2017.07.01"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Bd6 9. c3 h6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. g3 Nc6 13. f4 a6 14. Nf3 b5 15. a3 Na5 16. Ne5 Nc4 17. a4 Rab8 18. axb5 axb5 19. g4 Nd7 20. Ra6 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. g5 hxg5 24. Bh7+ Kxh7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Qxf7+ Kh7 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qf7+ Kh7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qf7+ Kh7 31. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2793"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2017.07.01"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 d4 11. Nb3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Bf4 Bb4 15. Nbd2 Qd7 16. a3 Be7 17. g4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Qxg4+ 19. Bg3 f5 20. Bb3+ Kh8 21. Be6 Bd6 22. Kg2 Ne7 23. Rh1 Rf6 24. Ng5 Qxg5 25. Rxh5 Qg6 26. exf5 Nxf5 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Rxf5 Qxf5 29. Qf3 Qc8 30. Bxd6 cxd6 31. Rc1 Qe8 32. Ne4 d5 33. Ng3 Qe6 34. Qf5 Qg8 35. Rc7 Re8 36. Nh5 Re6 37. Nxg7 Rg6+ 38. Kf1 1-0 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2017.07.01"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. a3 a5 10. Be3 f6 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. h4 Ne6 15. h5 a4 16. g3 Qd7 17. Qg4 Rad8 18. Rad1 c5 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 f5 21. Nxf5 Nd4 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Ng4 Nxc2 25. Rc1 Nd4 26. Rxc5 Kg8 27. Ne5 Re7 28. Kg2 Ne6 29. Ra5 Nxf4+ 30. Kh2 Nxh5 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. d4 Nf6 33. Rxa4 Nxe4 34. Kg2 Nd6 35. Rb4 g5 36. a4 Kg7 37. a5 Kf6 38. Nd3 g4 39. Nc5 c6 40. Rb6 Re2+ 41. Kf1 Rc2 42. Nxb7 Nc4 43. Rxc6+ Kg5 44. Rc5+ Kf4 45. Nd6 Ne3+ 46. Ke1 Rxb2 47. Nc4 Ra2 48. Nxe3 Kxe3 49. Re5+ Kf4 50. Rh5 Kf3 51. Rxh7 g3 52. Rf7+ Kg2 53. d5 Rxa5 54. d6 Re5+ 0-1 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2738"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2017.07.01"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 Nf6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. c4 Nc5 9. Nc3 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. g3 g6 13. b4 f5 14. Ba3 Bg5 15. c5 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. f4 Bh3 20. Rf2 g5 21. f5 h5 22. Bc1 Bxf5 23. Qxg5+ Qxg5 24. Bxg5 Rae8 25. Raf1 Be4 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Bd8 dxc5 29. bxc5 Bxd5 30. a3 c6 31. Bc7 e4 32. Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Jobava, Baadur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2707"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2017.07.01"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2 Nh6 9. Nb3 Nf5 10. g4 Ne7 11. Ne1 h5 12. gxh5 Bh7 13. Ng2 Nf5 14. Bg4 c5 15. c3 Qb6 16. Kh1 Rc8 17. Ne3 Nh6 18. Be2 f6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bb5 c4 21. Nd2 Rc6 22. Re1 Kd8 23. Ndf1 Qc7 24. Ng3 Bd3 25. Ng2 e5 26. Ne3 Nb6 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Ng4 Nxg4 29. Qxg4 Qd7 30. Qh4 Be7 31. dxe5 fxe5 32. Bg5 e4 33. Bxe7+ Qxe7 34. Qxe7+ Kxe7 35. f3 e3 36. Rxe3+ Kd6 37. f4 Nd7 38. f5 Nc5 39. Kg1 Ne4 40. Rae1 Ke5 41. b3 Rg8 42. bxc4 dxc4 43. Rxe4+ 1-0 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2808"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "2017.07.01"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. d5 d6 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Ne4 Bd7 14. c3 h6 15. Bd3 Nh4 16. g3 Ng6 17. f4 c6 18. Be3 Be7 19. Bc4 Bf8 20. Bf2 b5 21. dxc6 bxc4 22. cxd7 Qxd7 23. Qd5 Rab8 24. b4 Qg4 25. Qd1 Qf5 26. Qd4 a5 27. a3 Re6 28. Nd2 axb4 29. axb4 d5 30. Nf1 Ne7 31. Ne3 Qe4 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 33. Nc2 g5 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Rxe4 dxe4 36. Ra5 f5 37. Nd4 Rd8 38. Nxf5 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Rd2 40. Ne3 Bg7 41. Rxg5 Kf7 42. Nxc4 Rc2 43. Nd6+ Kf8 44. Nxe4 Bh6 45. Re5 Kf7 46. Kf3 Ng6 47. Rf5+ Ke8 48. h4 Bg7 49. Bd4 Ne7 50. Rc5 Bxd4 51. cxd4 Rb2 52. d5 Nf5 53. d6 Nd4+ 54. Ke3 Rxb4 55. Nf6+ Kf7 56. Nd5 Ra4 57. Nb6 Rb4 58. Nc4 Ne6 59. Rf5+ Ke8 60. Ne5 Rb3+ 61. Ke4 Rxg3 62. Rf6 Nc5+ 63. Kd5 Nd7 64. Re6+ Kd8 65. Nc6+ Kc8 66. Re8+ Kb7 67. Ne5 Nf6+ 68. Kd4 Nxe8 69. d7 Nc7 70. d8=N+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2017.07.01"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 Ba7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 a5 15. Rb1 axb4 16. cxb4 d5 17. b5 Nd4 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Re4 Qd5 22. Rc1 c6 23. bxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. h3 b5 26. axb5 Qxb5 27. Re1 Rd8 28. Qe2 f6 29. Qa2+ Qd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [Round "7"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2017.07.01"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Bd7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Ne7 7. Qd2 h5 8. g5 g6 9. Bd3 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. Nge2 Nf5 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Nf4 Be7 14. h4 Ne6 15. Nce2 a5 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Nf4 Qb6 18. O-O O-O 19. a4 Qa6 20. b3 b5 21. Qe2 Rfc8 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Ra2 a4 24. bxa4 bxa4 25. Qxa6 Rxa6 26. Rb1 Kf8 27. Rb5 a3 28. Rb3 Ke8 29. Bc1 Ra4 30. c3 Rca8 31. Nd3 Kd7 32. Nb4 Bxb4 33. cxb4 Kc6 34. b5+ Kb7 35. Rbxa3 Rxa3 36. Bxa3 f4 37. Kg2 Bg4 38. Ra1 Ra5 39. b6 Ra4 40. Bb2 Rxa1 41. Bxa1 Kxb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [Round "2"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2017.07.01"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 c5 13. Nf3 Bb7 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rfd8 18. Qd2 Be7 19. Rc2 h5 20. Rfc1 Rc7 21. Bc3 d4 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Ba5 1-0 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.07.01"] [Round "5"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2017.07.01"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bf5 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. d3 Nd7 8. g3 Ne5 9. Nxe5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxe5 11. Qxe5 fxe5 12. Bg2 f6 13. O-O Bg6 14. Rae1 Kf7 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Bh6 17. Bb4 Rhe8 18. Rd4 Bf5 19. g4 e5 20. Rc4 Be6 21. Rce4 Bf4 22. h3 h5 23. gxh5 Rg8 24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Kf2 Rae8 26. Be4 f5 27. Bf3 Bd5 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Be2 f3 30. Bxf3 Bxf3 31. Kxf3 Rh8 32. Be1 Rxh5 33. h4 Ke6 34. Bf2 a6 35. Kf4 Rh8 36. b3 Rg8 37. Kf3 b5 38. Be3 Rg4 39. Bf2 a5 40. a3 a4 41. b4 Kf6 42. Bg3 Rg8 43. Bf2 Re8 44. Bd4+ Kg6 45. Bf2 f4 46. c4 Kf5 47. c5 Re7 48. d4 Re6 49. d5 cxd5 50. Bd4 Re4 0-1 [Event "Leuven GCT rapid"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.06.30"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Jobava, Baadur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2703"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2017.06.28"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 g6 9. c4 Bg7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 b6 12. b4 Bb7 13. Bb2 Qc8 14. a4 Rd8 15. Rac1 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. b5 a5 18. Ne5 Nb6 19. Bc2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qc7 21. Bb3 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Bc3 Nfd7 24. Qd2 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Bxg2 26. Bc3 Qa8 27. f4 Bh3 28. Bxa5 e5 29. Bxb6 Nxb6 30. fxe5 Nd7 31. Qd5 Qa5 32. Kf2 Qb4 33. Bd1 Be6 34. Qe4 Nb6 35. Qd3 Kg7 36. Ne2 Nxc4 37. Qc3 Nb2 38. Qxb4 cxb4 39. b6 Bd5 40. Bb3 Bb7 41. Ke3 h5 42. Nd4 h4 43. a5 h3 44. Nb5 g5 45. Nd6 g4 46. Nxb7 g3 47. Nc5 gxh2 48. Bd5 Nd1+ 49. Kd2 1-0 [Event "Leuven GCT rapid"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.06.30"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "160"] [EventDate "2017.06.28"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. O-O-O g6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Nec3 Bh6 15. h4 Nc5 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. f3 Ne6 18. Qf2 Rc5 19. g4 hxg4 20. fxg4 Bg5 21. Bb5 Bf4 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Na4 Rc6 24. Qa7 Ke8 25. Qxb7 Rc4 26. Nab6 Rd4 27. h5 gxh5 28. gxh5 Rxh5 29. c3 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Kf8 31. Rg1 Nc5 32. Qc6 Rg5 33. Rh1 Kg7 34. Nc4 Nxe4 35. Nxf4 Ng3 36. Ne6+ fxe6 37. Qb7+ Kf6 38. Rh7 Qf8 39. Nxd6 Kg6 40. a3 Nf5 41. Nc4 Ng3 42. Ka2 e4 43. Rh3 Kf5 44. Qh7+ Kf4 45. Qc7+ e5 46. Rh7 Rf5 47. Qb6 Qg8 48. Qf2+ Kg4 49. Rg7+ Qxg7 50. Ne3+ Kh5 51. Qh2+ Kg6 52. Qxg3+ Rg5 53. Qh4 Qf7+ 54. c4 Qf4 55. Qh3 Qf3 56. Qe6+ Kh5 57. Qe8+ Kh4 58. Qh8+ Kg3 59. Nd5 Qd3 60. Qf6 Qxc4+ 61. Ka1 Qc1+ 62. Ka2 Qc4+ 63. Ka1 Qxd5 64. Qxg5+ Kf3 65. Qh5+ Ke3 66. Qh3+ Kd2 67. Qg2+ Kd3 68. Qf1+ Kc2 69. Qf2+ Qd2 70. Qc5+ Kd1 71. Qxe5 e3 72. Qh5+ e2 73. Ka2 Qd4 74. Qf3 a5 75. Kb1 a4 76. Ka1 Kd2 77. Qg2 Qe5 78. Ka2 Ke3 79. Qg1+ Kf3 80. Qe1 Qd5+ 0-1 [Event "Leuven GCT rapid"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.06.30"] [Round "8"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2017.06.28"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bc7 7. d4 O-O 8. d5 d6 9. Ng3 a5 10. Rb1 axb4 11. axb4 Nbd7 12. Bd3 c5 13. b5 Ba5 14. Bb2 Re8 15. O-O Nf8 16. Qc2 Ng6 17. Nce4 Ng4 18. h3 Nh6 19. Nh5 f5 20. Neg3 Nh4 21. f4 g6 22. e4 gxh5 23. exf5 e4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 N4xf5 27. Ra1 b6 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Nd4 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. g5 Nf7 32. Rf3 Bd2 33. Rxa8 Qxa8 34. Qxd4 Bb4 35. Qe4 Qa2 36. Kh1 Bc5 37. Rf1 Qd2 38. Qf3 Qc2 39. Re1 Qxc4 40. Kg2 Qxb5 41. Re7 Qb2+ 42. Kg3 Qd4 43. Re4 Qg1+ 44. Kh3 h6 45. Re6 hxg5 46. Rg6+ Kf8 47. fxg5 Qe3 48. Rf6 Qxf3+ 49. Rxf3 Kg7 50. Kh4 b5 51. Kh5 b4 52. Rf1 Bd4 53. Rf4 Bc5 54. Rf1 Ne5 55. Ra1 Nd3 56. Rd1 Nf4+ 57. Kg4 Ne2 58. Re1 Nc3 59. Re7+ Kf8 60. Rb7 Nxd5 61. g6 Ne7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT rapid"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.06.29"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B09"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2757"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2017.06.28"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Rb8 9. Kh1 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Nb5 Rb7 14. Qe2 Nfe8 15. c3 a6 16. Na3 Nf6 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. f5 b5 19. Na5 Rb6 20. Bg5 bxa4 21. Nc4 Rbb8 22. Bc2 a3 23. Rxa3 Qd8 24. Qf2 Nd7 25. Qh4 Bf6 26. Ra1 e5 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. Raf1 Nh5 29. f6 Kh8 30. Bd1 Ne8 31. g3 Rg8 32. R3f2 Qd7 33. Bxh5 gxh5 34. Rf5 1-0 [Event "Leuven GCT rapid"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.06.29"] [Round "4"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2017.06.28"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. b4 Bd4 5. Rb1 c6 6. e3 Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8. Nf3 e4 9. Nd4 Nf6 10. d3 d5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. a3 O-O 13. dxe4 Qxe4 14. Bb2 Nbd7 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Qd4 Re8 17. Bd3 Nf8 18. Qc3 Bg4 19. Ne5 Bh5 20. O-O Rad8 21. Qb3 N8d7 22. Nc4 b5 23. Na5 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Nxb7 Ng4 26. g3 Nxh2 27. Nxd8 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Nd2 29. Bxh7+ Kf8 30. f4 Qf6 31. Qb2 Nxf1 32. Qxf6 Nxe3+ 33. Kg1 gxf6 34. Nxc6 Nc4 35. Nd4 Nxa3 36. Rb3 Nc4 37. Bd3 Bd1 38. Rc3 Ba4 39. Bxc4 bxc4 40. Rxc4 Re4 41. Kf2 f5 42. Rc8+ Ke7 43. Nxf5+ Ke6 44. Ng7+ Kf6 45. Nh5+ Kg6 46. g4 Rxb4 47. Rg8+ Kh6 48. Kg3 f5 49. Nf6 1-0 [Event "Leuven GCT rapid"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.06.29"] [Round "6"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2017.06.28"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bc4 Qd8 9. b4 Bd6 10. O-O h6 11. Re1 Re8 12. a4 a6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Qf6 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Be2 Red8 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Bg4 a5 19. b5 Nb8 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. Nxb3 Nd7 23. Red1 Kf8 24. Rd3 Ke7 25. Kf1 Nb6 26. Nd2 Ke6 27. Bxb6 cxb6 28. Nc4 Bc5 29. Rad1 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Rc8 31. f3 Bg1 32. Rd6+ Ke7 33. Nxb6 Bxb6 34. Rxb6 Rc7 35. Ke2 Kd8 36. Rd6+ Ke7 37. Rb6 Kd8 38. Rd6+ Ke7 39. Rd5 Rxc3 40. Rxe5+ Kf6 41. Rf5+ Ke6 42. b6 Rc2+ 43. Kf1 Rb2 44. Rxa5 Rxb6 45. Kf2 Rb2+ 46. Kg3 Ra2 47. h4 b6 48. Ra6 Ke7 49. h5 Rb2 50. Ra7+ Ke6 51. f4 Ra2 52. Kf3 Ra3+ 53. Kg4 Ra2 54. g3 Ra1 55. Ra6 f5+ 56. exf5+ Kf7 57. Ra7+ Kf6 58. Ra6 Kf7 59. f6 g6 60. Rxb6 1-0 [Event "Leuven GCT rapid"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.06.28"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2766"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2017.06.28"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. O-O-O b5 13. Nec3 Rb8 14. Nb4 Qg5+ 15. Kb1 Nc5 16. Qf3 Be7 17. Ncd5 Bd8 18. Be2 Rb7 19. Ne3 Qf4 20. Qxf4 exf4 21. Nf5 O-O 22. Nxd6 Rb6 23. e5 Nd7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxe5 26. Rhd1 Bc7 27. Bxh5 g6 28. Be2 Kg7 29. a3 Rfb8 30. c3 Kf8 31. Kc2 Rd8 32. Ne4 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Ke7 34. Nc5 Rc6 35. a4 bxa4 36. Nxa6 Bd6 37. Ra5 f5 38. Rxa4 g5 39. Nb4 Rc8 40. Nd3 Ng6 41. Ra7+ Kf6 42. Ra6 Ke7 43. Bf3 Nh4 44. Bd5 g4 45. hxg4 fxg4 46. Ra4 Rf8 47. Re4+ Kd8 48. Re6 Kd7 49. Rh6 Nf5 50. Be6+ Ke7 51. Bxf5 Rxf5 52. c4 g3 53. f3 Ra5 54. Rh4 Ra1 55. c5 Bb8 56. Nxf4 Rg1 57. Nd5+ Kd7 58. Ne3 Kc6 59. b4 Be5 60. Kd3 Kb5 61. Re4 Bb2 62. Rg4 Be5 63. f4 Bc7 64. Rxg3 Bxf4 65. Rg4 Bh6 66. Nf5 Bc1 67. Nd4+ 1-0 [Event "Leuven GCT rapid"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.06.28"] [Round "1"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "2764"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2017.06.28"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Qb6 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Qa4+ Nbd7 11. d3 O-O 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Nc3 Nb6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Qc2 Bh3 17. Qb3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. Kg1 Rfd8 20. Be5 Nh5 21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. Qb5 Qe6 23. Qc4 Qc6 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Nxe4 Ne6 26. Rfc1 f5 27. Nc3 Kf7 28. Rab1 b5 29. Nxb5 Rxa2 30. Rc3 Ra4 31. Kg2 Rb4 32. Na3 Kf6 33. Nc2 Rb5 34. Na3 Rb4 35. Nc2 Rb5 36. e3 Ra8 37. b4 Ra2 38. Rc4 Nd8 39. d4 cxd4 40. Nxd4 Rd5 41. Rc5 Rd6 42. Ra5 Ra6 43. Rxa6+ bxa6 44. Rc1 Nf7 45. Rc6+ Nd6 46. b5 axb5 47. Nxb5 Ke6 48. Nxd6 exd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT rapid"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2017.06.28"] [Round "2"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2017.06.28"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a5 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. a4 Re8 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Nc4 Nb8 13. Bxd7 Nbxd7 14. Bd2 Nb6 15. b3 c6 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. d4 Nxc4 18. bxc4 exd4 19. cxd4 Bb4 20. Qc2 c5 21. d5 Re7 22. Re3 Rae8 23. Rbe1 Qd8 24. R1e2 Nh5 25. g3 Bxd2 26. Qxd2 Qd7 27. e5 Qxh3 28. exd6 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Qd7 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qxa5 Nf6 32. Qxc5 Qxa4 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ Kg8 35. Ne5 Qb4 36. d7 Qd6 37. Qf3 b6 38. Kg2 h5 39. Kg1 1-0 [Event "Norway Chess 5th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.16"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2832"] [Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2017.06.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nh5 13. Ra2 Qf6 14. Nc4 { This Italian Giuoco Piano/Anti-Berlin Ruy Lopez is a staple of top level chess these days. Between the two of them Anand and Carlsen must have played it a hundred times, including many battles against one another.} b5 $6 {I don't part icularly like this move and I suspect Magnus didn't much fancy it either.} ({ The thing is, the normal} 14... Ne7 {allows} 15. d4 $1 { and even if Black can hold his own after} exd4 16. cxd4 Ng6 17. e5 $1 Qf5 { which is not a fact yet, the position after} 18. exd6 Qd5 19. Rc2 cxd6 { offers White a chance to wrap it up with repetition:} 20. Ne3 Qe4 21. Nc4) 15. Ne3 ({White has to be slightly careful not to walk into} 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ne3 $2 Bxe3 17. Rxa8 Bxf2+) 15... Bb6 16. Ng4 Qe7 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 {In the res ulting symmetrical structure White holds two advantages: pressure against b5 and better posts for his knights. Granted, it's not much yet, but White's prospects look much brighter.} Rab8 {Concession no.1} 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra6 Nd8 {Concession no.2 of the same} 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4 Nf7 23. Qc2 $2 { Not a bad move in itself, but I mark it down for a missed opportunity.} (23. e5 $1 Ng3 24. Qc2 Nf5 (24... Ng5 {offers no compensation whatsoever:} 25. Nxg5 Qxg5 26. exd6 cxd6 27. Rxd6 h5 28. Ne5 $16) 25. e4 Ng3 (25... Nh4 26. Nf6+ gxf6 27. Nxh4 Kg7 28. exd6 cxd6 29. d5 {is disastrous for Black.}) 26. Rc6 { would put Magnus on the ropes yet again. We are used to his indifference to playing for an opening advantage with White because we know of his ability to win from equal positions. Getting in trouble with Black, as consistently happened to Carlsen in this tournament, is another kettle of fish.}) 23... Nf6 $1 {At the last moment the hapless knight escapes.} 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Rc6 Ng5 $1 {Now Carlsen has a clear path to counterplay.} 26. Nxg5 Qxg5 27. Rxc7 Qg3 $1 28. Qe2 ({Still,} 28. Re2 Ra8 29. Qc1 Ra4 30. Qe1 {was worth trying.}) 28... Ra8 29. Rcc1 Ra3 30. Ra1 Rb3 31. Rab1 Ra3 32. Ra1 Rb3 33. Rab1 Ra3 34. Ra1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Chess 5th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.15"] [Round "8"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2017.06.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a4 a5 9. Qc2 c6 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Ne1 Nd6 12. Na3 b6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qb3 Ba6 15. Nb5 Rc8 16. Bf4 Bxb5 17. axb5 Nf5 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. e3 Rc7 21. Bf1 Qc8 22. Qd1 Rd8 23. Bd3 h6 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Qa4 Rc8 27. Rc6 Ne8 28. Bh7+ Kh8 29. Bb1 Kg8 30. Bh7+ Kh8 31. Bb1 Kg8 32. Bh7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Chess 5th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.14"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2017.06.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. d4 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Nf1 exd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. N1d2 c5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 cxd4 20. e6 fxe6 21. Rxe6 Kh8 22. Bg5 Qf7 23. Qd5 Rae8 24. Rae1 h6 25. Bd2 d3 26. Rd6 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Re2 28. Rxd3 Bxf2+ 29. Kf1 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Ne5 31. Rb3 Be3+ 32. Ke2 Bxd2 33. Kxd2 Rf2+ 34. Kc3 Re2 35. Nd3 Nxd3 36. Kxd3 Rxg2 37. Rxb7 Rg3+ 38. Kc4 Rxh3 39. Ra7 Rh4+ 40. Kb3 g5 41. a5 Rf4 42. Rxa6 Kg7 43. Ra7+ Kg6 44. Ra8 Kg7 45. Ra7+ Kg6 46. Ra8 Kg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Chess 5th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.12"] [Round "6"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2786"] [Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2017.06.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. c4 {This is rare occurence for Caruana who usually starts out with 1.e4.} ({ It is worth comparing what happens in the game with the not purely fictional line:} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. e3 (8. g3) 8... Re8 9. b4 e5 10. Be2 c6 {when we get a position that will arise later in this game, but with Black to move.} (10... e4 $1)) 1... e5 {I have heard GMs saying that the problem with the English is - in order - 1... e5, 1...c5 and 1...e6, and then there is nothing wrong with 1...Nf6 or 1...c6. Further down on the list 1...b6 and 1...g6 argue about which one is the most respectable.} 2. Nc3 ({When Mihail Marin wrote his wonderful books on the English, he chose to recommend} 2. g3 {as the second move here. The only downside to leaving out î ..c3, is that Black can play the immediate} c6 3. d4 (3. Nf3 e4 {is another fashionable possibility.}) 3... e4 $5 4. Nc3 d5 { and Black seems to be doing fine. One sample line is}) 2... Bb4 $5 ({ Another î Pb4-line arises after} 2... Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 {This line was already at the centre of attention in the classic WCh match between Kasparov and Karpov, in 1987. Their 2nd and 4th games (with Kasparov as White) both went} (4... d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5) 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 $1 {Lately White has been scoring very well here and Caruana was able to score a nice win against Anand in the Moscow Candidates 2016 (a game that has been excellently commented on in CBM by Mihail Marin). He was possibly hoping to repeat this line.} exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 dxc4 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Rad1 Bf5 15. Ne5 Nd6 $6 16. e4 Bh7 17. Qe2 $14 { Caruana,F (2794)-Anand,V (2762) Moscow 2016.}) (2... c6 { is not as good here as after 2.g3, as} 3. Nf3 $1 d6 4. d4 {leaves Black with little choice but to play either the Old Indian or a sideline of the KID.} Nd7 5. e4 $14) 3. Nd5 (3. g3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 $1 (4. dxc3 d6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nge7 { is even nicer for Black.}) 4... d6 $1 5. Bg2 Ne7 $5 {and Black is well organised to deal with any central setup that White might choose. The knight is more flexible on e7 than on f6 and it is a good reason to try Bb4 before Nf6.}) 3... Bc5 (3... Be7 $5 4. d4 (4. g3) 4... d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. f3 exd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 {is another interesting line, where White has to decide where the queen is best placed. 9.Qc3 seems to be the consensus, but in a game against Ginger GM in 2015 I came to the conclusion that e3 looked like a better square:} 9. Qe3 O-O 10. Ne2 {This is why I didn't want my queen on c3.} a5 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. a3 Nc6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Qc3 f5 16. exf5 Ne7 17. g4 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Qh4+ 19. Kd1 Ne5 $2 (19... Nc5 20. Be3 Bd7 $13) 20. Bf4 $16 { Hillarp Persson,T (2521)-Williams,S (2439) London 2015}) 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 { Anand reached this position no less than five times in 2016 and obviously has a lot of faith in its soundness.} 6. e3 (6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. d3 (9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 a5 11. b3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bb2 {, looks a bit better for White, to me, but Black's pieces are active and I can understand why this kind of position would suit Anand's active style.}) 9... h6 10. Na4 Bb4 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bc7 13. e4 Bg4 $132 { Caruana,F (2820)-Anand,V (2775) 8th London Classic 2016}) (6. a3 Nf6 7. e3 (7. Na4 e4) 7... e4 (7... Bb6 $5) 8. Nd4 O-O 9. d3 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Be2 Qe7 12. b4 Bb6 13. O-O Rd8 {Topalov,V (2760)-Anand,V (2775) Champions Showdown 2016, was perhaps somewhat more comfortable for White.}) 6... Bb4 $1 7. d4 Nd7 ({ It seems that Anand either has lost faith in or got bored with} 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 e4 9. Nd2 Nf6 {which he played in three games last year.} { Nakamura played the principled} 10. Ba3 {and only got half a point out of two:} (10. f3 exf3 $6 (10... Bf5 $5) 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. h3 Qa5 13. Bb2 (13. e4 $1) 13... Qf5 $132 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2740)-Anand,V (2775) 10th Tal Mem 2016}) 10... b6 (10... O-O 11. c5 $5 d5 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O b5 14. Bc1 a6 15. a4 Qd7 16. f4 ({It seems to me (and the engine) that something like} 16. axb5 cxb5 17. f3 exf3 18. Rxf3 { , intending a sacrifice on f6, surely must be much better for White.}) 16... exf3 17. Nxf3 Ne4 18. Ne5 $6 Rxe5 19. dxe5 Nxc3 20. Qc2 Nxa4 21. e4 Qe8 22. Bd3 $2 d4 $1 {Nakamura,H (2775)-Anand,V (2775) Champions Showdown 2016, and Black went on to win.}) 11. f4 $6 (11. f3 $1) 11... c5 $1 12. Be2 h5 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. g3 Nc6 15. h3 Qd7 {Nakamura,H (2775)-Anand,V (2775) Champions Showdown Rapid 2016, and White was lucky to escape with a draw. Nimzowitsch would rise from the dead just to get a chance to play this position from the black side.}) 8. Qc2 {A sensible way to avoid the doubled pawn on c3.} Ngf6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. b4 {This pawn move always make me cringe on the inside. I'm not saying that it is bad, but when Black starts shuffling his pieces around on the light squares it might be nice to still have this pawn on b3. I guess there are a few GMs who agree with me, but the majority seem to value space more than any vague notions about light squares.} e4 $1 {This is one of those moves that you shouldn't hesitate to make. It is clearly the best Black can hope for with this pawn structure.} 13. Nd2 d5 $1 {This is where I first logged in to watch the games and I felt something had gone wrong for Caruana. (...and I also felt that the b4-pawn might have been happier on b3, so that White could play Ba3 and perhaps Qc3-b4-d6.)} 14. a4 ({ The engines love - if that is the right word - to play} 14. c5 $5 {, but althou gh White gets a free hand on the queenside, the same is basically true for Black on the kingside. Also, should White choose to play 0-0-0, it is still possible to apply the can opener with b6 and a5.} Nf8 15. h3 Ng6 16. a4 Bd7 17. b5 Nh4 18. Kf1 (18. O-O Qc8 19. Kh2 Nxg2) (18. Rg1 Qc7) (18. g3 Nf3+ $1 19. Nxf3 exf3 20. Bxf3 cxb5 {and Bc1 is a hundred miles awar from a life.}) 18... h6 {and with Nf6-h7-g5 coming next, White must start wondering whether it will be enough to get a rook down to b7? (The answer is: probably not.)}) 14... dxc4 $1 {If White had more pressure on e4, this would not be recommendable, but in this situation Black is better developed, has a wonderful square for a knight on d5 and does not have to worry about e4.} 15. Nxc4 Nb6 $1 16. Na5 (16. Ne5 Nfd5 $1) (16. O-O Bg4 $1 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. h3 Nf6 19. Bd2 {and the engine wants me to believe that the position is almost equal. Well... after} Nfd5 20. Qb3 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Re6 22. b5 Qd7 23. Qb3 a6 $1 24. bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rfc1 Rac8 { I would under no circumstances want to play the White side.}) 16... Nbd5 (16... Nfd5 17. Qd2 Qg5 {looks very promising too.}) 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. h3 Re6 $5 { A lovely move that has more than one function. On one hand it is ready to attack the kingside at any moment, but also it might come in handy if White continues with b4-b5.} 19. Ba3 (19. Nc4 Ne8 20. b5 cxb5 (20... a6 21. bxa6 b5 $5) 21. axb5 Nd6 22. Nxd6 Rxd6 23. Bb2 Rg6 24. Rc1 Qd6 25. Kf1 Be6 26. Rc5 Qd7) ({White's natural plan is to play b4-b5, but when Black's pieces are so well organised and active, it tends to backfire:} 19. b5 $6 cxb5 20. axb5 Bd7 $1 21. Ba3 b6 22. Rc1 Qb8 23. Nc6 Qe8 {and pawns will fall.}) 19... a6 20. Nb3 $6 { This knight is feeling a bit lost. It was well placed on a5, but there was no way forward. Now it seeks greener pasture, but it turns out to be no better than the last one. In the meantime Anand improves his forces' coordination further.} Ne8 $3 {Another great move. From d6 the knight keeps and eye on e4, c4 and f5, while it makes b4-b5 harder to play for White. It also opens the road to g6 for the rook. You cannot ask for more from one move.} 21. Nc5 Rg6 22. g3 ({It's horrible to leave the f-pawn behind in this way, but} 22. Kf1 Nd6 {was not an option.}) 22... Nd6 23. a5 {This move looks like a sign of desperation. Not only does White give up all future counterplay on the queenside, but also the bishop on a3 gets completely entombed. I would normally give such a move a "?!", but I trust that Caruana had better reasons that my engine and I can whip up in five minutes.} Bf5 $1 24. Qc2 Re8 25. O-O-O Qc8 (25... Ra8 $5) 26. g4 Bd7 27. Kb1 f5 $5 ({There is some kind of mute, unformulated guideline, that tells me to attack the g4-pawn with} 27... h5 { rather than move the f-pawn. Perhaps it is because I prefer to keep my pawns in one long chain. However, in this position, Anand's choice makes even more sense as it opens the f-file towards f2.} 28. Rh2 hxg4 29. hxg4 Bxg4 30. Rdh1 f5 $17) 28. gxf5 Rf6 29. Rdg1 Bxf5 30. h4 Ref8 31. Rh2 Kh8 {It seems that Anand is keeping the tempo up as Caruana feels the pressure from the clock.} ({ Here I see no defence against} 31... Qc7 32. Rhg2 Bc8 $1 { and the f2-pawn falls:} 33. Bc1 (33. Bd1 Nb5 $19) (33. Bf1 Qf7) (33. Rxg7+ Qxg7 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 {is utterly hopeless for White who has only one active piece.}) 33... Rxf2) 32. Qd2 Rg6 33. Rxg6 hxg6 $5 {This makes things a bit harder, but in time pressure it is almost impossible for White to find the defence.} (33... Bxg6) 34. h5 $1 g5 35. h6 g6 36. Bb2 $6 {After this move White is irreversibly lost. The only chance was to try to exchange the Be2 for another piece than Black's bishop:} (36. Bd1 $1 Bg4 37. Bb3 Bf3 $1 38. Qc1 {and White can try something with Bxd5 and then queen to g3. Still, Black should win with ...g4 and then Rf8-f5-h5.}) 36... Bg4 $1 37. Bf1 Kh7 38. Ka1 Bf3 {To quote Italo Svevo, White's position has become the "tomb of its (sic) good intentions". The rest is just a demonstration of how helpless White is.} 39. Rh3 g4 40. Rg3 Rf5 41. Na4 Qf8 42. Nb6 Qxh6 43. Nxd5 cxd5 44. Qc1 Qh1 45. Qc7+ { This loses fast, but everything else loses almost as fast.} Rf7 46. Qxd6 Qxf1+ 47. Ka2 Be2 { White has no way to deal with Bc4+, followed by Qd3, so he resigned.} 0-1 [Event "Norway Chess 5th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2017.06.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a6 7. c3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Nb6 12. Ba2 Qxd3 13. a5 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nc8 16. b4 Ba7 17. Re1 Nd6 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Kf1 Ne4 22. Bd5 c6 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Bd2 Kf8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Ke7 27. Ke2 c5 28. Kd3 cxb4 29. cxb4 Kd6 30. Kc4 b5+ 31. axb6 Bxb6 32. b5 axb5+ 33. Kxb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Chess 5th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.10"] [Round "4"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2786"] [Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2017.06.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 Nf6 5. b4 { Anish doesn't quit on his ideas.} Nxd5 6. bxc5 Nf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 { The old lion smells the trap.} ({Giri-Grischuk, Moscow Grand Prix 2017, went} 7... Qe7 8. Be2 $1 e4 9. Nd4 Na6 {and here Anish missed a great idea} 10. O-O $1 ({Instead he went crazy with} 10. g4 { and soon was forced to fight for a draw in an endgame a pawn down.}) 10... Nxc5 11. Nf5 $3 Qe5 12. Nxg7+ Kf8 13. Rb1 Kxg7 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. f3 { with a huge attack against the hopelessly pinned Nf6.}) 8. Be2 O-O 9. Bb2 d6 { By playing like this Black simply accepts a slightly worse position.} 10. cxd6 cxd6 11. O-O Re8 12. a4 b6 13. d3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 Rc8 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bf3 g5 (18... Nd7 19. Ba3 Qf6 20. Bd5) 19. Bg2 Nd7 20. f4 gxf4 21. exf4 Nc5 {One of those small mistakes that lead to grave consequences.} ({ Black had to prevent the white bishop from coming to d5, and that could have been accomplishedby} 21... Qh4 $1 22. fxe5 Ndxe5 23. Qd2 Qg3 {Eventually White will have to trade queens and be content with a mere endgame advantage.}) 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Bd5 Rf8 (23... Re7 24. Qf3 Qc7 25. g5 $16) 24. Qf3 Qd7 25. Bc3 Ne6 26. Rae1 Ne7 27. Rxe5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxa4 29. g5 $6 { Very consistent, yet inaccurate.} ({ A player with an eye for a king hunt would quickly spot} 29. Rh5 $1 Rc5 30. Be5 f6 31. Qf5 Ng5 32. d4 {winning the exchange and the game in short order.}) 29... Rc5 (29... Qa3 30. Bf6 {favours White, but it's a game.}) 30. h4 Rxd5 31. cxd5 Nc5 $2 {Vishy appears to be off his best form.} ({ The only way to continue was} 31... Qxh4 32. dxe6 Qxg5+ 33. Qg2 Qe3+ 34. Rf2 Qc1+ 35. Qf1 Qg5+ {and it doesn't seem to be totally hopeless.}) 32. g6 $18 Qd7 (32... Qxh4 33. gxf7+ Kh7 34. Kg2 Qg5+ 35. Kf2) 33. Bb4 { Now White will win by playing d3-d4.} 1-0 [Event "Norway Chess 5th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2017.06.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Nc3 Bxd4 14. Nd5 d6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Be5 18. f4 c6 19. fxe5 cxd5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Bd3 Bd7 22. h3 b5 23. Bxb5 Qe8 24. Qxe8+ Bxe8 25. Ba6 Bg6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Bb7 Re8 28. Bxd5+ Bf7 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rb7+ Kg6 31. Rxa7 Rc8 32. Rd7 Rxc2 33. Rxd6 Rxa2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Chess 5th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2808"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2017.06.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 {An Archangel seems to be a breath of fresh air after multiple Berlins and Marshalls.} 6. Nc3 $5 { Something Vishy must have cooked up beforehand. A specialty of Dominguez, it is very rare compared to 6.c3} b5 (6... O-O 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Re8 { recovers the pawn, which makes castling a viable alternative to the move in the game}) 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nd5 (8. d3 h6 9. Nd5 {is much more common, seen in many of Dominguez's games. Anand has his own idea, involving a pawn sacrifice.} ) 8... Nxe4 {Kramnik isn't one to refuse a challenge. Also, any other move lacks justification} (8... h6 9. c3 { with the idea of a quick d4, looks dangerous}) (8... Bb7 9. c3 { again might be an issue.}) 9. d3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Re1 { After a more or less forced sequence we arrive at this position. White clearly has compensation for the pawn: two bishops, pressure on e5 and betterdevelopmen t. Black must play accurately, but his position is still solid and it is hard to crack any weakness. Sometimes, recovering e5 will not be sufficient for an advantage.} h6 13. Bh4 (13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bd5 Bb7 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxb7 Rae8 { is completely fine for Black, even perhaps better for him due to the superior piece placement!}) 13... Bb7 14. c3 Rfe8 15. d4 (15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. d4 Nf3+ 17. gxf3 Qd6 {gives Black an edge. The crippled pawns on the kingside are worth more than the, for now, uncoordinated bishops.}) 15... e4 16. Nd2 Na5 17. Bc2 g5 18. Bg3 Nc4 {Releasing some of the pressure against e4 seems natural, though Black now has to suffer from the activation of some important pieces.} ( 18... d5 19. h4 { gives White obvious counterplay. The position is still terribly murky.}) 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. b3 Bd5 21. Be5 $6 { Despite recovering the pawn, this move isn't precise.} (21. h4 $1 Qe6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Qd2 {puts real pressure on g5.}) (21. Bxc7 $5 { is also worth considering, as the bishop will hide on a5 without problems.}) 21... d6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. bxc4 Bxc4 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 Re8 {Material is even, but Black retains a nagging edge now that his rook controls the only open file and his pieces are slightly better placed.} 26. Bd3 Qe6 27. Bxc4 Qxc4 28. Qb3 Qd3 29. h3 Kg7 30. Rd1 Qe2 31. Rf1 Re6 32. Qd5 Qd2 {The situation hasn't changed. Anand has played very well to get to this position and continues holding on.} 33. Qc4 a5 34. Qxc7 $2 {But this is a mistake. Giving Black the outside passed pawn proves catastrophic.} (34. a4 Re1 { looks dangerous, but after} 35. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 36. Kh2 Qxf2 37. Qxc7 { there isn't anything but a perpetual.}) 34... Qxa2 35. c4 Qd2 36. Qb6 a4 37. Qa7 Qb4 38. f4 Re1 $1 {The transition to the queen endgame is perfectly timed. The black king is not easily caught in a perpetual check.} 39. fxg5 Rxf1+ 40. Kxf1 hxg5 41. Kg1 Qxc4 (41... a3 {immediately was winning.} 42. Kh2 Qb2 43. Qe7 Qd2 $1 {and White can't prevent the pawn from advancing.}) 42. Kh2 Qb4 43. Qe7 Qd2 44. Qa7 Qf4+ 45. Kh1 Qc1+ 46. Kh2 a3 47. Qa5 Qf4+ 48. Kh1 Qc1+ 49. Kh2 Qe3 50. Kh1 f6 $2 (50... Kg6 {made Kramnik's life slightly easier. The point is that White is almost zugzwanged, as the queen has to keep an eye on the kingside and the a-pawn. This is easy for computers to see, but for humans it's a huge headache to calculate queen endgames.} 51. Qa8 Qb3 52. Qg8+ Kf5 53. Qh7+ Ke6 {and the king escapes successfully.}) 51. Qa4 (51. Qc7+ Kg6 52. Qc4 $1 {would have made Black's task much, much harder.}) 51... Qc1+ 52. Kh2 Qf4+ 53. Kh1 Qe3 54. Kh2 Kf7 55. Kh1 (55. Qa7+ Kg6 56. Qa8 Qb3 $1 { is winning. Black places the king on g7, the queen on f7 and finally pushes a2. }) 55... Kg6 56. Qa8 (56. Qc4 $1 { is still winning for Black, but much, much harder.}) 56... Kg7 57. Qb7+ Kg6 58. Qa8 (58. Qd5 $1) 58... Qb3 {Now the pawn advances without problems.} 59. Qe4+ Kg7 60. Qe7+ Qf7 0-1 [Event "Norway Chess 5th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2017.06.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. c3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxe2 7. Bxe2 e6 8. O-O Qb6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4 Nh6 13. Na3 a6 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Nc2 f6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 fxe5 18. Bxe5 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qd2 Nf5 21. Rae1 Rac8 22. Re5 Rf6 23. Rfe1 g6 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Qe3 Rc6 26. a4 Qc7 27. c4 Rxc4 28. Rxe6 Re4 29. Qg3+ Qg7 30. Re8+ Rf8 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. R1xe4 fxe4 33. Rxf8 Kxf8 34. Kf2 d4 35. g4 Kf7 36. h4 h5 37. gxh5 Kf6 38. h6 Kg6 39. f5+ Kxh6 40. a5 Kh5 41. Ke2 Kh6 42. Kf2 Kh5 43. Ke2 Kh6 44. Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B56"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2832"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2017.06.05"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. a4 Na6 11. Bb5 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c4 b6 15. O-O Rb8 16. Qe2 Nd7 17. Bd2 Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Bc3 f5 20. Kh1 Bf6 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Bxb4 axb4 23. a5 e4 24. a6 e3 25. f4 Qe4 26. b3 Rf7 27. Rde1 Re7 28. Rf3 Bd4 29. h3 g6 30. Bc6 Rb6 31. Bb7 Rbxb7 32. axb7 Rxb7 33. Rxe3 Bxe3 34. Qxe3 Qxe3 35. Rxe3 Ra7 36. Kh2 Ra3 37. Kg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2771"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2017.06.05"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8. Qd3 Rc8 9. c4 b5 10. b3 h6 11. Nc3 bxc4 12. bxc4 Nf6 13. Be3 Be7 14. Rab1 O-O 15. h3 Qc7 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Rb3 Bc6 18. Rfb1 Rxb3 19. axb3 a5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bd7 22. Ra1 Rc8 23. Qa6 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Qxa5 Qc2 26. Qa7 Bf8 27. Qb7 Qd3 28. Nc4 Re8 29. Kh2 Be4 30. Qd7 Re7 31. Qxd6 Qxd5 32. Qxd5+ Bxd5 33. Ra5 Bf7 34. Ra8 Re8 35. Rxe8 Bxe8 36. Kg1 e4 37. Kf1 Kf7 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Kd2 Bb4+ 40. Kc2 Bb5 41. Bd4 g6 42. Be3 h5 43. Bd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "2017.06.05"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Na3 O-O 9. Bg5 c6 10. Ba4 h6 11. Bh4 d6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Ne3 Bb6 14. Qf3 Kh7 15. Bb3 g5 16. Bg3 g4 17. Qe2 Nh5 18. Nxg4 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qg5 20. Ne3 f5 21. exf5 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Bxf5 24. e4 Bg4 25. Rae1 Kg7 26. Bd1 Be6 27. a3 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 a5 29. Bh5 Rf8 30. Rf3 c5 31. Kf2 Rc8 32. g4 b5 33. Kg3 b4 34. g5 hxg5 35. Bg4 Bxg4 36. Kxg4 bxa3 37. bxa3 Rb8 38. Kxg5 Rb3 39. Rf6 Rxa3 40. Rxd6 Rxc3 41. Kf5 a4 42. Kxe5 a3 43. g4 Kf7 44. g5 Ke7 45. g6 a2 46. Ra6 Rxd3 47. Rxa2 Rg3 48. Ra7+ Kf8 49. Kf6 Rf3+ 50. Ke6 Rg3 51. g7+ Kg8 52. e5 c4 53. Rc7 c3 54. Kd5 Rxg7 55. Rxc3 Ra7 56. Ke6 Ra6+ 57. Ke7 Ra7+ 58. Kf6 Rf7+ 59. Ke6 Ra7 60. Rd3 Ra6+ 61. Rd6 Ra1 62. Ke7 Kg7 63. e6 Ra7+ 64. Rd7 Ra8 65. Rd8 Ra7+ 66. Rd7 Ra8 67. Rb7 Kg6 68. Kd6 Kf6 69. e7 Kf7 70. Rc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.05"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2808"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2017.06.05"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Be3 Bf6 12. b4 Re8 13. a4 Nf8 14. b5 Qd7 15. Rfb1 Ne6 16. bxc6 Qxc6 17. a5 a6 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Qd1 Qd7 20. Rb7 Qc8 21. Qa4 Qxb7 22. Qxe8+ Nf8 23. Qa4 Rb8 24. c5 c6 25. Nb6 dxc5 26. Bxc5 Ne6 27. Be3 g6 28. Rb1 Kg7 29. Rb2 c5 30. Nc4 Qc7 31. Rxb8 Qxb8 32. Qc6 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qxd3 34. Nxe5 Qb5 35. Qxb5 axb5 36. Nc6 Bc7+ 37. g3 b4 38. a6 b3 39. a7 b2 40. a8=Q b1=Q 41. Ne7 Bd8 42. Bxc5 Qc2 43. Qa1+ f6 44. Be3 0-1 [Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.05"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2017.06.05"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Be2 Bc5 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. c4 O-O 15. Be3 e5 16. Nc2 Bf5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Ne3 Be6 19. b4 Rc7 20. c5 Ne4 21. Rac1 Rfc8 22. Bf3 Nf6 23. Bd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 f6 26. Rcd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.05"] [Round "3"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2017.06.05"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. f3 Ba4 15. Bb3 Bxb3 16. axb3 Nd5 17. c4 Nxf4 18. exf4 f6 19. Nd3 Nd7 20. Rfe1 Nf8 21. Kf2 a5 22. Nb2 b5 23. cxb5 Rcb8 24. Na4 Rxb5 25. Rd3 Ng6 26. g3 e5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.05"] [Round "7"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2808"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2017.06.05"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 a6 9. Bb3 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Re1 Kh7 12. Nf1 g5 13. Bg3 Bxb3 14. Qxb3 Rb8 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nh5 17. Nf5 Ne7 18. N1e3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Qd7 20. Rad1 Qe6 21. Qc2 Kg8 22. c4 Rbd8 23. c5 Nxg3 24. hxg3 dxc5 25. Qxc5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qxe4 27. Rd7 Ng6 28. Qxc7 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qxb2 30. Ng4 Kg7 31. Rd6 h5 32. Nf6 Qxf2 33. Qc3 Kh6 34. Nd7 Re8 35. Ne5 Qf5 36. Nxg6 fxg6 37. Qc7 h4 38. Rd4 hxg3+ 39. Qxg3 Qe5 40. Rd7 b5 41. Ra7 Qxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Re3+ 43. Kg4 Ra3 44. g3 Rxa2 45. Ra8 b4 46. Rh8+ Kg7 47. Rb8 Ra4 48. Rb7+ Kh6 49. Rb8 b3+ 50. Kf3 g4+ 51. Ke3 Ra3 52. Kf4 a5 0-1 [Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.05"] [Round "9"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2017.06.05"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Rb8 9. O-O Be6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Rd1 d4 14. e3 Bc5 15. Na4 Bb6 16. Nxb6+ Rxb6 17. exd4 e4 18. d5 Bg4 19. Rd4 Rc8 20. Bg5 Rxb2 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bxe4 h5 23. Ra4 Rc7 24. Kg2 f5 25. Bd3 Rc3 26. Rxa7+ Kd6 27. h3 Rxd3 28. hxg4 hxg4 29. a4 Rf3 30. Rf1 Ra2 31. a5 Kxd5 32. Rxf7 Rxa5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2017.06.05"] [Round "5"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2017.06.05"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 a6 6. Be2 Be7 7. Nc4 e4 8. d4 d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. c4 a5 12. Qc2 Bb4+ 13. Bc3 Be6 14. c5 Kh8 15. a3 Bxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Ng4 17. h3 Nh6 18. Bd1 Nf5 19. g3 Qg5 20. Ne2 h5 21. h4 Qf6 22. Nf4 g6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Nh6 25. Ra5 Bg4 26. O-O Bf3 27. Bxf3 exf3 28. Qd3 Qe7 29. Qxg6 fxg6 30. Nxg6+ Kg7 31. Nxe7 Rxa5 32. bxa5 Ra8 33. Nxc6 Ra6 34. Ne5 1-0 [Event "Bundesliga 1617"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2017.04.30"] [Round "14.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "L'Ami, Erwin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2605"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2016.10.15"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] [WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"] [BlackTeam "Solingen"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 (4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nxe5 Qd4 6. Nd3 Qxe4+ $15 ) 4... f5 $5 {Erwin plays a mixture of Schliemann and 3...Bc5. This is quite a dangerous system, but it was maybe not the best idea to try it against Anand, who is always so very well prepared.} (4... Nf6 { is the main move. The game could continue something like this.} 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 $14 { 1-0 (50) Anand,V (2779)-Vallejo Pons,F (2711) Doha 2016}) 5. d4 fxe4 (5... exd4 6. cxd4 (6. exf5 Qe7+ 7. Be2 d5 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 $14) 6... Bb4+ 7. Bd2 fxe4 8. Bxc6 Bxd2+ 9. Nfxd2 dxc6 10. Qh5+ Kf8 11. Nxe4 $14) 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Bd6 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qe2 (9. Nxg6 Nf6 10. Qh4 Rg8 $1 { is already a fine position for Black.} 11. Ne5 Rxg2 $11) 9... Bf5 (9... Qh4 { is also possible.} 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. h3 O-O 12. g3 Qh6 13. Nxe4 $14) 10. h3 { A new move by Anand. Just taking the g4-square under control. Also g2-g4 could be played at any point.} (10. Nd2 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qd3 12. Qxd3 exd3 13. Nf3 Be4 $11) (10. g4 Be6 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qe2 O-O $44) 10... Qe7 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Nd2 O-O-O 13. O-O (13. g4 Be6 14. Nxe4 $2 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bd5 $19) 13... Rhg8 14. Bh2 h5 15. Ndc4 Nd5 16. f3 $5 {The e4-pawn was a source of weakness in Black's position, but at the same time it was a strength. Instead of trying to attack and win it, Anand just brings about its elimination.} exf3 17. Qxf3 {This posit ion logically should be better for Black because of his bishop pair. However, the knight on e5 is very strong. I would say that it is evenly balanced or slightly easier for White to play.} Bxe5 $6 (17... Rgf8 18. Nxd6+ cxd6 19. Nc4 Rf6 20. Rae1 $14) 18. Nxe5 Qh7 19. c4 Ne7 20. Rad1 { The best thing about Anand's play is the simplicity of his moves.} Kb8 21. g4 $1 {An extremely bold move. White moves the pawns in front of his king, but clearly understands that Black cannot make use of the weaknesses created by it. This is world class play.} hxg4 22. hxg4 Be6 (22... Rh8 23. Rf2 $16) 23. Qf6 Bc8 (23... Rh8 24. Rf2 $16) 24. Nf7 $1 {A brilliant move. The knight will be well placed on g5. It will control the h3-square. The bishop will conrol the h2-square. So there wont be any squares that Black will be able to breakthrough on.} Rd7 (24... Bxg4 25. Rde1 Rde8 26. Rxe7 $18) (24... Rde8 25. Bxc7+ $1 Kxc7 26. Qd6+ Kb6 27. c5+ Ka6 28. Qg3 $18) 25. Ng5 Qh4 26. Qf4 Rh8 27. Bg3 {Anand is in top notch form. The check on h1 is nothing. White has complete control.} Qh6 (27... Qh1+ 28. Kf2 $18) 28. Kg2 $1 b6 29. Qe5 { Another powerful move.} Re8 30. Rh1 Qf8 31. Ne6 {The c7-pawn falls and the game ends. What a game by Anand! He was like a machine, one good move after another! Ther is a lot we can learn from the great master!} 1-0 [Event "Bundesliga 1617"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2017.04.29"] [Round "13.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ruck, Robert"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2566"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2016.10.15"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] [WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"] [BlackTeam "Schwegenheim"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 (6... Nh6 { is the other way to develop the knight.}) 7. c3 { 7.Nd2 and 7.Nh4 are the main moves, but Anand strengthens his centre.} Ng6 8. Re1 {Now this is really rare. Only one game has seen this move before. What is Anand's plan? Well perhaps he is planning î ..d2-f1-g3 or he could be just preparing against a future f6-break.} (8. Be3 { followed by î ..bd2 has been seen in games prior to this one.}) 8... Be7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nh4 (10... O-O { This seems like a comfortable position, but Ruck might have been afraid of} 11. g3 { , when the knight on g6 feels a little uncomfortable with the idea of h4-h5.} f6 $1 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Nbd2 (13. Bg5 $2 Rxf3 $17) 13... c5 $132 { Black should be happy with his position.}) 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Nd2 Qb6 13. Qh3 Be7 14. Qg3 O-O 15. Nf3 Kh8 16. h4 c5 {The battlegrounds are clearly drawn. White will try and checkmate Black's king. Black on the other hand will try to generate quick play on the queenside and distract White. In such a scenario it helps Black that two pairs of pieces have already left the board.} 17. Rd1 $6 { Anand goes too slowly and gives the initiative to his opponent.} (17. Bg5 $5 Bxg5 (17... f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Rad1 $16) 18. Qxg5 Qxb2 19. Rab1 Qxc3 20. Rxb7 $36 {This is exactly what White needs. A way to break into Black's position.}) 17... Rac8 18. b3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rc2 {Ruck makes strong moves and gets his rook into the second rank. On the other hand, how Anand will attack the black king is not clear at all.} 20. Ng5 Bxg5 (20... Qa6 $5 {Such moves are easy for the computer to make. But for humans when a knight goes to g5, your initial reaction is to do something about it. But if we look closely, the knight is not creating any threats and hence, a move like ...Qa6 which threatens not only ...Qe2 but also the a2-pawn, can be quite strong.} 21. Be3 Rxa2 $17) 21. Bxg5 Rfc8 22. Rd3 Qb4 23. Qf4 Qf8 24. Rg3 {It seems like White is getting something of an attack brewing, but Black has sufficient resources to meet it.} (24. Rf3 {was better.} Kg8 25. Rg3 R8c3 26. h5 Rxg3 27. Qxg3 f6 28. exf6 Nxf6 $11 {The position is round about even.}) 24... h6 $1 { A brave move. Ruck sees nothing wrong with moving a pawn in front of his king.} 25. Bf6 Nxf6 $1 (25... gxf6 26. exf6 $44 { Black's pieces are absolutely not moving. Rg7 is a big threat.} Nxf6 27. Qxf6+ Kh7 28. Re1 $14) 26. exf6 g6 27. h5 g5 $17 { The kingside is safe. It's time for Black to strike back on the queenside.} 28. Qe5 Qa3 29. f4 Rc1+ {Black checks out too soon. It was important to withstand the pressure and find the best continuation.} (29... Qb2 $1 30. Re1 (30. fxg5 Qxa1+ 31. Kh2 Rc1 $19) (30. Rf1 Re2 $1 31. Qd6 Qxd4+ 32. Kh2 Qxf6 $19) 30... Rc1 31. Kh2 (31. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Kh2 Qb1 33. Rf3 Re1 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Qc7 Rh1+ 36. Kg3 Qe1+ 37. Rf2 gxf4+ 38. Qxf4 Rxh5 {Black is cruising towards victory!}) 31... Rxe1 32. Qxe1 Qxd4 33. fxg5 Qh4+ 34. Kg1 hxg5 $19 {Black is just winning. }) 30. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 31. Kh2 Qxf4 (31... gxf4 32. Rg7 { White has enough compensation.}) 32. Qxf4 gxf4 33. Rg7 {White's rook is activated. Black is not worse, but he has lost all his advantage.} Rc2 $1 34. Kh3 (34. Rxf7 Kg8 (34... f3 35. Rf8+ Kh7 36. Kg1 Rxg2+ 37. Kf1 Rh2 38. Ra8 $11) 35. Rxb7 Rxa2 $11) 34... Rxa2 35. Rxf7 Kg8 36. Rxb7 a5 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38. Rg6 Kf7 39. Rxh6 Rd2 40. Kg4 Rxg2+ 41. Kxf4 Rf2+ 42. Ke5 Re2+ 43. Kd6 Re4 {A great game by Robert Ruck. A draw against the five-time World Champion is no mean feat. But what differentiates 2550 grandmasters from 2750 GMs is the moment where Black had to calculate accurately, have loads of will power and play the move 29...Qb2. That would have given Ruck the full point.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2724"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2017.04.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.05.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 Rc8 13. h4 Rg8 14. f5 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 e5 16. Ne2 b4 17. Rh3 d5 18. Rg3 Rh8 19. Rf3 h5 20. exd5 Rc4 21. Ng3 Rxh4 22. Qe1 Rg8 23. Ne4 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Rg4 25. Qe1 Bd6 26. Bd3 Rxg2 27. Rg3 Qf2 28. Rxg2 Qxg2 29. Qh1 Qg4 30. Rg1 Qd4 31. Rf1 a5 32. Qe4 Qb6 33. Be2 a4 34. Bxh5 a3 35. Be2 axb2 36. Kxb2 Qc5 37. Bc4 Ke7 38. Kb1 Ba4 39. Bb3 Bb5 40. Rh1 Qf2 41. Bc4 Ba4 42. Bd3 Bd7 43. Rf1 Qc5 44. Qc4 Qe3 45. Rh1 Qf2 46. a3 bxa3 47. Ka2 Bxf5 48. Bxf5 Qxf5 49. Rh8 Qd7 50. Qb3 Qc7 51. Qa4 f5 52. Re8+ Kf6 53. Qh4+ Kg7 54. Qh8+ 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2811"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2017.04.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.05.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. O-O h6 8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc2 Re8 10. Re1 Ba7 11. Be3 Bb8 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. b4 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. dxe5 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Qa2 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Nf5 Ba7 21. Nd4 Re5 22. Nf3 Re6 23. Nd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.17"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2793"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2017.04.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.05.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bd6 7. h3 Be6 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. O-O f6 11. Nxe6 Nxe6 12. Ne2 O-O 13. c3 Kh8 14. Qb3 Qc8 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc2 Ne6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qe6 21. a3 Rad8 22. Rad1 Rfe8 23. Rfe1 a5 24. Bc5 Be5 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 h6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.17"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2017.04.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.05.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 Rb8 14. a3 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Be7 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. g4 b4 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. f3 Qb6 21. b3 Rb8 22. Rh2 Rd4 23. Qe1 d5 24. Rxd4 exd4 25. Na4 Qc7 26. e5 Bb4 27. Qe2 Re8 28. Qxa6 Rxe5 29. Re2 Re3 30. Rxe3 dxe3 31. g5 Nd7 32. Qa8+ Nf8 33. Qxd5 Qe7 34. Qe4 Qxe4 35. fxe4 Ne6 36. c3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Oparin, Grigoriy"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2604"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2017.04.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.05.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a6 8. Re1 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. d4 Re8 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Nf1 c6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. a5 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Rd7 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qa2 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. hxg4 Qxa5 25. Rd7 b5 26. Qb3 Rf8 27. g5 g6 28. g3 c5 29. Qd5 Qa1+ 30. Kg2 Qxb2 31. Rd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Pelletier, Yannick"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2541"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2017.04.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.05.14"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Be7 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Rd1 d5 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bd5 14. Bf4 Qe8 15. Rac1 Nxe5 16. Qxe8 Rxe8 17. Bxe5 Nd7 18. Rc7 Red8 19. Rdc1 Kf8 20. Nc3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 g5 22. g4 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rd4 24. f3 Rd2+ 25. Kg3 Rad8 26. Rxa7 f5 27. gxf5 exf5 28. Nb5 Re2 29. h4 Rxe5 30. a4 gxh4+ 31. Kf4 Re2 32. Kxf5 h3 33. Kg4 h2 34. Kg3 Rd5 35. f4 Rd3+ 36. Kg4 Rg2+ 37. Kf5 Rg1 38. Rc8+ Kf7 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.17"] [Round "6"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D75"] [WhiteElo "2747"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2017.04.17"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.05.14"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Nxd4 Qc4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Qxc4 Bxc4 15. Rac1 Bxa2 16. Bxc6 Rab8 17. Bxa7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.16"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2747"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2017.04.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 {This system caught me slightly off guard, so I started thinking what I should go for.} 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qe2 {I considered f4 for a bit and then remembered the offbeat 7.Qe2.} a6 8. O-O-O Qc7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nd7 11. h4 { I was trying to get back to a Najdorf, but a3 and f4 is more common.} Bb7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Bh3 b4 (13... Nce5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxe6) 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Nxe6 { This move didn't really feel like a sacrifice, since its clear that White's bishop on e6 not only keeps Black's king stuck on e8, but also potentially defends White (the a2-square).} (15. Kb1 { The computer is happy with this move and thinks that White is better} Qc4 ( 15... Nc5 16. Qc4 Qa5 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 {is huge for White})) 15... fxe6 16. Bxe6 Qa5 17. Kb1 Rxc3 (17... d5 {Peter spent a lot of time trying to make this work and probably should have tried it anyway} 18. Bd4 (18. exd5 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Qa2+ 20. Kc1 Ne5 $1 { Surprisingly White can't make the discovered check work} 21. Bd4 (21. Bb6 Bd6 $1 22. Rh3) 21... Nc4 22. Bf7+ {and White has to take the draw} Kd8 $1 23. cxb4 Qa3+ 24. Kb1 Qxb4+ 25. Kc1 Qa3+ $11) 18... Bd6 (18... Kd8 19. Rh3) 19. Qg4 $1) 18. bxc3 Nc6 19. Rh3 (19. f4 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 {and now the manoeuvre...} 21. Rh3 $1 Kd8 22. Rhd3 Kc7 23. Rd5 $1 {is important} (23. e5 $2 dxe5 24. Rd7+ Kb8 {only frees Black's bishop on f8}) 23... Qb6+ 24. Ka2 Nd8 25. Qc4+ Qc6 26. R5d4 ) 19... Be7 (19... Nc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. e5 {was the point} Nxe5 22. Re3 $1 ( 22. f4 Nd7)) 20. Bd4 $2 { This is just absurd, I can't explain why I didn't go f4.} (20. f4 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rhd3 {Here since Black played ...Be7, it's harder to run away via d8.} ) 20... Nc5 21. Bxc5 (21. Bxg7 Nxe6 22. Bxh8 Nf4 23. Qg4 Nxh3 24. Qxh3 Qb6+ 25. Kc1 Qxf2 {is fine for Black.}) 21... Qxc5 { And here I couldn't see an alternative to f4, esp with ...Rf8 coming.} 22. f4 Kd8 23. Qe3 {I couldn't see an edge, so decided to swap queens.} Qxe3 24. Rxe3 h6 $6 {A typical idea to undermine the pawn chain, but here it isn't necessary. } (24... Kc7 25. c4 Rf8 26. f5 Ne5 { and I can't see a way for White to progress.}) 25. c4 {Missing a small chance.} (25. e5 Kc7 26. f5 $1 hxg5 27. hxg5 Rb8 $1 (27... Bxg5 28. Rg3 $1 { The point, first White forces the bishop to h6} Bh6 29. exd6+ Kb6 30. c4 Nd8 31. Bd5 {here the computer finds the resource...} Bf4 32. Rxg7 Be5 $1 { but White is much better}) 28. Ka1 (28. f6 Nxe5 $1 { shows the extreme resilience of the computer}) 28... Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Bxg5 30. Ra5 Bf6 {Black has good compensation.}) 25... hxg5 26. hxg5 Rf8 $6 { A natural move, but now the game turns.} (26... Bc8 $1 {would have been simple} 27. Bd5 Nb4 {and Black is out of danger.}) 27. f5 $1 {We both had the impression that White was much better again, but we both kept on underestimating ...î Pc8.} Ne5 (27... Bxg5 28. Rxd6+ Kc7 29. Rd7+ Kb8 30. Rb3 { wins}) (27... Bc8 $1 28. Bd5 Ne5 29. Rg3 {with the threat of f6 gxf6 g6} Rh8 30. f6 Bf8 $1 {is a clever resource.}) 28. Rg1 d5 $2 {Just panic.} ({ And for the 3rd time...} 28... Bc8 $1 29. Bd5 Rh8 {and Black is holding on} 30. f6 Bf8 $1) 29. Rb3 {And it's over.} Kc7 30. cxd5 {Too many pawns.} Rh8 31. f6 Bf8 (31... gxf6 32. g6 $18) 32. d6+ (32. d6+ Kxd6 33. fxg7 Bxg7 34. Rxb7 $18) 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.16"] [Round "7"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2017.04.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.05.14"] 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Nge2 Nbc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nf4 Nf5 13. Ncxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Ncxd4 15. Bd2 Re8 16. Kh1 Re6 17. Rc1 Rd6 18. Nc3 Ne2 19. Qxe2 Rxd2 20. Qb5 Nd6 21. Qb3 Qb6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxb2 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Rcd1 Rad8 26. Bf3 Ba3 27. Rfe1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 b5 30. Kg2 Bc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2604"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2017.04.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.05.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Kh1 Qc7 21. Ng5 Bg7 22. Nf1 bxa4 23. Qe2 a5 24. Nd2 Ba6 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Bxa4 Reb8 27. Bc6 Ra7 28. Ra2 Bh6 29. Ngf3 Nd7 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Rea1 Rb5 32. Qxc4 Qxf2 33. Qc6 Ra7 34. b4 Bxd2 35. Nxd2 Qe3 36. Nc4 Qxe4 37. Nxd6 Qxd5 38. Qxd5 Rxd5 39. Ne4 Kg7 40. Rxa5 Bd3 41. Rxa7 Bxe4 42. Re1 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.15"] [Round "5"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2017.04.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.05.14"] 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 Nxd4 7. Bf4 Ne7 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Nb5 e5 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13. Qb3 f5 14. Bxb7 Rc7 15. Bg2 e4 16. O-O Kf7 17. Rfc1 Rhc8 18. Bf4 Qxb3 19. axb3 Rb7 20. Bd6 Ke6 21. c5 Rxb3 22. Rxa7 Nc6 23. Ra2 Be5 24. Bxe5 Kxe5 25. f3 d3 26. exd3 Nb4 27. d4+ Kxd4 28. Ra7 d5 29. fxe4 fxe4 30. Rd1+ Rd3 31. Rda1 Rxc5 32. Bf1 Rd2 33. Rxh7 Nd3 34. b4 Rcc2 35. b5 Ne5 36. Ra4+ Kc5 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Pelletier, Yannick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2541"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2017.04.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.05.14"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bb5 Ndb8 10. Qf2 c4 11. Ne2 a6 12. Bxc6+ Nxc6 13. c3 b5 14. g4 h5 15. gxh5 Rxh5 16. h4 Rh8 17. Qg2 Bf8 18. f5 exf5 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. h5 Be6 21. h6 Kd7 22. h7 Re8 23. Bd2 Kc8 24. a4 b4 25. Nf4 Qd7 26. Ng5 g6 27. Kf1 b3 28. Re1 Nd8 29. Re2 Qb7 30. Ngxe6 Nxe6 31. Nxd5 Be7 32. Nxe7+ Rxe7 33. d5 Nf8 34. Bh6 Re8 35. Bxf8 Rexf8 36. Rh4 Kd8 37. Rd2 Re8 38. e6 Re7 39. Qg5 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2017.04.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.05.14"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. Ng5 e6 8. Nge4 f5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 d4 11. Nd5 Bd6 12. d3 Be6 13. h4 Be5 14. Nf4 Bf7 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Rc1 b6 17. O-O Bxf4 18. Bxf4 Bd5 19. e4 dxe3 20. fxe3 O-O 21. Bg5 Qd6 22. e4 Bxa2 23. exf5 gxf5 24. b3 Nd4 25. Bf4 Qe6 26. Re1 Qf7 27. b4 Bd5 28. bxc5 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 bxc5 31. Qa4 Rc8 32. Kh3 Ne6 33. Re5 c4 34. Qa6 Nxf4+ 35. gxf4 Rc7 36. Re2 c3 37. Qd6 Qd7 38. Rg2+ Kf7 39. Qe5 Qc6 40. Qg7+ Ke8 41. Re2+ 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2017.04.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.05.14"] 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 O-O 8. Nf3 d5 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Be6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Bd4 Rc7 19. a4 Rfc8 20. Bf1 Bf8 21. Ba6 Rd8 22. h4 Bc5 23. b4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qe7 25. Bd3 Kg7 26. a5 Rdc8 27. axb6 axb6 28. Bf1 b5 29. Bd3 Rc4 30. Bxc4 Qxb4 31. Rab1 Qxc4 32. Qd2 h5 33. Rbc1 Qb3 34. Rxc8 Bxc8 35. Qf4 Bf5 36. e6 Bxe6 37. Qe5+ Kh7 38. Ra1 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C66"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2811"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2017.04.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.04.27"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nd5 a6 9. Ba4 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. Bg5 b5 12. Bb3 h6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. a4 O-O 15. axb5 axb5 16. Qc2 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Rc8 18. Ra7 Qd8 19. h3 h5 20. Qc3 g5 21. Nh2 f5 22. exf5 e4 23. Qd2 Bxf5 24. dxe4 Bxe4 25. Bc2 Bxc2 26. Qxc2 Qe7 27. Nf1 Qf7 28. Ne3 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. g3 b4 31. b3 Bc3 32. Qe4 Rf8 33. Qxg4+ Bg7 34. Ra2 Qf6 35. Rc2 Rf7 36. Kg2 Kh7 37. Qxb4 Qg6 38. Rc4 Bh6 39. Rh4 Qf6 40. Ng4 Qf3+ 41. Kh2 Kg7 42. Qd4+ 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2793"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2017.04.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.04.27"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. Nf1 Nce7 15. h3 f6 16. Ne3 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Bf5 18. Bf1 c6 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Re1 Be4 21. Nd2 Bg6 22. Nf3 Re8 23. Nh4 Bh5 24. g4 Bf7 25. Bd3 h5 26. Qd1 Bc7 27. Qf3 Be6 28. Nf5 Nxf5 29. gxf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2017.04.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.04.27"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nxe4 5. cxd6 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nxd6 7. O-O g6 8. Re1 Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 Bf5 11. Bxf5 Nxf5 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Ne4 Rad8 14. Qe2 b6 15. g4 Nd6 16. Bf4 e5 17. Nxd6 Rxd6 18. Nxe5 Re8 19. Qc4 Rde6 20. Nf3 Qd7 21. Red1 Qb7 22. Qd5 h6 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Qe7 25. Rac1 Qf6 26. Bg3 Rd8 27. Qg2 Nxd4 28. Kh1 Rde8 29. b3 Nf3 30. Qf1 h5 31. gxh5 gxh5 32. Rc4 Re1 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E08"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2017.04.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.04.27"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e4 d4 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rd2 Qe7 17. Nc3 Nxe5 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. h3 g5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Na4 Bb4 22. Rd4 Be7 23. Qxc6 Be6 24. Nc3 Rac8 25. Qa4 Bc5 26. Rd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Qe7 28. Rf5 f6 29. Nd5 Qe6 30. Qxa7 Ra8 31. Qb7 Rab8 32. Qa6 Ra8 33. Qc4 Kh8 34. Qc3 Rac8 35. Qd2 h6 36. h4 Be7 37. hxg5 fxg5 38. Qd4+ Kh7 39. Bh3 Rc1+ 40. Kg2 Bc5 41. Rxf8 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Oparin, Grigoriy"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C26"] [WhiteElo "2604"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2017.04.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.04.27"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 c6 6. Nf3 Re8 7. O-O d6 8. h3 a5 9. Kh2 Na6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 d5 15. Qf3 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Rfe1 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Qb6 19. Rb3 Qc7 20. Re3 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 Re8 22. Qc3 Re2 23. Rf1 Qb6 24. Kg1 h6 25. Bf3 Ne4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Re1 d4 28. Qd2 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Kf8 30. Qe5 f6 31. Qd6+ Kg8 32. Qe6+ Kh7 33. Qe8 Qxb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.12"] [Round "6"] [White "Pelletier, Yannick"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2541"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2017.04.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.04.27"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. b3 cxb3 8. axb3 e6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bxh7 Nc6 13. Be3 g6 14. Ng5 Nxd4 15. Qd3 Nf5 16. g4 Nxe3 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qxg6+ Ke7 19. fxe3 Kd7 20. Rc1 Qh4+ 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge m 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Skvortsov, Oleg"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [BlackElo "2786"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2017.04.12"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. b4 {A very interesting idea, in accordance with Oleg's style. Suddenly the b-pawn must be reckoned with.} Bb6 7. e5 d5 8. exf6 dxc4 9. Qe2+ Be6 10. b5 { The extra option, now I have to figure out the differences in every line.} Nb4 {Sometimes, it is better to be aggressive than accurate. Now the connected passed pawns and the two bishops are quite dangerous in practical play.} (10... Na5 {is playable, the Na5 is unlikely to play an important role...}) 11. fxg7 Rg8 12. cxb4 Qf6 13. O-O Qxg7 14. g3 O-O-O 15. a4 (15. Qe5 Qxe5 16. Nxe5 f6 17. Nf3 a5 {Black can't avoid this move forever} 18. bxa6 bxa6 { enough compensation for the piece.}) 15... d3 {Once I steeled myself to play .. .Qxg3, it was hard to resist the thought of executing the move.} (15... Qf6 $1 {was probably objectively better.}) 16. Qb2 Qxg3+ 17. hxg3 Rxg3+ 18. Kh2 Rxf3 19. Bg5 $2 {Based on an oversight.} (19. Kg2 Bd5 (19... Rf5 { I would probably have gone for this} 20. Rg1 c3 21. Nxc3 d2 22. Qxd2 Rxd2 23. Bxd2 Rxf2+ 24. Kg3 Rxd2 25. Rgd1 {is about equal}) 20. Kh2 Be6 $1 { I am not sure I would have appreciated this simple move, but it is equal.}) ( 19. Qg7 {what I was expecting} Rh3+ 20. Kg2 Bd4 21. Qg5 h6 $1 { The queen runs out of squares on the g-file.} 22. Qxd8+ Kxd8 23. Ra3 { I was sure that Black has enough here.}) 19... Bd4 $1 20. Qd2 Rg8 $1 { And surprisingly, White is lost.} 21. Ra3 (21. Rg1 Rh3+ 22. Kg2 h6 23. Kf1 Rxg5 $1 {wins.}) 21... h6 22. Rg1 Rh3+ 23. Kg2 Rxg5+ 24. Kf1 Rxg1+ 25. Kxg1 Bd5 { A very enjoyable game, and I have to thank Oleg Skvortsov for being a chess romantic!} 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2017.04.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2747"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2017.04.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.04.27"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nb4 6. Na3 c6 7. c3 Na6 8. Qa4 Nf6 9. Ne5 Nc7 10. c4 Bd6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Rac1 h6 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. c5 Bf8 16. Nb1 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Nc3 b6 19. cxb6 Rxb6 20. Qa4 Ra6 21. Qb3 Rb6 22. Qa4 Ra6 1/2-1/2 [Event "IND-chT 37th"] [Site "Bhopal"] [Date "2017.02.05"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Anandha, Venkatesan"] [Black "Lokesh, N."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "1713"] [BlackElo "2208"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2017.02.02"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] [WhiteTeam "Tamil Nadu II"] [BlackTeam "Viyugam CA"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Rfc8 13. Ne3 Qd8 14. Ng4 a5 15. Ng5 Nf8 16. Nh2 b4 17. Qh5 Qe8 18. c4 Nd4 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Nhf3 f6 22. Qxe8 Rxe8 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Rab1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bxb2 27. Re7 c4 28. dxc4 dxc4 29. Rc7 b3 30. a4 Bf6 31. Ne4 b2 32. Rb7 c3 0-1 [Event "IND-chT 37th"] [Site "Bhopal"] [Date "2017.02.03"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Puranik, Abhimanyu Sameer"] [Black "Anandha, Venkatesan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2481"] [BlackElo "1713"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2017.02.02"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] [WhiteTeam "Airport Authority of India"] [BlackTeam "Tamil Nadu II"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. f3 Bf5 6. c4 e6 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. d5 Bf5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Nge2 O-O 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. O-O Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Ne5 14. Ng3 Bd7 15. Nce4 Be7 16. Qd4 Ng6 17. Nh5 f6 18. Nf4 Ne5 19. b3 Qe8 20. Bb2 Ng6 21. Nd3 Qf7 22. Rae1 Rfe8 23. Nec5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 b6 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Kg1 Qf5 27. Re4 Ne5 28. Rfe1 Qg6 29. Qe3 Rf8 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Rxe5 Rac8 32. Re7 h6 33. Qe6+ Qxe6 34. R1xe6 Rfd8 35. Rg6 1-0 [Event "Chennai op 9th"] [Site "Chennai"] [Date "2017.01.22"] [Round "6"] [White "Jagadish, P."] [Black "Anandha, Venkatesan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "1890"] [BlackElo "1631"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2017.01.18"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5 8. d5 O-O 9. Qd2 e6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. O-O-O exd5 12. exd5 Nd7 13. h4 Nf6 14. f3 h5 15. Be2 Qd6 16. Nh3 Bxh3 17. Rxh3 Rad8 18. g4 Qxd5 19. Qc3 Qe6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. g5 Kg8 22. Qxf6 Qe3+ 23. Kb1 Rd2 24. Rh1 Qxe2 25. a3 Qd3+ 26. Ka2 Qd4 27. Qxd4 Rxd4 28. Kb3 b6 29. Kc3 Rf4 30. Rh3 Kf8 31. Kd3 Ke7 32. Ke3 Rd4 33. Rh2 Ke6 34. b3 a5 35. Rh1 Kf5 36. Rh2 Rd1 37. Rc2 Ke5 38. Rc3 Rd4 39. Rc4 Kd5 40. Rxd4+ cxd4+ 41. Kd3 b5 42. f4 Kc5 43. b4+ axb4 44. axb4+ Kd5 45. Kd2 Kc4 46. Kc2 Kxb4 47. Kd3 Kc5 48. Ke4 b4 49. Ke5 b3 50. Kf6 b2 51. Kxf7 b1=Q 0-1 [Event "Chennai op 9th"] [Site "Chennai"] [Date "2017.01.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Anandha, Venkatesan"] [Black "Shyam Prasad Reddy, K."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1631"] [BlackElo "1920"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2017.01.18"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Qg3 d6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Na4 Bb6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. c3 O-O 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. O-O Qe6 14. b3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ra5 16. c4 Re5 17. f3 f5 18. Bf4 fxe4 19. Qe3 Nf5 20. Qe1 exf3 21. Bxe5 fxg2 22. Rf2 dxe5 23. Qe4 g6 24. Re1 Re8 25. Rfe2 Qd7 26. Qxg2 Qd6 27. Qe4 Rf8 28. Kh1 Nd4 29. Rd2 Qf6 30. Kg2 Qg5+ 0-1 [Event "Chennai op 9th"] [Site "Chennai"] [Date "2017.01.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Anandha, Venkatesan"] [Black "Jayakumaar, S."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "1631"] [BlackElo "2211"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2017.01.18"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bg4 6. Ngf3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. c3 Qc7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Re1 Rac8 12. Nf1 Rfd8 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Qe2 Bg6 16. h4 d4 17. c4 b5 18. cxb5 Qxb5 19. Red1 Nb4 20. Ne1 h6 21. h5 Bh7 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Nd5 24. Bc1 Qb6 25. Nd2 f5 26. Qe2 Qb8 27. Nc4 N5b6 28. Nxb6 axb6 29. Bf4 b5 30. g4 Nb6 31. Ng2 Nd5 32. Qf3 Rf8 33. Qg3 Bg5 34. Re1 Nxf4 35. Nxf4 Bxf4 36. Qxf4 fxg4 37. Qxg4 Rf5 38. f4 Rcf8 39. Re4 Qb6 40. Rc1 c4 41. dxc4 bxc4 42. Rxc4 d3+ 43. Kg2 Qxb2+ 44. Kg3 Rg5 45. fxg5 Qf2+ 46. Kh3 Rf3+ 47. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 48. Kh2 Qxh5+ 49. Kg2 d2 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.30"] [Round "21"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2768"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bb4 7. c3 Ba5 8. Nbd2 Bc7 9. Re1 h6 10. Nf1 c5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. b4 c4 13. a4 Ne7 14. Nh4 Bh7 15. Nh5 g5 16. Bg4 Ng6 17. Nxg6 Bxg6 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. b5 Qf8 20. a5 Qg8 21. b6 Bd8 22. Ba3 a6 23. Nf6+ Nxf6 24. exf6 h5 25. Qxd5 hxg4 26. Qxb7 Qh7 27. Qc6# 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.30"] [Round "16"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2601"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Ngf6 8. Nc3 Bc5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qc7 13. Kg2 Rfe8 14. Qc2 Qe5 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Kh2 Ne5 17. Bg2 Bd4 18. Ne2 Bb6 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. f4 Qe6 21. Nc3 Bd4 22. e5 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Nd5 24. Rae1 Qe7 25. c4 Nb4 26. Qb3 Rad8 27. Rd1 Na6 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. f5 Nc5 30. Qe3 f6 31. e6 Rd3 32. Qf4 Qd6 33. Qg4 Rd2 34. Re1 Qe7 35. Qf4 Rd8 36. Qf3 Nd3 37. Rd1 Ne5 38. Rxd8+ Qxd8 39. Qa3 a6 40. Qb4 Qc7 41. c5 Qe7 42. Qd4 Kf8 43. Be4 Qc7 44. Kg2 Ke7 45. g4 Qd8 46. Qb2 Qc7 47. Kf1 h6 48. Ke2 Nc4 49. Qd4 Ne5 50. Bd3 Qb8 51. Kd1 Qc7 52. Be2 Qb8 53. Kc2 Qc7 54. h4 Ke8 55. g5 hxg5 56. hxg5 Qa5 57. Bh5+ g6 58. fxg6 Qxa2+ 59. Kd1 Qb1+ 60. Ke2 Qc2+ 61. Kf1 Qc1+ 62. Qd1 Qc4+ 63. Qe2 Qf4+ 64. Ke1 Qc1+ 65. Qd1 Qe3+ 66. Qe2 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.30"] [Round "19"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2633"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. O-O e6 9. Nd2 Be7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxc4 O-O 13. b3 Nd5 14. Bb2 a5 15. Rc1 Bg5 16. Rb1 Be7 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qf3 Bf6 21. Rc4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qe7 23. Bd4 Rab8 24. Bc5 Qg5 25. Bd6 Ra8 26. Rd1 a4 27. bxa4 h5 28. h4 Qf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Rdc1 Ra6 31. a3 Rca8 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Rxc6 Rxa4 34. g3 f4 35. Kg2 fxg3 36. fxg3 Rd4 37. Ra6 Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Rd3+ 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40. Ke1 Rg2 41. a4 Rxg3 42. a5 Rg4 43. Ra8+ Kg7 44. a6 Ra4 45. a7 Ra2 46. Bc5 Ra1+ 47. Kd2 Ra2+ 48. Kd3 Nc7 49. Rc8 Nd5 50. a8=Q 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.30"] [Round "18"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2687"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. c3 Qd7 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. a5 a6 11. b4 g5 12. b5 Nb8 13. bxa6 Nxa6 14. d4 g4 15. hxg4 Qxg4 16. Nbd2 Rhg8 17. Bf1 d5 18. Rb1 Qh3 19. Qb3 Nb4 20. cxb4 Rxg2+ 21. Bxg2 Rg8 22. Ng5 Qd7 23. Nf1 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Ng3 Qg4 26. Rxe4 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.30"] [Round "14"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Salem, AR Saleh"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B55"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2656"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nc2 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. b3 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Nf5 Ba3 19. Bd4 dxc4 20. Qg5 Ng6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qxf6 Bf8 23. Bxc4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qc7 25. Nb5 Qc5+ 26. Kf1 Ne5 27. Rd7 Nxd7 28. Qxf7+ 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.30"] [Round "20"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2840"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qa4 Rb8 11. Qa3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 cxd4 13. cxd4 a5 14. O-O Qb6 15. b3 Ba6 16. Rfc1 Nd7 17. Qd6 Qa7 18. Rxc6 Bb5 19. Rc7 Rb7 20. Rac1 a4 21. Rxb7 Qxb7 22. Rc7 Qb8 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. Qxd7 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.30"] [Round "15"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E53"] [WhiteElo "2747"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Bc2 Nf6 11. Re1 h6 12. Qd3 Bd6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 f5 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Bb3 Nd5 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. Ne5 Rf6 19. Qf3 Bc6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Rac1 Rc8 22. Rc2 Qb6 23. Rxe6 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.30"] [Round "13"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Qxd4 8. c3 Qd5 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Qd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Bf3 Bd6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Bg5 Rd8 17. Qe3 a6 18. Rd3 O-O 19. Rad1 Bc7 20. Qa7 Rxd3 21. Rxd3 Bb8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qd4 Bc7 24. Qd7 Re8 25. Bh5 Kf8 26. Qd4 Rd8 27. Qe3 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Kg7 29. Qd4 Qd6 30. Qxd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.30"] [Round "17"] [White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A32"] [WhiteElo "2711"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg2 Qc7 7. Nd2 Bc5 8. N2b3 Be7 9. Be3 d6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Nb3 a5 16. Qc3 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxa5 Qc7 19. Nb3 Rxa2 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Rd8 22. Bf4 Qc6 23. Qf3 Qb6 24. Kg2 h6 25. h4 Qb4 26. Na5 Rd7 27. Qb3 Ne4 28. Qxb4 cxb4 29. Nb3 Nc5 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Nxc5 Bxc5 32. Rc8 b6 33. Rc7 Rxc7 34. Bxc7 b3 35. Be5 f6 36. Bc3 h5 37. e4 f5 38. exf5 exf5 39. f4 g6 40. Kf3 Kg8 41. Ke2 Kf7 42. Be5 Ke6 43. Bc3 Kd7 44. Be5 Kc6 45. Bc3 b5 46. cxb5+ Kxb5 47. Be5 Kc4 48. Bf6 Kd5 49. Bc3 Ke4 50. Bf6 Bb4 51. Bg7 Ba5 52. Bf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.29"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bologan, Viktor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2640"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Bh3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Be3 Rc4 16. f3 O-O 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. O-O-O Nc5 19. Bf1 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Qb8 21. Kb1 Ne6 22. Bh3 Rc8 23. Qd2 Qc7 24. h5 Rd8 25. g6 Bf6 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. h6 hxg6 28. Bg5 d5 29. hxg7 Qxg7 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Qh6 Rd7 32. Rdg1 Rg7 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Qb8 Qe7 35. Qxe5 Qf6 36. Qb8 Qe7 37. Rh8 dxe4 38. Qf4+ 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.29"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B09"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2660"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Nh5 9. Be3 f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. O-O Kh8 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. Be4 Na5 14. Bd3 Bxf3 15. Rxf3 f5 16. d5 Nf6 17. Be2 b6 18. Ba6 c6 19. dxc6 Qxd2 20. Bxd2 Nxc6 21. Bb7 Rad8 22. Rd1 Nd4 23. Rd3 Nxc2 24. Bg5 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Ne4 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Nxe4 h6 28. Bd2 Bd4+ 29. Rxd4 Nxd4 30. Bc3 Rd8 31. Kf2 Kg8 32. Nf6+ Kf7 33. Ng4 Nb5 34. Nxh6+ Ke6 35. Be1 Nd6 36. Ng4 Nc4 37. b3 Ne5 38. Nxe5 Kxe5 39. Ke2 Ke4 40. h4 Rd3 41. g4 Rh3 42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5 Rxh5 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Jobava, Baadur"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2702"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. a4 b6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d5 Ne8 11. b4 Bc8 12. a5 b5 13. Bd3 g6 14. Ne2 Ng7 15. c4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 f5 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. Ng5 Kh8 19. b5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Bd7 21. Bc4 Nfh5 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 c6 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Be2 Nf6 26. a6 Nxe6 27. Bf1 Nd7 28. Na4 d5 29. Qc2 Nd4 30. Qd1 Rg8 31. Bb2 c5 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. Qb3 Bf6 34. Qxd5 Rg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.29"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2689"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. c3 e6 8. Ne2 Qa6 9. Qf3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rd1 Nge7 12. Ng3 g6 13. Na3 Nf5 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Nc2 Be7 16. g3 O-O-O 17. Ne1 Rdg8 18. Ng2 Rg4 19. Bf4 Kb8 20. Kh2 Rg6 21. a3 cxd4 22. cxd4 Qb6 23. Qc3 Na5 24. Rac1 Rgg8 25. Ne3 Rc8 26. Qd2 Rxc1 27. Qxc1 Rc8 28. Qd2 Qb5 29. b4 Nc6 30. Ng2 a5 31. Bg5 axb4 32. Bxe7 Nxe7 33. axb4 Ng6 34. Ne3 f4 35. Ng2 f3 36. Ne1 Qe2 37. Qxe2 fxe2 38. Rd2 Rc4 39. Kg2 Ne7 40. Nf3 Nf5 41. Rxe2 Nxd4 42. Nxd4 Rxd4 43. Re3 Rxb4 44. Rf3 Rc4 45. Rxf7 b5 46. Rf6 Rc6 47. g4 hxg4 48. h5 Kb7 49. h6 Rc7 50. Kg3 b4 51. Rf4 Rh7 52. Rxb4+ Kc6 53. Kxg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.29"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Wei, Yi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2707"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 Nd6 9. c3 Bf5 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 11. Qb3 b6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 f6 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bc1 O-O-O 16. Ne3 Kb7 17. a4 a5 18. Qb5 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 h5 20. Re2 Na7 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. h4 g4 23. Ne1 Bd6 24. Nd3 Re8 25. Kf1 Rde7 26. Rae1 Re4 27. Bf4 Bf8 28. Bc1 Bd6 29. Bh6 b5 30. axb5 Nxb5 31. Bg7 R8e6 32. f3 gxf3 33. gxf3 Rxe2 34. Rxe2 Rxe2 35. Kxe2 a4 36. Kd2 a3 37. bxa3 Nxa3 38. Bxf6 Kc6 39. Be5 Be7 40. Bg3 Kb5 41. Bxc7 Bxh4 42. f4 Bg3 43. Be5 Nc4+ 44. Ke2 Kc6 45. f5 Bh4 46. Nb4+ Kb5 47. Nxd5 Bg5 48. f6 Kc6 49. Ne7+ Kd7 50. Kd3 Nb2+ 51. Ke4 Ke6 52. d5+ Kf7 53. Kf5 Bh4 54. Ng6 Bf2 55. Nh8+ Kf8 56. Bd6+ 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.29"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2749"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Nc3 a6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. e4 Bb7 15. d4 Rfe8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nd2 Rad8 18. Nc4 Nb6 19. Be5 Qc6 20. Na5 Qc8 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Bc3 h6 23. Bf1 c4 24. bxc4 Na4 25. Be5 Qc6 26. Rac1 Qc5 27. Ba1 Bg5 28. Rb1 Be7 29. h4 Qc6 30. Qg4 Bf8 31. h5 Nc5 32. e5 Qa4 33. Qe2 Be7 34. Bd4 Rd7 35. Be3 Red8 36. Rxd7 Qxd7 37. Qg4 Kf8 38. Be2 Qa4 39. Rb2 Qa3 40. Rc2 Qa4 41. Bd1 Qb4 42. Qe2 Nd3 43. Rd2 Nxe5 44. Rxd8+ Bxd8 45. Bb3 Be7 46. Bxh6 gxh6 47. Qxe5 Kg8 48. Qe3 Bc5 49. Qf4 Qc3 50. Kg2 Kg7 51. Ba4 Qf6 52. Qxf6+ Kxf6 53. f4 e5 54. Kf3 exf4 55. gxf4 Ke6 56. Bc6 f5 57. Bb7 a5 58. Bc8+ Kf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.29"] [Round "11"] [White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2704"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Be6 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. e3 h5 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Qa4 f5 14. Rfd1 e4 15. Bf1 Ke7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nb5 Bg7 18. Rac1 Be5 19. Qb4+ Kf6 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. Ba6 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rb8 23. Qd2 Qa4 24. Be2 Qxa2 25. Bxh5 Qxb2 26. Rc2 Qa1+ 27. Rc1 Rb1 28. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 29. Kg2 Qd3 30. Qxd3 exd3 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. f4 Bc3 33. Bd1 Ke7 34. Kf3 Kd6 35. Ba4 Kc5 36. Bd7 Kd6 37. Ba4 a5 38. h3 e5 39. fxe5+ Bxe5 40. g4 Kc5 41. g5 Kb4 42. Bc6 Kc3 43. Ba4 Kb4 44. Bc6 a4 45. Bxd5 Kc3 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.29"] [Round "8"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 h6 7. c3 a5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nf1 c6 11. Ng3 Bb6 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. h3 Re8 14. d4 Be6 15. Bc2 Bc7 16. Be3 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Bd4 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Qd6 23. Qd2 Re8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Bb3 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Qe6 28. Qf4 Qf7 29. Qe5 Bxa4 30. Qxa5 Bb3 31. Qe5 g5 32. f3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.29"] [Round "4"] [White "Korobov, Anton"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "2692"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 a6 15. Qe2 b5 16. Ne5 Be7 17. Bg3 b4 18. Na4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Qxa6 Ra8 22. Qc6 Qa5 23. b3 Nc3 24. Rc2 Rfc8 25. Qd7 Rc7 26. Qd2 Nxa4 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. bxa4 Rxa4 29. h3 Qc3 30. Re2 Ra7 31. Kh2 h5 32. h4 Qc4 33. Qc2 Qxc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.29"] [Round "2"] [White "Mareco, Sandro"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. b5 Bxc5 8. Bc4 Qe7 9. O-O dxe3 10. dxe3 Be6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Nb6 14. Qd1 O-O-O 15. e4 Nxd5 16. exd5 e4 17. Nh4 g5 18. Nf5 Qe5 19. Qc2 Qxf5 20. Qxc5 Qxd5 21. Qc3 Qd4 22. Qxa5 Ne7 23. Be3 Qd6 24. Rac1 Nd5 25. Rfd1 Kd7 26. Bc5 Qe6 27. Bd4 Ke7 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Ba1 Rhe8 30. Qa4 Re7 31. Qd4 Rd6 32. h3 Nf4 33. Qe3 Nd3 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.29"] [Round "6"] [White "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2694"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Be6 9. Nc3 Rc8 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bg5 d4 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. f4 f5 15. Nf2 e4 16. g4 Rg8 17. Kh1 e3 18. Nd3 Rxg4 19. Bf3 Rg6 20. Ne5 Kf8 21. Rc1 Rh6 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Rg1 Bf6 24. Nd3 Rg6 25. Qa4 Qb6 26. Rc1 Be6 27. Rc6 Qb8 28. b4 Kg7 29. Qc2 Be7 30. Qb2 Bf6 31. a4 Bd7 32. Rc5 Bxa4 33. b5 Qb6 34. Rxf5 a6 35. Qa2 Bxb5 36. Ne5 Qe6 37. Qc2 d3 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.29"] [Round "9"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2016.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. h4 f6 9. c4 Nb6 10. exf6 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 gxf6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bh5+ Kd8 14. b3 Bd6 15. Nd2 Be5 16. Rb1 c5 17. Nf3 d6 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Nd7 21. Bb2 Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Nxf8 23. Rf1 Ne6 24. Rf7 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.28"] [Round "14"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B41"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2747"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 O-O 8. Be2 Qc7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Be3 b5 13. Rac1 b4 14. Nb1 c5 15. Nd2 e5 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Rfd1 a5 18. f3 Nd7 19. Nf1 Nb8 20. Bd2 Nc6 21. Ne3 Nd4 22. Qd3 Bg5 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. Bf1 Ra6 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. Qe3 Qh5 27. Rd2 Rh6 28. h3 Kh8 29. Rf2 Qh4 30. f4 exf4 31. Qxf4 Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Re6 33. Bd3 f6 34. Ra1 Bc6 35. a3 Nb3 36. Rd1 Rb8 37. Rf2 Ree8 38. g4 Nd4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Ra1 h6 41. Ra5 Nb3 42. Ra6 Nd4 43. Ra5 Nb3 44. Ra6 Bd7 45. Rd6 Rb7 46. Nf4 Kg8 47. Ng6 Re6 48. Rd5 Be8 49. e5 Bf7 50. Rd8+ Re8 51. Rxe8+ Bxe8 52. Be4 Ra7 53. Bd5+ Bf7 54. exf6 gxf6 55. Rxf6 Bxd5 56. cxd5 Kg7 57. Rb6 Nd2 58. Ne5 Re7 59. Rg6+ Kf8 60. Rf6+ Kg7 61. Rf5 Rxe5 0-1 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.28"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2768"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. c3 Be7 13. Nd2 Nxe5 14. Bd4 f6 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. Bb6 O-O 18. c4 Bd8 19. Bc5 Be7 20. Bb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.28"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2671"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. c3 Nd7 8. Na3 Bg6 9. Nc2 Nf5 10. g4 Ne7 11. Nh4 Bh7 12. f4 h5 13. f5 Qb6 14. a4 a5 15. Ne3 O-O-O 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. gxh5 g6 18. Bd3 gxh5 19. Bxh7 Rxh7 20. Kh1 Bh6 21. Neg2 Bxc1 22. Qxc1 c5 23. Qc2 Rg7 24. Nf4 Kb8 25. Rad1 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rc8 27. Qe2 Rg4 28. Nhg2 Rcg8 29. Ne3 R4g5 30. Qb5 Nf5 31. Nxf5 Rxf5 32. Qxb6 Nxb6 33. Nxe6 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Nxa4 35. Nf4 Nxb2 36. Nxd5 Nc4 37. e6 Re8 38. e7 Nd6 39. Rf6 Nc8 40. Rf8 Nd6 41. Nf6 Rc8 42. d5 Kc7 43. e8=Q Nxe8 44. Nxe8+ Kb6 45. d6 Rd8 46. Rf6 Kc6 47. Re6 a4 48. Re3 b5 49. Rc3+ Kb6 50. Re3 b4 51. Re4 Kc5 52. Re5+ Kc6 53. Re4 Rb8 54. Rc4+ Kd5 55. d7 Kxc4 56. Nd6+ Kb3 57. Nc8 a3 58. d8=Q a2 59. Qd3+ Kb2 60. Qd4+ Kb1 61. Qe4+ Kc1 62. Qf4+ Kc2 63. Qc7+ Kb3 64. Qg3+ Ka4 65. Qxb8 a1=Q+ 66. Kg2 Qg7+ 67. Kf2 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.28"] [Round "13"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nh3 Bb4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. f3 exf3 11. Rxf3 h6 12. Qf1 Nbd7 13. a4 b6 14. g4 Ne4 15. c4 Bb7 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Rf5 Ndf6 18. g5 Nxg5 19. Nxg5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qxd4 21. Ba3 Ng4 22. Rf4 Qd5+ 23. Qf3 Ne3+ 24. Kf2 hxg5 25. Qxd5 Nxd5 26. Rd4 Nf4 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. a5 bxa5 29. Rxa5 Ne6 30. Rd7 g6 31. Kf3 a6 32. Rd6 Ke7 33. Rdxa6 Rh8 34. Kg3 g4 35. Kxg4 Rxh2 36. e3 Kf6 37. Ra1 Rg2+ 38. Kf3 Rg5 39. Rd1 Rf5+ 40. Ke2 Kg7 41. Ra7 Ng5 42. Rd4 Rb5 43. Ra2 Kf6 44. Rc2 Kg7 45. Rd7 Ra5 46. Rc3 Ra2+ 47. Kd3 Ra1 48. Kc4 Ne4 49. Rcd3 Rc1+ 50. Kb4 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.28"] [Round "15"] [White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2704"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. a3 Ba5 13. Qxd4 Rd8 14. Qc5 Qxc5 15. Nxc5 Nd7 16. Ne4 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Rfd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.27"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2737"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 g6 8. Bb2 Bg7 9. c4 O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Ba1 Rad8 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. Rfe1 h6 17. g3 Qc7 18. Bb2 Qb6 19. Ba1 Qc7 20. Bb2 Qb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Li, Chao B"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2720"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 b4 12. Nce2 Qb6 13. g3 Rc8 14. Bg2 h5 15. Bf3 Na5 16. b3 Bg7 17. g4 h4 18. g5 fxg5 19. Rhg1 Rc5 20. fxg5 O-O 21. Nf4 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. g6 f5 24. Nxe6 fxe4 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Qxd6 Re8 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Rgf1 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Atabayev, Yusup"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2473"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Ne5 h6 7. a3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. cxd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg3 c5 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. e4 d4 15. Ne2 a5 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Be5 Nb3 19. Nc1 a4 20. Nxb3 axb3 21. Rc4 Qb5 22. Bc7 Qd7 23. Bf4 Rxc4 24. dxc4 Qc6 25. Qxb3 Qxe4 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. gxf3 Rc8 28. Rc1 Bg5 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Kf1 e5 31. Ke2 f5 32. Kd3 Kf7 33. c5 Ke6 34. Rg1 Kf6 35. b4 Rh8 36. Rc1 Rxh2 37. c6 bxc6 38. Rxc6+ Ke7 39. Rc7+ Ke6 40. b5 Rxf2 41. b6 Rb2 42. b7 Kd5 43. Rd7+ Kc6 44. Rxg7 Rxb7 45. Rxg5 Rb3+ 46. Ke2 Re3+ 47. Kf2 f4 48. a4 Kd5 49. Rg8 Ra3 50. Ra8 Ra2+ 51. Ke1 d3 52. Ra5+ Kd4 53. Kd1 e4 54. fxe4 Ke3 0-1 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.27"] [Round "10"] [White "Korobov, Anton"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2692"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. a3 Ne5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Bg3 Nc6 15. Na4 Qd8 16. Nb5 e5 17. Rc1 Bf5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Ne4 20. Rd5 Qe7 21. Nd6 Nxd6 22. Rxd6 Nd4 23. Rd5 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.27"] [Round "9"] [White "Yu, Yangyi"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Be2 Bg4 14. O-O Rac8 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. h3 Ne6 17. Qa4 Bf5 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Rc2 20. Bf3 Rxb2 21. Qxa7 Be4 22. Bxe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.26"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Howell, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C96"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2644"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. a4 Bb7 17. f4 Ng6 18. Nf3 Re8 19. f5 Nf8 20. Qe2 c4 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Rab1 Nd7 23. b3 c3 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra1 Ne5 26. Nd4 b4 27. Qb5 Rb8 28. Ra7 Ba8 29. Qa5 Qxa5 30. Rxa5 Bd8 31. Ra4 Nd7 32. Nf3 Bxd5 33. exd5 Rxe3 34. Rxe3 Bb6 35. Kf2 Re8 36. Rxb4 Bxe3+ 37. Ke2 Bc5+ 38. Re4 Rxe4+ 39. Bxe4 Nf6 40. Bc2 Nxd5 41. Kd3 Nf4+ 42. Kxc3 Nxg2 43. b4 Ba7 44. f6 Nf4 45. fxg7 Nxh3 46. Nd4 Kxg7 47. Nf5+ Kf6 48. Nxd6 h5 49. Bb3 Ng5 50. Kd3 h4 51. Ne4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B55"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2611"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Be3 Rc8 9. Nc3 Bxc4 10. Bxc4 Rxc4 11. Qd3 Rc6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. g4 a6 15. g5 Nh5 16. h4 Re8 17. Nd5 Bf8 18. Qd2 Qb8 19. Qg2 g6 20. Na5 Rcc8 21. Qg4 Nc5 22. Nc4 Rc6 23. Ncb6 Bg7 24. Rd2 Ne6 25. Nb4 Nd4 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Qd7 c5 29. Nd5 Be5 30. Rc1 Qb5 31. Qxb5 axb5 32. b4 c4 33. a4 c3 34. Ra2 Nf4 35. Nxf4 Bxf4 36. Rd1 Be3 37. axb5 Rb8 38. Ra5 Kg7 39. Kc2 h6 40. gxh6+ Kxh6 41. Rb1 Rc8 42. Ra2 Rb8 43. Kd3 Kh5 44. Ra6 Bf4 45. Rc6 Rxb5 46. Kxd4 Be5+ 47. Kc4 Rb7 48. b5 Ra7 49. b6 Ra4+ 50. Kd3 Ra2 51. Rxc3 Bxc3 52. b7 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2711"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 Ne7 12. Ng5 d6 13. f4 Bf5 14. Rae1 dxe5 15. fxe5 Qd5 16. Qb4 Bg6 17. Rf4 h6 18. Nf3 Qd8 19. Qb3 Nd5 20. Rg4 Bf5 21. Rg3 c6 22. Bc4 Qb6 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. a3 Rfc8 26. Nh4 Be4 27. Rb3 Rc6 28. Re2 Ra4 29. Rd2 Rac4 30. Nf3 f6 31. Kf2 g5 32. exf6 Rxf6 33. Kg3 Kg7 34. Ne5 Rc7 35. Rc3 Rxc3+ 36. bxc3 h5 37. h4 Kh6 38. Rb2 gxh4+ 39. Kxh4 Rf4+ 40. g4 hxg4 41. Rxb6+ Kg7 42. Rxb7+ Kf8 43. a4 Rf1 44. Kxg4 Ra1 45. Ra7 Ra3 46. a5 Rxc3 47. a6 Ra3 48. Rf7+ Ke8 49. a7 Kd8 50. Rf8+ 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.26"] [Round "2"] [White "Bu, Xiangzhi"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. e3 Ne4 8. Qc2 g5 9. Be5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 c6 11. Bd3 f6 12. Nf3 f5 13. O-O Bd6 14. Ne5 g4 15. f3 gxf3 16. gxf3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 O-O 18. f4 Be6 19. Kh1 Kh8 20. Rf3 Qf6 21. Rg1 Rg8 22. Rfg3 Rxg3 23. Rxg3 Rg8 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. Qb1 Bc8 26. c4 dxc4 27. Bxc4+ Kf8 28. Qe1 Ke8 29. Qg3 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Qg6 31. Qf3 Be6 32. Bxe6 Qxe6 33. Qe2 b5 34. Kg1 a5 35. Kf2 a4 36. Qc2 Qd5 37. a3 Qe4 38. Qc5 f4 39. exf4 Qxf4+ 40. Kg2 Qh6 41. Qb6 Qg6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Doha"] [Date "2016.12.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Fressinet, Laurent"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteElo "2672"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2016.12.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "QAT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxh4 12. Qxc5 exd5 13. Nxh4 Qxh4 14. Be2 Be6 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 Rfc8 17. Kd2 Kf8 18. Rac1 Ke7 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1 21. Kxc1 Kd6 22. Kd2 g5 23. g3 f6 24. Ke3 a5 25. Kd2 b6 26. Kc3 Bd7 27. Kd2 Be6 28. Kc3 Bd7 29. Kd2 Be6 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 8th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2016.12.18"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2809"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2016.12.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 h6 12. h3 Be6 13. Bb5 Qb6 14. Qa4 Rfc8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 a6 17. Be2 Rd8 18. Bf3 Nd7 19. Bg3 Nf6 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. Be5 Nd7 22. Bg3 Nf6 23. Be5 Nd7 24. Bg3 Nf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 8th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2016.12.17"] [Round "8"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2016.12.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 { Back to the classical main line.} ({One round earlier Topalov managed to get one of his not so numerous half points with the modern} 6... Nbd7 7. c5 c6 { Giri,A (2771)-Topalov,V (2760) London 2016 (1/2-1/2, 67)}) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 { White is also returning to the classical approach. This was the move order advocated by Korchnoi in his 1978 match with Karpov, setting the fashion for many decades.} ({In the same tournament the rare} 8. Bd3 { was tried in Aronian,L (2785)-Anand,V (2779) London 2016 (Â1/2-Â1/2, 30)}) ({ For quite some time Black's biggest headaches were caused by} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 {but here, too, there seem to be a new trend:} Bg4 ({The old line went} 11... Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 {where White had worked out almost forced ways to a small but annoying advantage, for instance:} Re8 15. Rc1 a6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. b5 Rxa3 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 Ra7 20. Rd6 Rd7 21. Qxd5 Rxd6 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxd6 Bxf3 24. gxf3 { Leko,P (2741)-Kramnik,V (2770) Brissago 2004 CBM 103 [Lukacs] (1-0, 69)}) 12. Bxh7+ { This looks critical, but in a recent game Black proved it is not dangerous.} ( 12. O-O Bd6 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxd5 Bxf4 17. Qxd8 Nxd8 18. exf4 Ne6 {Potkin,V (2669)-Radulski,J (2552) Plovdiv 2012 (Â1/2-Â1/2, 36), and Black seems to be close to a draw despite the missing pawn.}) 12... Kxh7 13. Qc2+ Kg8 14. Qxc5 Rc8 15. Qb5 d4 16. O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 dxe3 18. fxe3 Nd4 $36 { Ruck,R (2565)-Saric,A (2597) Germany 2016 (0-1, 35)}) 8... Nc6 9. Qc2 Re8 $5 { This came into the limelight during the second Carlsen-Anand match.} ({ The old main line goes} 9... Qa5 {- Carlsen,M (2853)-Nakamura,H (2814) Saint Louis 2015 CBM 168 [Wagner,D] (Â1/2-Â1/2, 95)}) 10. O-O-O {The sharpest continuation. White speeds up his development, putting pressure on the d-file but also somewhat exposing his king.} (10. Rd1 {is less ambitious} e5 11. Bg5 d4 { Forintos,G (2425)-Sisniega,M (2390) Cienfuegos 1979 MCL [Notkin] (1/2-1/2, 41)} ) ({In the aforementioned match White reacted with} 10. Bg5 Be7 { Anand,V (2792)-Carlsen,M (2863) Sochi 2014 CBM 164 [Postny,E] (1/2-1/2, 41)}) 10... e5 11. Bg5 (11. cxd5 {does not promise much:} exf4 12. dxc6 Qe7 $2 (12... Qc7 $1 13. exf4 Qxf4+ 14. Kb1 bxc6 $15) 13. exf4 Bg4 14. Bb5 $16 { Murariu,A (2513)-Tomici,S (2259) Eforie Nord 2014 (1-0, 44)}) 11... d4 12. Nd5 b5 $5 $146 {Quite a puzzling novelty. The move is logical, as it is aimed at questioning the stability of the d5-knight and opening the c-file for the attack, but concretely it seems that it is mainly Black who must act accurately to maintain the equality. And still, as a surprize novelty it surely looks perfect, as White's play is not very obvious in the first phase.} ({By the way, Korchnoi's setup from the 1978 and Carlsen's 9...Re8 are not really brand new. Have a look at this game and check the year carefully:} 12... Be6 13. e4 $2 ({Actually} 13. Bd3 $5 {seems to cause problems.}) 13... Rc8 14. Kb1 Be7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qa4 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. h3 a6 19. Bd3 Nb8 20. Rc1 Nd7 21. Qd1 Nc5 $17 {Showalter,J-Janowski,D New York,NY 1898 !! (0-1, 32). Actually, ...Rf8-e8 was a common move in the Bg5 Queen's Gambit in those remote years, so 9...Re8 must not have caused such a sensation as it did in 2014.}) (12... Be7 {looks quite solid and even if it seems that White has some initiative Black seems to be holding his own:} 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. exd4 Bg4 15. d5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd1 17. Nf5 Bxc2 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Kxc2 Rc7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. b4 $44 {Gagare,S (2486)-Arjun,K (2292) Noida 2016 (1-0, 38)}) 13. Bxf6 $6 { This is a typical move when the stability of the d5-knight is ensured, but this is not the case here. White should have kept Bxf6 in reserve, avoiding later problems of coordination.} (13. cxb5 {is critical.} { Anand might have planned} Na5 {similary with the game continuation.} (13... Qxd5 {does not seem to offer enough play:} 14. Bc4 $1 (14. Bxf6 $2 Na5 15. Bh4 Bb6 $5 $19) (14. bxc6 Ne4 15. Bd3 Nxf2 $1 16. Bc4 Qxc6 17. Qxf2 Bf5 $36) 14... Qd6 15. bxc6 Qxc6 (15... Rb8 { looks very nice but it runs into a unexpected blow} 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bf4 Re5 18. exd4 Bxd4 19. b4 {White will soon have a slight material advantage and his far advanced c-pawn will be very annoying.}) 16. exd4 exd4 17. b4 Bf5 18. Qxf5 Bxb4 19. Rxd4 Bxa3+ 20. Kd2 { and Black does not seem to have enough attack for the piece.}) 14. exd4 exd4 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Kb1 { White should first take preventive measures before moving away with the bishop. } (16. b4 Bd6 17. Bh6 Be6 $44) (16. Bh6 $2 Be6 $19) (16. Bd2 $6 Be6 17. Bxa5 Qxa5 18. Bc4 Bxa3 $132) 16... Qd5 (16... fxg5 $2 17. Qxc5) 17. b4 (17. Bxf6 Be6 18. b3 (18. b4 Rac8 $132) 18... Qxb3+ 19. Qxb3 Bxb3 $13 {Black is a pawn down but his minor pieces have invaded the enemy queenside. He might retrieve the pawn soon.}) 17... Bb6 18. Bd3 fxg5 19. bxa5 g4 20. Bc4 Qh5 21. axb6 Bf5 22. Bd3 Rac8 23. Qa4 gxf3 24. b7 $1 (24. gxf3 Bxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Qg6 26. Rhd1 Re1 $1 $132) 24... Rb8 25. gxf3 Bxd3+ 26. Rxd3 Qg6 27. Qc4 Rxb7 {White's extra pawn is not too relevant and his king is somewhat exposed. The game could well simplify to a drawn rook ending.}) ({ Another interesting but possibly not so challenging possibility is} 13. Bd3 bxc4 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 Qd6 16. Nxf6 (16. exd4 Nxd4 17. Nxf6 gxf6 18. Bxa8 fxg5 $44) 16... gxf6 17. Qxc4 Re6 $1 18. b4 (18. Rd2 Bxa3 19. bxa3 Rb8 20. Kd1 Na5 21. Qa2 Nb3 $40) 18... Bxb4 19. axb4 Rb8 $13 20. Qxc6 $2 Qxb4 $19) (13. b4 {is as risky as it looks} bxc4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. bxc5 { and now the strongest may be} Be6 $1 {White is allowed to save his piece, but the strong central pawns would create unpleasant pressure against the enemy king.}) 13... gxf6 14. cxb5 Na5 15. exd4 exd4 {The position has calmed down slightly and White needs to find a good path for his knight.} 16. Nb4 $6 (16. Ne3 {may have been more solid even though over the board it may not be clear if the following fortress on the light squares is reliable enough:} Be6 17. Nc4 Rc8 18. Kb1 Bb6 19. Nfd2 $13) 16... Bxb4 17. axb4 Be6 18. Nxd4 $6 { In vain hoping to defend the c-file using the outpost on c6.} ({ Once again White should have looked for some sort of fortress:} 18. Kb1 Qd5 19. Qa4 Nb3 20. Bd3 $15 { Black is very active but it is questionable whether he can make progress.}) 18... Rc8 19. Nc6 Nxc6 20. bxc6 Qb6 21. Qa4 ({Unfortunately} 21. b5 { fails to keep the queenside closed after} a6 22. Rd6 axb5 23. Bd3 Ra8 $19) 21... Rxc6+ $6 {Not a bad move but there is a much stronger one.} (21... Bg4 $1 {more or less wins an exchange as White cannot quit the first rank nor weaken the e3-square either:} 22. f3 (22. b5 Bxd1 23. Qxd1 a6 24. Bd3 axb5 25. Qg4+ Kf8 {does not offer compensation for the exchange.}) 22... Bf5 $19 23. Bd3 Qe3+ 24. Kc2 Qe2+ 25. Kc3 Re3 26. Qb5 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 28. Qxd3 Rxc6+) 22. Kb1 Rd8 {Black has "only" excellent attacking chances now.} 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Be2 (24. Qxc6 $2 Qd1+ 25. Qc1 Bf5+ 26. Bd3 Bxd3+ 27. Ka2 Qa4#) 24... Bf5+ 25. Ka2 Rc2 26. Rd1 Qb6 27. Bg4 Qe6+ (27... Bg6 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Qe8 Qxb4 30. Qg8+ Kh6 31. Qf8+ Qxf8 32. Rxf8 $15) 28. Ka3 Qe5 29. Qb3 Bg6 30. Bf3 Rxf2 31. h4 $6 { Wasting a tempo in a dangerous position.} (31. Qc3 $5) (31. Rd5 $5 Rf1 32. Rd1 $1) 31... Bc2 (31... a5 $5) 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Qc3 $2 {Topalov probably wanted to keep the third rank defended, overlooking that controlling b5 was more important.} ({ True, his position would be anything other than milk and honey after} 33. Qc4 Qe3+ 34. Ka2 (34. Qc3 Rf1 $1 $19) 34... Bf5 $5) 33... Qb5 34. Qc6 Rxf3+ $1 { An elegant, though not complicated, final trick.} (34... Rxf3+ 35. Qxf3 Qa4#) 0-1 [Event "London Classic 8th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2016.12.16"] [Round "7"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2016.12.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bb4 11. Rd3 Ne4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Bb5 f6 15. Bd6 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Rxd6 17. Rxd6 Nxd6 18. Rxd6 Kf7 19. Bxc6 Ke7 20. Bxb7 Bxb7 21. Rd4 Rc8 22. Rb4 Bd5 23. Ra4 Rxc3 24. Rxa7+ Kf8 25. h3 Rc1+ 26. Kh2 Rc2 27. Kg3 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Bxa2 29. Nd2 e5 30. f4 exf4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 8th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2016.12.15"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2771"] [Annotator "Szabo,Kr"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2016.12.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {Anand likes this line; he has already won some nice games with White against Topalov, Vachier Lagrave.} e6 ({4 rounds before Vachier Lagrave played} 6... e5 {against Anand,} 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4 Nbd7 9. g4 Rc8 10. f5 Bxb3 11. axb3 Rxc3 $5 { was an interesting sacrifice,} (11... d5 $6 12. exd5 Bb4 13. Bg2 Qb6 14. Bd2 e4 15. Qe2 $16 {Anand-Vachier Lagrave, London 2016, and White looks nicely placed. }) 12. bxc3 Nxe4 13. h4 $1 Be7 14. g5 Qb6 15. Qf3 d5 $132 { with a complicated middlegame.}) 7. g4 Be7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. O-O-O Nc5 $146 {A novelty by Giri. In this type of middlegame, the knight is very rarely on c5. Probably Giri wanted to exert pressure on e4.} (13... Nxd4 {is the most popular move,} 14. Bxd4 Rc8 15. Rg1 Ne5 16. Qe3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. f4 Re8 19. f5 Bf8 20. f6 $40 { Vallejo Pons-Topalov, Leon rapid 2012, and White has a strong attack.}) (13... Rc8 {is the another option,} 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Kb1 Ne5 16. Rh3 Nc4 17. Qe1 Qa5 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Bb6 Qd7 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Re3 $14 { Nepomniachtchi-Lu Shanglei, Moscow 2016, and White is more comfortable.}) 14. f3 Rb8 15. Rg1 Qc7 16. b4 $6 {A smart and ambitious move, but this is an inaccuracy. This move incurs the weakness of White's queenside.} ({The natural } 16. Kb1) ({or} 16. h5 {was better to continue the attack on the kingside.}) 16... Nd7 ({The engine suggests the brilliant seeming} 16... Ne5 $5 17. f4 (17. bxc5 $6 dxc5 $36) 17... Rbd8 $132 {with a double-edged fight.}) 17. Ndxb5 $6 { The point of White's previous move. This is a typical knight sacrifice for three pawns, but now the white king is becoming weak.} axb5 18. Nxb5 Qc8 19. Nxd6 Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Rd8 { Black protects his pieces and now he has a lot of threats.} 21. b5 Nde5 $1 { A nice intermediate move!} 22. Qc5 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Nxf3 $1 { Black has to give back the piece, but he can continue his attack.} 24. bxc6 Bxc6 25. Rg3 Rb1+ $2 {A tempting move, but after this White can escape.} (25... Qd8+ $1 {or 25...Qd7 was correct,} 26. Ke2 (26. Bd3 Bxe4 27. Ke2 Bxd3+ 28. cxd3 Nxh4 $17) 26... Bxe4 27. Rxf3 Rb1 $1 $19 { This is the point! Probably Giri didn't see this move. White is without hope.}) 26. Ke2 Qa6+ ({Still} 26... Nxh4 $5 {meant keeping the tension.}) 27. Kxf3 Qxf1+ 28. Bf2 Qh1+ 29. Ke3 Qc1+ 30. Kf3 (30. Ke2 $11 {was also enough to hold.} ) 30... Qd1+ 31. Ke3 Qc1+ 32. Kf3 Qh1+ 33. Ke3 Qxe4+ 34. Kd2 Qf4+ ({ In the event of} 34... Rb8 35. Rd3 {and the white king is safe.}) 35. Kc3 $1 Rb8 36. Rd3 $1 {Very precise play by Anand.} (36. Qxc6 $2 {was bad, because of} Qxf2 $17 {and suddenly the white king is very weak again.}) 36... Rc8 37. Kb2 $1 h5 {...and a draw, because the white king is safe.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 8th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2016.12.13"] [Round "5"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2794"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2016.12.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Nd5 9. a3 Nxc3 10. Qd2 Bxa3 11. Qxc3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. O-O Bb7 15. Be2 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Qa3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rab8 19. h4 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Qxb2 21. Qxb2 Rxb2 22. Rc7 Nf8 23. Rxa7 d5 24. Ra8 g6 25. g3 h5 26. g4 hxg4 27. Bxg4 Kg7 28. h5 gxh5 29. Bxh5 Ng6 30. Bxg6 Kxg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 8th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2016.12.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2748"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2016.12.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Bb3 Ng6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. h3 (12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ncxe5 Bxb3 ( 13... Qxd1 14. Bxd1 $14) 14. Qxb3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qd6 $1 16. Nc4 (16. Nf3 Ng4 17. Rf1 Rad8 $44) 16... Bxf2+ $1 17. Kxf2 Qxh2 $13 (17... Ng4+ 18. Ke2 Qxh2 $13)) 12... c6 13. dxe5 dxe5 $6 (13... Bxc4 14. Bxc4 (14. exf6 Bxb3 15. axb3 Qxf6 $11 ) 14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 $11 {Black has no real problems.}) 14. Ncxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Re8 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Bc2 $14 {White is a pawn up, but Black is completely developed. The next few moves are crucial for the evaluation of the position.} g5 18. Nf3 g4 {Let's pause for a minute and look carefully at this position. White is a pawn up here. What he would really like to do is take the pawn on g4 with h3. However, for that you must look deeper. Anand chose Nd4. But we must analyse what happens after hxg4.} 19. Nd4 $5 { This is not a bad move, but as compared to hxg4 it is clearly a concession.} ( 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Nd4 { It is at this point you must look at your opponent's best possibility.} (20. Re2 {is already bad because of} Bc4 $1 $17) 20... Rxd4 $1 { Anand saw this move for his opponent. But he didn't stop just as yet.} (20... Bxd4 21. cxd4 Rxd4 { It is important to see that this is completely bad for Black after} 22. f3 Ne5 23. Bxh6 $16 { White is up a pawn, has the bishop pair and is cruising towards victory.}) 21. cxd4 Bxd4 {Now f2 is hanging. You must protect it somehow.} 22. Re2 $1 (22. Be3 $2 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Bxb2 24. Rab1 Bc3 25. Rf1 Re7 $11 {Black has a pawn for the exchange and White's structure is a complete wreck. This is nothing for White.} ) 22... Bc4 23. Rd2 {The rook attacks the bishop. And if it moves back, White can unravel with b3-Bb2. Hence, c5 is forced.} c5 {It is after reaching this position in his head and analysing the possibilities that Anand started to feel uncomfortable. He saw that the bishops are just excellently placed in the centre and with ...f5 coming up, he will lose a pawn and be in trouble. But he had a nice move which was missed.} 24. Rb1 $1 {Giving up the a2 pawn. This is not an easy move to foresee. The threat is now b3.} (24. Rxd4 { is a move that I like as well.} cxd4 25. Bd2 $14 {White should be better here. Enough for victory? Maybe not. But in general he is better and quite substantially.} d3 26. Bd1 $16) 24... Bxa2 25. Ra1 Bc4 26. Rxa7 {The rook has activated itself, the b-pawn is free to move and it would be fine to end your calculations at this point and go for the variation beginning with 19.hxg4! That's the level at which these guys work!} Ba6 27. b4 $16 { White is clearly pushing here.} Bc3 $6 (27... Kg7 28. b5 Bxb5 29. Rxb7 $16) 28. f3 $1 Bxd2 29. Bxd2 Ne5 30. Ba4 Rd8 31. Bc3 $18 { And with b5 coming up, White is winning.}) 19... gxh3 20. gxh3 (20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. gxh3 Rde8 22. Bxh6 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxh6 24. Bg2 (24. Bh7+ Kf8 $11) 24... Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Kf8 $14 {White will be pushing here, but it will not be easy to convert into a full point.}) 20... Bxh3 21. Re3 (21. Bxh6 { I think this move should be given serious consideration.} Ng4 22. Bf4 $14 Rxd4 23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. Bg3 Re6 (24... Bxb2 25. Rab1 Bc3 26. Red1 $18) 25. Bd1 c5 $16 {Black has compensation but overall it shouldn't be enough.}) 21... Bg4 22. Rg3 Bc7 23. f4 (23. Rg2 $5) 23... h5 24. e5 Nd5 25. Bf5 Bb6 26. Bxg4 hxg4 27. Rxg4+ Kf8 28. Bd2 Ke7 $1 (28... Nxc3 $2 29. bxc3 Rxd4 30. cxd4 Bxd4+ 31. Kg2 Bxa1 32. Bb4+ $18) 29. Kf2 Nxc3 $1 30. bxc3 Rxd4 31. cxd4 Bxd4+ 32. Be3 (32. Be3 Bxa1 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 8th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2016.12.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "Pavlovic,M"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2016.12.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 {Recently this has become Anand's favorite move order, in the same tournament he played it against So as well.} 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 {We have reached a very sharp line of the Ragozin Opening, a line that has had lots of followers recently.} 10. Nd2 Nxg3 ({It is risky to take the pawn:} 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rc1 Ba5 13. h4 Nf6 14. Rc5 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Ne4 16. Bxc7 Qe7 17. Qb2 O-O 18. hxg5 Nxc5 (18... hxg5 19. Bd3 $1 $16) 19. dxc5 Qxc7 20. Rxh6 Qa5+ 21. Kd1 Qa4+ 22. Kc1 f6 23. Rg6+ Kh8 24. gxf6 Rf7 25. Bd3 {with a winning attack.}) 11. hxg3 c6 $5 {A less popular choice among grandmasters at least, but an interesting one. We will see that the idea is to have at his disposal the a5-square for the bishop to retreat to.} (11... Nb6 12. a3 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Ndxe4 Qe7 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Rc1 c6 18. O-O O-O 19. f4 Rad8 20. fxg5 Bg6 21. gxh6 Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. g4 Re8 24. Rcd1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Kh7 26. g5 Re5 27. Rd8 Rxg5 28. Rb8 Nd5 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxb7 Rd2 31. Bf3 c5 { Â1/2-Â1/2 (46) Onischuk,A (2662)-Bacrot,E (2697) Berlin (rapid) 2015. Black managed to make a draw without great difficulties.}) 12. a3 { An important move, Black has to decide where to go with the bishop.} Ba5 { Probably the best choice, as Black keeps the tension. b2-b4 is still not any kind of positional threat, so the bishop on a5 enjoys a good position.} (12... Be7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Qe2 Be6 15. Nf3 Ng4 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qa5 18. O-O Nf6 19. Ne5 Qb6 20. Rfd1 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 (20) Borisenko,G-Averbakh,Y Sverdlovsk 1957}) (12... Bd6 {a slightly provocative idea...} 13. e4 Nb6 14. e5 Be7 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Nb3 O-O-O 18. O-O-O Kb8 19. Kb1 h5 {with unclear conseqencies.} ) (12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nf6 14. Bd3 Qe7 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. c4 { White is slightly better.}) 13. Bd3 Kf8 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. O-O-O Kg7 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. f4 Bg4 19. Rde1 Qd6 {So all has gone in normal fashion, Black has a slightly exposed king but has the bishop pair, and the position is a bit closed for the moment.} 20. Rhf1 Rae8 21. Nc5 Re7 22. Qd2 $5 {Hitting g5.} Rhe8 (22... Bxc5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. b4 (25. e4 dxe4 $17 { the pawn on g5 is defended}) 25... Qd6 26. e4 Rh5 27. exd5 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 cxd5 (28... Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Qc3+ Kg8 31. Bc4 Qe4+ {Black is fine}) 29. Nb5 Qb6 30. Qe5 Qe6 31. Qd4 Qb6 $11) 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. e4 Nxe4 (24... Nh5 $3 { The computer choice; for humans this is a tough move to play in a tournament game. What puzzles me is that I don't understand really what Anand missed in this game.} 25. Qxg5+ (25. e5 Qh6 26. Qf2 Bxc5 27. dxc5 f5 $1 $132) 25... Qg6 26. Qxg6+ fxg6 $17) 25. N5xe4 {It was better to take with the other knight:} ( 25. N3xe4 $1 dxe4 26. Rxe4 Bh5 { the idea that could have saved Black in the game now is not that strong due to} 27. Qxg5+ Qg6 28. Qxe7 $1 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 {the bishop on d3 is protected now!} Bxc5 30. Rfxf7+ Qxf7 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. dxc5 $16) 25... dxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 $2 ( 26... Bh5 $1 {the last chance because Nakamura took with the wrong knight on e4 } 27. Qxg5+ Qg6 28. Qxg6+ Bxg6 29. Rg4 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Ka2 Ba5 { Black has very good chances of holding a draw actually without great problems.} ) 27. Nxe4 Qg6 (27... Qxd4 28. Qxg5+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Qg7 30. Qd6+ Re7 31. Nf6 $18) 28. Nf6 $1 Qxf6 29. Rxf6 Kxf6 30. Qc3 Bd7 ({A better chance was} 30... Bc7 31. d5+ Be5 32. Qb4 Bc8 33. dxc6 bxc6 34. Qc5 $16) 31. d5+ Re5 32. Be4 g4 33. dxc6 bxc6 34. Bxc6 Bxc6 35. Qxc6+ $18 Kg5 36. Qd7 Re3 37. Qxf7 Rxg3 38. Qd5+ Kh4 39. a4 $18 Bf2 40. Qd8+ Kh5 41. Qe8+ Kg5 42. Qe5+ Kg6 43. Qf4 1-0 [Event "London Classic 8th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2016.12.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2804"] [Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2016.12.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 $1 {By far Anand's #1 choice} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {It is always exciting seeing such a confrontation - Anand, known for his extremely deep and ambitious opening preparation, continuously finding new ideas and putting problems to his opponents. On the other side, we have one of the world's top specialists in the Najdorf Variation (as White and Black) - current number 4 in the world, having an amazing 2016 year, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave or simply MVL. Both players had drawn their first round games, meaning there was a higher chance they would both seek a very tense battle.} 6. h3 $5 {The Adams Attack has become a fashionable idea against the Najdorf, leading to extremely complicated positions. I always found it weird to have it called after Michael Adams, who is such a positional genius (he indeed played it 5 times), but I have just come to realize it is named after the American master Weaver Adams, who started playing it back in the 1940s! Black has some options here, e5 being the most common.} e5 (6... Qc7 { was tried in the very first game of this variation against Mr. Weaver in 1948} 7. g4 e6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Be3 Na5 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bc1 $1 Be7 13. f4 O-O-O 14. O-O $36 {1-0 (29) Adams,W-Pavey,M Baltimore 1948, a very odd situation to have White castle kingside and Black castle queenside in an Open Sicilian. White went on to win it in 29 moves!}) 7. Nb3 {Anand has played this 7.Nb3 only once before (in 2014, against Nepomniachtchi). White's idea is to play something like an English Attack (with Be3, f4 ideas, or even f4 right away, normally connected with castling on the queenside).} (7. Nde2 { is the most common move, aiming for g4-Ng3,} h5 {Black normally stops White's kingside expansion with this move, and White develops with either g3 or Bg5 now, and even the creative Ng1 followed by Nf3 and Ng5 is possible.}) 7... Be6 8. f4 Nbd7 9. g4 $5 {A very interesting move, preparing f5 under better conditions. Now g5 is a threat. There are two important games that have similarities to this one:} (9. Qf3 Rc8 10. f5 Bxb3 11. axb3 d5 $5 {is a typical pawn sacrifice that probably led MVL to an important decision later in this game, as you will see.} 12. exd5 e4 $5 (12... Bb4 $5) 13. Qg3 Nh5 $13 { 0-1 (57) Gormally,D (2488)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2757) Douglas 2014, with an unclear position.}) (9. f5 Bxb3 10. axb3 d5 $1 {right away!} 11. exd5 Bb4 12. Bd2 (12. g4 $2 {now fails drastically} Ne4 $1 $17) 12... O-O 13. Qe2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 e4 $44 {1-0 (34) Sutovsky,E (2635)-Shirov,A (2712) Poikovsky 2015} (14... Nxd5 $5)) 9... Rc8 $146 (9... b5 {has been played in 2014} 10. Bg2 (10. g5 $6 b4 $1 $132) 10... Nb6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f5 Bc4 13. Na5 Rc8 $13 {0-1 (32) Khismatu llin,D (2714)-Duda,J (2563) Yerevan 2014, with complex play. 0-1 (32) Khismatullin,D (2714)-Duda,J (2563) Yerevan 2014}) 10. f5 (10. g5 $2 { would be a very bad mistake} Rxc3 $1 11. bxc3 (11. gxf6 Rc8 $17 { since White can not take on g7 because of ...Qh4+}) 11... Nxe4 $17) 10... Bxb3 (10... Bc4 $6 11. Bxc4 Rxc4 12. Qd3 $16 { the light-squared bishop exchange is positionally good for White.}) 11. axb3 { It is clear that White's position is threatening. g5 looks very annoying and Vachier-Lagrave has to do something, and here he follows some very important advice - meet a flank attack with a centralcounter-attack!} d5 $5 {Black decide d to go for a pawn sacrifice, to open up the position while White wants to create a wing attack (with g5). It goes to reinforce the idea that MVL is a very brave player who doesn't shy away from complications, even when it is clear that his opponent is in his preparation.} (11... Rxc3 $5 {was a critical moment - the typical exchange sacrifice also follows the golden counter-attack rule and looks very attractive, specially because Black creates a devastating threat of ...Qh4+ now:} 12. bxc3 Nxe4 13. h4 Qb6 (13... Be7 $5 { is a similar version} 14. g5 Qb6 15. Qf3 d5 $44 {now Black has the strong ... h6! threat, trying to open up even more lines against the white king.}) 14. Qf3 d5 $44 {as MVL himself mentioned after the game, was something he was seriously considering and has to be at least very interesting.}) 12. exd5 Bb4 13. Bg2 Qb6 $2 { Natural, but from now on Black faces a difficult position because of this move. } (13... Rxc3 $1 { would get the pawn back and achieve a complex middlegame position after:} 14. bxc3 Bxc3+ 15. Bd2 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 O-O {White has the pure bishop pair, but on the other hand he also has many weaknesses around his king and after:} 17. O-O Qb6+ $132 {followed by either ...e4 or ...Rc8 shows that Black's activity could become very dangerous.}) 14. Bd2 e4 15. Qe2 O-O 16. O-O-O Nc5 17. Kb1 Rfd8 {The last moves were kind of expected and now the game boils down to the moment when Black will release the pressure to get the d5-pawn back, and for many moves, White's g5-move will need to be analysed.} 18. Rhe1 {A strong move, bringing the last piece into play, but it was already possible to think about clearing the dust with the aforementioned g5.} (18. g5 $5 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nxd5 20. Bd4 $1 (20. Bxe4 $2 Nxc3+ 21. bxc3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Na4 $1 $19 { and suddenly White loses!}) 20... Nf4 21. Qf2 Nxg2 22. Bxc5 Qc6 23. Qxg2 Qxc5 24. Qxe4 $16 {with a promising endgame.}) 18... a5 (18... Bxc3 $2 { is simply a worse version compared to the last move analysis.} 19. Bxc3 Nxd5 20. Bd4 $18 { with an additional Rhe1 already played, Black has to be in deep trouble.}) 19. Qf2 $6 (19. d6 $1 {a very counter-intuitive and difficult move, worsening the position of the black rook before inserting g5.} Rxd6 20. g5 $1 { is much stronger now:} Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Nd5 22. Be5 $1 { this is the key, White wins a very important tempo.} Rdd8 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 $18 {with a winning position.}) 19... Qc7 (19... Bxc3 $1 20. Bxc3 Nxd5 21. Bd4 a4 $1 {probably underestimated by both players, since apparently Black doesn't have time for such a move. A sample line could go like this:} 22. bxa4 Qb4 $1 {threatening ...Nxa4} 23. Qg3 (23. Bxc5 $2 Nc3+ $1 24. Kc1 Nxd1 $1 25. Bxb4 Nxf2 $17) 23... Qxa4 {now ...Nb4 is a serious threat} 24. Qa3 Qxa3 25. bxa3 $11 {and Black has every reason to feel at relieved winning the pawn back and ruining White's structure on the queenside.}) 20. Bf4 (20. g5 $5 { it was the last chance to play this move, but the complications were too scary. } Nxd5 (20... Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Nxd5 22. Bd4 $16) 21. Nxe4 Nd3 $1 22. cxd3 Qc2+ 23. Ka1 Qxb3 {threatening ...Rc2} 24. Rc1 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 (25. Nxd2 $2 Qa4+ 26. Kb1 Nb4 27. Bd5 Nxd5 $17) 25... Nb4 26. Nc3 {Amazingly, all of this was mentioned by Anand in the post-game interview (and I'm sure MVL had similar calculations) , showing how good these guys are. He said he wasn't sure of the evaluation, which is totally understandable, since it involves a serious risk to your own king! And he is correct, after a4! the position remains totally unclear.} a4 $1 $40 (26... Rxd3 $2 27. Qe2 $1 $18 {threatening mate and following with Be4-Bc2} )) 20... Qb6 21. Be5 a4 $1 22. bxa4 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 $1 {A good prac tical decision, maintaining excellent chances in the following position with the strong bishop pair and many strong pawns on the queenside.} (24. Bd4 Qb4 $1 $132 {- 19...Bxc3!}) 24... Rxd5 25. Bxe4 Rd6 26. a5 Qb5 27. Qe2 $1 Qxe2 28. Rxe2 {Now it was urgent for Black to eliminate one of White's strong bishops.} Rd1+ (28... Nxe4 $1 29. Rxe4 Rdc6 30. Ka2 $13 {the pawn majority on the queenside may be decisive, and White should have the better prospects, but there is a lot of play left in the position. It is not too easy to advance those pawns.}) 29. Ka2 Re8 $2 {A huge mistake, not only because of the way the game continued, but because Black will not be able to deal with these strong bishops.} (29... Nxe4 {was again forced, achieving a similar version of the last move, but having lost an important tempo.}) 30. Bf3 $1 Rxe2 31. Bxe2 Rc1 32. Bf3 Rxc2 33. Bxb7 {Maxime resigned since the a-pawn is unstoppable. A brilliant performance from the legendary world champion Vishy Anand, showing hard work with deep opening preparation, strong dynamic play and impressive calculations. Vachier-Lagrave put up strong resistance after being surprised in the opening, and could have defended the endgame, if it wasn't for the final mistake on move 29.} (33. Bxb7 Nxb7 34. a6 { followed by a7, if the knight leaves.} Re2 {the rook is also not in time:} 35. axb7 Re8 36. Be5 $1 $18) 1-0 [Event "London Classic 8th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2016.12.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2823"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2016.12.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. d3 h6 10. Na4 Bb4 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bc7 13. e4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nbd7 16. Qd1 a6 17. Nc3 Bb6 18. Ne2 a5 19. Bb2 Qe7 20. Kh2 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 h5 23. Kh1 h4 24. g4 Nh7 25. f4 Be3 26. Bc3 c5 27. bxc5 Nxc5 28. Qb1 Ra8 29. d4 exd4 30. Nxd4 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 Rc8 32. Ba1 Nf6 33. e5 dxe5 34. Bxe5 Nfd7 35. Bc3 Qe3 36. Ba1 Re8 37. Qb2 Nf6 38. Qd4 b6 39. Qxe3 Rxe3 40. Bd4 Rd3 41. Bf2 Rc3 42. Bxh4 Rd3 43. Bf2 Rc3 44. Bh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Bundesliga 1617"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2016.12.04"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Tazbir, Marcin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2521"] [BlackElo "2776"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2016.10.15"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] [WhiteTeam "Griesheim"] [BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 b5 8. f3 b4 9. Nce2 e5 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. c4 Be7 12. g4 g6 13. h4 Be6 14. Ng3 h5 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Be2 a5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nxb3 20. axb3 O-O 21. Rd1 a4 22. bxa4 b3 23. Qc3 Qb6 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Qc5 26. Rd5 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Qxc3+ 28. bxc3 Rxa4 29. Kd2 Ne5 30. Rb1 Rb8 31. Ke3 b2 32. Nf1 Rb3 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 1617"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2016.12.03"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Jobava, Baadur"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2698"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2016.10.15"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] [WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"] [BlackTeam "Hockenheim"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] {This is the first time that Vishy Anand and Baadur Jobava sat opposite each other for a chess game. Anand is known for his active style, but he sticks to well established rules. Jobava on the other hand likes to play complex chess even if it means playing unsound moves. Hence, this encounter was quite interesting to watch for the chess fans.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Baadur Jobava playing the Petroff is like Mikhail Tal playing the Berlin! This is clearly a case of high respect for the opponent. As we shall see, soon things do become completely unclear!} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 (6... Nc6 { is one of the main lines.}) (6... Be7 {is another main option.}) 7. O-O O-O { You can say that Black has an extra tempo at this point which he has used to move his knight from f6 to e4. The knight is not so secure on this square and this is exactly the point that White tries to exploit.} 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 { With pressure on d5 and e4, the exchange on c3 becomes necessary.} Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 (10... Bg4 {is a reasonable alternative.}) 11. Bxc4 {This is all well known and the main move here 11...Bg4. But Baadur went for an unknown line which is not played very often.} Nd7 (11... Bg4 12. Qd3 $1 ({Interestingly in 1981 when Anand was just 12 years old, his opponent Arvind Aaron played this move with White.} 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 h6 $2 {Understandably Black would like to prevent Ng5. But this move weakens his kingside.} (14... Nf6 {is preferable.}) 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Rb1 b6 17. c4 $14 { 1-0 (46) Aaron,A-Anand,V Tamil Nadu 1981 EXT 2011 [Bulletin]}) (12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Bf1 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Be3 b5 17. a4 a6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 $10 {1/2-1/2 (40) Ehlvest,J (2650)-Anand,V (2635) Linares 1991 CBM 022}) 12... Nd7 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. h3 Bh5 15. f4 $36 { It looks like White has the initiative, but Black can defend after} h6 $1 16. g4 hxg5 17. fxg5 b5 18. Bb3 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qd7 $1 $15 (19... Bxg4 20. g6 $13)) 12. Re1 h6 {Preparing to play ...Nf6 when Bg5 will not be possible.} (12... Nf6 13. Bg5 $14 {is quite an irritating pin.}) 13. Ne5 $6 { This simplifies the position too soon.} (13. Qc2 $1 { The threat is to take on h6 followed by Qg6+} Nb6 (13... Nf6 $2 14. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 15. Qg6+ Kh8 16. Qxh6+ Kg8 17. Ne5 $18) (13... b5 14. Bb3 Qf6 { Trying to prevent Bxh6.} 15. Qe4 $16) 14. Bd3 Be6 15. c4 $14 {is the right way for White to proceed. He has the nice central pawns which will push back the black pieces.}) 13... Nxe5 $1 (13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nb6 15. Bd3 $14 { White retains the queens and has good attacking chances.}) (13... Nf6 14. Qb3 $1 $14) 14. dxe5 Bc5 15. Qh5 {Anand gets his queen into the attacking zone. He is now threatening moves like Bxh6 and it is not so easy to stop these ideas. But Baadur has calculated well.} Be6 $1 {Jobava sees that a sacrifice on h6 is possible, but he has a counter sacrifice prepared.} ({ Let's see how a neutral move loses in this position.} 15... Qe7 $2 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 19. Re4 $18 {The rook is threatening to go to h4 and there is no good way to stop the mate along the h-file.} (19. Bd3 { is also quite strong.} f5 (19... f6 20. exf6 {leads to the same position}) 20. exf6 (20. Bc4+ $1 {is even stronger as after} Rf7 21. Rad1 $18 { White is just winning}) 20... Rxf6 21. Qg5+ Qg7 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Qxc5 $18)) ( 15... b5 {is also possible, but gives White an additional opportunity.} 16. e6 $1 (16. Bb3 Be6 {is similar to the game}) 16... Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Qf6+ 18. Kg1 bxc4 19. Ba3 Bxe6 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 $44) 16. Bxh6 {This move had to be made.} gxh6 (16... Bxc4 $2 17. Qg4 $1 g6 18. Qxc4 $18 (18. Bxf8 $2 Be6 19. Qxe6 Bxf2+ ( 19... fxe6 20. Bxc5 $15) 20. Kxf2 fxe6 $17)) 17. Bxe6 {Taking the bishop on e6 would be a mistake as Qg6+ would end the game. But here comes the counter shock!} Bxf2+ $1 (17... fxe6 18. Qg6+ Kh8 19. Qxh6+ Kg8 20. Re4 $1 { The rook lift is immediately decisive.} Bxf2+ 21. Kh1 $18) 18. Kxf2 (18. Kh1 $2 Qg5 $1 $19 {This move is easy to miss. The attack is stopped and White is simply losing material.} (18... Bxe1 {leads to just a draw.} 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Rxe1 (23. Bf5 { would have been nice, but falls short because of} Qh4 $1 $19) 23... fxe6 24. Qg6+ $11 {There is no way to get the rook into the game because of the back rank weakness.})) 18... fxe6+ {There's the discovered check!} 19. Kg1 Qg5 $1 { The queen joins in the game and it is Black who takes over the initiative. Great defence by Baadur.} 20. Qh3 (20. Qxg5+ { might well have been a better decision.} hxg5 21. Rad1 Rad8 $11 { Both sides have no real issues and the game should end in a draw.}) 20... Rf5 21. Rab1 (21. Re4 h5 $15) 21... b6 22. Qd3 Rd8 $1 { True to his active style Baadur activates his last passive piece.} 23. Qc4 Rd2 $1 {Black loses two pawns but his activity clearly compensates for the material deficit.} 24. Qxe6+ Kg7 (24... Kh8 25. Qxc6 Rff2 { would transpose to the game.}) 25. Qxc6 Rff2 {White is two pawns up, but look at Black's activity! It's fearsome! Anand has to be careful.} 26. Qb7+ (26. g3 Qh5 $1 {A powerful move which ends the game.} (26... Rxh2 27. Qb7+ Kh8 28. Qa8+ $11) 27. Qb7+ Rf7 28. Qh1 Qf5 29. Rf1 Rf2 $1 30. Rfe1 Rxa2 {Picking up this pawn is important as now you can transpose into a winning pawn endgame.} 31. Rf1 Qxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Rxh1 35. Kxh1 a5 $19) 26... Kh8 (26... Rf7 27. Qe4 Rff2 28. Qb7+ { Black has to play ...Kh8 like in the game in order to make progress.}) 27. Qa8+ Qg8 {Black has to play this in order to avoid the perpetual. His doubled rooks on the second rank give him some chances.} 28. Qxg8+ Kxg8 29. Kh1 $1 { The final accurate move of the game. Can you see Anand's point?} Rxg2 30. Rg1 $1 {That's it. The rooks are exchanged and the game ends in a draw.} Rxg1+ 31. Rxg1+ Kf7 $11 32. a4 Ra2 33. Rg4 Ke6 34. Kg1 (34. Re4 Rc2 $11) 34... Kxe5 35. Rh4 Kd5 36. Kf1 Ke5 37. Kg1 Kd5 38. Kf1 Ke5 {A thoroughly entertaining game that can be dubbed as the "exchange of bishop sacrifices"!} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B54"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2823"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2016.11.14"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bd3 g6 11. Bg5 Bg7 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qd2 h6 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bf4 g5 16. Bg3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Kh1 Qe7 19. Qe3 Qc7 20. Ra3 Nd7 21. f4 gxf4 22. Bxf4 Be5 23. Rf1 Qc5 24. Qf3 Bxf4 25. Qxf4 Ne5 26. Ne2 Qc7 27. Rc3 Qe7 28. Qf2 Qd8 29. Rb3 Bc6 30. Rxb6 Bxa4 31. Qd4 Ke7 32. Nc3 Bc6 33. Bxa6 Qc7 34. Bb5 Bb7 35. Be2 Bc6 36. Qf2 Rhb8 37. Qf6+ Kd7 38. Rxb8 Rxb8 39. b3 Qa5 40. Na4 Bxe4 41. Bd1 Qd5 42. Qf2 Qb7 43. Nc3 Bc6 44. Ne2 Rg8 45. Ng3 f5 46. Rg1 Rg5 47. Qf4 Ke7 48. Qh4 Nf7 49. Be2 Qb6 50. Bh5 Qf2 51. Bxf7 Kxf7 52. Qxh6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B54"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2823"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2016.11.14"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O Nec6 8. Nce2 Be7 9. c3 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. f5 Nc5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. b4 Nxd3 17. Nxe6 Qd7 18. Nxg7+ Kd8 19. Bxb6+ Kc8 20. Qxd3 Qc6 21. Bd4 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Rf7 Bd8 24. Nf5 Rg8 25. Nxd6+ 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2016.11.14"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Be6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Ng5 Qe7 9. Nxe6 Qxe6 10. Qg4 Qg6 11. Ne2 Bd6 12. Ng3 Nf8 13. Nf5 Ne6 14. Be3 h5 15. Qxg6 fxg6 16. Nh4 Kf7 17. Nf3 Kf6 18. h4 Rhe8 19. Ke2 Bc5 20. Rag1 Rh8 21. Bg5+ Nxg5 22. hxg5+ Ke6 23. Nh4 Rhf8 24. Rf1 Kf7 25. Rh3 Be7 26. Rf3+ Ke6 27. Rxf8 Rxf8 28. Nxg6 Re8 29. f4 exf4 30. Nxf4+ Kd6 31. Nxh5 g6 32. Nf6 Rh8 33. d4 Ke6 34. c4 Rh4 35. Kd3 Bd8 36. d5+ Ke5 37. g3 Rh3 38. Ng4+ Kd6 39. e5+ Kc5 40. Ke4 Rxg3 41. Nf6 Rxg5 42. Nd7+ Kxc4 43. Rc1+ Kb4 44. dxc6 bxc6 45. Rxc6 Rg2 46. a3+ Kb3 47. Nc5+ Kxb2 48. Ne6 Bh4 49. Rxc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.14"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2016.11.14"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nce7 12. Nbd2 c6 13. Nf1 g6 14. Ng3 f6 15. Qc2 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bf5 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. gxf4 Qd7 19. Nh4 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rae8 21. Re3 Qg4 22. Rae1 Kf7 23. g3 Nc8 24. c4 Nb6 25. b3 Qd7 26. f5 g5 27. Ng2 Rxe3 28. Nxe3 Re8 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. c5 Nc8 31. b4 Ne7 32. a4 h5 33. b5 Ng8 34. Rb1 Nh6 35. bxc6 bxc6 36. a5 Re7 37. a6 Qc8 38. Rb4 g4 39. Rb1 Nf7 40. Rh1 Qe8 41. Rxh5 Ne5 42. dxe5 Qxh5 43. exf6+ Kxf6 44. Qd4+ Kf7 45. Nxg4 Re1 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47. Qd8+ Kf7 48. Qd7+ Kf8 49. Qd6+ Kg7 50. Qf6+ Kh7 51. Nh2 Qd1 52. Qg6+ Kh8 53. f6 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.14"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2760"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2016.11.14"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8. Qd3 Be7 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 h6 11. a4 O-O 12. b3 Be6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Rfd1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Rc8 16. Nxe5 Bg5 17. f4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 dxe5 19. Rxd8 exf4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Kf8 23. Re1 a5 24. Kf2 Rd8 25. Kf3 g5 26. Rd1 Re8 27. Rd3 Ke7 28. c5 Kd7 29. g3 fxg3 30. hxg3 f5 31. Rd4 Re5 32. b4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.14"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2760"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2016.11.14"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Bd6 7. Nc3 c5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. f4 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. g4 Rf8 15. f5 Bf7 16. Qf3 c4 17. Be3 cxd3 18. cxd3 Rc8 19. d4 b5 20. Nxb5 exd4 21. Nxd4 Ne5 22. Qg3 Qd7 23. Bf4 Qb7 24. b3 Qb4 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Qxe5 Rfe8 27. Qf4 Rc3 28. Kh2 Bd5 29. f6 Ree3 30. f7+ 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.14"] [Round "12"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2823"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2016.11.14"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 O-O 8. Nd2 Re8 9. h3 c5 10. g4 b5 11. Ng3 Bb7 12. Rg1 Re6 13. g5 Nd5 14. h4 a5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nb6 17. Rg4 a4 18. Nge4 axb3 19. cxb3 Be7 20. Nf3 Nd7 21. h5 Ra2 22. Bc3 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Bd6 24. g6 fxg6 25. Ng5 Rf6 26. hxg6 Rxg6 27. Reg4 Nf6 28. Qf3 Qa8 29. Qxa8+ Rxa8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.14"] [Round "6"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2823"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2016.11.14"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. Bd2 Nd7 9. Na5 Bxa5 10. Bxa5 c5 11. Bc3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qe7 14. Qg3 f6 15. O-O O-O-O 16. f4 Rhe8 17. b3 exf4 18. Rxf4 Nb8 19. Rf5 Nc6 20. Raf1 Rd7 21. Kh1 b6 22. Qh4 h6 23. Qg4 Kb7 24. a4 a5 25. R5f3 Nd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Rf5 Rd7 28. Qg6 Qe6 29. R1f3 Ree7 30. Qg4 Qd6 31. Rd5 Qc6 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.14"] [Round "10"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "277"] [EventDate "2016.11.14"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Nxe5 Ng6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O Bc5 10. Re1+ Kf8 11. b4 Bb6 12. d6 cxd6 13. Qf3 d5 14. h3 d6 15. Nd2 Be6 16. a4 a6 17. Nb3 Rc8 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 d5 22. Qf3 Qf6 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bd6+ Kg8 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. f3 Rc4 27. Rac1 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Bc5 f5 30. Ra1 g4 31. hxg4 fxg4 32. fxg4 Kg7 33. Re5 Rh4 34. Rg5+ Kh6 35. Rg8 Rxg4 36. Rxg4 Bxg4 37. Ra5 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Bf5 40. Kf4 Bd7 41. Ra6+ Kg7 42. Rd6 Be6 43. Rb6 Rxg2 44. Rxb5 Kf6 45. Rb8 Rf2+ 46. Ke3 Rb2 47. b5 Kf5 48. Kd3 Kf4 49. Kc3 Rb1 50. b6 Rb5 51. Bd6+ Ke4 52. Bc7 Rb1 53. Rh8 Kf5 54. Ra8 Bd7 55. Rf8 Ke6 56. Rd8 Ke7 57. Kc2 Rb5 58. Kc3 Rb1 59. Rh8 Bc6 60. Rh6 Bb7 61. Bd6+ Kd7 62. Bc5 Rf1 63. Kb4 Rb1+ 64. Kc3 Rc1+ 65. Kd2 Rf1 66. Rd6+ Kc8 67. Rh6 Kd7 68. Rh8 Kc6 69. Re8 Kb5 70. Ke2 Rf6 71. Rb8 Kc6 72. Kd2 Rf2+ 73. Kc3 Rf1 74. Re8 Kb5 75. Re7 Ka6 76. Kd2 f5 77. Ke2 Rb1 78. Rf7 Rb2+ 79. Ke3 Rb3+ 80. Kf2 Rb2+ 81. Kg3 Rb3+ 82. Kf4 Rb1 83. Ke5 Rf1 84. Kd6 f4 85. Kc7 Rh1 86. Rxf4 Rh7+ 87. Kd6 Rh6+ 88. Ke7 Rh7+ 89. Ke6 Bc6 90. Rf1 Kb7 91. Ra1 Rh6+ 92. Ke5 Rh5+ 93. Kf6 Kc8 94. Ra7 Bb7 95. Ra1 Bc6 96. Re1 Rh7 97. Kg6 Rd7 98. Re6 Kb7 99. Kf6 Bb5 100. Ke5 Bc6 101. Rh6 Bb5 102. Bd6 Kxb6 103. Kxd5 Kb7 104. Kc5 Ba4 105. Be5 Kc8 106. Ra6 Bd1 107. d5 Rb7 108. Rh6 Rd7 109. Rh8+ Kb7 110. Rb8+ Ka7 111. Rb2 Bf3 112. d6 Ka8 113. Rf2 Bh1 114. Kb6 Rb7+ 115. Kc5 Rd7 116. Rf1 Bg2 117. Rg1 Bf3 118. Bf6 Kb7 119. Rg8 Rf7 120. Be7 Rf5+ 121. Kd4 Kc6 122. Rc8+ Kd7 123. Rc7+ Ke6 124. Ra7 Rd5+ 125. Ke3 Bg4 126. Bf8 Rxd6 127. Bxd6 Kxd6 128. Kd4 Be6 129. Ra6+ Ke7 130. Ke5 Bg4 131. Ra7+ Kd8 132. Kd6 Ke8 133. Re7+ Kf8 134. Re4 Bh3 135. Rh4 Bg2 136. Rf4+ Ke8 137. Rf6 Bh1 138. Rf2 Bb7 139. Rh2 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.14"] [Round "4"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2016.11.14"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bg2 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 c6 16. Bg2 Qe8 17. Qf1 Qe6 18. d3 b5 19. a3 a5 20. c3 Re8 21. Bf4 b4 22. Bh3 Qe7 23. axb4 axb4 24. d4 bxc3 25. bxc3 Nb5 26. Qd3 d5 27. Bf1 g6 28. Qf3 Qd7 29. Ra6 Bg7 30. Kg2 Qb7 31. Ra2 Nc7 32. Qd1 Ne6 33. Be3 c5 34. Qa4 Rb8 35. Kg1 cxd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2016.11.14"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bxc4 Qc7 9. O-O a6 10. Bb3 b5 11. Qe2 b4 12. Na4 Bb7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Bc2 h6 16. Rd1 a5 17. Rd4 Ne7 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. Be3 Nd5 21. Bd2 Ba6 22. Qe1 Qb6 23. Bb1 Rac8 24. h3 h5 25. Qd1 Nd7 26. Be4 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Nc5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Qxd5 Bb7 31. Qd4 Bxf3 32. gxf3 Qg6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.14"] [Round "8"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2016.11.14"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "24"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. e3 Nxc3 9. Qc2 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nd6 11. c5 Nf5 12. O-O h6 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Qc3 Nfe7 15. Bd2 b6 16. Rfc1 Na5 17. Qc2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Bb7 20. Ne1 Be4 21. Rb2 Ng6 22. f3 Bd5 23. Qc3 f5 24. Nd3 Rf7 25. Be1 Qg5 26. Kf1 Re8 27. Re2 Bb7 28. Qc4 Qd8 29. Bg3 Qc8 30. Kf2 Ba6 31. Qc3 f4 32. exf4 Bxd3 33. Qxd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.13"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2823"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2016.11.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nd7 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Qb3 b5 16. c4 bxc4 17. Qxc4 c5 18. dxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "181"] [EventDate "2016.11.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. a4 h6 9. Nbd2 Kh8 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. h3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Ne7 15. d4 Ng6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. N1d2 b5 18. c4 Qd7 19. Qb3 c6 20. Rd3 Qc7 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. g3 Nf8 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Kg2 Qb7 26. Qb4 N8d7 27. Rb3 Rb8 28. Qe7 Qb6 29. Rd3 Re8 30. Qd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Nc5 32. Rb6 Ncxe4 33. Nxe4 Nxe4 34. Rxb5 Nd6 35. Rb6 Nc4 36. Rb4 Rc8 37. b3 Nd6 38. Nxe5 Nf5 39. Rc4 Ra8 40. Rc2 Nd4 41. Rb2 Ra5 42. f4 g5 43. b4 Rb5 44. Kf2 gxf4 45. gxf4 Kg7 46. Nd3 Kf6 47. Ke3 Nc6 48. Kd2 Rh5 49. b5 Na5 50. b6 Nc4+ 51. Kc2 Nxb2 52. Ne5 Nc4 53. b7 Nxe5 54. fxe5+ Kf5 55. b8=Q Rxh3 56. Kd2 h5 57. Ke2 h4 58. Kf2 Rg3 59. Qf8+ Kxe5 60. Qh8+ Kf5 61. Qxh4 Rg5 62. Kf3 Kg6 63. Kf4 Rf5+ 64. Ke4 Kf7 65. Qh7+ Kf6 66. Qg8 Re5+ 67. Kf4 Rf5+ 68. Kg4 Ke7 69. Qc8 Kf7 70. Qd7+ Kf6 71. Qe8 Rg5+ 72. Kf4 Rf5+ 73. Ke4 Re5+ 74. Kd4 Rd5+ 75. Kc4 Ke5 76. Qh8+ Kf5 77. Qg7 Rd1 78. Qf7+ Kg4 79. Qxe6+ Kf3 80. Kc3 Rf1 81. Kd2 Rf2+ 82. Kd3 Kg2 83. Qg4+ Kh2 84. Ke3 Rg2 85. Qh4+ Kg1 86. Kf3 Rg8 87. Qe1+ Kh2 88. Qe5+ Kh1 89. Qh5+ Kg1 90. Qc5+ Kh1 91. Kf2 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.13"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2760"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2016.11.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. a4 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 b4 11. Ne2 d5 12. Nxe5 dxe4 13. d4 Bb6 14. Bg5 b3 15. cxb3 Nc6 16. b4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxf6 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 gxf6 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Rd7 Raf8 22. a5 Ba7 23. Rc1 Bb8 24. Rcd1 Kg7 25. Rxf7+ Rxf7 26. Bxf7 Kxf7 27. Rd8 e3 28. fxe3 Ba7 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Rg8 Be4 31. g4 Kd7 32. h4 Ke7 33. h5 Kd7 34. Rg7+ Kc6 35. Re7 Bc2 36. h6 Kd6 37. Rf7 Be4 38. Rxf6+ Ke7 39. Rxa6 Bb8 40. g5 1-0 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.13"] [Round "6"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2823"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2016.11.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O d5 5. c4 d4 6. e3 e5 7. exd4 exd4 8. d3 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Ng4 12. Re1 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bd6 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Ne4 b6 18. f4 Re7 19. Qf2 Rfe8 20. h3 Bxh3 21. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Bxg2 24. Nxf7 Bb7 25. Ng5 h6 26. Ne4 Qg4 27. Nd2 Kh7 28. Kf2 Qh5 29. Qg1 Bc8 30. Nf3 Qe8 31. Ne5 Qa4 32. Qb1 h5 33. g4 Bxg4 34. Nxg4 hxg4 35. Qh1+ Kg8 36. Qd5+ Kf8 37. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2016.11.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Bb4 7. d4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 e4 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Ba3 b6 11. f4 c5 12. Be2 h5 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. g3 Nc6 15. h3 Qd7 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Rdg1 Kb8 19. d5 Ne7 20. Kb1 Qc8 21. Bf1 Rhg8 22. Qf2 g5 23. Ka1 gxf4 24. exf4 Rg6 25. Bc1 Rdg8 26. Be3 Bd7 27. f5 Nxf5 28. Bf4 Ka8 29. Be2 Qe8 30. Qe1 e3 31. Bf3 Bc8 32. Rh2 Ba6 33. Be2 Qe4 34. Qf1 Qe7 35. Bd3 Nxg3 36. Qf3 Nfe4 37. Qxe3 h4 38. Nd2 f5 39. Rhg2 Qf6 40. Bxe4 Nxe4 41. Rxg6 Rxg6 42. Rc1 Qe7 43. Re1 Qg7 44. Rc1 Qe7 45. Re1 Qg7 46. Rc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2016.11.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 Nf6 5. b4 Be7 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. a3 d6 9. d3 c5 10. Ne2 b6 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Rb1 Re8 14. e4 Nc6 15. Be2 Nd4 16. O-O Rab8 17. Bc1 Bc6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. f4 Qa5 20. Rc1 Qxa3 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Bh6 Re6 24. Bh5 f5 25. Be3 f4 26. Bf2 Rh6 27. Bg4 Rg6 28. h3 f3 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. Nd5 fxg2 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2760"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2016.11.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 a5 9. b5 Ne7 10. Bb3 c6 11. O-O Ng6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bg5 h6 15. b6 Bb8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rb1 Ra6 18. g3 Be6 19. Ncd2 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. c4 Rxb6 22. cxd5 Bg4 23. Kg2 Rb4 24. Re4 Bd6 25. Rxg4 Rxg4 26. Ne4 Rxe4 27. dxe4 Bc5 28. Qe2 b6 29. Ne1 Ne7 30. Nd3 Bd4 31. Nb2 Nc8 32. Nc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.12"] [Round "6"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2823"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2016.11.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bg4 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Re8 13. Nd2 Be5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Qa5 17. Qd3 Rac8 18. a4 Rc5 19. Rfb1 Qc7 20. Rc1 b6 21. Rc3 Rc8 22. Rac1 a5 23. Kg2 h6 24. Qa6 Qd8 25. Rxc5 bxc5 26. Ng3 g6 27. Qb5 Qc7 28. Ne2 c4 29. Nf4 Qc5 30. e4 Qxb5 31. axb5 Rb8 32. bxc4 dxc4 33. Rxc4 Rxb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2823"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2016.11.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Be2 Rc8 10. O-O Nf6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Rac1 Nc5 14. f3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Rc2 Bf6 18. Qe3 Qb4 19. Qd2 Na4 20. Nd5 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Qd4 23. Nc4 b5 24. Nxd6 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 g6 26. f4 Nxb2 27. e5 Be7 28. Qe4 Qxe4 29. Nxe4 Rc8 30. f5 gxf5 31. Ng3 Rc2 32. Bh5 Nd3 33. Nxf5 Nf2+ 34. Kg1 Bc5 35. e6 Nh3+ 36. Kh1 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2016.11.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Bb4 7. d4 e4 8. Nd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Ba3 O-O 11. c5 d5 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O b5 14. Bc1 a6 15. a4 Qd7 16. f4 exf3 17. Nxf3 Ne4 18. Ne5 Rxe5 19. dxe5 Nxc3 20. Qc2 Nxa4 21. e4 Qe8 22. Bd3 d4 23. e6 Bxe6 24. Bf4 a5 25. Bd6 Na6 26. e5 g6 27. Rf4 Nb4 28. Qd2 Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Nc3 30. Rxd4 b4 31. Qd2 h5 32. h3 Qd8 33. Rf1 Kh7 34. Rf6 Nd5 35. Qg5 Qg8 36. Qh4 Nxf6 37. exf6 b3 38. Be5 Qf8 39. Rd6 Bd5 40. Kh2 a4 41. Qb4 Qe8 42. Bb2 a3 0-1 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2016.11.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. O-O Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. Ng3 c6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Rad1 b5 18. b3 Bb6 19. Qc1 Bc8 20. Bd3 c5 21. d5 Ba5 22. Qb2 Bd7 23. Rc1 Rb8 24. Nd2 Nf4 25. Bf1 Bb6 26. c4 Ba5 27. Red1 Qd8 28. Qc2 g6 29. a3 Kh7 30. Nf3 N6h5 31. Nxh5 Nxh5 32. Rb1 b4 33. Ra1 Bc8 34. Ne1 bxa3 35. Rxa3 Bb4 36. Ra2 Nf4 37. Nd3 Nxd3 38. Bxd3 g5 39. Be2 a5 40. Bd2 Kg7 41. Bxb4 axb4 42. Rda1 Re7 43. Bh5 Reb7 44. Qd3 Bd7 45. Ra6 Rb6 46. Ra7 R6b7 47. Qf3 Be8 48. Qf5 Qe7 49. Rxb7 Qxb7 50. h4 Qe7 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Ra6 Bd7 53. Qf3 Bc8 54. Ra2 Bb7 55. Bg4 Bc8 56. g3 Bxg4 57. Qxg4 Qf6 58. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.11.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2016.11.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.01.17"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 Nf6 7. e3 e4 8. Nd4 O-O 9. d3 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Be2 Qe7 12. b4 Bb6 13. O-O Rd8 14. Ra2 Bxd4 15. exd4 Nc6 16. Be3 Bf5 17. dxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qd2 Qe6 20. f3 Bg6 21. Re1 Re8 22. Bf1 Qd7 23. Raa1 a6 24. b5 axb5 25. Bxb5 h5 26. a4 Qd6 27. Bf4 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qf6 29. Be5 Qf5 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. a5 Qd3 32. Qxd3 Bxd3 33. Bc7 f6 34. Re3 Bc4 35. Re6 Kf7 36. Rxc6 Re8 37. Bg3 Kg6 38. h4 Re2 39. Rc7 Ra2 40. Be1 Ra1 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 Ra1 43. Re7 Kf5 44. Kh2 g6 45. Kg3 Ra2 46. Rf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corsica Masters KO 20th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2016.10.30"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B56"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2811"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2016.10.27"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Be3 g6 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne5 10. Bd4 Bh6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. a4 b4 14. c3 Bb7 15. cxb4 Bxd5 16. Na5 e6 17. Ra3 Rb8 18. Bc3 Qh4 19. Be1 Bf4 20. Rh3 Qg5 21. Rg3 Qf5 22. Bxa6 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Qe4 24. Rf2 Rxb4 25. Re2 Rd4 26. Qc1 Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Qxf3 28. Qc3 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 e5 0-1 [Event "Corsica Masters KO 20th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2016.10.30"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2776"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2016.10.27"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Be6 9. Qa4 Qd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Nc3 d4 12. e3 Be7 13. exd4 exd4 14. c5 Bxc5 15. Be3 dxe3 16. Rxd7 exf2+ 17. Kh1 Kxd7 18. Rd1+ Ke7 19. Qa5 Bb6 20. Qa3+ c5 21. Rf1 Rhd8 22. Rxf2 Kf8 23. Na4 Kg8 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. h3 h6 26. Qa6 Rd6 27. a3 Rcd8 28. Qe2 c4 29. Kh2 Rd3 30. Qe1 b5 31. Qe5 Bd5 32. Bxd5 R8xd5 33. Qf4 c3 34. bxc3 Rxc3 35. a4 bxa4 36. Qxa4 Rdd3 37. Rg2 g6 38. Qf4 Rf3 39. Qxh6 Nh5 40. Rd2 Rc8 41. Rg2 Rxg3 42. Rxg3 Nxg3 43. Kxg3 Rc5 44. Qe3 Rf5 45. h4 Rh5 46. Qf4 Rf5 47. Qe3 Rh5 48. Qf4 Rf5 49. Qe3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corsica Masters KO 20th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2016.10.28"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gharamian, Tigran"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2626"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2016.10.27"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bd7 13. Nd2 b5 14. a4 Be7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nb3 O-O 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Ra1 Qb8 20. Ra6 Qb7 21. Rb6 Qc7 22. Na5 Qc2 23. Nc6 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 Bxc6 25. dxc6 d5 26. Bh3 1-0 [Event "Corsica Masters KO 20th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2016.10.28"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C63"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "2016.10.27"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Nd3 Nxe4 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. Be3 Ne6 12. Nd2 d6 13. b4 Qf6 14. a4 Nf4 15. c4 Qg6 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. Ra3 Bg4 18. f3 Bh3 19. Rf2 Re8 20. Re2 Rff8 21. Nf1 a6 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. cxb5 Re5 25. Ng3 Rxb5 26. Rc3 Bf5 27. Rxc7 Rb1 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Qf6 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Rd2 Bg6 32. Qd4 Qxd4+ 33. Rxd4 Rd8 34. Ne2 Kg8 35. g4 Bf7 36. Kf2 Kf8 37. Ra4 Rc8 38. Nd4 g6 39. Ke3 Re8+ 40. Kf4 Re7 41. Ra6 d5 42. h4 h6 43. Nc6 Re6 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. Ne5 Re7 46. Rd8 Ra7 47. Rd6 Ra4+ 48. Kg3 Ra7 49. g5 hxg5 50. hxg5 Re7 51. Kf4 Ra7 52. Ke3 Ra3+ 53. Kd4 Ra4+ 54. Kc5 Ra7 55. Rf6 Be8 56. Kxd5 Ra5+ 57. Ke4 Ra4+ 58. Ke3 Ra3+ 59. Kd4 Ra4+ 60. Kc3 Ra7 61. f4 Rb7 62. Kc4 Ra7 63. Kc5 Rb7 64. Re6 Bf7 65. Rb6 Ra7 66. Nc6 Rd7 67. Ne5 Rd5+ 68. Kc6 Rd4 69. Rb7 Rxf4 70. Rxf7+ 1-0 [Event "Corsica Masters KO 20th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2016.10.28"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Gharamian, Tigran"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2626"] [BlackElo "2776"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2016.10.27"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qe2 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. b3 Nd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. Nc4 f6 11. Nh4 g6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. f4 O-O-O 15. fxe5 fxe5 16. Nf3 g5 17. Bc1 Rhg8 18. Be3 g4 19. Nd2 g3 20. h3 Rdf8 21. Rf3 Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Qh4 23. Rf1 Kc7 24. Qe2 Nb8 25. c3 Nc6 26. Nf3 Qh5 27. b4 cxb4 28. cxb4 Nxb4 29. Bxa7 Nc6 30. Be3 Ra8 31. Rb1 Rxa2 32. Qd1 Kc8 33. Ra1 Rxa1 34. Qxa1 Bxh3 35. Qa8+ Kc7 36. Qg8 Bd7 37. Qxg3 b5 38. Qe1 Bg4 39. Nd2 Bd1 40. Qg3 Qg4 41. Qf2 Qe6 42. Qh4 h5 43. Qg5 Bc2 44. Bf2 Qg4 45. Qh6 h4 46. Qh7+ Qd7 47. Qxh4 Bxd3 48. Qg3 Bc4 49. Qc3 Qe6 50. Nf3 Qg4 51. Qe3 Nd4 52. Nxd4 Qd1+ 53. Kh2 Qxd4 54. Qe1 Qd3 55. Qa5+ Kd7 56. Qa7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corsica Masters KO 20th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2016.10.28"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2776"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2016.10.27"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Re1 Ba7 9. Bb3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. Qe2 d4 14. Ng3 Nd7 15. Bd2 b5 16. a3 a5 17. Qd1 Bb6 18. Ne2 a4 19. Rc1 Nc5 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Nfxd4 exd4 22. Nf4 Bb3 23. Bb4 Bxc2 24. Rxc2 Ne6 25. Qg4 Rc8 26. Rec1 Nxf4 27. Qxf4 Re6 28. Bc5 c6 29. Bxb6 Qxb6 30. Rc5 b4 31. Qd2 bxa3 32. bxa3 Qb3 33. Ra1 Rb8 34. Rc2 Rg6 35. Kh2 h5 36. Rc4 Qb2 37. Qxb2 Rxb2 38. Kg1 Rf6 39. Rf1 Rb3 40. Rxd4 Rxa3 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. f4 Rg6 43. f5 Rg3 44. Rc8 Ra2 45. Rf2 Rxf2 46. Kxf2 Rxd3 47. Rxc6 f6 48. Ra6 a3 49. h4 Kg8 50. Ra7 Rb3 51. Ke2 Rg3 52. Kf2 Rb3 53. Ke2 Rg3 54. Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corsica Masters KO 20th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2016.10.27"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leenhouts, Koen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2499"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2016.10.27"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 d6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Qg3 Nh5 11. Qh4 Nf6 12. g4 Be7 13. g5 Nd7 14. f4 Rb8 15. Qg3 d5 16. f5 Bd6 17. Qh3 Ne5 18. f6 g6 19. Qg2 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qb4 21. b3 Qa3+ 22. Kb1 d4 23. h4 dxc3 24. Bxc3 O-O 25. Qg3 Nc4 26. e5 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Nxe5 28. Qxe5 Bb7 29. h5 c5 30. hxg6 Bxh1 31. Qh2 fxg6 32. Rd7 h5 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Qxh1 Rbd8 35. Be2 Qa5 36. Bxh5 gxh5 37. Qxh5# 1-0 [Event "Corsica Masters KO 20th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2016.10.27"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Leenhouts, Koen"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E08"] [WhiteElo "2499"] [BlackElo "2776"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2016.10.27"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. e4 d4 14. Rd1 g5 15. Bc1 Nxe5 16. b3 Ba6 17. Bb2 Rc8 18. Qd2 Nd3 19. Ba3 Qc7 20. Qe2 Nb4 21. Qh5 Nc2 22. Rc1 d3 23. Bb2 Qd7 24. Nd2 Nxa1 25. Rxa1 Rc2 26. Nf3 f6 27. Bd4 d2 0-1 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.10.06"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2795"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2016.09.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.11.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 7. O-O d6 8. Bb3 Be6 9. Ba4 Qb8 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 Ba7 12. b3 Nd7 13. Bb2 a4 14. c4 Bg4 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Rd8 18. Qc2 f6 19. Bc3 Nf8 20. c5 Bxc5 21. Bxe5 Ne6 22. Bg3 Qb5 23. Rac1 axb3 24. axb3 Rd3 25. b4 Bxb4 26. Qxc6 Qxc6 27. Rxc6 Bd6 28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 cxd6 30. Rd1 Ra4 31. Rxd6 Rxe4 32. g3 Ng5 33. Nxg5 fxg5 34. Rd7 Re8 35. Kg2 Rf8 36. g4 h6 37. Kg3 Kh8 38. Ra7 Kg8 39. Rb7 Kh8 40. Rc7 Kg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.10.05"] [Round "8"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2776"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2016.09.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.11.10"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Bb4 7. d4 e4 8. Nd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. f3 exf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. h3 Qa5 13. Bb2 Qf5 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Qxf5 Bxf5 16. Kf2 Rd8 17. Kf3 c5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bg2 h6 20. Kf4 Nc6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. e4 Nd7 23. Nb3 Re8 24. Rhe1 Re6 25. Re3 Rae8 26. Rae1 Rf6+ 27. Kg3 Rfe6 28. Kf4 Rf6+ 29. Kg3 Rfe6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.10.04"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2745"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2016.09.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.11.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Bxb3 12. Nxb3 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Nh4 Bf8 15. Nf5 Ne7 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Ng4 Nh7 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 c5 20. Ne2 h5 21. Ne3 Nf6 22. Ng3 h4 23. Nh5 Nxh5 24. Qxh5 Qe6 25. Qxh4 Ng6 26. Qg4 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Rd1 Rae8 29. Kf1 Be7 30. g3 Ne5 31. Nf5 Rc4 32. c3 bxc3 33. bxc3 Rxc3 34. Nxd6 Bxd6 35. Rxd6 Nc4 36. Rxa6 Rc2 37. Rc6 Ree2 38. Be3 Nxe3+ 39. fxe3 Rh2 40. Kg1 Rcg2+ 41. Kf1 Rxg3 42. a6 Rxe3 43. Kg1 Rexh3 44. Ra4 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.10.02"] [Round "6"] [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteElo "2731"] [BlackElo "2776"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2016.09.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.11.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. e3 O-O 13. Be2 Bg4 14. O-O Rac8 15. Rac1 Qf6 16. Qc3 Qxc3 17. Rxc3 Ne4 18. Rcc1 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. Kf1 Ke7 21. Nd4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Ke1 Bd7 25. f3 Nd6 26. Kd2 Nf5 27. Nxf5+ Bxf5 28. Kc3 Kd6 29. Kd4 a5 30. Bb5 b6 31. Ba4 Bc8 32. a3 f6 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Bb7 35. Bb3 Bc6 36. Ba2 Bb7 37. h4 Bc6 38. Bb3 Bb7 39. b5 Ba8 40. Ba2 Bb7 41. h5 Ba8 42. Bb1 Bb7 43. Bf5 Ke7 44. Bh3 Kd6 45. Bg4 Ke7 46. f4 Kd6 47. Bf5 Ke7 48. g3 Kd6 49. Bg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.10.01"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2743"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2016.09.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.11.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 d5 9. d3 c4 10. dxc4 dxe4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rxe4 e5 13. Re1 f6 14. Nbd2 Nf7 15. Ne4 f5 16. Neg5 e4 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Bg5 Rd3 19. Nd4 Ba6 20. b3 c5 21. Ne2 h6 22. Be3 Rc8 23. h4 Bf6 24. Nf4 Rdd8 25. Nd5 Bxh4 26. Bxh6 Bb7 27. g3 Bf6 28. Nxf6 Kxf6 29. Be3 Rd3 30. Kf1 g5 31. Ke2 Rxc3 32. Rac1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Rd8 34. Bxc5 f4 35. gxf4 gxf4 36. Bxa7 e3 37. Bxe3 fxe3 38. Kxe3 Bc8 39. Rc2 Bf5 40. Rd2 Ra8 41. Kd4 Ke6 42. Kc3 Ke5 43. a4 Be4 44. Kb4 Rb8+ 45. Ka3 Rf8 46. a5 Rf3 47. Kb4 Bb7 48. Rd8 Rxf2 49. Kc5 Rf6 50. Re8+ Kf4 51. b4 Rc6+ 52. Kd4 Rd6+ 53. Kc5 Rc6+ 54. Kb5 Rf6 55. Re7 Ba6+ 56. Kc5 Rf5+ 57. Kd4 Kf3 58. b5 1-0 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.09.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2808"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "Szabo,Kr"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2016.09.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.11.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Re1 Ba7 9. Bb3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 {The most ambitious continuation. White avoids the exchange of light-squared bishops and he prepares for d4.} d5 13. exd5 (13. Qe2 {is far more popular.}) 13... Bxd5 14. Ng3 Bc5 ({Last year Anand played} 14... Qd7 {in a blitz game,} 15. Nh4 Rad8 16. Nhf5 Kh8 17. d4 $1 $132 { Giri-Anand, Stavanger blitz 2015, with a double-edged fight.}) 15. b4 Bf8 16. a4 g6 $146 { A logical novelty by Anand. A typical move, Black prepares for ...Bg7.} (16... b5 {has been played in a few games,} 17. Be3 (17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. Nh2 Be6 $13 {Bologan-Stefansson, Dresden 2008, with a complicated middlegame.}) 17... Rb8 (17... Qc8 18. Ne4 Nd7 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. Qxb3 Qb7 21. Qd5 { 1/2 Predojevic-Sargissian, Germany 2007, and a draw.}) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Nfd2 Ra8 21. Qf3 Kh8 22. Nb3 Qd7 23. Nbc5 Bxc5 24. Nxf6 Bxf3 25. Nxd7 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Bd5 27. Nc5 $14 { Petrosian-Melkumyan, Martuni 2011, and White looks more comfortable.}) 17. Bb2 b5 {A similar idea to that behind the previous move. White has gained some space on the queenside and Black tries to rein him in a bit.} 18. Ne4 Rb8 19. Bc1 {Kramnik thought the bishop was useless on b2, so he activates it on the c1-h6 diagonal.} (19. Bb3 $5 {was the alternative choice.}) 19... Nd7 $6 { A little bit passive.} (19... Nh5 {looks more ambitious, for example} 20. Be3 Kh7 {and Black will play on the kingside with ...f5.}) 20. Bb3 $1 {The right pl an. Black's light-squared bishop was already too strong and White can't continue his queenside play, so he exchanges the bishops.} Bxb3 (20... Nb6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Be3 $14 {looks more comfortable for White.}) 21. Qxb3 Re6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Be3 Nf6 24. Rad1 Nxe4 ({I think} 24... Nd5 $5 { was more accurate to keep the tension, however White controls the c5-square.}) 25. dxe4 Qe8 {The pawn structure is symmetrical again. White is more flexible, because Black's knight is passive and difficult to activate. White is obviously slightly better.} 26. Rd5 Nd8 27. Ra1 Nb7 28. Ra7 c6 29. Rd1 Nd6 30. Nd2 Ra8 31. Rda1 Rxa7 32. Rxa7 Re7 {Black tries to simplify the position, he would have more chances to hold his position.} 33. Ra6 { Of course White avoids the exchange.} Rc7 34. Qa2 Kg7 35. Bb6 Rb7 36. Bc5 Be7 37. Ra8 Rb8 (37... Qd7 $5 { was the other option and it is hard to continue the pressure with White.}) 38. Ra7 Rd8 39. Bb6 Rc8 40. Bc7 Qd7 41. Bb6 Qe8 42. g3 Bg5 43. Bc7 Bxd2 $6 ({ Probably} 43... Be7 {was more accurate, however} 44. c4 bxc4 45. Nxc4 $14 { is slightly better for White.}) 44. Bxd6 Bxc3 45. Re7 $1 {White has sacrificed a pawn, but he is very strongly placed on Black's 7th rank.} Qg8 {At first the engine says this is a decisive mistake, but 45...Qf8 is also similar.} ({ In the event of} 45... Qf8 46. Qe6 $1 Ra8 47. Qd7 Bd4 48. h4 { Black is under pressure like in the game and} Ra2 $2 {loses on account of} 49. Re8 $18) 46. Qe6 $1 {Another strong reply!} Qf8 47. Kg2 $1 { A very nice cool-blooded move. Black can't do anything, just hold his position. } ({The engine suggests} 47. Rc7 Rxc7 48. Bxf8+ Kxf8 49. Qd6+ Re7 {as a clear inning position for White, but by human measures this is a good chance to survive for Black.}) 47... Rd8 (47... Ra8 {also leads to a similar position,} 48. Qd7 ({, but not} 48. Bc5 Bd4 49. Qxc6 Ra2 $1 $11 {and a draw.}) 48... Bd4 49. h4 Rc8 50. g4 $16 {and it is very difficult to continue with Black.}) 48. Bc5 Bd4 49. Qxc6 Kg8 $6 { This loses immediately, but Black's position was difficult.} (49... Bxc5 { was tougher,} 50. Qxc5 Kg8 51. Qxe5 h5 $16 {and White should be much better, but it is not easy to play with his rook, as the b4-pawn will be hanging.}) 50. Qxb5 Rb8 51. Rxf7 $1 {Nice victory by Kramnik!} 1-0 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.09.29"] [Round "3"] [White "Li, Chao B"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E43"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2776"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2016.09.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.11.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 f5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Qh4 12. f3 d6 13. a4 Nc6 14. g3 Qh5 15. e4 Na5 16. Rae1 fxe4 17. fxe4 Ba6 18. Bf4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qb3 d5 21. Qb5 Rac8 22. Qc6 Rfe8 23. Rf2 Na5 24. Qd7 Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Bxc7+ Kg8 27. Bf4 Nc4 28. Rfe2 Kf7 29. Rf2 Kg8 30. Rfe2 Kf7 31. Rf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.09.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2761"] [Annotator "Pavlovic,M"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2016.09.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.11.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 {The Classical Ruy Lopez is one of the most comprehensive openings and it is not without reason that there is the famous saying that he who understand the Ruy Lopez understands chess. Definitely all the great players from the past and today have used it with either colour.} Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 exd4 $5 12. cxd4 Nd7 {From a known Zaitsev line we came to a Keres type of Ruy Lopez line; this is an interesting transposition that has recently caught on in high level tournaments.} 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Bf6 15. Rb1 { A quiet move, other ideas:} (15. Bf4 Nf8 16. Ng3 Ne6 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Bc3 c5 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Be7 21. b3 b4 22. bxc4 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 bxc3 { Â1/2-Â1/2 (32) Motylev,A (2658)-Svidler,P (2739) Chita 2015, with enough counterplay.}) (15. Ng3 g6 16. Bh6 Nc4 17. b3 Na3 18. Bd3 c5 19. Bf4 Nf8 20. e5 dxe5 21. dxe5 Bg7 22. Qe2 Ne6 23. Bc1 Nd4 $1 24. Nxd4 Rxe5 {Â1/2-Â1/2 (31) Kryvoruchko,Y (2708)-Iordachescu,V (2589) Abu Dhabi 2014. Black is fine.}) 15... c5 16. d5 Nc4 17. b3 Nce5 18. N3h2 {White let him move the knight from a5 to e5, but f4 is in the air. We have reached a very sharp position.} Ng6 { The most popular move among grandmasters.} (18... c4 19. Ne3 Qc7 20. Nf5 { leads to some less explored territory in chess openings.}) 19. Ne3 (19. Be3 Bc3 20. Re2 Nf6 21. Ng3 b4 22. f4 a5 23. Bd3 Ba6 24. a4 Qc8 25. Nhf1 h5 {0-1 (35) D jukic,N (2566)-Neelotpal,D (2457) Skopje 2016. Black got serious chances to get the initative.}) 19... Bc8 (19... Bc3 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Bc8 22. Nf5 Nb6 23. g4 Ra7 24. f4 b4 25. Bd3 a5 {0-1 (47) Macieja,B (2579)-Berczes,D (2495) Las Vegas 2015; with chances for both sides.}) 20. Bd2 b4 21. Nhg4 a5 { This seems like a slow plan to me, but to be honest the alternative can also run into a problem; let's see:} (21... Nde5 22. g3 $1 { Now we see Anand's clear idea when he opted for 19.Ne3:} (22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 { looks ok for Black}) ({while:} 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Nc4 Qh4 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Re3 f5 $1 {I think Black is ok here.}) 22... Nxg4 23. hxg4 { Such a position is usually considered better for White.}) 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 { The alternative is also possible, but somehow I prefer White's chances:} (22... Nxf6 23. Nc4 Ba6 24. f4 $1 $36) 23. g3 $1 a4 {The idea is actually to open a file before going for a sharp plan, but Anand is ready for it...} (23... Nde5 24. f4 (24. Kg2 Nf3 $1 $17) 24... Nxf4 25. gxf4 Qxf4 26. Nf1 Qh4 27. Re3 Bxh3 28. Qe2 Bd7 29. Rg3 { Engines are more or less happy with Black's chances here, but I am not.}) 24. bxa4 $1 (24. f4 axb3 25. axb3 Nb6 26. h4 h6 { This would give an unclear position.}) 24... Nde5 25. f4 Nxf4 26. gxf4 Qxf4 27. Nf1 Qh4 28. Re3 Bxh3 29. Qe2 Qg4+ {This can't be criticised, although at first sightt it may look as if Black can escape from the exchange of queens. But this is not the case.} (29... Bg4 30. Qg2 Qf6 31. Nh2 $1 (31. Rg3 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Re5 33. Qf2 Rh5+ 34. Kg2 Nh4+ 35. Kg1 Nf3+ {draw by perpetual}) 31... Bd7 32. Rf1 Qe7 33. Rg3 Ng6 34. Nf3 Bxa4 35. Bd3 { White is better, as Ng5 in combination with e4-e5 gives a dangerous attack.}) 30. Qxg4 Bxg4 31. a3 $1 Nf3+ (31... Nc4 32. axb4 Nxe3 33. Nxe3 Bf3 34. bxc5 dxc5 35. a5 Bxe4 36. Rc1 {White looks better here.}) 32. Kf2 Nd4 33. Rb2 bxa3 34. Rxa3 Nxc2 35. Rxc2 Rxe4 36. a5 {A piece up after an interesting sequence of moves, White has the better chances. The pawn on a5 is of course a real asset.} Bc8 37. Re3 Rf4+ 38. Rf3 Re4 39. Rb2 Ba6 40. Bc3 { After the time control now with Ng3 to come White is clearly better.} h5 41. Ng3 Rh4 42. Rb6 Rh2+ 43. Kg1 Rc2 44. Nf5 Bc4 45. Re3 $1 {Anand is winning now . } Kh7 46. Rxd6 Rb8 47. Rb6 Rxb6 48. axb6 Bxd5 49. Nxg7 Rg2+ 50. Kf1 Rg6 51. Nxh5 Bc4+ 52. Kf2 Rxb6 53. Nf6+ Kh6 54. Rg3 1-0 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.09.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2776"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2016.09.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.11.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Bg5 Ne5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rac1 Rd8 15. Na4 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Bd7 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Rd1 Kf8 19. a3 Nc6 20. Rcd2 Ke7 21. Nd4 e5 22. Nb5 Be6 23. Rxd8 Nxd8 24. Rc1 Nc6 25. Kf1 Rd8 26. Ke1 f5 27. exf5 Bxf5 28. Rd1 Rg8 29. g3 Be6 30. Kd2 f5 31. Ke3 f4+ 32. gxf4 exf4+ 33. Kxf4 Rg2 34. Ke3 Rxh2 35. Nc3 Rh3+ 36. f3 Rh5 37. Rg1 Bf7 38. b4 Ne5 39. Ne4 Nd7 40. f4 Rh2 41. Rc1 Bd5 42. Nc3 Bc6 43. Rg1 Nf6 44. Rg7+ Kd6 45. Bd3 Rh3+ 46. Kd4 Rh4 47. Ne2 b5 48. Rg5 Nd5 49. Rf5 Nc7 50. Rf7 Ne6+ 51. Kc3 h5 52. Rf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.09.25"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2743"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2016.09.25"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O e4 14. f4 Ng4 15. Bd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. c4 Nd7 19. Rfe1 f5 20. h3 Ngf6 21. Kf2 h4 22. Nd4 Kf7 23. Rac1 a5 24. Ke3 Nc5 25. b3 Nh5 26. Rb1 Ng3 27. a3 Kf6 28. Nb5 Nxe2 29. Rxe2 Rhd8 30. g3 hxg3 31. Rg2 g5 32. Rxg3 gxf4+ 33. Kxf4 Nd3+ 34. Rxd3 exd3 35. Rd1 Rh8 36. Rxd3 Rh4+ 37. Kg3 Rah8 38. Kg2 Ke5 39. c5 dxc5 40. d6 Rg8+ 41. Kf2 Rf4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.09.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2808"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2016.09.25"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. a4 a6 8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc2 Re8 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 Ne7 14. c4 c6 15. Re1 Ng6 16. g3 Qd7 17. Rb1 Rd8 18. Nf5 Ree8 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 d5 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Qc2 dxe4 23. dxe4 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Kg2 Rc3 26. Rb6 Re6 27. Rb8+ Kh7 28. Rb7 Nh8 29. Re7 Rxe7 30. Nxe7 Rxc4 31. Nxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.09.25"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Li, Chao B"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2746"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2016.09.25"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.10"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 Nf6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qb3 e6 9. d3 Nc6 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Ne4 b6 12. h4 Bb7 13. h5 h6 14. Bd2 g5 15. Rfc1 f5 16. Nc3 Kh7 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bc3 d4 19. Bd2 Rae8 20. Qd1 Ne5 21. b4 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 23. exf3 Qd5 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. f4 g4 26. Rab1 Rf6 27. Rb5 Rc6 28. a4 a6 29. Rbb1 Rce6 30. Rc2 Re2 31. Ba5 Qf3 32. Rxe2 Rxe2 33. Be1 c4 34. Rc1 cxd3 0-1 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.09.25"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C83"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2761"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2016.09.25"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Bf4 O-O 16. h3 Qd7 17. b4 Rfd8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bg3 h5 20. Re1 d2 21. Re2 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 hxg4 23. Rxd2 Qf5 24. hxg4 Qxg4 25. Nd4 Qg6 26. Nxc6 Qxc6 27. Ra1 Qg6 28. Qf3 Bh4 29. Rad1 Re8 30. Rd5 Bxg3 31. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 32. fxg3 Re6 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Rxd8+ Kh7 35. Rd7 Kg6 36. Rxc7 Rxe5 37. Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.09.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2731"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2016.09.25"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Re1 Bf8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Nbd2 Nh5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. d4 Nf6 19. d5 Nb8 20. Qa1 Qb7 21. Qa5 c6 22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. Qa2 Be6 24. Bb3 Bxb3 25. Qxb3 Rd7 26. h3 Na5 27. Qa2 Nc6 28. Nh2 Ne7 29. Ng4 Nxg4 30. hxg4 d5 31. exd5 Qxd5 32. Qxd5 Rxd5 33. Ne4 Nc8 34. Ra1 Nb6 35. b3 Nd7 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. Rd8 Nb6 38. Rf8 Kg6 39. f3 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Nd5 41. Rb8 Rd3 42. Rxb5 Nxc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.09.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2776"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2016.09.25"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.10"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. e4 Ndb4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e5 Bb6 12. Bg5 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 h6 14. Bc1 Ne7 15. Nd2 Nbd5 16. Nc4 Bd7 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Be6 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Rd6 Rxa2 22. Rxb6 Bh3 23. Re1 Ra1 24. Bd2 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Rc8 26. Bc3 Rd8 27. f3 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Rf1+ 29. Ke3 Bg2 30. Rxb7 Rxf3+ 31. Ke2 Rf2+ 32. Kxf2 Bxb7 33. Bb4 Bc8 34. Be7 Kh7 35. Ke3 Kg6 36. b4 Kf5 37. Bf8 g6 38. Kd4 h5 39. Bd6 Ke6 40. Kc5 Bb7 41. Kb6 Bg2 42. Kc7 Bf1 43. h4 Be2 44. Kc6 Bf3+ 45. Kc5 Kd7 46. b5 Kc8 47. Bf8 Bg4 48. Kb6 Be6 49. Ka7 Bc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.09.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2776"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2016.09.25"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Nh4 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. Nf5 Bxb3 15. axb3 Nc5 16. Rae1 Ne6 17. Ne3 Rac8 18. h3 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Ncd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qd8 22. b4 Nf4 23. Nxf4 exf4 24. c3 Qf6 25. Qd5 f3 26. g3 Rc7 27. Re3 Re8 28. Qd3 Re5 29. Rd1 Rd7 30. Rxf3 Qe6 31. Kg2 Rxe4 32. Rf6 Qxf6 33. Qxe4 Qe6 34. Qd5 Kf8 35. Qd4 Kg8 36. Rd3 Re7 37. Qxd6 Qxd6 38. Rxd6 Re2 39. Rb6 Rxb2 40. Rxb7 a5 41. b5 a4 42. c4 Rb4 43. c5 a3 44. b6 Rc4 45. Rb8+ Kg7 46. b7 1-0 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.09.25"] [Round "2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2776"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2016.09.25"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. c3 Bb6 11. Nc4 h6 12. Qf3 Bc7 13. Ne3 Be6 14. g4 d5 15. Nf5 a5 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 a4 19. Bc2 Qd7 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Rae1 f5 22. f4 fxe4 23. dxe4 dxe4 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe4 Ng4 26. h3 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Bb6+ 28. Kg2 Ne3+ 29. Bxe3 Bxe3 30. Bg6 Bg5 31. Rf7 Rb8 32. Rf5 Bf6 33. Ra5 b5 34. a3 Kf8 35. Ra7 c5 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rc7 b4 38. Rxc5 bxa3 39. bxa3 Kf8 40. Rc4 Ke7 41. Rxa4 Bxc3 42. Rc4 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 Rb3 44. a4 Kf6 45. Bc2 Ra3 46. Ke4 Be1 47. Bd3 Kg5 48. Be2 Kh4 49. Bg4 Rb3 50. Kd5 Rb4 51. Rxb4 Bxb4 52. Kc6 Kg5 53. Kb6 Kh6 54. a5 Bxa5+ 55. Kxa5 g5 56. Kb5 Kg7 57. Kc5 Kh8 58. Kd6 Kg7 59. Ke5 Kh8 60. Kf6 Kh7 61. Bf5+ Kh8 62. Be6 Kh7 63. Kf7 Kh8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.09.25"] [Round "9"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2776"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2016.09.25"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.10"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c3 c6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. Bg3 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 14. Rxe1 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Nxe8 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Bxg3 18. hxg3 g6 19. Qd3 Kg7 20. Nf1 Nd6 21. Ne3 Qb6 22. Qc2 Qd8 23. Qd3 Qb6 24. Qc2 Qd8 25. Qd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.08.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2016.08.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 Nd7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. h3 Qe7 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. d4 f5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ng5 f4 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Ba3 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Rfd1 g5 19. f3 Kf7 20. Rd3 Rxd3 21. Qxd3 h5 22. Rd1 g4 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Rg8 26. Kf1 Rh8 27. Kg1 Rg8 28. Kf1 Rh8 29. Kg1 Rg8 30. Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.08.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2761"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2016.08.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 b6 10. Nc3 Ke8 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Nf5 Rg8 16. g4 h5 17. Be3 g6 18. Nh6 Rh8 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. g5 Bc8 21. h4 Ke7 22. f4 Be6 23. Rf1 Rad8 24. c3 Bh3 25. Rf2 Ke6 26. Re1 Rd3 27. Re4 Rhd8 28. Ra4 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 R8d3 30. f5+ gxf5 31. Raf4 Bg4 32. Kg2 Bh3+ 33. Kh2 Bg4 34. Nxg4 hxg4 35. Kg2 g3 36. Re2 Rb1 37. h5 Rdd1 38. Kxg3 Rh1 39. Rc4 Kd5 40. Rf4 Rbg1+ 41. Rg2 Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Rxh5 43. Rxf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.08.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2016.08.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a6 7. a4 d6 8. O-O Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Bb3 Re8 12. d4 h6 13. Bc2 c6 14. Nf1 d5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Ng3 Bb8 20. Be3 Bxe5 21. Nxe4 Bc7 22. a5 Bf5 23. Nc5 Rab8 24. g4 Bc2 25. Rac1 Bg6 26. b4 Bd6 27. Na4 f6 28. Ba7 Ra8 29. Bc5 Be5 30. Nb6 Rab8 31. Nc4 Bf4 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 b5 34. axb6 Bf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.08.11"] [Round "6"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2016.08.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.09.13"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. e4 Ndb4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e5 Bb6 12. a3 Nd5 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Rd1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. a4 Ne7 17. Ng5 Bc6 18. Ba3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bc5 20. Qe4 Ng6 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Nf3 b6 23. Rd7 Qxc3 24. Rad1 Rac8 25. Rxa7 Rc4 26. Qb7 Rcc8 27. Re1 Rb8 28. Qe4 Qc5 29. Rb1 b5 30. Ra5 Qc4 31. Qxc4 bxc4 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Rc5 Rb4 34. a5 Ra4 35. Nd2 c3 36. Rc8+ Nf8 37. Nb3 g5 38. Rxc3 Ra3 39. Kf3 Ng6 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Rc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.08.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2771"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2016.08.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.09.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 Nb6 9. Bb5 Ne7 10. a5 c6 11. axb6 cxb5 12. Rxa7 Rxa7 13. bxa7 Bxa7 14. Nxe5 Bf5 15. Re1 Bb8 16. Na3 b4 17. cxb4 Qd5 18. Nec4 Bxd3 19. Rxe7 Bxc4 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. Rd7 Bc6 22. Rd1 Ba4 23. Rd3 Bc7 24. b3 Bc6 25. f3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. b5 Bd7 28. Kf2 Be7 29. Ke2 Bxa3 30. Bxa3 Bxb5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.08.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2016.08.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.09.13"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Rc1 Bb6 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Bc3 Rd8 15. e3 Bf5 16. Re1 Be4 17. Re2 Rd7 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Qe2 Rd6 20. Rcd1 h6 21. h4 Qe6 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Ba5 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rc8 27. Qf3 Rxc3 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Rc8 30. Ra5 Qb6 31. Re5 Kf8 32. Qf5 Re8 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34. Qe5+ Kf8 35. Qb8+ Ke7 36. Qe5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.08.07"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2791"] [Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2016.08.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.09.13"] [TimeControl "40/7200:3600+30"] 1. e4 {(3s)} c5 {(18s) Thanks to their victories in the second round, both players seem to be in a fighting mood. A Najdorf is a perfect choice for the audience and chess fans.} 2. Nf3 {(9s)} d6 {(3s)} 3. d4 { (7s) even better news! no sidelines with Bb5+.} cxd4 {(8s)} 4. Nxd4 {(6s)} Nf6 {(4s)} 5. Nc3 {(7s)} a6 {5} 6. h3 {9 This move has gained a lot of attention in recent years. Some of sicilian defence theoretician would convincingly argue that this move may be even more dangerous than English attack ( similiar to the game between Giri and MVL in the first round).} e5 {5} 7. Nde2 $5 { 9 The most common move. The idea of this move is to play g4 and transfer the knight to g3, which will be an improvement of knight's position compared to English attack when the d4 knight ends up on unfavorable square of b3.} h5 { 8 Again, the most common move. Nakamura prevents g4.} 8. Nd5 $5 {7 An odd choic e but not for Anand. He has successfully employed this move against Topalov and MVL earlier this year. Nakamura is surely prepared against this move.} (8. Bg5 {is the most common move.} Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 g6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Nec3 Rc5 15. Be2 b5 16. a3 $14 { 1-0 (74) Anand,V (2803)-Topalov,V (2803) London 2015}) 8... Nxd5 {9} 9. Qxd5 { 11} Nc6 $5 {5 Nakamura does not follow MVL's and Topalov's path. His confident reaction (he only spends a bit of time) shows that he is prepared to face 'Anand's rich opening arsenal'.} (9... Nd7 10. Nc3 Nf6 {here Anand employed two different moves against Topalov and MVL and in both cases the two top super-GMs failed to solve all of their opening problems. Although, one has to consider that these games were played in rapid and blitz time control.} 11. Qd3 (11. Qd1 Be6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Be2 g6 15. O-O Rc8 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. c3 O-O 18. a4 Kg7 19. a5 h4 20. Ra4 Rc5 21. b4 Rc6 22. c4 Bf4 23. Ra3 Qg5 24. Nb6 f5 25. b5 axb5 26. cxb5 Rc1 27. Qxd6 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Bf7 29. a6 bxa6 30. bxa6 Rd8 31. Nd7 fxe4 32. a7 e3 33. a8=Q exf2+ 34. Kh1 { 1-0 (34) Anand,V (2770)-Topalov,V (2761) Leuven 2016}) 11... Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. a3 Rc8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qc5 17. Qe2 h4 18. Kb1 Bg5 19. g3 hxg3 20. fxg3 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qe3 22. Qxe3 Bxe3 23. Rxd6 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Bc4 Ke7 26. h4 Rh6 27. g4 Rf6 28. g5 Rf2 29. Rh3 Bd2 30. a4 Rf4 31. Bd5 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Ka2 f6 34. gxf6+ Kxf6 35. h5 Rf2 36. Rg3 Bg5 37. Rc3 Bf4 38. Kb3 Kg5 39. Rc7 Kh6 40. Bf7 Bc1 41. Rc6+ Rf6 42. Rxf6+ gxf6 43. c3 Kg5 44. Bg6 f5 45. exf5 e4 46. f6 Kxf6 47. Bxe4 b4 48. cxb4 Ke5 49. Bf3 Kd4 50. b5 Kc5 51. Bc6 {1-0 (51) Anand,V (2770)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Leuven 2016}) 10. Qd1 {38 } (10. Nc3 $2 {is impossible due to} Nd4 $17) 10... Be6 {10} 11. Nc3 {36} Ne7 $1 {5 This is Nakmaura's idea. He solves the 'd5' problem of although it will cost him few tempi before he finishes his development.} 12. Bd3 {191} d5 {615} 13. exd5 {25} Nxd5 {7} 14. O-O {7} Nb4 {882} ({My computer suggests:} 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 f5 {but this is too artifical for a human!}) 15. Qe2 {1254 Now Vi shy addresses the problem of e5 square which is due to lack of enough development on black's side.} Qc7 {975} 16. f4 {662 A classic reaction by Anand. Fortunately for Nakamura, he has enough resources to maintain dynamic balance.} (16. Re1 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Rd8 18. Be3 Be7 19. Rad1 (19. Rac1 Qd6) 19... h4 20. d4 exd4 21. Bxd4 O-O {and black is out of any danger.}) 16... Bc5+ {528} 17. Kh1 {113} Nxd3 {8} 18. cxd3 {12} Bd4 {1} 19. f5 {496} Bd7 {419} 20. f6 {158 } g6 {28} 21. Nd5 {155} Qd6 {12} 22. Ne7 {29 Black cannot castle but there is no open file in the game which might let White cause any trouble for Black's king. The bishop on d4 is nicely placed and it is only matter of time for White's grip to peter out.} Rd8 {60} 23. a4 {963} Bc6 {584} 24. Be3 { 443 equivalent of a draw offer.} Bxe3 {451} 25. Nxc6 {67} bxc6 {9} 26. Qxe3 {7} Qd4 {2} 27. Rae1 {257} Qxe3 {8} 28. Rxe3 {6} O-O {6} 29. Rxe5 {24} Rxd3 {2} 30. Rc5 {13 A nice opening debate and a flawless draw!} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.08.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2819"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Sumets,A"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2016.08.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.09.13"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 $5 ({The line} 3... Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 { is more reliable but much more passive.}) 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 e6 ({ Another continuation} 6... c5 {is not popular nowadays} 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. Ned4 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. O-O e6 (10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxb5 { Nezhmetdinov, R - Kamyshov,M 1950} 12. b4 $5 Qxb4 13. Ba3 Qxa3 (13... Qa4 14. Nxb5 Qxb5 15. Rb1 Qa5 16. Rxb7 $18) 14. Nxb5 Qc5 15. c4 e6 16. Qa4 Ke7 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Nf3 $16) 11. Be3 Qb4 12. c4 Qxb2 13. cxd5 Nc3 14. dxe6 $1 Nxd1 15. exd7+ Kd8 16. Raxd1 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bc5 18. Bc4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Qc2 20. Bxf7 $18 { Svetushkin,D (2554)-Landa,K (2635) Rijeka 2010 1-0 (32)}) 7. Nfg1 f6 8. f3 Ng5 9. exf6 gxf6 10. f4 Ne4 ({ Maxime has preferred 10...Nf7 when he played this line with Black:} 10... Nf7 11. Nf3 Be7 (11... c5 12. f5 Nc6 13. c3 Bd6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nf4 Bf2+ 16. Ke2 O-O 17. fxe6 Bxe6 18. Nxe6 Rfe8 19. Qxd5 Nb4 $2 {is a very optimistic decision} (19... Rad8 20. Qe4 Rd7 21. Qg4+ Ng5 $8 22. Nfxg5 fxg5 23. Qxg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ $11 (25. g3 Nd8 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Kg8 $11)) 20. cxb4 Rad8 21. Qf5 Rxe6+ 22. Qxe6 Qxe6+ 23. Kxf2 Ne5 $2 (23... Re8 24. Bd3 Qb6+ 25. Kf1 Qxb4 26. Bd2 Qxb2 27. Rd1 $16) 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Be2 Qf5+ 26. Bf3 Qc2+ 27. Be2 $2 ( 27. Kg3 $1 Kh8 28. Be3 Rg8+ 29. Kh4 $18 {White's bishops control all the board. }) 27... Qf5+ 28. Bf3 Qc2+ 29. Be2 { 1/2 (29) Poetsch,H (2498)-Khenkin,I (2596) Wiesbaden 2015}) (11... Bg7 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Nh5 e5 14. Nxg7 Kxg7 15. fxe5 fxe5 16. Be2 exd4 ({ Black can't solve all his problems by means of} 16... e4 $5 17. Nh4 Qd8 18. g3 Be6 19. Bf4 Nd7 20. Qd2 $14) 17. Qxd4+ Qxd4 18. Nxd4 c5 19. Nb5 Na6 20. O-O $16 {Dominguez Perez,L (2757)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2719) Tromsoe 2013 1/2 (54)}) 12. c4 dxc4 13. Nc3 Nd6 14. b3 cxb3 15. axb3 O-O 16. Bd3 Rf7 17. O-O Nb5 (17... Na6 $5 18. Na4 Qd8 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. Ba3 $44) 18. Ne2 c5 19. f5 $1 e5 20. Bxb5 $6 ( 20. Bc4 $1 cxd4 21. Ng3 Nd6 22. Bxf7+ Nxf7 23. Nd2 {with a very strong attack}) 20... Qxb5 21. dxe5 Bxf5 22. Bb2 Nc6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Nh4 Rd8 26. Qe1 Rdf8 27. Nxf5 Rxf5 28. Qg3+ Kh8 29. Qc3+ Kg8 30. Qg3+ Kh8 31. Qc3+ Kg8 {1/2 (31) Grischuk,A (2747)-Ding Liren (2778) Wenzhou CHN 2016}) 11. Ng3 Bd7 $146 {A novelty and quite a logical development. Black's knight will be developed after ...Na6 and after Qh5+ Black's king can hide ...Kd8, ...Kc7. Let's have a look at other continuations:} (11... Kd8 12. c3 Nd6 $6 (12... Rg8 13. Qc2 f5 14. Nf3 Bd7 $13) 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Be2 (14. Bd3 $5 h5 15. Nh4 $16) 14... Rg8 15. O-O c5 $2 16. Kh1 Rxg3 17. hxg3 Ne4 18. Kh2 f5 19. Ne5 Ndf6 20. g4 Bd7 21. g5 $18 { Salgado Lopez,I (2651)-Petrov,M (2439) Izmir TUR 2016 1-0 (28)}) (11... c5 $6 { Black pieces aren't well-developed and his king is in the centre so 11...c5 can't be recommended.} 12. Bd3 (12. Nxe4 $5 { It is seems to me that this continuation should be stronger than Bd3:} dxe4 13. d5 $1 Bg7 $6 (13... f5 14. Qh5+ (14. Nh3 exd5 15. Qxd5) 14... Kd8 15. Bc4 Be7 ( 15... exd5 16. Bxd5 Bd7 17. Be3 Qxb2 18. Qd1 Nc6 19. Rb1 Qc3+ 20. Bd2 Qf6 21. Ne2 $40) 16. Bd2 exd5 17. Bxd5 Nd7 18. Qh3 Rf8 19. O-O-O Kc7 20. Ne2 $16) 14. Qh5+ Kf8 15. Be3 f5 16. Rd1 Na6 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. c3 $16 { Dann,M (2477)-Zubarev,A (2548) Boeblingen GER 2015 1/2 (60)}) 12... f5 13. Qh5+ Kd8 14. Nf3 Nd7 (14... cxd4 $5 15. O-O (15. Ne5 $6 Qb4+ 16. Kf1 Kc7 17. Ng6 Nf6 18. Qh4 Rg8 $17) 15... Bd7 16. a4 Nc6 17. a5 Nxa5 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Qh4+ Be7 20. Qh6 Bf8 $11) 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Ng5 Kc7 17. Be3 Kb8 18. O-O-O Nf6 $2 (18... c4 19. Qf7 c3 20. b3 (20. bxc3 Ba3+ 21. Kd2 Rf8 22. Qxe6 Qc7 23. Qb3 Nb6 24. Ke2 Nc4 $44)) 19. Qf7 Nd5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Nxe6 Qe3+ $2 (22... Bxe6 23. Qxe6 $16) 23. Rd2 $18 { Bacrot,E (2697)-Tari,A (2556) Caleta ENG 2016 1-0 (30)}) (11... Nd7 $5 { Unfortunately, at this moment, it has been played only in one game.} 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. c3 $6 (13. Qh5+ Ke7 14. Nh3 $5 Qxd4 15. c3 Qd5 16. Qh4 Nc5 17. Nf2 b6 (17... Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Be3 c5 20. O-O-O c4 21. Bd4 Bg7 22. Ng4 Qf5 23. Rhe1 $1 (23. Ne3 Qb5 24. Ng4 $11) 23... Kf7 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nh6+ Kg6 26. Nxf5 Bxh4 27. Nxh4+ Kf6 28. Re5 $16) 18. Be3 Nd3+ 19. Nxd3 exd3 20. O-O-O Ba6 21. Bd4 Bg7 22. Bxd3 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Qf5 24. Rhd1 Rad8 $11) 13... f5 $1 14. Qh5+ Ke7 15. Nh3 Nf6 16. Qh4 Rg8 17. Ng5 Rg6 18. a4 Bg7 19. a5 Qb3 20. Qf2 h6 21. Nh3 Ng4 $15 {Saric,I (2622)-Mchedlishvili,M (2639) Fujairah 2012 1/2 (33)}) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. c3 Na6 { Vishy doesn't care that after Qh5+ his king should go to c7 on foot.} ({ Black could have tried} 13... h5 $5 14. Qc2 f5 15. Be3 Na6 16. a4 Qd8 17. Bxa6 {otherwise Black's knight can get to d5} (17. Nh3 Nc7 18. Ng5 Nd5 19. Qf2 Bd6 $15) 17... bxa6 18. Nh3 Qh4+ 19. Bf2 Qg4 20. Be3 Qh4+ $11) ({Or even} 13... c5 {with the following lines:} 14. Qh5+ (14. d5 exd5 15. Qxd5 Nc6 16. Qxe4+ Ne7 17. Nf3 O-O-O 18. Be2 Nf5 19. O-O Re8 20. Qc2 c4+ 21. Kh1 Qe6 22. Bd1 Bc6 $44) 14... Kd8 15. Qh4 Be7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qg3 Kc7 18. Be3 Qh5 19. Qf2 (19. Be2 Qg6 20. Qf2 Nc6 21. O-O-O Rad8 22. Nh3 $13) 19... Nc6 20. Bc4 Rad8 21. Ne2 ({ Of course White can't take on a7:} 21. Bxa7 $4 Nxa7 22. Qxa7 Bc5 $1 23. Qa5+ Kb8 24. b4 b6 $1 25. Qa6 Be3 $19) 21... Kb8 22. O-O-O Bc8 23. Ng3 Qg6 24. Bb5 $14) 14. Qh5+ Kd8 15. Bc4 Kc7 $6 { After this move Black's position is very dangerous.} ({ I believe that Vishy should have preferred} 15... f5 $1 16. Qf7 Be7 17. a4 (17. Bxe6 $4 Rf8 $19) 17... Re8 $5 {Black needs to protect his bishop and then he can play ...Kc8. The h7-pawn is not important.} (17... Rf8 $6 18. Qxh7 c5 19. Ne2 Nb4 $5 20. a5 Qd6 (20... Qc7 21. cxb4 cxd4 22. b3 d3 23. Be3 $1 Bxb4+ 24. Kf2 dxe2 25. Kxe2 $16) 21. cxb4 cxd4 22. b3 d3 23. Be3 Qxb4+ 24. Kf2 Rc8 25. Rac1 dxe2 26. Bxe2 Rc3 27. Rxc3 Qxc3 28. Rd1 $14) 18. Qxh7 Kc8 19. Nh3 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. a5 Qd6 22. Nf2 Kc7 23. Be3 Rh8 24. Qg7 Rhg8 25. Qd4 (25. Qh7 Rh8 $11) 25... Rxg2 26. h4 Bc6 $11) 16. a4 (16. f5 $1 { was much stronger. For example:} e5 (16... exf5 17. a4 Qa5 (17... c5 $6 18. a5 Qc6 19. Bf4+ Bd6 20. d5 Be8 21. dxc6 Bxh5 22. Bxd6+ Kxd6 23. cxb7 $18) (17... Re8 $4 18. a5 $18) 18. Ne2 Bd6 19. O-O Rae8 20. b4 Nxb4 21. cxb4 Qxb4 22. Bf7 $16 {It's obvious that in this position the knight is stronger than 3 pawns.}) 17. Qh4 Bd6 18. Ne2 exd4 (18... Nb4 $5 19. Qxe4 Nd5 20. O-O $1 Rae8 21. Qh4 { Black has not enough compensation for the sacrificed pawn}) 19. Nxd4 Rae8 20. O-O Nb4 21. Be3 c5 22. Ne6+ Bxe6 23. fxe6 $16) 16... c5 $8 17. Ne2 Rd8 18. Be3 f5 ({Black can't solve his problems by means of} 18... Bd6 19. O-O Kb8 20. Rfd1 Rhg8 (20... Qc7 21. Bxa6 cxd4 22. Bxd4 e5 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Bf2 bxa6 25. Ng3 $16) 21. d5 exd5 22. Qxd5 Bg4 23. Rd2 Rg7 24. a5 Qc7 25. Bxa6 bxa6 26. Ng3 $16) 19. O-O Kb8 20. Qf7 $6 ({ I believe that Maxime could have got an advantage after} 20. Rfd1 $1 Bc8 21. Qf7 Nc7 22. a5 Qc6 23. dxc5 Bxc5 (23... Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxc5 25. Nd4 Qd6 26. b4 Qe7 27. Qh5 Bd6 28. a6 $16) 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 $8 $16) 20... Nc7 (20... Bd6 $5 21. a5 Qc7 22. Bxa6 Rhf8 $1 { and White should go for the move repetition after Qxh7} (22... bxa6 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Nd4 $14) 23. Qxh7 Rh8 24. Qf7 Rdf8 25. Qg7 Rfg8 $11) 21. a5 Qc6 22. Qf6 Bd6 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Nd4 $14 {Black's pieces are misplaced, so White's position is still better. White can combine an attack on the queenside with pressure on the e6-pawn.} Qd6 $8 25. b4 (25. Rfd1 $1 Qe7 26. Qxe7 Bxe7 27. Rd2 $14) 25... Qe7 ({Probably} 25... Qf8 { was a more reliable continuation:} 26. Qxf8 (26. Qh4 $5 Be7 27. Qf2 a6 28. Rab1 Qe8 29. Be2 Rg8 $132) 26... Bxf8 27. Rfd1 Bg7 28. Rac1 Ba4 29. Rd2 Rhe8 $11) 26. Qh6 Bd6 27. Rad1 Rhf8 28. Bf2 Rf6 29. Qh4 Nd5 $6 ({ As an alternative I can propose} 29... Rg8 $5 30. Nxf5 exf5 31. Bxg8 e3 32. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 33. Kh1 Qe7 34. Qxh7 Bc6 35. Qxe7 Bxe7 $13 { Despite White's material advantage, Black's chances are not worse.}) 30. Nxe6 $4 {A terrible blunder. Now White's position is lost.} ({ White should have played} 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Qh3 Qg7 (31... Bxf4 $6 32. Bh4 Be5 33. Nxf5 Qe6 34. Bxf6 Bxf6 35. c4 $1 dxc4 36. Qh6 $16) 32. Qe3 { This position seems to be dangerous for Black.} Rg6 (32... Bc7 33. Nb3 b6) 33. g3 a6 34. Nc2 $1 (34. Nxf5 Bxf5 35. Rxd5 Be6 36. Qa7+ Kc8 37. Rc5+ Kd7 (37... Bxc5 38. Qxc5+ Kd7 39. f5 Rf6 40. fxe6+ Kxe6 41. Re1 $16) 38. Qxb7+ Ke8 39. Qxe4 Bxc5 40. Bxc5 Qxc3 $1 41. f5 Rxg3+ 42. hxg3 Qxg3+ 43. Qg2 Qxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Bc8 {with good chances to make a draw.}) 34... Ba4 $1 (34... Bc6 35. c4 dxc4 36. Qa7+ Kc8 37. Ne3 Qf7 38. Rd4 c3 39. Nc4 Qf6 40. b5 $1 axb5 41. Nb6+ Kc7 42. Nd5+ Bxd5 43. Rxd5 $18) 35. Qa7+ Kc8 36. Qa8+ Bb8 37. Ne3 Bxd1 38. Rxd1 Qf7 39. c4 d4 40. Nd5 {White has enough compensation to make a draw.} Rxd5 41. cxd5 Qc7 $1 (41... e3 42. Rc1+ $18) (41... Qxd5 42. Bxd4 Rc6 43. Qxb8+ Kxb8 44. Ba7+ Kxa7 45. Rxd5 $16 { The rook ending is probably lost due to the miserable position of Black's king. } e3 46. Kg2 Rc2+ 47. Kf3 Rxh2 48. Rxf5 e2 49. Re5) 42. Bxd4 Qc2 43. Rf1 Rh6 44. Rf2 (44. Bf2 $4 e3 $19) 44... Qb1+ 45. Kg2 (45. Rf1 Qc2 $11) 45... e3 46. Bxe3 Qe4+ 47. Rf3 Rxh2+ 48. Kxh2 Qxf3 49. Ba7 Qe2+ $11) 30... Bxe6 31. Bxd5 e3 $1 32. Bxe3 {Other continuations are not better.} (32. Rfe1 Bxd5 33. Bxe3 Be4 $19) (32. Bg3 e2 $19) 32... Bxd5 $19 33. Bxa7+ Kxa7 34. Qf2+ Bc5 $1 (34... Ka8 $6 35. Rxd5 Bb8 36. Rxd8 Qxd8 37. Qc2 $17) 35. Qxc5+ Qxc5+ 36. bxc5 Rd7 37. Rfe1 h6 38. Kf2 Kb8 39. c4 Bc6 40. Rxd7 Bxd7 41. Rb1 Ra6 42. Rb6 Rxa5 43. Rxh6 Rxc5 44. h4 Rxc4 45. g3 Kc7 46. h5 b5 0-1 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2016.08.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2807"] [Annotator "Sumets,A"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2016.08.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.09.13"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 ({ A few months ago Fabiano played} 5... Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nge7 8. Qf3 Be6 9. Nh3 Qd7 10. Ng5 O-O-O $6 (10... Bf5 $1 11. g4 $6 { Kamran always has his own chess style.} Bg6 12. h4 f6 13. Nh3 h5 14. gxh5 Bxh5 15. Qg2 O-O-O $15 {Shirazi,K (2403)-Vareille,F (2418) France 1999 0-1 (56)}) 11. O-O Rdf8 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qe2 Nf5 14. a4 $14 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2788) -Caruana,F (2795)chess.com INT 2016 1-0 (57). I don't think that Fabiano was satisfied with his position. So he prepared another line.}) 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bg5 ({ Sometimes White doesn't hurry up to develop his dark-squared bishop:} 8. h3 Re8 9. Ng3 Nbd7 10. Qf3 (10. a3 Bd6 11. Qf3 (11. Nf5 Bc7 12. Qf3 Nf8 13. Bg5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Qd6 15. g3 h6 16. Be3 (16. Bf4 Qd8 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Kg2 Re7 $11) 16... Re7 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. Bd2 Ne6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rfe1 $11 { Medvegy,Z (2474)-Hoang,T (2470) Budapest 2005 1/2 (26)}) 11... Nf8 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rfe1 Ne6 14. Be3 g6 15. Nce2 Bf8 16. c3 Bg7 17. Nf4 Ng5 18. Qd1 Bd7 19. Nfe2 Nge4 20. Bf4 Qb6 $11 { Andriasian,Z (2594)-Kovalenko,I (2680) Al-Ain UAE 2015 1/2 (53)}) 10... Nf8 11. Nce2 Ng6 12. c3 Bd6 $6 {Igor Naumkin, who has never had a computer, because he doesn't know how to turn it on, immediately played 12...Be7, which is stronger than ...Bd6.} (12... Be7 13. Nf4 Bd7 14. Be3 $6 Nh4 15. Qd1 Bd6 16. Re1 { 1/2 (16) Yudasin,L (2540)-Naumkin,I (2435) Montecatini Terme 1998. Igor could have won a pawnafter} Bxf4 $1 17. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bxh3 $17) 13. Bg5 Be7 $8 14. Nf4 Nxf4 (14... Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rae1 f5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qf4 Be6 19. h4 $14) 15. Bxf4 g6 16. Rae1 Be6 17. Re2 $14 { Bok,B (2562)-Van Kampen,R (2609) Amsterdam 2015 1/2 (27)}) 8... h6 { A concession. Now White can play Bh4.} (8... Re8 $1 9. Ng3 h6 { and Black has good chances to equalise:} 10. Bf4 (10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Nce2 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 Nf8 13. Nf4 Qd6 14. f3 Bd7 15. Bf5 Re7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Nd3 Ng6 18. Nc5 Qc7 19. Nf5 Ree8 $11 { Shirov,A (2755)-Ivanchuk,V (2751) Morelia/Linares 2008 1/2 (30)}) (10. Bh4 $2 g5 $19) 10... Bg4 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. a3 Bf8 13. h3 Be6 14. b3 {Ivan doesn't want to admit that White has no advantage, so tries to prepare f4, f5, which leads to a worse position.} a6 15. Be3 (15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Nf5 c5 $11) 15... Rc8 16. f4 Nb8 $1 17. f5 Bd7 {After ...c5 White will have only problems with his f5-pawn.} 18. Kh1 c5 $1 19. dxc5 Bxc5 (19... Qc7 $1 20. Nge2 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qf4 Nc6 $15 {In order to avoid problems White needs to play very precisely}) 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Nge2 Qc8 (21... Qb6 $5 22. Nd4 Rcc8 23. Nce2 Nc6 24. Qf4 Ne5 $15) 22. Rf4 d4 $6 23. Rxd4 Bxf5 $11 { Ivanisevic,I (2636)-Vallejo Pons,F (2705) Porto Carras 2011 1/2 (30)}) 9. Bh4 Re8 10. f3 {Black's counterplay is connected with preparation of ...Ne4, so White wants to get control over this square, then he can play Qd2, Bf2, Ng3 with some chances to obtain an advantage.} ({Another continuation is} 10. h3 Nbd7 11. a3 Bf8 12. Re1 Nb6 13. b3 Bd7 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Be5 f6 (15... Nc8 $5 16. Nxe4 $6 dxe4 17. Bxe4 f6 18. Bg6 fxe5 19. Bxe8 Qxe8 20. dxe5 Nb6 $15) 16. Bh2 f5 17. f3 Nxc3 18. Nxc3 Qh4 19. Ne2 c5 20. Bg3 Qf6 21. c3 f4 $6 (21... c4 22. Be5 Qf7 23. Bc2 cxb3 24. Bxb3 Nc4 $11) 22. Nxf4 cxd4 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. cxd4 Bd6 25. Nh5 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1 $14 { Glek,I (2565)-Vaganian,R (2630) Netherlands 1998 0-1 (44)}) 10... Nbd7 11. Qd2 ({White can try a more aggressive but risky plan:} 11. Kh1 Nf8 12. g4 Ng6 13. Bg3 (13. Bxg6 $6 fxg6 14. Bg3 g5 15. Qd3 b6 16. Rae1 a5 $15) 13... h5 14. h3 Bd6 15. Qd2 Bxg3 (15... hxg4 16. hxg4 (16. fxg4 $6 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qe3 Be6 19. Rae1 Bb4 20. a3 Ba5 $15) 16... Nh7 17. Rf2 Bxg3 18. Nxg3 Ng5 $11) 16. Nxg3 Qd6 17. Nce2 hxg4 18. hxg4 Nh7 19. Rf2 Qf6 20. Nh5 Qe7 21. Nef4 $14 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Nf8 23. Re2 Be6 24. g5 Ng6 25. Qg3 Qd7 26. Rae1 $16 { Ulibin,M (2562) -Prokopchuk,E (2470) Koszalin 1999 1/2 (70)}) 11... Nf8 12. Rae1 Bd7 13. a3 Be7 14. Bf2 Ng6 $146 ({ Black showed a convincing way to equalize the game after} 14... Bd6 15. Nd1 Qc7 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. g4 Nf6 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. Nxf4 g5 21. Ne2 Re7 22. Ng3 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8 Nxe8 $11 { Fakhrutdinov,T (2161)-Ponfilenok,V (2399) Kazan 2014 1/2 (43)}) 15. Bg3 { An ambitious plan. White wants to put his bishop on e5 and gradually launch an attack by means of f4, Ng3, f5. However in the following game Fabianoindicated the drawbacks of this plan.} ({ Black would have had much more problems if White had played} 15. Nd1 $5 Bd6 ( 15... Nh5 16. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 17. g4 $1 Nf6 (17... Bg5 18. Be3 Bxe3+ 19. Nxe3 Nf6 20. Nf4 g5 21. Nd3 Qc7 22. Re2 $14) 18. Nf4 g5 19. Ng6 Bd6 20. Bg3 Be6 21. Kg2 $14) 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 $5 (17. Nxg3 Qc7 18. c3 Qf4 $11) 17... Qc7 18. c3 Re7 19. Nf4 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Nxf4 21. gxf4 { with a slightly better position for White.}) 15... Nh5 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Be5 Bh4 18. Rd1 {After this move White is almost forced to meet ...Bg5 with f4. 18. Rb1 or 18.Ra1 with the idea to play 18...Bg5 19.Qd1 deserved consideration.} ( 18. Rb1 Bg5 19. Qd1 Be3+ 20. Kh1 g5 21. Qd3 Bf4 22. Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Qd2 Ng6 $11) 18... Bg5 19. f4 ({White has a worse position after} 19. Qe1 Nf4 20. Nxf4 Bxf4 21. Rf2 g5 22. g3 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qb6 24. Na4 Qc7 25. f4 Bf5 $15) 19... Be7 20. h3 Be6 21. Kh2 Nf6 22. Nc1 ({Probably Vishy should have hindered his opponent from playing ...h5, ...Bf5 by means of} 22. g4 $5 Bf7 23. Rde1 Nd7 24. Ng3 a5 25. Qd3 {with a roughly equal position.}) 22... h5 $1 23. Nd3 Bf5 24. Ne2 Ne4 $15 {In the first part of the game Fabiano has played almost perfectly and he has got a significant advantage.} 25. Qe3 h4 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. c3 Qb6 $5 { This is a strong move, which is connected with a wrong plan.} ({ Fabiano could have played} 27... b6 28. Rfe1 Qd7 29. Ng1 c5 30. Nf3 Bd8 $15 { with clear advantage.}) 28. b4 Bf6 $6 (28... Qd8 29. Nc5 Nd6 $15 { then Black will play ...b6 with ...c5 following.}) 29. Nc5 Nxc5 $6 { The black queen has nothing to do on b2.} (29... a5 $5 30. Nxe4 Bxe5 31. fxe5 Rxe5 32. bxa5 Qa7 33. Qg5 Rxe4 34. Nf4 $13) 30. bxc5 $11 { At least White has equalised the game.} Qb2 31. Ng1 b6 (31... Qxa3 $6 32. Ra1 Qb2 33. Rxa7 Ra8 34. Rxa8 Rxa8 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Rf2 Qb1 37. Nf3 $14) 32. Nf3 bxc5 ({After} 32... Be4 33. c4 $1 { Only White has some chances to obtain an advantage:} Bxe5 (33... bxc5 34. cxd5 cxd5 (34... Bxd5 $6 35. Rxc5 Be7 36. Rc3 Bf6 37. Rf2 Qb7 38. Qd3 $14) 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. dxc5 Kg7 37. Rg1 Bxf3 38. Qxf3 Rc7 39. Qxd5 Qxa3 $11) 34. dxe5 g5 35. fxg5 Bxf3 36. Rxf3 Qxe5+ 37. Qxe5 Rxe5 38. cxb6 axb6 39. cxd5 Rxd5 $11) 33. dxc5 Be4 34. Rce1 Re7 $6 {Now Black can get into trouble.} ({ Fabiano should have preferred} 34... Bxe5 35. fxe5 Re6 (35... Rxe5 $2 36. Rf2 Qb8 37. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 38. Kg1 $16) 36. Nxh4 Rce8 37. Nf3 Rxe5 38. Rf2 Bxf3 39. Qxf3 Qb8 40. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 41. Qg3 $11) 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Nxh4 $6 ({ Vishy would have got very good winning chances if he had played} 36. Rf2 $1 Qxa3 37. Nxh4 {Probably Black should have played} Rf7 (37... Rce8 38. Qd4 Kf7 ( 38... Kg7 39. f5 g5 40. Ng6 Rf7 41. h4 gxh4 42. Nf4 $16) 39. f5 g5 40. Ng6 Rb7 41. h4 gxh4 42. Rf4 $16) (37... Rg7 38. Qd4 Rf8 39. f5 gxf5 40. Nxf5 Bxf5 41. Rxf5 Qb2 42. Rf2 Qb8+ 43. Kh1 Qg3 44. c4 $16) 38. Qd4 Qb3 39. Nf3 Qb8 40. Nd2 Bf5 41. g4 Bd7 42. Rfe2 $14 { White's position is much better but Black's position isn't hopeless.}) 36... Rce8 37. Qg3 Rg7 38. Ra1 ({ The last chance to continue the game was connected with} 38. c4 $5 dxc4 39. Re3 Qd4 (39... Qd2 40. Rfe1 (40. f5 $2 gxf5 $17) 40... f5 41. Nf3 Qd5 42. Ng5 $14) 40. f5 $1 (40. Rfe1 f5 41. Nf3 Qxc5 42. Ng5 Qd5 43. R1e2 c5 $11 { White has enough compensation for the pawn}) 40... g5 (40... gxf5 41. Nxf5 $18) 41. Ng6 c3 42. Rfe1 Rb7 43. Qg4 c2 44. Rxe4 Rxe4 45. Rxe4 Qxc5 46. Rc4 c1=Q 47. Rxc1 Qxc1 48. Qd4 Qxa3 49. Qxf6 Qc5 $1 $11 {Black makes a draw. For example} 50. Qh8+ (50. Qxg5 Qd6+ 51. Ne5+ Rg7 52. Qf4 Re7 53. Qg3+ Rg7 54. Qf4 $11) 50... Kf7 51. Qh7+ (51. Ne5+ Ke7 52. Qg7+ Kd8 53. Qxg5+ Re7 54. Ng6 Qd6+ 55. g3 (55. Kh1 Qd1+ 56. Kh2 Qd6+) 55... Qc5 $1 56. Nxe7 (56. Qxe7+ $4 Qxe7 57. Nxe7 Kxe7 58. h4 a5 $19) 56... Qf2+ $11) 51... Kf6 52. Qxb7 Qd6+ 53. Kh1 Qd1+ $11) 38... g5 $1 {Fabiano has found a reliable way to make a draw.} 39. fxg5 Rxg5 40. Qf2 Qxc3 41. Qxf6 (41. Rae1 $6 Rf8 42. Nf3 Rg7 43. Qe3 Qxe3 44. Rxe3 f5 $15 ) 41... Qg3+ 42. Kg1 Qxg2+ 43. Nxg2 Rxg2+ 44. Kh1 Rf2+ 45. Kg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.20"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2855"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2016.06.19"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Na3 Ne7 9. Nc2 O-O 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 a5 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Bb3 c6 14. Bc2 Re8 15. d4 Qc7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. g3 h6 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Red1 Rad8 20. b4 Nf8 21. Nc4 axb4 22. cxb4 Bg4 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. Rb1 Ne6 26. Ncxe5 Nd4 27. Qd3 Nxf3+ 28. Nxf3 Qxe4 29. Qxe4 Nxe4 30. Rb3 Nf6 31. Kg2 Be6 32. Ra3 Bd5 33. Kf1 Ng4 34. h3 Bxf3 35. hxg4 Bxg4 36. Kg2 Kf8 37. Rc3 Rd8 38. b5 cxb5 39. axb5 Rc8 40. Rxc8+ Bxc8 41. f4 Ke7 0-1 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.20"] [Round "18"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2016.06.19"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. Ba4 Ng6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 c6 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bc7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nf1 h6 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Be3 Be6 17. Ng3 Bb6 18. Bb3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Bxb3 20. axb3 a5 21. Ree1 b6 22. Nf5 Kf8 23. Ne3 b5 24. Nf5 a4 25. bxa4 bxa4 26. Ra2 Nd7 27. Ne3 Nc5 28. Nc4 f6 29. g3 Ne7 30. Raa1 Rab8 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke6 33. Nfd2 Nc8 34. f3 Rd7 35. Red1 Na7 36. Nf1 Rxd1 37. Kxd1 Nb5 38. Kc2 g6 39. g4 Ke7 40. Nfe3 Nc7 41. Na5 Rb6 42. Nac4 Rb8 43. Na5 Rb6 44. Nac4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.20"] [Round "16"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2812"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2016.06.19"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nf1 Nh5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Qe8 14. b4 Nf6 15. Ng3 a5 16. b5 Ne7 17. c4 Ng6 18. Rf1 b6 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Qe2 Rd7 21. Nh5 Rdf7 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Rxf6 24. Rf1 Qf7 25. Rxf6 Qxf6 26. Qg4 Nf8 27. Qh5 Qe7 28. h3 Nd7 29. Nb3 Nf6 30. Qd1 d5 31. exd5 exd5 32. c5 Nd7 33. cxb6 cxb6 34. d4 Qg5 35. Qf3 Kh7 36. e4 Nf6 37. dxe5 Qxe5 38. exd5 Nxd5 39. Qd3+ Kh8 40. Nd2 Nc3 41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. Qd3+ Kh8 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Qd3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.20"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2761"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2016.06.19"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Nd7 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Qd1 Be6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Be2 g6 15. O-O Rc8 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. c3 O-O 18. a4 Kg7 19. a5 h4 20. Ra4 Rc5 21. b4 Rc6 22. c4 Bf4 23. Ra3 Qg5 24. Nb6 f5 25. b5 axb5 26. cxb5 Rc1 27. Qxd6 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Bf7 29. a6 bxa6 30. bxa6 Rd8 31. Nd7 fxe4 32. a7 e3 33. a8=Q exf2+ 34. Kh1 1-0 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.20"] [Round "14"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2789"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2016.06.19"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Nd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Nd7 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. a3 Rc8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qc5 17. Qe2 h4 18. Kb1 Bg5 19. g3 hxg3 20. fxg3 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qe3 22. Qxe3 Bxe3 23. Rxd6 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Bc4 Ke7 26. h4 Rh6 27. g4 Rf6 28. g5 Rf2 29. Rh3 Bd2 30. a4 Rf4 31. Bd5 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Ka2 f6 34. gxf6+ Kxf6 35. h5 Rf2 36. Rg3 Bg5 37. Rc3 Bf4 38. Kb3 Kg5 39. Rc7 Kh6 40. Bf7 Bc1 41. Rc6+ Rf6 42. Rxf6+ gxf6 43. c3 Kg5 44. Bg6 f5 45. exf5 e4 46. f6 Kxf6 47. Bxe4 b4 48. cxb4 Ke5 49. Bf3 Kd4 50. b5 Kc5 51. Bc6 1-0 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.20"] [Round "17"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D17"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2016.06.19"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. h4 g6 10. h5 gxh5 11. e4 Bg6 12. Be3 e6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. f3 Bg7 16. Qd2 O-O 17. Ne2 Rfd8 18. Bg5 c5 19. Bb5 Qc7 20. Rc1 b6 21. O-O Rac8 22. Qe1 h6 23. Bh4 Qb8 24. Ba6 Rc7 25. Bg3 Qa7 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. dxc5 bxc5 28. Qf2 Nd7 29. Bb5 Bxb2 30. Rc2 Ba3 31. Qe3 Bb4 32. Qxh6 Ne5 33. Nf4 c4 34. Nxg6 Nxg6 35. Rxc4 Qg3 36. Qxh5 Bd2 37. Qg4 Be3+ 38. Kh1 Qe5 39. f4 Qb2 40. Qg3 Bd4 41. f5 Kg7 42. Rxd4 Rh8+ 43. Kg1 Qxd4+ 44. Qf2 Qxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Ne5 46. fxe6 fxe6 47. Ke3 Rh4 48. Kd4 Nf7 49. Bc6 Rg4 50. Rf2 Rg3 51. Kc5 Rc3+ 52. Kb6 Ne5 53. Bb5 Nc4+ 54. Bxc4 Rxc4 55. Kxa5 Rxe4 56. Kb5 Re1 57. Ra2 e5 58. a5 e4 59. a6 e3 60. a7 1-0 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.20"] [Round "11"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2016.06.19"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Rc8 13. Qd3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bb5 15. Qxb5 Qxd4 16. Qxb7 Ba3 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Be4 Rfd8 20. Bd3 g6 21. Kg2 Kf8 22. Rb1 Ke7 23. f4 Rc3 24. g4 f5 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Kf3 Rdc8 27. Rbd1 Rc1 28. Bc4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 30. Bd3 Rc8 31. Bc4 Rd8 32. Bd5 b5 33. Rd3 Kf6 34. h3 b4 35. e3 Bc1 36. Ke2 h6 37. Rd1 Ba3 38. Rd2 g5 39. Rd1 Rd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.20"] [Round "15"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2016.06.19"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 Nf6 5. b4 Nxd5 6. bxc5 Nf6 7. Bb2 Qe7 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qb3 b6 10. cxb6 axb6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O d6 13. Rfe1 e4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. exd4 Bf5 16. d5 Nd7 17. f3 Nc5 18. Qe3 Rfe8 19. Bd4 exf3 20. Qxf3 Bg6 21. Bf2 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Be3 Ra3 24. Bf3 f5 25. Rec1 Rea8 26. Rc2 f4 27. Bxf4 Ng5 28. Rcc1 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Rxf3 30. Be3 Raf8 31. a4 Be4 32. a5 R8f6 33. h4 Rh3 0-1 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.20"] [Round "13"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2016.06.19"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Na3 Ne7 12. Nc2 Kg7 13. Kh1 Nh5 14. d4 f5 15. exf5 e4 16. Nxg5 Nxg3+ 17. fxg3 hxg5 18. f6+ Rxf6 19. Rxf6 Kxf6 20. Qf1+ Bf5 21. g4 d5 22. Be2 Qd6 23. Ne3 Qf4 24. Qg1 Kg7 25. Rf1 Qd6 26. Nxf5+ Nxf5 27. Rxf5 Rh8 28. Rxg5+ Kf7 29. Rh5 Rxh5 30. gxh5 c5 31. Qf2+ Kg7 32. dxc5 Bxc5 33. Qf5 Be3 34. g4 Qf4 35. Qxf4 Bxf4 36. Bd1 Bc1 37. Bb3 e3 38. Kg2 Bxb2 39. Bxd5 Bxc3 40. Kf3 b5 41. axb5 axb5 42. Kxe3 Kh6 43. Kf4 Bf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.19"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2016.06.19"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Nd7 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Nf8 11. Nc4 Ng6 12. Ne2 a5 13. b3 a4 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 d5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qf3 Be6 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Qf2 axb3 21. axb3 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Qe7 23. Bd2 f6 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Qe3 Qxe3+ 27. Bxe3 b5 28. c4 bxc4 29. bxc4 Be6 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. h4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C49"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2016.06.19"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bb6 8. Bb3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3 h6 12. d4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 exd4 15. Nf5 dxc3 16. bxc3 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Rxe4 dxe4 19. Qg4 Kh7 20. Qxe4 Qc7 21. Bf4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 f6 23. Nh4 Qxe5 24. Bc2+ Kg8 25. Bb3+ Kh7 26. Bc2+ Kg8 27. Bb3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.19"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2787"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2016.06.19"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 g4 12. Nh4 Nh5 13. Na3 Qg5 14. Nc2 Ne7 15. Ne3 Kh8 16. d4 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qg7 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd3 Qg5 20. Rae1 Nc6 21. Nd5 Ne5 22. Qe2 Be6 23. Ba2 c6 24. Nf4 Rae8 25. Rd1 Bb8 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Bc8 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Qb2 Bc7 30. Rd4 Kh7 31. Ra4 Bd7 32. Ra7 Rb8 33. Rb7 Qd8 34. Rb1 Rxb7 35. Qxb7 Qb8 36. Qa6 Qa8 37. Qe2 Rb8 38. Rxb8 Qxb8 39. Nh5 Bd8 40. Nf5 Bxf5 41. exf5 Qb5 42. Qxb5 cxb5 43. Nf4 Ba5 44. Nd5 h5 45. Kf1 Nd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2016.06.19"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4 a5 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. Ne4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 Ne7 14. d4 exd4 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd4 Ned5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bh4 Qf4 20. Qxf4 Nxf4 21. Bg3 Nxh3+ 22. Kg2 c6 23. Kxh3 cxb5 24. axb5 a4 25. Nd4 Nc4 26. Ra2 Bf7 27. Re7 Bd5 28. Ne6 Rf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Nc7 Rd8 31. Rxa4 Nb6 32. Rd4 Ke7 33. Nxd5+ Rxd5 34. Re4+ Kd7 35. c4 Rd3 36. b4 Na4 37. Kg2 Nc3 38. Re3 Rxe3 39. fxe3 Ne4 40. c5 Nc3 41. b6 Kc6 42. Kf3 Nd5 43. Be1 Kb5 44. e4 Ne7 45. Ke3 Kc4 46. Kf4 Kd4 47. Bf2+ Kc4 48. Be1 Kd4 49. Bf2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2016.06.19"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. e3 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 c6 12. Qc2 Kf8 13. Bd3 Kg7 14. O-O-O Nf6 15. Nf3 Ng4 16. Kb1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qe7 18. Rhe1 f5 19. Re2 Rf8 20. Qb2 a5 21. Ne1 b5 22. Bc2 b4 23. cxb4 axb4 24. Bb3 Nf6 25. Rc2 Ne4 26. Nd3 Nc3+ 27. Rxc3 bxc3 28. Qxc3 Ba6 29. Qc5 Bxd3+ 30. Rxd3 Qxc5 31. dxc5 Ra5 32. Rc3 f4 33. gxf4 gxf4 34. exf4 Rxf4 35. f3 Kf6 36. g3 Rf5 37. f4 Rh5 38. a4 Rh2 39. Bc2 h5 40. Kc1 Ra8 41. Re3 Ra5 42. Rc3 Rh3 43. Kb2 h4 44. gxh4 Rxc3 45. Kxc3 Rxc5+ 46. Kb3 Rc4 47. h5 Rxf4 48. h6 c5 49. a5 Rb4+ 50. Ka3 Rb5 51. Ka4 Rb2 52. h7 Kg7 53. Bf5 c4 54. a6 c3 55. a7 Ra2+ 56. Kb3 Rxa7 57. Kxc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.19"] [Round "9"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "2016.06.19"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c4 d4 8. e3 Nc6 9. exd4 cxd4 10. d3 Nd7 11. Re1 a5 12. Nbd2 Nc5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Bf5 15. Re1 Qd7 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne4 b6 19. Qd2 Rac8 20. b4 axb4 21. Bxb4 Ne5 22. f3 Qa4 23. Rab1 Nd7 24. f4 Nc5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Rb5 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 e6 28. Reb1 Rc7 29. Qa5 Ra7 30. Qxa4 Rxa4 31. Rxc5 Rxa2 32. Rc7 Rc2 33. c5 Bf8 34. Rb5 Rc3 35. Kg2 Re7 36. Rc8 f5 37. Bb7 Kg7 38. c6 Rxd3 39. Rd8 Rc3 40. Rxd4 Kf7 41. Ra5 Bg7 42. Rd2 e5 43. Rd7 Rxd7 44. cxd7 Ke7 45. Rd5 Kd8 46. fxe5 Re3 47. Rd6 Bxe5 48. Rxg6 Kxd7 49. Rxh6 Ke7 50. Bf3 Kf7 51. Bh5+ Ke7 52. Bf3 Rc3 53. Bd5 Bf6 54. Rh5 f4 55. gxf4 Rc5 56. Kf3 Kd6 57. Ke4 Ke7 58. Rh7+ Kd6 59. Rh6 Ke7 60. h4 Ra5 61. h5 Ra4+ 62. Kf3 Ra5 63. Ke4 Ra4+ 64. Kf5 Bc3 65. Re6+ Kf8 66. h6 Ra5 67. Ke4 Ra4+ 68. Kf3 Bd2 69. Rf6+ Ke7 70. h7 1-0 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2016.06.19"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. O-O e6 8. Nc3 Nge7 9. b3 O-O 10. e3 b6 11. Ba3 Ba6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. e4 Rfe8 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. e5 Bh6 16. Rc2 Nb8 17. h4 Rc7 18. Nh2 Rec8 19. Ng4 Bg7 20. Qd2 Qd8 21. Bd6 Rc6 22. Rec1 Nf5 23. Bxb8 Rxb8 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Bh3 Bh6 26. f4 Nxg3 27. Qf2 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 Nxc3 30. Rxc3 Rc8 31. Rxc8 Qxc8 32. Qd2 Bg7 33. Ng4 Qd8 34. Qf2 h5 35. Ne3 Bd3 36. Kh2 Be4 37. Bg2 f5 38. Kg3 Qc7 39. Qd2 Bh6 40. Bxe4 fxe4 41. Qc2 Qxc2 42. Nxc2 Bf8 43. a4 Be7 44. b4 b5 45. axb5 Kg8 46. b6 axb6 47. b5 Kf7 48. Kh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.19"] [Round "1"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2016.06.19"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Bb4 7. Qc2 Nf6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. d3 Re8 11. Be2 e4 12. Nd2 d5 13. O-O exd3 14. Bxd3 Nbd7 15. cxd5 Ne5 16. Be2 Nxd5 17. Qc2 Bg4 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. Bd2 Qg6 21. Qb3 Rab8 22. Rad1 Ngf6 23. Bc1 h6 24. Rd4 Ne4 25. Rfd1 Re6 26. Qc2 Rbe8 27. b4 Rf6 28. Nh4 Rxf2 29. Rxe4 Rxg2+ 30. Qxg2 Qxe4 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Nf5 Re5 33. Rf1 f6 34. Kg2 Nb6 35. Nd6 Re7 36. Rd1 Rd7 37. Rd2 Nd5 38. Nf5 g6 39. Nxh6+ Kg7 40. e4 Ne3+ 41. Kf3 Rxd2 42. Bxd2 Nc4 43. Bc1 Nxa3 44. Nf5+ gxf5 45. Bxa3 fxe4+ 46. Kxe4 Kg6 47. Kf4 b6 48. Bc1 a5 49. bxa5 bxa5 50. Ba3 Kh5 51. Kg3 f5 52. Be7 a4 53. h3 Kg6 54. Kf4 Kh5 55. Kg3 Kg6 56. Ba3 Kg5 57. Bc1+ Kh5 58. Ba3 Kg5 59. Bc1+ Kh5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT blitz"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.19"] [Round "5"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2016.06.19"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Be6 9. Qa4 Qd7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Nd2 Bd6 12. e4 d4 13. Qc2 c5 14. Nf3 h6 15. Ne1 O-O 16. Nd3 Nh7 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 f5 19. e5 Be7 20. b3 Kh8 21. Qe2 Qe8 22. Bd2 g5 23. Bd5 Qf7 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Qh5 Rg8 26. Qf3 Rcd8 27. Kh1 g4 28. Qg2 h5 29. Be1 h4 30. Kg1 Nf8 31. Rd2 Qh6 32. Re2 Ne6 33. Bg3 hxg3 34. hxg3 Rg7 35. Kf2 Rh7 36. Rg1 Kg8 37. Ke1 Kf7 38. Kd2 Rdh8 39. Qd5 Rd8 40. Qb7 Qf8 41. Kc2 Qe8 42. Rh1 Qh8 43. Ree1 Rh3 44. Qg2 Qh5 45. Nf2 Rh8 46. Nxh3 gxh3 47. Qe2 Qg4 48. Qd3 h2 49. Re2 Nxf4 50. gxf4 Rh3 51. e6+ Ke8 0-1 [Event "Leuven GCT rapid"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2782"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2016.06.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 ({Since in this game White will play a2-a4, it is worth mentioning the following games with a slightly different setup:} 4... d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 (7... O-O { Giri,A (2798)-Anand,V (2784) Zuerich 2016 [Marin,M] (0-1, 45)}) 8. Na3 { Anand,V (2762)-Aronian,L (2786) Moscow 2016 [Marin,M] (1-0, 67). As we can see a fortunate setup for Anand and less so for Giri.}) 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 a5 $5 {A relatively new and unusual idea, since the pawn is supposed to advance only one step.} 8. a4 ({Deviating from} 8. h3 { Karjakin,S (2769)-Tomashevsky,E (2728) Wijk aan Zee 2016 [Marin,M] (1-0, 36)}) 8... Be6 {The simplest but not necessarily the only good continuation, immediately neutralising the c4-bishop.} ({ But Black can also play more ambitiously with:} 8... Ba7 9. Bb3 (9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 c6 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Ba2 d5 $11 { Korneev,O (2572)-Basso,P (2429) Tortoreto 2015 (1/2-1/2, 26)}) 9... Nh5 10. Nc4 Qf6 11. Nfxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. d4 Qxe4 14. Qxh5 Be6 15. Ra3 c5 $11 { Speelman,J (2605)-Gulko,B (2600) Novi Sad 1990 (1/2-1/2, 23)}) ({ In the comments to the previous game with this line I suggested} 8... h6 9. Re1 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bb4) 9. Bxe6 fxe6 {For the time being the doubled pawns are not at all weak. The e6-pawn defends d5 and f5 against the knight's intrusion while the open f-file offers Black some counterplay,} 10. Nc4 Qe8 $5 $146 {A subtle novelty anticipating Qb3, but also preparing ...Qf7 or ...Qh5.} (10... Ba7 11. Re1 ({The critical move is} 11. Qb3 $5 { forcing Black to slightly misplace one of his major pieces.}) 11... Ng4 12. Ne3 Nxe3 13. Bxe3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Qf6 15. Qb3 { Schlingensiepen,C (2340)-Baumgartner,H (2300) Austria 1999 (1/2-1/2, 35)}) 11. Be3 ({One possible point of Giri's movelty is that} 11. Qb3 { can be answered with the flexible} Nd7 {when} 12. Qxb7 $2 Nb6 $19 { traps the queen.}) 11... Bxe3 12. Nxe3 b6 {Black can be satisfied with the outcome of the opening, but the position is not as dull as it might seem.} 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qe2 Qf7 15. Nd2 {A flexible display of the knights, keeping White ready to react against most of Black's plans.} d5 {Black had no reasons to refrain from this active move, but play tends to become more concrete now.} ({ A neutral move such as} 15... h6 { would leave White short of constructive plans.}) ({ But if Black had ambitions already,} 15... Nh5 { might have been a safer way of displaying them.}) 16. Nc2 { anticipating the positional threat ...d5-d4.} Rd7 ({The point is that after} 16... d4 17. cxd4 {Black cannot keep the control of the d4-square with pieces:} Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 $2 19. Nf3) 17. Nf3 { Re-adjusting the regrouping according to the new circumstances.} ({ The idea carried out one move later would hve been premature here:} 17. b4 $6 d4 18. b5 (18. cxd4 axb4) 18... dxc3 19. bxc6 cxd2 $15) 17... Re8 $6 { Aimed at playing solidly but in fact offering White unexpected chances.} ({ The best defence would as usual have been the counter-attack:} 17... Nh5 $5 18. Ng5 (18. exd5 exd5 19. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 Nf4 22. Ne3 Nxd3 $19 ) 18... Qg6 19. Nh3 dxe4 20. dxe4 Nf4 21. Nxf4 exf4 $11) 18. b4 $1 {Suddenly th e threat b4-b5, undermining the chronic weakness on e5 is very hard to meet.} Qh5 (18... dxe4 19. dxe4 Qh5 20. Qc4 $16) (18... axb4 $2 19. Nxb4 $1 Nxb4 20. Nxe5 $18) 19. exd5 Nxd5 (19... exd5 20. b5 Nd8 21. Nxe5 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Rde7 23. d4 $16 Nf7 24. f4) 20. b5 {Not only forcing the main defender of the e5-pawn to retreat but also blocking the queenside in a strategically favourable way for White.} Nd8 21. Qxe5 (21. Nxe5 $5 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Nxc3 23. Ree1 Rd6 24. Ne3 $14) 21... Qg6 (21... Qxe5 22. Nxe5 $16) 22. c4 {This will eventually yield White a rapid win, but it is not the only good continuation and possibly not the strongest.} (22. Rad1 $5 $14) (22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 Nxc3 24. Rc4 Nd5 25. Ne5 Rd6 26. Ne3 $14) 22... Nf6 $2 {In vain accepting playing with a tempo down. } ({After} 22... Qxd3 23. cxd5 Qxc2 $14 {White is more active and has the better structure but the fight would be very much on.}) 23. Qb2 $1 { Defending the d3-pawn indirectly in view of the fork on e5.} Nf7 24. d4 { The game is basically over but Black's next move loses even more material.} e5 $2 25. dxe5 Nh5 26. e6 1-0 [Event "Leuven GCT rapid"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.18"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2016.06.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Re8 8. Qe2 b5 9. Ne3 a5 10. O-O Nh5 11. g3 Bh3 12. Rd1 Qf6 13. Nh4 Nf4 14. Qf3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Bg2 16. Qg4 Bh3 17. Qf3 Bg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT rapid"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.18"] [Round "8"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2855"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Nielsen,PH"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2016.06.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] {Vishy came fresh from Leon, with an impressive victory, and his good form continued in Leuven where he took an early lead. Magnus finished day one on a very low note, with 2 losses, but managed to recover on day 2, to this point with 2 wins, and with this game managed to take a lead, he would never again relinquish:} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 $5 {All the rage. The Italian game used to be considered dull and drawish, but these days with the Berlin being excactly that, old evaluations have to be reconsidered, and Vishy even had this position as many as 8(!) times in the tournament.} Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 (5... O-O $5 {used to be considered interesting, the idea being:} 6. c3 d5 $5 7. exd5 Nxd5 {when Black is supposed to have active play with his pieces, compensating for the e-pawn being somewhat weak. However:} 8. a4 $5 {Both Kramn ik, Anand and Giri played this in Paris/Leuven adding new life to White's ambitions in this branch.}) 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 $5 (7... h6 {Kramnik chose this himself as Black three times, and as always when regarding move orders one can expect Kramnik to have thought things through.}) ({ Maybe the most exiting was Nakamura's choice:} 7... O-O $5 8. Re1 $6 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Ng4 $1 10. Re2 {Now it looks like White with h3 next will push the black knight back, however after} Kh8 11. h3 f5 $1 {Naka showed Black has a much more dynamic reply. Not willing to open the f-file, Topalov played} 12. exf5 $5 Nxf2 13. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 d5 15. Bb3 Bxf5 {, but despite White actually winning the game, Black has an overwhelming position. This led to Anand trying the idea 8.b4!? Ba7 9.Bg5 against Nakamura, and So 8.Bg5!? against Anand.}) 8. Na3 Ne7 $5 9. Nc2 O-O 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 {Later in the blitz, the players had the same position with colours reversed, and Magnus choose 11.. .a5, not allowing White to gain space on the queenside.} Ng6 (11... a5 $5 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Bb3 c6 14. Bc2 Re8 15. d4 Qc7 {was the game, being rather equal.}) 12. a5 Ng4 13. h3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qe7 15. Qb3 c6 16. d4 Be6 {It looks like Black has equalised, but as can often be seen in Magnus' games, small details can become substantial. White has more space on the queenside, and also ...Ng6 can be said to have slightly less potential than the knight on f3. Even so, Black should be confident about his defence.} 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rad1 Rae8 19. Qb4 $1 {Putting pressure on d6.} exd4 (19... Rf7 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Qxe7 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Rxe7 {of course looks very symmetrical, but White has the idea of marching towards c5 with his king, and Vishy understandably tries to defend more actively.}) 20. cxd4 e5 {A standard move, but leading to a passive ending. But things were already slightly unpleasant.} ({If} 20... d5 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Nd2 {eyes c5 for the knight,}) ({and also} 20... Rf7 21. Nd2 {keeps some re. Maybe not a lot, but annoying and for Black it is difficult to completely equalise.}) 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Rd6 { A logical move, but it's worth noting that the computer suggests} (23. Kf2 $5 { simply centralising the king, maybe aiming for the queenside, but also just keeping the tension, while improving his position. Anyhow, nothing is wrong with the text move.}) 23... Nh8 24. Nd2 $6 {This however is an inaccuracy, allowing Black to exchange rooks, which would have made his defence easier.} ({ Better was first} 24. Rd3 { , following it up with Rfd1 and then Nd2, keeping an substantial edge.}) 24... Nf7 $6 25. Rd3 Ng5 26. Rf5 h6 27. h4 Nh7 28. Nb3 {White now gets what he aimed for when playing move likes Qb4, or to an extent, even a5. The knight settles on c5, dooming Black to a passive defence.} Nf6 29. Nc5 Rff7 30. h5 ({ The computer suggests} 30. Rf3 $5 {intending next to transfer the king to the queenside, which also looks like a promising plan, but Magnus has his own idea: }) 30... Kh7 $2 {An outright blunder, even if creating counterplay with ...g6 seems logical. But:} 31. Rd8 $1 {....basically creates zugzwang. If 31...Rc7 then 32.Ne6+-f8+ wins, so Black has no choice, but to play the planned ...g6.} g6 32. hxg6+ Kxg6 33. Rd6 $1 {Pinning Black, making it clear that Black's activity just created more weaknesses.} Kg7 34. Ne6+ $1 Kg6 35. Nd8 $1 Rf8 36. g4 $1 {The final blow, making the zugzwang complete. Black can not make a move without giving up material, and maybe the last slight practical chance is by doing that immediately with 36...Rxd8 37.Rxd8 Nxe4, even if White is clearly winning.} c5 37. b3 Ree8 38. Nxb7 {And Vishy resigned as c5 falls next, and then a6, while counterplay is still nowhere in sight.} 1-0 [Event "Leuven GCT rapid"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2016.06.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bd7 11. Qb1 Rc8 12. Rd1 Bf6 13. d4 Qe7 14. Qb2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 b6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Rac1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rd8 22. Rc7 Rd2 23. Rxa7 Rxe2 24. Kf3 Rb2 25. g4 Kg7 26. h4 e5 27. Ra6 Kg6 28. Rxb6 Rxa2 29. g5 Kh5 30. Rxf6 Kxh4 31. Rxf7 Kxg5 32. Rxh7 Rb2 33. Rb7 Kf5 34. Ke3 Rc2 35. Kd3 Ra2 36. Rc7 Rb2 37. Kc3 Ra2 38. Rd7 Kf4 39. Rd2 Ra8 40. b4 Rc8+ 41. Kb3 Rb8 42. Rd6 Ke4 43. Rd2 Kf3 44. Rb2 e4 45. Ra2 Rh8 46. b5 Rh2 47. b6 Rh6 48. Ra6 Rh1 49. Kc2 Rh6 50. Ra3+ Kxf2 51. b7 1-0 [Event "Leuven GCT rapid"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2016.06.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bf4 Be6 18. Qb3 Bf6 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Re3 Rfc8 23. Rb3 Rc6 24. Bb5 Rc7 25. Rb4 Kf8 26. Bd3 Rc6 27. Kf1 Ke7 28. Ke1 Bd7 29. Kd2 Rf6 30. f3 Kd8 31. a3 Re6 32. h4 h6 33. Rc1 Rc8 34. Rxc8+ Kxc8 35. Rb3 Kc7 36. Rc3+ Rc6 37. Rxc6+ bxc6 38. Kc3 c5 39. b3 g5 40. g3 Kd6 41. f4 f6 42. a4 c4 43. Bc2 cxb3 44. Kxb3 gxf4 45. gxf4 Bc8 46. Bd3 Bd7 47. Bc2 Bc8 48. Bd3 Bd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT rapid"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2787"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2016.06.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 d5 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 d4 11. Bc2 Bb6 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Be3 Qd6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Qe3 Be6 18. h3 Nd7 19. Rfc1 c5 20. Bd1 Rec8 21. Bg4 Bxg4 22. hxg4 c4 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. dxc4 Rxc4 25. Nd2 Rd4 26. Rc2 f6 27. Kf1 Rad8 28. Ke2 Nc4 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. f3 Kf7 31. Rac1 Kg6 32. Ke1 Rb8 33. Kf2 h5 34. gxh5+ Kxh5 35. Kg3 a5 36. Re2 Kg6 37. Rc3 Kf7 38. b3 cxb3 39. axb3 Rdb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT rapid"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.17"] [Round "3"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Besenthal,K"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2016.06.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. e3 e5 5. c5 a5 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. b5 Bxc5 8. Bc4 { Diagramm [#]} Bg4 $4 {Mit dieser "Neuerung" stellt Anand glatt eine Figur ein.} (8... Ne7 $11) 9. Bxg8 Nd7 {Eigentlich ist die Partie bereits gelaufen, aber vielleicht hat sich Anand an dieser Stelle an das berĂ1/4hmte Churchill-Zitat erinnert: "Never, never, never give up!"} (9... Rxg8 10. Qc4 Rh8 11. Qxc5 { wĂNre noch schlechter.}) 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Bc4 a4 12. Qc2 O-O-O 13. O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nb6 15. d3 f5 16. e4 f4 17. Kh1 Rd6 18. Rg1 Rh6 19. Nd2 Rf8 20. Nf1 Kb8 21. Bd2 {Diagramm [#] WeiĂY hat seine Mehrfigur, ist aber trotzdem in der Defensive. Das ist vielleicht der Grund dafĂ1/4r, dass Caruana mit der Bedenkzeit massiv ins Hintertreffen geraten ist.} Rh3 22. Be6 Rxf3 23. Kg2 Re3 24. Bg4 (24. fxe3 dxe3 25. Bg4 exd2 26. Nxd2 (26. Rh1 $4 Bd4 27. Rd1 Qh4 $19) 26... Bxg1 27. Rxg1 {und Schwarz hĂNtte einen zweiten Bauern fĂ1/4r die Figur.} ) 24... f3+ 25. Kh1 Re2 26. Rg3 Rxf2 27. Kg1 Rg2+ 28. Rxg2 fxg2 29. Ng3 g6 30. Kxg2 {Diagramm [#] Auch jetzt hat Schwarz schlieĂYlich einen weiteren Bauern erobert. Die weiĂYe Stellung ist weiterhin viel schwerer zu spielen.} h5 31. Be2 Bb4 32. Rf1 Bxd2 33. Qxd2 Rxf1 34. Nxf1 Qc5 {Schwarz hat mittlerweile exzellente Chancen, die Partie zu retten: WeiĂY hat keine aktiven Optionen, seine Figuren stehen schlecht, die KĂPnigsstellung ist offen, diverse Bauern sind schwach.} 35. Qb2 a3 36. Qb3 Qc1 37. Bd1 Nc8 $6 (37... Qg5+ $1) 38. Qc2 Qa1 39. Qd2 Nd6 40. b6 cxb6 41. Bb3 {Diagramm [#] Die weiĂYen Chancen haben sich verbessert, denn am DamenflĂ1/4gel kann der Anziehende seine Stellung gut zusammenhalten, wĂNhrend die schwarzen Bauern am KĂPnigsflĂ1/4gel plĂPtzlich schutzlos dastehen. Aber Anand, mit seinem groĂYen Vorsprung auf der Uhr, kĂNmpft eisern weiter.} Qb2 42. Kh3 $1 Nb5 43. Kh4 $2 (43. Qg5 $1 $16) 43... Nc3 44. Kg5 Qb1 45. Ng3 Qg1 (45... Qb2 $1 46. Nf1 $11) 46. Kxg6 h4 47. Qg5 hxg3 48. hxg3 Qe3 49. Qxe5+ Ka7 50. Bc4 b5 $1 51. Qc5+ Ka6 52. Qxa3+ Kb6 53. Qd6+ Ka7 54. Qc5+ Ka6 55. Qd6+ Ka7 56. Qc5+ Ka6 57. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leuven GCT rapid"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2016.06.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. c4 e5 2. d3 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 d5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. e4 Qd6 9. h3 O-O 10. Rc1 a5 11. Be2 Be6 12. Be3 Rfd8 13. O-O a4 14. Qc2 Bb3 15. Qc3 Ne8 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Rfd1 Ra6 18. Bc5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qc5 Rb6 21. Qc2 Ra8 22. Rf1 Rb5 23. Nc4 Qc5 24. Qd1 Nd6 25. Nd2 Qb6 26. Bg4 Ba2 27. Re1 Rxb2 28. e5 Nb5 29. Nc4 Bxc4 30. Rxc4 Nc3 31. Qf3 Re8 32. Qf4 c5 33. e6 fxe6 34. Kh2 Qc6 35. Bf3 Qc8 36. Qd6 b6 37. Bg4 Qb8 38. Bxe6+ Kh8 39. Qxb8 Rxb8 40. f4 Re8 41. Re5 g6 42. Bd7 Rxe5 43. fxe5 Kg7 0-1 [Event "Leuven GCT rapid"] [Site "Leuven"] [Date "2016.06.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Szabo,Kr"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2016.06.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 {Nowadays this variation is very popular, some top players play it with both colours.} Bg4 11. h3 ({ On the same day, Vachier played} 11. Qb3 {too,} Bh5 12. a4 Ba5 13. Bf1 Rb8 14. e5 Nfd5 15. Rd1 dxe5 16. dxe5 c6 17. Nc4 Bc7 18. h3 { Vachier Lagrave-Kramnik, Leuven rapid 2016, with an unusual structure.}) 11... Bh5 12. Qb3 ({Recently Anand played} 12. a4 {with White,} a6 13. Bf1 Re8 14. a5 Ba7 15. Qb3 Nc6 16. d5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxb7 Nd7 $132 { Anand-Topalov, Moscow 2016, with a double-edged fight.}) 12... d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qd1 Re8 $146 {The first new move in the game.} (14... f6 { was played by Giri,} 15. e6 Nb8 16. Nb3 Qd6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nh4 Nbc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 (19... Nxc6 20. Nf5 $36) 20. Bd2 Bc2 21. Qe2 {(Caruana-Giri, Moscow 2016)} Qc4 {with a nearly equal position.}) 15. g4 { A brave and ambitious move, White prepares for the kingside play by Nf1-g3.} ({ Nevertheless the solid} 15. Nb3 {was also possible.}) 15... Bg6 16. Nf1 c6 17. Bd3 (17. Ba4 $5) 17... f6 (17... c5 $5 { was the another attempt to crush White's centre.}) 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Ng3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ng6 21. Rxe8+ (21. Bg5 $1 {was more accurate, because compared to the text move, now Black's Q can't go to f7.}) 21... Qxe8 22. Bg5 Qf7 (22... Ne4 $5 {was also an interesting option.}) 23. Re1 (23. Nf5 Ne4 { is similar to the game.}) 23... Rf8 $1 { The R will be very useful on the f-file.} 24. Nf5 Ne4 25. Bh6 Qc7 $1 { The right reply, which even prepares a trap.} 26. Nxg7 $2 { The decisive mistake, which misses a tactic and loses the game.} (26. Qb3 { was correct,} Nxf2 27. Kxf2 gxh6 28. Nxh6+ Kh8 29. Nf5 c5 $1 $13 { with a complicated position.}) 26... Nxf2 $1 { A great combination, which is the point of Black's previous move.} 27. Kxf2 Qh2+ 28. Ke3 Qg2 $1 $19 {Another accurate reply!} 29. Qe2 (29. Nf5 { also doesn't help, because of} Re8+ $19 {and mate soon.}) 29... Rxf3+ $1 { This nice tactical move wins the Q.} 30. Qxf3 Bxd4+ 31. Kxd4 Qxf3 32. Nf5 Qf2+ 33. Re3 Qxb2+ 34. Kc5 Qb6+ 35. Kd6 Qd8+ 36. Kc5 d4 { What a wonderful victory by Anand especially in rapid chess!} 0-1 [Event "Leon 29th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2016.06.12"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Wei, Yi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2694"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2016.06.10"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 Ba7 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Nf1 g4 11. Nh4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Qxh4 13. Be3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. b4 O-O 16. g3 Qh3 17. b5 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 axb5 19. axb5 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Nd8 21. Qa2 Kg7 22. Rd1 Nf7 23. Qxe6 Ng5 24. Qxg4 Qxg4 25. Nxg4 Nxe4 26. b6 cxb6 27. c4 h5 28. Ne3 Rf3 29. Rb1 Rxf2 30. Rxb6 Rf7 31. Kg2 Rf2+ 32. Kg1 Rf7 33. Kg2 Kf8 34. Kh3 Ke8 35. Kh4 Rf2 36. Kxh5 Rxh2+ 37. Kg4 Rh7 38. Kf3 Ng5+ 39. Kg4 Ne4 40. Kf3 Ng5+ 41. Kg4 Nf7 42. Nf5 Kd7 43. Rxb7+ Ke6 44. Rb6 Kd7 45. Rb7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 29th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2016.06.12"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Wei, Yi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2694"] [Annotator "Schulz,André"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2016.06.10"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. b4 d5 14. Qc2 b5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 d4 17. Ree1 dxc3 18. Qxc3 Qf8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nf5 Qf8 22. Rb1 g6 23. Ne3 Qd6 24. Nc2 Qd8 25. h3 Kh7 (25... Nd7 { hĂNtte c5 unter Kontrolle gehalten.}) 26. Na3 Nd4 (26... Qb8 27. Qc5 $16) ( 26... Nh5 $5 27. Nxb5 Nf4 28. Qc2 Rf6 29. Ne1 Qd7 { mit Gegenspiel fĂ1/4r den Minusbauern.}) 27. Nxd4 exd4 28. Qc5 c6 29. Nc2 $16 { d4 und c6 sind schwach. WeiĂY hat nun deutlichen Vorteil.} Rd6 30. Ra1 Nh5 31. Ra7 Kg8 {[#]} 32. Ra8 $6 {WeiĂY spielt etwas sorglos.} ({Richtig war} 32. e5 $1 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Nxd4 $18) 32... Qxa8 33. Qxd6 Qa2 34. Nxd4 ({Nach} 34. Qxc6 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qf1 36. Nxd4 Qxf2 {ist die Partie ebenfalls unklar.}) 34... Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qxd3 36. f3 Qd2 (36... Kh7 $5) 37. Nxb5 {[#]} Qg5 $2 (37... Qf2 $5 38. Nd4 (38. Nc3 g5 {mit der hĂNsslichen Drohung Sf4.} 39. Nd1 Qe1 40. Qxh6 Qg3+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 38... g5 $132) 38. Na7 Nf4 39. Qd2 Kh7 (39... c5) 40. Nxc6 $18 Qf6 41. e5 Qf5 42. b5 Ne6 43. b6 Nc5 44. Qb4 Nb7 45. Qe4 Qe6 46. f4 Nc5 47. Nd8 Qxb6 48. Qd5 Ne6 49. Nxe6 fxe6 50. Qd7+ 1-0 [Event "Leon 29th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2016.06.12"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2694"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2016.06.10"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. O-O Qd6 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Ng5 Bxb3 11. axb3 f6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Nh4 Qe6 14. Kh1 Rad8 15. g4 g6 16. Qf3 Bd4 17. Rg1 Bxb2 18. Rxa7 Bd4 19. Rxb7 Bb6 20. Be3 c5 21. Qf5 Kf7 22. Qxe6+ Kxe6 23. b4 cxb4 24. Bxb6 cxb6 25. Ng2 Rb8 26. Ra7 b3 27. cxb3 Nc5 28. Rc1 Rfc8 29. Ne1 Nxb3 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rb7 Rc6 32. Kg2 h5 33. gxh5 gxh5 34. Rh7 Nd4 35. Rxh5 b5 36. Rh8 Rb6 37. Nf3 b4 38. Rc8 b3 39. Nxd4+ exd4 40. Rc1 b2 41. Rb1 Rb3 42. h4 Kf7 43. Kf1 Kg6 44. Ke2 Kh5 45. Kd2 Kxh4 46. Kc2 Rc3+ 47. Kd2 Rb3 48. Kc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 29th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2016.06.12"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2694"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Schulz,André"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2016.06.10"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qb3 c6 9. Rc1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nc3 c5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qa4 cxd4 15. Bc7 Qe8 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nc5 18. Qxe8 Rfxe8 19. Nb5 Rec8 20. Bf4 g5 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Rab1 Be7 23. Rc2 a5 24. Rbc1 Rd8 25. Na3 Na4 26. Nc4 b5 27. Ne5 Bf6 28. Nc6 Bxb2 29. Rxb2 Nxb2 30. Nxd8 Rxd8 31. Bxg5 {[#]} Rd1 $2 (31... Rd5 32. Bf6 {droht Matt.} Nc4 33. a4 $16) 32. Rc7 $2 (32. Rxd1 Nxd1 33. Bf6 $18 {fĂNngt den Springer.}) 32... Kg7 $11 33. Rb7 Rd5 34. h4 Nc4 35. e4 Nd6 36. Ra7 Nxe4 37. Rxa5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 29th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2016.06.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Anton Guijarro, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A81"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2627"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2016.06.10"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 d5 8. c4 b6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 c6 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Nd2 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Na6 15. f4 Qe7 16. Nf3 c5 17. a3 Rfd8 18. b4 c4 19. Nd4 Nc7 20. Qa4 a6 21. Rxc4 dxc4 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bf3 b5 24. Qc2 Bf8 25. Nc6 Qe6 26. Nxb8 Rxb8 27. Rd1 Be7 28. Kg2 Kf7 29. h4 Ke8 30. h5 Rd8 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Bd4 Nd5 33. Bf2 Nc7 34. Rh1 Kf7 35. Qc1 Kg8 36. Qe3 Nd5 37. Qa7 g5 38. fxg5 f4 39. Rh6 Qxe5 40. Qxa6 fxg3 41. Qg6+ Kf8 42. Bxg3 Ne3+ 43. Kh3 Qf5+ 44. Qxf5+ Nxf5 45. Rh8+ Kf7 46. Bh5+ Ke6 47. Rxd8 Bxd8 48. Bg4 Bxg5 49. e4 c3 50. Bxf5+ Kf6 51. Kg4 1-0 [Event "Leon 29th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2016.06.11"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Anton Guijarro, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E07"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2627"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2016.06.10"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qd3 Ba6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. e4 Rc8 11. Rd1 h6 12. e5 Nh7 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Ne2 Rfd8 15. Nf4 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. h4 Be7 18. Bb2 Nf8 19. Rac1 Qb8 20. Qe2 c5 21. Qe1 dxc4 22. d5 c3 23. Qxc3 exd5 24. Nxd5 Re8 25. Qf3 Ne6 26. Qg4 Rcd8 27. Be4 Bb7 28. Qf3 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Bf8 30. Rd3 Qc7 31. Rcd1 Qe7 32. h5 Qg5 33. Kg2 Qe7 34. a4 Qc7 35. Qe4 Be7 36. f4 Qc8 37. Qc4 Kf8 38. Bc1 a6 39. Qe4 Kg8 40. Bb7 Qc7 41. Bxa6 Rd4 42. Rxd4 cxd4 43. Bd3 Bb4 44. Bc4 Bc3 45. Bd2 Nc5 46. Qf3 Bxd2 47. Rxd2 Rd8 48. Bb5 Kf8 49. Rc2 Qe7 50. b4 Ne6 51. Rb2 Qc7 52. Qc6 Qxc6+ 53. Bxc6 d3 54. Rd2 Rd4 55. f5 Nc7 56. Kf3 Na6 57. Ke3 Rg4 58. a5 bxa5 59. bxa5 Rxg3+ 60. Kf4 Rh3 61. Bb5 Nc7 62. Bxd3 Rh4+ 63. Kf3 Ra4 64. Rc2 Nd5 65. Rc8+ Ke7 66. Bb5 Ra3+ 67. Kf2 Ra2+ 68. Ke1 1-0 [Event "Leon 29th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2016.06.11"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Anton Guijarro, David"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2627"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2016.06.10"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Rc1 Rfc8 12. b3 a6 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. Qe2 e6 15. O-O Qc7 16. a4 Nd7 17. Rc2 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rfc1 b4 21. Rd3 Nc5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. e5 Rca6 24. Qe3 Ra1 25. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 26. Kf2 Qe7 27. Qf4 Kg7 28. h4 h5 29. Kg3 Rh1 30. Rd6 Rb1 31. Rd3 Rh1 32. Rd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 29th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2016.06.11"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Anton Guijarro, David"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2627"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2016.06.10"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.12"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bd3 Qc8 13. O-O Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Qb2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Bd8 17. Rab1 axb4 18. axb4 Qb7 19. Nd2 Bc7 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. Nb3 bxc5 22. bxc5 e5 23. Qc2 exd4 24. exd4 Nf8 25. Re1 Ne6 26. Qd2 Rcb8 27. Na1 Ne4 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Nc2 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Ra2 31. Re1 Qb8 32. Qb4 Qa8 33. Qb3 Ra4 34. Qe3 Qa5 35. Qxe4 Rc4 36. Rb1 Qc7 37. Ra1 Qb7 38. Qd3 Qb5 39. Ra8+ Nf8 40. Kh2 Rxc5 41. Rxf8+ 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.03.28"] [Round "14"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2762"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2016.03.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.05.12"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Ne1 d6 8. Nc2 Bc5 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 Be6 11. d3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne3 Nce7 14. Ncxd5 Nxd5 15. Nc4 Bd6 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd4 Qe7 19. e4 c5 20. Qd1 Nc7 21. Be3 b6 22. f4 Rad8 23. Qc2 Bd5 24. Rbe1 Bxe4 25. Bxc5 Bxc2 26. Bxe7 Rd7 27. Bh4 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 f6 29. g4 Nd5 30. Bg3 f5 31. gxf5 Nf6 32. Bf2 Rd6 33. Re6 Rd1+ 34. Re1 Rd6 35. Re6 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.03.27"] [Round "13"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2793"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2016.03.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.05.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 ({Even after} 6... h6 {White can try the analogous} 7. a4 a5 8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc2 Re8 10. Re1 Ba7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxa7 Nxa7 14. Bc4 Be6 (14... Nc8 15. Ne3 Nb6 16. Bb3 c6 17. h3 Be6 18. Bc2 Qc7 19. d4 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Qd2 Rad8 22. Rad1 Be6 23. Qe3 b6 24. Nd2 c5 25. Bd3 Re7 26. d5 Bd7 27. Ra1 Nh5 28. b4 Nf4 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. Reb1 Rf8 31. Bb5 Bc8 32. Bf1 f5 33. c4 Ref7 34. Ra3 fxe4 35. Nxe4 Bf5 36. Rab3 $14 {Caruana,F (2794)-Topalov,V (2780) Moscow 2016}) 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Ne3 Nc8 17. Nf5 Ne7 18. d4 exd4 19. N3xd4 Re5 $2 (19... Rxe4 $1 20. Rxe4 Nxe4 21. Qg4 Ng5 22. h4 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Ne6 24. Nxh6+ Kf8 25. Nf5 Qf6 $11) 20. Ng3 Ng6 21. Qc2 c6 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. Ndf5 Rd8 24. Qd2 $16 {Carlsen,M (2844)-Adams,M (2744) Wijk aan Zee 2016 For more details see the notes to this game by Carlsen in CBM 171.}) (6... O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 g4 10. Nh4 Nh5 11. a4 a6 12. Na3 Qg5 13. Nc2 Ba7 14. Ne3 Ne7 15. d4 Qg7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nef5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Bc5 {Muzychuk,M (2554)-Hou,Y (2673) WChW Lvov 2016} 19. f6 $1 $36) 7. a4 $5 { A new wrinkle instead of the more common} (7. Nbd2 {and}) (7. Bb3 {White keeps open various options to develop his Nb1; it doesn't necessarily have to go via d2...}) 7... Ba7 (7... O-O 8. Re1 ({After} 8. Na3 {White has to reckon with} Na5 $5 $132) 8... Ba7 (8... h6 $5 9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Qd7 13. Nbd2 Qf7 14. g3 Nd7 15. Kg2 a5 16. Qc2 Nc5 17. Rf1 Qd7 18. b3 Ne7 19. Nc4 b5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Rb1 Nc6 $132 { Giri,A (2798)-Anand,V (2784) Zuerich rpd 2016}) 9. h3 (9. Na3 h6 10. Nc2 Re8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. d4 exd4 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ra8 17. f3 a5 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Red1 b6 20. Qc4 Rae8 21. Qb5 Qc8 22. b4 Qa8 $11 { So,W (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2747) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) (9. Nbd2 Ng4 $1 10. Re2 Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nf1 f5 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bd5 Bg6 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. Ng3 Qf4 18. Qxf4 Rxf4 19. Be4 Bf7 20. Bxc6 bxc6 $132 { /=/+, Movsesian,S (2624)-Morozevich,A (2718) Prague rpd 2002}) 9... h6 10. Nbd2 Ne7 ({The immediate} 10... Be6 {seems stronger than the knight manoeuvre:} 11. b4 (11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nf1 Qe7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Nh5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nf4 $15 {Gundogan,S (1795)-Unlu,A (1575) Kemer 2014}) (11. Bb3 Re8 12. Nf1 d5 13. Bc2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1 {Â1/2, Wang,Y (2445)-Maiorov,N (2558) Moscow 2016}) 11... Qd7 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nf1 Nh5 14. Be3 Nf4 15. b5 Ne7 16. bxa6 bxa6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Neg6 19. N1h2 a5 20. h4 Qf7 21. g3 Nh5 22. Rc1 Nf6 23. Qc2 Bb6 24. Nd2 d5 25. e5 Nd7 26. Nb3 Ne7 27. f3 Nf5 $132 { Â1/2, Karthikeyan,M (2435)-Vaibhav,S (2535) Mumbai 2013}) ({ Another solid option is} 10... Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 d5 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Nf5 Qe8 18. b4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nd2 Ne7 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Nb3 dxe4 23. dxe4 Red6 $11 { Muzychuk,M (2554)-Hou,Y (2673) WChW Lvov 2016}) 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6 13. Ba2 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. d4 $1 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 ({ Playing for the better B has concrete drawbacks, but the engine move} 16... c5 17. Be3 $14 {is also pleasant for White.} (17. Qb3 $5)) 17. exd5 $1 exd5 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Bd2 Bb8 20. Bb4 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Re3 Rae8 23. Ne5 $36 { Giri,A (2793)-Nakamura,H (2790) Moscow 2016}) 8. Na3 Ne7 (8... O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 (11. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 12. Bxg5 $44 {is probably a good version of the positional sacrifice, White's Na3 can quickly join the attack.}) 11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qe2 Ne7 14. Nc2 Ng6 15. Ne3 Kh7 16. Nf5 Ne7 17. Ne3 Ng6 18. Nf5 {Â1/2, Chocenka,D (2403)-Jasinski,M (2393) email 2014}) (8... h6 9. Nc2 O-O 10. Ne3 Ne7 11. a5 (11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Nf5 d5 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Be3 c5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. N3h4 Nxh4 17. Nxh4 c4 18. dxc4 dxc4 19. Ba2 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qc5 21. Rde1 Rfd8 $17 {Arakhamia Grant,K (2363)-Kantane,A (2280) Germany 2016}) 11... c6 12. Bb3 Be6 (12... Ng6) 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Nc4 Ng6 16. Qc2 Nh5 17. Qd1 Ngf4 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Bxa7 Rxa7 20. g3 Ng6 21. d4 exd4 22. Ne1 Nf6 23. Qxd4 Raa8 24. Qxd6 $16 {Siebarth,M (1788)-Ritter,U (1740) GER email 2012}) 9. Bg5 $146 { Anand decides to change tack and deviates from his earlier win against Aronian. The players now enter uncharted territory with a full board of pieces and an interesting position.} (9. Nc2 Ng6 10. Be3 (10. h3 O-O 11. Re1 c6 12. Ba2 Re8 13. d4 exd4 14. Ncxd4 Nxe4 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Rxe4 Rxe4 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Nxe4 d5 19. Ng3 Qf6 20. Be3 Bd7 21. Qb3 { Pacher,M (2502)-Kantor,G (2418) Budapest 2016} Rb8 $11) 10... O-O 11. Bxa7 (11. a5 $5) 11... Rxa7 12. Ne3 Ng4 ({Black wants to simplify the position, but} 12... a5 $142 { gives him better chances to gradually neutralise White's pressure.}) 13. Qd2 a5 14. d4 $1 Ra8 15. dxe5 N4xe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bb3 Nd7 18. Bc2 Re8 19. f3 $1 b6 20. Rfd1 Nc5 21. b4 Nd7 22. Bb3 Nf6 23. Qd4 Qe7 $6 (23... Bd7 $142 $14 {/\} 24. Nd5 Be6) 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Ra7 26. b5 Bb7 27. c4 Qe5 28. Rac1 Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 $16 {Anand,V (2762)-Aronian,L (2786) Moscow 2016/ Suddenly as if out of nowhere White has strong pressure - to reanimate the Ra7 Black will sooner or later have to take on d5.}) 9... c6 { Giri is not worried about the doubled pawns.} (9... Ng6 { seems more consistent, when Anand possibly intended} 10. Nh4 c6 (10... Nxh4 11. Bxh4 h6 12. d4 $5 $13) 11. Nf5 Bxf5 (11... O-O 12. Qf3 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 d5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ba2 $14) 12. exf5 Ne7 $13) 10. Nc2 O-O (10... Ng6 11. Nh4 Nf4 $5 12. Bxf4 exf4 $13 {/\} 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Qxf4 $2 Nh5 $19) 11. Nh4 (11. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 12. d4 {is principled, but far from clear and White might miss his dark squared-bishop further on:} Bg4 (12... d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Ba2 Qd6 (14... e4 15. Nh4 f5 16. Qh5 f4 17. f3 (17. Qg5+ $6 Ng6 $15) 17... e3 18. g3 $36) 15. Ne3 Rd8 16. g3 Kh8 $132) 13. Ne3 (13. Re1 d5 14. Ba2 f5 $13) (13. Bb3 Kh8 $13) 13... Bh5 14. Be2 Kh8 15. Nh4 Bg6 $132) (11. Ne3 Ng6 12. Nh4 Nf4 $1 $15) 11... d5 $1 12. exd5 (12. Ba2 Qd6 {is comfortable for Black.}) 12... Nexd5 (12... cxd5 $142 $1 13. Ba2 (13. Bxf6 dxc4 14. Bxe5 Nc6 $17) 13... Bg4 14. Qd2 Qd6 { seems stronger, if anyone is better here it's Black with his centre.}) 13. Nf3 (13. Bxd5 $5 cxd5 14. Qf3 {is interesting:} h6 ({A cooperative line is} 14... Be6 15. Nf5 e4 16. Qh3 Qd7 (16... h6 17. Bh4 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Qd7 19. Ne3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxf5 21. Rxf5 Ng4 22. Re1 exd3 23. Rxd5 $14) 17. Nce3 Ne8 18. dxe4 Nd6 19. Nxd5 Nxe4 (19... Nxf5 $2 20. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 21. Bxf6 h6 22. exf5 $18) 20. Nde7+ Kh8 21. Qg4 Nxg5 22. Qxg5 Bxf5 23. Nxf5 $14) 15. Bxf6 $8 (15. Be3 d4 $36) 15... Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. d4 $13 {/+/=}) 13... Qd6 (13... Bg4 $143 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 {is pleasant for White.}) ({However,} 13... Qc7 $5 { is at least equivalent to the text move.}) 14. Re1 Bg4 (14... Re8 15. d4 exd4 ( 15... e4 16. Ne5 $14) 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Ncxd4 $32 {+/=}) 15. Bh4 (15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Nd5 $11 {/=/+}) (15. h3 Bh5 {/\} 16. g4 $2 e4 $1 $36) 15... Rae8 16. h3 (16. Bg3 Nh5 $15) 16... Bh5 17. Bg3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. d4 c5 {Black's active piece play fully compensates for the doubled pawns - Anand must tread with care.} 20. Be2 ({It's safer to simplify and seek equality with } 20. Rxe8 $5 Rxe8 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Qd4 Ne4 (22... Bxf3 23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. gxf3 $11) 23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. Nfd4 $11) 20... cxd4 21. Ncxd4 (21. Nfxd4 Bg6 $15) 21... Re4 22. Qc2 Rc8 (22... Bxd4 $1 23. Nxd4 Rfe8 (23... Qe5 24. Qd2 Re8 25. Kf1 Bxe2+ 26. Nxe2 $1 (26. Rxe2 f3 $40)) 24. Red1 Bxe2 25. Nxe2 Qc5 26. Nd4 f3 $1 27. b4 (27. Nxf3 $2 Re2) (27. g3 Qh5 $36) 27... Qc7 (27... Qa7 28. g3) 28. Nxf3 Rxb4 $15) 23. Rad1 Bxf3 (23... Qc7 24. Ng5 Rxe2 (24... Rxd4 25. Bxh5) 25. Rxe2 (25. Nxe2 $2 Qc5) 25... Bxe2 26. Qxe2 $11) 24. Nxf3 Bxf2+ $6 {This tempting sacrifice is the point behind Black's two previous moves, but objectively the tactics should have worked well for White.} (24... Qc5 $142 25. Bd3 Rxe1+ $11) 25. Kxf2 Qb6+ 26. Kf1 (26. Nd4 $2 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxd4+ $17) 26... Nh5 27. g4 $1 ({White can already fight for more than} 27. Nd4 Ng3+ 28. Kg1 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 30. cxd4 Rxc2 31. Bxa6 g5 32. Bxb7 Rxb2 33. Bd5 $132) 27... fxg3 28. Bd3 {Anand repays the favour.} (28. Rd4 $142 $1 Rce8 $5 (28... Rxd4 29. Nxd4 Nf4 ( 29... Qxd4 30. Bxh5 $18) 30. Qf5 $18) 29. a5 $1 (29. Bd1 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Qe6 31. Ng2 $14 {/+/- /\} Qxh3 $2 32. Rh4) 29... Qc6 (29... Qc5 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Rd8+ Qf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Bd1 $18) 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Qd2 Nf4 (31... h6 32. Bd1 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 $16) 32. Bd1 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Qd7 34. Qd2 Qxh3+ 35. Kg1 Ne6 36. Bb3 $16 ({or} 36. Qd7 $5 $16 {Although Black has 3 pawns for the piece, they are not too threatening, while White's pieces are very active - he has great winning chances.})) 28... Rxe1+ (28... Rf4 $6 29. Kg2 {leads nowhere.}) 29. Rxe1 Nf4 (29... g6 30. Re4 Rd8 31. Bc4 $36) 30. Nd4 (30. Bxh7+ Kh8 31. Nd4 g6 32. Qe4 Qc7 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. Qe7 Qxe7 35. Rxe7 Rc4 $11) 30... g6 31. Be4 $6 { White has two better tries to keep an edge:} (31. Qd2 Qf6 (31... g2+ 32. Kg1 Nxd3 33. Qxd3 Qxb2 34. Qf3 $14) 32. Re3 $1 Nxd3+ (32... Qh4 33. Be4 Qxh3+ 34. Bg2 Qd7 35. a5 $14) 33. Rf3 Qh4 34. Rxd3 Qxh3+ 35. Qg2 Qh6 36. Qxg3 Re8 (36... Qc1+ 37. Qe1 Qxb2 38. Nf5 $1 Qc2 39. Rf3) 37. Kg2 $14) (31. Re3 $5 Qf6 (31... Nxh3 32. Bf5 $1 $16) (31... g2+ 32. Kg1 $16) 32. Qd2 {transposes to 31.Qd2.} ( 32. Rf3 Qh4 33. Qd2 Qxh3+ 34. Kg1 Nxd3 35. Rxd3 Rc5 $132)) 31... Qf6 32. Bf3 ( 32. Kg1 {gives Black at least a draw with} Nxh3+ ({ , but he can even play for more with} 32... Re8 $1 $36) 33. Kg2 Nf4+ 34. Kxg3 Qg5+ 35. Kf3 Qh5+ $11) ({Maybe the safest is} 32. Nf3 $5 Qb6 (32... Qe6 33. Qd2 $5) 33. Nd4 $11) 32... g2+ { Wins the exchange and leads to a roughly equal endgame.} (32... Qxd4 $2 33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Rxc8 Qe3 35. Bg2 Nd3 36. Re8 $1 Qxe8 37. Qxd3 $16) (32... Rc5 33. Qe4 $1 {with the computer-like idea} g2+ 34. Kg1 Rg5 (34... Nxh3+ 35. Kxg2 $16) 35. Bg4 h5 36. Bf5 $1 Qd6 37. h4 Rxf5 38. Nxf5 gxf5 39. Qd4 $16) 33. Bxg2 (33. Kg1 $2 Qxd4+ $19) 33... Nd3+ 34. Nf3 (34. Ke2 $2 Nxe1 35. Kxe1 Qxd4 $19) 34... Nxe1 35. Kxe1 $132 b5 (35... Re8+ 36. Kf2 Qf4 $5 { seems more testing, Black keeps the a-pawn on the board as a possible target.} 37. a5 Qc7) 36. axb5 axb5 37. Qe4 Rb8 (37... Qa6 38. Kf2 Qa2 39. Qb4) (37... Rd8 38. Bf1 $11) 38. Qd4 Qe6+ 39. Kf2 Qb3 40. Ne5 { A plausible pawn sacrifice, but White had other ways to hold the balance:} (40. Qd2 b4 41. Nd4 Qc4 42. Qe2 $11) (40. Qb4 Qc2+ (40... Qxb4 41. cxb4 Rc8 42. Nd4 {/\} Rc4 43. Ke3 Rxb4 $2 44. b3 $18) 41. Kg3 Qe2 42. Qf4 Re8 43. Ng5 Re7 (43... Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qe5 45. Kg3 Qxf4+ 46. Kxf4 Re2 47. Bd5 $11) 44. Bf3 $11 {/\} Qxb2 $2 45. Qb8+ Kg7 46. Qd6 Re1 47. Qd4+ $40) 40... Qxb2+ 41. Kg1 (41. Kg3 $2 b4 $19) 41... Rc8 (41... b4 42. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 (42... bxc3 $2 43. Nh6+ Kf8 44. Qf6+ Ke8 45. Bc6#) 43. Qa7+ Kf6 44. Qxb8 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 bxc3 $11) 42. Qf4 (42. Qd7 $2 Qc1+ 43. Bf1 (43. Kh2 Qf4+) 43... Qg5+ 44. Kh1 Qf5 $17) (42. Nc6 $5 Re8 $5 ( 42... Qb1+ 43. Kh2 (43. Kf2 Qf5+ 44. Kg1 Qe6 $15) 43... Qe1 44. c4 bxc4 45. Ne5 $11) 43. Ne7+ Rxe7 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Qxe7 Qxc3 $11 {/=/+}) 42... Qa2 43. c4 Qa7+ 44. Kh2 bxc4 45. Bd5 Rf8 $6 { Throws away any winning chances. A trickier line was} (45... Rc5 $5 46. Qd4 $1 (46. Bxf7+ Kg7 47. Bxc4 Qc7 48. Nxg6 Qxf4+ 49. Nxf4 Rxc4 $19) 46... Rc7 47. Qxa7 Rxa7 48. Bxc4 Kg7 49. Nxf7 (49. Bxf7 $2 Kf6) 49... Rc7 (49... Rxf7 50. Bxf7 Kxf7 51. Kg3 Kf6 52. Kg4 $8 (52. Kf4 $2 g5+ 53. Kg4 Kg6 54. Kg3 Kf5 55. Kf3 h5 56. Ke3 Ke5 57. Kf3 Kd4 $19) 52... h6 53. Kf4 Ke6 54. Ke4 $11 { is a TB draw}) 50. Nd6 $1 (50. Bd5 $2 Rc5 51. Bb3 Rc3 52. Bd5 Rd3 53. Bc4 Rd4 54. Bb3 Rd2+ 55. Kg1 Rd3 56. Be6 Kf6 57. Bc4 Rxh3 $19) 50... Rc6 51. Ne8+ Kf8 52. Bb5 Rc2+ 53. Kg3 Ke7 54. Kf3 $15 {/= looks dangerous, but Black has no obvious way to exploit the position of White's minor pieces.}) (45... Kg7 46. Nxf7 Qa2+ 47. Bg2 $1 (47. Kg3 Qa3+ 48. Kg2 Qb2+ 49. Kg3 Qc3+ 50. Bf3 (50. Kh2 Qc2+ 51. Bg2 Qf5 $19) 50... Qf6 $19) 47... Rf8 48. Qe5+ Kxf7 49. Kg3 Qb3+ ( 49... Qa3+ 50. Kh2 Qe7 51. Bd5+ Ke8 52. Bc6+ $11) 50. Kh4 $1 g5+ (50... Rd8 51. Qc7+) 51. Kh5 Qd1+ 52. Kh6 Rd8 $8 53. Qf5+ Ke7 54. Qxg5+ Ke6 55. Qe3+ Kd6 56. Qb6+ Ke7 57. Qe3+ $11) 46. Qf6 { This guarantees a draw, Black can only get into trouble, if he wants more.} ({ Also sufficient is} 46. Bxc4 Kg7 47. Nxf7 Rxf7 48. Bxf7 Qxf7 49. Qxf7+ Kxf7 50. Kg3 $11) 46... Qa2+ (46... c3 47. Nxg6 Qc7+ (47... Qb8+ $2 48. Kg2 hxg6 49. Qxg6+ Kh8 50. Qh6+ Kg8 51. Be4 $19) (47... hxg6 48. Qxg6+ $11) 48. Ne5 (48. Kg2 hxg6 49. Qxg6+ $11) 48... c2 49. Qg5+ $11) 47. Kg3 Qa7 $8 (47... Qa3+ $4 48. Kh4 Qa7 49. Ng4 $18) 48. Kg2 (48. Kf3 Qa3+ 49. Ke4 Qa7 50. Bxc4 Qa4 51. Kf4 { already forces Black to find} Qb4 $1 $11 {[]}) (48. Ng4 Qg1+ 49. Bg2 h5 50. Nh6+ Kh7 51. Nf5 gxf5 52. Qxf5+ Kh6 53. Qf6+ $11) 48... Qa2+ 49. Kf3 Qa3+ 50. Kg4 Qa7 51. Kf3 Qa3+ 52. Kg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.03.25"] [Round "12"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2762"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2016.03.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.05.12"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 { This provocative move is a worthy alternative to the more restrained:} (5... Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d3) 6. Nh4 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 {This usually is a disclosure of Black's intentions to trap the h4 knight, something I have evaluated as risky in my English trilogy.} ({The classical main line goes} 7... Bc5) 8. a3 $5 $146 {This novelty had devastating effects in this game, but its objective merits are far from clear yet. Mor practice is needed.} ({ My book line goes} 8. O-O g5 9. d4 h6 (9... gxh4 $2 10. Bg5 $18) (9... Ne8 $6 10. Nxb4 Nxb4 11. Qd2 $16) (9... Nxd5 $6 10. cxd5 Nb8 11. Qa4 $16) { McNab,C (2410)-Haik,A (2370) Metz 1988 (0-1, 25)} 10. Nxb4 $146 Nxb4 11. f3 $1 $36 {At the time when I analysed this position the engines evaluated it as slightly preferable for Black. In fact, White has a very dangerous initiative for the inevitably lost piece, given that the black knights do not have good squares, the black king is weak and the c1-bishop is unchallenged on the dark squares. I provided many illustrative lines, managing to more or less moderate the engines' initial optimism and I thought that the next computer generations would see it more clearly. But now that I checked it again after 5 years, the evaluation remains the same. The only thing I can say is that I would always choose to play on the White side.}) 8... Bc5 9. O-O Re8 ({ One of the ideas behind Nakamura's novelty is that after} 9... g5 $2 10. d4 $1 $16 {the bishop is attacked. Anand's move is natural, but not the only reasonable one.}) ({ It appears that the e4-pawn does not need defending yet, as after} 9... Bg4 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bxe4 Rae8 12. Bf3 Bh3 13. Bg2 (13. Ng2 Nd4) 13... Bg4 $11 { White does not have anything better than agreeing to a draw by repetition:} 14. Nf3 $2 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. exf3 Re6 $36) (9... Nxd5 $6 { leads to a typical English structure with a passive black dark-squared bishop.} 10. cxd5 Nd4 11. e3 (11. Bxe4 Bg4 $36 12. Re1 $6 f5) 11... Nf5 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13. Qc2 Re8 14. f3 $14) 10. e3 $3 {A typical move, restricting the c5-bishop and preparing f2-f3. But the exclamation marks are for ignoring the threat against the knight on the edge.} (10. b4 Bd4 11. Rb1 Ne7 12. e3 Nexd5 13. exd4 Ne7 14. d3 Nf5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 $11) 10... g5 $6 {Playing with fire.} ({ It was not too late to return to normal development:} 10... Be6 11. d4 exd3 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Ne5 {In principle the structure favours White, but retrieving the d3-pawn will require making some concession.}) 11. b4 Bb6 $6 ({Having started to go down one route, Black should have continued:} 11... gxh4 12. Bb2 $5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne5 14. bxc5 Bg4 15. Qb3 Nf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 { Optically, the position is not entirely clear but after} 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. h3 { it appears that only Black's king is in some danger while White's isrelatively safe.}) 12. Bb2 $16 {Forcing the next exchange.} Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 $5 { Neither better nor worse than any other knight move, but the most spectacular of them.} (13... Ne5 14. f4 Nc4 15. fxg5 Nxb2 16. Qh5 $40 Qd7 (16... Qe7 17. Bxe4) 17. Bh3 Qe7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 f6 20. gxf6 Qf7 21. Bxh7+ Qxh7 22. f7+) (13... Ne7 14. Bf6 gxh4 15. Qh5 $18) (13... Nb8 14. Qh5 gxh4 15. Qh6 f6 (15... Re5 16. Bxe4 $1 f5 17. f4 $1 $18) 16. Bxf6 Qd7 17. Qg5+ Kf8 18. f3 $18) 14. d3 $1 {Dotting the i and crossing the t. White intends to open the d-file in order to capture the self-trapped knight quite comfortably.} (14. exd4 gxh4) 14... gxh4 (14... exd3 15. Qxd3 Qf6 16. Rfd1 gxh4 17. Bxd4 Qg6 18. Rac1 $16) 15. dxe4 Ne6 (15... Nb5 16. a4 $16) 16. dxe6 Rxe6 ({The developing} 16... Bxe6 {leaves the king helpless after} 17. Qh5 Rf8 (17... f6 18. Qxh4) 18. gxh4 $18) 17. e5 {The game is basically over. White has a huge advance in development and the black king is desperately weak. In the next sequence almost any reasonable white move wins.} hxg3 18. hxg3 Qg5 19. exd6 Rxd6 20. Qb3 h5 (20... c6 21. Qc3 f6 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bg4 24. Rd6 $18) 21. Rad1 Rh6 { Black will not be in time to launch his desired attack with ...h5-h4.} 22. Rd5 Qe7 23. Qc4 Bg4 24. Qf4 Rg6 25. Re5 Qd6 26. Be4 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.03.24"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "2016.03.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.05.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Bd3 {A new twist on 9.Re1 that Gajewski showed me.} (9. Re1 d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nd6 {and now White has to move his bishop.}) 9... d5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nd6 12. Nb3 $1 {The point, White can keep moving forward.} c6 13. Nc5 Ng6 {Played after a long think and it was time well spent.} 14. Qh5 { Now I also had to find my way around and this seemed reasonable.} Bxc5 15. dxc5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rd1 (17. Nc4 { My original intention, but I was unable to make it work after} f5 $1 18. Nd6 b6 $1) 17... Qe7 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qg5 {I was slightly disappointed that I couldn't do better than this, and Sergey felt this was close to a draw offer. I did feel that I could still pose some questions to Black before acquiescing.} Qxg5 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Be3 (21. Bf4 g5 22. Bg3 Re8 23. Rd4 e3 { doesn't accomplish anything} (23... Bf5 {nor does this})) 21... g5 { Black takes away the crucial f4-square (as we will see, quite important).} 22. Rd6 Re8 23. Rad1 Be6 24. b3 Kf7 (24... a5 25. R1d4 a4 26. bxa4 Bxa2 27. Rd7 $1 {still with some problems}) (24... Re7 25. R1d4 Bf7 26. g4 {Of course, Black can choose between several setups. Its hard to tell which is best, since Black's drawing margin is very high in all of them.}) 25. R1d4 Bf5 (25... Re7 26. Rxe4 Bf5 { I wasn't very excited about winning the Pe4, but a pawn is still a pawn.}) 26. a4 {I should have played g4 first} Re7 27. g4 Bh7 (27... Be6 28. c4 (28. b4 a5 $1 29. b5 {now this fails:} cxb5 30. axb5 a4 $1) 28... Rh8 29. Kg2 a6 30. b4 Bc8 31. b5 Re6 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. Rd1 Rhe8 34. Rb1) 28. b4 Bg8 (28... a5 { The computer is happy here, but it is not easy to concede connected passers with Black:} 29. b5 cxb5 30. axb5 a4 31. Rd2 Ke8) 29. b5 Rc8 30. Rd7 Rce8 ( 30... Ke8 $1 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Rxe4+ Be6 $1 {I believe this position is equal. }) 31. b6 $1 {Its hard to lock one's pawns like this, but the only way I saw to put any pressure on Black was with Rc7.} a6 32. Rc7 Kf8 { Still, it looks like Black hasn't done anything wrong, but...} 33. c4 $1 { blocks the Black bishop, and equally importantly allows Bd2-a5 to protect a pawn on c7. It was important not to play a5 tooearly} Be6 {Thanks to White's last two pawn moves, some chances have appeared, and Black finally ditches the Pe4.} (33... Bf7 $1 { However, the Pe4 serves a purpose which is to restrain the Pf2} { So here White will have to play...} 34. Kh2 Bg8 $1 (34... Bg6 35. h4 (35. Kg3 Bf7 36. h4 gxh4+ 37. Kxh4 g5+ $1 {and White still has no access to f4}) 35... gxh4 36. Bf4 {Misplaced Bg6} (36. g5 Kf7 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. Bf4 Bf5 $1)) 35. h4 gxh4 36. Bf4 Rxc7 37. bxc7 Be6 $1 {I couldn't see how to break through here.}) 34. Rxe4 {Now f4 and the white bishop will enter.} Kf7 35. f4 {We were already short of time, but it's harder for the defending side since opposite coloured bishop endings need time for working out.} Rxc7 (35... f5 $1 36. Re5 g6 (36... Rxc7 37. bxc7 Bc8 38. Rxe8 Kxe8 39. fxg5 fxg4 40. h4 { Karjakin was reluctant to enter this} g6 41. Kf2 Be6 42. Kg3 (42. a5 Kd7 43. Bf4 Bxc4 44. Kg3 Bd3 {I think this drawn} 45. Kxg4 Be2+ 46. Kg3 Bh5 { is a fortress}) 42... Kd7 43. Bf4 a5 44. h5 gxh5 45. g6 Bf5 46. g7 Be6 47. Kh4 Bf7 48. Kg5 Kc8 49. Kh6 h4 50. Kh7 Bxc4 51. g8=Q+ Bxg8+ 52. Kxg8 g3 53. Kf7 g2 54. Bh2 g1=Q 55. Bxg1 Kxc7 56. Kg6 b5 57. cxb6+ Kb7 { and White is short of time to defend b6}) 37. fxg5 fxg4 38. h4 {I wasnt sure this was winning, but I knew that Black couldnt make such a critical decision so easily - if it's lost, it's too late} Rxc7 39. bxc7 Bc8 40. Rxe8 Kxe8 { transposes to the earlier analysis.}) 36. bxc7 Rc8 $2 (36... f5 $1) 37. f5 { Thanks to Pc4.} Bd7 38. h4 g6 (38... gxh4 39. Bf4 g5 (39... Re8 40. Rd4 Bc8 41. Rd8 {followed by Kxh4}) 40. Rd4 $1 Ke7 41. Bd6+ Kf7 42. Kg2 Re8 43. Bh2 Ke7 44. Bg1 Rf8 45. Rd6 Rf7 46. Bd4 Rf8 47. Bc3 Rf7 { Still, it's hard to believe this fortress can hold} (47... Bc8 48. Rd8 $18)) 39. Rd4 $1 Rxc7 40. hxg5 fxg5 41. Bxg5 Be8 {Now I realised that I was completely winning, Black has to stay completely passive.} 42. f6 Kf8 43. Bf4 Rh7 44. Kg2 {Missing a faster win:} (44. Re4 $1 Bf7 (44... Bd7 45. Bd6+ Kg8 46. g5) 45. g5 $1 $18) 44... Bd7 45. Bg5 Be6 46. Rd8+ Kf7 47. Rb8 Bxc4 48. Rxb7+ Kg8 49. Rb8+ Kf7 50. Kg3 Ke6 51. Re8+ Kf7 $1 (51... Kd7 52. Rd8+ $1) 52. Rc8 Bd5 53. Kf4 Ke6 54. Re8+ Kd7 55. Ra8 (55. Rd8+ $4 Kxd8 56. f7+ Kc7 (56... Kd7 $2 57. f8=N+ $1) 57. f8=Q Rf7+ $11) 55... Ke6 56. Re8+ Kd7 57. Re3 a5 58. Kg3 Rf7 59. Kf4 Rh7 60. Re1 Kc8 61. Kg3 (61. Ke5 $1) 61... Rf7 (61... Kd7 62. Bd2 Rf7 63. g5) 62. Re8+ Kd7 63. Ra8 Kc7 64. Kf4 Rd7 65. Bh4 { Now it's easy, with the Kg5.} Kb7 66. Re8 Bf7 67. Re4 Bd5 68. Re3 Bf7 69. Kg5 Ka6 70. Re7 {And finally he resigned. I was euphoric, first to beat a tenacious defender (in fact, this was his only loss), but also with my technique. Still, Sergey recovered and qualified convincingly. He fully deserved qualification!} (70. Re7 Rxe7 71. fxe7 Kb7 72. Kf6 Be8 73. Kg7 g5 74. Bxg5 Kc8 75. Kf8 Kd7 76. Bd2 {isn't difficult.}) 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.03.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2794"] [BlackElo "2762"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2016.03.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.05.12"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 {Almost three decades have passed since Kasparov surprised Karpov by introducing the English Opening as a main weapon in the 1987 Seville match, but the theoretical discussion still seems far from reaching an end.} ({ In the first match of the game the surprise turned out to be a boomerang when Karpov reacted herewith} 9... e3 $5 {, a novelty he had prepared for his earlier matches with Korchnoi but which he had never got the chance to use. Taken away from his analysed lines, Kasparov thought a lot before playing} 10. d3 {, eventually got into severe time trouble and lost. Based on the fact that Karpov did not repeat 9...e3 in later games, many commentators including Kasparov and some of his seconds claimed that 10.d3 was some sort of refutation of Karpov's idea. But then I wonder why in a much later game Kasparov,G (2827)-Sadvakasov,D (2585) Astana 2001 (Â1/2-Â1/2, 43) Kasparov deviated with 10.dxe3. Be it as it may, the game Svidler,P (2757)-Karjakin,S (2760) Moscow 2016 (Â1/2-Â1/2, 50) played two rounds earlier than Caruana-Anand went 10.d3 and Black eventually came under serious positional pressure.}) 10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 ({This novelty over} 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. e4 Nb6 13. d4 {Uhlmann,W (2530)-Smyslov,V (2620) Hastings 1972 (1-0, 30); was introduced by Kasparov in his Moscow 1988 game against Ivanchuk. White sacrifices the c4-pawn in order to obtain a central majority which was not that easy to block.}) 11... dxc4 { Anand surely knew what he was doing since he had played this before.} ({ The aforementioned game went} 11... Ne4 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Rb1 f5 14. g4 { causing Black to lose ground in the centre and ending in a white win just ten moves later Kasparov,G (2760)-Ivanchuk,V (2625) Moscow 1988 . (1-0, 24)}) 12. Qc2 $146 ({Deviating from} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. e4 $14 {Aronian,L (2765 )-Anand,V (2816) Saint Louis 2015 (Â1/2-Â1/2, 31); and depriving Anand of the possibility of showing his improvement. In principle, Bc1-g5 remains a thematic threat, but the move order chosen by Caruana is more subtle. He not only keeps an eye on the e4-square, preparing the dreamed of e2-e4, but also prevents the natural and most desirable developing move for Black, namely ... Bf5.}) 12... h6 {Anand decides to prevent Bg5, but the weakness of the h6-pawn will soon prove decisive. However, it is not easy to find a convenient way of completing Black's development.} (12... Bg4 {exposes the bishop to} 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ne5 Qg5 16. Nxg4 Qxg4 17. e4 {with a clear superiority of the bishop over the knight. Black's extra pawn does not really count while White's initiative in the centre and on the kingside is not easy to neutralise. }) ({The pressure along the e-file set up by} 12... Qe7 {is partly illusory:} 13. Re1 Ne4 ({ The most natural move, which fails to stabilise the centre, though. If} 13... Bg4 14. Rb1 Rab8 15. e4 $1 {White gets a threatening position since} Nxe4 $2 { loses material:} 16. Nh4 f5 17. h3) (13... Qe4 { only apparently gains a tempo because the queen is exposed on e4:} 14. Qb2 { Targeting b7 and delaying the c8-bishop's development.} Qg4 15. e4 $1 Rxe4 16. Bg5 { with a considerable advance in development and strong initiative for White.}) 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Qxe4 Ng6 16. Qxe7 Nxe7 ({ Keeping the control of the d5-square for if} 16... Rxe7 17. Bd5 { retrieves the pawn keeping the bishop pair and the mobile centre.}) 17. Bf4 c6 18. e4 Be6 19. a4 {White will soon set up pressure along the b-file while the permanent threat of d4-d5 restricts Black's regrouping possibilities. Once again the extra pawn is not too relevant and White has chances for a one-sided squeeze.}) (12... Be6 13. e4 $16 {is simply bad for Black.}) 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Rad1 $5 {Very logical play by Caruana who before undertaking anything concrete completes his development harmoniously. The last move deserves some special attention, though, since the rook may seem to belong to either b1 or e1. Caruana's idea was to force Black to reveal his cards in view of the positional threat d4-d5.} (14. Rae1 {has a hidden drawback:} Bf5 15. Ne5 Nxg3 16. e4 Nxf1 17. exf5 Nxh2 18. Bxh2 f6) 14... Bf5 { Aiming to consolidate in the centre while also completing the development.} ( 14... f5 {fails to consolidate the knight after} 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 { , when the e5-bishop is an unchallenged monster on the dark squares.}) ({ The optically safer} 14... Qe7 {does not spare Black problems:} 15. d5 Nb8 16. Rd4 Nd6 17. e4 {White's compensation for the pawn is beyond doubt.} f6 18. e5 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Bf5 20. Qf2 $36) 15. Ne5 Nd6 $6 {Losing ground in the centre.} ( 15... Nxg3 {allows} 16. e4 Nxf1 17. exf5 Nxh2 18. Bxh2 { but things may be not entirely clear due to Black's numerous pawns.} Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qg5 20. Rf1 c6 {For instance if} 21. f6 Rxe5 $5 22. dxe5 Re8 { Three pawns for a bishop may well ensure a draw.}) 16. e4 Bh7 {The bishop has landed on a joyless position and the knights are far from optimally placed, too. We can see one more benefit of having played Rad1: the exchange on e5 loses a piece to dxe5.} 17. Qe2 $1 {A strong queen switch to the kingside.} Ne7 $6 {Removing the pressure on the central knight frees the bishop from its defensive task making it available for an elegant combination. But at the same time Black has no constructive moves...} 18. Bxh6 $1 { By far not the only good move and curiously not among the engines' favourites.} gxh6 19. Qh5 Nef5 { A despairing defence, returning the extra piece in order to exchange queens.} ( 19... -- {White threatened to continue his attack with simple moves:} 20. Qxh6 Nc6 21. Ng4 Re6 22. Qf4 (22. Nf6+ Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Qf8 24. Qh4 {is also reasonable , maintaining the initiative with approximately equal material, but the main continuation, threatening to reinforce the threat Nf6+ with e4-e5, is stronger.}) 22... f5 23. d5 { with a winning attack in which all White's pieces take an active part.}) ({If} 19... Kh8 20. Rxf7 Rf8 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Rf1 Qg8 23. Nf7+ Nxf7 24. Rxf7 Nc6 25. e5 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Rxc7 { White would soon get a lot of pawns for the knight, with every chance to win.} Re8 28. Rxb7 Nxe5 (28... Ne7 29. d5 $18) 29. dxe5 Rxe5 30. Bf1 $5 Bd3 31. Bxd3 cxd3 32. Rd7 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Re2+ 34. Kh3 Rxa2 35. Rxd3 Kg7 36. Kg4 Rxh2 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Rxa7 $18) 20. exf5 Qg5 21. Qxg5+ hxg5 22. f6 $16 {White has retrieved the sacrificed pawn and even though the position has calmed down, Black is under serious pressure on both wings.} Ne4 { The adventure initiated by this move will only speed up Black's demise.} 23. Rfe1 ({The simple} 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Nxc4 Rad8 25. Ne5 {also looks convincing. White is a pawn up and his stable centralised knight is more impressive than the bishop.}) 23... Nxc3 24. Rc1 Nb5 25. Bxb7 Rad8 { Sacrificig the exchange for insufficient compensation.} ({But} 25... Rab8 26. Bd5 {would win the c4-pawn with a more or less winning position.}) 26. Bc6 Nxd4 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Kf2 Nc2 29. Red1 Be4 ({Freeing the h7-square for if} 29... Rxe5 30. Rd8+ {mates on the next move.}) 30. Nxc4 Re6 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Kg1 $1 { Planning to defend the f6-pawn with Rf1.} Rxf6 33. Rf1 {After the forced exchange of the rooks White will soon win at least one pawn, with an elementary win.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.03.21"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2786"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2016.03.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.05.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 $5 { Anand had faced this relatively unexplored line with Black recently and despite winning the game he must have found it interesting enough to include it in his repertoire for the Candidates tournament.} Ba7 (7... O-O 8. Re1 h6 { Giri,A (2798)-Anand,V (2784) Zuerich 2016 CBM 171 [Marin,M] (0-1, 45)}) 8. Na3 Ne7 9. Nc2 ({Four rounds later he deviated with} 9. Bg5 c6 10. Nc2 (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. d4 d5 12. Bd3 f5 $36) 10... O-O 11. Nh4 d5 12. exd5 Nexd5 13. Nf3 Qd6 14. Re1 Bg4 15. Bh4 Rae8 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bg3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. d4 c5 $36 { Anand,V (2762)-Giri,A (2793) Moscow 2016 (1/2-1/2, 52)}) 9... Ng6 10. Be3 ({ Since the knight will soon land on e3. it does not make sense to waste a tempo on preventing ...Bg4with} 10. h3 O-O 11. Re1 c6 12. Ba2 Re8 13. d4 exd4 14. Ncxd4 Nxe4 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Rxe4 Rxe4 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Nxe4 d5 19. Ng3 Qf6 $11 {Pacher,M (2502)-Kantor,G (2418) Budapest 2016 (1-0, 33)}) 10... O-O (10... Bxe3 11. Nxe3 O-O {transposes to the line from the next comment.}) 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Ne3 Ng4 $6 {Aronian probably felt like taking advantage of Anand's omitting h2-h3, but his last move will eventually prove a waste of time resulting in delayed development.} (12... Ra8 13. a5 c6 { looks normal for Black.}) {Anand does not seem keen to play with doubled pawns. } 13. Qd2 ({Actually, the position resulting after} 13. a5 Ra8 14. h3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 {yields White some initiative. In this structure it is useful to have the queen on d1 as it could later go to b3 or in some cases to f3. Compare with; Anand,V (2784)-Aronian,L (2792)/Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th rapid 2016 (1)/1-0} {If} Be6 (15... Qe7 16. Qb3) 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qb3 Qc8 18. h4 Nh8 19. d4 $14 {White's chances are better despite the almost symmetrical structure.}) 13... a5 { Black keeps neglecting his development for the sake of strategic moves.} ({ A simpler way was} 13... Ra8 14. a5 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qe7) 14. d4 Ra8 (14... Nxe3 15. Qxe3 b6 {highlights White's advance in development after} 16. dxe5 dxe5 ( 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rad1 Qe8 19. b3 Be6 20. Bd5) 17. Rfd1 Qf6 (17... Qe7 18. g3) 18. Qg5 Qxg5 19. Nxg5 $14) 15. dxe5 $1 { A principled decision: the better developed side should open the centre.} N4xe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bb3 $14 {White has more space and is better coordinated. Black has no significant weaknesses but needs to act with care.} Nd7 $5 { Anticipating the permanent threat f2-f4 and aiming to trasfer the knight to a better square. But on c5 the knight will not enjoy the desired stabilityeither. } (17... Be6 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nd7 $14) 18. Bc2 Re8 19. f3 b6 $6 { To a certain extent the same policy as when Black played ...a6-a5. Black's structure looks nice, but the last move does not help developing the queenside. Moreover, the weakness of the long diagonal will cause him huge problems in the endgame.} 20. Rfd1 Nc5 21. b4 Nd7 22. Bb3 { This knight has jumped around a lot without achieving anything concrete.} Nf6 ( {Aronian probably rejected} 22... Bb7 {because he wanted to neutralise the enemy bishop with ...Be6. But this will not happen.}) 23. Qd4 Qe7 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Ra7 ({Had Aronian anticipated the problems with freeing this caged rook, he might have preferred} 25... Rb8 { even though it implies weakening his queenside.} 26. bxa5 bxa5 27. Qa7 Be6 ( 27... Rb2 28. Ra2 $16) 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Rab1 Ra8 30. Qb7 $14) 26. b5 $1 Bb7 27. c4 $1 {After White's precise pawn moves Black can free his rook only by strenghening White's structure with ...Bxd5, cxd5, when the c7-pawn would be chronically weak.} Qe5 28. Rac1 Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 {The endgame is very unpleasant for Black. White can start a slow kingside attack, enjoying practically an extra rook!} Kf8 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. f4 f6 32. Rc3 Kd7 33. Rh3 h6 34. Rg3 Re7 35. Rg6 Bxd5 {A necessary concession.} ({The tortuous regrouping started with} 35... Kc8 {is too slow:} 36. h4 Ra8 (36... h5 37. Bc6 Bxc6 38. bxc6 Ra8 39. Rd5 $18) 37. h5 Rb8 (37... Kb8 38. Rd3 Ka7 39. Rdg3 Bxd5 40. exd5 $16 Rg8 $2 41. Rxh6 $1 $18) 38. e5 $1 fxe5 (38... dxe5 39. Rxg7 $3 Bxd5 40. Rxe7 exd4 41. cxd5 $18) 39. Be6+ Rxe6 (39... Kd8 40. fxe5 $18) 40. Rxe6 exd4 41. Re8+ Kd7 42. Rxb8 Be4 43. Rg8 $18) 36. cxd5 Ra8 37. Kf3 Rae8 {Black has finally managed to regroup properly. His only chance to survive White's crushing space advantage is the pressure on e4.} 38. Kg4 ({The most consistent plan starts with} 38. f5 {for instance} Kc8 39. Kf4 Kd7 40. Rg3 Kc8 41. Rc4 Kd8 42. Re3 Kc8 43. Kg4 Kb7 44. Kh5 Re5 45. Kg6 R8e7 46. g4 Kc8 47. h4 Kd7 48. Rg3 Kd8 49. g5 hxg5 50. hxg5 fxg5 51. Rxg5 Rd7 52. Kh7 Ree7 53. Rg6 Kc8 54. Re6 Kd8 55. Rc2 $18) 38... Rxe4 39. Rxg7+ Kc8 { Evacuating the king from the centre leaves White a free hand on the kingside.} 40. Rd2 Kb8 (40... Rxa4 41. Rc2 Re5 $2 {does not work any more due to} 42. Rgxc7+ Kd8 43. Rc8+ Ke7 44. R2c7#) 41. Rc2 Rc8 42. Ra2 $18 {For the time being White keeps his a-pawn. When his kingside attack will reach more advanced phases the rook will be able to return into play.} Rd4 43. Kf5 Rxd5+ (43... Rf8 44. g3 Rxd5+ 45. Ke6 Rd4 46. Ke7 $18) 44. Kxf6 Rf8+ 45. Rf7 Rxf7+ 46. Kxf7 Rf5+ 47. Kg6 Rxf4 48. g3 Rc4 49. Kxh6 {Black has a passive king and an inferior structure. With just one passed pawn he cannot generate enough counterplay.} d5 50. Kh5 {The simplest way to start advancing the pawns.} d4 51. g4 d3 52. h4 Rd4 (52... Rc2 53. Ra1 d2 54. Rd1 $18) 53. Rd2 Kc8 54. g5 Kd7 55. Kg6 Rxh4 56. Rxd3+ Ke8 57. Ra3 {Same comment as on move 42.} Rc4 58. Kg7 Kd7 59. g6 c6 60. Kf6 cxb5 61. g7 Rg4 62. axb5 Rg1 63. Rd3+ Ke8 64. Re3+ Kd7 65. Re5 Rxg7 66. Rd5+ (66. Rd5+ Ke8 67. Kxg7 {leaves the king cut off from the play, preventing any counterplay based on advancing the passed pawn.}) 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.03.20"] [Round "8"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2762"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2016.03.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.05.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 {Such is Anand's faith on his opening, ... he tried it against Aronian, then against Giri and now once again against Topalov. That's the thing with Anand: once he believes in his opening preparation he is not afraid of his opponents' novelties.} 5. Qc2 {Topalov made this move that was played by Giri as well. He got up from his chair and Anand replied instantly.} Bb4 {A combination of QGD, Ragozin and Nimzo Indian.} 6. cxd5 (6. a3 {was Anish's choice.}) 6... exd5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 { Up till here the players have been following the game between Sakaev and Eljanov from Dagomys 2009. But now Anand deviates.} O-O (9... Ndf6 10. Ne5 Bf5 11. f3 Nd6 12. Qc3 Nd7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. g4 Be6 15. e3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 h5 17. gxh5 Qh4+ 18. Bg3 Qxh5 $11 {0-1 (50) Sakaev,K (2627)-Eljanov,P (2693) Dagomys 2009}) 10. e3 Re8 11. b3 $5 {This doesn't seem to be too ambitious. After that Black can equalise without too many difficulties.} (11. b4 {If you wanted to develop the bishop on b2 then why not b4? Well, then the b4-pawn could become a weakness after} a5 12. Bb2 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 Qe7 $15) 11... c6 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. O-O (14. Nd2 Qg5 $15) 14... Qf6 15. Ne5 Nd6 {By exchang ing the light-squared bishops, Vishy is mainly aiming for a position where he would have a knight against the b2-bishop. That would give Black an excellent position.} 16. Rae1 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 Qg6 18. f3 $5 {The thing about Topalov is that he always likes to play actively. Here he is looking for the right moment when he can break in the centre with e4 and at the same time take that square away from the d6-knight. But Black is just too solid and well developed.} f6 19. a4 Ne6 20. Qd2 (20. Ba3 Nf5 $11) 20... h5 $5 { In some ways securing the f5-square for the knight.} 21. Ba3 Nf5 22. Nf4 $6 { This move is completely illogical. White exchanges the knights and leaves himself with some weaknesses. Why would White voluntarily want to defend an inferior endgame when he has an equalposition?} Nxf4 23. exf4 {The resulting position looks mildly in Black's favour. The main reason being that the knight is better than the bishop and Black's pawn structure is better than White's.} Rxe1 (23... h4 $1 {Securing the f5-knight was also possible.}) 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Kf2 {Anand with his micro edge has the right to keep trying.} Nh6 27. Qd3 b6 {This is a very responsible decision. On one hand Black is weakening the c6 pawn but on the other he is preventing the move a5 followed by Bc5 which would paralyse his queenside majority. It is always a trade-off and Vishy chose the move b6. It turns out that the c6-pawn was the reason why he couldn't really make much progress. What would have happened if Vishy had not played b6 is a completely different story.} 28. Bb4 Qe6 29. Qc2 Kf7 30. Ba3 Qd7 31. Bb4 Nf5 32. Qd3 g6 33. g3 Ng7 {White doesn't have too many active possibilities. Black on the other hand can try to use his queenside majority by having the knight on e6 at some point. Right now it doesn't seem possible because Ne6 is met with f4-f5, but whether Black can prepare it is the question.} 34. Qe3 Kg8 (34... h4 35. g4 $11) (34... Qe6 { might have been the best move.} 35. Qxe6+ (35. Qc3 h4 $17 36. g4 f5 37. g5 Qd7 {and the position has changed in Black's favour.}) 35... Nxe6 36. Ke3 c5 37. dxc5 bxc5 38. Ba3 f5 $15) (34... Ne6) 35. Qd3 Kh7 36. Kg2 Qf5 37. Qc3 (37. Qxf5 Nxf5 {would definitely be some progress for Black.}) 37... Qe6 (37... Qb1 { was possible, but as Vishy said in the press conference with three moves to go until the time control he didn't want to let things spiral out of control. In any case it was just a draw.} 38. Qxc6 Qb2+ 39. Kh3 Qxb3 40. Bf8 Qxf3 41. Qxf6 (41. Qc7 $2 Qf1+ 42. Kh4 g5+ $1 43. fxg5 fxg5+ 44. Kxg5 Qf5+ 45. Kh4 Qg4#) 41... Nf5 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qf6+ $11) 38. Qd3 a5 39. Bd2 Qf5 40. Qc3 Qe6 41. Qd3 Qf5 42. Qc3 h4 {Vishy shuns the draw and tries to play for a win.} 43. g4 Qb1 { The queen has made its way into the enemy camp, but without the knight it cannot do much.} 44. Be3 (44. Qxc6 Qd3 $19 {The bishop on d2 will drop.}) 44... Qd1 45. Bf2 Qe2 46. Qe3 Qxe3 47. Bxe3 Ne6 48. Kh3 g5 49. f5 $1 (49. fxg5 fxg5 { might be a tad better for Black, although a draw here looks most likely.}) 49... Nf4+ (49... Nc7 { being over-ambitious might make things completely bad for Black.} 50. f4 $1 $16 {It's White who has the chances to play for a win now.}) 50. Bxf4 gxf4 51. Kg2 {There is no way to break through and hence the players agreed to a draw.} (51. Kxh4 $2 c5 52. dxc5 bxc5 53. Kh3 c4 $19) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.03.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2762"] [Annotator "Sumets,A"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2016.03.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.05.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 {Is this going to become the main line? Up to the moment, 5.Bg5, 5.Bf4 and 5.cxd5 have been more popular.} Bb4 {This is a very rare line, that reminds one of the Ragozin Variation. Including Qc2 and ...Bb4 seems to be in White's favour, however Vishy has played it twice and he could be satisfied with the results of the openings.} ( 5... dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bxc4 Qc7 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O Bd6 (10... b5 11. Bd3 (11. Bb3 $1) 11... Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 (13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Rfd1 Ne5 16. g3 Bd7 $13) 13... g5 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 g4 16. Nh4 Bb7 $132 { Khismatullin,D (2674)-Shariyazdanov,A (2572) 1-0 (35)Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Rd1 Ne5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Bf4 Rad8 15. Bg3 $14 { Bukavshin,I (2657)-Khismatullin,D (2654) 1-0 (35) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2015}) ( 5... c6 {leads to the Slav Defence.}) (5... Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bf4 c6 { leads to the Queen's Gambit Declined. Thanks to his bishop on f4, White can get an extra tempo. I consider this line in White's favour.}) 6. a3 (6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 (7. Bg5 c6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 {It seems that White is doing well. He has an extra tempo compared with theoretical lines.} 11. O-O ({ I think that White should have tried} 11. h3 {or even 11.0-0-0}) 11... Re8 12. Rab1 a5 13. a3 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 b5 17. Bxe4 (17. Ra1 $5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Nd6 19. h3 {White is slightly better}) 17... dxe4 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Nb3 Qxb4 21. Nc5 Qa5 22. N3xe4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qa2 24. Rb2 Qd5 25. Nc5 Bf5 26. Qc3 Qd6 27. f3 Be6 28. Ne4 {Four years later Alexander Beliavsky tried to find an improvement but he didn't succeed.} (28. Rbb1 Ra2 29. Ra1 Rea8 30. Ne4 Qa3 31. Rxa2 Qxa2 32. h4 Ra3 33. Qe1 Qb2 34. Kh2 Bd5 $17 { Beliavsky,A (2626)-Koneru,H (2537) 1/2 (60) Wijk aan Zee 2006}) 28... Qe7 29. Ng3 Ra3 30. Qe1 Bc4 31. e4 Qa7 32. Rd2 Rd8 33. Nf5 Be6 $15 { Sasikiran,K (2650)-Koneru,H (2473) 1/2 (45)Torquay 2002}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e3 (10. Bf4 {looks a bit dangerous for White:} c5) 10... Re8 11. b3 c6 12. Bd3 Nf8 {Black's light-squared bishop is heading to f5 and we can state that Black has got a comfortable position.} 13. Bb2 Bf5 14. O-O Qf6 $1 15. Ne5 Nd6 16. Rae1 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 (17. Qxd3 Qe6 18. f3 f6 19. Ng4 Ng6 $11) 17... Qg6 18. f3 f6 19. a4 Ne6 20. Qd2 h5 21. Ba3 Nf5 $15 { Topalov,V (2780)-Anand,V (2762) 1/2 (51) Moscow RUS 2016}) (6. Bg5 c5 (6... h6 7. Bxf6 Bxc3+ (7... Nxf6 $4 8. Qa4+ $18) 8. Qxc3 Nxf6 9. e3 $14) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bf4 Nb6 $2 (11... c4 12. b3 b5 13. a4 Ba6 14. axb5 Bxb5 15. e3 Nb6 16. Be2 Qd7 (16... a6 17. O-O Rc8 $13) 17. Be5 Ng4 18. Bg3 Rfc8 19. bxc4 $6 (19. Qa5 $1 Nf6 20. O-O Qc6 21. Rfb1 $16) 19... dxc4 $2 (19... Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Qa5 Nf6 23. O-O Ne4 $11) 20. O-O $16 {Dreev,A (2682)-Milov,V (2632) 1-0 (69)playchess.com INT 2004}) (11... b6 $5 12. e3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc5 14. Be5 Ne6 15. Qh4 Nd7 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Bc3 Ndc5 {Black is OK.}) 12. a4 $2 (12. dxc5 $1 d4 13. Qd3 Nbd5 14. Bd6 Re8 15. Qxd4 Ne7 16. g4 $1 b6 17. Rg1 $16) 12... Bg4 13. e3 c4 $6 (13... Ne4 $1 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. dxc5 (15. Qxc5 Rc8 16. Qd6 Nd5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Bg3 Nb4 $17) 15... Nd5 16. Qd2 Nxf4 17. exf4 Qc7 18. Bc4 Rfd8 19. Qc3 Rac8 20. O-O (20. b4 a5 21. O-O axb4 22. Qxb4 Qxc5 $11) 20... Qxc5 $11) 14. a5 (14. h3 Bh5 15. a5 Nbd7 16. b3 $14) 14... Nbd7 15. f3 Bf5 16. Be2 Re8 17. g4 Bh7 18. O-O Qe7 $132 { (35) Sachdev,T (2422)-Bakre,T (2452) 0-1 Pune 2014}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O ({ Black can't get an equal position after} 7... Ne4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. g3 { (e3 and Bd3 would look natural)} c6 (9... b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. O-O $14) 10. Bg2 f5 11. O-O Qe7 12. b3 Kh8 13. a4 Qf6 14. Bf4 $16 { Jussupow,A (2555)-Handoko,E (2420)1-0 (41) Indonesia 1983}) 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. e3 cxd4 $146 (10... b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. Rc1 { It is not easy to evaluate a computer game but I would recommend Bb5:} (13. Bb5 Qe6 14. O-O a6 15. Be2 Bb7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. Rfc1 $14) 13... Qe6 14. Bd3 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. O-O Nxg3 17. hxg3 c4 18. Be2 Nf6 $13 {Rajlich (2600)-New Man (2618) 1/2 (87) playchess.com INT 2007}) 11. Qxd4 Re8 12. Bxf6 $11 {Anish didn't want to check Anand's preparation after 12.cxd5 e5 and went for a dull, drawish endgame. In fact he proposed a draw after 12.Bxf6. } (12. cxd5 e5 $1 {If Black doesn't want to play a worse position, this is the only choice. White can choose between 13.Qc3, 13.Qd2, 13.Qd1 and 13.Bxf6. The resulting positions are very complicated. I believe that White has better chances and Black's strategy is risky.} ({Black shouldn't play} 12... Qa5+ $6 13. b4 Qxd5 {White has many pleasant options. For instance} 14. Be2 e5 15. Qb2 Ne4 16. O-O Nb6 17. Rfd1 $14) (12... exd5 $6 13. Bd3 $16) 13. Bxf6 (13. Qc3 Nxd5 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Bc7 Nd5 16. Rc1 Nxc7 17. Rxc7 { It seems that White has an advantage but everything isn't so easy.} Nb6 $1 18. Bb5 Rd8 19. Ke2 Bf5 (19... Be6 $5 20. Rxb7 Nc4 21. Rc7 $6 (21. Ba6 $6 e4 22. Nd4 Bg4+ 23. f3 exf3+ 24. gxf3 Bc8 $17) (21. Ba4 Nb6 22. Bb5 (22. Bd1 Bc4+ 23. Ke1 Rac8 24. Nxe5 Ba6 25. Rxa7 Rc1 $17) 22... Nc4 $11) 21... Rab8 $1 22. Bxc4 Rxb2+ 23. Kf1 Rc2 24. Bxe6 Rxc7 $17) 20. Rhc1 Rd5 (20... Nd5 21. R7c5 b6 22. R5c4 f6 23. Bc6 Ne7 24. Bxa8 Bd3+ 25. Ke1 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxa8 27. Rc7 $14) 21. R1c5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 f6 $11) (15. Bh4 Ne4 16. Rd1 a6 17. Bd3 Ndc5 $11) 15... Rxd8 16. Rd1 Rf8 $8 17. Bb5 Nc5 18. Nxe5 Be6 19. O-O Rac8 $44) (13. Qd2 g5 14. Bg3 g4 15. Nh4 Ne4 16. Qc2 Ndf6 {The position which has arisen is very complicated. White can try 17.Bd3 or 17.Bc4:} 17. Bd3 (17. Bc4 b5 (17... Qd6 $5 18. O-O Bd7 19. Rad1 Rac8 $44 { Due to White's knight on h4, Black has compensation for the pawn}) 18. Bd3 Qxd5 19. O-O Be6 20. Rfd1 Rac8 21. Qe2 Qc5 22. Bxb5 Red8 $44) 17... Qxd5 18. f3 (18. Rd1 Be6 19. O-O Rac8 20. Qb1 $13) 18... Nxg3 19. Bc4 Qxc4 $8 20. Qxc4 Nxh1 21. Kf1 Be6 22. Qe2 e4 23. Kg1 exf3 24. gxf3 Bd5 25. Kxh1 Re5 $44) (13. Qd1 { I think White should choose between 13.Qd1 and 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qb4.} Qa5+ ( 13... Qb6 $5 14. Qd2 Nc5 15. Bc4 Nfe4 16. Qb4 Nd6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Be2 Bf5 19. O-O Nb3 20. Rae1 Be4 $44) 14. Qd2 $1 (14. b4 Qxd5 15. Qc2 (15. Qxd5 $6 Nxd5 16. Nd2 N7b6 17. Rc1 Be6 18. Ne4 Rec8 $15 {White can't finish his development}) 15... Qe4 16. Rc1 (16. Bd3 $6 Qg4 {White is in trouble.}) 16... Qxc2 17. Rxc2 a5 $132) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Nxd5 16. Rc1 N7b6 17. Ne4 f6 18. Nc5 Re7 19. Bd3 Rc7 20. Ke2 $14) 13... Qxf6 14. Qb4 $5 {White is intending to play e4} (14. Qc3 Qg6 15. h4 $5 {The h-pawn can help White to finish his development.} (15. Nd2 Nf6 16. d6 Bd7 17. Rd1 Rac8 18. Qd3 e4 19. Qd4 Rc2 $44) 15... e4 16. h5 Qf5 17. Nd4 Qg5 (17... Qxd5 $4 18. Nb5 $18) 18. d6 Ne5 $5 (18... Nf6 19. Qb3 Qa5+ ( 19... Bg4 $6 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. Nxb5 Rad8 22. Nxa7 Rxd6 23. Nb5 Rc6 24. Nd4 Rb6 25. b4 Bxh5 26. b5 $16) 20. Qb4 Qxb4+ 21. axb4 Rd8 22. Nb5 a6 23. Rh4 Bg4 24. Nc3 Bxh5 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxh5 Rxd6 27. Re5 $14) 19. Bb5 Rd8 (19... Qxg2 $6 20. O-O-O Bg4 (20... Rd8 $2 21. Rdg1 Qxf2 22. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 23. Qxe5 $18) 21. Rdg1 Qxf2 22. Bxe8 $16) 20. Qc2 Qxg2 21. O-O-O Bh3 $1 22. Rhg1 Rac8 23. Rxg2 Rxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Bxg2 25. Nf5 Bf3 26. Rd5 f6 27. Nd4 Bg4 $11) 14... Qg6 15. Nd2 Nb6 (15... Nf6 16. e4 Bd7 17. g3 $16) (15... e4 16. g3 Nb6 17. d6 Bd7 18. Nc4 $16) 16. e4 f5 17. Bb5 Qxg2 18. O-O-O Bd7 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. f3 $14) 12... Nxf6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 {It seems to me this continuation is a little bit stronger than 13...Qd5 but I don't think that Vishy would lose the position after} (13... Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. Bb5 Re7 $11) 14. Be2 Nf6 (14... e5 $5 15. Qc5 (15. Nxe5 Qa5+ 16. b4 (16. Kf1 Nxe3+ 17. fxe3 Rxe5 18. Kf2 Bf5 $15) 16... Nxe3 $1 17. fxe3 (17. Qxe3 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Rxe5 19. f3 Be6 20. Kf2 $11) 17... Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Rxe5 19. Kf2 $11) 15... e4 16. Rd1 Be6 17. Nd4 Qg5 18. g3 Bh3 { seems to be good for Black.}) 15. Qxd8 { Other continuations don't promise any advantage to White.} (15. O-O Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. Rac1 e5 18. Nf3 Bc6 $11) (15. Qe5 Bd7 16. O-O Qb6 17. Rac1 Rac8 $11) (15. Qb4 Nd5 16. Qd2 b6 (16... Nf6 $11) 17. O-O Bb7 18. Rac1 Qe7 $11) 15... Rxd8 16. O-O { White can't finish his development with the king in the centre.} Bd7 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Kf1 Kf8 19. Ke1 Ke7 $11 20. Ne5 Rxc1+ {It's time to trade rooks.} 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 {Now it's time to offer a draw.} 23. f4 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. Kd2 Kd6 26. Kc3 e5 27. g3 b6 28. Bc4 f6 29. b4 g5 30. h4 gxh4 31. gxh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.03.17"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2757"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2016.03.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.05.12"] {An emphatic victory for Anand. Let's have a look at the game to see what really went right for him and wrong for Svidler.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {Svidler is one of those top level grandmasters who doesn't like to play the Berlin. He sticks to the normal lines of the Ruy Lopez.} 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 { Allowing Svidler to play the Marshall was not in Anand's plans.} ({The followin g game between Anand and Svidler with the inclusion of h3 and h6 is very similar to the main game. And Svidler played much better back then.} 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a4 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. c3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd4 Nb4 18. axb5 Nxc2 19. Qxc2 axb5 20. Nxb5 Qb6 $15 { 1/2-1/2 (47) Anand, V (2779)-Svidler,P (2728) Morelia/Linares 2007}) 8... Bb7 { Although this is the main move in the position, Anand thought for a good ten minutes. Why? Because Svidler has got this position 13 times in his games and all the while he had chosen b4. Although this is the main move in the position, Anand thought for a good ten minutes. Why? Because Svidler has had this position 13 times in his games and on every occasion he had chosen b4.} (8... b4 {is Svidler's move.}) 9. d3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. c3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 { This is all very standard Ruy Lopez stuff. Now White must remain consistent and break in the centre with d4.} 13. d4 exd4 {This came as a bit of a surprise to Anand. But Peter was mainly trying to play very concrete chess.} ( 13... d6 14. d5 {Leads to a slightly passive position for Black. leads to a slightly passive position for Black.}) 14. cxd4 d5 $6 {Although this is very thematic. It is extremely dangerous. The main reason being that the two bishops on c1 and c2 are opened up against the black king.} (14... cxd4 { looks like the best way for Black to proceed.} 15. e5 Nd5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxd4 Nb4 18. Bb1 {The pieces are quite weirdly placed but after} Nbc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Nf3 g6 $11 {Black seems to have a pretty fine position.}) 15. e5 Ne4 { This was a critical position where Anand took a lot of time. There are a lot of captures. As Anand correctly pointed out, the main question for him was whether to take on b5 or not. On one hand keeping the a-file closed keeps the rook on the back rank safeguarding it. On the other hand the rook doesn't take part in the game. It is a very difficult decision to make and almostimpossible to see what possibilites may arise after say eight to ten moves. But this is where intuition comes into picture and Anand felt that bringing the a1-rook into the game was more important and that explains his next move.} 16. axb5 ( 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 { This exchange sacrifice is not as effective now as in the game.} (17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Qd5 $1 {It is important to blockade the d-pawn before attacking it.} 19. Re3 (19. Qe2 Nb3 $17) 19... Nc6 $15) 17... Nb3 $1 18. Ng5 (18. Rh4 Bxf3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Rh3 Bxd1 21. Bg6+ $11 {All of these analyses lead us to the concusion that Anand's decision to take with axb5 was better than not taking.}) 18... Nxa1 19. Qh5 Qxg5 $1 20. Bxg5 g6 (20... Nxc2 21. Rh4 h6 22. Bxh6 g6 23. Rg4 Nxd4 24. Rxg6+ fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 $11) 21. Qd1 Nxc2 22. Qxc2 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 cxd4 $15 {Only Black can be better here.}) 16... axb5 (16... Nxd2 $2 17. Bxd2 axb5 18. Bxh7+ $1 {wins! It's a standard Greek Gift!} Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Kg8 (19... Kg6 20. Qg4 $18) 20. Qh5 $18) (16... cxd4 $6 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Bc5 21. b4 $1 Bxb4 22. Rxd4 Qb8 (22... Qb6 23. e6 $1 fxe6 24. Qd3 $1 {Threatening Rxb4.} Raa8 25. Rh4 $18) 23. Qd3 Ra8 24. Ng5 $18) 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 $1 {This move might be natural for a player like Anand, but for us who from a young age are taught about the relative value of the pieces, it is not easy to consider a such a move. Once you see it, though, and you realise that the bishop on e4 will be a complete monster, breathing fire in both directions...} (18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 $11 { gives Black excellent chances to hold.}) 18... Nb3 { This is what Svidler had prepared, but it falls just short.} (18... Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Ra7 (19... Rb8 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Qh5 $18) (19... g6 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Bd2 b4 22. Qa4 $18) 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Ng5+ $18) 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 { At this point I went into the tournament hall to check out what exactly was going on. I expected Anand to be looking happy while Svidler would be on the board with his head in his hands. But the scene I saw was completely the opposite. Peter had just captured the rook on a8 and was moving around confidently. Anand on the other hand was nervous, fidgety, biting his nails and looked as if he was the one on the back foot. But it was clear that Vishy was calculating the details of his final attack, anxious to make sure that his opponent had no defensive resources. And in the above position he picked up his knight and made the best move 20.Ng5!} 20. Ng5 $1 {Svidler came back and saw this move. I thought that he would think for a while before making his move but he blitzed it out. He was showing that he had things under control.} ( 20. Rh4 Bxf3 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Rh3 Bxd1 23. Bg6+) 20... Nxc1 (20... Bxe4 21. Bxe4 $18) 21. Qh5 $1 { Once again the only move. There is an attack on both the h7- and f7-pawns.} h6 {This move was also made quickly.} (21... Qxg5 {was a way to avoid an immediate defeat, but doesn't really serve any purpose as after} 22. Qxg5 Bxe4 23. Qxc1 $1 Bxc2 24. Qxc2 $18 {the position is technically winning. It won't be so difficult for a player of Anand's calibre to turn this into a full point. }) (21... Bxe4 22. Bxe4 h6 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Qg6 $18) 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 {At this po int Peter once again stood up from the board and started walking around. Anand was making his final calculations, the other players were all coming to the board, disbelief showing in their faces. Nakamura stood right next to Svidler's seat for almost a minute. He just didn't want to leave. He checked the scoresheet, then the board and couldn't believe that Anand was just winning. He went back to his board, Anand lifted his hand and once again made the only winning move in the position.} 23. Rg4 $1 {The rook defends the knight and now the threat is Qg6. Black doesn't really have a way to stop the attack.} (23. Rf4 Ne2+ $19) 23... Qa5 {With the engine on it seems like a trivial win here but on the board when you see moves like Qe1+ followed by Ne2, those are tense moments!} (23... Ne2+ 24. Kf1 $1 {wins!} (24. Kh1 $4 { however loses in an amazing fashion.} Qa5 $3 {Suddenly the back rank weakness turns out to be the critical factor in the game.} 25. h4 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Qg1+ 27. Kh3 Qh1#)) 24. h4 $1 {Svidler resigned as he saw no point in continuing. His bluff of playing quickly had not worked. Many of you might be wondering why this is the only move. Wouldn't h3 also win? The point is subtle. The h3-square has to be kept for the knight to control g1.} (24. h3 $2 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Ne2 26. Nf3 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Nxd4 $17) (24. h4 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Ne2 26. Nh3 $18 { Like a gentleman Svidler analysed the game with Anand, kept a very calm face in the press conference, and showed great sportsmanship. Anand on the other hand had made his point clear, he was looking for another Candidatesvictory!}) 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.03.16"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2790"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2016.03.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.05.12"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. a4 Bb6 11. axb5 Bg4 12. Nf3 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. h3 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nh2 O-O 17. Ng4 Qe8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Qc6 20. Qd2 d5 21. f3 d4 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 h6 24. g5 hxg5 25. Qxg5 Qxc2 26. Qxe5 Qxd3 27. Qxe6+ Kh7 28. Qh3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.03.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2762"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2016.03.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.05.12"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 {An apparently inoffensive but highly inspired opening choice against a well prepared opponent.} Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 {Black wants to avoid any weaknesses in the centre but leaves the kingside poorly defended.} (7... exd5 { is more thematic and ambitious at the same time. Here is a recent example.} 8. d4 Nc6 9. Be2 Bg4 ({A simpler way was} 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 $11) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O a6 12. h3 Be6 13. Na4 Bd6 14. Nd4 Qe7 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qd4 Bxa4 18. bxa4 $14 { Alekseev,E (2700)-Hracek,Z (2615) Rijeka 2010 (1/2-1/2, 55)}) 8. Qc2 ({ Since in many lines White can consider castling long, this is more logical than } 8. Qb1 Nc6 9. Bd3 { Bischoff,K (2505)-Beliavsky,A (2640) Munich 1990 CBM 018 [Ribli] (1/2-1/2, 23)} ) 8... Nc6 9. h4 $5 $146 {A very ambitious move, aiming at weakening the enemy kingside with Ng5. But if for any reason White will have to castle short, the early advance of the h-pawn will also count as a weakening move.} ({ Previously, White was successful with a reversed Hedgehog approach:} 9. a3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bd7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O b6 13. Qb2 Bf6 14. b4 $14 { Lysyj,I (2691)-Zhou,W (2627) China 2015 (1-0, 40)}) 9... b6 ({ Black cannot really exploit the exposed position of the white queen. If} 9... Ndb4 10. Qb1 b6 11. a3 Nd5 { White can choose between transposing to the game with} 12. Qc2 { or playing some other constructive move.}) 10. a3 (10. Ng5 {is premature due to } f5 {Karjakin decides to wait until Black develops his bishop, which would leave the e6-pawn undefended.}) 10... f5 {Not an easy move to play, but with Ng5 hanging in the air there were micro problems in all the alternative lines.} (10... Bb7 11. Ng5 g6 {looks dangerous. Over the board one would be afraid of} 12. Nxh7 (12. Nce4 $5 {may be simpler}) 12... Kxh7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. h5 { but things are not entirely clear:} f5 15. hxg6+ Kxg6 16. Bd3 d4 17. Bxf5+ Kf7 (17... Rxf5 18. g4) 18. exd4 cxd4 (18... Nxd4 19. Rh7+ Ke8 20. Bg6+ Kd7 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Kf1 $1 $18 { leaves the black king cut off along the c-file and the e7-bishop vulnerable.}) 19. Rh6 $5 (19. Rh7+ Ke8 20. Bg6+ Kd7) 19... Ne5 20. f4 Rh8 $1 21. Rxh8 Qxh8 22. O-O-O Nc6 23. g4 $44) (10... h6 11. g4 $36) (10... Nf6 11. g4 $1 $36 Nxg4 $2 12. Qe4 $18) 11. Bb5 Bb7 12. Nxd5 exd5 (12... Qxd5 { leaves the e6-pawn vulnerable.}) 13. d4 Rc8 ({ Black misses a good chance for counterplay:} 13... c4 $5 14. bxc4 a6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. c5 (16. cxd5 Bxd5) 16... Rc8 {Black will soon retrieve the c-pawn as} 17. cxb6 $2 Bb5 {leaves the king trapped.}) 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. O-O Bf6 16. Rfd1 {Black's position has two minor defects: the bad placement of the knight and the weaknesses induced by ...f7-f5.} Ne7 { Not really a good square for the knight.} ({But} 16... Bxb2 $5 17. Qxb2 Qb6 18. Be2 Nb8 {does not seem to solve all the problems:} 19. Rac1 Nd7 20. b4 Nf6 ( 20... f4 21. e4 $1) 21. Qe5) 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. g3 Ba6 {With hanging pawns, this is not a bad bishop. In fact, it permanently keeps White under the threat of ...d5-d4, opening the long diagonal.} ({True} 18... d4 $6 { is premature due to} 19. Qe2 {when Black will soon have a weak pawn on d4.}) ( 18... Qb6 $5 19. Qe2 a6 20. Bd3 Bc6 (20... a5 $5) 21. Rab1 (21. Bxa6 Ra8 22. Bd3 Qxb3) 21... Bb5 {This is a much better way to offer the exchange. Taking on b5 would strengthen Black's structure while otherwise White will have to permanently count with ...Bxd3 followed by ...c5-c4.} (21... Be8 $5 22. Ng5)) 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qc3 $14 {Black starts facing problems with his over-extended position. With the f5-pawn on its initial square and the knight on, say, f6, he would be absolutely fine, but these "small" differences count.} Rb6 21. Rac1 Qd6 $6 {Actually the queen belongs on b6.} (21... Rb7 22. Ne5 (22. b4 c4 $14) 22... Qb6 $14) 22. Ne5 Rb7 23. Nd3 {A perfect trajectory for the knight.} c4 24. bxc4 Rxc4 (24... dxc4 25. Ne5 Qf6 26. Qxc4+ $1 Rxc4 27. Rd8+ Qf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rxc4 $16) 25. Qe5 Qxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 g6 28. Rc5 $16 { The endgame is very unpleasant for Black. His structure is weak and his pieces have to stay passive in order to defend the weaknesses.} Kg7 29. Ra5 { Forcing the black rook to keep the a7-pawn defended.} Kf6 30. Nd3 Rc7 31. Ra6+ Kg7 32. Nf4 Rd7 33. Kf1 Ng8 34. Ne6+ Kf7 35. Nd4 Ne7 36. Nb5 Nc8 37. a4 Rb7 38. Rc6 Ne7 39. Ra6 Nc8 40. Rc6 Ne7 41. Rd6 Rb6 $2 {This loses at once.} ({ But there was little joy after} 41... Kg7 42. Ke2 Kf7 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. Kf4 Kf7 45. Kg5 Kg7 46. Nd4 h6+ 47. Kf4 Kh7 48. a5 Kg7 49. a6 $18) 42. Rd7 a6 43. Nc3 ( 43. Nc3 Ke8 44. Rxe7+ Kxe7 45. Nxd5+) 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.03.13"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2794"] [BlackElo "2762"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2016.03.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.05.12"] 1. e4 {It worked for him in game one and Vishy continues with 1.e4.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Berlin! I wonder how the a-pawn must be feeling at this point of time. Earlier just about everyone used to pushing it. Now no one really cares about it and goes for ...Nf6!} 4. d3 { This seems to be Anand's weapon against the Berlin in this event.} Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 $5 {A small change by Anand. In his game against Topalov he had gone Nbd2, whereas here he plays the little rook pawn move. It has two advantages: 1. it stops ...Bg4 in the future, and 2. it gets Caruana out of his preparation.} Ne7 { Caruana sticks to his plan of transferring his knight to the kingside.} 8. d4 Bb6 9. Bd3 {Definitely more common is Re1. However, Anand played this move quickly. Caruana went into a think after this, which meant that he hadn't really revised the line before the game. The variation with Bd3 is less played than Re1, but it has been essayed by players like Magnus Carlsen and Vasily Ivanchuk!} (9. dxe5 {leads to absolutely othing for White after} Nxe4 $11) 9... Ng6 (9... d5 {was Kramnik's reaction against Carlsen. And after} 10. Nbd2 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 exd4 13. Qc2 h6 14. a4 $5 { we saw an extremely interesting game develop.}) 10. Re1 Re8 11. Qc2 {At this po int Anand had used only two minutes of his time while Caruana down by twenty five minutes. The interesting thing is that Anand has already played this opening with black against Michael Adams in 2013.} exd4 $146 {Caruana comes up with a new move, but this is not home preparation. It was played after due thought.} 12. cxd4 c5 { An interesting move by Caruana trying to fight for the dark squares.} 13. dxc5 (13. d5 Ba5 { leads to a very odd kind of a Benoni which should be completely fine for Black. }) (13. e5 $5 {is an interesting move. Although both players rejected it after ...Nd5, it could be interesting to see a few more moves.} Nd5 { Threatening ...Nb4.} (13... dxe5 14. dxe5 { looks completely crushing for White as after} Nd7 15. e6 fxe6 16. Bxg6 $18 { Black is busted.}) 14. Bg5 $1 (14. a3 {might be too slow as after} cxd4 { Black is completely fine.}) 14... Qc7 {After the game Fabi said that he was planning to play this move but it wouldn't have been great as White can now play} (14... Nb4 15. Qc3 Qc7 16. Bb5 $13) (14... f6 $6 15. dxc5 $1 dxc5 16. Nc3 $1 Nxc3 17. exf6 $1 gxf6 18. Bxg6 {with a very strong attack.}) 15. Nc3 $1 { The main idea is to connect the rooks on the first rank.} Nb4 (15... Nxc3 16. exd6 $1) 16. exd6 $1 $18 { Not an easy move to see from a distance but now the rook on e8 is undefended.}) 13... Bxc5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Be3 Qc8 (15... Ne5 $5 {After the game Miroshnichenko suggested this smart move for Black which seems to equalise immediately.} 16. Nxe5 Bxe3 $1 17. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Bxf7 {This looks like a much preferable position for Black than was reached in the game.}) 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Be2 $1 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 {Black has an isolated pawn on d6 while White is relatively solid. This should give White an edge. However, it is not so clear as to how White should proceed.} Rad8 20. Red1 $5 {One of the ost difficult questions in the game of chess is where should I place my rooks. In this position White has many options. The most natural of course looks to be Rad1, but Red1 also has its point. Vishy would like to put the a rook on c1. } (20. Rac1 {looks natural. Black could reply with} Qe5) (20. Rad1 { is also answered by} Qe5 21. Qd4 a6 22. Qb4 $14 {when White has an edge.}) 20... h5 $5 21. Qd4 Qg5 22. Qd2 (22. Qxa7 Bxh3 $132) 22... Qe5 {I asked Fabiano whether he wanted to play on and that was the reason why he chose ...Qe5 instead of ...Qc5. He said his queen was much better placed on e5 than on c5 and Vishy would not have repeated the position again.} 23. Qe3 $1 { Attacking the a7-pawn and getting ready to double rooks on the d-file.} a6 24. Rd4 Bd7 $5 {The bishop wasn't doing much on e6. On c6 it would not only control the d5-square but also attack the one on e4.} 25. Rad1 Bc6 26. g3 Re6 27. Bg2 {White gets ready to start his expansion with f4. Vishy truly has played really well until this point.} h4 28. gxh4 $1 {An extremely bold move by Vishy. Usually in chess not many times you will see people taking such a pawn and accepting doubled rook pawns. However, here it is more important to make sure that White is getting in f4 and hence this gxh4 move is very flexible and meets the demands of the position.} (28. g4 $5 {Keeping the pawn structure intact is definitely an idea. But it can be possible that Vishy was afraid of} g5 { When f4 is stopped. However, White should at least be a tad better after} 29. Qd2 $14) (28. f4 $2 Qc5 29. g4 $2 Bxe4 $1 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Bxe4 Rde8 $15) 28... Rde8 (28... Nh5 $2 {Trying to keep an eye on the f4-square loses to} 29. Rd5 $1 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 $18) 29. Bf3 {After the game Vishy thought that this was extremely clever as he was preparing Bg4.} (29. f4 Qc5 $13 { The e4-pawn would be falling in this case.}) 29... a5 30. a4 $6 {Anand wants to stop all these ideas beginning with ...b5 but this was a crucial loss of time.} (30. Bg4 R6e7 (30... Nxg4 31. hxg4 $16) 31. Rxd6 Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Qxe4 { Should be around equal.}) (30. a3 { was definitely much better remaining flexible.} b5 31. Bg4 $1 $14) 30... Qc5 31. Qf4 (31. Bg4 R6e7 $11) (31. Rxd6 $5 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Qc5 Rde6 34. Qxa5 Nxe4 35. Nxe4 Bxe4 36. Bxe4 Rxe4 { might be an edge for White but will most probably end in a draw.}) 31... Re5 32. R1d3 { Not really sure what this move is all about, but it keeps up the pressure.} ( 32. Rxd6 Nxe4 33. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11) 32... R8e6 33. Kh2 Qb6 34. Rd2 Qd8 35. Qg3 $6 {This lets Caruana equalise immediately.} (35. h5 $5 Nxh5 36. Bxh5 Rxh5 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Qxd6 Qxd6+ 39. Rxd6 f5 { Black should regain his pawn, but in any case White will maintain a small edge. }) 35... Bxe4 36. Nxe4 Nxe4 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxe4 39. Rxd6 Qxh4 40. Qxh4 {...and a draw was agreed. It should be said that Anand seemed to be slightly better throughout the game, but was never really able to cash in.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.03.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2762"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2016.03.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.05.12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5 $5 {This seems be the latest trend. In my article for CBM 155 I only examined three other continuations:} (6... Nd5) (6... Nb6) (6... a6) 7. Nxb5 {White has to pick up the gauntlet. Even though in most of the lines Black will manage to keep material equality, the control over the c3-square and the relative vulnerability of the c4-pawn offer him at least a theoretical advantage. But in practice Black has usually managed to neutralise the slight pressure.} Bb4+ (7... Nd5 {sacrifices a pawn for certain compensation:} 8. Bxc4 Bb4+ 9. Kf1 Nxf4 10. exf4 O-O {White has lost the right to castle and his structure is imperfect. But as long as he does not lose his extra pawn, he can hope for a global regrouping leading to an advantage.} 11. g3 a6 12. Nc3 Bb7 (12... c5 13. a3 $6 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bb7 15. Kg2 Qa5 $44) 13. Be2 Qe7 { Defining the queen's intentions a bit too early.} (13... c5 $5) 14. Kg2 c5 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nf6 18. Re1 Rfc8 19. Kg1 Ne4 20. Bf1 Rc3 21. Bg2 $14 {L'Ami,E (2645)-Rabiega,R (2507) Germany 2013 (1-0, 41), White has completed his regrouping and can hope to convert his extra pawn.}) 8. Nd2 ({ The main alternative is} 8. Nc3 Nd5 9. Qc2 (9. Rc1 N7b6 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf3 Qd7 { Wojtaszek,R (2727)-Grandelius,N (2635) Gibraltar 2016 (1/2-1/2, 30)}) (9. a3 Nxc3 10. Qd2 Nd5 11. axb4 Nxf4 12. exf4 Bb7 13. Be2 Nb6 14. O-O Qd6 15. Rfc1 O-O 16. Ne5 Rfd8 $132 { Gustafsson,J (2630)-Naiditsch,A (2685) Linares 2015 (1/2-1/2, 47)}) 9... N7b6 $6 (9... Nxf4 10. exf4 Bb7 11. Be2 Nb6 12. O-O O-O 13. Ng5 g6 14. Rad1 Qf6 15. g3 Qf5 $132) 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. Bf3 Qd7 { 1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2762)-Mamedyarov,S (2736) Baku 2015. The draw agreement is premature as White keeps strong pressure with, say,} 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. a4 a5 17. Ndb5 $16) 8... Nd5 9. Bg3 (9. a3 {wastes an important tempo:} Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Nxf4 11. exf4 Nb6 12. a4 Qd7 $1 (12... a6 $2 { This returns the offered tempo and loses the c4-pawn.} 13. Na3 a5 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 $16 {Andersen,M (2504)-Thorsteinsson,T (2258) Reykjavik 2016 (1-0, 34) }) 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O O-O 15. Na3 a5 16. Rfd1 (16. Nxc4 $2 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Qc6 $19) 16... Bd5) 9... N7b6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Be2 Ba6 {A solid move consolidating the c4-pawn but dooming the bishop to at least temporary passivity.} ({ The more active alternative is} 11... Bd7 12. Nc3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ba4 15. Qb2 Bxc5 16. O-O (16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 h5 $5) 16... Qe7 17. Nxc4 Rfd8 { Black's activity, combined with the weakness of the c3- and a2-pawns and the relative uselessnes of the g3-bishop leave White without an obvious plan of converting his minimal material advantage.}) 12. Nc3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc3 $146 ( 13... Bxc5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Rc8 (16... Bb4+ 17. Ke2 Rc8 { looks like a better or at least more restrictive move order}) 17. Qb3 (17. O-O $5 {could have led to a position with a curious material balance:} Bxe3 18. fxe3 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Rxc2 20. Nxc2 Qb6+ 21. Bf2 Qxb2 22. Nd4 {Strictly speaking the material is equal, but the position remains very interesting. Even though they do not have active squares defended by pawns, White's well coordinated pieces may cause Black some problems.}) 17... Bb4+ 18. Ke2 Qg5 19. Rhc1 h5 20. Ne5 Rxc1 (20... h4 {is a better try, weakening White's structure:} 21. Nf3 Qg4 22. Bxh4 Qxg2 23. Bg3 $14) 21. Rxc1 Bd6 22. h4 Qd8 23. e4 $16 { Gelfand,B (2735)-Grachev,B (2639) Moscow 2016 (1-0, 119)}) 14. bxc3 Bxc5 15. O-O Rc8 16. Rfd1 Qg5 {Both sides have completed their development but despite his space advantage Black has some problems of coordination as his minor pieces are far from optimally placed.} 17. Nf3 $6 {This defines the knight's intentions too early. White should have kept the possibility of invading the d6-square.} ({True,} 17. Ne4 Qg6 18. Rd2 Ba3 {looks alright for Black}) ({but} 17. a4 {would have gained the control over the a4- and a3-squares with chances for retaining some initiative:} Qg6 (17... Be7 18. a5 Nd5 19. Nf3 $36) (17... Nd5 18. Ne4 Qg6 19. Rd2 Be7 20. Nd6 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Rc5 22. e4 $14) 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Bd6 $14) 17... Qg6 $11 {Black will manage now to either weaken the defence of the c3-pawn or get the control over a4.} 18. Qd2 (18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. a4 Nd5 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. Ne5 Bb6 $11) (18. Qb2 Na4 19. Qd2 f6) 18... Bb5 19. Qe1 Ba4 {The character of the position has changed a lot and White has very little space left for his pieces. But since he does not have any significant weakness, the position remains within the drawing zone.} 20. Ne5 ( 20. Rd2 f6 21. Bd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Qf7 23. Rb1 (23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. Nf3 Ba4 26. R1d2 Nd5 {wins an exchange}) 23... Qe7 24. Rd2 e5) 20... Qg5 (20... Qe4 $5 21. Bf3 Qf5 22. Rd2 Rcd8) 21. Rd2 Rfd8 { This leads to global exchanges and an obvious draw.} 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Nxc4 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Rxc4 26. Rb1 Rc8 27. h3 a6 28. c4 Rxc4 29. Rb8 Rc8 30. Qb6 Rxb8 31. Qxb8 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2016.03.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2762"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2016.03.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.05.12"] {In the 2014 Candidates, Vishy Anand began with a win over Levon Aronian with 1.e4 in the first round. Two years later and 2500 kilometres apart (Khanty-Mansisyk to Moscow), Vishy Anand sees no reason to change his strategy. } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Of course the Berlin - the opening that cannot be refuted! The best way to make a solid start to a long and gruelling 14 round event.} 4. d3 {This was Vishy Anand's main weapon against the Berlin at the Candidates 2016. He got absolutely no advantage and hence resorted to Giuoco Piano towards the end of the tournament.} Bc5 {The interesting part about this position is that Anand has reached it with the white pieces on 24 occasions in the past, with 15 of them continuing with Bxc6. In this game, however, he keeps his options open and goes for 0-0.} 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 (7. d4 $6 Bb6 $5 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. dxe5 Nxe4 $15) (7. h3 {was later tried by Anand in his games against Caruana and Karjakin from the same tournament. But that is another story.}) 7... Ne7 {Kramnik introduced this plan with ... Ne7 in his game against Aronian in 2012. The idea is to take the game into territory where the pawn structures would not be symmetrical.} 8. d4 { Now that the d2-knight is defending the e4-pawn, Black has to cede the centre.} exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 {Now we have a position with quite some imbalances. White has a beautiful central pawn duo, but Black has absolutely no problems in finding squares for his pieces. If Vishy can develop his guys on c1 and a1, keeping his centre intact, his position would be much better. But as we will see this is not so easy.} 10. Re1 (10. h3 {Trying to limit the B is met with} d5 $1 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Nc6 $132) 10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 {All this has been seen many times, with Topalov himself having this position against Fabiano Caruana in 2015 with the white pieces. But now Anand makes the first new move of the game - the novelty!} 12. a4 $5 $146 {The idea of this move is simply to gain more space on the queenside with a4-a5. At some point the rook may come into the game via a3.} a6 13. Bf1 Re8 14. a5 Ba7 15. Qb3 Nc6 $1 {As Boris Gelfa nd rightly pointed out in the commentary room, "Good players are always flexible with their plans." Nc6-e7 wasn't played with the intention to return back to c6, but Topalov sees that the position has changed since his Ne7-move. This is the best and although it may look weird Veselin doesn't hesitate to play it.} (15... Rb8 {is possible but is quite passive. White can continue with } 16. Qc3 $14 {with the idea of b4 and developing the c1-bishop.}) 16. d5 (16. Qxb7 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 {Looks pretty good for Black as after} 18. Bxa6 d5 $1 { White has serious co-ordination issues.}) 16... Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxb7 $5 { Good or bad, this pawn had to be taken. Anand had made his previous moves with the intention of taking on b7, so there was no backing out now.} Nd7 $1 { A strong move by the Bulgarian. The knight not only threatens to go to c5 but also opens the route for the queen to come to f6 or h4. White's pieces are uncoordinated and undeveloped and the queen is looking a bit silly on b7. Anand has to be really careful here.} 19. Nc4 $6 (19. Ra3 { was Anand's original intention but he changed his mind at the last moment.} Qh4 {is now met by} 20. Rae3 $1 {A completely appropriate exchange sacrifice. The bishop on d4 is worth the rook. Anand saw this and even mentioned it in the press conference, but during the game he changed his mind.} Nc5 21. Qxc7 f5 $1 $13 (21... Bxe3 $6 22. Rxe3 $14 {White is better here.})) 19... Nc5 20. Qc6 { A look at the position reveals that Black has clear-cut compensation and a player of Topalov's class knows that. However, it is one thing to know that you have compensation and quite another to find a concrete tactical refutation. This was the moment when Black had a chance to take the advantage but Topalov was unable to find it.} Nb3 $2 (20... Bxf2+ $1 { This was the move that would have destroyed Anand's position.} 21. Kxf2 Qh4+ { The rook is hanging, so g3 has to be played.} 22. g3 Nxe4+ { Once again the knight has to be taken or else g3 falls.} 23. Rxe4 Qxe4 $17 { and even though White has two pieces for a rook his position is pretty bad as his king is exposed. It's not so easy to come up with a good move for White here. E.g.} 24. Bf4 $2 {fails to} g5 $1 $19) ({ Another extremely interesting idea is the following:} 20... f6 {What is the point, you may ask? Well for starters how do you meet the threat of trapping the white queen with Re7 and Be8. It seems very difficult.} 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Re7 $1 { Be8 is threatened and the queen will perish. The best White can try is} 23. b4 Be8 24. Qxa8 Qxa8 25. bxc5 $44 {Black should be better here, but the position is not so easy to play due to the material imbalance.}) 21. Rb1 Nxc1 $6 { This makes White's task easier.} (21... f5 {creating some play was better.} 22. Be3 Rxe4 23. Nd2 Rxe3 $1 (23... Nxd2 24. Bxd2 $14) 24. fxe3 Nxd2 25. exd4 Nxb1 26. Rxb1 $11) 22. Rbxc1 Rb8 23. Qxa6 $16 {White is two pawns up right now. Black may regain one of them but even then he would be in a poor position, mainly because the a5-pawn is super-strong. Topalov had to make quite a few inferior moves to reach this position from what he had.} Qh4 {This looks like the most natural human move to make as it attacks both the f2- and e4-pawns.} ( 23... f5 $5 {could have been a tricky move to face.} 24. exf5 $6 (24. Ne3 $1 $14) 24... Bxf2+ $1 25. Kxf2 Qh4+ 26. g3 Qd4+ 27. Kg2 Bf7 $3 $40 { Only computers can see moves like these!}) 24. Rc2 Rxe4 25. Ne3 $1 {Experts pra ised this extremely accurate move by Vishy Anand. The knight saves the kingside and now the c7 pawn is attacked.} (25. Rxe4 Qxe4 { gives some activity to Black, although White is still better after} 26. Rd2 $16 ) 25... Qd8 26. Qc4 Bg6 27. Bd3 $1 {Once again very accurate.} (27. Qxc7 Bxe3 $1 28. fxe3 (28. Qxd8+ Rxd8 29. fxe3 Ra4 30. Rc6 Rxa5 $16) 28... Ra4 { The rook on c2 is attacked and the pride of White's position - the a5 pawn falls.}) 27... Rf4 28. Bxg6 hxg6 (28... Bxe3 29. Be4 $18) 29. g3 $1 (29. Qxc7 $6 Qxc7 30. Rxc7 Rxb2 $132) 29... Re4 30. a6 Qe8 31. Rce2 {This is a human move to make. The computer comes up with a very interesting solution.} (31. Qxc7 $1 Bxe3 32. Rxe3 Rxe3 33. fxe3 Qxe3+ {Many players would see until this move and reject this variation because of counterplay. But the engine suggests} 34. Kh2 {with a completely winning position.} Rb3 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qh4+ $18) 31... Bb6 32. Qd3 Ra8 33. Kg2 (33. b4 {With the idea of b5 looked more logical. }) 33... Qa4 34. b3 Rd4 35. bxa4 $6 (35. Qc2 {was much better as the natural} Qxa6 {loses to the very nice tactical shot} 36. Nf5 $3 gxf5 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38. Rxe8+ Kh7 39. Qxf5+ $18) 35... Rxd3 {White's advantage has been reduced at this point, but still it is much more pleasant to be in Anand's shoes than Topalov's!} 36. Nc4 Rxa6 37. a5 { This is a nice tricky solution that Vishy came up with.} Bd4 (37... Bxa5 $2 38. Ra1 Rxd5 39. Rea2 Rc5 40. Nxa5 $16) (37... Bc5 {was much better as after} 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. R1e7 { The d5-pawn is hanging. The same was not possible when the bishop was on d4.} Rxd5 40. Rxf7 Rf5 $11) 38. Re8+ Kh7 39. R1e7 Rc3 40. Nd2 $5 { Anand transfers his knight to better squares after Nd2-e4.} (40. Rxc7 $1 $16) 40... Rc2 $6 (40... f5 { prevents Ne4, but the knight can reach g5 via another route.} 41. h4 $1 $14) 41. Ne4 f6 { stops Ng5 but exposes the seventh rank, which Anand takes full advantage of.} 42. h4 $1 {Stopping Black from going g5.} (42. Rf7 g5 {was Black's idea.}) 42... Rxa5 43. Rf7 g5 44. h5 {The mating net cannot be broken.} Rxf2+ 45. Nxf2 Ra2 46. Rff8 Rxf2+ 47. Kh3 g4+ 48. Kxg4 f5+ 49. Rxf5 {A complete exchange down, there is no way to survive as Black, and hence Topalov resigned. A game filled with lots of ups and downs.} 1-0 [Event "Bundesliga 1516"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2016.02.21"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2816"] [BlackElo "2737"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2015.09.18"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] [WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"] [BlackTeam "Solingen"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f4 b5 9. e5 b4 10. Ncb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Qb8 12. exf6 gxf6 13. c4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Ba6 15. Rb1 Be7 16. Rb2 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Qc7 18. O-O O-O 19. c4 Ra3 20. Bf2 Rd8 21. Rc1 Na7 22. Rb3 Rxb3 23. axb3 Bc5 24. Ba4 Qb6 25. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kh1 Nc6 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Qd4 Rb8 29. Rc3 Kf8 30. Qxf6 Qd6 31. Rc1 Rxb3 32. f5 Qf4 33. Ra1 Kg8 34. h3 Rb8 35. Rd1 exf5 36. Qd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 5th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2016.02.15"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B91"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2798"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2016.02.15"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Nec3 Bb7 12. a4 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Bxd5 15. exd5 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qe2 Nc5 18. Ra5 Rab8 19. b3 e4 20. Rb1 Rb4 21. Qe1 Rfb8 22. Rd1 h6 23. Bf1 Qf5 24. Qe3 R4b6 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Qxc5 Qe5 27. Bc4 Rd6 28. Re1 Rbd8 29. Qe3 Re8 30. Rd1 a5 31. Qc5 e3 32. Qxe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 Rxe3 34. Ra1 Rf6 35. Rxa5 Re1+ 36. Kg2 Rd1 37. g4 g6 38. Bd3 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Rdf2 40. Be4 Re2 41. Bd3 Ref2 42. Be4 Re2 43. Bd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2016.02.15"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2016.02.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Na3 O-O 9. Bg5 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bc4 Qd7 13. Nc2 Qg4 14. d4 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bg4 16. Rd2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Rfd8 18. Re1 Rd7 19. h3 Bh5 20. Be2 Bxe2 21. Rexe2 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. cxd4 Rd8 24. Re7 Rxd4 25. Rxc7 Rb4 26. b3 a5 27. g3 b5 28. Kg2 a4 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. Rc2 Ra3 31. Rb2 Kg7 32. Rxb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 5th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2016.02.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2787"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2016.02.15"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nce7 12. Nbd2 c6 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Qc2 Nfh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. f4 Bg4 18. f5 Ne7 19. Ne3 {Nakamura has overextended with his kingside attack, and now some of his pieces are in trouble. He is king of stuck on the kingside and some of his pieces might be in danger of being trapped.} Bf3 20. Qf2 Qh5 21. Rf1 Bg4 (21... Be4 22. Be2 Qh6 23. Nxd5 $18) 22. f6 $1 gxf6 23. Nxg4 (23. Qxf6 { was perhaps easier, as the queen still doesn't have good squares. For example:} Be6 (23... Rad8 24. Nxg4 Qxg4 25. Bh6 $18) 24. Rf2 $1 { Threatening the simple but crushing g4.}) 23... Qxg4 24. Qxf6 (24. Bh6 $1 Rfe8 25. Qxf6 {with impending mate}) 24... Bxg3 25. Kh1 Bh4 26. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Rg1 Qxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Ng6 30. Bf4 (30. Bg5 Bxg5 31. Qxg5 { followed by h4 seems crushing}) 30... Bf6 31. Be5 $6 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Rae8 33. Kh1 $6 Rxe5 34. Rg1 Rfe8 { Suddenly Black is actually doing ok. Anand decides to force the draw.} 35. Rxg6+ fxg6 36. Qxg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 5th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2016.02.15"] [Round "1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2016.02.15"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 c6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bc7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Ng3 Re8 9. c5 d5 10. cxd6 Bxd6 11. Qc2 a5 12. b5 Bf8 13. Bd3 cxb5 14. Nxb5 Na6 15. O-O Bd7 16. f4 e4 17. Be2 Rc8 18. Qb1 Nc5 19. Bd4 a4 20. Bc4 Ng4 21. h3 Nh6 22. Nc3 Nf5 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Qa2 Be6 25. Bxe6 Nxe6 26. Ne2 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Bc5 28. Nb5 Qd3 29. Rab1 Red8 30. Rf2 Rd5 31. Nc3 Bxe3 32. Qxd5 Rxc3 33. Rxb7 $2 (33. Qxd3 Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Rxd3 35. Rxb7 f5 {is a difficult endgame for White, but if it is lost is beyond my chess knowledge.}) 33... Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Qg3+ { Unfortunately for Aronian, even though his threats are strong, he is getting mated first} 35. Ke2 (35. Kf1 Rc1+ 36. Ke2 Re1#) 35... Qxg2+ { With mate next move} 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 5th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2016.02.15"] [Round "5"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2016.02.15"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Qe1 e5 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 e4 9. Bg2 Bc5 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. dxe4 dxe4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. e3 O-O 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Rad1 b5 17. a4 a6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Re8 21. Nb1 Qe6 22. b3 g6 23. Nd2 Qe5 24. Nf1 h5 25. Qd2 Qb2 26. Qe2 Bf8 27. Rd4 Bc5 28. Rd1 Bb4 29. Rd4 Bc5 30. Rd1 Bf8 31. Rd4 Bc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 5th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2016.02.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2016.02.15"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 e5 9. h3 e4 10. Nh4 Re8 11. g4 h6 12. Rg1 Nf8 13. O-O-O a6 14. f4 exf3 15. Nxf3 Rxe3 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Qd2 Rxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bd3 d4 20. Ne2 c5 21. g5 hxg5 22. Qxg5 N6d7 23. Qh5 {The position has a material imbalance and it seems that White's position on the kingside is menacing, but Anand shows it is just an illusion and that Black is much, much faster on the queenside.} b5 $1 24. Rdf1 bxc4 25. Nf4 {Way too optimistic} (25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Qe8 { will lead to positional doom as Black threatens the simple Rb8 or Nb6.}) 25... cxd3 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qf7+ Kh8 { and realizing that He has but a check, Shirov resigned.} 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2016.02.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2684"] [Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2016.02.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 $5 {Anand chooses to avoid the Open Spanish (5.0-0 Nxe4), and wants to play a middlegame with many possibilities for both sides.} d6 6. c3 g6 {Black takes advantage from the fact that the bishop hasn't developed to e7 yet, and chooses a more flexible setup with g6-Bg7.} 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Nh5 $5 {Shirov is known for being very faithful to his opening ideas. Here he repeats a plan that he had used 3 times in the past.} 10. Nf1 f5 {Starting direct play on the kingside. Oh, and he is also known for his aggressive and objective play!} 11. Ng3 (11. exf5 $5 Bxf5 12. Ng5 (12. Ng3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Kh8 $13) 12... Kh8 13. Bb3 d5 $1 { very provocative play - a challenge accepted by Morozevich} 14. g4 $5 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nxh7 Kxh7 17. gxf5 Rxf5 18. d4 Qh4 19. Kh1 $5 Qxf2 (19... Rh5 $5 20. Qf3 Ne7 $13 {with complicated play, Black wants to play Bf6-Kg7-Rh8}) 20. Qg4 $1 {sacrificing a second pawn, White gets a lot of initiative} Qxb2 21. Rac1 $44 {Rc2 and Re6 are possible ideas} Raf8 22. Bc2 f3 $2 23. Ne3 $18 f2 24. Bxf5 fxe1=Q+ 25. Rxe1 Rf6 26. Rg1 Ne7 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Bxg6+ Kg8 29. Bh5 { 1-0 (29) Morozevich,A (2732)-Shirov,A (2736) Monte Carlo 2004}) 11... fxe4 12. Bb3+ Kh8 13. Ng5 (13. Nxh5 exf3 14. Nxg7 Kxg7 $17 {has to be good for Black, the weaknesses around the white king are more sensitive that Black's ones.}) 13... Nf4 $5 14. Nf7+ Rxf7 15. Bxf7 {Black sacrifices an exchange, getting two pawns and some very interesting piece activity on the kingside.} Qf8 16. Bb3 exd3 (16... Nxd3 $5 {was another way to play this. In any case, there is compensation and a lot of play} 17. Rf1 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Na5 19. Nxe4 (19. Bc2 Bh6 20. Ra1 e3 21. fxe3 Bxe3+ 22. Kh1 Qg8 $44 { and Black has great play with the bishop pair}) 19... Bh6 20. Rc2 Nxb3 21. axb3 Be6 22. c4 Qe7 $44 {followed by ...Rf8. It feels like the way Shirov played (16...exd3) is more interesting than this.}) 17. Bc4 d5 18. Bxd3 e4 (18... Bg4 $5 19. f3 Be6 20. Bf1 Rd8 $44 {with a very rich and complex position, exactly as to the liking of both these players.}) 19. Bf1 (19. Bc2 $1 { not very logical, but based on a concrete sequence} Be6 (19... Ne7 20. Be3 $16 {followed by Qd2, Rf1 and f3!. If White manages to break the central structure, he should have the better chances always.}) 20. Nxe4 $1 { an important tactical shot} dxe4 21. Rxe4 Rd8 22. Qf1 Nh3+ 23. gxh3 Bf5 24. Bg5 $1 {returning the exchange for the control of the light squares} Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Bf6 26. Be3 $1 $16 {followed by Rd1 and Qg2, for example. White maintains the bishop pair and a pawn up.}) 19... g5 $2 (19... Be6 $1 {it was important to develop quickly, because the first thing Black should avoid is c4 (and the subsequent attack on e4)} 20. c4 Rd8 { arriving in time for the central exchanges} 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 $44) 20. c4 $1 dxc4 21. Nxe4 Ne5 22. Bxf4 (22. Nxg5 Nfd3 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. Re2 { still led to complicated play, it looks very scary for White, after Bf5, for example. I like Anand's move better.}) 22... gxf4 23. Ng5 $6 (23. Qd5 $1 { avoiding Bf5 because of Qxb7:} c6 24. Qd6 Bf5 25. Qxf8+ Rxf8 (25... Bxf8 26. Ng3 $1 fxg3 27. Rxe5 gxf2+ 28. Kxf2 $16 { and White takes c4, with the better chances}) 26. Nd6 $16) 23... Bf5 24. Qd5 c6 25. Qa5 b5 $44 {Now Black has a lot of compensation again.} 26. Rad1 $2 { It is hard to criticise such a natural and developing move, but now things start to go wrong for White.} (26. Qc7 $1 {White threatens Rxe5, but most importantly, he stops the Qe7-Rg8 plan (that happened in the game and began to create a lot of serious threats)} Rc8 27. Qb7 Rb8 28. Qxa6 Qe7 $1 { similar to the game, but now White can equalise:} 29. Rxe5 $1 Bxe5 30. Re1 Qxg5 31. Rxe5 Qf6 32. Re1 Rg8 $36) 26... Qe7 $1 $17 27. Ne4 (27. Rxe5 { doesn't work quite well now:} Bxe5 28. Re1 Rf8 29. Nf3 Qc7 $1 $17) 27... Rg8 { Threatening ...Qh4 with devastating effects.} 28. Nd6 (28. Kh1 Bg4 $1 29. f3 Nxf3 30. gxf3 Bxf3+ 31. Bg2 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Bc3+ 33. Ng3 { this amusing resource doesn't save the game} Bxe1 34. Qxe1 Qxe1 35. Rxe1 fxg3 36. hxg3 Rd8 $19 {reaching a won endgame.}) 28... Bc2 29. Qd2 Bxd1 30. Qxd1 Rf8 (30... Qd7 {this subtle move, threatening 31...Nd3 32.Bxd3 Qxd6, followed by the queen exchange and Bxb2, was another way to win:} 31. Ne4 Nd3 32. Bxd3 cxd3 $19 {after ...Qd5, Black dominates and should win without trouble.}) 31. Ne4 f3 32. g3 Rd8 33. Qc1 Nd3 34. Bxd3 cxd3 35. Qxc6 Bxb2 36. Kf1 Qd7 $1 37. Qxd7 Rxd7 38. Rd1 Rd5 $2 (38... b4 $1 {It was important to start marching fast on the queenside, White needs to waste a lot of moves to grab the f3-pawn and also watch the one on d3. Shirov wanted to defend Nc5, but it fails tactically.} 39. Nd2 (39. Nc5 Rd5 $1 {this resource was certainly missed by Black} 40. Nxa6 (40. Nxd3 Bc3 {suddenly White is totally paralysed!} 41. Nb2 { otherwise Black transfers his king to the queenside with an easy win} Ra5 ( 41... Rxd1+ {also wins easily} 42. Nxd1 Bd4 $19) 42. Nc4 Rxa2 $19) 40... Bc3 $19 {now there is a decisive threat of ...d2 and ...Re5/Re1+!}) 39... a5 40. Nxf3 a4 {threatening b3} 41. Nd2 Rc7 $19 { followed by Rc2, and Black wins, the pawns are simply too strong.}) 39. Nd2 b4 40. Nxf3 Bc3 $6 (40... Ra5 $1 41. Ne1 Rxa2 42. Nxd3 Bc3 {- 41...Ra5}) 41. Ne1 $6 (41. Nd2 $1 Ra5 42. Ne4 Rxa2 43. Rxd3 $15 { winning an important tempo on c3, White is now close to a draw.}) 41... d2 $6 ( 41... Ra5 $1 {was definitely worth trying} 42. Nxd3 Rxa2 43. Nc5 a5 44. Rd8+ ( 44. Ne4 Rc2 $17 {and Black retains excellent winning chances}) 44... Kg7 45. Ra8 Kf6 46. f4 {stopping Ke5-Kd5} Kf5 47. h3 Bd4 (47... a4 $6 48. Nxa4 Bf6 49. Ra5+ Kg6 50. Ra6 b3 51. Rb6 Rxa4 52. Rxb3 $17 { and this endgame should be a draw}) 48. Nb3 Ke4 (48... Bb6 49. Ra6 Bc7 50. Ra7 a4 51. Nc5 Bb6 52. Rxa4 (52. g4+ Kxf4 53. Rxa4 Rxa4 54. Nxa4 Ba7 55. Ke2 Kg3 $19) 52... b3 $1 53. g4+ Kg6 54. f5+ Kh6 55. Rb4 Bxc5 56. Rxb3 Kg5 $17 { this is much better for Black compared to the line from 47...a4, because all the white pawns are blocked. His winning chances increase a lot here.}) 49. Re8+ Kd5 50. Rd8+ Kc4 51. Nxd4 Rd2 52. f5 Rxd4 53. Rxd4+ Kxd4 54. f6 b3 55. f7 b2 56. f8=Q b1=Q+ 57. Kg2 Qc2+ $17 {with some chances, because of Black's dangerous a-pawn and the weakened white king.}) 42. Nf3 Ra5 (42... Kg7 { doesn't change much} 43. Ke2 Ra5 44. Nxd2 Rxa2 45. Ke3 Rxd2 (45... a5 46. Ne4 $132) 46. Rxd2 Bxd2+ 47. Kxd2 a5 {and White quickly advances his pawns as well to avoid any risk of losing (in case Black tries to go with his king to the queenside)} 48. g4 a4 49. f4 a3 50. Kc2 a2 51. Kb2 b3 52. h4 Kf6 53. h5 h6 54. Ka1 $11) 43. Nxd2 Rxa2 44. Ne4 $1 { This is the problem with 41...d2, White had time to play Ne4 right away.} a5 { The safe approach.} (44... Bb2 {it looks risky to put hopes on the black passed pawns, because White has strong play with Rd7, followed by pawn advances and knight moves around the black king.} 45. Rd7 a5 46. Rb7 $1 { important prophylaxis to stop a4 for now} Bd4 47. h4 Rb2 48. h5 a4 49. h6 Kg8 50. f4 a3 $4 (50... Kf8 51. Nd6 {threatening Rf7+ and Re7} Bc5 52. Rf7+ Kg8 53. Rg7+ Kf8 54. Rf7+ Kg8 $11) 51. Nd6 $1 Kf8 52. Rf7+ Kg8 53. Re7 $18 { and Black gets mated.}) 45. Nxc3 bxc3 46. Rc1 Ra3 47. Ke2 a4 48. Rc2 Rb3 49. Kd3 a3 50. Kc4 a2 51. Rxa2 Rb2 52. Ra8+ {A peaceful end to a dramatic battle!} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2016.02.14"] [Round "4"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2016.02.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 Be6 9. Bg5 Rc8 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e3 d4 13. exd4 exd4 14. c5 Bxc5 15. Rc1 Qe7 16. Bxc6+ Kf8 17. Nd2 Kg7 18. Qb5 Bb6 19. Qd3 Rc7 20. Be4 Rhc8 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Rd1 Qc5 23. Nb3 Qe5 24. Nd2 f5 25. Bg2 Qc5 26. b3 Qc2 27. Nc4 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Rxc4 30. Bd5 Rc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2016.02.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2016.02.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 ({Since Anand transposed to the Four Knights Opening on the next move, one natural question is why he did not use the genuine move order of this opening} 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 {Quite possibly, he felt comfortable in the Marshall/Anti-Marshall lines and wanted to give Aronian a "chance" to get there.}) 3... Nf6 4. Nc3 Bd6 $5 {A relatively rare move, but not a bad one. For the time being the bishop is not exposed at all on d6 and it can go later to c5 without allowing the usual Nxe5 stuff, or simply back to f8. In some lines it can be important that the e5-pawn is over-defended, giving freedom to the c6-knight to be transferred to g6 or to harass the white bishop with ...a6, ...b5 and ...Na5/d4. The first time I saw this curious idea was in the classical Arkhangelsk Ruy Lopez in;Adams,M (2505)-Malaniuk,V (2560)/GMA Baleares op 1989 (8)/0-1} 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 ({ In view of the next comment, it is also worth mentioning} 6. a3 {, preparing a bishop retreat to a2. But in this case Black is not forced to transpose to the game with ...Re8, as the insufficient defence of the e4-pawn allows} Nd4 $1 7. Bc4 c6 8. d3 Bc7 9. h3 d5 $11 { Szabo,K (2506)-Efimenko,Z (2677) Sarajevo 2010 (1/2-1/2, 60)}) 6... Re8 { Providing the e5-pawn with an additional defence in order to free the bishop.} ({ But I believe this is a good moment for harassing the enemy bishop already with } 6... a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Na5 9. Ne2 Re8 10. Ng3 Bf8 11. Bd2 Nxb3 12. axb3 h6 (12... d5 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Nh5 Be7) 13. c4 Rb8 14. Qc2 d6 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bb7 17. f3 $14 {Lagno,K (2459)-Zhao,X (2530) Kemer 2007 (1-0, 49)}) 7. a3 h6 { This move was unanimously played so far. The threat Bg5 was not too annoying yet, but it could become so a couple of moves later.} ({For instance if} 7... Bc5 $146 8. Nd5 $5 {Black has to take measures against Bg5 already.} Nxd5 (8... h6 9. c3 $14) (8... a6 9. Ba4 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. c3 Ba7 13. d6 $1 cxd6 14. Bb3 $32) (8... d6 $2 9. Bg5 $16) 9. exd5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 (10... exd4 11. Qf3 Rf8 12. Bd2 d6 13. Rfe1 $14) 11. c3 Bb6 12. Qf3 Rf8 13. Qg3 $36 d6 $2 14. Bh6 Qf6 15. Bg5 Qg6 16. Be7 $16) ({But} 7... Nd4 $146 {looks playable even though the e4-pawn is solidly defended and White can take on d4 without problems.} 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 Bc5 (9... c5 10. Bc4 Bc7 11. Bf4 $5) 10. b4 (10. Bg5 $5) 10... Bb6 11. Bb2 c6 12. Ba4 d5 $132) 8. Bc4 $5 {Since Black is going to waste a tempo with his king's bishop, White is entitled to do the same with his own.} ({If} 8. Ne2 Ne7 9. Ng3 Ng6 10. Re1 c6 11. Ba4 Bc7 12. c3 d5 $15 { Degraeve,J (2523)-Bacrot,E (2691) Pau 2008 (Â1/2-Â1/2, 35), Black hasregrouped perfectly.}) 8... Bc5 (8... Bf8 {is solid but somewhat passive.} 9. h3 d6 10. Be3 (10. Nh2 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Qf3 $14 { Vavulin,M (2442)-Lysyj,I (2677) Sochi 2015 (1/2-1/2, 64)}) 10... a6 11. b4 Ne7 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. Re1 $14 { Zhao,J (2610)-Malakhov,V (2694) China 2014 (1/2-1/2, 41)}) 9. Be3 Bxe3 $146 { Opening the f-file after having weakened the kingside with ...h7-h6 looks like playing with fire.} ({True,} 9... Bb6 { wastes another tempo, allowing White to take over the initiative:} 10. Qd2 d6 ( 10... Bxe3 11. fxe3 d6 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Nf5 $14) 11. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 12. Qxh6 Re6 ( 12... Nh7 13. Bxf7+ $1) (12... Be6 13. Ng5 $40 Bxc4 $2 14. dxc4 Nb8 15. Nd5 Nbd7 16. Rad1 $18) 13. Bxe6 fxe6 (13... Bxe6 14. Ng5 $18) 14. Qg6+ Kf8 (14... Kh8 15. Ng5 $18) 15. Qh6+ (15. Na4 Qe7 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. c3 $14) 15... Ke7 16. Qg7+ Ke8 {Saldano Dayer,H (2474)-Flores,D (2562) Villa Martelli 2014 (0-1, 48)} 17. Na4 $5 $14) ({But the developing} 9... d6 {looks good enough.} 10. h3 (10. Qd2 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Ne7 12. Nh4 c6) (10. Bxc5 dxc5 $11) 10... Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Nd2 { At this moment Black should not have any serious problems.} Nd4 14. Nc4 Nd7 { This is somewhat passive and might be the cause of Black's ulteriourmicro-probl ems.} (14... g6 $5 15. Ne2 Nh5) 15. Nd5 c6 16. Nde3 Rg6 17. c3 Ne6 18. Kh2 b5 19. Nd2 Nf4 20. Nf3 Rd6 21. d4 $14 { Goumas,G (2409)-Iordachescu,V (2645) Korinthia 2012 (1/2-1/2, 66)}) 10. fxe3 d6 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Nf5 Bxc4 $6 {A very uninspired decision, especially coming from a player of Aronian's calibre. Black not only opens another file for White's pressure, allowing him to consolidate the control over the d5-square at the same time, but also gives away an important defender of the kingside.} ( {Even without the exchange of bishops} 12... Kh7 { wouldn't have been entirely satisfactory.} 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 $14 Nxd5 $2 15. exd5 $40 Ne7 (15... Nb8 16. Qh5 Qg5 (16... Rf8 17. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 18. Rf3 $18 ) 17. Nxg7 $1 $18) 16. Qg4 Ng6 (16... g6 17. Nxh6 $1 Kxh6 18. Qh4+ Kg7 19. Qf6+ Kh6 20. Rf3 $18) 17. h4 $16) ({But since Aronian later carried out the Breyer regrouping anyway, now was the best moment for it.} 12... Nb8 13. Qf3 (13. Nd5 Nbd7) 13... Nbd7) 13. dxc4 Kh7 ({Could he have overlooked that} 13... Nb8 { runs into} 14. c5 $14 dxc5 $6 15. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Rxf6 $16) ( 13... Re6 {solves only part of the problem.} 14. Qf3 Nb8 15. g4 Nbd7 16. Kh1 $36) 14. Qf3 Nb8 $6 {With such strong white pressure and such a considerable lead in development, this counter-developing move is obviously a suicide. This mixture of classical with rapid chess may not be the most inspired innovation ever.} ({ It is also true that there was no simple way to deal with the pressure:} 14... Ng8 15. Rad1 (15. c5 dxc5 16. Rad1 Qg5 17. Rd7) 15... b6 (15... g6 16. Nxd6 $5 cxd6 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Qxg6 Rf8 19. Nb5 $36) 16. Qg3 Qg5 (16... g6 17. Nd4 $3 exd4 18. Rxf7+ Kh8 19. Qxg6 $18) 17. Nd5 Rac8 18. Qh3 g6 19. Rf3 $5 $16 gxf5 $2 20. Rg3 Qd8 21. Qxf5+ Kh8 22. Qg4 Qg5 23. Qh3 Qd8 24. Rf1 Rf8 25. Rxg8+ Kxg8 26. Qxh6 $18) 15. Nxh6 $1 $18 Kxh6 16. Qh3+ Kg6 17. Rf3 Nh5 18. Rf5 Nf6 (18... Rh8 19. Qg4+) 19. Qh4 (19. Qh4 Ng8 20. Qh5#) 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2016.02.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2798"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2016.02.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 $5 { A unusual way of preventing the bishop's exchange with ...Na5. There is some abstract similarity with Black's ...a7-a5 in the same opening in;Karjakin,S (2769)-Tomashevsky,E (2728)/Tata Steel-A 78th 2016 (4)/1-0} ({ The normal continuation is} 7. Bb3) 7... O-O 8. Re1 h6 ({ Another recent game with an original white development went:} 8... Ba7 9. Na3 h6 {This will prove a bit slow.} (9... Be6 $5) 10. Nc2 Re8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. d4 exd4 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ra8 17. f3 a5 18. Ne3 $14 {So,W (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2747) Wijk aan Zee 2016 (1/2-1/2, 38)}) 9. h3 { I am not sure whether this move is really necessary at this stage.} (9. Nbd2 Ba7 (9... Ng4 10. Re2 Kh8 {doesn't work here because after} 11. h3 { Black doesn't have ...Nh6 followed by ...f5.}) 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. Bb3 Re8 13. h3 {This is more justified now than right in the opening.} (13. d4 Bg4) ({But} 13. a5 $5 {deserves attention.}) 13... Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 (14... fxe6 15. d4) 15. d4 (15. Nf5 d5 16. Qb3) 15... Re8 16. dxe5 $6 (16. Qc2 $14) 16... dxe5 $11 {Petrov,M (2511)-Georgiev,V (2566) Sunny Beach 2012 (1/2-1/2, 36)}) 9... Be6 $5 {Anand opts for a similar structure as in his game against Aronian from the same tournament but with reversed colours.;Anand,V (2784)-Aronian,L (2792)/ Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th 2016 (1)/1-0} ({ The alternative plan of neutralising the Italian bishop is} 9... Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. a5 (11. b4 Ba7 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nf1 d5 14. Qc2 { offers better chances for keeping some pressure.}) 11... Qd7 (11... Bxc4 12. dxc4 (12. Nxc4 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 $15) 12... Qd7 13. Nf1 Ne7 14. Ng3 Qe6 15. b4 Ba7 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Ra2 $13) 12. Nh2 Rad8 13. Qf3 d5 $36 { Shchukin,D (2344)-Aleksandrov,A (2628) Voronezh 2011 (0-1, 31)}) 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 (12. fxe3 d5 $11) 12... Qd7 13. Nbd2 {For the time being none of the players pays any attention to the thematic a4-a5 and ...a6-a5.} Qf7 (13... a5 14. Qb3) 14. g3 {The usefulness of this move is equally mysterious to me as was the case with h2-h3.} ({White could have played} 14. a5 $5 { and only if} Nh5 {then} 15. g3 {leaving the knight misplaced.}) 14... Nd7 15. Kg2 (15. a5 d5 $132) 15... a5 $5 (15... d5 {is entirely playable here, too.}) 16. Qc2 ({The main point behind Black's last move is that} 16. Qb3 { can be parried with} Nc5) 16... Nc5 17. Rf1 Qd7 18. b3 {It has become clear by now that instead of a queenside space advantage White has some weaknesses on that wing. But his position is solid enough and chances are fairly equal.} Ne7 {The start of an ambitious but strategically risky plan.} (18... Rf7 $11) 19. Nc4 b5 20. axb5 Qxb5 {Targeting b3.} 21. Rb1 Nc6 22. Ncd2 Rab8 23. d4 $1 { An action on the wing is best answered with an attack in the centre!} exd4 24. Nxd4 $1 {Weakening Black's defence along the c-file.} (24. cxd4 Na6 25. Rc1 Nab4 $132) 24... Nxd4 25. cxd4 $14 {A brief glance at the position reveals that Black's ambitions have left him with a slightly worse structure and no real initiative.} Na6 26. Qc3 $6 {This would have allowed Black to equalise.} ( {It would have been useful to strengthen the pressure on the c-file.} 26. Rc1 $14) 26... Qb6 $2 ({Missing the strong} 26... Nb4 $3 { with a far from obvious tactical justification:} 27. Qxc7 Rbc8 28. Qxd6 Nc2 29. Qxe6+ {Grabbing one pawn after another but things are not that simple.} Kh7 { The point is that White has to give up the exchange since} 30. Rf3 $2 {loses to } Qe2 $19) 27. Nf3 $6 {Probably fearing ghosts along the f-file.} (27. Nc4 { would have won the a5-pawn without any compensation.}) 27... Nb4 28. Qc4 Rbe8 29. Rc1 Rf7 30. Nd2 { It is too late already to find a good square for this knight.} ({ White should have maintained the status quo with} 30. Rcc3 $11 {for instance} d5 31. Qc5) 30... Ref8 31. f4 $2 { This looks like an aggressive move, but it actually is close to suicide.} (31. Qxe6 d5 $3 32. Qxb6 (32. exd5 Qxe6 33. dxe6 Rxf2+ 34. Kh1 Rxd2 $19) 32... Rxf2+ 33. Kh1 cxb6 $17) (31. Rf1 $5 $11) 31... e5 $1 {Suddenly Black is much better coordinated and the white centre is about to explode.} 32. Nf3 ({ White might have missed that} 32. fxe5 {would run into} d5 $1 33. Qe2 (33. exd5 Rf2+) 33... Rf2+ 34. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Qxd4 $17) 32... exf4 33. gxf4 d5 $1 { A familiar issue.} 34. exd5 Qd6 $17 { White has nothing to show for his weakened king's position.} (34... Rxf4 $2 35. d6+) 35. Ne5 Rxf4 36. Kg1 Kh7 {Black has a strong attack and winning a pawn on d5 is a pure matter of time. Actually Anand will not even care for the latter aspect, as his killer instinct focused on the enemy king.} 37. Rg3 R8f5 38. Rg4 Qf6 39. Rxf4 Rxf4 40. Rf1 Qg5+ 41. Kh2 Re4 42. Nf3 Qf4+ 43. Kg2 Re3 44. Qc1 Re2+ $1 {This is the right way to take advantage of the hanging white queen as White cannot interpose the rook.} (44... Rxf3 $2 45. Qxf4) 45. Kh1 Qg3 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Opening Blitz 5th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2016.02.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. c3 f6 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Nc1 Qd7 17. Bg2 Ne7 18. Nd3 b6 19. h4 h6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Nxg5 $5 fxg5 22. Ne5 Qd8 23. Qh5 Nef5 $1 {White has compensation, but I don't think it is sufficient for an advantage. He simply lacks pieces to attack with.} 24. Ng4 $6 (24. Qg6+ Ng7 25. Re2 $11 {the pressure is still mounting and Black has to find some way of not losing too much material:} Nf7 $1 26. Rae1 Nh8 27. Qh6 Nf7 {with a computeresque perpetual.}) 24... Ng7 25. Qh3 { This is a clear sign that the attack has failed.} Bxg4 $6 26. Qxg4 $2 (26. Bxd5+ $1 $15) 26... Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 c6 28. f4 Nf7 { Now its smooth sailing for Aronian's extra knight.} 29. c4 dxc4 30. fxg5 Qxg5 31. Qxg5 Nxg5 32. Bxc6 Rd8 33. Re5 Nf7 34. Re7 Rxd4 35. Rxa7 Nf5 36. Kf2 Ne5 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Opening Blitz 5th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2787"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2016.02.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be2 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Nd7 7. Nf3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. c4 Nc7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Be3 Nf6 13. h3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Rd8 15. Rad1 b6 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Qc1 Nh5 18. Bf1 Rac8 19. b4 Qb8 20. c5 a5 21. bxa5 bxc5 22. dxc5 Qa7 23. Bc4 Nc7 24. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 25. Rd1 $1 { Black simply has no good way of dealing with the threat on his rook!} Re8 ( 25... Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Bxc3 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Qxc7 {and Black's position is completely collapsing. Both Qxe7 and a6 are huge threats.}) 26. Ng5 e6 27. Rd7 Qxa5 28. Nce4 Bc8 29. Rxf7 h6 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Nf3 { White's position is simply overwhelming.} Nd5 32. Bxh6+ Kh7 33. Nd6 Re7 34. Bf8 Rg7 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Bxd5 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Opening Blitz 5th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2798"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2016.02.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O e6 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rf2 d5 15. Rd2 Qe8 16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 Nb6 18. b3 dxc4 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Qf3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 cxb3 22. axb3 Rd5 23. Rdc2 a5 24. Rxc6 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Qd8 27. Nd6 Bf8 28. g3 a4 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. Qc2 $6 (30. Kg2 $1 Qa5 31. Kh3 $1 { and with the king tucked in h3 White should be doing ok.}) 30... Qa5 $1 31. Kf3 $2 {Losing on the spot.} Qd5+ $1 32. Ne4 Ra2 $1 {suddenly there is no good place for the queen. She has to keep an eye on too many squares: d3, d1 and the rook on c6.} 33. Qc1 (33. Ke3 Rxc2 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Nxd5 Rxc6 { doesn't work either.}) 33... Qd3+ {White will soon be mated.} 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Opening Blitz 5th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D03"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2016.02.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 Bf5 5. e3 c6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. O-O e6 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Nc4 Qa6 11. Nfd2 b5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Nb3 Rhd8 16. Qe1 Qb6 17. Qb4+ Ke8 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Qc3 Rd5 20. Rxd5 cxd5 21. a3 Kf8 22. h3 Kg8 23. Nc5 h5 24. Qd4 Rc8 25. b4 a4 26. c3 Qc7 27. Rf1 Bg6 28. f3 exf3 29. Rxf3 Qe7 30. Kh2 Rc7 31. Qf4 Rc8 32. Rg3 Rc7 33. Qg5 Qe8 34. Rf3 Qc8 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rxc5 37. bxc5 Qxc5 38. Qd8+ Qf8 39. Qxf8+ Kxf8 40. Kg3 Be4 41. Rf2 g5 42. Rh2 Bd3 43. Rh5 Bg6 44. Rxg5 Kg7 45. Kh4 f6 46. Rxg6+ Kxg6 47. exf6 e5 48. g5 d4 49. exd4 exd4 50. cxd4 b4 51. d5 bxa3 52. d6 a2 53. d7 a1=Q 54. d8=Q 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Opening Blitz 5th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2016.02.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2016.02.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nce2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b5 14. Ng3 e5 15. Qd2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Rc8 19. Rad1 Nc4 20. Qc1 Bf6 21. b3 Ne5 22. Qd2 Qb6+ 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Qxd6 Qxc2 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. Qd6 Qa5 27. Qd2 Qc7 28. Qd6 Qa5 29. Qd2 Qc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"] [Site "Gibraltar"] [Date "2016.02.04"] [Round "10"] [White "Blomqvist, Erik"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B87"] [WhiteElo "2492"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2016.01.26"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nce2 Kh8 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Qh4 Rae8 17. f5 exf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Bd8 20. Ng3 Ne5 21. Qd4 Qb7 22. Kh1 Neg4 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. c3 Bb6 25. Qh4 Bc5 26. Rf4 Be3 27. Rf3 h6 28. Rxd6 Bg5 29. Qb4 Re1+ 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Nxf1 Re8 32. Bc4 Re1 33. Bd3 Ne4 34. f6 Bxf6 0-1 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"] [Site "Gibraltar"] [Date "2016.02.03"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kollars, Dmitrij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2436"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2016.01.26"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 d6 9. Nc3 e5 10. O-O e4 11. Ne1 Bf5 12. Nc2 a5 13. a3 a4 14. Nb4 Qd7 15. Qc2 Nxb4 16. axb4 Qc6 17. c5 b5 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Rxa4 d5 20. Rfa1 Rxa4 21. Qxa4 Rb8 22. b5 Bd7 23. Bf1 h6 24. Qb4 Be6 25. Ra6 Qb7 26. Qa5 Ne8 27. Ra7 Qc8 28. Qa6 Qd7 29. b6 1-0 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"] [Site "Gibraltar"] [Date "2016.02.02"] [Round "8"] [White "Esserman, Marc"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2419"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2016.01.26"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Qe4 Rd8 14. Re1 g6 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. h4 Na5 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. Nd4 Nc6 21. Nf3 Na5 22. Nd4 Nc6 23. Nf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"] [Site "Gibraltar"] [Date "2016.02.01"] [Round "7"] [White "Gledura, Benjamin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2016.01.26"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] {This was the greatest upset of the Gibraltar tournament, but for Gledura it was not the first time he had defeated a World Champion. In October 2015 he eliminated Anatoly Karpov with 2-0 in the semi-finals of the rapid Highlander Cup, organised by the Judit Polgar foundation in Budapest.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 {A curious deci sion against an opponent rated more than 250 points lower. After the central break the maximum Black can achieve is a draw, not without some accuracy and patience on the way. The lines with ...dxc4 are flexible enough to allow the attempt to outplay a less experienced player.} 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bxc8 Rfxc8 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Be3 Be7 21. d6 Rxd6 {This is all known theory and play usually ends in a draw. White has some lead in development as Black has to lose a tempo with ...a7-a6 in order to bring his remaining rook into play, but the structure is perfectly symmetrical and Black does not have any weaknesses.} 22. Rxd6 ({Anand had faced} 22. Re1 Bf8 (22... Bd8 23. Kf1 Kg8 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bc7 26. Bd4 Ne8 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2754)-Giri,A (2776) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 CBM 167 [Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 32)}) 23. Rac1 Nd5 24. Bc5 Ra6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Red1 Nf4 27. Rc7 Rxa2 28. g3 Ne6 29. Rxb7 Kg8 { Vachier Lagrave,M (2722)-Anand,V (2783) Paris/St Petersburg 2013 (1/2-1/2, 44)} ) 22... Bxd6 23. Rd1 (23. Rc1 {does not look too logical as the rook cannot intrude along the c-file. Maybe White played it for defensive purposes, fearing some counterplay after a later ...Rc8. The early draw confirms that he did not have too high ambitions.} a6 24. g3 Rd8 25. Rd1 Rd7 { Parligras,M (2586)-Motylev,A (2653) Al Ain 2015 (1/2-1/2, 25)}) 23... Bc7 $146 {The bishop stands a bit strangely on this square but} (23... Ne8 { is too passive to ensure full equality.} 24. Kf1 (24. Nh4 $5) 24... a6 25. Nd4 Bc5 26. Nf5 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Nf6 28. Nd6 Kh7 29. Ke2 Kg6 30. a4 Rd8 31. a5 Ne8 32. Nxb7 Rb8 33. Rd7 Nf6 34. Rc7 Nd5 35. Rc6+ f6 36. Nd6 Rxb2+ 37. Kf3 Ra2 38. Rxa6 Nb4 39. Rb6 Nd3 40. Nb7 Ne5+ { Al Sayed,M (2530)-Gaponenko,I (2393) Gibraltar 2016 (1/2-1/2, 44)} 41. Ke4 $1 Rxg2 42. a6 Rxh2 (42... Ra2 43. Nc5 Rxh2 $2 44. a7 Ra2 45. Ra6 $18) 43. Na5 Ra2 44. Rb5 Nc6 $8 45. Nxc6 Rxa6 46. Nd4 {with some winning chances for White.}) 24. Kf1 {Centralising the king just in case.} ({ Another possible plan is attacking the queenside pawns with} 24. Rd3 a6 25. g3 Kg8 26. Kg2 Rd8 27. Rb3 b5 28. Ra3 Ra8 (28... a5 29. Rc3 Rd7 30. Rc5 $36) 29. h4 $5 $14 {Black is in no immediate danger but he does not have a clear way to free himself.}) 24... a6 25. h3 Kg8 26. b3 Rd8 {In principle this should suffice for a draw, but suprisingly White maintains some slight pressure even after the rook exchange.} 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Ke2 h5 $6 { Creating a weakness without needing it and delaying the king's centralising.} ( {But Black does not have a simple life after the more natural} 28... Kf8 { either:} 29. Kd3 Ke7 30. Nd4 Nd5 31. Nf5+ Kf6 32. Nd6 Nxe3 33. Kxe3 Ke6 34. Nxb7 Bb6+ {Suddenly the position becomes double-edged with the knight almost trapped on b7.} 35. Ke4 (35. Kf3 $6 Kd5 36. b4 Kc6 37. Nc5 Bxc5 38. bxc5 Kxc5 $19) 35... f5+ 36. Kf3 a5 (36... Kd5 {doesn't work out so well. If play continues in similar way as in the previous line White even wins!} 37. b4 Kc6 38. Nc5 Bxc5 39. bxc5 Kxc5 40. Kf4 { This is the point: the f5-pawn and the whole kingside are desperately weak.} g6 41. h4 $18) 37. a3 Kd5 38. b4 a4 $1 39. Ke2 Bd4 (39... Kc6 $2 40. Na5+ Bxa5 $2 41. bxa5 Kb5 42. Kd3 $18) 40. Nc5 Bxc5 41. bxc5 Kxc5 42. Kd3 g5 $11) 29. Bg5 $1 {Starting with this moment the young Hungarian talent plays the game very strongly and accurately.} Kf8 30. Kd3 Ke8 ({If} 30... Ke7 { White can keep the tension with} 31. Bh4 $5 { clearing the g5-square for the knight while maintaining the unpleasant pin.} Kd7 (31... Kd6 32. Ng5 Ke7 33. Ne4 Ke6 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Nc5+ Kd5 36. Nxb7 Bb6 37. b4 Bxf2 38. Nd8 $16) 32. a4 Nd5 33. Bxd8 (33. Ne5+ Ke6 34. Bxd8 Kxe5 35. Kc4 f6 36. Kc5 g5 {seems to allow Black to defend his fortress well. The theoretical superiority of the bishop over the knight is compensated for by Black's perfect centralisation.}) 33... Kxd8 34. Ng5 $5 (34. Kc4 Nf4) 34... Nf4+ (34... Ke7 $6 35. Kc4 Nf4 36. g3) 35. Ke4 Nxg2 36. Nxf7+ Ke7 37. Ne5 $14 { The position remains unpleasant for Black due to White's centralisation.}) 31. Bxf6 $1 {Clearing the path for the king's invasion.} Bxf6 32. Ke4 {Since the bi shop does not have targets, the centralising of the king is more relevant than the bishop's greater mobility than the knight's. Black faces an unpleasant defence.} Bd8 (32... Kd7 33. Kd5 b6 (33... Bc3 34. Ng5 Ke7 35. Ne4 Bb4 36. Nc5 $18 {is similar to the game.}) 34. Nd2) 33. Ne5 Ke7 34. Kd5 Bb6 $6 {Black hurri es to attack the only white pawn placed on a dark square but this will prove an illusion.} (34... Bc7 $5 35. Nd3 Kd7 36. Nc5+ Kc8 { looks unpleasant but White does not have an immediate way to break through.}) 35. Nd3 Kd7 36. Nc5+ Bxc5 $2 {This leads to a lost pawn ending.} ({ It is also true that the position after} 36... Kc8 { is joyless for several reasons.} 37. Kd6 (37. Ne4 Kd7 38. Nd6 Bxf2 39. Nxb7 $16 ) 37... Ba5 38. a3 (38. Ke7 $4 Bb4 39. Kd6 b6) 38... Bd8 39. Nd3 $16 { In one way or another, White should be able to clear the path for advancing with his king.}) 37. Kxc5 Kc7 (37... h4 {leads to similar play.} 38. Kb6 Kc8 39. g3 hxg3 40. fxg3 f5 41. h4 g6 42. a4 Kb8 43. b4 Kc8 44. Ka7 Kc7 45. b5 a5 46. Ka8 $1 $40) 38. h4 Kd7 (38... b6+ 39. Kd5 Kd7 40. f3 Kc7 41. g4 hxg4 42. fxg4 Kd7 43. b4 $5 {White can afford not to be in a hurry. Before starting advancing the kingside pawns he can bring his queenside pawns closer to promoting.} Kc7 44. a3 Kd7 45. a4 Kc7 46. h5 Kd7 47. g5 Ke7 48. Kc6 $18) 39. Kb6 Kc8 40. b4 Kb8 41. f3 {Before deciding how to advance the a-pawn, it is useful to provoke the freeing of the kingside. Other moves win, too, but the way chosen by Gledura is the simplest from a practical point of view.} Kc8 42. g4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Kb8 44. h5 f6 45. a4 {With the king on c8 the winning move would be 45.a3, forcing a transposition to the game.} Kc8 46. Ka7 Kc7 47. b5 a5 48. Ka8 $1 (48. Ka8 {The main difficulty regarding this winning move was foreseeing it in advance as now it is the only reasonable one.} Kb6 49. Kb8 $18 ) 1-0 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"] [Site "Gibraltar"] [Date "2016.01.31"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Fiala, Vaclav"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B38"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2217"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2016.01.26"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 a5 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ f6 16. Bg4 Nc5 17. f4 b6 18. Qe3 e5 19. Rd2 Qe7 20. Rcd1 Rad8 21. f5 Rh8 22. b3 h5 23. Bh3 g5 24. g3 h4 25. g4 Qc7 26. Bf1 Qb8 27. Bd3 Rd7 28. Qe2 Rhd8 29. Bc2 Na6 30. a3 Nc7 31. Bd3 Ba8 32. a4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"] [Site "Gibraltar"] [Date "2016.01.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Demuth, Adrien"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C72"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2535"] [Annotator "Szabo,Kr"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2016.01.26"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 {This is a very interesting and powerful opening; sometimes some top players also use it.} 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. Bxc6+ ({Of course} 7. hxg4 $2 hxg4 { is not so good for White, Black gets a strong attack on the h-file.}) (7. d4 { is the other main line.}) 7... bxc6 8. d3 (8. d4 {is more common move.}) 8... Bxf3 {The solid reply.} (8... Qf6 {is more popular.}) 9. Qxf3 Qf6 10. Qd1 { Anand wants to keep the Qs.} ({In the event of} 10. Nd2 Be7 {and White also has to play with his Q, otherwise he can't continue the development.} 11. Qe2 g5 {is similar to the game.}) 10... g5 { A typical move. Black prepares for ...Ne7-g6.} 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. g3 { A good move, White would like to close the kingside.} ({The natural} 12. Be3 { could have been met by} g4 $1 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Qxg4 Rh4 $44 { with compensation for the P.}) 12... Bg7 (12... g4 13. h4 $14 { is favourable for White, he can play for f3.}) 13. Kh2 Qg6 { Black prepares for ...f5.} 14. f4 { A brave decision by Anand, but he didn't want to allow ...f5.} exf4 15. gxf4 g4 16. f5 Be5+ 17. Bf4 Qf6 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. Rab1 Rg8 20. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 21. Qf4 Qc5 ({ Of course Black doesn't exchange the Qs, because} 21... Qxf4+ $6 22. Rxf4 $14 { and the endgame is more comfortable for White.}) ({The engine suggests} 21... Qf6 $5 {and now} 22. Rg1 $6 {could have been met by} Ng6 $1 { followed by ...Ne5 and Black looks nicely placed.}) 22. Rg1 Kd7 23. h4 (23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Kg3 $5) 23... g3+ $5 {This is the most tempting practical move. Black sacrifices his P, but opens the g-file and weaken White's K.} ({ Nevertheless the computer suggests} 23... Qd4 $1 { . White is under pressure, moreover Black is threatening with ...Nd5!} 24. Qg3 c5 25. Rgf1 Nc6 $15 {followed by ...Ne5-f3.}) 24. Rxg3 Rxg3 25. Kxg3 (25. Qxg3 Rg8 26. Qf3 Rg4 27. Kh3 {transposes to the text move.}) 25... Rg8+ 26. Kh3 Rg4 27. Qf3 Qd4 {Threatening 28...Qf6 29.Qf2 Ng6!} 28. Rf1 Nd5 {A smart move.} ({ Now} 28... Qf6 $6 {is dubious, as} 29. Qf2 { and White is safe, he can continue with Nd1-e3.}) 29. Ne2 $1 {The right reply!} (29. exd5 {is drawish by} Rxh4+ 30. Kg2 Rg4+ $11 {and perpetual checks.}) 29... Qf6 30. Qf2 Ne3 $1 {The correct move!} 31. Rg1 Nxc2 32. Nf4 ({In the event of} 32. Rxg4 $5 hxg4+ 33. Kxg4 Qxb2 34. Nf4 { looks slightly better for White, still this is a difficult endgame.}) 32... Rxg1 33. Qxg1 Qxb2 34. Qg8 Qxa2 35. Nxh5 Ne3 (35... Ne1 $5 {was also possible.} ) 36. Nf6+ Ke7 37. Nh7 $1 {A very nice N manoeuvre; suddenly Black's K becomes weak. Now White is threatening Qf8 and Nf6 mate!} Kd7 $1 {Only move!} 38. h5 Qe2 $6 {An inaccuracy.} (38... c5 $1 {was the best reaction,} 39. h6 Kc6 40. Nf6 Qa1 $1 41. h7 Qh1+ $11 {and perpetual checks.}) 39. Kh4 $4 { A big blunder, which loses immediately!} (39. Qxf7+ $1 { should have been played:} Kc8 40. Qg8+ Kb7 41. Nf6 Qxd3 42. Kh4 {and White's position is tempting, but still Black has a lot of pratical chances.}) 39... Qh2+ 40. Kg5 Qg3+ 41. Kh6 Qxg8 42. Nf6+ Ke7 43. Nxg8+ Kf8 $1 $19 { Probably this was the move, which Anand didn't see when he played 39.Kh4??.} 44. Nf6 a5 45. Kh7 a4 {A nice scalp for Demuth!} 0-1 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"] [Site "Gibraltar"] [Date "2016.01.29"] [Round "4"] [White "Oparin, Grigoriy"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2016.01.26"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nce5 13. Kb1 O-O 14. g4 Rc8 15. Qe3 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nb6 17. Qg3 Nbc4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ng6 20. Bc1 Bf6 21. c3 Be5 22. Qf2 Nb6 23. Bg2 Na4 24. Qc2 Nc5 25. h4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Ne5 27. h5 f6 28. h6 g6 29. Rf1 b5 30. Rdf4 Qe7 31. Rd1 Rf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"] [Site "Gibraltar"] [Date "2016.01.28"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Xu, Xiangyu"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B61"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2466"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2016.01.26"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. f4 h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Be2 Qc5 13. Qd3 Bg7 14. f5 h5 15. Kb1 Bh6 16. Rhf1 h4 17. Nd5 Ba4 18. b3 Bd7 19. b4 Qc6 20. Rf3 Qa4 21. a3 Kf8 22. c4 Qc6 23. Rh3 Bg5 24. g3 e6 25. gxh4 Bxh4 26. Nc3 Ke7 27. Nb5 Bf2 28. Nxd6 Rcd8 29. Nxf7 Rxh3 30. Nxd8 1-0 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"] [Site "Gibraltar"] [Date "2016.01.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Bach, Matthias"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2301"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2016.01.26"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. d3 e5 5. exd4 exd4 6. a3 a5 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Nf1 Nd7 14. Ng3 Bh7 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Nde4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Rfd8 19. Bd3 Ne5 20. f4 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Qxf4 22. Re2 Qe5 23. Rf1 g6 24. Ref2 Rd7 25. Qh3 Rad8 26. Qxh6 Qxe4 27. Qg5 d3 28. Rxf7 d2 29. R7f6 Rd6 30. Rd1 Rxf6 31. Qxf6 Qe1+ 32. Qf1 Re8 0-1 [Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"] [Site "Gibraltar"] [Date "2016.01.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vajda, Szidonia"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D16"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2359"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2016.01.26"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.14"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bd7 14. Ne5 Be8 15. a5 Nfd5 16. Bg3 Rc8 17. a6 bxa6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxa6 Rc2 20. Rd2 Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Qb6 22. Bf1 a5 23. h4 Bf6 24. Ra3 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Rxa5 Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Bxd4 28. b4 Ra8 29. Bd3 Bb6 30. Rxa8+ Bxa8 31. Kf1 f6 32. h5 Kf7 33. Ke2 Bc6 34. Bf4 Ke7 35. f3 Bd4 36. Be3 Bxe3 37. Kxe3 Bb7 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. b5 Bc8 40. g4 Bd7 41. b6 Bc8 42. Bg6 Kc6 43. Bf5 Bb7 44. Be6 Kxb6 45. Bxd5 Bc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 7th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2015.12.13"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2778"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2015.12.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.01.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 20. Kf2 Rxd1 21. Nxd1 Nf5 22. Rh1 Bxa2 23. Rxh5 Be6 24. g4 Nd6 25. Rh7 Nf7 26. Ne3 b6 27. Ng2 Rg8 28. Bxc7 Rh8 29. Rxh8+ Nxh8 30. Ne3 Nf7 31. Bg3 Nh6 32. Bf4 Nf7 33. Bg3 Nh6 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 7th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2015.12.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2015.12.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.01.15"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Ng5 $5 { The main idea of this move is to get in e4.} (11. Re1 {is the main move here.}) 11... Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nbd7 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Nc4 {Until this point we have been following some top level games. Most notably Eljanov-Carlsen and Ponomariov-Karjakin. Both games continued with 16.b3 but Caruana had a new idea up his sleeve.} 16. Bc1 $1 $146 (16. e5 $6 h6 $1 17. Nf3 Ng4 $1 18. Re1 Bc5 $15) (16. b3 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 h6 18. Ngf3 Bb4 { Black has a perfectly fine position.}) 16... h6 17. Nf3 Ng4 { A huge fork is threatened on e3.} 18. Re1 Bc5 19. Nc3 {Caruana was still very much in his preparation. Now Anand could have won an exchange with ...Ne3+ but decided against it.} Qd6 (19... Nge3+ 20. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 21. Rxe3 Bxe3 22. Nd5 Bb6 23. Ne5 $44 {The knights in the centre should not be underestimated. White has sufficient compensation for the exchange. What is very useful to learn from this example is the fact that Caruana does not always follow the best moves of the computer when preparing specific lines. He goes for ideas and then the computer more often than not changes its evaluation.}) 20. Nd1 Rad8 21. h3 Qxd1 22. Qxd1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nge3+ 24. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 25. Kh2 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 {White has th e slightly more pleasant endgame but nothing disastrous has occurred for Black. With accurate play he can still hold.} Re8 {.} 27. e5 f6 28. Rd5 Bf8 29. Kg2 c5 30. Kf2 fxe5 31. Nxe5 {White's forces are centralised and the king is coming into the game. Black has to be quick to get his counterplay rolling with the queenside majority.} c4 32. Ke3 Bb4 33. Ke4 (33. Kd4 Be1 34. g4 Bg3 35. Ke4 g5 $1 $15) 33... Be1 34. g4 c3 35. bxc3 Bxc3 36. h4 { By systematic play Caruana is increasing the pressure on Vishy.} b4 37. h5 a5 $1 {Anand knows that he cannot just sit around doing nothing. He tries his best to create a passer even at the cost of giving up a pawn.} 38. Rxa5 b3 39. Ra7 b2 40. Rb7 Ra8 41. Kd3 Bxe5 42. fxe5 Rxa2 43. Ke4 Ra1 {It is unclear what symbol this move should be given. It can be given a dubious mark as Black could have drawn even without giving up that pawn. But it is also a move worthy of an exclamation mark, because Anand accurately assessed the endgame where he was a pawn behind.} (43... Kf8 44. Kf5 Ke8 45. Kg6 (45. e6 Ra5+ 46. Kg6 Rg5+ 47. Kh7 Rxg4 48. Rxb2 $11) 45... Ra6+ $1 46. Kxg7 $2 (46. Kh7 Ra4 47. Rxb2 Rxg4 $11) 46... Ra7 $1 $17) 44. Rxb2 Kf7 45. Rb7+ Ke6 46. Rb6+ Kf7 47. Rb7+ Ke6 48. Rxg7 Ra4+ $1 49. Kf3 Kxe5 50. Re7+ (50. Rg6 Ra3+ 51. Kf2 Kf4 $11) 50... Kf6 51. Rh7 Kg5 52. Rg7+ Kh4 53. Rg6 Rb4 54. Rxh6 Rb3+ 55. Kf4 Rb4+ 56. Ke5 Kxg4 57. Rh8 Rb5+ 58. Ke4 Rxh5 59. Rxh5 Kxh5 { A high class game in all respects.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 7th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2015.12.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "Vachier Lagrave,M"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2015.12.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.01.15"] {From the beginning of the event, I had been feeling much more comfortable with Black opening-wise, and my +1 score was still enough to tie for first place, but probably not for too long. Thus I was in the mood for a lively game. } 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 ({Deviating from our game in Saint-Louis which went} 9. Qd3 { allowing} Nc6 10. a3 d5 {which is a different story.}) 9... Nbd7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. c4 b5 12. Nd2 (12. cxb5 axb5 13. O-O Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 $1 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Qxb5 Qa7 {gives Black adequate compensation with a lot of activity on the queenside as well as on the dark squares, say as soon as the dark-squared bishop reaches b6.}) 12... Nc5 (12... Rc8 13. b4 $1 { and suddenly Black is lacking a freeing move.}) 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. b3 Bxd5 ( 14... Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 {is also playable and maybe the best option available to Black. But getting my knight to d6 was too appealing to me.}) 15. cxd5 (15. exd5 $2 e4 {is obviously wrong for White.}) 15... Ne8 16. O-O Nd6 17. a4 { A logical move to press on the queenside, delaying any decision as to which pawns to attack. Here at first I couldn't see a suitable plan to get activity as an immediate ...f5 would be too hasty, but as usual in these positions there is an unexpected concrete option.} (17. Nf3 c4 $1 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Qc2 Bf6 {and Black gets his counterplay in time.}) (17. Qc2 Rc8 18. a4 c4 19. axb5 cxb3 20. Qxb3 axb5 21. Ra6 Bg5 $11) 17... Bg5 18. Nf3 Bf4 $1 {You wouldn't expect this bishop to be stable on this square. Or in the words of Levon : "a very impressive move as it looks so awful".} 19. axb5 (19. g3 f5 20. Qc3 (20. gxf4 $6 fxe4 21. Qe3 exf3 $15) 20... fxe4 21. Ne1 b4 $1 22. Qxc5 Bd2 { looks good for Black.}) 19... f5 {Why not?} (19... axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. g3 f5 22. Nh4 fxe4 23. Qc3 Bg5 24. Qxc5 Qb8 {is fine for Black, but not more. I was already inclining towards pushing my luck.}) 20. Nd2 Qg5 $2 {After pondering my decision for a while, I couldn't evaluate the resulting position so I took the gamble. My mind was probably influenced by the fact Vishy had missed the earlier idea with Bf4 and clearly wasn't feeling comfortable, but I wouldn't have taken the gamble had I been strong enough to realise I was going one step too far!} (20... axb5 21. exf5 Rc8 $1 { A nice move which had escaped my mind. Now Black is absolutely fine.} 22. Ra6 c4 23. bxc4 bxc4 $11) 21. Rad1 $2 {A very strange attempt to keep things under control in the centre, as it gives away the a-file.} (21. Nc4 $1 { was the obvious reaction. I thought it would give double-edged play after} fxe4 22. Qh3 Nxb5 {but my knight getting to d4 is no help after} 23. Nb6 $1 Nd4 ( 23... Rae8 24. Nd7 Nd4 25. Bc4 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 Nxh2 27. d6+ Kh8 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29. g3 $1 Nxf1 30. gxf4 $18) 24. Bc4 Nf3+ 25. Kh1 Nxh2 26. d6+ Kh8 27. Nxa8 Nxf1 28. Nc7 $18 {and Black is helpless against Ne6.}) 21... axb5 22. exf5 Ra3 $1 { After a while, I found this excellent reaction allowing me to keep the fight going.} (22... Ra2 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Qh4 25. g3 Bxg3 26. Qxh4 Bxh4 27. Bxb5 {is just fine for White.}) 23. Ne4 (23. Qc2 c4 $5 (23... Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Rxb3 25. Qxb3 Qxd2 26. Bxb5 Rb8 27. Qd3 {is just a draw.}) 24. bxc4 Rh3 $1 {was an idea I had in mind. It seems to work better than I would have expected after} 25. Nf3 (25. g3 Bxg3 $1 26. hxg3 (26. fxg3 $2 Qe3+ 27. Kg2 Qxe2+ 28. Kxh3 Rf6 $19) 26... Nxf5 $1 27. Ne4 (27. Bg4 $1 {is the only defence but after} Qxg4 28. Qe4 Qh5 {(not the only move here) the attack keeps on going. A beautiful line is} 29. g4 Qg5 30. Qg2 Rh4 31. Nf3 Nd4 $3 32. Nxh4 (32. Rxd4 Rxf3 $19) (32. Nxg5 Ne2#) 32... Ne2+ 33. Kh2 Qxh4+ 34. Qh3 Qg5 $1 35. Rde1 Nf4 36. Qg3 Rf6 37. Re3 Rh6+ 38. Kg1 bxc4 {and Black definitely has the upper hand.}) 27... Qh6 28. Bf3 Nd4 29. Rxd4 Rxf3 $1 $19) 25... Qh6 $1 26. gxh3 (26. g3 bxc4 $1 27. gxf4 $2 e4) 26... Qxh3 27. Rfe1 e4 28. Bf1 Qg4+ $1 29. Kh1 Qxf3+ 30. Bg2 Qh5 31. h3 bxc4 32. Rd4 $13) 23... c4 24. Qc2 $4 {The pressure pays off, with Vishy clearly having overlooked something. He probably wasn't too sure about his other options and missed my obvious reply.} (24. Qf3 $1 Qh6 (24... Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Nxe4 28. bxc4 Nc3 29. Rd2 Nxe2+ 30. Rxe2 bxc4 31. Rxe5 Rd3 $11) 25. g3 Rxb3 26. Qg2 Bg5 27. f6 $1 Nxe4 28. Qxe4 Qg6 $1 (28... Bxf6 29. Rb1 {makes White's life too easy; his Qe4 is just what the doctor ordered to get enough counterplay and control of the position.}) 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Rb1 $1 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Rc8 32. Bg4 Rb8 33. Be6+ Kf8 34. fxg7+ Kxg7 35. d6 c3 36. Bb3 {and the game peters out to a likely draw.}) (24. Qb1 { looks dangerous but might be ok as well:} Bxh2+ (24... Qh6 $5 25. g3 Rxb3 26. Qc2 Nxf5 27. d6 $1 Qh3 28. Bxc4+ bxc4 29. Qxc4+ Kh8 30. Qe6 $1 { and White is hanging on by a thread.}) 25. Kxh2 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Rxb3 (26... Nxe4 27. Qb2 Ra6 28. d6 $1 $11) 27. Nxd6 $1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Rf6 29. g3 Qh3 30. Rxb5 Rxd6 31. Bxc4 {is likely to end in a draw.}) 24... Qxf5 { It is quite hard to understand what Vishy actually missed.} 25. Qb2 Rxb3 26. Qxb3 cxb3 27. Nxd6 {Here I should still be careful not to allow exchanges which would give White drawing chances. But my passed pawn combined with attacking possibilities on White's king gave me enough confidence to think I would win this game.} Qg6 28. Nxb5 e4 ({ Vishy mentioned to me this option after the game:} 28... Qc2 $1 29. Bd3 Qc5 $1 {and White's knight cannot get back into play.} 30. d6 e4 31. Be2 b2 32. d7 Rd8 {is just over.}) 29. d6 b2 { ...e3 and ...Bc1 are two of the tempting options now on Black's agenda.} 30. Nd4 {An interesting try which I missed. But I had enough time on the clock to make sure everything worked out for me.} (30. d7 Rd8 31. Bc4+ Kh8 32. Rfe1 Qc6 $19) 30... Qxd6 $1 (30... Bxd6 31. Bc4+ Kh8 32. Ne6 Rb8 33. Rxd6 b1=Q 34. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 35. Bf1 Rb8 { is also enough to win, especially as White can't get his knight out in time:} 36. Nd8 Qf5 $1 37. Ne6 Qe5 38. Ra6 e3 $19) 31. Bc4+ Kh8 32. Ne6 Bxh2+ 33. Kh1 Rxf2 $1 {Not the only winning move, but definitely the most pretty. All Black's pieces are hanging, but White is in the same situation and the b-pawn might decide the game in several cases.} 34. Ng5 $5 (34. Rxf2 Qxd1+ 35. Kxh2 Qd6+ $19) (34. Rxd6 Bxd6 $1 (34... Rxf1+ $4 35. Kxh2) 35. Rg1 Rc2 36. Bd5 e3 37. Ng5 Rc5 $1 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Nxd6+ Rxd5 40. Nc4 Rh5#) 34... Bg3 $1 { The threat of ...Qh6 forces White to throw in the towel.} (34... Bg3 35. Rxd6 Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 Bxd6 {and the b-pawn is unstoppable.}) 0-1 [Event "London Classic 7th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2015.12.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "Sagar Shah"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2015.12.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.01.15"] 1. c4 e5 2. d3 $5 {After the game Grischuk mentioned that he had prepared this move, which mainly leads to original game without much theory. In the past he had played 1.c4 and his opponents had replied with 1...Nf6 and hence he couldn't use this idea. But today Anand went 1...e5 and Grischuk could push his pawn to d3 which is much less common than Nc3, Nf3, g3 or even e3.} Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 $5 {Seeing that White hasn't gone for the most ambitious move order, Vishy chooses an aggressive setup.} 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 {Usually in this opening the bishop on b4 takes the knight on c3 and White is left with the dark-squared bishop. But here the knight on c3 remains and it is much more useful than the bishop because the knight can go to d5 and attack the c7-pawn. If it is taken then after cxd5 the c-file is opened up and the c7-pawn could become a weakness.} 9. O-O Bd7 (9... Qe8 { is the usual idea in this opening with the plan being Qh5, f4, Bh3 and Ng4 with a strong attack. But here we can see the usefulness of the knight on c3.} 10. Nd5 $1 $14) 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. Qb4 $5 (12. e4 $5 c5 $5 $11 ( 12... f4 $6 13. d4 $1 $14)) 12... Nxd5 (12... a5 $5 { could have been an interesting option but leads to an edge for White after} 13. Qxb7 $1 Rb8 14. Qa6 Rxb2 15. Rab1 $1 Rxe2 $2 (15... Rxa2 16. Rfc1 $16) 16. Qc4 $16 {The rook on e2 will soon be trapped.}) 13. Qxb7 c6 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Qa6 ( 15. Bxc6 Rb8 $19) 15... d5 16. Rac1 f4 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. Qa5 {As Grischuk correctly pointed out after the game: Black has a perfectly sound position. Its only defect is that the knight on b6 is quite passive. If that were not the case then Black would have had the advantage.} Kh8 (18... g5 $5 {with a paw n storm on the kingside could have led to a very tense battle with mutual chances.} 19. d4 $5 exd4 20. Qd2 Rae8 21. b3 $13) 19. b3 Bg4 20. Qc3 $1 { This move was missed by Vishy. Now the e5-pawn is attacked and so is the one on c6. Black has to make the concession of giving up his bishop on f3.} e4 $6 { But Vishy doesn't believe in taking a slightly inferior position. He tries to complicate matters.} (20... Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Rac8 { would have been better although here White has a clear edge.} 22. e3 $1 $14) 21. Qxf6 Rxf6 22. Nd4 $1 {The e4-pawn is falling and so is the one on c6. Black has to play sharply to keep things together.} f3 (22... exd3 23. exd3 Rc8 24. Rfe1 $1 $16) 23. exf3 exf3 24. Bh1 {The bishop on h1 is not going to be trapped forever. So next up is h3 and the f3-pawn will start to become pretty weak and as we shall see it will most probably fall.} Rc8 25. Rfe1 h6 { Black takes care of his back rank and threatens ...c5.} (25... c5 $2 26. Rxc5 $18) 26. b4 $1 {...c5 is not possible and the knight on d4 sits like a boss.} Na4 27. Re3 Rcf8 28. h3 Bxh3 29. Rxf3 Bd7 30. Bg2 g5 31. Rxf6 Rxf6 {Material is equal but White is clearly better. Let us try to understand why: 1. The knight on d4 is excellently posted. In fact Grischuk improves it further with the Nf3-e5 manoeuvre. The knight on e5 is extremely strong hitting the weak c6-pawn. 2. The bishop on d7 is highly passive and stuck to the task of defending the sickly looking c6-pawn. 3. The knight on a4 doesn't really have a good square where it can go to. All these things put together constitute White's clear edge.} 32. Nf3 $1 Kg7 33. Ne5 Be8 34. Bh3 h5 35. d4 Nb6 36. Rc3 (36. Rc5 { would have been even stronger as now ...Nc4 is not possible.} Nc4 37. Nxc4 dxc4 38. Rxg5+ $16) 36... Nc4 $5 {Vishy understands that the knight on e5 cannot be tolerated for long and gets rid of it even at the cost of a pawn.} 37. Nxc4 dxc4 38. Rxc4 Rd6 39. a3 Bf7 40. Rc5 Rxd4 (40... Kf6 41. Bg2 Rxd4 42. Rxc6+ Be6 $16 {would have made White's task a little more difficult than in the game.}) 41. Rxg5+ Kf6 42. Rf5+ Kg6 43. Rc5 Rd1+ 44. Kh2 Bd5 45. Bg2 Rd2 46. Bxd5 cxd5 47. Kg2 {What would be the precise evaluation of this endgame? Is White winning or Black has decent drawing chances? Let's have a look.} Kf5 { This move looks completely natural trying to use the king to shepherd home the d5-pawn.} 48. Ra5 {White meanwhile tries to win the a7-pawn.} (48. Kf3 { was not yet possible due to} Rd3+) 48... Ke4 { Vishy activates his king and puts all his money on the d4-pawn.} 49. Rxa7 d4 { Of course White's queenside pawns are extremely threatening, but we cannot discount the d4-pawn which is just three steps away from queening. White's basic aim should be to give up both his queenside pawn in order to win the d-pawn. Later the h-pawn will fall giving White connected passers on the kingside.} 50. b5 (50. Re7+ $5 Kd5 (50... Kd3 51. b5 Rb2 52. a4 Kc4 53. Rc7+ Kb4 54. b6 Kxa4 55. b7 d3 56. Rd7 d2 57. Rxd2 $18) 51. Kf3 Kc4 52. Rc7+ Kd3 ( 52... Kb3 53. b5 Kxa3 54. b6 Rb2 55. b7 Rb6 56. Ke4 $18) 53. b5 Ra2 (53... Rb2 54. a4 Kd2 55. Rc5 d3 56. a5 Kd1 57. a6 d2 58. a7 Ra2 59. b6 $18) 54. b6 $1 ( 54. Ra7 Rb2 55. a4 Kd2 $132) 54... Rxa3 55. Rc8 Rb3 56. Rb8 Kd2+ 57. Kg2 d3 58. b7 Kd1 59. Rd8 Rxb7 60. Rxd3+ Ke2 61. Re3+ Kd2 62. Re5 $18) 50... Rb2 51. a4 $2 {A pretty bad mistake by Grischuk which gives Anand excellent drawing chances.} (51. Re7+ $1 {was a very important check forcing the king on to the d-file.} Kd5 (51... Kd3 {would be too slow as after} 52. a4 Kc3 (52... Rb4 53. f4 $1 Rxa4 54. b6 Rb4 55. b7 Kc3 56. Rc7+ Kb3 57. f5 d3 58. f6 d2 59. Rd7 Kc2 60. Rxd2+ Kxd2 61. f7 $18) 53. Rc7+ Kb4 54. b6 Kxa4 55. b7 d3 56. Rd7 $18 { White simply wins.}) 52. Rb7 $1 d3 (52... Ra2 53. Rd7+ $1 Kc5 54. b6 Kxb6 55. Rxd4 $18) 53. b6 d2 54. Rd7+ Kc6 55. Rd8 $1 Kxb6 56. Kf3 $18 {White will win the d2-pawn and later the one on h5 and will finish off the game.}) 51... Kd3 $2 {An extremely bad move which throws away the chance given to Anand. He shouldn't have brought the king in front of the d-pawn. Instead he should have pushed his pawn to d3. After ...Kd3 the position is just lost because the d-pawn is too slow,} (51... d3 $1 52. Rb7 Kd4 $1 { The most accurate move to secure the half point.} (52... d2 $2 53. Rd7 $1 $18 { The king on e4 is cut off from the game.}) (52... Rb4 $5 53. b6 Rxa4 54. Rb8 Rb4 55. b7 d2 56. Rd8 Rxb7 57. Rxd2 Rb1 {Here Black has some chances to hold because his king is well placed on e4 and can get back to g6 in order to defend the h5 pawn.}) 53. a5 (53. b6 d2 $1 (53... Kc5 $2 54. Rd7 $1 $18) 54. Rd7+ Kc3 55. a5 (55. b7 Rxb7 $19) 55... Kc2 { White doesn't really have a good move.} 56. Kh3 (56. Kf3 d1=Q+ 57. Rxd1 Kxd1 58. Ke4 Rb5 59. f4 Rxa5 60. f5 Rb5 61. f6 Rxb6 62. Kf5 Ke2 63. Kg5 Kf3 64. f7 Rb8 65. Kxh5 Kxg3 $11) 56... d1=Q 57. Rxd1 Kxd1 58. Kh4 Ke2 59. f4 Kf3 60. Kxh5 Kxg3 61. f5 Rb5 62. Kg6 Rxa5 63. f6 Rb5 64. f7 Rxb6+ $11) 53... d2 54. Rd7+ Kc3 55. b6 Kc2 $11 { As we have seen White is lost for a move and the game ends in a draw.}) 52. Rb7 $1 Ra2 53. b6 Rxa4 54. Rb8 {Anand threw in the towel. A very nice game by Grischuk who started with the non-theoretical 1.c4 2.d3 and later played a nearly flawless middlegame.} (54. Rb8 Rb4 55. b7 Kd2 56. Kh3 d3 57. f4 Kd1 58. Rd8 Rxb7 59. Rxd3+ {followed by Kh4 and Rd5 picking up the h5-pawn.}) 1-0 [Event "London Classic 7th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2015.12.08"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "Szabo,Kr"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2015.12.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.01.15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 ({ One year before they had already played a game with} 6... e6 7. g4 Nfd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 $5 Nde5 11. g5 Bd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. b3 f5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 fxe4 17. O-O-O d5 18. Nxe4 $13 {Anand-Topalov, Khanty-Mansiysk 2014, with a complicated position. Later Anand managed to win.} ) 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 (8. g3 {is the another main move.}) 8... Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 $5 {A little improvement by Anand.} ({He had played} 11. Nec3 {a few times, but now he had this move up his sleeve.}) 11... g6 $146 { Topalov makes the first new move of the game. He would like to play ...Bh6 to stop White from 0-0-0.} 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Nec3 Rc5 ({ The straightforward} 14... Bh6 $5 {looks more natural.}) 15. Be2 b5 $6 { This is an inaccuracy, which allows a good attack for White.} (15... Bg7) ({or } 15... Bh6 {was important to continue the development.}) 16. a3 (16. f4 $1 { was stronger, the point being} exf4 17. Qd4 $1 Rh7 18. Nxf4 $16 { and White has nice play.}) 16... Nb6 17. g4 hxg4 ({In the event of} 17... Bxd5 18. exd5 hxg4 19. hxg4 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Bg7 21. Ne4 $1 Rxd5 22. Qc3 $36 { and the rook can be in trouble on d5.}) 18. Nxb6 (18. hxg4 $5 Rxh1 19. Rxh1 Bxd5 20. exd5 {transposes to 17...Bxd5.}) 18... Qxb6 19. hxg4 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Bg7 21. Qe3 Qb7 ({The unsuspecting} 21... a5 $2 {could have been met by} 22. b4 $1 $18 {and suddenly White wins.}) (21... Rc6 $5 {was also possible.}) 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. g5 $1 {Anand fixes the kingside and he prepares for Rg1 followed by Bg4 to exhange the light-squared Bs.} Qc6 24. Rg1 Qd7 (24... a5 $5 { was an interesting option to create counterplay on the queenside.} 25. Bg4 b4 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. axb4 axb4 $13) 25. Qg3 Rc8 26. Bg4 $1 { White has achieved his aim.} Bxg4 ({If Black tries to keep the tension with} 26... a5 {, White can continue with} 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Qd3 Rb8 29. Nd1 $1 Qc6 30. Ne3 $36 {and White has a great initiative.}) 27. Qxg4 Qxg4 28. Rxg4 Bf8 29. Nd5 $14 {White has a comfortable endgame, he has a "good N" against the "bad B". The plan in such positions is usually simple. Keep control and create a passed pawn on the queenside. However the difficulty here is that the g5-pawn is weak and the rook has to protect it.} Be7 30. c3 Rc6 31. Kc2 Kd7 32. Kb3 Bd8 33. a4 $1 {The first step of White's plan. He tries to create a passed pawn.} Rc5 34. axb5 Rxb5+ ({Probably} 34... axb5 $5 { was a larger task to create a passed pawn for White. Now the engine suggests} 35. Rg2 Rc4 36. f3 Ke6 37. Rg1 Ra4 38. Rh1 {, but this is still a big fight.}) 35. Ka2 a5 36. b4 axb4 37. cxb4 {So step one has been completed. Now White should get the rook into the game somehow.} Rb7 38. Kb3 Rb8 39. Rg1 $1 Rb7 40. Rg3 Rb8 41. Rg1 Rb7 42. Ra1 $1 {A very good move! Anand sacrifices the g5-pawn and gets his rook into the action.} Bxg5 43. Kc4 Bd8 44. f3 ({The immediate} 44. b5 {was also good.}) 44... f5 45. Rh1 (45. b5 $5) 45... fxe4 46. fxe4 g5 47. b5 Rb8 48. Rh7+ Ke6 (48... Kc8 { looks safer, because on e6 the king is in a mating net.}) 49. Kb4 $1 { Black is in zugzwang! The rook cannot move away from the b-file as b6 would come and the bishop cannot move away, because of the mate on e7. Only the g-pawn can} ({The tempting} 49. b6 $2 {was a big mistake, as} Rxb6 $1 50. Nxb6 Bxb6 {and probably Black can hold.}) 49... g4 50. Rg7 g3 51. Rxg3 Rb7 52. Rg6+ Kd7 53. Rg7+ Kc8 54. Rg8 Kd7 55. Kc4 Rb8 (55... Kc8 56. b6 $18 { is hopeless for Black.}) 56. Rg7+ Ke6 57. Kb4 $1 {This is the same zugzwang position without the g-pawn and White is just winning.} Ba5+ $1 { The best practical chance.} 58. Kc4 (58. Ka4 $1 { would have won the game with ease, for example} Bd8 {is strongly refuted by} 59. Ra7 $1 Rc8 60. b6 $18) ({, but even} 58. Kxa5 Rxb5+ 59. Ka4 Ra5+ 60. Kb3 Ra3+ 61. Kc4 Ra4+ 62. Nb4 $18 {should be winning too.}) 58... Bd8 59. Rg8 Rc8+ 60. Kd3 (60. Kb4 $1 {was stronger,} Ba5+ $2 61. Kxa5 Rxg8 62. b6 $18 { and the pawn cannot be stopped.}) 60... Rb8 61. Rh8 $6 { An inaccuracy; now Black can defend more easily.} (61. Kc4 $1) 61... Kd7 62. Rh7+ Ke6 $2 {A mistake, which helps White to reach the zugzwang position.} ( 62... Kc8 $1 {was tougher.}) 63. Kc4 Rc8+ 64. Kb4 Rc1 (64... Rb8 { could have been met by} 65. Ra7 $1 $18 { and White has managed the final zugzwang.}) 65. b6 { Finally the pawn moves ahead and it's all over.} Rb1+ 66. Ka5 Bxb6+ ({ In the event of} 66... Rb2 67. Ka6 Ra2+ 68. Kb7 Rb2 69. Kc8 Rc2+ 70. Rc7 $1 $18 {and White wins} ({, but not} 70. Kxd8 $4 Rc8+ $1 $11 {and stalemate!})) 67. Nxb6 {This position is easily winning for White because Black can't exchange the e4-pawn and White can always protect it with Rh4.} Ra1+ 68. Kb5 Rb1+ 69. Kc6 Rc1+ 70. Kb7 Rb1 71. Kc7 Rc1+ 72. Kd8 Re1 73. Rh4 Kf6 74. Rg4 $1 { A fine victory for Anand who played a consistent game.} 1-0 [Event "London Classic 7th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2015.12.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "Sumets,A"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2015.12.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.01.15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 {Nakamura has very good statistics in his games against Anand. A few month ago he won after 6.0-0, which is considered as the main line.} (6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nbd2 Bc6 16. Nb3 Be7 17. Na5 h6 18. Be3 $11 { Nakamura,H (2814)-Anand,V (2816)1-0 (43) Saint Louis USA 2015}) 6... c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 {Now Black has a choice between 8...Nc6, which is the most popular continuation; 8...e5; 8...Qb6 and 8...Na6!?. I would recommend 8...e5 as the most reliable continuation or 8...Na6 for those who like unexplored tracks.} Qb6 (8... Na6 $5 {Of late it has been played in 2 games.} 9. cxd5 { It seems to me that White doesn't have any alternatives.} (9. Rd1 $2 Nb4 10. Qd2 (10. Qb3 $2 dxc4 11. Qxc4 e5 $19) 10... dxc4 $15) (9. Bd2 $6 e5 10. Nf5 d4 {In comparison with the line 8...e5 9.Nf5 d4 Black could get an extra tempo, because White's dark-squared bishop is misplaced and he should play 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Bg5.}) 9... Nb4 $1 ({Kurajica,B proved that} 9... Nxd5 $6 { is not a strong move due to} 10. Rd1 Ndb4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Qc4 Nd5 14. Nf5 exf5 15. Bxd5 $16 { Kurajica,B (2495)-Groszpeter,A (2490) 1-0 (52) Oberwart 1984}) 10. Qd1 (10. Qb3 e5 11. Nc2 Nbxd5 {Black should be satisfied with the opening results. He even has a small advantage.} 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 e4 14. Be3 Qd5 15. Bd4 Qh5 16. f3 exf3 (16... Be6 $5 17. Qc7 Rfe8 18. Qxb7 Rac8 19. Rac1 Bc5 $44) 17. exf3 Bd7 18. Ne3 Rac8 19. Qb3 Bc5 20. Qc3 $11 {Khairullin,I (2630)-Riazantsev,A (2688) 1/2 (34) Sochi RUS 2015. White almost levelled the game.}) 10... e5 11. Nf3 e4 (11... Qxd5 $5 {leads to complications after} 12. Qxd5 Nfxd5 13. Nxe5 Nc2 14. Bxd5 Nxa1 $13) 12. Ng5 e3 $5 (12... Qxd5 $5 13. Qxd5 Nfxd5 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Nc3 h6 $44) 13. Nc3 exf2+ 14. Kh1 $1 (14. Rxf2 $6 Ng4) 14... h6 15. a3 $1 hxg5 $6 ( 15... Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 hxg5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxg5 Qe5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qd2 $14 ) 16. axb4 Qb6 17. Bxg5 Qxb4 18. Qd2 Ng4 19. Bf4 $16 { Khismatullin, D (2654)-Bukavshin,I (2657) 1/2 (50) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2015}) ( 8... e5 {Sergey Karjakin prefers this move.} 9. Nf5 d4 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 { It seems that Black is OK. He controls the centre and White's c4-pawn might be a target. However, there are a lot of strong GMs, who like to play it with White. White's light-squared bishop is very strong. He can also rely on the pair of bishops and on the majority on the queenside. White should choose between 11.b4 and 11.Bg5. Evgenij Miroshnichenko played 11.b3 but this option doesn't have many supporters.} 11. b4 (11. b3 { - Miroshnichenko,E-Anand,V Bundesliga 2004, annotated by Ribli,Z.}) (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Nc6 (13... Bf5 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. Qa3 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. b4 a5 18. c5 Qa6 $2 (18... Qb5 19. Qf3 $1 Be6 20. Qd3 $1 (20. Qxb7 $2 Qxe2 21. Ne4 axb4 22. Nd6 Rcb8 $17) 20... Qxd3 (20... Qxb4 21. a3 $1 Nxc5 22. axb4 Nxd3 23. exd3 axb4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Kf1 Ra2 26. Ke1 $16) 21. exd3 Rc7 22. a3 $14) 19. Nc4 Be6 20. Nd6 $18 { Aronian,L (2826)-Carlsen,M (2872) 1-0 (53) Zuerich 2014}) 14. c5 Qe7 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Qc4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Kh8 18. b4 f5 19. Bd5 Rad8 20. Rab1 Qd7 21. Bxc6 bxc6 $11 {Wojtaszek,R (2698)-Karjakin,S (2762) 1/2 (83) Rhodes 2013}) 11... Be6 12. Nd2 Rc8 (12... Qc7 13. Ba3 Nbd7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. b5 Rfd8 16. c5 Nd5 $6 (16... Bd5 17. Qd3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Re8 $13) 17. Ne4 Bf5 $6 18. c6 $1 bxc6 19. Bd6 $16 { Li Chao2 (2750)-Kreisl,R (2437) 1-0 (39) Skopje MKD 2015}) 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. b5 Na5 15. Ba3 Qd7 16. Rac1 a6 17. Bb4 axb5 18. cxb5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qxd5 21. a3 b6 22. Rc7 (22. e4 $5 Qd8 (22... dxe3 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. fxe3 f6 25. Rc7 $14) 23. f4 f6 $11) 22... h6 $11 { Wang,Y (2725)-Karjakin,S (2756) 1/2 (36) Antalya 2013}) (8... Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 (10. b3 a5 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Na4 Rb8 13. Rd1 {I played this tournament and during the game I didn't like this move. However the game Jobava,B-Zhukova, N convinced me that the natural 13...Nd7 is not a panacea for all woes.} Bd6 ( 13... Nd7 14. Bf4 Rb4 $6 (14... Rb7 15. e4 $14) 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bc7 Qc8 17. Rac1 $16 {1-0 (31) Jobava,B (2722) -Zhukova,N (2470) Doha QAT 2014}) 14. Be3 ({ I believe White should have played} 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. e4 {with advantage.}) 14... Qe7 15. Bb6 Bb5 $1 16. Bxa5 Bxa4 17. bxa4 (17. Bc3 $1 Bb5 (17... Bb4 18. Be5 Ra8 19. bxa4 $14) 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. a4 Rfc8 20. Qd2 bxa4 21. bxa4 Rb3 22. Rdc1 $14) 17... Bb4 18. Bxb4 Rxb4 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rd3 $6 Qa7 21. Rb1 Rxa4 22. Rd2 $15 {1/2 (22) Li Chao2 (2722)-Rausis,I (2586) Heusenstamm GER 2014. Of course, we have to respect top GMs but I'd like to see how Li Chao played this unpleasant position.}) 10... Qb6 11. b3 a5 12. a3 Rb8 13. Bb2 dxc4 $6 14. Nxc4 Qxb3 15. Qxb3 Rxb3 16. Rab1 $14 { Li,C (2700)-Rozentalis,E (2623) 1-0 (42) Reykjavik 2014}) 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Bg5 $146 (11. Na3 Bxa3 12. bxa3 Qxc4 13. Qxc4 dxc4 14. a4 (14. Rd4 c3 15. Rc4 Bd7 16. Rxc3 Nd5 17. Rb3 Bc6 $11) 14... Bd7 15. Ba3 $6 (15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Ba6 c3 17. Ba3 Rb6 $1 18. Bxf8 c2 19. Rdc1 Rxa6 20. Bb4 Bxa4 21. a3 Nd5 $11 ) 15... Bxa4 16. Rdc1 b5 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 $15 { Aronian,L (2780)-Anand,V (2804) 0-1 (51) Blitz Stavanger NOR 2015}) (11. a4 Bd7 12. b3 (12. Nd2 Qc7 13. b3 Rac8 14. Bb2 Bc6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 a5 $5 (17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rfd8 $11) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Rac1 g6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 $13 { 1/2 (32) Melkumyan,H (2622)-Dominguez Perez,L (2732) Baku AZE 2015}) 12... Qc8 $6 {A weird move.} (12... Rac8 13. Bb2 Qa6 14. Nd2 Rfd8 15. Bd4 Bc6 { With good chances to equalise.}) 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Nxa3 Bc6 15. Rac1 a6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qd3 $14 {Lei Tingjie (2444) -Ushenina,A (2486) Chengdu CHN 2015. Black's position is unpleasant,}) (11. b3 b5 12. Na3 $6 (12. Ba3 $5 Bxa3 (12... b4 $5 13. Bb2 Bb7) 13. Nxa3 bxc4 14. bxc4 Bb7 15. Rab1 (15. cxd5 Qa6 $1 { This is stronger than 15...Qxc2, which is also not bad.} (15... Qxc2 16. Nxc2 Bxd5 17. Ne3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfd8 $11) 16. Qd3 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Bxd5 $11) 15... Rfc8 16. Qb2 Ba6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nb5 Qxb5 19. Qxb5 Bxb5 20. Rxb5 Nc3 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Rdb1 Nxb1 23. Rxb1 g6 24. Rb7 {Black still has some problems.}) 12... bxc4 13. bxc4 Bb7 (13... Bd7 $1 14. cxd5 $6 Nxd5 15. Qxc6 Bxc6 $15) 14. Rb1 Qa6 15. Qb3 Bc6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 (16... Ba4 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. Rxd3 Nxd5 $11) 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Nb5 Qb7 19. Qf3 Qc6 $11 { Mkrtchian,L (2443)-Ushenina,A (2486) 1/2 (30) Chengdu CHN 2015}) 11... h6 ({ Probably Black could have got an equal position after} 11... Qxc4 $5 12. Qxc4 dxc4 13. Nd2 Bd7 (13... c3 $6 14. bxc3 Rd8 15. Nc4 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Kf8 17. Na5 { I don't see how Black can finish his development.}) 14. Nxc4 (14. Bxb7 Rab8 15. Bf3 h6 $1 16. Bf4 Rxb2 17. Nxc4 Rc2 $11) 14... Bb5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Ne5 h6 $1 {It seems to me that Black has got an equal position. For example} 17. Be3 (17. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 18. Nd3 b6 $15) (17. Bf4 Bxe2 (17... Nd5 $11) 18. Bxb7 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rb8 20. Rc8+ Rxc8 21. Bxc8 Bc5 $11) 17... Nd5 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Bxe2 21. Rd7 Bf6 $11) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Na3 { Now White's queen is protected and he wants to take on d5.} Bd7 14. Rab1 (14. Rd2 Rac8 15. Qb3 (15. cxd5 $6 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Rxc2 17. Nxc2 Rc8 $1 18. Ne3 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Rc1+ 20. Rxc1 Bxc1 $15) 15... Qa6 16. cxd5 Qa5 17. Qd3 Rc5 $44) (14. cxd5 $2 Qxc2 15. Nxc2 Ba4 16. Rd2 Bxb2 $15) 14... Rac8 15. Qd3 Rfd8 16. cxd5 Qa4 17. Rd2 b5 {I shouldn't assess the last move as a dubious one, because objectively Black is not worse, but the resulting positions are complicated and it is easier to make a mistake.} (17... exd5 { I believe that this is the most practical decision.} 18. Bxd5 Bg5 19. Rdd1 (19. f4 Be7 20. e4 Be6 21. Rbd1 Bb4 22. Rc2 Bxa3 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. bxa3 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rc3 26. Qd4 Rc4 $11) 19... Bc6 20. e4 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rc5 22. d6 Bf6 23. Qe2 Rc6 24. Nb5 a6 25. Nc3 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rcxd6 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Rxb7 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Qc6+ 30. Kh3 Qxb7 31. Qxd1 Qc8+ 32. Kg2 Qxc3 $11) 18. Rbd1 (18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Qxb5 Qxb5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nxb5 Bxa2 22. Ra1 Bc4 $11) 18... exd5 $6 (18... a6 {Black protects his b5-pawn and he is ready to play ...exd5 and after Bxd5 Be6. } 19. d6 (19. Bf3 exd5 20. Bxd5 Be6 21. e4 Rd6 22. Kg2 Rcd8 23. Qe2 Bxd5 24. exd5 g6 {White can't improve his position.}) 19... Rc5 20. Bf3 a5 21. Kg2 Rdc8 $44) (18... Bc6 19. e4 (19. dxc6 $2 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 a6 $17) (19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 exd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 a6 $44) 19... exd5 (19... Bg5 $6 20. f4 Be7 21. Qc2 $16) 20. exd5 Bd7 21. d6 $14 {Definetely the knight on a3 is misplaced but the d6-pawn is strong and Black still has some problems.}) ( 18... Bg5 $5 19. f4 (19. Rc2 Bf6 { and White doesn't have anything better than Rcd2.}) 19... Bf6 (19... Be7 $5 20. d6 Bf6 21. e4 e5 22. Bf3 Rc5 23. Qb3 Rdc8 24. Qxa4 bxa4 $44) 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 e5 22. e4 exf4 23. gxf4 Re8 24. Bf3 g5 $44) 19. Bxd5 Bc6 20. e4 a6 21. h4 (21. Qb1 $1 {Sakaev,K} Bxd5 22. exd5 Bg5 (22... Qb4 23. d6 g6 24. Nc2 Qxb2 25. Qxb2 Bxb2 26. d7 $1 Rc7 27. Nb4 Bc3 28. Nxa6 Bxd2 29. Nxc7 Rxd7 30. Nxb5 Kf8 31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Ke2 Rb7 33. Rxd2 Rxb5 34. a4 Ra5 35. Ra2 $18 { See the last game of the match Alekhine-Capablanca.}) 23. Rc2 Bf6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. d6 $16 {Black is in trouble, the d6-pawn is very strong.}) 21... Bxd5 22. exd5 Qb4 (22... Rd7 {Sakaev,K} 23. d6 Rcd8 24. Qe2 Bxb2 25. Nxb5 Qxb5 26. Qxb5 axb5 27. Rxb2 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxb5 Ra6 30. Rb2 h5 $14 { The endgame is drawish, but a few people like to have the white pieces.}) ( 22... Rd6 {Sakaev,K} 23. Nc2 Bxb2 24. Ne3 Bc1 25. Rc2 Rxc2 26. Nxc2 Bb2 27. Ne3 $16 {Due to his d6-pawn White has a huge advantage. For example} Bf6 (27... Qa3 28. Qe4 Rd8 29. Nf5 Qa4 30. Qxa4 bxa4 31. Kg2 Kf8 32. h5 $16) 28. Rd2 b4 29. Nc4 Rd8 30. d6 Bc3 31. Re2 Qb5 32. Re7 Bf6 33. Rc7 a5 34. Qf3 a4 35. Qb7 Qxb7 36. Rxb7 Bc3 37. Kg2 Kf8 38. Kf3 $16 {White's king is heading to d5.}) 23. Rb1 (23. d6 $5 Rd7 24. Nc2 Qxb2 25. Ne3 Qe5 26. Ng4 Qe6 27. Qf3 $16) 23... Qa5 24. b4 Qa4 $2 {This is a serious mistake, which leads to a very difficult position. } (24... Qb6 25. Rb3 g6 26. Nc2) 25. Rb3 {The black queen is trapped.} Be7 26. Re2 $1 {Probably Anand hoped for 26.Qb1 a5.} Rc7 (26... Bxb4 27. Re4 a5 28. Kg2 Re8 29. Rd4 Rcd8 30. d6 $16) 27. Kg2 Bf6 28. Qf3 Re7 29. Rd2 Red7 30. Qe2 g6 $6 (30... Re7 31. Qd1 Rc7) 31. h5 g5 32. Qd1 $1 { White needn't assess the position which arises after} (32. Nc2 $6 Qxa2 33. Nd4 Qxd2 34. Qxd2 Rxd5 35. Qa2 Bxd4 36. Qxa6 $16) 32... Bg7 33. Nc2 $18 Qxa2 34. Ne3 Qa1 35. Qxa1 Bxa1 36. Ra2 Bd4 37. Nf5 Bg7 38. Rxa6 Bf8 39. d6 Bxd6 40. Nxh6+ Kh7 41. Ng4 (41. Ng4 Be7 42. Rf3 (42. Ne5) 42... Rf8 43. Ne5 $18) 1-0 [Event "London Classic 7th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2015.12.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2850"] [Annotator "Roiz,M"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2015.12.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.01.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be6 11. Rd1 Bc5 {Magnus chooses a somewhat dubious, but unexplored theoretical continuation. This position had been seen in only 1 game before.} ({The most common alternatives are} 11... Bb4 12. Ne2 Bd5 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8 15. Bd2 (15. Be3 $5) 15... Bc5 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Be3 b6 18. f3 Be6 19. g4 Rd5 $11 { 1/2 Vachier Lagrave,M (2722)-Fressinet,L (2698)/Caen 2011}) ({and} 11... h6 12. b3 Rd8 13. Bb2 Bb4 14. Ne2 Bd5 15. Nfd4 Be4 16. c4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Ke7 18. f3 Bg6 $11 {1/2 Hou Yifan (2671)-Mamedyarov,S (2736)/Baku AZE 2015}) 12. g4 $1 $146 { This natural advance is a novelty. It definitely makes sense to make progress on the kingside as soon as possible.} ({ In the preceding game Black didn't experience any problems after} 12. Bf4 h6 13. a3 Rd8 $11 {Parma,B-Bisguier,A/Caracas 1970}) 12... Ne7 13. Ng5 Bd5 ({ It looks like} 13... Ng6 {doesn't fully solve the problems either:} 14. Kg2 $1 ({After} 14. Nce4 Be7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4 Rf8 17. Rf1 Rd8 18. Be3 b6 19. Kg2 { White's position is more pleasant, but it would bew very difficult to make any progress}) 14... Be7 (14... h5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4 Rf8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Rf1 Rd8 19. Be3 $14) 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4 Rf8 17. Ne2 Rd8 18. Be3 $14) 14. Nge4 ({ The following line} 14. Nxd5 $5 cxd5 15. e6 f6 16. Nf7 Rf8 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Rd3 $14 {looks somewhat scary for White - the Nf7 has no vacant squares. However, Black's position is very passive here, so it was an option worth considering.}) 14... Bb6 {Black experiences some problems with connecting the rooks.} 15. Kg2 {Vishy doesn't hurry with any ''drastic'' decisions.} ({ A more energetic way of handling the position was} 15. a4 $5 a5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Ng3 $14) 15... Rd8 16. Bf4 ({ For some reason, Anand rejected the most natural} 16. Kg3 Ng6 17. f4 { , though White's position looks quite attractive here. For instance,} h5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Bd2 $14) 16... Ng6 17. Bg3 h5 ({ The immediate attempt to connect the rooks is dubious:} 17... Ke7 $6 18. f4 $1 Rhe8 19. Nxd5+ cxd5 20. Nc3 d4 21. Ne4 $16) 18. f4 hxg4 19. hxg4 {One of Black' s rooks has a job to do along the h-file, but their position is still rather passive.} Ke7 {One more risky decision. The king is getting vulnerable now.} ( 19... Nh4+ 20. Bxh4 Rxh4 21. Kg3 Rh8 22. Rh1 Ke7 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Ng5 $14) 20. Rh1 ({Another possible move was} 20. Nxd5+ $5 cxd5 21. Nc3 c6 ( 21... d4 22. Na4 f6 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. exf6+ Kxf6 25. f5 $14) 22. Rh1 { White's pieces are somewhat more active, so Black is under pressure. For instance,} Bc7 23. Ne2 f6 24. e6 $14) 20... Bd4 21. Nxd5+ cxd5 22. Nc3 (22. Ng5 $5 Rxh1 (22... Bxb2 23. Rxh8 Nxh8 24. Rb1 Bd4 25. f5 $16) 23. Rxh1 Rh8 24. Rd1 Be3 25. Kf3 d4 26. Ne4 $14) 22... Bxc3 23. bxc3 {Black has been able to simplify matters and damage White's pawn structure, but the poor placement of theNg6 and vulnerablity of his king make the position very dangerous.} Kd7 24. f5 Ne7 25. Rae1 $6 {Spoiling the lion's share of his advantage.} ({ A much more energetic and stronger move would be} 25. Rhf1 $1 Nc8 (25... Rde8 26. Rad1 Kc8 27. c4 $1 $16 dxc4 $140 28. e6 fxe6 29. fxe6 Nc6 30. Rf7 $18) 26. e6+ fxe6 27. fxe6+ Kc6 28. Rf7 Nd6 29. Rxg7 Rdg8 30. Rxg8 Rxg8 31. Kf3 $16) 25... Rde8 26. Kf3 $6 {Mistakes rarely come alone!} ({The precise} 26. Bf4 { would keep Black under pressure:} Rxh1 27. Rxh1 Nc6 28. Rh7 Rg8 29. Kf3 $14) 26... Rxh1 27. Rxh1 Nc6 {Now it is obvious, that the K is misplaced on f3.} 28. Re1 {Alas, leaving the open file is the only way to fight for a win now.} ({ Indeed, after} 28. Rh7 Nxe5+ {Black manages to solve all his problems:} 29. Bxe5 (29. Kf4 f6 30. Rxg7+ Re7 $11) 29... Rxe5 30. Rxg7 Ke7 $11) 28... g5 { An interesting move - now White has less space for the pieces.} ({ Another possibility was} 28... Na5 29. g5 Nc4 30. Kg4 b6 31. g6 fxg6 32. e6+ Ke7 33. Bh4+ Kd6 $11) 29. a4 a6 30. Kg2 ({ Another, more aggressive way of handling the position was} 30. c4 $5 dxc4 ( 30... Nd4+ 31. Kf2 Nxc2 32. Rd1 d4 33. Rd2 Nb4 34. Rxd4+ Kc8 35. Kf3 $14) 31. Rd1+ Ke7 32. Ke4 $44 {obtaining excellent compensation for a pawn.}) 30... Kc8 31. Kf2 b6 32. Kf3 Kd7 { It is very difficult for either side to make any progress now.} 33. Kf2 Kc8 34. Re3 $6 {For some reason, Vishy deviates from repeating the moves, but letting Black put the knight on c4 is a serious mistake.} (34. Kf3 $11) 34... Na5 $1 { Suddenly White finds himself in a difficult situation.} 35. Re1 (35. e6 fxe6 36. fxe6 Rf8+ 37. Kg2 Nc4 38. Re1 Re8 39. Bf2 Kd8 40. Be3 Rg8 $17) 35... Nc4 36. Kf3 Kd7 $6 {This natural move seems to be inaccurate, though the refutation isn't trivial...} (36... a5 {was stronger} {and if} 37. Rh1 {then} Nxe5+ 38. Bxe5 Rxe5 39. Rh7 Re7 40. Rh5 b5 { and the a-passer should decide the game:} 41. Rxg5 bxa4 42. f6 Re6 43. Rxd5 Rxf6+ 44. Ke3 Kb7 $19) 37. Kg2 $6 ({It was the right moment for liquidating into a rook ending at the cost of a pawn:} 37. Rh1 $1 Nxe5+ 38. Bxe5 Rxe5 39. Rh5 Re4 40. Rxg5 Rxa4 41. Rh5 {with sufficient counterplay.}) 37... a5 38. Kf2 $2 {The waiting strategy isn't a successful approach here.} ({ The active way of defending was more to the point:} 38. Rh1 $1 Nxe5 39. Rh7 b5 $1 (39... Kd8 40. Bxe5 Rxe5 41. Rxf7 Re2+ 42. Kf3 Rxc2 43. Rg7 Rxc3+ 44. Kf2 $11) 40. axb5 a4 41. Bxe5 Rxe5 42. Rxf7+ Re7 43. Rf6 Re4 44. Kf3 {White's posit ion seems difficult here, but the limited material balance offers definite drawing chances.}) 38... c6 39. Kg2 b5 40. Rb1 Rh8 $2 {Returning the favour.} ( {There was no reason for rejecting} 40... Nxe5 41. axb5 Nxg4 {and Black should be able to convert the extra pawn into the full point. For instance,} 42. b6 Ne3+ 43. Kf3 g4+ 44. Kf4 f6 45. Bf2 Kc8 46. b7+ Kb8 47. Kg3 a4 48. Ra1 Re4 $19) 41. Bf2 $1 {Vishy doesn't miss the golden opportunity to activate his bishop.} Nxe5 ({White is doing OK also after} 41... Rb8 42. Bd4 Kc7 43. Kg3 $132 bxa4 $140 $2 44. Rxb8 Kxb8 45. e6 fxe6 46. f6 $18) 42. axb5 Nxg4 ({ The b-passer offers White sufficient counterplay after} 42... Nc4 43. b6 Rb8 44. Bc5 Rb7 45. Ra1 $11) 43. bxc6+ Kxc6 44. Bd4 Re8 45. Kg3 { Now all White's pieces are perfectly placed.} Ne5 ({ Nor was anything promised by} 45... Re4 46. Rb6+ Kc7 47. Ra6 Ne3 48. Bxe3 Rxe3+ 49. Kg4 Rxc3 50. Kxg5 Rxc2 51. Rxa5 Kd6 52. Ra7 d4 53. Kf4 $11) 46. Rb6+ Kc7 47. Rf6 Kd7 ({Or} 47... a4 48. Bxe5+ Rxe5 49. Rxf7+ Kb6 50. Rf6+ Kb5 51. Rf8 $11) 48. Bxe5 Rxe5 49. Kg4 ({There was nothing wrong with} 49. Rxf7+ Re7 50. Rf6 $11) 49... Ke7 50. Kxg5 {There is no way to avoid a draw now.} Re1 (50... Re3 51. Ra6 f6+ 52. Kg4 Rxc3 53. Rxa5 $11) 51. Ra6 f6+ 52. Kg4 Rg1+ 53. Kf4 Rf1+ 54. Kg4 Rg1+ 55. Kf4 Rf1+ 56. Kg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 7th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2015.12.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E51"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2015.12.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.01.15"] [TimeControl "7200+1410"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 $5 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 (9. Bd3 {verliert ein Tempo} Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd7) ( 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 $11 Qf6 14. O-O Rd8 15. Rd3 Bd7 16. Re1 Be8 17. Qd2 Ne7 18. Ng5 Nd5 19. Rf3 Qe7 20. Rg3 h6 21. Nf3 Qf6 22. Re4 Ne7 23. Ne5 Nf5 24. Rd3 Rac8 25. h3 Nd6 26. Rf4 Nxc4 27. Nxc4 Qg5 28. Rg3 Qd5 29. Ne3 Qc6 30. Kh2 Qc1 31. Qb4 Qc7 32. d5 a5 33. Qe4 Rd6 34. Qe5 g6 35. Qh5 Rxd5 36. Nxd5 exd5 37. Qxh6 Qe5 38. Rh4 Qg7 39. Qxg7+ { 1-0 (39) Alekhine,A-Kmoch,H San Remo 1930}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd7 {wäre ebenso möglich gewesen. Kommt Schwarz vernünftig zu b6 und Lb7 sollte die Position vollkommen in Ordnung sein.} 12. O-O b6 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxd5 Rb8 $11) 11. Bd3 h6 {wurde von Anand im post-mortem kritisiert. In der entstehenden Struktur ist die Felderschwäche auf g6 ein mögliches Thema, zudem ist die erwünschte Aktivierung Lg4-Lh5-Lg6 nicht mehr möglich.} 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qb2 Qe7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Rfb1 {die Stellung ist objektiv wohl ausgeglichen, jedoch für Weiß leichter zu spielen. Schwarz plant, den schwachen Lc8 abzutauschen, während Weiß zuerst den Damenflügel mit a4,a5 einschnürt, um danach entweder dort den Druck zu erhöhen versucht oder in einem geeigneten Moment das Zentrum öffnet.} c4 {Schwarz möchte unter keinen Umständen auf d4 tauschen, nimmt so jedoch ein weißes c4 für immer aus der Stellung.} 16. Bc2 Ne4 17. a4 Re8 18. a5 Nd6 { Der Springer Ă1/4bernimmt effizient die Deckung des b7} 19. Qb4 Be6 { Diagramm [#]} 20. Re1 $2 { Aronian übersieht vermutlich eine Taktik in der Variante 22.Db5} ({zum Beispiel } 20. Ne5 $14 {und WeiĂY kann weiter Druck aufbauen. Langfristig reicht es freilich nicht, einzig in der b-Linie anzugreifen, WeiĂY muss Ă1/4ber kurz oder mit f3-e4 oder f3-g4-h4 eine zweite Front erĂPffnen. In dieser konkreten Position ist auch der Nachteil der SchwĂNche auf g6 deutlich sichtbar, Schwarz kann den Se5 nicht einfach mit f6 befragen.}) 20... Bf5 $1 { wenn dies taktisch geht, ist Anand von allen Problemen befreit} 21. Bxf5 Nxf5 22. Qxe7 (22. Qb5 Qe6 $1 (22... Rad8 $2 23. Reb1 Rd7 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. Qxd5 $18) (22... Qd6 23. Ne5 Rab8 24. Nxc4 $1 $16) 23. Qxb7 $2 Reb8 24. Qc7 Nd6 { und Weiß kann wegen der Drohung Tc8 auf der b-Linie nicht opponieren}) 22... Rxe7 $11 {jetzt kann Schwarz nicht schlechter stehen, die einzig angreifbare Schwäche b7 ist einfach zu decken, der Springer verhindert auf d6 ein mögliches Manöver Tb5 und aufgrund des reduzierten Materials kann Schwrz nun am Königsflügel mit den Bauern aufrücken.} 23. h4 h5 24. g3 { WeiĂY nimmt bereits eine Auffangstellung ein} Nd6 25. Reb1 Rc8 26. Kg2 f6 27. Ng1 g5 28. Nf3 Ne4 29. Ra3 Rf8 30. Rb5 Rd7 31. Rb2 Rg7 32. Rb5 Rd7 33. Rb2 Rg7 34. Rb5 {keine Seite kann Fortschritte erzielen} 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 7th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2015.12.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2744"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2015.12.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.01.15"] [TimeControl "7200+1530"] 1. c4 {Anand zog in seinen letzten Turnieren hauptsächlich mit dem Königsbauern, bevorzugt zum Auftakt in London lokalbewusst die Englische Eröffnung gegen den einzigen englischen Teilnehmer im Feld.} e5 2. g3 Nf6 { weicht von ihrer Begegnung beim Gashimov Memorial 2015 ab, wo Adams große Probleme hatte} (2... c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qh5 8. Ne3 {1-0 (51) Anand,V (2791)-Adams,M (2745) Shamkir AZE 2015}) 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 (8. a3 {ist eine schärfere Variante, die Anand in seinem WM Kampf gegen Topalov 2010 spielte.} O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 f6 11. Ne4 Qe8 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. bxc5 Nd5 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. Qc2 Nde7 16. Rab1 Ba2 17. Rbc1 Qf7 18. Bc3 Rd7 19. Qb2 Rb8 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. Rd2 h6 22. Qb1 Nd5 23. Rb2 b6 24. cxb6 cxb6 25. Bd2 Rd6 26. Rbc2 Qd7 27. h4 Rd8 28. Qb5 Nde7 29. Qb2 Bd5 30. Bb4 Nxb4 31. axb4 Rc6 32. b5 Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Be6 34. d4 e4 35. Nd2 Qxd4 36. Nxe4 Qxb2 37. Rxb2 Kf7 38. e3 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. f4 gxf4 41. exf4 Rd4 42. Kf2 Nf5 43. Bf3 Bd5 44. Nd2 Bxf3 45. Nxf3 Ra4 46. g4 Nd6 47. Kg3 Ne4+ 48. Kh4 Nd6 49. Rd2 Nxb5 50. f5 Re4 51. Kh5 Re3 52. Nh4 Nc3 53. Rd7+ Re7 54. Rd3 Ne4 55. Ng6 Nc5 56. Ra3 Rd7 57. Re3 Kg7 58. g5 b5 59. Nf4 b4 60. g6 b3 61. Rc3 Rd4 62. Rxc5 Rxf4 63. Rc7+ Kg8 64. Rb7 Rf3 65. Rb8+ Kg7 { 1/2-1/2 (65) Anand,V (2787)-Topalov,V (2805) Sofia 2010 CBM 136 [Giri,A]}) 8... O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Ne4 Nd4 12. Qd2 $6 {Diagramm [#]} (12. Nc5 { ist der häufigst gespielte Zug. Schwarz trennt sich nun entweder vomLäuferpaar und setzt auf seine gesunde in Verbindung mit der Zentrumskontrolle oder er muss den starken Springer auf c5 tolerieren.} Nxf3+ (12... Bxc5 13. Rxc5 Bg4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Qd2 Qd6 16. Rfc1 c6 $11 { 0-1 (42) McShane,L (2670)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2757) Germany 2014}) 13. Bxf3 Nd5 14. Qb3 {ist eine bessere Version wie Weiß, da die Dame weißfeldrig deutlich mehr Einfluss hat} Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Qe7 $11 { 1/2-1/2 (38) Ree,H (2460)-Lalic,B (2500) Palma de Mallorca 1989}) 12... a5 $1 { nun ist ...Lb4 immer eine Option für Schwarz. Es ist fraglich, ob die weiße Dame auf d2 wirklich besser steht als auf d1.} 13. Nc5 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nd5 15. a3 b6 16. Na4 Bb7 {Schwarz hat sich gut aufstellen können, die halboffene c-Linie bringt Weiß nichts ein, das Feld c5 ist unter Kontrolle.} 17. Rfe1 (17. Bg5 f6 18. e4 Ne7 19. Be3 Nf5 $1) 17... Rb8 18. Bg2 Qd7 19. Nc3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bc5 21. Qg5 h6 22. Qh5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Bd4 24. Rc2 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 c5 {nun ist die Stellung zu verflacht, sodass keine Seite mehr wirklichen Druck ausüben kann.} 26. Rec1 Qb5 27. R1c2 Rbd8 28. Qf3 g6 29. Qb7 Rb8 30. Qd5 Rbd8 31. Qb7 Rb8 32. Qd5 Rbd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2015.11.02"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "Pavlovic,M"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2015.10.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.11.10"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 { Not the only move, 7.Ndb5 was played and analysed a lot, but it seems that Black is doing ok.} ({For instance one possible line goes like this:} 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bg2 a6 9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 d6 { with equal chances in this endgame.}) 7... Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 {This line is considered fine for Black, and for that reason the Four Knights Variation in the English is often played by many strong grandmasters.} 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 a5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Na4 {Another recent example is:} (12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nd2 $5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 e5 15. Bg2 Ng4 16. Bg1 exf4 17. gxf4 Qe7 18. h3 Qh4+ 19. Kd1 Nf6 20. Be3 O-O 21. Qf2 Qxf2 22. Bxf2 Nh5 23. Be3 f5 {1-0 (45) Mareco,S (2599)-Krysa,L (2464) Villa Martelli 2015; with interesting play for both sides.}) 12... Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Qa7 {Still a known position.} (13... Qb4 14. b3 $1 { Next a3 is unpleasant for Black.}) 14. Nc3 $5 {A new idea, previously we saw} ( 14. Qf2 Nd4 15. Nf3 e5 16. Nxd4 Ng4 $5 17. Qf3 exd4 18. c5 O-O 19. Rc1 Ne3 $17 {0-1 (24) L'Ami,E (2577)-Volokitin,A (2678) Germany 2007; Black seized a strong initiative.}) 14... Nd4 15. Qd3 Ng4 16. Nd1 e5 {I am really not quite sure what Anand had in mind when he opted for this line, but the position does appear fine for Black.} 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 exf4 19. gxf4 O-O 20. h3 Nf6 21. Nc3 Be6 22. O-O-O (22. f5 Bd7 23. O-O-O Bc6 24. Rxd6 Rae8 25. Rxf6 (25. Bd3 Qc5 26. Qg3 Bxe4 {is also fine for Black.}) 25... gxf6 26. Bd3 Kh8 {The sacrifice that doesn't give White much, actually there is no compensation here.}) 22... Qc5 23. Rh2 $1 {This is only for maintaining dynamic equality.} Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Rxd6 Rad8 26. Rhd2 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Rc8 28. Kb1 b5 29. Qd3 {An alternativ e is important and should have been preferred now or one move later:} (29. e5 b4 30. Qd3 (30. exf6 bxc3 31. bxc3 Rb8+ 32. Kc1 Qxa2 $17) 30... Qxd3+ 31. Rxd3 bxc3 32. exf6 cxb2 33. Rd5 gxf6 34. Rxa5 Rc3 35. h4 Kg7 36. h5 Rc4 37. Rf5 Rb4 38. a3 Rb3 39. a4 Rb4 40. a5 h6 41. Rd5 Rxf4 42. Kxb2 f5 {This is fine for Black, but the position is also ok for White, which compared with the game is a better choice.}) 29... Qxd3+ 30. Rxd3 b4 31. Nd5 ({Again:} 31. e5 { was a better choice transposing to the note above...}) 31... Rc4 $1 32. Nxf6+ ( 32. Nxb4 g6 33. Nd5 Nxe4 {with some initiative for Black.}) 32... gxf6 33. Rd5 Rxe4 34. Rxa5 Rxf4 35. Kc2 Kg7 {This endgame is of course preferable for Black. } 36. Kb3 Kg6 37. Rb5 f5 38. Rxb4 Rxb4+ 39. Kxb4 Kh5 { Black has an advantage here.} 40. a4 f4 41. a5 f3 42. a6 f2 43. a7 f1=Q 44. a8=Q Qxh3 45. Qd5+ Kg6 46. Ka5 h5 47. b4 Qf5 $2 {Giving White the chance to save the game. An alternative was clearly in Black's favour:} (47... h4 $1 48. b5 Qa3+ 49. Kb6 h3 {Black has every reason to try to win this.}) 48. Qxf5+ Kxf5 49. b5 h4 50. b6 h3 51. b7 h2 52. b8=Q h1=Q 53. Qc8+ { It seems that Black can't escape from perpetual.} Ke5 54. Qe8+ Kf6 55. Qd8+ Kg6 56. Qg8+ Kf6 57. Qd8+ Ke6 58. Qe8+ Kd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2015.11.01"] [Round "6"] [White "Ding, Liren"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2015.10.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.11.10"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. d5 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 d6 9. Nh3 cxd5 10. cxd5 O-O 11. Bg2 Bf5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nf4 h6 14. f3 Ne5 15. Qd4 Rfc8 16. Rad1 b5 17. Qe3 Nc4 18. Qf2 e3 19. Qe1 Nb6 20. g4 Bc2 21. Rc1 Bb3 22. Qh4 Nfxd5 23. Qxe7 Nxe7 24. Nh5 f6 25. Bd4 Nbd5 26. f4 Kf7 27. Ng3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. Bxd5+ Bxd5 31. Bxe3 a6 32. Kf2 Ne7 33. Bd2 g5 34. Nh5 Ng6 35. e3 gxf4 36. exf4 f5 37. h3 Be6 38. Kf3 Ne7 39. g5 Nc6 40. gxh6 Kg6 41. Bc3 Kxh6 42. Nf6 a5 43. b4 axb4 44. Bxb4 d5 45. Ne8 d4 46. Nd6 Kh5 47. Be1 Na7 48. Bf2 Bd7 49. Bxd4 Nc8 50. Nf7 Be6 51. Ng5 Bd5+ 52. Ke3 Nd6 53. Bc5 Ne4 54. Kd4 Bc6 55. Ne6 Kh4 56. Ke5 Bd7 57. Be3 Kxh3 58. Kxf5 Nd6+ 59. Kf6 Kg4 60. Bc1 Nc4 61. Nf8 Bf5 62. Ng6 Bxg6 63. Kxg6 Nxa3 64. f5 Nc4 65. f6 Ne5+ 66. Kg7 Kf5 67. Bb2 Nd7 68. f7 b4 69. f8=Q+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2015.10.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "2798"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "Roiz,M"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2015.10.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.11.10"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 { The most popular continuation.} ({A long time ago, Vishy has also tried:} 6... Re8 {, but White got a better position after} 7. Ne2 c6 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. d4 $1 $14 {0-1 Petursson,M (2544)-Anand,V (2769)/Kopavogur 2000}) 7. Nf3 $5 $146 { Anish comes up with an interesting novelty at this early stage of the game.} ({ In most top-level games Black manages to solve his opening problems after:} 7. Ne2 d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rb1 Re8 (11... Nb6 12. d4 Bf5 13. Rb3 (13. Rb5 $5) 13... Be6 14. d5 $6 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Rxb7 Qc8 $15 { 0-1 Nakamura,H (2715)-Carlsen,M (2801)/Oslo 2009/CBM 133 Extra (46)}) 12. d3 Nb6 13. Be3 Bg4 $11 { 0-1 Naiditsch,A (2712)-Topalov,V (2768)/Porto Carras 2011/CBM 146 (37)}) ({ The most ambitious} 7. d4 d6 8. Ne2 c5 { makes the î c4 very weak and yields Black excellent counter-play Ă la Nimzo:} 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qd3 b6 11. f4 Nd7 $132 {0-1 Mamedyarov,S (2747)-Morozevich,A (2763)/Jurmala 2012/CBM 147/[Mikhalchishin,A] (44)}) ({ Black is doing reasonably well also after} 7. Ba3 d6 8. Ne2 Be6 (8... c5 $5) 9. d3 Re8 10. f4 exf4 11. gxf4 Bg4 12. O-O d5 $132 { 0-1 Istratescu,A (2670)-Adams,M (2754)/London 2013}) 7... Nxe4 { A principled reply.} ({Another move which deserved serious attention was} 7... Re8 $5 8. O-O Nxe4 (8... d5 {is less precise:} 9. exd5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. c4 Nf6 12. d4 $14 {and White's bishops are getting strong.}) 9. Re1 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. d3 ({The following complications lead to unclear consequences:} 11. c4 Nxf2 $1 12. Kxf2 e4 13. cxd5 Na6 $132) 11... Nxc3 12. Qb3 d4 13. Nxe5 Be6 14. Qxb7 Bd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Bb2 f6 18. Nf3 Nc6 { and Black is close to equality.}) 8. O-O d6 (8... Re8 { would transpose to the above-mentioned line.}) (8... d5 9. Nxe5 (9. cxd5 { is quite harmless:} cxd5 10. Nxe5 Re8 $11) 9... Re8 10. d4 f6 11. Qb3 fxe5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxe4 Qxb3 14. axb3 exd4 15. Re1 Be6 16. cxd4 Nd7 $11) 9. Nxe5 { Black has a wide choice of possibilities now.} dxe5 {The most simple approach - Black exchanges one pair of knights and opens up the d-file, so the queen is getting more active. On the other hand, the subsequent pawn structure definitely suits White, since now it's easier to activate the bishops.} ({ First of all,} 9... Nxg3 $2 {must be rejected:} 10. fxg3 dxe5 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Rxf7 $1 $36 Kxf7 $140 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Be4 g6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kh8 17. Rf1 $18) ({The same can be said about} 9... Nxf2 $2 10. Rxf2 dxe5 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Rxf7 Kxf7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Be4 g6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kh8 17. Rf1 $18) ({The somewhat awkward retreat} 9... Ng5 10. Ng4 f5 {can be strongly met by:} 11. f4 $1 fxg4 12. fxg5 Rxf1+ 13. Qxf1 Qxg5 14. d4 $36 { and White gets a powerful initiative.}) 10. Bxe4 Be6 $6 { This natural move is connected with a tactical blunder.} ({ The more modest way of development} 10... Nd7 $142 $1 { would lead to an acceptable position. For instance,} 11. d4 Nf6 12. Bg2 ({ White gets nothing special after} 12. Bg5 exd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Re1 Rd8 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Qd6 $11 { and Black sucessfully neutralises the passed pawn.}) 12... exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Be3 Qd7 $11) 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Qb1 $1 { That is the point! Black cannot protect both of the hanging pawns now.} Qxd2 $2 {Having had an unpleasant surprise, Black goes for a dubious sacrifice in order to complicate matters.} ({ Possibly, Vishy has overestimated his troubles in the following line:} 12... Qc7 $142 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bf5 Nd7 (14... Bxc4 $2 15. Qe4 Bxf1 16. Qh4+ Kg8 17. Qh7#) 15. Re1 Nf6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 $14 { White is better, but Black has some compensation for a missing pawn.}) 13. Qxb7 Nd7 14. Bxc6 {Black cannot avoid further losses of material.} Reb8 ({After} 14... Qxc3 15. Qb3 Qa5 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 {the weakness of the light squares makes White's technical task much more difficult. However, it looks like the precise} 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. Bb4 Qa6 19. Rd6 $1 Qxc4 20. Rad1 Qc8 21. Qd3 { ,followed by exchanging all the major pieces must still be lost for Black.}) 15. Qa6 Rb6 16. Qa4 Rc8 {The queen sac was practically forced.} 17. Rad1 ({ If he rejects the ''gift'' by means of:} 17. Bd5 { Black may put up some resistance:} Qh6 $1 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. Qxa7 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bh3 21. d6 Qf6 $1 22. f4 Bxf1 23. Qxb6 Bh3 24. Qa5 Bd7 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. fxe5 Rxc3 $16) 17... Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Rbxc6 19. Qxa7 R6c7 20. Qe3 Rxc4 21. Bb4 $18 { White's material advantage is too big now.} h6 (21... Ra8 { was hardly any better:} 22. a3 h6 23. Rd6 $18) 22. a4 { The a-passer is very strong now.} Nf6 23. Qxe5 ({ Most probably, even more convincing was:} 23. a5 $1 e4 24. Rd4 R4c6 25. Qd2 Kh7 26. Rd6 R6c7 27. Qe3 $18) 23... Re4 24. Qa5 Kh7 25. f3 Re2 {Black manages to activate the rooks, but his minor pieces cannot disturb the opponent's king.} 26. Qb5 Ra2 27. g4 ({A simpler way was} 27. a5 Re8 28. Bc5 $18) 27... Re8 28. Bc5 {Anish decides to put his bishop on d4, but it wouldn't support the Pa4 from there.} ({ Once again, there was nothing wrong with pushing the passed pawn:} 28. a5 Bb3 29. Qd3+ Kg8 30. Rd2 Bc4 31. Qd6 $18) 28... Kg8 29. Re1 Ra8 30. Bd4 R2xa4 { Liquidating the dangerous passer is Anand's indisputable achievement.} 31. h4 ( 31. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Kg3 $18) 31... Ra2 32. Qb1 ({ It was possible to simplify matters by means of} 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Qh5 Kg7 ( 33... Rc2 34. Qxh6 Raa2 35. Qf4 $18) 34. g5 fxg5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Qxg5+ Kf8 37. c4 Ra1 38. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 39. Kf2 {The resulting position must be winning, but the limited material balance still gives Black some practical chances.}) 32... Bd5 $6 {Allowing White to activate the queen.} ({A more stubborn try was:} 32... Nd7 33. Qe4 R8a5) 33. Qf5 Be6 34. Qf4 $6 ({ For some reason, Anish deviates from the following natural line:} 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kh7 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Qxf6+ Kh7 39. h5 R8a6 40. Qe7+ Kg8 41. c4 $18 {with a completely winning position.}) 34... Nd7 35. Rf1 {The presen ce of Black's rook in White's camp is rather annoying, so it makes sense to swap the rooks.} Nf8 36. Rf2 R2a5 37. Qg3 Bc4 $138 {Surprisingly enough, GM Anand runs out of time. No doubt, the final position was lost, but Anish still had to work hard in order to convert his material advantage into a full point.} 1-0 [Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2015.10.28"] [Round "3"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2015.10.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.11.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bd2 a6 14. Nd4 Re8 15. Rac1 Ne4 16. Bc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qd6 18. g3 Bh3 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Qb3 Bxd4 21. exd4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qe6 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qc6 25. Qb4 g6 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Qa4 28. Qe5 Qxa2 29. Qb8+ Kg7 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2015.10.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2015.10.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.11.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bg5 c4 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 e4 16. Rb1 exd3 17. cxd3 c3 18. bxc3 Bxc3 19. Ne4 Bd4 20. Qd2 Nb7 21. a4 Nc5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxb5 Nxe4 24. dxe4 Qf6 25. Bb1 Rfb8 26. Bd3 Rxb5 27. Bxb5 Bc5 28. g3 g6 29. Kg2 Ra3 30. Bd3 Kg7 31. Rd1 Rb3 32. Rb1 Ra3 33. Rd1 Rb3 34. Rb1 Ra3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2015.10.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2798"] [Annotator "Schulz,André"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2015.10.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.11.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 { In bekannter Position experimentiert Anand neuerdings mit diesem Zug.} (7. O-O Re8 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. b3 a5 10. a4 f6 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Rc1 b5 13. c3 Bf8 14. Nb2 Nc5 15. Qc2 Bg4 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Nxe4 19. f3 Nd6 20. Bf2 Bd7 21. c4 Qc8 22. Qc3 Nf5 23. Nc2 Nd6 24. Nd4 Nb7 25. c5 Nd8 26. Nb2 Ne6 27. Nc4 Bxc5 28. Nxe6 Bb4 29. Nxg7 Bxc3 30. Nxe8 Bxe8 31. Rxc3 Bf7 32. Nd2 f5 33. Rxc6 Qd7 34. Rc2 Re8 35. Nc4 Bxc4 36. Rxc4 Re2 37. h3 Rd2 38. Re1 Rd1 39. Kh2 c6 { 1/2-1/2 (39) Anand,V (2816)-So,W (2779) Saint Louis 2015}) 7... Re8 8. Nc4 (8. h3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Bd6 10. Bd2 Nf8 11. Bc3 Ng6 12. g3 b5 13. Ne3 c5 14. h4 Nf8 15. a4 c6 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Ba5 Qd7 18. Nf5 Qc6 19. O-O Ne6 20. Ng5 Be7 21. Nxe6 { 1/2-1/2 (21) Anand,V (2803)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2710) Berlin 2015}) 8... Nd7 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. g4 {Da liegt der Hund begraben. WeiĂY greift am KĂPnigsflĂ1/4gel an.} Nf8 11. Ne3 Ne6 12. Nf5 a5 13. h4 a4 {[#] Schwarz organisiert einen Ein-Mann-Gegenangriff, der sich prophylaktisch auch gegen eine weiĂYe lange Rochade richtet.} 14. Ng5 a3 15. b3 Bc5 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Qf3 Bf8 18. Ke2 c5 19. c4 Ra6 20. Bc3 Bd7 21. Ne3 Rae6 22. g5 c6 23. Ng4 R6e7 24. Ne3 b5 25. Rag1 b4 26. Ba1 Bc8 27. h5 Qd6 28. Nc2 f6 29. g6 h6 30. Ne3 Rd8 31. Rd1 Qc7 32. Nf5 Bxf5 33. Qxf5 Ree8 34. Rh3 Bd6 { [#] Welcher LĂNufer ist "tĂPter" (gibt es das Wort?)} 35. Rf3 Qe7 36. Rd2 Bc7 37. Rd1 Bd6 38. Rd2 Bc7 39. Rd1 Bd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.14"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kravtsiv, Martyn"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2621"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Qg4 Bf6 17. a4 a5 18. axb5 axb4 19. Rb2 Ra4 20. Bd2 Qa8 21. Qd7 Ra7 22. Qc6 Rb8 23. Rxb4 h6 24. g3 Rb6 25. Qxa8+ Rxa8 26. Rfb1 Rb7 27. Kg2 Kf8 28. Kf3 Ke8 29. h4 Kd7 30. h5 Re8 31. b6 Re5 32. Rb5 Rxh5 33. Bf4 Rxb6 34. Rxb6 cxb6 35. Rb5 Be5 36. g4 Rh3+ 37. Kg2 Rh4 38. Bxe5 dxe5 39. Kg3 Rh1 40. Rxb6 f6 41. Kf3 Rc1 42. Rb7+ Kd6 43. Rxg7 Kxd5 44. Rg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.14"] [Round "20"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C83"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2736"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Rd5 17. Rac1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. c4 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxc2 Ke7 22. Rfc1 Rd8 23. Kf1 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxc4 26. Rd2 e5 27. Ke2 Ke6 28. Ke3 a5 29. b3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.14"] [Round "16"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2634"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 Be6 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bc2 Nd7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Nb4 14. Nb3 Nxc2 15. Qxc2 a5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Bb4 18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Qb8 20. Qc3 Qb5 21. Rxa5 Rxa5 22. Nxa5 c5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Nd4 Qb6 25. Nac6 Ne4 26. Qa3 h6 27. f3 Rc8 28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. Nxc8 Bxc8 30. Qd3 Ba6 31. Qe3 Ng5 32. h4 Ne6 33. Nxe6 Qxe6 34. Qd4 h5 35. Ra1 Bc4 36. Ra3 Qf5 37. Kh2 Qc2 38. Ra7 Bf1 39. Qg1 Bc4 40. Qe3 Qxb2 41. Rxf7 d4 42. Qe4+ 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.14"] [Round "18"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Socko, Bartosz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2599"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qe2 a6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rad1 Qc5 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Qe7 17. Qc4 Qf7 18. Rfe1+ Kf8 19. Qb4+ Kg8 20. Ng5 Qf6 21. Re8+ Nf8 22. Rdd8 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.14"] [Round "14"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2660"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Qe3 b6 13. Bd3 Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3 Na5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Kb1 b5 18. Qh3 b4 19. Nce2 Kh8 20. g4 Nc6 21. Qh4 Qe7 22. g5 f5 23. Rh3 h6 24. Rg1 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Rc3 26. gxh6 g5 27. fxg5 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.14"] [Round "21"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bg2 Rb8 10. Qd2 d5 11. Rd1 Be6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Be3 a5 14. O-O c6 15. b3 Nd7 16. Na4 Rb4 17. Rc1 Qa8 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Qa6 20. Qd2 Rc8 21. e3 Rb7 22. Rfd1 Rbc7 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Ra7 25. Rdc1 a4 26. b4 a3 27. Qc3 Raa8 28. Ra5 Qb6 29. Qxa3 Rxa5 30. bxa5 Qa7 31. Rc5 Rb8 32. h4 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Qa6 34. Rc1 Rxc1 35. Qxc1 Qxa5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.14"] [Round "19"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. d3 d6 8. O-O a6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. a4 Ne8 11. Be3 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. d4 b6 14. b3 Nc7 15. d5 Na5 16. Qd3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. f4 Qc8 19. e5 bxc4 20. bxc4 Qa6 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Ra1 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Nxc4 24. Ra7 Nxe3 25. Rxc7 Rd8 26. e6 fxe6 27. dxe6 Bc8 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Kf8 30. Kf2 Ba6 31. Ra7 Bb5 32. Ke3 Rb8 33. g4 Bf6 34. g5 Bg7 35. h4 Rc8 36. Rb7 Be8 37. Ng3 c4 38. f5 Be5 39. f6 exf6 40. Ne4 c3 41. gxf6 Bxf6 42. Nxf6 c2 43. Nxh7+ Kg8 44. Nf6+ Kf8 45. Nh7+ Kg8 46. Nf6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.14"] [Round "17"] [White "Guseinov, Gadir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2634"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 c6 19. Re1 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21. Qe3 Qe7 22. Qh6 Re8 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Ng5 Qg7 25. Qh3 Re7 26. Qg3 Qf6 27. Nxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. h3 Kg7 30. Kh2 Qe2 31. b4 Qxa2 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.14"] [Round "15"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "144"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Qc2 Ngf6 9. d3 Be7 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 d4 12. Nb1 Ne5 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Nd2 Rfe8 15. a3 a5 16. b3 Bf8 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. bxc4 Bc5 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Bf4 Qd7 21. Qb2 b6 22. Rfe1 h6 23. Rbd1 Rac8 24. e4 dxe3 25. Bxe3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 b5 27. Qc3 Qa7 28. d4 bxc4 29. Qxc4 Ne4 30. Rc1 g6 31. Qd3 Qe7 32. Rc2 h5 33. Bxe4 Qxe4 34. Qxe4 Rxe4 35. Kf2 Re6 36. Rb1 Kg7 37. Rc5 a4 38. Rb4 Rce8 39. Rc3 Ra8 40. Rb6 Rc8 41. h4 Rf6+ 42. Ke2 Re6 43. Rb4 Ra8 44. Rb6 Rc8 45. Rb7 Rd8 46. Kf3 Rf6+ 47. Kg2 Re6 48. Rb4 Ra8 49. Kf3 Ra5 50. e4 g5 51. Rbc4 Rf6+ 52. Ke3 gxh4 53. gxh4 Rg6 54. Rxc6 Rg3+ 55. Kf4 Rg4+ 56. Kf3 Rxh4 57. d5 Ra8 58. Ke3 Re8 59. R6c4 Kf6 60. d6 Ke6 61. Kd4 Kxd6 62. Rc6+ Ke7 63. Rh6 Rd8+ 64. Ke5 Rd7 65. Rc8 Rb7 66. Rc5 Rh1 67. Ra5 h4 68. Rxa4 h3 69. Ra8 h2 70. Rah8 Ra7 71. Rxh2 Rxh2 72. Rxh2 Rxa3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.14"] [Round "13"] [White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2639"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. b3 Ne7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 a5 11. a3 f6 12. d4 f5 13. e5 Bc7 14. c4 a4 15. b4 b5 16. c5 h6 17. Qc2 g5 18. Nh2 Kh8 19. Kh1 Qe8 20. Bf3 Bxf3+ 21. Ndxf3 Qh5 22. Kg2 Rf7 23. Rh1 Rg8 24. Rag1 Qg6 25. Kf1 f4 26. Qxg6 Nxg6 27. g4 Bd8 28. Ke2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.13"] [Round "9"] [White "Akopian, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2648"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. g3 b5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Na5 Rc5 17. c4 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Qb7 19. Ne3 O-O 20. Bd3 Rb8 21. Rc1 Rbc8 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 g6 25. a3 Qb6 26. Qd2 Qd4 27. Kc2 Bf8 28. Bc4 Qb6 29. Qd3 Bh6 30. Nd1 Qg1 31. Qe2 a5 32. Kb3 Nd7 33. Ka2 Nb6 34. Nc3 Nxc4 35. Qxc4 Qxh2 36. Ne4 Bf8 37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Ne8+ Kh8 39. Qc7 Kg8 40. Nf6+ Kg7 41. Ne8+ Kg8 42. Nf6+ Kg7 43. Ne8+ Kg8 44. Nf6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gajewski, Grzegorz"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2654"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Ng3 d5 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Ba2 Bc7 12. Qc2 Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd2 Qd3 15. Rac1 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Nf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.13"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2653"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. O-O cxd4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Re1+ Ne7 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 O-O 15. Be4 Rac8 16. Nd2 Rc7 17. Bd3 Nc6 18. a3 Ne5 19. Rab1 g6 20. Kf1 Kg7 21. Re2 Rfc8 22. Nb3 Nxd3 23. cxd3 b6 24. f4 a5 25. Rbe1 a4 26. Nd2 b5 27. Nf3 h6 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Rd2 Rc5 30. Re4 Rd5 31. Ke2 Rd6 32. Kd1 Rdc6 33. Ke2 Rc1 34. Ne5 Rh1 35. Kf3 Rcc1 36. Nd7+ Kg7 37. Nxf6 Kxf6 38. Rxd4 Rxh3 39. Rd5 Rf1+ 40. Kg2 Rhh1 41. Rxb5 Rhg1+ 42. Kh3 Rf3 43. Rg2 Rh1+ 44. Rh2 Rg1 45. Rg2 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C90"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2606"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Nf1 g6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 b5 13. Bb3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. Ne3 Be7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. a3 Be6 18. b4 Nc6 19. Bb3 a5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. a4 cxb4 22. axb5 Na7 23. cxb4 Nxb5 24. Qa4 Nc3 25. Qb3 Nb5 26. Nc4 axb4 27. Rxa8 Qxa8 28. Qxb4 d5 29. Qxb5 dxc4 30. Qxc4 Qa5 31. g3 Re7 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Rb1 Qa3 34. Rb6 h5 35. Rxe6 Rxe6 36. Qxe6 Qxd3 37. Qd5 Qc3 38. h4 Qc7 39. Nd2 Be7 40. Nc4 Bf6 41. Qe6 Qf7 42. Qc6 Qe7 43. Nb6 Qf7 44. Nd5 Bd8 45. Qc8 Bf6 46. Qb8 Qe6 47. Qc7+ Kg8 48. Qd7 Qa6 49. Ne7+ Bxe7 50. Qxe7 Qb5 51. Qe6+ Kg7 52. Qe7+ Kh6 53. Qf8+ Kh7 54. Qf7+ Kh6 55. Qg8 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.13"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2646"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Bg6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. dxc5 Nec6 9. c3 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Nb3 Nd7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Re1 a6 14. Bg3 Rc8 15. a4 Nb6 16. Nfd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc4 18. a5 Qc7 19. Rac1 Qc6 20. Qg4 Bf5 21. Qf4 Bg6 22. Nd4 Qc7 23. h4 h6 24. Bf1 Bh7 25. Qg4 Kh8 26. Bf4 Nb2 27. Re3 Rg8 28. Rce1 b6 29. Bxa6 Ra8 30. axb6 Qxb6 31. Bf1 Bxb4 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. cxb4 Qxb4 34. Qg3 Nc4 35. Bxc4 dxc4 36. Rc1 Rgf8 37. Rec3 Bd3 38. Be3 Rf7 39. Qg4 Qb7 40. Qxe6 Raf8 41. Bc5 Rc8 42. Be3 Rcf8 43. Ra3 Qb2 44. Rca1 Rb7 45. Ra8 Rbb8 46. R8a2 Qb7 47. Ra7 Qb2 48. Qe7 Rg8 49. Bxh6 Qxa1+ 50. Rxa1 gxh6 51. Qf6+ Rg7 52. Qxh6+ Kg8 53. Qe6+ Kh7 54. h5 Rbg8 55. g3 Rf8 56. h6 Rg6 57. Ra7+ Kh8 58. Qe7 Rgg8 59. e6 Rf3 60. Qd6 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Roiz, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2600"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nec3 Nc6 12. Bc4 g6 13. O-O Bh6 14. Bb3 O-O 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Ne3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nd4 18. Rad1 b5 19. Rd2 Rc5 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Ne2 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Rc6 24. c3 Kg7 25. Rd3 Qb6 26. R1d2 a5 27. Qd1 b4 28. cxb4 axb4 29. Rb3 Rfc8 30. Kh2 Qc5 31. Rg3 Kh7 32. Qf3 R6c7 33. Qf6 Rg8 34. Qxe6 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.13"] [Round "11"] [White "Bocharov, Dmitry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 Na6 12. Bc2 Bxf4 13. exf4 Nc7 14. f5 b6 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Qd2 Re7 17. g4 Nfe8 18. Rf2 f6 19. Rg2 Rf7 20. Re1 Qd7 21. g5 fxg5 22. Rxg5 Nf6 23. Be5 Raf8 24. Kh1 Nce8 25. Ne2 Nd6 26. Reg1 Kh8 27. Nf4 Nc4 28. Qf2 Qe7 29. Qh4 Kg8 30. Ne6 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.13"] [Round "5"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Rd1 b5 9. Ne5 c6 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Bb7 12. Ba3 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne4 a5 17. Nc5 Qc7 18. e3 Ra7 19. Nd3 Rfa8 20. e4 Nf6 21. d5 a4 22. bxa4 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 Rxa4 24. d6 Qb6 25. Nc5 Rc4 26. d7 Nxd7 27. Nxd7 Rxc2 28. Nxb6 g6 29. e5 b4 30. Be4 Rc5 31. Nd7 Ra5 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Ne8+ Kf8 34. Nd6 Ba8 35. f4 c5 36. Bxa8 Rxa8 37. Rc1 b3 38. Nc4 Ra2 39. Rb1 Rc2 40. Na3 Rc3 41. Kf2 b2 42. Nb5 Rc2+ 43. Ke3 c4 44. Kd4 Rxh2 45. Kxc4 Rg2 46. Nd6 g5 47. fxg5 Rxg3 48. Rxb2 Rxg5 49. Kd4 Kg7 50. Rf2 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.13"] [Round "7"] [White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. bxc4 Nc6 9. d3 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rb1 e6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Nd2 Rfd8 14. a3 Ne8 15. f4 Nd6 16. Nce4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. Bxg7 Qxg7 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Qc3 h6 21. Nf3 Qg7 22. Ne5 g5 23. Bf3 gxf4 24. exf4 Nd4 25. Kf2 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Kh7 27. Rg1 Qf6 28. Ke3 Rg8 29. Nc6 e5 30. Nxe5 Rae8 31. Kd2 Qh4 32. Rxg8 Qxf4+ 33. Kd1 Rxg8 34. Qe1 Qxh2 35. Rc1 Rg1 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.13"] [Round "3"] [White "Safarli, Eltaj"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2657"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qg4 g6 12. Qe2 e5 13. Na4 O-O 14. c4 Rb8 15. b3 Be6 16. Ba3 c5 17. Rad1 Qa5 18. Bc1 Rfd8 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. Nc3 Qc6 21. Bh6 Rd7 22. Rd3 Bd8 23. Red1 Ba5 24. Bg5 Kg7 25. Qf3 Bd8 26. Bxd8 Rbxd8 27. Qe3 f6 28. f4 exf4 29. Qxf4 Qc7 30. h3 Qc6 31. Rf1 Rf7 32. Qd2 Qc7 33. Rd1 Rfd7 34. Ne2 Qc6 35. Qe3 Bf7 36. Nc3 Qc7 37. Qf4 Be6 38. Rf1 Rf8 39. Rg3 Qc6 40. h4 Qc7 41. h5 Qd8 42. hxg6 hxg6 43. Qe3 Qe7 44. Ne2 Bf7 45. Nf4 Qe5 46. Nd3 Qc3 47. Nf4 Qxe3+ 48. Rxe3 Re8 49. Rfe1 Rde7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 9th"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Schneider, Ilja"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D53"] [WhiteElo "2481"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 c5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Qe5 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Bd7 16. Ne5 Ba4 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Qc3 Bc6 19. f3 a5 20. Rd2 Qa3+ 21. Qb2 Qc5 22. Rhd1 Kf8 23. Bb1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Qg1+ 25. Rd1 Qe3+ 26. Kc2 Be8 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Ke7 29. Kc3 b6 30. Bc2 h6 31. a3 Rc8 32. Bd3 Nd7 33. Nxd7 Bxd7 34. b4 axb4+ 35. axb4 e5 36. Rd5 f6 37. Rxd7+ Kxd7 38. Bf5+ Kc7 39. Bxc8 Kxc8 40. c5 bxc5 41. bxc5 Kc7 42. Kb4 Kc6 43. Kc4 f5 44. Kb4 g5 45. Kc4 h5 46. Kb4 e4 47. fxe4 fxe4 48. Kc4 e3 49. Kd3 Kxc5 50. Kxe3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.12"] [Round "13"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bartel, Mateusz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2622"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2015.10.10"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. e5 Ng4 12. Nf3 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. O-O Bd6 16. Bf4 c5 17. Rfe1+ Be7 18. Rxe7+ Kxe7 19. Re1+ Ne5 20. Qc2 Rhe8 21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. Nxe5 Kd6 23. f4 Qg7 24. b4 c4 25. Qc3 Qc7 26. Kh1 Rac8 27. Rd1 Qb6 28. Qxc4 Rxc4 29. Nxc4+ Kc6 30. Nxb6 axb6 31. Kg1 Re4 32. f5 Rxb4 33. f6 Kd7 34. Re1 Rf4 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Ke6 37. Ke2 Kxf6 38. Ke3 Ke5 39. a4 h5 40. g3 d4+ 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. h3 Ke5 43. g4 h4 44. g5 Kf5 45. Kxd4 Kxg5 46. Ke5 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.12"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Khairullin, Ildar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2015.10.10"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Qe2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. c4 Re8 10. Nc3 d4 11. Ne4 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxc5 Nc6 14. Ne4 e5 15. g4 f5 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qd7 20. Kh1 Rf8 21. Rg1 Qf5 22. Rg3 Kh8 23. Bd2 Rf7 24. Rag1 Raf8 25. Bg5 Nd8 26. Bxe7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.12"] [Round "15"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2015.10.10"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8. h3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Bd6 10. Bd2 Nf8 11. Bc3 Ng6 12. g3 b5 13. Ne3 c5 14. h4 Nf8 15. a4 c6 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Ba5 Qd7 18. Nf5 Qc6 19. O-O Ne6 20. Ng5 Be7 21. Nxe6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.12"] [Round "14"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran L"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2015.10.10"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. O-O b5 6. a4 Bb7 7. d3 b4 8. Ne5 cxd3 9. Nxd3 e6 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Nb3 Nbd7 12. a5 Qc8 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Bc5 Nxc5 15. Nbxc5 Ba6 16. Qc2 Bb5 17. Rfc1 O-O 18. e4 Nc7 19. Nxb4 Rd8 20. Qc3 e5 21. a6 Rd4 22. Nbd3 Nxa6 23. Bf1 Nxc5 24. Nxc5 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Qc7 26. Ra6 Rad8 27. Qa5 Qxa5 28. Rxa5 Rb4 29. b3 Rb5 30. Rxb5 cxb5 31. Na6 Rd3 32. Rb1 Rc3 33. Rd1 Rxb3 34. Rd7 Bf8 35. Rd8 g6 36. Rb8 b4 37. Kg2 Rc3 38. Rb5 Bd6 39. Rb7 Ra3 40. Nb8 a5 41. Nc6 Ra2 42. Rb5 Rc2 43. Nxa5 Rc5 44. Rxc5 Bxc5 45. Kf3 Kg7 46. Ke2 h5 47. Nb3 Bb6 48. Nd2 Kf6 49. h4 Ke6 50. f3 Kd7 51. Nc4 Bd4 52. f4 Ke6 53. Kd3 b3 54. Nd2 b2 55. Kc2 Bf2 56. Nf1 Bd4 57. Nd2 f5 58. exf5+ Kxf5 59. Nf3 Bc3 60. fxe5 Bxe5 0-1 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.12"] [Round "12"] [White "Socko, Bartosz"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2599"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2015.10.10"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nf1 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. gxh5 Bxh5 15. N1h2 Qf7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qxf3 19. Qxf3 Rxf3 20. Ke2 Raf8 21. Rh2 Rg3 22. Kd2 Rff3 23. Re2 Rxh3 24. b4 h5 25. c4 h4 26. a4 Rhg3 27. a5 Rf8 28. Kc3 Rb8 29. Rf1 d5 30. Rf5 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 d4+ 32. Kd2 dxe3+ 33. Kxe3 Rxb4 34. Rh5 Kf7 35. Rxh4 Ra4 36. Rh8 Ke7 37. Rg8 Rxa5 38. Rxg7+ Kd6 39. Ke4 Ra1 40. Rg6+ Kc5 41. Kxe5 Re1+ 42. Kf4 a5 43. d4+ Kxd4 44. Rxc6 Rf1+ 45. Kg5 a4 46. Rxc7 a3 47. Ra7 Ra1 48. c5 Kxc5 49. Rc7+ Kb5 50. Rc2 Rb1 51. Kf4 Kb4 52. Re2 Kb3 53. Re3+ Ka4 54. Re2 Rb2 55. Re8 a2 56. Ra8+ Kb3 57. Ke3 Rb1 58. Rb8+ Kc4 0-1 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.11"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bologan, Viktor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2607"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2015.10.10"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nec3 Nd7 12. Bc4 Rc8 13. Bb3 g6 14. Ne3 Nf6 15. Qf3 Bh6 16. O-O-O Kf8 17. Kb1 Kg7 18. Rd3 Rc6 19. Rhd1 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Bxb3 21. cxb3 Qe7 22. b4 b5 23. a3 h4 24. Qd2 Rd8 25. g4 hxg3 26. fxg3 Rc4 27. Qe3 Qb7 28. Re1 d5 29. exd5 e4 30. Rd4 Nxd5 31. Nxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxc4 bxc4 33. Qxe4 Rd1+ 34. Kc2 Qxe4+ 35. Rxe4 Rd3 36. g4 Rxh3 37. Rxc4 f5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Rc7+ Kf6 40. Rc6+ Ke5 41. Rxa6 f4 42. Ra8 Rh2+ 43. Kb3 f3 44. Rf8 Ke4 45. b5 f2 46. b6 Rh3+ 47. Ka2 Rf3 48. Rxf3 Kxf3 49. b7 f1=Q 50. b8=Q Ke4 51. Qg8 Ke5 52. a4 Kd6 53. Qd8+ Kc6 54. Qc8+ Kd6 55. Qb8+ Ke7 56. Qc7+ Ke8 57. a5 Qb5 58. Ka3 Qd3+ 59. b3 Qb5 60. Qc3 Qf1 61. Ka4 Qe2 62. Qc4 Qa2+ 63. Kb5 Kd8 64. Qd5+ Kc7 65. a6 Qa1 66. a7 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Volokitin, Andrei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2639"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2015.10.10"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Nfd7 10. Re1 Be7 11. e5 d5 12. a4 b4 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. e6 O-O 16. exd7 Qxd7 17. Bf4 Bf6 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Rxd5 Rac8 22. Qd4 Qxc2 23. Qxb4 Rfe8 24. Rd2 Qc6 25. Qd6 Qf3 26. Qd3 Qf4 27. Re2 Rxe2 28. Qxe2 h5 29. Qxa6 Rc2 30. Qb6 Kh7 31. Qe3 Qxe3 32. fxe3 Rxb2 33. a5 hxg4 34. a6 Rb8 35. a7 Ra8 36. hxg4 Kg6 37. Kf2 f5 38. Kf3 fxg4+ 39. Kxg4 Kf6 40. Ra5 Ke6 41. e4 Kd6 42. e5+ Kc6 43. Kg5 Kb6 44. Ra1 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.11"] [Round "6"] [White "Belov, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2614"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2015.10.10"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 Nd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bd3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. O-O Be7 14. Rfe1 O-O 15. Ng3 Qc7 16. Bf5 Bf6 17. Rad1 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Rfe8 19. g3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Qa5 21. Ne7+ Kf8 22. Re3 Re8 23. Qxb7 Bxe7 24. Qxc6 Qxa2 25. b3 Qa5 26. Qe4 Qd8 27. Qh7 f6 28. Rd3 Qc8 29. Rd5 Rd8 30. c5 Kf7 31. Qd3 a5 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Qc4+ Kf8 34. c6 Bd6 35. h4 Bc7 36. Qe6 Qd6 37. Qc8+ Kf7 38. Qb7 h5 39. Qb5 g6 40. Qc4+ Qe6 41. Qb5 f5 42. Qb7 Qe5 43. Qa6 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Qe4+ 45. Kg1 f4 46. gxf4 Qxf4 47. Kf1 Qxh4 0-1 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.11"] [Round "10"] [White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E48"] [WhiteElo "2651"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2015.10.10"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8. Bd2 Bd6 9. O-O c6 10. Rc1 Ng4 11. h3 Nh2 12. Re1 Nf3+ 13. gxf3 Qg5+ 14. Kh1 Qh4 15. Nf4 Bxh3 16. Ng2 Qxf2 17. Bf1 Re6 18. e4 Qg3 19. e5 Bxg2+ 20. Bxg2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Qxd4+ 22. Be3 Qxd1 23. Rexd1 Bxe5 24. Nxd5 Na6 25. Nf4 Re7 26. Bd2 Bxb2 27. Rc2 Bd4+ 28. Kf1 Rae8 29. Bc1 Be3 30. Bxe3 Rxe3 31. Rb1 R3e7 32. Kf2 g6 33. Rb3 Nb8 34. Nd3 b6 35. f4 c5 36. Ne5 Kg7 37. a4 Na6 38. Nc6 Rd7 39. Bf1 Nb8 40. Bb5 Rc7 41. Ne5 Rd8 42. Re2 Rd4 43. Kg3 f6 44. Nf3 Rd6 45. Rbe3 Nc6 46. Re8 Nd4 47. R2e7+ Rxe7 48. Rxe7+ Kh6 49. Nxd4 cxd4 50. Rxa7 d3 51. Rd7 Rxd7 52. Bxd7 Kg7 53. Kf3 Kf7 54. Ke3 Ke7 55. Bb5 Kd6 56. Kxd3 Kc5 57. Ke4 g5 58. f5 h5 59. Be2 h4 60. Bg4 Kc4 61. Bh3 Kc5 62. Bf1 Kd6 63. Kd4 g4 64. Ke4 h3 65. Kf4 h2 66. Bg2 Kc5 67. Kg3 Kb4 68. Kxh2 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.11"] [Round "8"] [White "Mamedov, Rauf"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2657"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2015.10.10"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 b5 7. c4 g5 8. cxb5 g4 9. e5 dxe5 10. Ng5 e6 11. Nc3 h5 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bg6+ Ke7 15. d4 Bh6 16. Nxd5+ exd5 17. dxc5 Kf6 18. Bc2 Qe7 19. c6 Bxc1 20. cxd7 Bxb2 21. dxc8=Q Raxc8 22. Rab1 Bd4 23. bxa6 Qc5 24. Bb3 Rhf8 25. Kh1 Rc7 26. Qd2 Kg6 27. Rec1 Bc3 28. Qxd5 Qd4 29. Rc2 Rd8 30. Qe6+ Kg5 31. Rcc1 Rd6 32. Qg8+ Rg6 33. Qb8 Rgg7 34. Rd1 Qa7 35. Qd8+ Rce7 36. Qd3 Rc7 37. Bc2 Qxf2 38. Rf1 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Lagno, Kateryna"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2523"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2015.10.10"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O e5 8. d4 cxd4 9. exd4 e4 10. Ne1 d5 11. Nc2 Nc6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Rad1 Qd7 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. Qc1 h5 17. Rd2 Bh6 18. Rfd1 Ne7 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bb5 Bc6 21. d5 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Rc8 23. Nc3 Nf5 24. Re2 Ng4 25. Nxg4 hxg4 26. Qb1 e3 27. Ne4 Qb5 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Ba3+ Kg7 30. Qb2 Re5 31. Nxg4 exf2+ 32. Rxf2 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.10"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2604"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2015.10.10"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 8. Nf3 c4 9. h4 Nc6 10. Bf4 h5 11. Qg3 Qf7 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. a4 Nge7 15. a5 Nf5 16. Qh2 Rdg8 17. Rfb1 Be8 18. Rb2 Qd7 19. Bd2 Qd8 20. a6 b6 21. Qf4 Rf8 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Ne1 Bg6 24. g3 Nd6 25. Bf1 e5 26. Qf3 Be4 27. Qd1 Rfg8 28. Bg2 Bxg2 29. Nxg2 Ne4 30. Be1 Qd7 31. Kh2 Ne7 32. Qf3 Qg4 33. Qxg4+ hxg4 34. Ne3 Kc7 35. Kg2 exd4 36. cxd4 Rh5 37. Bb4 Nc6 38. Re1 Nxb4 39. Rxb4 Nd6 40. c3 Kc6 41. Rbb1 f5 42. Nc2 Ne4 43. Nb4+ Kd6 44. Rbc1 f4 45. gxf4 Rf8 46. f3 gxf3+ 47. Kxf3 Rxh4 48. Nxd5 Kxd5 49. Rxe4 Rh3+ 50. Kg4 Kxe4 51. Kxh3 Rxf4 52. Kg2 Kd3 53. d5 Rf7 0-1 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.10"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Salem, AR Saleh"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2624"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2015.10.10"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. g5 Nfd7 9. h4 Nc6 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Rg1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Ne5 13. O-O-O O-O 14. f4 Nc6 15. Qb6 Qd7 16. Bf2 Bd8 17. Qe3 b5 18. Bh3 Bb6 19. Qg3 Qc7 20. h5 b4 21. Ne2 Bxf2 22. Qxf2 a5 23. f5 exf5 24. exf5 Rb5 25. Nf4 b3 26. axb3 Nb4 27. Nd3 a4 28. Nxb4 Rxb4 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. b3 Ra2 31. Kb1 Qc3 32. Kxa2 Bxf5 33. Bg2 Bxc2 34. Rb1 Rb8 35. Qf3 Qd2 36. Ka3 Qb4+ 37. Ka2 Qd2 38. Ka3 Bxb1 39. Rxb1 Qa5+ 40. Kb2 Qd2+ 41. Ka3 Qa5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.10"] [Round "4"] [White "Dubov, Daniil"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2015.10.10"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. a3 Ba5 13. Qxd4 Rd8 14. Qe5 Nc6 15. Qh5 Bd7 16. g4 f6 17. Rfd1 Bb6 18. Nd6 Be8 19. Nxe8 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rxe8 21. Qg6 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Bd3 Qf7 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Nh4 Qg8 26. Qe4 g5 27. Ng6+ Kg7 28. Ne7 Qh8 29. Nc8 Bc7 30. Nxa7 Kf7 31. Qd4 Qf8 32. Nc8 Qe8 33. Qe4 Qg8 34. Qd4 Qe8 35. Nd6+ Bxd6 36. Qxd6 Qe7 37. Qd4 Qc7 38. Qe4 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Qxb2 40. Qh7+ Kf8 41. Bg6 Qb6 42. Qxh6+ 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Onischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2662"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2015.10.10"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.29"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Bg7 12. h4 Qe7 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Rxh8+ Bxh8 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e5 Kf8 17. O-O-O c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxb5 Be4 20. Qc3 Nd3+ 21. Bxd3 Bxd3 22. Nd6 Qxd6 23. exd6 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Ke8 25. Rd2 Kd7 26. Rb2 Be4 27. Rb5 f6 28. f3 Bc6 29. Ra5 e5 30. Bf2 Kxd6 31. Bc5+ Ke6 32. Ra6 Rc8 33. Bxa7 Kd6 34. Ra5 f5 35. Bc5+ Ke6 36. Ra6 f4 37. a4 Kf5 38. Bd6 e4 39. fxe4+ Bxe4 40. Ra5+ Kg4 41. Be7 Rg8 42. Kd2 Bxg2 43. Ke2 Be4 44. Re5 Bf5 45. a5 Rh8 46. Rc5 Rh2+ 47. Ke1 Rh6 48. Bd8 Rd6 49. Bc7 Re6+ 50. Re5 Rxe5+ 51. Bxe5 Bc8 52. Kf2 Kf5 53. Bc7 g4 0-1 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.09.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2816"] [BlackElo "2853"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2015.08.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 h5 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Rd1+ Ke8 12. Ne2 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 { Both players took a long time to get to this position, but it had all been played before.} 14. f3 Bf5 15. Nd4 (15. c3 Bc2 16. Rd2 Bf5 17. g4 Be6 { was fine for Black in Leko-Radjabov, 2014. The Azeri won that game in the long run.}) 15... Bg6 16. Bf4 Be7 17. g4 {Anand mentioned that he had looked at this idea with f3 and g4, but must have botched it up at some point.} Rd8 18. Kg2 hxg4 19. hxg4 Bc5 20. c3 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. cxd4 Ke7 {Whtie retains some chances of creating an advantage if he can push f4-f5, but it looks difficult to achieve... and when it does, still the advantage is not that clear.} 23. Rc1 Ke6 24. Be3 f6 {Now the draw is obvious. The structural advantage is meaningless with the opposite colored bishops on the board.} 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Bd2 Rd8 27. Bc3 Kf7 28. Kg3 Re8 29. Rh1 Bd3 30. Re1 Rxe1 31. Bxe1 Bc4 32. a3 b6 33. Kf4 a5 34. Ke3 a4 35. Bg3 b5 36. Bxc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.08.31"] [Round "8"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2816"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2015.08.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.14"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 $1 dxc4 (11... Ne4 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Rb1 f5 {was the game Kasparov-Ivanchuk from 1988. The former World Champion mentioned how he had prepared this position quite deeply, including the variations that happened in the game. Back in 1988 he thought that White was much better with his central control, while it seems that Anand played confidently enough, perhaps trusting his engine evaluation that keeps it around equal.}) 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. e4 $1 (14. Ne5 Qe6 15. Bxc6 (15. Nxf7 Rf8 $11) 15... bxc6 16. Nxf7 (16. Rxf7 c5 { is messy, but not better for White.}) 16... Qe3+ $19) 14... Bg4 15. Qa4 Qd6 16. Rae1 $6 (16. Qxc4 $14 {Anand said he analyzed this, but not 16.Rae1.} Rxe4 $2 17. Ng5 $16) 16... Rab8 $1 17. Qxc4 b5 18. e5 {changing the character of the position, going into an endgame. If White refused to go into this he would have to allow some interesting pawn breaks.} (18. Qb3 Na5 (18... b4 $5) 19. Qc2 c5 $132) (18. Qd3 b4 19. e5 Qd7 $11) 18... bxc4 19. exd6 cxd6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Nd2 { Black is up a pawn, but he is under some pressure because c4 and d6 are weak.} Na5 22. Ne4 Rd8 $1 23. Rb1 d5 $1 {Precise play from the Indian player. He finds a tactical way to solve his knight on a5 problem.} 24. Nc5 Be6 25. Rb5 Nc6 26. Na6 $11 (26. Rb7 Rb8 27. Rc7 Rb1+ {gives Black enough counterplay.}) 26... Rd7 27. a4 Kf8 28. Nc5 Rc7 29. Na6 Rd7 30. Nc5 Rc7 31. Na6 { There is simply no way of making progress.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.08.30"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2816"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2015.08.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. b3 a5 10. a4 f6 {This typical exchange Ruy Lopez type of structure has become more common as people are trying to avoid the endgame. However, it's hard to say what White has in this position. He has no real pressure and Black has the pair of bishops. The awkward pawn structure is too vague to be exploited.} 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Rc1 b5 13. c3 Bf8 14. Nb2 { Somehow I'm not convinced about putting a knight on b2.} Nc5 15. Qc2 Bg4 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Nxe4 {Anand figured he had compensation at this point, but the position went south quickly.} 19. f3 Nd6 20. Bf2 (20. fxg4 Rxe3 21. g5 $5 { looks like some kind of aggressive try, but I don't believe in it completely.}) 20... Bd7 21. c4 Qc8 22. Qc3 Nf5 23. Nc2 Nd6 24. Nd4 Nb7 (24... Re5 $5 25. Bg3 Rh5 26. c5 Nb5 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Rfe1 Nxd4 29. Qxd4 {was a suggestion by Anand. Still difficult for Black to win since the bishop on f8 is so bad.}) 25. c5 $1 {An important move, killing the bishop on f8 and making it hard for the knight on b7 to rejoin the game.} Nd8 26. Nb2 Ne6 27. Nc4 Bxc5 (27... a4 $5 28. bxa4 Rxa4 29. Nb2 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 {is hard to make progress, but White just needs to defend and hope his fortress holds.}) 28. Nxe6 {A queen sacrifice.} Bb4 29. Nxg7 Bxc3 30. Nxe8 Bxe8 (30... Qxe8 31. Rxc3 Be6 32. Nd2 Bd5 33. Ne4 Bxe4 34. Re1 {is still unclear, though the engines prefer Black.}) 31. Rxc3 {The compute rs like Black a lot, but White is surprisingly close to a full fortress. Actually, if he gets his knight to c5, he will even be able to play for an advantage.} Bf7 32. Nd2 f5 33. Rxc6 {Anand didn't want to play this, but he figured every pawn he took was a good thing.} (33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. Rxc4 Qb7 35. Rc3 {is also close to a fortress.}) 33... Qd7 34. Rc2 Re8 35. Nc4 Bxc4 36. Rxc4 Re2 37. h3 Rd2 38. Re1 Rd1 39. Kh2 c6 {your engine might say that this is better for Black, but the position is a dead draw after} (39... c6 40. Rxd1 Qxd1 41. Rc5 $1 Qxb3 42. Rxa5 { and there is no way the pawn on c6 ever makes it to c5.}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.08.28"] [Round "6"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2816"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2015.08.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.14"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bg2 {White's pair of bishops guarantees him long-term prospects, but Black will always remain solid.} e6 10. Nd2 g5 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 Nf8 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rxe4 Ng6 {White's advantage in the center is somewhat offset by Black's dark-squared control.} 16. Be3 O-O 17. d5 { White has to break through at some point, of course.} cxd5 18. cxd5 e5 { Black wants to keep the center closed to restrain the light square bishop.} ( 18... Qxd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Ra4 $1 { Will eventually regain the d5 pawn, with a slight advantage.}) 19. Qd2 a5 20. d6 (20. a3 {was considered by Giri, keeping the tension, but it is unclear how to proceed after Qd6.}) 20... Qxd6 21. Qxd6 Bxd6 22. Bxg5 (22. Rd1 Be7 23. Rd7 (23. Rc4 $1 { is some computer find that gives Giri some opportunity for an edge.}) 23... b5 $6 (23... b6 $1 {close to equal.}) 24. Rxe7 $5 Nxe7 25. Rxe5 { with chances for the advantage as all of Black's pawns are hanging.}) 22... Rac8 23. Re2 b6 24. Rd1 Bc5 {White's pair of bishops unfortunately will be neutralized by a strong knight on f4. Then the opposite colored bishops makes the position closer to a draw than anything else, even if White retains a small advantage.} 25. Be4 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Kg2 Rfd8 28. Red2 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 g5 30. Rd7 Re8 31. Kf3 Re7 {White has no good way of making progress.} 32. Rxe7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.08.27"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2816"] [BlackElo "2731"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2015.08.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qd3 {The idea of putting the queen on d3 to support a knight on d5 is common, it hasn't been seen in top level chess in this particular position.} Nc6 10. a3 {preventing Nb4 ideas and preparing Nd5.} d5 $5 {Black breaks through before White can establish his bind. However this doesn't fully equalize just yet.} 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 (12... Bxd5 13. O-O-O { seems dangerous for Black. But perhaps after} (13. O-O $1 $14) 13... Bxg2 $5 { he can get away with capturing the pawn.}) 13. O-O-O Qxd3 (13... Qxg2 { just looks suicidal, even if the computers can navigate the complications.}) 14. Bxd3 O-O-O (14... Bxb3 $6 15. cxb3 O-O { doubles the pawns, but the bishop on the lightsquares is too strong to control. }) 15. Nc5 Bd5 16. c4 {Black doesn't want to give up the pair of bishops, but that means that this bishop must take quite a tour.} Bxg2 17. Rhg1 e4 $1 { An important move.} 18. Be2 (18. Rxg2 exd3 19. Rxg7 Ne5 $11 { is not entirely clear.}) 18... Bf3 19. Bxf3 exf3 20. Rxg7 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Rd8+ 22. Kc1 Ne5 {Black's structure isn't the best, and h7 is hanging, but he has good compensation. His pieces are active and Black's pawn on f3 is annoying.} 23. Ne4 $1 Kd7 (23... Nxc4 24. Rxf7 Re8 $14) 24. Rxh7 Ke6 25. Nd2 Rc8 26. Kc2 ( 26. Rh6+ $1) 26... Nxc4 27. Nxc4 Rxc4+ 28. Kd3 Rg4 29. h3 Ra4 30. Rh6+ f6 31. Rh7 Ra5 32. Ke4 Rb5 33. Bd4 Bd6 34. Rh6 Be5 35. Bxe5 Rxe5+ 36. Kxf3 Rf5+ { White is up a pawn, but converting it is very difficult black is too active and it is hard to make progress with a weak h-pawn.} 37. Ke2 Re5+ 38. Kf1 Rb5 39. b4 Rd5 40. Rg6 a5 41. bxa5 Rxa5 42. Rg3 Ra4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.08.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2808"] [BlackElo "2816"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2015.08.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.14"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 { the not very sharp Moscow.} (6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 { is the ultra-sharp anti-Moscow.}) 6... Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 {An interesting break, played rather quickly. Sometimes White holds on to this and plays preparatory moves.} Qd8 11. Re1 c5 $1 {An interesting novelty from the Indian player, always showing superb opening knowledge.} 12. exd5 (12. dxc5 d4 13. Nb5 e5 {gives Black plenty of compensation for the pawn. He will break on b6 if he cannot capture c5, and his passed pawn, good development and open lines will give him a fine position.}) 12... cxd4 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Ne2 { Caruana's solution clearly cannot pose real problems for Anand. White has some kind of blockade, but Black's position is active and well developed.} Qd6 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. Nf4 Bg4 {giving up the bishop for the f3-knight is not necessary, but with the opposite colored bishops coming into play the position should be rather equal.} 17. Be4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Bd5 Rac8 20. b3 b5 21. Rac1 bxc4 22. bxc4 Rc7 23. Nd3 Nxd3 {Anand was critical of this move after the game, correctly pointing out that the retreat with Nd7 was a better move and equalizing. Now he comes under a little bit of pressure.} 24. Qxd3 Kh7 25. g3 Bf6 26. Rb1 {White is slightly better with his control of the b-file and slightly better bishop.} Kg7 27. Rb5 Rfc8 28. Reb1 Rc5 29. a4 Rxb5 30. axb5 { White has some hopes of an advantage. He can pressure f7 and he haspotentially dangerous pawns, but to be fair this should be holdable for Black if he just stays put.} Rc7 31. Qb3 Qe5 32. Qf3 Bg5 33. c5 { taking advantage of tactics to push the pawn, but Anand has this under control. } Rd7 $1 34. b6 axb6 35. cxb6 (35. Bc6 Rd8 36. cxb6 d3 37. Qe4 Qxe4 38. Bxe4 d2 39. Rd1 Bf6 {is going to be a draw, no matter what the computer says.}) 35... Rxd5 36. Qxd5 Qxd5 37. b7 d3 38. b8=Q d2 {White won an exchange, but he is simply not able to do anything with it due to the huge pawn on d2.} 39. Rd1 Qf3 40. Qb2+ Kh7 41. Qc2 Be3 {forcing the draw.} 42. fxe3 Qxe3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.08.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2816"] [BlackElo "2816"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2015.08.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 {no 7...g5 like in Carlsen-Topalov!} cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nc3 e5 9. Qd3 h6 10. Nd2 {a rare plan, but it's been seen before. White tries to remaneuver his pieces to exploit the weaknesses on d6 and d5. Black on the other hand is quite solid, with good development, not to mention a potentially strong pair of bishops.} b5 { makes plenty of sense to avoid the knight from coming to c4. White must justify his play by attacking on the queenside aggressively.} 11. a4 Rb8 12. Rd1 Be7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nf1 {The knight heads to d5 anyway, but this seems to be too slow. Black forces the hand of the knight on c3 before White can install his knight on e3.} b4 $1 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 (16. exd5 O-O { is already even worse for White. His isolated pawn on d5 will be weak in the long run.}) 16... O-O 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Bd2 Rfc8 {Black has more than sufficient pressure on the queenside. He isn't better, but White has no hopes for an advantage. Because of White's control of d5 he is still ok.} 20. c3 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Qb7 22. Nd5 {Now it is just a matter of time until White wins one of the bishops for his knight, leading towards a drawish endgame. It is safer for Black to exchange his dark square bishop than his light square bishop to retain opposite colored bishops.} Bg5 23. h3 Ra8 24. Ne3 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Ra8 27. Rxa8+ Qxa8 28. f3 { Clearly, this game isn't going anywhere. The draw is in sight.} Qc6 29. Kf2 f6 30. Kg1 Qc5 31. Qxc5 dxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.08.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2816"] [Annotator "Wagner,D"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2015.08.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.14"] [TimeControl "40/7200:3600+30"] {Grischuk and Anand had both lost the first round, giving their encounter in round two a certain importance.} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Bf4 $5 {A rare guest in elite tournaments. Nakamura used it recently to beat MVL at the Fide Grand Prix in Khanty Mansiysk. [%emt 0:00:12]} d5 { [%emt 0:01:23]} (2... b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 d5 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qa4+ Kf8 11. g3 $14 { 1-0 (27) Nakamura,H (2799)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2754) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 4. dxc5 $1 {This specific version of the London System is very rare, but not that harmless, as I expected it to be. [%emt 0:02:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 5. Bb5 {Curiously Anand had already faced exactly the same line against the same opponent in a Blitz game at Norway Chess. Maybe blinded by the success of this game he repeats it, though the resulting position looks rather dangerous for Black and offers improvements for White along the way. [%emt 0:00:08]} Qa5+ $2 {This move is the origin of Anand's problems in this game. The queen sortie loses important time, which White can use to unleash a dangerous initiative. [%emt 0:05:31]} (5... e6 $1 { Is the correct way to handle this position. I guess Anand was afraid of having to prove compensation for the pawn against Grischuk's prep, but anyway this was the way to go. Esprecially after their encounter in Blitz he should have checked this line more deeply in his preparation.} 6. b4 a5 7. c3 Bd7 8. Qb3 ( 8. Nf3 axb4 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. cxb4 b6 11. Ne5 Ba4 12. Qc1 bxc5 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. bxc5 Bxc5 $15 {1/2-1/2 (43) Meister,J (2464)-Delchev,A (2607) Wunsiedel 2015}) 8... Ne4 $5 (8... Nh5 9. Ne2 Nxf4 10. Nxf4 g6 11. a4 Bg7 12. Ra2 $14) 9. f3 e5 {Now it's becoming pretty complicated, but Black is not worse, for example:} 10. fxe4 exf4 11. Ne2 Qh4+ 12. g3 fxg3 13. Nxg3 dxe4 14. O-O Be6 15. Qa4 Rc8 16. Nd2 Be7 $11) 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. Bxc6+ { [%emt 0:00:17]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Nf3 $1 {An easy but important improvement. It's already quite difficult to make good suggestions for Black now, because White can always find ways to use his development advantage. [%emt 0:00:24]} (8. Qd4 {happened in their blitz game.} e6 9. b4 Qa3 10. Nge2 a5 11. Rb1 (11. b5 Bxc5 12. Qa4 Ke7 13. bxc6 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Bd6 $11) 11... axb4 12. Rxb4 Ba6 (12... Nd7 $1 $17) 13. O-O Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Be7 { with a pleasant position for Black} 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. cxd6 O-O 17. Ng3 Rfc8 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. e4 dxe4 20. c4 Qxa2 21. Qxa2 Rxa2 22. Rb6 h5 23. Rxc6 h4 24. Nh1 Rc2 25. Rd1 Ng4 26. c5 e3 27. Rc7 exf2+ 28. Nxf2 Nxf2 29. Rf1 Ne4 30. Rfxf7 Rc1+ {0-1 (30) Grischuk,A (2781)-Anand,V (2804) Stavanger 2015}) 8... e6 { [%emt 0:04:51]} (8... Ne4 $1 {should have been preferred, but it's difficult to go for it without proper preparation.} 9. Qd4 (9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc5 11. Re1 e6 12. e4 Be7 {White's initiative is sufficient for not more than equality. }) 9... Nxc3 (9... Qxc5 10. Nxe4 Qxd4 11. exd4 dxe4 12. Ne5 $14) 10. bxc3 f6 $1 11. O-O e5 12. Bxe5 fxe5 13. Qxe5+ Kf7 (13... Be7 14. e4 $36 { Although still very unclear, this definitely looks threatening.} (14. Qxg7 $5 Rf8 15. Qxh7 $40)) 14. Ng5+ Kg8 15. Ne6 Ra7 {The position has turned into a mess, but Black should have enough defensive resources.}) (8... Qxc5 9. Ne5 $1 e6 10. O-O Bb7 (10... Be7 11. Na4 Qa5 12. c4 $16) 11. Na4 Qa7 12. c4 $36) 9. O-O {[%emt 0:15:05]} Bd7 {White is already at choice now; he has lots of promising continuations. [%emt 0:04:33]} ({After the immediate} 9... Bxc5 10. Nd4 $1 {seems to be annoying, that's the reason, why in the game Anand preferred to protect c6 first.} (10. Ne5 Bb7 11. a3 Qd8 12. b4 Bd6 13. Nd3 a5 $132) 10... Qb4 11. Rb1 (11. Nxc6 Qxb2 $1) 11... Qb7 12. b4 Be7 13. Na4 O-O 14. c4 $14) 10. a3 {[%emt 0:19:45]} (10. Bd6 $5 { is also sensible and better for White.} Bxd6 11. cxd6 O-O 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 $14) ({When I followed this game online, the commentators suggested another move, which is also really dangerous for Black.} 10. e4 $1 Bxc5 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Nb3 Qb6 (12... Qd8 13. e5 $1 Ng8 14. Na4 $16) 13. Re1 O-O 14. Be3 Qd8 15. Bc5 $16) 10... Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 11. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:02:49]} (11... Qb5 12. c4 $1) 12. c4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Be7 { [%emt 0:02:01]} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:07:46]} (13. b4 $5 O-O 14. c5 Rad8 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Qe2 $14 {is another strategy, giving White a good edge.}) 13... Rc8 $2 { Black can't bear delaying castling for so long. [%emt 0:03:05]} (13... c5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bg5 $14) (13... O-O { was the lesser evil, allowing the weakening of the structure.} 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Ne5 $14) 14. cxd5 {Grischuk decides two open up the position, which makes some sense taking into account that the Black king is still stuck in the centre. [%emt 0:21:36]} (14. c5 $5 { with the idea of seizing more space and squeezing Black is pretty good, too.} O-O 15. b4 Rcd8 (15... Rfe8 16. Nb6 Rcd8 17. Ne5 $18) 16. Nb6 Ne4 17. Nd4 $16) 14... cxd5 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 15. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bxc8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 16. Qd4 $5 {An interesting decision. The queen is the only defender of the queenside, hence it is exchanged. [%emt 0:00:03]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 17. exd4 {The queen exchange hasn't eased Black's problems. His lack of development will cost him and important pawn. [%emt 0:00:27]} Bd7 { [%emt 0:07:01]} (17... O-O 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. Nb6 {changes nothing.}) 18. Nb6 { [%emt 0:19:45]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:16:49]} (18... O-O 19. Rc1 Bb5 20. a4 $1 Be2 ( 20... Be8 21. Ne5) 21. Ne5 $16 {the white pieces are dominating.}) 19. Nxd7 { [%emt 0:01:02]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 20. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} f6 {This gives he pawn at once, but anyway, it was difficult to hold onto it in the long run. [%emt 0:00:37]} (20... a5 21. Rc6 Nb6 22. Ne5 a4 23. Nd3 $16) 21. Rc6 { [%emt 0:03:48]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 22. Rxa6 { The rest is basically a matter of technique. [%emt 0:03:49]} Bb6 { [%emt 0:00:31]} 23. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:28]} (23. a4 $1 Rc8 24. a5 Bd8 25. h4 { would have been more accurate.}) 23... g5 {[%emt 0:04:22]} (23... Rc8 $5 24. Bc3 e5 {could have created more problems.} 25. g3 Rb8 26. a4 (26. dxe5 Nc5 $1) 26... exd4 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Rxb2 29. Ra7 Ke8 30. a5 $16) 24. h3 { [%emt 0:05:33]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 25. Bb4 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Rb7 { [%emt 0:00:30]} 26. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 27. Kf1 { [%emt 0:00:39]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:06:28]} 28. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e5 { [%emt 0:00:17]} 29. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 30. Bb4 { [%emt 0:01:06]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 31. Nxe5+ {[%emt 0:01:57]} fxe5 { [%emt 0:00:07]} 32. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} e4 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 33. f3 $1 { [%emt 0:00:01]} d3+ {[%emt 0:01:46]} (33... e3 34. Kd3 $18 { Black's pawns are safely blocked.}) 34. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} exf3 { [%emt 0:00:33]} 35. Rf8+ {A severe defeat for Anand caused by poor handling of this rare opening. [%emt 0:00:19]} 1-0 [Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"] [Site "Saint Louis"] [Date "2015.08.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2814"] [BlackElo "2816"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2015.08.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.14"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 {The variation chosen by Anand is knwon for its straight aim at simplifying and, after a bit of struggling, a relatively safe draw.} ({For} 10... h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 { see;Eljanov,P (2723)-Adams,M (2740)/Biel GM 48th 2015 (10)/0-1}) ({ The most solid line is} 10... a5) 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8 {Since White intended to develop his knight to d2, it makes sense exchanging queens first. Otherwise, his queen would be passive.} (14. Nc3 { is an important alternative} Bc6 15. Ne5 { Akopian,V (2678)-Kramnik,V (2807) Moscow 2002 CBM 091 [Ribli] (0-1, 26)}) 14... Rxd8 15. Nbd2 Bc6 {The structure is almost symmetrical, but Black is behind in development and White can still gain some time by attacking the enemy bishops.} 16. Nb3 ({Nobody has tried yet} 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nb3 {, aiming for a knight versus dark-squared bishop which used to be a specialty of Ulf Andersson.}) 16... Be7 {Not the only possible move, but the most natural one, ensuring the integrity of the kingside structure.} (16... Nbd7 { Kramnik,V (2797)-Gelfand,B (2712) Astana 2001 CBM 084 [Ribli] (1-0, 60)}) ( 16... Bb6 { Kozul,Z (2610)-Baramidze,D (2543) Dresden 2007 CBM 118 [Marin,M] 1-0 (55)}) 17. Na5 {White immediately puts pressure on the c6-bishop, thus delaying the development of the b8-knight.} (17. Rfc1 {is a bit milder.} h6 18. Be3 (18. Bf4 Nbd7 19. Na5 Be4 20. Ne1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 e5 22. Be3 Nd5 { Cmilyte,V (2508)-Kosintseva,N (2460) Nalchik 2008 (Â1/2-Â1/2, 99)}) 18... Nbd7 19. Na5 Be4 20. Ne1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd5 { Panno,O (2485)-Zarnicki,P (2545) Villa Gesell 1996 0-1 (56)}) 17... h6 { Just like in the lines above, Black is best adviced to start questioning the stability of the white bishop.} (17... Bd5 { is too slow, allowing White to gain time for regrouping.} 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nbd7 20. Nd3 $14 {Aronian,L (2581)-Lutz,C (2645) Germany 2003 CBM 094 [Ribli] (1-0, 45). The b2-pawn is defended, making the pressure against b7 real. This element yields White long term initiative.}) 18. Be3 ({ Getting the bishops' pair with} 18. Nxc6 {speeds up Black's development.} Nxc6 19. Bd2 Ne4 {As we see, the bishop faces permanent harassment.} 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Ra3 {White cannot clear the long diagonal with a knight move because this would leave Black with initiative inthe centre after ...î ..d4.} a5 23. Rc1 Na6 24. Rac3 Nab4 {After over defending the c6-knight, Black is sfae against the bishop's pressure.} 25. Rc5 f6 26. Bf1 Rd7 27. e3 Rad8 28. Bb5 Nd3 {And now the bishop's exchange is forced, after this piece has consumed a few tempi while looking for new horisons.} 29. Bxd3 Rxd3 30. Rb5 R8d7 $11 { Vasilevich,T (2399)-Kosintseva,N (2491) Dagomys 2009 (Â1/2-Â1/2, 76)}) 18... Nd5 19. Bd2 Nb6 {This looks a bit speculative but is not easy to meet. Black keeps jumping around with an already developed piece creating one-move threats. The main thread of this position is the concrete fight of the minor pieces, not a simple issue and one which used to be Paul Keres' specialty. And in general lines, Black should try completing his development while White will do his best to prevent that. A draw was agreed here in the only previous game with this line.;Psakhis,L (2550)-Sandipan,C (2469)/Pardubice KB Czech op 2003 (8)/1/2} ({The straightforward} 19... b6 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 {may be playable for Black, but the queenside weaknesses could tell in the long run after the natural sequance} 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Rfd1) (19... Bf6 {is abstractly more constructive than the game move (it activates a piece) and not easy to refute. For instance, Black can neutralize the direct operation} 20. e4 Ne7 21. e5 { with} Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rxd2 { True, White retains some symbolic advantage after} 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nec6 26. Nexc6 Nxc6 27. Nxb7 {but} Ra7 {should keep things under control} (27... Rb8 {would be less indicated due to} 28. Rd7 {with some domination.})) 20. Bf4 Nd5 {Consequent and best.} (20... Bd6 $2 21. Rfd1 Be7 22. Ne5 $16) (20... Rc8 $6 21. Rac1 $14) (20... Rd5 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Rfc1 Bf6 23. Be3 Nc8 24. Rab1 $36) 21. Ne5 (21. Be5 {exposes the bishop to the b8-knight's attacks, for instance} Bb4 22. Nc4 (22. Nxc6 Nxc6) 22... Nd7 $11) 21... g5 $6 {Blach rightly decides to continue the fight against the enemy bishop, but weakening the kingside is risky. In the end of the game it will eventually cost him the full point.} ({ Now was a good moment to exchange some pieces and finally develop thequeenside: } 21... Nxf4 22. gxf4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 {This kind of structure with double f-pawns and an active jnight on e5 versus a moderately good bishop may be dangerous for Black as known ever since Karpov's famous defeat in;Ribli,Z (2610)-Karpov,A (2725)/IBM Amsterdam 1980/1-0} {But here the c6-square is not weak and besides Black can immediately attack the e5-knight with} Nd7 $1 (23... b6 24. Nac4 Bc5 25. Rfd1 $14) 24. Nd3 (24. Nxb7 Rdb8 25. Nxd7 Rxb7 $11) 24... Rab8 25. Rfc1 Bd6 26. Kf3 {From practical point of view White's position is more appealing, but formulating a clear plan of strengthening the pressure is not easy.}) 22. Bd2 Bf6 23. Nd3 { Nakamura still does not wish to allow Anand to develop.} ({But} 23. Nexc6 Nxc6 24. Nxc6 bxc6 {was a worthy alternative, since Black's chronic weaknesses offer White pleasant play after} 25. Rab1 Rab8 26. Rfc1 Nb4 27. Be1 $14) 23... b6 24. Nc4 b5 {To a lesser extent than 21...g5, this pawn move with incomplete development is some sort of asking for trouble.} (24... Nd7 { looks safe enough as after} 25. Rfd1 Rac8 26. e4 {Black can regroup with} Ne7 27. Nd6 Rb8 {when White's slight space advantage is compensated by the weakness of the d4-square.}) 25. Bxd5 $5 {Typically for positions with mutual minor piece play, White had a wide choice here. None of the available continuations had clear consequences but analysis siggests that two other moves might have been a bit stronger.} (25. Nce5 bxa4 26. f4 { is a resolute attacking action, far from Black's undeveloped queenside.} gxf4 27. gxf4 Bb5 28. f5 Nd7 29. Ng4 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 $36 { Black should be able to defend, but the fun would be all White's:} N7f6 31. Nxh6+ Kg7 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Rf3 Rac8 (33... Ra7 34. Raf1) 34. Rg3+ (34. Raf1 Rc2 35. Rg3+ Kh7 $132) 34... Kf8 35. Bg5) (25. Ne3 $5 {This is an entirely different approach. White intends exchanging some of Black's active pieces in order tp retain his lead in development until late in the ending.} Nxe3 (25... bxa4 26. Rfc1 Ra7 (26... Bb5 27. Ba5 Re8 28. Nxd5 exd5 29. Bxd5 Ra7 30. Rc2 $14 ) 27. Nxd5 exd5 (27... Bxd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rxa4 $14) 28. Ba5 Re8 29. Rc2 $14 ) 26. fxe3 $1 {The point. White spoils his pawn structure and temporarily sacrifices a pawn just to maintain the rhytm of his initiative.} Bxb2 27. Ra2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Bg7 29. axb5 Nd7 30. bxa6 Nb8 {It seems as if Black is close to a draw (or even the more pleasant side of the draw, due to his better structure) but White can still pull out a few tricks to retain a stable advantage.} 31. Rb1 $3 {Preventing î Rxa6 and threatening a6-a7.} (31. a7 Nc6) 31... Nxa6 (31... Rxa6 $2 32. Rxb8 $1 $11) 32. Rc1 $3 {Black does not seem to be under any pressure, but his knight is in an awfull situation, for instance} Nc7 33. Rxa8 Nxa8 34. Ba5 Rb8 35. Rc6 {It is far from clear how and if White can win, but Black will play the rest of the game with the knight imprisonned. I have some bad memories of this kind from the game;Rodriguez Cespedes,A (2515) -Marin,M (2485)/Novi Sad ol (Men) 1990 (8)/1-0} { The attempt to free the knight with} Kf8 36. Kf3 Ke8 { can be met with either 37.î ..c5 controlling d7 or} 37. Kg4 Kd7 38. Ra6 { starting an attack on the abandoned wing.}) 25... bxc4 $1 { This should have led to equality.} (25... Bxd5 26. Nb6 Ra7 27. axb5 { wins a pawn.}) 26. Bxc4 Bxb2 27. Ra2 Bg7 $6 { Too passive and offering White the time to re-organize his pressure.} (27... Bd4 {would have pinned the f-pawn while controlling c5, allowing to meet} 28. Rc1 {with} Be4 $11 {without fearing f2-f3 or î ..c5. This way, Black would have got an essential tempo to dveelop his knight.}) 28. Rc1 Be8 {Black keeps regrouping, but we are approaching move 30 and his queenside pieces are still immobile. Quite a dangerous situation.} 29. Nc5 {Abstractly, I find this a bit premature and concretely it causes White some problems of stability. The knight was doing fine on d3, while on c5 it is vulnerable, while also obstructing the c-file for the rooks.} ({During my live comments I suggested} 29. a5 {which is the move I would probably play in a game of my own, too. Blocking the a6-pawn and gaining space are useful allowing White to keep options on other sectors of the board.} Nd7 (29... Bf8 30. f4 $1 $36) ({If} 29... Nc6 30. Nc5 {there would be some trouble around the a6-pawn.}) 30. Be3 { Black is in no immediaqte danger, but his position is anything but pleasant.}) 29... Bf8 $1 30. Bd3 Nc6 31. Be4 ({The a-pawn is taboo, of course:} 31. Nxa6 $2 Rxd3) ({or} 31. Bxa6 $2 Bxc5) 31... Rdc8 32. Kf1 $1 {I like this move a lot. White takes measures against the annoying ...î ..d4 keeping his flexibility.} ( 32. f4 gxf4 33. gxf4 Nd4 $1) 32... Ra7 33. Nb3 ({ Due to his hanging knight, White is not ready to start his kingside attack with } 33. f4 gxf4 34. gxf4 Nd4 $1 {But b3 is not a good square for the knight.}) ({ In fact, engines slightly prefer} 33. Nd3 {and I can agree with that, since d3 is the best square for the knight, but then why did White need to quit it a few moves earlier?}) 33... Rac7 34. Rac2 Bd6 $6 { Overdefending the c7-rook, based on an illusion.} ({Ramirez: "} 34... Ba3 $1 { Was much better} 35. Ba5 $2 {is what Anand was worried about.} Nxa5 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 Nxb3 $19 { and Black has Nd2+ as a threat, so White can't do anything."}) 35. f4 $1 $36 f5 (35... gxf4 36. Bxf4 $5 { leaves Black hanging but maybe things would not be as bad as they look:} Ne5 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Rd1 Rd7 39. Rxd6 Rxd6 40. Bxe5 Rd1+ 41. Kf2 Bxa4 42. Nc5 Bb5 43. Nb7 Rd2 44. Bf3 {How would I evaluate this position? Possibly, I would not be afraid of losing it with black, but I would get very irritated if I could not win with white. To be compared with the ending from Carlsen-Nakamura, this same tournament. Here the black kingside is weak, offering White some additional ideas, while the presence of two more minor pieces may favour him, too. But if the light-squared bishops are off board, I would start preferring Black, due to his passed pawn. For this latter aspect compare with;Karpov,A (2720)-Kasparov,G (2700)/World Championship 32th-KK2 1985 (2)/1/2}) (35... g4 36. f5 $36) 36. Bd3 (36. Bg2 {does not put pressure on a6, allowing} g4 $11) 36... Nb8 $2 {This loses a big fat pawn and the game.} (36... gxf4 $2 37. Bxf4 $1) (36... Rb8 $1 {was the right move, hitting onto the Achile's heel in White's position: his knight.} 37. Nc5 (37. Rc3 { leads to interesting play resulting in simplifications and a probable draw:} Bb4 38. Rc4 Ba3 39. Nd4 Bxc1 40. Rxc1 Kf7 41. Ba5 Rcc8 42. Bxa6 Nxd4 $1 { The right moment to free Black's positon.} 43. Rxc8 Rxc8 44. Bxc8 Bxa4 $11) 37... Nd4 38. Rc4 Rxc5 (38... Bxc5 $6 39. Rxd4 $14) 39. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 40. Bxc1 Be7 {Despite his minor weaknesses, Black is well regrouped and has little to fear.} ) 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Rxc7 Bxc7 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Nc5 (40. Bxg5 Bxa4 41. Nc5 $18) 40... Bd6 (40... Kf7 41. Bc4 Bd7 42. Nxd7 Nxd7 43. Bxa6 $18) 41. Nxe6 Bxa4 42. Nxg5 Bd7 43. Bc3 {The least White can do is create two connected passers by eliminating the last kingside redoute with e2-e4, which should suffice for a technical win. But even the advance of the h-pawn would be molesting, being sustained by all the minor pieces. Anyway, Anand was not curious to check all these details and called it a day.} 1-0 [Event "Norway Chess 3rd"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2015.06.25"] [Round "9"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2798"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2015.06.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Bxc6 15. Bb5 Bd5 16. Bc4 Bc6 17. Bb5 Bd5 18. Bc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Chess 3rd"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2015.06.24"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2677"] [Annotator "Roiz,M"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2015.06.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.13"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 {Vishy Anand deviates from the main lines of the English Opening, but it doesn't mean that this system wasn't properly prepared at home.} Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Rc1 f5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O {The resulting position is quite common on the top level.} Be6 ({ The prophylactic} 10... Kh8 {is another popular continuation here.}) 11. b4 { The most aggressive choice.} ({The more modest} 11. a3 $5 { also deservesd attention and leads to a very complex battle after} f4 (11... Bf6 12. Nd2 Kh8 13. b4 Rb8 14. Bc5 Ne7 15. b5 $14 { 1-0 Kamsky,G (2741)-Svidler,P (2769)/Thessaloniki GRE 2013 (43)}) 12. Bd2 Qe8 ( 12... Qd7 13. Ne4 Rf5 14. b4 $14 { 1-0 Wang Yue (2723)-Mamedyarov,S (2757)/Beijing CHN 2013 (31)}) 13. Ne4 Qh5 14. b4 a6 $132) 11... a6 ({Grabbing the pawn by means of} 11... Bxb4 $6 12. Ng5 Bf7 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Qb3 {led to a loss of material.}) ({At the same time,} 11... Nxb4 $5 12. Nxe5 c6 13. Qd2 N4d5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 $132 {was playable. In the resulting position White's pawn structure is preferable, but Black gets active piece play.}) 12. a3 Kh8 { A typical prophylactic move, which is always useful here.} ({ It was also possible to invite simplifications by means of} 12... Nd5 $5 13. Nxd5 (13. Bg5 Nxc3 14. Bxe7 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Qxe7 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 c6 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 $11) 13... Bxd5 14. Qc2 f4 15. Bc5 Bd6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Kh8 $11) 13. Na4 { The knight is heading to c5, freeing a way for the rook along the c-file.} ({ Black didn't face any problems in the preceding encounter:} 13. Bc5 Bg8 14. e3 Bxc5 15. bxc5 Nd5 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Ne2 Rab8 18. Nh4 Qf6 $11 { 1/2-1/2 (53) Caruana,F (2791)-Giri,A (2752)/Stavanger NOR 2014}) 13... Nxa4 { A correct decision.} ({In the event of} 13... e4 14. Ne1 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Nd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. dxe4 fxe4 18. Qc2 e3 19. f4 c6 20. Nf3 $14 { the vulnerable Pe3 causes Black some problems.}) 14. Qxa4 Bd5 $11 {Black has co mfortably equalised. The potential threat of a k-side attack forces White to play precisely now.} 15. Bc5 Bd6 $146 {This solid move is a novelty.} ({ It looks like after} 15... Bxc5 $5 16. Rxc5 Qd6 { White had nothing better than accepting a draw by repetition:} 17. e3 (17. Rfc1 Rad8 18. Qd1 Qf6 $15) 17... a5 18. Qb5 Na7 19. Qa4 Nc6 $11) ({ The previously played} 15... e4 $6 {was premature:} 16. dxe4 fxe4 17. Nd2 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 $14 { 1-0 (40) Ree,H (2480)-Dzindzichashvili,R (2595)/Wijk aan Zee 1979/MCD}) 16. Qc2 Qf6 {Connecting the rooks. Black's setup is almost perfect now.} ({ Opening up the position by means of} 16... e4 $6 17. dxe4 Bxe4 18. Qb2 $14 { would definitely suit White.}) ({But} 16... f4 $5 {deserved serious attention:} 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd7 $132 {the pressure along the f-file fully compensates for losing control over the light squares.}) 17. e4 Be6 (17... fxe4 18. dxe4 Be6 19. Be3 Bg4 20. Nd2 Rad8 $11) 18. exf5 Bxf5 (18... Qxf5 19. d4 Bxc5 20. Qxf5 Rxf5 21. dxc5 Raf8 22. Rc3 $14) 19. Be3 (19. Rfe1 Bg4 20. Nd2 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Nd4 22. f3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 b6 $1 (24... Qxf3 $2 25. Rf1) 25. Qe3 Qxf3 26. Qxf3 Rxf3 27. Rxc7 Rxd3 28. Rxe5 Rxa3 $11) 19... a5 20. b5 Ne7 $6 {A somewhat passive move. White gets an important tempo for putting pressure on Black's weak pawns.} ({The most natural} 20... Nd4 { was more in the spirit of the position:} 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. a4 ({After} 22. Nh4 Bg4 23. Bxb7 Rae8 24. Be4 Bxa3 25. Ra1 Bb4 {Black is OK at least.}) 22... Rae8 23. Nd2 Ba3 24. Rcd1 b6 25. Nc4 Bb4 $11 {White suffers from the pressure of Black's dark-squared bishop, though the position is objectively equal here.}) 21. Bg5 {Returning the favour.} ({ It was the right moment for regrouping the forces:} 21. Rce1 $1 Rae8 (21... Bxa3 22. Bg5 Qd6 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nxe5 Qc5 25. Qa2 Bb4 26. Re3 $14) 22. Bc1 b6 23. Bb2 $14) 21... Qf7 22. Qc3 { Protecting the Pa3 and keeping an eye on the opponent's central pawn.} ({ Nothing special is on offer after} 22. Rce1 Ng6 23. h4 Qd7 24. h5 Bg4 25. Nh2 Bxh5 26. Bxb7 Rab8 27. Bc6 Qf5 28. Bd2 Ne7 29. Be4 Qf6 $132) ({Or} 22. Nh4 Bd7 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. Be4 Rxb5 $11) 22... h6 {A double-edged move. White is forced to exchange the dark-squared bishop, but the Kg8 is more exposed now.} ({ An equal ending could have arisen in the event of} 22... Rae8 $5 23. Be3 ({ Black has nothing to worry about after} 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Bxd3 25. Qxc7 Bxb5 $11) 23... Nd5 24. Ng5 Nxc3 25. Nxf7+ Rxf7 26. Rxc3 b6 $11) 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nh4 Bxa3 ({Possibly, a safer way was} 24... Bh7 25. Bxb7 Rab8 26. Be4 Rxb5 27. Bxh7 Kxh7 28. Qc4 Qd7 29. Qe4+ Kg8 $11) 25. Bxb7 Bxc1 $2 { A serious mistake, which leads to the loss of a pawn.} ({The correct move was} 25... Rab8 $1 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. Be4 Rf6 28. Rc2 Rxb5 29. Ra1 Bb4 30. Qxc7 Qxc7 31. Rxc7 Rf8 {Black should be able to achieve a draw in this}) 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. Bxa8 Ba3 28. Qxa5 $16 { Now White is a pawn up, while Black suffers from the exposed king.} Bc5 { Black has some counter-play along the f-file, so the game isn't over.} 29. Be4 Rf8 30. Kg2 {Intending to advance the f-pawn and activate the rook.} Qd6 31. h4 h5 $2 {A decisive mistake - now Black has too many weaknesses.} ({ It was necessary to sit and wait:} 31... Bb6 32. Qa2 Qc5 33. Qb2 Qd4 $16) 32. Qd2 Qf6 (32... Qh6 33. Qg5 $1 (33. Qc3 Qd6 34. Qc1 Qd4 35. f3 Qe3 36. Qxe3 Bxe3 $16) 33... Bd4 34. Qe7 Qd6 35. Qxd6 cxd6 36. Bg6 $18) 33. Qe2 { Anand prefers to keep the queens on the board.} (33. Qg5 {was also good enough: } Qxg5 34. hxg5 $18 {winning the second pawn.}) 33... g6 (33... Qf7 34. f4 Bd4 (34... exf4 35. Rxf4 Qe8 36. Rxf8+ Bxf8 37. Qf3 Bb4 38. Qf5 $18) 35. f5 Kg8 36. f6 gxf6 37. Rf5 $18) 34. Bxg6 $1 { This little piece of tactics immediately decides the game.} Qxg6 35. Qxe5+ Kg8 36. Qxc5 {White is 3 pawns up now, so Black resigns.} 1-0 [Event "Norway Chess 3rd"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2015.06.23"] [Round "7"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2015.06.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.13"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 Qe7 11. e3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Rb5 Qe7 15. d3 d6 16. e4 Bg4 17. Bf3 Bh3 18. Bg2 Bg4 19. Bf3 Bh3 20. Bg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Chess 3rd"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2015.06.22"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2723"] [Annotator "Pavlovic,M"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2015.06.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.13"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {Until recently this old idea used by Bobby Fischer was completely forgotten for a long time; it has now resurfaced with a big impact. It has become one of the main ideas for White!} e6 {This is one of a few possible lines like 6...g6 or 6...e5.} 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nd7 11. O-O Nxd4 { Black could have refrained from taking early on d4 by playing...} (11... O-O { and now one possible example might be...} 12. Nce2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Qxb6 17. b3 Rab8 18. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 (43) Gonzaga Grego, L-Carroll,P corr. 2014; with an interesting game ahead of us.}) 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Qd2 {This is one of those games where you can't really tell at which moment Black went wrong. Can we completely rule out the possibility that the whole plan for Black is just too slow?} Rb8 {I have no doubts that Vachier has analysed consequences of the direct 13...b5, let us see a recent example:} ( 13... b5 14. e5 d5 15. Ne2 Bb7 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. Rae1 Rfe8 18. f5 Nxe5 (18... Bc5 $5 19. b4 Bb6 20. f6 Nxe5 21. Bf4 gxf6 22. c3 {with an attack}) 19. fxe6 Bh4 20. exf7+ Nxf7 21. Re2 Nd6 22. Bf4 Qb6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Nf5 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Bg5 26. Qe1 $14 {1-0 (31) Gharamian,T (2657)-Burg,T (2518) Munich 2015}) 14. Ne2 b5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. f5 Nf6 17. Ng3 {Due to Bxh6 ideas the black position looks a bit compomised. So far nothing new in our game, but what it seems is that Anand has discovered that Bxh6 actually will lead to a dangerous attack.} Bb7 ( 17... Re8 18. Bd4 {is logical, but Anand probably realised the full potential of this position and I think he had something else in his mind...} (18. Kh1 $1 Bf8 19. g5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Nh7 21. f6 {with dangerous attack}) 18... e5 19. Be3 Bb7 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6 Nh7 (21... d5 22. exd5 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Bf8 24. Qh4 Red8 $13) 22. f6 Bf8 23. Qh5 Qc5+ 24. Kh2 Qe3 25. h4 Qh6 26. Qxh6 Bxh6 27. g5 Bf8 28. g6 $1 $16 {1-0 (40) Navara,D (2716)-Grischuk,A (2795) Tromso 2014}) 18. Kh1 {Preparatory move.} ({In the event of the direct attempt} 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 d5 20. g5 Qxg3 21. Rd3 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Be3 $1 { looks like a key defensive idea for Black.}) 18... Rbd8 $2 (18... exf5 19. Rxf5 $14) (18... d5 19. Bf4 $5 (19. e5 Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qxb2 21. Bxb8 Rxb8 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Qe3 Bc8 24. Nf5 exf5 25. Qxe7 Bd7 {White is an exchange up, but Black has already too few pawns and the position is in equilibrium.}) 19... e5 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6 Rfd8 22. g5 Bf8 23. Qh4 Nxe4 24. Nh5 Rd6 25. b3 {Despite the fact that the computer gives few defensive ideas for Black, it is far from easy to find them in a tournament game.}) 19. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 20. Qxh6 d5 21. g5 $1 {No more defence for Black! Anand obviosly worked out the line nicely.} Qxg3 22. Rd3 $1 Nh5 (22... Nxe4 23. f6 Bxf6 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rxg3 e3+ 26. Kg1 Bg7 ( 26... Bd4 27. Re1 e2+ 28. Kh2 Bg7 29. Qh5 $18) 27. Qh5 Be4 28. c3 Rd2 29. Qh4 Bg6 30. Rxe3 $18) (22... Qe5 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Rf4 $1 $18) 23. g6 $1 fxg6 24. fxg6 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Nf6 26. Rxg3 dxe4 27. Be2 e3+ 28. Kg1 Bc5 29. Kf1 1-0 [Event "Norway Chess 3rd"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2015.06.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2802"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2015.06.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 Qc8 12. Ne2 c5 13. b3 cxd4 14. exd4 Nc7 15. O-O Ne6 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. f3 Rac8 18. a4 Rc6 19. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Ra1 Ne8 22. Nc3 Rc6 23. a5 N8c7 24. f4 g6 25. axb6 axb6 26. Ra7 Ng7 27. Na2 Nge8 28. f5 Qxf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Nb4 Re6 31. Bf4 Nb5 32. Ra8 Nxd4 33. Nxd5 Kg7 34. Bd2 Rd6 35. Rxe8 Rxd5 36. Bc3 f6 37. Kf1 Nxb3 38. Re7+ Kg6 39. Re6 Nd2+ 40. Bxd2 Rxd2 41. Rxb6 Ra2 42. Rb4 Rd2 43. Ra4 Rb2 44. Rc4 Rd2 45. Ra4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Chess 3rd"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2015.06.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2876"] [Annotator "Roiz,M"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2015.06.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {Both players have a huge experience of playing the Ruy Lopez with both colours. This time Vishy goes for a quiet, but very fashionable line.} d6 (6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 { is the most common choice here.}) 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Re1 b5 10. Bc2 (10. Bb3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 {leads to another well-known theoretical line.}) 10... Bf8 11. Nf1 (11. d4 $5 {deserves some attention in order to meet} Bg4 {with} 12. h3 Bh5 13. d5 $14) 11... g6 12. h3 ({Sometimes White prefers to start with} 12. Ng3 {, but most probably White shouldn't do without h2-h3 anyway.}) 12... Bb7 13. Ng3 ({It was also possible to keep the knight on f1 for a while, like in the following example:} 13. Be3 Bg7 14. Qc1 Qd7 (14... d5 $5) 15. Bh6 Nd8 16. Ng3 c5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. d4 $14 { 1/2-1/2 (82) Rozentalis,E (2607)-Jovanic,O (2519)/Trieste ITA 2013}) 13... Nb8 14. d4 Nbd7 {The players have entered into the main line of Breyer system.} 15. a4 (15. b3 {is another major line here.}) 15... c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 Bg7 ({ Recently White has managed to put Black under positional pressure after} 17... h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Bxc5 dxc5) ({ In the following recent game Black was able to solve the problems after} 17... Rb8 $5 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nh2 Bc8 21. Rf1 Bg7 22. f4 h6 23. fxe5 Nfxe4 24. Bxe4 Qxg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. e6 fxe6 27. Bxg6 Re7 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Vachier Lagrave,M (2775)-Dominguez Perez,L (2726)/Tbilisi FIDE GP 2015} ) 18. Qd2 Rb8 {Magnus deviates from the known paths at this early stage. This move is aimed at making the c8-spot vacant for the bishop.} ({In the following classical game between two former World Champions White couldn't pose Black any special problems:} 18... Nc5 19. Ra3 (19. Nh4 Qd7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Qe3 Ne8 $132 { 1-0 (68) Zherebukh,Y (2473)-Kovalev,V (2318)/Kirishi 2008/CBM 127 Extra}) 19... Qc7 20. Rea1 Rab8 21. Qe3 Nfd7 22. Bh6 Bh8 23. Nh2 Bc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ng4 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Tal,M (2645)-Petrosian,T (2645)/Milan 1975/MCL}) 19. Nh2 $146 { This logical innovation is a standard preparation of White's k-side activity, which is based on the f2-f4 advance.} ({ Taking control over the a-file doesn't offer much:} 19. Ra3 Nc5 20. axb5 axb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (21) Dueball,J (2450)-Matanovic,A (2490)/Bath 1973/EU-chT}) 19... Bc8 $6 {The World Champion is playing with fire! Leaving the pin yields White too many attacking possibilities.} ({A much safer move was} 19... Qc7 20. f4 ( 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Bc8 22. Be3 (22. f3 Nc5 23. Be3 Bd7 24. axb5 Rxb5 25. Ra2 Reb8 26. Rb1 a5 $132) 22... Nc5 23. g5 Bd7 $132) 20... exf4 21. Qxf4 b4 22. Rf1 Qa5 $132 {with a complex battle.}) 20. Ng4 Nc5 $6 {One more inaccuracy.} ({ After} 20... Qe7 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Rf1 Qf8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra5 (24. h4 $5) 24... Nc5 25. Rfa1 $14 {Black's position would be worse, but playable.}) 21. Nh6+ $1 Bxh6 { Exchanging the main defender of king is definitely a bad sign for Black!} ( 21... Kf8 22. axb5 axb5 23. f4 $16) 22. Bxh6 bxa4 {Breaking the q-side pawn chain is necessary, since Black desperately needs any counterplay.} 23. Ra2 { Definitely not the best, since Black is getting some play along the b-file, while the Ra2 is passive now.} ({A stronger move was} 23. Reb1 $1 Bd7 24. Bg5 Kg7 25. Qe3 Qe7 26. Ra2 $16) 23... a3 $1 24. bxa3 $6 { Recapturing the pawn definitely suits Black here.} ({ There was a nice way to extend the initiative at the cost of pawn:} 24. Rxa3 $1 Rxb2 25. Bg5 Kg7 26. Qc1 Qb6 (26... Rb7 27. Rf1 $36) 27. Be3 Nfd7 28. Ba4 $36) 24... Nfd7 $1 25. f4 ({Possibly,} 25. Qe3 $5 {was more promising here:} Kh8 ( 25... a5 26. Nf5 Nf6 27. Ng7 Rf8 28. f4 $36) 26. Raa1 Rb2 27. Qc1 $14) 25... a5 $1 { Magnus finds the best way to connect the rooks - the bishop is heading to a6.} (25... Qh4 $2 {doesn't work in view of} 26. Bg5 Qxg3 27. Re3 Nb3 28. Bxb3 Qxe3+ 29. Qxe3 cxb3 30. Rb2 $18) 26. Rf1 (26. f5 Qh4 $1 27. Nf1 f6 28. Be3 gxf5 29. Bf2 Qg5 {looks good for Black.}) 26... f6 $2 {This passive continuation leads to a very difficult position from the strategic point of view.} ({ It was necessary to release the pressure in the centre:} 26... Qb6 $1 27. Kh1 Nb3 28. Qe2 exf4 $1 29. Bxf4 Ne5 30. Be3 Qd8 $132 {leads to a complex position, where the strong centralised knight compensates for the vulnerablity of Black's monarch.}) 27. f5 $1 {Now Black's position desperately lacks space.} Nd3 {Black is trying to complicate matters, since White's potential k-side attack is unstoppable.} ({After} 27... Qe7 28. h4 Qf7 29. Be3 $16 { White may develop a crushing attack step by step.}) 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. Qd1 $1 { White has reached a harmonious setup, so all the pieces may take part in attacking the opponent's king.} ({Vishy correctly rejects} 29. Qxd3 $6 Qb6+ 30. Be3 (30. Kh2 Ba6 31. c4 Qb3 $11) 30... Ba6 31. Qd2 Qb3 $44) 29... Re7 (29... Kh8 30. Be3 Rg8 31. Qxd3 Qc7 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. Qe2 $16) 30. Raf2 Rf7 31. Qxd3 { Now there is nothing wrong with taking a pawn.} (31. h4 $5 { was another promising option here:} Kh8 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. h5 Qg8 34. Bg5 $40) 31... Nc5 32. Qf3 Ba6 {A natural move, but the bishop was quite useful on c8.} (32... g5 {was bad:} 33. h4 gxh4 34. Nh5 Kh8 35. Qg4 Qe7 36. Rf3 Ba6 37. Re1 Nd3 38. Ree3 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 $18) ({The most tenacious continuation seems to be} 32... Kh8 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Bg5 Nd7 35. h4 Ba6 36. c4 Qg8 {and Black manages to parry the immediate threats, though White is still almost winning here.}) 33. Qg4 ({It looks like the direct attack would decide the game here:} 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Qg4 Kh7 35. Qh4 Bxf1 36. Bg5+ Kg8 (36... Kg7 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Bxf6 $1 Rxf6 39. Nh5 gxh5 40. Rxf6 $18) 37. Bxf6 Rh7 38. Qg5 Qe8 39. Rxf1 Rbb7 40. h4 $18) 33... g5 ({Black's position is hopeless after} 33... Bc8 34. Qh4 g5 35. Qg4 Kh8 36. h4 Ba6 37. hxg5 Bxf1 38. g6 $18) 34. h4 $1 { There is no need to spend a tempo on removing the rook.} Bxf1 35. Rxf1 Qd7 ({ After} 35... Kh8 36. hxg5 fxg5 {the most convincing is} 37. f6 Rxf6 38. Bg7+ Kxg7 39. Nh5+ Kh8 40. Rxf6 Qe7 41. Qf5 $18 {with full domination.}) 36. hxg5 fxg5 37. Qh5 { This unexpected move doesn't spoil anything - the king is too weak.} ({ There was nothing wrong with the most natural} 37. Bxg5 Kh8 38. Qh4 Rg8 39. Rb1 $1 $18 (39. Bf6+ $6 {is less clear:} Rxf6 40. Qxf6+ Qg7 41. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $16)) 37... Kh8 38. f6 Rg8 39. Bg7+ Rfxg7 40. fxg7+ Qxg7 { It looks like Black has consolidated, but Anand's calculations were deep!} 41. Nf5 Qg6 42. Qxg6 Rxg6 43. Ne7 $1 $18 Kg7 ({The poor coordination of Black's pieces enables White to liquadate into a winning rook ending:} 43... Rh6 44. Rf8+ Kg7 45. Rc8 Kf7 46. Nf5 Rg6 47. Nxd6+ Rxd6 48. Rxc5 $18) 44. Nxg6 Kxg6 45. Rf8 a4 ({Or} 45... Nxe4 46. c4 a4 47. Ra8 Nc5 48. Kf2 h5 49. Ke3 Kf5 50. Rf8+ Kg4 51. Rd8 $18) 46. c4 h5 47. Kf2 {Quite a disappointing loss for Magnus, but Anand's achievement shouldn't be underestimated.} ({Black resigns in view of} 47. Kf2 Nxe4+ 48. Ke3 Nc5 49. Rd8 $18) 1-0 [Event "Norway Chess 3rd"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2015.06.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2015.06.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.13"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4 Nxb4 15. cxb4 O-O 16. Rxa4 a5 17. h4 Bh6 18. b5 Bd7 19. Nc3 d5 20. exd5 Kh8 21. Be2 f5 22. g3 Qb6 23. O-O Rbd8 24. Kg2 Bc8 25. f4 Rfe8 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. Qd4 Qf6 28. Rc4 Bd7 29. Rf3 Bxb5 30. Nxb5 Rxe2+ 31. Kh3 Rxb2 32. Rc6 Qxd4 33. Nxd4 Rd2 34. Ne6 Re8 35. Rxf5 g6 36. Rf6 Kg8 37. d6 Bg7 38. Nxg7 Kxg7 39. Rf4 Kg8 40. Rc7 Rxd6 41. Rff7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Chess 3rd"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2015.06.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2015.06.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.13"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Qe2 Qd7 11. Rfd1 Rac8 12. Nb5 Rfd8 13. Rac1 dxc4 14. bxc4 Qd3 15. Qxd3 Rxd3 16. Bf1 Rd7 17. d4 Rcd8 18. a4 Bb7 19. d5 exd5 20. Bh3 dxc4 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Nd6 Ba6 23. Nxc4 f6 24. Rd2 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 a6 26. Rc1 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ba3 Kf7 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Bxc5 Ne5 31. Nxe5+ fxe5 32. Bxe7 Kxe7 33. Kf1 Kd6 34. Ke2 e4 35. Rc8 Ra7 36. Kd2 Ra2+ 37. Kc3 Rxf2 38. Rb8 Rxh2 39. Rxb5 Ke6 40. Kd4 Rg2 41. Kxe4 Rxg3 42. Kf4 Rg1 43. Rb6+ Kf7 44. e4 h5 45. Rb7+ Ke6 46. Rb6+ Kd7 47. Kf5 Kc7 48. Rb2 Kd7 49. e5 Rf1+ 50. Kg5 Ke6 51. Kxh5 Kxe5 52. Kg4 g5 53. Kxg5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Chess 3rd"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2015.06.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Postny,E"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2015.06.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.07.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 $5 $146 { A novelty as early as on move six is always a remarkable thing nowadays! Obviously, preparation, as Caruana played this position as White just few weeks previously. I don't think this novelty is an improvement over the other recapture 6...dxc6, but it leads to a different type of position.} (6... dxc6 { Here the position is closed and a long manoeuvring battle is expected.} 7. Nc4 Nd7 8. Be3 (8. O-O Re8 9. a4 Bf8 10. Kh1 f6 11. Ng1 Nc5 12. b3 Ne6 13. Ne2 c5 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Ne3 Bd6 18. Qf3 $14 { 1/2-1/2 (40) Malakhov,V (2706)-Jakovenko,D (2742) Sochi 2015}) 8... Bd6 9. O-O Re8 10. Nfd2 Nf8 11. Qh5 Be6 12. h3 Ng6 13. g3 Qd7 14. Kh2 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Ne4 $14 {0-1 (47) Caruana,F (2803)-Jakovenko,D (2738) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) 7. Nxe5 {White has to take, otherwise he can't even dream about the advantage.} Re8 8. Nef3 d5 9. O-O ({After} 9. e5 Bg4 {White won't hold his extra pawn.} 10. O-O Rxe5 $11 {An attempt to win material at any cost:} 11. d4 $6 Bxd4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 $2 Nxg4 $1 14. hxg4 (14. Nxe5 Qh4 $1 15. Nxg4 Qg3+ 16. Kh1 Qxh3+ 17. Kg1 Bxg4 $19) 14... Bxg4 {would lead White to an opening disaster.}) 9... Bg4 ( 9... dxe4 $6 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Bg4 12. h3 {is not sufficient for Black.}) 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 (11. exd5 cxd5 {Black doesn't have immediate threats, but has sufficient compensation in all lines thanks to his activity.} 12. b3 (12. Re1 Qd6 $44) (12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Be3 Nd7 $44) 12... Ne4 $1 13. dxe4 dxe4 14. Bb2 exf3 15. Nxf3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Re2 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxc2 $11) (11. e5 Rxe5 $1 12. g4 Nxg4 13. Nxe5 (13. hxg4 $4 Bxg4 { leads to a ferocious attack.}) 13... Qh4 14. hxg4 Qg3+ 15. Kh1 Qh3+ $11) 11... dxe4 12. Nxe4 (12. dxe4 $6 Nxe4 $1 13. Nxe4 Qd5 14. Re1 f5 15. Nc3 Rxe2 16. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 cxd5 {and already White is the one that has to be careful.} ) 12... h6 $1 { A useful move, preventing Bc1-g5. Now it's not easy for White to develop.} ( 12... Nxe4 $2 {Now this idea wouldn't work.} 13. dxe4 Qd5 14. Re1 { and Black can't win the Pe4.}) 13. Be3 $1 { The best is to return the pawn immediately, but to complete the development.} ( 13. Re1 Re6 $1 14. Bf4 (14. c3 $2 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rf6 $19) 14... Nxe4 15. dxe4 Qf6 16. Bxc7 Qxb2 {and Black is doing well.}) (13. c3 $6 Re6 $36) 13... Nxe4 14. dxe4 Rxe4 15. Qd3 {Massive exchanges are to follow.} Bxf3 16. Qxd8+ (16. gxf3 $2 Re5 {Here White just ruined his structure for nothing.}) ( 16. Bxc5 Qxd3 17. cxd3 Re5 $11 18. d4 Rg5 { It's important that Black doesn't lose a piece.}) 16... Rxd8 17. Bxc5 Be2 18. Rfc1 {The opposite coloured bishops strongly hint at drawish tendencies. White's only hope to squeeze something out of the game is Black's damaged structure on the queenside.} a5 19. b3 a4 20. Re1 $6 (20. f3 Re6 21. Bb4 $1 { covering the d2-square. White will continue with Kg1-f2, Rc1-e1, torturing his opponent for a while. In the event of an exchange on b3, White will recapture by cxb3, opening the c-file against Black's doubled pawns.}) 20... Rd2 21. Rac1 axb3 {Now White has to take with the a-pawn. Every simplification makes Black's defensive task easier.} 22. axb3 Rd5 23. Be3 Bh5 24. Ra1 Bg6 25. Ra7 Re7 26. c4 Rd8 (26... Rd3 {was also okay.}) 27. Rea1 Bc2 28. b4 Rd1+ { Another exchange that basically limits White's winning chances - close to zero! } 29. Rxd1 Bxd1 30. b5 { More simplifications to follow and draw will be agreed soon.} cxb5 31. cxb5 Re5 32. Rxc7 Rxb5 33. Rc5 Rxc5 34. Bxc5 Bc2 35. Bd6 Bd1 36. Bc5 Bc2 37. Bd6 Bd1 { The game might look boring at first sight, but the opening battle was very interesting.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2015.06.15"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C76"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2876"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2015.06.15"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.06.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Nh6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 Nf7 12. c4 O-O 13. Nc3 f5 14. Re1 Re8 15. Nd5 f4 16. Bd2 g5 17. Bc3 h5 18. Nh2 g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Nxg4 Qh4 21. Ndf6+ Bxf6 22. Qxd7 Rad8 23. Qf5 Bg7 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rad1 Rd6 26. Rxd6 cxd6 27. c5 dxc5 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Nxe5 32. Qxe5 Qd2 33. Qc3 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qe2 35. b3 Qh5+ 36. Qh3 Qe2 37. Qf3 Qd2 38. e5 Kf7 39. Kh3 Ke7 40. Kg4 Qxa2 41. Qxf4 Qxb3 42. Qf6+ Ke8 43. e6 Qd1+ 44. f3 Qd4+ 45. Kf5 Qxf6+ 46. Kxf6 c4 47. g4 c3 48. g5 c2 0-1 [Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2015.06.15"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2677"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2015.06.15"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.06.18"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 c5 6. Nxc4 Nc6 7. d3 Nh6 8. Be3 Be6 9. O-O b6 10. Rc1 Nf5 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. Bc3 Nfd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxa7 b5 17. Na5 Ba8 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Nb3 Qxb2 20. Rxc5 O-O 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Qxe7 Qxa2 23. Nd4 Qd5 24. Nf3 Qf5 25. Ne5 b4 26. e4 Qe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Rb1 Rb8 29. f4 Rb6 30. Kf2 Bb7 31. Ke3 Ba6 32. Kd4 Kg7 33. Rb3 h6 34. Kc5 Rb5+ 35. Kc6 g5 36. Nd7 gxf4 37. gxf4 Rh5 38. Nc5 Bc8 39. Rxb4 e5 40. f5 Rxh2 41. Rb8 Bxf5 42. exf5 Rf2 43. Ne6+ Kf6 44. Rf8+ Ke7 45. Kd5 Rf3 46. Kxe5 Rxd3 47. f6+ Kd7 48. Rd8+ 1-0 [Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2015.06.15"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2802"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2015.06.15"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.06.18"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. c4 Ne5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. d3 Nd7 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. e5 Nb8 14. Kh1 Nc6 15. Rad1 Bg5 16. Bg3 Bh4 17. Bf4 Bg5 18. Bg3 Bh4 19. Bf4 Bg5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2015.06.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B35"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2723"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2015.06.15"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.06.18"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qe1 Qb4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 e6 18. Bb3 Bxb2 19. Rd1 Rfe8 20. Qd2 Rad8 21. f5 b5 22. Rf3 Be5 23. Qg5 Bg7 24. Qg4 Qe5 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. c4 bxc4 27. Bxc4 d5 28. exd5 exd5 29. Bb3 Kh8 30. Qa4 Qc7 31. Bxd5 Re5 32. Rff1 h5 33. Bb3 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Kh7 35. Qc4 Qxc4 36. Bxc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2015.06.15"] [Round "7"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2015.06.15"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.06.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Na3 Bxa3 12. bxa3 Qxc4 13. Qxc4 dxc4 14. a4 Bd7 15. Ba3 Bxa4 16. Rdc1 b5 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. f3 a5 19. Bd6 Rc8 20. Be5 Nd7 21. Bb2 f6 22. Rab1 Kf7 23. Bc3 Ra8 24. Rb2 e5 25. Be1 Ke6 26. Bf2 Rc8 27. Be1 Ra8 28. Bf2 Nb8 29. Rd2 Nc6 30. Bc5 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Nxd8 32. Kf2 Nb7 33. Bf8 g6 34. e4 Nd8 35. Ke3 Nc6 36. Bc5 Nb4 37. Bxb4 axb4 38. Rb1 b3 39. axb3 Bxb3 40. Ra1 Ba4 41. h4 Kd6 42. g4 h6 43. f4 exf4+ 44. Kxf4 Kc5 45. g5 fxg5+ 46. hxg5 hxg5+ 47. Kxg5 Kd4 48. Kf4 c3 49. e5 Bb3 50. Ra7 c2 51. Rc7 Bc4 0-1 [Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2015.06.15"] [Round "5"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2015.06.15"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.06.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Nh4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nbd7 13. e4 Be7 14. Nc3 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Be3 Qd3 17. Rac1 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Ncxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Nf3 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Nf6 23. Bd4 Nd5 24. Ne5 f6 25. Nc6 Kf7 26. Na5 Ke8 27. f4 Kd7 28. Kf3 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Kxc8 30. Ke4 f5+ 31. Kd3 g6 32. a3 Kd7 33. Nb3 Bd6 34. Nd2 Ne7 35. Nf3 Nc6 36. Bc3 Be7 37. h3 Kd6 38. b3 Kd5 39. a4 Bd6 40. axb5 axb5 41. Ng5 h6 42. Nf7 Bf8 43. Nh8 g5 44. fxg5 hxg5 45. Nf7 Be7 46. Bd2 Ne5+ 47. Nxe5 Kxe5 48. g4 f4 49. Bc1 Kd5 50. h4 gxh4 51. Bxf4 Bd6 52. Ke3 Bxf4+ 53. Kxf4 e5+ 54. Ke3 h3 55. Kf2 e4 0-1 [Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2015.06.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2015.06.15"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.06.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bc2 Ba7 10. h3 Re8 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. Ngf3 Be6 13. Re1 h6 14. Nf1 d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Nh4 Rad8 18. Nhf5 Kh8 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxg7 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Kxg7 22. Bxh6+ Kh8 23. Qd2 Rg8 24. Qf4 Qd6 25. Qh4 Qxg3 26. fxg3 1-0 [Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2015.06.15"] [Round "1"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2015.06.15"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.06.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qd4 e6 9. b4 Qa3 10. Nge2 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. Rxb4 Ba6 13. O-O Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Be7 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. cxd6 O-O 17. Ng3 Rfc8 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. e4 dxe4 20. c4 Qxa2 21. Qxa2 Rxa2 22. Rb6 h5 23. Rxc6 h4 24. Nh1 Rc2 25. Rd1 Ng4 26. c5 e3 27. Rc7 exf2+ 28. Nxf2 Nxf2 29. Rf1 Ne4 30. Rfxf7 Rc1+ 0-1 [Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2015.06.15"] [Round "8"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2798"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2015.06.15"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.06.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. Ke2 Bd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bd3 Bc6 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. a3 Bd6 17. Rxc6 Rxc6 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Bxc1 Kf8 20. g3 Nd5 21. Be4 Nc3+ 22. Kd3 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Be7 24. a4 f5 25. Nd2 Kf7 26. h3 e5 27. e4 g6 28. Bb2 Ke6 29. f3 h5 30. Bc3 a6 31. Bb2 Bb4 32. Nc4 Nc5+ 33. Ke3 fxe4 34. Nxe5 exf3 35. Nxg6 Nxb3 36. Nf4+ Kf7 37. Nxh5 Nc5 38. g4 Nxa4 39. Ba1 Bc3 40. Bxc3 Nxc3 41. Kxf3 a5 42. Ke3 b5 43. Kd3 Nd5 44. Ng3 Nf4+ 45. Kc3 Nxh3 46. Nf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Gashimov Memorial"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Date "2015.04.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2802"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2015.04.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.05.11"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nh4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Ne8 13. f4 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Bf6 15. f5 Qc6 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nf4 Nc7 18. d3 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 e5 20. Nh3 Ne6 21. Qg2 Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Nd8 24. Nf2 Nc6 25. Ne4 Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. a3 Ke7 28. Kf3 a6 29. a4 a5 30. h4 h5 31. g4 g6 32. g5 Ke6 33. Ng3 Ne7 34. Ke4 Nc8 35. Kf3 Ne7 36. Ke4 Nc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Gashimov Memorial"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Date "2015.04.25"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C49"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2756"] [Annotator "Pavlovic,M"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2015.04.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.05.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 {The Four Knights is an interesting opening for both sides and it has been popular in recent years. White is trying to make many openings playable and that is how this one came into focus. } Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 {Not highly popular but a known idea; in his comments Anand said that he wanted to use something practical, and he got exactly that.} Ne7 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 Ng6 {I will give some examples how the game might have continued if Black took the opportunity to chase the bishop with ...c6.} (9... c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. d4 Re8 12. Bc2 h6 13. h3 Be6 (13... d5 14. exd5 e4 15. Ne5 cxd5 16. f4 Bb6 17. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 (107) Lopez Martinez,J (2543)-Delchev,A (2637) Linares 2013; with unclear play.}) 14. Be3 Bc7 $5 ( 14... Qc7 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Qd2 Bb6 {Compared to the game Black is a tempo up, . ..Rad8 is that tempo up, but still White has a powerful idea even here:} 17. Nf5 $1 Qd7 $1 (17... d5 18. Nxg7 $1 {with a dangerous attack}) (17... Bxf5 18. exf5 e4 19. Nh2 Nf8 20. Ng4 Qe7 21. f3 d5 22. Bf4 N8h7 23. Nf2 c5 { with another complicated position}) 18. Bxh6 (18. Rad1 exd4 19. N5xd4 Bxh3 $1 20. gxh3 Qxh3 {it is Black now who attacks!}) 18... Nxe4 $1 19. Bxe4 Bxf5 { Black is fine}) 15. Re1 {we have transposed to some regular positions} (15. Qd2 d5 $1 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Bxg6 Bxf3 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. gxf3 Nd5 20. Rfe1 exd4 21. Bxd4 Qh4 {Black has more than adequate play}) {A reasonable alternative is} 15... Qe7 ({In a recent example Black has tried} 15... d5 { I am not so sure that this works right now} 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bd4 Bd5 (19... Qg5 20. Bxe4 Bxh3 21. f4 Qg3 22. Qb3 { White has some initiative}) 20. Bxe4 c5 ({In a very old game Black tried} 20... Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qd5 22. Qc2 $1 (22. f3 $6 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Qxd5 Rxd5 25. Re7 Rd2 $11 {1/2-1/2 (25) Maroczy,G-Teichmann,R Prague 1908}) 22... Bxe5 23. Rae1 f6 24. a3 {White has the better game}) 21. Bxc5 Rxe5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Bd4 Qd6 24. Qg4 $5 (24. g3 Bb6 25. Qf3 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Rd8 27. Rad1 b6 28. Re4 f5 29. Rf4 Qd7 {this doesn't look bad for Black despite his being a pawn down}) 24... Rg5 25. Qf3 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qxg2 28. Qxg2 Rxg2 29. Kf3 Rh2 $2 30. Re7 $18 {1-0 (37) Wei Yi (2706)-Melkumyan,H (2676) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 16. Qd2 Qf8 17. Rad1 a5 18. a4 Rad8 {with unclear play.}) 10. d4 Bb6 11. Re1 c6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Be3 Be6 15. Qc2 {It is interesting that Anand keeps the queen on c2 instead of the more logical d2, probably by doing so he "eyes" g6 in case Black goes for some thematic ...d5.} (15. Qd2 Qc7 (15... Qe7 16. Nf5 Qf8 { is also interesting}) 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nf8 18. Bxh6 N8h7 {due to the reat White loses a piece, still his attack compensates for material losses.} 19. g4 e4 20. g5 Nh5 21. Bxe4 gxh6 22. f6 $13 { 0-1 (28) Adhiban,B (2481)-L'Ami,E (2593) Dieren 2009}) 15... Qc7 16. a3 a5 17. c4 $5 {So it's more a positional and slow approach. Let's see.} a4 18. Red1 { Now we have mixture of many things, it resembles a Philidor Defence, a Bogo-Indian; Black should be ok here.} exd4 19. Bxd4 Ne5 { Obvious but perhaps not the best move.} (19... Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Qb6 21. Bf1 Qc5 $1 {By finding this square for the black queen, I think Black could have solved his problems.} 22. Rd2 h5 23. Rad1 h4 24. Ngf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Nf4 26. Ne2 Nxe2+ 27. Bxe2 Re7 28. Bf3 Rae8 {with good counterplay for Black.}) 20. Be2 Bc5 21. Rd2 Nfd7 22. Rad1 Red8 $6 {An overambitious try, Black had to exchange one knight first to ease his position.} (22... Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Red8 24. Be2 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Nc5 26. Qc3 Nb3 27. R4d3 c5 $5 {with interesting play.}) 23. Nh4 $1 { Now the situation turns in White's favour, by having f4 at some point it helps White to increase the pressure.} Bxd4 24. Rxd4 c5 $5 25. Rxd6 Nc6 26. Nhf5 Nd4 27. Qd2 Ne5 {Mamedyarov was counting on something like this.} 28. Rd5 $1 { A typical sacrifice.} (28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {would justify Black's idea.}) 28... Bxd5 29. cxd5 {White has strong play for the exchange.} Qb6 30. f4 {We have entered a position where computers disagree with Anand's sacrifice, but from a human perspective it looks more than ok.} Ng6 31. Bc4 Qa5 32. Qf2 b5 (32... Nxf5 33. exf5 Nh4 34. f6 $1 {White has a dangerous attack.}) 33. Nxd4 cxd4 34. Ba2 b4 35. Nf5 bxa3 36. bxa3 Qc3 37. e5 Rab8 38. Rd2 Qxa3 39. Nxd4 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Rbc8 { The alternative is facinating:} (40... Rd7 $1 {Computer chess! Such moves allowing e6 are simply beyond the human approach to chess} 41. e6 fxe6 (41... Rdb7 42. d6 $1 $18) 42. dxe6 Rdb7 43. f5 Qc7+ 44. g3 Ne7 45. f6 gxf6 46. Qxf6 Rb2 $1 {and Black survives!}) 41. d6 $1 {Now it's over, White is winning.} a3 42. Nf5 Rf8 43. d7 {Followed by Qd4 and e6 Black is helpless.} 1-0 [Event "Gashimov Memorial"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Date "2015.04.24"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2745"] [Annotator "Mokal,P"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2015.04.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.05.11"] 1. c4 {A surprise. Anand "I had some ideas here. The problem today though, was that Michael has himself started playing 1.c4 in the last couple of years. But I thought that I will give it a shot anyway."} e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 {English Opening games starting with 1.c4 e5 very often end up being some sort of reverse Sicilian. This time we have a reverse Sicilian Alapin (1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4) with an extra g3 move for White.} 5. cxd5 Qxd5 (5... cxd5 { is not very common as the extra move that White has gained in the reverse opening benefits White more.}) 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 (7. Bg2 {takes the game to some standard lines that usually begin with 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 d5 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc2. Play usually continues} Qh5 8. h3 { (preventing Black's ...Bh3 plan) and so on.}) 7... Qh5 8. Ne3 (8. Bg2 $6 Bh3 $132) 8... Bc5 (8... Bh3 $6 9. Qb3 $1 b5 (9... b6 $5) 10. Qc2 Bxf1 11. Rxf1 Qe5 12. f3 exf3 13. Rxf3 $36 {provoking weaknesses and taking the initiative in 1-0 Berkes vs Borisek, Heraklio 2007.}) 9. Qc2 { White continues to delay Bg2, less as a strategy now, more as a necessity.} (9. Bg2 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Bh3 $132) 9... Bxe3 10. fxe3 Qe5 ({ It was also worth considering giving up the e4-pawn for development with} 10... O-O $5 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Be6 $13) 11. Bg2 Bf5 12. O-O O-O 13. b3 $146 ({ A previous game had seen} 13. b4 $5 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Qe6 15. b5 Rac8 16. Qb3 $14 { Littke vs Kolek, Correspondence 2011}) (13. Rxf5 $6 { is a little too early to be good.} Qxf5 14. Nxe4 Nbd7 $15) 13... Nbd7 14. Bb2 Qe6 ({Black would have avoided the coming sacrifice with} 14... Bg6 $5 15. Rf4 (15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. d3 $8 Qg5 $1 17. dxe4 Qxe3+ $11) 15... Qc5 { Still, with the double Bs and f<-> White's position seems slightly preferable.} ) 15. Rxf5 $1 {A fine exchange sacrifice by Anand. White gets more than enough compensation in the form of one and a half pawns (one pawn clear and half for the double B advantage!) as well as a nice semi-open f<-> for his remaining R.} Qxf5 16. Nxe4 Qg6 (16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qh5 18. Rf1 {/\Rf4 "With the 2 Bs and opportunities on the f<-> I was feeling very optimistic." Vishy Anand.}) ({ Worth considering was} 16... Qe6 $5 { getting away from the b1-h7 /^ so as to threaten ...Nxe4.} 17. Nxf6+ (17. Rf1 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 g6 {with...f6 to follow. This still seems slightly better for White but maybe Black can hope for a better life.}) 17... Nxf6 18. Rf1 $14 { White keeps a slight edge.}) 17. Rf1 Rfe8 {Black accepts a shattered pawn structure hoping that ridding the opponent of the double B advantage will be useful to neutralise his initiative. The decision becomes understandable when one realises that the alternatives are not so inspiring.} (17... Nd5 18. Bh3 $16) (17... Ng4 18. Qc3 Rab8 19. Nd6 $16) (17... Nh5 18. Bh3 f5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Rxf5 Qxf5 21. Nf6+ Qxf6 22. Bxf6 Nhxf6 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Qb4 $16 {Slowly Whi te will start pushing his extra pawns while the Q keeps the Black pieces on their toes.}) (17... Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qh5 19. Rf5 Qh6 20. Rf4 g5 21. Rf1 (21. Rg4 $5) 21... f6 22. Bf5 $16) 18. Bxf6 {White does not shy away from giving up a B for N as in return he inflicts permanent structural damage. The exchange of one advantage for another is a typical tool in the hands of a Master.} Nxf6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. e4 {Anand "White's dream setup will be Rf4 and Bf5 but ideally the B on f5 cutting off Black's Q on the K. Unfortunately there isn't enough time to achieve this."} Rad8 21. Rf4 Qh5 22. d3 {White does not mind putting the pawns on the light squares in order to establish a strong centre and keep the Black Rs at bay.} Qe5 23. Bh3 Kg7 24. Kg2 {/\Bf5, Qd2, Rh4.} h5 $6 { The last few moves involved logical positional manoeuvering. White had plans to slowly improve his position but even then for Black it was not the end of the world. This pawn sacrifice complicates matters, trying to get some initiative in return for the time that White will lose in taking the pawn and then returning the R into the game.} ({Maybe a strong solid defence would underline the difficulties facing White in making progress.} 24... Qd4 $5 25. Rg4+ (25. Bf5 h5 26. Qd2 (26. Rh4 Rh8 $11) 26... Rh8 $11) 25... Kh8 26. Rh4 ( 26. Qc1 Rg8 27. Rh4 Rg5 28. Bf5 h5 {holds the fort.}) 26... Qe3 27. Bf5 h6 { But even then White's position is more pleasant and easier to play. White would keep applying pressure.}) 25. Rf5 Qd4 26. Rxh5 Qe3 $6 ({ Black should have tried to exchange one R with} 26... Re5 $142 27. Bf5 (27. Rh4 Rh8 $1 28. Rxh8 (28. Rf4 $2 Reh5 $17) 28... Kxh8 29. Qd2 Kg7 $11) 27... Qe3 28. Rh4 (28. Qb2 Rh8 $1 29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. d4 Rb5 $15) 28... Rh8 29. Rg4+ (29. Rf4 $2 Rc5 30. Qb2 Rc1 $19) (29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. b4 a5 $15) 29... Kf8 { and Black threatens to give perpetual. For example} 30. b4 Rxh2+ 31. Kxh2 Qf2+ 32. Kh3 Qf1+ $11) 27. Rh4 $1 (27. Rf5 $2 Rxe4 $1 28. dxe4 Rd2 29. Qc4 { The only serious defensive try, with the idea of provoking the weakening of the c6-pawn.} (29. Qc5 Rxe2+ 30. Kh1 Re1+ 31. Bf1 (31. Kg2 Rg1#) 31... Rxf1+ 32. Kg2 Rf2+ 33. Kh3 Qh6+ (33... Qxc5 34. Rxc5 Rxa2 {also gives good winning chances for Black due to the possibility of obtaining connected passed pawns on <<.}) 34. Kg4 Rxh2 $19) 29... b5 30. Qc5 Rxe2+ 31. Kh1 Re1+ 32. Bf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kg2 Rf2+ 34. Kh3 Qh6+ (34... Qxc5 35. Rxc5 Rxa2 36. Rxc6 $11) 35. Kg4 Rxh2 $17) 27... Re5 28. Rf4 (28. Bf5 $6 { would transpose to the 26...Re5 variation above.}) 28... Rc5 29. Qb2 Rd6 30. Rf1 a5 ({Anand and Adams both mentioned that ...Qd4 was better somewhere according to their post-mortem analysis. I believe it was here, especially since Qc1 or Qd2 is not available for White.} 30... Qd4 $142 31. Qb1 (31. Qd2 $2 Qxe4+) 31... Qe3 32. Bg4 Qd2 {Black seems to be doing fine.}) 31. Bf5 b5 32. h4 (32. b4 $6 axb4 33. Rf3 Qc1 $1 (33... Qd4 34. Qd2 { trying to return to the previous manoeuvres on the >>}) 34. Qxb4 Qc3 35. Qb1 ( 35. Qxc3 Rxc3 36. Rf1 Rc2 37. Kf2 Rxa2 $17) 35... Qc2 36. Qf1 Qxa2 37. Rf4 Rc2 38. Kf3 Qa5 39. Rg4+ (39. Qh3 $2 Qe1 $19) 39... Kf8 $17) 32... Rd8 (32... Qd4 33. Qd2 $16) (32... a4 33. bxa4 (33. Kh3 $5) 33... bxa4 34. Bg4 Rb5 35. Qa3 Qd4 36. h5 $5 $14) (32... b4 $5 33. a3 $2 bxa3 $19) 33. a3 {Anand mentioned that he was happy after seeing 32...Rd8. He had seen the Be6 trick already but of course he wanted to wait for the c4-square to become available for his B to return to, in order to maximise the potential of the idea.} (33. Be6 $6 Qd4 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 $17) 33... b4 $6 { In his bid to take over the initiative, Adams overlooks the trick.} (33... Qd4 $142 34. Qd2 Qc3 35. Qf4 Qb2 36. Rf2 $14) 34. axb4 axb4 35. Be6 $1 Rc3 (35... fxe6 $2 36. Qxf6+ Kh7 37. Qe7+ $18 {with mate to follow.}) (35... Qd4 36. Qxd4 Rxd4 37. Bc4 $16 {Anand "/\g4, K to e3. I think it is just winning."}) 36. Bc4 $1 $16 {Anand "Now it's very tough because White can even offer the exchange of Qs and win slowly. Just by exchanging g-pawn for f-pawn and then winning the f-pawn and then Black gets some pawn in return maybe but White's play is simple because the B is too strong."} Ra8 37. Rf5 Ra7 38. Rf3 Qc5 $6 (38... Qc1 $142 39. Qxc1 Rxc1 $16 {This would be a slow death for Black, but yet a better choice because keeping the Qs, as in the game made Black even more helpless.}) 39. Qd2 Qd6 40. Qe3 Ra5 41. Rf2 Rc2 42. g4 Qd7 43. Qg3 Rc5 (43... Qd8 44. g5 $18) 44. g5 fxg5 45. Rxf7+ Qxf7 46. Bxf7 Kxf7 47. Qf3+ Kg7 48. h5 $1 $18 { Black's Rs are misplaced. White has the material and White has thecompensation. } Ra5 49. Kf2 Rb2 $2 50. h6+ $1 {A nice finish!} Kg6 (50... Kxh6 51. Qf6+ Kh7 52. Qxb2 $18) 51. h7 {A nice victory for Anand and the first of his two exchange sacrifices (both wins!) in the tournament.} (51. h7 Kxh7 52. Qf7+ $18) 1-0 [Event "Gashimov Memorial"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Date "2015.04.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Mamedov, Rauf"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2015.04.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.05.11"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Qc7 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Be5 a5 15. a3 Qd8 16. Rfe1 Bd6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Bc2 Rfd8 19. Qg3 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Rd5 21. Qh4 g6 22. Bb3 Rd7 23. Rde1 Kg7 24. Qg3 Qd8 25. Ba2 a4 26. Qg5 Nd5 27. Qg3 Nf6 28. Qg5 Nd5 29. Qg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Gashimov Memorial"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Date "2015.04.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "So, Wesley"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2015.04.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.05.11"] {Wesley had been dominating the event so far with 3.5/4.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {In the first round, I had played 6.Re1 against Carlsen, but I hoped to try a specific idea today.} b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. a3 Nb8 {Wesley had employed this against Caruana in Wijk aan Zee earlier this year and drew comfortably.} 10. Ng5 $5 {And this is it.} (10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Bb3 Nd7 14. d4 a5) 10... Nc6 {What we thought was the hardest to find over the board! Black simply heads for the d4-square which is now unguarded.} (10... h6 11. f4 $1 { Gajewski's idea which prompted us to go for the line.} exf4 (11... hxg5 12. fxg5 {and now a sample line could go:} Ng4 $1 (12... Bg4 13. Qe1 Nfd7 14. Qh4 Be6 15. Rf3 {wins}) 13. g6 (13. h3 {is also playable}) 13... d5 $1 14. Kh1 Bc5 15. Qe1 Qd6 16. Bxd5 Qxg6 17. Bxa8 Nxh2 18. Kxh2 Qh5+ 19. Kg3 g5 (19... Qg4+ 20. Kh2 Qh5+ $11) 20. Rh1 $1 Qg4+ 21. Kh2 Qh5+ $11) 12. Nf3 g5 { like a King's Gambit and White reacts in similar fashion} 13. g3 fxg3 (13... Bh3 14. gxf4 Bxf1 15. Qxf1) 14. h4 $1 {White has good compensation.}) 11. Ba2 { Stepping out of the way.} (11. Be3 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. f4 Ng4) (11. f4 $6 Nd4 12. Ba2 Bg4 13. Qd2 h6) 11... Nd4 (11... h6 12. Nf3 $5 {in effect, ...h6 Ba2 have been inserted instead of ...Nb8, which should be helpful for White.}) 12. Ne2 Nxe2+ (12... c5 13. Nxd4 exd4 (13... cxd4 14. f4) 14. f4) 13. Qxe2 h6 $1 14. f4 $5 { Continuing with the same idea, though I did spend a lot of time here.} hxg5 { I had concentrated on this.} (14... exf4 $1 { a better version for Black, but White continues as before} 15. Nf3 g5 { - Qe2 turns out to be misplaced.} 16. g3 (16. h4 Nh5 $1) 16... fxg3 17. h4 (17. hxg3 d5 $15) (17. Nd4 d5 $1) 17... Bh3 (17... Nh7 18. Nd4) 18. hxg5 Ng4 $132) 15. fxg5 Ng4 (15... Bg4 $5 16. Qf2 Nh7 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Qh4 (18. Qg3 Rxf7 19. Rxf7 Be6) 18... Rxf7 (18... Bd7 19. Bg6 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Qg8 21. Qh5 Rf8+ 22. Kg1 $16) 19. Rxf7 Be6 {is about equal.}) 16. g6 Bg5 $6 (16... Nh6 $1 {just holds} 17. Bxh6 (17. h3 Be6 (17... Bg5 18. Qh5 Bxc1 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Raxc1 { and Black cant stop g4-g5}) 18. gxf7+ (18. Qh5 Bxa2 19. Bxh6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Bf6) (18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qh5 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Qf8+ 21. Ke2 Qf6 22. g3 Rf8 23. Be3 d5 $19)) (17. Rxf7 Rxf7 18. Bxf7+ Nxf7 19. Qh5 Be6 {wins}) 17... gxh6 18. Rxf7 Rxf7 19. Rf1 Kg7 (19... Bf6 20. Qe3 Kg7 21. gxf7 $1) 20. Rxf7+ ( 20. gxf7 Bf8 $13) 20... Kxg6 {surprisingly no more than a perpetual} 21. Qf3 h5 22. Rf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5+ Kg7 24. Bf7 Qf8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Qxh5+ Kg7 $11) (16... d5 {also holds} 17. Bxd5 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. g3 {and now:} Qh5 $1 { Not the easiest line to spot} (19... Qh3 20. gxf7+ Kh8 21. Bxa8 Nxh2 (21... Be6 22. Bb7 Rxf7 23. Rxf7 Bxf7 24. Bc8 $1) 22. Qxh2 $18) 20. Bxa8 Be6 21. Bd5 (21. Bc6 fxg6 $1 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $19) 21... Bxd5 22. exd5 Bf2 $1 23. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Qd1+ 25. Qg1 Qf3+ $11) 17. h3 $1 (17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 $1 (17... Kh8 18. h3 Nh6 19. Qh5 {and White gets a much better version than in the game}) 18. Rxf7 (18. gxf7+ Kf8 19. h3 Bxc1 20. Raxc1 Nf6 {seems fine for Black}) 18... Be6) 17... Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Nh6 19. Qh5 (19. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 20. gxf7+ Kf8 21. Qh5 { followed by Rf1 and Qg6.}) 19... Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. g4 c6 $6 (21... Qe7 22. g5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rf8 24. gxh6 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qf8+ 26. Ke2 gxh6 27. Qg4 Qf6 28. h4 $16) (21... Rf4 $1 22. g5 Qf8 23. Kg2 Re8 {may be difficult to break it e.g. } 24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Rg1 e5 26. Kf3 Re7) 22. Rxf8+ $2 {Since the queen ending isn't as good for White as I thought during the game, it follows that this is a mistake} (22. g5 $1 Qb6+ (22... Rf4 23. gxh6 Rh4 24. h7+ Kh8 25. Rf8+ Qxf8 26. Qxh4 $18) 23. Kg2 Rxf1 (23... Qe3 24. Rce1 $1 $18 { Black can't stay on the c1-h6 diagonal} Qd2+ 25. Re2) 24. Rxf1 Qe3 25. gxh6 Qxh6 26. Qxh6 (26. Qg4 {even this is nice for White}) 26... gxh6 27. Rf7 Rf8 28. Rc7) 22... Qxf8 23. Rf1 Qe7 24. g5 Rf8 25. gxh6 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Qf8+ 27. Ke2 gxh6 28. Qg4 (28. b4 Qf4 {is what White should avoid}) (28. Kd2 Qf4+ 29. Kc3 Kg7) 28... Qf6 29. h4 (29. b4 Kg7) 29... d5 $2 {I originally thought that Black's final mistake came earlier, but in fact this is the real blunder. After this move, Black loses the resource Qf6-f4.} (29... a5 { After this move, the win is no longer evident.} 30. h5 a4 $1 { taking away the b3-square, now White's king can't run away} (30... c5 31. Qf3 Qf4 32. Qh3 $1 Qf6 (32... Kg7 33. Qxe6 Qh2+ 34. Ke1 $1 (34. Kd1 $2 Qxh5+) 34... Qh4+ 35. Kd2 Qf2+ 36. Kc3 {and here the king escapes the check via b3.}) 33. Kd1 a4 34. Kc1 Kg7 35. Kb1 Kg8 36. Ka2 Kg7 37. c4 $18) 31. b4 { White waits one more move} (31. b3 b4 $1) (31. Qf3 Qf4 32. b4 { A good try, but now Black can even swap queens} (32. Qh3 Kg7 33. b3 (33. Qxe6 Qh2+ {the difference is Kc3-b3 isn't available for White}) 33... Qc1 $1 $11) ( 32. Qxf4 exf4 33. b4 (33. d4 e5 34. d5 cxd5 35. exd5 { and now White can't play...} e4 36. b3 b4 $1) 33... e5) 32... Qxf3+ (32... Qh2+ $2 33. Ke3 $1 (33. Kd1 Qf4 {would simply repeat}) 33... Qg1+ 34. Kd2 Qg5+ 35. Kc3 Qf4 36. Qh3 $1 $18 Qf6 37. Qe3 {and White breaks through}) 33. Kxf3 Kg7 34. c4 (34. Ke3 Kf6 (34... c5 35. bxc5 dxc5 36. Kd2 $1 b4 37. axb4 cxb4 38. c4 { wins}) 35. c4 (35. d4 exd4+ 36. Kxd4 e5+ 37. Ke3 d5 (37... Ke7 38. Kf3 d5 $1 { still draws. Black just has to meet Kg4 with ...Kf6, provoke c3 and then meet Kf5 with ...d4} (38... Ke6 39. Kg4 (39. c3 c5 40. bxc5 dxc5 41. Ke2 b4) 39... c5 (39... Kf6 {only this loses} 40. c4 $3 bxc4 41. Kf3 { and the king walks back to c3} d5 42. exd5 cxd5 43. b5 { and White's pawns can't be stopped}) 40. c3 cxb4 41. cxb4 Kf6 $11)) 38. Kf3 Ke7 39. Kg3 Ke6 40. Kg4 Kf6 41. c3 Ke6 42. g7 Kf7 43. Kf5 d4 44. cxd4 exd4 45. Kf4 Kxg7 46. e5 Kf7 (46... c5 47. bxc5 b4 48. c6 (48. axb4 a3 49. c6 a2 50. c7 a1=Q 51. c8=Q Qf1+ 52. Ke4 Qh1+ $1 {stopping Kd5} 53. Kxd4 Qd1+ { and White can't make progress}) 48... bxa3 49. c7 a2 50. c8=Q a1=Q) 47. Ke4 c5 48. bxc5 b4 49. Kxd4 b3 50. Kc3 Ke6 51. c6 Ke7) 35... Kg7 36. Kd2 (36. cxb5 cxb5 37. d4 Kf6 38. d5 exd5 39. exd5 Ke7 40. Kf3 Kf8 41. Ke4 Kg7 42. Kf5 Kf8 $11 {and White can't make progress} 43. Ke6 e4 44. Kxd6 e3 {and Black even wins }) 36... Kf6 37. Kc3 Kg7 38. d4 {here White threatens d5 winning} exd4+ 39. Kxd4 e5+ 40. Kd3 Kf6 41. Ke2 Ke7 42. cxb5 cxb5 { here Black waits on e6 and e7 and meets Kg4 with ...Kf6} 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. Kg3 Ke7 45. Kg4 Kf6 $1 (45... Ke6 $2 46. g7 Kf7 47. Kf5 $18)) 34... Kf6 35. Ke3 Kg7 ) (31. c4 bxc4 (31... Kg7 $2 32. cxb5 cxb5 33. Qg1 $1 $18) 32. dxc4 c5 { however, White's king is now exposed} 33. Qh3 (33. Qf3 Qf4 $1 34. Qxf4 exf4 { and now White's king is tied down to the f-pawn and can't help with b2-b3}) ( 33. b3 axb3 34. Qh3 b2 35. Qb3 Kf8 $1 36. Qxb2 Qf4 $1 37. Qb8+ Ke7 38. Qc7+ Ke8 {and White can't make progress}) 33... Kg7) (31. Qg1 Qh4 32. Qa7 Qxh5+ 33. Kd2 Qxg6 34. Qb8+ Kf7 35. Qxd6 Qg3 $1) 31... c5 (31... Kg7 32. Qg1 $1 { was the point}) 32. c3 Kg7 (32... cxb4 $2 {premature} 33. cxb4 Kg7 34. Qg1 $1) 33. Qg3 cxb4 34. Qe3 Qf4 $1 35. Qa7+ Kf8 {and White can't improve} 36. cxb4 Qg4+ 37. Kd2 Qg5+ 38. Kc2 Qg2+ 39. Kc3 Qf1 $1 40. Qb8+ Ke7 {and a draw.}) 30. h5 (30. exd5 $1 cxd5 31. h5 $18 {is faster.}) 30... d4 { Here I took stock, White is simply winning and just has to be careful.} 31. b4 $1 {Pinning down the queenside.} Kg7 32. Qf3 Qe7 (32... Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Kf6 34. Ke2 Kg7 35. Kd2 Kf6 36. c3 $1 {and now both} dxc3+ ({and} 36... Kg7 37. cxd4 exd4 38. e5 {win}) 37. Kxc3 Kg7 38. d4 {wins.}) 33. Kd1 Kg8 34. Qf2 Kg7 35. c3 dxc3 36. Kc2 Qc7 37. Qc5 Kg8 38. Qe3 a5 39. Qh3 (39. Qxh6 axb4 40. axb4 Qa7) 39... axb4 40. Qxe6+ Kf8 41. axb4 Qa7 42. Kxc3 Qa3+ 43. Kc2 Qa4+ 44. Qb3 Qa7 45. d4 (45. d4 Kg7 (45... exd4 46. Kd3 Kg7 47. Qf7+ Qxf7 48. gxf7 Kxf7 49. Kxd4 $18) 46. Qf7+ Qxf7 47. gxf7 Kxf7 48. dxe5 Ke6 49. Kd3 Kxe5 50. Ke3) 1-0 [Event "Gashimov Memorial"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Date "2015.04.20"] [Round "4"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2791"] [Annotator "Sumets,A"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2015.04.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.05.11"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O ({ Another option was} 7. a4 Bb4 (7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. e6 {leads to a draw} fxe6 13. e5 Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qh5 Bd6 16. Ne4 Rf5 17. Qe8+ Rf8 18. Qh5 Rf5 19. Qe8+ { 1/2-1/2 (19) Topalov,V (2702)-Kasparov,G (2851) Sarajevo 2000}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. a5 e5 11. Rd1 a6 12. d5 Nc5 (12... Rb8 $5 13. Be3 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 e4 16. Nd4 Nf6 17. Bg5 b5 18. axb6 (18. Nc6 $6 Qb7 $17) 18... Rxb6 $11) 13. Bg5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 $6 ({ White could have got good compensation for the pawn after} 14. d6 $1 Qe6 15. Bxf6 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Qxf6 17. Nxe5 Be6 $44) 14... Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e4 17. Bg2 Nb3 18. Ra4 cxd5 19. Rxd5 Qe6 $15 { Giri, A (2784)-Ivanchuk,V (2715) Wijk aan Zee NED 2015 (102) 1/2-1/2 (102)}) 7... b5 8. e4 Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nxe6 {An interesting knight sacrifice. In my opinion, Black has a reliable position after 14...N5f6 or 14.. .N7f6 and he gets some problem if he plays 14...hxg5.} ({Black is OK after} 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh3 Be7 13. Nge4 Qb6 14. Be3 Kf8 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 Kg7 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Nc3 Rad8 {Harikrishna,P (2727)-Gelfand,B (2743) Beijing CHN 2014 0-1 (43); and White doesn't have enough compensation for the pawn.}) 11... fxe6 12. Qh5+ Ke7 13. Ne4 { As we can see from the following game, the line is rather drawish.} (13. Bg5+ hxg5 14. Qxh8 N7b6 15. Ne4 Kd7 16. Qg8 { Probably the position which has arisen is in Black's favour.} Qe8 17. Qh7 Rd8 ( 17... Na4 $2 18. f4 Kc7 19. fxg5 Kb6 20. b3 (20. Rf3 $6 Qd7 $13 { Lesiege,A (2553)-Khenkin,I (2633) Koszalin 1999 1-0 (50)}) 20... cxb3 21. axb3 Nac3 22. Nc5 Rd8 (22... Ne2+ $6 23. Kh1 Nxd4 $4 24. Rxf8 $18) 23. Rf2 $40) 18. Nxg5 Kc7 19. Rae1 Kb8 $17 { Black's king is on the safe side and Black is threatenning ...c5.}) 13... Qe8 14. Bg5+ N5f6 $146 {According to the database this is a novelty. This line has been played only in correspondence chess.} (14... N7f6 { leads to the same position that can arise after 14...N5f6.}) (14... hxg5 $6 { after this move Black has good results but it is too risky.} 15. Qxh8 Kd8 ( 15... Qg6 $6 16. Nd6 Rb8 17. Be4 (17. f4 $2 Ne3 18. Be4 Qh6 $13 { Bernasek,J (2530)-Bobras,P (2576) Brno 2008 0-1 (37)} 19. Qg8 $2 Ng4 $17) 17... Qh6 18. Qg8 Qh5 $8 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. f4 $16) 16. Qg8 $6 (16. Nxg5 $1 Qg6 (16... Kc8 $5 {Black wants to protect the e6-pawn after ...Nc7} 17. a4 Nc7 18. Qh7 { White's chances should be better.}) 17. f4 (17. h4 $5 { White doesn't need to weaken his king}) 17... Kc7 18. Be4 $1 { White wins the e6-pawn in a better version.} (18. Bh3 $2 {a terrible mistake} Kb6 $2 $13 {Olszewski,M (2539)-Korobov,A (2660) Warsaw 2011 0-1 (44)} (18... Bc5 $1 $19 19. Qxg7 (19. Nxe6+ $5 Qxe6 20. dxc5 Rxh8 21. Bxe6 Nxc5 $19) 19... Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 Rg8 21. Qxg6 Rxg6 $19 {the c-pawn will cost White a fortune.})) 18... Qe8 19. Qh3 Rc8 20. a4 $16) 16... Qg6 17. Nc5 Kc7 18. Qxe6 Qe8 $1 19. Bxd5 $6 (19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. Nxb7 Kxb7 21. a4 $15 { The position is complicated but Black's chances are higher.}) 19... Nxc5 20. Qxe8 Rxe8 21. Bf7 Re7 $17 { 0-1 (35) Lalith,B (2556)-Ding Liren (2755) Hyderabad IND 2015}) 15. exf6+ gxf6 16. Bxf6+ ({White could have tried} 16. Qxe8+ Rxe8 17. Bf4 Kf7 18. a4 a6 19. Nd2 $1 {but after} Ra8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Ra1 Be7 23. Ra7 e5 $1 { it seems to me that Black is OK.}) 16... Nxf6 17. Nxf6 Qxh5 ({ Of course Black couldn't play.} 17... Kxf6 $4 18. Qe5+ Kf7 19. Qxh8 $18) 18. Nxh5 Kf7 {Black's bishop on b7 is not very active, but Vishy Anand managed to make a draw.} 19. a4 a6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Ra1 Be7 23. Nf4 (23. Ra7 $5 b4 (23... Rb8 $5 24. Nf4 b4 25. Be4 Kf6 $11) 24. Nf4 c3 $2 25. bxc3 bxc3 26. Be4 Rb8 $2 27. Ng6 $6 (27. Kf1 Kf6 28. Ke2 Bb7 29. Kd3 $18) 27... c5 28. Nxe7 (28. Ne5+ $2 {leads to an easy draw. White should have played 28.Nxe7} Kf6 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Bxa8 c2 31. Nd3 cxd4 32. Kf1 Ba3 33. Ke2 c1=N+ 34. Nxc1 Bxc1 35. Be4 {1/2-1/2 (35) Tomazini,A (2340)-Stefansson,H (2515) Pardubice 2012}) 28... Kf6 $8 29. Bh7 cxd4 30. Ng8+ Rxg8 31. Bxg8 Be4 32. Ra1 d3 33. Kf1 Ke5 34. Ke1 Bf3 35. Ra2 $14 { White will get an extra pawn which probably will not be enough to win the game. }) 23... Bb7 24. Ra7 ({It can be dangerous for White to win the pawn.} 24. Bh3 Ra8 25. Bxe6+ Ke8 26. Re1 Bb4 27. Re2 Kd8 28. Bf5 Kc7 $44 { Black's pawns on the queenside are too dangerous.}) 24... Rb8 25. Be4 (25. Bh3 $2 e5 $1 26. dxe5 Bc5 27. Ra1 Bd4 28. e6+ Ke7 {and White is in trouble.}) 25... Kf6 26. Ng6 c5 $1 $11 {This leads to a draw.} 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 28. Bxb7 Kxg6 29. dxc5 Bxc5 30. Ba6 Bd4 31. Bxb5 Bxb2 32. Bxc4 e5 33. f3 Kf6 34. Kg2 Bc1 35. Bd3 Bb2 36. Bc4 Bc1 37. Bd3 Bb2 38. Bc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Gashimov Memorial"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Date "2015.04.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2790"] [Annotator "Roiz,M"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2015.04.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.05.11"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 h6 {One of many opening lines, where Black deviates from an early 5...c5. Black's setup is somewhat passive, but very solid.} 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nb3 {Putting the knight on b3 in order to prevent Black from pushing c6-c5 is White's main weapon in this type of position.} g5 { Anish chooses the most aggressive way to handle the position.} ({ The more quiet alternatives here are:} 8... Nc8) ({and} 8... Bh7) 9. Ne1 Qc7 { This flexible move is becoming quite fashonable. Black may attack theopponent's pawns centre by means of c6-c5 or f7-f6.} (9... c5 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Bd3 {offers White a small, but stable positional edge.}) 10. Bh5 { Anand's move looks logical - now the Black's king is stuck in the centre for a while.} ({Black is doing well in the complex position, which arises after} 10. f4 O-O-O ({Also quite playable is:} 10... c5 $5 11. c3 O-O-O 12. Bh5 $6 c4 13. Nd2 f6 $15 {0-1 (34) Motylev,A (2683)-Ding,L (2660)/Beijing 2012/EXT 2013}) 11. Nd3 Ng6 {For instance, after} 12. Bg4 Bxd3 13. cxd3 gxf4 14. Bxf4 $6 (14. Bh5 $142 $1 $132) 14... Nxf4 15. Rxf4 f5 $15 {Black was already better in Nakamura, H (2798)-Shankland,S (2661)/Saint Louis USA 2015}) ({However,} 10. Nd3 $5 { deserves serious attention:} b6 (10... Bg7 11. f4 Ng6 $6 (11... O-O-O { looks safer, though after} 12. Bh5 f6 13. Nbc5 { White's position would still be preferable.}) 12. fxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 f6 14. Rxf5 exf5 15. Bh5 $16 { 1-0 (33) Fedoseev,V (2661)-Dreev,A (2649)/Moscow RUS 2014}) 11. Be3 (11. f4 c5 $1 $132) 11... Bg7 12. Rc1 { with a long strategic battle, where I prefer White due to the space advantage.} ) 10... c5 {This thematic advance definitely makes sense, since most of White's pieces are located on the 1st rank now.} (10... Bg7 11. f4 c5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 Nxg6 14. f5 Nh4 15. c3 $14) 11. c3 $146 { A logical novelty in a rare theoretical position.} ({After the ultra-aggressive } 11. f4 c4 12. Nd2 Qb6 (12... gxf4 $5 13. Rxf4 Qb6) 13. Ndf3 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Bg7 16. Kh1 O-O {Black was completely fine and soon took the initiative over in Nakar,E (2435)-Sjugirov,S (2678)/Jerusalem ISR 2015}) 11... Bg7 $1 {Again, the most flexible continuation. Black's king may be hidden on both sides of the board, while the f7-f6 advance would be on the cards in both cases.} ({After} 11... c4 12. Nd2 Bg7 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Ne3 f6 (14... Bd3 15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 f6 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Ng4 $14) 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bg6 $14 {Black would suffer from the weak light squares around his king.}) 12. f4 ( {Black doesn't experience any problems after} 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxe5 ( 13... Qxc5 14. Nf3 Bg6 $11) 14. Nf3 Bg7 $132) 12... c4 {Releasing the pressure in the centre makes White's setup more stable. On the other hand, Black seizes a lot of space and restricts White's minor pieces.} ({ Quite an interesting, double-edged position would arise after} 12... gxf4 13. Bxf4 Rf8 {Preparing the q-side castling} {For instance,} 14. Rc1 O-O-O 15. c4 Kb8 16. Bf3 dxc4 17. Rxc4 b5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. dxc5 Rxd1 21. Bxd1 Ng6 $132) 13. Nd2 gxf4 14. Ndf3 {Inviting complications.} ({The natural} 14. Rxf4 {led to more quiet play:} O-O 15. Nf1 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Ng3 Ne4 $11) 14... Ng6 ({There was a principal alternative:} 14... Qb6 $5 15. Bxf4 Ng6 ( 15... Qxb2 16. Rf2 Qxc3 17. Bd2 Qa3 18. Nh4 {led to very sharp play. White has full compensation for 2 pawns, but hardly more.}) 16. Bc1 Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 { and now it looks like White shouldn't deviate from} (17... Bxe5 18. Nc2 Bc7 19. Ne3 Bd3 20. Rxf7 O-O-O $132) 18. Nc2 Ng6 19. Ne3 Bd3 20. Be2 Be4 21. Bf3 Bd3 $11) 15. Bxg6 {This looks like an achievemnt for Giri - the light-squared bishop was quite strong.} fxg6 {The position remains complex and roughly equal. } (15... Bxg6 16. Nh4 Be4 17. Rxf4 h5 $132) 16. Nh4 O-O $6 {This inaccuracy is the main cause of Black's problems. The king is much more vulnerable on the k-side.} (16... O-O-O $142 {was preferable:} 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Bxf4 Kb8 19. Nf3 Ka8 $132 {with a long positional battle.}) 17. Rxf4 $1 {An ambitious decision by Vishy. White doesn't mind sacrificing some material in order to fight for the initiative.} (17. Nxf5 Rxf5 18. Rxf4 { would allow Black to swap one pair of rooks and regroup the forces:} Rxf4 19. Bxf4 Rf8 20. Be3 Nb8 21. Qg4 Qf7 22. Nf3 Qf5 23. Qg3 Qd3 24. Re1 Nc6 $11) 17... g5 {Anish correctly accepts the challenge.} ({The modest-looking} 17... Nb6 { led to a passive position after} 18. Nxf5 Rxf5 19. Rxf5 gxf5 20. Be3 Qf7 21. g3 $14) 18. Nxf5 gxf4 (18... exf5 19. Rf2 { offers White a clear advantage, so there was no choice.}) 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. Qg4+ Kh7 21. Qxe6 $1 { Of course, the Pe6 is much more important than any other pawn here!} Nb6 { The knight does not have much it can achieve there, but Black's major pieces are getting more mobile.} 22. Qh3 $1 { GM Anand is leaving the f3-spot vacant for his pieces.} ({ Black shouldn't be worse in the following endgame:} 22. Nf3 Qd7 23. Qxd7+ Nxd7 24. Bd2 Rac8 $11) 22... Qf7 ({Correctly deviating from} 22... Qd7 23. Qxd7+ Nxd7 24. Kf2 Kg6 25. Kf3 $14 { White collects the second pawn and gets a better position.}) 23. g3 $1 { Vishy manages to find an excellent way to activate all his pieces.} ({ The natural} 23. Bd2 Qf5 24. Qxf5+ Rxf5 25. Kf2 Raf8 $11 {didn't promise much.} ) 23... Qg6 ({It looks like} 23... fxg3 { didn't fully solve the problems either:} 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ Kh8 (25... Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. hxg3 Kf7 28. Ng2 Rg8 29. Kf2 $14) 26. Qh4+ Kg8 $1 (26... Qh7 27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. hxg3 $14) 27. Qxg3+ Kh8 28. Qh3+ Qh7 29. Qxh7+ Kxh7 30. Ng2 $14) 24. Ng2 fxg3 ({After} 24... f3 25. Nf4 Qe4 26. Bd2 $1 Qc2 27. Be3 Qxb2 28. Rc1 $36 {Black's king is in real danger.}) 25. hxg3 Rf3 { This active move looks nice, but the rook isn't safe there.} ({ Possibly, a better move was:} 25... Rf7 26. Bf4 Re8 27. Re1 Qe6 $14 { with a passive, but solid position.}) 26. Bf4 Rf8 27. Qh4 $2 {Until now, Anand was at his best, but this mistake could have spoiled all the advantage.} ({ A much stronger one was:} 27. Qh2 $1 { leaving the h4-square vacant for the knight:} Rd3 (27... Na4 $2 28. Nh4 Qg4 29. Nxf3 Rxf4 30. Nh4 $18) 28. Re1 Nd7 (28... Na4 29. e6 Re8 30. e7 Nxb2 31. Nh4 Qf6 32. Qxb2 Rxe7 33. Ng2 $1 $16) 29. Qh4 $36 {with a powerful initiative.}) 27... Nc8 $6 {Returning the favour.} ({ There was nothing wrong with a more active approach now:} 27... Na4 $1 28. Qe7+ (28. e6 Re8 29. Ne1 Rxf4 30. Qxf4 Rxe6) 28... Rf7 29. Qd8 Qe6 $11 { and Black has no reasons for worries.}) 28. Re1 Qe6 (28... Qg7 29. e6 Ne7 30. Bd6 Re8 31. Qh5 Rff8 32. b3 $16) 29. Qh5 $6 {One more inaccuracy.} ({ The precise} 29. Ne3 $1 {could have posed Black serious problems. For instance, } Ne7 30. Kg2 R3xf4 31. gxf4 Nf5 $1 {Definitely the best.} ({The tempting} 31... Ng6 $6 32. Qg4 Nxf4+ 33. Kh2 $16 {leads to more serious problems.}) 32. Qh3 Nxe3+ 33. Rxe3 Qg6+ 34. Rg3 Qe4+ 35. Kh2 Qxf4 36. Qd7+ Qf7 37. Qxf7+ Rxf7 $14 { The resulting rook endgame should be holdable, but Black's task is not easy.}) 29... Rd3 30. Be3 ({It was worth paying serious attention to} 30. Rb1 $5 { with the idea of trapping the took, though after} Rf5 31. Qh4 Rf3 $1 { it would be not easy to make any progress.}) 30... Ne7 { The knight is taking part in the defence now.} 31. Nf4 Qg8 32. Nxd3 ({ In the event of} 32. Kh2 Nf5 33. Qf3 Nxe3 34. Rxe3 Rd2+ 35. Re2 Rd3 36. Qg2 Qg5 $1 {Black's activity should secure equality.}) 32... Qxg3+ 33. Kh1 Nf5 34. Bf4 Qxd3 $11 {Now White's king is exposed, so Black has sufficient counterplay.} 35. e6 Ng7 (35... Rf6 {was also possible:} 36. e7 Ng7 37. Qg4 Ne8 $11) 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37. Kg2 (37. e7 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 39. Kh1 Qf3+ $11) 37... Qc2+ 38. Kg1 Qf5 $1 {The only move, but sufficient.} 39. e7 Qg4+ 40. Kh1 Qf3+ { White cannot avoid a perpetual, so a draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Gashimov Memorial"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Date "2015.04.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2015.04.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.05.11"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 a6 14. Rfb1 b5 15. a4 Re8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. a5 Be7 18. Qc2 Bd6 19. Ne2 Rc8 20. Nc1 Nf6 21. Nd3 Ne4 22. Rb2 Bf8 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. bxc5 Qc7 25. Ne1 Re6 26. Nd3 Rce8 27. Nb4 Qc8 28. Qd3 g6 29. Re2 Be7 30. f3 Bf6 31. Nc2 Qd8 32. Nb4 R8e7 33. g3 Ra7 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Raa2 h5 36. h4 Ra8 37. e4 dxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxe4 39. Qxe4 Qxd4 40. Qxd4 Bxd4 41. Rc2 Bf6 42. Nxc6 Rc8 43. Nb4 Bd8 44. c6 Bxa5 45. Nxa6 b4 46. c7 b3 47. Rb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Gashimov Memorial"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Date "2015.04.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "Pavlovic,M"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2015.04.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.05.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {No Berlin this time.} 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 {The Marshall Attack is definitely one of the most popular choices on the top level.} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Bg6 { A completely new idea. I will add here a recent game from the USA Ch..} (14... Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Bf5 {rare choice , usually they go 17..Qf5} 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. c4 (19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qxd5 Bf8 {this must be critical for the evaluation of Black's idea. White is a pawn up but the bishop pair and weak light squares help Black immensely in getting his usual compensation}) 19... Bg4 20. Qg2 Qxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Nb4 22. Ne4 Bf8 23. cxb5 {Now Black has a few ideas: } cxb5 (23... Be6 $5 24. b6 (24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Nc3 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 axb5 { again Black is ok}) 24... Bxb3 25. b7 Bd5 26. bxa8=Q Rxa8 27. f3 Nc2 { is fine for Black}) (23... axb5 24. Ng5 Bh5 25. g4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Bg6 27. f4 h6 28. f5 Bh5 29. gxh5 hxg5 30. a3 c5 {Black has enough counterplay}) 24. Ng5 Bh5 25. g4 Bg6 26. f4 Nc2 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Rd1 Nxd4 { not best; after this White takes over the initiative} (28... h6 $5 29. f5 Bh5 30. gxh5 hxg5 31. Bf2 Ne3+ 32. Bxe3 Rxe3 33. Rd7 Be7 34. Ra7 Re2+ 35. Kf3 Re3+ $1 $11) 29. Rxd4 Be7 30. Nf3 Bb1 31. Nd2 $18 { 1-0 (36) So,W (2788)-Onischuk,A (2665) Saint Louis 2015, White is wining}) 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Bf4 d4 17. cxd4 Bb4 18. Nc3 Qxd4 19. Be5 Qd7 $6 {Black had to take on d3 and although it looks a bit unpleasant it seems that Black can hold: } (19... Qxd3 20. Re3 {now two reasonable moves for Black:} Qc4 (20... Qf5 21. Qxf5 Bxf5 22. Nd5 Bc5 23. Rc3 Rac8 24. Rac1 Rfe8 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxe5 27. f4 $14) 21. Nd5 Rad8 22. Nf6+ (22. Rd1 f6 $1 {with good play}) 22... Kh8 $1 {is fine for Black.}) 20. Nd5 $1 f6 (20... Bxe1 21. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 22. Qxf6 $18) 21. Nxb4 fxe5 22. Qd5+ Qxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd3 24. Rxe5 {He is a clear pawn up} Rfe8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Ne3 Rc8 27. a3 a5 28. h4 Bg6 29. Rd1 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. g4 b3 {Carlsen is putting up the best defence.} 32. h5 Bf7 33. Kg2 Kf8 34. Kg3 Ra8 35. Rd2 {This is probably winning for Anand; everyone noticed that during the live comentaries, but to win it it is not easy, otherwise we wouldn't be talking now about a draw in this game, but about 1-0. Somehow it is not easy to find a clear winning path for Anand, and computers defend Carlsen's position with utmost accuracy.} h6 36. Nf5 Be6 37. Nd4 Bf7 38. f3 Rc8 39. Kf4 Rc1 40. Nf5 Kg8 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Rd7 Kg8 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Rd7 Kg8 45. Nd6 { White has many ideas here; let's try some.} (45. Rb7 Rc2 46. Nd6 Be6 47. Ke5 Re2+ 48. Ne4 Bf7 49. f4 ({another try might be} 49. g5 Bxh5 50. Rxb3 hxg5 51. Kf5 Kf8 52. Nxg5 {with a big advantage but still no clear winning path}) 49... Rxb2 ({ But Black doesn't need to be cooperative as pointed out by Rainer Knaak so} 49... Kf8 $5 50. Rb8+ Ke7 51. f5 Be8 $1 52. Rb7+ Kf8 53. Rxb3 Bc6 54. Rb4 Bxe4 55. Rxe4 Rxb2 {and Black should make a draw here, surely not an easy defence, but it is possible that Carlsen might have seen it.}) 50. g5 Bxh5 51. gxh6 Rg2 52. hxg7 {White wins, that was one possible line for instance.}) (45. Nh4 Be6 46. Rb7 Bd5 $1 {very precise!} (46... Rc2 $2 47. Ng6 Bc4 48. Rb8+ Kf7 49. Ke5 $1 {White wins}) 47. Rb8+ Kh7 $1 (47... Kf7 48. Ke5 $1 { with the mating idea Ng6}) 48. Ng6 Bg8 49. Ne7 Bf7 50. Rb7 Rc2 51. Nf5 Kg8 { and we have reached the same position as after 45.Rb7 Rc2.}) 45... Be6 46. Re7 Bd5 47. Kf5 $2 { A mistake that spoils all his advantage and all chances to play for win.} Rc6 $1 {Now it is just a draw.} 48. Ke5 Bxf3 49. Nf5 g5 50. Rg7+ Kh8 51. Rg6 Kh7 52. Rg7+ Kh8 53. Rg6 Kh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2015.02.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2811"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2015.02.19"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.11"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 Nb6 8. O-O Nh6 9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 O-O 11. c4 Bg4 12. Nf2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. g4 Nh6 15. b3 f5 16. g5 Ng4 17. Nd3 c5 18. h3 h5 19. hxg4 fxg4 20. Nh4 cxd4 21. Nxg6 Qd7 22. a5 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2015.02.19"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E16"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2760"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2015.02.19"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nb1 Re8 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Rac1 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. e3 c6 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. f4 c5 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. Qb3 cxd4 20. exd4 Bf8 21. Ne2 Qd6 22. a3 a6 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. Nxc3 b5 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Kg2 Rc7 27. Nd3 Qb6 28. Ne5 Qd6 29. Nd3 Qb6 30. Ne5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge playoff 4th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2015.02.19"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2776"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2015.02.19"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.11"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Be5 c6 9. g4 Nhf6 10. Rg1 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. f4 b6 14. b4 a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 Qb8 17. g5 bxc5 18. bxc5 Qb4 19. Rc1 Ra3 20. Qd2 Bd8 21. Nd1 Qxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Ba5+ 23. Ke2 Rb8 24. Kf3 e5 25. fxe5 Bf5 26. Rg2 Be4+ 27. Kf4 Bxg2 28. Bxg2 Ra2 29. Bf3 Bd2 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2015.02.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D48"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2797"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2015.02.19"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.11"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. Ned4 Nc5 16. b4 cxb3 17. axb3 e5 18. Nf5 Ncxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Ng5 Bc5 21. Ne6 Qc6 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Nd6+ Ke7 24. Bg5+ Ke6 25. Nxb7 Qxb7 26. b4 h6 27. Bh4 Ne4 28. Qg4+ Kf7 29. Rad1 Ra7 30. Qf5+ Nf6 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Rd6 Qe7 33. Rfd1 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2015.02.19"] [Round "1"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2797"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2015.02.19"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.11"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbc6 8. c3 a5 9. Re1 h6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. a4 Bf5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Nf3 Bf5 15. h3 Nb6 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Be3 Bxd3 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Qxd3 Qxb2 20. Rab1 e4 21. Rxe4 Qxc3 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qxc3 Bxc3 24. Rxb7 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Bf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2015.02.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2797"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2015.02.19"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.11"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. O-O b5 6. a4 Bb7 7. b3 b4 8. bxc4 c5 9. d3 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nb3 a5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. e3 O-O 14. d4 Qc7 15. Qe2 Ne4 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Ne1 Nd6 18. e4 cxd4 19. c5 Ne8 20. Bxd4 Ne5 21. f4 Nc6 22. Bb2 Nf6 23. e5 Nd5 24. Nf3 Rab8 25. Nfd2 Nc3 26. Qe3 Nd8 27. Bxc3 bxc3 28. Rxc3 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rb4 30. c6 Rb6 31. Nd4 Bb4 32. Nb5 Rxc6 33. Nxc7 Rxc3 34. Qe4 R3xc7 35. Nf3 Nb7 36. Rd1 Nc5 37. Qc2 Nd7 38. Qd3 h6 39. h4 Nc5 40. Qc2 Nd7 41. Qd3 Nc5 42. Qc4 Nd7 43. Qb5 Nf8 44. h5 Rc5 45. Qb7 R5c7 46. Qe4 Nd7 47. Kh3 Nb6 48. f5 exf5 49. Qxf5 Nxa4 50. Rd7 Rxd7 51. Qxd7 Nb6 52. Qb7 Bc5 53. e6 fxe6 54. Ne5 Rf8 55. Qc6 Bd4 56. Qxe6+ Kh7 57. Qd6 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2015.02.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2797"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2015.02.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.11"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 O-O 6. Bg2 Re8 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc2 Bxc3 9. dxc3 h6 10. c5 b6 11. cxb6 axb6 12. b3 d5 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Qc1 Na5 15. c4 $1 {Without this break/pawn sacrifice Karjakin's pieces would have seriously lacked activity.} dxc4 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. b4 Nc6 18. b5 Na5 19. Ba3 $1 { The queen is suprisingly trapped! However Anand has an equalizing resource.} c5 20. bxc6 Qc7 21. Nd4 Nxc6 22. Nb5 (22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Bh3 Ree8 24. Bd6 { keeps some pressure with the pair of bishops, but Black should be ok.}) 22... Qe5 23. Rb1 Red8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bb2 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Bxe4 Ne7 29. Kf1 f5 30. Bc2 Kg7 31. Nc3 Rh8 32. Kg1 Rd8 33. Kf1 {White looks to be worse at first glance, but upon deeper inspection it is clear that the b6 pawn is too weak for Black to create any play.} Nd5 34. Rd1 Kf6 35. Ke1 Rd7 36. Nxd5+ Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Bxd5 38. Kd2 c3+ 39. Kxc3 Bxa2 40. Kb4 Ke5 41. Kb5 f4 42. Kxb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2015.02.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2015.02.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.11"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Re1 (14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 {, with ideas f4-f5 and b4-b5 c6xb5 Nc3xd5, is more common. The text move, renouncing tactical chances, leads to a standard position, generally considered satisfactory for Black.}) { The whole system was examined in CBM 138, annotations to Nakamura - Nielsen.} 14... Bf6 (14... Rfb8 15. h4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 axb4 17. axb4 bxc5 18. bxc5 g6 19. h5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Rb2 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. fxe5 $36 Qb7 $6 { 1/2 (53) Malakhatko,V (2558)-Socko,B (2619) St Petersburg 2012} 23. Na4 $1 Qa7 24. Qf1 $16) (14... Bxd3 15. Qxd3 g6 (15... Ra7 16. Rac1 axb4 17. axb4 Bf6 18. h4 bxc5 19. bxc5 Rb8 $132 { 1/2 (34) Ivanchuk,V (2741)-Bruzon Batista,L (2668) Havana 2010}) 16. h4 Kg7 $11 17. Ng5 Bf6 18. h5 $6 axb4 19. axb4 bxc5 20. bxc5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 { 1-0 (59) Andreikin,D (2700)-Radjabov,T (2788) Astana 2012} e5 $3 $17) 15. Kg2 ( 15. Bc2 Bc4 16. Qd2 Ra7 17. Ne5 axb4 18. axb4 bxc5 19. bxc5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Be7 21. Rab1 Rfa8 22. Rb4 Bd8 23. Ne4 Qe7 $132 {1-0 (40) Nakamura,H (2729)-Nielsen, P (2700) Amsterdam 2010 CBM 138 [Krasenkow,M]}) (15. h4 Qa7 16. b5 Bb7 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Ne5 Rac8 19. f5 exf5 20. Bxf5 Rc7 21. bxc6 { 1/2 (21) Fier,A (2571)-So,W (2673) Moscow 2011}) (15. Ne5 Bxe5 $5 { (probably the simplest way to equality)} (15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rfb8 $6 17. Nxd7 $1 Qxd7 18. Na4 Bd8 19. f5 b5 20. Nb2 $1 Bf6 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Qe3 Re8 23. Nd3 $14 {1-0 (71) Pogorelov R (2401)-Bruzon L (2573) Mondariz Balneario 2001 Inf 82/372 [Pogorelov,R]}) 16. fxe5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qb7 (17... Ra7 18. Reb1 b5 19. a4 axb4 20. Rxb4 f6 $1 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Re1 (23. f4 $142) 23... bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. Nxa4 Qa5 $132 { 1/2 (32) Krasenkow,M (2620)-Riazantsev,A (2634) France 2009}) 18. Reb1 (18. cxb6 axb4 19. axb4 Nxb6 20. b5 Nc4 21. bxc6 Qxc6 $11 { 1/2 (54) Getz,N (2391)-Azarov,S (2648) Rogaska Slatina 2011}) (18. h4 $5) 18... axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Ra8 21. Qd1 Rxa1 { 1/2 (21) Michalik,P (2511)-Azarov,S (2648) Czechia 2012}) 15... Bxd3 (15... bxc5 $6 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc3 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 (18... Kxh7 19. Qc2+ Kg8 20. Ng5 Rfe8 21. Qxc3) 19. Nh4 g6 (19... Kxh7 20. Qc2+ Kg8 21. Qxc3 { - in both bracketed lines White's knight is stronger than Black's bishop}) 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Nxg6+ Kg8 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 23. Rxe6 Bxa1 24. Qxa1 { , and White keeps a strong attack without material deficit.}) 16. Qxd3 Rfb8 ( 16... Ra7 $1 {is a typical and quite appropriate plan in this kind of positions. Instead, Black starts an unusual and slightly dubious plan.}) 17. h4 Qa7 18. Ne2 $5 (18. Rab1 axb4 19. axb4 bxc5 20. bxc5 Qa3) 18... g6 $6 ({ Black rejected} 18... axb4 19. axb4 Qxa1 20. Rxa1 Rxa1 {in view of} 21. b5 { but it was bearable:} bxc5 $1 (21... cxb5 22. Qxb5 Ra7 23. c6 Nf8 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. f5 $1 $36 {D.Kryakvin}) 22. bxc6 Nf8 23. dxc5 Ra5 $1 {, and Black must capture White's passed pawns, even at the cost of an exchange, e.g.} 24. Qe3 Rc8 25. Ned4 Rxc5 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. Qxe5 R5xc6 28. Nxc6 Rxc6 {with a probable draw. After the text move White avoids simplifications and continues his kingside attack; meanwhile the invasion of Black's queen is harmless.}) 19. Rab1 axb4 20. axb4 Qa2 21. Rec1 bxc5 22. bxc5 h5 $6 {This is a loss of a crucial tempo. Preventing h4-h5 was not Black's top priority in this position.} (22... Ra3 {was probably insufficient for equality in view of} 23. Rxb8+ (23. Nc3 Rbb3 $1) 23... Nxb8 24. Qd1 $1 (24. Nc3 Qb2 25. Rb1 Rxc3 26. Rxb2 Rxd3 27. Rxb8+ Kg7 28. Rb6 Bxd4 29. Rxc6 h5 $1 {is satisfactory for Black}) 24... Na6 ( 24... Qb3 25. Qxb3 Rxb3 26. Ra1 $14) 25. Rb1 Qc4 26. f5 $3 (26. Rb6 Ra2) 26... exf5 27. Rb6 Ra2 (27... Nb4 28. h5 $40) 28. Nf4 Nxc5 29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. dxc5 Qxc5 31. Nd3 $16) (22... Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rb8 24. Rxb8+ Nxb8 {was possible but even then the initiative belongs to White: Black has a weak c6-pawn and kingside and no objects of counterplay.}) 23. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 (23... Bxe5 24. fxe5 { was not pleasant either as White's knight was much more active than Black's, e. g.} Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Rb8 26. Rxb8+ Nxb8 27. Nf4 {etc.}) 24. fxe5 Bg7 $2 { An obvious mistake, after which Black's position becomes really grim.} (24... Bd8 $8 {covering the b6-square. Black's bishop doesn't protect his king anymore but that is a lesser evil. After} 25. Nf4 Kg7 26. Qd1 { White is clearly better but what he has is far from a decisive advantage.}) 25. Rb6 $1 Rc8 26. Nc3 Qa7 27. Rcb1 Qd7 28. R1b4 Bh6 29. Na4 Qd8 30. Ra6 Kg7 $2 ( 30... Rc7 {, preventing Rb4-b7, was more stubborn.}) 31. Rb7 Rxa6 32. Qxa6 g5 { Desperation.} 33. Qe2 $1 g4 34. Qa6 Qg8 (34... Rc7 35. Qb6 Rc8 36. Qa7 Ra8 37. Rxf7+ Kg6 38. Qb7 Rb8 39. Qe7 Qxe7 40. Rxe7 Kf5 41. Nc3 $1 { , and White should win.}) 35. Nb6 Rf8 36. Nd7 Qh7 (36... Ra8 37. Ra7 $1 $18 ({ but not} 37. Qxc6 $4 Ra2 $1 {V.Anand})) 37. Nxf8 Qe4+ 38. Kh2 Kxf8 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Qc8 Kg6 41. Qh8 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2015.02.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2797"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2015.02.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.11"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 (3... Nf6 {is a different scenario!}) 4. d4 c6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 { With a knight on f6 this move makes no sense. But the knight is not on f6.} b5 7. Nxb5 cxb5 8. Nh4 {White wins the exchange as a8 cannot be defended. If the knight were on f6 it could block on d5, but this is not the case. On the other hand Black has good chances of obtaining compensation as White's development is seriously compromised.} Bd7 9. Bxa8 Nc6 10. Bxc6 (10. Bb7 Qb6 { is not much of an improvement.}) 10... Bxc6 11. O-O Qd5 12. f3 (12. Nf3 Nf6 { is somewhat uncomfortable to play for White. There isn't any clear plan, e4 is firmly under Black's control, and overall it's just annoying to find a move. The move that Caruana chose loses a pawn but at least gives him a clearer direction.}) 12... Qxd4+ 13. Kh1 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 e6 15. Rb1 Nf6 16. Be3 O-O 17. Ng2 Nd5 18. Bd4 e5 19. Bxa7 { White regains one of his pawns, but Black has a very specific idea} c3 $1 { The pawn is untouchable and it causes serious threats.} 20. Ne1 (20. bxc3 Nxc3 21. Rdc1 Nxb1 22. Rxc6 { can only favor Black; White's knight on g2 is too far away from the action.}) 20... e4 $6 (20... Ra8 {was certainly better.} 21. e4 (21. Bf2 e4 { is now a stronger version of the game.} 22. Bd4 Rxa2 $13) 21... Nf6 22. Be3 Nxe4 $1) 21. Bd4 (21. fxe4 Nb4 {thereatening Bxe4 and c2.}) 21... exf3 22. exf3 Re8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nc2 $2 (24. Rd3 $1 {This move would have put some serious problems for Anand. The rook move threatens bxc3 and covers f3.} Re2 25. bxc3 Ne3 (25... Rxa2 26. Kg1 $16) 26. Kg1 $1 { And Black retains compensation, but it is not clear if it is enough.}) 24... Ne3 $1 25. Re1 (25. Nxe3 Rxe3 26. Rdc1 Rxf3 $1 27. Kg1 Be4 28. bxc3 Bxb1 29. Rxb1 Rxc3 {with an endgame that is probably drawn, but only Black can win.}) 25... Nxc2 26. Rxe8 Bxe8 27. bxc3 {The two pieces are superior to the rook. Anand does not show the best technique from now on, and Caruana easily draws, but without time pressure it is possible that the Indian could have put White in a serious bind.} Na3 28. Rd1 Nc4 29. Kg1 Kf6 30. Rd4 h5 31. Kf2 Ne5 32. h3 g5 (32... Ke6 $15) 33. f4 gxf4 34. gxf4 Ng6 35. c4 bxc4 36. Rxc4 Bd7 37. a4 Bxh3 38. a5 Be6 39. Rd4 Ne7 40. a6 Nc8 41. Kg3 Bg4 42. Rc4 Kg6 43. Rc7 f6 44. a7 Nxa7 45. Rxa7 Bf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2015.02.15"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D97"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2777"] [Annotator "Roiz,M"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2015.02.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Rd1 { Vishy deviates from his previous game in this line.} ({A few months before} 12. Bg5 {was played in the World Championship match vs Magnus Carlsen. After} h6 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Rad1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qc1 {Black had some problems to solve in Anand,V (2792)-Carlsen,M (2863)/Sochi RUS 2014 (32).}) 12... Bf5 13. d6 h6 {This position is well-known since the famous Kasparov-Karpov match.} 14. Be3 {This time Anand chooses a rare continuation, which could come as a surprise for his opponent.} ({ The following alternatives lead to a very complex battle either:} 14. Bf4 Nd7 ( 14... Ne4 15. Bd3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 $36 { 1/2-1/2 (45) Zakhartsov,V (2536)-Smirnov,A (2413)/Kazan RUS 2013}) 15. Rd2 (15. Qb3 $5) 15... Nb4 16. Qb3 Be6 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 $132 { 0-1 (60) Rusev,K (2547)-Drenchev,P (2477)/Blagoevgrad 2010/CBM 134 Extra}) (14. h3 Nb4 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. Rd2 a6 17. Qb3 b5 18. Qd1 c4 $132 { 1/2-1/2 (43) Karpov,A (2700)-Kasparov,G (2740)/Seville 1987}) 14... Ng4 $146 { This principal response is the only way to fight for equality.} ({ In the preceding games White was clearly better:} 14... Bd7 15. Rd2 (15. Qb3 Bc6 16. Bb5 $36) 15... Qa5 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. h3 $14 { 0-1 (38) Reilly,T (2315)-Tukmakov,V (2600)/Antwerp 1993}) (14... Ne4 15. Qb3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be4 17. Bb5 $16 { 1-0 (24) Volkov,S (2612)-Nedilko,V (2400)/Rijeka 2010/CBM 136}) 15. Bf4 { That move is connected with a piece sacrifice, but White cannot let Black to exchange their dark-squared bishop for free.} Bxc3 {At his turn, Levon had to exchange his strong bisop either in order to justify his previous move.} (15... Qa5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Ne5 Be6 18. Qb5 $16) (15... Nf6 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Qb5 Qb6 18. Bg3 Rad8 19. Na4 Qxb5 20. Bxb5 $16) 16. bxc3 Re4 17. Qb5 Rxf4 18. Qxb7 { No doubt, that line was prepared well by Anand before the game. Black is a piece up, but the lack of harmony doesn't allow them to keep the material advantage.} Ra4 (18... c4 $1 19. Qxa6 Bd3 20. Bxd3 ({ White may deviate from it by means of:} 20. Rxd3 cxd3 21. Qxd3 {but after} Qb6 22. Nd4 Nxf2 23. Qe3 Qxd6 24. Rf1 Rc8 {Black should be OK}) 20... Rxf3 $1 21. gxf3 Qh4 22. fxg4 Qxg4+ 23. Kf1 Qh3+ 24. Ke1 Re8+ 25. Be2 Qg4 26. f3 Qg1+ 27. Kd2 Qg5+ 28. Ke1 Qg1+ $11) 19. d7 { The strong passer enables White to avoid any risk.} ({Of course, not} 19. Bxa6 $2 Rb8 20. Qc6 Bd7 21. Qxc5 Rxa6 $19) 19... Be4 { After that move Black's minor pieces are getting very vulnerable.} ({ Possibly, the best way to solve the problems was} 19... Nc7 $5 20. h3 Nxf2 $1 ( {worse is:} 20... Nf6 21. Ne5 Nxd7 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Qb3+ Kg7 24. Qxa4 Qe7 25. Re1 { and the exposed placement of Black's king still may be a cause of warnings.}) 21. Kxf2 Bxd7 22. Bb5 Nxb5 23. Rxd7 {this position looks extremely dangerous, but Black should be able to keep the ballance after} Qb8 24. Qd5 Qf8 $1 25. Ne5 (25. Qb3 Ra5 26. Ne5 c4 27. Qxc4 (27. Qb4 Qxb4 28. cxb4 Ra4 $11) 27... Rc8 28. Rxf7 Rxc4 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Nxc4 Ra6 $11) 25... Nxc3 26. Qd3 Ne4+ 27. Kg1 Re8 28. Nxf7 Rd4 29. Rxd4 cxd4 30. Rf1 Qg7 31. Rf4 Kh7 $11) 20. Qb3 Bc6 $2 { Unfortunately for Levon, one serious mistake leads to a hopeless position by forced.} ({The only way to stay in the game was} 20... Ra5 21. Nd2 (21. Rd6 Qe7 22. Rad1 Rd8 23. Bxa6 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Ne3 $1 25. fxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kf1 ({After} 26. Kg2 c4 $1 27. Rxg6+ fxg6 28. Qxc4+ Kg7 {Black is by no means worse}) 26... Qxf3+ 27. Ke1 Rxa6 28. Rxa6 Qe3+ 29. Kf1 Qf3+ $11) 21... Bxg2 $1 {It looks like Black is able to exploit some vulnerablity of White's king in all the cases. For instance,} ({The prosaic} 21... Bf5 {leads to an inferior edngame after} 22. Nc4 Nxf2 23. Nxa5 Nxd1 24. Nb7 Qxd7 25. Rxd1 Qc6 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 28. Nxd8+ Kf6 29. Nxc6 $14) 22. Bxg4 (22. Kxg2 Qh4 23. Nf3 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Qxe2 25. d8=Q+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kg7 27. c4 Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Nh3+ $11) (22. Nc4 Rb8 23. Nxa5 (23. Qc2 Nxf2 $1 24. Kxf2 Ba8 25. Nxa5 Qf6+ 26. Kg1 Qg5+ $11) 23... Rxb3 24. axb3 Nxf2 $1 25. Kxf2 Bh3 26. Bxa6 Qf6+ 27. Kg3 Bxd7 $132) 22... Qg5 23. c4 Qxg4 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. hxg3 Rd8 26. Nb3 Ra4 27. Kxg2 Rxc4 28. Na5 Rd4 29. Nc6 R8xd7 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Rab1 Nc5 $14 {with good drawing chances.}) 21. Rd6 $1 Bxd7 ({Completely hopeless is} 21... Rb8 22. Qd1 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 $18) 22. Rad1 $18 {Black cannot avoid a massive loss of material. The rest looks like a desperation.} Qb8 23. Rxd7 Qxb3 24. axb3 Ra2 25. Bc4 ({ Another possible way to win the piece was} 25. R7d2 Rxd2 (25... Ra3 26. h3 Nf6 27. Rd6 $18) 26. Nxd2 $18) 25... Rf8 { White has a wide choice of winning continuations here.} 26. R7d6 (26. Rxa7 Nb4 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. cxb4 cxb4 29. h3 $18) (26. h3 Nxf2 27. Rf1 Ne4 28. Ne5 $18) 26... Kg7 27. Rxa6 Rxf2 28. Re1 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2015.02.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D36"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2015.02.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Ne5 Nf6 12. Bd3 Ng4 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. h3 Nf6 16. Nd2 Kb8 17. Nb3 Ne8 18. Nc5 Nd6 19. f3 f5 20. g4 Bc8 21. Rde1 Rhf8 22. Qh2 Qc7 23. Rhf1 Rde8 24. b3 g6 25. Bc2 Re7 26. Rf2 Rfe8 27. Rfe2 Nd7 28. Nd3 Nf7 29. Qxc7+ Kxc7 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Nf4 Nf6 32. h4 Nh8 33. Kc1 Ng6 34. Ng2 Nh5 35. Rg1 a5 36. Kd2 Rg7 37. Ne1 h6 38. Reg2 Reg8 39. Ne2 Kd6 40. a3 b6 41. b4 axb4 42. axb4 Ne7 43. Rxg7 Rxg7 44. Rxg7 Nxg7 45. Nf4 c5 46. bxc5+ bxc5 47. dxc5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2015.02.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2015.02.13"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.02"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bxb4 axb4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a3 bxa3 11. Qb3 Bg4 12. Rxa3 Rb8 13. h3 Bh5 14. c5 Kh8 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 f6 17. Nxg6+ Nxg6 18. Ne4 Nh4 19. Ng3 Nxg2 20. Kxg2 Ne7 21. h4 Qd7 22. f3 Nd5 23. Rfa1 Ne3+ (23... h5 $1 24. Nxh5 f5 $1 {and Black crashes through, though this continuation is far from obvious - sacrificing a pawn doesn't seem so logical, especially after White can close the position with 25. g5, but that is not where his problems end.} 25. g5 f4 $1 26. Kf2 Qf7 $1 $19 { Suddenly the knight on h5 is trapped!}) 24. Kf2 Qe7 25. Ra7 f5 $6 26. g5 e4 27. Rxb7 Rxb7 $2 (27... Rbd8 $1 $19) 28. Qxb7 exd3 29. exd3 Nc2 $4 { Perhaps overlooking White's defensive resources.} 30. Ra8 Re8 31. Qc8 (31. Qc8 $1 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 {and the knight on e2 is very securely protecting his king!} Ne3+ 33. Kh3 {and Black is getting mated, while Black has no immediate threats. }) 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2015.02.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2776"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2015.02.13"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.02"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 Rc8 7. b3 g6 8. Bb2 e5 9. c4 Bg7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nh5 12. Nd5 Nb8 13. a3 Nc6 14. b4 b6 15. Bc1 f5 16. b5 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Ne7 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. a4 Nxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kg7 22. Ra2 Qc7 23. Nd2 Rcd8 24. Ne4 Qf7 25. Nc3 e4 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7 27. Nxe4 d5 28. Nxf6 Kxf6 29. a5 dxc4 30. dxc4 Rd4 31. Rc1 Rfd7 32. Kf1 h5 33. g3 R7d6 34. h4 Re4 35. axb6 axb6 36. Ra8 Kf7 37. Rc3 Kg7 38. Kg2 Rd7 39. Rb8 Re6 40. Re3 Rf6 41. Ree8 Rd2 42. Rg8+ Kh7 43. Rh8+ Kg7 44. Rbg8+ Kf7 45. Rf8+ Ke7 46. Rxf6 Kxf6 47. Rb8 Rd6 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. Rf8+ Ke5 50. Ke3 Rd4 51. Rb8 Rd6 52. Rc8 Re6 53. Rc6 $1 {World Champion technique: even in blitz Anand is able to quickly evaluate that this is a winning pawn endgame. Black has no choice but to take.} Rxc6 54. bxc6 Kd6 55. f4 $1 Kxc6 56. g4 $1 Kd6 (56... hxg4 57. f5 Kd7 58. fxg6 Ke7 59. Kf4 {is hopeless as Black cannot break through on b5:} b5 60. cxb5 c4 61. g7 Kf7 62. b6 c3 63. b7 c2 64. g8=Q+ Kxg8 65. b8=Q+ { a typical technique: The pawn promotes with check and wins the race.}) 57. gxh5 gxh5 58. Ke4 Ke7 59. Ke5 Kf7 60. f5 Ke7 61. f6+ Kf7 62. Kf5 { the pawn endgame is completely hopeless.} 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2015.02.13"] [Round "5"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2797"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2015.02.13"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. f3 Bb7 15. Qf2 Re8 16. d4 h6 17. Bd2 Nf5 18. c3 Nh4 19. Bd3 Ng6 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qe6 22. Qxe6 dxe6 23. c4 Kf8 24. Kf2 Ke8 25. Bc2 Ne7 26. g4 Ba6 27. Bd3 f6 28. h4 c6 29. Bb4 b5 30. cxb5 Bxb5 31. Bc2 Kf7 32. Bc5 Nc8 33. b3 g5 34. h5 Ba6 35. Bg6+ Kg7 36. a4 Nb6 37. Be4 Nd5 38. Bxa7 Bc8 39. Bd3 f5 40. Bb8 Kf7 41. Be5 Nf6 42. Be2 Nd5 43. Ke1 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2015.02.13"] [Round "3"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C27"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2797"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "2015.02.13"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bb3 Bb6 9. d4 g5 10. Bg3 g4 11. dxe5 $5 (11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nh7 13. e6 $1 fxe6 14. Qxg4 {is very, very unclear.}) 11... gxf3 12. exf6 fxg2 13. Bxf7+ $5 { Exposing the king to checks by sacrificing a piece!} (13. Rg1 { is logical, with a position that is very difficult to evaluate.}) 13... Kxf7 14. Qh5+ Ke6 (14... Kxf6 {keeps the game going, and even though Black is up a bishop it looks extremely risky. A computer might win this game, but in blitz it seems suicidal as it is difficult to find the necessary defensive resources. }) 15. Qf5+ (15. Qg4+ Kf7 $11) 15... Kf7 16. Qh5+ Ke6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2015.02.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2797"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2015.02.13"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 Rb8 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Ne2 Bd6 16. Ng3 Bc8 17. b3 Re8 18. Rad1 Kf8 19. f4 Bb4 20. Kh2 Rb6 21. Rf3 Rd6 22. Nh5 Re1 23. Rxe1 Bxe1 24. Re3 Bd2 25. Rg3 f5 26. Rf3 d4 27. Ng3 Rf6 28. a4 a5 29. Nf1 Bb4 30. Rf2 Bb7 31. Nd2 Bc3 32. Kg1 Bd5 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. bxc4 Rb6 35. Re2 Rb4 36. Re5 Rxa4 37. Rxf5 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 a4 39. Rc5 Re1 40. Rxc7 Re7 41. Rc8+ Re8 42. Rxe8+ Kxe8 43. c5 a3 44. Bc4 Ke7 45. Kf3 Bb4 46. c6 f6 47. Ke4 Kd6 48. Kf5 Bc3 49. h4 Bd2 50. g3 Be1 51. Kxf6 Bxg3 52. f5 $2 {Risky, and tively losing. It was not too late to switch back and make a draw.} (52. h5 $1 Bxf4 53. Kf5 Bg3 (53... Be3 54. Bd5 Bg5 55. Ke4 {and even though White will lose c6 eventually due to zugzwang, the resulting endgame is a draw as he can comfortably defend all of his pawns.}) 54. Ke4 $11) 52... Bxh4+ 53. Kg7 Kxc6 54. Kxh6 (54. f6 Bxf6+ 55. Kxf6 Kc5 56. Bf7 Kb4 57. Kg6 (57. Ke5 Kc3 58. Be6 h5 {the h-pawn simply marches forward, eventually causing the king to go and catch it. Black captures on c2, pushes his d-pawn, forcing the bishop to sacrifice itself for the pawn, leaving the a-pawn alone to queen.}) 57... Kc3 { is losing for White. He cannot play Bb3 as d3 is crushing.} 58. Bb3 d3 $19) 54... Kc5 55. Be6 Kb4 56. Kh5 Bd8 57. Kg4 Kc3 58. Kf3 Kxc2 0-1 [Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2015.02.09"] [Round "7"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2738"] [BlackElo "2797"] [Annotator "Mokal,P"] [PlyCount "177"] [EventDate "2015.02.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. a5 Qe7 15. Nh4 $146 {A new but harmless continuation.} (15. Nd2 Bd5 $5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxe2 19. Ne4 $11 {In spite of White's centralized pieces Black had a holdable position in Giri,A (2734)-Aronian,L (2812)/Wijk aan Zee 2014/CBM 159/[Marin,M] (48)}) (15. Rfd1 Bd5 16. Qd3 Bxf3 $5 17. Bxf3 c6 {Black is solid but many games can be played from this position. The game in which it arose for the first time was later drawn. It was Wang Yue - Radjabov, T, China, 2013.}) ({According to Mihail Marin in CBM 159, in the following game, White played Nf3-d2 after some moving back and forth by both sides:} 15. Rfe1 Bb4 16. Rec1 Rfd8 17. e3 Bd6 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 c5 20. dxc5 Bxg3 21. Nf3 Bc7 $132 {Bukavshin,I (2476)-Lysyj,I (2624) St Petersburg 2012 (1/2, 32)}) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 { Black's typical freeing breaks in such structures are ...c5 or ...e5.} Rfd8 ( 16... c5 $5 {comes into consideration. The question here is whether White will have some play on the light squares in and around the centre.} 17. d5 exd5 ( 17... g5 18. Nf3 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Rad8 21. Qf5 $13) 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Rfd8 20. Nf5 Qc7 21. Qf3 Rac8 22. Ne3 $13) (16... e5 $2 17. Ng6 $18) 17. e4 Bb4 {Avoiding the fork and at the same time threatening the e4-pawn.} 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nf5 Qd7 ({An interesting alternative was} 19... Qf8 $5 { with the idea of immediately playing...c5 after the N retreats from f5.} 20. Ne3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 c5 22. Rac1 (22. Rab1 $6 Nxc3 $1 23. Qxc3 cxd4 $15) (22. dxc5 Nxe3+ 23. fxe3 Rd2+ 24. Rf2 Rxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rc8 $15) 22... Qe7 $11 { Black is doing fine.}) 20. Ne3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Rfc1 c5 { Black has other ways of playing this position but this freeing move seems like a comfortable equaliser.} 24. Nxd5 (24. dxc5 Nxe3+ 25. fxe3 Rd5 $11) 24... Rxd5 25. Rcb1 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rc8 ({With both the Rs keeping an eye on at least one P, another idea was to first improve the K and the pawn structure with} 26... g5 $5 27. Kf3 Kg7 28. Ke3 (28. Ke4 Kg6 29. Rb4 f6 (29... Ra6 $5 $11) 30. exf6 Kxf6 $11) 28... Kg6 29. h3 (29. Rc1 b4 30. Rcb1 {is similar.}) 29... h5 30. Rc1 (30. Kd3 Rad8 $11) (30. Rb4 f6 31. exf6 Kxf6 $11) 30... b4 31. Rcb1 Raxa5 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Rxb4 b5 34. Ke4 Ra2 $11) 27. Rb4 Rc4 28. Rab1 Rcxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxb5 Rd7 $6 {A perplexing decision. Conventional wisdom advices to keep the rook active. It is hard to believe that an ex-World Champion would not want to keep his R active. Most probably Anand saw a draw in both ...Ra4 and ...Rd7. I don't think that Anand tossed a coin! I believe he chose the latter simply because there is less calculation, and no apparent risk of a white king march to the queenside. At least at first sight.} ({ I wonder why Anand rejected the more active placement of the rook with} 30... Ra4 {seems better. With rook behind the pawn (here, the opponent's pawn) there should be enough counterplay to make a draw.} 31. Kf3 (31. f4 g5 32. Kf3 gxf4 33. gxf4 h5 34. h4 Kf8 (34... Kg7 $5 35. f5 exf5 36. Rxb7 Rxa5 37. e6 (37. Kf4 Ra6 $11) 37... Ra4 38. Rxf7+ Kg6 39. Rf8 Re4 $11) 35. Ke3 Kg7) (31. h4 g5 32. h5 (32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Kf3 Kg7 34. Ke3 Kg6 35. g4 Rxg4 36. Rxb7 Ra4 $11) 32... g4 {This is an important change compared to the game. The move...g4 uses the rook's effective placement.} 33. Kf1 Ra2 (33... Kf8 34. Ke2 Ra3 35. Rc5) 34. Rb4 Rxa5 35. Rxg4+ Kf8 36. Re4 Rb5 (36... Ra8 37. Rb4) 37. Ke2 Rb2+ 38. Kf3 b5 $11) 31... g5 32. g4 (32. Ke3 Kg7 33. Kd3 g4 34. Kc3 Kg6 (34... Ra2 35. Kc4) 35. Kb3 Ra1 36. Kc4 Rc1+ 37. Kd4 (37. Kb4 Kg5 $11) 37... Rc7 $11 { The black king is healthier here, than in the game.}) 32... Kg7 33. Kg3 Ra3+ 34. f3 Kg6 35. Kf2 Ra2+ 36. Ke3 Ra4 37. Kd3 h5 38. h3 h4 39. Kc3 Ra2 40. Kb4 Rh2 41. Kc5 Rxh3 42. Rxb7 Rxf3 43. Rb8 Ra3 44. Kb4 Ra1 45. Rg8+ Kh6 46. Kb5 Rb1+ 47. Kc6 (47. Ka6 Rb4 $19) 47... Ra1 48. Kb6 Rb1+ 49. Kc6 (49. Ka7 Rb4 50. a6 Rxg4 51. Kb6 Ra4 $11) 49... Ra1 $11) 31. Kf3 g5 32. h4 Kg7 33. h5 f6 ({ If Black continues passively White has good chances to push for a win. For example} 33... Kh7 34. Kg4 Kg7 35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Kh7 37. f5 $1 exf5+ 38. Kxf5 Kg7 39. e6 $1 fxe6+ 40. Kxe6 Rf7 41. Rd5 Rf6+ 42. Kd7 Rf7+ 43. Kc8 $16) 34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. g4 Ke7 36. Ke4 Kf6 37. Rb3 Ke7 (37... Rd5 38. Rxb7 Rxa5 39. Rh7 {would have probably saved some ink and paper.}) 38. f3 Kf6 39. Rb6 Ke7 40. Rb5 Kf6 41. Rb3 ({Sooner or later White's best try is likely to be} 41. Rc5 { but it does not seem to cause too much trouble if Black plays accurately.} Kf7 42. Rc8 Rd5 43. Rc7+ Kg8 44. Rxb7 Rxa5 45. Re7 Ra4+ 46. Ke5 Rf4 47. Rxe6 Kh7 48. Rf6 Ra4 $11) 41... Ke7 42. Rd3 Rc7 43. Kd4 Kf6 44. Rb3 Rf7 45. Rb5 Rc7 46. Rb4 (46. Rc5 Rd7+ 47. Kc4 Rd1 48. Rb5 Rc1+ 49. Kd4 Rc7 $11) 46... Ke7 47. Rc4 Rd7+ 48. Kc5 Rd6 49. Rb4 Rc6+ 50. Kb5 Rd6 51. Rb3 Kf6 (51... Kd7 $5 52. Kc5 Rd5+ 53. Kb6 (53. Kb4 Kc6 54. Rc3+ Kd7 55. Rc5 Rd1 $11) 53... Kc8 54. Rc3+ Kb8 55. Rc4 Rd6+ 56. Kb5 Rd5+ 57. Ka4 Rd3 58. f4 gxf4 59. Rxf4 Kc7 60. Rf6 Rd4+ 61. Kb5 Rxg4 62. Rxh6 Rg5+ 63. Kb4 Rg4+ 64. Kc3 Rh4 $11) 52. Kc5 Rc6+ 53. Kd4 Rd6+ 54. Ke4 Rd7 55. Rb6 Rd5 {This does not lose, but White had not made any significant progress, so it is not clear why Black decided to switch gears. Probably Anand got bored and saw that even if he loses the h6P White cannot make progress. It he had not blundered later, this would have very well been the case.} (55... Ke7 56. f4 gxf4 57. Kxf4 Kf6 $11) 56. Rxb7 Rxa5 57. Rh7 Ra4+ 58. Ke3 Ra3+ 59. Kf2 Ra2+ 60. Kg3 Ra3 61. Rxh6+ Kf7 62. Rh7+ Kf6 63. Rd7 Ra2 64. Rd3 Rb2 65. Re3 Rb4 66. Re2 Ra4 67. Kf2 Ra3 68. Rd2 Ra4 69. Ke3 Ra3+ 70. Ke4 Ra4+ 71. Rd4 Ra1 72. Ke3 Ra3+ 73. Rd3 Ra4 74. Rb3 Ra1 75. Rb7 Ra3+ 76. Kf2 Ra2+ 77. Kg3 Ra3 78. Rb8 Kf7 79. Rb1 Kf6 80. Re1 Ra4 81. Kf2 Ra2+ 82. Kg3 Ra4 83. Rh1 Ra7 84. Kf2 Ke5 $4 { This is the decisive mistake. The K was badly needed to block White's hP.} ({ Black would have still been able to hold with} 84... Ra2+ $142 85. Ke3 Ra3+ 86. Kd4 Ra4+ 87. Kc5 Kg7 88. Rh3 (88. Kd6 Ra3 89. Rh3 (89. Rf1 Kf6 $11) 89... Re3 90. Ke7 Kh6 91. Kf6 e5 $11) (88. Re1 Kf7 (88... Kf6 $6 89. h6 Kf7 90. Rh1 Kg8 91. h7+ Kh8 92. Rh3 $16) 89. h6 (89. Re4 Ra5+ 90. Kb4 (90. Kd4 Ra3 91. f4 Ra4+ 92. Ke5 Ra5+ 93. Kd6 Ra6+ 94. Kc5 Kf6 95. fxg5+ (95. h6 gxf4 96. Rxf4+ Kg6 97. g5 Ra5+ 98. Kd6 Rxg5 $11) 95... Kxg5 96. Kd4 Kf6 97. Ke3 e5 98. Kf3 Ra3+ 99. Re3 Ra5 100. Kg3 Kg5 101. Rf3 e4 $11) 90... Ra1 91. f4 Kf6 $1 92. fxg5+ (92. h6 Rh1 $11) 92... Kxg5 93. Kc4 Rd1 94. Rd4 Re1 95. Kd3 e5 (95... Rd1+ 96. Ke3 Re1+ ) 96. Re4 Ra1 97. Ke3 (97. Kc4 Rd1 98. Kc5 Rd2 $11) 97... Ra3+ 98. Ke2 Rb3 99. Kf2 Ra3 100. Kg2 Ra2+ 101. Kf3 Ra3+ 102. Re3 e4+ 103. Kf2 (103. Kxe4 Ra4+ 104. Kf3 Rf4+ $11) 103... Ra2+ 104. Kg3 Ra4 105. Rb3 Ra5 $11) 89... Ra3 90. Rh1 (90. h7 Kg7 91. Rxe6 Rxf3 $11) 90... Kg8 $11) (88. h6+ Kh7 89. Rh5 Ra3 $11) 88... Ra5+ 89. Kd6 Kf7 90. h6 Rd5+ 91. Kc7 Kg8 92. Rh1 Rd3 $11) 85. h6 Ra2+ (85... Rh7 86. Ke3 Kf6 87. Ke4 $18 {With the rook stuck on h7, Black has to give way.} ) 86. Kg3 Ra8 87. h7 Rh8 88. Rh6 Kd6 89. Kf2 {Black's loss in this comparatively irrelevant last round game seems more due to psychological factors than 'chessical' ones.} ({ Again the rook is stuck and the white king will finish the game off.} 89. Kf2 Ke7 90. Ke3 Kf7 91. Ke4 Kg7 92. Rh5 Kf6 (92... Rxh7 93. Rxh7+ Kxh7 94. Ke5 $18) 93. Rh1 Kg6 94. Ke5 Kf7 95. Rh5 $18) 1-0 [Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2015.02.08"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Baramidze, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2594"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2015.02.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 {Baramidze is faithful to the variation that gave him a good position against Carlsen, even if he lost that game at the end.} c6 17. Be3 { Already a different approach from 17.Bg5. The structure is typical for the Breyer: Black will try to break on d5 at some point, but it isn't always easy to achieve and it doesn't always give full equality. On the other hand it isn't entirely clear what White is doing to improve his own position.} Qc7 18. Qd2 exd4 19. cxd4 c5 {This entire plan of playing c5, though common for the structure, is probably dubious at this point. White is very well placed for it. } 20. d5 c4 21. Bc2 Rec8 22. axb5 c3 { This is the start of a combination that doesn't work.} (22... axb5 23. Nd4 { looks pretty bad for Black as b5 is hard to defend in a natural way.}) 23. bxc3 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bxc3 25. Qd1 Bxa1 26. Qxa1 axb5 27. Qd4 { Black doesn't have the time to take on c2.} Qc3 (27... Qxc2 28. Bh6 f6 29. Re7 {Black is too weak along the 7th rank and his defenses simply collapse.}) 28. Ne4 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Bxd5 30. Nxd6 Rc5 31. N6xb5 {White has consolidated his extra material. The two pieces will overpower the rook, even if it is a slow process.} Ra2 32. Bh6 Ra8 33. Bd3 Rd8 34. Bg5 Ra8 35. Be7 Rcc8 36. Nd6 Rc7 37. N4b5 Rc6 38. Bf1 Kg7 39. g4 f6 40. g5 Rb8 41. h4 h5 42. Bh3 f5 43. Bf1 Kg8 44. Rd1 Bf3 45. Ra1 Bd5 46. f4 Nc5 47. Rd1 Bf3 48. Bc4+ Kh7 49. Rf1 Be4 50. Ra1 Nd3 51. Nd4 Rc7 52. Nxe4 fxe4 53. Bf6 Rcb7 54. Ne6 Rb1+ 55. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 56. Kg2 Rb8 57. Kf1 Rc8 58. Bd5 Re8 59. Be5 Rc8 60. Ke2 Nc5 61. Nxc5 Rxc5 62. Bxe4 Ra5 63. Ke3 Ra3+ 64. Kd4 Ra5 65. f5 1-0 [Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2015.02.07"] [Round "5"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2797"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2015.02.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.11"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Be6 12. Rfc1 Bd6 { A popular system of the Ragozin Defence. Black is preparing ...Nc6-e7.} 13. a3 (13. Qd1 {- see Carlsen-Aronian in this issue.}) 13... Ne7 (13... g5 $6 { is premature:} 14. Qd1 g4 15. Ne1 h5 16. g3 Rad8 17. Ng2 Qg7 18. Na4 Ne7 19. Nc5 Rb8 20. Bd3 Qf6 21. Qe2 Rfe8 22. b4 Nf5 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Qc2 Ne7 25. Nh4 $14 {1-0 (56) Barbero,G (2365)-Vukovic,Z (2375) Boeblingen 1985}) (13... Qd8 14. b4 f5 { looks slow but in the following game White failed to refute that plan:} 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Rd1 Bg8 17. g3 Qf6 18. Bf1 Ne7 19. Bg2 g5 20. Ra2 c6 21. Re2 Rae8 22. Na4 Ng6 23. Qc2 Re7 24. Nc5 Rfe8 25. Rdd2 h5 $36 { 0-1 (37) Nikcevic,N (2440)-Kurajica,B (2520) Kladovo 1991}) 14. b4 (14. Qd1 { leads to a position from Carlsen - Aronian.}) 14... c6 15. Qb3 {The drawback of this setup is that after a3-a4 and b4-b5 a6xb5 a4xb5 Black can reply ... c6-c5! d4xc5 Bd6xc5 threatening ...d5-d4. Therefore White's queen will have to find another square. But which one? b1? That would disconnect White's rooks. If it goes to b2 then the c3-knight will be pinned later on. That's why the plan with Qa4-d1 is considered more appropriate; still, the whole line is hardly promising for White.} g5 {Black seizes the initiative.} (15... h5 $143 16. Na4 h4 17. Nc5 Rab8 18. Qd1 {(still!)} Bc7 19. a4 Bg4 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Qd6 23. Nf1 cxb5 24. Bxb5 Rfc8 25. Bd3 $14 { 1-0 (44) Bacrot,E (2723)-Grandadam,N (2286) Basel 2011}) (15... Nf5 $143 { (not the best square for the knight!)} 16. a4 g5 17. Nd2 Nh4 18. g3 Nf5 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 c5 $2 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 cxd4 { 1-0 (61) Jaracz,P (2531)-Perdek,M (2245) Wroclaw 2013} 24. Rd1 $1 dxe3 25. Ne4 exf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qe6 27. Nxd6 Ne3 28. Qxe6 Nxd1+ 29. Bxd1 fxe6+ 30. Ke1 $16) 16. Qb2 Qg7 (16... g4 $5 17. Nd2 Bc7 (17... h5 $143 18. Nde4 $1)) 17. Na4 Rae8 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. g3 (19. a4 f5 $36) 19... Nf5 { Here, too, I don't like this position of the knight.} (19... f5 { was quite strong. It was not easy for White to defend.}) 20. Bd3 (20. a4 { looks more logical but after} h5 {Black keeps initiative anyway.}) 20... Qf6 21. Rf1 {Quite an artificial defence.} h5 22. Rac1 (22. Rad1 h4 (22... Nh6 23. Nd2 h4 24. e4) 23. e4 $5 Bxc5 24. exf5 { was an interesting attempt to change the course of the game: after} Ba7 25. g4 {it is difficult for Black to break through.}) 22... h4 23. Qd2 Nh6 $2 { Black underestimates his opponent's tactical resource. It was hardly an oversight since White's previous move had clearly indicated his intention; most probably, Vishy missed something in the subsequent variations.} (23... hxg3 $1 24. hxg3 Kg7 (24... Nh4 $5 25. Ne1 $1 Ng6 $1 {(Chesspro.ru)} 26. Qe2 g4 {was quite good, too}) {, and now complications after} 25. e4 { are rather favourable for Black:} Nxd4 $1 26. Nxd4 Rh8 27. Nxb7 $1 Qh6 28. f4 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 Qh2+ 30. Ke1 Qxg3+ 31. Qf2 Bxf4 32. Qxg3 Bxg3+ 33. Kd1 Bf4 $1 { etc.}) 24. e4 $1 Bxc5 (24... Qxf3 25. Qxg5+ Kh7 26. e5+ Bf5 27. Bxf5+ Nxf5 ( 27... Qxf5 28. Qxf5+ Nxf5 29. exd6 Nxd6 30. Nd7) 28. Rc3 $1 Nxd4 $8 (28... Qxc3 29. Qxf5+ Kh6 30. Qf6+ Kh7 31. Qxh4+ Kg7 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Nd7 $18) 29. Qxh4+ Kg7 30. Qxd4 { , and White ends up with an extra pawn (indicated by Chesspro.ru).}) 25. e5 Qg7 $2 {Just losing a pawn and eventually the game.} (25... Bxb4 $8 26. axb4 Qg7 27. Nxg5 Bf5 28. Nf3 $14 { - it is now Black's king which is unsafe but the whole game is still ahead.}) 26. bxc5 f6 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Nxg5 Bf5 29. Rce1 Rff8 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Nf3 Bxd3 32. Qxd3 Re4 33. Re1 hxg3 34. hxg3 { Frustrated, Anand didn't want to check Levon's technique.} 1-0 [Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2015.02.06"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A90"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2865"] [Annotator "Roiz,M"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2015.02.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.11"] 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nf3 d5 {The Stonewall system must have come as a surprise for Vishy. Magnus prefers to deviate from the main theoretical lines as soon as possible.} 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 { Avoiding the exchange of the dark-squared bishops.} 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Nd2 { White goes for a classical plan of occupying the central square with both of his knights.} a5 {A typical useful move for such a structure - Black is getting some space for his q-side pieces and preventing White from advancing the b-pawn.} (9... c5 10. e3 Nc6 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. exd4 $14) (9... Nbd7 10. Ndf3 Ne4 11. Bf4 $14) (9... b6 10. cxd5 exd5 (10... cxd5 11. Ndc4 $1 $14) 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Rc1 $14) 10. Bb2 {This natural developing move seems most promising.} ( {Black doesn't experience any problems after} 10. Ndf3 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Nd3 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Nd7 $11) 10... Nbd7 (10... b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. e3 $14) 11. Qc2 a4 12. Ndf3 { Vishy decides not to react to the aggressive advance of Black's a-pawn.} ({ The previously played} 12. bxa4 $5 {also comes to consideration:} Ne4 13. Nxe4 (13. Ndf3 Bxe5 14. dxe5 $6 Nb6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rab1 Nc4 $15 { 0-1 (29) Goganov,A (2550)-Sandipan,C (2590)/Moscow RUS 2013}) 13... fxe4 14. f4 exf3 15. Nxf3 $14) 12... Ne4 13. e3 $146 {This innovation doesn't really change the evaluation - White is slightly better due to a space advantage, but Black's position is very solid.} ({Also worth considering is} 13. Rab1 $5 { freeing the a1-square for the bishop is more promising. For instance,} a3 ( 13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qb4 15. Rfd1 $14 { 1-0 (24) Cifuentes Parada,R (2508)-Salamero Pelay,F (2130)/Spain 2011/EXT 2013} ) 14. Ba1 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bd7 16. f3 Nf6 17. Nd3 {with a long strategic battle, where White's chances are preferable due to a space advantage.}) 13... a3 14. Bc3 ({After} 14. Bc1 g5 (14... c5 $5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Qd3 Rad8 $11 {is another solid way to equalise}) 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. c5 Bc7 17. b4 Be8 $132 {White lacks harmony, so Black has no reasons for complaint.}) 14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bd7 ({ The following simplification hardly promises Black equality:} 15... Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Bd7 18. c5 Be8 19. Rad1 Bh5 20. f3 $14) 16. Nxd7 { The exchange of the passive bishop definitely makes Black's play easier.} ({ It looks like} 16. Be1 $142 $1 Be8 17. f3 Nf6 18. Nd3 e5 19. c5 (19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qc1 Qe7 $11) 19... Bc7 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Qc3 Qe7 23. Qd4 {would allow White to keep a small, but risk-free edge.}) 16... Qxd7 17. c5 {This ambitious advance is double-edged: White seizes a lot of space on the queenside, but releasing the pressure in the centre offer Black decent counterplay on the opposite side.} (17. Be1 b5 18. f3 Nf6 19. c5 Bc7 20. Bc3 h5 $11) 17... Bc7 ({Magnus deviates from a boring equalising line:} 17... Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Be7 19. b4 b5 20. Rab1 Ra4 21. Rb3 Rfa8 $11) 18. b4 h5 { Black has no real threats yet, but White's king is under pressure now.} 19. Be1 e5 20. dxe5 (20. f3 $5 {also deserved some attention:} Nf6 21. Rb1 exd4 22. exd4 h4 23. b5 hxg3 24. hxg3 Nh5 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. f4 Nf6 27. Rf3 $11) 20... Bxe5 21. Rd1 Qe6 {Keeping an eye on the vulnerable Pa2. The position is still equal, but White has to play precisely.} 22. f3 ({After} 22. Rd3 h4 (22... Bb2 23. f3 Nf6 24. Bc3 $11) 23. gxh4 $1 f4 24. f3 Nf6 { White's position doesn't look good, though} 25. Bf2 Qf5 26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Qg6 28. Kh1 {enables him to keep the balance.}) 22... Nf6 23. Bh3 $1 { White correctly opens up the position - the bishops need more space! However, the king is getting exposed now.} (23. Qb3 {was too passive:} Rfe8 24. Bf2 Bb2 $15) 23... g6 24. e4 dxe4 25. fxe4 Bb2 $1 { This brave attempt to play for a win was fully justified.} ({After} 25... Ng4 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 gxf5 28. Bf2 Bb2 29. Re1 $11 { Black wouldn't be able to win the Pa2, so White should be OK.}) 26. exf5 Qxa2 27. Bf2 {Anand's move is natural - White is connecting the rooks, so the pieces are located more harmoniously. However, this loss of tempi allows Magnus to stabilise the situation on the kingside.} (27. Rf2 $1 {was safer:} Rad8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bc3 {and White neutralises the dangerous passer:} Nd5 30. f6 Kf7 31. Bxb2 axb2 32. Qxb2 Qxb2 33. Rxb2 {with a drawish endgame.}) 27... g5 $1 28. Rfe1 $2 { White doesn't have time for a slow improvement - the Pa2 is simply too strong!} ({The correct approach would be} 28. Bg2 Qf7 29. Bd4 $1 Bxd4+ 30. Rxd4 { Now, when the dark-squared bishop is gone, White is able to stop the pawn:} Ng4 31. Qd2 a2 32. Qxg5+ Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Ra1 Ra4 35. Rd2 Rfa8 36. b5 Rb4 ( 36... Ne5 37. bxc6 bxc6 38. f6+ $1 Kxf6 39. Rf2+ Ke6 40. Re2 { and Black cannot make any progress.}) 37. Rdxa2 Rxa2 38. Rxa2 Rb1+ 39. Bf1 cxb5 (39... Ne3 40. Rf2 cxb5 41. Rf3 $11) 40. Re2 Kf6 41. h3 Ne5 42. Kf2 { White should be able to achieve a draw quite easily.}) 28... Qf7 $1 29. Re6 $1 {Vishy manages to find the best way to develop his counterplay.} (29. Rd6 { was much worse:} Rfe8 30. Rde6 Ng4 31. Bxg4 hxg4 32. Qb3 Rxe6 33. fxe6 Qf3 34. Qc4 Qd5 35. Qc2 Kg7 36. e7 Re8 37. Re3 Bd4 38. Rxa3 Rxe7 $19) 29... Ng4 $2 { This natural move is not the best from an objective point of view, though White's task is becoming extremely tough.} ({After the correct} 29... Rfe8 $1 30. b5 cxb5 31. Bg2 b4 32. Bf1 Kh8 33. Bc4 Rxe6 34. fxe6 Qe7 $17 {White still would have some counter-chances, but Black's advantage is indisputable there.}) 30. Bxg4 hxg4 31. Rg6+ Kh7 32. Rd7 $4 { That desperate move leads to a quick loss.} ({ At the same time, Vishy could have escaped by means of} 32. Re6 $1 Rfe8 (32... Qxf5 33. Rd7+ Kg8 34. Rg6+ Kh8 35. Rh6+ $11) 33. Be3 $1 { It turns out, that White has enormous attacking resources everywhere:} Be5 $1 ( 33... Rxe6 34. fxe6+ Qg6 35. Rd7+ Kh6 (35... Bg7 36. Qa2 {leads nowhere}) 36. Bxg5+ $1 Kxg5 37. h4+ gxh3 38. Qd2+ Kh5 39. Qe2+ Qg4 40. Rh7+ Kg5 41. Qe3+ Kf5 42. Rf7+ Bf6 43. Qf2+ Ke4 44. Rxf6 h2+ 45. Kxh2 Rh8+ 46. Kg1 Qd1+ 47. Qf1 Qxf1+ 48. Rxf1 Kd5 49. Ra1 $11) 34. h4 $3 gxh3 35. Rg6 Bg7 36. Rd7 $3 Qxd7 37. f6 Qd1+ 38. Qxd1 Kxg6 39. Qd3+ Kxf6 40. Bd4+ Kf7 41. Qf5+ Kg8 42. Bxg7 Kxg7 43. Qxg5+ {with perpetual.}) 32... Qxd7 $19 { Unfortunately, there are not many pieces left. Black easily wins now.} 33. f6 Qd1+ (33... Rxf6 {was also good enough:} 34. Rxf6+ Kg8 35. Rg6+ Bg7 36. Qa2+ Qf7 $19) 34. Qxd1 Kxg6 35. Qd3+ Kh6 36. h4 gxh3 0-1 [Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2015.02.04"] [Round "3"] [White "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2711"] [BlackElo "2797"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2015.02.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 20. Rde1 Kf7 21. Kf2 Nf5 22. Rh1 Ng7 23. Ne4 Rc8 24. Nc5 Bf5 25. c4 b6 26. Ne4 Re8 27. Bxc7 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. fxe4 Ne6 30. Bb8 Rg8 31. Bxa7 Ra8 32. Bxb6 Rxa2 33. Be3 Rxb2+ 34. Kf3 Rb3 35. Kf2 Rb2+ 36. Kf3 Rb3 37. Kf2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2015.02.03"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2797"] [BlackElo "2706"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2015.02.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Bc4 Qa5 13. d5 exd5 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Bxd5 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. Ke2 Rd4 19. Ke3 Ra4 20. Rhd1 Nc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Rd2 Rc8 23. Rc5 Kf8 24. h4 h6 25. Kf4 Ke7 26. Ke5 Rb8 27. Rxc6 Rb5+ 28. Kf4 Rba5 29. f3 g5+ 30. hxg5 hxg5+ 31. Kg3 Rxa2 32. Rc7+ Kf6 33. Rdd7 Ke5 34. Rg7 Kd6 35. Rcd7+ Kc6 36. Rd1 a6 37. Rgd7 Re5 38. Rd8 a5 39. Rc1+ Kb7 40. Rdc8 Rb2 41. R1c6 a4 42. R6c7+ Kb6 43. Rc4 Kb5 44. Rd4 a3 45. Ra8 Rc5 46. Rxa3 Rcc2 47. Kg4 Rxg2+ 48. Kh5 Rg3 49. Rdd3 Rh2+ 50. Kg6 Rhh3 51. Rab3+ Kc4 52. Rbc3+ Kb4 53. Rb3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grenke Chess Classic 3rd"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2015.02.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2797"] [Annotator "Szabo,Kr"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2015.02.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.03.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 c6 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nbd2 d5 14. Nf1 dxe4 $146 { Novelty by Anand.} (14... h6 15. Ng3 Be6 16. bxc6 (16. Rb1 cxb5 17. axb5 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Qc7 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Red8 $15 { and Black looks nicely placed, Vazquez-Bachmann, Asuncion 2013.}) 16... bxc6 17. Rb1 {with a balanced middlegame.}) 15. Ng5 {An important intermediate move. } ({The natural} 15. dxe4 {could have been met by} Qxd1 16. Bxd1 cxb5 17. axb5 Be6 $15 { and Black has a comfortable position with his passed pawn on the a-file.}) 15... Re7 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Be6 (17... cxb5 $5 {was the alternative} 18. Qxd8+ Bxd8 19. axb5 Rc7 20. Rd1 $11 {with a nearly equal position.}) 18. Rb1 Rd7 19. Qc2 Nf8 {The N already wasn't useful on g6. Now he protects the e6 B, and sometimes ...Bxb3 followed by ...Ne6 can be fine for Black.} 20. Ne3 { White activates his N, now he is ready to play Bxe6 followed by Nc4.} Bxe3 ({ The natural} 20... Qc7 {was also possible,} 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. bxc6 bxc6 (22... Qxc6 23. Nd5) 23. Nc4 Bc5 {Anand was probably scared of some sort of position like this, in which the N on c4 can attack a5 and e5, but his position is solid, White can't improve his position so easily.}) 21. Bxe3 h6 22. Red1 ({ The engine suggests} 22. bxc6 $5 bxc6 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Rb6 { with some pressure on the queenside, for example} c5 25. Qb3 { and however Black is solid, still it is not so easy for him to equalise.}) 22... Rc8 23. Rxd7 (23. bxc6 Rxc6 {and the R is fine on the c-file.}) 23... Qxd7 24. Rd1 Qe8 ({It wa salso possible to simplify with} 24... Bxb3 25. Qxb3 Qe6 26. Qxe6 Nxe6 $11 {with an equal endgame.}) 25. bxc6 Qxc6 {The symmetrical structure is a little bit changed, but still the position is equal.} 26. Bd5 { An ambitious reaction. Caruana tries to complicate the position.} Qxc3 ({ In the event of} 26... Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Nd7 (27... Qxc3 $6 {is dubious, because of } 28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29. Rxe5 $16 { and White will be a P up, moreover the B is stronger than the N.}) 28. Rxa5 Qxc3 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. Rb5 Rc7 {and Black can hold his position.}) 27. Qxc3 Rxc3 28. Bxb7 Nd7 $1 {It's important to bring the N back into the game.} 29. Ba6 (29. Bd5 Nc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Ra8 Rc4 34. Rxa5 Rxe4 {and it should be a draw.}) 29... Nc5 $1 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Bb5 Kh7 32. Rd6 Bc4 {Finally Anand exchanges the Bs, so the draw is obvious.} 33. Rb6 Bxb5 34. Rxb5 Rxb5 35. axb5 a4 36. b6 a3 37. b7 a2 38. b8=Q a1=Q+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.14"] [Round "5"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2793"] [Annotator "Pavlovic,M"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2014.12.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.01.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {The Berlin is probably the most popular choice after 1.e4 in top level tournaments.} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 {The main defensive system for Black. White has many options and many games had been played in recent years.} 11. Rd1 (11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 {this is considered as a main line of the Berlin, but theory changes quickly so I wouldn't be surprised that something else takes a lead in that matter.}) 11... Be7 12. g3 {At this moment not a most popular line, but the idea is well known. White restricts the black knight and prepares slowly to progress with Kg2-g4.} b6 { A popular idea nowadays. Black can also play in a usual manner:} (12... Be6 13. Bg5 (13. Kg2 Rd8 14. Bf4 Rd7 $5 15. Rxd7 Kxd7 16. Rd1+ Kc8 17. Bg5 f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Re1 Bf7 20. Bd2 Re8 21. b3 b6 22. Ne2 Bd6 23. Nf4 Rg8 $13) 13... Rg8 14. Kh2 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Ne2 Nd6 18. Ned4 Bd7 19. Nh4 Rd8 20. Rd3 Kf7 21. Rad1 Rge8 22. b3 c5 23. Ne2 Bc8 (23... Bc6 $5 $13) 24. c4 Ne4 25. Be3 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Bd6 $13 {1-0 (70) Kamsky,G (2681)-Ragger,M (2657) Bilbao 2014 }) 13. a4 Bb7 $5 $146 { it seems that this is a novelty. Black opted for different play before..} ( 13... a5 14. Bf4 Rg8 15. h4 $5 (15. Ng5 Bb7 $5 16. Rd3 (16. e6 f6 $13) 16... Ba6 17. Rd2 Rd8 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. Kh2 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Bd8 21. h4 Ne7 $1 22. Be3 Ng6 23. f4 Bxg5 24. hxg5 h4 25. Bf2 hxg3+ 26. Bxg3 Ne7 $15 { 0-1 (43) Efimenko,Z (2689)-Bacrot,E (2705) Germany 2012}) 15... Be6 (15... Bb7 16. e6 $1 $36) 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Ne7 18. Rd2 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Rd1+ Ke8 21. f3 Bd7 22. Kf2 Ng6 23. Ne4 Nxe5 24. Re1 Be6 25. Bf4 Nc4 26. b3 Nd6 27. Nxd6+ cxd6 28. Rd1 $5 Ke7 29. Bxd6+ Kd7 $11) 14. a5 c5 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. Bg5 Rf8 {The idea is to play ...f6 at some point.} 17. c4 { Lots of comentators criticised this move although it's a logical one.} ({ The alternative is} 17. c3 $5 {when the complications that can arise are not easy to be solved during the game, and Adams for that reason probably opted for the more safe text.} Rc8 (17... f6 18. Bf4 Ne7 (18... g5 19. Bc1 g4 20. hxg4 hxg4 21. Nh2 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Ne7 23. Rd1 f5 24. Nf1 Nc6 25. axb6 cxb6 26. Rd6 Na5 27. Ra4 $1 $36) 19. exf6 $5 Nxd5 20. a6 Bc6 21. Re1+ Be7 22. fxe7 Rf6 23. Ne5 Nxf4 24. gxf4 Bd7 25. Nxd7 Kxd7 26. Re5 Re6 27. Rxh5 Kxe7 { pawn up but it looks holdable for Black}) 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ra7 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Ne7 22. Rd1 Nc6 23. Ra4 Ke7 24. f4 Rcd8 $132) 17... Bxd5 $5 { It is clear that by playing this move Anand perfectly understands what has to be done in this position.} 18. Rxd5 (18. cxd5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Ke7 20. Nf3 f6 21. Re1 Kd7 22. Kg2 Rae8 23. axb6 axb6 $11 {Black has enough play in the centre.}) 18... Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Ke7 20. Kg2 Nd4 21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Nf3 (22. b4 { Such an attempt doesn't bring any advantage to White:} Rxd5 23. cxd5 Rd8 24. axb6 axb6 25. d6+ cxd6 26. exd6+ Rxd6 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Ne4 Rc6 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxd4 $11) 22... c6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Ng5 b5 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. Ne4 Nc6 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28. e6 $2 {This move is an obvious mistake, after which he will face a tough time even to save the game. White has a safe position in the event of 27.f4 as we will see.} ({After} 28. f4 $1 { Black can try two possibilities and it seems he is ok in both :} c4 (28... Nxa5 29. Nxc5 Nc6 (29... Nc4 30. b3 Na5 31. Kf3 Nc6 32. Ke4 a5 33. f5 Ke7 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Nb4 36. g5 Nc2 37. f6+ gxf6 38. gxf6+ Ke8 39. Kd5 Nb4+ 40. Kd6 Nc2) 30. Kf3 a5 31. Ke4 a4 32. f5 Ke7 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 f6 35. exf6+ (35. e6 Ne5 $1 $132) 35... gxf6 $11) 29. Nd6 a6 30. Nxf7+ Ke7 31. Nd6 Nxa5 32. Kf3 Nb3 33. Ke4 Nc5+ 34. Kd5 Na4 35. Nf5+ Kf8 36. Kd6 c3 37. bxc3 Nxc3 38. Kd7 Ne4 39. Kd8 Nc5 40. Nd4 g6 41. e6 Nb7+ 42. Kc7 Nc5 43. Kd6 (43. Kb6 Nd3 $1 $11) 43... Ne4+ 44. Ke5 Nxg3 45. Kf6 Nf5 46. Nc6 b4 47. Nxb4 a5 48. Nd5 a4 49. Nc3 a3 50. Kxg6 Ne7+ 51. Kf6 Ng8+ $1 52. Kg6 Ne7+ 53. Kxh5 Nd5 $1 $11) 28... fxe6 29. Nxc5 Ke7 $17 {Now Black is better as the white pawns on the queenside are vulnerable and the black king is marching fast to the centre .} 30. Nb3 Kd6 31. Kf3 Kd5 32. Kf4 Kc4 33. Nc1 Nxa5 $19 34. Kg5 Nb3 35. Ne2 b4 36. Kxh5 a5 { White resigned in a lost position.} 0-1 [Event "London Classic 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D24"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2768"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2014.12.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.01.15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qg4 Nc6 11. Re1 f5 12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Kh8 14. h3 Bd6 15. Re2 h6 16. Bd2 Qe7 17. Rae1 Rf6 18. Bb3 a5 19. c4 a4 20. Bc2 Bb4 21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Bd7 23. d5 Qd6 24. Re5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Qc6 26. Qb4 Be6 27. Rc5 Qb6 28. Rb1 Bg8 29. Rxf5 Qxb4 30. Rxb4 Rxf5 31. Bxf5 a3 32. Bd3 Rd8 33. Rb3 b5 34. Rxa3 Bxc4 35. Bxc4 bxc4 36. Rc3 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rd2 38. a4 Rxf2 39. Rxc4 Ra2 40. Kg3 Kh7 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. h4 c5 43. Rxc5 Rxa4 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C52"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2793"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2014.12.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.01.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. dxe5 Bb6 9. a4 Na5 10. Qa2 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 Ne7 12. exd6 cxd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qd3 Ng6 15. a5 Bc5 16. Be3 Re8 17. Nbd2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 d5 19. Rfe1 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Qe7 21. Nd6 Qxe3 22. fxe3 Rd8 23. Red1 Rb8 24. Rd4 Be6 25. c4 b6 26. axb6 axb6 27. Ra7 h6 28. h3 Ra8 29. Rb7 Rdb8 30. Rc7 Ra5 31. Kh2 Rc5 32. Ra7 Kf8 33. g4 Ra5 34. Rc7 Rc5 35. Ra7 Ra5 36. Rc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2829"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2014.12.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.01.15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Rc1 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 bxc5 13. bxc5 Nf6 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Nf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D44"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2793"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2014.12.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.01.15"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15. d5 b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 Nb8 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Qg4 Bxd5 20. Rfc1 Nc6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxc4 Rxg5 23. Qd4 Kb8 24. Rxc6 Rxg3+ 25. fxg3 Qxc6 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. b3 Kc8 28. Qe4 Kb8 29. Qd4 Kc8 30. Qd3 Bc5+ 31. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 32. Kf1 Qc3 33. Qxc3+ bxc3 34. h4 e5 35. Ke2 c2 36. Rc1 Kd7 37. Rxc2 Ke6 38. Rc6+ Kf5 39. Kf3 e4+ 40. Ke3 Rb8 41. Rc5+ Kxf6 42. Kxe4 Rxb3 43. Ra5 Rxg3 44. Kf4 Rg1 45. Rxa7 Kg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic Pro Biz Cup 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.09"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C16"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2745"] [PlyCount "157"] [EventDate "2014.12.09"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.12.23"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Ba6 10. h4 Qc6 11. Bd2 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Nd7 13. Qd3 O-O-O 14. Bg5 Rde8 15. Nf3 Rh8 16. h5 Ng6 17. g3 Kb7 18. Kg2 Ngf8 19. Rae1 Nh7 20. Bf4 Reg8 21. h6 Qa4 22. Bc1 Ndf8 23. Nh4 Qc6 24. Nf3 a5 25. Bd2 Qa4 26. Bc1 Qc6 27. Rh5 Qa4 28. Reh1 Qc6 29. Ng1 Ng6 30. Ne2 f6 31. exf6 Nxf6 32. h7 Rg7 33. Rg5 Ne4 34. Rxg6 Rxg6 35. f3 Rg7 36. fxe4 dxe4 37. Qe3 Rgxh7 38. Rxh7 Rxh7 39. Nf4 Rf7 40. Kg1 Ka7 41. Ng6 Qb5 42. Nf4 e5 43. dxe5 Qxe5 44. Qd4 Qe8 45. Be3 Rd7 46. Qc4 Rd1+ 47. Kf2 Kb8 48. Ne6 Qf7+ 49. Bf4 e3+ 50. Ke2 Qh5+ 51. Kxe3 Rd7 52. Qc6 Qd5 53. Bxc7+ Kc8 54. Qxd5 Rxd5 55. Bf4 Rd1 56. Nd4 Kd7 57. Ke4 Ra1 58. Nb5 Kc6 59. c4 Rd1 60. Be3 Rd8 61. g4 Re8+ 62. Kd3 Rg8 63. g5 Re8 64. Nd4+ Kb7 65. Nf5 Re6 66. Bd4 Rg6 67. Bf6 Rg8 68. Ne7 Rd8+ 69. Kc3 Rd6 70. g6 Rxf6 71. g7 Rf3+ 72. Kd4 a4 73. g8=Q Rxa3 74. Qd5+ Ka7 75. Qc6 Ra1 76. Qc8 b5 77. cxb5 Kb6 78. Qc5+ Ka5 79. Nc6# 1-0 [Event "London Classic Pro Biz Cup 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.09"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C16"] [WhiteElo "2145"] [BlackElo "2222"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2014.12.09"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.12.23"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qd3 Nb8 10. Qg3 O-O 11. f4 c5 12. Nf3 Nbc6 13. Qf2 Rc8 14. O-O Nf5 15. Rac1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nfxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc4 19. Qd3 Qc7 20. c3 d4 21. Rf3 Rc8 22. Rh3 h6 23. Qg3 Kf8 24. Re1 dxc3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 26. Qh4 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Rc1 28. Rhe3 Qxe3 0-1 [Event "London Classic Pro Biz Cup 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.09"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C16"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2768"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2014.12.09"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.12.23"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nce2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. c3 Ba6 10. h4 Nbc6 11. a3 Na5 12. Qc2 h6 13. g3 Rc8 14. Nf4 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nac6 17. Nf3 Ng6 18. Nd3 f6 19. Qe2 fxe5 20. Nfxe5 Ngxe5 21. Nxe5 d4 22. Ng6 Qd5 23. Kg1 d3 24. Qd2 e5 25. h5 Rf7 26. Rh4 Na5 27. Re1 Nb3 28. Qd1 d2 29. Rxe5 Qf3 30. Re2 Rd8 31. Rhe4 Kh7 32. Ne5 Qxh5 33. Nxf7 Qxf7 34. Rb4 a5 35. Rxb6 a4 36. Rbe6 Rd5 37. Qc2+ g6 38. Qd1 Rd7 39. R6e4 h5 40. Kg2 Qd5 41. Kh2 Kh6 42. Rxa4 Qb5 43. Rb4 Qg5 44. Rxb3 h4 45. c4 Qh5 46. Rb5 hxg3+ 47. Kxg3 Rd3+ 48. Kg2 Qg4+ 49. Kf1 Qh3+ 50. Kg1 Qg4+ 51. Kf1 Qh3+ 52. Kg1 Qg4+ 53. Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic Pro Biz Cup 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.09"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2768"] [BlackElo "2793"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2014.12.09"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.12.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Rxe1 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Qxe1 b6 14. d3 Bb7 15. Qb4 Re8 16. Qf4 Qg6 17. Bd2 h6 18. b4 c5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Be3 Rc8 21. Rb1 Qe6 22. c4 g5 23. Qg3 Nf5 24. Qg4 Nxe3 25. Qxe6 dxe6 26. Rxb7 Nf5 27. Rxa7 g4 28. h3 h5 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Be2 Nh6 31. Ra5 Kg7 32. a4 Kf6 33. Rb5 Ke5 34. a5 Kd4 35. a6 Ra8 36. Ra5 Ra7 37. Kh2 f5 38. Kg3 Nf7 39. f3 gxf3 40. Bxf3 Ne5 41. Be2 Nc6 42. Ra1 Nb4 43. Kf4 Rxa6 44. Rxa6 Nxa6 45. Kg5 Ke5 46. Kg6 Nb4 47. Kf7 f4 48. Bg4 Nxd3 49. Bxe6 Nb2 50. Ke7 Kd4 51. Kf6 Nd3 52. Kf5 Ke3 53. Bd5 Nb4 54. Bg8 Nd3 55. Bd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.08"] [Round "8"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2793"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2014.12.08"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 Rb8 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Qf4 c5 17. Nd6 Qc7 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Qe5 Rbd8 20. Qxh5 Qxd6 21. Rfe1 Rfe8 22. Qh4 Bc6 23. a4 Kf8 24. Bb5 Rb8 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Qf4 Rbd8 27. Rad1 Kg8 28. Qf5 d4 29. Qd3 g6 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Qc4 Qd6 32. g3 h5 33. h4 Qc6 34. Kg1 Qd6 35. Re2 Rxe2 36. Qxe2 Qe6 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Qe6 39. Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.08"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2745"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2014.12.08"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15. Nf4 Rb8 16. Ne2 Bf6 17. Qg3 Nc5 18. Ba2 b4 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. Rfb1 Re8 21. Qf3 a5 22. c3 dxc3 23. bxc3 Rxb1+ 24. Rxb1 Qc7 25. Qe3 g6 26. f3 Rb8 27. Rxb8+ Qxb8 28. d4 Nd7 29. Qd3 Qb7 30. f4 d5 31. e5 Be7 32. Qc2 Qb6 33. Kh2 Bd8 34. c4 Qb7 35. cxd5 cxd5 36. Nc3 Nb6 37. Qd3 Qc6 38. Qf3 a4 39. Nxd5 Nxd5 40. Bxd5 Qd7 41. Qe4 Kg7 42. Ba2 Bb6 43. d5 Qb5 44. Qc4 Qxc4 45. Bxc4 a3 46. Kg3 Bd4 47. Kf3 Kf8 48. Ke4 Bf2 49. g4 Ke7 50. d6+ Kf8 51. f5 gxf5+ 52. gxf5 Bg3 53. Kd5 Ke8 54. e6 fxe6+ 55. fxe6 Bh4 56. Kc5 Bf2+ 57. Kb4 Bg3 58. Bb5+ 1-0 [Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.08"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2829"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2014.12.08"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 c5 8. Be4 Rb8 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 dxe5 11. fxe5 e6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Qe1 O-O 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2 Bb7 16. Nf4 Qc7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nf5 20. Nd3 a5 21. g4 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Rb3 23. Qe4 Qb6 24. Kh1 f5 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Qe2 Qa6 27. Rad1 Kh8 28. Nf4 Qxe2 29. Nxe2 Rb4 30. Nf4 Re8 31. Ng5 Nf8 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nd6 Re7 34. Rg1 Kh8 35. Nh5 Ng6 36. Rc1 Rxd4 37. Rc8+ Bf8 38. Rxg6 hxg6 39. Rxf8+ Kh7 40. Nf6+ Kg7 41. Ra8 Rxa4 42. Kg2 Rb4 43. Rxa5 g5 44. Ra8 g4 45. Kg3 Rb3+ 46. Kf4 Kh6 47. Rh8+ Kg7 48. Rh7+ Kg6 49. Rxe7 Rf3# 0-1 [Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2768"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2014.12.08"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 e5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. Nh4 Nd4 10. Ne2 Ne8 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nf5 Bg5 13. f4 Bxf5 14. exf5 exf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 Qb6 17. a4 Nf6 18. a5 Qc5 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. a6 Rfe8 21. Ra4 Re3 22. Rf3 Rbe8 23. Rxe3 dxe3 24. Qe2 Qxf5 25. Kg2 h5 26. Rf4 Qe6 27. c4 g5 28. Rf1 Qe5 29. b4 h4 30. gxh4 gxh4 31. Qf3 Qg5+ 32. Kh1 e2 33. Re1 Re3 34. Qg2 Rg3 35. Qh2 Nh5 36. b5 Nf4 0-1 [Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.08"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2769"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2014.12.08"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 c6 7. d3 Nh6 8. Be2 g6 9. h3 Bg7 10. g4 f5 11. Be3 Qd6 12. Qd2 Nf7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. f4 b5 15. d4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Be6 17. Qe2 Rab8 18. Rhe1 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rb4 20. Qa6 fxg4 21. hxg4 Nh6 22. Qe2 Qe6 23. Rg1 c5 24. d5 Qb6 25. Qc2 Rb8 26. Rd2 Qa5 27. Nd1 Qxa2 28. Rd3 Rxb2 0-1 [Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2014.12.08"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Rc8 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. b3 b5 12. Bg5 bxc4 13. Nd5 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qf3 h5 16. h3 Bh6 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. bxc4 e6 19. Rab1 Bc6 20. Qc3 Rh6 21. Nxh6 Bxh6 22. Nxf6+ Ke7 23. Nd5+ Bxd5 24. exd5 e5 25. Rb7+ Kf8 26. Qf3 Rc7 27. Reb1 Qe7 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Qxh5 Kg7 30. Qg4+ Kh7 31. g3 a5 32. Rb3 a4 33. Rb4 Qa7 34. Kg2 Bd2 35. Rb5 Bc3 36. c5 dxc5 37. d6 Bd4 38. Qe4+ Kg7 39. Rb7 Qa6 40. Qg4+ 1-0 [Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.08"] [Round "9"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2829"] [BlackElo "2793"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2014.12.08"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bg4 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Na3 O-O-O 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne7 14. Nc4 Nc6 15. Bg4+ Kb8 16. f4 b5 17. Na3 a6 18. Bf3 g5 19. fxg5 d3 20. c3 h6 21. gxh6 Bxh6 22. Rf1 Ne5 23. Rad1 Bf8 24. Bg2 Bxa3 25. bxa3 Rh6 26. Rf5 Re6 27. Kf2 f6 28. Bf1 Rc6 29. Rc1 d2 30. Rd1 Rxc3 31. Rxf6 Rxa3 32. g4 Nc4 33. Bxc4 bxc4 34. Rc6 Rd4 35. h4 Kb7 0-1 [Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2768"] [BlackElo "2793"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2014.12.08"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. c3 h6 8. h3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Ne7 12. Nb2 c6 13. a4 Ng6 14. a5 Bc7 15. Re1 Rf7 16. Nc4 Qd7 17. Ncd2 Nf4 18. Nf1 Nh7 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 Raf8 22. N1h2 d5 23. e5 a6 24. g3 R4f5 25. h4 Bb8 26. Ra3 Ba7 27. Rd3 Qf7 28. Kg2 Qg6 29. Rde3 R8f7 30. Rf1 Nf8 31. Ng1 Rf4 32. h5 Qg5 33. Ngf3 Rxf3 34. Rxf3 Qxh5 35. Rxf7 Qxf7 36. Qd3 Ng6 37. Nf3 Ne7 38. Rh1 Nf5 39. g4 Ne7 40. g5 Ng6 41. Qe3 h5 42. Kf1 Ne7 43. Nh4 g6 44. Rh3 Nf5 45. Nxf5 Qxf5 46. Rf3 Qg4 47. Qf4 Qxf4 48. Rxf4 Kg7 49. Ke2 1-0 [Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.08"] [Round "5"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2793"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2014.12.08"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Qe1 e6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 h5 9. Bg2 Qc7 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bd6 12. f4 e5 13. Nd2 h4 14. Nc4 Bc5+ 15. Be3 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 hxg3 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxg3 Nfd7 19. Rad1 O-O-O 20. Nd6+ Kb8 21. Nxf7 Nxf7 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 23. Rxf7 Kc8 24. Rxg7 Ne5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. h4 Rh8 27. Rg5 Nf7 28. Rf5 Nd6 29. Rf4 Nc4 30. b3 Ne3 31. Kf2 Nxc2 32. e5 Kd7 33. Bh3+ Ke8 34. Bc8 b6 35. Bf5 Na3 36. h5 Ke7 37. Bg6 Ke6 38. Rf6+ Kxe5 39. Rxc6 Nb5 40. Kg3 Nd6 41. Kg4 Kd5 1-0 [Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2793"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2014.12.08"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rfd1 b5 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 c5 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Ra7 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bc2 Rd7 19. b4 Nb7 20. a4 g5 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Be7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qf3 Nd6 25. Qh3 Nde4 26. Bh6 1-0 [Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.07"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Howell, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2667"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2014.12.06"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.12.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. Qh5 Qd6 11. Kh1 Bxb3 12. axb3 Qg6 13. Qh3 h6 14. Nf3 Qd6 15. Bd2 Ng6 16. Bc3 O-O 17. Nd2 Bd4 18. Nc4 Qd8 19. g3 b5 20. Na5 Bb6 21. Nxc6 Qd6 22. Nb4 c6 23. Na6 Rae8 24. b4 Re6 25. Bd2 Ne7 26. Be3 f5 27. Nc5 Ref6 28. f3 Ng6 29. Rad1 R8f7 30. d4 Bxc5 31. dxe5 Qxe5 32. Bxc5 fxe4 33. f4 Qe8 34. Rfe1 Nf8 35. Rd4 Re6 36. f5 Re5 37. g4 e3 38. Qg2 Rd7 39. Qxc6 e2 40. c3 Rxd4 41. Qxe8 Rxe8 42. Bxd4 Re4 43. h3 h5 44. gxh5 Nh7 45. Kg2 Ng5 46. h4 Rg4+ 47. Kf2 Rxh4 48. Rxe2 Rxh5 49. Kg3 Nf7 50. Re8+ Kh7 51. Kg4 Rh2 52. Re7 Nh6+ 53. Kf4 Rh4+ 54. Ke5 Rh5 55. Rxa7 Nxf5 56. Rb7 Kg6 57. Bc5 Rh2 58. Rxb5 Rxb2 59. Kf4 Nh6 60. Bd4 Rb1 61. Rg5+ Kf7 62. Rxg7+ Ke8 63. Ke4 Re1+ 64. Kd5 Nf5 65. Rg5 Ne7+ 66. Kd6 Rh1 67. b5 Kd8 68. Bf6 Rh6 69. Rg8# 1-0 [Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.07"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Sadler, Matthew D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2653"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2014.12.06"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.12.23"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. dxc5 d4 7. Na4 Bxc5 8. Nxc5 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. e3 dxe3 11. Bxe3 Qb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Nge7 14. O-O-O Be6 15. b3 h6 16. Bd3 O-O 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Bb1 a5 19. Kb2 a4 20. Bc2 Nd5 21. bxa4 Nb6 22. Be3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nxa4+ 24. Bxa4 Rxa4 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.07"] [Round "8"] [White "Hebden, Mark"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "2527"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2014.12.06"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.12.23"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Qb3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Be2 Be6 13. Qa3 Rac8 14. Rb1 Rfd8 15. Be3 Na5 16. Rfc1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxa7 Bd5 19. Qb6 Bxa2 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Rb6 Rdc8 22. Bd2 Bd5 23. Ne5 e6 24. f3 Ra8 25. Nd3 Ra2 26. Rb2 Ra3 27. Nc5 e5 28. Rb4 exd4 29. cxd4 b6 30. Re1 f5 31. Bf4 Rca7 32. Bd6 bxc5 33. Bxc5 Ra1 34. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. h4 Bf6 0-1 [Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.07"] [Round "10"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2014.12.06"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.12.23"] 1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 dxc4 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bxc4 Bd7 11. Ke2 Be7 12. Nbd2 Bc6 13. Rhc1 Nbd7 14. Kf1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bd4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Ke2 Kf8 20. Bd3 Rac8 21. Be4 b6 22. Bb7 Rb8 23. Bc6 Rd6 24. b4 Rbd8 25. Rc2 Ng8 26. Rac1 Ne7 27. Bb5 Rd5 28. a4 Rh5 29. Rc7 Rxh2 30. Rxa7 Nd5 31. a5 bxa5 32. bxa5 Rh5 33. Rb7 Nb4 34. a6 Nxa6 35. Bxa6 Rf5 36. Bd3 Rf6 37. Rh1 h6 38. f4 Ra8 39. Bb1 Rc8 40. Rh5 Ra8 41. Kf1 Rc8 42. Ke2 Rd8 43. Rhb5 Ra8 44. Rb8+ Rxb8 45. Rxb8+ Ke7 46. Rg8 g6 47. Rh8 h5 48. Ra8 1-0 [Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Dale, Ari"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2274"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2014.12.06"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.12.23"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. cxd5 Nxc5 9. Bc4 a6 10. a4 Nfe4 11. O-O Bg4 12. Be1 Rc8 13. Be2 Qb6 14. Nd4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rfd8 17. e4 e6 18. a5 Qd6 19. f4 e5 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Bh4 Rd7 22. Rae1 Re8 23. Bg3 Qe7 24. d6 Qd8 25. Qc4 Nxe4 26. Nc6 bxc6 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 Bf8 29. Qc4 c5 30. Qd5 Bxd6 31. Rd1 Qxa5 32. Bxd6 h5 33. Qe5 Kh7 34. Rf1 Qb6 35. Bxc5 1-0 [Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Hamitevici, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A50"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2446"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2014.12.06"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.12.23"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. Bg5 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Rd1 Re8 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. O-O Bxf4 13. gxf4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nc6 15. Kh1 Qf6 16. e3 Na5 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Rg1 Bc8 19. Bf1 Bf5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Nc6 22. Rg3 g6 23. Ng4 Qh4 24. Rdg1 Kh8 25. Qf1 f5 26. Rh3 Qe7 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. fxe5 Qf7 29. Qg2 Re6 30. Qg5 Rde8 31. Rh6 Qe7 32. Qf4 Rg8 33. h4 Qf8 34. Qg5 Qd8 35. Kg2 Qxg5+ 36. hxg5 Rc6 37. Rc1 Rc4 38. Kf3 Ra4 39. Rc2 Re8 40. Kf4 Kg8 41. f3 Rc4 42. Rh1 Re7 43. e4 fxe4 44. fxe4 c6 45. Ke3 dxe4 46. Rf1 c5 47. Rff2 Rd7 48. e6 Rd8 49. d5 1-0 [Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karia, Rishul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "1664"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2014.12.06"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.12.23"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. h3 Bf5 7. g4 Be4 8. g5 Nfd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 Qa5 12. Qb3 b6 13. Qc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 f5 15. gxf6 Nxf6 16. Bg2 Nbd7 17. Nxe4 Rc8 18. Bd2 e5 19. Nd6+ Ke7 20. Nxc8+ Rxc8 21. Ke2 exd4 22. cxd4 Ke8 1-0 [Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.06"] [Round "6"] [White "Pert, Nicholas"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2564"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2014.12.06"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.12.23"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bg2 Rac8 15. O-O g5 16. Na4 Qb8 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. Rfd1 Nxd2 20. Rxd2 Bd6 21. Rdc2 Ne7 22. Qa4 Ng6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Qxa7 Qc2 26. Qxb6 Qd1+ 27. Bf1 Bh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qxf1 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qxg5 Qxd3 31. h4 Qc2 32. Kg2 Qxb2 33. h5 Nh8 34. a4 Qb4 35. Qh4 Qxa4 36. g5 Kg8 37. Qf4 Qc2 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Qh2 Qe4+ 40. Kf1 f6 41. g6+ Kh6 42. Qb8 Qh1+ 0-1 [Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Prill, Daniel"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D04"] [WhiteElo "2193"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Saunders,J"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2014.12.06"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.12.23"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. c3 Qc7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Bg6 12. Neg5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 h6 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qe4 Qa5 17. Bf4 Rfe8 18. Re2 Qd5 19. Nd2 Qb5 20. Nf3 a5 21. Rae1 Qd5 22. Qb1 a4 23. a3 Ra5 24. Be5 Rea8 25. Bc7 Rb5 26. Nd2 Qf5 27. Ne4 Be7 28. Re3 Nf6 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Qxf5 Rxf5 31. Be5 Bxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Rxe5 Kf8 34. Kf1 Ke7 35. Ke2 f6 36. Re3 Kd6 37. Kd3 Ra5 38. f4 g5 39. Rf3 Ke7 40. c4 c5 41. d5 exd5 42. cxd5 Rb5 {[diag] Equal, says Houdini, but Black has a little bit of pressure against the pawns on b2 and d5.} 43. Rf2 (43. fxg5 fxg5 44. Rf2 Rb3+ 45. Kc4 { is OK if you are able to calculate that the white king is safe up the board.}) 43... Rb3+ 44. Kc4 $4 ({Oops. White could still be OK after} 44. Ke4 { with a bit of care.}) 44... Kd6 { Suddenly the game is over. White can't prevent 45...b5 mate.} 0-1 [Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2014.12.06"] [Round "4"] [White "Stopa, Jacek"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2524"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2014.12.06"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.12.23"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5 Bc5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bd4 11. Nb5 Bxb2 12. Rb1 a6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxc7+ Qxc7 15. Rxb2 Nd7 16. Qf3 b5 17. Rc2 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Qa5+ 19. Qc3 Qxc3+ 20. Rxc3 Rg8 21. Ne2 Rxg2 22. Rg3 Rxg3 23. hxg3 Nc5 24. Nc3 Nb7 25. Rxh6 Nd6 26. Bd3 Ke7 27. Rh8 Rb8 28. Na4 Rb3 29. Kd2 Rxa3 30. Nb6 Bg4 31. Ra8 f5 32. Ra7+ Kf6 33. Nd7+ Kg5 34. Nxe5 fxe4 35. Rxa6 Rxa6 36. Bxa6 Kf5 37. Nc6 Bf3 38. Ke3 Kg4 39. Kf2 e3+ 40. Kxe3 Bxd5 41. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2014.11.23"] [Round "11"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Nielsen,PH"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2014.11.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.01.15"] {With the score being 51/2-41/2 to Carlsen with 2 games to go, the match has reached its crucial moment. Yet still there maybe was an expectation of silence before the storm? A draw in this game at first seemed like a good result for both, as Carlsen would guarantee himself a playoff, while Anand could gamble everything with the white pieces in game 12. In tournaments situations might often arise in which both player have mutual interests in a draw, but in matches it is important to remember that what is good for your oppenent, is bad for you! The discussions about the right strategy in these situations reflect that its probably a very close decision, with no obvious "correct" answer. In Brissago 2004, against Leko, Kramnik choose the Benoni as Black, in order to gamble, while here Anand choose the Berlin, seemingly happy to make a draw.} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 { [%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 { [%emt 0:00:06]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. d4 {Carlsen he sitated here for a few minutes, possibly contemplating the safer 5.Re1, as employed in Chennai a year before, succesfully drawing and thus preserving his lead. There however he was on +2, making a draw even more valuable. [%emt 0:01: 03]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kxd8 { [%emt 0:00:07]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bd7 $5 {Anand is the first to deviate from games 7&9 where he went 9...Ke8. It might seem a bit strange that after getting into trouble in game 7 he repeated ...Ke8, while after securing an easy draw in game 9, he changed. However not doing the obvious, is an excellent way of surprising, and springing this "mini" surprise, might be an indication that despite the choice of the Berlin, he is not against a fight. [%emt 0:00:18]} 10. Nc3 $5 {A slightly surprising decision. In the previous match in Chennai, Anand as White choose: [%emt 0:00:08]} (10. Rd1 {which is par t of the point behind 9 h3, as now if Black wants to get his king to c8, he has to enter the complications after 10...Kc8 11.g4 Ne7 12.Ng5 Be8 13.f4 h5. Recently however Black has done well here, as well as the general trend in this match is Anand welcoming, and Carlsen avoiding forced lines.} Be7 { was Carlsen's own choice in the previous match, when he came close to winning game 4 after} 11. Nc3 (11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14. Ne4 b6 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nxf7 Re8 18. f4 Be6 19. Nxh6 gxh6 20. f5 Bxf5 21. gxf5 Rxe5 {was drawn after a couple of exact defensive moves by Black in Karjakin-Carlsen, Shamkir 2014.}) 11... Kc8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rd2 c5 15. Rad1 Be6 {with Black having solved his opening problems in the abovementioned game 4 of the 2013 WC-match.}) 10... h6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 11. b3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 12. Bb2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} c5 $5 { Technically speaking a very rare move, but in harmony with the current trend in this line, that Black will play a quick ...c5. [%emt 0:01:30]} (12... b6 { is the original concept, played by Kramnik in the 2000 WC-match against Kasparov, who got nowhereafter} 13. Rad1 Ne7 (13... c5 { Leko's move order, and would transpose to the main game.}) 14. Ne2 Ng6 15. Ne1 h5 16. Nd3 c5 17. c4 a5 18. a4 h4 {and Kasparov both in this game, as in the match in general, did not manage to make any headway against the Berlin.}) 13. Rad1 {[%emt 0:04:07]} b6 {Despite the slight improvement in the move order by Anand, it has now transposed into a recent game between Kokarev and Leko from the Russian league. With Leko being one of Anand's seconds for the previous match, one can guess at that it was preparation for Chennai. By controlling the d4-square, Black avoids the White tries now considered maybe most critical after 13...b6 starting with 14.Nd4!?, however at the cost at giving white access to the d5-square. Optically it looks like an excellent post for a white knight, but as the game shows, things are not as simple as that. [%emt 0:01: 01]} 14. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:10:11]} (14. Nd5 a5 15. Nd2 Ne7 $1 {Contesting the strong knight on d5 is part of Black's plan. If 16 c4, then ...a4 gives excellent counterplay.} 16. Ne3 Nf5 17. Nd5 Ne7 18. Ne3 Nf5 { and the game was drawn by repetition.}) 14... Be6 $5 {Bologan and Jakovenko have played ...Ne7 here, Ponomariov ...a5. Both decent moves, but so is Anand's, getting ready to put his king on b7, and for the time being not retreating the knight voluntarily. [%emt 0:09:58]} 15. Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:42]} g5 {Not allowing a white Nf4, harassing the bishop on e6. It does create a "hole" on f6, but gains space, and makes it more difficult for White to immediately expand on the kingside. [%emt 0:01:35]} 16. c4 {[%emt 0:10:30]} Kb7 {A very pri ncipled position, where both players have their intended setup. White's argument will be that space does matter, that d5 is an outpost of value, and that he can roll forward eventually on the kingside, while Black will claim his position is solid, and that potentially White's queenside structure soon fixed on white squares is vulnerable. [%emt 0:09:49]} 17. Kh2 {Not hesitating, Carlsen's prepares for expanding on the kingside. [%emt 0:13:27]} a5 { [%emt 0:14:59]} 18. a4 {Of course weakening b3, but allowing ...a4, would give Black immediate, counterplay. [%emt 0:01:37]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 19. g4 { [%emt 0:02:23]} Ng6 {A good defensive move, taking precautions against White's plan of Kg3+h4. However already here instead of defense, being aggressive with: 19...b5!? would have been an interesting try, as after 20.axb5 a4 Black has serious counterplay. [%emt 0:06:53]} 20. Kg3 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Be7 { In line with the idea of stopping a white h4. [%emt 0:02:16]} 21. Nd2 { [%emt 0:09:31]} ({If} 21. Nxe7 Nxe7 22. h4 $2 {then} gxh4+ $1 {followed by 23.. .Rag8 when it's Black who benefits from the immediate opening of fire on the kingside.}) 21... Rhd8 {[%emt 0:07:06]} 22. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Bf8 { An interesting position. At first sight it looks like Black is solid, but passive, and the defining factor will be if White is able to break through on the kingside. However as shown by the game, Black has a powerful resource in .. .b5 creating counterplay on the queenside. Thus the task for White here is to find a prophylactic measure, preventing ...b5 but keeping the long-term prospects on the kingside. Easier said than done. [%emt 0:00:35]} 23. Nef6 { [%emt 0:09:34]} ({During the game I thought} 23. Bc3 $5 { was the right move, but even there after} b5 {Black has counterplay after} 24. axb5 c6 25. bxc6+ Kxc6 {when it's not easy for White to keep Black's potential under control. In the game it's an even more difficult task, but Carlsen manages it extremely well!}) 23... b5 $1 {A strong and thematic move. The idea is that after 24.axb5 a4 25.bxa4 Rxa4 Black has more than sufficient compensation for the pawn, due to the a-file and the weakness of the pawn on c4. An even worse move is 24.cxb5 c6! 25.bxc6+ Kxc6 undermining the knight on d5, and thus the pawn on b3 will fall. However Carlsen adapts very well to the situation, not panicking but instead very much adapting to the circumstance with a realistic defensive move. Despite the momentum having swung in Anand's favour, it is however worth noting that Carlsen's chances of winning the game have also improved. For a while Black now gets chances, the stakes have risen, and any mistake can turn the tables, while without ...b5 both players' margin of error was bigger. [%emt 0:09:48]} 24. Bc3 $5 {Getting out of the way of a black rook soon to be in the b-file, as well as eying the pawn on a5 too. [%emt 0:08:39]} bxa4 {[%emt 0:03:59]} 25. bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kc6 { [%emt 0:00:19]} 26. Kf3 $6 {Much praised and combined with 23.Nef6 maybe match winning inaccuracies! Because while objectively Black now has the chance to get the upper hand, Carlsen does seek to put pressure on his opponent by marching forward with his king. [%emt 0:07:38]} Rdb8 $6 { Logical, but letting a big chance slip. [%emt 0:21:53]} ({With} 26... Be7 $1 { Anand could have given the match a dramatic turn. The game would not at all be decided yet, but Black keeps a stabe edge. It might seem pardoxical that Anand would play ...Be7 earlier in this game, instead of the maybe more obvious looking ...Bg7, but there it had the specific point of preventing a white h4. Here however looks just strange, but has the advantage that Nh5 is not with tempo, as indeed would be the case after ...Bg7. The tactical problem is that after} 27. Ke4 Bxf6 $1 28. exf6 Bxd5+ $1 29. cxd5+ Kd6 {it's the black king which feels safe and comfortable in the centre, as the d5-pawn provides him excellent cover, while its white counterpart suddenly feels very awkwardly placed. Carlsen certainly has ways to fight on after 26...Be7, and objectively the position most likely is drawn, but he would be facing an uphill struggle, while now certainly all 3 results are in play.}) 27. Ke4 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Rb4 $6 {As Anand admitted at the press conference his emotions got the better of him, and he erred first. The stakes do simply not get higher, and the pressure on the players obviously is immense. Anand tries maximising the pressure on Carlsen, but while it does put pressure, the move lacks just a bit in objective quality. The idea is right, the execution however flawed. [%emt 0:03: 22]} (27... Rb3 $1 {is the better move.} {Thus} 28. Rb1 { is logical, but then Black has the pleasant choice of either} ({If} 28. Rd2 { or 28.Rd3 then} Bg7 {will start undermining the white centre.} (28... Kb7 $5)) {And} 28... Rb4 $5 {also certainly makes sense, as the white rook obviously is placed worse on b1 than on d1, after White accepts the offered exchange.} ( 28... Ra3 29. Ra1 Rb3 {with a repetition} ({or} 29... Rxc3 { as an interesting exchange sacrifice.}))) 28. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} cxb4 $2 { While the least move might be sub-optimal, this one however is a clear mistake. It might look tempting to get the c5-square for either the bishop or even the king, but now with very concrete action, Carlsen manages to prove that Black's plan is too slow. [%emt 0:00:10]} ({With} 28... axb4 $1 {Black stays very much in the game. The positional compensation with the pair of bishops as well as the the better structure means that e.g. a passive approach like} 29. Ra1 ({ It would be more challenging if White plays for a direct f4 with} 29. Nh5 { similar to the game, but after} Rxa4 30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Bxd5+ $1 32. cxd5+ Kb5 {Black's passed pawns are ready to march forward with a very complicated struggle ahead.}) 29... Bg7 { is very playable for Black, who could even be better.}) 29. Nh5 $1 {As always C arlsen is a master in adopting to the circumstances, and immediately jumps at his chance. Black's position does have potential, but by attacking it immediately and with great force it's game, set and match. [%emt 0:09:58]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 30. f4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} (30... Bd7 $5 { looked a possible figthing chance, but after} 31. f5 Bxa4 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. Nhf6 Bxd1 34. Rxd1 c6 {White do not retreat his knight, when the black pawns indeed would become dangerous, but decides the game with} 35. Nd7 $1 { when the white knights will either block the pawns, or after} cxd5+ 36. cxd5 { the white pawns win the race, as} b3 37. Nxf8 a4 38. Nd7 { the white knight will return in time.}) 31. Nhxf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxf4 { [%emt 0:00:25]} 32. Nxf4 $1 {Again very much to the point. Of course allowing Black to take on c4 gives him connected passed pawns, but keeping up the pace of the attack is of much higher relevance. Now the bishop on e6 is attacked, and after... [%emt 0:00:58]} Bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 33. Rd7 $1 {...is the decidi ng point. The c7-pawn is the target, and when it falls, the whole black position crumbles. [%emt 0:00:08]} {So Anand tries one last trick:} Ra6 $5 { The rook aims for c6, where it protects the weak pawn on c7, as well as the bishop on c4, meaning that e.g. 34.Rc1 is parried. It almost works, but White do have one concrete way of breaking through... [%emt 0:05:45]} ({After} 33... Kc6 {White will simply retreat with} 34. Rd2 {when Rc1 next will decide.}) 34. Nd5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 35. Rxf7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Bc5 { [%emt 0:00:38]} 36. Rxc7+ $1 {The final blow, netting an extra pawn as well as exchanging the c6-rook that kept the black position together. [%emt 0:03:06]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 37. Nxc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:03:48]} ({ Anand's misfortune is that after} 37... Kxc7 38. Rc1 b3 39. Rxc4 b2 40. Rxc5+ { is check, gaining the decisive tempo allowing Rb5 next, stopping the passed pawn.}) 38. Nb5 $1 {Allowing Black 2 connected passed pawns, but correctly judging that White's one passer will prevail. [%emt 0:01:28]} Bxb5 { [%emt 0:00:22]} 39. axb5+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kxb5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 40. e6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kd3 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Be7 { [%emt 0:01:34]} 42. h4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:29]} a4 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 43. g5 { [%emt 0:00:38]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 44. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} a3 { [%emt 0:00:09]} 45. Kc3 {Stopping the passed black pawns, and despite the fact that 45...Bb4+ wins the white rook on e1, what matters is the pawns. 46.Kxb3 Bxe1 47.e7 and the pawn queens. Anand had no choice, but to resign the game and thus the match. A very interesting last game. Like in game 9 in Chennai, Anand might have shown how to successfully attack Carlsen, but by doing that he also forced him to display excellent defensive resourcefulness once again netting him a full point! [%emt 0:00:55]} 1-0 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2014.11.21"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D97"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2014.11.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.01.15"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 { [%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Nf3 { [%emt 0:00:05]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} dxc4 { [%emt 0:00:14]} 6. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:14]} 7. e4 { [%emt 0:00:06]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:10] } 9. d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:16]} exd5 { [%emt 0:00:17]} 11. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 12. Bg5 { A relatively rare but promising idea posing new problems to the adherents of the 7...Na6 system. White provokes ...h7-h6, which will later allow him to gain a tempo when his queen will be forced to retreat to c1. [%emt 0:11:40]} h6 {[%emt 0:03:02]} (12... Qb6 13. Qh4 Bf5 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bc4 Nb4 16. Rad1 $16 { 1-0 (21) Limp,E (2440)-Rosa,C (2223) Rio de Janeiro 2006}) 13. Be3 { [%emt 0:01:35]} (13. Bxf6 $6 {makes no sense:} Qxf6 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Rfe1 (15. Rd2 Rab8 16. a4 Qb6 17. d6 Nb4 18. Qb3 Rbd8 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Rfd1 Rd7 $132 { 0-1 (37) Jakobsen,O (2410)-Welin,T (2215) Copenhagen 1980}) 15... Qb6 16. Rd2 Rad8 17. a3 Qa5 18. Bf1 Rxe1 19. Nxe1 b5 $36 { 1/2 (38) Oll,L (2405)-Gavrikov,V (2550) Tallinn 1985}) (13. Bh4 Qb6 (13... g5 $5) 14. a3 (14. Rfd1 Bf5) 14... Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qxb2 17. Ra2 Qb6 18. Rb1 c4 19. Qxc4 Rac8 20. Qf1 Qc5 $36 { 1/2 (41) Szczechowicz,B (2275)-Miton,K (2375) Trzebinia 1998}) (13. Bf4 $5 Bf5 (13... g5 $5 14. Bg3 Nh5 {is probably better}) 14. Ne5 (14. Rad1 Ne4 15. Bd3 Nd6 16. Bxd6 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Qxd6 18. a3 Nc7 19. Rfd1 b6 20. Ne4 Qd7 21. Nc3 Rad8 22. h3 Qd6 23. a4 {1/2 (23) Bolbochan,J-Pilnik,H Mar del Plata 1950}) 14... Qb6 (14... Nd7 $5 15. Nxd7 Qxd7) 15. d6 Be6 16. Qd3 Qb4 17. Qd2 g5 18. Bg3 c4 19. f4 $16 {1-0 (28) Antoshin,V-Kozma,J Sochi 1963}) 13... Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 14. Rad1 {[%emt 0:07:06]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:40]} (14... Qb6 { didn't solve Black's problems in the following correspondence game:} 15. Rd2 ({ but not} 15. b3 Rad8 16. Rd2 $6 Ng4 17. Bf4 Qa5 18. Rc1 { 0-1 (67) Wojtaszek,R (2713)-Ponomariov,R (2729) Poikovsky 2012} b5 $1 19. Qxb5 Bxc3 20. Qxa6 g5 $1 $17) 15... Rac8 16. h3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Qc1 Ree8 19. Bc4 Qd6 20. Re2 g5 21. h4 f6 22. Rfe1 Nc7 23. Bb3 b6 24. Nd2 Kh8 25. Nc4 Qd7 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. d6 $16 { 1-0 (46) Langeveld,R (2696)-Schuster,P (2451) ICCF email 2010}) 15. Nxe4 { [%emt 0:02:11]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:10:55]} (15... Rxe4 16. Qc1) 16. Qc1 { This retreat is now unnecessary as the queen is not attacked. [%emt 0:12:38]} ( 16. d6 $142 $1 $36) 16... Qf6 {Black immediately exploits White's inaccuracy. Still, he can't reach full equality. [%emt 0:05:49]} (16... Kh7 $143 17. d6 $1) 17. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:09:45]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} (17... Bxd5 { (recommended by GM M.Golubev)} 18. Rxd5 Rxe2 19. Rd7 $5 (19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rd7 Re7 $11) 19... Qxb2 20. Bxg7 Qxc1 21. Rxc1 Kxg7 22. Rxb7 Rae8 $1 $14) 18. Qxb2 {[%emt 0:13:47]} Bxb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 19. Ng5 $1 {[%emt 0:08:07]} Bd4 $1 { [%emt 0:33:49]} 20. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:14:02]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 21. Bf3 { [%emt 0:00:18]} Re7 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 22. d6 {[%emt 0:08:08]} Rd7 { [%emt 0:00:03]} 23. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 24. Rd2 $6 { By ceding the e-file to Black White loses winning chances. [%emt 0:01:14]} (24. Rfe1 $142 Rad8 (24... Nxa2 $143 25. Re7 Rxe7 26. dxe7 Re8 27. Re1) 25. a3 (25. Re7 Kf8 $1) 25... Nc6 26. h4 $14) 24... Re8 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 25. Rc1 { [%emt 0:05:57]} Re6 {[%emt 0:08:43]} 26. h4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Be5 { [%emt 0:04:58]} 27. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Rxe5 $11 {Now White's d6-pawn can become weak. Vishy Anand decides to force a draw. [%emt 0:00:02]} 28. Bxb7 { [%emt 0:03:39]} Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. d7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:08]} 30. d8=Q+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nxd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Rxd8+ { [%emt 0:00:12]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. Rd2 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2014.11.20"] [Round "9"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2014.11.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.01.15"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. O-O { [%emt 0:00:09]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd6 { [%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. dxe5 { [%emt 0:00:20]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kxd8 { [%emt 0:00:06]} 9. h3 { This has been Carlsen's constant choice in this match. [%emt 0:00:06]} Ke8 { [%emt 0:00:10]} ({In the next Berlin game, Anand deviated with} 9... Bd7 $5 { Carlsen,M (2863)-Anand,V (2792) Sochi 2014 CBM 164 [Nielsen,PH] (1-0, 45). From the course of the game this proved an attempt to level the score and, to a certain point, quite a consistent one.}) 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} h5 { A logical reaction to White's unmasked intentions to gain kingside space with g2-g4. [%emt 0:00:09]} ({But the plan of developing the queen's bishop in the fianchetto is possible without paying attention to the kingside, as in the recent game} 10... b6 11. Rd1 Bb7 { Grischuk,A (2797)-Andreikin,D (2722) Baku 2014 CBM 163 [Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 77)} ) 11. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} ({Carlsen is the first to deviate from the previous Berlin game, in which, rather non-typically, his opening preparation was better than Anand's, and quite impressively so!} 11. Bf4 {Carlsen,M (2863) -Anand,V (2792) Sochi 2014 CBM 164 [Kasimdzhanov,R] (1/2-1/2, 122)}) 11... b6 { This is a generally useful move in the Berlin Defence. Black prepares to place his queenside pawns on dark squares in order to restrict the enemy bishop and ensure the highest mobility of his light-squared bishop. A good example of what can happen if Black does not stick to this policy is offered by the game [%emt 0:00:59];Caruana,F (2801)-Negi,P (2645)/Tromso ol (Men) 41st 2014 (3.1)/ 1-0} ({ The most popular move in this still not that heavily explored position is} 11... Be7 12. Re1 (12. Bg5 {Carlsen,M (2772)-Jakovenko,D (2760) Dortmund 2009 CBM 131 [Mueller,Karsten] (1-0, 49)}) 12... Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Nd4 Be7 15. Bf4 g5 16. Bh2 Rh6 17. Rad1 a6 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Bxc7 c5 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Be5 $14 {This is the kind of position which may not be too pleasant to play with Black, but does not guarantee White very clear winning chances, Sutovsky,E (2642)-Bacrot,E (2721) Poikovsky 2014 (1/2-1/2, 33). Still, it does not look like something one would like to get against Carlsen!}) 12. Rd1 { White hurries to take the control over the open file, but this will lead tu unnatural development. [%emt 0:04:43]} (12. Bf4 c5 13. Rad1 { looks more harmonious, since the king's rook basically belongs on e1, but after } Bb7 14. Ng5 Rh6 {Black managed to regroup in time in McShane,L (2645) -Kramnik,V (2791) London 2010 CBM 140 [Postny,E] (1/2-1/2, 139)}) ({The main th reat created by the last move is occupying the d4-square with the knight(s). Its immediate occupation would be premature:} 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 c5 $1 14. Nb5 Kd7 $1 {This is why White needs controlling the d-file!}) 12... Ba6 $5 { [%emt 0:02:50]} ({If} 12... Bb7 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 { White has some chances of retaining the initiative.} Be7 (14... c5 $2 15. Nb5 $16) 15. Bf4 (15. Nf5 Bc8 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 17. Bg5+ Ke6 18. g4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Bb7 20. Kg2 c5+ 21. f3 Rh7 $132 { Volokitin,A (2722)-Hracek,Z (2615) Austria 2013 (1/2-1/2, 31)}) 15... Rd8 16. Nf5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bc8 18. Nxe7 Kxe7 19. Bg5+ Ke6 20. Bd8 Kxe5 21. Bxc7+ Kf5 22. Bb8 a6 23. Ba7 b5 24. Rd6 Rh6 25. Rd8 Be6 26. b3 Bd5 27. f3 a5 28. Bd4 Re6 {Grischuk,A (2763)-Jakovenko,D (2722) Moscow 2012 (1/2-1/2, 87). White retains only a symbolic advantage based on his active pieces. This should not be enough to counter-balance the drawish tendency yielded by the opposite bishops. }) 13. Nf4 {[%emt 0:13:35]} ({With the b5-square over-protected,} 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 {is not dangerous due to} c5 $1 {for instance:} 15. Nf5 Be2 16. Rd2 Bc4 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Nd5 Rc8 19. b3 c6 20. Ne3 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Bb2 g6 23. Rd1+ Kc7 24. f3 Bh6 25. Kf2 a5 26. a4 b5 $132 { Kurnosov,I (2676)-Karjakin,S (2760) Moscow 2010 CBM 140 [Ftacnik,L] (0-1, 63)}) 13... Bb7 $5 $146 {This aparent loss of time is not without logic. After accomplishing the mission of avoiding Ned4, the bishop was not doing much on a6, being also exposed to a4-a5. The last move prepares its activating with a well-timed ...c6-c5. [%emt 0:06:08]} (13... Rd8 14. Bd2 (14. Rxd8+ $1 Kxd8 15. e6 fxe6 16. Ne5 $44) 14... Nd4 (14... Bc8 $5) 15. Nxd4 Rxd4 16. a4 Bc8 (16... g5 $1 17. a5 gxf4 18. axb6 axb6 19. Rxa6 Bg7 $11) 17. a5 $36 { Dominguez Perez,L (2726)-Ponomariov,R (2741) Leon 2012 (1-0, 66)}) 14. e6 { White cannot achieve much with such a radical move while his development is incomplete as yet. But this mainly means that Anand's novelty was a good antidote to 13.Rd1. [%emt 0:16:00]} ({If} 14. b3 {, hoping to catch up in development, Black can start fighting for kingside space:} Be7 15. Bb2 (15. e6 g5 {is similar.}) 15... g5 $1 16. e6 Rh6 $1 (16... f6 $6 17. Ng6 Rh6 18. Nxe7 Nxe7 19. h4 $36 {Black is weak on the dark squares.}) 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Ne2 ( 18. Ne5+ Kg8) 18... c5 $13) 14... Bd6 {The simplest solution. The best way of maintaining the lead in development is... making a developing move! [%emt 0:01: 20]} ({Black is not prepared for the over-ambitious} 14... f6 $2 { , hoping to win the e6-pawn:} 15. Rd7 Bd6 16. Ng6 Rg8 17. Bf4 $1 { Suddenly, Black cannot hold his position anymore.} Bc8 18. g4 $1 hxg4 19. hxg4 Nh6 20. Bxd6 Bxd7 21. exd7+ Kf7 {The last hope for avoiding material losses:} 22. Bxc7 Kxg6 23. Nd4 $1 Rad8 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Ne6 $18 {Ironically, it is the king's position that dooms Black. But the king HAD to capture the knight on d6. ..}) ({There is no clear refutation to} 14... fxe6 {White surely has a strong initiative for the pawn, but Black's ability to defend his centre with the help of the king should not be underestimated, for instance:} 15. Ng6 Rg8 16. Bf4 c5 17. Ng5 Bd6 18. Rd3 Kd7 19. Rad1 Bd5 (19... h4 $5) 20. b3 Rae8 { Black has completed his development and the dangers are not too obvious.} 21. c4 Ba8 22. Nf7 (22. g4 Nd4 $15) 22... Nd4 23. Rxd4 { Less effective than it may look at first sight.} cxd4 24. Rxd4 e5 $3 { A strong defence, clearing the e-file for the rook.} 25. Bxe5 Kc8 26. Bxd6 (26. Nxd6+ cxd6 27. Bxd6 Re4 28. Rxe4 Bxe4 29. Nf4 Kd7 $15) 26... Re1+ $1 { This is the point! The rook escapes the fork with gain of time, using the open e-file.} 27. Kh2 cxd6 28. Nxd6+ Kb8 29. Nf4 h4 $13 {White may be able to prove his compensation for the exchange, but only Black could play for a win already. WHite will face problems defending both his wings against the attack of the enemy rook(s).}) 15. exf7+ {[%emt 0:10:08]} ({Keeping the tension with} 15. Re1 {could already be met with} f6 {(not the only move, but quite an ambitious one, endangering the far advanced pawn).}) 15... Kxf7 {Black is well developed and has a clear plan of strengthening his position. Little wonder that, behind in development but leading on the score table, Carlsen decides to force a draw. [%emt 0:00:16]} 16. Ng5+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 17. Ne4+ { [%emt 0:00:10]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Ng5+ {92 [%emt 0:01:32]} Kf6 { [%emt 0:00:50]} 19. Ne4+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 20. Ng5+ { [%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2014.11.18"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "Postny,E"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2014.11.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.01.15"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 { [%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 4. Nc3 { [%emt 0:00:09]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 5. Bf4 {Anand doesn't mind to repeat the same line that brought him success in game three. [%emt 0:00:13]} O-O { [%emt 0:00:14]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c5 {This used to be the main line years ago, but nowadays is out of fashion. [%emt 0:00:13]} ({ In game three there followed} 6... Nbd7 7. c5 {which is the main line nowadays. }) 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 8. a3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:08]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Re8 $5 {Here is what Magnus and his team unleashed. Black's idea is to prepare e6-e5. However, as long as Black's queen stays on d8, this gives White numerous options to press on the Pd5. The quiet rook move is very rare and has never really appeared on the top level so far. During and after the game there were speculations as to whether the idea 9...Re8 was a one-shot affair, or whether it may find followers and even become a new trend in the Queen's Gambit!? Hard to say. After a certain analysis I can conclude that White definitely can't refute Black's setup by force, but does have chances for a slight advantage. [%emt 0:00:12]} (9... Qa5 {is the main move.}) 10. Bg5 $6 {White has many logical options to consider. Anand's choice is one of them, but unfortunately for him, is not the most challenging. In future games White needs to seek for an advantage after 10. 0-0-0 or 10.b4. [%emt 0:11:18]} (10. b4 Bd6 ({A real mess may arise after} 10... e5 $6 11. Bg5 d4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd5 e4 14. bxc5 exf3 15. O-O-O { which seems to be in White's favour.}) 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. c5 (12. Be2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 $140 Ne5 $1 $11) 12... Qe7 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Be2 e5 15. O-O Bg4 16. Rfe1 { This position is slightly easier to handle as White.}) (10. O-O-O e5 (10... h6 $5 {This prophylaxics deserves more atttention. Before developing his counterplay on the queenside, Black covers the g5-square.} 11. Bg3 (11. Kb1 e5 12. cxd5 exf4 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxc5 Nf6 16. exf4 Bg4 $132) (11. Nb5 e5 12. Bg3 a6 13. cxd5 Na5 $1 14. Nc3 Bg4 $44 {and now} 15. b4 $2 Bd6 16. bxa5 $2 Qxa5 {leads to a disaster for White.}) 11... a6 $1 { Another useful prophylactic move.} ({After} 11... Qa5 $6 12. Nb5 { is unpleasant.}) 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Bh4 Bd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. cxd5 Na5 $1 16. dxe6 Rxe6 17. Rd5 Rc8 18. Nd4 Re5 19. Rxe5 Bxe5 {with decent compensation.}) 11. Bg5 (11. cxd5 $6 exf4 12. dxc6 Qc7 {is fine for Black.}) 11... d4 12. Nd5 Be7 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. exd4 Nxd4 (14... Bg4 15. dxe5 (15. d5 $6 Nd4 16. Qd3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 b5 $1 $44) 15... Nxe5 16. Be2 b5 $5 (16... h6 17. Be3 $14) 17. Rhe1 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qc7 20. Be2 $14) 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Rxd4 (16. Kb1 h6 17. Bh4 $14) 16... Qe5 17. Be3 b5 18. c5 Bf5 19. Bd3 Rac8 20. b4 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 $14 {1-0 (39) Lalith,B (2569)-Thejkumar,M (2452) Jalgaon 2013}) (10. Rd1 e5 11. Bg5 d4 12. Nd5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. O-O Bg4 $11 { 1/2-1/2 (30) Romanov,S (2535)-Dibley,E (2463) ICCF email 2010}) ({In case of} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 {Black can equalise by} d4 12. Rd1 Bg4 13. O-O Qe7 14. Na4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 dxe3 $1 16. Nxc5 e2 17. Bxe2 Qxe2 $11) 10... Be7 $1 { Magnus answered quickly, clearly showing that Anand's reply had also been under thorough investigation. [%emt 0:02:07]} (10... d4 11. O-O-O e5 { would transpose to the line 10.0-0-0 e5 11.Bg5 d4 mentioned above.}) 11. Rd1 { [%emt 0:07:43]} (11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) (11. O-O-O Bd7 { is also perfectly playable for Black.} (11... Qa5 $6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. cxd5 { Here White's knight is not pinned, so White wins a pawn.}) { It is now very risky for White to grab the pawn:} 12. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rxd5 Rc8 $36) 11... Qa5 { Pinning the knight, so now the Pd5 is protected. [%emt 0:01:00]} 12. Bd3 { Officially, only this is a novelty. At first sight it looks like animprovement, but Carlsen proves that Black has good grounds for keeping the balance. [%emt 0:06:50]} (12. Be2 Ne4 13. cxd5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 exd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Nd4 Bd7 $11 {0-1 (66) Correa de Almeida,C (1742)-Manheimer,G (1967) Lechenicher SchachServer 2010}) 12... h6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 13. Bh4 { [%emt 0:00:24]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:02:23]} (13... a6 {was also possible and after} 14. O-O (14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Ncxe7 $11) 14... dxc4 15. Bxc4 { could lead to the same position by a different order of moves.}) 14. Bxc4 { [%emt 0:00:14]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 15. O-O {[%emt 0:07:30]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:40] } 16. Ba2 {[%emt 0:07:59]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 17. Bb1 {[%emt 0:03:35]} (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 (18. Rd7 Re7 $11) 18... Be7 19. Rd7 (19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Red8 $11) 19... Qb6 20. Bb1 g6 {White doesn't have enough resources to create serious threats, his activity is temporary. For instance: after} 21. h4 Rac8 { Black has no problems.}) 17... Rad8 $1 {A cold-blooded reply, showing that White's battery along the diagonal b1-h7 is not so frightening. [%emt 0:01:09]} 18. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:09:36]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 19. Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:31]} (19. Qh7+ $6 {is just a single check.} Kf8 {Black's king has a safe shelter on e7. Meanwhile, White's queenside is under pressure.}) 19... Be7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 20. Nc5 {[%emt 0:08:02]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 21. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} b4 $1 {After the exchange of queens the game peters out. [%emt 0:05:00]} 22. Rc1 { [%emt 0:05:11]} (22. Qxa5 Nxa5 23. axb4 Nc4 24. b3 Bxf3 25. Rxd8 (25. gxf3 $4 Nd2 $19) 25... Rxd8 26. bxc4 Be2 27. Rc1 Bxc4 $11) 22... bxa3 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 23. bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 24. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ne7 { [%emt 0:01:56]} 25. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:28]} (25... Bxf3 { is possible, but I wouldn't recommend it.} {After} 26. gxf3 {White's bishop is slightly superior to the knight and the Pa6 may become a target.}) 26. Bd3 { [%emt 0:01:57]} Red8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 27. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Rxc8 { [%emt 0:01:53]} 28. Rxc8+ {[%emt 0:04:58]} Nxc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Nd2 { [%emt 0:01:41]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 30. Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Nd7 {Covering the c5-square and parrying White's last attempt to squeeze something out of nothing. [%emt 0:00:14]} 31. Na5 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 32. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 33. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ke7 { [%emt 0:06:03]} 34. Kd2 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 35. Kc3 { [%emt 0:00:30]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 36. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kc5 { [%emt 0:00:19]} 37. f4 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 38. Nxc6 { [%emt 0:01:41]} Kxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} f6 { Black has a safe fortress. [%emt 0:00:37]} 40. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 41. e5+ {A success for Magnus neutralising one of Anand's last games as White in the match. [%emt 0:01:07]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2014.11.17"] [Round "7"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"] [PlyCount "243"] [EventDate "2014.11.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.01.15"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. O-O { [%emt 0:00:10]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. d4 {After a very sucessful Anti-Berlin in game 2, Magnus switches to the main line. [%emt 0:00:06]} Nd6 { [%emt 0:00:07]} 6. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. dxe5 { [%emt 0:00:12]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kxd8 { [%emt 0:00:06]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 10. Nc3 { [%emt 0:03:15]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 11. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Be7 { [%emt 0:00:16]} 12. Rad1 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Be6 {The very main line these days; Black is solid, but does not usually get many chances to win the game, and has to know his defences quite exactly. [%emt 0:01:04]} 13. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 14. g3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} (14. Rfe1 {is the main alternative, played by Vishy himself. Black had to suffer to get a draw after} Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rh1 Nd5 22. Bg3 g5 23. c4 Nc3 24. Kf3 Rg6 25. a3 Na4 26. Ke4 Nc5+ 27. Kf5 Ne6 28. Rh8+ Kd7 29. c3 Ng7+ 30. Ke4 Ne6 31. f3 c5 32. Bf2 a6 33. Be3 b6 { in the game Anand,V (2770)-Karjakin,S (2766) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014.}) 14... Bxg5 {An introduction to the very forced sequence. [%emt 0:04:25]} 15. Bxg5 { [%emt 0:00:08]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 16. h4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:29] } 17. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nxh4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 19. f3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 20. Kf2 { [%emt 0:01:08]} Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 21. Nxd1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nf5 { [%emt 0:00:09]} 22. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Bxa2 $1 {The point. [%emt 0:01:15]} ({ After} 22... Ng7 23. Ne3 {the rook on g6 is in serious trouble.}) 23. Rxh5 { [%emt 0:00:13]} (23. b3 $2 Bb1) 23... Be6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 24. g4 { [%emt 0:00:38]} (24. Bxc7 Rh6 {is just a draw.}) 24... Nd6 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 25. Rh7 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Nf7 {Only this move is new, but in fact White's initiative is still quite nasty. [%emt 0:10:27]} ({The previous game saw} 25... f5 26. g5 (26. Rxc7 $1 {might be what Magnus had in mind} Nb5 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxb7 Bxc2 29. Ne3 {there is not much material left, but Black is in trouble because of his weak king and White's marching f-pawn}) 26... Nf7 27. Rh5 Rg8 28. Kg3 Rh8 { led to an eventual draw in Giri,A (2768)-Radjabov,T (2726) Tashkent 2014.}) 26. Ne3 {Black is a pawn up, but his position suffers from a serious lack of coordination; especially the rook on g6 is out of play. [%emt 0:01:45]} Kd8 { [%emt 0:08:54]} 27. Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:33]} 28. Ng3 { Around here Vishy sank into deep thought; his position is quite precarious. [%emt 0:01:52]} Ne5 $1 {When played, this looked like a major concession, but now I realise that, at least practically speaking, this must be the correct choice. Alternatives look scary over the board: [%emt 0:27:31]} (28... Kd7 29. Nh5 Kc6 30. Be3 (30. Bxc7 Kxc7 31. Nf4 Rh6 32. Nxe6+ Kd6 33. Rxf7 Kxe6 34. Rxb7 Rh2+ 35. Ke3 Rxc2 $11) 30... Ba2 $3 { but clearly, nobody can see such lines over the board :)}) 29. Rh8+ { [%emt 0:24:53]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:09:25]} 30. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:04:26]} fxe5 { [%emt 0:00:16]} 31. Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxg4 $1 {[%emt 0:05:05]} (31... Rf8 32. Ke3 Bd5 33. Ne4 Bxe4 34. Kxe4 {might be just lost} Rf4+ 35. Ke3 Rb4 36. Rxe5 Rxb2 37. Rxc5) 32. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. Rxe5 { [%emt 0:00:30]} b6 {I spent some time looking at this ending; most probably it's drawn; White's only chance is to go for c4, Nd5 and Re7, but before that Magnus decides to shuffle around for a while. [%emt 0:02:06]} 34. Ne4 { [%emt 0:00:26]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 35. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rh6 { [%emt 0:04:13]} 36. b3 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 37. Kd2 { [%emt 0:01:42]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 38. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:15]} a6 { [%emt 0:03:01]} 39. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:48]} 40. Kc1 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rh6 { [%emt 0:04:49]} 42. Nd1 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 43. Ne3 { [%emt 0:00:34]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 44. Re7 {[%emt 0:04:29]} Rh2 { [%emt 0:02:44]} 45. Re6+ {[%emt 0:00:58]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 46. Kc3 { [%emt 0:12:38]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:04:57]} 47. Kb2 {[%emt 0:04:24]} (47. Kd3 { was a more direct try} Rd4+ (47... a5 48. c4 c6 49. Re7+) 48. Ke2 a5 49. c4 { and now Black has a choice:} Rh4 (49... c6 50. Nf5 Rf4 51. Re7+ Kb8 $1 (51... Ka6 52. Nd6 a4 53. Nc8) 52. Ne3 Rh4 53. Kd3 Rh3 54. Ke4 Rg3 55. Kf4 Rh3 { and suprisingly, even this might not be enough for a win:} 56. Rg7 b5 57. Re7 Rh2 58. Ke5 Rd2 59. Rg7 Re2 60. Ke4 Rb2) 50. Kd3 Rh3 51. Ke4 Rh4+ 52. Ke5 Rh2 53. Re7 Rb2 54. Nd5 Rxb3 55. Rxc7+ Ka6 $1 (55... Kb8 56. Kd6) 56. Rg7 a4 57. Nc7+ Ka5 58. Nd5 Ka6 {with a draw.}) 47... Rh2 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 48. Nd5 { [%emt 0:02:15]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:03:02]} 49. Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Rf2 { [%emt 0:00:12]} 50. Kc3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:06:27]} 51. Ne4 { [%emt 0:04:36]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:05:58]} 52. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rh2 { [%emt 0:01:05]} 53. Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 54. Nd3 { [%emt 0:00:55]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 55. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Rh2+ { [%emt 0:00:07]} 56. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 57. c4 { [%emt 0:00:50]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 58. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rh7 { [%emt 0:00:07]} 59. Nb2 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 60. Re2 { [%emt 0:00:00]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Nd1 {[%emt 0:04:31]} b5 $5 {Vishy chan ges his tactics and does not even let the knight on to d5 any more. [%emt 0:04: 54]} 62. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:01]} (62. Nb2 Kb6 63. Nd3 c6 64. Kc3 Rg3 { does not change much.}) 62... c6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 63. Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 64. Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:06:30]} 65. Re7+ { [%emt 0:15:33]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 66. Nd7+ {[%emt 0:12:36]} Ka5 { [%emt 0:00:12]} 67. Re4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:08:09]} 68. Kc1 { [%emt 0:02:59]} (68. Kc3 b4+ 69. Kd3 Rd2+ $1 70. Kxd2 { would have a picturesque finale.}) 68... Rg1+ {[%emt 0:01:10]} 69. Kd2 { [%emt 0:00:23]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} 70. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} bxc4 $1 { [%emt 0:08:48]} 71. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 72. Nxc5 { [%emt 0:00:45]} Kb5 {A very nice idea. White's knight on c5 is not stable, so he can't hold on to his last pawn much longer. [%emt 0:00:06]} 73. Rc2 { [%emt 0:00:20]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 74. Kf2 {[%emt 0:03:41]} Rh3 { [%emt 0:00:17]} 75. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 76. Ke2 { [%emt 0:00:36]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 77. Nd3+ {[%emt 0:01:22]} Kxb3 { And the remaining moves can be skipped with a clear conscience. [%emt 0:00:07]} 78. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 79. Nf2 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Kb5 { [%emt 0:00:30]} 80. Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 81. Ne4 { [%emt 0:00:31]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 82. Nd2+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kd5 { [%emt 0:00:19]} 83. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 84. Rh5+ { [%emt 0:00:06]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 85. Rh4+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kc5 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 86. Kd1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Kb5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 87. Kc2 { [%emt 0:00:27]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 88. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rg2+ { [%emt 0:00:06]} 89. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 90. Nc3+ { [%emt 0:00:14]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 91. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} a2 { [%emt 0:00:13]} 92. Nxa2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rg3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 93. Kc2 { [%emt 0:00:06]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 94. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rg3+ { [%emt 0:00:14]} 95. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 96. Rb4+ { [%emt 0:00:12]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 97. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rh7 { [%emt 0:00:33]} 98. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 99. Rg5 { [%emt 0:00:28]} Kb6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 100. Na4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kc7 { [%emt 0:00:06]} 101. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 102. Kb6 { [%emt 0:00:59]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 103. Nc5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ke7 { [%emt 0:00:11]} 104. Kxc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 105. Rg6 { [%emt 0:00:48]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 106. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rg1 { [%emt 0:00:13]} 107. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rg5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 108. Kd4 { [%emt 0:00:05]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 109. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rg2 { [%emt 0:00:23]} 110. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 111. Rf1+ { [%emt 0:00:17]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 112. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rh2 { [%emt 0:00:33]} 113. Nd5+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 114. Rf6+ { [%emt 0:00:06]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 115. Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Rh1 { [%emt 0:00:17]} 116. Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 117. Nd3 { [%emt 0:00:08]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 118. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kd7 { [%emt 0:00:12]} 119. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 120. Rc6 { [%emt 0:02:12]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 121. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxc1 { [%emt 0:00:05]} 122. Nxc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2014.11.15"] [Round "6"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B41"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2014.11.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.01.15"] {This game has already entered chess history, and not in a good way. Hardly any other game caused so much astonishment, and left even experts so perplexed. Mutual blunders shocked the public at large; a strange opening choice from Vishy left me, amongst others, struggling for an explanation.} 1. e4 { [%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 { The same opening choice from Anand as in game 4, but... [%emt 0:00:06]} 3. d4 $1 {This time Magnus is prepared! [%emt 0:00:15]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. c4 {A very popular move these days, alternatives are 5.Bd3 and 5.Nc3. [%emt 0:00:43]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 6. Nc3 { [%emt 0:00:10]} Bb4 { Quite natural, but in fact not the most solid continuation. [%emt 0:00:08]} ( 6... Qc7 7. a3 b6 {leads to pretty normal Hedgehog positions} (7... Nxe4 8. Nxe4 Qe5 {is very risky for Black})) 7. Qd3 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Nc6 $6 {Vishy choo sing this line is rather odd - Black gets a passive position without any counterplay. [%emt 0:00:15]} (7... Qc7 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nxe4 10. Nb5 $1 { is just bad for Black: 1-0 (31) Nepomniachtchi,I (2730)-Svidler,P (2753) Dubai 2014}) ({But} 7... d5 {is a pretty good move, with decent chances to equalize.} ) 8. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:02:24]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 9. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:03:23]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 10. e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:28]} (10... Ne4 { looks more active: after} 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 b6 13. Be3 Kc7 14. Bd3 Nc5 ( 14... Nxc3 15. a4 b5 {feels quite risky too}) 15. Bc2 a5 16. O-O-O Ba6 17. Rd4 {isn't as bad for Black as the game, but still kind of sad.}) 11. Bf4 { [%emt 0:02:58]} (11. f4 {gives Black counterplay} f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 (12... gxf6 $5)) 11... Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:09:17]} 12. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:33] } 13. h4 {[%emt 0:03:55]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} (13... h5 14. Rh3 { and maybe Black is just no longer in time to defend f7.}) 14. h5 { [%emt 0:01:38]} h6 $6 { Very understandable, but in fact a rather risky approach. [%emt 0:07:45]} ({ Letting the white pawn get to h6 after} 14... Bb7 15. h6 g6 {does not look great, but in fact Black has only one weakness to defend now, the pawn on f7, and he might be able to do it.} 16. O-O-O c5 17. Rh4 Rhf8 18. Bg3 Rae8 { and I don't see how White should progress here.}) 15. O-O-O {[%emt 0:03:58]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 16. Rd3 {[%emt 0:02:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:07:41]} 17. Rg3 { [%emt 0:01:41]} Rag8 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 18. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Nf8 {Now we can take stock of what has happened - Black is passive and worse; or, as Kramnik nicely put it, the starting position in chess is not so bad for Black that he should go for something like this :) [%emt 0:04:29]} 19. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} g6 {Black just can't allow Rh4-g4. [%emt 0:10:20]} (19... Nd7 20. Rh4 Nxe5 21. Bf4 f6 22. Rhg4 {is no improvement.}) 20. hxg6 {[%emt 0:02:49]} Nxg6 { [%emt 0:03:20]} 21. Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:06:24]} 22. Bc2 { [%emt 0:02:55]} Kb7 {So far White has played immaculately, but around here strange things start happening. [%emt 0:04:17]} 23. Rg4 {In fact the rook is pretty vulnarable here, and does not do very much at all. [%emt 0:08:35]} (23. Kd2 Ne7 $1 24. Rxg8 Rxg8 25. g3 Bf3 26. Rxh6 Rd8+ 27. Kc1 { Black is still fighting here, but White should convert in the long run} (27. Ke1 Nc6)) 23... a5 {[%emt 0:05:45]} (23... Ne7 24. Rxg8 Rxg8 25. g3 Bf3 26. Rxh6 Ng6 {is similar to the previous line.}) 24. Bd1 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Rd8 { [%emt 0:05:17]} 25. Bc2 {[%emt 0:03:46]} Rdg8 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 26. Kd2 $4 { A move that should have changed modern chess history. White really needs to centralise his king, but it would be nice to achieve it without blundering all his pawns. [%emt 0:01:03]} (26. Kd1 Nf8 $1 27. Rf4 Be8 { is suddenly awkward for White}) (26. Rg3 $5 {might be the best; although it becomes clear, that White lost a lot of time, shuffling his pieces around.}) 26... a4 $4 {As they say, "returning the favour". I can't think of any other example, where Vishy with loads of time on his clock had failed to spot tactics that simple. [%emt 0:01:00]} (26... Nxe5 $1 27. Rxg8 Nxc4+ 28. Ke2 Rxg8 29. g3 Nxe3 30. Kxe3 Bd5 {with a reasonably simple techical task.}) 27. Ke2 { Back in control. [%emt 0:01:31]} a3 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 28. f3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:09:34]} 29. Ke1 {[%emt 0:08:04]} (29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Rxg6 Ba4 31. Rxe6 Bc2 {feels less clear than White would ideally like.}) 29... Rd7 { [%emt 0:01:18]} 30. Bc1 {[%emt 0:01:58]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:03:54]} 31. Ke2 { [%emt 0:08:42]} Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 32. Be4+ {[%emt 0:02:26]} Bc6 $2 { The last of so many mistakes in this game. [%emt 0:00:09]} ({After} 32... Ka7 $1 33. Bxa8 Kxa8 34. Bxa3 (34. Rh1 Bc2) 34... Rd1 35. Rxh6 Ra1 { Black gets a surprising ammount of counterplay} 36. Ke3 $1 { perhaps the best, but far from simple} (36. Rh7 Rxa2+ $13) (36. Rg5 Rxa2+ 37. Ke1 Nf4 (37... Rxa3 38. Rh7 $16) 38. Bc1 Nd3+ 39. Kf1 Bb3 (39... Nxc1 40. Rg7) 40. Rg7 Bxc4 41. Kg1 Kb7 42. Rxf7+ Kc6 43. Bg5 Rc2 {is a mess}) 36... Nxe5 37. Rg7 Nxc4+ 38. Kf4 Nd6 39. Ke5 Rd1 40. Bc1 {and White will prevail, probably :)} ) 33. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 34. Rxg6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ba4 {[%emt 0:05:18]} 35. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:04:02]} 36. Bxa3 { [%emt 0:02:10]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 37. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Bc2 { [%emt 0:03:43]} 38. Re7+ {Luck always favours the winner. [%emt 0:00:36]} Ka6 39. Rxh6 Rxa2 40. Bxc5 1-0 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2014.11.14"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E16"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "Wojtaszek,R"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2014.11.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.01.15"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 { [%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b6 {The Queen's Indian Defence didn't really come as a surprise to us. It was one of the openings we thought Magnus might be attracted to. [%emt 0:00:08]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bb4+ { [%emt 0:00:09]} 5. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Be7 {This on the other hand is a very rare sideline. We didn't really pay too much attention to this line but still we made sure that Vishy knew some important details here. [%emt 0:00:12]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} c6 { [%emt 0:00:11]} 8. e4 $5 { Probably the critical test for the whole line [%emt 0:06:07]} (8. O-O d5 { would lead to positions which are mostly seen in the Catalan. It has to be said that Black is very solid here, so Vishy decided to choose a more active option.} 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 {is the mainline here but it's not easy to prove anything as White. Many games played by GM Tiviakov can be found here.}) 8... d5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 9. exd5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:26]} (9. Qe2 dxc4 $1 (9... O-O $6 10. e5 $1) 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfd1 b5 { and I don't think White has enough compensation for the pawn here}) (9. e5 Ne4 $1 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Ba6 { and Black looks fine to me.}) 9... cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 10. Ne5 { [%emt 0:00:22]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:33]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:48]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:22]} (11... Nbd7 $6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Rc1 $14 {It's slightly better for White and also it's not easy to suggest a good move for Black here} Ba8 14. Bg5 $5 (14. cxd5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 exd5 16. Bg5 $14) 14... h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qa4 $14) 12. cxd5 $1 { Only this one can pose any problems for Black. [%emt 0:06:22]} (12. Bf4 Na5 13. Rc1 Rb8 $1 {the most precise} (13... dxc4 {this would be a natural reaction but I'm not entirely convinced it would be enough for equality} 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15. Nxc4 Rc8 $1 (15... Na5 $6 16. Ne3 $1 (16. Nxa5 bxa5 17. Be5 Rc8 { with a balanced position}) 16... Rc8 17. d5 Bc5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Ng4 $1 { A very important resource, White is better thanks to his pawn structure}) 16. Nb5 (16. Ne3 Bb4) 16... Na5 $1 (16... a6 $4 17. Na7 Ra8 18. Nc6 $18) 17. Nxa5 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 bxa5 19. Nxa7 Qxd4 20. Nc6 Qd7 21. Rd1 Nd5 22. Rd4 {and despite the fact that probably Black is solid enough, White's position looks a bit more pleasant}) 14. Nd3 (14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11) 14... Rc8 (14... dxc4 $5 15. Bxb8 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qxb8 17. Ne5 Rd8 {and Black has decent compensation}) 15. cxd5 (15. c5 Nc6 $1) 15... Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Re1 Nc6 $11) 12... Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 13. d6 $1 { Of course that's the point of White's idea. [%emt 0:02:20]} (13. dxe5 Nxd5 $11) 13... Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} (13... Bxg2 $2 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. dxe5 Bxf1 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf1 $14) 14. dxe7 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 15. Bg5 { [%emt 0:00:18]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 16. d5 $1 {[%emt 0:03:20]} Na5 { [%emt 0:00:14]} (16... Rad8 $2 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. dxc6 Rxd1 19. Rfxd1 Bc8 20. Rac1 {and despite what engines are showing, practically speaking Black's position is very bad.}) 17. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:11:29]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 18. dxe6 {[%emt 0:07:03]} Qxe6 $6 {[%emt 0:04:23]} (18... Bxg2 $5 {sacrificing a pawn was quite an interesting option but it has to be said that it works mainly thanks to tactical reasons} 19. exf7+ (19. Kxg2 Qxe6 20. Qf3 Rad8 { and the position is just equal}) 19... Qxf7 20. Kxg2 Nc4 21. Qb3 $5 (21. Qc2 Rad8 22. Rfd1 (22. Rad1 $6 Rd2 $3 23. Rxd2 Ne3+ 24. Kg1 Nxc2 25. Rxc2) 22... Qf3+ 23. Kg1 Rde8 {and Black's initiative is quite obvious}) (21. Qe2 Rae8 22. Ne4 Nxb2 $1 $11) 21... Rad8 22. Rae1 (22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Nxd1 Rd8 24. Re1 Rd2 { and I believe here Black has enough compensation to make a comfortable draw}) 22... Rd2 23. Re2 Kh8 $1 24. Kg1 $1 (24. Rxd2 $2 Qf3+ $1 $19) 24... Rxe2 25. Nxe2 Nd2 26. Qxf7 Rxf7 27. Rc1 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Nxh2 $1 { was the final point of Black's play.}) 19. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:48]} (19. Bxb7 $5 Nxb7 20. Qf3 Nc5 21. Rfe1 Qg6 22. Nd5 $14 {was also an interesting option. White's position is slightly better but it wouldn't be easy to increase the advantage. Vishy decided that a more complex continuation would give him more chances.}) 19... Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 20. Nd5 $1 {[%emt 0:17:18]} Bxd5 { [%emt 0:12:23]} (20... Qxb2 $6 21. Re2 $1 Qa3 22. Re3 Qb2 23. Rb1 $1 { and Black's position would be already quite difficult} Qxa2 24. Ra1 $1 Qc4 25. Rxa5 bxa5 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Bxb7 Rad8 28. Qf3 { and White has a very strong initiative.}) 21. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Rad8 { [%emt 0:02:09]} 22. Qf3 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:11:06]} (22... Qxf3 23. Bxf3 $14 { is a typical position where the bishop is simply better than the knight.}) 23. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Qf6 $1 {A very practical decision. White has a very strong initiative which will be easier to handle in the endgame. [%emt 0:13: 01]} (23... Rd6 $2 24. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Qxf7 Rxd1+ 27. Kg2 { and there is no good defence} Qf6 (27... Rd6 28. Qf5+ Rg6 29. Re6 $18) 28. Qg8+ Kg6 29. Re6 $18) 24. Qxf6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. Re7 { [%emt 0:01:19]} Kg7 {Till this point I think Vishy had played an excellent game but here he missed his chance to pose more problems for Black. [%emt 0:03: 27]} 26. Rxa7 $2 {[%emt 0:07:46]} (26. Rc7 $1 { stopping ...Nc6 was neccessary at first} a6 27. Kg2 $1 { another very important detail, now White has a Bxf7 threat} Kh8 $1 { is the best way to play for Black} (27... b5 $2 28. Bxf7 Rxd1 29. Bh5+ Kg8 30. Bxd1 {it's already very difficult}) 28. Bf3 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 Kg7 30. Ra7 $16 { and White eventually will take the pawn back without exchanging anything on the queenside. I don't know how big exactly are White's winning chances but it's clear that it would be very difficult for Black to defend it successfully. }) 26... Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 27. Rb7 $6 {This allows Black to exchange the last pawns on the queenside, so the weakness of the kingside doesn't matter any more. [%emt 0:09:28]} (27. Ra4 { was the last chance to continue the game a bit} Rd7 $1 28. Bb3 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Rd8 { and Black should hold this position fairly simply thanks to his active pieces.} ) 27... Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Bxd1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxa2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc3 { [%emt 0:00:17]} 31. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 32. Kg2 { [%emt 0:00:41]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 33. Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Ne4 { [%emt 0:00:08]} 34. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. Rc4 { [%emt 0:00:09]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 36. g4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:34] } 37. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 38. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 39. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2014.11.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2014.11.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.01.15"] {This outwardly very quiet game was in fact full of content and also very interesting from a psychological point of view. The day before Magnus had lost in a somewhat embarassingly one-sided fashion, and it was very interesting to see how he would cope in a new situation.} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 $1 { No Berlin today! Thanks from all the fans all around the world! :) [%emt 0:00: 08]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e6 {Vishy has played 2...d6 most of his life, but not today. Is 3.Bb5 really that strong? [%emt 0:00:05]} 3. g3 { What Black had in store after 3.d4, we'll see in game 6. [%emt 0:00:16]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:44]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 5. exd5 { [%emt 0:00:30]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} Nf6 { [%emt 0:01:09]} 7. d4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 8. Be3 { [%emt 0:05:55]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:05:06]} 9. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bg4 $1 { A nice improvement, typical of high-class preparation. [%emt 0:00:14]} ({ After the usual} 9... O-O 10. h3 {Black has had some problems in recent games:} Re8 11. Nc3 (11. Re1 h6 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. c3 Bd7 { 1/2-1/2 (37) Short,N (2696)-Caruana,F (2675) Wijk aan Zee 2010}) 11... Bb4 12. Nce2 Bd6 13. c3 Bd7 14. Nf4 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 $14 { 1/2-1/2 (54) Adams,M (2740)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2678) Tromsoe 2013}) 10. Qd3 { [%emt 0:03:32]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 11. Nd2 {[%emt 0:06:52]} O-O { Black has got a pretty comfortable IQP position. [%emt 0:01:39]} 12. N2f3 { [%emt 0:01:24]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:06:27]} 13. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:05:36]} Bd6 { [%emt 0:05:45]} 14. c3 {[%emt 0:07:37]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 15. Qf1 $1 { Quite impressive, and not because this move changes anything in the evaluation - the position reamains around equality - but it does manage to create some threats (h3, Nh4, Bh3 in some lines) from nothing. [%emt 0:09:04]} Bh5 { Played after some thought. [%emt 0:17:25]} ({ Vishy could also have gone for more ambitious} 15... Ne4 $5 {when after} 16. h3 (16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Nd4 Bh5 $13) 16... Bh5 17. Nh4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 f5 $1 { Black's play should not be underestimated.}) 16. h3 {[%emt 0:06:42]} (16. Nh4 { was perhaps more challenging} Bc5 $1 (16... Ng4 17. Qb5 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Rxe3 19. fxe3 $14) 17. Nhf5 Bb6 $11) 16... Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 17. Rad1 {[%emt 0:05:24] } Rad8 {Both sides have completed the development, and White faces a really difficult task of coming up with a plan of action. He decides to change the structure in the centre - this decision could not possibly have been an easy one. [%emt 0:08:41]} 18. Nxc6 $5 {[%emt 0:08:44]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 19. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be4 $6 {Nothing could be more natural than this, but now Black starts sliding into trouble. [%emt 0:08:16]} (19... Bc2 $1 { forces the rook to occupy a worse square} 20. Rc1 (20. Rd2 Be4 { and the threat of ...Bb4 gains some time}) 20... Be4 21. Bd4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 (22. Bxf6 Bd3) 22... Bd5 $11) 20. Bd4 {[%emt 0:09:36]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 21. cxd5 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} (21... cxd5 22. Qa6 { feels risky in the long run.}) 22. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:06:18]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 23. Qd3 $1 {The white queen comes back into the game, and Black has problems due to queenside weaknesses and vulnerable pieces along the d-file. [%emt 0:01: 55]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:13:26]} 24. Nh4 $2 {Letting go way too easily. [%emt 0:03:29] } (24. Bc3 $1 {kept it very tough for Black} Rd8 (24... Ne6 25. Nh4) (24... Ng6 25. Qd4 Bf8 26. Nh2) 25. Nh4 Bc5 26. Nf5 Bxg2 27. Qxd7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Kxg2 $14) 24... Be5 $1 {That's exactly the difference. [%emt 0:05:01]} 25. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 26. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Qxe5 { Now it's about equal again. [%emt 0:00:13]} 27. b3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Ne6 { [%emt 0:02:55]} 28. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 29. Kg2 { [%emt 0:01:06]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 30. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rd5 { [%emt 0:03:49]} (30... Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Qe7 32. Qd3 Qc5 {might have been simpler.} ) 31. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:04:27]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 32. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} (32. Qe5 $5 Qd8 33. Nd4 Nxd4 34. Qxd4 Qd7 {I wonder if White has chances here...}) 32... Qf5 {[%emt 0:03:20]} 33. Nd3 {[%emt 0:03:22]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 34. g4 $5 {This unexpected move still poses some problems. [%emt 0:05:29]} Qd7 { [%emt 0:05:29]} (34... Nxe2 35. gxf5 Kf8 36. Kf3 Nc3 37. a4 Ke7 38. Ke3 Kd6 { is ok for Black, but I can understand the reluctance to go for a knight ending. }) (34... Qg6 35. Qe8+ (35. Qe3 Nf5 36. Qe8+ Kh7) 35... Kh7 36. Nf4 Qe4+ 37. Qxe4+ dxe4 {same here}) (34... Qe4+ $2 35. Qxe4 dxe4 36. Nc5) 35. Qe5 { [%emt 0:00:33]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 36. Kg3 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Qb5 { [%emt 0:00:46]} 37. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 38. Kxf4 { [%emt 0:00:05]} Qb4+ {[%emt 0:02:10]} (38... g5+ $1 39. Kg3 Qa6 40. a4 Qd3+ 41. Qe3 Qd1 {is quite a simple draw.}) 39. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} d4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 40. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qxf7 {[%emt 0:05:34]} Qd2 $1 {Probably found by elimination, as the most natural [%emt 0:05:46]} (41... Qc3+ $2 42. Ke4 d3 43. Qf3 $16 {leads nowhere good.}) 42. Qf5+ {[%emt 0:08:35]} (42. Ke4 $5 d3 43. Kd4 Qe2 44. Qf5+ Kg8 45. Qxd3 Qxf2+ 46. Kd5 Qxa2 47. Kc6 { looks strong, but in fact there is too little material remaining to givechances } Qf2 $1) 42... Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 43. h4 {[%emt 0:06:47]} Qxa2 { [%emt 0:11:13]} 44. Qe6 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Qd2 {[%emt 0:05:48]} 45. Qe8+ { [%emt 0:06:15]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 46. Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kh8 { [%emt 0:00:13]} 47. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} Kh7 {Again, Magnus managed to (almost) outplay his mighty opponent from an equal position, but a slightly careless 24.Nh4, allowing 24...Be5! pretty much led to a draw. [%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2014.11.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2014.11.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.01.15"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 { [%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. Nc3 { [%emt 0:00:06]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} O-O { [%emt 0:00:18]} 6. e3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 7. c5 { [%emt 0:00:16]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} (8. h3 { has gone out of fashion recently as after} b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 {Black can play} Bb7 ({or even} 10... h6) ({instead of the direct} 10... Ba6 { , which allows White to save a tempo by taking on a6 in one go}) 11. Bd3 Qc8 { - see Kasimdzhanov-Jakovenko in CBM 132 and Grischuk-Wang Hao in CBM 139.}) 8... b6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 9. b4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 10. a3 { [%emt 0:00:07]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 11. Bxa6 { A principled continuation although the quiet [%emt 0:00:41]} (11. O-O { is more common.}) 11... Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 12. b5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} cxb5 { [%emt 0:00:05]} 13. c6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qc8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (13... b4 $2 14. Nb5 bxa3 15. cxd7 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 Qxd7 17. Qd3 $16 { 1-0 (33) Olafsson,H (2521)-Al Tamimi,H (2290) Turin 2006}) 14. c7 { [%emt 0:00:06]} (14. Nxb5 Qxc6 15. Nc7 Ra7 16. Rc1 Qb7 17. Qa4 (17. a4 Bb4+ 18. Ke2 Rc8 19. Qd3 Nh5 20. Nb5 Nxf4+ 21. exf4 Raa8 $17 { 1-0 (47) Efimov,I (2520)-Costantini,R (2233) Reggio Emilia 2000}) 17... b5 ( 17... Rc8 $5 18. O-O Nf8) 18. Nxb5 Nb6 19. Qb3 Nc4 20. a4 Bb4+ 21. Ke2 Raa8 22. Ne5 Rfc8 23. f3 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Ne8 $11 { 1/2 (29) Rojas Keim,L (2408)-Ryan,J (2263) Montcada i Reixac ESP 2014}) 14... b4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 15. Nb5 {This sequence of moves has been analysed more deeply with White's pawn on h3 (8.h3 instead of 8.Bd3), which is considered more favourable for White as his bishop can retreat to h2, avoiding an exchange if necessary. However, Vishy Anand and his team have proven that this version is not so harmless either. [%emt 0:00:28]} a4 {[%emt 0:02:57]} (15... bxa3 16. O-O Nh5 (16... a4 17. Qc2 Ra5 $6 { 1/2 (26) Kveinys,A (2510)-Halkias,S (2548) Gothenburg 2005} 18. Bd6 $1 Rxb5 19. Bxe7 Re8 20. Bxa3 $36) 17. Qc2 Nxf4 18. exf4 Qb7 19. Ne5 $36 Nc5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rfb1 (21. Nd7 $5 Re8 22. Qa4 $16) 21... c4 22. Nd7 Rfa8 23. Qa4 h6 24. h3 Qc8 25. Nb8 Rb6 $13 { 1/2 (32) Sedlak,N (2557)-Pavlovic,M (2534) Vrnjacka Banja 2010}) (15... Ne4 16. O-O (16. a4 Nc3 17. Qd3 Ra8 18. Nxc3 bxc3 19. O-O Bb4 20. Qb5 Ra7 21. Ne1 Nf6 22. Nd3 Nh5 $13 {1/2 (48) Rusev,K (2543)-Stoinev,M (2295) Albena 2010}) 16... bxa3 17. Qa4 (17. Qc2 $44 a4 $5 {/\Ra5, R.Dautov}) 17... g5 18. Bg3 g4 $1 19. Ne1 Nd2 20. Qd1 Nxf1 21. Qxg4+ Kh8 22. Kxf1 Ra8 (22... a4 {R.Dautov} 23. Qe2 Ra5 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. Bxd6 Rg8 26. Nd3 $44) 23. Nc2 Qa6 24. Qe2 Rg8 25. Ncxa3 $44 {1-0 (50) Karpov,A (2693)-Georgiev,K (2655) Dubai 2002 CBM 089 [Dautov]}) 16. Rc1 {[%emt 0:06:00]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 17. Ng5 $5 { This tactical trick restricts Black's possibilities compared to [%emt 0:01:47]} (17. Nd2 e5 (17... Nc3 18. Nxc3 bxc3 19. Rxc3 b5 20. O-O Nb6 { 1/2 (67) Villuendas Valero,A (2176)-Labena Bernal,A (2003) Pamplona 2006} 21. Qg4 $5 $36) 18. Nxe4 (18. dxe5 Ndc5) 18... dxe4 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bc5 21. Qd5 bxa3 22. O-O {0-1 (36) Jendrichovsky,P (2147)-Goumas,G (2315) Fermo 2009} Ra5 $13) 17... Ndf6 {[%emt 0:32:33]} ({Here} 17... e5 18. dxe5 { is obviously senseless}) (17... Nxg5 $6 18. Bd6 $1 Ra5 $8 19. Bxe7 Rxb5 20. axb4 Re8 21. Qxa4 Rxe7 22. Qxb5 $16) (17... Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Ra5 {is a better version of the previous line for Black but White keeps the initiative anyway:} 19. Be7 Rxb5 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Qxa4 Ra5 22. Qxb4+ Ke8 23. O-O Ra7 24. f3 Nef6 25. Qd6 $14 {A.Korotylev}) 18. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:06:58]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} ( 18... dxe4 $142 $1 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 b3 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 $44 { (A.Korotylev) , which is about to be the subject of further research.}) 19. f3 {[%emt 0:05:40]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:12:38]} 20. fxe4 $146 {This improvement on the following game is quite obvious, especially as it had been already played in the similar position of the 8.h3 line (with White's pawn on h3), e.g. in Gyimesi-Vaganian (Germany 2006). [%emt 0:02:08]} (20. Qe2 $6 Qd7 21. fxe4 Rc8 22. exd5 exd5 23. axb4 Rxb5 24. O-O Rxb4 25. Qa6 h6 26. Rc6 Bg5 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Rfc1 Rc4 29. R1xc4 dxc4 30. Qxb6 a3 31. Rxc4 a2 32. Qa5 Qe6 33. Qxa2 Rxc7 34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Rxc7 Qxe3+ 36. Kf1 Qf4+ 37. Qf3 Qxc7 $11 { 1/2 (40) Aronian,L (2795)-Adams,M (2753) Bilbao 2013}) 20... Rxb5 { [%emt 0:00:24]} 21. Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Qc6 { [%emt 0:00:12]} bxa3 {Black's a3-pawn looks formidable but it is far less dangerous than White's c7-pawn. [%emt 0:09:32]} (22... dxe4 23. a4 $16) 23. exd5 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:10:57]} (23... exd5 24. O-O {is hardly bett er. In some situations White can break in the centre by means of e3-e4.}) 24. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:08:48]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:06:37]} 25. O-O {[%emt 0:15:23]} (25. Qa6 $5 Qc8 (25... Rc8 26. Rb1 Rxc7 $8 27. Rb8+ Bd8 28. Bxc7 Qxc7 29. Rc8 Qe7 30. O-O $16) 26. Qc4 {A.Korotylev}) 25... Rc8 {Black has blockaded White's passed pawn with a more appropriate piece but eliminating the "nail" is impossible. [%emt 0:05:01]} 26. Rc6 $1 {[%emt 0:08:36]} g5 { Perhaps it was better to do without this move: [%emt 0:09:41]} (26... Bb4 27. Ra1 h6) 27. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} (27. Be5 $5 {A.Korotylev} {e.g.} Bb4 28. Qxb4 $5 Qxc6 29. Qe7 Rxe5 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. dxe5 (32. Qxe5 $5 h6 33. Qf6 Rxc7 34. Qf8+ Kh7 35. Qxa3 {, and White should gradually win}) 32... Qxc7 33. Qxe6+ Kh8 34. Qf6+ Qg7 35. Qa6 Rg8 (35... Re8 36. Qxa3 Qxe5 37. Rf8+ Kg7 38. Rxe8 Qxe8) 36. Qxa3 Qxe5 37. h3 {, and Black is helpless as the queen endgame after the eventual exchange of rooks is winning for White.}) 27... Bb4 {[%emt 0:06:25]} 28. Ra1 {[%emt 0:13:45]} Ba5 $2 {Black tries to get rid of the c7-pawn after all but this attempt fails. It was better to wait: [%emt 0: 07:45]} (28... g4 {In that case White could have continued weakening Black's position exploiting the e3-e4 threat, e.g.} 29. Be5 { etc. but his victory was still far away.}) 29. Qa6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Bxc7 { [%emt 0:01:22]} (29... Bb4 $2 {was now hopeless due to} 30. Rb6 { , and otherwise Black just loses his a3-pawn.}) 30. Qc4 $1 { A decisive pin. [%emt 0:04:21]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 31. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 32. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 33. e6 { [%emt 0:06:09]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 34. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 1-0 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2014.11.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2863"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Negi,P"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2014.11.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.01.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {I am curious why Magnus avoided these long middlegames in the next games, considering the way this game went.} Bc5 { The first theoretical crossroads. 0-0, and c3, both seem to lead to similar positions, but there are many subtle differences. I'll briefly write about a line in the c3-variation which I feel is an influence on the way Magnus played here.} 5. O-O (5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 (7. Bxc6 { not as good as the Magnus version because of c3 being already committed.}) 7... a6 {plays into White's plans. Now we get a setup similar to Carlsen's in the game. It might appear that in the game Black did not lose a move with ...a6 - but that was possibly offset by the fact that White tried to play a setup with c3. As you will see, c3-d4 is not neccesarily the only plan here, so it could be beneficial not to hurry with it.} (7... Ne7 $1 {is the main line these days, and it has been very hard for White to prove any advantage. The key idea is that Black avoids Bxc6 setups, and is willing to concede the centre after} 8. d4 {if not d4, then Black gets the ideal Ne7-Ng6, followed by ...a6 etc.} exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 {this is the critical position for the assessment of this line. It appears to me that Black has been able to get enough counterplay so far, but there's certainly more room to explore.}) 8. Bxc6 {A couple of excellent demonstrations of White's play were the following. In both the games, White avoided an early d4, and instead just focussed on developing his pieces, and eventually exploiting Black's structural weaknesses. Right now, the weaknesses appear miniscule, but it makes it incredibly difficult for Black to create counterplay since ideas like ...d5 just weaken his position further. And White can eventually try to get in d4 at the right point.} bxc6 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 Bb6 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Be6 (12... d5 13. Qc2 $1 { again the queen is wonderful here. Black is just spoiling his own structure:} dxe4 14. dxe4 Nd7 15. Be3 Nc5 16. c4 a5 17. b3 $14 { 1-0 (26) Dominguez Perez,L (2753)-Cox,J (2387) Rhodes 2013}) 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 c5 15. Qc2 {The queen is always excellent here.} Nd7 16. d4 $1 { since everything is perfectly placed.} cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 a5 19. b3 Nc5 20. Rd1 $14 {1-0 (55) Svidler,P (2741)-Navara,D (2706) Prague 2012}) 5... d6 (5... O-O {isn't possible due to} 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5) ({ The main drawback for 0-0 is} 5... Nd4 {as an extra option, which has often allowed Black to equalise easily in the past. But as the following recent game shows, there is a lot more to explore here, and clearly Magnus had some interesting setup in mind against this.} 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Na3 $5 c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Re8 15. Re1 Bc7 16. Nc2 $14 { 1/2-1/2 (69) Topalov,V (2785)-Andreikin,D (2709) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 6. Re1 $5 {Already a novelty among decent players! That's pretty impressive in one of the most widely analysed opening of our times...although I have to admit, it's not really a new concept. The same thing was tried by Adams after 6.Nbd2 - actually 9...h6 by Anand would have converted to the Adams - Kramnik game mentioned below. I am not sure if there is any subtlety behind delaying Nd2 - perhaps it could be more flexible in some cases, but I don't think it really matters. White's main idea is just to play the closed structure after Bxc6, similar to the Svidler - Navara game mentioned after 5. c3. In the long term he hopes to exploit the 'queenside' weakening of the strucuture, and hope that active moves like d5 will only create weaknesses for Black. It's an interesting concept, and certainly an excellent try against people not comfortable with long strategic manoevres.} ({The same structure can be got by } 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. h3 h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 d5 $5 {I prefer} 11. Qe2 {or perhaps he could have included c3 earlier, so Qc2 would have made even more sense.} (11. exd5 Qxd5 $1 { gave Black a lot of counterplay despite the broken structure.} 12. Be3 Bf8 13. Bd2 e4 14. dxe4 Nxe4 15. Ng3 Bb7 16. Bf4 Nd6 17. b3 c5 $11 {0-1 (75) Adams,M (2727)-Kramnik,V (2801) Paris/St Petersburg 2013 CBM 154 [Szabo,Kr].}) { Nothing drastic has occured and the slow game continues. Here, Black went wrong trying to seek activitywith} 11... dxe4 12. dxe4 a5 13. Rd1 Ba6 14. Qe1 Qb8 15. Ng3 Qb4 16. b3 Qxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Bb4 18. Rd1 Bc3 19. Rb1 c5 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Nxd2 g6 22. f3 Red8 23. Ndf1 $14 { with a pleasant endgame in Bartel,M (2651)-Arslanov,S (2396) Moscow 2014.}) 6... O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. h3 (8. Nbd2 {would run into Ng4...f5 ideas.}) 8... Re8 9. Nbd2 Nd7 (9... h6 {would convert to Adams - Kramnik as mentioned above. There White continued Nf1, but perhaps it makes sense to play more in Carlsen's style as well.} 10. a4 {or doing the same thing without a4 - but including a4 never seems bad to me. Also it's a useful waiting move.} a5 (10... Be6 11. Nf1 {now d5 isn't possible as in Adams - Kramnik.}) 11. Nc4 Be6 (11... d5 { leads to strange complications, but White seems to be preferrable in the end:} 12. exd5 e4 13. dxe4 Rxe4 14. Rxe4 Nxe4 15. Be3 cxd5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Ne3 $14) 12. Be3 $5 Bxc4 13. Bxc5 Be6 (13... dxc5 14. dxc4 $14 { the tripled pawns are uglier.}) 14. Be3 {and again we have opposite coloured bishops, and perhaps some pretensions of an edge for white? certainly his play is easier.}) (9... Nh5 {seems more natural, but I am not sure if White needs to worry much about Nh5-Nf4 as a plan. He can just continue Nc4...Be3, or try c3-d4.}) 10. Nc4 Bb6 {This avoids Na5 ideas, and also Nxb6 doesn't really seem worrying since it improves the structure.} (10... a6 11. Na5 $1 $14) (10... a5 11. Bd2 a4 12. Na5 $14) 11. a4 {A really useful move - as you will see soon.} a5 12. Nxb6 {Somewhat counter intuitive decision...at first the opposite colours seem to make Black's life easier. But Carlsen had a more long term idea in mind...I still feel that Black's position should be fairly solid here, but it's not as obvious as it looks at first sight.} cxb6 $6 ({ With hindsight, I'd prefer} 12... Nxb6 $1 {although I must admit that it's hard to imagine, particularly in a game, that ...cxb6 could be anything but solid for Black. But another advantage of this move is that Black can actually play actively with ...f5! next - and the a5-weakness is less scary since it would only be a problem in the endgame.} 13. b3 (13. d4 exd4 $1 14. Nxd4 c5 $11 {Black's pieces are perfectly set to deal with the d4 break.}) 13... f5 $1 $13 ({Actually Black doesn't even need to hurry with f5.} 13... c5 14. Bd2 Nd7 $5 { /\ Nb8-Nc6 seems just fine as well.})) 13. d4 Qc7 $6 {Another almost imperceptible inaccuracy, but suddenly things start to get tougher for Black after this. The queen seems natural on c7, but it allows White the strong option of Nh4 in the future!} (13... Qe7 {keeps an eye on h4, but this seems a really awkward square for the queen. Also b6 might be weak after Nf8-Ng6.} 14. Ra3 Nf8 15. Rb3 Rb8 16. Be3) (13... f6 $1 {also allows Nh4 at some point, but it's not as easy to implement for White because after} 14. Ra3 Nf8 {dxe5-dxe5 w ould give Black an additional move due to the threat to exchange queens.} 15. dxe5 (15. Nh4 exd4 $1 {would create a mess}) 15... dxe5 16. Rd3 Qc7 17. Nh4 Ne6 {and White's initiative looks much less dangerous.}) 14. Ra3 $1 {The idea behin d 11.a4! Suddenly the position seems slightly less innocuous, and you realise that it is indeed easier to play for White. Most importantly, practically, it's not easy to make decisions.} Nf8 (14... c5 15. d5 $14 { the kingside attack will be more dangerous now.}) (14... Bb7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh4 $14) (14... exd4 15. Nxd4 {is too slow for Black. /\ Rg3.}) 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh4 {White's play flows very smoothly now.} Rd8 (16... Ng6 17. Nf5 { doesn't change much.}) 17. Qh5 f6 (17... Ng6 18. Nf5 $14) 18. Nf5 Be6 (18... Ne6 $1 19. Rg3 Kh8 {is a much more cool defence, keeping things more under control but it does look like a worrying position for Black. I don't see many ways Black can improve, so white can slowly try to continue building an initiative...particularly Rg4-Rh4 ideas seem tempting in the future.}) 19. Rg3 Ng6 20. h4 (20. Bh6 {would lead to some nice fireworks, but that's not really in Carlsen's style, and very much not required.} gxh6 21. Rxg6+ hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Qxf6+ Qf7 24. Qxh6+ Ke8 { and a rook ought to be worth something. It seems pretty unclear.}) 20... Bxf5 ( 20... Rd7 21. Bh6 $1 {is much stronger now.} gxh6 22. Qxh6 {/\ h5.}) 21. exf5 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Rc3 $1 {Despite the equal material, the major piece endgame is surprisingly hard to play. It's possible to suggest better defensive moves with the engine, but I believe practically it's already very tough. Understandably, Vishy begins to make slight inaccuracies, and Magnus wraps it up smoothly with his trademark precision:} c5 24. Re6 Rab8 $2 (24... h6 {(/\ 25.Rc4 Rd4!)} 25. Qf3 Rab8 { with much better chances to survive compared to the game.}) 25. Rc4 Qd7 26. Kh2 Rf8 (26... Qd1 {isn't possible due to} 27. Re8+ $1 $18) (26... Re8 27. Rce4 Rxe6 28. fxe6 $16 {will be pretty unpleasant.}) 27. Rce4 Rb7 28. Qe2 b5 29. b3 $5 {This doesn't seem required, but it's in Carlsen's style to not force things. Instead he just restricts any counterplay for Black, and makes Black go wrong by himself.} bxa4 30. bxa4 Rb4 {Exchanging a pair of rooks might reduce the pressure, but here it also creates additional weaknesses - particularly in Black's 7th rank. White continues with a strong attack despite the almost endgame nature of the position!} 31. Re7 Qd6 32. Qf3 Rxe4 33. Qxe4 f3+ 34. g3 h5 $2 { The final blunder - but the position was actually much trickier than it looks.} (34... Qd2 35. Qxf3 Qxc2 {at first Black seems to be safe, but after} 36. Kg2 Kh8 37. Qc6 {White continues to exert pressure without taking any risk. Black's rook is completely tied down to g7, and it will be hard for him to keep the c-pawn alive. Still, it's not a straightforward win, and White still needs to show technique.}) 35. Qb7 $1 1-0 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2014.11.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2863"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2014.11.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.01.15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 {The opening could not have come as a complete surprise to either one of the players, even though it does not belong to their main lines. Carlsen has played the Grünfeld over the past years only occasionally and did not try it in 2014 at all! At the same time, Anand has tried a wide range of systems against the Grünfeld, the most popular being the Russian Variation (as in game 10) and the normal (5.e4) Exchange Variation.} Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 $5 {Even in such a heavily analysed opening as the Grünfeld, Carlsen finds a way of deviating from the main theoretical discussion. But this is not really such a miracle, since this is a very flexible opening with practically unlimited possibilities for improvising.} ({ It would have made little sense checking Anand's preparation after, say,} 8... c5 9. d5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e6 11. d6 e5 12. h4 Be6 {when the former World Champion had delivered a very powerful novelty in a game against Carlsen's countryman:} 13. Nh3 $1 $146 { Anand,V (2783)-Hammer,J (2608) Stavanger 2013 CBM 155 [Krasenkow,M] (1-0, 45)}) 9. Nf3 {The most natural way of defending the central pawn, even though it allows Black to develop freely on the next move.} (9. Ne2 {as tried in Hambleton,A (2583)-Berson,J (2021) Portugal Cove 2013 (1-0, 26) avoids ...Bg4 but places the knight on a not very active square. Black could obtain good counterplay with} e5 {(not the only move, most surely)} 10. d5 Nd4 $1 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Qh4 13. Bxg7 (13. Qe3 Re8 14. Bd3 Bf5 $11) 13... Qxe4+ 14. Qe2 Qxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Kxg7 16. Rc1 {The backward pawn should not offer Black too many problems since White is behind in development.} Bf5 17. Rxc7 Rac8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 ) ({Without kingside development, the radical advance} 9. d5 { is not likely to yield too much:} Ne5 10. Be2 (10. f4 Ng4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nf3 c6 $32 {Ushenina,A (2501)-Lagno,K (2543) Beijing 2013 (0-1, 37)}) 10... c6 11. Nf3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 cxd5 14. exd5 e6 $11 { Gleizerov,E (2536)-Ulibin,M (2498) Las Palmas 2014 (1/2-1/2, 18)}) 9... Bg4 10. d5 {The only reasonable continuation.} (10. O-O-O $6 e5 11. d5 Nd4 $15) 10... Bxf3 11. Bxg7 $5 $146 {Strictly speaking, this looks like a concession since White would be interested in provoking ...Bxc3, bxc3 with a strengthening of his centre. But Anand had a concrete idea in mind, which worked reasonably well, at least from the opening point of view.} ({If} 11. gxf3 Ne5 12. O-O-O ({ Defending the pawn is not necessary.} 12. Be2 {wastes an important tempo and has led to comfortable play for Black in a few games, the latest being:} c6 13. f4 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. dxc6 bxc6 { Moiseenko,A (2707)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) Yaroslavl 2014 (0-1, 38)}) 12... c6 ({Even with bishops on the board, the pawn is taboo:} 12... Nxf3 $2 13. Qf4 $18 ) 13. f4 Ng4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 11... Kxg7 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. O-O-O c6 { This hurried undermining of the centre offers White the possibility of setting up some pressure.} (13... Nxf3 $2 14. Qc3+) ({ Black could have avoided the weakening of his kingside with} 13... Qd6 $5 14. Be2 (14. Qc3 $6 Qf6 15. Be2 c6 $15 { leaves the white centre immobile and vulnerable.}) 14... c6 $132) 14. Qc3 $1 f6 15. Bh3 $14 {This bishops cuts like a blade, preventing Black from obtaining rapid counterplay. In the long run, the kingside weaknesses may tell. On the other hand, the position remains double-edged strategically. Should White allow some exchanges, he would risk landing into a bad ending, due to his numerous pawn weaknesses.} (15. dxc6 $6 Qb6 16. cxb7 $6 Rab8 $15 17. f4 $2 Rxb7 $19) 15... cxd5 {True to his style, Carlsen clears up matters in the centre at the first given occasion.} ({The long plan of transfering the knight to d4 (!) is interesting but probably not entirely sound:} 15... Qb6 $5 16. f4 (16. d6 exd6 17. Rxd6 Rad8 18. Rhd1 Rxd6 19. Rxd6 Qxf2 $19) 16... Nf7 17. f3 $1 (17. Rd2 Nd6 {gains an important tempo for developing the counterplay.} 18. Qd3 cxd5 19. exd5 f5) (17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rd7 Qxf2 19. Rf1 Qe2 20. Rxe7 Rae8 $132) 17... Nd6 (17... cxd5 18. exd5 Nd6 19. Kb1) (17... Rad8 18. Kb1 Nd6 19. a4 $1 cxd5 20. Rxd5 Nf7 21. Bd7 Nd6 22. a5 Qf2 23. Be6 $14) 18. Kb1 (18. a4 $2 cxd5 $17) 18... Nb5 19. Qb3 c5 20. Rc1 Nd4 21. Qe3 (21. Qd3 Qd6 22. Qe3 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Rhe1 Rf7) (21. Qc4 Nxf3 22. Qc3 Nd4 23. Qxc5 Ne2 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Rc7 Nxf4 26. Bd7 f5 27. Rxb7 fxe4 $132) 21... Qd6 22. f5 g5 23. Rhg1 Qxh2 (23... Kh8 24. Bg4 $36) 24. Bf1 b6 25. f4 h6 26. Bd3 $44) 16. exd5 Nf7 $2 {But this is too straightforward an attempt to stabilise the position. True, the d6-square is important, but does not justify abandoning the central e5-square.} (16... Qd6 $5 17. Kb1 Rad8 18. f4 (18. Rhe1 Rfe8 19. f4 Nf7 20. Rd4 e5 21. fxe5 Rxe5 22. Rxe5 fxe5 $11) 18... Nf7 19. Rd4 e5 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Rd2 {may offer White some chances for the initiative. If compared with the similar subline above, all major pieces are on the board, making Black's position less stable.}) ( 16... a5 17. f4 Nf7 18. Kb1 a4 {would transpose below.}) 17. f4 $2 {This wastes a tempo, exposes the f-pawn and obstructs the c1-h6 diagonal. On top, after the knight has retreated, it does not achieve anything constructive.} (17. Kb1 $5 Qd6 (17... a5 18. Be6 a4 19. h4 a3 20. b3 Qd6 21. Qd2 $36) 18. Be6 Nd8 ( 18... Ng5 19. Bg4 {/\x h4}) (18... Rad8 19. h4 $36) 19. Rhe1 $5 Re8 (19... Qxh2 20. Rh1 Qf4 21. Qa3 Qd6 22. Qe3 $16) 20. Bc8 $1 $36 {A nice move paralysing the black queenside and clearing the path of the h-pawn for the attack.}) 17... Qd6 {It is not clear yet which piece is best suited for the occupation of this square.} ({Since the black rooks do not have any future on the open c-file, it would have made sense to get some space on the queenside:} 17... a5 $5 18. Kb1 a4 19. Be6 (19. a3 b5 $1) 19... Qd6 20. Rd4 a3 21. b3 Nd8 22. Bg4 b6 23. h4 Ra5 24. Qd2 f5 25. Bf3 h5 (25... Nf7 26. Re1) 26. Rg1 {Black is under certain pressure but since White does not have any pawn breaks it looks like the position is statically equal. One more detail is that the white king is not entirely safe either.} Kh7 (26... Kh6 {is also possible:} 27. Qd1 Rc5 28. Bxh5 gxh5 29. Rg5 {Things look dangerous but} Kh7 $8 {saves the day.} 30. Rxh5+ Kg7 31. Rg5+ Kh7 $11) 27. Re1 Ra7 28. Rc4 Qf6 $13) 18. Qd4 (18. Rd4 { can be met with the paradoxical} f5 $3 (18... Rad8 19. Be6 $14) 19. Re1 (19. Re4+ $2 Kg8 $19) 19... Kg8 20. Kb1 Rac8 21. Rc4 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Qf6 { /\ ...Nd6 with excellent play for Black.}) 18... Rad8 19. Be6 { It is important to block the e7-pawn.} (19. Rhe1 e5 $1 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Re3 ( 21. f4 Nf3) 21... Nc6 22. dxc6 (22. Qa4 Nb4 23. Be6 Rfe8 24. Kb1 Qf4 $1 $11 25. a3 $140 $2 Nxd5 $17) 22... Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. cxb7 f5 25. Re7+ Kf6 26. Rxh7 Rfd8 $132) 19... Qb6 20. Qd2 $6 {This allows Black to solve all his problems.} ({Anand might have avoided the queen exchange for psychological reasons, since the endgame is supposed to be Carlsen's chosenterritory, but the only way to keep the pressure was:} 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Kb1 Nd6 22. Rc1 f5 23. Rc7 Kf6 24. Bd7 Ne4 25. Rxb7 (25. Re1 $6 Nc5 26. Be6 Rd6 $15) 25... Rb8 26. Rc7 Nxf2 27. Re1 Ne4 28. b4 Rfd8 29. Kb2 h6 30. h4 $14 {White's queenside initiative is rather threatening. For Black, creating a kingside passed pawn with ...g5 would imply big risks for his king.}) 20... Rd6 21. Rhe1 Nd8 {Everything fits well in Black's position and suddenly, White loses his stability in the centre. } 22. f5 (22. Bh3 e6) 22... Nxe6 23. Rxe6 Qc7+ $6 { A bit too timid at a favourable moment.} ({It might have been better to use the c-file for a well-timed check with the rook while eliminating completely White's pressure along the e-file:} 23... Rxe6 $5 24. fxe6 (24. dxe6 Rc8+ 25. Kb1 Qc5 26. fxg6 hxg6) 24... Rc8+ 25. Kb1 Qd6 { with chances for reaching a better ending due to White-s weakened structure.}) 24. Kb1 Rc8 (24... Rxe6 25. dxe6 Qc5 26. Qc2 $11) 25. Rde1 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Rd8 27. Qe3 Rd7 $11 {White's pressure along the e-file should now compensate for the structural defects. But as in an earlier comment, it is worth keeping in mind that the endings could be unpleasant for White.} 28. d6 exd6 29. Qd4 Rf7 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Rxd6 a6 32. a3 Qa5 33. f4 Qh5 34. Qd2 Qc5 35. Rd5 Qc4 36. Rd7 Qc6 ({If} 36... Rxd7 37. Qxd7+ Qf7 38. Qd6 { the activity of the white queen compensates for the structural problems.}) 37. Rd6 (37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 {would leave the white pawns exposed to a possible king invasion on the light squares.}) 37... Qe4+ 38. Ka2 Re7 {So far Anand has kept things level, but his next two moves give up the centralising, offering Black some chances to take over the initiative.} 39. Qc1 $6 (39. Rd4) 39... a5 40. Qf1 $6 a4 $15 41. Rd1 Qc2 42. Rd4 (42. Qf3 $5) 42... Re2 $6 { Missing the last chance.} (42... Re3 $1 { with the brutal threat of 43...Rxa3!+ 44.Kxa3 Qb3 mate!} 43. Qd1 (43. Ka1 Rxa3+ 44. bxa3 Qc3+) (43. Rd7+ Kh6 44. Rxb7 Rb3 45. Rxb3 axb3+ 46. Ka1 Qxh2 $17) 43... Qxd1 44. Rxd1 Kh6 $15 {Black is better on both wings and White would face an unpleasant defensive task... even though all rook endings are drawn! Actually the first match proved not all of them are...}) 43. Rb4 { White has finally reached absolute stability and is out of any danger.} b5 44. Qh1 $1 Re7 45. Qd5 Re1 46. Qd7+ Kh6 47. Qh3+ Kg7 48. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corsica Masters KO 18th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2014.10.20"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2673"] [Annotator "Schulz,André"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2014.10.19"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. e3 d6 5. Ne2 (5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. d4 Ba7 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Rb8 13. a4 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Qd2 c6 16. Kh1 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Ne4 Ne7 19. b4 Nf5 20. Nc5 Bd5 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Nd6 23. Qf4 a5 24. Bc3 axb4 25. Bxb4 Ne8 26. Nd3 h6 27. h4 Qf6 28. Bc5 Qxf4 29. Nxf4 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Nf6 31. g4 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Nd3 Ra8 34. Re5 Nh7 35. f4 Bxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rxa4 37. Kf3 Ra3 38. Ke2 gxf4 39. Nxf4 Nf6 40. g5 Nd7 41. Re8+ Nf8 42. Rb8 Rc3 43. Nd3 Rb3 44. Ne5 Kg7 45. Re8 Ne6 46. Nd3 Nxg5 47. Ke3 Ne6 48. Ke4 Rb5 49. Ne5 Nxc5+ 50. Kf4 Ne6+ 51. Kf5 Nc5 52. Kf4 Rb4+ 53. Kf5 Ne6 54. Nd7 Rb5+ 55. Ne5 Rb4 56. Nd7 Rd4 57. Re7 b5 58. Ke5 Rd5+ 59. Ke4 Rxd7 {0-1 (59) Miezis,N (2548)-Fedorchuk,S (2641) Jurmala 2014}) 5... a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. b3 h5 {Frech gespielt.} 8. h3 ({Nach} 8. h4 {kann z.B.} Nh6 9. Bb2 Ng4 {folgen.}) 8... f5 9. d4 h4 10. Bb2 $2 { Gibt die Kontrolle Ă1/4ber e3 auf.} (10. Nbc3 $11) 10... hxg3 11. fxg3 Qg5 { Der Aufmarsch der Dame ist lĂNstig, zudem muss jetzt der Angriff gegen e2 bedient werden.} 12. Nbc3 Nf6 (12... Qxe3+ $2 13. Kh1 Qg5 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qc2 {mit guter Kompensation.}) 13. Nd5 (13. Bc1) 13... Nxd5 14. cxd5 Qxe3+ 15. Kh2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qc2 { Mit zwei Minusbauern such WeiĂY sein Heil im Gegenangriff.} (18. Qxd4 exd4 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. Rfe1+ (20. Rxd4 O-O-O $17) 20... Kd8 21. Rxd4 Re8 $15) 18... Qc5 19. Qd2 O-O 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. Rc4 Bd7 22. Rh4 Rf6 $19 23. g4 Qd4 ({MĂPglich war } 23... Re8 {Die Idee} 24. Be4 fxe4 25. Rxf6 gxf6 ({scheitert an} 25... e3 $19) 26. Rh8+ Kxh8 27. Qh6+ {mit Dauerschach.}) 24. Qxd4 exd4 25. g5 Rg6 26. Rxd4 Rxg5 27. Rc1 {Nach ĂNngstlichem schwarzen Spiel bekommt WeiĂY noch Gegenspiel.} Re8 28. Rd2 Bb5 29. Rcc2 (29. Rxc7 $5 {und} Be2 {mit der Drohung f4-f3} 30. Rd4 Bh5 {wird mit} 31. Bf1 {pariert.}) 29... Re3 (29... Re7 $17) 30. a4 ({ Die Variante} 30. Rxc7 Be2 31. Rcc2 Bf3 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Bxf3 Rxf3 34. Rc7+ Kf6 35. Rd7 Rh5 36. Rxd6+ Ke7 37. Re6+ Kf7 { sieht unbequem fĂ1/4r WeiĂY aus, war aber objektiv vielleicht besser.}) 30... Bd3 31. Rc3 Re2 32. Rxe2 Bxe2 33. Rxc7 f4 34. Rc3 Kf7 35. Bf3 Re5 36. Kg2 Bxf3+ 37. Kxf3 g5 38. Kg4 (38. h4 Kg6 39. hxg5 Kxg5 40. b4 Re3+ 41. Rxe3 fxe3 42. Kxe3 Kf5 43. Kd4 b6 $19) 38... Kf6 39. Rc8 Rxd5 (39... Re3 $19) 40. Rf8+ Ke6 41. h4 gxh4 42. Rxf4 Ke5 (42... h3 43. Kxh3 Rd3+ $19) 43. Rf5+ Kd4 44. Rf7 b5 45. Kxh4 Kc3 46. Rf3+ Kc2 47. axb5 axb5 48. Kg4 Rd3 49. Rf5 b4 0-1 [Event "Corsica Masters KO 18th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2014.10.20"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2607"] [PlyCount "136"] [EventDate "2014.10.19"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. a3 a5 8. Rb1 Nge7 9. Ne1 Be6 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne3 Nde7 14. Nc4 Rb8 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Nd4 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 b5 19. Nd2 cxb4 20. Rxb4 Qa5 21. Qb1 Nec6 22. Bxc6 Nxc6 23. Rb2 b4 24. Nce4 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Nb3 Qb6 27. Nbc5 Bh3 28. Qa2+ Kh8 29. Rfb1 Qc6 30. Na6 b3 31. Nxb8 bxa2 32. Nxc6 axb1=Q+ 33. Rxb1 h6 34. Nxd4 f5 35. Ne6 fxe4 36. Nxf8 Bxf8 37. dxe4 Kg7 38. e3 h5 39. f3 Kf6 40. Kf2 Be6 41. Rc1 Ke5 42. Kg2 g5 43. Rc6 Bd7 44. Rc4 Be6 45. f4+ Kd6 46. Rd4+ Ke7 47. f5 Bd7 48. g4 hxg4 49. Kg3 Bg7 50. Kxg4 Bf6 51. Rc4 Bb5 52. Rc2 Bd3 53. Rc6 Be2+ 54. Kg3 Kf7 55. h3 Be5+ 56. Kf2 Bd3 57. Kf3 Bf6 58. Rc5 Bg7 59. Rc7+ Kf8 60. Rd7 Bc2 61. Kg4 Bf6 62. e5 Bxe5 63. Kxg5 Ba4 64. Ra7 Bb3 65. h4 Bd6 66. Kg6 Bc5 67. Ra8+ Ke7 68. f6+ Ke6 1-0 [Event "Corsica Masters KO 18th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2014.10.20"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B43"] [WhiteElo "2673"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2014.10.19"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O Bc5 8. Be3 d6 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. Nb3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 b5 12. Qd4 Rb8 13. a3 e5 14. Qd2 Nb6 15. Bxb5+ axb5 16. Nxb5 Qc6 17. Nxd6+ Ke7 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Na5 Qxd6 20. Qb4 Nbd5 21. Nc6+ Ke8 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. Nxb8 Rb6 24. exd5 Rxb8 25. b3 Bf5 26. Rd2 Kd7 27. f3 Kd6 28. Rc1 e4 29. b4 Ke5 30. c4 g5 31. d6 g4 32. fxe4 Be6 33. c5 Nxe4 34. Re1 Bd7 35. b5 Rxb5 36. c6 Bxc6 37. d7 Bxd7 38. Rxd7 f5 39. Rxh7 Ra5 40. Re7+ Kf4 41. Rf1+ Kg5 42. Re1 Rxa3 43. R7xe4 fxe4 44. Rxe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corsica Masters KO 18th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2014.10.20"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Tregubov, Pavel V"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2607"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2014.10.19"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. O-O f5 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. Nf4 Bxf4 15. exf4 Nf6 16. Be3 Kf7 17. f3 Qd6 18. Rf2 Rac8 19. Bf1 Rc7 20. Rc1 Rhc8 21. Rfc2 Na5 22. b3 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Nc6 25. Qc5 Qc7 26. b4 Nd7 27. Qc3 Qd8 28. a4 Nb6 29. b5 Ne7 30. Qc5 Nc4 31. Bxc4 dxc4 32. Qxc4 Qa5 33. Kf2 Nd5 34. Bc1 Qc3 35. Qxc3 Nxc3 36. Ke3 Nxa4 37. d5 exd5 38. Kd4 Ke6 39. Ba3 a6 40. bxa6 bxa6 41. Bf8 a5 42. Bxg7 Nb6 43. Kc5 Nc4 44. Bc3 a4 45. Kb4 a3 46. Kb3 Ne3 47. Kxa3 d4 48. Bb4 Ng2 49. Bd2 Nh4 50. Kb3 Nxf3 51. Kc2 Kd5 52. gxf5 gxf5 53. Ba5 Ke4 54. Bc7 Nh4 55. Kd2 Ng6 56. Kd1 Nxf4 57. h4 Nh5 58. Ke2 f4 59. Kf2 Nf6 60. Bd8 Ng4+ 61. Kf1 d3 62. h5 f3 63. Bg5 Ke5 0-1 [Event "Corsica Masters KO 18th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2014.10.19"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Skomorokhin, Roman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C16"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2364"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2014.10.19"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4 h5 9. Qd1 Ba6 10. Bg5 Ne7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 Qd7 13. Nf4 g6 14. Qd3 Nb8 15. Bf6 Rh7 16. Ke2 Nbc6 17. g4 hxg4 18. h5 Nf5 19. Rag1 Nce7 20. hxg6 Nxg6 21. Rxh7 Nxf4+ 22. Kd1 Qa4 23. Qd2 Ng6 24. Rxg4 Rc8 25. Rxg6 fxg6 26. Qg5 Ra8 1-0 [Event "Corsica Masters KO 18th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2014.10.19"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Skomorokhin, Roman"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "2364"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2014.10.19"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 c5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Qa4 cxd4 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6 Rc8 15. Qb5 dxc3 16. bxc3 Bc5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Ng4 19. Qb3 Qe7 20. Rf3 Qh4 21. h3 Qe1+ 22. Bf1 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Rfe8 24. Qd1 0-1 [Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2014.09.20"] [Round "6"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "Roiz,M"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2014.09.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.11"] {This game was played in the last round, when Vishy had already secured the 1st place.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 (7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 {is another fashionable line nowadays.}) 7... O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 (11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Qb3 Nc6 { is a well-known theoretical line, which is quite safe for Black.}) (11. exd4 Nc6 12. Ne4 Qe7 {leads to a position, which may arise also after the text move. }) 11... Qe7 ({After} 11... Qf5 12. Ng3 Qa5 13. exd4 { the current World Champion was unable to solve all the problems:} Nc6 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. a3 Bd6 (15... Be7 $5) 16. Ne4 Bf4 17. Rc3 Rad8 18. Rd1 b5 19. Bd3 b4 20. Rc5 Qb6 21. g3 $14 { 1/2-1/2 Aronian,L (2815)-Carlsen,M (2881)/Dubai UAE 2014 (56)}) (11... Qg6 $6 { looks too risky:} 12. Bd3 f5 13. Ng3 dxe3 14. Qb3 $36) 12. Nxd4 { Levon Aronian deviates from having an isolated pawn.} ({After} 12. exd4 { Black should be able to equalise by means of delivering the bishop to b6 at some point:} Nc6 (12... Rd8 $5 13. Qe2 Ba5 14. Rfd1 Bb6 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Nc3 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Na6 18. d5 Nc7 19. Qe2 Rd6 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Erdos,V (2658)-Vallejo Pons,F (2705)/Warsaw POL 2013 (24)}) 13. Qe2 Ba5 (13... Bd7 14. a3 Bd6 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Qe3 Rfe8 17. b4 $14 { 1-0 Gelfand,B (2764)-Rahman,Z (2470)/Tromso NOR 2013 (63)}) 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Nc5 Be8 16. Qe4 Bb6 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J (2591)-Serper,G (2587)/Connecticut 2000/EXT 2001 (42)}) 12... Bd7 13. Qh5 { Not only connecting the rooks, but also keeping an eye on the a5-spot.} ({ White can also fight for a small advantage by means of} 13. Bd3 $5 Nc6 14. Nb3 Rfd8 (14... Na5 15. Rc7 Nxb3 16. Rxb7 Rab8 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18. Qxb3 $14) 15. a3 Ba5 16. Nd6 Be8 17. Nxe8 Qxe8 18. Nxa5 Nxa5 19. Qe2 $14 { 1/2-1/2 Gupta,A (2638)-Parligras,M (2574)/Abu Dhabi UAE 2014 (86)}) 13... Nc6 14. Nb3 {Exchanging the knights would allow Black to put the light-squared bishop on c6, so White avoids that.} f5 {This move is somewhat loosening, but Black is trying to force some simplifications.} (14... Rfd8 $5 { deserves serious attention:} 15. a3 Bd6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Rfd1 Qe5 18. Qe2 Ne7 {and Black is close to equality.}) 15. a3 {The most principled response.} ({ After} 15. Nec5 Be8 16. Qf3 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Bf7 18. Bb5 Rac8 19. Nd3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Be8 {White can hardly achieve anything special.}) 15... fxe4 $146 { A natural novelty, which doesn't really change the evaluation of this line. Black still needs some accuracy, but the position is about equal.} ({ In the preceding game Black wasn't experiencing problems:} 15... Ne5 16. Be2 ( 16. axb4 Nxc4 17. Rxc4 Bb5 18. Ned2 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Qxb4 20. Ncd2 a5 $15) 16... Be8 17. Qh3 Bc6 (17... fxe4 18. axb4 Bc6 19. Nd4 Bd5 20. Qg3 Qf6 $11) 18. axb4 Bxe4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ramirez,A (2591)-Cornette,M (2545)/Cappelle la Grande 2012/ CBM 147 Extra (42)}) 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Nc5 {Levon goes for the most aggressive option. Black has several weaknesses, so there is no way to keep an extra pawn. } ({After} 17. Qc5 Rfe8 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Nc5 Bc6 20. Nxe6 Kh7 21. Rfd1 Rc8 { Black should be able to equalise in this endgame.}) ({The same after} 17. Qg6 Nd3 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Qxd3 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 $11) 17... Nd3 { Vishy doesn't mind exchanging the knights.} 18. Nxd3 ({In case of} 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Qg4 Rae8 20. Rc2 Nb4 21. Rd1 Qf7 22. Rcd2 Qf5 23. Qxf5 Rxf5 24. Rd4 b5 25. Be2 Nd3 { Black gives the pawn back in order to liquidate into a drawish rook endgame.}) 18... exd3 19. Bxd3 (19. Rcd1 Bc6 20. Rxd3 Rad8 21. Qg6 Rxd3 22. Bxd3 Rd8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 $11) 19... Bc6 {Black has a weak Pe6, while the king may be attacked too. Still, White's advantage is not too big at the moment.} 20. Rc4 (20. Qg6 Qf6 21. Qh7+ Kf7 {leads nowhere.}) 20... Rf6 (20... Qf6 $5 { seems a bit safer. For instance,} 21. Rf4 Qxb2 22. Rd4 (22. Rg4 Rad8 23. Qxh6 Rxd3 24. Qxe6+ Rf7 25. Qc8+ Rf8 $11) 22... Rad8 23. Qg6 Rxd4 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. exd4 Qxd4 26. Qg6 Kg8 $11) 21. Be4 { The exchange of the bishops makes Anand's task easier.} ({I would prefer} 21. Rd1 $5 Rd8 22. Bc2 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 {with some attacking prospects.}) 21... Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rd8 { Now, when all Black's forces are mobilised, the position is almost equal.} 23. Qe2 Rf5 24. h3 Rfd5 (24... Qf7 $5 25. Rc1 Rfd5 26. Qg4 { could transpose to the text.}) 25. Qg4 R8d6 26. Rc1 Kh7 $6 {This inaccurate move allows White to regroup the pieces and extend the initiative.} ({ It makes sense to restrict the activity of Rc1 along the open file:} 26... Qd7 $5 27. Kh2 Rg5 28. Qf3 Rc6 $11) 27. Ra4 $1 { The main idea of that move is freeing the central square for the queen.} a6 ( 27... b5 28. Qe4+ g6 29. Raa1 $14) 28. Qe4+ Kg8 (28... g6 {looks quite risky:} 29. Rac4 Rd7 (29... Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Kh2 Rd2 32. f4 Rxb2 33. Qd4 Rb5 34. e4 $16) 30. Rc8 $14) 29. Rc8+ Rd8 30. Rac4 $14 { As a result of Black's inaccuracy, White's advantage becomes significant.} R5d7 31. g3 {Levon is not in a rush, since Black can only sit and wait.} (31. b4 $5 {could be another way to improve the position.}) 31... Kf7 $6 { After this passive move Black's position is becoming very dangerous.} ({ Active defence was called for:} 31... Rd1+ 32. Kg2 R1d2 33. g4 (33. b4 $6 Qf8 $1 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Rxd8 Rxf2+ 36. Kg1 Rf1+ $11) 33... Qf7 34. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $14) 32. Qf3+ $6 { A pointless check,since there is hardly a better square for the queen.} ({ Much stronger was} 32. h4 Rxc8 33. Rxc8 Qf6 34. h5 Qf5 35. Qb4 Re7 36. g4 Qf3 37. Qd4 $16) 32... Kg8 33. Qe4 Kf7 $6 { Once again, missing the aforementioned improvement.} 34. Qg4 { A serious loss of time, which allows Vishy to activate his queen.} (34. h4 $1) 34... Rxc8 35. Rxc8 Qg5 $1 36. Qb4 { The only way to keep the queens on the board and fight for a full point.} (36. Qe2 {would allow Black to get sufficient counterplay:} Qd5 37. Kh2 Qb5 $1 38. Qc2 Qf1 $11) 36... Kg6 37. h4 $6 {This mistake could have been quite painful for Levon, but good fortune was on his side!} (37. Rf8 Qd5 38. Qf4 $14) 37... Qf5 $2 ({Vishy has missed a golden opportunity to solve all his problems:} 37... Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Qd5 39. e4 Qd4 40. Qf8 Qxe4 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qg8+ Kg6 $11) 38. Rf8 $1 Qd5 (38... Rf7 39. Rxf7 Qxf7 40. Qe4+ Qf5 41. Qxb7 a5 $16) 39. Qg4+ Kh7 40. Kh2 h5 ({Avoiding the hopeless rook ending:} 40... b5 41. h5 g5 42. hxg6+ Kg7 43. Qf4 Qh5+ 44. Kg2 Qxg6 45. Ra8 Qf5 46. Rxa6 Rd2 47. b3 Qxf4 48. gxf4 $18) 41. Qf4 Qc6 $2 {Finally, Black commits the decisive mistake.} ({After } 41... Qd3 42. Qb8 Re7 43. Qc8 Qd5 $16 { Black's position is still difficult, but there is no forced win for White.}) 42. Qb8 $1 $18 { A decisive penetration of White's queen. Now the king is hopeless.} Rd1 43. e4 Rc1 ({Or} 43... Qxe4 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Qe8+ Kf6 46. Rf8+ Ke5 47. Qxh5+ $18) 44. Rh8+ Kg6 45. Qf4 Rc5 46. e5 ({Black resigns in view of} 46. e5 Rc4 47. Qg5+ Kf7 48. Rh7 $18 {with a mate in a few moves.}) 1-0 [Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2014.09.19"] [Round "5"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2014.09.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ {The point of this move is to force Black's knight to c6, which is not always the most comfortable place for it.} Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Qc2 (11. e4 h6 12. h3 a6 13. Qc2 { led to a draw in Ushenina-Koneru earlier this month in the Grand Prix.}) 11... h6 12. h3 a6 13. a3 Bf5 14. e4 Bd7 {Forcing e4 has its pros and cons. f4 is weakened and White doesn't get access to e4 for a knight, but it reinforces the center.} 15. Rfe1 Ng6 16. Nd1 c6 17. Ne3 Rc8 18. Bc3 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Be6 21. Rad1 f6 22. Qa4 Rf7 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. Qxb4 Qf8 {One can remember the Anand-Vallejo game, with a similar pawn structure; however here Black is the one better placed.} 25. Qa4 Rd8 26. Ne3 Nf4 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Rd1 Rd7 ( 28... Qc8 { kept some chances alive, but Anand was surely happy with a solid position.}) 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Qxd7 Bxd7 31. Ne1 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Bb5 33. a4 { forcing a perpetual.} Ng3+ 34. Kg1 Ne2+ 35. Kf1 Ng3+ 36. Kg1 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2014.09.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2712"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2014.09.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.11"] {Played after the rest day, where Paco had shown himself to be the best "Basque games" sportsman!} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 { ...and this was a surprise, the QGA hasn't figured much in Paco's games.} 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d5 Ne5 6. Bf4 Ng6 7. Be3 e5 8. Bxc4 Nf6 9. Nc3 a6 { I remembered a game Karpov-Milov Biel 1997 and tried to follow that.} 10. Be2 { Karpov castled first.} Bd6 11. Nd2 Bxe2 { I think Black is better off playing ...Bd7, even if White has gained some time. } 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. O-O {Here I was very happy with my position. The absence of light-squared bishops means that Black's attack will struggle to have an impact and White has pleasant prospects (for instance, Nd2-c4-a5) on the queenside.} Qe7 14. Rfd1 Rac8 { Aiming for c6, but as the game shows, White is quite happy there.} 15. g3 { This could have been played earlier as well. Now the knight on g6 is misplaced. } h6 {I don't like this move, but its unpleasant to have to reckon with Bg5 on every move.} 16. Rac1 (16. a3 $5 Bc5 (16... c6 17. Nc4 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Bc5 20. Rad1 {and White can play this directly}) 17. Rac1 { was also very nice.}) 16... c6 17. Nc4 cxd5 18. Nxd5 (18. Nb6 { more or less forces ...Rxc3:} Rxc3 (18... d4 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Nd5 $1) 19. bxc3 dxe4 20. c4 {also was tempting, but I went for the "cleaner" option.}) 18... Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Bc5 20. Rcd1 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 {The point of White's play. White dominates the d-file (and any exchange of rooks will give White a passed pawn). The knight on e3 is far superior to the one on g6. Eventually, some combination of Nf5, Qg4, h4-h5 and the appropriate rook move should be decisive. Despite the equal material, White has a huge advantage.} Qb4 22. Nf5 Rc4 (22... Qc4 23. Qg4 Qxa2 24. h4 {simply wins.}) 23. Nd6 { Still, no harm done. White forces the rook back.} (23. a3 Rxe4 24. Qf3 Re1+ 25. Kg2 Qe4 26. Rxe1 Qxe1 27. Rd1 $1 {is the comp recommendation. I had seen it, but didn't notice that ...e4 Qh5 traps the queen!} Qa5 (27... e4 28. Qh5 $1 Qa5 29. Nxh6+ $18) 28. Qxb7) 23... Rc6 24. a3 Qb3 25. R5d3 Qb6 26. Nf5 { Having ejected the queen, White goes back to the Qg4 and h4 plan.} Re8 27. Rd7 {Stopping ...Ne7.} (27. h4 Ne7) 27... Rf6 (27... Nf8 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Nxc6 Nxd7 30. Rxd7 Qxc6 31. Rxf7) 28. Qg4 Qc6 (28... Qxb2 29. h4 h5 30. Qxh5 Qxa3 31. Qg4 Qf8 32. h5 Ne7 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Rd8 $18) 29. h4 h5 30. Qxh5 Qxe4 31. Rd8 (31. Nd6 $2 Qc2 $1 32. Nxe8 Rxf2 {even wins for Black.}) 31... Qc6 (31... Rfe6 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Nd6 {now this wins the exchange, since Qh5 defends Rd1.}) 32. Qg5 Qe6 33. R1d6 {and Paco resigned. My best win of the event.} 1-0 [Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2014.09.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2804"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2014.09.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 (11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 d5 14. Re1 Qd6 15. Na2 $5 {Was Caruana's original, and successful, attempt against Aronian in the Sinquefield Cup. Anand must have his own ideas, and Aronian surely had an improvement ready.}) 11... Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. a4 Ne7 17. Ne3 Rb8 {Black in these kinds of positions is not fighting for any kind of advantage. He is happy having a solid position and simplifying into a draw. Aronian does this masterfully in this game.} 18. axb5 axb5 19. c3 Qe6 20. Qb1 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Re1 Bf6 24. Rae2 c5 25. Nxe5 (25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Qa8 27. bxc5 Qa3 {is not really that dangerous. White is far from advancing his pawns and Black's counterplay is good.}) 25... cxb4 26. Qxb4 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Qxd3 { White has a symbolic advantage. The game is basically over.} 28. h3 h6 29. R1e3 Qd1+ 30. Re1 Qa4 31. Rb1 Qxb4 32. Rxb4 Rfc8 33. Rbxb5 Rxb5 34. Rxb5 Rxc3 { Aronian makes a very solid draw, though one has to wonder if maybe Anand is saving his best prep for his W orld Championship match.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2014.09.15"] [Round "2"] [White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2712"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "RR"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2014.09.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 (8. e3 {wird häufiger gespielt.}) 8... Nbd7 9. e3 Qa5 10. Rc1 $5 Ne4 11. Be2 {Riskant.} ({Forciert zum Remis führt} 11. Qxd5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3+ 13. Kd1 O-O 14. Bc4 g5 15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Rxc3 Qxc3 17. Nd4 Nf6 18. Qxg5+ Kh7 19. Qxf6 Qxc4 20. Qh4+ Kg6 21. Qg3+ Kh5 22. Qe5+ f5 23. g4+ Kg6 24. gxf5+ Bxf5 25. Rg1+ Kh5 26. f4 Rad8 27. Ke1 Rxd4 28. exd4 Qxa2 29. Rg5+ Kh4 30. Rg6 Qb1+ 31. Kf2 Qc2+ 32. Kf3 Qd3+ 33. Kf2 Qd2+ 34. Kf3 Qd3+ { 1/2-1/2 (34) Miroshnichenko,E (2670)-Kuzubov,Y (2627) Dubai 2011}) 11... O-O ({ Die Konsequenzen von} 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3+ 13. Kf1 Nxc5 14. Qxd5 Be6 15. Qd6 g5 {sind nicht klar, sowohl} 16. Nxg5 {als auch} (16. Nd4 {führt zu Verwick lungen, die am Brett nicht zu überschauen sind. Aber eigentlich kämpft eher Weiß ums Remis.})) 12. O-O $11 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxc3 14. Qd2 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 b6 $1 16. c6 Ba6 17. Qd1 ({Genauer ist} 17. Qe1 Bxf1 18. Qxa5 bxa5 19. Kxf1 { , denn Schwarz wird es kaum schaffen, die b-Linie für sich auszunutzen.}) 17... Nc5 18. Qxd5 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 $2 { Dies führt ziemlich forciert zu einem für Schwarz besseren Endspiel.} ({ Besser ist} 19. Rxf1 {und nach} Rac8 (19... Ne6 20. Qxa5 bxa5 21. Nd4 $11) 20. Nd4 {besitzt Weiß die Optionen 21.Nf5 und 21.Be7.}) 19... Rac8 20. Nd4 Qd2 $1 { Nutzt die Position des Rc1 aus.} 21. Qc4 Rfe8 {Droht 22...Re4!} 22. Qc2 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Re5 $2 {Dies vergibt den Vorteil während} (23... g5 24. Bg3 Ne4 $1 { den Läufertausch erzwingt. Allerdings ist es bis zum Sieg noch ein langer Weg.} ) 24. Bg3 $11 Rd5 25. c7 Rd7 {Vielleicht hat Anand zu spät entdeckt, dass} ( 25... Ne4 26. Bf4 g5 $2 {sogar wegen} 27. Nc6 $1 {verliert.}) 26. Nb5 $6 { Sieht logisch aus, ist aber ungenau.} (26. Nc6 {ist gut spielbar,}) ({ oder auch einfach} 26. f3 {, um den Bg3 vor einem möglichen Tausch zu schützen - jeweils mit völligem Ausgleich.}) 26... a6 $1 {Schwarz gewinnt ein Tempo.} 27. Nd4 $2 ({Natürlich nicht} 27. Na7 $2 Rcxc7 28. Bxc7 Rxc7 { und der Na7 geht verloren.}) ({\/Aber} 27. Nc3 { verhindert ...Ne4 und bewahrt Remischancen, z.B.:} f5 28. Rb2 Nd3 29. Rd2 $1 g5 30. e4 $1 f4 31. Bxf4 gxf4 32. Nd5 Kg7 33. Rxd3 Rcxc7 34. Rd2 Rc4 35. f3 { und trotz der Damenflügelmajorität ist ein Sieg für Schwarz unwahrscheinlich.}) 27... Ne4 $17 {Jetzt ist der Tausch noch folgenreicher, da Weiß den c-Bauern nicht halten kann.} 28. Rc6 Nxg3+ 29. hxg3 Rdxc7 30. Rxb6 { Weiß ist aber auch hier nicht chancenlos.} Rc1+ 31. Ke2 Ra8 32. Rb4 a5 33. Ra4 Rb1 34. Nb3 $2 {Das macht es Schwarz zu leicht.} (34. Kf3 Rb4 35. Ra3 a4 { würde zu einem langen Kampf führen, in dem Weiß aber letztlich unterliegen sollte.}) 34... Rb2+ 35. Kf3 Ra6 0-1 [Event "Grand Slam Final 7th"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2014.09.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E92"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2717"] [Annotator "Havasi,G"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2014.09.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.11"] 1. d4 d6 {Black starts with 1...d6, allowing White to transpose to the Pirc by 2.e4. If he wants to play the King's Indian, he should play more straightforwardly with 1...Nf6.} 2. Nf3 { However, White doesn't want to take advantage of the transposition.} g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 {After an interesting move order, we are in a King's Indian.} 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 {This move is becoming more and more popular, many top players have employed it recently.} e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 $5 {This setup is less popular, than 8.Bg5, but this plan has been played by many good players recently. The plan is to play g4, Nd2 and continuing the development. It's important to know, that the whole 6.h3 system is played against Black's ...f5.} (8. Bg5 { is more popular.}) 8... Na6 {Here White usually prepares for ...f5, this can be done in two ways, 9.Nd2 and 9.g4.} 9. g4 ({ Ding Liren preferred to start with} 9. Nd2 Nd7 { and Black decided not to transpose} (9... Nc5 10. g4 {would transpose to 9.g4}) 10. g4 f5 11. gxf5 gxf5 12. exf5 Ndc5 13. Nde4 Bxf5 14. Bg2 Qh4 $1 15. Bg5 $1 Nd3+ $1 {The only move.} 16. Ke2 (16. Qxd3 Qxg5 17. Nxg5 Bxd3 { Black's activity seems to compensate for Black's weaknesses.}) 16... Qh5+ $1 17. Bf3 Qxf3+ $1 18. Kxf3 Bxe4+ 19. Ke3 Nxf2 (19... Bg6 $5 $40 {also comes consideration, after which White will have to fight hard to avoid losing immediately.}) 20. Qg1 Bxh1 21. Bh6 Rf3+ 22. Kd2 Rf7 23. Bxg7 Rxg7 24. Qxf2 Rf8 $44 {Ding Liren-Lin Chen, Jiaxing 2014}) 9... Nc5 (9... Nd7 { was preferred by Nakamura and he managed to get a nice position after} 10. h4 Ndc5 (10... Nf6 {may also be interesting}) 11. Nd2 Nb4 { Forcing White to give up the B pair.} 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. a3 Na6 (13... Bxg4 14. f3 $1) 14. Bd3 Qf6 15. g5 Qe7 ({The straightforward} 15... Qf4 $6 { isn't good, because} 16. Ne2 $1 Qg4 17. Qc2 {is promising for White.}) 16. Qf3 f6 17. Qg3 c6 18. Nf3 (18. O-O-O $5) 18... Nc7 19. O-O-O Ne8 $13 { Wang Hao-Nakamura, Dubai 2014}) 10. Nd2 c6 (10... Nfd7 {is also possible} 11. Rg1 Kh8 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. g5 f5 14. h4 f4 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Qd3 $16 {Wang Hao-San dipan, Dubai 2014. White has a nice position, because of the Bh3 and h5 plan.}) 11. Be2 Bd7 12. g5 Ne8 13. h4 (13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 a4 15. Qc2 f5 $13 { Bacrot-Ding Liren, Biel 2013}) 13... f6 $146 {This is in practical terms Ponomariov's novelty. Black tries to undermine White's centre, but White's position is very stable.} (13... Nc7 14. h5 Re8 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Kf1 N7a6 17. a3 a4 18. Kg2 $36 {Raznikov-Kozul, Skopje 2013}) (13... f5 14. h5 Rf7 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. exf5 Bxf5 $13 {Izzat-Guseinov, Baku 2013}) 14. Nb3 b6 (14... Nxb3 15. Qxb3 $16) 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Qd2 $1 {There is no reason to hurry with h5.} fxg5 (16... f5 17. O-O-O $16 {is a typical better position for White, he will play h5 and Black can't do anything.}) 17. hxg5 cxd5 (17... Qb6 18. O-O-O $16 { is hopeless for Black, because he is positionally lost.}) 18. Nxd5 Rf7 19. O-O-O Rb8 {White has achieved a nice position, his strategy has completely triumphed, but now he has to find a way to improve the position.} 20. Rh2 Be6 21. Nc3 (21. Qd3 $1 {was very strong. White overprotects the b2 P by Rd2 in order to play f4 at some point.}) 21... Qb6 22. Nb5 Bf8 $1 { Black takes his chance. He defends the d6 P in order to play Nc7.} 23. a4 Qb7 $6 (23... Nc7 $1 { was the last chance for Black in connection with the Na6-b4-c6-d4 manoeuvre.}) 24. Qc2 {White played this move instead of f3 for two reasons, he wanted to put pressure on the d6 P and he wanted to play f4, so he decided not to commit himself to playing f3.} (24. f3 {was good as well.}) 24... Be7 25. Kb1 Qc6 26. Bd2 Bd8 27. Qd3 Rbb7 28. Rf1 { Having achieved a nice advantage, Anand decides to break through.} Rf8 29. f4 $1 exf4 30. Rxf4 Rxf4 31. Bxf4 Rf7 32. Bd2 Be7 33. Rg2 $1 { This is the second phase of the plan. He exchanges his '"bad" B.} Qb6 34. Bg4 Bxg4 35. Rxg4 Nc7 36. Rf4 $1 { Now exchanging the Rs, because the K is left without defenders.} Ne6 (36... Rxf4 37. Bxf4 $40) 37. Rxf7 Kxf7 38. Qd5 Qd8 39. Ka2 Bf8 40. Bf4 Qd7 41. b3 ( 41. Ka3 Qd8 42. Nxd6+ Bxd6 43. Bxd6 $18 {was also good.}) 41... Be7 42. Nxd6+ Kf8 43. e5 Nxg5 (43... Bxd6 44. Bg3 $18) 44. Qxc5 {The rest is easy.} Qg4 45. Bc1 h5 46. Qxa5 (46. Qc6 $18) 46... Qg2+ 47. Bb2 h4 48. Qb5 Qa8 49. c5 h3 50. c6 Bd8 51. Qd5 Bc7 52. Bc1 Qa5 53. Nb5 Qe1 54. Ba3+ Kg7 55. Nxc7 h2 56. Ne8+ Kh6 57. Nf6 Qe2+ 58. Bb2 Ne4 59. Qxe4 Qxe4 60. Nxe4 h1=Q 61. c7 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.20"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2726"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qb3 Rd8 13. Rad1 c6 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bd3 Qf8 17. Nxe4 c5 18. d5 Bd4 19. Bc4 Ne5 20. Nxd4 Nxc4 21. Nf5 Ne5 22. d6 c4 23. Qg3 Ng6 24. h4 Bc8 25. Ne7+ Kh7 26. h5 Nh8 27. Qf4 f5 28. Ng3 Nf7 29. Ng6 Qg8 30. Re7 Ng5 31. Nxf5 Be6 32. Rxg7+ Qxg7 33. Nxg7 Kxg7 34. Qe5+ Kh7 35. f4 Bg4 36. fxg5 Bxh5 37. Qe7+ Kxg6 38. Qf6+ 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.20"] [Round "17"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2743"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe1 exf4 11. Bxf4 Qb6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Kh1 Qd8 16. Qf2 c5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Bh2 Bh4 20. Qf3 Bf6 21. g4 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nhf6 23. e5 Nh7 24. Rad1 Qe7 25. Qxb7 Rab8 26. Qxa7 Qe6 27. Be4 Nb6 28. Rd6 Qc4 29. Bd3 Qa4 30. Qxa4 Nxa4 31. e6 fxe6 32. Rxf8+ Nxf8 33. c4 Rb2 34. Ra6 Rxa2 35. Bd6 Nc3 36. Rxa2 Nxa2 37. Bxc5 Nd7 38. Bd6 Kf7 39. c5 Nb4 40. Bb5 Nf6 41. c6 Ne4 42. Bxb4 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.20"] [Round "14"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Meier, Georg"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2632"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. d4 Be7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Rd1 Bc5 15. Be3 Bb6 16. a4 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Qb6 19. Qc3 Ba6 20. e4 Bb5 21. Rad4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Rae8 23. Rd6 a5 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 Qb8 26. Rd5 a4 27. Rc4 Qa8 28. Ra5 Qb8 29. Rcxa4 Rc8 30. Qb4 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Qd8 32. Qd4 Qc8 33. Qe4 g6 34. Ra8 Qc5 35. e6 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.20"] [Round "15"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2730"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. c4 Ne5 6. d4 Nxf3+ 7. gxf3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 g6 10. c5 Bg7 11. cxd6 O-O 12. e5 Nd7 13. f4 Nb6 14. Be3 exd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. exd6 Rfd8 17. O-O-O Rac8 18. Rd3 Rc6 19. Rhd1 Rd7 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Kb1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Kg7 23. Kb2 Kf6 24. Kb3 Ke6 25. Kb4 Kf5 26. Rd4 h5 27. a4 Ke6 28. R1d3 Kf5 29. Kb5 Ke6 30. c4 Kf6 31. Rd5 Ke6 32. f5+ gxf5 33. Re3+ Kf6 34. Ree5 Rdxd6 35. Rxf5+ Ke7 36. Rfe5+ Re6 37. Rxe6+ Rxe6 38. Rxh5 Rf6 39. Re5+ Kd6 40. Re2 Kc7 41. Re7+ Kb8 42. Re2 Kc7 43. h4 Rf5+ 44. Kb4 Kc6 45. Re1 Rxf2 46. Rh1 Rf6 47. h5 Rh6 48. Rh4 f5 49. Kc3 Kd6 50. Kd4 Ke6 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Kf3 f4 53. Kg4 Rh8 54. h6 Ke4 55. Kg5 Ke3 56. h7 f3 57. Kg6 f2 58. Rh1 Ke2 59. Kg7 Rxh7+ 60. Kxh7 f1=Q 61. Rxf1 Kxf1 62. Kg6 Ke2 63. Kf6 Kd3 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.20"] [Round "21"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2724"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nb3 Bd6 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Na5 Rb8 12. a4 O-O 13. Nc4 b6 14. Kh1 a5 15. b3 Rbe8 16. Qh5 c5 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Qg3 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Rae1 Qf7 22. f3 Re6 23. Qf2 Qe8 24. Re2 Rff6 25. Rfe1 h6 26. Re4 Qh5 27. Qh4 Qf7 28. Qh3 Kh7 29. f4 Re7 30. Kg1 Re8 31. g4 Rg6 32. Kh1 Rf6 33. f5 Kg8 34. Qg2 Qf8 35. Rf1 g6 36. Bxh6 Qf7 37. Bg5 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.20"] [Round "19"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Yudin, Sergei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2546"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd2 Ne5 9. Nf4 c6 10. Be2 b5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Kh1 a5 13. Bd3 Ba6 14. Nce2 Rfd8 15. Ng3 Bf8 16. a4 d5 17. axb5 dxe4 18. bxa6 exd3 19. Nxd3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Rxa6 21. Rfc1 Nd5 22. Bc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 a4 24. Rc4 Rda8 25. Nf5 Qe5 26. Ng3 h6 27. d4 Qe3 28. Qxe3 Nxe3 29. Rc3 Nd5 30. Rc2 Ne3 31. Rc3 Nd5 32. Rc2 Ne3 33. Rc3 Nd5 34. Rc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.20"] [Round "13"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2881"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "Vidit,S"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Another berlin ! Both the players stick to this solid unbreakable line. Perhaps there is some pyschological warfare?} 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. O-O c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Bb3 d5 11. h3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qe7 13. Qf3 Be6 $11 {Black has again managed to equalise easily. For the next few moves the players keep manouevering to build some initiative but the game always remained equal. A top level draw !} 14. Nc4 Nd7 15. Ne3 Bxe3 16. Bxe3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4 h6 21. a4 Kf8 22. a5 Ke8 23. f3 Nf8 24. Bb6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nd7 26. Be3 Rd8 27. Kf2 f6 28. Ke2 Nf8 29. Rh1 Ne6 $11 30. g3 Nf8 31. f4 Ng6 32. g5 exf4 33. gxf4 fxg5 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. Bxg5 Rd7 36. Rg1 Kf7 37. Be3 Nf8 38. Bd4 Ne6 39. Ke3 Rd8 40. Be5 Rh8 41. Rg3 Rh1 (41... Rh5 $142 $1 {Anand could have actually won a pawn with this move but I guess they both were under severe time pressure.}) 42. Rf3+ Ke7 43. b4 Re1+ 44. Kd3 Rd1+ 45. Ke2 Rh1 46. Ke3 Re1+ 47. Kd3 Rd1+ 48. Ke2 Rh1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.20"] [Round "20"] [White "Le, Quang Liem"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2712"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 e5 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Nxc4 Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. h3 Nf5 11. Bd2 Nfd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qd1 Re8 14. Bc3 c6 15. Rc1 a5 16. a4 Be6 17. b3 b5 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rxc6 bxa4 21. bxa4 Rxc6 22. Bxc6 Re7 23. Bg2 Rc7 24. Qb1 Bf8 25. Nc4 Bxc4 26. dxc4 Rxc4 27. Qd3 Rc2 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.20"] [Round "18"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 Bg7 8. d5 Ne7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be2 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. O-O d5 13. Na3 Re8 14. Re1 Be6 15. c5 Ne4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rc1 a6 18. Nc2 Qa5 19. Ncd4 Qxa2 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Qd4+ Kg8 22. Ne5 Qxb3 23. Nxc6 a5 24. f3 Ng3 25. Bd3 Bf5 26. Kh2 Qxd3 27. Qxd3 Bxd3 28. Kxg3 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Kf8 30. Ne5 Bf5 31. c6 a4 32. Nd7+ Kg7 33. Ra1 a3 34. Nb6 Ra6 35. Nxd5 Rxc6 36. Rxa3 Be6 37. Nf4 g5 38. Nd3 h6 39. h4 Rc4 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Ra5 Kg6 42. Ne5+ Kf6 43. Nxc4 Bxc4 44. Kg4 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.20"] [Round "16"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2685"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. a4 O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f4 a5 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Rb1 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Qf3 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Rbe1 e6 19. Nd1 Rdc8 20. Nf2 c5 21. Ng4 c4 22. Bc3 cxb3 23. cxb3 Rab8 24. Bd4 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. exf6 Qc8 28. f5 exf5 29. Re7 Qa6 30. Qf4 Rbc8 31. Rfe1 Qxf6 32. h4 Kg7 33. h5 g5 34. Qd2 R8c6 35. Kg1 h6 36. R7e5 f4 37. Rxd5 Qc3 38. Qxc3+ Rxc3 39. Rxa5 Rxb3 40. Re2 Rb1+ 41. Kf2 Ra1 42. Kf3 Rc4 43. Kg4 Rcxa4 44. Rxa4 Rxa4 45. Re5 Ra3 46. Kf5 Rg3 47. Re2 f3 48. gxf3 Rxf3+ 49. Ke5 Rh3 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.19"] [Round "9"] [White "Amin, Bassem"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 O-O 8. d5 Na5 9. Re1 b5 10. e5 Ne8 11. a4 b4 12. cxb4 cxb4 13. Bg5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rxe5 f6 16. d6 Nxd6 17. Bh6 fxe5 18. Bxa8 Nf7 19. Bd5 Re8 20. Qf3 e6 21. Be4 Nxh6 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2554"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qb3 c5 8. a4 Bd6 9. d3 Bc7 10. O-O Rb8 11. Bd2 b6 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Rfc1 O-O 14. Nc4 Ba8 15. Qd1 Qe7 16. e4 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Ng4 18. Bc3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra7 bxc4 21. Rxc7 Qd6 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. dxc4 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Ne1 Rd7 26. h3 Nf6 27. f3 Bc6 28. Bf1 Rbd8 29. Be2 Ne8 30. Kf2 Nc7 31. Ra1 Ra8 32. Rxa8+ Bxa8 33. Nd3 Na6 34. Ke3 f6 35. g4 e5 36. g5 Kf7 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. f4 exf4+ 39. Nxf4 Rd6 40. Bh5+ Ke7 41. Nd5+ Bxd5 42. exd5 Rb6 43. Bd1 Nb8 44. Ke4 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.19"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Dreev, Alexey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2667"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nh4 Nf5 8. Nxf5 Bxf5 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Nd2 Be7 11. g4 Bg6 12. f4 f6 13. c3 O-O 14. Nf3 Be4 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Ng5 Qd7 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bd3 Nd6 19. Qc2 h6 20. Rae1 Bh4 21. Re2 Rf6 22. Bc1 Raf8 23. Bg6 Bg5 24. Ref2 Bh4 25. Rf3 e5 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. dxe5 Qxg4+ 28. Kh1 Re6 29. exd6 Re1 30. Qd3 Rfe8 31. Bf5 Qh5 32. Bg6 Rxf1+ 33. Rxf1 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.19"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D57"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 c6 12. a4 Nd7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. O-O Ne8 15. a5 Nd6 16. Qb4 Re8 17. Rfc1 Be6 18. Ne5 a6 19. c4 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Rd8 24. Rc5 Red7 25. Kf1 Rd5 26. Rac1 Kf8 27. Ke2 Ke7 28. Kd3 R8d7 29. h4 h5 30. f3 g6 31. R1c4 Kd8 32. e4 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Kc7 34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 b6 36. axb6+ Kxb6 37. h5 gxh5 38. gxh5 Rd6 39. Rf5 Rh6 40. e5 a5 41. d5 a4 42. d6 a3 43. Kc3 Rh8 44. Kb3 Kc5 45. h6 Kd5 46. Rxf7 Kxe5 47. d7 Kd6 48. Kxa3 Kc7 49. h7 Rb8 50. Rg7 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.19"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ragger, Markus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2632"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bc5 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Nc4 Re8 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nh4 Nf8 16. g5 Nh5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bf3 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. h4 Qe7 21. Kg2 Nd7 22. Rd2 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. c3 Rad8 25. Rad1 Bb6 26. Rd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Re7 28. Qd1 Rxd7 29. Qxd7 Qc5 30. Qd2 Kf8 31. Bg4 Kg8 32. Qxf4 Qe7 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Bf3 Qc7 35. Qa8 Bc5 36. Qe8 Qf4 37. Qd7 Qxh4 38. Qh3 Bxf2 39. Be2 Qxh3+ 40. Kxh3 Be3 41. Kg4 Kg8 42. b4 axb4 43. cxb4 Bd2 44. b5 c5 45. e5 b6 46. Bc4 Kf8 47. Bd5 Ke7 48. Bc4 Bc3 49. Kf4 Bd2+ 50. Kg4 Bc1 51. Bd5 Bd2 52. Bc4 f5+ 53. gxf6+ gxf6 54. exf6+ Kxf6 55. Kf3 Ke5 56. Ke2 Ba5 57. Ke3 g5 58. Be2 Bc3 59. Kd3 Be1 60. Ke3 Bb4 61. Kd3 Be1 62. Ke3 Kd5 63. Kd3 c4+ 64. Kc2 Kd4 65. Kd1 Ba5 66. Kc2 c3 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Salem, AR Saleh"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2581"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 h6 7. b4 Nxb4 8. Nxe5 Bd6 9. a3 Na6 10. Nf3 c5 11. e3 dxe3 12. fxe3 O-O 13. Nc3 Nb8 14. Bb2 Nc6 15. Nd5 Be7 16. Nh4 Nh7 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Ng5 19. h4 Ne6 20. Qg4 g6 21. Raf1 Ng7 22. Rf6 h5 23. Qg5 Qd7 24. Qh6 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.19"] [Round "5"] [White "Bologan, Viktor"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2661"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Bd3 b5 12. f4 Qc7 13. Rhe1 Rb8 14. h3 h4 15. Kb1 g6 16. Qf2 Nb6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Qf3 exf4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Kf8 21. Qxf4 Nh5 22. Qf3 Bf6 23. Re4 Kg7 24. Rg4 Rbe8 25. Rf1 Qe3 26. a4 Qxf3 27. Rxf3 Re1+ 28. Ka2 Rg1 29. Rf2 Be5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Bxb5 Bg3 32. Rd2 Nf4 33. Rd4 Ra8+ 34. Ra4 Rxa4+ 35. Bxa4 f5 36. Rxf4 Bxf4 37. Nd4 Bg3 38. b4 Rxg2 39. Kb3 Bf2 40. c3 Bxd4 41. cxd4 Rg3+ 42. Kc4 Rxh3 43. b5 Ra3 44. Kb4 Re3 45. b6 Re7 46. Kb5 h3 47. Bd1 h2 48. Bf3 g5 49. Kc6 g4 50. Bh1 Re1 51. b7 Rb1 52. Kc7 f4 53. b8=Q Rxb8 54. Kxb8 f3 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O c6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 a5 10. a4 Na6 11. Qe2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5 13. Nc4 Nfd7 14. e5 Qc7 15. Re1 e6 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. b3 b6 18. Rad1 h6 19. h4 Na6 20. h5 g5 21. f4 gxf4 22. Bxf4 Nb4 23. Nd6 Nd5 24. c4 Nxf4 25. gxf4 Nc5 26. Qg4 Kh8 27. Qf3 Rf8 28. f5 f6 29. fxe6 fxe5 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Qg4 Nxe6 32. Nxh6+ Kh8 33. Nf5 Bf6 34. Qg6 Nf4 35. Qh6+ Qh7 36. Qxh7+ Kxh7 37. Rd7+ Kh8 38. Bxc6 Rad8 39. Red1 Ne2+ 40. Kh2 Nd4 41. Nxd4 Rxd7 42. Bxd7 exd4 43. Kh3 Rd8 44. Bf5 Re8 45. Kg4 Re3 46. Bd3 Kg7 47. Kf4 Rh3 48. Rg1+ Kf8 49. Rg6 Ke7 50. Be2 d3 51. Bg4 Rh1 52. Rh6 Rf1+ 53. Ke4 d2 54. Rh7+ Ke8 55. Rh6 Ke7 56. Rh7+ Ke8 57. Rh6 Ke7 58. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2662"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 O-O 7. Nxc4 c5 8. d3 Nc6 9. Be3 b6 10. Nfe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Be6 12. Bxa8 Qxa8 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Rc1 Bxf3 15. exf3 Rd8 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. Rfd1 e6 18. d4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 cxd4 20. exd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kg2 Qd5 22. Rc7 a5 23. b3 e5 24. Qc4 Qxc4 25. bxc4 Re8 26. f4 Re6 27. Kf3 Bc5 28. Re1 Rd6 29. Rxe5 Rd3+ 30. Kg4 Rd2 31. Rd5 Rxa2 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Rdd7 Kf6 34. Rxf7+ Ke6 35. Rxh7 Rc2 36. Rc6+ 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.19"] [Round "1"] [White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "183"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 g5 12. Bg3 Nxe4 13. f4 d6 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15. Qh5 Qf6 16. fxg5 Qg6 17. Qxg6+ fxg6 18. gxh6 Bf5 19. Rab1 Ra4 20. Rb7 Rc8 21. Re1 Kh7 22. Bxd6 Kxh6 23. Bxc7 g5 24. Be5 Rxa2 25. h3 Rxc2 26. Rxa7 g4 27. Bf4+ Kg6 28. hxg4 Bxg4 29. Re5 Bf5 30. g4 Bxg4 31. Rg5+ Kf6 32. Rxg4 Kf5 33. Rh4 Rg8+ 34. Kf1 Rxc3 35. Bd2 Rf3+ 36. Ke2 Rfg3 37. Ra5+ Ke6 38. Re4+ Kf6 39. Rc5 Rg2+ 40. Kd1 Rd8 41. Rxc6+ Kf5 42. Rf4+ Ke5 43. Rc5+ Ke6 44. Re4+ Kf6 45. Rc2 Kf5 46. Re1 Rd5 47. Kc1 Rf2 48. Rb2 Rc5+ 49. Rc2 Rxc2+ 50. Kxc2 Rg2 51. Kd3 Rg3+ 52. Be3 Ke6 53. Ke4 Rg4+ 54. Bf4 Rh4 55. Ra1 Rh5 56. Ra6+ Kd7 57. Be5 Rh1 58. Kd5 Rd1+ 59. Bd4 Kd8 60. Ra7 Rd2 61. Ke5 Rd1 62. Bc5 Kc8 63. Bd6 Rc1 64. Ke6 Rc2 65. Kd5 Kd8 66. Bc5 Re2 67. Kc6 Ke8 68. Bd6 Re1 69. Kd5 Kd8 70. Rf7 Re2 71. Kc6 Re1 72. Bc5 Re6+ 73. Bd6 Re1 74. Rh7 Re2 75. Rh8+ Re8 76. Rh2 Re1 77. Rf2 Re6 78. Ra2 Ke8 79. Rf2 Kd8 80. Rf7 Re1 81. Kd5 Ke8 82. Ra7 Kd8 83. Rb7 Ke8 84. Be5 Kd8 85. Ke6 Rc1 86. Rb6 Rc2 87. Bd4 Kc7 88. Rb5 Kc6 89. Rb3 Re2+ 90. Be3 Rc2 91. Rb8 Kc7 92. Bf4+ 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 8th"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.19"] [Round "10"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2742"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2014.06.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg2 e6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Kb1 Kb8 17. Ne2 Ne8 18. Nf4 Nd6 19. Nd3 f5 20. Bc1 Rdf8 21. Ne5 Qe6 22. b3 Nd7 23. f4 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Ne4 25. Bf3 Rd8 26. Bb2 Rd7 27. Rdg1 Bd8 28. Rg2 Bb6 29. Qd3 Rh7 30. h4 Rd8 31. h5 gxh5 32. gxh5 Rdh8 33. Rhg1 Qe7 34. Rg6 a6 35. e6 Rxh5 36. Bxh5 Rxh5 37. Bxg7 Rh2 38. R6g2 Rxg2 39. Rxg2 Qxe6 40. Bd4 c5 41. Be5+ Ka7 42. a4 c4 43. bxc4 dxc4 44. Qd1 c3 45. Qc2 Qc4 46. Rg6 Bxe3 47. a5 Qb4+ 48. Ka1 Qxa5+ 49. Qa2 Qxa2+ 50. Kxa2 c2 0-1 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.18"] [Round "15"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2815"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2014.06.16"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. b3 O-O 9. Nc4 Bxc4 10. bxc4 Nd7 11. Rb1 b6 12. g3 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Be3 Qe8 15. Nd2 Qg6 16. Ne4 Raf8 17. Kg2 Nf6 18. Qe2 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Rf3 20. Kg1 Qxe4 21. Rfe1 c5 22. Qd3 Qg4 23. Re2 h5 24. Qd5+ Kh8 25. Rbe1 a5 26. Bd2 Ra3 27. Bc1 Rxa2 28. Rxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 g6 30. Bf4 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Rd1 32. Qc6 Rd6 33. Qxc7 Qd7 34. Re7 Qxc7 35. Be5+ Kg8 36. Rxc7 Rdf6 37. Bxf6 Rxf6 38. Rb7 Kf8 39. f4 Ke8 40. Kf3 Kd8 41. Ke4 Kc8 42. Ra7 Rd6 43. Ke5 Rd7 44. Ra8+ Kb7 45. Re8 a4 46. Kf6 Rd1 47. Re3 Rd6+ 48. Kg5 Ka6 49. Ra3 Ka5 50. c3 Re6 51. Kh6 h4 52. gxh4 Re4 53. Kxg6 Rxf4 54. Kg5 Rf2 55. h5 Rg2+ 56. Kf5 Rxh2 57. Kg5 Rg2+ 58. Kf5 Rh2 59. Kg5 Rg2+ 60. Kf5 Rh2 61. Kg5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.18"] [Round "13"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2014.06.16"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe1 f5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bb5 Qc8 13. Kh1 Ba6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Rg1 Rf7 16. Qd2 Nf8 17. Nd1 Ng6 18. Nf2 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Bxh4 20. a4 Rc8 21. Rgc1 Rfc7 22. Nh3 Be7 23. Ng1 Bb7 24. Nf3 a5 25. Bf2 Qe8 26. c3 Bc6 27. Qc2 Bd7 28. Be3 Rb7 29. h3 c4 30. Rg1 b5 31. axb5 Rxb5 32. Raf1 Qh5 33. Kh2 Ra8 34. Bc1 a4 35. Rf2 Be8 36. Nd2 Qf7 37. Nb1 Qf8 38. Na3 Bxa3 39. bxa3 Bg6 40. Re1 Rb3 41. Rff1 Rab8 42. Re3 Qe8 43. Rfe1 Rb1 44. Qf2 R8b3 45. Qa2 Qb5 46. Rg1 Qb6 47. Rge1 Qd8 48. Rg1 Qh4 49. Rg3 Bh5 50. Qf2 Kh8 51. Rf1 Ra1 52. Qd2 Qe7 53. Re3 Rbb1 54. Ree1 Qb7 55. Qf2 Bg6 56. Qh4 Qd7 57. Bb2 Rxe1 58. Rxe1 Rxe1 59. Qxe1 Qb5 60. Qd2 Qb3 61. Bc1 Qb1 62. Qb2 Qxb2 63. Bxb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.18"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2730"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2014.06.16"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. a4 Nf8 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Bb3 Ng6 14. a5 O-O 15. O-O Nh5 16. Rfd1 Nhf4 17. Qf1 Bg5 18. Ra4 Qe7 19. Nc4 Rcd8 20. Bb6 Rd7 21. Ne3 Bh6 22. Nf5 Qg5 23. g3 d5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Bxf5 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.18"] [Round "12"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2881"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "Vidit,S"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2014.06.16"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. d4 {Something new, Finally !} d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 $5 { Of all the lines exchange variation was the least expected.} cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Rc1 (7. Qb3 {is the more popular line nowadays}) 7... Rc8 8. Nf3 e6 9. Qb3 Bb4 10. Bb5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 (11. Qxc3 $6 a6 12. Be2 Ne4 13. Qa3 g5 $36) 11... O-O 12. Bxc6 Rxc6 13. Qxb7 Qc8 14. Qxc8 Rfxc8 {Something has definitely gone wrong for White.Black has not only solved the opening problems but also has the intiative. Probably the hybrid of Rc1-Qb3-Bb5 isn't correct and allows black a lot of time.} 15. Ne5 Rxc3 16. Rxc3 Rxc3 17. O-O h6 (17... Nh5 $5 {was an artificial but an interesting option. If black manages to remove the bishop and consolidate he will clearly be better.} 18. g4 $1 ({ Interesting complications follow after} 18. Bg5 f6 19. g4 fxe5 20. gxf5 exd4 21. fxe6 Rc6 $1 $36) 18... Nxf4 19. exf4 Bc2 20. Re1 $1 f6 21. Nd7 Rc4 22. Nc5 Rxd4 23. Nxe6 Ra4 24. f3 $44 { In my opinion white has sufficient activity for the pawn.}) 18. h4 Ne4 19. g4 $1 {It is important to play actively and create some quick counterplay.} Bh7 20. Rb1 g5 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Bh2 Nd2 $1 {Engine at first fails to understand and evaluate the position of Rook vs two pieces. Black is actually in no danger at all as the activity of black's rook is always sufficient for a draw.} 23. Rb8+ Kg7 24. Rb7 Be4 25. Rxf7+ Kg8 26. f3 Nxf3+ 27. Rxf3 Bxf3 28. Nxf3 Rc1+ (28... Rxe3 29. Nxg5 Ra3 30. Nxe6 Rxa2 31. Nc5 a5 $11) 29. Kf2 Rc2+ 30. Ke1 Rxa2 31. Bd6 a5 32. Nxg5 a4 33. Kd1 Rb2 {Diagram [#]} 34. Nxe6 $2 {You simply annot explain such moves. 99/100 times Carlsen would play the correct move, but apparently even the World Champion blunders! Any other move would have drawn easily.} Rb6 35. Nf4 $4 {Actually this is the real blunder ! Carlsen must have been so demoralized by missing Rb6 that he failed to see that he can still save the game. The point is that immediate 35.Nc5 is met with a3 and black wins, but White can invert the move order by playing 35. Kc2! & then Nc5} (35. Kc2 $142 $1 Rxd6 36. Nc5 a3 37. Kb3 $11 {and the king catches the pawn}) 35... Rxd6 36. Kc2 Rb6 $1 { Now the king is cut off and with accurate play black managed to win the game} 37. Nxd5 Rb7 38. Nc3 a3 39. e4 Kf7 40. e5 Ke6 41. Kc1 Rc7 42. Kd2 Ra7 43. Na2 Rb7 44. Kc3 Rb8 45. g5 Kf5 {Now white is in a type of zugwang as any move by King or the knight loses a piece. Hence white has to slowly give up all of his pawns.} 46. d5 (46. Kc2 Rb2+) (46. Nc1 Rc8+ 47. Kd2 Kxg5 $19) 46... Kxe5 47. g6 Kxd5 48. g7 Ke6 49. g8=Q+ Rxg8 50. Kb3 Rg3+ 51. Kb4 Ke5 52. Nc3 Re3 53. Kc4 Kf5 54. Kb4 Kg4 55. Na2 Kf3 56. Nc3 Kg2 57. Nd5 Rf3 58. Nc3 Kf1 59. Kc4 Ke1 60. Kb4 Rh3 {Between these two the d4 games have clearly been more fighting and full of thrill compared to the dry and ever-boring berlins. So, I hope & wish to see a lot 1.d4 games in the upcoming WCH match. Fingers crossed ! :)} 0-1 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.18"] [Round "14"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2014.06.16"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. O-O Ba7 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bc2 h6 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Ng3 Rad8 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Nd5 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 Bf5 20. Ne5 Rxe5 21. dxe5 Nf4 22. Qf2 Bxc2 23. Qxf4 Qe6 24. b3 Bg6 25. Rac1 Re8 26. Ne2 Nxe5 27. Nd4 Qd5 28. Rcd1 f6 29. Nf3 Qc5+ 30. Kh2 Qxc3 31. Nxe5 fxe5 32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Re7 34. Rd5 e4 35. Kf4 Kh7 36. Ke3 Be8 37. Rf1 Bc6 38. Rd2 Kg6 39. g4 Re5 40. Kd4 Rd5+ 41. Ke3 Re5 42. Kd4 Rd5+ 43. Ke3 Re5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.17"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Efimenko, Zahar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2648"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2014.06.16"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 c5 13. b4 Nc6 14. c3 Kh8 15. Ng3 Qd7 16. h3 a5 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. a4 b4 19. cxb4 axb4 20. Be3 Bd6 21. Qc2 Rfc8 22. Nd2 Na5 23. Rfc1 Qe8 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Ra5 26. Nf1 Nd7 27. Nd2 Nb6 28. Qb3 h6 29. Ra2 Rxa4 30. Rxa4 Qxa4 31. Qxe6 Qd7 32. Qxd7 Nxd7 33. Nc4 Rc6 34. Ra1 Kg8 35. Ra7 Bc7 36. Kf1 Kf7 37. Ke2 Ke6 38. Kd1 Bd6 39. Kc2 Be7 40. Rxd7 Kxd7 41. Nxe5+ Kd6 42. Nxc6 Kxc6 43. f4 Kb5 44. Kb3 Bd8 45. g4 Be7 46. f5 Bd6 47. Bc1 Be5 48. Bb2 Bxb2 49. Kxb2 Kc6 50. e5 Kd5 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.17"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A50"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2726"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2014.06.16"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d6 5. e4 e5 6. d5 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 c6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Rfd1 a6 13. Qb1 a5 14. a3 a4 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Nxa4 cxd5 17. cxd5 Rb8 18. Qc2 Ne8 19. Nc3 Bc8 20. Nc4 g6 21. a4 f5 22. a5 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Ng7 24. a6 Nf5 25. a7 Ra8 26. Qa4 Nd4 27. Bd3 Bb7 28. Qa5 Bxd5 29. Nb6 Bc6 30. Nxa8 Qxa8 31. Qc7 Bh4 32. Qxd6 Bxe4 33. Bxe4 Bxf2+ 34. Kh1 Qxe4 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. a8=Q+ Qxa8 37. Rxa8+ Kg7 38. Re8 Nc6 39. Rd7+ Kh6 40. Rd6 Na5 41. Rxe5 Nc4 42. Re2 Nxd6 43. Rxf2 Kg5 44. Kg1 Ne4 45. Rf7 h5 46. Kf1 c4 47. Rc7 Kf5 48. Ke2 Nd6 49. Ke3 Ke6 50. Rc5 h4 51. Kf4 Kf6 52. h3 Ke6 53. Kg4 Nf5 54. Rc6+ Kd5 55. Rxg6 Ne3+ 56. Kxh4 Kc5 57. Rg8 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.17"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2672"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2014.06.16"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Qc7 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f3 b5 10. Kb1 Bb7 11. Bf4 e5 12. Nf5 exf4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nb4 15. c4 Bd6 16. a3 Be5 17. Qxb4 d6 18. cxb5 O-O 19. g3 axb5 20. Bxb5 Rfb8 21. gxf4 Bc8 22. Nh6+ gxh6 23. fxe5 Bf5+ 24. Ka1 Ra5 25. Rhg1+ Bg6 26. Qxd6 Qxd6 27. exd6 Raxb5 28. b4 Rd8 29. Kb2 Rxd6 30. Kc3 Rbxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Kc4 Rh5 33. b5 Rxh2 34. b6 Kf8 35. Rd1 Ke7 36. Kb5 Rb2+ 37. Kc6 Rc2+ 38. Kb5 Rb2+ 39. Kc6 Rc2+ 40. Kb5 Rb2+ 41. Kc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.17"] [Round "10"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2014.06.16"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d4 5. b4 Bxb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Ne5 Rb8 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qxa7 Rb6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. d3 Bg4 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bg5 Rfb8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nd2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rfc1 h5 21. a4 hxg4 22. hxg4 e4 23. dxe4 Rb2 24. Qd1 Qe5 25. Rcb1 Bxe4 26. Rxb2 Rxb2 27. Bxe4 Qxe4 28. Qd3 Qxg4+ 29. Kf1 Qh4 30. Kg2 Qg4+ 31. Kf1 Qh4 32. Kg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.17"] [Round "8"] [White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2621"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2014.06.16"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Bb4 11. Nf3 Nh5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Rc8 15. O-O g4 16. Nh4 Nxg3 17. fxg3 f5 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Bxf5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 O-O 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bf5 Nc4 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Qg6 Qh7 25. Qg5 Qe4 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Qg5+ Kh7 28. Qh5+ Kg7 29. Qg5+ Kh7 30. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2014.06.16"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. a4 Nf6 9. a5 d5 10. Bb6 Qd6 11. Nc3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qb4+ 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. O-O O-O 16. c3 Qb5 17. b4 f5 18. Bc2 Bf6 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bd7 21. Bb3 Kh8 22. Rad1 Bc6 23. Qe3 f4 24. Qh3 f3 25. Bc5 Bxc3 26. Bc2 h6 27. Bd3 Qa4 28. Bxf8 fxg2 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rfe1 Bxe1 31. Qg4+ Kf8 32. Qf4+ Ke7 33. Qh4+ Kf7 34. Qf4+ Ke7 35. Rxe1 Rd8 36. Qxh6 Rd6 37. Qh4+ Kd7 38. Be4 Bxe4 39. Qxe4 Qc6 40. h4 Rd5 41. Qh7+ Kd6 42. Qg6 Qd7 43. Qg3+ Kc6 44. Kxg2 Kb5 45. Re4 Rd3 46. Qe5+ Qd5 47. h5 Qxe5 48. Rxe5+ Kxb4 49. h6 Rd7 50. Rh5 Rh7 51. Kf3 e5 52. Ke4 Kxa5 53. Kxe5 b5 54. Kf6 Kb4 55. Kg6 Rh8 56. Kg7 Rc8 57. f4 a5 58. h7 a4 59. h8=Q Rxh8 60. Rxh8 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Matlakov, Maxim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2689"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2014.06.16"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.16"] [Round "5"] [White "Laznicka, Viktor"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D57"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2014.06.16"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. a4 c5 13. Qa3 Be6 14. Bd3 Kf8 15. a5 c4 16. Bc2 Qxa3 17. Rxa3 Nc6 18. Kd2 b5 19. axb6 axb6 20. Rha1 Rxa3 21. Rxa3 Ke7 22. Ra6 Rb8 23. Ne5 Kd6 24. Nxc6 Kxc6 25. Ra7 b5 26. f3 Kb6 27. Ra1 f5 28. e4 fxe4 29. fxe4 Rf8 30. Ke3 g5 31. e5 h5 32. Rb1 Ka5 33. Ra1+ Kb6 34. Rb1 h4 35. Ba4 Bd7 36. Bd1 Rf1 37. Bc2 Rxb1 38. Bxb1 b4 39. Kd2 b3 40. Bg6 Be6 41. Kc1 Kc7 42. g3 hxg3 43. hxg3 Kd8 44. Bh5 Ke7 45. Bf3 g4 46. Bg2 Bf7 47. Kb2 Be6 48. Kc1 Bf7 49. Kb2 Ke6 50. Bf1 Bg6 51. Kc1 Bd3 52. Bg2 Be4 53. Bf1 Bd3 54. Bg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C90"] [WhiteElo "2622"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2014.06.16"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. d4 Bg4 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Qe3 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Re8 15. Bd2 Bf8 16. Qf4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Bxb4 Qc4 19. Bc3 Rxe4 20. Qf5 Rf4 21. Nd2 Rxf5 22. Nxc4 Rc5 23. Ne3 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rad1 Rc5 26. Re2 f6 27. Bd4 Rh5 28. f3 Rb8 29. b3 Rd5 30. Red2 c5 31. Be3 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Kf7 33. Kf2 Ke6 34. Ke2 d5 35. Kd3 Bd6 36. h3 c4+ 37. bxc4 dxc4+ 38. Kxc4 Rb4+ 39. Kd3 Rxa4 40. c3 Kd7 41. Rb2 Kc7 42. g4 Ra1 43. h4 a5 44. Rb6 a4 45. Ra6 a3 46. Kc4 Rf1 47. Bc5 Bxc5 48. Kxc5 Rxf3 49. Rxa3 Kb7 50. Kd6 Rd3+ 51. Ke6 Rg3 52. Rb3+ Kc8 53. Rb4 Rxc3 54. Kf7 Rc7+ 55. Kg8 g6 56. Rf4 g5 57. Rxf6 gxh4 58. Rh6 Rc4 59. Rxh4 h5 60. Rxh5 Rxg4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Sandipan, Chanda"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2594"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2014.06.16"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] 0-1 [Event "Le Defi m2"] [Site "Porto Vecchio"] [Date "2014.05.20"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Piscopo, Pierluigi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2409"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2014.05.19"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. c3 Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. Nc3 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nf5 9. O-O Be7 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Rac1 Ba6 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Qb5 17. Bd6 Rac8 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Qe2 20. Qc3 e5 21. Ra4 f6 22. Re1 Qd3 23. Qxd3 Bxd3 24. Rxa7 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. a3 Kf7 27. f3 Ke6 28. Kf2 g5 29. Ke3 Bb5 30. Bc7 Ra4 31. Rd1 Rc4 32. Bb6 Rc2 33. Rd2 Rxd2 34. Kxd2 Bf1 35. g3 Bg2 36. Ke3 Bf1 37. a4 f5 38. b4 Bc4 39. f4 exf4+ 40. gxf4 g4 41. Kd4 Ba6 42. Bd8 h5 43. Bh4 Bf1 44. Be1 Ba6 45. Bh4 Bf1 46. Bg3 Ba6 47. Be1 Bf1 48. b5 cxb5 49. a5 b4 50. Bxb4 h4 51. Be1 g3 52. h3 Kd7 53. Ke5 Bxh3 54. a6 Kc6 55. Kf6 Bg4 56. Kg5 g2 57. Bf2 h3 58. a7 Kb7 59. c6+ Ka8 60. c7 Kb7 61. a8=Q+ Kxa8 62. c8=Q# 1-0 [Event "Le Defi m2"] [Site "Porto Vecchio"] [Date "2014.05.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Piscopo, Pierluigi"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2409"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2014.05.19"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 Ne7 10. Ne3 O-O 11. O-O Bb6 12. d4 Ng6 13. a4 c6 14. Re1 a5 15. Qb3 Ba7 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. Qc2 h5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Rad8 22. Qe4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Bxd3 h4 27. g3 hxg3 28. hxg3 Kf8 29. Kg2 Ke7 30. Bc4 e4 31. Kf1 Kf6 32. Ke2 Kxf5 33. Bxf7 b5 34. Be8 bxa4 35. Bxc6 a3 36. bxa3 Bc5 37. a4 g5 38. Bb7 Ke5 39. Bc6 Bb6 40. Bb7 Ba7 41. Bc6 Bb6 42. Bb7 Ba7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Le Defi m1"] [Site "Porto Vecchio"] [Date "2014.05.19"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Massoni, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2338"] [Annotator "Schulz,André"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2014.05.19"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 {Die Anti-Sizilianer sind derzeit groĂYe in Mode. Da Lb5 gegen die Paulsen-Variante nicht sinnvoll ist, spielen viele so wie Anand das hier macht.} Nc6 ({Prinzipieller ist} 3... d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rc8 14. Be3 Bc5 15. Qd2 Ne4 16. Qd3 Qb6 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Nd4 Qxb2 19. Reb1 Qc3 20. Qxc3 Nxc3 21. Rxb7 Bg6 22. Bf1 Ra5 23. a4 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Nxa4 25. Rxa7 Nc5 26. Bg2 Ne6 27. Nc6 Be4 28. c3 Kh8 29. Rd7 Nc5 30. Rc7 Ne6 31. Re7 h6 32. Nd4 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Rc8 34. Rxf7 Nxd4 35. cxd4 Rc4 36. Rf4 g5 37. Rg4 Kg7 38. h4 Kf6 39. f4 gxh4 40. Rxh4 Kg6 { 1-0 (40) Adams,M (2753)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2742) Bilbao 2013}) 4. Bg2 Qc7 { In der Hoffnung, das WeiĂY vielleicht spĂNter noch d4 spielt.} (4... d5) 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 ({Weniger energisch ist} 6. d3) 6... d6 7. c3 { Nun kommt WeiĂY zu einem Vollzentrum.} Be7 (7... c4 $2 8. Na3) 8. d4 $5 ({ HĂNufiger geschieht auch hier} 8. d3) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 {Analog zu ĂNhnliche n Varianten im Lb5-System gespielt und tatsĂNchlich eine Neuerung an dieser Stelle.} 10. e5 (10. exd5 {kommt auch in Betracht.}) 10... Ne4 11. Nc3 ({ Die Alternative war} 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 O-O $11 13. h4 Bd7 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh3 Na5 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Bf4 Bc6 ({ Houdini schlĂNgt} 18... Ba4 19. Bf1 Bc2 {vor.}) 19. Bf1 Bb5 { Die letzten beiden ZĂ1/4ge von Schwarz waren recht nutzlos.} 20. Qh5 { Nun droht entscheidend Lxh6.} ({Zum Dauerschach fĂ1/4hrt hier} 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qf4 Kg7 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qh5 Kg7 $11) 20... Na3 $2 {Verliert forciert.} ({ Die einzige Verteidigung war} 20... Be8 {mit der Idee} 21. Bxh6 (21. Qf3) 21... f5 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Nf4 Qc6 $17 ({Nicht} 23... Bxh5 24. Nxe6+ Kf7 25. Nxc7 { und falls} Rad8 {so} 26. Nxd5 $18)) 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Nf4 Qd7 ( 23... Bd8 24. Nh5 ({Oder} 24. Bh3 $18) 24... f5 25. exf6 { gefolgt von Lh3 und gewinnt.}) 24. Nh5 f5 25. Qg7# 1-0 [Event "Le Defi m1"] [Site "Porto Vecchio"] [Date "2014.05.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Massoni, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2338"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2014.05.19"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.07.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5 Bc5 6. Nb3 Bb6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. O-O-O g5 13. e5 Bg4 14. Qg3 gxh4 15. Qxh4 Rxe5 16. f3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Qg3 Re3 19. h4 h5 20. Qf4 Qe7 21. Kb1 Qe5 22. Qc4 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Nd5 24. Kb2 Ne3 25. Qxc6 Nxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Re8 27. Rd5 Qe2 28. Rd2 Qe6 29. gxh5 Bxh5 30. f4 Kf8 31. Rd5 Bf3 32. c4 Bxd5 33. cxd5 Qf6+ 34. Kb1 Re1+ 35. Nc1 Qxf4 36. Qc3 Qxc1# 0-1 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2014.03.30"] [Round "14"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "ChessBase Website"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2014.03.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.05.15"] [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Ba4 { [%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be7 { [%emt 0:00:10]} 6. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Bb3 { [%emt 0:00:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:26]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:05:25]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 9. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nxe5 { [%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. d3 { With the tournament already in the bag it didn't make any sense for Anand to play for blood or to show anything new in his preparation. Svidler's Marshall was more than sufficient to jump into an easily drawn endgame. [%emt 0:02:19]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 13. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:06:22]} 14. Qf3 { [%emt 0:04:48]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 15. Nd2 {[%emt 0:06:17]} Qg6 { [%emt 0:01:57]} 16. Bd1 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 17. Ne4 { [%emt 0:02:45]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 18. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qxe4 19. Rxe4 { [%emt 0:00:11]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 20. Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rxe8 { [%emt 0:00:15]} 21. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:03:06]} 22. Bf3 { [%emt 0:03:57]} Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 23. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf8 { [%emt 0:00:24]} 24. a3 $146 {[%emt 0:01:18]} (24. b3 Re6 25. c4 Nb4 26. cxb5 cxb5 27. a4 bxa4 28. bxa4 Nd3 29. Rb1 Nc5 30. a5 Re5 31. Be2 Ne6 { 1/2-1/2 (31) Shirov,A (2696)-Nyback,T (2599) Jyvaskyla 2014}) 24... Rd8 { [%emt 0:16:09]} 25. c4 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 26. Bxc6 { [%emt 0:04:08]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 27. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} bxc4 { [%emt 0:00:43]} 28. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:03:52]} Nxb2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Rc2 { [%emt 0:00:16]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 30. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Ke7 { [%emt 0:00:47]} 31. Be4 {[%emt 0:06:51]} Rxc2+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} 32. Bxc2 { [%emt 0:00:11]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 33. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Nxa3 { [%emt 0:00:31]} 34. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2014.03.29"] [Round "13"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "181"] [EventDate "2014.03.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.05.15"] [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 { [%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 4. e3 $5 { This used to be some sort of fashion during the Steinitz-Zukertort World Championship match, but may look completely outdated some 120 years later. Some years ago, I started using several systems with an early e2-e3. Apart from the line played in this gme, I also tried to revive my favourite weapon from 30 years ago: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3. Somehow, I felt this was not too professional, but the results kept being unexpectedly good, although on some occasions it was obvious that my opponents had prepared thoroughly. The conclusion would be that the position is complex enough to avoid exhaustive preparation and allow the outplaying of the opponent in the middlegame. After the last move, Black has a wide choice, but every move has some slight drawback. [%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:06]} (4... b6 {Kramnik,V (2787) -Aronian,L (2830) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 [Krasenkow] (1/2-1/2, 60)}) (4... c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 {proved being less simple for Black than perfect symmetry would suggest in Aronian,L (2808)-Anand,V (2817) Monte Carlo 2011 CBM 142 [Marin,M] (1-0, 59)}) (4... Nbd7 {is the most flexible move, keeping the possibility of ...Bb4 if White plays b2-b3, or ...dxc4 as an answer to Bf1-d3.} 5. b3 (5. Nc3 {looks best, but then} c6 {would transpose to a Meran. The effectiveness of White?s move order depends on whether Black has this opening in his repertoire.}) 5... Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 (6. Bd2 a5) 6... e5 7. dxe5 Bc3 ({ The correct move order was} 7... Nxe5 $1 8. Nxe5 Bc3) 8. Rb1 (8. exf6 $1 Bxa1 9. fxg7 Bxg7 10. cxd5 $44) 8... Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11 { Giertz,N (2280)-Gaponenko,I (2458) Biel 2006 (1/2-1/2, 67)}) 5. b3 { [%emt 0:00:35]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:28]} 6. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:10] } 7. cxd5 {I find this very simplistic. [%emt 0:03:44]} (7. Nbd2 {leads to more complex play. I have selected a few games from the final part of Karpov's career, some of them coming from other move orders. Personally, I prefer the lines with hanging white pawns, but Karpov also tried other structures as well. } cxd4 (7... Nc6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 (8... exd5 9. Be2 b6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bc4 Rad8 16. O-O Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kf8 20. h3 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qd6 22. Qg4 $14 { 1-0 (60) Karpov,A (2693)-Van Wely,L (2697) Dubai 2002 CBM 089 [Tsesarsky]}) 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 b6 11. b4 Be7 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Bc4 Bf6 14. Qb3 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Nf6 16. O-O Qe7 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Rfc1 $14 { Karpov,A (2616)-Alekseev,E (2683) Germany 2013}) 8. exd4 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. O-O Bf8 13. Rfd1 Rc8 (13... dxc4 { is premature, clearing the c2-a4 diagonal.} 14. bxc4 g6 15. Nf1 Bg7 16. Ne3 Rc8 17. Bc2 $5 Qe7 18. Bc3 Red8 19. Rb1 Rd7 20. Bd3 Nh5 21. Qb2 Nf4 22. Bf1 Nb8 23. Ne1 Rcd8 24. a4 Nc6 25. g3 Nh5 26. N1c2 Nf6 27. Bg2 Nb8 {It is hard to explain what Karpov did, it looked as if he was defending for most of the time, but now he finally carries out the breakthrough} 28. d5 $16 {and it was all over in Karpov,A (2740)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2605) Las Palmas 1994 (1-0, 39)}) 14. h3 g6 15. Qe3 Bg7 16. Bb1 ({The old theory went} 16. Ne5 dxc4 17. bxc4 Ne7 18. Ndf3 {Smyslov,V (2600)-Ribli,Z (2615) London 1983 (1-0, 65)}) 16... Qe7 17. Ne5 dxc4 18. Nxc6 ({The player with hanging pawns should keep the minor pieces, but probably Karpov disliked} 18. bxc4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7) 18... Bxc6 19. bxc4 Qb7 20. f3 Rcd8 21. Ne4 Qb8 $13 { Karpov,A (2651)-Gelfand,B (2720) Moscow 2008 (1-0, 44)}) 7... Nxd5 { [%emt 0:06:43]} ({The following game played by one of Karpov's historic adversaries actually started with the 1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 move order.} 7... exd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bb6 11. Na3 Ne4 12. Nb5 Re8 13. Nbd4 Qd6 14. Rc1 Bg4 {Kortschnoj,V (2642)-Sadvakasov,D (2523) Astana 2003 (1/2-1/2, 44)}) 8. dxc5 {[%emt 0:08:52]} Nd7 $1 $146 { This novelty seems to solve Black's micro-problems. [%emt 0:04:07]} (8... Bxc5 {wastes some time, allowing White get the slightly more pleasant position.} 9. Bc4 (9. Be2 Bb4+ 10. Nfd2 b6 11. a3 Be7 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bb7 14. O-O Nd7 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Rc8 $11 { Bacrot,E (2721)-Naiditsch,A (2697) Montreal 2009 (1/2-1/2, 25)}) 9... Nc6 (9... b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. a3 Nd7 13. Nbd2 {The knight does not do much on d5, and it obstructs the b7-bishop at the same time, making the threat Nd2-e4 a bit annoying.}) ({ With the bishop on c4 rather than on e2 like in a game above,} 9... Bb4+ $6 { is not dangerous:} 10. Nbd2 Nc3 $6 11. Qc2 $16) 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bb5 (11. Bd3 $5 {may offer better chances for retaining a small edge.} Nb4 { With queens on the board, White's chances for the initiative would be bigger.} 12. Be2 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bd7 14. Nc3) 11... Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bd7 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Ne4 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Be8 $11 { Fedoseev,V (2641)-Wojtaszek,R (2713) Yerevan 2014 (0-1, 85)}) 9. c6 { The only way to fight for at least some minimal edge. [%emt 0:05:34]} bxc6 { [%emt 0:00:32]} 10. Nbd2 {White has the better queenside structure, but is behind in development. Black's next move threatens to immediately solve the structural problems. [%emt 0:12:15]} a5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 11. e4 { [%emt 0:04:03]} N5f6 {[%emt 0:03:46]} (11... Nf4 12. g3 Ng6 13. Be2 a4 14. O-O axb3 15. axb3 Bb7 16. Qc2 $14) 12. Qc2 {This concrete approach would work out well if White had better development. The way it is, the queen incursion looks rather risky. [%emt 0:01:33]} a4 $1 {[%emt 0:03:27]} (12... Qc7 13. Bb5 Bb7 14. O-O Qf4 (14... Rfc8 $6 15. Bd3 h6 16. Rfd1 a4 17. bxa4 Qa5 18. Nc4 Qxa4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 $8 $14) 15. Bd3 h6 16. h3 a4 17. bxa4 $14 Nc5 $2 18. Be5 $18) 13. Qxc6 $6 {[%emt 0:06:55]} Qa5 {Fighting for equality, with good chances for achieving it, but hardly for more than that. [%emt 0:10:08]} (13... Ra5 $1 { would have seriously questioned the viability of White's plan.} 14. Qc1 (14. Be2 $2 Nc5 $1 15. Be5 axb3 $1 16. Bc7 (16. axb3 Rxa1+ 17. Bxa1 Bd7) 16... Rxa2 $1 17. Rxa2 bxa2 18. O-O Qd7 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 $17) 14... Bb7 $36) (13... Ra7 $5) 14. Qxa4 $1 {[%emt 0:09:42]} Qxa4 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 15. bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (15... Rxa4 16. Bb5 Ra8 17. a4 $16) 16. Bb5 { [%emt 0:02:44]} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 17. Bd4 {It still looks OK for Black, but he has to find a way to retrieve the pawn at some moment. Excessive simplifications may turn the a-pawn into a dangerous passer. [%emt 0:03:20]} Bd7 {From a relatively wide choice of natural moves, this is not the best, but not really bad either. [%emt 0:14:52]} (17... Bb7 $6 18. Rc1 $1 Ba3 (18... Ra5 $2 19. Bxa4 Rxa4 20. Rc7 $18) (18... Nxe4 19. Rc7) (18... Bxe4 19. Bxf6 $18) 19. Rc4 Nb2 20. Bxb2 Bxb2 21. a4 $14) (17... Ra5 $6 18. Rb1 $1 $14 Bb7 $2 19. Bxa4 $18) (17... Rd8 $5 {may be the strongest, fighting for active play. The hanging pieces along the d-file may count later.} 18. O-O (18. Rc1 Ra5) 18... Bb7 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Rfd1 Ra5 22. Bc4 (22. Be2 Rad5 23. Be3 Nc3 24. Rxd5 Nxe2+ 25. Kf1 Bxd5 26. Kxe2 Ba3 $44) (22. Bf1 $2 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rad5 $19) 22... Ba3 $44) 18. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:04:37]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 19. Ke2 $14 { After the bishop exchange the king has found a comfortable square in the centre, ensuring White the more pleasant position. [%emt 0:02:21]} Nac5 { [%emt 0:03:58]} 20. Rhc1 {[%emt 0:03:15]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 21. Rc2 { [%emt 0:11:38]} Rfa8 {[%emt 0:04:34]} 22. Rac1 {[%emt 0:04:23]} Rxa2 $5 { An interesting practical decision. I do not believe that Anand trusted 100% he would hold a draw with a rook against two minor pieces, but he might have considered that playing on the position with a pawn down would be toodangerous. [%emt 0:02:18]} (22... Na6 $5 {would have retained chances to retrieve the a-pawn. True, ...Nb4 is not a draw yet in view of Rc7, but Black could go slowly with ...f6, ...Kf7, ...e5.} 23. Rb1 $5 Bc5 24. Rb7 Bxd4 25. Rxd7 Bc5 26. Ng5 Bf8 $1 {Surely not an easy move to find, especially when you evaluate this position in advance. The point is that} 27. Nxf7 Nc5 { would most likely lead to a draw by repetition.} 28. Rc7 Na6 {Even though 22... Na6 looks objectively better than the game continuation, from the practical point of view Black's position was easier to handle in the game.}) 23. Rxc5 { [%emt 0:00:43]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 24. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rc8 $1 { It is essential to exchange one rook, in order to eliminate the maincoordinator of the white minor pieces. [%emt 0:00:36]} 25. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxc1 { [%emt 0:00:25]} 26. Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:09:28]} 27. Ke3 $16 { /+/= This is by far not easy to win, but I guess I would feel very unhappy if I failed to. [%emt 0:04:01]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 28. Nd4 {[%emt 0:04:06]} e5 { [%emt 0:05:10]} 29. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} h5 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 30. h3 {Karjakin p lays slightly hesitatingly during this phase of the game. [%emt 0:04:58]} (30. h4 $5) 30... Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 31. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 32. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 33. h4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} g6 { [%emt 0:01:14]} ({The thematic} 33... g5 {would lead to unclear consequences:} 34. hxg5 fxg5 35. Nf3 Nxe4 36. Kxe4 Rxe2+ 37. Be3 Kf6 38. Nxe5 {White has final ly achieved perfect cordination but the pawn numbers have been reduced drastically. Still, it looks difficult to play with Black.}) 34. g3 { [%emt 0:00:26]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:02:28]} (34... g5 {once again deserves attention.} ) 35. f3 {Still not finding an active plan. [%emt 0:00:56]} (35. f4 $1 { would have either gained space or created an important weakness on e5.} Ra7 ( 35... exf4+ 36. gxf4) 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Nf3 Rd7 38. Neg1 Rd3+ 39. Ke2 Rb3 40. Ng5+ Kf6 41. N1f3) 35... Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} (35... g5 $1) 36. Nc3 { [%emt 0:00:30]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 37. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ra2 { [%emt 0:00:22]} 38. Nb1 {[%emt 0:06:01]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 39. Nbc3 { [%emt 0:06:47]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 40. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf1 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Nd5 {[%emt 0:04:50]} Na5 {[%emt 0:06:36]} 42. Nb6 { [%emt 0:00:33]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:03:22]} 43. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxb6 { [%emt 0:01:42]} 44. Bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb3+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} 45. Bc3 { [%emt 0:00:46]} g5 $5 {Better late than never, they say, but in the meanwhile White has improved his coordination a bit. So, better at the right time than late! [%emt 0:04:22]} 46. hxg5 $6 {[%emt 0:07:21]} (46. Kd2 $1 Ra3 47. Nc1 Ke6 48. Nd3 (48. hxg5 fxg5 49. Nd3 h4 $132) 48... gxh4 49. gxh4 Kf7 50. Bb4 Ra2+ 51. Ke3 Rh2 52. Be1 Ra2 53. f4 exf4+ 54. Nxf4 $16) 46... fxg5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 47. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:07:53]} 48. g4 {[%emt 0:08:27]} h4 { [%emt 0:06:50]} 49. Ng1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 50. Bd2 { [%emt 0:00:05]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 51. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Ra2 { [%emt 0:00:57]} 52. Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 53. Kd3 { [%emt 0:03:36]} ({When playing his 46th move, White might have hoped that the pawn ending arising after} 53. Nxg5 Rxd2+ 54. Kxd2 Kxg5 { would be won, but it is a simple draw.} 55. Ke2 Kf4 56. Kf2 Kg5 57. Kg2 Kg6 58. Kh2 Kf6 59. Kh3 Kg5 $11) 53... Rb2 {[%emt 0:02:46]} 54. Ke3 {[%emt 0:04:14]} Rb3+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} 55. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 56. Kd1 { [%emt 0:03:16]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 57. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Rb2 { [%emt 0:00:05]} 58. Kd3 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 59. Nf2 { [%emt 0:04:28]} Ra3+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 60. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra2 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 62. Kd2 { [%emt 0:00:54]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:02:51]} 63. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kf6 { [%emt 0:08:35]} 64. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 65. Nd1 { [%emt 0:00:08]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 66. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rb3 { [%emt 0:00:43]} 67. Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 68. Bb6 { [%emt 0:01:02]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:02:11]} 69. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Kf6 { [%emt 0:01:15]} 70. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 71. Kg2 { [%emt 0:00:08]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 72. Bd8+ {[%emt 0:01:27]} Kg6 { [%emt 0:00:08]} 73. Be7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} (73... h3+ { looks premature, although it is far from clear whether White can take the pawn: } 74. Kg3 h2 75. Nh1 Rc2 76. Bb4 Kf6 77. Ba5 (77. Be1 $2 Rc1 78. Kf2 Ra1) 77... Rb2 {Still, one would not embark on such a variation without being obliged to.} ) 74. Bc5 {In the meanwhile, White keeps moving the pieces around in a dead drawn position. In such cases, it is better to call it a day, as one may well lose the feeling for danger. Which was actually to happen later... [%emt 0:02: 03]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:05:37]} 75. Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 76. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:00:44]} 77. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rc2 { [%emt 0:00:08]} 78. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 79. Ba5 { [%emt 0:00:10]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 80. Bd8+ {[%emt 0:01:13]} Kg6 { [%emt 0:00:09]} 81. Be7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 82. Bc5 { [%emt 0:02:01]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 83. Kg1 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Rb1+ { [%emt 0:00:14]} 84. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 85. Kg2 { [%emt 0:00:08]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 86. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ra2 { [%emt 0:00:14]} 87. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 88. Be1 $2 { Not a fortunate square for the bishop. [%emt 0:00:41]} h3+ $1 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 89. Kf1 $6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} (89. Kxh3 Re2 90. Nd3 Re3 91. Nxe5 Rxe1 92. Nd7+ Ke6 93. Nb6 $11) 89... h2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 90. Nh1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rb1 { [%emt 0:00:03]} 91. Ke2 {A good moment to offer a draw, knowing that it would assure one's opponent of an overall win in the Candidates. [%emt 0:00:21]} (91. Ke2 {Black could play on, of course, but it seems that there would be no way to break through and no zugzwang available:} Ke6 92. Ng3 Kd6 93. Nf5+ Kc5 94. Ng3 Kc4 95. Nh1 Kb3 96. Ng3 Kc2 97. Nh1) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2014.03.27"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "Roiz,M"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2014.03.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.05.15"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 {An interesting way to handle the opening. Black delays the development of the Ng8 for a while. In some cases, keeping an option of Ng8-e7 in mind.} 11. f4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. Bd2 Ngf6 ({ I can hardly recommend the greedy} 13... Bxh4 $6 14. O-O-O Bxg3 15. Qxg3 Kf8 16. c4 $36) 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Qf3 $1 {This is definitely the most dangerous plan. White retains a lot of attacking ideas, such as f4-f5 and g2-g4-g5 (after removing the knight from g3), while developing any serious counterplay on the opposite side looks quite difficult at this moment. In my opinion, the character of the position is quite unpleasant for Black, so it is not surprising, that the World Champion didn't decide to repeat this system again in the match.} ({Vishy deviates from} 15. Ne4 { which didn't pose Black any problems after} Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qd5 18. Qxd5 cxd5 19. h5 b5 20. Rh3 a5 21. Rf1 Rac8 22. Rg3 Kh7 23. Rgf3 Kg8 24. Rg3 Kh7 25. Rgf3 Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2775)-Carlsen,M (2870)/Chennai IND 2013}) 15... Qc7 16. c4 { An important move. Now White is ready to meet 16...c6 by 17.d5.} a5 { This looks rather slow, but I can hardly suggest anything better.} (16... c5 17. d5 Bd6 (17... exd5 18. Nf5 $40) 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Nh5 $40) (16... Rac8 17. Kb1 b5 18. Rc1 (18. c5 Nd5 19. Nh5 N7f6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. g4 Bxe5 22. fxe5 f6 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Qe4 $14) 18... bxc4 19. Rxc4 c5 20. Rhc1 $14) 17. Kb1 Rad8 ( 17... a4 18. Ne2 h5 (18... c5 19. g4 cxd4 20. g5 $40) 19. Ng3 g6 20. f5 exf5 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Qxf5 $40) 18. Bc1 $1 {Completing the most flexible setup.} ({ Correctly not hurrying with} 18. Ne2 h5 $1 19. Ng3 g6 $132) 18... a4 $146 { A novelty which doesn't solve Black's problems.} (18... Rfe8 19. Ne2 (19. Rhe1 $5) 19... c5 (19... h5 $5) 20. g4 cxd4 21. g5 $40 {1-0 Topalov,V (2707)-Dreev, A (2676)/New Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM 081/[Lukacs] (44)}) 19. Rhe1 { Now the threat of 20.f5 is unpleasant, so Black is under pressure.} (19. Rhf1 Bd6 $1 (19... c5 20. d5 Bd6 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. dxe6+ Kxe6 23. Rfe1+ Kf7 24. Nf5 Nb6 25. Qg3 Rg8 26. h5 $36) (19... Rfe8 20. Nh5 Nxh5 21. Qxh5 Rf8 (21... Nxe5 22. fxe5 Bf8 23. Rd3 g6 24. Qg4 h5 25. Qg5) 22. Rd3 Nf6 23. Qe2 Nd7 24. Rg3 $36 ) 20. Ne2 h5 21. g4 hxg4 22. Nxg4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 f5 24. Qg6 Rf6 25. Qg2 Bf8 $132 ) 19... a3 ({The standard measures like} 19... Bd6 {are too slow:} 20. Ne2 c5 21. Nc3 cxd4 22. Nb5 Qb8 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. g4 $40) ({I can only suggest} 19... Rfe8 $5 {as a possible improvement} 20. Ne2 h5 (20... c5 21. g4 cxd4 22. g5 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Nd7 24. Nxd4 $40) 21. c5 g6 22. Nc3 {The position still looks somewhat better for White, but it remains quite complicated.}) 20. b3 Bb4 { A logical continuation of Black's previous play, but Black can hardly make any use of his control over the dark squares around the Kb1.} 21. Re3 $1 { As we can see, the rook would be very useful there.} ({The modest} 21. Rf1 $6 { could be strongly met by} c5 22. Ne2 b5 $1 (22... h5 23. Nd3 Ng4 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Rfe1 Be7 26. Nc3 $14) 23. g4 (23. cxb5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Nd5 $44) 23... bxc4 24. Nxc4 (24. g5 cxb3 25. gxf6 bxa2+ 26. Kxa2 Nxf6 $132) 24... Nd5 25. g5 h5 $132) 21... c5 (21... Bd6 22. Red3 $14) 22. d5 $1 exd5 23. cxd5 $6 { This natural move is actually a loss of important time!} ({ A much stronger move would be} 23. Nf5 $1 d4 (23... dxc4 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Qg3 Ne8 (25... g6 26. Nxh6+ Kg7 27. f5 $18) 26. Nxc4 Qc6 27. Rxe8 Qf6 28. Re5 $16) 24. Re2 Kh8 25. g4 $40 { and Black's extra pawn doesn't help much - the attack is very powerful.}) 23... Nb6 $1 24. Red3 ({Now} 24. Nf5 { is not strong anymore and leads only to equality:} Nbxd5 25. Qg3 Nh5 26. Nxh6+ Kh7 27. Qg5 gxh6 28. Qf5+ Kg7 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Qxh5 Rd6 31. Rg3+ Kh7 32. Qf5+ Kh8 33. Ng6+ Rxg6 34. Rxg6 fxg6 35. Qxf8+ Kh7 $11) 24... Qc8 $2 {A very bad ision by Dmitry. Letting White push such a strong pawn forward could lead to a fatal result.} ({At the same time, after} 24... Nbxd5 $1 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Rd8 { Andreikin could change the unpleasant character of play. For instance, after} 28. Qc4 (28. Qf3 f6 29. Nc4 Qe7 30. Nxa3 Bxa3 31. Bxa3 Qe1+ 32. Bc1 Rd1 33. Ne2 Qd2 34. Qe4 Re1 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ $11) 28... Rd1 (28... Rd4 $5) 29. Ne4 Rd4 30. Qc2 f6 $132 {White is not yet risk-free.}) 25. d6 Rfe8 $6 { Too slow. Now White is totally winning.} ({A pawn sacrifice was called for:} 25... Qe6 26. Qxb7 c4 27. Nxc4 Rb8 28. Qa6 Nxc4 29. Qxc4 Qxc4 30. bxc4 Bxd6+ 31. Kc2 Bc7 $16 { and Black has some drawing chances due to the weakness of White's pawns.}) 26. Nh5 $1 $18 Re6 ({Or} 26... Qf5 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Qxb7 Rb8 29. d7 Red8 30. Qc6 Qxh4 31. Rh3 Qe7 32. Re3 $18) (26... Nxh5 27. Qxh5 Qe6 28. d7 $18) 27. Nxf6+ ({ Missing} 27. d7 $1 Qc7 (27... Nbxd7 28. Nxf6+ Rxf6 29. Nxd7 $18) (27... Nfxd7 28. Qg4 g6 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. f5 $18) 28. f5 Rxe5 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Bxh6 $18) 27... Rxf6 28. d7 Qc7 29. Qg4 $1 { Now Black's pieces are stuck on the queenside and cannot help their monarch.} c4 {A desperate attempt to create any kind of counterplay.} 30. Rg3 g6 31. h5 cxb3 32. Rxb3 Na4 {This sacrifice is necessary.} 33. hxg6 fxg6 (33... Nc3+ 34. Rxc3 Bxc3 35. gxf7+ Kh7 36. Qg8+ Rxg8 37. fxg8=Q+ Kxg8 38. d8=Q+ $18) 34. Rxb4 (34. Rd4 {was also good enough:} Nc3+ 35. Ka1 Nd5 36. Rc4 Bc5 37. Bxa3 $18) 34... Nc3+ 35. Kc2 (35. Ka1 $2 Nxd1 36. Rc4 Qd6 $14) 35... b5 $5 { The best practical chance. Black is trying to complicate matters.} (35... Nxd1+ 36. Rc4 Qd6 37. Qxd1 $18) 36. Kb3 {A human move.} ({ However, there are at least 2 other winning possibilites:} 36. Rc4 bxc4 37. Kxc3 Qa5+ 38. Kxc4 (38. Kc2 Qa4+ 39. Kd2 Qb4+ 40. Ke2 Qb1 41. Qf3 Qxa2+ 42. Rd2 $18) 38... Qa4+ 39. Kc3 Qa5+ 40. Kd3 Qb5+ 41. Ke3 Qc5+ 42. Ke2 $18) (36. Bd2 Nxd1+ 37. Kxd1 $18) 36... Na4 37. Qf3 {This move is not bad at all} ({but} 37. Bd2 {didn't require much calculating:} Nc5+ 38. Kxa3 Nxd7 39. Kb2 $18) 37... Nc5+ 38. Kc2 Na4+ 39. Kb3 {Accepting a draw in such a winning position is quite surprising, but I guess Vishy was tired after a long game, so he decided to avoid any unnecessary risk in such an excellent tournament situation. In fact, the loss of half a point in this game didn't have any influence on Vishy, as he managed to win the tournament in great style!} ({Still, the winning lines were not trivial, but not too difficult for such a great player:} 39. Rc4 bxc4 40. Bxa3 Kh7 41. Be7 Qb8 42. Qa3 Qb7 43. Bxd8 Qe4+ 44. Kc1 Qxf4+ 45. Kb1 Qf5+ 46. Nd3 cxd3 47. Qxd3 $18) ({Or} 39. Kd2 Qd6+ 40. Nd3 Rf7 (40... Rxd7 41. Bxa3 Nb2 42. Rxb2 Qxa3 43. Kc1 Rfd6 44. Nf2 $18) (40... Nc5 41. Rxb5 Nxd3 42. Rd5 $18) 41. Bxa3 Rfxd7 42. Rb3 Qf6 43. Rc1 b4 44. Bxb4 Nb2 45. Rcc3 Nxd3 46. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 47. Rxd3 Qb2+ 48. Kd1 Qb1+ 49. Ke2 Re8+ 50. Re3 Rxe3+ 51. Qxe3 Qxb4 52. Qb3+ $18) 39... Nc5+ 40. Kc2 Na4+ 41. Kb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2014.03.26"] [Round "11"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2014.03.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.05.15"] [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"] 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e6 { [%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 4. g3 { [%emt 0:01:24]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} O-O { [%emt 0:00:14]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. Ne5 { [%emt 0:05:29]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 8. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} bxc6 { [%emt 0:00:07]} 9. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. Nxe7+ { [%emt 0:00:04]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Na3 {This way of developing the knight to retrieve the pawn is common in the Catalan, but mainly in positions where ...Bxa3 is possible. Curiously, in this position, in which there is no black dark-squared bishop anymore, it is quite rare. [%emt 0:00:14]} (11. Qc2 { Kramnik,V (2810)-Carlsen,M (2872) London 2013 (1/2-1/2, 41)}) 11... c5 { Taking into account the surprise, Anand played relatively fast, after less than a quarter of an hour. Back immediately gets rid of his backward pawn. [%emt 0:13:40]} (11... Rd8 {is a logical alternative, but it offers White chances to retain the better striucture while more or less neutralising Black's play on the light squares.} 12. Qc2 Ba6 (12... Rxd4 13. Be3 Rd5 14. Nxc4) 13. Nxc4 Rxd4 14. Ne5 Rd5 (14... Bb7 15. Nc6 Bxc6 16. Qxc6 $14) 15. Qc6 Rad8 16. Qxa6 $14) 12. dxc5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Qxc5 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 13. Be3 { [%emt 0:00:07]} Qh5 {Played after 16 minutes. Black had a relatively wide choice, indeed. [%emt 0:16:39]} (13... Qc7 14. Rc1 Ba6 15. Qa4 Qb7 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qxb2 18. Bd4 $14) (13... Qc6 14. Rc1 Ba6 15. Nxc4 Bxc4 16. b3 Bxb3 17. Rxc6 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 $14) (13... Qb4 $5 { Omelka,R (2115)-Dobes,V (2061) Czechia 2011 (1/2-1/2, 40)}) 14. f3 { [%emt 0:01:34]} (14. Nxc4 Ba6 15. b3 Ng4 16. h4 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Rad8 18. Qc2 Bb7 $36) 14... c3 $1 {The point of the previous move. It is not really unusual for Black to have a pawn less in the 7.Ne5 variation. Due to the somewhat awkward position of the a3-knight and the vulnerable c-pawn, Black has good chances of maintaining aproximate equality by dynamic means. Compare also with c5-c6 from Karjakin-Anand. [%emt 0:05:48]} 15. bxc3 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 16. Qc1 {[%emt 0:12:21]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 17. c4 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Rac8 { (!!) Choosing the right rook for a certain file is one of the most difficult issues in chess. Anand rightly decides that he will need the other rook on the d-file. And remarkably, he used only 3 minutes on his last move, although it leaves the a7-pawn undefended! [%emt 0:03:12]} (17... Rfc8 {would offer White chances to keep his extra pawn and a relatively active position.} 18. Rd1 Nd5 19. Rd4 Rc6 20. Kg2 Rac8 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. Rh4 $14) 18. Bxa7 $11 {After nearly half an hour, Kramnik decides to liquidate into a draw. [%emt 0:26:34]} ({After } 18. Rd1 Nd5 19. Rd4 {the difference is revealed by} Rfd8 $1 { The latent pressure on the d-file restricts White's active possibilities.} 20. Bf2 (20. Kg2 $4 Nxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxa3 $19) (20. Rd3 $5 Nxe3 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxe3 Rd2) 20... h6 $5 {Just a useful waiting move. For instance, } 21. Kg2 {would expose the king slightly, adding effect to} e5 { (again, this would not be possible without a rook on d8).} 22. Rd3 e4 $132) 18... Bxc4 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 19. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qxa7+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 20. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 21. Ne5 {Two rounds later, in the aforementioned game with Karjakin, Anand once again got a position in which White's extra a2-pawn was not too relevant. Only that here it will liquidate rather soon into a 0.00 position. [%emt 0:08:06]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:50] } 22. Nd3 {[%emt 0:07:32]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 23. Qf2 {[%emt 0:04:01]} Rxa2 { [%emt 0:07:37]} 24. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 25. e4 { [%emt 0:00:11]} Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 26. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qxd3 { [%emt 0:00:08]} 27. dxe6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. Qe1 { [%emt 0:00:41]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 29. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} h6 { [%emt 0:00:10]} 30. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Qxe6+ { [%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2014.03.25"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2757"] [Annotator "Szabo,Kr"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2014.03.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.05.15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 { Both players had a game with this variation in this Candidates tournament.} e6 ({Two rounds previously Mamedyarov played} 6... g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. f4 Na5 13. b3 Qc7 14. Nde2 b5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Rfe8 17. Rhf1 e6 $13 { with a sharp position, Topalov-Mamedyarov, Khanty-Mansiysk (8) 2014.}) 7. g4 h6 {This move is transposing to the Keres Attack.} ({ In the previous round Topalov played} 7... Nfd7 {against Vishy,} 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 $5 {A rare, but an ambitious move.} (10. Qe2 {is more popular.}) 10... Nde5 11. g5 Bd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. b3 f5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 fxe4 17. O-O-O d5 18. Nxe4 Ba3+ 19. Kb1 Qe7 20. Nf2 Bc5 21. Qg3 Bxf2 22. Qxf2 $14 {and White has a hopeful position, later he managed to win, Anand-Topalov, Khanty-Mansiysk (9) 2014.}) 8. Bg2 Be7 (8... Qc7) (8... g5) ({or} 8... Nc6 { are also very common lines.}) 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 (10. Qe2 { is also typical in this type of lines,} Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 b5 13. O-O-O b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 O-O 16. Be4 Bg5 17. Rdg1 Bxe3+ 18. fxe3 Qh4 $13 { with an unclear position, Shirov-Khismatullin, Loo 2014.}) 10... Nd7 (10... Qc7 {has also been tried} 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. O-O-O Na5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Nce2 g6 15. Ng3 e5 $6 (15... Nc6 16. Kb1 $14) 16. Nde2 Bc6 17. Kb1 Nd7 18. Rhf1 $16 { Van Kampen-Timman, Wijk aan Zee 2013 and Black was in big trouble.}) 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. fxe5 (13. Bf2 { was more popular, but the text move is also an interesting alternative.}) 13... Bh4+ 14. Bf2 Nxe5 15. O-O-O Bxf2 16. Qxf2 Be6 17. Qd4 Qg5+ (17... h5 { was also played in a correspondence game,} 18. Kb1 Rc8 (18... Qe7 $5) 19. gxh5 Rc6 20. Nd5 Rxh5 $13 {with an unclear position. Black's e5 N is very strong, Potrata-Emelyanov, ICCF 2012.}) 18. Kb1 O-O-O {They have finished their development, Black has a really strong e5 N, on the other hand the d6 pawn is a little bit weak, so the position is balanced.} 19. Bf1 {A logical decision. The B wasn't already useful on g2, so White would like to activate it from f1.} Nc6 20. Qf2 Qc5 {The black Q was a little bit out of play on the kingside, so Mamedyarov brings it to the other side.} 21. Qg3 Qe5 22. Qf2 Qc5 23. Qg3 Kb8 { Black didn't repeat, however White's chances are not worse.} 24. Be2 Ne5 25. Nd5 Rc8 26. c3 f6 27. Rd4 Rhe8 28. Rhd1 Rcd8 29. Bd3 Nc6 30. Rc4 Qa7 {and draw. } 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2014.03.23"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2014.03.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.05.15"] 1. e4 c5 {Before this game, Levon and I were running neck and neck. I had spent some time checking Topalov's game with Svidler and the Najdorf.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {The only argument against this move was that Topalov had played it with White against Mamedyarov the previous day, but in the end, I decided to go with it.} e6 { Shakhriyar had played 6...g6, but I assumed Veselin would go for this.} 7. g4 Nfd7 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. h4 Nde5 11. g5 Bd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. b3 { A bit weakening, but I wanted to stop ...Nc4.} f5 { I was happy to see this, since I felt this weakened the e6-pawn.} 14. f4 Ng4 15. Qe2 {Since the dark-squared bishop can't easily come to the long diagonal, I was ready to give up the two bishops} (15. Bd2 O-O 16. Qe2 d5 17. exf5 exf5 18. O-O-O Kh8 {is messier.}) 15... Nxe3 16. Qxe3 fxe4 17. O-O-O d5 18. Nxe4 Ba3+ (18... Qa5 {This is trickier than we both thought at the board.} 19. Nc3 ( 19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Qxe6 Qa3+ 21. Kb1 Qxd6 22. Qf5+ { and the king stuck in the centre means that White has enough for the piece}) 19... O-O 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 { Here the comp points out that White has to be extremely precise:} 21. Kb1 $1 ( 21. Qxe7 $2 Rfe8 $1 22. Qd6 Rad8) 21... Qxc3 (21... Rfe8 22. Qh3 $1 $18) 22. Qxe7 Rfe8 23. Rh3 $1 {only this move gives White an edge.}) 19. Kb1 Qe7 20. Nf2 $1 {Rerouting to e5.} Bc5 21. Qg3 Bxf2 22. Qxf2 O-O 23. Qd4 $1 {I was happy here, since I saw the upcoming bishop ending was pleasant for White.} Rf5 24. Rde1 $1 (24. Bh3 e5) (24. Rhf1 Raf8 25. Bh3 e5 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Rf1+ Kg8 {and it's not clear how the presence of rooks helps White.}) 24... Raf8 25. Rhf1 Qd6 {Black can't wait due to the threat of Bh3.} 26. Re5 Rxe5 ( 26... Be8 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28. Bh3 e5 29. Qe3 $1 $18) 27. fxe5 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Qe7 29. a4 {Also a good move, but...} (29. Bh3 $1 {was my first intention and it's simpler since it stops Black rerouting his bishop to g6. However, I saw that Qa7 was very strong and decided to go for that.}) 29... Be8 30. Kb2 $2 (30. Qa7 $1 {I wanted to play this, but suddenly began to doubt the pawn races at the board. As the comp shows, my doubts were mistaken, White wins easily:} Qb4 31. Qb8 Kf8 32. Ka2 Qxh4 (32... Qb6 33. h5 Ke7 34. Bd3 g6 { the comp defends like this, but this must be nice for White}) 33. Qxb7 Qxg5 34. Bxa6 Qxe5 (34... h5 35. Qb8 h4 36. Bb5 Qe7 37. a5 h3 38. a6 h2 39. a7 h1=Q 40. a8=Q $18) 35. Bd3 h5 36. a5 h4 (36... Qd6 {taking the queen back} 37. a6 Bc6 38. Qc8+ Kf7 39. a7 Qe7 40. Qb8 $1 {followed by Bb5}) 37. a6 { but even this wins, albeit with another intermezzo} (37. Qb4+ $18 { the easiest, simply collecting the pawn}) 37... h3 38. a7 h2 39. Qb8 $1 { This is important} (39. a8=Q h1=Q {this is indeed drawn}) 39... Qxb8 (39... Qh5 40. a8=Q h1=Q 41. Qd6+ $18) 40. axb8=Q h1=Q 41. Bg6 $18 { Now White wins the bishop.}) 30... Bg6 31. Bh3 h6 $2 { It only took me a few seconds to see the zugzwang and now I was quite excited.} (31... Be4 { Black is still worse, but it's hard to see how White breaks through.}) 32. gxh6 gxh6 33. Qg4 Kf7 34. h5 {And that's it.} Be4 { Here I saw the next zugzwang coming!} (34... Bf5 { what I suspect he had overlooked initially is that ...Qg5 loses} 35. Qf4 Qg5 36. Qxg5 hxg5 37. Bxf5 exf5 38. h6 {and the Black king can't stop both pawns.}) 35. a5 {This move is vital, it fixes Black's queenside and makes the bishop the only piece which can move; the black queen is needed to protect both the e6-pawn and the f6-square.} Bh7 36. c3 $3 {A very nice move to be able to make. } Be4 37. c4 {And now that Black can't recapture.} Bf5 {There is nothing else.} 38. Qf4 dxc4 39. Bxf5 exf5 40. Qxf5+ Ke8 41. Qc8+ Kf7 42. Qxc4+ Kg7 43. Qd5 $1 {Black's king is still trapped on the last 2 ranks.} Kf8 44. Kc3 Ke8 45. b4 Qc7+ 46. Kd4 Qe7 47. Qg8+ (47. Qd6 Qh4+ 48. Kc5 {was much simpler.}) 47... Kd7 48. Kd5 Kc7 {Now White has to be precise.} 49. Qg6 $1 Qh4 (49... Qxb4 50. Qd6+ Qxd6+ 51. exd6+ {wins easily.}) 50. Qd6+ Kc8 51. Kc5 $1 { The White king now breaks through via b6.} Qf2+ (51... Qxh5 52. Kb6 Qf7 53. e6 Qf2+ 54. Qc5+ Qxc5+ 55. bxc5 h5 56. e7 Kd7 57. Kxb7 {and White is faster.}) 52. Qd4 Qf7 53. Qc4 $1 {Now White's king can move with check.} (53. Kb6 $4 Qc7+ 54. Ka7 b5+) 53... Qg7 54. Kb6+ Kb8 55. Qc5 Qf7 56. Qd6+ Kc8 57. e6 { Topalov resigned, leaving me in clear first place one point ahead of Aronian.} 1-0 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2014.03.22"] [Round "8"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "2830"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "ChessBase Website"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2014.03.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.05.15"] [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"] 1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 { [%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Qb3 {Without a doubt this was a letdown for the spectators. Aronian quickly went pawn hunting in a very strange opening but as a result of this his position was completely tied down. Anand didn't have any good break-through plans but he probably wasn't worried about any plans that Aronian might have as the Armenian lacked space. An unusual repetition ensued on move 15 and the game was drawn. [%emt 0:00:05]} (3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Ne5 Bb4 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. a3 Ba5 13. Bg2 g5 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Rd1 Bc7 16. Ne2 Nf8 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. e4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. h4 e5 21. d5 Ng6 22. dxc6 Qa5+ 23. Nc3 O-O 24. cxb7 Qc7 25. Nd5 Qxb7 26. Qxb7 Rxb7 27. b4 gxh4 28. Bf1 Bg5 29. Rh3 Rd8 30. Bc4 Rbb8 31. Rhd3 Rdc8 32. Bb3 Rb7 {Caruana,F (2782)-Anand,V (2773) Zuerich 2014 1/2-1/2}) 3... d4 $146 {[%emt 0:05:06]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 5. Qb5+ { [%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 6. Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e5 { [%emt 0:00:13]} 7. Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 8. Qb3 { [%emt 0:00:05]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 9. d3 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:06:01] } 10. e4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:34]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bb4+ { [%emt 0:04:22]} 12. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:12:10]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 13. O-O { [%emt 0:09:15]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:35]} 14. Qd1 {[%emt 0:05:19]} Bd6 { [%emt 0:02:39]} 15. Ne1 {[%emt 0:05:12]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 16. Nb3 { [%emt 0:03:36]} Na6 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 17. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Nc5 { [%emt 0:00:11]} 18. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 19. Nd2 { [%emt 0:02:39]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2014.03.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2014.03.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.05.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 ({While the Candidates featured only one Berlin endgame, in Shamkir the players were more willing to give it a try. White even managed to claim a prominent victim - the World Champion! - but otherwise the defence mostly held good:} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Nc3 Bxd4 14. Nd5 d6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Qe4 fxg5 17. Bd3 Kf8 18. Qxd4 c6 19. Nc3 Qf6 20. Qe4 d5 21. Qxh7 Qh6 22. Re1 Bd7 $11 { Abasov,N (2516)-Bacrot,E (2722)/Shamkir-B/2014/}) 5... Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 {Lately White has often tried an early Rd1 to limit Black's options, concerning the placement of his king. Black in turn has started to preempt this with the text move.} (9... h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Bd7 ({Fashion, but there is not too much wrong with} 11... Ne7 { - see the notes by Postny to Azarov-Naiditsch in CBM 148}) 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Ne4 $5 $146 (13. e6 Bxe6 14. Bxc7 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Be7 16. g4 Nh4 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Re1 Kf8 19. Bg3 g5 20. Bxh4 gxh4 21. Ne4 Kg7 22. Kg2 Rd8 23. c3 h5 24. f3 Bc8 $11 { Caruana,F (2779)-Ponomariov,R (2756)/Elancourt/2013/}) 13... Be7 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Kg2 Be6 17. f3 b6 18. b3 c5 19. c4 Rd7 (19... Ke7 $5 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. Kxg3 Rd4 $132) 20. Bg3 Be7 21. Rxd7 Bxd7 $6 (21... Kxd7 22. f4 g6 23. Rf1 $14) 22. Nc3 Kd8 23. Nd5 Re8 24. Rd1 Kc8 $2 (24... c6 25. Nxe7 Rxe7 26. f4 $36) 25. Nxc7 $1 Rd8 26. Nd5 Re8 27. Be1 Bd8 28. Bc3 $16 {Caruana,F (2783)-Carlsen, M (2881)/Shamkir/2014/ White went on to cleanly convert his extra pawn.}) ({ However, the queenside king transfer also seems viable:} 9... Bd7 10. Nc3 h6 11. Rd1 Kc8 12. b3 b6 13. Ne2 c5 14. Bb2 Bc6 15. Ne1 h5 16. c4 Kb7 17. Nf4 h4 18. Nd5 Re8 19. Nc2 Be7 20. Rd3 Bg5 21. Ne1 a5 22. Nf3 Bd8 23. a4 Kc8 24. Rad1 Rh6 25. Nh2 Rh5 $11 {Nakamura,H (2772)-Radjabov,T (2713)/Shamkir/2014/}) 10. Nc3 h5 $5 11. Bf4 (11. Rd1 Be7 12. Ne2 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Be3 Be7 15. Rd2 h4 16. Rad1 Rh5 17. Bf4 a6 18. Nd4 c5 19. Ne2 Be6 20. Nc3 Rd8 21. Nd5 Rd7 $1 22. Nxe7 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Kxe7 $11 {Caruana,F (2783)-Karjakin,S (2772)/Shamkir/2014/}) 11... Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 (14... h4 15. Re4 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Ra4 a6 18. Nce4 Bc8 19. Nf3 Rh8 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nexg5 Ke7 22. Rf4 c5 23. Kh2 b6 24. g4 hxg3+ 25. fxg3 Nh6 26. Re4 Bb7 $11 { Motylev,A (2685)-Bacrot,E (2722)/Shamkir-B/2014/}) 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2 (18. Re3 Rg6 19. Rg3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Kg2 c5 23. Bc1 Ra6 24. a3 Ra4 25. f4 g6 26. Rd3+ Ke8 27. Kf3 b6 28. Rd1 Rc4 29. Bd2 Ra4 30. Bc1 Rc4 {1/2, Dominguez Perez,L (2757)-Bacrot,E (2723)/Elancourt/2013/} ) 18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ $146 (20. Rb1 b5 21. Kg3 Rd5 22. c4 Rc5 23. Re4 a6 24. Rb3 Ng6 25. Ra3 f6 $132 { Karjakin,S (2786)-Grischuk,A (2764)/Moscow rpd/2013/}) 20... Kxd8 21. Rh1 Nd5 22. Bg3 g5 {Black prefers to hold the fortress.} (22... Nxc3 23. Rh7 Rg6 24. f4 Ke8 (24... Rxg4 25. Kf3 Rg6 26. f5 $44) 25. Kf3 Rh6 26. Rxg7 Kf8 27. Rg5 Rh1 $13 {is perhaps playable, but more risky.}) 23. c4 Nc3 24. Kf3 Rg6 25. a3 (25. Rh8+ $1 Kd7 26. Rf8 {is the only try to play for a win} {/\} Rg7 27. e6+ $1 fxe6 (27... Kxe6 28. Re8+ Kd7 29. Rb8 b5 30. Rb7) 28. Be5 Rh7 29. Bf6 $14) 25... Na4 26. Ke4 Nc5+ 27. Kf5 Ne6 28. Rh8+ Kd7 29. c3 Ng7+ 30. Ke4 Ne6 31. f3 c5 32. Bf2 a6 33. Be3 b6 { 1/2, Anand,V (2770)-Karjakin,S (2766)/Candidates Khanty-Mansiysk/2014/}) 4... Bc5 ({This position arose in the Candidates tournament 5 times and every single game followed the current trend: Black ignored the alternative} 4... d6 {and actively developed his bishop. Round 7 featured 2 of these games.}) 5. c3 (5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Na3 c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Re8 15. Re1 Bc7 16. Nc2 Bg4 17. Qd2 d4 18. h3 Bf5 19. Ba4 Bd7 20. Bxd7 dxc3 21. Qxc3 Nxd7 22. d4 Rc8 23. Qb3 Ba5 24. Re2 exd4 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Nxd4 Nc5 27. Qf3 Qe4 28. Nf5 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Rd8 30. Nxh6+ Kg7 31. Nf5+ Kg6 $14 {/=, Topalov,V (2785)-Andreikin,D (2709)/Candidates Khanty-Mansiysk/2014/ The extra pawn gave White a slight edge, but was not enough to win the game.}) (5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 ({For} 6. h3 {and for more details about this line see the notes to Carlsen-Caruana, Zurich 2014 in CBM 159.}) 6... Bxe3 ({In the notes to the aforementioned game I stated that Black usually tends to retain the bishop pair. Just as Caruana played in a similar position one move later, here the most popular response is} 6... Bd6 $5 7. h3 Be6 8. Nbd2 h6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Qe7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Rad8 14. c3 Bc8 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 c5 17. N4f3 b6 18. Re3 Nh7 19. Nf1 Nf8 { 1/2, Nepomniachtchi,I (2706)-Kramnik,V (2780)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/}) { However, Anand calmly proves Black's position is fully viable even without the Bc5:} 7. fxe3 Qe7 (7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd7 10. Qg3 Qf6 11. Nd2 Qg6 12. Qh4 Qf6 13. Qxf6 Nxf6 14. Rf1 Nd7 15. g4 a5 16. a4 f6 17. Rg1 h6 18. Ke2 Nf8 19. h4 Ne6 20. Nf3 c5 21. Rg3 Ke7 22. b3 b6 $11 { Nepomniachtchi,I (2656)-Ponomariov,R (2737)/RUS-chT Dagomys/2010/}) 8. O-O O-O $146 (8... Ng4 9. Qd2 f6 10. Nh4 g6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Rf3 f5 13. g3 Nf6 14. exf5 g5 15. Ng2 e4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 O-O-O 18. Qa5 (18. f6 $5 Qxe4 19. Rf2) 18... Qxe4 19. Qxa7 Bxf5 20. Raf1 Bh3 21. Qa8+ Kd7 22. Qa3 Kc8 23. Qa8+ Kd7 24. Rf7+ Ke8 25. Rf8+ Rxf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qxd8+ Kf7 $11 { Sutovsky,E (2655)-Carlsen,M (2714)/Heraklio/2007/}) 9. Qe1 Ne8 10. Qc3 f6 11. b4 (11. Nbd2 c5 $11) 11... Nd6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Nbd2 b6 14. a5 Kh8 15. Ra2 Rab8 16. axb6 axb6 17. Qa1 Nb7 $1 18. Qc3 c5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Ra7 Rfc8 21. Rfa1 b5 $132 {=, Andreikin,D (2709)-Anand,V (2770)/Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates/2014/}) ( 5. Nbd2 {also allows the simplifying} Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 (7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O d5 $1 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qd6 11. Qe1 Re8 12. Ng5 Re7 $11 13. Kh1 h6 14. Nxf7 $2 Rxf7 15. c3 Bb6 16. f4 Nd5 17. fxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Qxf1 Qxe5 19. Bf4 Qh5 $19 { Kotronias,V (2588)-Mastrovasilis,A (2537)/Vrachati/2011/}) 7... Bb6 8. d4 Qe7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 c6 11. Bd3 d5 $1 12. exd5 exd4 13. dxc6 dxc3 14. bxc3 Rd8 15. Ba3 Qc7 16. Qc2 bxc6 17. a5 Bxa5 18. Nc4 { Motylev,A (2685)-Abasov,N (2516)/Shamkir/2014/} Be6 $1 19. Nxa5 Ng4 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. g3 Qxa5 $132) 5... O-O 6. O-O d6 (6... Re8 $5 {gained in popularity due to the 6th Game of the Anand-Carlsen match (see the notes in CBM 158). More currently it was played on the very same day in the Candidates:} 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. b4 Bd6 11. Qb3 Nf8 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Be3 Ng6 14. Nfd2 Bf8 15. d4 Qe7 16. dxe5 Be6 17. Qc2 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxe5 19. Nd2 $6 a5 $1 $132 {/=/+,Karjakin,S (2766)-Aronian,L (2830)/Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates/2014/ For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 160.}) 7. Nbd2 Ne7 { Completely sidesteps the possible swap on c6. This has lately become Black's main move, replacingboth} (7... Bb6 { (see the notes to the aforementioned game Anand-Carlsen)}) ({and} 7... a6 { (mentioned briefly in the notes to Navara-Caruana in CBM 157).}) 8. Re1 { The drawback of the knight transfer to g6 is that White can expand in the centre. Although he will play d4 later on, this won't be too effective. The immediate advance is played more often and seems to offer more chances to fight for an edge. However, it had already featured in Svidler's previous practice and hadn't brought him any advantage:} (8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. b3 $5 (10. Re1 Bg4 (10... c6 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Qc2 Ng6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nf1 Rc8 15. Ng3 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bf1 Re8 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Bxc4 h5 21. Qb3 h4 22. Nf1 Nh5 23. Rac1 (23. Nh2 $142 $14) 23... Qf6 24. Ne3 Nf4 $44 { Rodriguez Cespedes,A (2433)-Pijuan Herranz,M (2261)/Catalunya-chT/2013/}) 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qb3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. a4 a5 15. Bd3 Re8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bxg6 Nxg6 18. Nf1 Ndf8 19. Ng3 Ne6 20. Be3 Ngf4 21. h4 f6 $1 $132 { /=/+, Svidler,P (2747)-Karjakin,S (2786)/RUS-chT Loo/2013/}) (10. h3 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Rd1 (14. Nb3 f6 15. Be3 Qd7 (15... Qe7 $5 $15) 16. Rac1 a6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 (18... Qe8 $13) 19. dxe5 Rg6 20. Kh2 Qe7 21. Bxb6 cxb6 22. Bxe4 Qxe5+ 23. f4 Qxe4 24. Qd2 Qd3 25. g4 { Svidler,P (2752)-L'Ami,E (2648)/EU-chT Warsaw/2013/} Re8 $5 $11) 14... Bxd4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxd4 Qd5 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. f3 Bd5 20. b3 a5 21. Ba3 Rfd8 22. Rac1 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Be6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 h6 $11 { Andreikin,D (2709)-Karjakin,S (2766)/Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates/2014/ This game was played earlier in Round 3.}) (10. Bd3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nb3 (12. Qb3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qc2 h6 15. b4 a5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Bb2 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 c5 19. Bc3 Ra8 20. e6 $6 (20. dxc5 $142 Nxc5 21. Rab1) 20... fxe6 21. Qe2 Rf7 22. Qxe6 Nf8 23. Qe2 c4 $15 {Durarbayli,V (2584)-Bacrot,E (2722)/Shamkir-B/2014/}) 12... d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxd4 18. Qxb7 Nxb3 19. axb3 Qd3 20. Qf3 Rad8 21. Ra3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 f6 23. exf6 Rxf6 $11 { /=/+, Vallejo Pons,F (2697)-Karjakin,S (2778)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/}) 10... d5 $1 ({Black should stake his claim in the centre.} 10... a6 {is too passive:} 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Nc4 Ba7 15. h3 Bd7 16. e5 b5 17. Ne3 dxe5 18. dxe5 Nh5 19. Be4 $16 {Vokarev,S (2454)-Kokarev,V (2062)/Pavlodar/2012/ }) 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Bb2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Be4 16. Be2 $5 (16. Qe3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. Qxd4 $11) 16... f6 17. b4 fxe5 18. dxe5 Kh8 $6 (18... h6 19. b5 Na5 $132) (18... d4 $5 $13) 19. b5 Ne7 20. Ng5 Ng6 21. g3 Qe7 22. e6 Rf5 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qd7 Raf8 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Ba3 Re8 27. Rad1 $36 {Caruana,F (2775)-Kramnik,V (2799)/ Dortmund/2012/ For more details see Caruana's notes to this game in CBM 150.}) 8... c6 (8... a6 9. Ba4 Ba7 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. h3 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Ng3 Re8 14. d4 d5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 (15... Nxe4 16. Nxg6 { 1/2, Areshchenko,A (2691)-Ponomariov,R (2726)/Kiev/2012/} hxg6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 $132) 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Bf4 e3 20. Bxe3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Rd2 22. Rc1 Kf8 (22... c5 $5 23. Kf1 f6 {/\} 24. Ke1 Rdd8 25. exf6 Bxg2 $11) 23. Kf1 (23. b4 $5 $14) 23... Ke7 24. Ke1 Red8 25. g4 g5 26. b4 h6 27. Bb3 $14 {Movsesian,S (2699)-Hammer,J (2605)/WCup Tromsoe/2013/}) 9. Ba4 Bb6 { In this concrete position a new move, although later we will transpose back into a known position.} (9... Ng6 10. Nf1 d5 $5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Ng3 (12. Nxe5 $142 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Nxe5 14. Kg1 $13) 12... Qb6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Bc2 Rfe8 17. Rf1 Ne5 18. b3 Nc6 19. Bb2 Nxd4 (19... a5 $5 $36) 20. cxd4 Bd6 21. Nf5 Bf4 22. Kh1 g6 23. g3 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Bh6 25. Bd3 Rac8 $11 { /=/+, Duda,J (2557)-Sargissian,G (2675)/EU-ch blitz Warsaw/2013/}) 10. d4 { The central thrust, which has been mentioned already in the note to move 8.} ({ More restrained moves promise little:} 10. Bc2 Ng6 11. h3 Re8 {and now} 12. d4 {once again transposes into a line, which we will look at in more detail in the note to Black's 11th move.} (12. Nf1 d5 $11)) (10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Bb3 (11. Bc2 Ng6 12. h3 Re8 $11) 11... b5 $5 (11... Ng6 $11) 12. Ne3 d5 $132) 10... Ng6 11. h3 {Standard prophylaxis and morevoer a theoretical move, but Anand's astute reaction will pinpoint its drawbacks.} (11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bc2 exd4 13. Qxd4 (13. cxd4 d5 $11 (13... Re8 $5 $13)) 13... h6 $5 $11 (13... d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Bg5 $32)) 11... exd4 $1 $146 {A strong novelty, which in connection with Black's next moves demonstrates an effective strategy of blockading and undermining White's centre.} ({ Anand's choice is more enterprising, than the previously played} 11... Re8 12. Bc2 Bc7 (12... h6 13. a4 Bc7 14. Nf1 Nh7 15. Ng3 Ng5 16. dxe5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Rxe5 18. Be3 Bb6 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Qe2 h5 21. Bxb6 { 1/2, Kobalia,M (2637)-Alekseev,E (2700)/RUS-chT Dagomys/2010/} Qxb6 22. Rxd6 h4 $13) 13. Nf1 d5 $5 14. Bg5 (14. exd5 e4 15. d6 Qxd6 16. N3d2 Bf5 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. Bg5 Nd5 19. Ng3 Be6 20. Bxe4 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Bxc4 22. Qf3 Qd6 23. a4 Bd5 24. Bd2 Nf8 25. Rab1 b6 $11 { Robson,R (2628)-Dominguez Perez,L (2757)/St Louis rpd m/2014/}) 14... exd4 ( 14... dxe4 15. Rxe4 $1 h6 (15... Bf5 16. Re3 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rae1 $14) 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ng3 Rd8 18. Qe1 exd4 19. Nh5 Qd6 20. Rxd4 Qf8 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Rd1 Qf8 23. Rd2 c5 24. Re2 Bd7 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Nxg7 $1 $16 { Gopal,G (2553)-Mamyrbay,A (2017)/Sharjah/2014/}) 15. cxd4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 h6 ( 16... Qd6 $11) 17. Qb3 hxg5 18. Bxg6 Nd5 (18... Qd5 $5 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. Qxd5 cxd5 21. Bd3 g4 $11) 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Re1 Qd8 21. Bc2 g4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Qb6 25. Qd3 $14 { Bok,B (2540)-Michalik,P (2577)/Groningen/2013/}) 12. cxd4 {A natural recapture. } (12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Bc2 d5 $11 {poses Black no problems whatsoever, but perhaps White should have preferred this modest line...}) 12... d5 $1 13. e5 $6 {Again very natural, but after this move it seems that already White is fighting for equality!} (13. exd5 $5 { is playable, but certainly not in White's intentions:} Nxd5 (13... cxd5 $11) 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Bc2 Re8 $132) 13... Nh5 {Contrary to the similar positions from the 8.d4 line, here Black doesn't have the active move to e4. However, his move is effective as well, the knight heads for the f4 outpost. Due to 11. h3 White can't prevent this or subsequently chase the knight away with g3.} 14. Nf1 (14. Bc2 Nhf4 15. Nb3 (15. Nf1 {-14.Nf1}) 15... f6 $1 { is also fine for Black, e.g.} 16. Bxg6 Nxg6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Bg5 Qf7 $11 {/=/+ }) 14... Nhf4 (14... f6 15. e6 Re8 16. g3 $5 Rxe6 17. Rxe6 Bxe6 18. Ne1 Nxg3 19. Nxg3 $13) 15. Bc2 ({Houdini recommends} 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Qd2 { This chases the knight from f4, but} Ne6 17. Bc2 f6 $13 { /=/+ certainly looks OK for Black.}) 15... f6 16. Ng3 (16. exf6 Qxf6 $15) (16. N1h2 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Qf6 $36) 16... fxe5 17. Bxg6 (17. Nxe5 $142 $1 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Qf6 $15 (18... Qh4 19. Be3 {/\} Bc7 20. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 $11) ) 17... Nxg6 18. Bg5 (18. Nxe5 Qf6 19. Nf3 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Qxh4 21. Be3 Bc7 $40) 18... Qc7 19. Nxe5 $6 (19. dxe5 Nxe5 (19... Re8 $5 $15) 20. Rxe5 (20. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 21. Kh2 Bxe1 22. Qxe1 Bxh3 $1 $17) 20... Rxf3 (20... Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qxe5 22. Qd2 h6 23. Be3 $15) 21. Re7 (21. Re8+ Rf8 $17) 21... Bxf2+ (21... Rxf2 $2 22. Rxc7 Rd2+ 23. Kh2 Rxd1 24. Rxc8+) 22. Kh1 Qxg3 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Bd4 $15 {/<=>}) 19... Nxe5 20. Rxe5 h6 $6 { By playing it safe Anand misses a very good chance.} (20... Rxf2 21. Re8+ Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Kh2 (23. Qh5 Bxd4+ 24. Kh2 g6 25. Qh4 (25. Qf3+ Kg8 26. Re1 Qf7 $19)) 23... Kg8 $17 { gives Black a healthy extra pawn, which he should gradually convert.}) 21. Bh4 $1 (21. Be3 Qf7) (21. Re7 $2 Qd6 22. Nh5 (22. Bh4 g5 $19) 22... hxg5 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Qd2 (24. Rxg5 Bf5 25. Ng3 Bh7 $19) 24... Bd8 25. Re1 Rg8 26. Rxg8+ Kxg8 27. Re8+ Kf7 $17 {/-+}) 21... Qf7 (21... g5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Rxg5+ Kh8 24. Rh5+ Kg7 25. Qd3 Kg8 (25... Rh8 26. Rg5+ Kf8 27. Re1 $36) 26. Rg5+ $11) (21... Rxf2 $6 22. Re7 Qd6 (22... Qf4 $2 23. Re8+ Kh7 (23... Kf7 24. Qh5+ $18) 24. Qb1+ Bf5 25. Nxf5 $18) 23. Kxf2 Qf4+ 24. Qf3 Bxd4+ 25. Kf1 (25. Ke2 Qxh4 26. Re8+ Kh7 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Qf5+ g6 29. Qxc8 Qxg3 30. Qxb7+ Kg8 31. Qc8+ $11) 25... Qxf3+ 26. gxf3 g5 27. Re8+ Kf7 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Ne2 $14) 22. Nh5 $1 { Svidler defends tenaciously.} (22. Qd2 Qf4 $1 $19) (22. Ne2 g5 23. Bg3 Bc7 24. Qe1 (24. Re3 Bxg3 25. Rxg3 Qxf2+ 26. Kh2 Bd7 $17 {/+-}) 24... Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Bf5 $17) 22... Be6 ({Although objectively Black is still fully OK after} 22... g5 { the piece sacrifice gives White serious tactical counterchances and the risk here is greater than after the restrained text move:} 23. Bxg5 $5 (23. Bg3 Bf5 $36) 23... Qxf2+ (23... hxg5 24. Rxg5+ Kh7 (24... Kh8 25. Nf6 $1 $18) 25. Rg7+ Qxg7 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Qd2 ({or} 27. Qh5 $11 { and Black's exposed king guarantees White at least a perpetual.})) 24. Kh1 (24. Kh2 $143 { exposes White's king and doesn't give him sufficient compensation after} hxg5 25. Rxg5+ Kf7 {/\} 26. Rg7+ (26. Qd3 Ke8 $17) 26... Ke8 27. Qd3 Kd8 $1 28. Qg6 Bc7+ $1 29. Kh1 Qf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rxf1#) 24... hxg5 25. Rxg5+ Kf7 26. Rg7+ Ke8 27. Qd3 Rf5 (27... Rf7 28. Qg6 Bxh3 29. Nf4 Bxg2+ 30. Nxg2 Bxd4 31. Re1+ Qxe1+ 32. Nxe1 Bxg7 33. Nf3 Rd8 (33... Kf8 34. Ng5 Re7 35. Nh7+ $11) 34. Ng5 Rdd7 35. Nxf7 Rxf7 36. Qe6+ Re7 $11 {/=/+}) (27... Bf5 28. Qa3 Qh4 (28... Qe2 $2 29. Nf4 Qe4 30. Qg3 Ba5 31. Nh5 $1 $18) (28... c5 29. dxc5 (29. Rxb7 $5) 29... Bxc5 30. Qb3 $44) 29. Rf1 $44) (27... Kd8 28. Qg6 Bxh3 $8 29. gxh3 Qf3+ 30. Kh2 Bc7+ 31. Ng3 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Bxg3 33. Qxg3 Qxg3 34. Rxg3 Kc7 35. Re1 Rf7 $11 {/=/+}) 28. Ng3 Qxd4 (28... Kf8 29. Rg4 Rf7 30. Rf1 Qxf1+ 31. Nxf1 Bxg4 32. hxg4 Re8 33. Ne3 $11) 29. Rg8+ Kf7 30. Qxd4 Bxd4 31. Nxf5 Kxg8 32. Nxd4 c5 33. Nf3 $11 {/=/+ }) 23. Re3 Bd8 (23... g5 24. Bg3 Bd7 $5 {was the last try to squeeze more out of the position, but this is already unclear after} 25. a4 $1 {/\} Be8 26. a5 Bd8 27. Qe1 $1 Qxh5 28. Bd6 Qf7 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Raa3 $1 $44) 24. Rf3 $1 $11 ( 24. Bg3 $143 Bg5 $36) 24... Qxf3 {The queen sacrifice gives Black a solid position he can never lose, but unfortunately he can't make any progress either, as White defends all his weaknesses.} (24... Bf5 25. Ng3 $11) (24... Qe8 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Re3 Qf7 27. Rf3 $11) 25. gxf3 Bxh4 26. Kg2 Rf7 27. Rc1 Raf8 28. Rc3 {After a series of natural moves both sides find it difficult to improve their positions.} Bg5 29. Ng3 Re7 (29... Rf4 30. Ne2 Rh4 31. f4 Bxf4 32. Nxf4 Rhxf4 33. Qd2 $11) 30. b4 (30. Ne2 $5 $11) 30... a6 31. a4 Bd7 32. Qb3 Kh8 33. b5 cxb5 34. axb5 Bxb5 35. Qxd5 Rd7 36. Qe4 (36. Qc5 Be7 $11 (36... Rfd8 37. Ne4 Be7 $11)) 36... Bc6 37. Rxc6 (37. Qg4 Rfd8 { can be dangerous only for White, so Svidler resolves the remaining tension.}) 37... bxc6 38. Qxc6 Rxd4 (38... Rxd4 39. Qxa6 Rdf4 40. Qd3 Rxf3 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2014.03.19"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2766"] [Annotator "ChessBase Website"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2014.03.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.05.15"] [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. O-O { [%emt 0:00:25]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nd6 { [%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. dxe5 { [%emt 0:00:08]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kxd8 { [%emt 0:00:07]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 10. Nc3 { [%emt 0:00:16]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} (11. Ne2 Be7 12. Re1 Be6 13. Ned4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc8 15. Bf4 c5 16. Nb5 Bd8 17. e6 Bxe6 18. Rad1 Ke7 19. Nxc7 Bxc7 20. Bxc7 Rac8 21. Bd6+ { 1/2-1/2 (21) Fressinet,L (2710)-Giri,A (2749) Germany 2014}) 11... Be7 { [%emt 0:01:20]} 12. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 13. Ng5 { [%emt 0:00:42]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 14. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bb4 { [%emt 0:00:48]} 15. g4 {Anand prepared a long variation against the Berlin endgame, but Karjakin responded in the most logical and ultra-solid way. The Indian player was unable to prove any kind of advantage and the players agreed to a draw in a position that already seemed completely locked up by Black's passive but untouchable pieces. [%emt 0:00:24]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 16. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 17. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rxe6 { [%emt 0:00:08]} 18. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 19. bxc3 { [%emt 0:01:14]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:09:47]} 20. Rxd8+ $146 {[%emt 0:01:07]} (20. Rb1 b5 21. Kg3 Rd5 22. c4 Rc5 23. Re4 a6 24. Rb3 Ng6 25. Ra3 f6 26. Rxa6 Nxf4 27. Kxf4 Rexe5 28. Rxe5+ fxe5+ 29. Kf5 Kf7 30. Ra7 g6+ 31. Kg5 e4+ 32. Kh6 Rxc4 33. Rxc7+ Ke6 34. g5 Rxc2 35. Kxg6 Rxf2 36. Rxc6+ Kd5 37. Rb6 Kc5 38. Re6 Kd4 39. Rd6+ Kc5 40. Re6 Kd4 41. Rd6+ Kc5 42. Re6 { 1/2-1/2 (42) Karjakin,S (2786)-Grischuk,A (2764) Moscow 2013}) 20... Kxd8 { [%emt 0:01:17]} 21. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:23:50]} 22. Bg3 { [%emt 0:03:21]} g5 {[%emt 0:06:03]} 23. c4 {[%emt 0:09:49]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:06:47] } 24. Kf3 {[%emt 0:14:47]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:23:40]} 25. a3 {[%emt 0:08:06]} Na4 { [%emt 0:09:06]} 26. Ke4 {[%emt 0:05:28]} Nc5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} 27. Kf5 { [%emt 0:00:11]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 28. Rh8+ {[%emt 0:06:53]} Kd7 { [%emt 0:00:16]} 29. c3 {[%emt 0:09:46]} Ng7+ {[%emt 0:03:45]} 30. Ke4 { [%emt 0:00:15]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. f3 {[%emt 0:02:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:37] } 32. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 33. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} b6 { [%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2014.03.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "ChessBase Website"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2014.03.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.05.15"] [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"] 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nc6 { [%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. d3 {Andreikin's anti-Berlin left much to be desired and he was slowly outplayed by Anand. He was able to pull himself together and organize a solid defense, but Black's position was always superior. The simplification to the endgame was well timed by the Russian and although it is arguable that Anand could have pressed the final position a little, it was surely a drawn endgame. [%emt 0:00:31]} Bc5 { [%emt 0:00:10]} 5. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. Be3 { [%emt 0:00:09]} (6. h3 Nd7 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Nc3 c5 9. O-O Nf8 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Ne2 Qd7 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Rxf4 b6 17. Qh5 d5 18. d4 c4 19. b3 Qc6 20. Raf1 O-O-O 21. bxc4 Qxc4 22. Rxf7 Bxf7 23. Rxf7 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25. exd5 g6 26. Qg4+ Kc7 27. Qe6 Kb7 28. Qe7+ Qc7 29. Qe4 Qd7 30. d6+ Ka6 31. Bf4 Rc8 32. Kh2 Rc4 33. Bg3 Rc8 34. Qd3+ Kb7 35. c4 Qc6 { Carlsen,M (2872)-Caruana,F (2782) Zuerich 2014 1-0}) 6... Bxe3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} 7. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:01:48]} O-O $146 {[%emt 0:00:26]} (8... Ng4 9. Qd2 f6 10. Nh4 g6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Rf3 f5 13. g3 Nf6 14. exf5 g5 15. Ng2 e4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 O-O-O 18. Qa5 Qxe4 19. Qxa7 Bxf5 20. Raf1 Bh3 21. Qa8+ Kd7 22. Qa3 Kc8 23. Qa8+ Kd7 24. Rf7+ Ke8 25. Rf8+ Rxf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qxd8+ Kf7 28. Qd2 Ke8 29. Ne1 Qc4 30. Qd3 Qb4 31. Nf3 Qxb2 32. Nxg5 Qa1+ 33. Kf2 Qf6+ 34. Nf3 Bf5 35. Qd4 Qf7 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Qe5+ Kd7 38. Qd4+ {Sutovsky,E (2655)-Carlsen,M (2714) Heraklio 2007 1/2-1/2 (86)}) 9. Qe1 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 10. Qc3 {[%emt 0:14:44]} f6 { [%emt 0:00:30]} 11. b4 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:03:40]} 12. a4 { [%emt 0:00:23]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 13. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} b6 { [%emt 0:01:55]} 14. a5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:10:16]} 15. Ra2 { [%emt 0:06:34]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:06:35]} 16. axb6 {[%emt 0:12:41]} axb6 { [%emt 0:00:15]} 17. Qa1 {[%emt 0:05:23]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 18. Qc3 { [%emt 0:08:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 19. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Nxc5 { [%emt 0:01:09]} 20. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 21. Rfa1 { [%emt 0:02:25]} b5 {[%emt 0:07:26]} 22. d4 {[%emt 0:27:17]} exd4 { [%emt 0:05:45]} 23. exd4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 24. Nxe4 { [%emt 0:01:02]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bf5 { [%emt 0:08:25]} 26. Raa7 {[%emt 0:04:59]} h6 {[%emt 0:05:00]} 27. Qd2 { [%emt 0:03:09]} Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 28. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg4 { [%emt 0:03:01]} 29. Rc3 {[%emt 0:03:43]} b4 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 30. Re3 { [%emt 0:02:52]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 31. h3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Bf5 { [%emt 0:00:16]} 32. Rb3 {[%emt 0:01:56]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 33. Rb2 { [%emt 0:00:55]} Be4 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 34. Kf2 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Bxf3 { [%emt 0:06:42]} 35. Kxf3 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 36. Qd3 { [%emt 0:00:59]} Qxd3+ {[%emt 0:07:41]} 37. cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg8 { [%emt 0:00:30]} 38. d5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 39. Ke4 { [%emt 0:00:42]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 40. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd6 { [%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kc4 {[%emt 0:29:20]} Rc5+ {[%emt 0:03:13]} 42. Kd4 { [%emt 0:00:06]} Rxd5+ {[%emt 0:01:02]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2014.03.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2787"] [Annotator "ChessBase Website"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2014.03.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.05.15"] [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"] 1. d4 {A fabulous and exciting game, which was unfortunately rather short. Kramnik busted out his Vienna which is a sharp and interesting line, accepting a pawn sacrifice for which White obtains a strong initiative. Anand's opening was not the best and it allowed Kramnik a creative and powerful counterplay that resulted in a perpetual check. [%emt 0:00:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:52] } 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:09:15]} Bb4 { [%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 7. Bxc4 { [%emt 0:00:46]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxc3+ { [%emt 0:01:18]} 9. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. Bb5+ { [%emt 0:01:00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 11. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxc3+ { [%emt 0:00:37]} 12. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 13. h4 { [%emt 0:01:27]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 14. Rh3 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Qb4 { [%emt 0:00:55]} 15. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 16. h5 { [%emt 0:08:12]} (16. Rc1 Qd6 17. Rc2 Bd7 18. Rd2 Qc7 19. Rc2 Qd6 20. Rd2 Qc7 21. Rc2 {1/2-1/2 (21) Grischuk,A (2746)-Kramnik,V (2781) Moscow 2011}) 16... Qd6 {[%emt 0:09:27]} 17. Qd2 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 18. Rd3 { [%emt 0:02:03]} Qh2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 19. f4 {[%emt 0:10:05]} Rg8 { [%emt 0:00:32]} 20. Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 21. Ne2 { [%emt 0:07:21]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:03:58]} 22. Ng1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nd4 { [%emt 0:00:10]} 23. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Bb5+ {[%emt 0:01:11]} 24. Kf2 { [%emt 0:00:14]} Qh4+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 25. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} e5 { [%emt 0:00:18]} 26. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qg5+ {[%emt 0:00:42]} 27. Kf2 { [%emt 0:00:06]} Qg3+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 28. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qg5+ { [%emt 0:01:16]} 29. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qg3+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. Ke3 { [%emt 0:00:12]} Qg5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2014.03.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D23"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2014.03.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.05.15"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 { This continuation is not worse than} (5... Bf5) 6. Nbd2 {A quiet move preventing the doubling of White's pawns but slowing down his development.} Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Ne5 (9. O-O {is usually played. The exchange of knights doesn't change the evaluation of the position as equal.}) 9... Bh5 10. Nxd7 (10. Ndf3 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd5 12. Qxd5 exd5 13. Bh3 Nb6 14. b3 Ne4 $11 { 1/2 (64) Agrest,E (2591)-Shirov,A (2709) Gibraltar 2006}) 10... Nxd7 (10... Qxd7 $143 11. Nb3 O-O 12. O-O $14 {E.Grivas}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Nb3 { The knight has no better square but now its invasion of c5 is not threatening.} (12. Nf3 Nb6 13. Qd3 c5 14. dxc5 Qxd3 15. exd3 Bxc5 16. d4 Be7 $15 { 0-1 (55) De Jong,M (2358)-Van Kampen,R (2560) Haarlem 2012}) (12. Ne4 Qb6 13. b3 a5 14. e3 Qa6 15. Qxa6 Rxa6 16. Bd2 Ba3 17. Bc3 Bg6 18. Rad1 Rfa8 19. Rd2 Rb6 20. Rfd1 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 a4 $132 { 1/2 (60) Alekseev,E (2714)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2672) Jermuk 2009}) (12. e3 e5 13. Nb3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bf6 15. Qc2 Bxd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Be3 Qd7 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Qc5 Nd5 $11 {1/2 (88) Vitiugov,N (2691)-Inarkiev,E (2683) St Petersburg 2012}) 12... a5 (12... Bd6 13. e4 Qe7 14. Be3 Kh8 15. a4 a5 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Qc2 Bb4 18. Be3 Nd7 19. h3 Rac8 20. Rac1 Rcd8 21. f4 f5 22. Bd2 $14 { 1-0 (75) Rashkovsky,N (2535)-Najer,E (2535) St Petersburg 1998}) (12... Qb6 13. e4 a5 14. Be3 a4 15. Nd2 Qa5 16. a3 e5 $11 { 1-0 (68) Vaganian,R (2670)-Kulaots,K (2576) Moscow 2005 CBM 106 [Huzman]}) ( 12... Nb6 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rd1 Nd5 15. a3 Qb6 16. Rd3 Rfd8 17. e4 Nf6 $11 18. Be3 Ng4 $132 {0-1 (36) Nebolsina,V (2284)-Cramling,P (2520) Clichy 2006}) (12... Rc8 13. Bd2 b5 14. Qd3 Qb6 15. Ba5 Qb8 16. Rac1 c5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. e3 Bb6 20. Bb4 Bg6 21. Qxb5 Bxe3 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qxb8 Rxb8 24. Bd6 Rd8 25. Be7 Rd7 26. fxe3 Rxe7 $11 { 1/2 (51) Harikrishna,P (2672)-Le Quang,L (2635) Ha Long City 2009}) 13. a4 (13. e4 a4 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Bf6 16. Bf4 Qd4 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Bd6 Rfd8 19. Rab1 e5 $15 {0-1 (53) Oganian,M (2317)-Dastan,B (2402) Porto Carras 2013}) 13... Bb4 {Immediately exploiting the new outpost on b4. Black had many other moves, some of them quite enough for equality:} (13... h6 $143 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Rac1 Bf8 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. Nd2 Qb6 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. Nxb3 Bb4 21. Bxb4 axb4 22. a5 $14 {1-0 (39) Dreev,A (2697)-Dobrov,V (2515) playchess.com INT 2006 }) (13... Nb6 14. Qc2 Nd5 15. e4 Nb4 16. Qc4 b6 17. h3 Kh8 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Rfc1 Qd7 20. Nd2 c5 $11 { 1/2 (33) Aghasaryan,R (2443)-Andriasian,Z (2598) Yerevan 2013}) (13... e5 $5 14. Rd1 (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qc2 Bg6 16. e4 $2 (16. Qc3 $142 Bf6 17. Nc5 $11) 16... Qd3 $1 $15 17. Qxd3 Nxd3 18. Bd2 Bb4 19. Bc3 f6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Nd4 Nc5 $15 {0-1 (31) Goldin,A (2600)-Bareev,E (2675) Beersheba 2005 CBM 110 [Huzman]}) (14. Qc2 Bg6 15. e4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Re8 (16... Ne5 $1 17. Rd1 Bh5 $132) 17. Rd1 Bf6 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Nb3 Nb8 20. Qc5 $14 { 1-0 (45) Chuchelov,V (2538)-Tan,M (2416) Belgium 2012}) 14... Qc7 15. Bd2 Rfd8 16. Be1 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bf6 18. Bc3 Ne5 $1 19. Qb3 Nd7 20. Rd2 Qb6 $11 { 1/2 (36) Grivas,E (2509)-Caruana,F (2598) Wijk aan Zee 2008}) 14. e4 e5 $1 $146 {A new but quite obvious continuation.} (14... Qe7 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. f4 Kh8 17. Rf2 f6 18. Bd2 e5 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. d5 Rac8 22. Rc1 $14 Nb6 $6 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. Nxc5 cxd5 25. Bh3 $1 { 1-0 (37) Ivanchuk,V (2769)-Vallejo Pons,F (2697) Istanbul 2012}) 15. Be3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Kh8 (16... Bg4 {was quite good. Black is planning to bring his h5-bishop into play by means of ...f7-f6 and ...Bh5-f7.}) 17. e5 $6 { Too aggressive.} (17. f4 $142 f6 18. Bf2 $11) 17... Re8 18. f4 f6 $1 19. exf6 Nxf6 $15 {White's centre has been destroyed, and the weakness of the light squares remains.} 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Re4 (21... c5 $5 22. Be5 $140 Ng4) 22. Re3 $6 (22. Qd3 $142 Qe8 23. Re3) 22... Rxe3 23. Bxe3 Qe8 24. Bb6 $6 (24. Bd4 Rd8 $1 $17 (24... Qe4 $143 25. Nc5)) 24... Qh5 25. Bd4 { White has simply lost a tempo, and Black quickly activates his forces.} Re8 26. Rf1 $6 (26. Be5 Qf3 $17) 26... Ng4 27. Qc2 c5 $1 {A deadly blow.} 28. Nxc5 (28. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 29. Nxc5 Ne3 $19) 28... Rc8 {The pin is decisive.} 29. Rd1 Bxc5 30. Bxc5 h6 31. Kh1 0-1 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2014.03.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "ChessBase Website"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2014.03.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.05.15"] [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"] 1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c6 { [%emt 0:00:05]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 4. Nc3 { [%emt 0:00:05]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 5. Qc2 {Topalov-Anand was a classic clash, in which the Bulgarian sidestepped the massive preparation he knew Anand would still have stored up from his World Championship match, and played a flexible Reti setup. This led to uncharted waters as of 7...Bd6. Black gave a pawn to complete his development and play against the fractured pawn structure, which was enough to keep the balance but no more. [%emt 0:03:27]} e5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 7. d4 { [%emt 0:05:02]} Bd6 $146 {[%emt 0:01:55]} (7... exd4 8. Nxd5 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qh5 11. Nxd4 Nf6 12. f3 a6 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. g4 Qc5 15. Nb3 Qe7 16. e4 Be6 17. Nd4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 c5 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Qa4+ b5 21. Qa5 g6 22. Rhe1 Qc6 23. Bf4 gxf5 24. exf5+ Be7 25. Bd6 Nd5 26. Rxd5 Qxd5 27. Rxe7+ Kf8 28. Rd7+ Ke8 29. Qe1+ { 1-0 (29) Nogueiras Santiago,J (2482)-Abreu Delgado,A (2459) Havana 2004}) 8. dxe5 {[%emt 0:08:17]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 9. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:06:53]} Bxe5 { [%emt 0:00:10]} 10. Qe4 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 11. Nxd5 { [%emt 0:06:34]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 12. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:01:29]} Kf8 { [%emt 0:00:40]} 13. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} g6 {[%emt 0:07:53]} 14. Bd2 { [%emt 0:15:23]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 15. Qxe5+ {[%emt 0:14:21]} Qxe5 { [%emt 0:00:56]} 16. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. bxc3 { [%emt 0:00:03]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 18. Ke2 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Rac8 { [%emt 0:06:12]} 19. Rhc1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 20. a4 { [%emt 0:00:30]} Rhc8 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 21. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} a6 { [%emt 0:02:53]} 22. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 23. axb5 { [%emt 0:02:16]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 24. Rb1 {[%emt 0:05:15]} Rxc3 { [%emt 0:00:14]} 25. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 26. Rxb5 { [%emt 0:05:32]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} 27. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxc4 { [%emt 0:00:05]} 28. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 29. h3 { [%emt 0:00:18]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 30. Rb1 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Kf6 { [%emt 0:00:11]} 31. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} g5 {[%emt 0:08:38]} 32. Ra1 { [%emt 0:05:06]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 33. Ra6+ {[%emt 0:01:41]} f6 { [%emt 0:00:18]} 34. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} h4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 35. g3 { [%emt 0:00:09]} hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Kxg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb2 { [%emt 0:01:31]} 37. e4 {[%emt 0:02:10]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 38. f3 { [%emt 0:00:35]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 39. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rh1 { [%emt 0:00:07]} 40. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Ra6 { [%emt 0:00:16]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 42. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Kg6 { [%emt 0:00:18]} 43. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 44. Ra2 { [%emt 0:00:07]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:05:14]} 45. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Rg1+ { [%emt 0:01:48]} 46. Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxg2+ {[%emt 0:00:54]} 47. Kxg2 { [%emt 0:00:05]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 48. Kf2 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Kf4 { [%emt 0:00:08]} 49. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 50. Kg3 { [%emt 0:00:27]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 51. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kxf5 { [%emt 0:00:04]} 52. h4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} gxh4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 53. Kxh4 { [%emt 0:00:05]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 54. Kh3 {It is almost ironic that when they shook hands on move 54, with their bare kings, their game was the first to end, despite having the most moves played of all the skirmishes in the round. [%emt 0:00:04]} Kxf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE Candidates"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"] [Date "2014.03.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2830"] [Annotator "Postny,E"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2014.03.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.05.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 {This is one of the ways to avoid the Marshall.} Bb7 9. d3 d5 { Still, if Black insists on sacrificing the pawn, he can do just that.} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 {Anand repeats the move he employed last year against Caruana.} ( {After} 11. Nxe5 {Black has a choice between} Nxe5 ({or} 11... Nd4) 12. Rxe5 Qd6 {In both cases he has adequate compensation.}) (11. c3 { has appeared numerous times as well, but Black has achieved fine results after} Qd7) 11... Qd7 $146 {Levon immediately comes up with a novelty.} (11... f6 12. c3 (12. c4 bxc4 13. Nxc4 Bb4 14. Bd2 Kh8 15. d4 exd4 16. Bxb4 Ndxb4 17. a3 Nd5 18. Nxd4 Nf4 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 $11 { 1/2-1/2 (50) Dominguez Perez,L (2726)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2696) Tashkent 2012}) 12... Kh8 13. Bc2 (13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 {is worthy to be checked in practice. The isolated pawn is a drawback, but White will have some dynamic play exploting some weak spots in Black's camp.}) 13... Qd7 14. Nb3 a5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Ncb4 17. Rxa5 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Nb6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 $44 { 0-1 (47) Anand,V (2786)-Caruana,F (2774) Moscow 2013}) (11... Nf4 12. Ne4 Na5 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. d4 Nxb3 15. axb3 Qd7 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. c4 Bb4 18. Nc3 bxc4 19. bxc4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxd4 $11 { 1/2-1/2 (24) Giri,A (2737)-Tomashevsky,E (2706) Elancourt 2013}) 12. Nxe5 { Accepting the challenge.} Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Nf6 (13... Nf4 $6 14. Nf3 { and now the piece sacrifice} Nxh3+ $2 {doesn't work in view of} 15. gxh3 Qxh3 16. Bd5 Qg4+ 17. Kf1 Qh3+ 18. Ke2 {The king escapes safely.}) 14. Re1 { The rook should go back as it is vulnerable in the centre.} Rae8 {Black doesn't have immediate threats, but the activity of all his pieces normally yields him enough play to maintain the balance, which is quite typical for this line.} 15. Nf3 Bd6 (15... Qf5 $6 16. Nh4 {and the queen has to go back, losing time.}) 16. Be3 Re7 $6 { This is too innocuous. Black's play should be somewhat more dynamic.} (16... Nd5 {It's recommended for Black to get one of the opponent's bishops.} 17. a4 ( 17. Bd2 Rxe1+ 18. Nxe1 Qf5 19. Qg4 Qe5 {With a double threat on h2 and b2.} 20. Nf3 Qxb2 21. Re1 $11) (17. Bxd5 Bxd5 {is clearly okay for Black.}) 17... Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Re8 $5 (19... c5 {is also perfectly playable.}) 20. Ng5 {Some exciting variations could arise here.} Qe7 $1 21. Bxf7+ Kf8 (21... Kh8 $6 22. Bxe8 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Qxg5 24. Qg1 $8 (24. Qg4 $4 Qe5 $19) 24... Qf5 25. Qe3 Bc5 26. d4 Bxd4 27. Qg3 $14) 22. Bxe8 (22. Qf1 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Qxg5 24. Bd5+ Bf4 25. Bxb7 Qg3 26. Qg1 Re2 27. Rf1 Rxc2 28. Rf3 Rc1 29. Rxg3 Rxg1+ 30. Kxg1 Bxg3 $11) 22... Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Qxg5 24. Qe2 g6 $1 25. Rf1+ Kg7 26. axb5 Qg3 27. Rf7+ Kg8 28. Kg1 Bc5+ 29. Kf1 Qg5 30. bxa6 Bxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Qc1+ 32. Ke2 Qxc2+ 33. Kf3 Qxd3+ 34. Kg4 Qc4+ 35. Rf4 Qe6+ {Black gives a perpetual check.}) 17. d4 (17. a4 {It also makes sense to open the a-file, but after} c5 {it won't be easy for White to play d3-d4 and perform the simplifying idea that Anand realised a couple of moves later.}) 17... Rfe8 (17... Nd5 18. Bd2 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Qf5 20. Qg4 $16 {Black doesn't have the move Qf5-e5 as in the line 16...Nd5.}) 18. c3 h6 {Probably Levon underestimated the consequences of the move that now follows. On the other hand, it seems that White is already better. The pressure along the e-file doesn't bring Black any dividends.} (18... Nd5 19. Bd2 Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Nd3 Bb6 23. Qg4 $14) 19. Ne5 $1 { Sacrificing back the pawn just at the right moment.} Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rxe5 (20... Qc6 21. f3 Rxe5 22. Qd2 $14) 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Red1 { White's two bishops are not going to allow Black to enjoy this endgame.} Nf6 $6 {I think here was the last chance to change the course of the game.} (22... Nc5 $5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rd7 Re2 25. Bxf7+ (25. Rxf7 Bd5 26. Rf5 c6 27. Rb1 g6 $14 {getting rid of the pin across the fifth rank}) 25... Kh7 { Black is a pawn down, but has decent chances to hold thanks to his active rook. }) 23. c4 $1 c6 $6 { This is an ugly move to play, but Black's position is really unpleasant.} ( 23... bxc4 24. Bxc4 Nd5 25. Bd4 R5e7 26. Rac1 Nf4 27. Bf1 $16) 24. Rac1 R5e7 25. a4 $1 bxc4 26. Bxc4 { Now White enjoys the pair of powerful bishops and the superior pawn structure.} Nd5 27. Bc5 Re4 28. f3 R4e5 29. Kf2 { Slowly, but surely Anand improves his position.} Bc8 30. Bf1 R5e6 31. Rd3 { The rook is going to find some penetration squares on the b-file.} Nf4 32. Rb3 Rd8 33. Be3 (33. Rb8 Ree8 34. Ba3 Nd3+ 35. Bxd3 Rxd3 36. Rxc6 {was also great for White, but, at least here Black has some hope thanks to the opposite coloured bishops.}) 33... Nd5 34. Bd2 Nf6 (34... Bd7 35. Bxa6 Ra8 36. Bc4 Rxa4 37. Ra3 Rxa3 38. bxa3 { The passed a-pawn will most likely decide the game in White's favour.}) 35. Ba5 Rde8 36. Rb6 Re5 37. Bc3 Nd5 38. Bxe5 Nxb6 39. Bd4 $1 (39. Rxc6 Nd5 40. Rc5 $18 ) 39... Nxa4 {The knight will not be able to come out alive from a4, but I wouldn't even put a question mark to this move, as Black's position is beyond saving anyway.} 40. Rxc6 Rd8 41. Rc4 Bd7 (41... Nxb2 42. Bxb2 Rd2+ 43. Ke3 Rxb2 44. Rxc8+ $18) 42. b3 Bb5 43. Rb4 Nb2 44. Bxb5 axb5 45. Ke3 Re8+ 46. Kd2 Rd8 47. Kc3 {A very good game by Anand, which definitely gave him a boost of confidence from the very beginning of the Candidates tournament.} (47. Kc3 Nd1+ 48. Kc2 {capturing the knight.}) 1-0 [Event "Bundesliga 1314"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2014.02.23"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Bobras, Piotr"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2518"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2013.10.12"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.03.17"] [WhiteTeam "Trier"] [BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 d6 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Bxa7 Rxa7 10. Qe3 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 e5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Ra8 15. Be2 Rc8 16. Rd2 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Ne7 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Rdc2 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Bundesliga 1314"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2014.02.22"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ragger, Markus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E61"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2668"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2013.10.12"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.03.17"] [WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"] [BlackTeam "Solingen"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Na6 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Qb3 c4 14. Qxb7 Nc5 15. Qb4 Rb8 16. Qa3 Rb6 17. Rab1 Qb8 18. Na4 Ra6 19. b3 Nfe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qc1 Qb5 22. Bc3 Nxc3 23. Nxc3 Qb4 24. Na4 cxb3 25. axb3 Rb8 26. Qc7 Ra5 27. Rfd1 Rab5 28. Qxa7 Be5 29. f4 Bf6 30. Nb2 Qxb3 31. Nd3 Qxb1 32. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 33. Kh2 Re8 34. Qa2 Rb7 35. Qa6 Rd7 36. Nf2 Rdd8 37. Qd3 Bg7 38. g4 Rd7 39. g5 h5 40. gxh6 Bxh6 41. Ng4 Bg7 42. f5 gxf5 43. Qxf5 Rde7 44. Qf3 Re4 45. Kg2 Rxg4+ 46. Qxg4 Rxe3 47. Qc8+ Bf8 48. h4 Re5 49. h5 Rxd5 50. h6 Rg5+ 51. Kf3 Rg6 52. h7+ Kxh7 53. Qxf8 Rf6+ 54. Ke4 Rf1 55. Kd5 Rf5+ 56. Kxd6 Rf6+ 57. Kd7 Rf5 58. Qd6 Rg5 59. Qf4 Kg6 60. Ke7 Rf5 61. Qg4+ Rg5 62. Qe4+ Rf5 63. Qd3 Kg5 64. Qg3+ Kh5 65. Ke8 Kh6 66. Qg4 Rf6 67. Kf8 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2014.02.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A56"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2826"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2014.02.04"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.03.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Qe2 a6 10. Bd2 g6 11. Kd1 Kh8 12. h3 Ndf6 13. Kc2 Bd7 14. a4 Qc8 15. g4 Ng7 16. Nh2 Ng8 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 f6 19. Nf1 Rf7 20. Ne3 Qf8 21. h4 Bd8 22. Qh2 Bc7 23. h5 g5 24. h6 Ne8 25. Bg3 Ne7 26. Nf5 Ng6 27. a5 Ne5 28. Be2 Bxf5 29. exf5 Qe7 30. Be1 Qd8 31. Ne4 Re7 32. Qg2 b6 33. Bc3 b5 34. cxb5 axb5 35. Bxb5 Bxa5 36. Bc6 Raa7 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 38. Ra4 Nc7 39. Rha1 Na6 40. Nd2 Nb4+ 41. Rxb4 cxb4 42. Nc4 b3+ 43. Kxb3 Ree7 44. Qg3 Qb8+ 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2014.02.04"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B47"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "138"] [EventDate "2014.02.04"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.03.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O Bc5 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Kh1 d5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. f4 Bb7 13. Qe1 h6 14. Bh4 O-O 15. e5 Ne8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ne2 c5 18. c3 a5 19. Ng1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. c4 Nc7 22. b3 a4 23. Nf3 Rfa8 24. Rb1 axb3 25. axb3 Ra2 26. Rf2 Qd7 27. Rxa2 Rxa2 28. h3 Na6 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Qxa1 Nb4 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qf8 Nd3 33. f5 exf5 34. Qd6 Qa7 35. Qxd5 Nf4 36. Qd2 Ne6 37. Kh2 Qb7 38. Qd3 g6 39. Kg1 Kg7 40. Kf2 Qa8 41. Qc2 Qa1 42. Qd2 Qb1 43. Qc3 Kg8 44. Ne1 Ng5 45. Qc2 Qa1 46. Nd3 Ne4+ 47. Ke3 Qg1+ 48. Kf3 Qh2 49. Ne1 Qxe5 50. Ke2 Qg3 51. Qd3 Qf2+ 52. Kd1 Qb2 53. Qc2 Qd4+ 54. Ke2 h5 55. Qd3 Qe5 56. Kf1 Qf4+ 57. Ke2 Kg7 58. Qe3 Qe5 59. Nd3 Qh2 60. Nxc5 Qxg2+ 61. Ke1 Ng5 62. h4 Nf3+ 63. Kd1 Qg4 64. Kc2 f4 65. Qe7 Qf5+ 66. Kc3 Ne5 67. Qg5 Qxg5 68. hxg5 h4 69. Ne4 Ng4 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2014.02.04"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2761"] [PlyCount "181"] [EventDate "2014.02.04"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.03.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qd2 Nfe4 14. Qb4 a5 15. Qc4 Rc8 16. Qb5 b6 17. f3 Nf6 18. Rfd1 Nh5 19. g3 g6 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Bd2 Ra8 22. f4 Ng7 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Be3 Rb8 25. Qc4 Nf5 26. Bf2 Rxb2 27. Rab1 Rb4 28. Rxb4 cxb4 29. Qc6 Bd6 30. c4 bxc3 31. Qxc3 e4 32. Bg4 Bb4 33. Qb3 e3 34. Bxe3 Nxe3 35. Qxe3 Re8 36. Qd4 Bd6 37. Kg2 Qc7 38. Rd2 h5 39. Re2 Rxe2+ 40. Bxe2 Qc2 41. Qc4 Qd2 42. a4 Qe3 43. Qd3 Qe5 44. Bf3 Kg7 45. Bd1 h4 46. Qf3 hxg3 47. hxg3 Qd4 48. g4 Qd2+ 49. Kf1 Bc5 50. Bb3 Qc1+ 51. Ke2 Qb2+ 52. Kd1 Bb4 53. Qe3 Bd6 54. Bc2 Qa1+ 55. Ke2 Qh1 56. Qc3+ Kg8 57. Qc8+ Kg7 58. Qc3+ Kg8 59. Qc8+ Kg7 60. Qc3+ Kh7 61. Qf3 Qh2+ 62. Kd3 Kg8 63. Qe4 Bb4 64. Kc4 Qc7+ 65. Kb5 Qb7+ 66. Kc4 Qc8+ 67. Kd3 Qc3+ 68. Ke2 Qe1+ 69. Kf3 Qf1+ 70. Ke3 Bd6 71. Kd4 Qf2+ 72. Kd3 Bb4 73. Qe3 Qg2 74. Qe4 Qd2+ 75. Kc4 Qc3+ 76. Kb5 Qc5+ 77. Ka6 Qc8+ 78. Kb5 Bd6 79. Bd1 Qc5+ 80. Ka6 Qc8+ 81. Kb5 Kh7 82. Bc2 Qc5+ 83. Ka6 Bc7 84. Kb7 Qb6+ 85. Kc8 Bd6 86. Qc4 Qb8+ 87. Kd7 Qf8 88. Qe4 Qb8 89. Qc4 Qf8 90. Qe4 Qb8 91. Qc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2014.02.04"] [Round "5"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2872"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2014.02.04"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.03.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 c6 19. Re1 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Ng4 Qd8 24. Qe5 Ng7 25. Qxe8+ Nxe8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxe8 Kxe8 29. f4 f5 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. b4 b5 32. g3 Kf6 33. Kf3 Ke6 34. Ke3 Kf6 35. Kf3 Ke6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2014.02.04"] [Round "2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2014.02.04"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.03.17"] 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O-O a6 9. f3 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Nce2 a5 12. Ng3 Ne8 13. Qd5 Bb7 14. Bb5 Ne5 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qd5 Nf6 17. Qxe5 dxe5 18. Rxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bd3 Bc5 20. Bxe5 Bxe3+ 21. Kb1 Nd5 22. Nf5 Bd2 23. Bxg7 Nf4 24. Ne2 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Rxd3 26. Kc2 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2014.02.03"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2872"] [Annotator "Vidit,S"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2014.01.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.03.17"] {This was the first classical game after the World Championship match and I was anticipating a tough fight. But unfortunately the Berlin wall is just too solid :)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Nd7 7. Be3 $5 {A surprising choice as Carlsen on the previous day used this line with the white pieces to defeat Caruana in a brilliant way!} Bd6 8. Nbd2 (8. Nc3 c5 9. O-O Nf8 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Ne2 Qd7 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Rxf4 b6 17. Qh5 d5 18. d4 c4 19. b3 Qc6 20. Raf1 O-O-O 21. bxc4 Qxc4 22. Rxf7 Bxf7 23. Rxf7 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25. exd5 g6 26. Qg4+ Kc7 27. Qe6 Kb7 28. Qe7+ Qc7 29. Qe4 Qd7 30. d6+ Ka6 31. Bf4 Rc8 32. Kh2 Rc4 33. Bg3 Rc8 34. Qd3+ Kb7 35. c4 Qc6 36. Qb3 Ka8 37. a4 Re8 38. a5 Kb7 39. c5 Kc8 40. axb6 axb6 41. d5 Qxc5 42. Qa4 Re3 43. Qa8+ Kd7 44. Qb7+ Ke8 45. d7+ Kd8 46. Bh4+ Re7 47. Qc8+ {1-0 (47) Carlsen,M (2872)-Caruana,F (2782) Zurich SUI 2014}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nc4 Nf8 11. d4 { A questionable decision. The game now immediately peters out to a draw.} (11. a4 $5) 11... exd4 12. Qxd4 c5 13. Qd3 b6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Rxd6 Bxe4 18. Ne1 Rad8 $11 {The game is completely drawish now.} 19. Rad1 Ne6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. f3 Bd5 23. a3 Nc6 24. Kf2 f6 25. Nd3 Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke7 27. Kd2 Kd7 28. Nf4 Bf7 29. b3 Ne7 30. h4 Nd5 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. Bf4 Kc6 33. Bg3 Bf7 34. Bf4 Bg6 35. Bg3 Bf7 36. Bb8 a6 37. Bf4 Bg6 38. Bg3 Bh5 39. Bf2 Bf7 40. Bg3 Bg6 {Not much happened in the game. White didn't get anything out of the opening and the game was soon equal.A typical berlin affair.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2014.02.02"] [Round "4"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2014.01.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.03.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nh4 Bb4 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. f3 a4 14. Qc2 a3 15. b3 Nbd7 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Kb1 Rfc8 18. h4 Nb6 19. g5 Nh5 20. Bh3 Re8 21. Rhe1 Rad8 22. Bg4 Qd6 23. Ne2 Bxd2 24. Qxd2 Nd7 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. exf4 f5 27. gxf6 Nxf6 28. Re5 Nxg4 29. fxg4 Rxe5 30. fxe5 Qe7 31. Rh1 Rf8 32. h5 Qf7 33. h6 Qf3 34. Re1 gxh6 35. e6 Re8 36. g5 Qf5+ 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2014.02.01"] [Round "3"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2014.01.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.03.17"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Ne5 Bb4 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. a3 Ba5 13. Bg2 g5 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Rd1 Bc7 16. Ne2 Nf8 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. e4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. h4 e5 21. d5 Ng6 22. dxc6 Qa5+ 23. Nc3 O-O 24. cxb7 Qc7 25. Nd5 Qxb7 26. Qxb7 Rxb7 27. b4 gxh4 28. Bf1 Bg5 29. Rh3 Rd8 30. Bc4 Rbb8 31. Rhd3 Rdc8 32. Bb3 Rb7 33. a4 a6 34. Rb1 Nf8 35. Nc3 Ng6 36. Nd5 Nf8 37. Nc3 Ng6 38. Nd5 Nf8 39. Nc3 Ng6 40. Nd5 Nf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2014.01.31"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2789"] [Annotator "Szabo,Kr"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2014.01.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.03.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Recently Anand had some games with this opening in the World Championship match against Carlsen, who usually chose this move against him.} 4. d3 { Anand avoids the Berlin Variation; usually he chooses this reply.} Bc5 5. Bxc6 (5. c3) ({and} 5. O-O {are the other lines.}) 5... dxc6 6. h3 { A logical decision. White wants to avoid Bg4.} Be6 {A very ambitious answer. Nakamura would like to castle on the queenside and he tries to attack on the kingside.} ({However} 6... O-O {is more popular. Black's typical plan is Re8, Nd7-f8 and f6, Ne6 with a balanced game.}) 7. Nc3 Qd6 8. O-O O-O-O 9. a3 { A nice move. White prepares for b4 followed by Na4.} ({The logical} 9. Na4 $2 { does not work, because of} Nxe4 $1 {.}) 9... Nh5 { Nakamura immediately starts his attack against the white K.} ({The natural} 9... Kb8 {was an interesting alternative,} 10. b4 Bb6 11. Na4 {and now} Nxe4 { is not so good, as} 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Bb2 $1 $14 {and White is very active.}) 10. Na4 $1 {The black N has gone from f6, so White is ready to remove Black's dark squared B.} Bb6 ({In the event of} 10... f6 $6 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. Ng5 $1 fxg5 13. Be3 $1 {An important intermediate move.} Qe7 14. Qxh5 $14 { and White has a comfortable position.}) 11. Nxb6+ axb6 12. a4 $1 {Another stron g move by Anand. He wants to play a5 then a6 and tries to open the a-file. Now White's attack looks quicker.} f6 13. Be3 ({The immediate} 13. a5 { could have been met by} bxa5 14. Rxa5 b6 { followed by Kb7, Ra8 and Black is solid.}) 13... Nf4 { Now Black is also ready to play for g5-g4!} 14. a5 $1 b5 15. d4 $6 { A mistake, which underestimated Black's strong reply!} ({ White should have played} 15. a6 $1 b6 (15... bxa6 16. Rxa6 $18 { and White has a winning attack.}) 16. Bxf4 (16. d4 $5 {was also interesting. Here thanks to the a6 White is much better than in the game.} Nxh3+ 17. gxh3 Bxh3 18. Re1) 16... exf4 17. Re1 $16 {and White has a powerful position.}) 15... Nxh3+ $1 { A very strong sacrifice. Nakamura immediately spotted his great chance!} 16. gxh3 Bxh3 17. dxe5 ({Still} 17. a6 {was also an interesting option} bxa6 $1 18. Rxa6 Qe6 (18... Qd7 19. Nd2 $1) 19. Nd2 $1 Qf7 20. Kh2 Bxf1 21. Nb3 $3 { a typical variation by Mr. Houdini 4!}) 17... Qe6 18. Nd2 Bxf1 19. Qxf1 Qxe5 { The position has completely changed. Black has a R and 2 P against a B and a N. Nevertheless the position is still balanced.} 20. c3 (20. a6 { is already not so important, as} b6 {and later the a6 P can be weak.}) 20... Kb8 21. a6 b6 22. Qg2 Rd6 $5 { A very ambitious move. Nakamura prepares for f5 followed by Rg6.} ({The natural } 22... Rhe8 {was also possible.}) 23. Nf1 $6 { A logical move, but it is an inaccuracy.} ({In the event of} 23. Nb3 Re8 (23... f5 $6 {is not so good here, as} 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Nd4 Qg6 26. Bf4 { and White has defended against Black's attack; his position is more promising.} )) ({or even} 23. Bd4 Qe6 24. b4 {was also interesting with an unclear fight.}) 23... f5 $1 24. exf5 Qxf5 { Suddenly the white K is very weak. Black is threatening with Rg6 and h5-h4.} 25. Ng3 Qd7 26. Qe4 Ka7 $1 {A very nice cool-blooded move! Now the K is safe and Black is ready for the attack on the kingside.} 27. Kg2 h5 28. Qf5 { White wants to exchange the Qs, but Black avoids this.} (28. Rh1 Rd5 $1 { and White's position is very unpleasant.}) 28... Qe8 { Of course, Black doesn't exchange.} 29. Qe4 Qf7 30. Kh1 (30. Qf5 Rf6 { and Black is winning.}) 30... h4 31. Ne2 (31. Nf5 { is also not helping for White, as} Re6 32. Qd3 c5 $1 { and the f5 N is in big trouble.}) 31... Re8 32. Qg4 Rg6 33. Qh3 Qd5+ 34. Kh2 Rxe3 $1 {The final beautiful tactical blow!} 35. fxe3 Qd2 36. Qf1 Rf6 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2014.01.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "2014.01.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.03.17"] 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qb3 Rb8 8. O-O b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. d3 Be7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rc1 c5 15. Ba5 Qe8 16. Nbd2 N5f6 17. Rab1 Bd5 18. Qd1 Ra8 19. b4 Ra6 20. e4 Bc6 21. Nb3 cxb4 22. Qd2 Bxe4 23. dxe4 Nxe4 24. Qc2 Nc3 25. Ra1 Nf6 26. Ne5 Nfd5 27. Nd3 Rc6 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Re1 Rc4 30. f3 Qd7 31. Qf2 Bd6 32. Bb6 Qf5 33. Qe3 h5 34. Bd4 Rc7 35. Ra7 Rxa7 36. Bxa7 Ra8 37. Bc5 d4 38. Nxd4 Bxc5 39. Nxf5 Bxe3+ 40. Nxe3 b3 41. Nd1 Rc8 42. Nxc3 Rxc3 43. Rd1 b2 44. Nxb2 Rxf3 45. Rd8+ Kh7 46. Rd5 Rb3 47. Nd3 g6 48. Rd7 Kg7 49. Kf2 Ra3 50. Ke3 Ra2 51. h4 Kf6 52. Rb7 Ra5 53. Nc5 Ra3+ 54. Kf4 Ra1 55. Ne4+ Kg7 56. Nd6 Rf1+ 57. Ke3 Kf8 58. Rxb5 Ke7 59. Ne4 Re1+ 60. Kf4 Kf8 61. Rb8+ Kg7 62. Rb7 Rf1+ 63. Ke3 Kf8 64. Nd6 Rf6 65. Rb8+ Ke7 66. Ne4 Rf1 67. Ke2 Rf5 68. Rc8 Re5 69. Kf3 Rf5+ 70. Kg2 Re5 71. Ng5 Re2+ 72. Kh3 Rf2 73. Rc4 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2014.01.29"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D48"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2014.01.29"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.02.28"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. Bc2 O-O-O 13. dxe6 Ne5 14. Qe2 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 fxe6 16. Qe2 c4 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bg5 Rd7 19. a4 b4 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Bf4 Bc5 22. Be4 Rd4 23. Bxb7+ Kxb7 24. Be3 Rd3 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qg4 Re8 27. Rac1 Rd4 28. Qxg7+ Re7 29. Qf6 Re4 30. Rfd1 Rc7 31. Qf3 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2014.01.29"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C03"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2789"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2014.01.29"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.02.28"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O g5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. b4 Nd7 13. Re1 a5 14. bxa5 Qxa5 15. Nb3 Qxc3 16. Nfd4 Qc4 17. a4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Be3 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Bxd4 Ba6 22. Reb1 Kd7 23. Rb6 Rhb8 24. a5 Bb5 25. f3 Rxb6 26. Bxb6 Kc8 27. Kf2 Kb7 28. Ke3 h5 29. g3 g4 30. fxg4 hxg4 31. Ra2 Rh8 32. Rf2 Rh7 33. Kd4 Kc8 34. Kc5 Kd7 35. Rf4 Be2 36. Rf2 Bb5 37. Rf4 Rg7 38. Rf6 Rh7 39. Rf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2014.01.29"] [Round "1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A39"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2014.01.29"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.02.28"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. c5 b6 11. e4 bxc5 12. Bf3 Qh3 13. e5 Nxe5 14. Bg2 Qf5 15. Bxa8 Ba6 16. Bg2 Bxf1 17. Qxf1 d6 18. Bf4 Nd3 19. Bh3 Qh5 20. Qxd3 Qxh3 21. Qe2 Re8 22. Re1 h6 23. Nd2 g5 24. Be3 Ng4 25. Nf1 Ne5 26. f4 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Rb8 28. b3 Qe6 29. Nd2 Nd3 30. Qxd3 Qxe1+ 31. Kg2 Rb4 32. Ne2 Qa1 33. Qc2 a5 34. Nc4 a4 35. Bd2 axb3 36. axb3 Rb8 37. Nf4 Ra8 38. Nh5 Qa2 39. Qe4 Qxb3 40. Qxa8+ 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2014.01.29"] [Round "4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "2872"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "Vidit,S"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2014.01.29"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.02.28"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e4 $5 { Reversed Budapest Gambit! Quite an unexpected choice.} dxe4 4. Ng5 Nf6 5. Nc3 { Generally in the Budapest Gambit the bishop is developed first as it provokes e6.5.Nc3 allows the extra option of 5...Bf5} (5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3) 5... Nc6 (5... Bf5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Qe2 Qd4 8. f3 exf3 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nxf3 { Is a typical way of playing in these lines.}) 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ncxe4 {The drawback of the extra tempo (b3) is that it stops one of the most typical plans in these lines i.e the a4-Ra3-Rh3!} Nxe4 (9... h6 $5 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 {With no weaknesses and extra control over the centre I would take the black pieces.}) 10. Nxe4 e5 $2 {I was very prised when Anand blitzed out this move within seconds.It opens the diagonal for c4 bishop plus allows white the opportunity to attack with f4. After the normal b6 I would infact prefer black's position} (10... b6 {& Black can simply play Bb7-Qd7-Rad8 whereas it isn't clear how white should develop an initiative.} 11. Qg4 {is simply met by} Nd4) 11. f4 exf4 12. Qh5 $2 { I absolutely see no reason for playing Qh5 before Rf4.} (12. Rxf4 $142 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qg4 $40) 12... Nd4 $2 {Black had an opportunity to neutralize the attack by playing Be6. The same wouldn't have been possible after Rf4 because then White queen could go to g4 !} (12... Be6 $142 $1 13. Rxf4 Bxc4 14. bxc4 Nd4 $132) 13. Rxf4 {Anand sank into a deep thought here and his second Peter Leko on the live feed remarked "This is not usual for Vishy to spend so much time, he likes to play fast. I think he definitely feels some pressure here."} g6 (13... Be6 {was the lesser of the evils.} 14. Nxc5 Bxc4 15. Rxd4 Be2 $1 16. Rxd8 Bxh5 17. Rd5 Bg6 18. Re1 Bxc5+ 19. Rxc5 $16) 14. Qe5 $18 { Black is already lost now as white's attack is too strong.} b6 15. Raf1 Bf5 16. g4 (16. Rxf5 $5 gxf5 17. Rxf5 $18) 16... Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. c3 (20. Ne8+ Kg8 21. Qh8+ {Wasn't this more pretty? :)}) 20... Nc6 21. Ne8+ (21. Ne8+ Nxe5 22. Rxf8#) 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2014.01.29"] [Round "2"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2014.01.29"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.02.28"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nge7 7. e4 O-O 8. a3 a5 9. b3 h6 10. Bb2 d4 11. Qe2 a4 12. b4 Na7 13. Nc4 Nec6 14. Bc1 Be6 15. Bd2 Nb5 16. h3 Nd6 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. c3 dxc3 19. Bxc3 Na7 20. d4 Qc8 21. Rfc1 Bxh3 22. dxe5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe6 24. exd6 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Qxd6 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. e5 Nc6 28. Re3 Nd8 29. Nd4 Ra6 30. b5 Rb6 31. Qc4 Ne6 32. Nxe6 Rxe6 33. Rd5 Rd8 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Rd3 Qe7 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Rd8 Rxe5 38. Rd7 Qe6 39. Qxb7 Rf5 40. Rd2 Qb3 41. b6 Rf6 42. Qa7 Rxb6 43. Rd4 Rf6 44. Qa8 Qb2 45. Rf4 Rxf4 46. gxf4 Qxa3 47. Qe8 Qb3 0-1 [Event "London Classic KO 5th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2013.12.14"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D40"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2793"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2013.12.14"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 $5 (8... Ba7 {is a far more common retreat, and it has been seen at the top level many times. Anand himself played it against Aronian in 2011.}) 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 {is more common but Black seems to be fine in this variation. Anand's move tries to lock in the light-squared bishop for at least a little longer.}) 10... Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 {Something has obviously gone wrong for White. If he castles he is basically simply a tempo down in a symmetrical position, not to mention that he would rather have put the f-rook on the d-file rather than his queenside rook. These little details would give Black an edge.} 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rac8 $1 {A strong move.} 17. Qb1 $2 { Anand plays the human move, but he runs into quick trouble.} (17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Qb1 Nxb4 $1 (18... f5 $2 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qxf5 {is not playable for Black. White has sufficient material and a strong king-side initiative.}) (18... a5 $6 19. h4 $1 $13) 19. axb4 Bxb4+ 20. Ke2 f5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Qxf5 Rf8 {is a crazy position that is nearly impossible to evaluate. A sample crazy variation:} 23. Qh3+ Kg8 24. Rd7 Rc2+ (24... Bd5 {is not a move anyone is going to find.}) 25. Kd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8+ 27. Kxc2 Be4+ 28. Kb3 Qd5+ 29. Kxb4 $11 { and there is apparently nothing more than a perpetual.}) 17... f5 18. Bd3 a5 19. bxa5 Nxa5 20. O-O Nc4 {White is passive. His kingside and his queenside are both under fire and he has no clear plan.} 21. Be2 Be4 22. Qa1 Nxb2 23. Qxb2 b4 $1 $19 (23... Rc2 24. Qxb5 {doesn't quite work.}) 24. axb4 Rc2 { A decisive fork, and the point of 23...b4. Now the game is over.} 25. Qb3 Rxe2 26. Nd4 Bd5 27. Qd3 Qh4 0-1 [Event "London Classic KO 5th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2013.12.14"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2013.12.14"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 dxc4 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne4 Qf5 11. Ned2 e5 12. e4 Qe6 13. Rc1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qf6 15. Nxc4 O-O 16. Nf5 Nb6 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qd6 Qd8 19. Rfd1 Bg4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Na5 Bc8 23. b3 Kf8 24. f4 Rd2 25. a4 f6 26. Re1 Rc2 27. e5 Rc5 28. b4 Rc3 29. exf6 gxf6 30. b5 Nc4 31. Nxc4 Rxc4 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. a5 Rc5 34. Bf3 Bd7 35. Ra1 Rc3 36. Kf2 Rc2+ 37. Ke3 Rc3+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Ke3 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic Gp-A 5th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2013.12.13"] [Round "6"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A38"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2013.12.11"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Qa5 9. Nc2 d6 10. Bd2 Qh5 11. Rc1 Bh3 12. Ne3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 e6 14. Nc2 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne3 Nb6 17. Qc2 Nd4 18. Qe4 f5 19. Qxb7 Rf7 20. Qa6 f4 21. f3 fxe3 22. Bxe3 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. b4 Qb5 25. Qxb5 Nxb5 26. Rc6 e5 27. Rfc1 Nd4 28. Rc8+ Rf8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Kf1 Rb8 31. Rc4 Rb7 32. a4 a6 33. Kf2 Bf8 34. Bd2 Kf7 35. e3 Ne6 36. Bc3 Bd6 37. Rc6 Bxb4 38. Bxe5 a5 39. f4 Nc5 40. Bd4 Nxa4 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. g4 Kd7 43. Ra6 Nc3 44. f5 gxf5 45. gxf5 Nb5 46. Be5 Ra7 47. Rh6 Ke8 48. Rb6 Na3 49. Bd4 Rc7 50. e4 Rd7 51. Bf6 Nc4 52. Rb8+ Kf7 53. e5 Nxe5+ 54. Bxe5 Bd6 55. Bxd6 Rxd6 56. Ra8 Kf6 57. Rxa5 Rd4 58. h3 Rb4 59. Kg3 Rc4 60. Kf3 Rb4 61. Kg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic Gp-A 5th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2013.12.13"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Istratescu, Andrei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2013.12.11"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qxc5 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. e3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Rxc3 Nb6 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Kd2 Nc4+ 18. Kc1 b5 19. Nd4 Rab8 20. Rd1 Rfc8 21. Kb1 a5 22. Be2 Kf8 23. Ka2 b4 24. Rc2 bxa3 25. b3 Nd6 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Kxa3 Ke7 28. Kb2 Rc5 29. Bd3 g6 30. h4 Kf6 31. g3 Bf5 32. Bxf5 Nxf5 33. Nxf5 Kxf5 34. Rd4 Ke5 35. Ra4 h5 36. Rd4 f6 37. Ra4 Ke6 38. Rd4 Ke5 39. Ra4 Ke6 40. Rd4 Ke5 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic Gp-A 5th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2013.12.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "McShane, Luke J"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2684"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2013.12.11"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. c3 Bg6 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nh2 Bg6 14. h4 h6 15. Bf1 c5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qa5 19. Be3 Rfc8 20. Qe2 Qa6 21. Qg4 Kh8 22. Qh5 {This type of positions are hard for computers and amateurs to understand. It seems that Black is solid and he will be able to gradually increase the pressure on the c-file and at the same time he will hold on to his kingside with a bishop on f8. Yet this is many times not the case, a swift sacrifice many times changes the situation.} Kg8 23. Bxh6 $1 { A bolt from the blue.} gxh6 24. Ng4 $1 {The accuracte follow up.} Bf8 { It seems that this should defend. After all the h6 pawn cannot be taken.} 25. Re3 $1 {This is the point of the combination; surprisingly the f7 pawn is impossible to defend and the simple threat of Rf3 is unstoppable.} (25. Nxh6+ $2 Bxh6 26. Qxh6 Qd3 $19) 25... Rc4 26. Rd1 {An amazing move. Anand takes his time to increase the pressure and first defends d4.} Qb6 $2 (26... Rc2 { was the last chance to create some counterplay.} 27. Rf3 Qe2 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 { and it looks like Black should be checkmated soon, but it is not yet so easy.}) 27. Rf3 {The rest is routine.} Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Qxd4 29. Rxf7 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Qxg4 31. Rxf8+ {An important intermediate move seals Black's fate.} Rxf8 32. Qxg4+ Kf7 33. Qa4 Rd8 34. h5 Nf8 35. Qf4+ Ke8 36. Qxh6 d4 37. Kf1 Rd5 38. Qf6 1-0 [Event "London Classic Gp-A 5th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2013.12.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Istratescu, Andrei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2013.12.11"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bd3 Rfd8 15. h4 Be8 16. Qe4 g6 17. h5 Rd5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Re1 Rad8 20. Bc2 Rc5 21. Qe3 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxc3 23. Bd3 Bf6 24. Bb2 Bxe5 25. Bxc3 Bxc3 26. Rac1 Qa5 27. Red1 Bd4 28. Qe2 Bc6 29. Be4 Rd6 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Rb1 c5 32. g3 Rd5 33. Kg2 Re5 34. Qd2 Qd8 35. Rb3 Qd5+ 36. f3 Qc4 37. Rd3 Rh5 38. g4 Rd5 39. a3 Qb5 40. Qc2 Rd8 41. Rb3 Qa6 42. Rc1 Kg7 43. Qc4 Qd6 44. Rh1 Bf6 45. Re3 Qc7 46. Re2 Rd4 47. Qc1 Qc6 48. Qh6+ Kg8 49. Rb1 Rxg4+ 50. Kf2 Bh4+ 0-1 [Event "London Classic Gp-A 5th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2013.12.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E08"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2754"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2013.12.11"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7 15. e3 Rad8 16. a4 a6 17. Rac1 b5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Na5 Qxa5 20. Bxb7 Qb6 21. Bf3 Rc8 22. Qe4 Bb4 23. Ne2 Nf6 24. Qb7 Qxb7 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Bf3 Rfc8 27. e4 g6 28. Kg2 a5 29. d5 exd5 30. e5 Ne4 31. Rxd5 Rxc1 32. Nxc1 Nc5 33. Nd3 Nxd3 34. Rxd3 Rc8 35. Rd7 Kf8 36. Rb7 Rc5 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Rb7 Kf8 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Rb7 Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic Gp-A 5th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2013.12.11"] [Round "1"] [White "McShane, Luke J"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2013.12.11"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Bb4 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Qg4 Bf8 10. d4 c5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 h5 14. Qg3 d4 15. Ne4 h4 16. Qf3 Qd5 17. c4 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qf5 19. Bd3 Qh5 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Qxb7 Ne5 22. Qxa8 Bd6 23. c5 Nf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Bxf4 26. b4 Nc6 27. Bb5 Kd7 28. Rfd1 e5 29. a3 f5 30. Kf1 Kc7 31. Ke2 e4 32. fxe4 fxe4 33. Bxc6 d3+ 34. Kf1 Kxc6 35. Kg2 Kd5 36. Rg1 Be5 37. Rad1 Rg8+ 38. Kf1 Rxg1+ 39. Kxg1 f5 40. Kg2 Kd4 41. c6 f4 42. b5 Bc7 43. Rb1 d2 44. Kf1 Kd3 45. a4 e3 46. fxe3 fxe3 0-1 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"] [Site "Chennai"] [Date "2013.11.22"] [Round "10"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2870"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Szabo,Kr"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2013.11.09"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] {Since Carlsen had won the previous game too, he had 3 points advantage and actually this was the last game of their match.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ { A logical decision by Carlsen. He avoids the sharp lines after 3.d4. Apart from this, Carlsen usually employs this move.} Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 Nf6 ({A few months ago they had a game against each other with } 7... e5 8. Qd3 b5 9. Nc3 bxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qd3 h6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rd1 Be7 14. Ne1 O-O 15. Nc2 Qb6 16. Ne3 Rfc8 17. b3 { and White had a stable position, Carlsen-Anand, Stavanger 2013.}) 8. Bg5 e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O {The most natural move.} (10. Rd1 Bc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. a4 Rfd8 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15. Nd4 Be8 16. b3 Qc5 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qc5 19. h3 Nd7 20. Be3 Qa5 $11 { and Black has a completely fine position, Fressinet-Ponomariov, Elancourt 2013. }) 10... Bc6 ({The immediate} 10... O-O {could have been met by} 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Be8 13. Rad1 {White has gained some space, but thanks to his stable position, Black can hold the game.}) 11. Qd3 {White prepares for Nd4.} (11. Rad1 {transposes to 10.Rd1.}) 11... O-O 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. b3 $146 { Carlsen would like to stabilise his position.} (13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Bg5 b6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Ne2 Qa8 18. f3 Rfc8 19. Be3 Nd7 20. b3 Qb7 $11 { Schoeneberg-Danailov, Leipzig 1986}) 13... Qc7 14. Nxc6 ({The natural} 14. Rfd1 {was also possible.} Rfd8 15. Nxc6 (15. Rac1 Be8 {and Black can keep his B.}) 15... Qxc6 16. Rac1 {similar to the game.}) 14... Qxc6 15. Rac1 h6 (15... Rfd8 16. Rfd1 {and White is solid.}) 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Bd4 Rfd8 18. h3 (18. Rfd1 Qc7 { is also similar.}) 18... Qc7 19. Rfd1 Qa5 20. Qd2 { White is threatening with Nd5!} ({In the event of} 20. Qg3 { Black can reply with} Qg5 ({or} 20... Bf8 {.})) 20... Kf8 (20... Bg5 { was easier, but I think Anand didn't want to exchange the bishops so quickly.} 21. Be3 (21. f4 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11) 21... Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Ne5 $11 { with a balanced middlegame.}) 21. Qb2 Kg8 22. a4 (22. Qd2 { was a repetition of moves.}) 22... Qh5 23. Ne2 Bf6 { After the B exchange suddenly the d6 P will be very weak.} ({Probably} 23... Qg6 $1 {was more exact, as} 24. f3 b6 { followed by Nc5 and the e7 B is able to hold the d6 P.}) 24. Rc3 $1 { The R is very useful on the 3rd rank.} Bxd4 25. Rxd4 {Now White has a comfortable position, because the d6 P can be attacked by tripling on the d-file.} Qe5 26. Qd2 Nf6 (26... Nc5 {was also possible} 27. Re3 Qf6 28. a5 { and still Black needs to play some exact moves.}) 27. Re3 Rd7 28. a5 Qg5 $2 { A mistake, which allows White's strong reply!} (28... Rcd8 { was important to protect the d7 R.}) 29. e5 $1 Ne8 30. exd6 $2 {White returns the error, but I think Carlsen was only thinking about the draw and becoming the new World Champion.} ({Nevertheless} 30. Nc3 $1 {was the strongest answer. White keeps the tension and the N is ready to go to e4 or a4 too.} Rc6 31. f4 Qe7 32. Red3 $16 {and Black is in a big trouble.}) 30... Rc6 { Now Black immediately gains back the d6 P.} 31. f4 Qd8 32. Red3 Rcxd6 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Qxd6 35. Qxd6 Nxd6 36. Kf2 {I think Carlsen wanted this endgame, which is an easy draw for him without any problem.} Kf8 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Kd4 Kd7 39. Kc5 Kc7 40. Nc3 Nf5 41. Ne4 Ne3 42. g3 f5 43. Nd6 g5 44. Ne8+ Kd7 45. Nf6+ Ke7 46. Ng8+ (46. Nh5 {was also possible, but White didn't want to risk} Kf7 47. Kb6 Kg6 48. Kxb7 Kxh5 49. Kxa6 gxf4 50. gxf4 e5 51. Kb6 exf4 52. a6 f3 53. a7 f2 54. a8=Q Kh4 (54... f1=Q $6 55. Qe8+ {and the e3 N is lost.}) 55. Qf3 f1=Q 56. Qxe3 f4 57. Qe6 h5 {with a drawish queen endgame.}) 46... Kf8 47. Nxh6 (47. Nf6 Ke7 {was a repetition of moves.}) 47... gxf4 48. gxf4 Kg7 49. Nxf5+ exf5 50. Kb6 Ng2 51. Kxb7 Nxf4 52. Kxa6 Ne6 53. Kb6 f4 54. a6 f3 55. a7 f2 56. a8=Q f1=Q 57. Qd5 {Carlsen has achieved his aim; he has no way to lose, the position is completely drawn.} Qe1 58. Qd6 Qe3+ 59. Ka6 Nc5+ 60. Kb5 Nxb3 61. Qc7+ Kh6 62. Qb6+ Qxb6+ 63. Kxb6 Kh5 64. h4 Kxh4 65. c5 Nxc5 { and Magnus Carlsen is the new World Champion! Congratulations to him!} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"] [Site "Chennai"] [Date "2013.11.21"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E25"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2870"] [Annotator "Gutman,L"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2013.11.09"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] 1. d4 $1 {"I should have played 1.d4 from the start. That was one of my greatest mistakes in my preparation", Viswanathan Anand after the match. "Ich hätte von Anfang an 1.d4 spielen müssen. Dies war einer meiner größten Fehler bei der Vorbereitung", Viswanathan Anand nach dem Wettkampf.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 ({In the match Anand-Kramnik, Bonn 2008 Im Wettkampf Anand-Kramnik, Bonn 2008, kam} 7... Nxd5 {was played. aufs Brett.}) 8. e3 c4 $5 {In any case the choice of opening by Carlsen should have ben no surprise, since his previous trainer and confidant GM Simen Agdestein had already played this at the start of the year and even revealed after the game, "that the Norwegian national team had recently been lookng into this variation", Ian Rogers. Allerdings sollte die Eröffnungswahl von Carlsen keine Überraschung sein, da sein früherer Trainer und Vertrauter GM Simen Agdestein bereits Anfang des Jahres so gespielt hat und nach der Partie sogar verriet, "dass die norwegische Nationalmannschaft sich kürzlich gerade mit dieser Variante beschäftigte", Ian Rogers.} 9. Ne2 (9. g4 Nc6 10. Ne2 { leads to the game by transposition. führt durch Zugumstellung zur Partie}) ({ For Bezüglich} 9. g3 Nc6 10. Nh3 { see Biolek-Agdestein, Prag 2013 siehe Biolek-Agdestein, Prag 2013}) ({ Once can hardly recommend Kaum zu empfehlen ist} 9. e4 $6 dxe4 10. Bxc4 (10. Bg5 Qa5 11. Qc1 (11. Qd2 $5 Nbd7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Ne2 b5 14. Ba2 exf3 15. gxf3 Bb7 16. O-O Bd5 $15) 11... Nbd7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Ne2 Re8 (13... b5 $5 14. Ba2 exf3 15. gxf3 Bb7) 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Bb3 $6 (15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 $15) 15... exf3 16. gxf3 b6 17. Kf2 Ba6 $17 {Grover-Zhou Weigi, Dubai 2012}) 10... O-O 11. fxe4 (11. Ne2 exf3 12. gxf3 Bf5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Bb3 Rc8 15. c4 Re8 16. Rf2 Nh5 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Ne4 Ndf6 19. Nc3 h6 $15 {Jambrich-Nemchenko, email 2010}) 11... Nxe4 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. O-O Nb6 15. Bd3 Be6 (15... Qxc3 16. Qb1) 16. Qc2 f5 17. Ng5 Bc4 18. Bd2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc4 20. Qh3 Nxg5 21. Bxg5 Nd5 22. Bd2 g6 23. Rae1 Nf6 24. Bh6 Rfe8 25. Qf3 Re4 $15 {Gerola-Kunzelmann, corr 2012}) 9... Nc6 (9... O-O 10. g4 (10. Qc2 $6 Nc6 11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 Qa5 13. e5 Re8 $17) 10... Nc6 {is a transposition of moves. ist Zugumstellung.}) 10. g4 ({ Abzuraten ist von} 10. Ng3 {cannot be advised:} h5 $5 { (Michail Krasenkow, chesspro.ru). (Michail Krasenkow, chesspro.ru).} 11. h4 ({ Compare: Man sehe:} 11. Qc2 h4 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. Kf2 g6 (13... b5 $5 $17) 14. g4 hxg3+ 15. Nxg3 Be6 16. a4 Na5 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Bg2 Nb3 19. Rae1 O-O-O $17 { Joergensen-Sadowski, email 2006}) (11. e4 h4 12. exd5 hxg3 13. dxc6 Rxh2 14. Rg1 Kf8 $17) 11... Qc7 $5 (11... Na5 12. e4 Nb3 13. Rb1 Qa5 $15 { Marusenko-Pavlov, Kiev 2010}) 12. Kf2 Na5 13. Qe1 (13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5 $15 ) 13... Nb3 $15) 10... O-O (10... Na5 $5 {is perhaps somewhat more flexible (Krasenkow), see Kortschnoj-O'Kelly and Aghasuryan-Mekumyan. ist vielleicht etwas flexibler (Krasenkow), siehe Kortschnoj-O'Kelly und Aghasuryan-Mekumyan.} ) (10... h6 {leads to Kasparov-Polgar. führt zu Kasparov-Polgar.}) 11. Bg2 Na5 ({Zeitverlust wäre} 11... Qe7 $6 {would be a waste of time:} 12. Nf4 (12. O-O $5) 12... b5 (12... Na5 13. O-O Nb3 14. Ra2) 13. O-O h6 14. h4 (14. e4 $5 dxe4 15. fxe4 Bxg4 16. Qe1 $14) 14... Rd8 $6 (14... Qd8 $5 15. e4 Ne7 { would be more solid wäre solider}) 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Ne8 17. e4 Nc7 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Na5 20. f4 Nb3 21. Ra2 Bb7 22. Re2 Qd7 23. Re5 $16 { Nikitin-Belinkov, Moskau 1966}) 12. O-O Nb3 {Anand must have been satisfied with his choice of opening; he obtained exactly the sort of position he needed since he was trailing in the match - complicated and sharp. Mit seiner Eröffnungswahl dürfte Anand zufrieden gewesen sein, er bekam genau den Typ Stellung, den er bei seinem Rückstand im Wettkampf gebraucht hatte - kompliziert und scharf.} 13. Ra2 {In contrast to the Botvinnik Variation White does not need a rook on e2 in order to get in e3-e4. Im Unterschied zur Botwinnik-Variante braucht Weiß keinen Turm auf e2 um e3-e4 durchzusetzen.} ({ The move Der Zug} 13. Rb1 $5 {has been less explored, but in view of the counterplay for Black on the b-file it looks to make more sense and would perhaps have been less pleasant for Carlsen to face. ist weniger untersucht, erscheint in Anbetracht des schwarzen Gegenspiels auf der b-Linie sinnvoller und wäre für Carlsen vielleicht unangenehmer gewesen.}) 13... b5 (13... h6 { see Kasparov-Polgar siehe Kasparov-Polgar}) (13... Qa5 14. g5 Nd7 (14... Nh5 { (Krasenkow)} 15. Qe1 Bd7 16. Qh4 g6 17. e4 Rae8 18. Bf4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Bc6 20. h4 $14) 15. e4 Nb6 16. Qe1 $5 (16. h3 Na4 $5 (16... Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Bd7 18. Ng3 Nc8 19. Re2 Ne7 {Bernasek-Hera, Österreischische Liga 2012/13} 20. f4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nd5 22. Nc5 Bc6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rfe1 $11) 17. Qe1 f6 18. gxf6 Nxc1 19. Qxc1 Rxf6 $15) 16... f6 (16... Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Bd7 18. Ng3) (16... Na4 17. Rc2 Bd7 18. Ng3) 17. gxf6 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Rxf6 19. Ng3 Na4 20. Rc2 Be6 21. e5 Rf7 22. f4 Raf8 23. Qe3 $14) 14. Ng3 (14. a4 {hardly fits in here ist kaum am Platze} bxa4 15. Ng3 (15. Rxa4 a5 16. g5 Ne8 17. e4 Nc7 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Ra2 Nxc1 20. Qxc1 a4 21. e5 Rb8 22. f4 Rb3 $15 {(Pavel Maletin, ruchess)}) (15. Nf4 Bb7 16. Rxa4 Re8 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 a5 $15) 15... Nxc1 16. Qxc1 Qa5 17. e4 Rb8 18. g5 Ne8 $15) ({Etwas sinnvoller erscheint} 14. g5 {seems to make more sense:} Nd7 ( 14... Nh5 15. e4 f6 16. gxf6 Qxf6 17. Be3 a5 18. Nc1 Nxc1 19. Qxc1 Rb8 20. Rb2 Qe7 21. Qd2 Rb6 22. e5 Bf5 23. Kh1 Bd3 24. Rg1 Rf7 25. Bg5 $11 { Fessler-Vozda, corr 2012}) 15. e4 Nb6 16. Bf4 (16. e5 $2 Bf5 $17 { Gardner-Shabalov, Calgary 2012}) 16... a5 (16... f6 17. gxf6 Qxf6 18. Qe1 $11) 17. Qe1 Ra7 18. Qg3 $11) 14... a5 15. g5 ({Kaum besser wäre} 15. e4 {would hard ly be any better, see Volkov-Smirnov, Khanty Mansiysk 2013. siehe Volkov-Smirnov, Khanty Mansiysk 2013.}) 15... Ne8 16. e4 Nxc1 ({After Nach} 16... Nc7 {then ist} 17. Be3 Rb8 18. Qe1 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Ne2 bxc3 21. Nxc3 Bb7 22. Qg3 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Rd1 Bc6 $11 { is possible (Maletin). möglich (Maletin).}) 17. Qxc1 Ra6 (17... Rb8 18. Qd2 Nc7 19. e5 Qe7 20. Rb1 $11) 18. e5 Nc7 $6 {Carlsen is too optimistic. He wants to maintain the tension and over-estimates his position. Carlsen ist zu optimistisch. Er will die Spannung aufrechterhalten und überschätzt seine Stellung.} ({Two alternatives appear more prudent: Vorsichtiger erscheinen zwei weitere Alternativen:} 18... b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxa6 Bxa6 21. cxb4 Qb6 22. Qc3 Nc7 23. f4 Nb5 (23... Rb8 24. Ra1) 24. Qe3 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd5 c3 {(Krasenkow)} 27. Rc1 c2 28. Be4 Rc8 29. Kf2 g6 30. Ke3 Rc4 31. Bd3 Rc3 32. Kxd4 Rxd3+ 33. Kc5 Rc3+ $11) (18... g6 19. f4 Ng7 20. Rb2 Rb6 21. Qb1 { (Krasenkow)} Qd7 $1 22. f5 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 (23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Nh5 Qe7 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. gxf6 Qxa3 {(Maletin)} 27. Qc2 b4 28. Bxd5 Kh8 29. Ra2 b3 30. Rxa3 bxc2 31. Ra1 Be6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Rc1 Ra8 34. Rxc2 Kg8 35. Ra2 $16) 23... gxf5 24. h4 h6 25. Bh3 Qe7 26. Bxf5 Qxa3 {(Maletin)} 27. Rg2 Qxc3 28. Bxc8 Qxd4+ 29. Rff2 Qxe5 30. Bf5 Kh8 31. Qc1 Re8 32. g6 $11) 19. f4 $2 ({The critical moment! Black had more difficulties after Der kritischer Moment! Mehr Schwierigkeiten hatte Schwarz nach} 19. Rb2 $5 Qe7 20. Rb1 {(Krasenkow) , so as to finally bring this rook to b1: , um diesen Turm endlich auf b1 zu bringen:} Rb6 21. f4 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. cxb4 Rxb4 (23... g6 24. Qe3 $5 Bd7 25. f5 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Rxb4 28. Rbf1 $14 {(Maletin)}) 24. Qa3 Na6 25. Bxd5 $5 (25. Rb2 Qb7 26. Rfb1 Rxb2 27. Qxb2 Qd7 28. Qb6 $14 {(Maletin)}) 25... Qd8 26. Rxb4 Nxb4 27. Qxb4 Qxd5 28. Qc5 $14) 19... b4 20. axb4 ({ For equality Zum Ausgleich reichte} 20. a4 {was sufficient, to deprive Black of the b5-square for his knight: um Schwarz das Feld b5 für den Springer wegzunehmen:} b3 (20... Rb6 21. f5 bxc3 22. Raf2 Na6 (22... Rb3 23. e6 fxe6 24. f6 Rb2 25. Rf3 {(Maletin)} e5 26. Rxc3 exd4 27. Qxb2 dxc3 28. Qxc3 Ne6 29. Nf5 gxf6 30. Bxd5 Kh8 31. gxf6 Qxd5 32. f7+ Nd4 33. Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 34. Nxd4 Kg7 35. Nf5+ Bxf5 36. Rxf5 Rxf7 37. Rxa5 Rc7 38. Kf2 c3 39. Rg5+ Kf6 40. Rg1 $11) 23. f6 Nb4 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Nh5+ Kh8 26. Rxf7 {(Maletin)} Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Be6 28. Rf6 Nd3 29. Qxc3 Rb1+ 30. Bf1 Bh3 31. Qxa5 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Qxg5+ 33. Ng3 Bxf1 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qa7+ $11) 21. Raf2 Bd7 22. f5 Bxa4 23. f6 Bd7 $1 (23... g6 $2 24. Qf4 Re8 (24... Ne6 $2 25. Qh4 Kh8 26. Bh3) 25. Qh4 Ree6 26. Nf5 gxf5 (26... Qf8 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Rf3 h5 29. Bh3 Be8 30. Bg4 $18) 27. Bh3 Kh8 28. Bxf5 Qg8 29. Rf3 Ne8 30. Rh3 Nxf6 31. exf6 Rxf6 32. Qxh7+ Qxh7 33. Rxh7+ Kg8 34. gxf6 $18 {(Maletin)}) 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Nh5+ Kh8 26. Rxf7 (26. Nf6 Ne8 27. Nxd5 Be6 28. Nf6 Nxf6 29. Rxf6 Rg8 $11 {(Maletin)}) 26... Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Be6 28. Rf6 Qg8 {(Maletin)} 29. g6 hxg6 30. Nf4 (30. Qh6+ Qh7 31. Qf8+ Qg8 32. Qh6+ Qh7 $11) 30... Bf7 31. Nxd5 Rxf6 32. Nxf6 Qf8 33. Qg5 Kg7 34. Nh5+ Kh8 35. Nf6 Kg7 $11) ({A more energetic move seems to be Energischer erscheint} 20. f5 $5 { (Boris Gelfand, chesspro)} bxc3 $5 (20... b3 21. Raf2 $40) (20... Nb5 21. axb4 axb4 22. Rxa6 Bxa6 23. f6 g6 24. Qf4 $1 (24. e6 fxe6 25. Qe3 Bc8 26. cxb4 Nd6 $11 {(Krasenkow)}) 24... Qb6 25. Qh4 h5 26. Nxh5 bxc3 27. Kh1 $1 Nxd4 28. Ng3 Ne6 29. Nf5 $1 gxf5 30. Qh5 $1 Qb7 31. Bh3 d4+ 32. Bg2 $18) 21. f6 g6 22. Qxc3 (22. Qf4 Ne6 23. Qh4 Qb6 24. Ne2 Qb3 25. Nc1 Qb6 26. Ne2 $11) 22... Rb6 23. Qxa5 Rb3 $11 {(Maletin)}) ({And Auch} 20. Raf2 $5 {is also interesting, so as to mobilise all his resources: ist interessant, um alle Resourcen zu mobilisieren:} Nb5 (20... bxc3 21. Qxc3 a4 22. Qe3 Rb6 23. f5 Rb3 24. Qf4 Rd3 ( 24... c3 25. f6 Ne6 26. Qh4 Ba6 27. Bh3 $16) 25. Nh5 Nb5 26. e6 Rxd4 27. Qe5 Qxg5 28. Nf4 $16) (20... b3 21. f5 Kh8 22. Nh5 Rb6 23. Qe3 $16) 21. axb4 axb4 22. cxb4 Nxd4 23. f5 Bb7 (23... Nb3 24. Qd1 Bb7 25. Qh5) 24. Nh5 {(Maletin)} Qb6 25. Qe3 Qa7 26. e6 fxe6 27. Qe5 Bc8 28. b5 Nxb5 29. f6 Ra2 (29... Qd4 30. fxg7 Rf5 31. Qb8 Qc5 32. Kh1 $18) 30. Bxd5 Qb6 31. Bxc4 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Nd4 $11) 20... axb4 21. Rxa6 Nxa6 22. f5 (22. cxb4 Nxb4 23. f5 g6 24. Qd2 Nc6 $11) 22... b3 (22... bxc3 23. Qxc3 g6 24. Qe3 (24. f6 Nc7 25. Rb1 Ne6 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. Ne2 $11 {(Maletin)}) 24... Nc7 25. h4 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Ne6 28. Rf6 Qa5 29. Kh2 $11) 23. Qf4 (23. f6 g6 24. Qf4 Kh8 $5 25. Qh4 b2 26. Qh6 Rg8 27. Rf4 b1=Q+ 28. Bf1 Qd1 $1 29. Rh4 Qh5 30. Nxh5 gxh5 31. Qxh5 Bf5 32. Qxf7 Nc7 $15) ( 23. Nh5 Nc7 24. Qe3 Kh8 25. h4 $11) (23. h4 $5 {(Alexej Dreev, chessnews.ru)} Nc7 24. h5 Ne8 (24... Nb5 $6 25. f6 Be6 26. g6 hxg6 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Qg5 Nxc3 29. Qxg6 Qc7 30. Nh5 $18) 25. Qf4 (25. f6 gxf6 26. gxf6 Kh8 27. Ne2 Rg8 28. Nf4 Nc7 $15) 25... Qa5 26. h6 g6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Nh5 Bf5 29. Bh3 Bxh3 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Nxe8 f6 32. e6 Qa2 33. Rf2 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qe1 35. Nxf6 Bxe6 $11 { (Maletin)}) 23... Nc7 (23... Kh8 $6 24. Nh5 Nc7 25. e6 Ne8 (25... fxe6 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. f6+ Kg8 28. f7+) 26. exf7 Rxf7 27. f6 g6 28. Re1 Nc7 29. Ng7 Kg8 30. h4 $14) 24. f6 $5 (24. Qh4 Kh8 25. Nh5 Nb5 (25... b2 26. f6 g6 27. Ng7 Nb5 { (Mikhail Golubev, chess today)} 28. Qf2 Nxc3 29. Qxb2 Ne4 30. h4 Kg8 31. Qb4 Qc7 $11) 26. e6 fxe6 27. f6 gxf6 28. Nxf6 Qe7 29. Rf2 Rf7 30. g6 Rg7 31. Nh5 Kg8 $11) 24... g6 (24... gxf6 25. Qh4 f5 (25... Kh8 26. Rxf6 Ne6 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Rh6 Nxg5 29. Qxg5 Qf3 30. Rf6 Qg4 31. Qh6 Kg8 32. Rb6 Be6 33. Kf2 Qg6 34. Qxg6+ hxg6 35. Ke3 Kg7 36. Rb5 $11) 26. Nh5 Ne8 27. Nf4 Be6 28. Rf3 Ng7 29. Rh3 Re8 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Qxh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxg7 b2 34. Qf6+ Kd7 35. Qd6+ Kc8 36. Qa6+ Kc7 $11) 25. Qh4 Ne8 {Magnus Carlsen has defended more or less accurately and is hoping for the best. Magnus Carlsen hat sich mehr oder weniger akkurat verteidigt, und hofft auf das Beste.} 26. Qh6 (26. Ne2 Be6 27. Nf4 Qa5 28. Nxe6 ({Maletin gives Maletin gibt} 28. Bh3 Bxh3 29. Qxh3 b2 30. e6 (30. Ne6 Qa1 31. Nxf8 Kxf8 32. e6 Nd6 33. Qh6+ Ke8 34. exf7+ Nxf7 35. Qh3 Kd8 36. Qg2 b1=Q 37. Qxd5+ $11) (30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. e6 Qa1 32. e7 Nxf6 33. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 34. gxf6 Kg8 $11) 30... Nd6 (30... Qa1 31. e7 b1=Q 32. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 33. Nxd5) 31. Nxg6 hxg6 32. Qh6 Nf5 33. Rxf5 b1=Q+ 34. Rf1 Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 $11 { with equality in each case. jeweils mit Ausgleich an}) 28... fxe6 29. Bh3 Nc7 ( 29... Qa6 30. Qf2 Rf7 31. Qb2 Ra7 32. Bg4 Kf8 33. Qf2 Qb6 34. Qh4 b2 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qh3 Kf8 $11) 30. f7+ Rxf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qf6+ Kd7 35. Bxe6+ Nxe6 36. Qf7+ Kd8 37. Qf6+ Kc7 38. Qe7+ Kb8 39. Qxe6 $11) 26... b2 27. Rf4 $5 (27. Ne2 Be6 28. Nf4 Qa5 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Bh3 Qa6 31. Bg4 Rf7 32. Qh3 Nc7 33. Qg2 Qa2 34. Qc2 Rf8 35. f7+ Kg7 36. Qf2 $11) 27... b1=Q+ 28. Nf1 $4 ({Anand overlooks Black's reply. Anand übersieht die schwarze Antwort. Zum Ausgleich reichte} 28. Bf1 {was enough for equality:} Qd1 $1 29. Rh4 Qh5 30. Nxh5 gxh5 31. Rxh5 Bf5 32. g6 $1 (32. Bh3 Bg6 33. e6 Nxf6 34. gxf6 Qxf6 $15) 32... Bxg6 33. Rg5 Nxf6 (33... Qa5 34. Rg3 Qa3 35. h4) 34. exf6 Qxf6 35. Rxd5 Qf3 36. Rc5 Qxc3 37. Rxc4 $11 {(Krasenkow)}) 28... Qe1 $1 ({ But not Aber nicht} 28... Qd1 $4 29. Rh4 Qh5 30. Rxh5 gxh5 31. Ne3 Be6 32. Bxd5 $18) 0-1 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"] [Site "Chennai"] [Date "2013.11.19"] [Round "8"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2870"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Szabo,Kr"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2013.11.09"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] 1. e4 {This is the first time 1.e4 was played by Carlsen during the match. He had already tried 1.Nf3 and 1.c4.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Another Berlin Defence! This is the 4th time in the match already, but it is the first time from Anand with Black.} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 {A very solid decision by Carlsen. He has 2 points advantage, the draw is good for him, so it was a logical opening choice.} Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 ({ Recently Carlsen himself played the another line with} 9... Ne8 10. d5 Bc5 ( 10... d6 11. Re1 Bg5 {White has some space advantage due to his d5 P, but that's all. Exchanging the dark-squared B is favourable for Black.} 12. Nc3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Nf6 14. Qd4 Bd7 15. Ne4 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Red1 a5 19. f3 Kg7 20. Kf2 a4 21. Rd4 Ra5 22. Rcd1 Rc5 23. R1d2 Ra8 {the computer considers the position to be slighty better for White, but in the game Black could hold his position, Leko-Carlsen, Wijk aan Zee 2013.}) 11. Re1 d6 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nf6 15. Na4 Re8 16. Bd2 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Qd7 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. c4 Re8 $11 {with an equal endgame, Karjakin-Carlsen, Moscow 2013.}) 10. Re1 Re8 (10... Nf5 {is another main move.}) 11. c3 { This move shows that Carlsen is happy with the draw.} (11. Bf4 { was the only critical move} Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 ({The greedy} 12... Bxd4 $5 { could have been met by} 13. c3 (13. Bxd6 $5 cxd6 14. Nc3 $44 { was also interesting.}) 13... Bf6 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Qe4 $1 d5 $1 { Otherwise Qd5.} 16. Qxd5 d6 17. Na3 Rb8 { and Black's two bishops give some counterplay for his weaknesses.}) 13. Nc3 $1 {Otherwise Black can play d5 and equalise more easily.} Bxd4 ({Now} 13... d5 $2 {is not working, as} 14. Nxd5 $1 $16) 14. Nd5 c6 (14... d6) 15. Ne7+ Kf8 16. Nxc8 Qf6 $1 17. Qb4+ c5 18. Qd2 Rxc8 19. c3 (19. Re1 g5 $1 20. Bxg5 Bxf2+ $1 21. Qxf2 Qxg5 22. Bb5 Nd6 23. Bxd7 Rd8 $11 {Guseinov-Sargissian, Warsaw 2013}) 19... Be5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxd7 Qc7 (21... Rc7 $11) 22. Rd1 Qxd7 23. Rxd7 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Nxc7 $11 { with a completely drawish endgame, Kasimdzhanov-Leko, London 2012.}) 11... Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 $1 {A typical idea. Black wants to equalise with d5.} 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 {Of course... White doesn't want to allow Bf5.} ({For example} 14. Nd2 {could have been met by} Bf5 $1 $11) 14... g6 {Anand prepares for Ng7 then Bf5. } 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qe2 { White improves his pieces and he has a positional trick too.} c6 $1 { A great deep move!} ({The immediate} 16... Bf5 {could have been met by} 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qb5 $1 $14 { and White created some unpleasant threats on the queenside.}) 17. Re1 $146 { Basically this is the first novelty in the game, but in this positional line it does not determine the result.} ({Before} 17. Be5 {was tried} Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Re1 Qd6 21. Nb3 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 f6 23. Re2 Kf7 $11 { with a symmetrical drawish endgame, Rozentalis-Bruzon, Montreal 2013.}) 17... Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 $1 {Another good positional move. Anand prepares for Ne6 or sometimes in the Qd7 then Re8 plan is also useful.} 20. Be5 { Carlsen doesn't mind the exchange of pieces.} Ne6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Ng4 {Carlsen creates some threats on the dark squares. Now Anand needs to play some exact moves.} Qd8 $1 ({In the event of} 23... Qg7 { White has a nice initiative after} 24. Qf3 $1) 24. Qe5 ({Now} 24. Qf3 { White can answer with} Ng5 $1 25. Nf6+ Kf8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $11 {and Black is OK. }) 24... Ng7 25. Qxe8+ $1 {The only move, but it wasn't so difficult for Carlsen. Now all the pieces will be exchanged.} ({Of course} 25. Nf6+ $4 Qxf6 $1 $19) (25. Nh6+ $4 Kf8 $19) 25... Nxe8 26. Rxe8+ $1 Qxe8 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxe8 Kxe8 29. f4 f5 30. Kf2 b5 31. b4 Kf7 32. h3 h6 33. h4 h5 { A high level positional game!} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"] [Site "Chennai"] [Date "2013.11.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2870"] [Annotator "Szabo,Kr"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2013.11.09"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] {We have just reached the half-way point of the match. Carlsen was leading by 4-2.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Carlsen repeats his main weapon, the Berlin Defence, which he employed successfully in the 4th and 6th games of the match.} 4. d3 { Anand avoids the 4.0-0 Nxe4 "endgame line", like in the 6th game.} Bc5 5. Bxc6 {Anand's favourite move.} (5. c3 {and}) (5. O-O {are other lines.}) 5... dxc6 6. Nbd2 {The position has some similarities to the RL Delayed Exchange Variation with 3...a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3.} Bg4 $5 { A rare, but interesting move.} ({The most recent games continued with} 6... Be6 {followed by Nd7.}) ({Anand had two successful games with} 6... O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Kh1 (9. a4 a5 10. b3 Bf8 11. Kh1 { A possible plan is Ng1-e2 and f2-f4.} b6 12. g3 {/\ Nh4} Ba6 13. Bb2 Bxc4 14. bxc4 g6 15. Nh4 Bh6 16. Ng2 {/\ f4} Nc5 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f5 $36 {with some initiative, later White managed to win, Anand-Aronian, Stavanger blitz 2013.}) 9... a5 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 (11. b3 $5) 11... Bb4 12. Nfd2 b5 13. axb5 cxb5 14. c3 bxc4 15. cxb4 cxd3 16. bxa5 Ba6 17. Qb3 Nf6 18. h3 Nh5 19. Rfc1 Nf4 20. Rc6 Ne2 21. Qd5 Qb8 $4 {Until this point the game was balanced, but here suddenly Kramnik blundered, allowing White's strong reply.} ({The correct choice would have been} 21... Qxd5 22. exd5 Rec8 { Black is under pressure, but with tough defence it should be an equal endgame.} ) 22. Rxa6 $1 Rxa6 23. Qxd3 { and after a few moves Black resigned, Anand-Kramnik, Zuerich 2013.}) 7. h3 Bh5 {Of course Carlsen saves his bishop pair.} (7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd7 9. Qg3 Qf6 10. Nc4 O-O 11. O-O Rfe8 12. a4 Nf8 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. Bd2 Ng6 15. b4 Bf8 16. Qg4 b6 17. g3 f6 18. Bc3 $14 { with a comfortable position for White, Adams-Fressinet, Germany 2012.}) 8. Nf1 {White employs the typical Ruy Lopez regrouping of the knight to g3 before castling, especially since the bishop is on h5.} ({In case of} 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nxe5 $2 {is not working because of} Qd4 $1) 8... Nd7 {Black is also following his typical plan. He prepares for f6, Bf7 and sometimes Nf8-e6.} 9. Ng3 Bxf3 { An interesting decision to give up the B now.} (9... Bg6 $5 {was an interesting alternative. Black plans f6 then transfers his B to f7. For example} 10. O-O O-O {and Black has a comfortable position.} ({Still} 10... f6 {is too early, as } 11. Nh4 Bf7 12. Nhf5 O-O 13. Qg4 $36 {and White has some initiative.})) 10. Qxf3 g6 $1 {A very important positional move. In normal cases when the white N is on g3 the ...g6 move is very good, as the N can't move to f5 or h5. If Black had castled, g6 isn't so good, because White has an attack with Bh6 and h4-h5, but now Carlsen wants to castle to the queenside.} 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O {Finally both sides have finished their development. White has a slight advantage thanks to his slightly better pawn structure, but this can hardly be exploited. A slow, positional manoeuvring fight begins, where both players try to improve their pieces. The game is balanced.} 13. Ne2 { The N is not so useful on g3, while from e2 it can be support a d4 or an f4.} Rhe8 14. Kb1 {Another useful move. Sometimes Black's idea is Qe6 followed by f5 and without Kb1 the a2 P is unprotected.} b6 { Carlsen also makes a useful move, he prepares for Kb7.} 15. h4 Kb7 ({I think} 15... h5 $5 { was easier, but Carlsen doesn't worry about White's threats on the h-file.}) 16. h5 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 ({In case of} 17. fxe3 $5 { Black can regroup to the kingside with} Rg8 $5 18. g4 (18. Rdf1 { could have been met by} f5 (18... Rdf8 $5) 19. hxg6 (19. exf5 gxf5 20. Qxf5 Rxg2 {and Black hasn't got any problem.}) 19... fxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxg6 { with an equal position.}) 18... gxh5 $1 {This is the point of the Rg8!} (18... Rdf8 19. Rdf1 Nc5 20. Qf6 $14 {maybe a little bit unpleasant for Black.}) 19. gxh5 (19. Rxh5 Nf6 $11) 19... Rg5 20. Ng3 Rdg8 21. Nf5 Qf6 {White has a strong N on f5, but Black controls the g-file with his rooks, so the position is balanced.}) 17... Nc5 { The N is ready to go to e6, or sometimes even Na4 and Qb4 could be a threat.} 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g3 ({If} 19. Rh7 { Black uses the same motif as in the game with} Rh8 20. Rdh1 Rxh7 21. Rxh7 Qf6 $11 {followed by Rh8 with a completely drawish endgame.}) 19... a5 (19... Rh8 $11) ({or} 19... Qf6 $11 {was also fine, with an equal position.}) 20. Rh7 (20. f4 {could have been met by} f5 $1 21. exf5 gxf5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 { with a fully drawish ending.}) 20... Rh8 21. Rdh1 Rxh7 22. Rxh7 Qf6 $1 { Black prepares to exchange the rooks with Rh8.} 23. f4 Rh8 $1 { The most precise move.} ({The natural} 23... exf4 $6 {was dubious, as} 24. Qxf4 $1 Qxf4 25. gxf4 {and suddenly the endgame is better for White. His rook is very active and his pawn structure is also better.} Rd7 26. Kc1 $14 {Followed b y Ng3, Kd2-e3 then f5 later on. But of course Carlsen doesn't allow such chances.}) 24. Rxh8 Qxh8 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Qf3 ({The fork with} 26. d4 $2 { does not work in view of} Qxe4 $17) 26... f5 $1 { After this the draw is inevitable.} 27. exf5 gxf5 28. c3 Ne6 29. Kc2 Ng5 30. Qf2 Ne6 31. Qf3 Ng5 32. Qf2 Ne6 { A tidy draw, Carlsen preserved his 2 point lead!} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"] [Site "Chennai"] [Date "2013.11.16"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2870"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "2013.11.09"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 (3... a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d3 b5 8. Bb3 d6 9. Bg5 $5 { The reason why we are quoting the following 2 games will soon become clear...} h6 10. Bh4 Be6 (10... g5 11. Bg3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Nh5 13. Re1 (13. Bd5 Qd7 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Nxe5 $5 Bxd1 16. Nxc6 Be2 17. d4 Bxf1 18. Nxf1 $44) 13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 Ne7 $6 (14... Qf6 15. Nf1 Ne7 $13) 15. Nf1 Ng6 16. d4 Bb6 17. Ne3 Bxf3 $2 (17... Bd7 $142 $1) 18. gxf3 (18. Qxf3 $1 exd4 19. Qh5 $40) 18... exd4 19. cxd4 Qf6 20. Ng4 Qg7 (20... Qxd4 $142 21. Qxd4 Bxd4 22. Nxh6+ Kh7 23. Nxf7 Bf6 $14) 21. e5 $36 {Carlsen,M (2714)-Shirov,A (2739)/WCh blitz Moscow/2007/}) 11. Nbd2 g5 (11... Bxb3 12. axb3 Nb8 $6 (12... Re8 $142 { leads to Spraggett-Fedorchuk, all this after} 13. Re1 { tranposes to the position from our game.}) 13. d4 $16) 12. Bg3 Bb6 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Nf1 Qf6 15. Ne3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Ne7 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. d4 Nb6 19. b3 h5 20. h3 h4 21. Bh2 g4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Qd2 Kg7 24. Rf1 Rh8 25. Ne1 c5 26. f3 Be6 27. f4 exf4 28. Ref3 $1 $40 { Carlsen,M (2813)-Ponomariov,R (2737)/Nice blindfold rpd/2010/}) 4. d3 { A popular and legitimate attempt to retain the tension and avoid quick simplification. Although this line had already appeared in a few of their previous encounters, Anand spurns the surprise factor and after Game 4 is unwilling to enter the complex Berlin endgame (or queenless middlegame?)with} ( 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qe2 c6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 $11 {Carlsen,M (2870)-Anand, V (2775)/WCh Chennai/2013/ is insipid and rather boring - but who can blame Carlsen, who already had a 2-point lead at that moment...}) 5... Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nc3 Kc8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rd2 c5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Ne1 (16. Ne2 $5 Ng6 17. Ng3 b6 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. a3 a5 20. Re1 Kb7 21. Nh2 Ne7 22. f4 $14 {Gorbatov,A (2360)-Pranizin,G (2187)/Khanty-Mansiysk/2013/ This is a subsequent example, played only after Chennai.}) 16... Ng6 17. Nd3 b6 18. Ne2 $6 Bxa2 19. b3 c4 20. Ndc1 cxb3 21. cxb3 Bb1 22. f4 Kb7 23. Nc3 Bf5 24. g4 Bc8 $15 { /-/+,Anand,V (2775)-Carlsen,M (2870)/WCh Chennai/2013/}) 4... Bc5 {This active move is very topical right now, as I already mentioned in the notes to Navara-Caruana (CBM 157).} ({The more restrained} 4... d6 { has also featured in the opponent's previous encounters:} 5. O-O Be7 (5... Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Bb3 Be6 12. h3 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Bg5 Nh5 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bc1 Nf6 17. Ng3 Na5 18. Qc2 c5 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rac8 21. Qd3 exd4 22. Nxd4 Nc4 23. b3 Ne5 24. Qb1 h5 25. Bb2 h4 26. Nf1 d5 {Anand,V (2783)-Carlsen,M (2868)/Stavanger blitz/2013/}) 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nf1 Bf8 10. Ba4 h6 11. Ng3 Ne7 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. d4 c5 14. h3 Qc7 15. a4 a6 16. a5 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 d5 19. exd5 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Re8 21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Re1+ 23. Kh2 Bd6 24. Nc2 Rf1 25. Be3 Rxa1 26. Nxa1 Be5 $11 {Carlsen,M (2826)-Anand,V (2800)/Bilbao /2010/ Carlsen later overpressed and lost - see the notes to this game by Ftacnik in CBM 139.}) 5. c3 ({In Game 7 Anand tried} 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 { and ran into the rare, but clever} Bg4 $5 ({ Usually good enough for equality, there is also the more standard} 6... O-O 7. O-O Re8 (7... Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nc4 Re8 10. Be3 Bd6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bg3 Nd7 15. h4 f6 16. Ne3 Bf8 17. Kg2 Nc5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nf5 Ne6 20. Rh1 Qd7 21. Rh3 Bxf5 22. exf5 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Nd2 Rad8 25. Qf3 Bg7 26. Ne4 $16 {Carlsen,M (2837)-Karjakin,S (2779)/Astana blitz/2012/}) 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. a4 (9. Kh1 a5 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Nfd2 b5 13. axb5 cxb5 14. c3 bxc4 15. cxb4 cxd3 16. bxa5 Ba6 17. Qb3 Nf6 { Anand,V (2780)-Kramnik,V (2810)/Zuerich 2013/} 18. f3 $5 $13 {Gormally}) 9... Bf8 (9... a5 10. b3 Bf8 11. Kh1 b6 12. g3 Ba6 13. Bb2 Bxc4 14. bxc4 g6 15. Nh4 Bh6 16. Ng2 Nc5 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f5 Qg5 21. Rf3 Rad8 22. Qf1 $14 {Anand,V (2783)-Aronian,L (2813)/Stavanger blitz/2013/}) 10. Kh1 f6 11. b3 Nc5 12. Ng1 Ne6 13. Ne2 b6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Qf3 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Bd6 19. Qg3 Bxf4 20. Rxf4 Qd6 21. Qf3 Re5 22. h3 Rae8 $11 { Anand,V (2783)-Hammer,J (2608)/Stavanger blitz/2013/}) ({ Carlsen himself had to face the more risky} 6... Be6 { - something he was unwilling to repeat with Black:} 7. b3 $5 (7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 Nd7 9. Nc4 Bxc4 10. bxc4 O-O 11. Rb1 b6 12. g3 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Nd2 Qf6 17. Qg4 Rf8 18. Ne4 Qf7 19. a4 h5 20. Qe2 Be7 21. a5 Qg6 22. axb6 axb6 23. Kh1 Rf3 $132 { Carlsen,M (2843)-Aronian,L (2816)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/}) (7. Qe2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Bd6 9. Bd2 b6 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. O-O a5 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. a4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Be3 Bd6 16. b3 O-O 17. Kh1 Bb4 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bd6 20. Qf2 Rae8 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Rae1 Re6 $11 {Caruana,F (2782)-Navara,D (2705)/EU-chT Warsaw/2013/}) 7... Ng4 8. O-O f6 9. Qe2 Qd7 10. Nc4 g5 11. Rb1 b5 12. Ne3 h5 13. c3 Qh7 14. d4 Bb6 15. Nc2 O-O-O 16. a4 exd4 17. Nfxd4 (17. cxd4 $5 $36) 17... Bd7 18. b4 $6 (18. f3 Ne5 19. Kh1 $14) 18... Rhe8 19. Re1 a6 20. Ra1 Kb7 21. axb5 axb5 22. c4 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 $132 { Carlsen,M (2837)-Bacrot,E (2713)/Biel/2012/}) 7. h3 Bh5 ({ Black is in no hurry to play} 7... Bxf3 $143 8. Qxf3 Nd7 9. Qg3 Qf6 10. Nc4 O-O 11. O-O Rfe8 12. a4 Nf8 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. Bd2 Ng6 15. b4 Bf8 16. Qg4 b6 17. g3 f6 18. Bc3 Bd6 19. Ne3 Kh8 20. Kg2 a6 21. Qf3 Ne7 22. h4 b5 23. Rfb1 Qd7 24. h5 h6 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. Nxg4 $14 {Adams,M (2733)-Fressinet,L (2696)/Bundesliga/2012/}) 8. Nf1 (8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Be3 f6 10. Qd2 Qe7 11. Nh4 O-O-O $5 12. Nf5 Qf8 13. O-O Bf7 14. b3 g6 15. Ng3 h5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qe3 Kb8 18. f4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Qd6 20. Ne2 Rhf8 $132 {Sjugirov,S (2641)-Maletin,P (2598)/Khanty-Mansiysk/2013/ This is another game, played only after the match.}) 8... Nd7 9. Ng3 Bxf3 $5 ({ Only now, although also} 9... Bg6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 Nf8 $1 $13 { seems playable.}) 10. Qxf3 g6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ne2 Rhe8 14. Kb1 b6 15. h4 Kb7 16. h5 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nc5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g3 a5 20. Rh7 Rh8 21. Rdh1 Rxh7 22. Rxh7 Qf6 23. f4 Rh8 $11 { Anand,V (2775)-Carlsen,M (2870)/WCh Chennai/2013/}) ({White's move order avoids } 5. O-O Nd4 $5 (5... d6 6. c3 {- 6...d6}) 6. Ba4 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 O-O 8. Qg3 d6 9. Bg5 c6 10. Bb3 Nh5 11. Qh4 Nf6 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bd2 a5 14. Kh1 Bd4 15. f4 Ng4 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. a4 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Ne2 Bb6 21. Nf4 Re8 22. h3 Nd7 23. Rf3 Ne5 24. Rff1 Nd7 25. g4 d5 $11 {Carlsen,M (2823)-Anand,V (2817)/Moscow rpd/2011/ See the notes to this game by Postny in CBM 144.}) (5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8. c3 Bd7 9. Ba4 Ne7 10. Bc2 Ng6 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. Re1 Re8 14. d4 Bc6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Rexd8 17. g3 Nd7 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nd2 Nf8 20. f3 Nfe6 21. h4 Bb5 22. a3 Rd7 (22... Bd3 $1) 23. b4 Nd3 $6 (23... Ba4 $1 24. bxc5 Bxc2 $11) 24. Reb1 Ba4 25. Bxa4 Rxa4 26. Kf1 $13 { Carlsen,M (2848)-Anand,V (2775)/London /2012/ See the notes to this game by Postny in CBM 152.}) 5... O-O 6. O-O (6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5 8. Bg5 Re8 9. f4 dxe4 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nd2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. fxg5 hxg5 16. Bg3 e3 (16... Qd5 $142 $1 $13 {/=/+}) 17. Nb3 Bb6 (17... Bd6 $5 18. O-O-O Qe7 19. Qxe3 Bxe5 20. Qxg5+ Kf8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 $11) 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Rd1 g4 20. Qe2 Qe7 21. Nc6 (21. O-O Ne4 22. Nd4 $14) 21... Qf8 22. Nbd4 Qc5 (22... Bc8 $1 23. O-O Ba6 $13) 23. Ne5 $36 { Ivanchuk,V (2717)-Kramnik,V (2772)/Wijk aan Zee/2001/}) 6... Re8 { An interesting move; given the chance, Black can later play d5 in one move.} ({ Earlier Magnus played the standard continuation} 6... d6 7. Nbd2 Bb6 ({ Perhaps better than the more usual, but somewhat provocative} 7... a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 {, mentioned shortly in the notes to Navara-Caruana, CBM 157.}) 8. Nc4 Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Nhf4 14. Bb3+ Kh8 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Nh4 f5 17. Nxf5 Qg5 18. Qg4 Qf6 19. Qh4 Qxh4 20. Nxh4 Nxd3 21. Nf3 Rf6 22. Rad1 Nxb2 23. Rd2 Na4 24. Nxe5 Be6 25. Ng4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Nxc3 27. Re1 h6 {1/2,Anand,V (2817)-Carlsen,M (2823)/Moscow rpd/2011/} 28. e5 $44) (6... d5 7. Nbd2 $5 (7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bc4 Qd8 9. b4 Bd6 10. Re1 h6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. a4 Bf5 13. Ne4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. b5 Nb8 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. c4 Nbd7 18. Ba3 Qc7 19. Rc1 Nc5 20. d4 exd4 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Nxd4 Re8 23. Qc2 Qf7 24. Rd1 Rc8 $132 {Sjugirov,S (2610)-Bacrot,E (2706)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2012/}) (7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nxe5 dxe4 9. d4 Bd6 10. Bg5 (10. Nxc6 $6 Qe8 11. Na5 $2 Qb5 12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Qd2 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Qxf1 15. Qf4 Bf3 16. gxf3 Qxf2+ 17. Kh1 exf3 18. Qh2 Qe1+ { 0-1,Neumann,G-Anderssen,A/Berlin/1864/}) 10... Qe8 (10... h6 $13) (10... Ba6 11. Re1 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Ng4 14. Bf4 $6 (14. Nd2 $142 $14) 14... Rfe8 15. Rd7 Rad8 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Na3 e3 18. fxe3 Rd2 $44 { Riemann,F-Anderssen,A/Breslau/1877/}) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nc4 Qe6 13. Nbd2 f5 14. Re1 Ba6 15. b3 Rae8 16. Re3 Bf4 17. Rh3 h6 18. Qh5 Kg7 19. Re1 Qg6 20. Qd1 Kh7 21. g3 {Gu,X (2369)-Zhao,X (2495)/Jiangsu Wuxi/2011/} Bg5 $13) 7... dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Qf6 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 Ne7 14. f4 c6 15. Bc4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rxe4 21. Rd8+ Nf8 22. Bd3 Re1+ 23. Kg2 a5 24. Ra8 Rd1 25. Bc4 $44 {/+/=,Radjabo v,T (2735)-Carlsen,M (2733)/Morelia/Linares/2008/ See the notes to this game by Radjabov in CBM 123.}) 7. Re1 (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Bf8 9. Nbd2 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. f4 Qb8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Ne4 Qxb2 18. f5 Red8 19. Bc4 Be8 20. Qh5 { Carlsen,M (2826)-Howell,D (2633)/London/2011/} Qb6+ {/\c5~~/=/+}) 7... a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 (9. Bc2 d5 $1 { illustrates what we said in the note to Black's 6th move:} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 (11. Bb3 $142) 11... b4 12. Ng5 $6 h6 13. Ne4 Bb6 14. Qh5 Nf6 15. Qf3 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 {Zhao Dindin-Kosteniuk,A/WChJ Szeged/1994/} Qf6 17. d4 g6 $36) 9... d6 ( 9... d5 $2 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. d4 $16) 10. Bg5 $5 $146 {Formally this is a novelty. However, as we have seen in the notes above, Carlsen himself has used the bishop sortie in very similar positions on at least 3 occasions. He must have been familiar with the nuances, as the diffrence between his games with Shirov and Ponomariov is only the insertion of Re1 and Re8; Magnus finds a way to profit from this.} (10. a4 b4 (10... Bb7 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. Ng3 Ng6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Ba2 Qd7 17. h3 Bb6 18. Nh2 d5 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Nf4 $6 (20... c5 $13) 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Nf3 c6 23. d4 $1 $36 { Bauer,C (2645)-Marciano,D (2514)/SUI-chT/2011/}) (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Na5 13. Bc2 b4 14. Nd2 Rb8 15. Rb1 Qd7 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Bxb3 bxc3 $6 ( 17... Rb7 $142 $132) 18. bxc3 Rf8 19. Bg5 Ne8 { Garbisu de Goni,U (2463)-Glavina Rossi,P (2440)/Barcelona/2005/} 20. Red1 $36) 11. a5 (11. d4 $5 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 $132) 11... bxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. h3 Ba7 14. Nbd2 Ne7 15. Nf1 Ng6 16. Ng3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. d4 Be6 19. Bd2 exd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Nf6 (21... Rb8 $11) 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Qc2 $14 { Pedersen,C (2443)-Antonsen,M (2446)/Helsingor/2013/}) ({ Anand has already played the typical} 10. Nbd2 Bb6 (10... Be6 11. Nf1 Bxb3 12. axb3 d5 (12... h6 13. b4 Bb6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Qd7 16. h3 a5 17. bxa5 Nxa5 18. b4 Nc6 19. Qb3 Ne7 20. Kh2 Qc6 21. g3 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8 $11 { Dominguez Perez,L (2754)-Leko,P (2730)/Beijing/2013/}) 13. Qc2 h6 (13... Qd7 14. Ng3 h6 15. h3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qe6 17. Nh4 a5 18. Nhf5 Bf8 19. Nf1 Red8 20. Be3 Ne7 21. N5g3 Ng6 22. Red1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qc6 $11 { Fedorchuk,S (2660)-Buhmann,R (2578)/FRA-chT Haguenau/2013/}) 14. Ng3 a5 15. h3 Qd7 16. Be3 Bf8 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. g4 dxe4 20. dxe4 Ne7 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Ra1 Ra8 23. c4 b4 24. g5 hxg5 25. Nxg5 Qc8 26. Nxe7+ Bxe7 27. Kh2 Ra6 $15 {Radjabov,T (2793)-Aronian,L (2809)/London Candidates/2013/ See the notes to this game by Krisztian Szabo in CBM 154.}) 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. h3 h6 14. d4 (14. a4 Bd7 15. d4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Be3 c5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. c4 Qc8 20. cxb5 c4 21. Rc1 Bxb5 22. Bxb6 Rxb6 23. Qc2 Rc6 24. Ba4 Bxa4 25. Qxa4 Nf4 26. Re3 $11 {Zhigalko,A (2615)-Navara,D (2703)/ECC Rhodes/2013/}) 14... c5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 17. a4 c4 18. Bc2 Ba5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be3 Bb7 21. Ra2 Bc7 22. Rea1 Rxa2 23. Rxa2 Ra8 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. Kf1 Ne7 26. Nd2 Kf8 27. Bc5 Nd7 28. Ba3 g6 29. f3 Ke8 $11 { Anand,V (2783)-Aronian,L (2809)/Paris/St Petersburg/2013/}) 10... Be6 (10... h6 11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 $6 Qxf6 12. Bd5 Bd7 {leads nowhere}) 11... Bb6 $5 (11... g5 { might be playable, but this move is risky and would certainly follow Anand's preparation. Black has to reckon not onlywith} 12. Bg3 ({ , but also with the piece sacrifice} 12. Nxg5 $5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 $44)) 12. Nbd2 ( 12. a4 $5) 12... Be6 13. Nf1 ({The idea is to play} 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 $11) 13... Bxb3 (13... Nb8 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 (15... Rxf6 16. d4 $14) 16. a4 $14) 14. axb3 Qe7 15. Ne3 Qe6 {/\} 16. Bxf6 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Qxf6 $11) 11. Nbd2 { White's immediate reaction is rather soft.} (11. Bd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 $13 {is unclear at the least - Black has a strong bishop and can show some potential kingside ambitions of his own.}) ({Instead of the slow developing move Giri points out the more ambitious and principled} 11. Bxe6 fxe6 (11... Rxe6 $143 12. d4 exd4 $8 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. Nc3 $14) 12. b4 (12. d4 exd4 (12... Bb6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Nd2 $14) 13. cxd4 Bb6 14. Nc3 h6 15. Be3 Na5 $14 {/~~}) (12. a4 $5 {/\} b4 13. d4 $14) 12... Bb6 13. a4 $14 { Here White has chances to get a pull.}) (11. d4 Bxb3 12. axb3 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb6 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Qd2 c5 $132) 11... h6 12. Bh4 (12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. b4 Bb6 15. a4 Ne7 $11) 12... Bxb3 13. axb3 Nb8 $5 { A Breyer-style manoeuvre to combat the annoying pin.} (13... Bb6 14. Nf1 g5 15. Bg3 d5 16. exd5 $6 (16. Qe2 $142 $13) 16... Qxd5 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. h3 (18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Rad1 Nh5 $11 {/=/+}) 18... Rad8 19. Rxa6 Qxd3 20. Qc1 Re6 (20... b4 $5 $36) 21. Kh2 Ne4 $6 (21... Nh5 $36) 22. Rxb6 cxb6 23. Rd1 Qe2 24. Re1 { 1/2,Spraggett,K (2631)-Fedorchuk,S (2603)/Metz/2007/}) (13... a5 $5 $13 { is also possible, then Black can consider either g5, or unpinning as in the game.}) (13... Qe7 14. Nf1 Bb6 $11 {transposes to the 10...h6 line.}) 14. h3 { Just as on move 11, White plays it slowly - and doesn't achieve anything.} ({ Gleizerov suggested} 14. b4 Bb6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ra3 {, but after} Nc6 17. Qe2 Ra7 18. Rea1 Rea8 $11 {Black gradually prepares the liberating a5.}) (14. d4 Bb6 15. Qc2 Nbd7 16. b4 c6 $11 {is a similar story.}) 14... Nbd7 15. Nh2 (15. b4 Bb6 16. Nb3 Nf8 $11 (16... c5 $5 $132)) 15... Qe7 16. Ndf1 { Abandons the b4 and Nb3 idea.} {Puts the bishop on a less exposed square.} Bb6 ({Black doesn't need complications as} 16... a5 17. d4 $5 exd4 (17... Bb6 18. Ng4 $14) 18. cxd4 Bb4 19. Re3 Qe6 20. Rc1 $13) 17. Ne3 Qe6 18. b4 (18. Nf5 Kh7 {is just a loss of time.}) 18... a5 $1 $11 {Gets rid of his only weakness. Purposeful strategic play by Black has solved his opening problems without any concessions.} 19. bxa5 Bxa5 20. Nhg4 (20. Nf5 Bb6 21. Qd2 d5 $5 $11 {/\} 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Ne7+ (24. hxg4 d4 25. cxd4 exd4 $132 {/=/+}) 24... Kh7 25. exd5 Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Qxe7 27. Bxe7 (27. hxg4 f6 28. d4 Qd6 $11) 27... Nxf2 28. Kxf2 f6 29. d6 c5 $5) 20... Bb6 21. Bxf6 $5 {Anand realises he has nothing at all and decides to simplify the position - in other words to bail out. The engine also praises his judgement, further "attacking" attempts such as} (21. Qf3 $143 Nxg4 22. Nxg4 Ra4 $5 {might leave the bishop misplaced} ( 22... Nf8 $15 {Giri})) 21... Nxf6 22. Nxf6+ (22. Nf5 Rxa1 $5 23. Nxf6+ (23. Qxa1 Nxg4 24. hxg4 Qf6 $15) 23... Qxf6 24. Qxa1 d5 $11) 22... Qxf6 23. Qg4 (23. Qe2 $142 $1 {is more accurate, White avoids the doubling of the pawns after} Bxe3 (23... c6 24. g3 Qe6 25. Kg2 $11 {Formally Black has the better minor piece, but in practice it's difficult to suggest, how he can make inroads.}) 24. Qxe3 $11) 23... Bxe3 24. fxe3 Qe7 $1 (24... Qe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 $11 { more or less forces a draw, but Magnus rightly feels he runs no real risk by playing on.}) 25. Rf1 c5 $11 {/=/+ The position is almost equal, but the only one who can try something is Black.} 26. Kh2 c4 (26... Qb7 $5) 27. d4 $1 Rxa1 ( {This doesn't win a pawn, so perhaps} 27... g6 28. d5 Kg7 { was slightly preferable.}) 28. Rxa1 Qb7 (28... exd4 29. exd4 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Rb8 $11) 29. Rd1 ({A more prudent move is} 29. d5 $5 { and Black has no obvious way to make progress.} g6 (29... b4 30. Ra4 bxc3 31. bxc3 Qb3 32. Qd7 Rf8 33. Ra6 Qxc3 34. Qxd6 Qxe3 35. Qxe5 { and it's Black who has to tread with care.}) (29... Ra8 30. Rxa8+ Qxa8 31. Qd7 Qb8 $8 $11) 30. Qh4 Kg7 31. Rf1 $11 {Giri}) 29... Qc6 (29... exd4 30. Rxd4 Re6 31. Rd5 $132) 30. Qf5 (30. d5 $11 {was again an option}) 30... exd4 { Black has no other way to proceed.} 31. Rxd4 Re5 32. Qf3 Qc7 33. Kh1 (33. Rd5 Qe7 34. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 35. Qf4 {/\} Qxf4+ 36. exf4 f5 37. exf5 d5 38. Kg3 d4 39. Kf3 $1 $11 {Gleizerov}) 33... Qe7 34. Qg4 Kh7 35. Qf4 g6 36. Kh2 Kg7 37. Qf3 Re6 38. Qg3 $6 {Forcing matters, but this is a concession, which improves Black's prospects. After} (38. Qf4 Rf6 39. Qg3 $11 { /=/+ he has a comfortable endgame, but still nothing tangible.}) 38... Rxe4 39. Qxd6 Rxe3 (39... Qxd6+ 40. Rxd6 Rxe3 41. Rd5 b4 42. cxb4 Rb3 43. b5 Rxb2 44. Rc5 Rb4 45. b6 Rxb6 46. Rxc4 {is a theoretical draw}) 40. Qxe7 Rxe7 41. Rd5 Rb7 42. Rd6 {In the rook endgame White's active rook almost compensates for the extra pawn. His drawing chances are higher than Black's winning chances, but the fight is still on.} (42. Kg3 Kf6 43. Kf4 Ke6 44. Ke4 $44 {/\} f5+ 45. Kd4 Rd7 46. Rxd7 Kxd7 47. Kc5 Ke6 48. Kxb5 Kd5 49. Ka4 $1 { holds, but the last move is not easy to see in advance:} (49. Kb4 g5 50. b3 g4 $1 51. bxc4+ Kc6 $19) 49... g5 50. b4 cxb3 (50... g4 51. hxg4 fxg4 52. Ka5 Kc6 53. Ka6 Kc7 54. Ka7 Kc6 55. Ka6 $11) 51. Kxb3 f4 52. c4+ Kc5 53. Kc3 h5 54. Kd3 $11) 42... f6 (42... h5 43. Kg3 f6 $15) 43. h4 Kf7 $6 { Magnus admitted he missed White's idea.} (43... h5 $142 $1 44. Kg3 Re7 45. Rb6 Re5 46. Rb7+ (46. Kf3 Rf5+ 47. Ke3 Kf7 48. Rb7+ Ke6 49. Rg7 g5 $15) 46... Kh6 47. Rb6 Rf5 48. Rd6 g5 49. hxg5+ Rxg5+ 50. Kf3 Rf5+ 51. Kg3 Kg5 $15) 44. h5 $1 gxh5 (44... g5 45. Kg3 Ke7 (45... Kg7 46. Kf3 f5 47. Rg6+ Kh7 48. Rf6 f4 49. g3 fxg3 50. Kxg3 Re7 51. Kf3 $1 (51. Rb6 $143 Re3+ 52. Kg4 Re4+ 53. Kf5 Rf4+ 54. Ke5 Rf7 $5) 51... Re1 52. Rb6 $11) 46. Rc6 Rd7 47. Rb6 Rd3+ (47... Rd5 48. Kf3 $132) 48. Kh2 Rd5 49. Kg3 Kf7 50. Kf3 $11) 45. Rd5 Kg6 46. Kg3 { With the split kingside pawns it should be a draw again.} Rb6 47. Rc5 f5 48. Kh4 (48. Kf4 h4 49. Rxf5 $4 Rf6 50. Rxf6+ Kxf6 51. Kg4 Ke5 52. Kxh4 Ke4 53. Kh5 Kd3 54. Kxh6 Kc2 55. g4 Kxb2 56. g5 b4 57. g6 bxc3 58. g7 c2 59. g8=Q c1=Q+ $19 ) 48... Re6 (48... Kf6 $5 49. Kxh5 Re6 50. Rxb5 Re2 51. Rb4 Rxg2 52. Rxc4 Rxb2 53. Kh4 {is a TB draw without White's pawn. However, achieving a rook endgame with extra f+h pawns is Black's dream and gives him more practical chances, than the text move should have done...}) 49. Rxb5 Re4+ 50. Kh3 Kg5 51. Rb8 (51. b3 {was suggested by Nakamura. White holds after} Re3+ 52. Kh2 Rxc3 53. bxc4 Rxc4 54. Rb8 {, even achieving the aforementioned endgame with f+h pawns is almost impossible.}) 51... h4 52. Rg8+ (52. b3 $5 $11 {was still possible}) 52... Kh5 53. Rf8 Rf4 54. Rc8 Rg4 55. Rf8 Rg3+ 56. Kh2 Kg5 57. Rg8+ $6 { Complicates the issue.} ({Just sitting tight with} 57. Rc8 $1 Rg4 58. Rc7 (58. Kh3 h5 59. Rc7 Rg3+ 60. Kh2 f4 61. Rxc4 Kg4 62. Rc8 h3 $15 {/\} 63. Rg8+ $4 Kh4 64. Rxg3 fxg3+ 65. Kg1 hxg2 66. b4 Kg4 67. b5 Kf3 68. b6 h4 69. b7 h3 70. b8=Q h2#) (58. Rg8+ Kf4 59. Re8 $5 $11 {also seems good enough} (59. Rh8 $2 Ke3 60. Rxh6 Kf2 61. Kh3 Rg3+ 62. Kxh4 f4 $17)) {holds the balance:} 58... h5 59. Rc8 Re4 60. Rg8+ Kf4 61. Rh8 Re2 62. Rxh5 Ke4 63. Rh8 $5 Rxb2 64. Rd8 $11) 57... Kf4 $1 58. Rc8 (58. Rh8 h3 $1 59. gxh3 Rg6 $36) 58... Ke3 59. Rxc4 f4 60. Ra4 $2 {Loses a tempo and the game, as White's queenside pawns enable Black's king to hide from side checks.} ({ Engines and numerous previous annotators pointed out the right way:} 60. b4 $1 {[]} h3 61. gxh3 Rg6 62. Rc8 f3 63. Re8+ Kf2 (63... Kd3 64. Rf8 (64. b5 $5 $11) 64... Rg2+ 65. Kh1 Ke3 66. b5 Rb2 (66... Rg6 67. Re8+ Kf2 68. c4 $11)) 64. b5 Rg2+ 65. Kh1 Rg1+ 66. Kh2 Rb1 (66... Re1 67. Rxe1 Kxe1 68. b6 $11) 67. c4 Rb2 68. Kh1 {/\} Kg3 69. Rg8+ Kxh3 70. Kg1 $11) (60. Rc7 $2 Kf2 $19) 60... h3 $1 61. gxh3 Rg6 $19 62. c4 (62. Ra8 f3 63. Re8+ Kf2 64. b4 Rg2+ 65. Kh1 Rg1+ 66. Kh2 Re1 {and Black has a crucial extra tempo in comparison with the above note: } 67. Ra8 Ke3 68. Re8+ Kd2 69. Rf8 Ke2 70. Re8+ Kf1 71. Rf8 f2 72. Kg3 Re3+ 73. Kh2 Ke1 74. Kg2 Re2 $19) 62... f3 63. Ra3+ Ke2 { No side checks, the game is decided.} 64. b4 f2 65. Ra2+ Kf3 66. Ra3+ Kf4 67. Ra8 (67. Ra1 Re6 $19 {and again no side checks!}) 67... Rg1 0-1 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"] [Site "Chennai"] [Date "2013.11.15"] [Round "5"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2870"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Krasenkow/Mueller,Ka"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2013.11.09"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 {A harmless tion, examined, beside the main line, in the opening survey in CBM 152.} (6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ {is the start of major theoretical research here.}) 6... c5 7. a3 Ba5 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Be3 (9. Be2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne4 11. Ndb5 Qxd1+ 12. Bxd1 Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. a4 Bc6 16. O-O Nd7 17. a5 a6 18. Ba3 {1/2 (18) Babula,V (2590)-Khenkin,I (2603) Germany 2003 CBM 093 [Krasenkow]}) 9... Nc6 (9... Ne4 {is simpler, e.g.} 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 cxd4 12. Bxd4 O-O 13. Bd3 h6 (13... g6 $142) 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rab1 Bc7 16. Be4 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Bd6 18. Qa4 {1-0 (36) Yermolinsky,A (2530)-Shulman,Y (2623) Philadelphia 2008} Rb8 $1 $11) 10. Qd3 (10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Qc2 (12. Qc1 e5) 12... Ng4 13. Qc1 O-O 14. Be2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Ne7 16. O-O Nf5 17. Qe4 Qxc5 $11 { 1/2 (41) Polgar,Z (2560)-Portisch,L (2580) Budapest 1993}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ng4 $1 $11 12. O-O-O Nxe3 13. fxe3 Bc7 {A bit too passive.} (13... Qe7 $5 { A.Korotylev}) 14. Nxc6 (14. Ndb5 O-O 15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Nb5 Qe5 18. Qf2 {A.Korotylev} f6) 14... bxc6 15. Qxd8+ Bxd8 16. Be2 (16. g3 $5 Bg5 17. Bg2 Bxe3+ 18. Kc2 Bd7 19. Rhe1 Bc5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. c5 $44) 16... Ke7 ({Here, too,} 16... Bg5 {was more to the point.}) 17. Bf3 Bd7 18. Ne4 Bb6 (18... Bc7 19. Nc5 Be8 20. Na6 Be5 21. Rd3 {(A.Korotylev) is dangerous for Black, e.g.} f5 22. Rb3 Rf8 23. Rb7+ Kf6 24. Nb4) 19. c5 f5 20. cxb6 fxe4 21. b7 $1 Rab8 22. Bxe4 Rxb7 $14 {A consequence of Vishy Anand's minor inaccuracies. Still, this simplified position should be drawn but it requires accurate defence from Black - something in Magnus Carlsen's style!} 23. Rhf1 Rb5 24. Rf4 (24. Rd4 $5 { was recommended by GM A.Korotylev but it is still nothing special after} a5) 24... g5 25. Rf3 h5 26. Rdf1 Be8 27. Bc2 Rc5 (27... Re5 $5 28. Kd2 Rd5+ 29. Ke2 $6 h4) 28. Rf6 {The activation of this rook is a progress for White but Black's position is still defensible.} h4 29. e4 a5 30. Kd2 Rb5 31. b3 Bh5 32. Kc3 Rc5+ 33. Kb2 Rd8 (33... g4 {was simpler:} 34. g3 hxg3 35. hxg3 Be8 { A.Korotylev}) 34. R1f2 Rd4 { This active continuation is possible but more complex.} 35. Rh6 (35. Bb1 Kd6 ( 35... Bd1 $143 36. Rf8) (35... g4 $5 36. g3 hxg3 37. hxg3 Rd2+ 38. Rxd2 Kxf6) 36. Rf8 Kc7 37. Rh8 Bd1 $132) 35... Bd1 36. Bb1 Rb5 37. Kc3 c5 38. Rb2 e5 39. Rg6 a4 $6 (39... g4 $142 40. Bd3 (40. Rh6 a4 41. bxa4 Rxb2 42. Kxb2 Rd2+ 43. Kc1 Rxg2 44. Kxd1 Rxh2 {, and White must give the bishop back by means of} 45. Bd3 g3 46. Bf1 $11) 40... Rxb3+ 41. Rxb3 Bxb3 42. Rxg4 c4 43. Be2 Kd6 44. Rxh4 Kc5 {with sufficient counterplay}) 40. Rxg5 Rxb3+ 41. Rxb3 Bxb3 42. Rxe5+ Kd6 43. Rh5 Rd1 44. e5+ Kd5 45. Bh7 Rc1+ $6 { The resulting rook ending is still drawn, but matters are very close now.} ( 45... Ra1 $5 {is much easier, e.g.} 46. Bg8+ (46. Rxh4 Kxe5 $11) 46... Kc6 47. Bxb3 Rxa3 48. Kc4 axb3 49. Rh6+ Kd7 50. Kxc5 Ra2 51. Rb6 Rxg2 $11) 46. Kb2 Rg1 (46... Re1 {is playable as well, e.g.} 47. Bg8+ (47. e6+ Kd6 $11) 47... Kd4 48. Rxh4+ Kd3 49. Rh3+ (49. Bh7+ Kd2 50. Re4 Rxe4 51. Bxe4 c4 52. h4 c3+ 53. Kb1 ( 53. Ka1 Bc4 54. Kb1 Bd5 $11) 53... Bd5 54. Bc2 Bb3 $11 {and Black draws by eternal hunt - continually offering the exchange of bishops..}) 49... Kd4 50. Bxb3 axb3 51. Rh4+ $1 (51. Kxb3 c4+ 52. Kc2 Re2+ 53. Kd1 Rxg2 54. e6 Rg1+ 55. Ke2 Rg2+ 56. Kf3 Rg6 $11) 51... Kd3 52. Kxb3 {but even here after} Rb1+ 53. Ka2 (53. Ka4 c4) 53... Re1 {Black's passed c-pawn should save him, e.g.} 54. Rh3+ Kd4 55. g4 c4 56. g5 c3 57. Kb3 Rb1+ 58. Kc2 Rb2+ 59. Kc1 Rg2 60. Rh8 Rxg5 61. e6 Rg1+ 62. Kc2 Rg2+ 63. Kb3 Rb2+ 64. Ka4 Rb7 $11) 47. Bg8+ Kc6 48. Rh6+ Kd7 49. Bxb3 axb3 50. Kxb3 Rxg2 51. Rxh4 Ke6 $2 { Now Black's king is too far away from the passed a-pawn.} ({ The rook belongs behind the passed pawn:} 51... Re2 $1 { and White can not win, e.g.} 52. a4 (52. Rh5 Re3+ 53. Kc4 (53. Ka4 Kc6 54. Rh6+ Kd5 55. e6 c4 56. h4 c3 57. Kb3 c2+ 58. Kxc2 Rxa3 59. e7 Re3 60. Rh7 Kd6 61. h5 Rxe7 62. Rxe7 Kxe7 63. h6 Kf7 64. h7 Kg7 $11) 53... Rxa3 54. Kxc5 Ke6 55. Kd4 Ra4+ $11) (52. Kc4 Rxe5 53. a4 Kc6 54. Rh6+ Kb7 55. a5 Re4+ 56. Kxc5 Re2 $11) 52... Rxe5 53. Kc4 Kc6 54. Rh6+ Kb7 55. a5 Re4+ 56. Kxc5 Re2 { and Black has reached a version of Vancura's draw, e.g.} 57. Kb5 Re5+ 58. Kb4 Re4+ 59. Kc5 Re2 60. h4 Re4 $1 { The rook must attack the pawn so that White's rook can not break free.} 61. Kd5 (61. Rb6+ Kc7 62. Rb4 Re5+ $11) 61... Rg4 62. Ke5 Ka7 63. Kf5 Rc4 $1 64. Rh7+ Kb8 65. h5 Rc5+ 66. Kg6 Rc6+ ({Of course not} 66... Rxa5 $2 67. Rf7 $18) 67. Kg7 Rc7+ $11) (51... Kc6 $2 52. a4 Re2 53. Rh6+ (53. Kc4 $2 Rxe5 54. Rh6+ Kb7 55. a5 Ka7 56. h4 Re4+ 57. Kxc5 Rf4 $11) 53... Kd5 (53... Kb7 54. e6 $18) 54. a5 c4+ (54... Rxe5 55. a6 Re7 56. h4 c4+ 57. Kb4 Rc7 58. Rh5+ Kd4 59. Ra5 Ra7 60. h5 c3 61. Kb3 Kd3 62. Rd5+ Ke4 63. Rd6 Rc7 64. Kc2 Ke5 65. Rg6 Kf5 66. Rb6 Kg5 67. h6 Kh5 68. Rb3 Kxh6 69. Ra3 Ra7 70. Kxc3 $18) 55. Kb4 Rb2+ 56. Kc3 Rb3+ 57. Kc2 Kxe5 58. a6 Ra3 (58... Kd4 59. Rh4+ Kc5 60. a7 Ra3 61. Rh7 $18) 59. h4 Kd4 (59... Kf5 60. Rc6 Kg4 61. Rxc4+ Kh5 62. Rc6 Kxh4 63. Kb2 Ra5 64. Kb3 Kg5 65. Kb4 Ra1 66. Rc5+ Kf6 67. Ra5 Rb1+ 68. Kc5 Rc1+ 69. Kb6 Rb1+ 70. Rb5 $18) 60. Rd6+ Kc5 61. Rg6 Kd4 62. h5 Ra2+ 63. Kb1 Rh2 64. a7 Rh1+ 65. Ka2 Rh2+ 66. Ka3 Rh1 67. Rg2 Ra1+ 68. Ra2 $18) (51... Rg5 $2 52. Re4 Ke6 53. a4 Rg1 54. a5 Rb1+ 55. Ka2 Rb8 56. a6 Ra8 57. Ra4 Kxe5 58. a7 $18) 52. a4 Kxe5 53. a5 Kd6 ( 53... Rg7 54. a6 Kd5 55. Ra4 Ra7 56. h4 c4+ 57. Kc3 $18) 54. Rh7 $1 { Magnus Carlsen cuts Black's king off from the queening square a8.} Kd5 (54... Rg8 55. a6 Ra8 56. a7 Kc6 57. h4 Kb6 58. h5 Rxa7 59. Rxa7 Kxa7 60. h6 $18) 55. a6 c4+ 56. Kc3 Ra2 57. a7 Kc5 58. h4 (58. h4 Ra3+ 59. Kb2 Ra6 (59... Rb3+ 60. Ka2 $18) 60. h5 Kb4 61. Rb7+ Kc5 62. h6 Kc6 63. Rg7 Kb6 64. h7 Rxa7 65. Rxa7 Kxa7 66. h8=Q $18) 1-0 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"] [Site "Chennai"] [Date "2013.11.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2870"] [Annotator "Postny,E"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2013.11.09"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] 1. e4 e5 {Carlsen decided not to repeat the Caro-Kann as in game 2. This time he goes for the Berlin Defence - the opening that will serve him well until the end of the match as his main weapon against 1.e4.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 {Not the main line, but quite fashionable. In previous years 9.Nc3 or 9.Rd1 was played nearly automatically.} Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 {This move was employed several times by grandmaster Hammer, one of Carlsen's seconds.} ({ A really complicated and double-edged position arises after} 10... Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 h5 14. Kf2 b6 15. f5 Kb7 16. c4 c5 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Nc3 $13 {1/2-1/2 (39) Giri,A (2737)-Nakamura,H (2772) Paris 2013}) 11. Nc3 ({ The following game from the European team championship was played just one day prior to the World championship encounter:} 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nd2 Kc8 14. Nf3 Be7 15. Rd3 h6 16. Nd4 Re8 17. Bf4 c5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. c4 a6 20. Ne3 b5 21. b3 g5 22. Bg3 Be6 23. Rad1 Kb7 $11 { 1/2-1/2 (42) Caruana,F (2782)-Grischuk,A (2785) Warsaw 2013}) (11. Bg5 Kc8 12. g4 $6 {Too early.} (12. Nc3 {would transpose to our game Anand-Carlsen.}) 12... h6 13. Bxe7 (13. Bd2 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Bc3 h5 $15 { 1-0 (67) Ganguly,S (2651)-Hammer,J (2647) Wijk aan Zee 2011}) 13... Nxe7 14. Kh2 Re8 15. Nbd2 b6 16. Re1 c5 17. Ne4 Bc6 18. h4 Kb7 $15 { 0-1 (44) Sutovsky,E (2692)-Hammer,J (2606) Aix-les-Bains 2011}) 11... Kc8 12. Bg5 {After witnessing many games in this line, it seems that both sides are satisfied with the exchange of dark-squared bishops.} h6 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rd2 (14. a4 a5 15. Rd2 c5 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. e6 $1 fxe6 18. Ne5 Re8 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Nd5 21. c4 Nb6 22. h4 $14 { 1/2-1/2 (33) Berg,E (2587)-Hammer,J (2630) Achaea 2012}) 14... c5 15. Rad1 $146 (15. Ne4 b6 16. Ng3 Bc6 17. Nh2 Ng6 18. Re1 Nf4 19. f3 Kb7 20. Kf2 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nhf1 g6 $11 { 1-0 (102) Jakovenko,D (2710)-Almasi,Z (2691) Khanty-Mansiysk 2007}) 15... Be6 16. Ne1 $6 {Clearly, a step in the wrong direction.} ({ In a very recent game an attempt to improve White's play was made:} 16. Ne2 Ng6 (16... Bxa2 $2 17. b3 c4 18. Nfd4 c5 19. Nb5 cxb3 20. cxb3 Bxb3 21. Rb1 c4 22. Ned4 {with a strong initiative.}) 17. Ng3 b6 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. a3 a5 20. Re1 Kb7 21. Nh2 Ne7 22. f4 g6 23. Nf6 Rgd8 24. Red1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Kc6 $11 { 1-0 (49) Gorbatov,A (2360)-Pranizin,G (2187) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 16... Ng6 17. Nd3 (17. Re2 {was possible, but then the whole idea of doubling the rooks along the d-file makes little sense.}) 17... b6 18. Ne2 $6 {Inviting the opponent to take the risky decision. Objectively, it was bettter not to allow Carlsen to grab the pawn. Perhaps, Anand just didn't believe that the move that now follows would work so well for Black.} (18. b3 { was, objectively, the safest.} c4 19. bxc4 Bxc4 20. f4 Kb7 (20... Bxd3 $6 21. Rxd3 Nxf4 22. Rf3 g5 23. g3 Nxh3+ 24. Kg2 g4 25. Rxf7 Ng5 26. Re7 $44) 21. a4 { White is slightly worse, but the material balance is not broken.}) ({ The aggressive attempt} 18. f4 $6 { will leave White a pawn down, fighting for a draw.} c4 19. Rf1 (19. Nb4 Nxf4 20. Nc6 Re8 $15) 19... cxd3 20. f5 Nxe5 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Re1 (22. cxd3 Rd8 23. Re2 Nxd3 24. Rf7 e5 25. Rxg7 Kb7 $15) 22... Nc6 23. Rxd3 Re8 24. Rg3 Re7 $15) 18... Bxa2 $1 {Accepting the challenge.} (18... c4 $6 19. Ndf4 Nxf4 20. Nxf4 c3 21. Nxe6 $1 (21. bxc3 Bxa2 $15) 21... cxd2 22. Nxg7 Rd8 23. f4 Kb7 24. Kf2 { with good compensation for the exchange. The Pd2 will, most likely, fall.}) 19. b3 c4 20. Ndc1 cxb3 21. cxb3 Bb1 {The bishop is coming out, so White should desperately look for some compensation.} 22. f4 (22. Rd7 Rg8 $3 { A great prophylactic move, shown immediately by the engine.} ({After} 22... Nxe5 $6 23. Re7 {White will get back one of the pawns, and keep the activity.}) 23. Nc3 Nxe5 $1 {This also requires precise calculation.} 24. R7d5 Bc2 25. R1d2 Nc6 26. Rxc2 Nb4 27. Re2 Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Rd8 $17 { Rook + two pawns should overcome White's knights.}) (22. e6 fxe6 23. Nc3 Bf5 24. Rd7 (24. g4 Ne5 25. gxf5 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nxd2 27. fxe6 $1 Rd8 28. e7 Re8 29. Rxd2 Rxe7 $17) 24... Nf4 25. Rxg7 Rh7 26. Rdd7 Rxg7 27. Rxg7 Kb7 $17) 22... Kb7 23. Nc3 ({After} 23. Nd3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Rhe8 25. Rg3 Re7 { White's compensation is not sufficient.}) 23... Bf5 24. g4 Bc8 $17 25. Nd3 h5 { Opening the h-file is one of the basic ideas for Black in the Berlin endgame.} 26. f5 Ne7 ({An attempt to break White's kingside pawn chain straight away is not recommended:} 26... Nh4 $6 27. Kf2 g6 28. Rc1 $1 hxg4 29. hxg4 gxf5 30. Nb5 c5 31. Nd6+ Kb8 32. b4 fxg4 33. bxc5 { In such a mess anything can happen, White is really active.}) 27. Nb5 hxg4 $6 { This is an important moment. At first sight it looks that Black can open the h-file first and then figure out the right move. In fact, Magnus should have played 27...a6 without delay, it's important to kick away White's activeknight. } (27... a6 28. Nd4 hxg4 29. hxg4 a5 $1 30. Rc1 (30. e6 fxe6 31. fxe6 Re8 $1 $17) 30... a4 31. Nb5 (31. bxa4 Rxa4 32. Nf2 Ra5 $17) 31... Nc6 32. Nb4 Nxb4 33. Rxc7+ Kb8 34. Rd6 Nd5 $1 35. Rxd5 a3 36. Rd6 (36. Rc1 a2 37. Rdd1 Bb7 38. Kf2 Ra5 39. Nd6 Rxe5 $19) 36... Bb7 37. Rxb6 Ra7 38. Rbxb7+ Rxb7 39. Rxb7+ Kxb7 40. Nxa3 Kc6 $19) 28. hxg4 $6 { Anand automatically recaptures, missing an interesting tactical opportunity.} ( 28. Rc1 $1 Nd5 $1 {is the best reply. Now White has two options. In both cases he is objectively fighting for a draw, but, with correct play should eventually make it.} (28... Nc6 $2 29. Rdc2 Bxf5 (29... Bd7 30. Nb4 $1 Nxb4 $140 $2 31. Rxc7+ Ka6 32. Nd6 $18) 30. Rxc6 Bxd3 31. Rxc7+ Ka6 32. Nd6 Ka5 33. hxg4 $36) 29. Nc5+ (29. e6 fxe6 30. Ne5 a5 $1 (30... a6 $4 { runs into a spectacular mate:} 31. Rxc7+ $1 Nxc7 32. Nd6+ Ka7 33. Nc6#) 31. hxg4 c5 32. Nf7 Rf8 33. Re1 $1 exf5 34. Nbd6+ Kc6 35. gxf5 Ra7 $1 36. Nxc8 Raxf7 37. Re6+ Kc7 38. Nd6 Rxf5 39. Nxf5 Rxf5 40. Rg6 $15) 29... bxc5 30. Rxd5 gxh3 (30... Bxf5 $6 31. Rdxc5 Rac8 32. Nxc7 $132) 31. Rdxc5 h2+ 32. Kh1 Kb8 $1 33. Nd4 Bb7+ 34. Nc6+ Kc8 35. Rd5 Bxc6 36. Rxc6 Rb8 37. Rdc5 Rb7 38. e6 fxe6 39. fxe6 $15) 28... Rh4 $6 {Again Black should have kicked away the knight.} ( 28... a6 29. Nd4 a5 30. Rc1 a4 31. bxa4 Rxa4 $17 { is the position Black should strive for. Both of his rooks are in the action.}) 29. Nf2 Nc6 (29... a6 $2 {is now runs into} 30. Nd6+ $1 cxd6 31. exd6 Nc6 32. d7 {winning back the piece and White is not worse anymore.}) 30. Rc2 a5 $1 ( 30... g6 31. Kf1 $3 {is extremely difficult to figure out for a human player.} (31. Rdc1 $2 Bd7 32. Nd4 Nxd4 33. Rxc7+ Kb8 34. Rxd7 Ne2+ { is the problem for White.}) 31... gxf5 32. Rdc1 Bd7 (32... Rh6 33. g5 Rg6 34. Nd6+ $1 cxd6 35. Rxc6 Be6 36. Rc7+ Ka6 37. exd6 $44) 33. Nd4 Nxd4 34. Rxc7+ Ka6 ({No more fork on e2 after} 34... Kb8 $2 35. Rxd7 $16) 35. Ra1+ Kb5 36. Rxd7 $132) (30... a6 31. Rdc1 Bd7 32. e6 fxe6 33. fxe6 axb5 (33... Be8 $2 34. Nd4 { would lose a piece as White's knight is taboo.}) 34. exd7 Rh6 35. Nd3 Rah8 ( 35... Rd8 $2 36. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 $2 37. Rxc7+ Ka6 38. Ra1#) 36. Rxc6 $1 Rxc6 37. Rxc6 Kxc6 38. Ne5+ Kc5 39. Nf7 Rf8 40. d8=Q Rxd8 41. Nxd8 Kb4 42. Ne6 Kxb3 43. Nxg7 b4 44. Nf5 Kc3 45. g5 b3 46. Ne3 Kd3 47. Nd1 Kc2 48. Ne3+ $11) 31. Rc4 $1 {An immediate doubling of the rooks would give White no benefit, so Anand finds a useful move, preventing the advance a5-a4.} (31. e6 $6 fxe6 32. fxe6 Bxe6 33. Rxc6 Kxc6 34. Nd4+ Kd7 $1 35. Nf3+ Kc8 36. Nxh4 Bxb3 {It's difficult to give a clear estimation of this position, but three connected passers are really dangerous.}) (31. Rdc1 $6 Bd7 32. e6 fxe6 33. fxe6 Be8 $17) 31... g6 ( 31... Bxf5 $6 32. Rxc6 $1 Kxc6 33. Nd4+ Kb7 34. Nxf5 $132) 32. Rdc1 {Now White must pay great attention to specifics as his kingside chain of pawns is about to collapse.} Bd7 33. e6 (33. Nd4 $2 Nxd4 34. Rxc7+ Ka6 35. Rxd7 Ne2+ $19) 33... fxe6 34. fxe6 Be8 35. Ne4 $1 {An excellent resource, not obvious at all, as White allows his opponent to capture a pawn with check!} Rxg4+ 36. Kf2 Rf4+ $6 (36... Rd8 $1 {would make White's task more difficult.} 37. Ke3 Rd5 (37... Rg2 38. Rh1 $1 Rd5 39. Rh7 $1 Rxb5 40. Nd6+ Ka6 41. Nxb5 Kxb5 42. Rh8 { The bishop is trapped.} Rg3+ 43. Kd2 Rxb3 44. Rg4 {With the next move White will capture the bishop and the Pe6 will not allow Black to advance his queenside pawns comfortably. With correct play this mess should end in a draw.} ) 38. Nbc3 Re5 39. Kf3 Rgxe4 40. Rxe4 Rxe6 $1 41. Rxe6 Nd4+ 42. Ke3 Nxe6 { In this endgame White's chances for a draw are higher than Black's for a win, but against Magnus this won't be easy to prove.}) 37. Ke3 Rf8 (37... g5 38. Nd4 Nb4 39. Ne2 $1 (39. Rxc7+ $6 Ka6 40. Rg7 Nd5+ 41. Kd3 Rd8 42. Rxg5 Rh4 { and all White's centralised pieces, including the king, are under serious pressure.}) 39... Bc6 40. Nxf4 gxf4+ 41. Kxf4 Nd3+ 42. Kf5 Nxc1 43. Rxc1 { The strong passed pawn guarantees White sufficient counterplay.}) 38. Nd4 Nxd4 39. Rxc7+ Ka6 40. Kxd4 Rd8+ {The time trouble has passed and White can be definitely happy with the latest developments. He is still a pawn down, but not worse anymore thanks to his active pieces and the strong e6-passer.} 41. Kc3 $5 {Anand goes for the safest move, protecting the Pb3 and already having in mind the forthcoming exchange of the minor pieces. The alternative 41.Ke3 was more ambitious, from a human point of view more risky for both sides! Objectively, the position would remain equal as well.} (41. Ke5 $4 Rf5#) (41. Ke3 {Here Black's general idea is to sacrifice the bishop for the e-pawn, to grab the Pb3 and roll forward two connected passed pawns. Here is a sample line:} Rd5 42. Rh7 (42. e7 $2 Rf7 $17) 42... Bb5 43. Rf7 Rh8 44. Rcc7 Rd3+ 45. Kf2 (45. Kf4 Be8 46. Rfe7 Rh4+ 47. Ke5 Re3 48. Rxe8 Rhxe4+ 49. Kf6 Rxb3 50. e7 Rf3+ 51. Kxg6 Rfe3 52. Ra8+ Kb5 53. Kf7 Rf3+ 54. Kg6 Rfe3 $11) 45... Be8 46. Rf3 Rh2+ 47. Kg3 Rh3+ 48. Kxh3 Rxf3+ 49. Kg4 Rxb3 50. Rc8 Ba4 51. Kf4 Rb1 52. Nd6 Ka7 53. Rc7+ Ka6 54. Rc8 $11) 41... Rf3+ 42. Kb2 Re3 43. Rc8 {This is the way minor pieces will be exchanged. The forthcoming double rook endgame is drawish, since Black's extra pawn has no significance.} Rdd3 $1 {Magnus is tryi ng the last practical chance. Keeping all the rooks on the board, Black is hoping to target the Pb3.} (43... Rxc8 44. Rxc8 Rxe4 45. Rxe8 { The e- and g-pawns will be swapped and the position is completely drawish.}) 44. Ra8+ Kb7 45. Rxe8 Rxe4 46. e7 Rg3 47. Rc3 Re2+ 48. Rc2 Ree3 49. Ka2 $1 { Now Black can't capture the Pb3, as he always has to keep an eye on the e-pawn. } g5 50. Rd2 Re5 51. Rd7+ Kc6 52. Red8 Rge3 53. Rd6+ Kb7 54. R8d7+ Ka6 55. Rd5 Re2+ (55... g4 56. Rxe5 Rxe5 57. Rd4 g3 58. Rg4 $11) 56. Ka3 Re6 57. Rd8 g4 58. Rg5 Rxe7 59. Ra8+ $1 ({It's never too late to go astray:} 59. Rxg4 $2 Rf2 60. Ra8+ Kb7 61. Rag8 Re1 {could give Black winning chances.}) 59... Kb7 60. Rag8 { Now the rook is trapped for an exchange, the draw is inevitable.} a4 (60... Rf2 61. R8g7 $11) 61. Rxg4 axb3 62. R8g7 Ka6 63. Rxe7 Rxe7 64. Kxb3 { A very rich in content, hard-fought battle.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"] [Site "Chennai"] [Date "2013.11.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2870"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2013.11.09"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nc3 e5 7. Qxc4 { A harmless line of the Reti opening. I would even say it is favourable for Black, who gains tempi for development by attacking White's prematurely advanced queen.} Nge7 8. O-O (8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qa4 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. O-O a6 14. Rfc1 Rad8 15. Qd1 f5 16. Na4 Bd5 $15 { 1-0 (59) Vukic,M (2491)-Jakovljevic,V (2375) Jahorina 2003}) 8... O-O ({Or} 8... h6 9. d3 Be6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Be3 (11. Rd1 Nd4 12. Rb1 c6 13. b4 a5 14. Rd2 b5 15. Qa3 c5 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Nxb5 cxb4 18. Qb2 Rb8 19. a4 Bd5 $17 { 0-1 (37) Managadze,N (2459)-Vorobiov,E (2598) Paleochora 2009}) 11... Nd4 12. Rac1 c6 (12... c5 $143 13. Nd2 Nd5 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxc5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qe7 18. Ne4 f5 19. Qc4+ Rf7 20. Nd2 $16 { 1-0 (48) Bezold,M (2495)-Raetsky,A (2455) Werfen 1996}) 13. Rfe1 a5 14. Nd2 f5 15. Qa3 Re8 16. Na4 Bf7 17. Nc5 Qc7 $15 { 1/2 (20) Kokarev,D (2495)-Kruppa,Y (2547) St Petersburg 2004}) 9. d3 h6 (9... Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Ne4 Be6 12. Qc2 (12. Qb5 b6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bc1 a6 15. Qa4 c5 16. Nd2 Ra7 17. Nf3 Re8 18. Bd2 Nd5 $15 { 0-1 (36) Seul,G (2415)-Heyken,E (2375) Germany 1993}) 12... Bd5 (12... b6 $5) 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf6 Bxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxe4 { 1/2 (16) Schmidt,W (2500)-Boey,J (2435) Nice 1974}) (9... Be6 10. Qh4 f6 (10... Nf5 11. Qxd8 Raxd8 $1 (11... Rfxd8 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Nge4 Nfe7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Nf6+ Kh8 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 { 1-0 (40) Stein,L-Averbakh,Y Riga 1970 URS-ch [ChessBase]} 17. Bxe7 $16 {L.Stein }) 12. Nb5 Rd7 13. Ng5 {L.Stein} Nfd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxe6 Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 fxe6 17. Bxb7 $11) 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. Bh6 Qd7 13. Bxg7+ Kxg7 14. Qa4 Rfd8 15. b4 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. b5 Ne7 18. Qb4 a5 $15 { 0-1 (73) Klimm,W (2212)-Slobodjan,R (2550) Arco 1999}) 10. Bd2 (10. Qh4 Nf5 ( 10... g5 $2 11. Bxg5 { 1-0 (57) Cheng,B (2406)-Kaidanov,G (2577) Arlington USA 2013} hxg5 $140 12. Nxg5 Bf5 13. Be4) (10... Nd4 $5) 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nb5 Rb8 13. Bd2 a6 14. Nc3 Nfd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. f4 Bg4 17. Rf2 exf4 18. Bxf4 Rd7 19. h3 { 1/2 (19) Huzman,A (2390)-Khmelnitsky,S Soviet Union 1986}) 10... Nd4 $6 { Black wants to reach the classic setup: Nd4, pawn on c6; in the event of N(B) xd4 exd4 he will be able to pressurise White's backward e2-pawn along the e-file. However, this move is rather ill-timed: White now solves the problem of his queen and consolidates his position.} (10... Nf5 11. Rac1 (11. Na4 Ncd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Rfe1 c6 14. e3 b5 15. Qc1 bxa4 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. Re4 Qxd3 18. Bxh6 $14 {1/2 (38) Obukhov,A (2487)-Yevseev,D (2589) Krasnoyarsk 2003}) 11... Re8 12. Ne4 Ncd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Rfe1 c6 15. e3 Ne6 16. Bb4 Bf8 17. Bc3 Bg7 18. f4 $36 {1-0 (33) Martinovic,S (2427)-Rubil,M (2060) Sv Filip i Jakov 2009}) (10... Be6 {is probably the accurate move order:} 11. Qa4 Nd4 (11... f5 12. Rac1 Nd4 13. Qa3 c6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Na4 Bd5 16. Bb4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Re8 18. Bxe7 {1/2 (18) Shilov,S (2330)-Vanek,P (2210) Czechia 1999}) 12. Rfc1 a5 (12... c6 13. Ne1 Nd5 14. Kf1 Nb6 15. Qd1 a5 16. e3 Nf5 17. Ne4 Nd7 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Re8 20. a4 Bd5 $11 { 1/2 (41) Loginov,V (2532)-Lukin,A (2440) St Petersburg 1999}) 13. Qd1 Re8 14. Ne1 c6 15. e3 Ndf5 16. a3 Nd6 17. Na4 f5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Bd5 $15 { 1/2 (59) Kavalek,L (2565)-Bisguier,A (2420) El Paso 1973}) 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne4 c6 (12... Be6 $2 13. Qc1) 13. Bb4 (13. Qc1 $1 Kh7 14. Bb4 {was more to the point. It looked difficult for Black to develop his pieces but perhaps he could simply play} Be6 (14... Bg4 15. h3 $1 Bxe2 $140 $2 16. Re1 Bxd3 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nc5) 15. Nc5 Bc8 $5 16. Nb3 Re8 $11) 13... Be6 14. Qc1 (14. Qc5 Nd5) 14... Bd5 {The initiative again belongs to Black.} 15. a4 (15. Qc5 Nc8) 15... b6 (15... a5 16. Ba3 b6 $15 {was more solid}) 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. a5 { White's only chance is counterplay on the a-file.} Rab8 18. Re1 Rfc8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Qf4 Rd8 21. h4 Kh7 22. Nd2 Be5 23. Qg4 h5 24. Qh3 Be6 25. Qh1 c5 $15 26. Ne4 $6 (26. b3 { , stopping Black's queenside pawns, was probably more appropriate.}) 26... Kg7 27. Ng5 b5 {Black doesn't fear the exchange of his light-squared bishop: his queenside play is more important.} 28. e3 $5 { An attempt to complicate matters. Otherwise White's position is just bad, e.g.} (28. Nxe6+ Qxe6 29. Bh3 Qf6 30. b3 (30. Rec1 c4 31. dxc4 d3) (30. Rac1 c4 31. dxc4 bxc4 32. Rxc4 d3 33. exd3 Rxb2 34. Qg2 Rxd3 $17) 30... c4 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. dxc4 d3 33. Ra2 Bc3 34. Rf1 d2 $17) 28... dxe3 29. Rxe3 Bd4 (29... Bxb2 30. Rae1 Rb6 {was quite possible but White kept drawing chances, e.g.} 31. Bd5 $1 Bd4 (31... Bxd5 32. Rxe7 Bxh1 33. Nxf7 $1) 32. Rxe6 $1 (32. R3e2 Qf6) 32... fxe6 33. Rxe6 Qf8 $1 34. Qg2 Rdd6 35. Kh2 $1 (35. Re2 Rf6) { , and the endgame after} 35... Rxe6 36. Nxe6+ Rxe6 37. Bxe6 Bxf2 { is rather drawish.}) 30. Re2 c4 $1 31. Nxe6+ fxe6 32. Be4 (32. dxc4 bxc4 33. Rc1 Qc5) 32... cxd3 33. Rd2 Qb4 $6 {The critical moment of the whole match.} ({ Black could have kept good winning chances by means of} 33... Rf8 $1 34. Bxd3 ( 34. Qg2 Qb4 35. Rad1 Rxf2 $1 36. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 37. Kxf2 $2 Qd4+) 34... Qd6 35. Qg2 Rxf2 $1 36. Rxf2 Rf8 37. Raf1 Bxf2+ 38. Rxf2 Rxf2 39. Qxf2 Qxd3 { (indicated by GM K.Landa and other commentators)}) 34. Rad1 Bxb2 $6 (34... Rf8 {was possible here, too, but White had a reply} 35. Kh2 $1 (35. Bxd3 Qd6 $1 36. Qg2 Rxf2 37. Rxf2 Rf8 38. Rdf1 {led to the above-mentioned line}) 35... Bxf2 36. Rxd3 {since complications after} Qxb2 $6 37. R1d2 Qe5 38. Qg2 Bb6 39. Rd7+ {are dangerous for Black.}) 35. Qf3 {White recaptures the pawn on d3 and keeps the balance due to the opposite-coloured bishops and Black's unsafe king.} Bf6 (35... Bd4 {was a relatively better chance.}) 36. Rxd3 Rxd3 37. Rxd3 Rd8 (37... Bd4 38. Qe2 Rf8 39. Rf3 { - after the exchange of rooks Black has no winning prospects.}) 38. Rxd8 Bxd8 39. Bd3 Qd4 40. Bxb5 Qf6 41. Qb7+ Be7 42. Kg2 g5 43. hxg5 Qxg5 44. Bc4 h4 45. Qc7 hxg3 46. Qxg3 e5 47. Kf3 Qxg3+ 48. fxg3 Bc5 49. Ke4 Bd4 50. Kf5 Bf2 51. Kxe5 Bxg3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"] [Site "Chennai"] [Date "2013.11.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2870"] [Annotator "Sumets,A"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2013.11.09"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 (7... Nd7 {is the main line}) 8. Ne5 ({Another line is} 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 { Black must not hurry with ...Nd7. In some lines he can play ...c5 and ...Nc6.} Nf6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. c4 $6 b5 14. cxb5 Qd5 15. Kb1 cxb5 $15 { 0-1 (45) Zapata,A (2496)-Macieja,B (2595) Greensboro USA 2013}) 8... Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. Bd2 Ngf6 14. O-O-O (14. Qe2 $5 { For this line see the recent game Anand,V-Ding Liren Paris/Saint Petersburg 2013. It would be interesting to see what Magnus had prepared after 14.Qe2.}) 14... O-O (14... c5 15. Be3 O-O 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rfd8 20. h5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Kc2 Qd7 24. b3 $14 { Inarkiev,E (2693) -Eljanov,P (2702) Poikovsky RUS 2013 0-1 (48)}) 15. Ne4 { This line isn't considered as a dangerous one for Black.} (15. c4 Qc7 16. Rhe1 Rad8 17. Qf3 a5 18. Kb1 Bb4 19. Bxb4 axb4 $11 20. f5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qe2 Nd7 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Ne4 b6 (25... Qxe5 $1 26. Rd1 Qa5 27. Rd6 (27. Qd3 $2 Ra8 $17) 27... Nf8 $15) 26. g4 Nxe5 27. g5 $13 { Svetushkin,D (2570)-Lauber,A (2517) Berlin GER 2010 1-0 (33)}) (15. Qf3 $5 Qc7 16. c4 (16. Rde1 $6 c5 17. d5 $6 Nxd5 18. c4 Nb4 $1 (18... N5b6 19. Ng4 Nxc4 20. Bc3 Qc6 21. Nxh6+ Kh7 22. Qd3+ Kxh6 23. Qe2 g6 $5 (23... Kh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qg4+ $11) 24. h5 g5 25. Qxc4 Nb6 $13) 19. a3 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. Ne4 (22. f5 Bf6 23. fxe6 Ne5 $17) 22... Nf6 23. Bc3 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Bf6 $15 {Kroeze,F (2446)-Lauber,A (2417) Germany 2008 0-1 (45)}) 16... Rac8 (16... a5 17. Kb1 Rad8 18. Bc1 Rfe8 19. Ne2 c5 (19... h5 $5 {! Lucacs,P} 20. c5 g6 21. Nc3 Bf8 $13) 20. g4 cxd4 21. g5 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Nh7 23. gxh6 $40 { Topalov,V (2707)-Dreev,A (2676) FIDE Wch k. o. New Delhi/Teheran 2000 1-0 (43)} ) ({Black can't play} 16... c5 $6 {due to} 17. d5 $1 Rae8 (17... Nxe5 $4 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Bf4 $18) 18. Rhe1 exd5 19. cxd5 Bd6 20. Bc3 $16 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Rxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nf5 Rd8 $2 (23... c4 24. d6 Qc5 25. Kb1 $16) 24. d6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 {1-0 (24) Movsesian,S (2666) -Iordachescu,V (2594) FIDE-Wch k.o. New Delhi/Teheran 2000}) 17. Rhe1 b5 18. c5 Nd5 19. Nh5 N7f6 20. Ng3 (20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. g4 $40 {Erenburg}) 20... Nd7 21. Nh5 N7f6 22. Nxg7 $5 Kxg7 23. f5 exf5 24. Qxf5 $44 {Roiz,M (2512)-Erenburg, S (2494) Tel Aviv 2002 0-1 (32)}) 15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nxe5 (16... Nf6 {seems to be a risky decision.} 17. Qe2 Qd5 18. g4 h5 (18... Qxa2 $2 19. g5 Ne8 20. gxh6 Bf6 21. Rdg1 $18) (18... Qe4 19. Rde1 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Nd5 21. g5 $14) 19. gxh5 (19. g5 $5 Qe4 (19... Ne4 $4 20. c4 Qxd4 21. Be1 $18) 20. Rhe1 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Nd5 22. c4 Nb6 23. b3 Rfd8 24. Ba5 $14) 19... Qe4 20. Qf2 $6 (20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. h6 $1 gxh6 $8 (21... Nf2 22. Rhg1 Nxd1 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Kxd1 $18) 22. f5 Kh7 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Rde1 Nxd2 25. Kxd2 Rf2+ 26. Kc1 Rg8 27. Nd3 Rf6 28. Re2 $14) 20... Qf5 21. Rdg1 Nxh5 $11 { Fercec,N (2477)-Zelcic,R (2531) Zadar 2004 1/2 (36). White has no attack anymore.}) 17. fxe5 Qd5 18. Qxd5 $146 { According to Carlsen, after the exchange of queens there is nothing to discuss. } (18. Qg4 $5 {The only way to continue the game} f5 $5 { It seems to me that Black has good counterplay.} (18... Kh7 19. b3 $6 (19. Kb1 $1 c5 20. Bg5 $1 f5 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Bc1 Rae8 (23... Qf5+ 24. Qxf5+ exf5 25. Rd5 $16) 24. Rhf1 Qc6 25. Rf3 $14) 19... c5 (19... a5 $5 20. Bg5 f5 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Rde1 a4 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Re5 Rg6 $1 $11) 20. Bg5 f5 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. c4 Qc6 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Qe4+ Kh8 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Rhf1 Rxf1 27. Rxf1 Rd8 $11 {Mrdja,M (2360)-Zelcic,R (2591) Zagreb 2008 1-0 (56)}) 19. Qg6 ( 19. exf6 $6 Rxf6 20. Kb1 Rf2 21. Rhg1 (21. Bxh6 $4 Rxg2) 21... h5 $15) 19... Qxa2 20. Bxh6 Rf7 { The position is complicated and both sides have their good and bad points.} 21. h5 (21. g4 f4 22. Rhf1 Raf8 23. Rxf4 Qa1+ 24. Kc2 Qa4+ 25. Kd2 Qa2 26. Kc1 Qa1+ $11) (21. Bg5 a5 22. d5 cxd5 23. Qxe6 Qa1+ 24. Kc2 Qa4+ 25. Kb1 Qe4+ 26. Ka2 Qa4+ $11) 21... a5 22. Bf4 a4 23. h6 a3 24. Kc2 Qxb2+ (24... c5 $5) 25. Kd3 Qb5+ 26. Ke3 Qd5 27. g3 $1 Raf8 28. Rh2 Qb3 29. Rdh1 Qxc3+ 30. Kf2 Qc2+ 31. Ke3 Qe4+ 32. Kf2 $11) 18... cxd5 $11 19. h5 b5 20. Rh3 a5 21. Rf1 (21. Kc2 b4 22. Kd3 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Bb4 $11) 21... Rac8 22. Rg3 Kh7 23. Rgf3 Kg8 24. Rg3 Kh7 25. Rgf3 Kg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-0=7"] [Site "Chennai"] [Date "2013.11.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2870"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Sumets,A"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "2013.11.09"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.16"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 (4. c4 d4 $5 (4... c6) 5. d3 e5 6. b4 a5 $6 7. b5 c5 8. bxc6 Nxc6 9. Na3 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 Nb4 12. Nb5 Nec6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. e3 Rd8 15. a3 Na6 16. exd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Re1 $16 { Jobava,B (2678)-Stevic,H (2612) Porto Carras 2011 1-0 (35)}) 4... c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 {A slightly passive move.} (6. c4 dxc4 $5 { Probably Carlsen didn't want to play this line} (6... O-O { leads to the main line}) 7. a4 Na6 $5 $146 (7... O-O 8. Na3 Be6 9. Ng5 Bd5 10. e4 h6 11. exd5 hxg5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bxg5 Qxd4 14. Bxc6 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 bxc6 { 1/2 (15) Adianto,U (2605)-Tkachiev,V (2620) Jakarta 1996}) 8. Na3 Be6 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Qc3 $8 (12. Qxc4 $2 Qxc4 13. Nxc4 Nc2 14. Rb1 Nxd4 $17) 12... a5 13. e3 Ne4 14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Nxc4 Nd6 16. Nd2 $2 (16. b3 O-O $6 17. Nxa5 Nc2 18. Ra2 Nxd4 19. Nxb7 $16) 16... e5 17. Nb3 exd4 18. exd4 O-O $11 {Kunin,V (2537)-Volokitin,A (2695) ChT-AUS 2012 0-1 (53)}) 6... O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 ({A more cautious move is} 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. Nh4 (10. e3 { This move has very good statistics} Rc8 (10... Ndc5 $5 { might be a reasonable novelty}) 11. Rc1 a6 12. Nh4 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Be6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb4 Rb8 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Ne5 $14 { Nikolic,P (2657)-Votava,J (2546) Germany 2007 1-0 (72)}) 10... Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. e4 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb4 Bf6 (13... a5 14. Qxb7 a4 15. Qb5 { 1/2 (15) Kortschnoj, V (2595)-Nunn,J (2625) Amsterdam 1988} axb3 16. axb3 Rb8 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. Ra3 Rfc8 $44) 14. Nf3 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 { 1/2 (15) Bogner,S (2569)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2680) Belfort 2012}) 12... dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bh3 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Bc2 Rad8 17. Qe3 Rfe8 18. Bc3 Qc8 19. Rad1 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Kg2 Qc8 22. h3 $14 {Nakamura,H (2783) -Leko,P (2737) London 2012 1/2 (73). The rook endgame was very instructive.}) 9... dxc4 $1 { This underestimated move isn't a novelty, but it hadn't been played before by titled players. 9...Ne4 was considered as the main line. I think that White will stop playing 9.Nc3 because of 9...dxc4!} (9... Ne4 10. e3 (10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Nd2 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 c5 13. cxd5 cxd4 14. Nf3 Nb6 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd5 17. Qe3 Rad8 18. Qxe7 Rfe8 19. Qf6 Qe4 20. e3 (20. Rfe1 $1 Nd5 21. Qb2 g5 22. Kg1 $16) 20... Nd5 $44 { Tazbir,M (2444)-Jasnikowski,Z (2403) ChT-POL Karpacz 2008 1-0 (59)}) 10... a5 11. Qe2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 a4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nd2 (14. Qb5 Qb6 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qe4 Nf6 17. Qb1 Rfc8 18. Rc1 axb3 19. axb3 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Qxb3 $11) 14... Nf6 15. bxa4 Rxa4 16. a3 Qd7 $11 { 1/2 (40) Fedoseev,V (2546)-Levin,E (2499) St Petersburg 2012}) 10. bxc4 Nb6 11. c5 (11. Qb3 {I think that this move is more reliable than 11.c5} Be6 12. d5 $1 (12. Ne5 $6 Nxc4 $1 (12... Qxd4 $6 13. Nd5 Qc5 14. Nc7 Rad8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rac1 $44) 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Bxc6 Bxc4 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Bf3 Qxd4 $17) 12... cxd5 13. cxd5 Nbxd5 (13... Nfxd5) 14. Ng5 Qb6 (14... Nxc3 $5 15. Nxe6 Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 Nxg3+ 17. fxg3 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Rab1 $44) 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Qxb3 18. axb3 Kxg7 19. Rfc1 $44 { White has enough compensation for the sacrificed pawn to get an equal game.}) 11... Nc4 12. Bc1 {In order to avoid trouble White should play carefully.} ({ One might recommend} 12. Qb3 Nxb2 13. Qxb2 Rb8 14. Rfd1 Ne4 (14... Qc7 $5) 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11) 12... Nd5 $146 ({It seems to me that the world champion could have tried to get some advantage following G. Aring:} 12... Ne4 $1 13. Qb3 Na5 (13... b5 $5 {Gleizerov,E} 14. cxb6 (14. Rd1 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Be4 16. a4 a6 (16... Qd5 $1 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Qb3 (18. Ne1 $2 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Qxc5) 18... Qb7 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Rfd8 $15) 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Qf3 Qxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Rfd8 22. Be3 Rab8 23. Rab1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Bxd4 25. Rb4 Bxe3 26. Kxe3 $11 {Gleizerov,E}) 14... Na5 15. Qb2 axb6 $15) 14. Qb4 b6 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Rd1 Qd5 17. cxb6 $2 (17. Bf4 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Nxc4 $11) 17... axb6 18. Bf4 c5 19. Qxb6 cxd4 20. Rac1 Rfc8 $15 {1-0 (56) Wagner,F (2249)-Aring,G (2205) Gerlingen 2011} ) 13. Qb3 (13. Nxd5 $6 {leads to an inferior position:} Qxd5 $5 (13... cxd5 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Qb3 b6 $15) 14. Qb3 Be4 15. Bf4 b5 $15) 13... Na5 14. Qa3 (14. Qb2 Nc4 $11 (14... b6 $5)) 14... Nc4 {Vishy Anand agreed to a draw.} (14... b6 $5 15. Re1 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Be4 17. Be3 Qd5) 15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qa3 Nc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2013.06.23"] [Round "9"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2782"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2013.06.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. e6 Bxe6 15. Rxb7 Bd6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Be2 O-O 18. Qd4 Rf7 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. O-O+ Kg8 21. Qg4 Qe3+ 22. Bf2 Qe5 23. Bg3 Qe3+ 24. Bf2 Qe5 25. Bd4 Qxh2+ 26. Kf2 Qf4+ 27. Qxf4 Bxf4 28. Bg4 Nc6 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Bxd5 Rd8 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bxc6 Rd2+ 33. Kf3 Rxc2 34. Be4 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Bxc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2013.06.22"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2013.06.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. O-O Nxe5 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 f6 16. Rfe1 Qxc4 17. Bxe5 Qxe4 18. Rxe4 fxe5 19. Rxe5 b6 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Rae1 Rac8 22. R1e3 Rc4 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Rfc8 25. Re7 Rxc3 26. h4 Rxe3 27. fxe3 a5 28. Rb7 Rc2 29. Rxb6 Rxa2 30. Ra6 Re2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2013.06.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2013.06.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bc2 b6 19. Rd1 Bb7 20. Bb3 Rad8 21. Rd3 Bc7 22. Bd2 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. h4 Rd7 27. Kf1 Kg8 28. b4 b5 29. Ke2 h5 30. g3 Bb6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Ng5+ Kg6 33. Rc6+ f6 34. Ne6 Kf7 35. Nc5 Rc7 36. Rd6 Nxb4 37. Bxb4 Bxc5 38. Bxc5 Rxc5 39. Rd7+ Kg6 40. Rxa7 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2013.06.19"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C60"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2013.06.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 {A sideline, but nowadays the Ruy Lopez quite often even at the highest level isn't only about the Berlin and classical closed systems (Chigorin, Breyer etc.). Nakamura himself lately successfully experimented with other systems:} (3... a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 (4... d6 5. c3 Bd7 { is the Deferred Steinitz, which usually leads to a heavy manoeuvring struggle after} 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. h3 ({Only one of the numerous options. In his book "Dynamic Opening Strategy" Jansa recommends} 8. Re1 Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. Nfd2 f5 13. f3 {with a King's Indian without the light-squared bishops. Although this should give White an edge, Black has} Rf7 $5 14. c4 Qf8 15. Nc3 Bh6 16. Bf2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 f4 18. b4 g5 19. c5 Rg7 20. Qe2 Nf6 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. Na4 Qf7 23. Rac1 Rag8 $132 { Stehno,P (2366)-Radulski,J (2502)/Brno/2005/}) 8... Nf6 (8... h6 9. Be3 Nge7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bc5 Re8 13. Re1 b6 14. Ba3 Na7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Nc4 Qe6 17. Ne3 Nb5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Qa4 Nd6 20. Qc6 Rc8 21. Rad1 Kh7 22. Rd2 Ne8 23. Qb7 Nd6 24. Rxd6 $5 cxd6 25. Qxa6 $44 { Caruana,F (2774)-Ivanchuk,V (2755)/Thessaloniki/2013/}) 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Bc2 Qe7 12. Nf1 Qf8 $5 13. Ng3 Rad8 14. d5 (14. Be3 Bc8 15. Qe2 Bh6 16. Qd2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qg7 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. Qc1 h6 20. Ba4 b5 21. Bc2 Nh5 22. Nxh5 gxh5 23. Kh1 Rg8 24. Rg1 Qf6 25. Qe3 Rg6 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 dxe5 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Rd1 Qe7 30. Rd3 Kg7 31. b4 Be6 32. Bb3 Qg5 $11 { Landa,K (2570)-Yandemirov,V (2500)/Novgorod/1997/}) 14... Ne7 15. Nh2 Bh6 16. Qf3 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Qg7 18. Qe3 Nh5 $5 19. Nxh5 gxh5 20. Kh1 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Qd3 Rf8 24. Nf3 Ne7 $132 { Caruana,F (2774)-Andreikin,D (2713)/Moscow/2013/}) 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 {is the Neoarkhangelsk, with Shirov, Caruana and Nakamura being the most prominent members of the fan club:} {Another important branch is} 9. a4 ({After} 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 {the currently most topical move is} Re8 $5 ({ Caruana used to play} 10... h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bc2 Rb8 14. Rc1 Nh7 15. Bd3 Qf6 16. Nb3 Nf8 17. Kh2 g5 18. d5 Ne7 19. c4 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 c5 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Kg1 Nfg6 $13 {Anand,V (2780)-Caruana,F (2757)/Zurich/2013/ For details see the notes to this game in CBM 153.}) (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. dxe5 $5 dxe5 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Rfd1 Na5 15. Nf1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qe6 17. b4 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Ne1 $1 $36 {Movsesian,S (2700)-Onischuk,A (2675)/WChT Ningbo/2011/ This impressive strategic game was annotated by Movsesian in CBM 144.}) 11. Re1 (11. h3 Na5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qb1 exd4 14. cxd4 Nc4 15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Nxc4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Qd3 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Nf6 21. Bd2 Ba7 $11 {Ponomariov,R (2733)-Giri,A (2727)/Zug/2013/}) 11... Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 (13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qe2 Ng4 $5 15. Nf1 Be6 16. Ng5 Nxe3 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Nxe3 c4 19. Qh5 Qc7 20. Ng4 Rf8 21. Re2 Rad8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Rd8 24. Bc2 b4 { by ucinne celilo 25.Vd2!, slabsie} (24... Nc6 $142 $11) 25. cxb4 $6 (25. Rd2 $1 $14) 25... Nc6 26. Ba4 Nxb4 27. Qxe5 Qe7 $36 {Anand,V (2783)-Nakamura,H (2775)/ Stavanger/2013/ Nakamura went on to win an impressive game.}) 13... Nc6 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. c4 Nb4 (17... b4 18. Ba4 Bd7 $11) (17... Nd4 18. cxb5 Ba5 $5 $132) 18. cxb5 Bd7 19. Nc4 Bxb5 20. Nfd2 Bc7 21. Ra3 Bxc4 ( 21... Qe7 $5 $11) 22. Nxc4 Qxd1 23. Bxd1 Nxe4 24. Ra7 Nd6 $6 (24... Nd5 25. Bf3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Nd6 $11 {still holds the balance}) 25. Ba4 Rec8 26. Nxe5 Nb5 27. Bxb5 Rxb5 28. Bd2 Nc2 29. Nc6 $1 $36 { Ponomariov,R (2733)-Caruana,F (2772)/Zug/2013/}) 9... Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 ({Black doesn't trust the positions after} 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. f4 {anymore.}) 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Re8 ({ Nakamura's idea, but even after the older} 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Be3 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rg1 Nf4 21. Bb3 Ne6 22. Bxe6 {the novelty} Qxe6 $5 {promises Black sufficient compensation and counterplay after} 23. d5 Qf6 24. Qe2 Bxe3 25. fxe3 h6 26. Rc1 Rb8 27. Rc3 Ra8 { 1/2, Craciunescu,V (2513)-Parushev,A (2259)/corr/2011/}) 16. Re1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nh5 18. Ba4 $5 (18. f4 Qh4 19. Ra3 Nxf4 20. Rg3 Qf6 21. Qf3 Nd5 22. Ba4 Qxf3 23. Rxf3 Re7 24. Bd2 Nf6 25. e5 dxe5 26. dxe5 Nd7 $11 { Leko,P (2735)-Nakamura,H (2769)/Wijk aan Zee/2013/}) 18... Rf8 (18... Re6 $142 $5 19. Kh1 Qh4 {seems more critical}) 19. Bc6 Qf6 20. Ra4 Nf4 21. Kh1 d5 22. exd5 Ng6 23. Re4 Ne7 24. Rc4 Qd6 25. Bf4 Qd8 26. Bg5 f6 27. Bf4 Nxd5 28. Bxd5+ Qxd5 29. Qe2 $14 {Grischuk,A (2779)-Nakamura,H (2775)/Thessaloniki/2013/ Although at this point White's extra pawn doesn't play a decisive role, Black is the one who must fight for a draw - and he didn't manage to hold the position after protracted defence.}) ({Although Nakamura hasn't tried the text move yet, he has already employed the similar} 3... Nge7 4. Nc3 $5 (4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7 7. d4 {is a line, which could arise also in the game - we will have a closer look at it below.}) 4... d6 ({But} 4... g6 { is rather unpleasant for Black\;} 5. d4 exd4 6. Nd5 $5 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bf6 Bxf6 9. Nxf6+ Kf8 10. O-O Kg7 11. Nd5 d6 12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Nb5 Rxe4 15. Nbxc7 $14 {Svidler,P (2750)-Aronian,L (2782)/Nice rpd/2010/}) 5. d4 a6 6. Be2 $5 (6. Bc4 b5 7. Be2 exd4 8. Nd5 Ne5 9. Qxd4 c5 10. Qd1 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Be6 12. Qd1 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. c3 Qb6 15. Ng5 Bc8 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. Nf3 Ng6 19. a4 Bc6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Be3 Rfe8 $11 {Dominguez Perez,L (2725) -Nakamura,H (2783)/London/2012/ Black has comfortable equality here and got into trouble only later by trying too hard.}) 6... exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qe3 g6 10. Qg5 h6 11. Qg3 Be6 (11... Bg7 $142) 12. O-O Ne7 $6 13. Be3 Bg7 14. Rad1 (14. f4 $5) 14... Qd7 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 O-O-O 17. b4 Qc6 ( 17... Nc6 $5) 18. Rfd1 g5 19. a4 Ng6 20. Bf1 Ne5 { Kasimdzhanov,R (2709)-Nakamura,H (2767)/Zug/2013/} 21. b5 $40) 4. O-O (4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Bg7 (5... d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 { is the Deferred Steinitz from the previous note}) 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bb3 Nge7 {gives White the interesting extra option} 9. d5 $5 (9. O-O { can transpose from 4.0-0.}) 9... Na5 10. Bd2 c5 $5 {Probably the best.} (10... Bxb2 $2 11. Bxa5 Bxa1 12. Nc3 Bxc3+ (12... Bb2 $2 13. Qc2 $1 Ba3 14. Nb1 Bd6 15. e5 $18) 13. Bxc3 Rf8 14. Ng5 $40) (10... Nxb3 11. Qxb3 O-O 12. Bc3 d6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O Bd7 15. Nc3 Rb8 16. Qb4 Re8 17. Rac1 Ng8 18. Rfe1 $14 { Duda,J (2380)-Dragun,K (2420)/Warsaw/2012/}) 11. d6 Nec6 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Bd5 Bb7 14. Qd2 (14. O-O $5 $14 {seems more flexible}) 14... Nb4 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. O-O Nc6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nc3 b4 19. Na4 Qa5 20. b3 c4 21. Qe3 { Ponomariov,R (2734)-Blagojevic,D (2514)/Istanbul olm/2012/} Rae8 $5 $132 {/\} 22. Nb6 Nxd6 23. Nxd7 Rxe4 24. Qd2 Rd8 $1 25. Qxd6 Re6 $11 {/=/+}) (4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. O-O-O Bxf3 11. gxf3 O-O 12. Qe3 (12. f4 Nh5 13. f5 Rfe8 14. Qe3 Qe5 15. Rd7 $6 Nf6 16. f4 Qxf5 17. exf5 Rxe3 18. Rxc7 Rb8 $15 { Volokitin,A (2558)-Malaniuk,V (2556)/Warsaw rpd/2002/}) 12... Rfe8 13. f4 Rad8 14. f5 a5 15. Rxd8 Qxd8 16. f4 b5 $6 (16... Nd5 $5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. exd5 Rxe3 19. dxc6 bxc6 $132) 17. Rd1 Qc8 $6 18. Qd4 Nh5 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. f5 b4 21. Na4 $40 {Gopal,G (2604)-Sokolov,I (2654)/Sarajevo/2010/}) 4... Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6 $5 {A rare move, which Anand played very fast. White obviously wants to avoid the following unclear modern line, but the position he is heading for is no less complex in a strategic sense.} (6. Ba4 Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 ( 9. Bc2 O-O ({White has to reckon with} 9... d5 $5 10. exd5 Nb4 $132 {as well.}) 10. d5 Na5 11. Nc3 (11. a4 b4 12. Nbd2 d6 13. Nb3 c5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Nd2 Qd8 16. Nc4 a5 17. Re1 Ba6 18. Bb3 Nc8 19. Rb1 { Palac,M (2475)-Arkhipov,S (2500)/Kecskemet/1991/} Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nb6 21. Bb5 c4 $132) 11... d6 {gives White an extra tempo compared to 9.Bb3. However, it's still not easy to prove an unequivocal advantage:} 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Rb1 c5 14. dxc6 Naxc6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Be3 Rc8 17. a4 Nb4 18. Bb3 bxa4 19. Bxa4 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Bxd5 $11 { Brodsky,M (2545)-Murey,J (2440)/Rishon Le Ziyyon/1998/}) 9... O-O 10. Nc3 Na5 ( 10... d6 {allows} 11. Nd5 $5 h6 12. Nxe7+ Nxe7 13. Be3 Kh7 14. Rc1 f5 15. Qd3 $1 $16 {/\} Bb7 $4 16. Ng5+ $1 hxg5 17. Bxg5 d5 18. exd5 $18) 11. Bc2 d6 12. h3 (12. d5 Nc4 13. Re1 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Rb1 h6 16. Nd5 Be6 17. b3 N4e5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Ba3 Re8 20. Bc5 Rc8 21. b4 Nd4 $11 { Karjakin,S (2723)-Aronian,L (2786)/Moscow blitz/2009/}) 12... c5 { A more testing move is} 13. Bg5 $5 (13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Be3 Nb7 16. e5 Bf5 17. Be4 (17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Bg5 Re8 19. g4 Bd7 20. Nf6+ $6 Bxf6 21. exf6 Nb4 22. Bd1 Bc6 $15 {Smeets,J (2651)-Karjakin,S (2725)/Nice rpd blindfold/2010/ }) 17... Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Rd5 19. Bg5 Nc6 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6 { Smeets,J (2651)-Aronian,L (2782)/Nice rpd blindfold/2010/} c4 $1 22. Rad1 Nb4 $15) 13... h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 cxd4 $5 (15... Nc4 16. b3 Na3 17. Bd3 Nc6 18. Nd5 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qh5 Kg7 $5 (20... Bg7 $6 21. Rad1 c4 22. Be2 c3 23. Nxc3 Bxc3 24. Bxd6 $16 {Polgar,J (2710)-Banusz,T (2563)/Warsaw rpd/2011/}) 21. Rad1 Be6 22. Kh1 {/\} Ra7 $6 23. f4 f6 24. e5 $1 Bxd5 25. fxg5 $40) 16. Nxd4 Nc4 17. Rb1 Re8 $1 $132 {A.Kuzmin} (17... Bb7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qb6 20. Qd3 Rfe8 21. Rfd1 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Rac8 24. Re1 Kg7 25. Bd3 $14 { Gopal,G (2584)-Nezad,H (2408)/Caleta/2010/})) (6. Bc4 Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 {leads to the same position after the natural} 9. Bb3 O-O) 6... dxc6 7. d4 { Logical central play.} (7. d3 {is too tame:} Ne7 8. h3 c5 9. Na3 Nc6 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rfe1 b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Nc4 f6 15. Bh6 Qf7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b3 Rfe8 18. Nh2 Rad8 19. f4 b5 20. Nb2 f5 $5 $132 { Zagrebelny,S (2510)-Margolin,B (2385)/Alushta/1994/}) 7... exd4 { A natural reaction.} (7... Bg4 $143 8. dxe5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxe5 10. Na3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 b5 12. Nc2 $14 {leads to an inferior endgame:} Ne7 13. Be3 g5 14. Bc5 Rg8 15. h3 Rg6 16. a4 Bd6 $6 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 cxd6 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Nd4 Kd7 21. Ra2 $14 {/+/-, Stanojoski,Z (2450)-Mitkov,M (2398)/Struga/2005/}) 8. cxd4 Ne7 9. h3 {Although the text move has still been played, we are gradually entering less charted waters.} (9. Nc3 Bg4 $5 (9... O-O 10. Be3 h6 11. Qb3 b6 12. d5 $6 (12. Ne5 $5 c5 13. Rad1 $14) 12... cxd5 13. exd5 Nf5 14. Bf4 g5 15. Be5 Nh4 16. Nxh4 $6 (16. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Kxg7 18. Rad1 $13) 16... Bxe5 17. Nf3 Bg7 18. Rfe1 Bb7 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. h4 g4 22. Nh2 { Abergel,T (2517)-Kosten,A (2497)/Nimes/2009/} g3 $36) 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 f5 (12... Bxd4 13. Rad1 c5 14. b4 Qe8 (14... b6 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Na4 $16) 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Rxd4 $14) 13. Bg5 Qd7 (13... fxe4 $142 $1 14. Qxe4 Rf7 15. Rfe1 Qd7 $11 {/=/+} 16. Bxe7 $6 Re8) 14. Bxe7 (14. e5 $5) 14... Qxe7 15. e5 Rad8 16. Rad1 c5 17. Nd5 Qf7 18. dxc5 Bxe5 19. Rfe1 Rde8 { 1/2, Chandler,M (2535)-Spassky,B (2610)/Vienna/1986/}) 9... O-O 10. Nc3 h6 { Patiently prepares Be6, or f5. Although White has a mobile pawn centre, the position is not fully clear, as advancing the pawns could enhance the strength of Black's bishop pair.} 11. Qb3 $146 { An interesting novelty, which complicates Black's development.} (11. Be3 f5 ( 11... Be6 $5) 12. Qd2 $2 (12. Qb3+ Kh8 $13) 12... fxe4 13. Nxe4 { Cuartas,J (2517)-Panesso Rivera,H (2335)/Pamplona/2012/} Rxf3 $1 14. gxf3 Nf5 $40) ({A possibly promising alternative is} 11. Bf4 $5) 11... g5 $5 { A dynamic and provocative reaction.} (11... Qd6 { also prevents Bf4, but Black lacks other active ideas after} 12. Rd1 { Nakamura seeks more direct counterplay.}) 12. Rd1 (12. Be3 {is somewhat more flexible, as White has no better square for his bishop, while his rooks might still be deployed differently.}) 12... b6 {A calm and slow move, which nevertheless has a drawback - c6 becomes potentially vulnerable.} ({ Engines recommend the straightforward} 12... Be6 $5 13. d5 (13. Qxb7 a5 14. d5 $8 cxd5 15. exd5 Rb8 16. Qa7 Nxd5 17. Qxa5 c6 $44) 13... cxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Qxb7 (15. Be3 g4 $5 $132) 15... Qd6 16. Qb3 Rab8 17. Qc4 Rfe8 $32 {~~ Black has good compensation for the sacrificed pawn, but it's still not easy to opt for such a radical solution.}) 13. a4 {In a distant endgame the insertion of a4 and a5 can be advantageous for White, but it doesn't substantially improve his chances in a complex middlegame.} (13. Qc2 {allows} f5 $132) ({More logical was } 13. Be3 Qd6 (13... Be6 14. d5 $36) 14. Rac1 $14 {It seems that White is slightly better, future active plans can be well timed pawn advances as d5, or h4.}) 13... a5 14. Be3 Ng6 {Risky, Black leaves Pc6 unattended.} (14... Qd6 $5 {deserves attention, the queen aims for g6, or even b4. After} 15. d5 g4 $132 { the position remains very unclear.}) 15. d5 { Stabilising the centre, but Black is ideally placed to control the e5-square.} ({More dangerous for Black was} 15. Ne2 $142 $1 $14 {/\} Qf6 16. Qc2 Bxh3 17. Ne5 $1 $36) 15... c5 16. Nb5 g4 $5 { Just as in move 11, a very dynamic and concrete continuation.} (16... Ba6 17. d6 (17. Nd2 Qd7 $11) 17... Bxb5 18. dxc7 Qxc7 19. Qxb5 Rfd8 $132 {is roughly lanced - Black's active pieces compensate for the holes in his pawn structure. Nakamura is more ambitious.}) 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Bd2 {A safe move.} (18. d6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 (19. dxc7 $2 Qh4 20. gxf3 Qh3 $19) 19... Qf6 (19... Qh4 $5 20. Kg2 ( 20. Kf1 Ne5 $132) 20... Qf6 21. dxc7 Nh4+ 22. Kf1 Qxf3 $11 { is similar to the main line.}) 20. dxc7 Qxf3 {gives White a powerful passed pawn, but his king is very exposed. An unforced sample line is} 21. Qd5 Nh4 22. Kf1 Rae8 23. Nd6 Re6 24. c8=Q Rxc8 25. Nxc8 Rxe4 26. Nd6 Qg2+ 27. Ke2 Qf3+ $11 {/\} 28. Kd2 $4 Rd4+ $19) (18. Bc1 {is a computer idea, but it's not without risk - White can miss the Ra1 on the kingside:} Nh4 (18... Qd7 $5 19. d6 c6 20. Nc7 Rab8 $13) 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 (19... Bxd1 $2 20. Qg3 $18) 20. Re1 (20. f3 Qg3 21. Qe3 Bd7 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Bxb5 24. axb5 f5 $11) 20... Be5 21. g3 Qh5 22. Ra3 $1 $13) 18... Qd7 $1 {A good positional move, preparing c6.} (18... Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 (19... Bxd1 $2 20. Qg3 $18) 20. f3 Bh5 21. Bxh6 Qh4 22. Qe3 $1 $14) ( 18... Nh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. f3 (20. Re1 $5 {might be even stronger}) 20... Bd7 21. Bc3 $14) 19. Rac1 $6 {Loses a tempo} ({A more useful move was} 19. Re1 $142 $5 {/\} c6 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. Nh2 (21. Bc3 Bxf3 22. Bxg7 Nh4 $5 23. gxf3 Kxg7 24. Kf1 $11) 21... Be6 22. Qc2 $13) 19... c6 { Direct, but Black could also have played} (19... Rad8 $5) ({, or} 19... Rfe8 20. Re1 c6 $15) 20. dxc6 (20. Na3 Rfe8 $5 21. Nc4 Rab8 $36 { and White has no obvious way to advantageously retain the central tension.}) 20... Qxc6 21. Bc3 $6 {This could have cost White an exchange.} (21. Qe3 $142 Rfe8 22. Re1 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bg7 24. Bc3 $15 {/<=> Black's extra pawn doesn't play a major role yet and White has counterplay.}) 21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rad8 $5 {Nakamura plays for a strategic advantage.} (22... Nf4 $1 { with the forced follow-up} 23. Rd6 Qc8 24. Bd2 Ne2+ 25. Kg2 Nxc1 26. Bxc1 { nets Black an exchange. Not a difficult line to calculate, but the evaluation of the final position is not so simple. Nevertheless it seems Black has reasonable winning chancesafter} Rd8 27. Qd5 $5 (27. Rxb6 c4 $17) 27... Rb8 28. Bxh6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Bxh6 30. Qxh6 Qe6 $15 {/-/+}) 23. Rxd8 (23. Bxg7 $2 { runs into} Nf4 24. Nd6 {The beautiful point is} Rxd6 $1 (24... Kxg7 25. Qc3+ f6 (25... Kh7 $2 26. Qf6 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nxc1 28. Rd5 $18) 26. Nf5+ $132) (24... Ne2+ 25. Kg2 Nxc1 26. Qc3 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Bxf8 Qg6+ 29. Kf1 Na2 30. Qc4 $11) 25. Bxf8 Rd2 $3 (25... Rxd1+ $2 26. Rxd1 $16) 26. Kh1 $8 (26. Rxd2 Qg6+ 27. Kf1 Qg2+ 28. Ke1 Qg1#) 26... Qd7 27. Rg1+ Kxf8 28. Rg3 (28. Rg4 Nd3 $19 {is similar }) 28... Qd8 $1 29. Rg4 Nd3 $19 { Black wins all the material back with interest and a continuing attack.}) 23... Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rd7 $15 {Fights for the open file, but Black had also the simple} (24... Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Bxc3 26. bxc3 (26. Nxc3 Nf4 $36) 26... Qf6 $15 { The distant passed Ph6 gives him an advantage in almost any endgame.}) 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Qd5 $6 { Transposing to a knight endgame only increases Black's advantage.} (26. Bxg7 $142 Kxg7 27. Qc3+ f6 28. Qe3 Qh3 29. Nd6 Nh4 (29... Ne5 30. Nf5+ $11) 30. Nf5+ Nxf5 31. exf5 Qxf5 32. Qe7+ Kg6 33. Qe8+ Kg5 { doesn't lead to a perpetual, but after} 34. Kg2 $15 { Black faces a very tough technical task.}) 26... Qxd5 27. exd5 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Ne5 $6 (28... Kf8 $142 $1 {is more flexible and stronger, after the analogous} 29. Nd6 {Black's knight has an alternative route} Nf4 $1 30. c4 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Nc3 $19) 29. Nd6 Kf8 30. Kh2 $2 {White was fighting for a draw and decentralising the king doesn't feel right, moreover it fails tactically.} ({ It is probably insufficient to play} 30. Kf1 b5 $1 (30... Ke7 31. Nc8+ Kd7 32. Nxb6+ Kc7 33. f4 $11 { already works, as Black doesn't have the manoeuvre from the game.}) (30... Nxf3 31. Ke2 Ne5 32. f4 $44 { allows White to achieve full coordination with excellent drawing chances.}) 31. Nxb5 (31. axb5 a4 32. Nb7 a3 33. Nxc5 a2 34. Nb3 Ke7 $19 { and White's pawns are blockaded, while Black's will decide.}) 31... Nc4 $17 { Black will take the Pa4, transfer his knight to d6 and support one of his passed pawns with his king - he should win this in the long run.}) ({ It seems that the best try was} 30. f4 Nd3 31. Nc8 Nxf4 32. Nxb6 (32. c4 Ke8 33. Nxb6 Kd8 34. d6 Ne6 35. Kg2 Ng7 36. Kh3 Ne8 37. d7 Nf6 38. Kh4 Ke7 $1 $17 { and Black takes on d7 only after White moves his Pf2}) 32... Ke7 33. Kf1 h5 34. d6+ Kxd6 35. Nc4+ {although even here} Kc7 $5 (35... Ke6 36. Nxa5 Nd5 37. Nb7 c4 38. Nd8+ Kf6 39. Nb7 Nxc3 40. Nd6 $15) 36. Nxa5 Nd5 37. Nb3 Kd6 $17 { gives Black good winning chances.}) 30... Ke7 $1 31. Nc8+ (31. Nf5+ Kd7 32. Nxh6 b5 33. axb5 a4 34. Nf5 a3 35. Ne3 Nxf3+ 36. Kg3 Ne1 $19) 31... Kd7 32. Nxb6+ Kc7 33. f4 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nd2 $1 $19 35. Na8+ Kb7 36. d6 {White must ditch the passed pawn for free to save his knight, the resulting endgame is hopeless. } Kc6 37. Nc7 Kxd6 38. Nb5+ Kd5 39. Kg3 Kc4 (39... Nc4 $1 $19 {is simpler}) 40. Nd6+ (40. f3 f6 $5 41. f5 Nb1 42. Nd6+ Kd3 43. Ne4 c4 44. Nxf6 Nxc3 45. Nd7 Nd5 {/\} 46. f6 Nxf6 $1 47. Nxf6 c3 $19) 40... Kxc3 41. Nxf7 c4 ({An easier win was } 41... Kd4 $1 42. Nd6 (42. f5 c4 $19 {transposes to the game}) 42... Ne4+ 43. Nxe4 Kxe4 44. Kg4 c4 45. f5 Ke5 $19 ({, or} 45... h5+ 46. Kg5 c3 47. f6 c2 48. f7 c1=Q+)) 42. f5 (42. Nd6 $5 {is better, but also loses by force to} Kd3 $1 43. f5 (43. Nb5 c3 $19) 43... c3 44. f6 c2 45. f7 c1=Q 46. f8=Q Qg1+ 47. Kh3 ( 47. Kh4 Qh2+ 48. Kg4 Qg2+ 49. Kh4 Nf3+ $19) 47... Qh1+ 48. Kg3 Nf1+ 49. Kf4 Qh2+ 50. Kg4 Qg2+ 51. Kh4 Qg5+ 52. Kh3 Qh5+ 53. Kg2 Qh2+ $1 54. Kf3 (54. Kxf1 Qh1#) 54... Nd2+ 55. Kg4 Qg2+ $19 {- White gets mated, or loses his queen.}) 42... Kd4 43. Nd6 ({As} 43. f6 {fails to} Ne4+ { , Black's win is already trivial.}) 43... Ke5 44. Nb5 Kxf5 45. f3 h5 0-1 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2013.06.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "2864"] [BlackElo "2786"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2013.06.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nd7 9. g3 b6 {Alternatives seen in practice:} (9... N7f6) (9... N5f6) (9... N5b6) (9... Nxc3) 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 Bb7 {The bishop will be passive here.} (11... Nf6 12. O-O Bf5 {This is a better square for the bishop.} (12... Bb7 13. Bb4 {was probably the best of all} (13. Qc2 Bd6 (13... a5 $5) 14. Bb4 a5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rac1 c6 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Nc3 g6 { 1/2 (25) Bischoff,K (2561)-Tischbierek,R (2507) Austria 2004} 19. Qb3 $14) (13. Rc1 Qd7 (13... a5 {again was appropriate}) 14. Qc2 Bd6 15. Bb4 Bxb4 16. axb4 c6 17. Nf4 a6 18. Qc3 Qd6 19. f3 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. Rcd1 Nd7 22. e4 $14 { 0-1 (44) Janssen,R (2484)-Tiviakov,S (2601) Dieren 2004})) (12... Ne4 13. Rc1 Bb7 (13... Bf5 $5) 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. Bb4 $5 Qf6 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 c6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. b4 Rc7 21. a4 Bc8 22. a5 Ba6 23. Ra1 $14 {1-0 (38) Po nomariov,R (2734)-Kramnik,V (2807) Wijk aan Zee 2003 CBM 093 [Ftacnik,L]}) 13. Bb4 (13. Nf4 Qd7 14. Qb3 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rfd1 a5 17. Be1 a4 18. Qc3 c6 19. Qd2 Bd6 20. Qe2 Bxf4 21. exf4 Bh3 $11 { 1/2 (26) Grigoriants,S (2594)-Wells,P (2499) Dresden 2007}) 13... a5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rc1 h6 16. Nc3 Qd7 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Qb3 Rad8 19. Qb5 Qd6 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Qb5 Qd6 22. Qe2 Qd7 23. Qb5 { 1/2 (23) Martinovic,S (2515)-Papp,G (2534) Chur 2010}) 12. Bb4 $1 {White decide s to get rid of his passive bishop at once, not giving Black a chance to prevent this exchange by means of ...a7-a5.} (12. O-O Re8 (12... a5 $5 13. Qc2 Nf6) 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. Nb5 c6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. f3 Nd7 19. Rfe1 c5 20. Bc3 $14 {1-0 (45) Milov,V (2632)-Cheparinov,I (2550) Dos Hermanas 2004 CBM 099 ext [Milov,V]}) 12... Nf6 (12... c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bc3 Nf6 15. O-O Ne4 16. Nf4 $5 $14) 13. O-O Re8 14. Rc1 c6 (14... Bxb4 $5 15. axb4 c6 {makes sense after White has removed his rook from a1}) 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Nf4 $14 Bc8 $6 {This idea to improve the position of the bishop simply doesn't work. Alas, Black shouls defend passively, e.g.} (17... Rc7) 18. Qa4 Rc7 {It was probably better for Black to admit his mistake and play} (18... Bb7) 19. f3 $1 Be6 20. e4 dxe4 $6 ({The position after} 20... Qd7 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. e5 Ne8 23. f4 {is difficult for Black, according to GM A.Korotylev, but the text move is even worse.}) 21. fxe4 Qd7 (21... b5 22. Qd1 Qd7 23. e5 Nd5 24. Nd3 $16 {A.Korotylev}) 22. d5 $1 cxd5 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 25. Bh3 $1 Kh8 26. e5 Ng8 27. Bxe6 Rdd8 ({After} 27... Re7 28. Bxd5 Rd8 {White shou ld convert his extra pawn but it was more stubborn than allowing White's rook to invade the 7th rank.}) 28. Rc7 d4 29. Bd7 $1 { Black decided that further resistance was senseless.} ({In the event of} 29. Bd7 Ne7 30. Rd1 Nd5 31. Rb7 Rdb8 32. Rxb8+ Rxb8 33. Rxd4 Ne7 34. Bb5 { White wins a pawn, and his rook again breaks to the 7nd rank.}) 1-0 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2013.06.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2755"] [Annotator "Szabo,Kr"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2013.06.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 { This line has become very popular nowadays.} (5. c3 {is another possibility} a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 {.}) 5... a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Nf6 { Black does not go for c4 and puts pressure on the d4 P.} (8... Be7 9. dxc5 { is also popular.}) 9. Be3 Be7 ({Before Gelfand tried} 9... cxd4 { against Carlsen. Now he wants to improve with the text move.}) 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 $146 {The first novelty by Gelfand. He is one of the greatest experts in this line. Last year in his match against Anand the Sveshnikov Variation was his main weapon with Black.} ({Before only} 12... Bd7 {was played.} 13. a3 (13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rad8 (14... Nxd4 $5 15. Bxd4 Bc6) 15. h3 Rfe8 (15... Nxd4 $5 16. Bxd4 Bc6 $13) 16. Nb3 h6 $5 17. Rd2 (17. Na4 Nd4 $13) 17... Bc8 $5 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 { Fressinet-Radjabov, Cap d'Agde 2006, with an equal position.}) 13... Qc7 14. b4 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. g3 Be5 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. h3 Be8 19. Nxc6 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Bxc6 21. Bb6 Qb8 22. Qe3 Nd7 23. Bd4 $14 { Lu Shanglei-Yu Yangyi, Danzhou 2013, with a slight advantage for White.}) 13. h3 {Preventing ...Ng4.} Bd7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Na4 Rcd8 17. Qb6 Qxb6 ( 17... Qc8 { was an interesting alternative, if Black wants to keep the Q on the board.} 18. Qa5 (18. Qb3 Qc7 {is only a repetition.}) 18... Qb8 19. Nc5 Bc8 { and Black has a solid position.}) 18. Nxb6 Be8 19. a3 { White has gained some space, but it is not easy to maintain the pressure.} Ned7 20. Nb3 Nxb6 21. Bxb6 Rc8 22. Be3 {Threatening with Na5.} ({In the event of} 22. Na5 Nd7 {Black has arrived just in time.}) 22... Rb8 { A prophylactic move. Now Black wants to play Ba4.} 23. Bc5 ({Probably} 23. g3 { was the most exact answer} Ba4 24. Nc5 (24. Bc5 Rfe8 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Nc5 Bc6) 24... Bc6 25. Bg2 Rfc8 26. Nd3 {with only a slight advantage for White.}) 23... Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Bc6 {The exchange of the dark-squared B helps Black, because after Rfc8 and Kf8-e7 his K comes quickly to the centre.} 25. b4 Rfc8 26. Red1 Kf8 27. f3 Ke7 $11 {With a few precise moves Gelfand has levelled the position. } 28. Kf2 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Bxd7 30. c5 Ba4 31. Rd3 Rd8 32. Ke3 Bb5 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Bxb5 axb5 35. c6 bxc6 36. Rxc6 Ra8 37. Rb6 Rxa3+ 38. Kf4 f5 39. Rxb5 Kf6 40. h4 Rd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2013.06.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C93"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "Pavlovic,M"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2013.06.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 {The always popular Zaitsev line. White has many choices here and there are a vast number of games played in this line.} 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 { This is one of the main lines. A hugely debated line is of course 12.a4.} h6 13. Ba2 $5 {Although this is a known theoretical move it's not the main line. Usually after 13...h6 White goes 14.Bc2, I remember well the "old days" basic rule here, that if Black goes 12...h6 then Bc2 and if 12...g6 then 13.Ba2 is very much the main idea. Anand of course has something in his mind , let's see. ..} Nb8 {The standard reply to put pressure on the e4-pawn.} 14. Qb3 $5 { Another way of playing this position and in my opinion a more natural might be: } (14. d5 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Nh2 Nbd7 17. Qf3 Nc5 18. Ng4 Ra7 $5 { now in two recent games White's approach was different:} 19. Nf1 $5 (19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. b4 Na4 22. Bb3 Nxc3 23. Re3 Na4 24. Nf1 Rd8 25. Ng3 d5 26. exd5 Bxd5 27. Rd3 Rad7 28. Nh5 Be7 29. Rg3+ Kh8 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Bxh6 R5d6 32. Ng7 (32. Re1 $5 Nb6 33. Be3 Rd1 34. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kh2 Nd5 36. Rg7 Bd6 37. Rxf7 e4+ 38. g3 Be5 39. h4 $14) 32... Bf8 33. Nf5 Rd1+ $1 (33... Bxh6 34. Nxh6 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 $1 R8d7 36. Rxd1 Rxd1 37. Rf3 Kg7 38. Nf5+ Kh7 39. Rg3 (39. Ng3 $1 $16) 39... Rd7 40. h4 $14 { 1/2-1/2 (64) Kurnosov,I (2645)-Matlakov,M (2673) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2012}) 34. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kh2 Bxh6 36. Nxh6 Nb6 $14 { This looks more defendable then in the game}) 19... Nfxe4 $5 $146 { this move produces a lot of complications:} (19... Nxg4 20. hxg4 Rd7 21. b4 Na4 22. Rd1 Qf6 (22... Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Nxc3 24. Qd3 Nxd1 25. Qxd1 d5 26. Bb2 d4 27. Qf3 e4 28. Qf5 $13) 23. Rd3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Red8 $1 (24... d5 25. exd5 Nb6 26. Ne3 Red8 27. Bb2 Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Rad1 Be6 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. Bd5 Bc8 33. c4 Bd6 $11 { 1/2-1/2 (44) Bauer,C (2639)-Kuljasevic,D (2561) Graz AUT 2013}) 25. Ne3 Nb6 26. Bb2 Be7 $1 27. Rad1 Bg5 28. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 29. Bxd5 Kf8 $15) 20. b4 (20. Ng3 Nxg3 21. Qxg3 Kh8 22. Be3 Rae7 23. Qh4 f5 $1 $13 (23... Rd7 24. Qxd8 Rexd8 25. Bxc5 $16)) (20. Be3 $5) 20... Na4 21. Rxe4 (21. Bxh6 Naxc3 22. Be3 Rd7 23. Bb3 $13) 21... Bxe4 22. Qxe4 h5 23. Be3 Rc7 24. Nh6+ gxh6 25. Bb1 f5 26. Qxf5 Nxc3 27. Qxh5 $13) 14... Qd7 {At first an odd looking move, but actually it is not clear if Black can do any better then this move.} (14... Qe7 $5 $146 { (Milos Pavlovic)} 15. a4 $1 Bc6 16. d5 Bd7 17. c4 $14) (14... Re7 15. dxe5 $5 $146 (15. a4 Qe8 $13) (15. Nh4 c5 16. Ng6 (16. dxc5 $1 dxc5 17. c4 b4 $5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Qxb4 Rc7 20. Qc3 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxh4 22. Bb1 Nc6 23. c5 $14) 16... Rc7 17. Nxf8 Qxf8 18. Nf3 exd4 19. cxd4 c4 $1 (19... Nxe4 20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Bf4 Re7 22. Ne5 c4 23. Qc2 Nf6 $15 {1-0 (53) Van Kampen,R (2570)-Arvola,B (2285) London ENG 2012. Black eventually lost the game, but I didn't see anything wrong with his position in a couple of ways, that I mentioned in my comments.}) 20. Qc2 Re7 21. d5 (21. e5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nc6 $19) 21... Qe8 22. Bf4 Rxe4 $17) 15... dxe5 16. c4 $1 $14 {This looks to me like the correct way of playing this position, Black is somehow cramped, while White has already started activities.} c6 $2 (16... Nbd7 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qxb5 $16 { Black doesn't have enough compensation}) 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Nxe5 $1 $18 Rxe5 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Qxb7 $18) 15. Qc2 {Only now when the black knight is deprived of its desired d7-square, does White retreat and defend the pawn on e4.} c5 16. d5 c4 $1 {Taking advantage of the fact that the white structure is a3, c3 thus helping Black.} 17. b3 cxb3 18. Bxb3 Qc7 19. a4 Rc8 20. c4 {Now due to the akwardly placed queen on d7 White managed to come out with the clear and typical play of the Ruy Lopez.} b4 $5 $146 {It was only here that we had a new move, it is interesting to see who evaluated this position better.} (20... Nbd7 {This was played in an earlier game.} 21. Ba3 Qa5 22. Nf1 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nb6 24. N1d2 (24. N3d2 $5 $146 Qxa4 (24... Rc7 25. Qb3 $16) 25. Qxa4 Nxa4 26. Reb1 Rcb8 27. Bxd6 (27. Ng3 $5 Bc8 $1 $13) 27... Bxd6 28. Rxa4 a5 29. Ng3 $1 g6 30. Be2 Bb4 31. Nc4 h5 32. Bf3 $14) 24... Qxa4 25. Qxa4 Nxa4 26. Reb1 Rc7 27. Bxd6 (27. Bb4 $5 a5 28. Rxa4 axb4 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. Rxb4 Nd7 31. Ne1 g6 32. Bb5 Nc5 33. Nd3 Nxd3 34. Bxd3 f5 35. f3 Bb7 { White has some pressure but Black should be able to hold}) 27... Bxd6 28. Rxa4 a5 29. Rb6 (29. Bd3 $1 $146 Nd7 30. Nc4 Nc5 31. Ra2 Bf8 32. Bc2) 29... Bc5 30. Rb5 Bb4 31. Raxb4 axb4 32. d6 (32. Nxe5 Ba6 33. Ra5 Re8 34. Rxa6 Rxe5 35. f4 Re8 36. d6 $13) 32... Rd7 33. Rxb4 Ra7 34. Rb6 Ne8 35. Bxf7+ Rxf7 36. Nxe5 Nxd6 37. Rxd6 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Rxf2 $15 { 0-1 (90) Kamsky,G (2714)-Jakovenko,D (2710) Moscow RUS 2007}) 21. a5 $1 { Preventing of course ...a5} Nbd7 22. Qb1 Rcb8 23. Bc2 Bc8 $1 24. Ra4 Be7 25. Re3 Bd8 $1 {To me this looks perfectly ok for Black.} 26. Rxb4 Qxa5 27. Ba3 Qc7 {Firm control of the c5-square as well as a harmonious position of the black pieces, gives me the impression that his opening problems, if they ever existed, are gone.} 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Rb3 Ra8 {A bit optimistic but playable.} (29... Rxb3 30. Qxb3 Nc5 31. Qe3 Nfd7 32. Nb3 Nb7 $13) 30. Ne1 $1 Nc5 31. Bxc5 $1 Qxc5 32. Nd3 Qa5 {Black has forced White to exchange a bishop for a knight and is hoping to get a bishop on b6.} 33. Qc1 Nd7 34. Ra3 Qc7 35. Ba4 $1 Bg5 $1 36. Bc6 Rb8 37. Qc2 $6 (37. Qe1 $1 {This looks more precise} Nf6 (37... Bxd2 38. Qxd2 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Nf6 40. Qe3 $14) 38. Nf3 Nh5 39. c5 Nf4 40. Nxf4 (40. Nxg5 hxg5 41. Nxf4 gxf4 42. cxd6 Qxd6 {again this is not clear}) 40... Bxf4 { The position is far from clear.}) 37... f5 $5 { A bold reaction, but the alternative appears good:} (37... Nf6 $1 {a perfectly sensible move, the position looks very much ok for Black to me, for instance... } 38. Nf3 (38. Nf1 Nxe4 39. Nxe5 Nc5 40. Nf3 Bf6 $15) 38... Nxe4 39. Ndxe5 Bf5 40. Nxg5 hxg5 41. Nf3 Ng3 42. Qd2 Rb1+ $15) 38. exf5 Nf6 39. g4 $1 { Anand is somebody who will usually refrain from such moves.} e4 (39... Qa7 $5 { preventing c5} 40. Kg2 (40. c5 e4 41. Nb2 Bxd2 42. Qxd2 Qxc5 $13) 40... h5 41. Nf3 hxg4 $1 42. Nxg5 gxh3+ 43. Nxh3 Bxf5 44. Rb3 Bxh3+ 45. Kxh3 Rxb3 46. Qxb3 e4 47. Nf4 Qxf2 {and Black can't lose, of course such lines are not easy to see in a tournament game.}) 40. Ne1 Qe7 $1 41. Ng2 Qe5 {Black did have an interesting possibility, but from psychological point of view it's not easy to give up the nice dark-squared bishop.} (41... Bxd2 $5 42. Qxd2 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 ( 43. Ne1 h5 44. g5 Nh7 45. h4 Bxf5 {Black is fine}) 43... Qe5+ 44. Qf4 Qb2 45. Re3 Qc1 46. Kg3 Qh1 {with an attack for Black.}) 42. Nf1 e3 $6 (42... Rb2 43. Qc3 Qxc3 44. Rxc3 h5 45. Nge3 hxg4 46. hxg4 Bh4 47. Ng3 {and the black initiative is diminished, although this was still better than the choice made in the game.}) 43. Ngxe3 Bh4 $2 44. Rb3 $1 Rxb3 45. Qxb3 Qf4 46. Nd1 Ne4 47. Qe3 {With two pawns down and the rooks already exchanged, Black is simply lost. } Ng5 48. Kg2 Qxc4 49. Nd2 Qc1 50. Nc3 Nf7 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. Nf3 Ne5 53. Nxh4 Qxc3 54. Ng6 Qf3+ 55. Kg1 Bxf5 56. gxf5 Qxf5 57. Nxe5 dxe5 58. Qe6 Qb1+ 59. Kh2 Qc2 60. Qf7 1-0 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2013.06.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2713"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2013.06.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qd3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Bb7 8. e4 b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. b3 c5 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. Qb5+ Qxb5 13. Bxb5+ Ke7 14. Nc5 Bxe4 15. Bb2 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Nxc6+ Kd6 19. Rc1 Kxc6 20. Nxe6+ Kd7 21. Nxf8+ Rhxf8 22. Bxd4 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxg7 Ke6 25. Bxf6 Kxf6 26. Rxh7 Kg6 27. Rh4 Rc2 28. Rxb4 Rxa2 29. Kf1 Ra3 30. Ke2 a5 31. Rb6+ f6 32. Rb5 a4 33. bxa4 Rxa4 34. Kf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2013.06.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "Caruana,F"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2013.06.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. c3 {Not exactly a new move, but not one which I had spent much time analysing. The main focus of attention in this position has been 12.c4.} Kh8 {I spent a long time deciding between this move and the principled 12...Na5. As usual, I probably maid the wrong choice.} 13. Bc2 {This move may look passive, but it has a purpose: White is planning Nb3 and d4, when he can recapture on d4 with a piece.} ({ During the game I was most worried about} 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4) 13... Qd7 ({ I spent some time trying to make} 13... f5 { work, but I couldn't find sufficient compensation after} 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Bd6 16. Re1 {, and next Nf3 covers everything.}) ({I was also considering} 13... b4 14. c4 Nf4 15. Nb3 Ne6 16. d4 Ncxd4 17. Nfxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 { , and felt it was very dangerous for Black, but in fact it isn't easy for White to prove any advantage.}) 14. Nb3 a5 {Taking measures against d4.} 15. a4 ({After} 15. d4 a4 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Rfd8 18. Qd3 g6 { , Black has total control over the white squares.}) 15... bxa4 16. Rxa4 Ncb4 { At this point I'm already committed to a pawn sacrifice. For the pawn I eliminate White's bishop, and I was happy my king would finally feel secure.} ( {I can't afford to allow White's rook to h4:} 16... Nb6 17. Rh4 $1 f5 { , and here I stopped calculating when I saw Ng5 with what seemed to be a tremendous attack. Instead, the machinesuggests} 18. d4 $5 {a move which, to put it mildly, I find shocking. Since I don't understand much in this position, I'll trust Houdini and say White has an advantage.}) 17. Rxa5 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Nb6 {Too hesitant.} ({I should have played the energetic} 18... g5 {, when the tion is completely unclear and Black has full compensation for the pawn.}) 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Nbd2 g5 {A little bit late, but it's still okay.} (20... c5 21. Ne4 Nd5 { was also a perfectly viable option. Black keeps reasonable compensation.}) 21. Nh2 {In hindsight this looks like a mistake, but during the game it was the move I expected.} (21. d4 g4 22. hxg4 Qxg4 {It seems risky for White to allow this, and I felt like I would have a strong attack here, but White has more than sufficient defensive resources. A possible variation is} 23. Ne4 Rg8 24. Ng3 h5 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26. Rxe5 Bg5 27. Bxg5 Rxg5 { , and White has a perpetual with} 28. Re8+ Rg8 29. Re5 {, but nothing more.}) 21... Rd8 22. d4 exd4 ({I spent a lot of time on} 22... Qc6 { , but wasn't satisfied with} 23. Qe4 (23. Ndf3 Rxd4 $1 { exploiting 2 pins, is the point behind Qc6.}) 23... Qxe4 24. Nxe4 exd4 25. Ng4 {, when I even felt I would be worse, which is of course not the case, but Black also won't be better.}) 23. cxd4 Bb4 24. Re2 ({ I was mostly concerned about} 24. Ng4 {, when I planned the simple} Nd5 { The machine is very optimistic for Black, but during the game I had no ambitions beyond equality.}) 24... Qxd4 25. Ndf1 $2 {This is the first very serious mistake Vishy made, and after it he is on the verge of losing.} ({ Although it looks risky, White should bite the bullet with} 25. Qxc7 { , when he will probably survive. For example,} Qd5 26. Nhf3 Na8 27. Qc2 Rc8 28. Qd1 {is a variation I gave in the press conference after the game, and White has gotten over the worst of it.}) 25... Qc5 26. Qxc5 Bxc5 {This endgame is extremely unpleasant for White. Black's advantage is enduring and there is no way for the defender to release the tension.} 27. Rc2 Bd6 28. Ng4 Kg7 29. Bd2 Kg6 {I can calmly start advancing on the kingside.} 30. Nge3 f5 31. Nc4 { Trades don't ease White's defensive task. The bishop pair is a tremendous force even in simplified positions.} Nxc4 32. Rxc4 Ra8 33. Rc1 f4 34. Bc3 h5 35. Nd2 Bd5 36. f3 $2 {After this I encroach even more on White's territory.} Bc5+ 37. Kf1 Be3 {Now the situation has become really critical for White. Only with extremely accurate play can he attempt to hold the balance. His next move, however, was a blunder which loses immediately.} 38. Ke2 $2 Bc4+ { Now it's all over.} 39. Ke1 (39. Kd1 Bf1 { picks up all White's kingside pawns. The tactical point is} 40. Nxf1 Bxc1 41. Kxc1 Ra1+) 39... Re8 40. Kd1 ({ During the game I started to get worried by the clever} 40. Be5 $5 { , which would have been a great last chance. After} Bb5 41. Bxc7 { , I would have to find the study-like} Re7 $3 { , and the bishop on c7 is trapped!} ({Instead, something like} 41... Bb6+ $2 42. Ne4 {gives Black nothing}) 42. Bd8 (42. Kd1 Ba4+ 43. b3 Bxb3+ 44. Nxb3 Bxc1 {wins.}) 42... Rd7 43. Ba5 Bxd2+ 44. Bxd2 Re7+ { and White is completely dominated.}) 40... Bxd2 41. Kxd2 Re2+ { Mopping up White's kingside.} 42. Kd1 Rxg2 43. Bd4 Be2+ 44. Ke1 Bxf3 45. Rxc7 Re2+ 46. Kf1 Rh2 47. Rg7+ Kf5 0-1 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2013.06.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2713"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2013.06.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3 O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. f4 Bb7 16. Ng3 Qc7 17. Kb1 a4 18. Qxb4 Rfc8 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Qd2 d5 21. e5 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rhe1 Bd5 24. Nxe4 Qc4 25. Nc3 Bf3 26. Qd3 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Qc6 28. Ne4 Rab8 29. h5 Rd8 30. Qe3 Qb5 31. Rd3 Qc4 32. Nd6 Qd5 33. Ba7 Qh1+ 34. Qc1 Qxc1+ 35. Kxc1 Rb4 36. Be3 f6 37. a3 Rbb8 38. c4 fxe5 39. fxe5 Rf8 40. c5 Rf3 41. Kc2 Ra8 42. Bd2 Rf2 43. Kc3 Ra6 44. Kc4 Rf8 45. Kb5 Raa8 46. Kc6 Rfd8 47. g6 Rab8 48. Ba5 Rf8 49. Bb6 Rf2 50. Kd7 Bg5 51. b4 axb3 52. Rxb3 hxg6 53. hxg6 Rff8 54. a4 Bf4 55. Kxe6 Ra8 56. a5 Bh2 57. c6 Rf1 58. c7 Re1 59. Rb5 1-0 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2013.06.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C90"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2864"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2013.06.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Nd2 g6 17. a4 h5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qe2 Bh6 20. Ra3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 b4 22. Ra4 Nc6 23. Rea1 Rab8 24. Ra6 Rec8 25. Ba4 Nd8 26. Qe1 Qe7 27. Nf1 Ra8 28. Bb5 Rxa6 29. Bxa6 Ra8 30. Ne3 bxc3 31. bxc3 Qa7 32. Ra4 Qb6 33. Qa1 Nc6 34. h3 Ne7 35. Bc4 Rxa4 36. Qxa4 Bxc4 37. Qxc4 Kg7 38. g3 Ng8 39. Nd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2013.06.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2755"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2013.06.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. Nd5 Bc5 9. e3 a6 10. b3 Ba7 11. Bb2 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Nd2 f5 14. Rc1 f4 15. exf4 exf4 16. Rc4 Ng6 17. Ne4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qa1 Bd4 20. Rxd4 exd4 21. Qxd4 f3 22. Bh1 Be6 23. Nc3 c6 24. d6 Bd5 25. Ne4 Qd7 26. Rd1 Rad8 27. Qe3 Qf7 28. h4 Qf5 29. Kh2 Rd7 30. Re1 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qxg5+ Qxg5 33. Nxg5 Rxd6 34. Re3 Rdf6 35. Kg1 a5 36. Nh3 b5 37. Nf4 Rxf4 38. gxf4 Rxf4 39. Kf1 Kf7 40. Ke1 Kf6 41. Kd2 a4 42. bxa4 Rxa4 43. Bxf3 Rxa2+ 44. Kc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2013.06.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2782"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2013.06.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 d6 10. a3 Ne7 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. Ne2 c5 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Qf3 c4 17. dxc4 bxc4 18. Qxf6 Qd8 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Bxc4 Rac8 21. Bd3 Nf8 22. b4 Nd7 23. Kf2 Nb6 24. Ke2 Na4 25. Nb3 Nb2 26. Na5 Nxd3 27. Kxd3 d5 28. Rc1 dxe4+ 29. Kxe4 Rc3 30. Kxe5 Rxe3+ 31. Kf4 Rxa3 32. Ne4 Kg7 33. Nb7 Rd5 34. Nbd6 f5 35. c4 Rdd3 36. Nxf5+ Bxf5 37. Kxf5 Rab3 38. Nc5 Rdc3 39. Nxb3 Rxb3 40. c5 Rxb4 41. c6 Rb8 42. c7 Rc8 43. Ke6 1-0 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2013.06.12"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2013.06.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 c6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Qa6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Nc4 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Qf3 Rad8 14. Rfd1 Nb6 15. Ne3 Ba3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nd5 19. Qd3 Nf4 20. Nc4 Qe7 21. Qf3 Qf6 22. g3 Nd5 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Kf1 Rd7 25. Rd3 Rfd8 26. c3 Rc8 27. Ne3 c5 28. dxc5 Nxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Rxc5 30. c4 b5 31. cxb5 Rxb5 32. Rc1 Ra5 33. Rc2 f5 34. f4 Kg7 35. Ree2 Rad5 36. Kf2 h5 37. h4 Kf6 38. Rc3 Rd1 39. Rcc2 a5 40. Rc5 a4 41. bxa4 R1d4 42. a5 Ra4 43. Rec2 Rd3 44. R5c3 Rd1 45. Rc5 Ra3 46. Rb5 Rh1 47. Kg2 Ra1 48. Rd2 Kg6 49. Re2 Kf6 50. Rd2 Rc1 51. Re2 Rc8 52. Kh2 Rc1 53. Kg2 Ra1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2013.06.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2013.06.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Nc4 f6 10. Nh4 Nf8 11. Be3 Bb6 12. a4 Be6 13. a5 Bd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. b3 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qe2 Bxc4 18. bxc4 g5 19. Rfb1 b5 20. cxb5 cxb5 21. Qe3 a6 22. Ra3 c5 23. c3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Rad8 25. Rd1 c4 26. Kf2 cxd3 27. Ke1 f5 28. exf5 e4 29. Kd2 Rf8 30. g4 g6 31. Rf1 gxf5 32. gxf5 Rd5 33. Rb3 Rdxf5 34. Rxf5 Rxf5 35. Rb4 Rf2+ 36. Kd1 Rf3 37. Rxe4 Rxh3 38. Kd2 Rh2+ 39. Kxd3 Ra2 40. Rg4 Rxa5 41. Rxg5+ Kf7 42. e4 Ra3 43. Rc5 b4 44. Kc2 Rxc3+ 45. Rxc3 bxc3 46. Kxc3 Ke6 47. Kb4 Ke5 48. Ka5 Kxe4 49. Kxa6 Kd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2013.06.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2013.06.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 d4 6. e3 e5 7. exd4 exd4 8. d3 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. h3 Bxf4 14. hxg4 Bd6 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Bd5 Re8 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Re4 Bf8 21. Rae1 Rf6 22. Qd1 h6 23. a3 a6 24. Nf3 b5 25. Ne5 Qc7 26. f4 Bd6 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Nf3 Qd7 29. g5 hxg5 30. Nxg5 Rh6 31. Qe2 Rf8 32. Kg2 Qc6 33. Qf3 Bc7 34. Re8 Bd8 35. Qxc6 Rxc6 36. Nf3 Bf6 37. g4 g6 38. g5 Bg7 39. R1e4 c4 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Nxd4 cxd3 42. Nf3 Rc2+ 43. Kf1 Rxb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2013.06.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2013.06.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1 Qf6 9. Rxg4 Qxf3 10. Rxg7 Nf6 11. Bd2 Ng4 12. Nd1 Nxh2 13. Bg2 Qf6 14. Rxh7 Rg8 15. Bh3 Nf3+ 16. Kf1 Ng5 17. Rh4 Nxh3 18. Rxh3 e5 19. Rh1 Bf5 20. Qb3 dxc4 21. Qxb7 Bd3+ 22. Ke1 Qf3 23. Qxa8+ Kd7 0-1 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2013.06.12"] [Round "9"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "154"] [EventDate "2013.06.12"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Ne5 Nc6 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nd2 Rab8 12. Nb3 b6 13. Bf4 Rbc8 14. Rfd1 Nd5 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Rab1 Rfd8 17. Qe4 Ndb4 18. a3 Nd5 19. e3 g6 20. f4 Bg7 21. Qf3 a5 22. Bf1 a4 23. Nc1 b5 24. d4 cxd4 25. e4 Nc7 26. Nd3 e5 27. f5 Na6 28. g4 Qd6 29. Rbc1 b4 30. Rc4 bxa3 31. Rxa4 Nc5 32. Rxa3 Nxd3 33. Bxd3 Nb4 34. Bxb4 Qxb4 35. Ra7 Rf8 36. g5 Qb6 37. Ra6 Qxb2 38. f6 Bh8 39. Qe2 Qc3 40. h4 Rb8 41. Ra2 Rb6 42. Rc2 Qa3 43. Kg2 Bxf6 44. gxf6 Rxf6 45. Rf1 Qe7 46. Rc7 Qxc7 47. Rxf6 Qe7 48. Qf2 Kg7 49. Rc6 Rd8 50. Qg3 Rd7 51. h5 Rc7 52. Rxc7 Qxc7 53. Qg5 h6 54. Qg3 Qd6 55. Kh2 Qf6 56. hxg6 fxg6 57. Kg2 h5 58. Qh3 Kh6 59. Qc8 Qg5+ 60. Kh1 Qf6 61. Qc1+ Qg5 62. Qf1 Qh4+ 63. Kg2 Qg4+ 64. Kh1 Kg5 65. Bc2 Qh4+ 66. Kg2 Qf4 67. Qc4 h4 68. Qc8 Qd2+ 69. Kf1 Kf4 70. Ba4 Kg3 71. Qf8 Qf4+ 72. Qxf4+ Kxf4 73. Bc2 g5 74. Kg2 Ke3 75. Kh3 d3 76. Ba4 Kxe4 77. Kg4 Ke3 0-1 [Event "Norway Chess 1st"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.18"] [Round "9"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A35"] [WhiteElo "2743"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "Sumets,A"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2013.05.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Be2 d5 { A rare line. Usually Black plays ...d5 after castling short.} (7... O-O 8. O-O d5) 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxc6 (9. Ndb5 {is not dangerous for Black:} Nxc3 10. Qxd8+ Nxd8 11. bxc3 (11. Nc7+ $2 Kd7 12. Nxa8 Nxe2 13. Kxe2 b6 14. Rd1+ Kc6 $17) 11... O-O 12. O-O Bf5 $11) 9... bxc6 10. Na4 O-O 11. O-O Bf5 { Black has other options which gives him an equal game.} (11... Rb8 12. Bd2 (12. e4 $5 Nc7 13. Be3 Ne6 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. b3 Rd8 16. Qe1 Qxe1 17. Rfxe1 $14) 12... Nb6 13. Nc3 Nd5 14. Na4 Nb6 (14... Bf5 $5) (14... Qd6 $5) 15. Nc3 Nd5 16. Qc1 ( 16. Na4 $11) 16... Nb4 $1 17. Rd1 Nd3 18. Bxd3 Qxd3 19. Be1 Qf5 (19... Qa6 $5 20. b3 c5 21. Rb1 Bf5 22. e4 Bg4 23. f3 Be6 $15) 20. Na4 Qb5 21. Qc2 Ba6 (21... Be6 22. Rac1 Bxa2 23. b4 Be6 24. Nc5 $44) 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rfd8 24. h3 Qc4 25. Rd4 Qe2 { 1/2 Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2534)-Abreu Delgado,A (2480) Holguin 2002}) (11... Nb6 12. Nc5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Bd2 Bf5 16. Qc1 Bd3 17. Bxd3 Qxd3 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. Bb4 (19. Bc3 Qxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rb8 $11) 19... Qe2 20. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qxb2 $15 { 0-1 Van Scheltinga,T-Tarjan,J Wijk aan Zee 1974 0-1 (29)}) 12. g4 $1 { The only chance to play for an advantage.} (12. Bd2 Rb8 13. Qc1 Qd6 14. Rd1 Qf6 (14... Rfd8 {it seems that Black has better chances} 15. Bf3 Nb4 $15) 15. Bf3 Qe5 16. Qc4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Rxb6 18. Bc3 Qb5 19. Qxb5 cxb5 20. Rac1 Rc8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Kf1 b4 23. Ke1 {1/2-1/2 Landa,K-Atalik,S Bad Wiessee 2003}) 12... Be6 (12... Bd7 {This move deserves attention. Black should have played ...Nc7 with the following ...Ne6, ...Nd4. Let's see the game.} 13. e4 Nb6 (13... Nc7 $1 14. Nc5 Bc8 15. Rb1 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 $11) 14. Nc5 Qc7 15. Nd3 $6 (15. Qc2 Rad8 16. Be3 $14) 15... c5 16. Bf4 e5 $2 (16... Qc6 $1 17. Bf3 Rad8 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Rac1 Bc4) 17. Be3 $14 {Godes,D-Carmel,E Tel Aviv 2001 1-0 (37)}) 13. e4 Nb4 14. Nc5 $1 Bxa2 $2 {It is very difficult to explain this move. It can be assumed that Anand didn't see or underestimated 16.Qa5.} (14... Qxd1 15. Rxd1 (15. Bxd1 $2 Bxa2 $17) 15... Nc2 16. Nxe6 $8 (16. Rb1 $2 Bxa2 $18) 16... fxe6 17. Rb1 Bd4) ( 14... Qd6 $5 15. Be3 (15. Nxe6 $6 Qxe6 16. Qb3 Qxe4 17. Bf3 Qd3 18. Rd1 Qxb3 19. axb3 a5 20. Rd7 e6 $15) 15... Rfb8 16. a3 Qxd1 17. Bxd1 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Na2 ( 18... Bxa3 $2 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rb3 $18) 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. Rxb2 Bc4 21. Rfb1 Rb6 22. Rxb6 axb6 23. Rxb6 Nc3 24. Rxc6 Nxe4 $1 25. Nxe4 Bd5 $11) 15. Qa4 $1 Qd4 ( 15... a5 16. Rxa2 Nxa2 17. Qxa2 $16) 16. Qa5 $1 {We can evaluate this position as very dangerous for Black. All this is a consequence of one bad move 14.... Bxa2.} Rfd8 (16... Be5 17. Rd1 Bxh2+ 18. Kg2 Bc7 19. Qxc7 $1 ({Not so clear} 19. Rxd4 Bxa5 20. Rxb4 Bxb4 21. Na6 Bd6 22. Rxa2) 19... Qxc5 20. Bh6 a5 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Rac1 Qg5 23. Rc3 $16) 17. Kg2 $6 (17. Rd1 $1 { After this move Anand could resign very soon.} Qxd1+ 18. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 19. Kg2 Rb8 (19... Nc2 20. Qa4 Ne1+ (20... Nxa1 21. Qxd1 $18) 21. Kg3 $1 $18) (19... Rd4 20. Be3 Rc4 21. Rxa2 Nxa2 22. Qxa2 $18) 20. Bf4 Rxa1 21. Bxb8 $18) 17... Bc4 18. Rd1 $1 Bxe2 (18... Qxd1 19. Bxd1 Rxd1 20. Qxb4 Bf1+ 21. Kf3 $18 (21. Kh1 $4 Bh3+ 22. Qe1 Rxe1#)) 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Be3 Rc4 21. Re1 $1 $16 Bxg4 22. b3 Rxc5 23. Bxc5 Nd3 $6 (23... Nc2 $1 {The world champion's last chance to escape was a fortress. He could try to achieve a fortress after} 24. Rc1 Nd4 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Rxc6 e5 27. Rd6 $6 (27. Qd5 Re8 28. b4 Be6 29. Qd6 Kg7 30. Rc7 Kg8 31. h4 { I believe that gradually White will win this position}) 27... Kg7 28. Rd8 $2 Rxd8 29. Qxd8 Be6 {Despite the computer assessment +2, I have serious doubts that White can win. Especially if he plays} 30. f4 $2 Bb6 (30... Bxb3 $5 31. f5 f6 32. Qc7+ Bf7) 31. Qb8 exf4 32. Qxf4 Bxb3) 24. Re3 Nxc5 25. Qxc5 e5 26. Rd3 Rc8 27. Qxa7 Bf8 28. Qb7 $18 { Compare this position with the position after 23...Nc2.} c5 29. Rd5 f6 30. Rd2 Re8 31. Ra2 Re7 32. Qb6 Rf7 33. f3 Bh5 34. Ra8 Kg7 35. Rxf8 Rxf8 36. Qxc5 g5 37. b4 Ra8 38. b5 1-0 [Event "Norway Chess 1st"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.17"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2608"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2013.05.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. Qd2 c5 9. d5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e6 { For this line - see Gelfand - Grischuk in CBM 154.} 11. d6 { The World Champion goes for the most principled although double-edged line.} e5 12. h4 Be6 13. Nh3 $5 $146 (13. h5 g5 14. h6 Kh8 15. Nf3 f6 16. Be2 Nc6 17. Nh2 Qd7 18. Nf1 Nd8 19. Rd1 Nf7 $13 { 1-0 (49) Akesson,R (2466)-Boros,D (2457) Budapest 2008}) 13... Qxh4 { Black accepts the pawn sacrifice, which leads to big complications.} (13... f6 $5) 14. O-O-O Qxe4 (14... Nd7 15. Bb5 $44) (14... h5 15. f3 $44) 15. Bd3 (15. Ng5 $142 Qf4 16. Qxf4 exf4 17. Nxh7 Rd8 18. Ng5 Nd7 (18... Bxa2 19. Kb2 Be6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bc4 $44) 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bc4 Nf8 21. Rhe1 Kg7 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Rxe6 {keeping some pressure in the rook ending.}) 15... Qa4 16. Ng5 Qxa2 17. Qe3 (17. Qxa2 Bxa2 18. Kb2 Be6 19. Rxh7 Nd7 20. Rh4 {was also possible, keeping good compensation for the material. With the queens on the board, White's king can be as vulnerable as Black's.}) 17... Qa3+ 18. Kd2 Qb2+ 19. Bc2 $1 (19. Ke1 Qxc3+ 20. Kf1 Qd4) 19... Bf5 20. Rc1 $6 { White takes a risk, which pays off.} (20. Nxh7 {lead to a perpetual after} Bxc2 $1 21. Qh6 $1 Bxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Qb1+ {V.Anand}) 20... Rd8 $2 { A natural but losing move.} (20... Nc6 $1 {was correct:} 21. Nxh7 Rfd8 $1 22. Nf6+ (22. Qh6 f6 $1 23. Nxf6+ Kf7) 22... Kg7 23. Nd5 Rh8 $1 24. Ne7 $1 Bxc2 25. Rxc2 Qb5 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28. Qxe5+ Kg8 {, and Black keeps an advantage. However, he failed to find such a subtle defence over the board.}) 21. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 22. Qxe5 Rxd6+ $8 (22... Kg8 $2 23. Qd5+ Kg7 24. Rxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rh1+ Kg7 26. Qe5+ $18 {M.Golubev}) 23. Qxd6 Nc6 24. Rxh7+ Kg8 25. Rd7 $1 { This is probably what Black overlooked.} Re8 26. Qf6 $1 Bxd7 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Rh1 Re2+ 30. Kxe2 Nd4+ (30... Qxc2+ 31. Ke3 $18) 31. cxd4 Qxc2+ 32. Ke3 Qc3+ 33. Kf4 Qxd4+ 34. Qxd4 cxd4 { Black has avoided mate but the endgame is hopeless for him.} 35. Ke4 a5 36. Kxd4 a4 37. Kc3 b5 38. Kb4 Kf7 39. Rh7+ Ke6 40. g4 Be8 41. f4 Kf6 42. Rh6+ Kg7 43. g5 Bg6 44. Rh3 Bf5 45. Re3 1-0 [Event "Norway Chess 1st"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.15"] [Round "7"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2745"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2013.05.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. Qa4+ {Ever since I have started studying the Catalan, I got to know that such early checks do not offer White much. There was a strong temptation to question this long established rule, but it failed every time. This game will confirm the old evaluation.} Bd7 7. Qxc4 Bc6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 (9. Bg5 Rc8 10. Bxf6 gxf6 { At the cost of spoiling his structure, Black keeps all his pieces on optimal positions.} ({In a historic game, he got into unexpected problems after} 10... Nxf6 11. dxc5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bxc5 13. Qb5+ Qd7 14. Nc3 Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Ke7 16. b4 Bxb4 17. Nxa7 Rc7 18. Rfc1 $36 {Kasparov,G (2690)-Kortschnoj,V (2610)/London 1983/Candidates/[ChessBase] (1-0, 46). Black lost the b7-pawn soon and after a tough defence, the game.}) 11. Nc3 b5 $132 { Inkiov,V (2485)-Pinter,J (2575)/Zagreb 1987/CBM 004/[Ftacnik] (1-0, 36)}) 9... Rc8 10. Be3 {Quite provocative.} ({The cautious} 10. Qd3 { does not offer much either:} cxd4 (10... Be7 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 O-O 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Be3 Qc6+ 16. Kg1 Ne5 17. Na5 Qc7 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qxb7 { Kurajica,B (2520)-Todorovic,G (2435)/Biel 1991/EXT 2000 (1-0, 74)} Qxb7 20. Nxb7 Nc4 $15) 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Bc5 13. Nb3 O-O 14. Bf4 Bb4 15. Nb5 { Alburt,L (2535)-Pinter,J (2540)/Taxco 1985/IZT (1/2, 55)} Qb6 $11 16. Be3 Nc5) (10. Bg5 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qf4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Rfd1 $6 (14. Qxf6 { is somewhat better, but does not cause Black problems.} Nxf6 15. Rfd1 Ke7 { In fact, with his king ready for centralisation, Black may even get the better chances in the long run.}) 14... Qxf4 15. gxf4 Bb4 16. Rac1 Ke7 17. a3 $6 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Rc8 (20... Nc5 21. f5 $5) (20... b6 $15) 21. Bxb7 Rxc3 22. Ra1 Nc5 $15 {Bacrot,E (2709)-Kortschnoj,V (2623)/Odessa (rapid) 2007/CBM 119 (1/2, 51). As we see, Korchnoi did not abandon his old line despite the unfavourable result.}) 10... b5 $1 11. Qd3 (11. Nxb5 $2 Nb6 12. Qb3 c4 $19) 11... b4 12. Nb1 c4 $5 {Usually, Black does not release the tension so easily in this structure, but the bishop's presence in front of the e2-pawn will cause White problems setting his centre in motion.} 13. Qc2 (13. Qxc4 $2 Bxf3) 13... Be7 14. a3 $146 {This novelty is not too impressive.} (14. Bg5 Be4 15. Qa4 O-O 16. Nbd2 Bc6 17. Qc2 Nb6 18. Rac1 Ba4 19. Qb1 c3 20. Nb3 Bb5 $17 { Vaulin,A (2490)-Sherbakov,R (2580)/Elista 1997/CBM 059/[Hecht] (0-1, 78)}) 14... b3 $5 {Anand correctly evaluates that White will not get any profit from the control of the c3-square.} (14... a5 15. axb4 axb4 { looks entirely acceptable, though.}) 15. Qc1 Nb6 16. Nc3 Nfd5 { As we see, both knights are ready for undermining the blockade on c3.} 17. Bd2 O-O 18. Ne5 $6 ({White would win a tempo over the game with} 18. Re1 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Be4 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Na4 { , but this is not that relevant for the evaluation of the position since} 22. e4 {is strongly met with} f5) 18... Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Na4 $17 { This knight paralyses the white queenside.} 21. Re1 f5 22. f3 Bg5 23. e3 Bf6 { White has two minor pieces installed on stable squares, but they are both exposed to an exchange at a moment that can be chosen by Black at his own convenience.} 24. e4 { This looks like premature activity and will only make things worse.} Bxe5 25. dxe5 fxe4 26. Rxe4 Qd3 {The most ambitious approach, keeping the mighty knight. } ({However,} 26... Nxc3 {is also quite promising} 27. Qxc3 Qd3 28. Re3 Qxc3 29. Rxc3 Rfd8 $17) 27. Re3 Qd5 28. Qe1 Rfd8 29. Rc1 Qb5 30. Rd1 Rd3 { Black's domination on the light squares is overwhelming now.} 31. Rexd3 (31. Rc1 Qd5) 31... cxd3 32. Bd4 Qc4 33. Be3 Nxb2 34. Rc1 d2 0-1 [Event "Norway Chess 1st"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.14"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2013.05.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8. Bd2 Re8 9. a4 f6 10. O-O Nf8 11. Be3 Ne6 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Ne3 Ne6 14. Nh4 a5 15. b3 Qd4 16. Nhf5 Qc5 17. Qd2 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qe2 Be6 20. Kh1 Rad8 21. Qe1 b6 22. g4 Kf7 23. Rg1 g5 24. h4 Rg8 25. Qe2 Ke7 26. Raf1 h6 27. Rg2 b5 28. Rh2 Rg7 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rb1 bxa4 31. bxa4 Qxa4 32. Qe1 Ra8 33. Qc3 Kd7 34. Nc4 c5 35. Rh6 Rf7 36. Ne3 Qc6 37. Qa3 a4 38. c4 Qd6 39. Kg2 Qf8 40. Rbh1 Qd6 41. Rh8 Rff8 42. R8h7+ Kc8 43. Nd5 Bxd5 44. cxd5 Rd8 45. Rc1 Rd7 46. Rh3 Ra5 47. Rc4 Qa6 48. Rh1 Qb5 49. Qc3 a3 50. Ra1 a2 51. Qd2 Rh7 52. Rcc1 Rh8 53. f3 Kd7 54. Rxa2 Rxa2 55. Qxa2 Qxd3 56. Rxc5 Qd1 57. Rxc7+ Kxc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Chess 1st"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.13"] [Round "5"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2013.05.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 { This retreat has been fashionable for a while after 6.Be3 e5, thanks to the efforts of Dieter Nisipeanu. However, there is a lot of practical material with the current position as well.} h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. Bg2 O-O (11... Rc8 12. O-O Nh7 13. Be3 h4 14. g4 O-O 15. Qd2 Rc6 16. Rac1 Bg5 { Motylev,A (2655)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2717)/Yekaterinburg 2013/ (1/2, 40)}) 12. O-O b5 {Black cannot afford to delay his counterplay, facing the risk of being submitted to a blockade on the light squares.} 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Nxb5 Qb8 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qd3 Qc8 18. Nxd6 $146 (18. b3 Bxh3 19. c4 h4 { Naiditsch,A (2685)-Urkedal,F (2438)/Stockholm 2011/CBM 140 Extra (1-0, 49)}) 18... Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxc2 20. Nc3 Qxb2 21. Nd1 Qb8 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. Ne3 g6 24. h4 Ng4 25. Nxg4 Bxg4 26. Rc1 Kg7 27. Rc5 Rb1+ 28. Kh2 Rb2 29. Kg1 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Chess 1st"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Szabo,Kr"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2013.05.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 {This line is very popular nowadays. White wants to avoid the sharp 8.a4 lines and tries to play positionally.} O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 ({ The other main lines are} 10... Bb7) ({and} 10... h6) 11. Re1 ({One month ago} 11. h3 {was tried} Na5 12. Bc2 Bb7 (12... c5 13. dxc5 (13. d5 c4) (13. Re1 { transposes to 11.Re1.}) 13... dxc5 14. Qe2 {is similar to the text move.}) 13. Qb1 (13. Re1 exd4 14. Bxd4 c5 15. Be3 h6 $13) 13... exd4 (13... h6 14. Re1) 14. cxd4 Nc4 15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. Nd2 (16. e5 dxe5 (16... Bxf3 $2 17. exf6) 17. dxe5 Bxf3 18. exf6 Bxg2 $1 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Kg1 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rxe3 (21... Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Qd5+ 23. e4 Qh5 {with perpetual checks.}) 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. fxg7+ Kxg7 24. Rf2 Rg3+ 25. Kh2 Qd6 $13 {with a very unclear fight.}) 16... Rb8 17. Nxc4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Qd3 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Nf6 21. Bd2 Ba7 $13 { and Black looks OK, Ponomariov-Giri, Zug 2013.}) 11... Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 $146 {A logical novelty.} (13. h3 cxd4 { Probably Anand didn't want to allow this move.} (13... Nc6 14. d5 (14. dxc5 dxc5 (14... Bxc5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4) 15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 { and Black hasn't got any problems.}) 14... Ne7 (14... Na5 15. b3 $14) 15. a4 Bd7 {with a typical Ruy Lopez middlegame.}) 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 (15. Bxd4 Bb7 $11) 15... Bb7 16. Nf5 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 g6 {and Black looks nicely placed.}) 13... dxc5 14. Qe2 Ng4 { Nakamura would like to take advantage of White's missing h3 immediately.} 15. Nf1 Be6 16. Ng5 (16. h3 {was an interesting alternative} Nxe3 ({or} 16... Bc4 17. Qd2 Nxe3 (17... Qxd2 18. Bxd2) 18. Qxd8 (18. Nxe3 Qxd2 19. Nxd2 Be6 20. Nf3 f6 21. Nd5 Nc4 $11) 18... Raxd8 19. Nxe3 Bc7 (19... Be6 $2 20. Nxe5) 20. b4 cxb4 21. cxb4 Nc6 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Ba4 Re6 24. Rac1 $14 { and White is slightly better.}) 17. Nxe3 Nc4 18. Red1 Qc7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Nxb2 21. Bb3 c4 22. Qxb2 cxb3 23. axb3 f6 {with a nearly equal position.}) 16... Nxe3 17. Nxe6 fxe6 (17... Rxe6 $6 {is dubious because of} 18. Nxe3 $14 { followed by Nd5.}) 18. Nxe3 c4 19. Qh5 Qc7 20. Ng4 Rf8 {A very unusual position in Ruy Lopez. Black has doubles e-pawns, but thanks to the weak f2 P he gets enough counterplay.} 21. Re2 (21. Rad1 Nc6 $11) 21... Rad8 $1 22. Rd1 ( 22. Qxe5 $2 {doesn't work because of} Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxf2 $1 24. Rxf2 Rd2 $15 { and White is in a big trouble.}) 22... Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Rd8 (23... Qd6 24. Bc2 Nc6 $11) 24. Bc2 (24. Rd2 $5 Nc6 $11) 24... b4 $2 { A very ambitious move, but he missed White's strong answer.} ({The simple} 24... Nc6 {was the correct} 25. Rd2 Qe7 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. h3 Kf8 $1 28. Qxh7 Qd2 $44 {and Black has good counterchances.}) 25. cxb4 $2 { Spoiling the sudden chance.} (25. Rd2 $1 {was the strongest move:} Nc6 26. Ba4 $1 bxc3 27. bxc3 g6 28. Qh6 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 $16 { and Black faces a very unpleasant endgame.}) 25... Nc6 (25... c3 { was also possible, but after} 26. bxc3 (26. bxa5 $2 cxb2) 26... Qxc3 27. h3 ( 27. h4 $5) 27... Nc6 28. Bb3 Nd4 29. Re3 Qxb4 30. Nxe5 Rf8 31. Qg4 { it is very difficult to play with Black.}) 26. Ba4 $6 ({Still} 26. Rd2 { gives the best chance} Nd4 27. Ne3 a5 $44) 26... Nxb4 27. Qxe5 Qe7 $1 { A very strong cold-blooded move by Nakamura!} 28. Qh5 Nxa2 (28... Nd3) ({or} 28... Rf8 {were also promising for Black.}) 29. g3 $2 { A decisive mistake probably in time trouble.} (29. Ne5 { was the last chance, which sometimes threatens with Nc6 fork.} g6 (29... Nc1 30. Rc2) 30. Qg4 Qd6 31. Nf3 Nc1 32. Rd2 Nd3 33. Bc2 { and White can hold his position.}) 29... Nc1 $1 $19 { A very strong N move, followed by Nd3. White's position is already hopeless.} 30. Rc2 Nd3 31. e5 Rf8 32. Rxc4 (32. Bc6 Rf5 33. Qe8+ Qxe8 34. Bxe8 h5 $19) 32... Bxf2+ 33. Kg2 (33. Nxf2 Qa7 $1 $19) 33... Bc5 34. Bc6 Rf5 35. Qh4 Ne1+ 36. Kh3 Qf7 37. Rxc5 Rh5 38. Bg2 Rxh4+ 39. gxh4 Qf5 {A great win by Nakamura!} 0-1 [Event "Norway Chess 1st"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.10"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2793"] [Annotator "Szabo,Kr"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2013.05.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Rg1 {The main line is 12.g5, but nowadays the text move has become very popular. Actually Anand was the first to play it himself in 2006 against Morozevich.} Nb6 (12... b4 { is the other possibility.} 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 a5 15. g5 Nh5 16. Kb1 a4 17. Nc1 {with a slightly better position for White. Now we can understand the main idea behind the 12.Rg1 move, that the R will join the battle from g4!}) 13. Na5 $1 {A very typical reaction in this 12.Rg1 line. White avoids Nc4 and also prepares for a positional P sacrifice after Nd5.} Rc8 ({In the event of} 13... Qc7 14. g5 Nh5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxa5 18. Kb1 ({or} 18. Bd3 { . White has sacrificed a P, but the d5 square and the B pair give a nice compensation for that. White's plan is Rg4 and c4, or Be4.})) 14. g5 Nh5 15. Kb1 Nf4 {Topalov prevents Nd5, so b4 is threatening now.} (15... b4 { is too early, as} 16. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qxa5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Bh3 { and Black cannot protect the e6 P. For example:} Kf7 $2 20. g6+ $1 hxg6 21. Qg2 $18 {and White wins.}) (15... g6 {was a game between Anand-Karjakin} 16. Nd5 ( 16. a3 $5 Qc7 (16... Nf4 {is transposing to the game.}) 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxa5 20. Bd3 Rfd8 21. Rg4 Rb8 22. Rh4 $1 { A very strong move. Now Black can't avoid Rxh5 and Qe4 with a decisive attack.} Qc7 23. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qxf5 Bf8 26. g6 $18 { with a winning attack, Ter Sahakyan-Y.Wei, Athens 2012.}) 16... Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxa5 19. c4 (19. Bd3 $5) 19... Nf4 (19... Rb8 20. Rg4 Ng7 21. h4 Nf5 22. Bf2 Bd8 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bd3 b4 25. Qb3 $44 { Anand-Karjakin, Nice rapid 2009}) 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Qxb5 Qa7 $13 {with a double-edged fight.}) 16. a3 g6 $146 {The first novelty in the game.} ( 16... Qc7 {was an alternative} 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxa5 21. Bd3 g6 22. h4 Rc5 23. Qe4 Re5 24. Qxf4 Rb8 25. c3 Qb6 26. Bc2 a5 27. Bb3 $36 { and White has some initiative, Dominguez Perez-Van Wely, Wijk aan Zee 2010.}) 17. h4 Qc7 (17... d5 {could have been met by} 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxa5 22. Bd3 Rfd8 23. Qb3 Rc5 24. Be4 $14 { and White is slightly better, because his B is stronger, than his opponent's.}) 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nxd5 { This is forced, otherwise Nc6 is very unpleasant.} 21. Qxd5 Qxa5 (21... Qxc2+ $2 {is only a check,} 22. Ka1 {and now we can understand 16.a3, otherwise White gets mated on the back rank with Qc1.}) 22. Rg4 $1 {The R comes immediately into play. White wins back the P, then thanks to his better B and the attack with h5, his chances are better.} (22. Bd3 {transposes to 16...Qc7.} ) 22... Rc5 23. Qb3 d5 ({In the event of} 23... Rf5 24. Bd3 {followed by Rxf4.} ) 24. Rxf4 {Now we can understand Anand's 17th move. The g5 P is protected} Qc7 25. Rfd4 Qh2 {Topalov wants to complicate the play, he tries to create some counterplay with his Q in the opponent's position.} ({After} 25... Rd8 { White can continue with} 26. f4 $1 { and White's position is more promising, he threatens with Bg2 or f5.}) 26. c3 { A deep cold-blooded reaction. Anand doesn't hurry with the takes on d5. The plan will be understandable on the next move.} Rd8 27. Qc2 $1 {This is the point of c3. White would like to exchange the Q, as the endgame is much better to him.} Qg3 {Of course...} (27... Qxc2+ $6 28. Kxc2 f6 29. f4 $16 { followed by Bg2 and the d5 P is lost.}) 28. f4 {Prepares for Bg2.} Bd6 $6 ({ Probably} 28... Qxh4 { should have been played, however White has also a slight advantage after} 29. Bg2 Rc4 $1 30. Bxd5 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 $14 { but still Black has some drawing chances after} Kf8 {.}) 29. Bg2 Bxf4 30. Bxd5 {White has a big advantage, because his B is much better and the f7 P is also very weak.} Kg7 31. Qe4 $1 $16 { A very strong move again... Anand protects the d5 B and prepares for Rf1!} Qe3 (31... Be5 $2 {loses to} 32. Rf1 $1 Bxd4 33. Qxd4+ $18) 32. Qh1 $1 { Of course... White doesn't change Q, as he hopes for some attack.} Rd7 33. R1d3 $6 (33. Qf1 $1 {was the best and in the event of} Be5 34. R4d3 $1 Qf4 35. Rf3 $1 $18 {White wins.}) 33... Qe5 $2 { Loses immediately, but Black's position was already difficult.} (33... Qf2 34. Qe4 $1 (34. Rf3 $2 Qxd4 $1 35. cxd4 Rc1+ {and Black escapes.}) 34... Qxh4 35. Bb3 $1 {and Black's position is hopeless.}) ({Maybe} 33... Qe2 { gives the best chance, but after} 34. Rd1 {White can improve his pieces.}) 34. Qf3 $1 $18 Bh2 35. Be6 { A very pretty winning move, although it wasn't the only one.} ({The simple} 35. Bb3 $18 {was also good.}) 35... Re7 36. Re4 Rxe6 37. Rxe5 Rcxe5 38. Rd8 Re4 39. Ka2 Bf4 40. Rd7 Kg8 41. Ra7 {This was a nice win by Anand!} 1-0 [Event "Norway Chess 1st"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2868"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "Szabo,Kr"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2013.05.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 e5 8. Qd3 b5 $5 {A very logical move. Black attacks White's P centre in order to lessen the pressure against d5.} 9. Nc3 (9. Na3 {has also been played, but} Qb6 10. O-O h6 11. b3 Nf6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf1 Bc6 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. Be3 Qb7 17. Nc2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rfc8 $132 { and Black looks nicely placed, Tiviakov-Babula, Dresden 2007.}) 9... bxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qd3 (11. Qc6+ {leads only to repetition of moves after} Bd7 12. Qc4 Be6 $11) (11. Nd5 Qa5+ 12. Qc3 (12. Bd2 Bxd5 13. exd5 Qb5 $13) 12... Qxc3+ 13. Nxc3 h6 14. b3 Rc8 15. Bb2 Nf6 16. O-O Be7 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Nd2 Rc6 $13 { D.Howell-Shanava, Istanbul ol 2012}) 11... h6 { This important move avoids B or Ng5.} ({In the event of} 11... Nf6 $6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. O-O {followed by Nd5 with a slight advantage for White.}) 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rd1 $146 { The first novelty in the game. The idea can be seen in the next moves.} (13. Be3 Be7 14. Nd2 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Rfc1 Kd7 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rhc8 $11 { Yu Ruiyuan-Zhou Jianchao, Tianjin 2013. Black equalised.}) 13... Be7 14. Ne1 $5 {A very typical plan in these P structures. The white N goes to c2-e3 and d5.} O-O 15. Nc2 Qb6 16. Ne3 Rfc8 17. b3 { A prophylactic move, Carlsen prepares for Bd2.} ({The immediate} 17. Ned5 { is probably too early, as} Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Rab8 (19... Qb4 20. b3) 20. b3 Rc2 21. Be3 Qb4 { and it is not so easy to improve the position with White.}) 17... a5 18. Bd2 Qa6 {Anand decides to exchange the Q.} 19. Be1 Nd7 20. f3 {Carlsen protects the e4 P, which wasn't hanging at the moment, but after the exchange of Q, than Ncd5 Nc5 and the P is protected.} Rc6 21. Qxa6 Rcxa6 22. Ned5 $1 (22. Ncd5 {was also possible} Bd8 (22... Bg5 23. Nc4 $14) 23. Rac1 $14 { and White is slightly better.}) 22... Bd8 23. Nb5 { This is the point of why Carlsen put the e3 N on d5.} Rc8 (23... Rc6 { was more precise} 24. Rac1 (24. Bf2 Rb8) 24... Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxd5 26. exd5 Nf6 27. Nxd6 Nxd5 {and still Black can hope for equalisation.}) 24. Bf2 (24. Rac1 { was an interesting alternative.} Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxd5 26. exd5 Bb6+ 27. Bf2 $14) 24... Kh7 {A prophylactic move, which avoids Ne7 checks.} 25. Kf1 $14 { Another logical move by Carlsen. The K is coming towards the centre.} Rcc6 $6 ( 25... g6 {was another option preparing for Kg7.} 26. Rac1 Rac6 27. Be3 $14) 26. Rac1 Bg5 27. Rc3 (27. Rxc6 $1 {was stronger} Rxc6 28. Ndc7 Rc2 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Rxd6 $16 {and White is better.}) 27... Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxc3 29. Nxc3 Rc6 30. Be1 Nc5 31. Nb5 (31. h4 $5 Bd8 (31... Be7 32. Ke2 $14) 32. Nb5 Nb7 33. Ke2 $14) 31... Nb7 32. h4 Be3 33. Ke2 Bc5 34. h5 Bb4 35. Bd2 $6 ({In the event of} 35. Bxb4 axb4 36. a3 bxa3 37. Nxa3 g6 38. hxg6+ Kxg6 39. Nc4 { is still also slightly better for White.}) 35... g6 36. a3 Bxd2 37. hxg6+ Kxg6 38. Kxd2 h5 39. g3 f6 40. Na7 Rc7 41. Nb5 Rc6 42. Ke2 Kf7 $11 { Anand has made some precise moves, so he has levelled the position.} 43. b4 axb4 44. axb4 Ke6 45. Rd3 Rc4 46. Rb3 d5 47. Kd3 Rc6 48. exd5+ Kxd5 49. Rc3 f5 50. Nc7+ Kd6 51. Ne8+ Kd5 52. Rxc6 Kxc6 53. Ng7 Nd6 54. Nxh5 e4+ 55. fxe4 Nxe4 56. Kd4 Kb5 57. g4 fxg4 58. Kxe4 g3 59. Nxg3 Kxb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Chess 1st"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2813"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2013.05.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Be3 ({In the past,} 9. h3 {was more popular. Here is an example from a game between two future grandmasters.} Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qd1 c6 12. Be3 Ne6 13. Bb3 Nd7 {Pachman,L-Ciocaltea,V (2470)/Moscow 1956/MCD (1/2, 32)}) 9... Nd4 $146 {Quite a daring knight move. Some would fear that the resulting kingside majority would offer White chances for an attack. Maybe this would be true if the game had started with the English Opening move order, meaning that the bishop would be on g2 rather than a4.} (9... Nd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c5 13. Qg4 Re8 14. Rae1 $14 { Puc,S-Bozic,A/Ljubljana 1947/EXT 2004 (1-0, 34)}) (9... Nb4 10. d4 exd4 11. Bxd4 {Lheureux,J-Balourdet,L/IECG Email 2000/Corr 2002 (1-0, 46)}) 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Nd5 c6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g6 15. Rae1 Bg7 16. Qd1 Qb6 17. Qd2 a5 18. f4 Qb4 19. Qc2 Qc5 20. Qf2 Rae8 21. Bd1 f5 22. Bf3 {The bishop as reached the optimal diagonal finally, but Black is perfectly mobilised, too. If allowed to consolidate with h3-h4 followed by g2-g3, White may retain some advantage. Aronian finds the simplest way to neutralise White's (still only incipient) attack.} Bh6 23. Qh4 (23. g3 g5 $132) 23... Bxf4 $1 24. Qxf4 fxe4 25. Qg3 exf3 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Qxf3 Qf5 28. Qxf5 gxf5 29. Rxf5 Re2 30. Rf2 Re1+ 31. Rf1 Re2 32. Rf2 Re1+ 33. Rf1 Re2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Masters blitz"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.07"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2813"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2013.05.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. a4 a5 10. b3 Bf8 11. Kh1 b6 12. g3 Ba6 13. Bb2 Bxc4 14. bxc4 g6 15. Nh4 Bh6 16. Ng2 Nc5 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f5 Qg5 21. Rf3 Rad8 22. Qf1 Rd6 23. Qf2 Qf6 24. Rf1 g5 25. Rh3 Qd4 26. f6+ Qxf6 27. Rf3 Qe6 28. Rxf7+ Kg8 29. Ne3 Rd7 30. Rf8+ Kg7 31. Rxe8 Qxe8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Nf5 h6 34. Nxh6+ Kh7 35. Nf7 1-0 [Event "Norway Masters blitz"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2868"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2013.05.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Bb3 Be6 12. h3 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Bg5 Nh5 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bc1 Nf6 17. Ng3 Na5 18. Qc2 c5 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rac8 21. Qd3 exd4 22. Nxd4 Nc4 23. b3 Ne5 24. Qb1 h5 25. Bb2 h4 26. Nf1 d5 27. exd5 Nxd5 28. Ne3 Nxe3 29. Rxe3 Rcd8 30. Rde1 Nc6 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Nxc6 Qxc6 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Qb2+ f6 36. Qd2 g5 37. Qe2 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qc7+ 39. Kg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Masters blitz"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.07"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2608"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2013.05.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nc4 Re8 9. a4 Bf8 10. Kh1 f6 11. b3 Nc5 12. Ng1 Ne6 13. Ne2 b6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Qf3 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Bd6 19. Qg3 Bxf4 20. Rxf4 Qd6 21. Qf3 Re5 22. h3 Rae8 23. Rf5 Rxf5 24. Qxf5 Qe5 25. Qf1 a5 26. Rb1 c5 27. Qf2 Rd8 28. g3 Rd6 29. Kg2 Qc3 30. Qe2 Re6 31. Qd1 f5 32. exf5 Re3 33. f6 h5 34. f7+ Kf8 35. Kh1 Qe5 36. Qf1 Qxg3 37. Qf5 Qxh3+ 38. Qxh3 Rxh3+ 39. Kg2 Re3 40. Kf2 Re5 41. c3 Kxf7 42. d4 Rf5+ 43. Ke3 g5 0-1 [Event "Norway Masters blitz"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.07"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2767"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2013.05.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 b4 8. O-O d6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Qe1 c5 14. Nh4 g6 15. Nhf3 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 Nd7 17. Ra1 Qe7 18. b3 Kh8 19. Qg3 Nf6 20. Rf2 Nh5 21. Qh3 Qe6 22. g4 Nf6 23. Rg2 Kg7 24. Rf1 h6 25. Qh4 Ng8 26. g5 h5 27. Rgf2 Qg4+ 28. Qxg4 hxg4 29. Ne1 f6 30. Rg2 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. e4 Ne7 33. exf5 Nxf5 34. Rxg4 Nc6 35. Rf2 Ncd4 36. Ne4 Ne3 37. Rh4 Ne2+ 38. Kh1 Rxf2 39. Nxf2 Rf8 40. Re4 Rxf2 41. Rxe3 Rf1+ 42. Kg2 Rxe1 43. Kf2 Rh1 44. Kxe2 Rxh2+ 45. Kd1 Kg6 46. Rf3 Kxg5 47. Rf7 d5 48. Rd7 d4 49. Rd5 c4 50. bxc4 Kf4 51. Kc1 b3 52. cxb3 1-0 [Event "Norway Masters blitz"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.07"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2745"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2013.05.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nh6 7. O-O b6 8. a3 O-O 9. Be3 f6 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 e5 12. Nbd2 Nf7 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Nfd2 f5 15. f3 f4 16. Bf2 g5 17. Ra6 h5 18. Qa1 g4 19. fxg4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Qxa7 Qg5 23. Bxb6 Re8 24. Nf3 Qh5 25. Ncd2 Re6 26. Kf2 Rg6 27. Ke1 Ng5 28. Kd1 Ne6 29. Kc1 Bf8 30. Qb8 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Rg2 32. Qc8 Qg6 33. Nc4 1-0 [Event "Norway Masters blitz"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2013.05.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Ba6 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. b4 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bb2 d6 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Qa4 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Nb8 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Bd4 f5 21. Nd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rb7 23. e4 g6 24. exf5 gxf5 25. f4 Nd7 26. Re1 Kf7 27. Rc3 b5 28. Rce3 Nf8 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Nf3 Rc2+ 31. R1e2 Rxe2+ 32. Rxe2 Ng6 33. Rc2 Bf6 34. Be3 Ne7 35. h3 h5 36. Bd4 Bxd4 37. Nxd4 e5 38. fxe5 dxe5 39. Nf3 e4 40. Nd4 Kf6 41. h4 Ke5 42. Ne2 Ra7 43. Rc5+ Kd6 44. Nd4 Rd7 45. Rxb5 Rc7 46. Nxf5+ Nxf5 47. Rxf5 Rc2+ 48. Rf2 Rc3 49. Ra2 Rb3 50. a4 Rxb4 51. a5 Kc7 52. a6 Kb8 53. Ra5 Rb2+ 54. Kh3 1-0 [Event "Norway Masters blitz"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.07"] [Round "6"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2013.05.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. e3 Nge7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. c5 f5 11. Qc2 Nd5 12. Na3 Ba6 13. Rd1 Rb8 14. e4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Rb4 16. Kg2 Qf6 17. f3 Rxb2 18. Bxb2 Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Bxb2 20. Nc2 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Rb8 22. Nd4 Rb2+ 23. Kh3 Rd2 24. Nb3 Rf2 25. g4 Bf1+ 26. Kg3 Rg2+ 27. Kh4 Rxh2+ 28. Kg5 Bc4 29. Na5 Kg7 0-1 [Event "Norway Masters blitz"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.07"] [Round "9"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2793"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2013.05.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. e3 a5 9. a3 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Ne8 12. O-O Bf6 13. d4 Nd6 14. Ne5 a4 15. Nd3 axb3 16. cxb3 Re8 17. a4 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Rc3 Ne4 23. Rd3 g6 24. Qc2 Re7 25. Rd4 Ng5 26. Qc3 Ne6 27. Rd2 Qc5 28. Rc1 Qxc3 29. Rxc3 f5 30. h4 Kf7 31. Bf3 Kf6 32. Bd1 h6 33. b4 g5 34. b5 cxb5 35. axb5 Rd7 36. Bf3 Rad8 37. Kh2 d4 38. exd4 Nxd4 39. Rb2 Nxf3+ 40. Rxf3 Rd2 41. hxg5+ hxg5 42. Rfb3 R8d5 43. Rxd2 Rxd2 44. Kg2 g4 45. b6 Ke6 46. Kf1 Kd6 47. f3 gxf3 48. Rxf3 Rd5 49. Rb3 Kc6 50. Ke2 Rb5 51. Rd3 Kxb6 52. Rd6+ Kc7 53. Rf6 Rd5 54. Ke3 b5 55. Rg6 b4 56. g4 fxg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Masters blitz"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E08"] [WhiteElo "2743"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2013.05.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.06.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rd1 Nh5 11. Bc1 f5 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. Ng5 Ndf6 14. c5 Bc7 15. f4 Ne4 16. Nf3 Bd7 17. Rb1 Be8 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Ng5 Qc8 20. Qc4 Bf7 21. Bd2 Nf6 22. a3 h6 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Nd5 26. b5 Ba5 27. b6 Rf8 28. Bf1 Bxd2 29. Rxd2 Ra3 30. Ra2 Rxa2 31. Qxa2 Nc3 32. Qb3 Nxb1 33. Qxb1 Qd7 34. e3 Ra8 35. Bc4 Kf8 36. Kg2 Ra3 37. Qc1 Ra8 38. Qc2 Qf7 39. Qe2 g5 40. Qb2 gxf4 41. exf4 Qf6 42. Kf2 h5 43. h4 Rd8 44. Ke3 Qg7 0-1 [Event "Alekhine Memorial"] [Site "Paris/St Petersburg"] [Date "2013.05.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2013.04.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.05.15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bxc8 Rfxc8 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Be3 Bf8 21. d6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Bxd6 23. Bd4 Ne8 24. Rc1 Kg8 25. Kf1 Nc7 26. Rd1 Ne8 27. Be3 a6 28. Nh4 Be5 29. b3 Nf6 30. Nf5 Re8 31. Bd4 g6 32. Nd6 Bxd6 33. Bxf6 Re6 34. Bc3 f5 35. h3 h5 36. Re1 Kf7 37. Rxe6 Kxe6 38. Ke2 Kd5 39. Kd3 b5 40. f3 Bg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Alekhine Memorial"] [Site "Paris/St Petersburg"] [Date "2013.04.30"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2747"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2013.04.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.05.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. a4 c5 15. Qg4 Qd7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bd2 c4 18. Bb4 Ra4 19. Rxa4 bxa4 20. dxc4 Rc8 21. Qg3 Rxc4 22. Bxd6 Rxc2 23. e5 Be7 24. Qd3 Rxb2 25. Qxd4 a3 26. h4 Rb8 27. Ra1 Bxd6 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. exd6 Rd8 30. Rxa3 Rxd6 31. Ra7 Kf8 32. Ra8+ Kf7 33. Ra7+ Kf8 34. Ra8+ Kf7 35. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Alekhine Memorial"] [Site "Paris/St Petersburg"] [Date "2013.04.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Fressinet, Laurent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2706"] [Annotator "Szabo,Kr"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2013.04.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.05.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 { This line in the Scotch has become very popular nowadays.} Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 (6... d6 {is another main line.}) 7. Qe2 O-O {A very logical move. Black's idea is waiting with d6, because in some variations he can play d5 immediately.} 8. Be3 d5 {This is the point!} 9. O-O-O d4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 (11... Qd6 { is also possible going out of the pin.} 12. Kb1 Qe6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd5 Qd6 $13) 12. f3 (12. Nd5 $5 {was an interesting alternative to exploit the pin} g5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bg3 d3 $5 {Black tries to complicate matters, otherwise White can play a simple f3, Kb1 and h4 with a comfortable position.} 15. Rxd3 Nb4 16. Rd1 Nxa2+ 17. Kb1 Nb4 18. h4 $36 {with some pressure on the kingside.}) 12... Be6 13. Kb1 ({The immediate} 13. Na4 {was also possible}) 13... Qe7 $6 ({ If} 13... a6 $5 14. Na4 Bxb3 15. axb3 Ba7 { the B has escaped and the a4 N is out of play.}) ({but} 13... Ne5 $1 { was the best, followed by Ng6 to resolve the pin. For example:} 14. Qe1 ({ in the case of} 14. Na4 d3 $1 {is a great positional P sacrifice} 15. cxd3 Bxb3 16. axb3 Bd4 {with Black's initiative.}) 14... Ng6 15. Bf2 c5 { and Black is fine.}) 14. Na4 { Now the b6 B can't play and White can take it at an appropriate moment.} Nb4 15. Qe1 g5 $6 {This move creates some weaknesses in the black king's position. After h4 not only the g5 P, but sometimes the f6 N can also be unprotected.} ({ The immediate} 15... c5 {was better} 16. c3 (16. e5 $2 {doesn't work, as} Bxb3 17. axb3 Qxe5 {with a healthy P up.}) 16... Bxb3 17. axb3 Nc6 $13 { and the fight continues.}) 16. Bf2 c5 17. c3 $6 { This allowed a tactical blow, which was actually missed by Fressinet.} ({ Probably} 17. Bb5 Nc6 18. h4 g4) ({or} 17. h4 g4 18. Bb5 Nc6 19. Qd2 { was the best, for example:} Kh7 20. c3 Rad8 21. cxd4 Bxb3 22. axb3 cxd4 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Qc2 {but over the board it is very difficult to find these lines. }) 17... dxc3 ({The computer suggests the fantastic sacrifice with} 17... Nxa2 $5 18. Kxa2 d3 $3 {Probably they missed this great quiet move.} 19. Bxd3 { This is forced, otherwise the a4 N can get into trouble after Qd7.} c4 { However things are far from clear after} 20. Kb1 (20. Be2 cxb3+ 21. Kb1 Bxf2 22. Qxf2 b6 $13 {with very good practical chances for Black!}) (20. Nbc5 cxd3+ 21. b3 Rec8 $132) 20... cxd3 21. Nac5 Bc4 22. h4 Nd7 23. Nd2 $1 Bb5 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. Nc4 {The d3 P is doomed, but Black wants to create some counterplay.} Be6 26. Na3 f5 27. hxg5 fxe4 28. fxe4 Bg4 $132) 18. Qxc3 c4 (18... Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bxb3 20. axb3 c4 $1 (20... Qxe4+ 21. Bd3) 21. Bc5 $1 (21. Qf3 Bxf2 22. Nc3 $1 Rad8 23. Bxc4 Bd4 24. Rhf1 Rf8 25. h4 {is also very dangerous for Black.}) 21... Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Bxc4 Qe7 24. Rde1 Nc6 25. h4 $36) 19. Nbc5 $1 (19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Rad8) 19... Nfd5 20. Qa3 (20. Qe1 Rec8 21. Bxc4 Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rc1 Qd4 25. Bxd5 Qd3+ 26. Ka1 Nc2+ 27. Rxc2 Qxc2 28. h4 $16 {and White is very near to the win.}) 20... Rac8 21. Bxc4 (21. exd5 Bf5+ 22. Kc1 Ba5 $3 {/\ Nc2} 23. Bxc4 (23. d6 Qe5 24. g3 Nd3+ 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26. Rxd3 Red8 27. Rhd1 Qe2 28. Bd4 Rxd6 29. Nc3 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Rcd8 $132 { is a typical variation suggested by Mr Houdini3!}) 23... Qd6 24. Bg3 Qg6 25. Rd2 Bb1 26. b3 Na6 27. Rhd1 Bb4 28. Qb2 Nxc5 29. Qxb1 Bxd2+ 30. Rxd2 Qxb1+ 31. Kxb1 Nxa4 32. d6 $14) 21... Bxc5 22. Nxc5 Rxc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rc1 Qb6 25. Bxd5 $6 (25. exd5 {was correct, because} Bf5+ 26. Ka1 Nc2+ 27. Rxc2 Bxc2 28. Qc3 $14 {with a healthy P up.}) 25... Bxd5 26. exd5 Qg6+ 27. Ka1 Nc2+ 28. Rxc2 Qxc2 { Suddenly Black becomes very active and he has good compensation for the P.} 29. Qxa7 Qxg2 30. Rb1 {A very difficult endgame with major pieces. In such situations the most important thing is the king's position and the P race.} Qxh2 { In a practical game it is very difficult to find and calculate the best move.} ({Maybe} 30... Qxf3 $1 {was easier} 31. Qxb7 Kg7 { Black's plan is Re5, the K goes out from Qb8+} 32. Qb5 Re5 $132 { gains back the P with active pieces.}) 31. Qxb7 Rb8 (31... Re3 $5 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Qc4 Qd2 34. Qc1 Qxc1 35. Rxc1 Rxf3 { with a very sharp and double-edged rook ending.}) 32. Qc6 Qe5 33. a4 Rb3 { Threatening Ra3 mate.} 34. Ka2 Rxf3 $6 {An inaccuracy, which allows Rd1.} ( 34... Rd3 {was better preventing the d-P from advance.}) 35. Rd1 $1 { Suddenly after this move White's d-P becomes very fast and dangerous.} Rf2 36. Qb5 Qd6 37. a5 Rc2 38. Qb6 Qd7 39. Rd4 Kg7 40. a6 Rc7 41. b3 h5 42. d6 Rc6 43. Qb7 Qe8 44. Ka3 $1 Rc1 45. Qd5 $1 {Anand plays very precisely.} f6 (45... Ra1+ 46. Kb2 $18) 46. Re4 Qd8 47. Re7+ Kh6 48. Kb2 Qc8 49. Qd3 1-0 [Event "Alekhine Memorial"] [Site "Paris/St Petersburg"] [Date "2013.04.28"] [Round "6"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2013.04.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.05.15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. e5 Qd8 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nd7 14. Ne4 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. g3 b6 18. Rac1 bxc5 19. Bd3 Qb6 20. Nxc5 Bd4 21. b4 Qxb4 22. Be4 Rb8 23. Rb1 Qxb1 24. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 25. Bxb1 Bxc5 26. Qe5 Bb6 27. Be4 Bd7 28. h4 Rc8 29. h5 gxh5 30. Qf6 Bc6 31. Bd3 Rd8 32. Bc2 Rd2 33. Bh7+ Kxh7 34. Qxf7+ Kh8 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Qf7+ Kh8 37. Qf6+ Kh7 38. Qe7+ Kh8 39. Qf6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Alekhine Memorial"] [Site "Paris/St Petersburg"] [Date "2013.04.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ding, Liren"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2707"] [Annotator "Sumets,A"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2013.04.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.05.15"] {Before this game started Anand had 1.5 points from 4 games.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 {Anand plays the Caro-Kann with both colours. Let's see some games played by the World Champion.} (10... Nf6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ (11... Nbd7 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Qe2 (14. c4) 14... a5 15. c4 (15. Ne4 a4 16. g4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qd5 $11) 15... a4 16. Rd3 Rc8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qb6 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Bxh6 $11 gxh6 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Qf4 Kh7 24. Qf6 Rg8 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ Kh7 27. Rd1 Bd4 28. Rxd4 Qxd4 29. Qe7+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kh7 31. Qf7+ {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V Frankfurt Rapid 1998}) 12. Bd2 (12. c3 Qa6 $1 13. Qf3 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 (14... Kxd7 $5 {Topalov, V - Leko,P Tilburg 1998} ) 15. Ne4 Nf6 $1 16. Nd6+ (16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. a3 Qb5 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Bg3 f5 $11) 16... Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Qb5 18. Be5 Qd5 19. Rh3 Qxf3 20. Rxf3 Ke7 21. O-O-O Rhd8 22. Rg1 h5 23. Re1 Rd7 24. Kc2 Rg8 25. Bf4 { 1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Anand, V Wijk aan Zee 1999}) 12... Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Rfe1 Nxe5 (15... O-O $6 16. Nf5 exf5 17. Nxd7 $14) 16. Rxe5 Qc7 17. Rae1 O-O-O (17... Nd7 18. R5e4 Nf6 19. R4e2 O-O 20. Qf3 Rfd8 21. Nf5 $14) 18. b4 Bd6 19. R5e2 Bf4 20. Ne4 Bxd2 21. Nxd2 g5 $13 { Anand,V-Khalifman,A Rapid Dubai 2002 1-0 (56)}) 11. f4 Bb4+ (11... Ngf6 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 O-O 15. Ne2 {It seems to be that g4 is coming} Rad8 16. Qf3 (16. g4 $2 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Qg3 Ne4 $1 19. Qf4 Nxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Qa5 $1 $17) 16... h5 $8 17. Rhg1 c5 18. g4 Bxe5 $1 (18... cxd4 19. gxh5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. h6 g6 22. h5 Rc8 23. c3 $16) 19. dxe5 Nxg4 20. Ng3) 12. c3 Be7 13. Bd2 (13. h5 {White takes care of his h-pawn} Ngf6 14. Be3 O-O (14... Qa5 $5 {preventing White from castling long} 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. O-O O-O 17. f5 e5 $11) 15. O-O-O c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. c4 a6 19. Kc2 $11 { Landa,K-Okkes,M NED ChT 2006 1-0 (40)}) 13... Ngf6 (13... Bxh4 $6 {Nobody has aptured this pawn yet. White would have very good compensation for the pawn.} 14. O-O-O Bxg3 (14... Be7 15. Nh5 Kf8 16. Qg3 Rh7 17. f5 exf5 18. Ng6+ fxg6 19. Qxg6 $18) 15. Qxg3 Kf8 16. c4 Ngf6 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. g4 $40) 14. Qe2 $146 { A new move. It is not easy to say if the novelty is dangerous or not.According to my brief analysis, Black has several options to get counterplay after 14. 0-0 c5 (14...0-0 15.f5 Bd6!) 15.dxc5 Bxc5 (15...Nxc5!?). I hope we will soon see many games which will help us to evaluate Anand's novelty more precisely.} (14. O-O-O O-O 15. Ne4 (15. c4 Qc7 16. Rhe1 Rad8 17. Qf3 a5 18. Kb1 Bb4 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. f5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qe2 Nd7 $11 { Svetushkin,D-Lauber,A Bundesliga Berlin GER 2010 1-0 (33)}) 15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 17. Qe2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qd5 (18... Qa5 19. Kb1 Rad8 20. g4 $14) 19. c4 Qd7 20. Bb4 Qe8 21. Bd6 $16 {Smeets, J-Lauber,A Bundesliga Forchheim GER 2012 1-0 (64)} ) 14... c5 (14... O-O 15. f5 $5 {I think this is the point of Anand's idea. Otherwise White transposes to the line 0-0-0} (15. O-O-O) 15... Bd6 $1 { It seems to me that after this move Black is out of danger.} (15... Nd5 $6 16. O-O-O Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. c4 Nb6 19. Qg4 $16) 16. fxe6 (16. O-O-O $6 Re8 $1 17. Rhe1 Qc7 18. Kb1 exf5 19. Nxf5 Nxe5 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. dxe5 Qe6 $15) 16... fxe6 17. O-O-O Qc7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bc7 $11) 15. dxc5 { Black should have chosen between 15...Bxc5 and 15...Nxc5. Ding Liren's idea is not correct.} Qc7 $6 (15... Bxc5 $5 16. O-O-O O-O 17. c4 (17. Ne4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qd5 20. Qg4 (20. Qxd5 exd5 $11) 20... h5 $5 21. Qxh5 Qxa2 22. Qg4 Rfd8 23. Bg5 Ba3 24. bxa3 Qa1+ 25. Kc2 Qa2+ $11) 17... Qc7 18. Bc3 Be7 19. Kb1 Rad8 $13) (15... Nxc5 $5 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Bd4 (18. Kb1 Rfd8) (18. Nh5 Nxh5 19. Qxh5 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Rd1 Qc7 $11) 18... Rfd8 19. Rhe1 (19. f5 $6 Rd5 20. Rhe1 Rad8 $15) 19... a5 20. Kb1 a4 21. Qf3 Rac8 (21... Nb3 $5 22. axb3 (22. Be3 Na5 23. Bd4 Nb3) 22... axb3 23. Ne2 $1 Qa5 24. Kc1 Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Qxb2+ 26. Ke3 Qc2 $44) 22. f5 a3 23. b3 Bd6 24. c4 Re8 25. Re3 exf5 26. Qxf5 Re6 27. Nh5 Nxh5 28. Qxh5 Rce8 (28... b5 $5)) 16. b4 (16. Nxd7 $6 Nxd7 17. b4 O-O 18. h5 b6 19. cxb6 axb6 $44) 16... O-O 17. O-O a5 18. a3 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7 20. Ne4 axb4 (20... Qxe5 $6 21. Bf4 Qd5 22. Rad1 Qc6 23. Bd6 Rfe8 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Nd6 $16) (20... Nxe5 $5 { probably it is the best black option to keep fighting} 21. Bf4 f6 22. Rad1 axb4 23. axb4 Rfd8 24. Nf2 $14) 21. cxb4 Qxe5 $6 (21... Nxe5 $5 22. Bf4 f6 23. h5 $14) 22. Bc3 $40 Qc7 23. Rad1 Rad8 (23... Rxa3 $2 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qb2+ $18) ( 23... Ra6 $5 24. h5 f6 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. cxd6 $1 (27. Rxd6 $4 Nxc5 $17) 27... Qxc3 28. Qxd7 $16) 24. Qg4 $16 { Black's chances of survival are minimal} g6 $6 (24... e5 25. Rd3 Nf6 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Rdf3 Qd7 28. Qg3 Be7 29. Bxe5 $16) 25. Nd6 { White has several ways to win. I would like 25.h5 as the most convienient one.} (25. h5 $1 g5 26. Nd6 $18 b6 27. Qd4 e5 28. Qc4 Bf6 29. c6) 25... e5 26. Qc4 $18 {The game is over. Only a miracle can help Black.} Nb6 27. Qe4 Nd7 (27... Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Qxe5 f6 30. Qxd6 $18) 28. h5 gxh5 29. Qf5 Bf6 30. Qxh5 Qc6 31. Rxf6 Nxf6 32. Qxe5 1-0 [Event "Alekhine Memorial"] [Site "Paris/St Petersburg"] [Date "2013.04.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2722"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2013.04.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.05.15"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bxc8 Rfxc8 19. Be3 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Be7 21. d6 Rxd6 22. Re1 Bf8 23. Rac1 Nd5 24. Bc5 Ra6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Red1 Nf4 27. Rc7 Rxa2 28. g3 Ne6 29. Rxb7 Kg8 30. Ne5 Re8 31. Rd5 f6 32. Nc6 Kh7 33. Kg2 Rc8 34. Nd4 Nxd4 35. Rxd4 a5 36. Rdd7 Rg8 37. Rd6 Kg6 38. Ra6 h5 39. h4 Rc8 40. Raa7 Rc2 41. Rxg7+ Kf5 42. Rgb7 Rcxb2 43. Rxb2 Rxb2 44. Rxa5+ Kg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Alekhine Memorial"] [Site "Paris/St Petersburg"] [Date "2013.04.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2809"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2013.04.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.05.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. Nbd2 Bb6 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Ng3 Ng6 13. h3 h6 14. d4 c5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 17. a4 c4 18. Bc2 Ba5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be3 Bb7 21. Ra2 Bc7 22. Rea1 Rxa2 23. Rxa2 Ra8 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. Kf1 Ne7 26. Nd2 Kf8 27. Bc5 Nd7 28. Ba3 g6 29. f3 Ke8 30. b3 cxb3 31. Nxb3 Nc8 32. Bd3 Bc6 33. c4 bxc4 34. Bxc4 Ba4 35. Nc5 Nxc5 36. Bxc5 Nb6 37. Bxb6 Bxb6 38. Ne2 Ba5 39. Nc1 Ke7 40. Nd3 Bc3 41. g4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Alekhine Memorial"] [Site "Paris/St Petersburg"] [Date "2013.04.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E43"] [WhiteElo "2712"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2013.04.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.05.15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. c5 bxc5 11. Rb1 Qc8 12. Ba3 Re8 13. dxc5 Na6 14. Bxa6 Bxa6 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Ne5 d6 17. Nd3 Ba6 18. c4 e5 19. cxd6 Nxd6 20. c5 Nc4 21. Qa4 Nxa3 22. Qxa3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qe6 24. Rb7 Re7 25. a4 a6 26. h3 h6 27. Qd5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Kf7 29. f4 exf4 30. exf4 Kf6 31. c6 Rc8 32. Rd7 Re4 33. Rbxc7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Rxa4 35. Ra7 Rxf4 36. Rxa6 Rc4 37. c7+ Kg5 38. Ra7 Rc2 39. c8=Q Rxc8 40. Rxg7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Alekhine Memorial"] [Site "Paris/St Petersburg"] [Date "2013.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2727"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2013.04.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.05.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nbd2 Bc5 13. Bc4 Ng4 14. Re2 Na5 15. Bd5 Rb8 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. cxb3 h6 18. h3 Nf6 19. Nxe5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. Bf4 Be6 22. Rc1 Bd6 23. Bg3 Re8 24. Re3 c5 25. Nd3 Bxg3 26. fxg3 Red8 27. Nf4 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kh2 Rd2 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Rxe6 Rxb2 32. Rxa6 Rxb3 33. Rc6 Rc3 34. a5 Kf7 35. a6 Ke7 36. a7 Ra3 37. Rxc5 Rxa7 38. Rb5 Ra4 39. Rb7+ Kd6 40. Rxg7 Kc5 41. Rc7+ Kd4 42. Rd7+ Kc3 43. Rc7+ Kd3 44. Rb7 Kc3 45. Rc7+ Kb2 46. Rc6 b3 47. Rxh6 Kc3 48. Rb6 b2 49. Rxb2 Kxb2 50. g4 Kc3 51. Kg3 Re4 52. Kh4 Kd4 53. Kg5 Ke5 54. Kg6 Re2 55. g5 Rxg2 56. h4 Kf4 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2013.03.01"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2810"] [Annotator "Gormally,D"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2013.02.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] {Anand vs Kramnik - could this be a prelude to a world championship match later? Only time will tell.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {Probably a ise choice against Kramnik, who has analysed the Berlin ending to death. Will anyone be brave enough to take on his main-line Berlin in London? Watch this space. Sergey Karjakin said in a interview that he had recently studied the Berlin with Kramnik - such an experience he felt was like a "masterclass" in the opening.} Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {This slow method of playing the Ruy Lopez has become quite popular lately. White turns the game into a manouvreing battle - he need not fear the two bishops as the position is closed for at least the time being.} O-O 7. O-O Re8 (7... Bg4 {was a blitz game of Magnus Carlsen's against the aforementioned Karjakin. I have seen the video of this game and Carlsen acts rather out of character, being quite disrespectful towards his opponent - almost yawning at times. However what it does demonstrate is how much raw chess talent Carlsen has, as he's able to outplay a world class player with seemingly no effort whatsoever.} 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nc4 Re8 10. Be3 Bd6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bg3 Nd7 15. h4 f6 16. Ne3 Bf8 17. Kg2 Nc5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Nf5 Ne6 20. Rh1 Qd7 21. Rh3 Bxf5 22. exf5 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Nd2 Rad8 25. Qf3 Bg7 26. Ne4 Kf7 27. Rh7 Rh8 28. Qh3 Rxh7 29. Qxh7 Rh8 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Nxf6 Qf7 32. Nh7+ Rxh7 33. Qxh7 Qd5+ 34. f3 Qe5 35. Kf1 Qe3 36. Qh3 Bxb2 37. Re1 Qd2 38. Qh6+ Bg7 39. Qg6 Be5 40. f6 { 1-0 Carlsen,M (2837)-Karjakin,S (2779)/Astana 2012/CBM 149 Extra}) 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Kh1 a5 {Practically forcing White's next, as otherwise Black will gain useful space on the queenside with ...a4} 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Nfd2 { Of course, White needs this move to ever make progress. The plan is to play f4. Realising this, Kramnik decides to force matters.} b5 13. axb5 cxb5 14. c3 $1 { More or less forced.} ({The problem is that after} 14. Na3 {the knight is really on the wrong route. Eventually white may be able to play c3, followed by Nc2, but what then? Besides, there is a problem even with that plan:} Ba6 $1 15. c3 $6 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 b4 $1 17. Rxa5 bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxd3 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Re1 Qc6 {with strong pressure.}) 14... bxc4 15. cxb4 cxd3 16. bxa5 Ba6 {The smoke h as cleared and both players are left with a potentially strong passed-pawn. However although both the white pawn on a5 and the black pawn on d3 are solidly blockaded, the position will remain quite sharp while the possibility of disturbing these blockades remains in the position.} 17. Qb3 Nf6 18. h3 $6 ( {Naturally my instincts would be drawn towards the move} 18. f3 $1 {which would seem to stabilise the position. I believe that this is slightly preferable to the move played in the game, as it gives white more options of defending the kingside - he can play Bg1, Bf2 etc.} Nh5 19. Qc3 ({ White has many other options of course, like} 19. Nc4) 19... Qh4 20. Kg1 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Nb3 {although the position would remain unclear.}) 18... Nh5 19. Rfc1 Nf4 20. Rc6 $36 Ne2 ({ As Anand explained in the post-mortem, he had seen the possibility of} 20... Nxh3 $1 21. gxh3 Qd7 22. Rac1 Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 Qg4+ {with a draw, but saw no way to avoid it. However it's entirely possible that Kramnik still had notions of tournament victory - at this stage he was only half a point behind the leader Fabiano Caruana.}) 21. Qd5 {The critical moment of the game.} ({White is so well placed on the queenside that the possibility of sacrificing the exchange with} 21. Rxa6 Rxa6 22. Qc4 {was certainly on Anand's mind - if he can launch up the b-pawn quickly Black may get into serious trouble. Black would then have a difficult decision to make - give up on the d-pawn, or let the a-pawn come through.} {Perhaps wisest is to indeed to jettison the d-pawn with} Qa8 23. Qxd3 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. b4 c5 $1 {After which White's position rather falls apart, which proves that Anand was sensible to avoid complications just yet. He is rewarded with a huge blunder.}) 21... Qb8 $4 { A real howler, Kramnik overlooks something rather obvious.} (21... Qxd5 22. exd5 Red8 23. Rxc7 Rxd5 24. b4 {was the way forward, with another completely unclear endgame in prospect. Objectively the chances are equal, but i'd probably be White - as Kasparov said in the Caruana-Kramnik game, White has the better practical chances - Black has more options while White's way is obvious - at some point he will try to put a knight on c5 or b6.} Rb5 $1 { It's important not to allow the knight to b3} 25. Rb1 f5 $13) 22. Rxa6 $1 { All of a sudden the game is over. It's easy with chess to become obsessed with strategy, positional play, opening preparation and so on. But horrible blunders decide the games more often than we think.} Rxa6 23. Qxd3 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Rd6 25. Qxe2 Qa2 26. Qb5 c6 27. Qb2 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2013.02.28"] [Round "5"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2013.02.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3 c4 {Anand was most likely using one of the lines prepared for the match against Gelfand. These great players will unlikely to meet again in the battle for the world crown, so using "secrets" is not that dangerous.} (9... Rc8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 { Is usually considered the main position worth serious practical investigation.} ) 10. Qd1 Rc8 (10... Be7 11. a4 a6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. d5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Ndb8 18. Qxb5 $18 { 1-0 (47) Lukasiewicz,G (2270)-Sliwa,B (2280) Myslenice 1988}) 11. Nc3 b4 12. Na4 {Black is actively fighting against the dangerous white knight on c3. Part of the attraction for the defender might be the tempting idea of 12.d5 when the unplayed 12...Nde7!? might lead to unpleasant counterplay with the c-pawn.} (12. d5 Nb8 (12... Ne7 $5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Nb1 c3 $1 $132) 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Nb1 Qa5 15. Nbd2 (15. Bf4 Be7 16. Nbd2 O-O 17. Bxb8 Rxb8 18. Nxc4 Qa6 19. Nfe5 Bb5 20. b3 $14 {1-0 (63) Gross,G (1871)-Becking,S (2402) Germany 2008}) 15... Be7 16. b3 cxb3 17. Nxb3 Qh5 18. Bb2 O-O 19. Ne5 Ng4 20. Nxg4 Qxg4 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. Bxd4 $14 {0-1 (36) Holemar,D (2326)-Jurasek,M (2299) Czechia 2008}) 12... Be7 (12... Qa5 13. a3 bxa3 14. Bd2 Qb5 15. Nc3 Qb6 16. bxa3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qc2 Qe5 {0-1 (43) Radulov,I (2405)-Inkiov,V (2475) Sofia 1991} 19. Rfd1 Be7 20. Rab1 $11) 13. Bg5 h6 {The only real precedent in this position was the game between lesser Dutch players, that was not played very exactly. Anand would like to see his bishop on f6 for the counterplay on the dark squares.} ( 13... O-O 14. e3 Na5 15. Re1 Qe8 (15... h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qc2 Bc6 $11) 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Bxf6 Ba4 18. b3 cxb3 (18... gxf6 $1 19. dxc5 Bc6 $11) (18... Bb6 19. bxa4 gxf6 20. d5 Rd8 21. Nd4 f5 $11) 19. axb3 (19. Nd2 $1 gxf6 20. dxc5 b2 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Rab1 $14) 19... Nxb3 { 1/2 (27) Eising,J (2355)-De Wit,J (2395) Amsterdam 1984} 20. Nd2 gxf6 21. Nxb3 Bb6 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qh4 $11) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 (14... gxf6 15. Re1 Qa5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Nd2 $44) 15. a3 O-O 16. e3 $1 {The exchange of the pawn on b4 could be very desirable, but it would fail to a nice tactical idea. Gelfand is correctly keeping the tension and lets Black decide about the best way to defend.} (16. axb4 Nxd4 $1 17. Nxd4 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Qxd4 $11) 16... a5 $6 {In the future the choice of the world champion will hardly find many followers. It was much wiser to sacrifice the pawn fo the piece activity, that would promise approximate equality.} (16... bxa3 $5 17. Rxa3 Nb4 18. Nc5 Bc6 19. Rxa7 Qb6 20. Ra1 Be7 21. Na4 Qb7 $11) 17. Nc5 Be8 (17... bxa3 18. bxa3 Nb8 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Qc2 Qc7 21. Rfc1 e5 22. Rab1 exd4 23. Nxd4 $14) 18. Rc1 (18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Qe2 Be7 20. Qxc4 Qb6 21. Rfc1 Bb5 22. Qc3 Nd3 23. Rcb1 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Qxa5 Qxa5 26. Rxa5 Rb8 $11) 18... Na7 $2 {The moment of emotional panic, as Anand was unable to find real equality. The knight retreat to a7 is anti-positional and does not even pretend to aspire for the title of the best move. It was much more sensible to include the move undermining White's pawn structure 8...e5!?} (18... c3 19. bxc3 bxa3 20. Ne1 (20. Qb3 Be7 21. Qxa3 Nb8 22. Qa1 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Na6 $11) 20... Be7 21. Ned3 Nb8 22. Qb3 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Bxd7 24. c4 $14) (18... e5 $5 19. Rxc4 exd4 20. exd4 Na7 21. Nb7 Qb6 22. Rxc8 Nxc8 23. Ne5 bxa3 24. bxa3 Na7 25. Nc4 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. Nbxa5 $14) 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxc4 $6 {It is much easier to find the courageto criticise the best players in the world with the help of objective, cold chess engines. Gelfand chooses a good, but surely not the best move in the position, as two other ideas could have aspired to that title.} (20. Nd2 $1 Bb5 (20... Rxc5 $2 21. dxc5 Bxb2 22. Nxc4 Qxd1 23. Rcxd1 $18) (20... e5 21. Nb7 Qe7 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxc4 Bb5 24. Nba5 $16) 21. Nxc4 e5 22. Nb7 Qe7 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Nba5 Bf6 (24... Bc7 25. Re1 $16) 25. Qb3 Rc7 26. Rfd1 $16) (20. Qe1 $5 Rb8 ( 20... Rxc5 21. dxc5 Bxb2 22. Rxc4 Bc3 23. Rxc3 bxc3 24. Qxc3 Bc6 25. Nd4 $16) ( 20... e5 21. Nb7 Qb6 22. Nxe5 c3 23. Nd3 (23. bxc3 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Bb5 25. Nd6 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Bxf1 27. Rc1 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Nc6 $14) 23... Bc6 24. Nbc5 $16) 21. Qd2 Bb5 22. Qxb4 Qe7 23. Rfe1 $16) 20... Bb5 21. Rxb4 Bxf1 22. Qxf1 Nc6 (22... e5 23. Rb7 exd4 (23... Rc7 24. dxe5 Be7 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Nd3 $16) 24. Nd7 dxe3 25. Rxa7 (25. Nxf8 Rc7 $11) 25... Qe7 26. fxe3 Bxb2 27. Qf2 $14) 23. Rb7 { A subtle, but significant inaccuracy, as White had much better play if he had kept his rook on the board.} (23. Rc4 $1 Qe7 24. Qc1 $14) 23... Rc7 $1 24. Qa6 (24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Qc4 Qa5 $11) 24... Rxb7 25. Qxb7 (25. Nxb7 Qc7 26. Nc5 e5 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Qxc5 29. exf6 Rb8 $11) 25... Qa8 $1 {Anand can afford to offer the queen exchange on the nearly forbidden square a8. Fortunately for him White can not really benefit from the pressure along a8-h1 diagonal due to the check on a1.} 26. Qxa8 (26. Qc7 Rc8 27. Qd7 Rd8 $11) 26... Rxa8 27. Ne1 ( 27. Kf1 Nb4 28. Nd2 Ra7 $11) 27... Ra1 28. Bxc6 (28. Kf1 Nb4 29. Ke2 Bd8 30. Ned3 Nxd3 31. Nxd3 $11) 28... Rxe1+ 29. Kg2 Rb1 30. Nd3 $1 {The smoke has cleared and the game has drifted into a positional draw, since neither side can hope to improve the position without undue risk.} (30. b3 Be7 31. Ba4 Bxc5 32. dxc5 Kf8 $15) 30... Rd1 31. Bb5 Be7 (31... g5 32. b3 Rb1 33. Bc4 $11) 32. h4 g6 33. Bc4 Kg7 34. b3 $1 {Black will be unable to come closer with any of his other pieces, so the active rook alone has no chance to do any real harm.} h5 35. Kf3 Rd2 36. Nf4 (36. b4 Kf6 37. Nc5 Bxc5 38. bxc5 Ke7 $11) 36... Bd6 37. Ne2 Rc2 38. Bd3 Rb2 39. Bc4 Rc2 40. Bd3 Rb2 {The opening phase of the game was very exciting and offers new material for investigation.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2013.02.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2757"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2013.02.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bc2 Rb8 14. Rc1 Nh7 15. Bd3 Qf6 16. Nb3 Nf8 17. Kh2 { Der König deckt h3 und verhindert Läufereinschläge.} g5 { Mutig gespielt, denn das Feld f5 könnte sich leicht als Schwäche erweisen.} 18. d5 Ne7 19. c4 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 c5 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Kg1 Nfg6 {Bis hier hat Weiß sicher nichts falsch gemacht und steht vielleicht geringfügig vorteilhaft, aber beginnend mit dem nächsten Zug findet der Weltmeister keinen guten Plan.} 23. Nfd2 ({Z.B.} 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Na5 {kann besser gefallen.}) 23... Nf4 24. Bf1 Bd7 25. c5 ({Und hier stärker} 25. g3 {, denn} Nxh3+ $2 26. Bxh3 Bxh3 { scheitert an} 27. g4 $1) 25... Red8 26. Qe1 Nc6 27. Nf3 $6 ({Stattdessen ist} 27. cxd6 {ausgeglichen.}) 27... d5 $1 {Schwarz hat den weißen c-Bauern ideal blockiert und besitzt im Zentrum ein Übergewicht.} 28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Rxe5 $6 { Das Qualitätsopfer war sicher so geplant, aber Weiß erhält keine ausreichende Kompensation.} ({Nach dem besseren} 29. Rd3 Be6 { sind aber die schwarzen Steine ebenfalls vorzuziehen.}) 29... Nxe5 30. Qxe5 Be8 31. Na5 Qxe5 32. Nxe5 Ne7 $1 {Verteidigt gegen die Gabel auf c6 und macht die d-Linie für den Rd8 frei. Noch wichtiger: der Springer strebt nach c6, womit der Bauer c5 erneut blockiert wird.} 33. a3 Rbc8 34. Nd3 Nc6 35. Nb7 Rd4 36. Nd6 Rd8 37. Re1 Bd7 38. g4 Be6 39. Re3 Kf8 40. b4 Ne7 41. Bg2 $2 {Es war klar, dass Schwarz mit ...Nc8 den Nd6 abtauschen will, aber nun kann er nachfolgend zusätzlich ein Turmpaar tauschen.} ({Mehr Widerstand leistet} 41. Nb7 R8d7 42. Nd6 {und Weiß ist noch lange nicht verloren.}) 41... Nc8 $1 42. Nxc8 Bxc8 43. Ne5 Re8 $1 44. Rd3 Rxd3 45. Nxd3 Re2 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2013.02.25"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2740"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2013.02.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 { The old strategic maxim indicates that it is often very sensible to meet a flank attack by the opponent with a counterblow in the centre. The drawback of this continuation lies in the fact that Black is slightly behind indevelopment. On the other hand White's pawn structure on the kingside is exposed, so counterplay will nearly always be possible.} 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nde2 h5 $5 { The pawn advance to h5 is becoming a problem for White in lines where he wants to achieve the g2-g4 thrust. It does not have to be only preemptive like in 6. h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5!?, here it serves a bit different purpose. Of all the other moves tested in our position 9...Nxc3 is faring the worst while 9...Qa5 feels like a bit of a concession. Black players have invested a lot of energy into the idea 9...Bb4 with fairly decent results. Gelfand has prepared excellently for the World Championship match against Anand and his solution with 9...h5!? might very well be the fruit of his serious work.} (9... Bb4 10. Bg2 O-O (10... Nc6 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Qc7 13. Qf3 O-O (13... Bd6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Bf4 e5 16. Be3 O-O 17. Qg3 Nb4 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Qxc2 20. Rac1 Qd3 21. a3 Qxg3 22. Bxg3 Nc6 23. Bd6 $11 { 1/2 (33) Vachier Lagrave,M (2705)-Le Quang,L (2703) Saint Louis 2012}) 14. Bf4 e5 15. Nd5 Qa5 16. Be3 Bc5 17. c3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Be6 19. b4 Qd8 20. Rad1 $16 { 1-0 (72) Van Kampen,R (2570)-Donchenko,A (2401) Groningen 2012}) 11. O-O { This line was considered to be critical for the outcome of the opening fight. Black can choose between two forms of exchanging the knight c3 with both moves able to claim some merit.} Nxc3 (11... Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 (13... Qa5 14. Qd6 Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Bb4 Qa4 18. Rad1 c5 19. Bxc5 Bb7 $15 {1/2 (46) Vachier Lagrave,M (2699)-Gordon,S (2535) England 2012}) 14. Qd4 e5 15. Qe3 Be6 16. Rb1 Nc6 17. Qb6 Qxb6 18. Rxb6 Na5 19. Ba3 Rfd8 20. Bb4 Nc6 21. Rxb7 Nxb4 22. cxb4 Rac8 $11 { 1/2 (50) Vachier Lagrave,M (2711)-Negi,P (2638) Leon 2012}) 12. Nxc3 Qc7 (12... Nc6 $6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Na4 e5 15. c3 Be7 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Rbxc8 18. Be3 Kf8 19. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 (47) Alekseev,E (2716)-Karjakin,S (2721) Nalchik 2009}) 13. Qd4 (13. Ne4 Nc6 14. c3 Be7 15. f4 f5 16. gxf5 Rxf5 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Qd3 Rd8 19. b4 Be8 20. Qc4 Bf7 $11 { 1/2 (24) Shirov,A (2714)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2722) Biel 2011}) 13... Nc6 (13... Bd6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Qb6 Qxb6 17. Bxb6 Bc6 18. c4 Nd7 19. Bd4 $11 { 0-1 (63) Pikula,D (2547)-Georgiev,K (2675) Cetinje 2010}) 14. Qc4 Rd8 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Qb3 Ba5 17. Na4 Rab8 18. Nc5 Be8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. c3 Qc8 21. Ne4 $14 { 0-1 (41) Howell,D (2634)-Kraemer,M (2520) Germany 2013}) (9... Qa5 10. Bg2 (10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Bg2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bb4 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Bxc6 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Nxc3 bxc6 17. O-O-O c5 18. Na4 Bb7 19. Rhe1 Rac8 20. Re3 $14 { 1/2 (57) Fierro Baquero,M (2386)-Sebag,M (2519) Nanjing 2009}) 10... Nxc3 11. Nxc3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Qf3 f5 15. Rad1 fxg4 16. Qxg4 Nc6 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. fxg3 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Be8 $11 { 1/2 (42) Kokarev,D (2616)-Fedoseev,V (2506) Samara 2012}) (9... Nxc3 { Black will have to hope, that he can hold a slightly worse endgame type position. Understandably the line is not very appealing for really strong players.} 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nxc3 Bd7 12. Be3 (12. Bg2 Bc6 13. O-O Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nd7 15. Ne4 Rc8 16. Rd1 Ke8 17. Be3 Be7 18. c3 $14 { 1/2 (60) Sokolov,A (2575)-Weber,U (2420) Bad Wiessee 2012}) 12... Bc6 13. O-O-O+ Nd7 14. Rg1 Kc7 15. Bf4+ Kb6 16. Bg2 Be7 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Nf6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. g5 Nh5 22. Be3+ Kc7 23. Bxc6 Kxc6 $11 { 1/2 (51) Amonatov,F (2643)-Vorobiov,E (2606) Ulan Ude 2009}) 10. g5 {The g-pawn advance may seem to be quite timid, but White is not able to get an advantage with an immediate action in the centre.} (10. Nxd5 exd5 11. g5 (11. Nf4 hxg4 12. Qxd5 Bd7 (12... Nc6 13. Qxd8+ (13. Bc4 Qe7+ 14. Be3 Nb4 15. Qd2 Bf5 $15) 13... Nxd8 14. Nd5 Bd6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. c3 Ke7 $11) 13. Bc4 Qe7+ 14. Be3 Bc6 15. Qf5 Qb4+ 16. c3 Qxc4 17. Qc8+ Ke7 18. O-O-O $18 Nd7 19. Rxd7+ Kf6 20. Bd4+ Kg5 21. Rd5+ { 1-0 (21) Sutovsky,E (2675)-Najer,E (2663) Netanya 2009}) 11... Be7 12. Nf4 Bxg5 13. Qxd5 Nc6 14. c3 Qe7+ 15. Be2 Bxf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Qd3 g5 18. Bd6 Qf6 19. O-O-O (19. Bc7 Rc8 20. Bb6 Ne5 $11) 19... O-O-O 20. Qe3 Rd7 $2 (20... Bxa2 $1 21. Bh2 Qf5 $11) 21. Bh2 $16 { 1-0 (32) Nepomniachtchi,I (2729)-Popov,V (2565) Aix-les-Bains 2011}) 10... Bd6 $1 {It has to be stressed, that development of the bishop to b8-h2 diagonal is the main conceptual idea of the 9...h5 advance.} (10... Qa5 11. Bg2 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Nc6 13. O-O Be7 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Be3 $14) 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O {White is living with a seriously exposed pawn structure on the kingside. That simple fact greatly complicates any ideas of his early action in the centre.} ( 13. Qxd5 Nc6 14. Be3 Be6 $11) 13... Nc6 (13... Be6 14. Nf4 Nc6 15. Qxh5 $14) 14. Qxd5 $6 {Anand had only a slight chance of deciphering the problems of this unknown position. The most natural solution might not be the best and both knight moves to f4 or c3 should have been preferred.} (14. Nf4 Qxg5 15. Qxd5 (15. Nxd5 $2 Qg6 $17) 15... Qxd5 16. Nxd5 Nd4 $11) (14. Nc3 d4 15. Nd5 Bf5 16. c3 Re8 17. cxd4 Be4 $11) 14... Be6 $6 { Taking the h3-pawn would have promised Black somewhat better chances!} (14... Bxh3 $1 15. Bf4 (15. Bxh3 $2 Bh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qxd5 $19) (15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Be3 Be5 $15) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Qb6 18. Nxh5 (18. Rh1 Rfd8 19. Qb3 Qxb3) 18... Rad8 19. Qb3 Qc5 $15) 15. Qf3 (15. Qe4 Re8 16. Qh4 Qa5 17. Qxh5 Bc4 18. Be3 g6 19. Qg4 Ne5 20. Qd4 Rad8 $11) 15... Re8 16. Be3 {Anand Understands very well, that he should finish his development first, otherwise counterplay from centralised black pieces could become dangerous.} (16. Qxh5 Bc4 17. Re1 Nb4 18. b3 Nxc2 19. bxc4 g6 20. Qh4 Nxe1 21. Bb2 Be5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe1 Qd2 24. Kf1 Rae8 25. Bf3 Rxg5 26. Bxb7 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Qd1+ 28. Re1 Qd3+ $11) 16... Bc4 17. Rfe1 (17. Rfd1 $2 Ne5 $19) 17... Nb4 18. Rac1 (18. Nd4 $5 g6 19. Qxb7 Rb8 20. Nc6 Rxb7 21. Nxd8 Rd7 22. Nb7 Nxc2 23. Rec1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Be6 25. Bc6 Rxb7 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. Bxa6 Rxb2 28. Bc4 $14) 18... Be5 (18... Qa5 19. Red1 (19. Bd2 Qe5 $1 (19... Qxa2 20. Qxh5 Qxb2 21. g6 fxg6 22. Qg4 $1 $16) 20. Bf4 Bxe2 21. Bxe5 Bxf3 22. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nxc2 25. Re7 Rd8 $11) 19... Rad8 20. Nf4 $14) 19. Nc3 {The early middlegame seems to become quite dangerous for Gelfand. White could have opted for the promising and logical centralisation of the rook 19.Red1!} (19. Red1 $1 Qe7 20. a3 Nc6 21. b3 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 g6 23. Qc4 $14) 19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 Bd5 21. Qxh5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 $2 {Any exception from the rules is not trivial even for the best players in the world. Objectively speaking White should have preferred taking the knight on b4 and leaving his king somewhat exposed. Unfortunatelly for Black all the lines are indicating serious problems for him.} (22. cxb4 $1 Be4 (22... Qd5 23. c4 Qc6 24. b5 axb5 25. cxb5 Qf3 26. Qxf3 Bxf3 27. Kh2 (27. Ra1 Ra5 28. a4 Re4) 27... Rxa2 28. Kg3 Be4 29. Rc7 $16) (22... Bc6 23. Rcd1 Qc8 24. Rd4 $16) 23. Qg4 Qd6 24. c3 $16) 22... Qd5+ 23. Kg1 (23. Qf3 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Nxa2 25. Rb1 Nxc3 26. Rxb7 Rac8 $14) 23... Nc6 $1 {The knight retreats to the centre with the idea of ...Ne5 instead of the possible, but definitely more dangerous capture on a2.} (23... Nxa2 24. Rcd1 Qf5 25. Bd4 b5 26. Re3 $14) 24. Red1 (24. Bf4 g6 25. Qg4 Qc4 26. Qf3 Qxa2 $11) 24... Qxa2 25. g6 fxg6 26. Qxg6 Qf7 $6 {Safety first especially against the tactically very gifted world champion! Unfortunately we have to note that queen retreat was not the best solution. The move 26...Ne5! would toy with similar ideas under better circumstances for Black.} (26... Ne5 $1 27. Qg2 (27. Qg3 Qf7 28. f4 Nc6 $11) 27... Qf7 28. Qd5 Rac8 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Bd4 Re6 $11) 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rb1 b5 (28... Re7 29. Bc5 Rc7 30. Bb6 Re7 31. Kg2 $14) 29. c4 $1 b4 {Gelfand is logically taming the beast of the enemy's initiative. He is sitting without a pawn and his knight is a weaker piece than the white bishop. Fortunately for him all the white pawns are isolated, which will prove to be an important factor in Black's defence.} (29... bxc4 30. Rb7+ Re7 31. Rb6 Ne5 32. Rd5 a5 33. Rbb5 Nc6 34. Rdc5 $14) 30. c3 bxc3 (30... a5 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Bc5 Rad8 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rb3 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rc1 36. Bxb4 Rxc4 $14 ) 31. Rbc1 Red8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 (32... Nxd8 33. Rxc3 a5 34. Bc1 a4 35. Kf1 Ne6 36. Ke2 $14) 33. Rxc3 a5 34. Kf1 {The verdict in the position should acknowledge White's edge, but also note excellent drawing chances for Black.} ( 34. Ra3 Rb8 35. Bd2 Ne5 36. Bxa5 Nxc4 37. Rf3+ Ke6 38. Bc3 $14) 34... Ke6 35. Ke2 Rh8 (35... Nd4+ 36. Kf1 Nc6 $14) 36. Bb6 Rh4 37. Re3+ (37. c5 Kd5 38. Rg3 a4 $11) 37... Kf5 38. Ra3 Rxc4 39. Bxa5 Nxa5 40. Rxa5+ Kf6 41. Ra6+ Kf5 42. Kf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2013.02.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2013.02.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4 Rac8 15. c5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc6 17. Rab1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 h6 19. e3 Nd7 20. Na5 Nxc5 21. Nxb7 Nxb7 22. Rxb7 Bf6 23. Rdb1 Bxd4 24. exd4 a5 25. Ra7 Rd5 26. Rbb7 Rf5 27. Rc7 Rd8 28. Rc5 Rxd4 29. Rxf5 exf5 30. Rxa5 f4 31. a4 g5 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. a5 fxg3 34. hxg3 Ra4 35. a6 h5 36. Kf3 Ra3+ 37. Kg2 h4 38. gxh4 gxh4 39. a7 Kf6 40. Rh8 h3+ 41. Rxh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2013.02.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2013.02.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. Qe3 Rac8 16. Rd2 Na5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. h3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Be6 20. b4 h6 21. b5 axb5 22. Nxb5 d5 23. exd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Nxe5 Rxc2 26. Nc3 Bc6 27. Qd4 Qe6 28. Qd8+ Be8 29. Re1 Qf5 30. Qd4 Bc6 31. g4 Qc8 32. Rb1 Qe6 33. Nxc6 bxc6 34. Qd8+ Ne8 35. Qd3 Qb3 36. Qd8 Qe6 37. Qd3 Qb3 38. Re1 Nf6 39. Ra1 g5 40. Rb1 Rxb2 41. Rxb2 Qxb2 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qd4 Qa3 44. Qe5 Qb4 45. Kg2 c5 46. Kf3 Qc4 47. Ke3 Qf1 48. f3 c4 49. Ne4 Qe1+ 50. Kd4 Qa1+ 51. Nc3 Qf1 52. Qf5 Nd7 53. Qe4 Qxh3 54. Nd5 Qg3 55. Ne3 Qf2 56. Kc3 Nf6 57. Nf5+ Kh7 58. Qb7 Qe1+ 59. Kxc4 Qe6+ 60. Kd3 Nd5 61. Nd4 Nf4+ 62. Kd2 Qa2+ 63. Ke3 Qa3+ 64. Kf2 Qa2+ 65. Ke3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2013.02.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2757"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2013.02.22"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.04.22"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. N1d2 Nf6 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 Nb4 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Bd7 14. Rac1 Bb5 15. Bf2 e5 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Rfd1 exf4 18. Nd4 Bxc4 19. dxc4 Ne5 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Nf5 g6 22. Qb6 Rac8 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Rxd6 Rc8 26. c5 Ng4 27. Rd4 g5 28. h3 Nf6 29. Rcc4 Rce8 30. c6 bxc6 31. Rxc6 Nxe4 32. Rd5 Re6 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34. Bd4 f6 35. b4 Rc6 36. Kf1 Rc2 37. Ra5 Nd2+ 38. Ke1 Nb3 39. Rd5 Nxd4 40. Rxd4 Rxg2 41. Rd6 f5 42. Rxa6 g4 43. Rf6 gxh3 44. Kf1 f3 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2013.02.22"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E55"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2740"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2013.02.22"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.04.22"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. a4 Qc7 14. Bb2 e5 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Bb5 e4 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. a5 Nf8 19. axb6 axb6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. c4 Ng6 22. Bc3 Qe7 23. Nf1 Ne5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Ra7 Rb8 26. Ng3 Qc7 27. h3 g6 28. Qb2 Nd3 29. Qa1 Ne8 30. Nxe4 Qb6 31. Bxe8 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2013.02.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2810"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2013.02.22"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.04.22"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Nf8 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Qd2 Ng6 13. d5 Bd7 14. Bf1 h6 15. Be3 c5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Bd4 Be6 18. Bd3 Nf8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 d5 21. Bd3 c5 22. Be5 Qb6 23. c3 a5 24. b3 Red8 25. Rab1 Nd7 26. Bf4 Bf8 27. Ne5 Nf6 28. Qe2 Rac8 29. Qf3 Qa7 30. Bxh6 c4 31. Bf1 cxb3 32. axb3 d4 33. c4 Qa8 34. Qxa8 Rxa8 35. Bg5 Bb4 36. Red1 Rac8 37. Nf3 Bc3 38. Bd3 Rc5 39. Bd2 Rb8 40. Bxc3 dxc3 41. Rdc1 a4 42. Rxc3 Nd5 43. Rcc1 Nf4 44. Bf1 axb3 45. Rxb3 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2013.02.22"] [Round "4"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2013.02.22"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.04.22"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. dxe5 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. h3 O-O 12. Nb3 Rd8 13. Qe2 Nxb3 14. axb3 c5 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Nd2 a5 17. Nc4 b6 18. Rd2 Be6 19. Rad1 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 a4 21. f4 axb3 22. cxb3 g6 23. Kh2 b5 24. Na5 Qh4 25. Rf1 Qd8 26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rf2 Rd3 28. Nb7 Rd5 29. Rc2 c4 30. b4 Rd4 31. Rf2 Bd5 32. Nc5 Rd1 33. g4 Kf8 34. f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 Ke7 36. Kg3 h6 37. Kg4 Re1 38. Kf4 Rh1 39. Kg4 c6 40. h4 Re1 41. Kf4 Rg1 42. f6+ Kf8 43. Kf5 h5 44. e6 fxe6+ 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2013.02.22"] [Round "6"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2013.02.22"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.04.22"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5 Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxb5 10. dxc6 Ne7 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. O-O O-O 13. cxb7 Bxb7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Nb3 Rfd8 16. Qf4 Nd5 17. Qf3 a5 18. Nc5 Qb5 19. Nd3 Nb4 20. Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Bg5 Rdb8 22. Rad1 Qb5 23. Bf4 Re8 24. b3 a4 25. Rd3 e5 26. Rd5 Qa6 27. Bg5 axb3 28. axb3 h6 29. Bc1 e4 30. Qe3 Qb7 31. Rfd1 Rab8 32. Rd7 Qxb3 33. Qxb3 Rxb3 34. Rd8 Rb8 35. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2013.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2013.02.22"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.04.22"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 Bd6 13. Rac1 a6 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd7 16. Ne4 Kh8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 f5 19. f3 Rae8 20. Qc4 Re6 21. Rc1 h6 22. Qb3 Qc8 23. Qd5 Rd6 24. Qc4 Qe8 25. b4 f4 26. Bf2 Rd7 27. Qe4 Qf7 28. b5 axb5 29. Rxb5 Nd4 30. Rxe5 Nb3 31. Rc2 b6 32. Qc4 Qxc4 33. Rxc4 fxg3 34. hxg3 Na5 35. Rc3 Nb7 36. Re6 Nd6 37. g4 Ra8 38. Re5 Nf7 39. Rf5 Kg8 40. d4 Ra4 41. e4 Nd8 42. d5 Nf7 43. Bg3 Ra7 44. Bf4 Nd8 45. Kg3 Nf7 46. e5 Rxd5 47. e6 Rxf5 48. gxf5 Nd6 49. Bxd6 cxd6 50. Rc8+ Kh7 51. Rd8 b5 52. f6 1-0 [Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2013.02.17"] [Round "10"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2013.02.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 ({ Recently I annotated 2 games with the more enterprising} 3... Nd7 {and CBM 153 features a theoretical article about the newest developments in this line:} 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 (5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8. Qd3 h6 9. c4 b5 10. Nfd2 Nf6 11. Nc3 Qb8 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Be7 14. Nc3 O-O 15. b3 Bc6 16. Ba3 a5 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. f3 Ra7 19. Kh1 Rb7 20. Rdb1 Rc8 $132 { Bologan,V (2695)-Topalov,V (2751)/Eilat/2012/CBM 151/}) 5... Ngf6 6. c3 g6 7. Bc2 Bg7 8. d4 Qc7 9. a4 O-O 10. d5 b6 11. c4 e6 12. Nc3 exd5 13. cxd5 Re8 14. h3 Rb8 15. Qe2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Be3 Re8 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Rac1 Re7 20. Qd2 Qd7 21. b3 Bc8 22. Bh6 Bh8 23. Qe2 $14 { (),Caruana,F (2786)-Topalov,V (2769)/Bucharest 2012/CBM 152/}) 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 ({The move order} 5... Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 { allows White to avoid the line from our game with} 9. Nde2 Nf6 10. f3 $5 (10. O-O Qe6 {transposes}) 10... O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 13. Bg5 h6 (13... Qc7 $5 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. b3 Nc5 16. Rb1 Rac8 17. Qc2 Qa5 {is more popular and somewhat stronger, the active knights make it difficult for White to achieve any progress:} 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Rfd1 Nb4 20. Qd2 Rfd8 21. Na2 Nc6 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. Be3 Rdd8 {1/2,Burne,N (2509)-Marez,S (2407)/corr./2011/}) 14. Bh4 Rfd8 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Kh1 Rd7 17. Rc1 Re8 18. Nd5 exd5 $6 (18... Qd8 $142) 19. cxd5 Qb6 20. Bf2 Qxb2 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Rxc6 $36 {Caruana,F (2773)-Anand,V (2780)/Sao Paulo/ Bilbao/2012/ was an experience Anand was definitely not intent on repeating.}) 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. O-O { This has gradually gone out of fashion after the game Kasparov-World.} (9. f3 Qc7 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nce2 Rfd8 14. Bc3 Qb6 15. Kh1 d5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qe1 {Carlsen,M (2843)-Anand,V (2780)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/ For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 151.} {Here Anand recommended} Re8 $5 (17... a5 $13 {is also better than Black's choice 17...Rdc8?!}) {/\} 18. e5 Nd7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nf4 e5 $11) ({The other main move here is } 9. h3 Qc7 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nc6 (11... Nxe4 $5 12. Nxe4 Qe5 13. Qb1 f5 { is already mentioned in the notes to Carlsen-Anand - here too Black is doing fine after} 14. Bc3 Qxe4+ 15. Qxe4 fxe4 16. Nb5 Bxc3+ 17. Nxc3 Rf8 18. O-O Na6 19. Rfe1 Nc5 20. Rad1 Kd7 21. Re3 Rac8 22. Rd4 Rf4 23. Nd5 Rf7 24. Rd2 Rc6 25. b4 Na4 26. Rxe4 e6 27. Ne3 Nc3 28. Red4 e5 29. R4d3 Ne4 30. Re2 Ke6 31. c5 dxc5 32. Nc4 Rf4 33. b5 Rd6 (33... Rc7 $5) 34. Nxd6 Nxd6 $44 { Bologan,V (2665)-Naiditsch,A (2712)/ESP-chT Melilla/2011/}) 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O a6 (13... Rfc8 14. Re1 a6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Bc3 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Ne3 18. Rxe3 Kxg7 19. a4 Qa5 20. Rd3 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Qe1 Rc5 23. Rad1 Rac8 24. Qe2 Qf6 25. Rf3 Qe6 26. Qb2+ Qe5 27. Qxe5+ Rxe5 28. Re3 b5 $11 { Bologan,V (2732)-Le Quang,L (2693)/Astana blitz/2012/}) 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Bc3 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Ne3 18. Rxe3 Kxg7 19. Qd2 Qa5 20. Qb2+ Kg8 21. Rd1 b5 22. cxb5 Qxb5 $132 {Bologan,V (2732)-Gelfand,B (2738)/Astana rpd/2012/}) ({ With the knight on f6 instead of c6, the move} 9. Nde2 $6 { exposes the Pc4 and White must reckon with} Qc6 $1 10. Qd4 O-O $15) 9... Nc6 10. Nde2 { White has already no simple way to reach the ideal setup from Caruana-Anand.} ( 10. f3 $2 Nxe4 $1 $17) (10. Be3 $2 { - the B belongs in g5 on this line, moreover here Black has the immediate} Ng4 $36) (10. Nc2 O-O {is less harmonious and doesn't promise White anything:} 11. Qe2 (11. b3 Nh5 12. Bd2 Rac8 13. Qe2 f5 14. exf5 Qxf5 15. Rac1 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Nd5 Qf7 18. Rfe1 Kh8 19. f3 b5 $36 { Chudinovskih,A (2389)-Naiditsch,A (2638)/Moscow/2008/}) 11... a6 12. b3 (12. Bd2 Rab8 13. Rac1 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nd5 e6 16. Ncb4 exd5 17. Nxc6 Rb6 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Qf3 {1/2,Tkachiev,V (2615)-Gelfand,B (2695)/Groningen/1997/}) 12... Qc7 13. Bd2 e6 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. f4 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17. Be1 Rac8 18. Kh1 Red8 19. Qf3 Qe7 20. Ne3 Rf8 21. Ne2 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. b4 Nd7 24. a3 Nb6 25. Bc3 e5 $132 {Marusenko,P (2406)-Shipov,S (2658)/Port Erin/1999/}) 10... Qe6 $5 {A forcing attempt to disrupt White's plans.} ({We have already mentioned} 10... O-O 11. f3 {in the note to move 5.}) 11. Nd5 $5 { White more or less must go for the complications.} ({ Black gets an excellent position after the unprincipled} 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Nf4 Qc8 13. Nfd5 Nxd5 $5 (13... e6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bh6 Rd8 16. Rac1 Ne5 17. Ne2 $2 (17. Qd1 $1 $11) 17... Qc6 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. b3 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Nd4 Qd7 22. c5 Ng4 $17 {Damljanovic,B (2554)-Stohl,I (2600)/EU-chT Batumi/1999/}) 14. Nxd5 e6 15. Ne3 Ne5 16. Bd2 Qc6 17. f3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 Nd7 20. Bc3 Nc5 21. Qc2 Rf7 22. Kh1 Ne4 23. Bxg7 Rxg7 24. Qd3 Rf8 $15 { Velicka,P (2455)-Dydyshko,V (2520)/CZE-chT/2000/}) 11... Qxe4 ({ The same goes for Black: after} 11... Rc8 12. f3 O-O 13. Rb1 { his 10th move doesn't make much sense, as the Q must retreat anyway.}) 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Nxa8 Qxc4 14. Nc3 (14. Be3 Rxa8 15. a3 Nd5 16. Rc1 Qe4 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Rcd1 Nxe3 19. fxe3 f5 20. a4 a6 21. Nf4 b5 $15 { Knoeppel,B (2127)-Vyzharov,I (2178)/corr/2007/}) ({The main continuation here, played already by Kasparov in 1999 and subsequently others (mainly Rublevsky) is} 14. Nb6+ $5 axb6 15. Nc3 {White's rooks are currently passive and doubling the b-pawns creates a potential target for the future. However, Black is holding his own here and even has a wider choice of playable alternatives:} e6 $5 (15... b5 16. Be3 Rd8 $5 (16... Ra8 17. Rc1 Ke8 18. b3 (18. a3 b4 19. b3 Qh4 $6 (19... Qg4 $5 20. Nb5 Kf8 {/\} 21. a4 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Ne4 $36) (19... Qa6 $11 ) 20. Nb5 Kd7 21. Bc5 Qh5 22. Qxh5 Nxh5 23. Bxb4 Nf4 24. Rc4 Nd5 25. Bd2 f5 26. a4 h6 27. Rd1 e6 28. h4 $14 { Rublevsky,S (2662)-Van Wely,L (2646)/Frankfurt rpd/2000/}) (18. Bg5 Qg4 (18... Kf8 19. a3 b4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5 Qd4 22. Nxf6 Qxf6 23. axb4 Qxb2 24. Rb1 Qf6 25. Qd3 Qf5 26. Qc3 f6 27. b5 Nd8 28. Rfe1 Ne6 29. Qe3 Kf7 30. Rb4 d5 31. g4 Qe5 32. Qxe5 fxe5 33. Rxe5 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 d4 $11 { Leitao,R (2587)-Georgiev,K (2676)/Poikovsky/2001/}) 19. Qd2 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. b3 Qd4 22. Qe2 Qe5 23. Be3 b4 24. Rfd1 Kf8 25. Qc4 Kg8 26. Rd5 Qe6 27. Rc2 Ne5 28. Qb5 Ng4 29. Rd3 Bh6 30. Qxb7 Rf8 31. Re2 Rc8 32. Rd1 Nxe3 33. Rde1 Rc3 34. Qb8+ Rc8 35. Qa7 Qe4 36. fxe3 Rc3 $36 { Fester,A (2483)-Claridge,J (2275)/corr/2000/}) 18... Qg4 19. f3 Qh5 (19... Qd7 20. Nxb5 Rxa2 21. Ra1 Ra6 $132) (19... Qf5 $5 $13) 20. a4 b4 $2 (20... bxa4 21. bxa4 $14 {Rublevsky}) 21. Nb5 Kf8 22. Bf2 Qd5 23. Qc2 Qf5 24. Qxf5 gxf5 25. Rfd1 Ne8 26. Rc4 Rd8 27. Na7 Nxa7 28. Bxa7 Bc3 29. Bd4 $16 { Rublevsky,S (2662)-Vuckovic,B (2427)/Herceg Novi/2000/}) 17. Rc1 b4 18. Na4 ( 18. b3 Qa6 19. Na4 Ke8 20. Bb6 Ra8 21. Re1 Kf8 22. Rc2 Qb5 23. Be3 Nd5 $15 { Stefanov,P (2449)-Roca,A (2569)/corr/2000/}) 18... Qb5 19. a3 Ke8 20. Qb3 e6 21. axb4 Nd5 22. Nc3 Qxb4 23. Qxb4 Ndxb4 24. Rfd1 d5 25. Bb6 Ra8 $11 { /=/+,De Sa Nobrega,A-Walsh,H/corr/2000/}) (15... Ra8 16. Be3 $142 $5 (16. a4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 (17. Qd5 Qxd5 18. Nxd5 Ra6 19. Be3 { Ansell,S (2371)-Bates,R (2376)/West Bromwich/2004/} Nc5 20. b4 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 e6 $13 {/=/+}) 17... Qxe4 18. Qb3 f5 19. Bg5 Qb4 20. Qf7 Be5 21. h3 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Qxa4 23. Qxh7 Bxb2 24. Qxg6 Qe4 25. Qf7 Bd4 26. Qb3 f4 27. Qf7 Be5 28. h4 b5 29. h5 Qc4 $132 {Kasparov,G (2851)-The World/Internet MSN/1999/ For more details about this game see the notes in CBM 074.}) 16... b5 17. Rc1 { transposes to a potentially dangerous branch of the 15...b5 line.}) 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 {is an idea, similar to our game:} 18. Qe2 (18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Rab1 (19. Bxb6 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bc3 21. Be3 Rb8 22. Rfd1 d4 23. Bd2 b5 24. a3 Ra8 25. Bc1 Ra5 26. f4 Ne7 27. Kf2 Kc6 $36 {Neumann,P-Baer,W/corr/2009/}) 19... d4 20. Bd2 Ra8 21. a3 Ne5 22. Rfc1 Nd3 23. Rd1 Nc5 24. Rbc1 Na4 25. Rb1 f5 26. h3 Rc8 27. Rdc1 Rf8 28. Re1 f4 29. Kf1 Be5 $44 {Kelbl,J-Svartbo,M/corr/2007/ The endgame is viable for Black even with 2 sets of doubled-pawns and he went on to win!}) (18. Bxb6 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Be5 21. f4 Bxf4 22. Rf1 e5 23. g3 Bg5 24. Rxf7+ Be7 25. Be3 Ke6 26. Rf2 Rb8 (26... d5 $5 27. Rxb7 d4 $44) 27. Rfb2 Ra8 28. Rc2 Nd8 29. Bb6 Nc6 30. Be3 Nd8 31. Bb6 Nc6 32. Be3 { 1/2,Ionescu Brandis,I (2286)-Sudakova,I (2392)/Predeal/2006/}) 18... b5 19. Rad1 Qc4 20. Qd2 Qb4 (20... d5 $5 $11) 21. Qd3 d5 22. Rc1 Qa4 23. Rfd1 (23. Rc5 b4 24. Rb5 Qa6 $132) (23. Bc5 Ra8 $5 24. Rc2 Ke8 $13) 23... b4 24. Bc5 $6 (24. b3 Qxa2 25. Bc5 Qa6 26. Qe3 $44) 24... Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bc3 26. Qf3 f5 27. Qf4 Be5 28. Qh4 Qc2 29. Bxb4 Qe4 $15 { Rublevsky,S (2670)-Motylev,A (2574)/YUG-chT Novi Sad/2000/}) 14... Rxa8 15. Bg5 (15. Re1 Rc8 16. h3 e6 (16... h6 17. Be3 Ke8 18. Rc1 Kf8 19. Qd2 Qh4 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nd4 Kg8 22. Qe2 Nd5 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Qxa6 Bxb2 26. Qxc6 Qb4 27. Re2 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Be5 29. Qc2 $14 { /+/-,Antonio,R (2547)-Rytshagov,M (2529)/Istanbul olm/2000/}) 17. Be3 Nd5 $5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qa4 Qa5 20. Qb3 Qb4 21. Qd1 b6 22. Rb1 d5 23. a3 Qb5 24. a4 Qb4 25. Bd2 Qh4 26. b4 Ne5 27. a5 b5 28. Be3 a6 29. Bc5 Nc4 30. Qf3 Qf6 31. Qe2 Qe5 32. Qf3 Qf5 33. Qe2 Bc3 34. Red1 Ke8 35. Rb3 Be5 36. Re1 Qf4 37. g3 Qd2 38. Qf1 Rxc5 39. bxc5 Qxa5 40. Qe2 Kf8 41. h4 Bc3 42. Rc1 Bd4 $36 {/-/+,Fasano,D (2260)-Fabri,L/corr/2009/ This game could have been Anand's initial inspiration for his 16th move.}) 15... e6 $146 (15... h6 $143 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bd4 18. Qf3 f5 19. b3 Qc2 20. Rae1 e5 21. Rc1 Qb2 22. Qg3 Qd2 23. Qxg6 Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 Qxd5 25. Qxf5+ Qe6 26. Qxf2 $16 { Pergel,L (2342)-Antok,D (2201)/HUN-chT/2002/}) 16. Re1 (16. Qf3 $5 Qg4 17. Qe3 Qf5 $13) (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qf3 Ke7 18. Rfe1 Be5 $1 $15) 16... Nd5 $5 { Materially Black is doing fine, with his king in the centre it's important to consolidate his position. Anand thwarts White's attacking ambitions and forces simplification even af the cost of breaking up his pawn-structure - we have already seen similar versions of this idea above.} 17. Nxd5 { It's difficult to suggest an effective improvement.} (17. Qf3 Rf8 (17... f5 $6 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qh3 {is a bit loose and gives White some targets}) 18. Bd2 $5 (18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 exd5 {would probably transpose into the game}) { seems slightly artificial, Black shouldn't worry unduly after} 18... Nxc3 ({ It's not easy to say what can White achieve even after a move like} 18... h5 $5 $13) 19. Bxc3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Ke7 $11 (20... f5 $5 $11 {But perhaps this way the way to retain more tension on the board, as in the endgame only Black can be better.})) 17... Qxd5 18. Qxd5 (18. Qg4 Qf5 (18... h5 19. Qf4 Qf5 20. Qd2 Qa5 $11 21. b4 Qxb4 22. Qxb4 Nxb4 23. Rab1 b6 24. Rxb4 Bc3 $13) 19. Qg3 Rc8 20. Rad1 d5 $13 {/=/+}) 18... exd5 19. Rad1 h6 20. Bc1 d4 $11 {/=/+ Even though they are doubled, Black's central pawns control important squares and restrict White's forces.} 21. Rd3 Rc8 22. Rb3 b6 23. Kf1 Ne5 24. Ra3 a5 $5 {The engines like this move. Although it creates a weakness on b6, Black's rook remains poised to invade. However, Anand criticised his choice, recommending the less committal} (24... Rc7 {instead. Black is OK here, but it's to early to speak about a tangible advantage yet after} 25. Rd1 $13 ({Anand didn't like} 25. Ke2 $5 {, which is also a plausible idea.})) 25. b4 { This attempt to bail out leads to a worse, but probably tenable rook endgame.} ({A solid alternative is} 25. f4 Nc4 26. Rd3 d5 27. b3 Nd6 28. Bb2 Nb5 29. a4 Nc3 30. Bxc3 dxc3 31. Rxd5+ Kc6 32. Rd3 Kc5 33. Re4 b5 34. axb5 Kxb5 35. Rd5+ Kb6 36. Rd6+ Kb5 $11 {with repetition.}) 25... Rc2 $1 (25... axb4 26. Ra7+ Kc6 (26... Rc7 27. Rxc7+ Kxc7 28. Bd2 $14) 27. f4 Nd3 28. Rd1 $13) 26. bxa5 bxa5 ( 26... Nc4 $6 27. Rb3 (27. Rf3 Ne5 28. Rb3 bxa5 29. f4 Ng4 30. h3 Nf6 31. Rb7+ ( 31. Rb2 Rxb2 32. Bxb2 Nd5) 31... Kc6 32. Rxf7 Nh5 $132) 27... Nxa5 (27... bxa5 28. Rb7+) 28. Rb2 $1 (28. Rxb6 d3 $44) 28... Rxb2 (28... Rc6 29. Rbe2 $14) 29. Bxb2 Nc4 30. Bc1 $14 (30. Ba1 $5 $14)) 27. Rxa5 $5 { Consistent, as other moves give Black the initiative:} (27. Rd1 Nc4 28. Rf3 Ke6 $36) (27. Bf4 Nc4 28. Rb3 Rxa2 $15 (28... a4 $5 29. Rb7+ Kc6 30. Rxf7 g5 $44)) 27... Nd3 28. Ra7+ Kc6 29. Rxf7 Nxe1 30. Kxe1 Rxc1+ (30... Be5 31. Bxh6 d3 32. Rf3 Re2+ 33. Kd1 Rxa2 34. Bf4 $5 $11) 31. Kd2 Rg1 32. Rxg7 Rxg2 33. Ke1 $2 { After a series of forced moves Naiditsch goes astray. Misplacing the king loses by force, as it gives Black extra tempi.} (33. Ke2 $15 {retains good drawing chances, as the winning plan from the game is now too slow:} {/\} Rxh2 (33... d3+ 34. Kxd3 Rxf2 35. Rxg6 Rxh2 36. a4 $132 {/=}) 34. Rxg6 h5 35. a4 Rh1 36. a5 h4 37. a6 h3 38. Rh6 (38. Rg7 Ra1 39. Rh7 $11 {is similar}) 38... h2 ( 38... Kc7 39. a7 Kb7 40. Rxd6 h2 41. Rd7+ Ka8 42. Rh7 $11) 39. Rh7 { and Black must allow a swap of the passed rook pawns with a theoretical draw.} Kd5 40. a7 Ra1 41. Rxh2 Rxa7 42. Kd2 Kc4 43. Rh3 $11) 33... Rxh2 34. Rxg6 Rh1+ $1 $19 {Anand had it all worked out and played the rest of the game with lightning speed.} 35. Kd2 (35. Ke2 h5 36. a4 h4 37. a5 h3 38. a6 h2 39. Rh6 Kc7 $1 ({Or} 39... d3+ 40. Kd2 Kc7 $1 41. Rh7+ Kb8 $19) 40. Rh7+ Kb8 41. Rb7+ Ka8 42. Rh7 d3+ 43. Kd2 d5 $22 44. Rh5 Ka7 45. Rh6 d4 $22 46. f4 Ra1 $19) 35... h5 36. Rh6 h4 37. a4 (37. f4 h3 38. f5 h2 39. f6 (39. Rh7 Ra1 $19) 39... Kd7 $19) 37... h3 38. a5 ({White's tragedy is his Pf2 can never move:} 38. f4 h2 39. f5 Ra1 $19) 38... h2 39. a6 Kc7 $5 (39... Kb6 40. Rxd6+ Ka7 41. Rh6 d3 $22 $19) 40. Rh7+ Kb8 41. Ke2 d3+ 42. Kd2 (42. Kxd3 Rd1+) 42... Ka8 43. Rh5 (43. a7 d5 $22 $19) 43... Ka7 44. Rh6 d5 45. Rh8 Kxa6 46. Rh6+ Kb5 47. Rh8 Kc4 48. Rc8+ Kd4 49. Rh8 Ke4 0-1 [Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2013.02.16"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Fridman, Daniel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2667"] [Annotator "Andreikin,D"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2013.02.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Fridman is a great expert on the Petroff Defence. During his chess career, he has played in this opening more than 80 games and has good statistics. I think, this move didn't come as a surprise for the World Champion.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 { The main line. Lately another move became popular} (5. Nc3 $5 { By the way - an amusing miniature with Anand's participation went thus:} Bf5 $4 6. Qe2 $18 {Black resigned. Zapata-Anand/1-0 Biel 1988. After the normal move 5...Ne4xc3 the position contains a lot of theory. Let's leave it for another time.}) 5... d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 {This move is considered the main one, and leads to a long struggle. White has at his disposal also another interesting opportunity:} (9. cxd5 $5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 {Black must act very precisely for a draw.} Bf5 12. Nc3 (12. Ne5 $5 { [Blatny,P]} g6 13. f3 $13 (13. Qf3 h5 (13... Qxd4 14. Nc3 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qa5 16. b4 Qa3 17. Nd5 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Bd8 19. fxe4 Be6 20. Nxc7+ Bxc7 21. Bxc7 f6 22. a3 Rc8 23. Rac1 Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Smyslov,V/Reggio Emilia8687 1986/CBM 04}) 14. Bf4 O-O-O 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Bd6 17. Bg5 Rde8 18. Bf6 Rhg8 19. Nc4 Bf4 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Kb8 22. Rac1 Rc8 $14 { Grosar,A-Puljek Salai,Z/Ljubljana op 1992/TD/1-0 (45)}) (13. g4 Bh4 14. Re2 Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 Nxf2 16. Qe3 Bxb1 17. Nxg6+ Be4 18. Nxh8 Nxg4 19. Qc3 Qd6 20. Qd2 f5 21. h3 Qg3+ {0-1 Rogulj,B-Forintos,G/AUT-chT2S 9697 1997/EXT 99}) 13... Nf6 14. Qe3 O-O-O $1 (14... Qd6 $5) 15. Nc3 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Rxd4 17. Be3 Rb4 18. b3 Be6 19. Bf2 $1 Bd6 $1 20. Nd3 Rd8 21. Nxb4 (21. Red1 Bxb3 22. axb3 Rxb3 23. Ne2 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Rxd3 26. Rxa7 Rd2 27. Bh4 Nd5 $15) 21... Bxb4 22. Rec1 (22. Rac1 Rd3 23. Re3) 22... Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Nd5 24. Rd3 b6 25. Rad1 { 1/2 Anand,V (2769)-Kramnik,V (2758)/Linares 2000/CBM 076/[Blatny,P]}) 12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Be6 $1 $11 14. Re5 (14. Qxc7 Bd6 $11) 14... Qc6 15. Qa5 Rd8 16. Bf4 O-O 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Rb5 Qxa5 19. Rxa5 Ra8 20. d5 Bd7 21. Ne5 Bd6 22. Bg3 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 c6 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. Bd4 a6 26. Re5 Rfe8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Be3 Rd8 29. f3 f6 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. h4 {1/2 Naiditsch,A (2678)-Kramnik,V (2772)/ Dresden 2008. Having remembered the big computer analysis Black reached a draw without play. Anand didn't want to force the game.}) 9... O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 { I like this move more than the drawing line:} (14. Bf4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bd6 $1 { and the position quickly simplified:} 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Ng5 Bg6 19. h4 Qe7 20. Qg4 h6 21. h5 Bxh5 22. Qxh5 hxg5 23. Rd1 Rf8 24. Rd3 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Qxf2 26. Qxg5 (26. Rh3 Qf4+ 27. Kh1 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+ 29. Kh1 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 {1/2 Grischuk,A (2763)-Chadaev,N (2580)/Astana 2012/CBM 149 Extra}) 26... Qf6 27. Qxf6 gxf6 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. Rh3+ Kg7 30. Rg3+ Kh8 31. Rh3+ Kg7 32. Rg3+ { 1/2 Ni Hua (2661)-Wang Yue (2714)/Danzhou 2011/CBM 143}) 14... Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 {Now this move has become automatic.} (15... Bd6 $5 {Huzman} 16. c4 Qe4 17. Be3 (17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Qd2 Qc2 $11) 17... Rad8 18. Ra2 Bg6 (18... Bf4 $2 19. Nd2 $18) 19. Qc1 (19. Qb3 Bf4 (19... b6 20. Rd2 Na5 21. Qc3 $14) 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. d5 Na5 22. Qc3 b6 $11) 19... Na5 20. c5 Be7 21. Bb5 (21. Rb2 $5 b6 22. Ne5 Bxc5 23. Bf3 Qf5 24. Nxg6 Bxa3 25. Ne5 c5 $132) 21... Qd5 $2 (21... c6 22. Bf1 $14) 22. Rae2 $2 (22. Bxe8 $1 Qxa2 23. Ba4 {/\24.Bf4} Qc4 (23... Bf8 24. Bf4 $18) (23... Bf6 24. Bf4 Nc6 25. Bxc7 Rc8 26. Qe3 h6 (26... Qe6 27. Be5 $18) 27. Bd6 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Qc4 29. Qb3 Qxd4 30. Qxb7 $18) 24. Qxc4 Nxc4 25. Bf4 $18) 22... c6 23. Bg5 cxb5 $1 24. Bxe7 Rc8 $1 25. Re5 Qd7 26. Bd6 (26. d5 $2 Nc4 27. d6 f6 28. Rd5 Bf7 $17) 26... f6 $1 27. Rxe8+ (27. Re7 $4 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Qxd6 $19 ) 27... Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ { 1/2 Kasparov,G (2838)-Karpov,A (2688)/New York 2002/CBM 093/[Huzman]} (28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $15 {In the final position only Black can play for a win but the match situation guaranteed the victory for Karpov in the case of a draw in this game.})) 16. h3 {Moving the adjecent pawn doesn't bring results:} (16. g3 $6 b5 (16... Bf6 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Nc4 Bh3 19. Qd3 g5 20. Be3 Qd5 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Qxf1 Ne7 23. Rab1 Nf5 24. a4 a6 25. Qd3 b5 26. Na3 c6 27. Nc2 Qf3 28. Qd1 Qxd1 29. Rexd1 Nd6 30. Bd2 Kg7 31. Nb4 bxa4 32. Nd3 a3 33. Rb4 Ne4 34. Ra4 c5 35. Nxc5 Nxc5 36. dxc5 Red8 37. Rxa3 Rc6 38. Ra2 Rxc5 39. Rxa6 Rcd5 40. Ra2 Kg6 41. c4 Rd4 42. Rc2 Be7 43. Kf1 Bc5 44. Ke2 Re8+ 45. Be3 Rxd1 46. Kxd1 Bxe3 47. fxe3 Rxe3 48. c5 Kf6 49. Kd2 Ra3 50. c6 Ra8 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Kf3 h5 53. Rc5+ Kd6 54. Rxg5 h4 55. gxh4 Kxc6 56. Rf5 Kd6 57. Rxf7 Ke6 58. Rf4 Ke7 59. Kg4 Rf8 60. Ra4 Kf6 61. h5 Kg7 62. Kg5 Rf7 63. Rf4 Rxf4 64. Kxf4 Kh6 65. h4 Kxh5 66. Kf5 Kxh4 {1/2 Gashimov,V (2719)-Wang Yue (2732)/Nanjing 2010/CBM 139}) 17. Nd2 Na5 18. Nf1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Ne3 Qe6 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Re5 Qd7 23. Qe2 Bd6 24. Qxb5 c6 25. Rxe8+ { 1/2 Karjakin,S (2720)-Smeets,J (2657)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM 135}) 16... h6 { This symmetrical move is correct. Of course, all this is all well-studied theory.} 17. Nd2 Na5 $5 {This move was a novelty in 2008! The first to use it was Fridman himself, playing against Gharamian. Now this move is popular, and in the database we can find a lot of interesting games. Earlier in this position, Black played in a different way:} (17... Qd7 $5 {Kasparov,G (2813) -Motylev,A (2651)/Moscow 2004/ 1/2, and Karjakin,S (2576)-Gelfand,B (2693)/ Pamplona 2004/ 1/2}) 18. Bf3 (18. Nf1 Qb3 19. Ne3 Qxd1 20. Bxd1 Bd7 21. Nd5 Bd6 22. Bg4 Bxg4 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. hxg4 { 1/2 Gharamian,T (2555)-Fridman,D (2630)/Germany 2008/CBM 126 Extra}) 18... Qd7 19. Ne4 Rcd8 20. Ra2 $1 $146 {Alexei Shirov used this idea but in a slightly different version. ( Shirov,A (2749)-Gashimov,V (2719)/Sestao 2010/ 0-1 )} ( 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. Bh5 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 cxd6 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qe4 Qf7 26. Re1 Rf8 27. Re2 Nc4 28. a4 Nb6 29. Qc2 Nd5 30. c4 Nf4 31. Re3 Rc8 32. c5 dxc5 33. dxc5 b6 34. Ne4 bxc5 35. Rf3 Rf8 36. Nxc5 Qd5 37. Qb3 Qxb3 38. Rxb3 Rc8 39. Nd3 Nxd3 40. Rxd3 Rc4 41. Rd6 Rxa4 { 1/2 Akopian,V (2696)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2695)/Nalchik 2009/CBM 130}) 20... b6 { A stable move. Black has an idea related to the attack on the white center:} ( 20... Be6 21. Rae2 c5 $5 22. d5 $1 Bxd5 23. Rd2 Kf8 24. Nxc5 Qf5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Bxc5 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Bg3 $14 { Two bishops guarantee superiority for White.}) 21. Rae2 { All white pieces are ready to participate in the attack!} Bxa3 $1 { A principled decision. Probably Fridman was still in his home analysis.} 22. Bg4 $1 {This move puts Black before maximum problems. Anand's opening preparation was deeper.} Rf8 $2 {This is a human move.} ({ The only correct decision is} 22... Be6 $1 { and in all variations the balance remains:} 23. Bxh6 f5 24. Ng5 (24. Bg5 Rc8 25. Bh5 fxe4 26. Bxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxe4 Bf8 $5 $44) 24... Bc4 25. Bxf5 Bxe2 26. Qb1 Bd3 $3 27. Rxe8+ (27. Bxd3 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 gxh6 29. Qe5 hxg5 30. Qxg5+ Kh8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ Kh8 $11) 27... Rxe8 28. Qxd3 (28. Bxd3 gxh6 29. Bb5 Qg7 30. Qa2+ Kf8 31. Qxa3+ Qe7 32. Ne6+ Kg8 33. Qa4 c6 34. d5 cxb5 35. Qg4+ Kh8 36. Qd4+ Kg8 37. Qg4+ Kh8 $11) 28... Re1+ 29. Kh2 Qd6+ 30. g3 gxh6 31. Be6+ Kf8 32. Qf5+ Ke7 33. Qh7+ Ke8 $11) (22... Bxg4 $4 23. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qxg4+ Qxg4 26. Rxe8+ $18) 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Bxc7 $16 {White has a pawn center and strategically located pieces. Black's knight and bishop are located very badly.} Rd7 (24... Rd5 $5) 25. Be5 $1 { Energetic move! Anand correctly sees tactical possibilities in this position.} f6 $1 {Only move!} (25... Nc4 $2 26. Ng3 $1 Qg6 27. Qa4 Nxe5 28. Rxe5 $18) 26. Ng3 Qe6 27. Qa4 $6 { I think that's a little mistake. White could play positionally:} (27. Bf4 $1 Qd5 28. Re6 $1 $36 Rff7 29. Qg4 Kh7 30. Nh5 $16 { All white pieces are in the attack. Victory is near.}) 27... Nc4 $2 { The decisive mistake.} ({Black had a good chance for a draw after} 27... fxe5 28. Rxe5 Qf7 29. Rf5 Re7 $3 30. Ra1 Qb3 31. Qxa3 (31. Qxb3+ Nxb3 32. Rxa3 Rxf5 33. Nxf5 Re1+ 34. Kh2 Nd2 $1 $14) 31... Qxa3 32. Rxa3 $14) 28. Bd6 $1 $18 { Not difficult, but beautiful tactics! I think, the final part of the game does not need comments. Anand easily realized his large material advantage.} b5 29. Rxe6 bxa4 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Ra1 Bb2 32. Rxa4 Nb6 33. Ra6 Bxc3 34. Nf5 Bb4 35. Re2 Kf7 36. Rea2 Nc8 37. g4 g6 38. Nxh6+ Kg7 39. g5 fxg5 40. Ng4 Rxd4 41. Rc2 Ne7 42. Rxa7 Bd6 43. Kg2 Kf7 44. Re2 Bb4 45. Re5 Bd6 46. Rxg5 Ke6 47. Ra6 1-0 [Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2013.02.15"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Meier, Georg"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2640"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2013.02.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. c4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh7 Nxh7 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qd3+ Kg8 {was flagged as an inaccuracy by Meier, who'd missed Anand's later zwischenzug 20.Qg3!} (16... f5 $5) 17. Qxd6 Qa5 18. Kb1 Be4+ 19. Ka1 Bc2 20. Qg3 $1 Kh7 21. Bd2 Qa4 22. b3 {White was on top, and there were flashes of the Anand of old as he moved quickly and confidently.} Qc6 23. Bc3 Bg6 24. Rd6 Qe4 25. Re1 Qc2 26. Rd2 Qf5 27. Qe5 f6 28. Qxf5 Bxf5 29. Ba5 {playing 29.Ba5 instantly and with a flourish. It was clear the champion felt it would just be a matter of time before he picked up one or more of Black's pawns and converted a full point. The curious thing for this observer, at least, was that Meier was also playing quickly, with the players reaching the time control with 30 minutes to spare each. He explained afterwards that it wasn't a case of confidence in his position but simply that it was relatively straightforward to play, and his one idea was to push his h-pawn as he did in the game.} Rf7 30. Red1 g5 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. Rd7 Rcf8 33. R1d6 Kg6 34. Bd2 e5 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Be3 Rc7 37. Ra6 h5 38. Kb2 h4 39. Ra5 Rd7 40. Bxc5 {Anand regretted playing this, since it allowed Meier to play} ({ it seems Meier was correct to point out that} 40. Kc1 { wouldn't be a huge improvement after} Be4 $1) 40... Rd1 $1 { and use his rook to harass White's kingside pawns.} 41. Ra6 Bc8 42. Rxa7 Rh1 43. Rc7 Bf5 44. h3 Rh2 45. a4 Rxg2 46. a5 g4 47. hxg4 Bxg4 {Despite Anand's disappointment it's not clear that either player went far wrong in the ending. When Adams and Fridman discussed the game in their press conference they realised it was White who had to be careful as the h-pawn couldn't be stopped. It looked daunting, but both players had seen the drawing lines.} 48. a6 h3 49. a7 Bf3 50. Rd7 h2 51. Rd5 $1 {ensured White also queened and Meier was unable to prevent the white queen and bishop from delivering perpetual check. All in all, despite the misgivings of the participants, it seems it was objectively a well-played game.} Bxd5 52. cxd5 h1=Q 53. a8=Q Rg1 54. Qg8+ Kf5 55. Qe6+ Kg6 56. Qg8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2013.02.14"] [Round "7"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2013.02.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Nh4 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qd2 Ng4 14. Nf3 Nd7 15. Bg5 Ngf6 16. a4 {Anand identified} Rab8 $6 {as a mistake.} 17. Qe2 Bxb3 18. cxb3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Rfd1 Rec8 22. Ne1 b4 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rb6 $6 {Anand: "The rook just gets in the way. It's already unpleasant for Black. He may objectively be ok, but it's not a fun position to play."} 25. g3 Bf8 26. Qe3 Rb7 27. Nd3 Rcb8 28. Rc1 Qe7 29. Rc4 f5 30. Kg2 fxe4 31. Qxe4 Qf7 32. Qf3 Be7 33. Ra5 Qxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Bd8 35. Rd5 Rb6 36. Ke4 Kf7 37. g4 Ke6 38. f4 exf4 39. Nxf4+ Kd7 40. Rd3 Rb5 41. Nd5 {Anand had thought the white knight was never going to get to d5, but when it did he explained the time the players were taking with, "White is very close to winning."} Ba5 $1 { Anand was pleased with some accurate moves around this stage.} 42. Kf4 h6 43. Re4 Bd8 44. Kg3 h5 {Caruana accepted Anand's draw offer.} (44... h5 45. h4 { It's worth noting as a curiosity that Houdini rates this line as better for White than any other position that occurred in the game.}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2013.02.13"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2013.02.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bb7 13. b4 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb7 15. c3 Qc7 16. Re1 f5 17. Bg5 Rae8 18. a4 cxb4 19. cxb4 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Nd8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qd2 $6 {commented: "Usually when you make sophisticated moves like this it means you've lost track somewhere" (the blunt 22.Rc1 may be better). After that Adams equalised with energetic play in the centre, where he pushed his e-pawn...} h6 23. Nf3 Qf7 24. Qa2 Qf6 25. Nd2 Nf7 26. Qa6 e4 27. dxe4 fxe4 28. Qxb5 e3 29. fxe3 Rxe3 $1 {Nice geometric move.} 30. Qb6 (30. Rxe3 Qxa1+ 31. Qf1 Qa7 32. Qe2 $11) 30... Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Qc3 32. Qe3 Qxb4 33. Nf3 Qc5 34. Qxc5 dxc5 35. Re7 ({After} 35. Rc1 Rc8 36. Nd4 Nd6 37. Nc6 { Black has the only move} Ra8 {to equalise, as} 38. Rxc5 Ra1+ $1 39. Kf2 Ne4+ { loses a rook.}) 35... Rd8 36. Ne5 Nxe5 37. Rxe5 Kf7 38. d6 c4 39. Re7+ ({Adams: } 39. Rc5 { immediately was no good because we have to wait to move 40 to offer a draw!}) 39... Kf6 40. Rc7 Rxd6 41. Rxc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2013.02.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2716"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2013.02.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nf1 Re8 8. Ng3 Bf8 9. O-O Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. d4 Ng6 14. c4 c5 15. d5 b5 16. cxb5 Qxb5 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Nd2 Nf4 19. Re3 g6 20. a4 Qa6 21. a5 Rab8 22. Nc4 Rb4 23. b3 Reb8 24. Bd2 R4b5 25. Ra3 h5 26. h4 Nf6 27. Nf1 Bh6 28. Re1 Kh7 29. g3 Qc8 30. f3 Qh3 31. gxf4 Qxf3 32. Qd1 Qh3 33. fxe5 Rxb3 34. Rxb3 Rxb3 35. exf6 Rf3 36. Qe2 Bxd2 37. Ncxd2 Rf4 38. Qh2 1-0 [Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2013.02.10"] [Round "4"] [White "Fridman, Daniel"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2667"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2013.02.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 (6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Re1 Ne5 14. Nd2 Nfd7 15. Be3 Qc7 16. b4 Qb8 17. f4 Ng6 18. g3 Rfe8 19. Bf3 Qa8 20. Bf2 Ngf8 21. Qe2 Qb8 22. Red1 $14 {(),Carlsen,M (2848)-Polgar,J (2705)/London/2012/ See the notes to this game in CBM 152.}) 6... Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 a5 11. f4 Nc6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bg2 e5 $1 $146 {We have already mentioned this position in the notes to Carlsen-Polgar. Anand's novelty is a radical, but logical attempt to solve the opening problems Black has faced after other moves:} (13... a4 14. Nd2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 b6 (15... O-O 16. c5 d5 17. O-O Rd8 18. e5 Nd7 19. Qh5 Ra5 20. g4 f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Qh4 d4 23. cxd4 Nxd4 24. Rad1 Qxc5 25. Kh1 $18 {D'Costa,L (2411)-Edouard,R (2531)/Palma de Mallorca/2008/} Qc3 26. Bf2 Rad5 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Qc4 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Rc1 Qb5 31. Bh4 Ne2 32. Bg6 Rh5 33. gxh5 { 1-0 D'Costa,L (2411)-Edouard,R (2531)/Palma de Mallorca 2008/CBM 127 Extra}) 16. Rb1 Nd7 17. Qf2 Rb8 18. O-O O-O 19. g4 Ba6 (19... f6 $5) 20. Qh4 Rfe8 21. Rf3 Nf8 22. Rh3 b5 (22... Na5 $142 $5 {/\} 23. e5 Nxc4 $13) 23. e5 dxe5 24. Be4 h6 25. f5 f6 26. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 27. Qxh6 $40 {Morozevich,A (2748)-Leko,P (2732)/ Tashkent/2012/ For more details see the notes to this game by Ftacnik in CBM 152.}) (13... O-O 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. g4 (16. c5 $5 d5 17. e5 $36) 16... Rfc8 17. g5 Ne8 18. c5 Ne7 (18... a4 $5 19. cxd6 Nxd6 20. Nc5 Na5 $132) 19. a4 d5 20. f5 dxe4 21. fxe6 Bxe6 22. Nd4 Bd5 $2 (22... Qe5 $5) 23. c4 Bc6 { Fuhrmann,A (1649)-Berkley,S (1756)/corr/2001/} 24. Rxf7 $1 $40 Kxf7 25. Rf1+ Kg8 26. Ne6 $16) 14. O-O (14. f5 { is a double-edged attempt to deny Black the g4-square:} a4 15. Nd2 { Risky, but possibly more promising is} Bc5 $5 (15... Nd4 16. Bxd4 (16. Qd3 Bd7 $1 $32 {|^}) 16... exd4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5+ Qe7 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. a3 Ba5 ( 20... Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Bxf5 {doesn't win a pawn due to} 22. Rae1+ Kd7 23. Rhf1 Bg6 24. Bh3+ Kd8 25. Rf4 $11 {/+/=}) 21. Rf1 $13 {/=}) 16. Bg5 (16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Rd1 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nf3 O-O 20. Nfxd4 Bd7 $36) 16... a3 (16... Nd4 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. Rb1 $13) 17. Bxf6 axb2 18. Rb1 gxf6 19. Nd5 Qa5 $5 $13 {/=/+ with s trong counterplay on the dark squares - White's K is no safer than Black's.}) 14... Bxc3 {It's impotant to flick in this exchange.} (14... a4 $143 $6 15. Nb5 $1 Qe7 16. a3 Bc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Qf2 b6 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bg5 $36) 15. bxc3 a4 16. Nd2 ({The text move allows the subsequent sortie, but after} 16. Nc1 $6 Ng4 17. Bd2 (17. Nd3 $142) 17... Na5 $36 {White's knight looks extremely stupid }) 16... Ng4 $1 {Exchanging the strong dark-squared bishop gives Black a promising position - White will be hard pressed to find compensation for his queenside weaknesses.} 17. Rab1 ({In my opinion a more accurate move was} 17. f5 $142 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 f6 (18... Na5 19. f6 $132) 19. c5 $5 (19. Rab1 Na5 { tranposes to the game}) 19... dxc5 20. Qxc5 Ra5 (20... b6 21. Qa3 Ne7 22. Rfd1 O-O 23. Rab1 $132) 21. Qe3 Ne7 22. Rab1 O-O 23. Rfc1 $11 {/<=> Black is OK, but his forces are not fully coordinated yet and White can claim (a slightly uneasy) equality.}) 17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Na5 19. f5 f6 $1 { Black is behind in development, so Anand hardly even considered the greedy} ( 19... Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Qxc4 21. Qg5 Rg8 22. Rfd1 $44 {-> Here Black's king may run into all sorts of trouble on e8. On the contrary, after the text-move Anand will soon safeguard his king and White's space advantage on the kingside won't give him attacking chances, but only counterplay at most.}) 20. Rb4 Bd7 21. Bf3 Qc5 {With a better pawn-structure Black willingly goes into an endgame. Glancing ahead, this factor should have ultimately decided the game much later on.} 22. Kf2 Kd8 {Another good move - the king aims for its ideal square c7.} 23. Bd1 Kc7 $5 {Anand sacrifices a relatively unimportant pawn.} ({After} 23... a3 24. Nb3 (24. Be2 Kc7 $15) 24... Nxb3 25. Bxb3 Bc6 26. Bc2 $15 { White is passive, but breaking into his position is a tough task.}) 24. Bxa4 Nc6 25. Bxc6 $8 Bxc6 26. Qxc5 {Again probably a concession, as the open d-file will pose White more problems than the c-file.} (26. Ra1 Ra6 $44 { Black is fine here, but must still work to achieve something more tangible.} ( 26... g6 $5 $44)) 26... dxc5 27. Rb2 Ra3 28. Nb1 Ra4 29. Nd2 Rd8 $1 $44 {|^} 30. Re1 (30. Ke3 $5 Rd6 31. g4 {might have spared White a tempo.}) 30... Rd6 31. g4 $1 {Defending purely passively is not only against human nature, but probably objectively hopeless in the long run. Therefore Fridman correctly seeks counterplay even at the cost of further opening the position.} Be8 32. Rg1 h6 (32... Bf7 33. g5 $132) 33. h4 Ra3 34. Nb1 Ra8 35. g5 Rad8 36. gxh6 gxh6 37. Rg7+ (37. Na3 Rd3 38. Rg7+ R8d7 39. Rg8 Kd8 40. Rb6 $132 Rxc3 41. Re6 Rxa3 (41... Re7 $2 42. Nb5 Rc2+ 43. Ke3 Rxe6 44. fxe6 Ke7 45. Rg7+ $1 $18) 42. Rgxe8+ Kc7 43. Rxf6 Rd2+ 44. Ke1 Raxa2 45. Re7+ Kb8 46. Rb6 $11) 37... R6d7 38. Rxd7+ (38. Rg8 $5 Bf7 39. Rg7 $13 Bxc4 40. Rg6 { and once again it seems that Black's attack is good enough only for a draw.}) 38... Rxd7 39. Re2 Bf7 40. Rd2 {White seeks salvation in a minor piece endgame. While simplification is often a good defensive method, here without rooks his counterplay tends to be less effective. However, this is in all probability still not the decisive mistake...} (40. Na3 $5 Rd3 (40... Bh5 41. Rb2 Rd3 42. Nb5+ Kd8 43. a4 (43. Na7 Rf3+ 44. Kg1 Rxc3 45. Rxb7 Rxc4 46. Nc6+ Ke8 47. Re7+ Kf8 48. Rc7 Rxe4 49. Nd8 $132) 43... Be8 44. a5 Bc6 45. Re2 h5 46. Re1 $132) 41. Re3 Rd2+ 42. Re2 Rd8 43. Ke3 Rg8 (43... Ra8 44. Rg2 Kd7 45. Rg7 Ke7 46. Nb5 Kf8 47. Rg2 Bxc4 48. Nd6 Ra3 49. Rg6) 44. Nb5+ Kc6 45. Rd2 Bxc4 46. Nd6 Rg3+ ( 46... Ba6 47. Nf7 Rg3+ 48. Kf2 Rxc3 49. Rd6+ $132) (46... Bxa2 47. Nxb7 Kxb7 ( 47... Bc4 48. Nd8+ Kc7 49. Ne6+ $11) 48. Rb2+ $1 Kc6 (48... Kc7 49. Rxa2 Rg3+ 50. Kf2 Rxc3 51. Ra6 $44) 49. Rxa2 Kb5 50. Rb2+ $132) 47. Kf2 Rxc3 48. Ne8 $132 {/\} Bd3 49. Nxf6 h5 50. Nd5 Ra3 51. Rxd3 Rxd3 52. f6 Ra3 53. f7 Rxa2+ 54. Ke1 Ra8 55. Ne7+ Kb5 56. Ng6 Kc4 57. f8=Q Rxf8 58. Nxf8 $11) 40... Bxc4 41. Rxd7+ Kxd7 42. a3 Kc6 43. Nd2 Bf7 44. c4 $6 { Trying to stop Black's king, but creating another weakness.} (44. Nf1 $142 $1 { /\} Kb5 45. Ne3 $15 {/\} h5 46. Ke2 (46. Nd5 $2 Bxd5 47. exd5 c4 $19) 46... Ka4 (46... c4 $6 47. Kd2 Ka4 48. Kc2 $11 Kxa3 $2 49. Nd5 $18) 47. Nd5 Kxa3 48. Nxf6 b5 49. Nd7 b4 50. cxb4 cxb4 51. Nxe5 b3 52. Nf3 $1) 44... b5 45. Ke3 $2 { Only this puts White on the verge of defeat.} ({ A considerably stronger move was} 45. cxb5+ $142 Kxb5 46. Ke3 c4 (46... Ka4 $2 47. Kd3 Kxa3 48. Kc3 Ka4 49. Nc4 Bh5 50. Nb6+ Kb5 51. Nd5 Kc6 52. Nxf6 Bf3 53. Kd3 Kd6 $11 {and it's already Black, who scrapes a draw.}) 47. Nb1 $8 Ka4 48. Kd2 Kb3 49. Nc3 Kxa3 50. Kc2 Kb4 51. Na2+ (51. Kb2 Kc5 52. Kc2 {- 51.Na2+}) 51... Kc5 52. Nc3 Kd4 53. Kd2 $15 { and the tricky knight with its numerous forks still seems to save the day:} h5 (53... Be8 54. Nd5 c3+ 55. Kc1 $1 Bf7 56. Nxf6 Bb3 57. h5 Ke3 58. Ng4+ Kxe4 59. Nxh6 $11) (53... Bg8 54. Kc2 {/\} Ke3 55. Nd5+ $11) 54. Nb5+ Kxe4 55. Nd6+ Kf4 56. Nxf7 Kxf5 57. Nd6+ Kg4 58. Nxc4 Kxh4 59. Ke2 $11) 45... b4 $1 {The main pro blem is now Black will have a passed b-pawn, which is far more dangerous than the Pc4 from the previous line - his B controls b1.} (45... bxc4 $2 46. Nb1 $11 ) 46. Kd3 Kb6 (46... bxa3 $2 47. Kc2 $11) 47. Kc2 (47. axb4 cxb4 48. Nf1 Ka5 49. Ne3 Ka4 50. c5 Be8 $1 51. Kc2 Ka3 52. Kb1 Bb5 $19) 47... Ka5 48. Kb3 Bh5 $2 {Anand returns the favour and squanders a half-point.} ({ As all the engines and commentators pointed out, the winner was} 48... Be8 $1 { [] with zuzwang motifs:} 49. Nf1 (49. Ka2 Ka4 50. Nb3 bxa3 51. Nxc5+ Kb4 $19 { and contrary to the game, White knight doesn't have access to d7.}) 49... Ba4+ 50. Kb2 Bc6 $1 (50... Bd1 51. Ne3 Bf3 52. Nd5 Bxe4 53. Nxf6 Bxf5 54. Kb3 bxa3 55. Kxa3 e4 56. Nd5 Be6 57. Ne3 Kb6 58. Kb3 Kc6 59. Ka4 $1 $17) 51. axb4+ (51. Nd2 Ka4 52. axb4 Kxb4 $1 (52... cxb4 $2 53. Nb3 $11) 53. Kc2 Ba4+ 54. Kb2 (54. Kd3 Bb3 $22) 54... Bd1 55. Nf1 Bf3 56. Nd2 Be2 $19) 51... cxb4 $5 52. Nd2 Kb6 53. Kc2 Kc5 54. Kd3 Ba4 55. Nf1 h5 56. Ng3 (56. Ne3 Bb3 $22) 56... Bd1 57. Kd2 Bf3 58. Kd3 b3 59. Kc3 b2 60. Kxb2 Kxc4 $19) 49. Ka2 $1 Ka4 (49... Be8 50. Nb3+ Kb6 51. Kb2 Bf7 52. Nd2 $11 {and the king already won't penetrate via a4.}) 50. Nb3 bxa3 51. Nxc5+ Kb4 52. Nd7 $11 {The counterattack is just in time.} Bf7 53. Nxf6 Bxc4+ 54. Ka1 Kc3 55. Ng4 Kd4 56. Nxh6 Kxe4 57. Ng4 Kf4 58. Nxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2013.02.09"] [Round "3"] [White "Meier, Georg"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2013.02.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 c5 4. Bxb4 cxb4 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 a5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. a3 Na6 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Nd2 Rfd8 14. Nde4 Ne8 15. b3 Qb6 16. e3 d5 17. Nc5 Bc6 18. N5a4 Qc7 19. c5 Nf6 20. Re1 Nd7 { Among all the subtleties discussed in the press conference it was this position that provoked the strongest emotions. Georg Meierplayed} 21. Bf1 ({ but Anand described} 21. e4 $5 {as "very complicated" and "the only way we could have got anything. I don't know if White's better, but it seemed like the move to play." A possible line would be} dxe4 22. Nxe4 e5 23. Nd6 exd4 24. Re7 {and suddenly both sides have chances. Vishy's less technical description of the positions after 21.e4 was "a mess", but instead we got a tidy and bloodless draw.}) 21... b6 22. cxb6 Nxb6 23. Nxb6 Qxb6 24. Na4 Bxa4 25. bxa4 Rac8 26. Qd2 Qd6 27. h4 g6 28. Bb5 h5 29. Red1 Qf8 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Kg1 Kg8 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Kg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2013.02.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2757"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2013.02.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15. Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 a5 $5 { Caruana's trainer Vladimir Chuchelov had recommended the night before instead of the previous grandmaster choice of 20...Nxg4. There are five games with this move in the online database. Three were drawn and two won by White.} 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Ne3 {Anand continued to play relatively quickly, but he lived to regret it - lamenting this "careless" move which allowed Caruana to equalise with 23...d5!} axb4 23. cxb4 d5 { Anand in the press conference: "I should have at least thought about this.!} 24. exd5 Bd7 25. Qb1 $146 {A novelty. Caruana emphasised that both sides had a lot of options and he'd barely looked at this move.} ({Predecessor:} 25. Ng4 Qg5 26. d6 Ra6 27. Qd3 e4 28. Rxe4 Rxd6 29. Qe2 Rd2 30. Qe1 Rxe4 31. Qxe4 g6 32. Bb3 Bxg4 33. hxg4 Qf6 34. Rf1 Rd4 35. Qe2 { 1/2-1/2 (35) Colin,S (2113)-Suto,J (2382) ICCF email 2005}) 25... g6 26. d6 Rad8 {Caruana said he thought "maybe this wasn't the best"...} 27. a4 Bxd6 28. axb5 {... but after the crucial} e4 $1 { he was visibly confident in his position as he left the stage.} 29. Bxe4 Qf4 30. Nf1 Bxb5 31. g3 Qf6 32. Bg2 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Bxf1 34. Qxf1 Bxb4 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Bxa8 Bd6 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Bf3 Bf8 39. Qe2 Qe7 40. Qxe7 Bxe7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grenke Chess Classic 1st"] [Site "Baden-Baden"] [Date "2013.02.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2013.02.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Qc2 c6 12. Be3 d5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Bxb6 axb6 {Adams had dismissed} 16. f4 {but then thought, "Black has so many options that one of them must be good, but which one? Let's see what happens!"} ({Adams revealed that his first thought was} 16. Nd2 { is a draw, but such is life - move on.}) {Suddenly Vishy was also faced with a dilemma - all kinds of exchange sacs on e4 are possible and the rook can also simply retreat to e8, but the World Champion claimed his decision was also impulsive: "For some reason I started to like the idea of} 16... Rh5 { and decided it was worth a punt." - Adams: "I was very suspicious of Rh5 - I was completely unable to refute it in any way, but it looked a very funny move. "} 17. e5 Nd7 18. Qe2 Rh4 19. e6 {After this things looked dicey for Anand, but } Nc5 $1 {showed he had the situation under control, even if he still felt Black needed to be very accurate in the play that followed.} 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. Nd2 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxf4 23. Qxh7 Bf5 24. Qh5+ Bg6 25. Qe5 Rf6 26. Nf3 Kg8 27. Ng5 Qd7 28. a3 $5 ({ Vishy joked "it would have been a reasonable bluff just to play} 28. Rad1 { and see if I have the guts to take on a2!"}) 28... Raf8 29. Rad1 Qf5 30. Qe3 Qf2+ 31. Qxf2 Rxf2 32. Re6 Be4 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34. Rxe4 Rxb2 35. Rd7 Rff2 36. Rg4 Rf7 37. Rxf7 Kxf7 38. Rb4 Ra2 39. Rxb6 Rxa3 40. Rxb7+ Kg8 41. c4 Ra4 42. c5 Ra5 43. Rc7 Rxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2013.01.27"] [Round "13"] [White "Wang, Hao"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2013.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 $5 { A relatively new trend in the Four Knight Scotch.} ({The traditional move is} 10. Bg5 {. The apparenly modest game move is not without venom. Since one of White's ideas is a blockade on c5, Bc1-g5 is not always necessary. The bishop may go to f4, in order to provoke an exchange for the d6-bishop. Taking the g4-square under control is important in order to prepare Qf3 followed by Rad1 with some piece pressure against the hanging pawns.}) 10... c6 {Some sort of half-waiting move, consolidating d5 and preparing the queen's activation to b6 or a5.} (10... Re8 11. Qf3 c6 {bears similar ideas.} 12. Bf4 Be6 (12... Bd7 { 1/2 Kramnik,V (2801)-Aronian,L (2825)/Moscow 2012/CBM 149/[Postny,E] (40)}) 13. Ne2 Bd6 {In his comments to the Kramnik-Aronian game, Postny fails to see any shadow of a problem for Black. In practice, though, Black has not been doing well afterwards.} 14. Rfe1 Qb8 (14... c5 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nf4 Rab8 18. b3 $14 Qb6 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Rg5 $5 Rbd8 $2 21. Qg3 Qf8 22. Nh5 Nxh5 23. Bxh7+ $1 $18 { Muzychuk,M (2466)-Zhao Xue (2549)/Istanbul 2012/CBM 150 Extra (1-0, 31)}) 15. b3 Bd7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. c4 d4 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. Nxf4 c5 20. Bf1 Bc6 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. g4 {White has achieved a nice blockade, but his advantage, if any, is microscopical.} f5 $6 (22... a5 $1) 23. gxf5 Kf7 24. b4 cxb4 25. Nxb4 Ba4 26. Bg2 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Re8 $2 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. Bc6 Bxc6 30. Nxc6 d3 31. Kf1 $16 { Rublevsky,S (2693)-Najer,E (2664)/Eilat 2012/CBM 151}) ({ Since Nc3-e2-f4(d4) is a permanent threat,} 10... Be6 { exposes the bishop a bit too early.} 11. Qf3 (11. Ne2 Bd6 12. Nd4 c5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. c4 Qc7 15. Bg5 Be5 16. Qe2 h6 17. Bh4 Kh8 18. Rae1 $14 { Nisipeanu,L (2668)-Caruana,F (2786)/Bucharest 2012 (1/2, 32)}) 11... Be7 12. Ne2 (12. Bf4 c5 13. Bh2 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. b3 Qa5 17. Rfe1 c4 $132 {Sengupta,D (2539)-Venkatesh,M (2511)/Kolkata 2012 (1/2, 88)}) 12... Nd7 ( 12... c5 13. c3 Rb8 14. b3 Rb6 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bg5 { 1/2 Filippov,A (2617)-Sokolov,I (2699)/Sibenik 2012}) 13. Nf4 Bd6 14. Re1 Nc5 15. Nh5 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Qh4 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Qf6 19. Rac1 $14 { Kravtsiv,M (2589)-Harutyunian,T (2358)/Yerevan 2013 (1-0, 40)}) 11. Qf3 ({ A prehistoric game went} 11. Ne2 { , but this is pointless in the absence of a bishop on e6.} Re8 12. c3 Bd6 13. Nd4 Bc7 14. Bg5 Qd6 $17 {Tinsley,S-Lasker,E/Leipzig 1894/EXT 99 (1/2, 42)}) 11... Bd6 12. Re1 {White stays flexible, too. Although Bf4 is the main idea, it is useful to keep Bg5 in reserve.} (12. Bf4 Rb8 (12... Be6 13. Ne2 c5 14. c3 Rb8 15. b3 Re8 16. Rad1 Rb6 17. Rfe1 Bc8 18. Ng3 { Mueller,K (2529)-Gonda,L (2528)/Germany 2012/CBM 151 (1-0, 42)}) 13. b3 Rb7 14. Ne2 Re8 15. Rad1 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 c5 17. Ng3 Rbe7 18. c3 Qb6 19. Qd2 Ba6 $11 { Chadaev,N (2580)-Adams,M (2723)/Konya 2012/CBM 149 Extra (1/2, 39)}) 12... h6 13. Bf4 {Now there is no reason to delay this thematic move.} Bxf4 (13... Rb8 14. b3 (14. Na4 Be6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. b3 c5 $11 { Le Roux,J (2517)-Bacrot,E (2710)/Caen 2011/CBM 144 (1/2, 34)}) 14... Rb4 15. Bd2 $2 (15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qe3 c5 17. Qe7 $36) 15... Rh4 $36 { Rogulj,B (2415)-Ljubicic,L/Zagreb 1993/EXT 2002 (0-1, 24)}) 14. Qxf4 Be6 { Now that the f4-square has been occupied, this move looks safe enough.} ({ Black went down incredibly quickly for a correspondnce game after} 14... Nh5 $6 {(Just pointless)} 15. Qe5 Qh4 16. Re3 Bd7 17. Rae1 Rfe8 $2 18. Qxe8+ $1 { 1-0 Martyniak,J-Ciesla,S/POL-ch3 corr 1961/Corr Nr. 1}) 15. Ne2 $146 { Very concrete. White threatens Nd4.} (15. Rad1 {looks too neutral.} Qb8 16. Qxb8 Raxb8 17. b3 c5 18. Be2 Rfd8 19. Bf3 d4 {Maybe a bit premature.} (19... g5 $5 20. Rd2 Kg7 21. Red1 d4 22. Na4 Rdc8 23. c3 dxc3 24. Nxc3 c4 $11) 20. Na4 c4 (20... Rdc8 21. Re5 Nd7) 21. Nc5 Bf5 22. bxc4 Bxc2 23. Rd2 d3 24. Nxd3 Bxd3 25. Red1 Rb4 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxc4 28. Ra3 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Rc7 30. Ra5 $14 { Boim,I-Turner,M/Oakham 1994/EXT 2000 (1/2, 35)}) (15. Na4 { is a bit too straightforwardly playing for the c5-square.} Qa5 16. b3 c5 17. Re5 Qc7 (17... c4 $5 18. Bxc4 $2 Qb4 19. a3 Qb8 {The queen needs to pin the rook from a defended square, which explains the apparent loss of a tempo.} 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. Rf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Nf6) 18. c4 (18. Rae1) 18... Nd7 19. Rf5 { Mayer,J (2222)-Silberschlag,J (2262)/Saarlouis 2001/EXT 2006 (1/2, 66)} Qxf4 ( 19... Qb8 $5) 20. Rxf4 g5 21. Rf3 Ne5 22. Re3 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 dxc4 24. bxc4 Rfc8 $15) (15. b3 {Looks like a nice flexible move.} Qb8 16. Qxb8 Raxb8 17. Na4 Rfe8 18. Nc5 $14 Nd7 {Zigo,V (2270)-Svihel,K (2155)/Czechia 2005/EXT 2007 (1/2, 30)} 19. Rxe6 $1 Nxc5 20. Rxc6 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Re2 22. Rc7 a6 23. Rc6 Ra8 24. Rd6 $14) 15... Qb8 {With this and his next moves, Anand allows the strategically unpleasant exchange on e6 for no obvious reason.} (15... c5 16. c4 Qb6 17. b3 Rad8 18. cxd5 Bxd5 $11 {Black's activity compensates for the minimal structural deffect. Either ...a5-a4 or ...c5-c4 may slve the problem completely in the near future.}) 16. b3 Qxf4 17. Nxf4 Rfe8 (17... Bd7 18. c4 a5 {looks safe enough to me. The f4-knight is permanently exposed to ...g7-g5 and Black's queenside counterplay should level the chances.}) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 { It also looks a bit strange to keep the passive rook.} (18... Rxe6 19. c4 a5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Rc1 Ra7) 19. Bg6 Re7 20. c4 Nd7 21. Rac1 Nf8 22. Bd3 {Black's position is quite unpleasant. He has all sort of weaknesses and there is a danger that White creates an outside passed pawn on the queenside.} Kf7 { The king will not find a good square until the end of the game.} ({To me, it ma kes more sense to develop it to a dark square, the best one being g7:} 22... g5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. b4 Kg7) 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. b4 Nd7 25. Rc6 Nf6 26. a4 e5 27. f3 $1 {Restricting the enemy centre.} Rd8 28. Kf2 e4 29. fxe4 (29. Bb1 $5) 29... dxe4 30. Bc4+ Kg6 ({Maybe it would have been a better idea to keep the king close to the main theatre of operations with} 30... Ke8) 31. Ke3 Kh7 { The difference of king activity adds to the other strategic plusses. Black's position is very difficult already.} 32. Rc5 Red7 33. a5 Rd2 34. Re2 Rd1 35. a6 Nd7 36. Rc7 Ne5 37. Be6 Kg6 38. Rxa7 R1d6 39. Ba2 Nc6 40. Rb7 Rd3+ 41. Kf2 Nd4 42. Bf7+ Kf5 43. Re1 Rd2+ 44. Kg1 Kf4 45. Bc4 g6 46. a7 Kg3 47. Bf1 Nf3+ 48. gxf3 exf3 49. Rf7 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2013.01.26"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "L'Ami, Erwin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2627"] [Annotator "Szabo,Kr"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2013.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3 $5 {This move has become very popular nowadays. White's plan is Qf3 followed by 0-0-0 and g4.} (8. f3) ({or} 8. Qd2 {were the main lines.}) 8... Be7 9. Qf3 O-O (9... Nbd7 {Black wants to develop his queenside first.} 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O b5 {looks more flexible.} (11... Rc8 {/\ Rxc3} 12. Nd5 (12. Kb1 $2 { is met by the typical exchange sacrifice} Rxc3 $1 13. bxc3 Qc7 $36) 12... Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. h4 (14. Kb1 e4 (14... Qc7 15. c3 Nc4 (15... Nbxd5 $2 16. Rxd5 Qc6 17. c4 $1 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 $16) 16. Bc1 $14) (14... Nc4 15. Bc1) 15. Bxb6 (15. Qg2 $6 Nbxd5 $15) 15... Qxb6 (15... exf3 16. Bxd8 Bxd8 17. Nd2 $14) 16. Qe2 $14 ) 14... Qc7 15. c3 Nbxd5 $1 16. Bd2 (16. Rxd5 $6 Qc6 17. Bg2 e4 18. Qf5 g6 $1 ( 18... Nxd5 $2 19. Bxe4 $18) 19. Rxd6 (19. Qf4 Nxd5 20. Qxe4 Nxe3 $19) 19... gxf5 20. Rxc6 Rxc6 21. Nd4 Nxg4 $1 (21... Rc7 22. Nxf5 Nxg4 23. Bb6 Rc6 24. Bd4 Nf6 25. Bxe4 $44) 22. Nxc6 bxc6 $15) 16... Nb6 (16... Nb4 17. g5 Nd7 18. Kb1 Qc6 19. Bg2 Qxf3 20. Bxf3 Nc6 21. gxh6 gxh6 22. Be3 $44) 17. g5 Nfd7 18. gxh6 gxh6 19. Kb1 $44 {Kamsky-Gelfand, Kazan m/3 2011}) 12. Kb1 (12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Rg1 Nc4 15. h4 Nh7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bd3 gxh4 (17... Nxe3 18. fxe3 gxh4 (18... Ra7 19. Rdf1 Bf6 20. h5 Nf8 21. Nd2 $44 { Kuipers-Deepan Chakkravarthy, Vlissingen 2011}) 19. Rdf1 Nf6 20. Rxg7 Ra7 $13) 18. Qh5 (18. Rxg7 $2 Ng5 $17)) 12... Qc7 $13) 10. O-O-O Qc7 (10... b5 { is also possible} 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 (12... Bxd5 13. exd5 a5 14. Kb1 a4 15. Nd2) 13. exd5 Bc8 14. Bd3 a5 15. Nd2 (15. Nc5 a4 (15... dxc5 16. d6 Ra7 17. dxe7 Qxe7 18. Rhe1 $44) 16. Kb1 (16. Ne4 Ba6 17. g5 b3 18. a3 Qc8 19. c3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Nd7 21. Rg1 f5 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 $15 { Shirov-Volokitin, Eilat 2012})) 15... Bg5 16. Kb1 (16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qe3 Qf6 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Ne4 Ra6 22. Rhg1 Nd7 23. Qe2 Rb6 24. Rg3 g6 $13 {Harikrishna-Leko, Wijk aan Zee 2013})) 11. g4 Rc8 12. Kb1 $146 (12. g5 Nfd7 (12... Ne8 {is too passive} 13. Kb1 a5 14. a4 Na6 15. h4 Nb4 16. h5 $16 {Fedorchuk-Bajarani, Nakhchivan 2011}) 13. Kb1 a5 {- 12.Kb1} (13... b5 14. Bd3) ) 12... a5 $5 13. a3 ({On} 13. a4 Na6 {is the typical knight move after a5 a4.} ) ({I think} 13. g5 $5 {is the best move} Nfd7 {and only now} 14. a3 a4 (14... Nb6 $5 {Compared to the text move, this is an extra choice.}) 15. Nc1 b5 $6 { is not so strong compared to the game!} 16. Bxb5) 13... a4 14. Nc1 ({ The computer suggests} 14. Na1 {, but it's not a human move.}) 14... b5 $1 { Very strong and ambitious!} 15. N1a2 (15. Bxb5 Qb7 16. N1e2 Ra5 17. Bxa4 Rxa4 $1 18. Nxa4 Nxe4 19. Kc1 d5 $40) (15. g5 {is already too late, because of} b4 $1 16. gxf6 (16. axb4 $2 a3 $1 17. gxf6 axb2 $19) 16... bxc3 17. fxe7 cxb2 18. e8=Q+ Rxe8 19. Nd3 Qc3 20. Nxb2 Qxa3 $40) 15... Bxa2+ 16. Nxa2 (16. Kxa2 $2 { is not possible, because of} b4 $1 17. axb4 a3 $19 { Black crushes White's queenside.}) 16... Qxc2+ 17. Ka1 Nc6 18. Rc1 $6 (18. Bd3 {pushing back the black queen.} Qb3 19. Nc1 Qe6 20. g5 Nd7 21. Bxb5 Nc5 $132) 18... Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxb5 Nc5 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Rc4 Na5 (22... Nd4 $5 23. Bxa4 Bh4 24. Nc1 Bxf2 25. Nd3 Bg3 {Black's chances look completely good.}) 23. Rxa4 Rcb8 $6 { Until this Black played almost the best moves, but now he makes some mistakes.} (23... Bh4 $142 {puts some pressure on the kingside.}) 24. Bc4 e4 $2 { This is a very nervous move. He wants to activate his bishop from f6, but White can protect his queenside easily and soon the e4 pawn will fall.} ({ Black should hold the position by} 24... Rd8 25. Kb1 Bh4 26. f3 Bf2 27. Nc3 Bd4 28. Nb5 Nxc4 29. Rxc4 Ra6 $13) 25. Bd5 Bf6 26. Nc3 (26. Bxa8 $2 Rxb2 27. Rxa5 Rb8+ 28. Nc3 Bxc3+ 29. Ka2 Rb2+ 30. Ka1 Rxf2+ 31. Kb1 Bxa5 32. Bxe4 Bd2 $15) 26... Ra6 27. Rc1 {White defends his position, the e4-pawn is lost.} c4 $2 ( 27... g6 28. Ka2 Rab6 (28... Kg7 29. Rc2 $16) 29. Rc2 Nb3 30. Bxb3 Rxb3 31. Rxe4 $14) 28. Ka2 ({Perharps} 28. Bxc4 $1 { was the strongest, but the text move also keeps the advantage.} Rab6 (28... Rc6 29. Ba2 Nb7 30. Rb4 $16) 29. Rxa5 Rxb2 30. Ra8 (30. a4 $5) 30... Rb1+ 31. Rxb1 Bxc3+ 32. Ka2 Rxa8 33. Bd5 Rc8 34. Rb7 Rd8 35. a4 g6 36. Bxe4 $14) 28... Nb3 29. Rc2 Nc1+ $1 { Black tries to create some tricks, but White can avoid them easily.} (29... Rxa4 30. Nxa4 $16) 30. Kb1 (30. Rxc1 $2 Bxc3 31. Rxa6 Rxb2+ 32. Ka1 Rc2+ $11) 30... Rxa4 31. Nxa4 Nd3 32. Bxc4 h5 (32... Ne1 33. Re2 Nf3 34. Ka2 $16) 33. Bxd3 exd3 34. Rd2 hxg4 35. hxg4 Re8 36. Rxd3 Re4 37. Nc3 Rxg4 38. b4 g5 39. Nd5 $18 {Now the rest is an easy technical job.} Be5 40. Kc2 Kf8 41. a4 Rc4+ 42. Kb3 Rd4 43. Rxd4 Bxd4 44. f3 f5 45. Kc4 Bf2 46. Kd3 (46. b5 g4 47. fxg4 fxg4 48. a5 g3 49. Nf4 $18) 46... g4 47. Ke2 Bd4 48. Ne3 g3 49. f4 Kf7 50. Kf3 Ke6 51. b5 Bb6 52. Nc4 Bc5 53. a5 Bd4 54. a6 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2013.01.25"] [Round "11"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B94"] [WhiteElo "2603"] [BlackElo "2772"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2013.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8. Bh4 g6 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qc4 Qb8 14. Nd5 b5 15. Qc6 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Qb7 17. Qc3 f6 18. Bf2 Nb6 19. Rd1 Na4 20. Qb3 Qc6 21. Qd5 Qxd5 22. exd5 Bc5 23. Bg3 Nb6 24. Bd3 Bf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Rhf1 O-O-O 27. Bf2 Bxf2 28. Rxf2 Rxd5 29. g3 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Nd5 31. Nh4 f4 32. Rd2 Ne3+ 33. Ke2 Nc4 34. Rd1 fxg3 35. b3 Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Kxd8 37. hxg3 Nd6 38. Kd3 b4 39. c4 bxc3 40. Kxc3 Kd7 41. Kd3 Ke6 42. b4 Nf5 43. Nxf5 Kxf5 44. a4 Ke6 45. g4 Kd5 46. Kc3 Ke4 47. Kc2 Kd4 48. Kb3 e4 49. b5 axb5 50. axb5 e3 51. Kc2 Ke4 52. Kd1 Kd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2013.01.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2013.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. e3 {This line (and the whole 6.Bg5 system in the Petrosian QI), topical about a decade ago, was finally considered harmless. Now we have some new practical examples at the GM level but they hardly change that verdict.} Nd5 {A new twist.} (9... O-O 10. Bxc4 c5 (10... Qc8 11. d5 $5) 11. dxc5 $1 (11. O-O-O $6 cxd4 12. Nxd4 $6 Qc8 13. Ba2 Rd8 14. f3 Nc6 $15 { 0-1 (32) Bagirov,R (2516)-Graf,A (2623) Batumi 2002 CBM 090 [Ftacnik,L]}) 11... Qc7 $1 (11... Bxc5 $6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 { 1/2 (20) Gelfand,B (2695)-Karpov,A (2745) Dortmund 1997 CBM 060 [Gelfand,B]} 14. Rd1 $1 Qc8 15. Qa4 $16 {B.Gelfand}) 12. Be2 Qxc5 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. b4 Qf5 15. Qxf5 exf5 16. O-O $14 { 1-0 (51) Szabo,V (2380)-Manheimer,G (800) Lechenicher SchachServer 2009}) (9... Bxf3 $5 {leads to a complicated, roughly equal positional fight:} 10. gxf3 b5 ( 10... Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O { 1/2 (32) Cebalo,M (2512)-Van der Wiel,J (2503) Hoogeveen 2005} 14. Bd3 $14) 11. Bxf6 (11. Rg1 c6 12. a4 a6 13. f4 g6 14. axb5 cxb5 15. Bg2 Ra7 16. d5 $5 exd5 ( 16... Nxd5 17. O-O-O $1 $44) 17. O-O-O Qf5 18. Qxf5 gxf5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd5 Bh4 $13 { 1/2 (42) Sokolov,I (2647)-Leko,P (2707) Prague 2002 CBM 089 [Ftacnik,L]}) (11. f4 c6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bg2 a6 14. O-O-O (14. h4 h5 15. Ke2 Ra7 16. Bf3 g6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Qc3 Rf8 $13 { 1/2 (27) Werle,J (2563)-Swinkels,R (2511) Netherlands 2010}) 14... Be7 $5 $15 ( 14... Qc7 $143 15. f5 exf5 16. Qxf5 $36 { 1/2 (49) Akobian,V (2610)-Roussel Roozmon,T (2486) Montreal 2008})) 11... Bxf6 12. a4 (12. Qe4 O-O $1 13. Qxa8 Nc6 $17) 12... c6 13. axb5 (13. f4 a6 14. Bg2 Ra7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfd1 g6 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Rd8 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rdc1 Rb7 $13 {1/2 (47) Almeida Quintana,O (2452)-Gongora Reyes,M (2454) Havana 2005}) 13... cxb5 14. Qe4 O-O 15. f4 Rc8 (15... Nc6 16. Nxb5 e5 $1 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nc3 {1/2 (21) Gelfand,B (2695)-Lautier,J (2660) Biel 1997 CBM 060 [Gelfand,B]} Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Nd5 Bh4 $1 21. Nb6 Bxf2+ $3 22. Kxf2 Qe6 $1 23. Qxe6 fxe6+ 24. Ke1 axb6 $11) 16. Bh3 $1 (16. Bg2 Nc6 17. O-O Rab8 18. Bh3 b4 19. Na4 {1/2 (23) Bacrot,E-Gershon,A/Bermuda 1999/ (23)} Na5 20. Nc5 Qb5 $15) 16... Nc6 17. d5 Nd8 18. Rd1 $44) 10. Ne5 Qd8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 {The position has been considerably simplified. It is hardly possible for White to take advantage of Black's backward c7-pawn although Black should be careful.} 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 (16... Rfc8 {looks more l but the problem is that White can prepare d4-d5 in reply to ...c7-c5:} 17. f3 Qd6 18. e4 c5 19. d5 exd5 (19... e5 $5 {still may be enough for a draw}) 20. Bxd5 Qe7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Rd5 Rd8 23. Rad1 $14 { 1-0 (57) Zhigalko,A (2582)-Rodshtein,M (2642) Istanbul TUR 2012}) 17. Be2 a5 18. f3 Qe7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Qb3 {White prevents ...c7-c5 but Black's position is very solid, and he decides to wait.} Rd6 21. Rc3 Rc6 22. Bc4 h6 23. Rdc1 Rd8 24. Qc2 Kh8 25. Qf2 Kg8 26. Qg3 Kf8 27. h3 Qd6 28. Qh4 Qe7 29. Qg3 Qd6 30. Qf2 Kg8 31. Qh4 Kf8 $6 {A sudden inaccuracy. Black gives White a chance to make progress. It was necessary to remove the rook from d8, say,} (31... Ra8) 32. b4 $1 axb4 33. axb4 Qd7 (33... b5 $5 34. Bxb5 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Ra8 36. Bf1 Ra1 $132) 34. b5 Rd6 35. Bf1 Rc8 36. Qf2 Qe7 37. Qa2 {The queen invasion along the a-file is absolutely harmless; it is rook that should go there.} (37. Qc2 $142 Rd7 38. Ra1 (38. Qh7 $5)) 37... Rd7 38. Qa7 Ba8 39. Qa6 Rdd8 40. Kh1 g6 41. Qa7 Rd7 42. Qa1 Kg8 43. Ra3 {Finally! But the position has changed in Black's favour so he now easily holds his ground.} Bb7 44. Ra7 c6 $1 45. Rc3 (45. bxc6 Bxc6 46. Qa6 Rb8 47. Rxd7 Qxd7 $11) 45... Qd8 46. bxc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2013.01.22"] [Round "9"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2772"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2013.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. g4 b5 14. Rg1 Nb6 15. Na5 Rc8 16. g5 Nh5 17. Kb1 Nf4 18. a3 Qc7 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qc5 22. Rg4 Rfe8 23. h4 Bf8 24. Rxf4 Nxd5 25. Nb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2013.01.20"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Sokolov, Ivan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C63"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2663"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2013.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Qe2 Qe7 7. O-O d5 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. d4 e4 10. Nh4 f5 11. g3 Bg7 12. c3 O-O 13. f3 Bd7 14. Bf4 Bxd4+ 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Qd2 Nxb5 17. Qxd5+ Rf7 18. Rad1 Re8 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxb5 exf3 21. Rxf3 a6 22. Qb3 Qc5+ 23. Be3 Qb5 24. Qxb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2013.01.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2679"] [Annotator "Szabo,Kr"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2013.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 (5. Nf3 {is the main line.}) 5... Bg4 $1 (5... c6) 6. f3 {White doesn't want to allow the pin after 6.Nf3. His plan is Bc4 and Nge2 because the knight sometimes goes to f4 or g3.} Bd7 $5 {This looks a slightly weird place for the bishop, but nowadays this is the most popular move.} (6... Bf5 {could have been met by} 7. g4 Bg6 {and} 8. f4 $1 e6 9. f5 exf5 10. g5 (10. Qe2+ Be7 (10... Kd8 11. g5 Nfd7 12. O-O-O $36 { Houard-Prie, Saint Affrique 2007}) 11. g5 { White has huge initiative for the pawn, for example:} Nd5 {- 10.g5}) 10... Nd5 11. Qe2+ (11. Bb5+ Kd8 12. Qf3 Nxc3 13. Qxb7 Qxb5) 11... Be7 12. Qe5 $1 ({if} 12. Qb5+ Qxb5 13. Bxb5+ c6 14. Nxd5 cxb5 15. Nc7+ Kd7 16. Nxa8 Nc6 $44 { Nataf-Sanchez, Belfort 2012; and Black has some compensation with his two strong bishops.}) 12... c6 13. Qxg7 Rf8 14. Bc4 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Qc7 16. O-O-O Na6 17. Nf3 $14) 7. Bc4 Qb6 8. Nge2 e6 9. Bb3 (9. O-O Be7 (9... Bb4 10. a3 $142 ( 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Kh1 Bc6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bc3 Bb5 14. Bxb5+ Qxb5 15. d5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nf4 c6 19. c4 dxc4 20. Rfe1+ Kf8 21. Rad1 Na6 22. Re4 Kg7 23. Rxc4 Rad8 $15 {Bedouin-Prie, Chartres 2005}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 $5 O-O 12. Rb1 Qc6 13. Bd3 $14) 10. Kh1 (10. Be1 O-O 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Qc6 13. Bb3 b5 14. axb6 cxb6 15. d5 $1 Qc8 16. Nf4 e5 17. Nd3 Qc7 18. Kh1 Bf5 19. Nxe5 $1 Qxe5 20. Bg3 Qe3 21. Re1 $18 {Hamdouchi-Borgo, Lugano 2012}) 10... O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Ne4 Nc6 13. c3 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Be8 15. N2g3 Nd5 16. Rae1 g6 17. Nf2 Kg7 18. Qc1 $36 {Gharamian-Prie, Belgium 2011}) (9. Be3 Nc6 (9... Be7 10. Bf2 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Be6 $11 { Lahno-Skripchenko, Istanbul 2012}) 10. a3 (10. O-O $5 Na5 11. Bd3 Qxb2 12. Qe1 $44) 10... Ne7 ({if} 10... Bd6 11. Qd3 {and the black queen is in trouble.}) 11. O-O Ned5 12. Bf2 Be7 (12... O-O-O $6 {is too risky because of} 13. b4 $1 h5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. fxe4 Nf6 16. Bd3 (16. Bh4 $5 { is also possible exploiting the unpleasant pin.}) 16... Ng4 17. c4 e5 18. c5 Qh6 19. d5 $36 {looks very dangerous for Black.} Nxf2 20. Rxf2 Qe3 21. Ng3 g6 22. Nf1 Qd4 23. Rc1 $16 {Edouard-C.Bauer, Switzerland 2012}) 13. Bb3 $142 (13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Nf4 Be6 16. Re1 O-O-O 17. b3 Bf6 18. Qd3 g6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Re2 Rd6 21. Rae1 Re8 22. Qd2 Qb5 23. Qf4 Bh8 24. a4 { 1/2 Brkic-Stevic, Plitvicka Jezera 2013}) (13. Ne4 Bb5 14. b3 Bxc4 15. bxc4 Nxe4 16. fxe4 Nf6 17. Nc3 $14 {Iv.Saric-Papaioannou, Istanbul 2012}) 13... O-O 14. Ne4 $14) 9... Nc6 $146 (9... Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Na6 12. Nf4 (12. O-O Rfd8 13. Bf2 c5 14. Qf4 Rac8 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bf6 18. Rad1 ( 18. Ng3 Nb4 19. Bb3 Be6 20. a3 $2 Nd3 $1 21. cxd3 Qxb3 22. Ne4 Bd4 $17 { Orlovska-Ramiro Ovejero, Cambados 2008}) 18... Nb4 $132) 12... c5 13. d5 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Nc7 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 $13) 10. Be3 Na5 (10... Bd6 11. Qd2) 11. O-O Nxb3 12. axb3 {Black has gained the bishop pair but his main problem is the badly placed queen.} Be7 (12... Bd6 13. Ne4) 13. Nf4 O-O 14. Re1 (14. Nd3 Rfd8 15. Re1 {- transposes to the game}) 14... Rfd8 ({After} 14... c6 { Black wants to solve the problem of his queen but now the d7 bishop will die.} 15. Nd3 $14) 15. Nd3 $1 {This is a very useful place for the knight, because it controls the two important e5 and c5 squares. The knight is ready to move to c5 or e5.} Qd6 (15... Nd5 16. Bf2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 $36) 16. Bf2 Bc6 (16... Be8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 a5 19. c4 b6 20. Qg4 $36) 17. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 18. fxe4 f5 $6 {A slightly dangerous move, but Loek wants to play actively.} ({After} 18... b6 19. c4 {White has very attractive central pawns.} Bb7 20. b4 $14 { White has gained some space.}) 19. exf5 exf5 20. c4 Be4 $2 { Black didn't want to allow d5, but now he loses a pawn.} (20... Bh4 $5 { is an interesing tactical move} 21. d5 (21. g3 $5) 21... Bxf2+ 22. Nxf2 Bd7 23. Qd4 b6 (23... c5 24. Qh4 Re8 25. Nd3 $16) 24. Nd3 a5 { blockading White's queenside pawns.}) 21. Nc5 Qg6 (21... Bf6 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Rxe4 c5 24. d5 Bxb2 25. Ra2 Bf6 (25... Be5 26. Qh5) 26. Rae2 $16 {Black has reg ained the pawn, but White has a strong protected passed pawn and the e-file for his rooks.}) 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Qb1 (23. Qc2 $2 e3 $1) 23... Bf6 24. Qxe4 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 c6 26. Kf1 Rd7 27. Ke2 a6 28. Kd3 Rad8 29. Rae1 Kf7 (29... h5 $5) 30. Be3 (30. g4 $5) 30... h5 (30... Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4+ 32. Bxd4 c5 33. Re4 Rd7 34. b4 cxd4 35. Rxd4 $16) 31. Rf1 Kg6 32. b4 (32. h3) 32... Rd6 33. h3 $1 { The main plan is coming with g4.} R6d7 {Black is only sitting and waiting.} 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Rf8 $2 {This loses immediately.} ({However after} 35... Be7 36. Re6+ Kh7 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Bg5 Rde8 39. Bxe7 Rxe7 40. d5 $16 { leads to a hopeless rook endgame.}) ({still} 35... Kh7 $142 {was the best, but} 36. g5 Be7 37. Kc3 {and Black faces a long and unpleasant endgame.} (37. c5) 37... Rc8 38. Re6 Kg8 39. Rf5 Rf8 40. Rfe5 Bd6 41. Re4 $16) 36. g5 $1 Bxd4 37. Re6+ $1 (37. Re6+ Bf6+ 38. Kc2 Kf7 39. Re4 $18) 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2013.01.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2013.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. c4 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nd4 $146 {The Reti Openng is highly transpositional, which makes it possible that games contain more than just one novelty! This is such a case and White's last move is only the first (but also the most important) new move.} (8. Be3 Qxb3 9. axb3 {Speelman,J (2605)-O'Cinneide,M (2285)/Bunratty 1998/CBM 062 ext/ [Speelman,J] (1-0, 42)}) (8. cxd5 Qxb3 9. axb3 exd5 10. Nd4 Bd7 $5 11. Nc3 Na6) 8... Bh7 9. cxd5 exd5 ({One important point behind the novelty is that here Black has no time for the intermediate exchange of queens:} 9... Qxb3 $2 10. dxc6 $3 $16) 10. Qxb6 { I find this to be a concession, strengthening Black's queenside..} (10. Nc3 Qxb3 11. Nxb3 ({Or else} 11. axb3 Nbd7 12. Nc2 a6 13. b4 Rc8 14. Be3) 11... Nbd7 12. e4 {in both cases with chances for an enduring pressure.}) 10... axb6 11. Nc3 b5 $1 $146 {Black's novelty over a not very relevant game, which had reached this position via a different move order. Black immediately puts his pawns into motion, restrcting the white minor pieces.} (11... Bd6 { Dossett,C-Murtagh,D (1889)/Port Erin 2004/CBM 102 ext (1/2, 15)}) 12. Bd2 b4 13. Nd1 Bc5 14. Nc2 Na6 15. Rb1 O-O {As in many other Reti lines, White has managed to keep the h7-bishop somewhat out of play, but the situation on the queenside is not too promissing for him. There is simply no minority's attack available!} 16. a3 Rfe8 17. Bf3 bxa3 18. bxa3 Ra7 {The pressure along the b-file is easy to neutralize for the time being. A slow manoeuvring phase follows.} 19. Nc3 Nc7 20. Rb2 Ne6 21. Rfb1 Re7 22. Bg2 Bf5 23. h3 g5 24. Bf1 Bg6 25. Na2 Nh5 26. Bb4 f5 27. Nc1 {Black's progresses certainly look more notable than Black's, but decision making is not easy.} Rf7 (27... f4 $5 28. g4 Nf6 29. Bg2 h5 30. Bf3 hxg4 31. hxg4 Bxb4 32. axb4 (32. Rxb4 Nc5 33. Kg2 Na4) 32... Be8) 28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. Nd4 $1 {White decides that he had enough of passivity and sacrifices a pawn in order to get some dedent coordination.} Rxa3 30. Nf3 (30. Rc2 $5 $44 Na4 (30... Ra5 31. Nb5) (30... Na6 31. Rb6) 31. Ncb3 f4 32. g4 Nf6 33. Na5) 30... Re7 31. d4 f4 $1 (31... Ne4 32. Rxb7 $16) 32. g4 (32. dxc5 Bxb1 33. Rxb1 fxg3 $17) 32... Bxb1 33. Rxb1 Ne4 34. gxh5 Nf6 35. h4 Nxh5 36. hxg5 hxg5 $15 {Black retains a minimal material advantage, but White's position remains very compact.} 37. Nd3 Nf6 38. Nc5 Ne4 39. Nxe4 dxe4 40. Ne5 c5 41. Nc4 Ra4 (41... Ra4 42. e3 Rb4 (42... cxd4 43. exd4) 43. Rd1 cxd4 44. Rxd4 b5 45. Rd8+ Kh7 (45... Kg7 46. Nd6) 46. Nd2 Re5 47. Rd4 Rxd4 48. exd4 Rd5 49. Nxe4 Kg6 50. Nc3 Rxd4 51. Nxb5 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2013.01.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2861"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2013.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 (8. Nc3 {would have transposed to Karjakin,S (2780)-Wang Hao (2752)/Wijk aan Zee 2013/CBM 153 (1-0, 42), in which a completely different line was played: 5.Nc3.}) 8... Re8 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Nf8 11. d5 { Ambitious, but not really effective as the game proves.} (11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bh2 a6 13. a4 d5 14. Ne5 c6 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. c3 a5 $11 { Landa,K (2643)-David,A (2548)/Clermont-Ferrand FRA 2003/ (1/2, 48)}) 11... c6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Bc4 Ng6 14. Bg3 Rc8 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Bb3 d5 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxb2 21. Rab1 Qxc2 22. Rxb7 Red8 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2013.01.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2802"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2013.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] {This was in the 4th round. I had just beaten Fabiano Caruna the previous day, which made a perfect start for the New Year. Dies war in der 4. Runde. Gerade am Vortag hatte Fabiano Caruna geschlagen, was einen perfekten Start für das neue Jahr abgab.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {We went for the Slav Defence, which was no big surprise. We played this many time before, with reversed colours as well. Wir wählten die Slawische Verteidigung, was keine große Überraschung war. So haben wir viele Male zuvor gespielt, auch mit umgekehrten Farben.} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 {He goes e3 actually more often, but recently he has been playing Bg5 a bit. Er wählt häufiger e3, aber in letzter Zeit hat er auch ein wenig Bg5 gespielt.} Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 {I went for 8... Bd6, already one idea was exactly what happened in the game. I wanted to see if he would give me a chance to play 11...Rc8. Ich wählte 8...Bd6, eine Idee war bereits genau das, was in der Partie passiert. Ich wollte sehen, ob er mir die Chance geben würde, 11...Rc8 zu spielen.} 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 {This is actually an amazing move. Dies ist in der Tat ein erstaunlicher Zug.} ({It used to be that everyone played automatically, in order to play c5, Früher war es so, dass jedermann, um c5 zu spielen, automatisch} 11... a6 { and then recently I noticed some games with 11...Rc8. zog, und dann fielen mir kürzlich ein ein paar Partien 11...Rc8 auf.}) ({Let's imagine the position of the game line after Vergegenwärtigen wir uns die Stellung des Partieabspiels nach} 11... a6 12. Ng5 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg1 Qxg5 15. f3 {0-1 (53) Anand, V (2791)-Aronian,L (2750) Linares 2009. There are many games played with this. White has good compensation with the pair of bishops and the weak dark squares in return of the extra pawn. In fact I lost a game to Aronian in 2009, though I was winning. But I managed to confuse myself: Damit wurden viele Partien gespielt. Für den Mehrbauern hat Weiß gute Kompensation mit dem Läuferpaar und den schwachen dunklen Feldern. Tatsächlich verlor ich im Jahr 2009 gegen Aronian, obwohl ich auf Gewinn stand. Aber ich schaffte es, mich selbst zu verwirren:}) 12. Ng5 {This is the typical reaction and a very logical move. Dies ist die typische Reaktion und ein ganz logischer Zug.} ({Already one point of 11...Rc8 was shown in a game between Topalov and Kasimdhanov, a few months back, where after Eine Pointe von 11...Rc8 wurde bereits in einer Partie zwischen Topalov und Kasimdhanov gezeigt, ein paar Monate zuvor, wo nach} 12. b4 {Black played Schwarz trotzdem} c5 {anyway. It's interesting: In the whole line Black wants to play c5 without even bothering to protect the b5-pawn. So there is an implied pawn sacrifice in every one of these moves. spielte: Es ist interessant: In dem ganzen Abspiel will Schwarz c5 durchsetzen, ohne sich um die Deckung des b5-Bauern überhaupt zu kümmern. Jeder dieser Züge beinhaltet somit ein Bauernopfer.} 13. bxc5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. f4 Nd5 17. Bb2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Qc7 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bd3 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Bxb5 Bxa3 25. Kg2 g6 26. Rd1 Rc7 27. Rd7 Rxd7 28. Bxd7 Kg7 29. e4 Kf6 30. Kf3 a5 31. e5+ Ke7 32. Ba4 Bc5 33. h3 Bb6 34. Bb5 Bc5 35. Ba4 Bb6 36. Bb5 Bc5 37. Ba4 { 1/2-1/2 (37) Topalov,V (2752)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2684) London 2012}) {Our big poin t, which we found while preparing for the match against Gelfand, was the move Unser großer Wurf, den wir bei der Vorbereitung auf das Match gegen Gelfand fanden, war der Zug} 12... c5 $1 {So it looks like that for almost all what White does, Black can just play c5. So the advantage of 11...Rc8 is that for the next move you have no difficulty remembering... Es sieht also so aus, dass bei nahezu allem, was Weiß tut, Schwarz einfach c5 spielen kann. Der Vorteil von 11...Rc8 liegt ergo darin, dass man für den nächsten Zug keine Schwierigkeiten hat, sich zu erinnern...} ({After 11...Rc8 12.Ng5 looks even stronger then after 11...a6, because if you play Nach 11...Rc8 seiht 12.Ng5 sogar noch stärker aus als nach 11...a6, denn wenn man} 12... Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg1 Qxg5 {then the R on c8 is worse than the pawn on a6. spielt, dann steht der R auf c8 schlechter als der Bauer auf a6.}) {He went Er zog.} 13. Nxh7 ({instead of statt} 13. Bxh7+ {I give one variation, just to illustrate the thing: Ich gebe eine Variante an, nur um die Sache zu illustrieren:} Kh8 14. Be4 Nxe4 15. Ngxe4 Bb8 $44 {and in fact, ...Qh4 is coming and the Rc8 and the black bishops are perfectly placed. und dann steht ...Qh4 ins Haus, und der Rc8 und die schwarzen Läufer sind perfekt platziert.}) { and I went , und ich wählte} 13... Ng4 {This is the first point: Instead of taking the knight on h7, Black simply moves his own. Dies ist die erste Pointe: Statt den Springer auf h7 zu schlagen, bewegt Schwarz einfach seinen eigenen.} 14. f4 {Levon was very much finding the way at the board. So he decided to go f4 instead of h3, which has to be said is a little bit safer. Levon fand den Weg praktisch am Brett. Deshalb entschied er sich für f4 statt h3, was zugegebenermaßen ein bisschen sicherer ist.} ({ I give a variation with Ich führe eine Variante mit} 14. h3 {This line is self evident and in fact if you analyse with the computer a little bit, it will show all the direct lines. an. Diese spricht für sich, und wenn man ein bisschen mit dem Computer analysiert, wird dieser all die direkten Abspiele zeigen.} Bh2+ $1 15. Kh1 Qh4 16. Be4 (16. d5 Rfd8 $44) 16... Bxe4 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qxe6+ Kxh7 19. Qxd7 cxd4 20. exd4 Bb8 21. Kg1 Bh2+ 22. Kh1 $11 {The main li ne ends in a draw, which is quite satisfactory from Black's point of view. Das Hauptabspiel endet mit Remis, was aus der Sicht von Schwarz völlig zufriedenstellend ist.}) 14... cxd4 15. exd4 {After this I actually could not remember, what we had prepared. This was a bit of a problem, because this is not the position where you could make a half move or a position that plays itself. You have to make an exact move, because there is a rook hanging on f8 and a lot of action. You have to do the right thing. And there are some possibilities. I was considering moves like 15...e5, 15...Nde5, 15...Qh4, etc. But none of them made a lot of sense. And then I got the key. Though I could't remember the variations, I rememberd that in some lines my knight gets to d3. So I mainly rembered the position where my knight gets to d3 and from this I managed to reconstruct and find this move ...Bc5. Hiernach konnte ich mich tatsächlich nicht mehr daran erinnern, was wir vorbereitet hatten. Das war ein gewisses Problem, denn dies ist keine Stellung, wo man einen Halbzug machen kann oder sich die Position von selbst spielt. Man muss einen genauen Zug machen, da auf f8 ein Turm hängt und eine Menge los ist. Man muss das Richtige tun. Und es gibt einige Möglichkeiten. Ich erwog Züge wie 15...e5, 15...Nde5, 15...Qh4 usw. Aber keiner davon war besonders sinnvoll. Und dann bekam ich den Schlüssel. Obwohl ich mich nicht an die Varianten erinnern konnte, wusste ich noch, dass in einigen Abspielen mein Springer nach d3 kommt. Also erinnerte mich also hauptsächlich an die Stellung, wo mein Springer nach d3 kommt, und daraufhin gelang es mir, die Sache zu rekonstruieren und diesen Zug ...Bc5 zu finden.} ({I remembered the line Ich erinnerte mich an das Abspiel} 15. Nxf8 Bxf8 16. h3 dxc3 17. hxg4 Nf6) 15... Bc5 $1 16. Be2 { I think this is the real mistake. Ich glaube, dies ist der wirkliche Fehler.} ( {I give a line, which is fairly straight forward: Ich gebe ein Abspiel an, was ziemlich geradlinig ist:} 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxf8 Nxd3 {Black is very, very comfortable with the knight on d3, but it might be not enough. White might get some sort of half playable position like the variation here: Schwarz steht sehr, sehr bequem mit dem Springer auf d3, aber es ist vielleicht nicht genug sein. Weiß könnte eine halbwegs spielbare Stellung bekommen, wie in der Variante hier:} 18. h3 Qd4+ 19. Kh1 Ndf2+ 20. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 21. Kh2 Kxf8 22. Qh7 Nd3 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qh4+ f6 25. Qg3 Kf7 26. Be3 $11) {Again it took me a while, not too long, but the essential idea was very clear. So I found Erneut brauchte ich eine Weile, nicht allzu lang, aber die Kernidee war glasklar. Daher fand ich} 16... Nde5 $3 {This is simply a brilliant move. So if there is a single move of which I am really proud in this game, it is move 16. Dies ist einfach ein brillanter Zug. Wenn es also einen Zug gibt, auf den ich in dieser Partie wirklich stolz bin, dann ist es der 16.} ({ Here I was thinking again: Hier überlegte ich erneut:} 16... Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 Nxh2 (17... Nde5 18. fxe5) { but the problem with that is , aber das Problem dabei ist} 18. Ng5 $1) 17. Bxg4 ({Now, after Nach} 17. fxe5 {I have habe ich jetzt} Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qg1+ 19. Rxg1 Nf2#) 17... Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Nxg4 {And here, the game which kept on coming to my mind was the famous classic Rotlewi-Rubinstein. For me, it's just a classic. I imagine for Gelfand also. He would have rememberd it effortlessly, first of all he knows his classics and secondly it is Rubinstein. he is one of his big heroes. Rubinstein's main point was to invade with both rooks, but except for this it is very similar. Und hier war die Partie, die mir ständig in den Sinn kam, der berühmte Klassiker Rotlewi-Rubinstein. Für mich ist es einfach ein Klassiker. Ich vermute, für Gelfand auch. Er sich mühelos daran erinnern können, erstens kennt er seine Klassiker, und zweitens ist Rubinstein einer seiner großen Helden. Rubinsteins Hauptpointe war, mit beiden Türmen einzudringen, aber davon abgesehen ist es ganz ähnlich.} 19. Nxf8 {Here the alt ernatives were very clear. In fact, for the rest of the game, there is not much commentary to give. I will just highlight one or two key things. Hier waren die Alternativen ganz klar. Tatsächlich ist für den Rest der Partie kein großer Kommentar mehr erforderlich. Ich werde lediglich ein oder zwei Schlüsseldinge betonen.} (19. Ng5 f5 20. h3 Rf6 21. Nf3 Rh6 $19) 19... f5 $1 { This move I like very much. Here, I didn't take much time, because the ideas are very obvious. The queen is coming to h4, or it's going to f6, capturing the knight and White really has never a defence. So this was also very easy. Dieser Zug gefällt mir. Hier brauchte ich nicht viel Zeit, denn die Ideen sind sehr offensichtlich. Die Dame kommt nach h4, oder sie geht nach f6, Schlagen des Springers, und Weiß hat nie wirklich eine Verteidigung. Das war also ziemlich einfach.} 20. Ng6 Qf6 21. h3 ({ The only thing is, on Das Einzige ist, auf} 21. Ne5 {you have to find muss man} Nxh2 $8 $19 {It's the only move, but it wins. finden. Es ist der einzige Zug, aber er gewinnt.}) 21... Qxg6 {The other thing is, though Black is attacking very slowly, Qf6, Qxg6, Qh5 and so on, there is very little White can do, because of the power of my bishops and the knight on g4. Die andere Sache ist, obwohl Schwarz sehr langsam angreift, Qf6, Qxg6, Qh5 und so weiter, gibt es sehr wenig, was Weiß tun kann, und zwar aufgrund der Kraft meiner Läufer und des Springers auf g4.} 22. Qe2 Qh5 23. Qd3 $2 {This loses immediately, but the alternative would not have changed the result... Dies verliert sofort, aber die Alternative hätte das Ergebnis nicht verändert...} ({ There was an alternative here Es gab hier eine Alternative:} 23. Rf3 Nf2+ 24. Kh2 (24. Rxf2 Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Qxg2#) 24... Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Qxf3 26. gxf3 Bxc3 ( 26... Nd3 $19) 27. bxc3 Rxc3 $19) {After Nach} 23... Be3 {it finishes immediately. So, one of the best games of my life obviously! Especially against a giant like Levon. I was very happy, it was a rest day, very nice... fällt sofort der Vorhang. Also, eine der besten Partien meines Lebens, offensichtlich! Zumal gegen einen Giganten wie Levon. Ich freute mich sehr, es war ein Ruhetag, sehr schön...} 0-1 [Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2013.01.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Postny,E"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2013.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {A common approach nowadays. This way White avoids the Marshall attack and other variations which have been analysed until the endgame.} b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 { White wants to keep his bishop on the important a2-g8 diagonal.} (8. a4 { is more common. I have had myself several games here as Black, where I played either 8...b4 or 8...Bd7.}) 8... O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 $146 {This move hadn't appeared beforehand but, of course, it is a standard one in these Ruy Lopez positions. However, I find it as an inaccuracy. White hasn't played c2-c3 followed by d3-d4 yet, therefore the Pe4 is not a target so far. This means that Black's rook might be not very useful on e8. Instead, I prefer the plan adopted by Levon Aronian.} (9... Na5 10. Ba2 c5 {White can't really make use of the d5-square. Meanwhile, Black seizes some space.} 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c3 Qd7 $11 { 1/2-1/2 (24) Anand,V (2792)-Aronian,L (2750) Mainz 2007}) (9... h6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. c3 Qe8 13. d4 Nh5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. b4 a5 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Nd2 $14 { 1/2-1/2 (93) Balogh,C (2641)-Ragger,M (2655) Austria 2013}) 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Nf1 {The knight is heading to the d5-square.} h6 {Covering the g5-square.} 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 (13... fxe6 {is possible, but then the rook is rather pointless on e8. In such case it should be on f8, at least on the opened f-file, like in the above-mentioned game Balogh-Ragger.}) 14. Nd5 Re8 { Black has neutralised the dangerous bishop, but he has lost a couple of tempi.} 15. c4 Nb8 {In Breyer style.} (15... Nd4 $5 {was an interesting alternative. In general, simplifications help Black to equalise.} 16. Be3 (16. Nxd4 exd4 $11 {The pawn on d4 is not weak at all.}) 16... Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Re6 18. Rac1 c6 { and White has only a minimal advantage at best.}) 16. Bd2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 c6 18. Qb3 (18. Rc1 cxd5 19. exd5 Nd7 {The c6-square gives White nothing special.} 20. Rc6 Nb8 21. Rc3 Nd7 $11) 18... cxd5 (18... c5 $5 { was an option, getting a different type of structure.} 19. a4 (19. Qc2 Nd7 20. b4 Rc8) 19... b4 20. a5 Nd7 21. Be3 f5 {In both cases White should be slightly better, but the position is full of strategical nuances.}) 19. Qxd5 Nd7 20. Rac1 Qb8 21. Rc3 $6 (21. Rc6 Nb6 22. Qb3 Qb7 23. Rec1 Rac8 24. Qc2 Rxc6 25. Qxc6 Qb8 26. Qc7 Qxc7 27. Rxc7 Rc8 28. Ra7 Na4 29. b4 Rc2 30. Rxa6 Ra2 $11) ( 21. Ba5 $1 {would be more troublesome for Black, eyeing the c7-square.} Nf6 22. Qb3 Rc8 23. Rc3 Qa7 (23... Qb7 24. Rec1 $14) 24. Rec1 $14) 21... Nf6 22. Qb3 Qb7 23. Rec1 Rac8 24. h3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 d5 { Black has achieved this favourable advance and is very close to equalising.} 26. Nxe5 dxe4 27. d4 Qd5 28. Be3 { White still has chances thanks to his control over the c-file.} Bd6 29. Ng4 Re6 30. Nxf6+ Rxf6 31. Kh1 $5 {I guess this move puzzled Caruana a bit. Now there is the threat of 32.Qc6, which wasn't possible before, in view of Bd6-h2+.} Be7 {It was more logical to offer the exchange of bishops straight away, but the move in the text is not bad either.} (31... Bf4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4 33. Qe3 g5 34. Rc5 Qa2 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Qc3 Rxf2 37. d5+ Rf6 38. Rc6 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qf1 40. d6 Qf4+ $11) 32. Qc7 Re6 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Rc8 Bd6 $2 { Only this is the decisive mistake. It was necessary to swap bishops.} (34... Bg5 35. Rh8+ Kg6 {White doesn't have more than equality here, for example:} 36. Qf8 Bxe3 37. fxe3 Qg5 38. Rg8 Kh7 39. Rh8+ Kg6 $11) 35. Rh8+ Kg6 36. Qg8 { Now Black's position collapses.} Kf6 37. Rh7 Ke7 38. Qxg7 Qh5 39. Bg5+ $1 { The bishop delivers the final blow.} Kd7 (39... Qxg5 40. Qxf7+ Kd8 41. Qd7#) 40. Qxf7+ Qxf7 41. Rxf7+ ({After} 41. Rxf7+ Ke8 42. Rf6 Rxf6 43. Bxf6 { two extra pawns are easily enough for a win.}) 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2013.01.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2013.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. a3 Nb8 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Nf1 Nc5 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Ng3 g6 15. c3 c5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. h3 Nd7 18. a4 Qb6 19. Nh2 Nf6 20. Ng4 {Giri: I thought if he loses so much time I should punish him, and and I calculated a lot on what if he takes, and not what if he doesn't.} Reb8 21. Re3 Qd8 22. Nf5 b4 23. Rg3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Rb7 25. Rb1 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 Nxg4 27. Rxg4 Bf8 28. Qb7 Rb8 29. Qd5 Nc7 ({Anand: My original idea was} 29... Nf4 {and after} 30. Bxf4 ({ At the last minute I saw} 30. Rxf4 exf4 31. Bxf8 Qxf8 32. Nxd6 { and with enough pawns he is fine.}) 30... exf4 { the knight on f5 is basically doomed.}) 30. Qc6 Ne8 31. Qxa6 Nf6 $2 ({ Anand: after} 31... Qb6 {I get the game but with two extra tempi and probably I'm just winning, or at least a better endgame.}) 32. Rg5 $1 {Anand: This looks stupid, because he blocks the bishop -- blocks everything -- but I cannot do anything with it.} Qb6 33. Qc4 Ne8 34. Rg3 Qb3 35. Qxb3 Rxb3 36. Bd2 Ra3 37. d4 Rxa4 38. dxe5 dxe5 39. Nh6+ Kg7 40. Rd3 Nf6 41. Ng4 Nxg4 42. hxg4 Rxe4 43. g5 Ra4 44. Kf1 Ra6 45. c4 Rd6 46. Ke2 Rxd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2013.01.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2769"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2013.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.03.14"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 {Black wants to get the bishops pair, which may tell later taking into account the white weaknesses along the c-file. In doing so, he neglects his kingside development slightly.} ({The by far most popular move is} 12... Bb4 { See for instance two games annotated by Finkel:} 13. O-O O-O (13... a6 { Degraeve,J (2586)-Lampen,T (2315) Chalkidiki 2002 CBM 092 [Finkel,A] (0-1, 29)} ) 14. Rb3 { Rechlis,G (2525)-Zueger,B (2448) Ohrid 2001 CBM 084 [Finkel,A] (1-0, 63)}) 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7 15. Rxb7 {White has an excellent blockade on dark squares and some lead in development. However, Black has some long term plusses, such as his bishops pair and the more compact structure.} Qh4+ 16. Bf2 (16. Qf2 Be7 17. Qxh4 Bxh4+ 18. Kd2 Bd8 19. Rhb1 Bc6 20. Rb8 Rxb8 21. Rxb8 O-O 22. Rc8 Bb7 23. Rb8 Bc6 24. Rc8 Bb7 {1/2 Shirov,A (2714)-Morozevich,A (2694) Biel 2011. Now and in other positions below, the bishops will provide the vulnerable queenside with entirely adequate defence.}) 16... Qd8 17. Bb6 { Deviating from a previous game of Nakamura.} (17. O-O Qc8 18. Rb3 Qc4 19. Ne2 Be7 20. Rfb1 O-O 21. Rb7 Qc8 22. Qc3 Bd8 {Typically, the bishops can display effective activity from the back rank, especially if they act in tandem.} 23. Qxc8 Bxc8 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Rxb8 Bc7 26. Ra8 Bd7 27. Ra7 Rc8 28. Nc3 g5 $132 { Karjakin,S (2776)-Nakamura,H (2774) Monaco 2011 (1/2, 124)}) 17... Qc8 18. Rc7 Qd8 19. Qd4 Rc8 (19... Rb8 20. O-O Rc8 {does not make much sense to me: why would he lose one tempo when behind in development already?} 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. f5 $36 {Kurnosov,I (2657)-Andreikin,D (2689) Sochi 2012 (1-0, 55)}) 20. Rxc8 $146 (20. Ra7 Qh4+ 21. g3 Qh3 22. Rxd7 {Nice, but enough for a draw by perpetual (at least judjing from the course of this game)} Kxd7 23. Qa4+ Rc6 24. Qxa6 $8 Rxc3 25. Qb7+ Ke8 26. Qa8+ Kd7 27. Qa4+ Kc8 28. Qa6+ Kd7 29. Qa4+ Kc8 30. Qa6+ Kd7 31. Qa4+ { 1/2 Solodovnichenko,Y (2598)-Ikonnikov,V (2537) Ghent BEL 2012}) 20... Qxc8 21. O-O Qc6 22. Rb1 $6 {This is much too slow. White will need two (!) more tempi to free the b6-square for his rook, leading to the complete loss of his advance in development.} ({To me, the critical continuation is} 22. f5 Be7 ( 22... exf5 $2 23. Nxd5 $18) 23. Rf3 { , when Black would still have to find a way to bring his king into safety.}) 22... Be7 23. Qe3 (23. f5 f6 $1) 23... O-O 24. Bd4 Rc8 {Black has completed his development and retains some strategic trumps. Therefore, White starts the peace negotiations.} 25. Rb6 Qc4 26. Rb7 Qc6 27. Rb6 Qc4 28. Rb7 Qc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 4th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2012.12.10"] [Round "9"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2848"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Postny,E"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2012.12.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.01.15"] {The clashes between the top rated player and the current World Champion are always the centre of attention.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 { As usual, Magnus doesn't wish to enter the main line, trying, and mostly succeeding, to outplay his opponents in the long-term battle. His choice for the current game is understandable, as the opening knowledge of the World Champion is way better.} Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 {Anand likes to play with knights, so he doesn't mind allowing the exchange that now follows.} ({ To avoid the exchange of the bishop that happened in the game, Black can play} 5... O-O) 6. Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 {Carlsen deviates from his previous game.} (7. O-O Bd7 8. c3 Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd2 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (59) Carlsen,M (2765)-Wang Yue (2689) Baku 2008}) 7... axb6 8. c3 Bd7 9. Ba4 {White's only chance for an advantage is to keep the pair of bishops, that might tell in the long run. Therefore, he should hide his light-squared bishop from the exchange. Still, the position is equal.} Ne7 ( 9... O-O 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. h4 h6 13. h5 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Qd2 Ra5 16. Qxf4 Rxh5 17. O-O-O Rxh1 18. Rxh1 $14 { 1/2-1/2 (34) Short,N (2702)-Aronian,L (2648) Reykjavik 2004}) 10. Bc2 Ng6 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O h6 ({ In the following game Black performed some original rook manoeuvres:} 12... Bc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nh2 h6 15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Re6 17. g3 Rf6 18. Qh5 Bd7 19. Be3 Ra5 $1 $132 {1/2-1/2 (48) Efimenko,Z (2637)-Almasi,Z (2640) Germany 2005}) 13. Re1 Re8 14. d4 Bc6 $1 {Attacking the Pe4 and forcing White to make a slight concession: either to close the centre by d4-d5 or to exchange pawns.} 15. dxe5 (15. d5 Bd7 16. c4 Nh5 $132) 15... dxe5 { It's obvious that Black is not experiencing any problems.} 16. Qxd8 Rexd8 $146 (16... Raxd8 17. a4 Nh5 18. Be3 Nhf4 19. Red1 f6 $11 { 1/2-1/2 (24) Balogh,C (2561)-Georgiev,K (2649) Sibenik 2007}) 17. g3 Nd7 { The knight is heading to the d3-square. In fact, only Black can be better here. } 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nd2 (19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. a3 $11) 19... Nf8 20. f3 Nfe6 21. h4 { Magnus is not bothered by anything.} Bb5 22. a3 Rd7 $6 { It was more consistent to put the bishop on d3.} (22... Bd3 23. Bd1 b5 { Even if this position is equal, everyone would like to be on the black side.}) 23. b4 $1 Nd3 $6 (23... Ba4 $1 24. bxc5 Bxc2 $11 { Opposite coloured bishops promise a future draw.}) 24. Reb1 Ba4 25. Bxa4 Rxa4 { Anand has achieved the favourable exchange of bishops, but his knight is ensconced on d3, and just a headache for Black.} 26. Kf1 b5 27. Ke2 Ra6 28. h5 {Fixing the kingside, just in case.} c5 $6 {It's clear that Anand got worried that he may eventually lose his Nd3. So, he decided to liberate it now, before it is too late, even at a price of a pawn. In fact, concrete variations do not support his choice.} (28... Rc6 29. c4 ({Also after} 29. Rb3 f6 30. Rd1 Kf7 31. Nf1 Rcd6 32. Rbb1 Rd8 33. Rd2 Ke7 34. Rbd1 Nb2 {the knight escapes.}) 29... b6 $1 (29... bxc4 $2 30. b5 $16) 30. cxb5 (30. a4 bxa4 31. Rxa4 Rcd6 32. c5 bxc5 33. Nc4 Nxb4 34. Nxd6 cxd6 $11) 30... Rc2 31. a4 Nb2 32. Rc1 Rdxd2+ $1 33. Bxd2 Nd4+ 34. Ke3 (34. Ke1 Nd3+ 35. Kd1 Nb2+ $11) 34... Nc4+ 35. Kd3 Nb2+ $11) 29. bxc5 Ndxc5 30. Rxb5 Na4 31. Rc1 Rc7 32. Nb1 { Now Black has a long fight for a draw.} f6 33. c4 b6 34. Rd5 Nac5 35. Rc2 Rc6 { All Black's pieces are well placed. It's now up to White to show some plan of improvement.} 36. Rb2 Kh7 37. Rb4 g6 $5 {This is controversial. It is, normally, recommended for the defending side to exchange pawns, but now Black gets some weaknesses on the kingside.} (37... Kg8 {would be more natural.}) 38. hxg6+ Kxg6 39. Rd2 h5 40. Nc3 $5 {Of course, every existing engine would condemn this move. On the other hand, it seems impossible for White to achieve any progress only by manoeuvering. Magnus is trying to activate his pieces and create some threats against Black's vulnerable king.} Rxa3 41. Nd5 Kf7 42. Nxb6 Nb3 $1 {The knight is heading to d4.} 43. Rd7+ Ke8 {Before playing 42...Nb3, Anand had to bear in mind that his king might be in danger on the back rank.} 44. Rb7 Nbd4+ 45. Bxd4 Nxd4+ 46. Kd1 Kd8 $2 {After long meditation Anand decided to keep his active pieces as they are and not to take the pawn. However, this loss of tempi could bring him to the verge of losing.} (46... Ra1+ 47. Kd2 Nxf3+ 48. Kc3 Ng5 49. Nd5 Nxe4+ 50. Kb2 Rd1 51. Re7+ Kd8 52. Rh7 Kc8 53. Ne7+ Kc7 54. Nxc6+ Kxc6 {Black's compensation is sufficient for a draw. }) 47. Rd7+ $2 (47. Kc1 $1 {was very strong. The idea is to bring the king to b2, and push away Black's rook from the a-file. After that White's rook will get an opportunity to join the attack via a4.} Ne6 (47... Nxf3 48. Rg7 $1 Ne1 49. Rb5 Nd3+ 50. Kc2 Nc5 51. Nd5 $18) (47... Rxf3 $2 48. Ra4 $18) 48. Kb2 Rxf3 (48... Ra6 49. Rb5 Nc7 50. Rb3 $18) 49. Ra4 Nc7 50. Raa7 $1 Rxg3 51. Rb8+ Ke7 52. Nd5+ Kd6 53. Rd8+ Kc5 54. Nxc7 Rb6+ 55. Kc2 h4 56. Rd2 Kxc4 57. Nd5 { with good winning chances.}) 47... Ke8 48. Rb7 Kd8 $2 (48... Ra1+ $1 { - see 46...Ra1.}) 49. Nd5 $2 ({It was the last chance for} 49. Kc1 $1) 49... Ra1+ 50. Kd2 Ra2+ 51. Rb2 (51. Kc1 {Now it wasn't so effective.} Rc2+ 52. Kd1 R6xc4 53. Rxc4 Rxc4 54. Rh7 Rc6 {and Black will eventually hold.} (54... Nxf3 $4 55. Rh8+ Kd7 56. Nb6+ $18)) 51... Rxb2+ 52. Rxb2 Nxf3+ 53. Kd3 Ng5 54. Rb8+ Kd7 55. Rb7+ Kd6 56. Nxf6 Ra6 { Black is safe now. Suddenly, all his pieces are well placed.} 57. Ne8+ Kc5 58. Rc7+ Kb4 59. Rb7+ Kc5 60. Rc7+ Kb4 61. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 4th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2012.12.09"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2012.12.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.01.15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nec3 {Anand has had some direct experience with the line as Black, even though his opponent has chosen a less logical setup with 11...c3.} (11. c3 Nd7 12. h4 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Be7 14. g3 O-O 15. Bh3 Nf6 16. Qd3 b5 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. O-O a5 19. Bg2 Rfc8 20. Bf3 $11 { 0-1 Naiditsch,A (2689)-Anand,V (2788)/Moscow 2009 (54)}) 11... Nd7 {We may easi ly witness the splitting of players into two distict groups depending on their preference for the black knight's move. The main atraction for the d7-square seems to be the control of the b6-square and the prospect of a timely Nf6. With 11...Nc6 Black is controlling the vulnerable spot d4 with better chances for active counterplay.} (11... Nc6 12. Be2 (12. Ne3 g6 13. Ncd5 Bh6 14. c3 O-O 15. Bc4 Rc8 16. O-O Nb8 17. Bb3 Nd7 18. Qe2 Qh4 19. Rad1 Kg7 20. Nc4 Nc5 21. Ncb6 {1-0 Vallejo Pons,F (2705)-Shabalov,A (2523)/Las Vegas 2011 (30)} Rc6 $11) (12. Bc4 g6 13. Ne3 Bg7 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. O-O Qc7 16. Ne2 O-O 17. c3 Bh6 18. Qd3 Rad8 19. Rad1 Kh7 20. b4 Ne7 21. c4 Bg5 $11 { 1-0 Predke,A (2450)-Lastin,A (2611)/Samara 2011 (51)}) 12... g6 13. Ne3 (13. O-O Bh6 14. Na4 b5 15. Nab6 Rb8 16. a4 O-O 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra6 Kg7 19. c3 Ne7 20. Qd3 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 $16 { 1/2-1/2 Brkic,A (2592)-Fercec,N (2452)/Zagreb 2011 (66)}) 13... Bh6 14. Ncd5 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Qb6 16. Qb1 f5 17. c3 fxe4 18. Bc4 Bf5 19. Bd5 Ne7 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qxb2 22. O-O Qxc3 23. Rfc1 Qd4 24. Qxb7 $14 { 1-0 Demchenko,A (2578)-Gabrielian,A (2545)/Belorechensk 2012 (56)}) (11... g6 12. Bc4 Bh6 13. a3 (13. O-O O-O 14. a4 Nc6 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Ba2 (16. Rfd1 Kg7 17. Bb3 Qh4 18. Nb6 Rcd8 19. Bd5 Nb4 20. Qe2 Nxd5 21. Nbxd5 $14 { 1/2-1/2 Heberla,B (2531)-Olszewski,M (2526)/Warsaw 2012 (60)}) 16... Kh8 17. Rad1 Qa5 18. Ne2 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxa4 20. Bb3 Qb4 21. Qxd6 Qxe4 22. Nc3 Qf5 $15 { 1/2-1/2 Hou,Y (2617)-Ju,W (2518)/Jermuk 2012 (42)}) 13... O-O 14. Ba2 Nc6 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. O-O Nd4 17. Kh1 Qh4 18. Kg1 Kh8 19. Rae1 b5 20. Nb4 a5 $15 { 1/2-1/2 Fedorchuk,S (2639)-Van Kampen,R (2565)/Korinthia 2012}) 12. Bc4 { It does not make sense to play active moves for their own sake, but in our position the bishop should rather go to the a2-g8 diagonal.} (12. Be2 g6 13. O-O Bh6 14. a4 Rc8 (14... b6 15. Bc4 Qc8 16. Qd3 Kf8 17. Ne3 Qc5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nc4 Qd4 20. Rfd1 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 $16 { 1-0 Smith,B (2444)-Shyam,N (2502)/Philadelphia 2012 (30)}) 15. a5 O-O 16. b4 Nf6 17. Re1 Kg7 18. Ra3 Rc6 19. Bf1 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 $14 { 1-0 Saric,I (2586)-Cvitan,O (2554)/Otocac 2010 (83)}) 12... g6 13. a4 Bh6 ( 13... Rc8 14. Ba2 Bh6 15. O-O O-O 16. Qe2 Qh4 17. Rfd1 Kh8 18. a5 Rg8 19. Nb6 Nxb6 20. axb6 Rc6 21. Nd5 Rf8 22. Rd3 { 1-0 Heberla,B (2539)-Nitin,S (2387)/Mumbai 2011 (67)} Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxb6 24. b3 Qe7 $11) 14. a5 Rc8 15. Ba2 (15. Qe2 Qg5 16. Ne3 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qxg2 18. Nxd6+ Kf8 19. Nxc8 Qxh1+ 20. Qf1 $11) 15... O-O 16. O-O Kg7 {The position is well defined, with White's main asset in firm control of the d5-square. Black is ready to generate counterplay on the kingside, but he has to worry about the safety of the d6-pawn. The king steps away from problems along the light-squared diagonal as well as avoiding moves of the knight from d5.} 17. b4 (17. Re1 Qh4 18. Ne3 Qe7 $14) 17... Rc6 18. Qd3 Qg5 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. Bb3 f5 { Nakamura is a tactical virtuoso, he is usually striving for lots of dynamic contact between pieces. A more positional player woul have used the moment for the swap of one knight on d5 with 20...Nf6!} (20... Nf6 $1 21. Qf3 (21. Nxf6 Rxc3 22. Ne8+ Kh8 $19) 21... Nxd5 22. Nxd5 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 $11) 21. exf5 gxf5 {The American player has no aversion to taking risks, otherwise he would have strongly considered the alternative 21...Bxf5!? with even chances.} (21... Bxf5 $5 22. Ne4 Qh4 23. f3 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Nf6 25. Rf1 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Be3+ 27. Kh1 Bd4 $11) 22. Ne2 (22. Ba4 e4 (22... Rc4 23. Ne2 e4 24. Qa3 $16) 23. Qd4+ Kf7 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Nb6 Rg8 26. g3 h4 27. Nxd7 hxg3 28. Qf6+ Qxf6 29. Nxf6 Kxf6 30. Rxd6 gxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rc8 $11) 22... f4 (22... e4 23. Qg3 $1 (23. Nef4 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxf4 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Qxd7 Bg7 27. Rab1 h4 $11) (23. Qd4+ Ne5 24. Qa7 Kh8 25. Qxb7 Rg8 26. g3 Rg7 $11) 23... Qxg3 24. Nxg3 Kf7 25. Nxh5 $14) 23. Ndxf4 $6 {Anand is the world champion, but his tender age of over 40 is sometimes felt in the ease of his decisions. It is very tempting to try conquering the dangerous adversary on his own tactical turf. The combination is original, attractive but objectively much weaker than the positional solution with 23. Nec3!} (23. Nec3 $1 Bf5 (23... Nf6 24. Nxf6 Rxc3 25. Qxd6 Qxf6 26. Bxe6 $16) 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. f3 $16) 23... Bxb3 24. h4 Qg4 (24... Bxc2 $2 25. hxg5 Bxd3 26. gxh6+ Kxh6 27. Nxd3 $18) (24... Qe7 $2 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Qxh6+ $18) (24... Qxh4 25. Qg6+ $18) 25. f3 Bxc2 26. fxg4 Bxd3 27. Nxh5+ (27. Nxd3 hxg4 $17) 27... Kg8 28. Rxd3 {The smoke has cleared and White even managed to win a pawn. Unfortunately the black pieces are coordinated so well, that he does not have to fear the future.} Bf8 29. Kh2 (29. g5 Rc4 30. g3 Rxb4 31. Rc3 Rc6 $11) 29... Rc4 30. Kh3 Rxb4 (30... Re4 31. Neg3 Rxb4 32. Nf5 Rc6 33. Rad1 Nc5 34. Re3 $14) 31. Rf3 Rc2 (31... e4 32. Re3 d5 33. Rd1 Rc5 34. Nhf4 $14) 32. Nc3 {Anand keeps playing with ambition, otherwise he would probably have accepted near equality after the clever move 32.Raf1!?} (32. Raf1 $5 Rxe2 33. Rf7 Re1 $1 34. Rxf8+ ( 34. R1f5 Rh1+ 35. Kg3 Rb3+ 36. Kf2 d5 37. Rxd7 Bc5+ 38. Ke2 Rb2+ 39. Kf3 Rf1+ 40. Kg3 Rb3+ 41. Kh2 Bg1+ 42. Kh1 Bf2+ $11) 34... Nxf8 35. Rxe1 b5 36. axb6 Rxb6 37. Nf6+ $14) 32... e4 $1 33. Rg3 Rd2 34. Re1 d5 35. Nf4 Rbd4 36. Ncxd5 { The dangerous pawn mass is eliminated and White will hope for the better coordination of his pieces in the sharp endgame.} (36. g5 Bd6 $15) (36. Nfxd5 Bd6 37. Rge3 Rxd5 38. Nxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxe4 Rxa5 40. Re8+ Kf7 41. g5 $11) 36... Rxd5 37. Nxd5 Rxd5 38. Rxe4 Rxa5 39. g5 (39. Rd3 Nc5 40. Re5 Nxd3 41. Rxa5 Nc5 42. Ra1 b5 43. Rb1 Nb7 44. g5 b4 $17) 39... Ra3 $2 {Time trouble has spoiled more games than anybody could possibly count. Nakamura is hoping to ease his situation with the help of a rook exchange. Unfortunately his impulsive decision is completely wrong and pushes him to the edge of a losing position.} (39... Rd5 $1 40. Re8 Kf7 41. Ra8 Kg6 $11) 40. Re8 $6 {The champion must have been quite unhappy about letting his golden chance slip away. The best was to accept the challenge and swap on a3 with excellent chances for a win.} (40. Rxa3 $1 Bxa3 41. h5 Bf8 (41... b5 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Re6 Nc5 44. Re7+ Kg8 45. Kg4 $18) 42. h6 a5 43. Re8 Kf7 44. Ra8 b6 45. Ra7 Ke6 46. Kg4 Ne5+ 47. Kh5 $18) 40... Rxg3+ 41. Kxg3 b5 42. Rd8 {It is simply impossible to calculate the position all the way to the solution over the board, so the players must use their intution. Anand will do fine, but on several instances better lines will escape his attention.} (42. h5 $1 b4 (42... Kf7 43. Ra8 b4 44. Rxa6 b3 45. Ra7 Ke6 46. Rb7 Nc5 47. Rb6+ Ke5 48. h6 $18) 43. Rd8 Nc5 44. Kg4 b3 45. h6 b2 46. Rb8 Nd3 47. g6 b1=Q 48. h7+ Kg7 49. Rxb1 Ne5+ 50. Kh5 Nxg6 51. Rb6 Nf4+ 52. Kg5 Nd5 53. Rb8 $16) 42... Nc5 (42... Ne5 43. Ra8 b4 44. h5 Nd7 45. Rd8 Ne5 46. Kf4 Nc6 47. Rc8 Ne7 48. Rb8 a5 49. Ke4 $16) 43. Rb8 {It is easy to criticise after analysing the position with the help of engines. Let us just agree on the fact, that 43.Kg4! would have been challenging for the defender.} (43. Kg4 $1 b4 44. h5 b3 45. h6 b2 46. Rb8 Nd3 47. g6 $16) 43... Kf7 (43... Nd7 44. Rb7 Nc5 45. Rb6 Nd7 46. Rxa6 b4 47. Ra5 $16) 44. g6+ (44. Rb6 b4 45. Rxb4 a5 46. Rb5 a4 47. Kg4 $16) 44... Kg7 45. Kg4 b4 (45... Ne4 46. h5 b4 47. Rb7+ Kg8 48. g7 Bxg7 49. Rxb4 $16) 46. h5 $2 {The chess game is eternally rich and charming, since even world champions can miss the best continuations. After this wrong choice White will not be able to win any more.} (46. Rxb4 Kxg6 47. h5+ Kh7 48. Rb8 $16) 46... b3 47. Kf5 (47. h6+ Kxh6 48. Rxf8 Kxg6 49. Kf3 a5 50. Ke3 a4 51. Kd2 $11) 47... Bd6 48. Rb4 $2 {We all know the frustration, when a good position is slipping away and a bit is missing for the success. Anand got so frustrated, that he now overstepped the line dividng safety from risk.} (48. Rb6 $1 Be5 49. Kg5 (49. g4 Kh6 50. Rxb3 Nxb3 51. Kxe5 Kg7 52. Kd5 $11) 49... Ne4+ 50. Kf5 Nd6+ 51. Ke6 b2 52. Rb3 Nc4 53. Rb7+ Kh6 54. Rh7+ Kg5 55. g7 b1=Q 56. g8=Q+ Kh4 57. Qd8+ Kg4 58. Qg8+ Kh4 $11) 48... a5 49. Rb6 (49. Rh4 Kh6 50. g4 Be7 51. Rh2 Nd3 $19) 49... a4 $1 50. Rxd6 (50. h6+ Kxh6 51. Kf6 Be5+ 52. Kf5 a3 $19) 50... b2 51. Rb6 (51. Rd1 a3 52. Re1 Kf8 $19) 51... a3 {Suddenly White finds himself gazing at the unusual exception to the rule. Rook and extra pawn, advanced structure on the kingside - it all miraculously pales against the rolling black pawns supported with the perfectly placed knight.} (51... Nb3 $4 52. Rb7+ Kg8 53. Kf6 $18) 52. Kg5 Ne4+ 53. Kf4 a2 54. Rb7+ Kf8 55. Rxb2 (55. Rb8+ Ke7 56. g7 Nf6 57. Rb7+ Ke8 58. g8=Q+ Nxg8 59. Rb8+ Kf7 $19) 55... a1=Q 56. Rb8+ Ke7 $1 57. Kxe4 Qe1+ $6 {The game is so rich in missed opportunities, that the final nervous play of Nakamura can be viewed as somewhat justified conclusion to the game. Naturally the queen would have won in the fight against the rook.} (57... Qa4+ $1 58. Ke5 (58. Kd3 Qd7+ 59. Ke3 Qe6+ 60. Kf3 Qf5+ 61. Kg3 Qe5+ $19 ) (58. Kf5 Qc2+ 59. Kg5 Qd2+ 60. Kf5 Qd5+ $19) 58... Qc6 $1 59. g7 (59. Rb1 Qc3+ 60. Kf4 Qd2+ 61. Kf5 Qc2+ $19) (59. Rb2 Qf6+ $19) 59... Qd6+ $19) 58. Kf3 Qc3+ $2 {After this move the tragedy is complete and the point will be split. White could still have won with the exact check 58...Qd1!} (58... Qd1+ $1 59. Ke3 (59. Kg3 $6 Qd6+ $19) 59... Qc1+ 60. Kd3 (60. Kf3 Qc6+ 61. Ke3 Qe6+ 62. Kf3 Qf5+ 63. Ke3 Qe5+ $19) 60... Qf1+ 61. Ke3 Qxg2 62. Rb5 Qc6 63. g7 Kf7 64. Rg5 Qc1+ $19) 59. Kg4 $1 Qd4+ 60. Kh3 $1 Qd3+ {White could have build up a fortress after the better check 60...Qe3+. The fight is fortunately over.} ( 60... Qe3+ 61. g3 Qe5 62. Rb7+ Kf6 63. g7 Qxh5+ 64. Kg2 Qd5+ 65. Kf2 Kg6 66. g8=Q+ Qxg8 67. Rb4 Qf7+ 68. Rf4 $11) 61. Kh4 Qe4+ 62. g4 Qe1+ 63. Kh3 Qe3+ 64. Kh4 Qe1+ 65. Kh3 Qe3+ { In many respects a fascinating game, despite the mistakes and omissions!} 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 4th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2012.12.08"] [Round "7"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B87"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2012.12.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.01.15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. a3 O-O 11. Qg3 Bd7 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Rad1 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Rfe1 a5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Rb8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 Qb6 20. a4 bxa4 21. Bxa4 Rc8 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Na4 Qc7 24. c3 Nf6 25. Rd4 Rc8 26. Qxc7 R6xc7 27. Red1 g6 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rd6 Rc4 31. b3 Ne4 32. Ra6 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 4th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2012.12.07"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2012.12.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.01.15"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Nc2 d6 10. Bd2 a6 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. b3 c6 13. Be3 Nfg4 14. Bd4 c5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nd5 Rb8 17. h3 Nf6 18. Nce3 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qa5 20. Rc2 Bf5 21. Qd2 Qd8 22. Rcc1 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Rfd1 h5 25. h4 Bg4 26. Ne3 Bd7 27. Bf3 Bd4 28. Nd5 b4 29. Rc4 Be5 30. Kg2 Ra8 31. Ne3 Ra7 32. Rcc1 Qe7 33. Nc4 Be6 34. Rc2 Bf5 35. e4 Be6 36. Nxe5 dxe5 37. Qe3 Ra5 38. Be2 Rd8 39. Rxd8+ Qxd8 40. Rxc5 Rxa2 41. Bc4 Qd1 42. Qh6 Bh3+ 0-1 [Event "London Classic 4th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2012.12.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Jones, Gawain CB"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D70"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2012.12.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.01.15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Nh3 e4 15. fxe4 Ng4 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Bg5 Qd6 18. Nb5 Qc5 19. Na3 Bxh3 20. Be3 Qc8 21. Rc1 Qg4 22. Rxh3 Qxh3 23. gxh3 Nf3+ 24. Ke2 Nxd2 25. Bxd2 Bxb2 26. Nb5 Bxc1 27. Bxc1 Nxd5 28. exd5 Rae8+ 29. Be3 Rxf1 0-1 [Event "London Classic 4th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2012.12.04"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2795"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2012.12.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.01.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8. O-O Re8 9. Bd2 Bf8 10. b4 f6 11. a4 Nb6 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Qb1 Qd7 14. Rd1 Bf7 15. h3 Rad8 16. Be1 Bh5 17. g4 Bf7 18. c4 c5 19. b5 Nc8 20. Qc2 Re6 21. Kf1 Ne7 22. Nh4 Rd6 23. Ke2 Re6 24. f3 b6 25. Bf2 g6 26. Nhg2 Rd6 27. Bg3 Bg7 28. Bh4 a6 29. Bf2 a5 30. Bh4 Qe8 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Bh6 33. Bf2 R6d7 34. h4 Nc8 35. Rh1 Nd6 36. h5 g5 37. Ne3 Bf8 38. Nc4 Nxc4 39. dxc4 h6 40. Be3 Bd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 4th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2012.12.03"] [Round "3"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2815"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2012.12.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.01.15"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. h3 Nc4 12. Nf3 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfb1 Ba4 17. Qe2 Qxc3 18. Bg5 Nd6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ne1 f5 21. Qf3 Qc7 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. g4 fxg4 24. hxg4 Bb5 25. Bxb5 Nxb5 26. Kg2 Nd6 27. Nd3 Ne4 28. Qf4 Qf6 29. Qxf6 Nxf6 30. Rab1 b6 31. f3 Kg7 32. a4 Nd7 33. Nb4 Nb8 34. Kf2 Kf6 35. e4 dxe4 36. fxe4 Ke7 37. Ke3 Rg8 38. Kf4 Rgd8 39. d5 Rxc1 40. Rxc1 a5 41. Nc6+ Nxc6 42. Rxc6 exd5 43. exd5 Rxd5 44. Rxb6 Rd4+ 45. Kg5 Rxa4 46. Ra6 Ra1 47. Kh6 a4 48. Kxh7 a3 49. g5 a2 50. Kg7 Kd7 51. Kf8 Rg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 4th"] [Site "London"] [Date "2012.12.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "McShane, Luke J"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2713"] [PlyCount "215"] [EventDate "2012.12.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.01.15"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. c5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. h3 Ne8 13. f4 f6 14. Qb3 Nc7 15. e4 Kh8 16. exd5 cxd5 17. f5 gxf5 18. Bxf5 e6 19. Bd3 e5 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Qd7 22. Rf2 exd4 23. Na4 Qc6 24. Bf4 Rad8 25. Re1 Rfe8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Nb6 Ne6 28. Qxd5 Qxc5 29. Qxc5 Nxc5 30. Rc2 Bf8 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Rc4 Re4 33. Nd5 Kf7 34. Bd2 d3 35. Rb4 Re2 36. Bc3 Rc2 37. Rf4 Ke6 38. Ne3 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 Be7 40. Kf3 b5 41. Rd4 Bd6 42. Bb4 Be5 43. Rd5 Nb7 44. b3 Ra1 45. a3 a5 46. Bf8 Bd6 47. Bxd6 Nxd6 48. Rxd3 Rxa3 49. Nc2 Ra2 50. Nd4+ Ke7 51. Nc6+ Ke6 52. Nd8+ Ke7 53. Nc6+ Kd7 54. Nd4 Ke8 55. Nc6 Kd7 56. Nd4 Kc8 57. Rc3+ Kb7 58. Rc5 Rf2+ 59. Ke3 Rxg2 60. Rd5 Kc7 61. Rc5+ Kd7 62. Rh5 Ke8 63. Nxb5 Nxb5 64. Rxb5 Rg3+ 65. Kf4 Rxh3 66. Kg4 Rc3 67. Rxa5 Kf7 68. Rb5 Kg6 69. Rb8 Rc1 70. b4 Rc4+ 71. Kg3 Kf5 72. b5 Rc3+ 73. Kg2 Kf4 74. b6 Rc2+ 75. Kf1 Rb2 76. b7 f5 77. Kg1 Rb1+ 78. Kg2 Rb2+ 79. Kg1 Rb3 80. Kg2 Rg3+ 81. Kf1 Rg7 82. Kf2 Kg4 83. Kg2 h5 84. Kf2 h4 85. Kg2 h3+ 86. Kh2 f4 87. Ra8 Rxb7 88. Rg8+ Kf3 89. Ra8 Re7 90. Ra1 Re5 91. Ra8 Kg4 92. Rg8+ Kf3 93. Ra8 Re1 94. Ra7 Rd1 95. Ra8 Ke3 96. Kxh3 f3 97. Ra3+ Kf2 98. Ra2+ Ke3 99. Ra3+ Ke2 100. Ra2+ Rd2 101. Ra1 Kf2 102. Kh2 Re2 103. Ra8 Ke3+ 104. Kg3 Rg2+ 105. Kh3 Rd2 106. Kg3 Rg2+ 107. Kh3 Rd2 108. Kg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"] [Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"] [Date "2012.10.13"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2778"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2012.09.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.11.13"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5 9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Ng5 Nc6 12. Qh5 Qe7 13. Be2 b4 14. O-O bxc3 15. Be3 Bb7 16. Bg4 Ncb4 17. Nxe6 g6 18. Ng7+ Kf8 19. Qh6 Kg8 20. Bg5 Qf8 21. Bf6 Nxf6 22. exf6 Nd5 23. Bf3 Nxf6 24. Bxb7 Rd8 25. Ra6 Qxg7 26. Qg5 Rd7 27. Bf3 Ne8 28. Bc6 Rd6 29. Qe7 Qf8 30. Qxa7 Nf6 31. Qc5 Nd7 32. Qxc4 Nb8 33. Rb6 Nxc6 34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Qxc6 Qb4 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ f6 38. Qc7+ Kh6 39. d5 Qd4 40. d6 Qd2 41. d7 c2 42. h4 Qd1 43. Qf4+ Kg7 44. Qc7 Kh6 45. Qf4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"] [Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"] [Date "2012.10.12"] [Round "9"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2843"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2012.09.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.11.13"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {During the whole tournament Carlsen consistently and mostly sucessfully avoided any heated theoretical debates in the openings, opting for lines such as 2.d3, or a quick exd5 against the French Defence.} ({ Also in this game he avoids the Open Sicilian with} 3. d4 { , his last Najdorf against the World Champion was rather disappointing:} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nce2 Qc7 10. b3 e5 $5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 d5 $1 13. Bxd5 Rd8 14. c4 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Rxd5 18. Be3 Nc6 { 1/2,Carlsen,M (2814)-Anand,V (2810)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) 3... Bd7 {The most sol id response and the result of our game will hardly change this long-standing verdict.} ({ However, there have been some recent developments after the more enterprising} 3... Nd7 $5 {- see the notes to Bologan-Topalov, ECC Eilat 2012.}) 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 {This continuation is White's best chance to fight for an opening edge - he puts his pawns on the light squares, as he has just exchanged the light-squared bishops.} (5. O-O { occurs only rarely in top-level games and is generally considered too soft:} Nf6 (5... Nc6 6. Qe2 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Rd1 e5 $5 9. b4 cxb4 10. cxb4 Nge7 11. d4 exd4 12. Bb2 O-O 13. b5 Ne5 14. Nxd4 Rac8 15. Nd2 d5 16. h3 Rfe8 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Rbc1 Qb6 19. Rxc8 Nxc8 $5 20. exd5 Nd6 21. Qf1 Rc8 $44 { Short,N (2698)-Anand,V (2811)/London/2011/}) 6. Qe2 ({Simply boring is} 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Rc3 Rfc8 15. a3 Bd8 16. Qb1 Ne7 17. Rec1 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 Rc8 19. Qc2 h6 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Qxc8 Nxc8 $11 { 1/2,Kuzubov,Y (2623)-Areshchenko,A (2691)/UKR-ch Kiev/2012/}) 6... Nc6 7. Rd1 g6 8. c3 Qg4 9. Re1 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxe2 11. Rxe2 dxe5 12. Na3 Bg7 13. Nc4 Nd7 14. d3 O-O 15. a4 b6 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Rd2 Rac8 18. g4 Nf8 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Ne6 21. Be3 Bf6 22. Rad1 Bg5 23. Kf2 Bf4 24. h4 h6 $11 { Mamedov,R (2634)-Negi,P (2664)/Istanbul olm/2012/}) 5... Nf6 {Black intends to develop his kingside first and possibly use the c-file before he plays Nc6.} ({ The alternative is} 5... Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 $5 { seems more testing, as after} (9. Be3 { commits the bishop, Black has reasonable counterplay after} Nf6 10. h3 $5 (10. f3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 13. Nde2 (13. Rc1 Ne5 14. b3 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rfe8 18. Bf2 Qxd5 19. Qc2 Qd7 20. Rcd1 Rac8 21. Qb1 Qc7 22. Rfe1 Nd7 $11 {Adams,M (2722)-Dominguez Perez,L (2725)/London/2012/}) 13... Rac8 14. Rc1 Rfe8 15. Bf2 Qe7 16. b3 Nd7 17. Nd4 Nb4 18. Kh1 Nc5 19. Bg1 h5 20. Rb1 Qd8 21. Nde2 Qc7 22. Qd2 Red8 23. Nd1 Nc6 24. Ne3 f5 $5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Nc2 Qf7 27. Nf4 Ne7 {Tiviakov,S (2656)-Nakamura,H (2775)/Hoogeveen/2012/ (30)} 28. Rfd1 $13) 10... O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Rfc8 13. b3 e6 (13... Qd8 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Rab1 Nc5 16. Rfd1 Na5 17. Qc2 Rab8 18. b4 Nxc4 19. bxc5 Na3 20. Qb3 Nxb1 21. Nxb1 dxc5 22. Ne6 Qa5 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Nc3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nd5 Qa4 27. Qb2+ f6 28. Ra1 Qxe4 29. Ra7 { 1-0 Spasov,V (2581)-Georgiev,K (2423)/Sunny Beach 2012/CB37_2012}) 14. Rc1 d5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. e5 Ne8 17. f4 a5 (17... Qd8 $5 $11 {prevents both a5 and Ne4. }) 18. Ne4 Bf8 19. Rf3 Qd8 20. Nc5 Rcb8 21. Bf2 Nc7 22. Qe2 Rb4 23. Kh2 Be7 $14 {/<=>,Carlsen,M (2826)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2730)/Moscow/2011/}) 9... Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 {White can develop his bishop more actively with} 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Rfd8 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Kh1 Rd7 17. Rc1 Re8 18. Nd5 exd5 $6 (18... Qd8 $1 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11) 19. cxd5 Qb6 20. Bf2 Qxb2 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rdd8 23. Rxa6 Qb4 24. Rb6 Qc4 25. Nd4 $14 {/+/-,Caruana,F (2773) -Anand,V (2780)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/ This game was played earlier. Although Black's position is quite playable, Anand presumably wanted to give the encounter with Carlsen a different character.}) 6. Nc3 g6 (6... Nc6 7. d4 (7. O-O g6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Nde2 Qe6 $5 $13 {Kasparov,G (2851)-The World/ Internet/1999/ leads to complications, which Black ultimately doesn't have to fear. See the notes to this game in CBM 74.}) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 {and now:} { More often than not Black avoids these complications and simply develops with} g6 {Now White can avoid the continuation from Kasparov-The World with} (8... Qg4 {is an attempt to force quick simplification:} { However, here Black has to reckon mainly with} 9. Qxg4 (9. O-O Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nxd4 (10... Rc8 11. Nde2 g6 12. f3 Bg7 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Rac1 b6 16. Nd5 Rfd8 17. Nec3 e6 18. Nf4 Nc5 19. Nfe2 a6 20. Rd2 Rd7 21. Rcd1 Bf8 22. Bf4 Rcd8 23. Bg5 Rc8 24. h3 h6 25. Bf4 Rcd8 26. g4 Kg7 27. Kg2 Be7 28. Be3 Rb7 29. Nd4 Rc8 30. Nxc6 Rxc6 31. Bf4 b5 $132 { Rozentalis,E (2623)-Alterman,B (2580)/ISR-chT/2010/}) 11. Rxd4 Rc8 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. Rc1 g6 14. Nd5 h6 15. Be3 Bg7 16. Rdd1 a6 17. b4 e6 18. Nb6 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Ke7 20. c5 Be5 21. Rd3 Rc6 22. a4 Rhc8 23. a5 dxc5 24. Bxc5+ Ke8 25. Rcd1 Bf6 26. Kf1 Rd8 27. Ke2 Rcc8 $11 { Cheparinov,I (2621)-Lupulescu,C (2546)/EU-ch Warsaw/2005/}) 9... Nxg4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 {A more enterprising try is the sacrificial} g5 $5 (11... Rb8 12. h3 Ne5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Na4 (14. O-O-O e6 15. Na4 h5 16. Rd3 Rh6 17. Rhd1 Rg6 18. g3 Rf6 19. f3 Rg6 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Rh6 22. a3 Be7 23. Kc2 Rh2+ 24. R1d2 Rh1 25. Rd1 Rh2+ 26. R1d2 Rh1 27. c5 Rb5 28. b4 a5 29. Rb3 $14 { Laznicka,V (2593)-Gashimov,V (2658)/Moscow/2007/}) 14... e6 15. Ke2 Kd7 16. Rhd1+ Kc7 17. Rd3 Be7 18. Rad1 Rhd8 19. Rxd8 Bxd8 20. a3 a5 21. c5 Be7 22. Kd3 f5 23. f3 Rd8+ 24. Kc2 Rb8 25. Kc3 fxe4 26. fxe4 Rf8 27. b4 axb4+ 28. axb4 Bh4 29. Nb6 Rf7 30. Kb3 Bf2 31. Rd6 Bd4 32. Nc4 Rf1 33. Na5 $18 { Ni Hua (2705)-Shengelia,D (2569)/ESP-chT Sabadell/2008/}) 12. Bxg5 Bg7 $5 ( 12... Ne5 13. b3 Rg8 14. Bh4 Rg4 (14... Bg7 15. Kd2 a5 16. Rab1 a4 17. Nxa4 Bh6+ 18. Kc2 Rg4 (18... Rxg2 $142 $132) 19. Bg3 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Rxa4 21. Rb8+ Kd7 22. Kb3 Ra7 23. f3 Rg5 24. e5 dxe5 25. Rd1+ Ke6 26. a4 $36 { Zhang Zhong (2608)-Petrosian,T (2581)/Tiayuan/2005/}) 15. Bg3 Bg7 16. Kd2 Ng6 17. f3 Rg5 18. f4 $142 (18. Rag1 Bd4 19. Rc1 Kd7 20. Ne2 Bb6 21. h4 Ra5 22. Rc2 Rg8 23. Be1 Ne5 24. Nf4 Ra3 25. Ke2 Bd4 $44 26. Bb4 { 1/2,Baklan,V (2585)-Atalik,S (2585)/YUG-chT Vrnjacka Banja/1998/}) 18... Rg4 ( 18... Ra5 19. a4 Rb8 20. Kc2 f5 21. Rae1 Kd7 22. Rhf1 e6 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Ne4 Rbf8 25. Rd1 d5 26. Nc5+ Kd6 27. Nd3 $14 { /+/-,Soltau,A (2632)-Ugge,A (2567)/corr/2005/}) 19. Raf1 h5 20. Nd1 Bh6 21. Nf2 Bxf4+ 22. Ke2 Rg5 23. Nh3 Rxg3 24. hxg3 Bxg3 25. Ng5 $14 {/~~ Atalik}) 13. Ke2 Rb8 14. Nd1 (14. Rab1 $5 Rg8 15. Bf4 Bd4 $44) 14... Rb4 15. Rc1 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Ba3 17. Rb3 Rxb3 18. axb3 Kd7 19. Ne3 Rg8 20. h4 Nxe3 21. Bxe3 Rxg2 22. Kf3 Rg8 23. Ra1 Bb4 $11 {Jansa,V (2490)-Trapl,J (2340)/Ostrava/1976/}) 9. Nde2 Bg7 10. f3 {- 5...Nc6 , which transposes back to Caruana-Anand, mentioned above.}) 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 ({The other main try is} 9. h3 {, when} Qc7 $5 { has recently become popular:} 10. Qe2 (10. b3 {allows the simplifying operation } Qa5 11. Bd2 Nxe4 $1 12. Nxe4 Qe5 13. Qb1 f5 14. Bc3 Qxe4+ 15. Qxe4 fxe4 16. Nb5 Bxc3+ 17. Nxc3 Rf8 18. Nxe4 (18. O-O Na6 19. Rfe1 Nc5 20. Rad1 Kd7 21. Re3 Rac8 22. Rd4 Rf4 23. Nd5 Rf7 24. Rd2 Rc6 25. b4 Na4 26. Rxe4 e6 27. Ne3 Nc3 28. Red4 e5 29. R4d3 Ne4 30. Re2 Ke6 $11 { Bologan,V (2665)-Naiditsch,A (2712)/ESP-chT Melilla/2011/}) 18... Rf5 (18... Nc6 19. Rd1 Rf5 20. O-O O-O-O 21. f4 Rdf8 22. g3 Kd7 23. Nc3 a6 24. Nd5 b5 $132 {Movsesian,S (2751)-Dominguez Perez,L (2717)/Wijk aan Zee/2009/}) 19. O-O Kd7 20. Rad1 Na6 21. Rfe1 Raf8 22. Re2 Re5 23. g3 Nc5 $11 { 1/2,Movsesian,S (2711)-Svidler,P (2741)/EUCup Ohrid/2009/}) 10... Nc6 11. Nc2 O-O 12. O-O a6 (12... Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Bb2 (14. Bd2 $5) 14... Qa5 15. Ne3 Nd4 16. Qe1 Ne6 17. Rb1 Nf4 18. Ba1 b5 19. Ncd5 Qxe1 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Rfxe1 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Kf8 23. Kf1 Nd3 24. Red1 Nc5 $11 { Alavkin,A (2460)-Kokarev,D (2603)/Kazan/2009/}) 13. Bd2 e6 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15. Be3 $146 (15. Ne3 Nd4 16. Qd3 Nd7 17. Kh1 Nc5 18. Qb1 Rac8 19. b4 Nd7 20. Qd3 Qb8 21. f4 b5 $132 {/=/+,Malakhov,V (2715)-Hracek,Z (2606)/EU Cup Ohrid/2009/}) 15... Ne5 16. Na3 Rac8 17. b3 Qa5 18. Nab1 d5 19. f4 Nc6 20. e5 Nh5 21. Qf2 $6 (21. g4 Ng3 22. Qf2 Nxf1 23. Bb6 Qb4 24. Bc5 $11) 21... d4 $1 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 g5 $1 24. fxg5 Bxe5 25. Qf2 Bf4 (25... Ng3 $1 26. Rfe1 Bd6 $40 {Safarli}) 26. Ne4 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Qe5 28. Re1 Kh8 29. Nbd2 $36 { Tiviakov,S (2656)-Hou,Y (2623)/Hoogeveen/2012/}) (9. O-O Nc6 $132 { once again leads to Kasparov-The World.}) 9... Qc7 $5 {With f3 instead of h3 this move is still rare - Black doesn't have the blow on e4 from the previous note!} ({The standard continuation is} 9... O-O 10. Be3 (10. O-O Rc8 11. b3 d5 $1 {is Ivanchuk's brilliant idea, Black easily equalised in the stem game} 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14. Be3 exd5 15. cxd5 Na6 16. Rc1 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Nb4 18. Qd2 Nxd5 19. Ne2 Qe7 { 1/2,Delchev,A (2577)-Ivanchuk,V (2704)/EU-ch Istanbul/2003/}) (10. Bg5 { is rare and for a good reason - here Black easily gets a good position with the accurate} Nc6 $1 (10... Rc8 11. b3 Qd8 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Nde2 a6 14. a4 Nd7 $132) 11. Nde2 a6 12. a4 Qc7 $1 13. b3 Qa5 14. Qd2 b5 $1 15. cxb5 axb5 16. O-O (16. Nxb5 Nxe4 $36) 16... bxa4 17. bxa4 Rfc8 (17... Nd7 $5) 18. Rfb1 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Rxc3 20. Kh1 Qc5 (20... Rc5 $15) 21. Rd1 Rc4 22. Be3 Qa5 23. Qd3 Rc3 24. Qe2 Nd7 25. h3 Qa6 26. Qe1 Rc4 27. a5 Nc5 28. Rab1 { Gharamian,T (2471)-Savchenko,S (2545)/Metz/2007/} Na4 $15) 10... Rc8 (10... Nc6 $5 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 {transposes to a satisfactory position from the 5... Nc6 lines, mentioned in the above notes.}) 11. b3 a6 12. a4 e6 (12... Nc6 13. O-O Qd8 14. Rb1 e6 15. Nde2 Qa5 16. Qxd6 Ne8 17. Qd2 Rd8 18. Qe1 Rd3 19. Nd1 Qb4 20. Nc1 Rd7 21. Qxb4 Nxb4 22. Nf2 Nc2 23. Bc5 b6 24. Bxb6 Na3 25. Ncd3 Nxb1 26. Rxb1 $14 {Balogh,C (2664)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2705)/Saint Louis/2012/}) 13. Rc1 (13. Nde2 Nc6 14. O-O d5 $1 15. exd5 exd5 16. c5 Re8 17. Bf2 Rad8 18. Nd4 Qc7 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bd4 a5 21. Ra2 Rb8 22. Ne2 Qb7 23. Qa1 Nh5 $17 { Laznicka,V (2610)-Wojtaszek,R (2635)/CZE-chT/2007/}) 13... Nc6 14. O-O d5 15. exd5 exd5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. cxd5 cxd5 (17... Nxd5 $142 $5 $11) 18. Bd4 Rd8 19. Qd3 Qb7 20. Ne2 Ne8 21. Rc3 Nc7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nd4 Ne6 24. Nxe6+ fxe6 25. Rfc1 Rac8 26. Qe3 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Qe7 28. Rc6 e5 $132 { Ni Hua (2625)-Areshchenko,A (2570)/Moscow/2005/}) (9... Nc6 10. Nde2 { and we are again back in Caruana-Anand.}) 10. b3 Qa5 {Black's idea is to lure the bishop to b2 instead of its usual deployment on the c1-h6 diagonal (e3 or g5).} (10... Nc6 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Rc1 Nh5 13. Nde2 $5 ({ White avoids the endgame after} 13. O-O Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Qc5 $11 { /+/=}) 13... O-O 14. O-O Kh8 15. Qd5 Qa6 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. Kh1 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nd5 Qd8 (19... Qxd2 $142 $14) 20. Rfd1 Be5 21. Ndf4 Qe8 22. c5 Nxf4 23. Nxf4 dxc5 24. Rxc5 (24. Nd3 $1 $36) 24... Rd8 25. Qe1 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 { Kasparov,S (2500)-Varga,C (2349)/Pardubice/2007/} Bd6 $132) ({ A similar type of position arises after} 10... O-O 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Rc1 $11 {/+/=,Loaiza,Y (1902)-Ramirez,H (2089)/Puerto Boyaca/2012/ White's space advantage gives him a slight pull.}) 11. Bb2 (11. Bd2 { also deserves consideration, but} Nc6 {is still fine for Black after} 12. Nd5 ( 12. Nde2 O-O $132) 12... Qd8 13. Bc3 e6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. O-O Rd8 $11) 11... Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nce2 $146 {Although objectively this novelty is not particularly dangerous, it's in keeping with White's strategy to avoid excessive simplification and retain fighting chances.} (13. Kh1 Nd7 (13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qxc3 17. Qxe7 a5 $44) 14. Nd5 Rfe8 15. Bc3 Qd8 16. Nb5 (16. Qd2 $142 $5) 16... Bxc3 17. Ndxc3 a6 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. Nc2 Rac8 20. Qd2 Qc5 21. Qe3 Nce5 22. Rac1 b5 23. f4 Ng4 { Bolshagin,V (2061)-Kokarev,D (2583)/Moscow/2011/} (23... Qxe3 24. Nxe3 Nd3 25. Rcd1 bxc4 26. Rd2 Nb4 27. Nxc4 Nb6 $11) 24. Qf3 $13) (13. Nd5 Nxd5 {is simpler: } (13... Qc5 14. b4 Qxc4 (14... Nxb4 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Rf2 $5 Qxc4 (16... Nd7 $5 $132) 17. Qa4 a5 18. a3 Qc7 19. Nxg6+ hxg6 20. axb4 $14) 15. Nxc6 Nxd5 16. Rc1 Qxa2 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. exd5 bxc6 19. Qd4+ $44 (19. dxc6 $44)) 14. exd5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 b5 $11 {<=>}) 13... Rfd8 {Anand returns to the idea of pushing d5 either after preparation (e6), or directly as in the game.} (13... Nd7 14. Kh1 (14. Bc3 $6 Qxc3 15. Nxc3 Bxd4+ $15) 14... a6 $13) 14. Bc3 (14. Kh1 $5 {/\} Qb6 (14... Nd7 $5) 15. Qd2 {prevents the following central break. However, Black's position remains solid and he can react differently already on move 14.}) 14... Qb6 15. Kh1 d5 $1 16. Nxc6 ({ This is the only way to keep the tension in the position.} 16. exd5 $143 Nxd5 $1 17. cxd5 Rxd5 { wins the piece back and already Black can claim a slight edge:} 18. Qe1 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 (20... Qxd4 21. Qxe7 Rd7 22. Qe2 Rad8 $15) 21. Qxe7 Rad8 $15) (16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 {-16.exd5}) 16... bxc6 17. Qe1 $1 Rdc8 $6 ({ Leaving the d-file perhaps isn't a direct mistake, but it's certainlyunnatural. The most logical response was} 17... a5 {/\} 18. e5 Nd7 $5 19. e6 (19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bd4 Qb4 21. Bc3 Qb6 $11) 19... d4 20. Bd2 $5 (20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Rd1 Qa7 23. exd7 Rxd7 $11) (20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. Bd2 e5 22. Ng3 Kg8 23. Ne4 Nc5 $11 {/<=>}) 20... Nc5 $5 (20... fxe6 21. Nf4 e5 22. Ne6 $44) 21. exf7+ Kxf7 $11) 18. e5 Ne8 (18... Nd7 $143 19. e6 Bxc3 (19... fxe6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nf4 e5 22. cxd5 $36) 20. Nxc3 Nf6 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Rd1 $5 $14 dxc4 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 cxb3 25. f4 $40) 19. e6 $5 {Carlsen possibly felt his opponent's insecurity and goes for a direct attack. His approach pays off with surprising speed, but Black could have defended better.} ({The alternative was} 19. f4 e6 $5 {is safer.} (19... dxc4 20. f5 $1 (20. bxc4 Qa6) 20... gxf5 21. Rxf5 $44) ( 19... Nc7 20. f5 e6 21. f6 Bf8 $13)) 19... fxe6 20. Nf4 (20. Bxg7 {is harmless: } Nxg7 21. Nf4 Qc7 22. Nxe6 Qd6 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 $11) 20... Bxc3 21. Qxc3 $44 d4 ( 21... Ng7 22. Rae1 (22. Qe5 Qb8 $11) (22. c5 Qc7 23. Nd3 $5 $44 (23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nxe6+ Kf6 25. Nxc7 Rxc7 $15 {[+]})) 22... d4 23. Qd2 c5 24. g4 { transposes back to the game}) 22. Qd2 $5 (22. Qe1 c5 23. Nxe6 Rc6 24. Nf4 e6 25. Nd3 a5 $14 {/<=> is pleasant and almost riskless for White. However, here Black's defence is simpler than in the game, so Carlsen ambitiously envisages a different route for his queen.}) 22... c5 23. Rae1 Ng7 24. g4 $1 {Limits Blac k's knight and prepares the follwing manoeuvre, which is easy to overlook.} Rc6 $2 {And sure enough, Anand goes astray and fails to meet White's most dangerous idea. Black had better options, leading to balanced positions:} ( 24... Qc6 25. Nh3 (25. Re5 $44) 25... Rf8 26. Qh6 Rxf3 27. Kg1 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Qe4 29. Qxh7+ (29. Ng5 $4 Qxg4+ 30. Kh1 Qh5) (29. Rf4 Qe3+ 30. Kg2 Qd2+ 31. Kg1 Qe3+ $11) 29... Kxh7 30. Ng5+ Kg8 31. Nxe4 Rc8 32. Ng5 Rc6 33. Rf7 Rd6 34. Kf2 Rd7 35. Rf4 $14) (24... Rf8 { White would have possibly preferred to change his plan with} 25. Nd3 $44 (25. Nh3 Rf6 $5 (25... Qc6 {-24...Qc6}) 26. Qh6 g5 27. Qxg5 Qc6 28. Ng1 $5 (28. Nf4 h6 29. Qe5 Raf8 30. Re4 Qd6 $36) 28... a5 29. Re5 $13)) (24... Qd6 25. Re4 (25. Nh3 e5 26. Qh6 Ne6 27. Ng5 Nxg5 28. Qxg5 Qf6 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Rc7 $11) 25... a5 $5 (25... Rf8 26. Nd3 $44 (26. Kg2 $44)) 26. Rfe1 Rf8 $132) 25. Nh3 $1 $40 { Suddenly Black is in trouble - his queen joins the defence one move too late.} Ne8 (25... Qd8 26. Qh6 Kh8 27. Ng5 Qg8 28. Re4 Rf8 (28... e5 29. Rxe5 Ne6 30. Kg2 $16) 29. Rg1 $5 Rf6 30. Rg3 Ne8 31. Rh3 Rf7 $8 32. Rxe6 $5 (32. Nxf7+ Qxf7 33. Re2 $14 {/+/-}) 32... Rxe6 33. Nxe6 Nf6 34. Nxc5 g5 35. Rg3 $16) 26. Qh6 Nf6 27. Ng5 d3 $6 {Hastens the end.} (27... Qa6 28. Re5 Qc8 29. Rfe1 Qf8 30. Qxf8+ (30. Qh3 $5 $40) 30... Rxf8 31. Nxe6 Rfc8 32. Nf4 $16) 28. Re5 $1 Kh8 ( 28... Qc7 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 (29... Qxe5 30. Qg7#) 30. Rxe6 $18) (28... Qd8 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 d2 31. Rd1 Qd3 32. Qe3 $18) (28... Rd8 29. Nxh7 $1 Nxh7 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 (30... Kh8 31. Rh5) 31. Qxh7 d2 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Qh5+ Kf8 34. Rd1 $18) 29. Rd1 $18 {Here White has no immediate mate, but Black remains completely paralysed, as due to Nf7 he has no access to the d8-square.} Qa6 30. a4 $5 (30. Rxd3 Qxa2 31. Re1 $1 Re8 (31... Kg8 32. Red1 Qa5 33. f4 $1 $18) 32. Red1 Qb2 33. Rd8 Rc8 34. Nxe6 Ng8 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Qe3 $18 { also wins, but Carlsen doesn't want to give Black even the slightest chance.}) (30. a4 Qc8 31. Rxd3 Qg8 32. Rde3 $18) 1-0 [Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"] [Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"] [Date "2012.10.11"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D70"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2773"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2012.09.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.11.13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 { A rare continuation, considered (perhaps undeservedly) second-rate. It was examined in annotations to Mamedyarov-Kamsky by GM Igor Stohl - see his survey in CBM 149.} 8. d5 (8. Bb5 $5) 8... Ne5 (8... Nb8 9. a4 $5) 9. Bd4 (9. f4 Ng4 10. Bb5+ (10. Bd4 Nf6 $6 (10... O-O {- game}) (10... Bxd4 $5 11. Qxd4 O-O) ( 10... e5 $5) 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O c6 15. dxc6 Qxc6 16. Qe1 Rfd8 17. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Gelfand,B (2736)-Timofeev,A (2631)/Eilat ISR 2012/The Week in Chess 937 (33)}) 10... Bd7 11. Bd4 (11. Qxg4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Bxb5 13. Bd4 Rf8 14. a4 Nxa4 15. Qd1 Nb6 16. Nf3 Qd6 17. Be5 Qd7 $13 { Gupta,A (2652)-Zhu,C (2472)/Caleta/2012/ (23)}) 11... Bxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Be2 Nf6 $5 14. a4 a5 15. Bf3 c6 16. Nge2 cxd5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Bc6 $132 {1/2 Khismatullin,D (2584)-Yandemirov,V (2520)/Sochi 2006/CBM 111 ext (51) }) 9... O-O 10. f4 Ng4 (10... Bg4 11. Be2 Bxe2 12. Ngxe2 Ng4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4+ Nf6 {Laurentius,L-Alexander,C/Warsaw olm/1935/} 15. Rd1 $36 {I.Stohl}) ( 10... c5 $6 11. Bxc5 $1 Nec4 12. e5 f6 { Nikcevic,N (2459)-Sarthou,G (2385)/Creteil/2002} 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qa3 Nxd5 15. Rd1 $16) 11. Nf3 (11. h3 $6 e5 $1 12. Bxb6 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qxg3+ 14. Kd2 axb6 15. hxg4 exf4 16. Qf3 Bxg4 17. Qxg3 fxg3 $15 {A.Mikhalchishin}) (11. Bxg7 { is the most popular move but, surprisingly, White doesn't get too much:} Kxg7 12. Be2 {Probably the right way to play but still not very promising.} (12. Qd4+ {is a bit premature:} Nf6 (12... f6 13. h3 (13. Nf3 e5 14. dxe6 Qe7 $5 15. f5 (15. h3 Rd8 $132) 15... Rd8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 gxf5 18. O-O-O c6 $132 { 0-1 Goganov,A (2525)-Yandemirov,V (2398)/Kazan RUS 2012 (28)}) 13... e5 14. Qd2 Nh6 15. fxe5 fxe5 16. Nf3 Nf7 17. Be2 Bd7 18. O-O Qe7 19. Rf2 c6 20. Raf1 $14 { 1/2 Svetushkin,D (2514)-Ionescu,D (2377)/Bucharest 2005/CBM 108 ext (62)}) ( 12... Kg8 $5 13. Nf3 (13. h3 Nf6 14. Nf3 e6 15. O-O-O exd5 16. exd5 { 1/2 Cebalo,M (2476)-Bentivegna,F (2324)/Bratto 2009/CBM 132 Extra (99)} Qd6 $11 17. Nb5 $140 Qe7) 13... e6 14. O-O-O exd5 15. exd5 Re8 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Rhe1 Qf6 $11 { 1-0 Varga,P (2478)-Isepy,J (2282)/Sarospatak 2003/EXT 2005 (33)}) 13. Nf3 (13. O-O-O c6 (13... e6 $5 14. g4 c5 15. Qxc5 Nxg4 16. dxe6 Qf6 $132 {I.Stohl}) 14. h3 (14. dxc6 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 bxc6 16. Nf3 Bb7 17. Rd2 c5 $132) 14... Qc7 (14... cxd5 $142 $5 15. e5 Ne8 16. g4 $44 {I.Stohl}) 15. Qe5 Qxe5 16. fxe5 Nfd7 17. Nf3 $14 { 1/2 Mamedyarov,S (2725)-Kamsky,G (2720)/Nalchik 2009/CBM 149/[Stohl,Igor] (43)} ) 13... e6 {is even simpler:} (13... c6 14. dxc6 (14. O-O-O Bg4 15. dxc6 Bxf3 16. gxf3 bxc6 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Ba6 Nh5 20. Ne2 Kf6 $11 { 1/2 Yang,D (2432)-Kudrin,S (2543)/Philadelphia 2011/CBM 143 Extra (48)}) 14... Qxd4 15. Nxd4 bxc6 16. Be2 c5 17. Nb3 c4 18. Na5 Be6 19. O-O-O Rac8 20. Bf3 Nfd7 21. f5 {1/2 Dreev,A (2676)-Smirin,I (2676)/Biel 2002/CBM 091}) 14. O-O-O exd5 15. e5 (15. exd5 Qd6 16. Be2 Rd8 17. Rd2 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Qc6+ 19. Qc3 Rxd5 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Rc2 Rd6 $15 { 1/2 Postny,E (2563)-Boros,D (2401)/Budapest 2004/EXT 2005 (59)}) 15... Ng8 16. h4 {1-0 Jakab,A (2354)-Csaszar,G (2075)/Budapest 2000/EXT 2001 (22)} h5 $13) ( 12. a4 a5 13. Qd4+ Nf6 14. Be2 e6 15. g4 $6 c5 16. Qxc5 exd5 $17 { 1/2 Hermesmann,H (2122)-Bruemmel,A (2287)/Travemuende 2002/EXT 2004 (34)}) 12... e5 $5 (12... Nf6 13. Nf3 $1 (13. Qd4 e6 $1 14. O-O-O exd5 15. exd5 (15. e5 $5 Ne8 16. g4 Qe7 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 f6 $13 {V.Golod}) 15... Re8 $1 16. Bf3 Kg8 17. Nge2 Qe7 18. h3 Bd7 19. Rhe1 c5 $1 $132 { 0-1 Bykhovsky,A (2481)-Golod,V (2523)/Modiin 2002/CBM 092/[Golod,V] (25)}) 13... c6 (13... e6 $5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. O-O) 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. O-O $14 { 1/2 Piazzini,L-Castillo Larenas,M/Buenos Aires 1935/HCL (48)}) 13. Bxg4 Qh4+ 14. g3 Qxg4 15. Qxg4 (15. fxe5 Qxd1+ 16. Nxd1 Re8 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. O-O Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Rxe5 $15 { 1/2 Bykhovsky,A (2481)-Tyomkin,D (2482)/Tel Aviv 2002/CBM 092/[Tyomkin,D] (31)} ) 15... Bxg4 16. h3 Bd7 17. Nf3 exf4 18. gxf4 Rae8 19. O-O-O f6 $13 {D.Tyomkin} ) 11... Nf6 $146 { I don't like this move. Black is constricted so he should not avoid exchanges.} (11... c5 $6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qd2 e6 14. d6 $16 { 1-0 Benitah,Y (2421)-Lagarde,M (2200)/Aix les Bains 2007/CBM 120 ext (45)}) ( 11... Bxd4 $5 12. Qxd4 {- see 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Qd4+ Kg8 13.Nf3}) 12. Qd2 { Probably not the best plan.} (12. a4 $5) (12. Be2 $5 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. O-O) 12... e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. O-O-O c5 $1 {A good equalising idea.} 15. Be5 (15. Bxc5 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 (16. Rxd2 Rfc8 17. Bxb6 axb6) (16. Kxd2 Rfc8 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. a3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bh6 $36) 16... Rfc8 17. Bd4 Nh5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f5 Bxa2 $11) 15... Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Rfd8 (16... Ng4 $5) 17. Bd3 Ng4 (17... Nh5 $1 18. g3 Bg4 19. Bxg7 Bxf3 20. Rf1 Nxg7 21. Rxf3 Ne6 $11) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Re1 Bc4 20. h3 Nf6 21. Red1 Re8 22. Bc2 Nh5 23. f5 gxf5 24. exf5 (24. b3 $142 Ba6 (24... fxe4 $6 25. Nxe4) 25. exf5 $14 { White's pieces are placed better so he keeps some chances.}) 24... Ng3 25. Rd6 (25. b3 {is too late due to} Ne2+ $11) 25... f6 26. Nd2 Bf7 27. a4 Bh5 28. Rg1 Rad8 29. Nde4 Rxd6 30. Nxd6 Re5 31. Nde4 $6 (31. Nxb7 Nd5 $1 32. Bd3 Nxc3 33. bxc3 Be2 34. Bc2 Bf1) (31. Kb1 Nd5 32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. Nxb7 c4 $44) (31. Bd1 $1 Bxd1 32. Rxd1 Nxf5 33. Nxb7 $11) 31... Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Be8 33. Nc3 Bc6 $15 { Black has taken over the initiative; now his pieces are more active.} 34. g4 $6 (34. b3 $142 Re3 35. Kd2 Rg3 36. Ne2 Rxg2 37. Rxg2+ Bxg2 38. Nf4) 34... Nc4 $6 {It was more essential to activate the rook rather than the knight:} (34... Re3 $1 35. h4 Rh3 {, and White is in a big trouble.}) 35. Bd3 Ne3 (35... Na5 $1 { was still very strong.}) 36. Rg3 b6 37. Kd2 Nd5 {The knight has to ungloriously retreat; meanwhile, White has consolidated his position.} 38. Bb5 Nxc3 39. Rxc3 Bxb5 40. axb5 c4 41. Rxc4 Rxb5 42. Rc7+ Kg8 43. Kc3 a5 44. Rc8+ Kf7 45. Rc7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"] [Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"] [Date "2012.10.09"] [Round "7"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2816"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2012.09.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.11.13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Qe7 12. Ne4 Rd8 13. Qc2 Bb6 14. Rfd1 Nc6 15. Rxd8+ Nxd8 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. g3 Nc6 20. Bb5 Rc8 21. Rc1 Ne7 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Bxc7 24. Nc5 b6 25. Nd3 g5 26. Kf1 Kg7 27. Ke2 f5 28. Kd2 Kf6 29. Kc3 Ng6 30. f4 gxf4 31. exf4 e5 32. fxe5+ Nxe5 33. Nxe5 Kxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"] [Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"] [Date "2012.10.08"] [Round "6"] [White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2697"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2012.09.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.11.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Ra4 Qf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. f4 Qb5 21. Bd3 Qc5 22. Rc4 Qd6 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qxh5+ Kg8 25. Qf3 Rfd8 26. f5 Qd3 27. Qxd3 Rxd3 28. Bf4 f6 29. Bxc7 Bxc7 30. Rxc7 Rxb2 31. Ra1 Rf3 32. Raa7 Rbxf2 33. Rxg7+ Kh8 34. Rh7+ Kg8 35. Rhg7+ Kh8 36. Rgb7 Rf1+ 37. Kg2 R1f2+ 38. Kg1 Rf1+ 39. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"] [Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"] [Date "2012.09.29"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E18"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2843"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2012.09.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.11.13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Rad1 g6 13. h4 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Bg7 15. Qc2 c5 16. b3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Qe3 Rab8 20. Rd2 Nf6 21. Bf3 Qc7 22. Red1 Nd7 23. Bg2 Rbc8 24. Bh3 Re8 25. Nde2 Bf8 26. h5 Nf6 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Bg2 Ba8 29. Bf3 Qc5 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. Na4 Rc7 32. Nxb6 Bxe4 33. Kg2 Rb8 34. Na4 d5 35. cxd5 Bxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Nxd5 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. gxf4 Rb5 39. Nb2 Rf5 40. Nc4 g5 41. Rd4 Kg7 42. Rg1 Bc5 43. Re4 Kf6 44. Rxg5 Rxg5 45. fxg5+ Kxg5 46. Ne3 Ba7 47. Rc4 Rxc4 48. Nxc4 Kf6 49. b4 e5 50. a4 Ke6 51. b5 e4+ 52. Kxe4 axb5 53. axb5 Bxf2 54. b6 f5+ 55. Kf3 Bxb6 56. Nxb6 f4 57. Nd5 Kxd5 58. Kxf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"] [Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"] [Date "2012.09.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2012.09.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.11.13"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Bb4 9. a3 Be7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Rd3 Nf8 16. Rb3 Qc8 17. Rc1 Ng6 18. Bg3 Qd7 19. h4 h5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 f6 22. Bg3 Bf8 23. Rd3 Qf7 24. Bf4 Rad8 25. Rcd1 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 27. a4 Red8 28. b3 R6d7 29. R1d2 Rd6 30. Rd1 R6d7 31. R1d2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"] [Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"] [Date "2012.09.26"] [Round "3"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2773"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "2012.09.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.11.13"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Rfd8 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Kh1 Rd7 17. Rc1 Re8 18. Nd5 exd5 19. cxd5 Qb6 20. Bf2 Qxb2 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rdd8 23. Rxa6 Qb4 24. Rb6 Qc4 25. Nd4 Ra8 26. Nb5 Red8 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Nxd6 Qxa4 29. Qxa4 Rxa4 30. Rd1 Nh7 31. Ne8 Be5 32. Bg3 Bxg3 33. hxg3 Ng5 34. Rd8 h5 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. e5 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Ra2 38. Kg1 Ra1+ 39. Kf2 Ra2+ 40. Kf1 Ra1+ 41. Ke2 Ra2+ 42. Rd2 Ra5 43. Nd5 Ne6 44. Kf2 Rb5 45. f4 Rb3 46. Rd1 Rb2+ 47. Kg1 Ra2 48. Kh2 Ra4 49. Nf6 h4 50. Rf1 g5 51. f5 Nc5 52. Re1 Nd3 53. Re2 Ra5 54. gxh4 gxh4 55. Nd7 Nc5 56. Nxc5 Rxc5 57. Re4 Rc3 58. e6 fxe6 59. fxe6 Kf8 60. Rxh4 Re3 61. Rh8+ Kg7 62. Re8 Kf6 63. g3 Re4 64. Kg2 Re3 65. Kh3 Re4 66. g4 Re1 67. Rf8+ Kg7 68. Re8 Kf6 69. e7 Kg7 70. Kh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"] [Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"] [Date "2012.09.25"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2816"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2012.09.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.11.13"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. h3 Nh4 13. Bf4 Be7 14. e6 f6 15. Nf7 Rg8 16. Bxc7 Bxe6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Kf7 19. f3 Rgd8 20. Bg3 Nf5 21. Bf2 Nd6 22. b3 b6 23. Ne2 Nb7 24. c4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27. Nc3 Ke7 28. Kf1 c5 29. Ke2 Nc6 30. Kd2 Kd7 31. Bg3 Bf7 32. Nb5 Bg6 33. Nc3 Bf7 34. Nb5 Bg6 35. Nc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 5th"] [Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"] [Date "2012.09.24"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2697"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2012.09.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.11.13"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 c6 11. e3 Bf5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Be2 Nd7 14. a3 Be7 15. Qa2 a5 16. Nf3 h5 17. Rc1 h4 18. Na4 Qa7 19. Qb3 Be6 20. Bd3 O-O-O 21. gxh4 g4 22. Nd2 Bxh4 23. g3 Be7 24. Ke2 Rh3 25. Qc3 Rdh8 26. Rhf1 Bd6 27. Nb3 Bc7 28. Nbc5 Rh2 29. Kd1 Bd6 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Nxc5 32. Nxc5 Bxc5 33. bxc5 Rh1 34. Ra1 Qb8 35. Kc2 Rxf1 36. Rxf1 Rh2 37. Be2 Bf5+ 38. Kd2 Kd8 39. e4 Bxe4 40. Bxg4 b6 41. cxb6 Qxb6 42. Be2 Bf5 43. g4 Be4 44. g5 Bf5 45. Ra1 Rxf2 46. Ra8+ Kd7 47. Ke3 Rh2 48. Qa3 Rh3+ 49. Bf3 Be4 50. Ra7+ Qxa7 51. Qxa7+ Ke6 52. Qc7 Rxf3+ 53. Ke2 Kf5 54. Qxf7+ Kxg5 55. Qg7+ Kf5 56. Qd7+ Kg5 57. Qg7+ Kf5 58. Qd7+ Kg5 59. Qg7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Anand-The World"] [Site "Chess.com INT"] [Date "2012.08.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "The World"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2012.08.13"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.08.24"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. a4 e5 11. Nd2 e4 12. Be2 Re8 13. Ba3 Nb6 14. c5 Nbd7 15. c4 Nf8 16. Rb1 Ng6 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Rfc1 Bg4 19. Bf1 Be6 20. Be2 Bg4 21. Bf1 Be6 22. Be2 Bg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand playoff +1-0=3"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2012.05.30"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2727"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "153"] [EventDate "2012.05.30"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.07.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 a5 14. Bg2 Bg5 15. O-O Be6 16. Qd3 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nb8 18. a3 Na6 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Nxb4 axb4 21. h4 Bh6 22. Bh3 Qb6 23. Bd7 b3 24. Bc6 Ra2 $11 {Anand,V (2791)-Gelfand, B (2727)/WCh Moscow/2012/ Anand abandoned further attempts to get an advantage in the Sveshnikov after Game 5}) 3... e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 { Anand returns to the continuation from Game 10 with a new idea up his sleeve.} ({Game 12 featured} 5. d3 Ne7 6. b3 d6 7. e5 Ng6 8. h4 $5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 c4 $1 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. Qf3 Qd5 13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. Nxe5 f6 15. Nf3 e5 16. O-O Kf7 17. c4 Be7 18. Be3 Bb7 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Rfc1 a5 21. Bc5 Rhd8 $44 22. Bxe7 {1/2,Anand,V (2791)-Gelfand,B (2727)/WCh Moscow/2012/}) 5... e5 { Gelfand remains true to his rare reaction.} ({ However, in the Tal memorial Radjabov had success with the more standard} 5... d6 6. e5 $5 dxe5 (6... d5 7. d3 Ne7 8. O-O Ng6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 f6 12. Bb2 fxe5 13. Na4 e4 14. dxe4 d4 15. e5 Nf4 16. Ba3 Qa5 17. Re4 Bd7 18. Bc1 Ng6 19. Ne1 Rf5 20. Nd3 Raf8 21. f4 Be8 22. Qe2 Nh4 23. Bd2 Qd8 24. Rf1 $16 { Caruana,F (2770)-Radjabov,T (2784)/Moscow blitz/2012/}) 7. Nxe5 Qd5 $5 (7... Qd4 8. Nc4 $1 Qxa1 9. Nc3) (7... Qg5 8. Nf3 Qxg2 9. Rg1 Qh3 10. Bb2 f6 11. Qe2 e5 12. Na3 Ne7 13. O-O-O $44 Ng6 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. Rg3 Qh6+ 17. Kb1 Be7 18. Ndb5 cxb5 19. Rxd7 a6 20. Bc1 Qxc1+ 21. Kxc1 Bxa3+ 22. Kb1 Kxd7 23. b4 $1 $14 {Hracek,Z (2510)-Araslanov,F (2260)/Pardubice/1993/}) 8. Nf3 Qe4+ 9. Kf1 Qf5 10. Nc3 (10. Na3 Nf6 11. d3 Nd5 12. Nc4 Ba6 13. Qe2 Bxc4 14. bxc4 Qf6 15. Rb1 Nc3 16. Bb2 Rb8 17. Qe1 Bd6 18. Bxc3 Rxb1 19. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 20. Kxe1 gxf6 21. Ke2 Kd7 22. Rb1 Kc7 23. g4 h6 24. Nd2 h5 $11 { Grischuk,A (2761)-Radjabov,T (2784)/Moscow Tal mem/2012/}) 10... Nf6 11. d3 Be7 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Be1 O-O 15. Ne4 f6 16. h3 e5 17. Kg1 Rb8 18. Kh2 Qg6 19. Ng3 Qf7 20. Bc3 Bd7 21. Rhe1 Rfe8 22. Qd2 Bf8 23. Ng1 Rbd8 24. Bb2 Nd5 $132 {McShane,L (2706)-Radjabov,T (2784)/Moscow Tal mem/2012/ Black's piece play compensates his compromised pawn-structure.}) (5... f6 6. O-O Ne7 $5 (6... e5 7. c3 d5 8. Qe2 dxe4 9. Qxe4 Qd5 (9... Ne7 $1 $13) 10. d3 Ne7 11. c4 Qd8 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. Qe2 Bg4 14. Nc3 Qd7 15. h3 Be6 16. Ne4 Nf5 17. Ba3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. f4 $1 $16 { Naiditsch,A (2689)-Jakovenko,D (2736)/Moscow blitz/2009/}) (6... Nh6 7. d4 Nf7 8. Ba3 cxd4 9. Bxf8 Kxf8 10. Qxd4 $14) 7. Nh4 g6 8. Bb2 Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. f4 g5 $5 (10... d6 11. Nd2 e5 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. Rxf8+ Bxf8 14. Qe1 Be6 15. Nhf3 h6 16. Qg3 Bg7 17. Rf1 { 1/2,Adams,M (2731)-Radjabov,T (2670)/FIDE WCh Tripoli/2004/} g5 $11) 11. fxg5 fxg5 12. Bxg7 Rxf1+ 13. Qxf1 Kxg7 14. Nf3 Ng6 15. Nc3 g4 16. Nd2 Qa5 17. Ncb1 Ba6 18. Qf2 Rf8 19. Qe3 Qb4 $132 { 1/2,Adams,M (2726)-Zhang Pengxiang (2640)/Merida/2008/}) 6. Nxe5 { The most principled follow-up.} (6. O-O d6 { trsnsposes to lines, which are considered satisfactory for Black:} 7. Re1 (7. c3 f5 $1 $132) 7... Be7 8. d3 Nf6 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ba3 Nb4 14. Nc3 Bg4 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Ne4 Qa5 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. Qc1 Nd3 19. Qg5 Nxb2 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Nxc5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rd5 23. Rac1 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Nd3 $11 {Timman,J (2665)-Sveshnikov,E (2525)/Tilburg/1992/}) 6... Qe7 7. d4 $5 $146 (7. Bb2 d6 8. Nc4 d5 $5 (8... Qxe4+ 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nc3 Qg6 12. Qf3 Bd7 13. Ne4 (13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. d4 d5 15. Kb1 f5 16. Ne2 Rg8 17. Nf4 Qf6 18. c3 Bd6 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. c4 { Shaposhnikov,E (2525)-Bocharov,D (2403)/Kazan/2001/} Bf8 $1 $132) 13... Be7 14. Ng3 $36) 9. Ne3 (9. Ne5 f6 10. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 11. Kf1 a5) 9... d4 10. Nc4 Qxe4+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Be6 13. d3 Nf6 14. Nbd2 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Be7 16. Kf1 Rhe8 17. Ba3 Nd5 18. Ne4 Nb4 19. Re2 Bxc4 20. bxc4 f5 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Nd2 Bd6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Nb3 c5 25. a3 {1/2,Anand,V (2791)-Gelfand,B (2727)/WCh Moscow/2012/} bxa3 26. Rxa3 Kb7 27. Ra5 a6 $11) 7... d6 (7... f6 8. Nf3 Qxe4+ { Anand's intention was the more enterprising} 9. Kd2 $5 (9. Be3 Ba6 10. c4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bb4+ 12. Nbd2 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne7 14. a3 Bxd2+ (14... Ba5 $132) 15. Kxd2 c5 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 d6 18. b4 c4 19. Kc3 Nd5+ 20. Kxc4 Nxe3+ 21. fxe3 Kd7 22. Rhd1 $14 {Nouro,M (2330)-Pudas,T (2313)/Helsinki/2012/ This game was played about 3 weeks later.}) 9... Ne7 10. Re1 $13 { White's king may find safety on b2, or even return to the kingside via e2.}) 8. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Bb7 11. Na5 $1 { White can fight for the initiative only by returning the pawn.} (11. d5 Ne7 $1 12. Nxe7 Bxe7 13. Nc3 (13. c4 $4 Bf6) (13. Rd1 Bf6 14. c3 Kd7 $44) 13... Bf6 14. Bb2 Kd7 15. Rhd1 Ba6+ 16. Kf3 Rhe8 17. Re1 Bb7 $11) 11... Bxg2 12. Rg1 Bh3 (12... Be4 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nc3 $5 (14. Na3 O-O-O $13) 14... Bxc2 15. Be3 $44) 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nc3 O-O-O {Activating the rook and taking the king out of the centre is the right reaction, but it cost Gelfand 5 minutes.} 15. Bf4 (15. Be3 Nh6 16. Rad1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Nf5 $132) 15... Bd6 {Another 6 minutes for this sacrifice, which enables Black to finish his development and harass White's king.} ({However,} 15... Nf6 $5 {/\} 16. Nb5 Rd7 17. Rad1 Nd5 18. Bg3 a6 (18... h5 $5 19. c4 a6 20. Na7+ Rxa7 21. Rxd5 Rh6 $132 {Shipov}) 19. Na7+ Rxa7 20. Rxd5 Rd7 $11 {was perhaps possible as well.}) 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. Rg5 (17. Rxg7 Nh6 18. Rg3 {/\} Re8+ 19. Re3 Rxe3+ 20. Kxe3 Nf5+ 21. Kf4 Rd2 22. Ne4 Rxc2 23. Nc4 $14 {/~~ is a typical computer recommendation, it's hard to believe Black doesn't have enough play against the exposed king.}) ({Nielsen suggests} 17. Nc4 $5 Re6+ (17... Rg6 18. Ne4 $36) 18. Kd2 Bf5 19. Rad1 $14 { and this seems to give White an edge - the main factor is his safer king.}) 17... Nf6 $5 18. Rxc5+ Kb8 19. Nc4 (19. Nb5 Rd7 20. Nd4 $5 $14) 19... Re8+ 20. Ne3 {White prefers to keep his king as safe as possible.} ({ The engines heartlily recommend} 20. Kf3 Rd4 21. Rg1 (21. Nb5 $5) (21. Kg3 Be6 22. f3 $5 $14) 21... Bg4+ 22. Kg2 Bc8 $5 $14) 20... Ng4 (20... Nh5 21. Rd1 $5 Bg4+ (21... Nf4+ $2 22. Kf3 Rf6 23. Ne4 $18) 22. f3 Nf4+ 23. Kf2 $16 {/+/=}) 21. Ncd5 Nxe3 (21... Nxh2 22. Rh1 Bg2 23. Rxh2 Bxd5 24. Rxh7 $16) 22. Nxe3 (22. fxe3 $5 Bg2 23. c4 Rde6 24. Rb5+ Kc8 25. Rc1 $1 Rh6 26. Rc5+ Kb8 27. Nf4 Rxh2 ( 27... Be4 28. h3 $14) 28. Rh5 Rxh5 29. Nxh5 Be4 30. Rg1 $14 (30. Nxg7 Rg8 $44)) 22... Bg4+ $1 {This intermediate check gives Black at least equality, but he is running short of time and the fight continues.} 23. f3 (23. Kf1 Bh3+ 24. Ke1 Rh6 $132) 23... Bc8 24. Re1 {The best way to continue the fight.} Rh6 25. Rh1 Rhe6 (25... Bb7 $1 26. h4 Rhe6 27. Rc3 f5 $11) (25... Rd6 $5 $132) 26. Rc3 f5 27. Kd2 (27. f4 $6 Re4 $36) 27... f4 28. Nd5 g5 (28... Rd6 29. Rd3 Bf5 30. Rd4 Be6 31. c4 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Re5 33. Rb4+ Ka8 34. Rxf4 Rdxd5+ $44) 29. Rd3 (29. h4 Bb7 (29... Rh6 $13) 30. Rd3 Rh6 $132) 29... Re2+ 30. Kc1 Rf2 (30... Bb7 $5 31. h4 g4 32. Nxf4 (32. fxg4 $6 f3 $36) 32... Rf2 $44) 31. h4 Ree2 $6 { Now White can continue the fight.} (31... Bb7 $142 32. hxg5 Ree2 { Here White can't protect c2, after} 33. Kb2 Rxc2+ 34. Ka3 Rxa2+ 35. Kb4 Rad2 $11 {the most likely result is a draw.}) 32. Rc3 (32. Nb4 g4 $44 (32... a5 $2 33. Nc6+ Kc7 34. Nd4 $18)) 32... Bb7 33. Rd1 gxh4 34. Nxf4 Re8 35. Rh1 Rc8 ( 35... Bxf3 36. Rxh4 Re4 37. Rc5 h5 $14 { and it's difficult to make progress with White.}) 36. Rxc8+ Bxc8 37. Rxh4 (37. Nd3 Rxf3 38. Rxh4 Bf5 $1 39. Rf4 (39. Kd2 Bxd3 40. cxd3 Rf2+ $14) 39... Rxf4 40. Nxf4 Kc7 $14 {Both rook and minor piece endgames give White only limited practical winning chances - here the distant passed pawn distract at least one piece from the queenside.}) 37... Bf5 38. Rh5 (38. Nd3 Rxf3 {-37.Nd3}) 38... Bxc2 39. Rb5+ Ka8 $8 40. Nd5 $6 (40. Ne6 $142 $1 a6 41. Ra5 {/\} Bd3 42. Nc5 $36 {gives White better winning chances, now the endgame is drawish.}) 40... a6 $8 41. Ra5 Kb7 42. Nb4 Bg6 43. Nxa6 Rxf3 $11 {/+/= Black is again close to full equality, but down to 10-second increments on his clock. White continues to press, as he runs almost no risk of losing.} 44. Nc5+ Kb6 (44... Kc6 $142 $1 ) 45. b4 Rf4 46. a3 Rg4 (46... Rf2 47. a4 Kc6 $1 $132) (46... h5 $4 47. Ra6+) 47. Kd2 h5 48. Nd7+ Kb7 49. Ne5 Rg2+ 50. Kc3 (50. Ke3 Be8 $11 (50... h4 $5 $132 )) 50... Be8 51. Nd3 h4 52. Re5 Bg6 53. Nf4 Rg3+ 54. Kd4 (54. Kb2 h3 55. Nxg6 Rxg6 56. Rh5 Rg2+ 57. Kb3 Rg3+ 58. Ka4 Kc6 59. Rh6+ Kd5 60. b5 Kc5 61. Rh4 Rf3 62. Rh5+ Kb6 63. Kb4 Rf4+ 64. Kb3 Rf3+ $11) 54... Bc2 55. Rh5 Rxa3 56. Rxh4 Rg3 {This is a theoretical draw, but not so simple to defend in practice, being desperately and permanently short of time.} (56... Ba4 $5 { stops the P from advancing further.}) 57. Nd5 Rg5 (57... Bd3 $11) 58. b5 Bf5 ( 58... Bd3 $1 59. b6 Bg6 {forces a draw immediately.}) 59. Rh6 Bg4 (59... Bd3 $5 $11 {was still possible.}) 60. Rf6 (60. Rh7+ Kb8 61. Nb4 Bf3 $1 $11 (61... Rxb5 $4 62. Nc6+ Kc8 63. Na7+)) 60... Rf5 61. Rb6+ Ka7 62. Rg6 Bf3 63. Rg7+ Kb8 64. Nc3 Bb7 65. Kc4 Bf3 66. Kb4 Bd5 67. Na4 Rf7 68. Rg5 Bf3 (68... Bh1 69. Nc5 Rf1 {/\} 70. b6 Rb1+ 71. Ka5 Ra1+ $11) 69. Nc5 Kc7 70. Rg6 Kd8 $6 { Black runs away form the pawn, fearing mating threats.} ({After} 70... Bb7 $5 71. b6+ Kb8 72. Rg8+ Bc8 {White achieves his maximum, but still has no effective way to improve his position.} 73. b7 Rxb7+ $11) 71. Ka5 (71. b6 $5) 71... Rf5 $4 { Runs into a decisive fork. After other moves Black should still hold.} (71... Bh1 $14) (71... Ra7+ $14) 72. Ne6+ Kc8 73. Nd4 $1 Rf8 74. Nxf3 Rxf3 75. Kb6 $18 Rb3 (75... Rf8 {/\Kb8=} 76. Ka7 $1 Rf7+ 77. Ka8 Rf1 78. Ra6 (78. Rc6+ Kd7 79. Kb7 $18) 78... Rb1 79. b6 Rb2 80. Ka7 $18) 76. Rg8+ Kd7 77. Rb8 {Here the theor etical win is very simple, White just forces his passed pawn through.} 1-0 [Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand playoff +1-0=3"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2012.05.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2727"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2012.05.30"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.07.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 ({So far, Gelfand had invariably defended with} 2... Nc6 { , aiming for the Sveshnikov variation, known nowadays for its drawishtendencies . That was a valid match strategy as long as the score was equal, but in this last game he desperately needed to win. Hence, a proposal of playing the sharper Najdorf variation!}) 3. Bb5+ { Of course. Anand had allowed the open Sicilian only once in this match!} Nd7 { This way, Black hopes to get the bishops pair without spoiling his structure, as this had happened previously in the match.} 4. d4 Ngf6 {The most principled continuation, aiming to provoke Nb1-c3 before capturing on d4, in order to block the c2-pawn.} (4... a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. dxc5 dxc5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bf4 { Jones,G (2578)-Bologan,V (2671)/Aix-les-Bains 2011/CBM 142/[Jones,G] (1-0, 34)} ) (4... cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 { Tiviakov,S (2673)-Anand,V (2799)/Germany 2012/CBM 148/[Tiviakov] (1-0, 50)}) 5. e5 $5 {An active move, but the ulteriour course of the game suggests that Anand played it with the secret hope of exchanging as many pieces as possible!} ({Previously he had tried} 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8. Be3 a6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Bb3 Be7 $5 (10... Bb7 {is the main move, for instance:} 11. a4 Qa5 12. Nd2 Be7 13. O-O b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 O-O 16. Nc4 Qxd5 { 1/2 Peng Xiaomin (2657)-Bologan,V (2641)/Beijing 2000/CBM 078}) 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Bb7 13. Nd2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 O-O 16. Nc4 Rc8 17. O-O Nf6 18. Qd3 d5 $36 {(1-0, 37) Anand,V (2817)-Sasikiran,K (2689)/Bastia 2011/EXT 2012}) (5. O-O $5 {is an ambitious alternative, which Anand may have considered under a different match situation.} cxd4 (5... Nxe4 6. Re1 Nef6 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Ng5 e6 9. Bc4 Be7 10. Bxe6 O-O 11. Qe2 $36 { Jones,G (2578)-Shirazi,K (2403) Aix-les-Bains 2011 (1-0, 39)}) 6. Qxd4 a6 (6... g6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bg7 9. Rd1 { Bologan,V (2669)-Suba,M (2516)/Sanxenxo 2004/CBM 105/[Psakhis] (1-0, 51)}) 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. Bg5 { Ovetchkin,R (2475)-Paragua,M (2529)/Alushta 2004/CBM 103/[Atlas,V] (0-1, 80)}) 5... Qa5+ {This is quite popular, but I get the feeling that Black develops his queen too soon.} (5... cxd4 {looks safer:} 6. Qxd4 dxe5 7. Nxe5 a6 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 $11 {Barle,J (2430)-Kozul,Z (2580)/Bled 1996/CBM 051 ext (1/2, 62)}) 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 $6 {This offers Black an easy game.} (7. O-O $6 Nxc3 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. bxc3 d5 10. c4 cxd4 11. Ng5 h6 12. e6 hxg5 13. exd7+ Kxd7 14. Bxg5 $6 Qc7 $15 { (1-0, 31) Szieberth,A (2334)-Popov,V (2534)/Cappelle la Grande 2000/CBM 074 ext }) (7. a4 $6 Nxc3 8. bxc3 a6 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. exd6 e6 11. O-O Bxd6 $15 { Marciano,D (2495)-Marin,M (2545)/Ubeda 1996/CBM 051 ext (0-1, 44)}) ({ The critical continuation is the rare} 7. Rb1 $1 { indirectly defending the bishop and inviting Black to weaken his position.} a6 (7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qxc3+ 9. Bd2 Qa3 10. exd6 {is way too dangerous for Black.}) 8. O-O (8. Bxd7+ $5 Bxd7 9. O-O $32) 8... Nxc3 (8... d5 $2 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. Nxd5 $16 {Chernov,V (2433)-Fressinet,L (2658)/Heidelberg 2010 (0-1, 96)}) 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. bxc3 {The rook move proves useful now.} e6 11. Bf4 d5 12. Rxb7 Bc6 13. Qb1 $1 $36 { Chernov,V (2504)-Mutschnik,I (2449)/Germany 2008/EXT 2009 (1/2, 40)}) 7... Nxc3 (7... Nxd2 $2 {would help White to develop:} 8. Qxd2 e6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. O-O-O $16 {Browne,W (2530)-Levy,D (2350)/Skopje 1972/EXT 2000 (1-0, 22)}) 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxc3 Qa6 $15 {Black has a comfortable position. White cannot castle and the space advantage is not easy to maintain. In the long run, the light-squared bishop will cause White lots of troubles.} 10. exd6 { Other moves do not change the character of the position dramatically.} (10. d5 Qc4 11. Qd2 (11. exd6 exd6 12. Qe2+ Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2 f6 14. b3 Kf7 15. a4 Bf5 $15 {Arencibia,W (2534)-Zhang Zhong (2607)/Linares 2001/CBM 081 (0-1, 51)}) 11... Qe4+ 12. Kf1 Bh3 13. Qd1 Bg4 14. exd6 O-O-O $36 { Arkhipov,S (2515)-Lau,R (2530)/Lippstadt 1993/EXT 1998 (1/2, 51)}) (10. Qd2 f6 11. exd6 exd6 12. a3 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Rhe1 Rhe8 15. d5 Qc4 $15 { Gomez Lopez,R (2218)-Suba,M (2509) Mondariz 1999 (0-1, 27)}) 10... exd6 11. Qe2+ {More exchanges.} Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 f6 {Not a very spectacular move, but quite an effective one. Black restricts the enemy minor pieces and prepares an optimal square for the king on f7. The relative weakness of the e6-square is not relevant, since White has no light-squared bishop left.} 13. b3 $146 { Probably an over-the-board novelty. Anand could not have planned to play this position in advance.} ({In the following two games, Black managed to reach the famous Steinitz endings, with two bishops against a knight and a bishop, with symmetrical pawn structure, 3P vs 3P on each side.} 13. Rhe1 Kf7 14. Rad1 (14. Kf1 Be7 15. Rad1 Rhe8 16. dxc5 Bb5+ 17. Kg1 dxc5 $17 { Sion Castro,M (2384)-Vera,R (2440)/Ciudad Real 2004/CBM 102 ext (1/2, 47)}) 14... Re8+ 15. Kd2 Rxe1 16. Kxe1 Bf5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Rd8 Rg8 19. Kd1 Be7 20. Rxg8 Kxg8 $17 { Mantovani,R (2377)-Gallagher,J (2519)/Mendrisio 1999/EXT 2000 (0-1, 39)}) 13... Bb5+ {I am not sure whether this was necessary.} ({ The king was exposed on e2, so why not} 13... Kf7 $5) 14. Kd2 Bc6 15. Rad1 Kf7 ({13...Bb5+ would have made sense if Black had continued with} 15... Bxf3 { , but this would make White's defence easier.}) 16. Kc1 Be7 17. d5 {White has m anaged to gain space, but this does not spoil Black's coordination. Besides, the white chain on light squares may become vulnerable.} Bd7 18. Bb2 b5 19. Nd2 a5 20. Rhe1 Rhe8 21. Re3 f5 $6 {This looks strategically wrong, or at least inconsequent with the 12th move. Black should have kept the kingside structure intact, maintaining the possibility of a further expansion with ...g7-g5.} ( 21... Bf8 22. Rde1 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 a4 $15) (21... a4 $5 $15) 22. Rde1 g5 23. c4 b4 24. g3 Bf8 25. Rxe8 Bxe8 $6 {If things had been under control on the kingside, this would have been the correct decision. In endings with an advantage and only one open file, the active side is adviced to exchange only one rook, in order to avoid the opponent's counterplay while keeping active possibilities for himself. Here, the situation is a bit different, since the kingside has been weakened and the e1-rook can cause some troubles.} (25... Rxe8 $15) 26. Nf3 Kg6 {Heading for h3-g2. This plan looks dangerous, but Anand will find some unexpected saving tactics.} 27. Re6+ Kh5 28. h3 Bf7 29. Rf6 Bg6 30. Re6 Re8 $6 {Black creates a tension which he is not really prepared for.} ( 30... a4 $5) 31. Bf6 g4 32. hxg4+ Kxg4 33. Nh2+ Kh3 34. Nf3 f4 (34... Kg2 $2 { loses to} 35. Nh4+ Kxf2 36. Nxg6 Rxe6 37. dxe6 hxg6 38. e7 $18) (34... Bh6+ 35. Kb2 f4 36. Rxe8 Bxe8 37. Ng5+ Kg4 38. gxf4 Kxf4 39. Ne6+ Kf3 40. Be7 { is at least not worse for White.}) 35. gxf4 Kg4 36. Ng5 Ra8 37. Re3 Kf5 (37... Kxf4 $2 {unexpectedly loses:} 38. Ne6+ Kf5 39. Rf3+ Kg4 (39... Ke4 $6 40. Ng5#) 40. Rf4+ Kh3 (40... Kh5 $6 41. Rh4#) 41. Bg5 $18 { A strong quiet move, winning the bishop.}) 38. Bb2 a4 39. Ne6 { Finally reaching this square with the knight and absolute overall stability.} Bh6 40. Rh3 Bxf4+ 41. Nxf4 Kxf4 42. Bf6 { White has little troubles reaching a draw now.} Ra7 43. Re3 Be4 44. Bh4 axb3 45. Bg3+ Kf5 46. axb3 Ra1+ 47. Kd2 Ra2+ 48. Ke1 Ra6 49. f3 Bb1 50. Kd2 h5 51. Kc1 h4 52. Bxh4 Kf4 53. Bg5+ Kxg5 54. Kxb1 Kf4 55. Re6 Kxf3 56. Kb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand playoff +1-0=3"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2012.05.30"] [Round "3"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2791"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2012.05.30"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.07.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 {White is playing a peaceful line with the advantage of the potential of the bishop pair It does not offer much, but even some plus is much appreciated at the time of "near perfect" opening preparation.} (9... Be7 10. Bd2 a6 11. a4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. Be2 Qc7 14. g3 Rd8 15. Rc1 Nb8 16. Bf3 Nc6 17. Ne2 Qd7 18. Qb3 e5 19. Bg2 cxd4 20. exd4 O-O $11 { 1/2 (35) Buhmann,R (2606)-Ipatov,A (2591) Germany 2011}) 10. h3 { There is some merit also in the alternative defence with 10.g3.} (10. g3 O-O ( 10... Qe7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 O-O 14. Bg2 Rfd8 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. h4 Nf6 17. Bg5 Bc7 18. Rad1 Bb6 19. Bf4 Bc7 20. Bg5 Bb6 { 1/2 (20) Varga,Z (2473)-Ilincic,Z (2479) Budapest 2009}) 11. a3 Re8 12. c5 Bc7 13. f4 Nh7 14. b4 a6 15. a4 f5 16. Bd2 Nhf6 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Nxc5 20. dxc5 d4 21. Bc4 dxc3 22. Bxc3 $14 { 1-0 (34) Tregubov,P (2556)-Marcelin,C (2441) Clichy 2006}) 10... O-O { Anand was happy with the prospect of near equality and chose the most simple line. Alternatives are toying with opening of the centre 10...dxc4 or the preparatory queen move 10...Qe7.} (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 (11... O-O 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Rd1 Rac8 14. Bd2 Nb6 (14... c5 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Be2 a6 17. Rac1 e5 18. e4 Rc6 19. Bg5 Rfc8 20. Bg4 $14 { 1/2 (68) Likavsky,T (2486)-Rogic,D (2571) Austria 2012}) 15. Bf1 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Rac1 Rcd8 18. Be1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11 { 1-0 (52) Carlsen,M (2835)-Gelfand,B (2739) Wijk aan Zee 2012}) 12. Bb3 e5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Bd2 O-O-O 15. d5 e4 16. dxc6 Qe5 17. f4 exf3 18. Rxf3 Ng4 19. cxb7+ Kb8 20. hxg4 Rh1+ 21. Kf2 Rxa1 22. Ne2 $11 { 1-0 (38) Carlsen,M (2826)-Gelfand,B (2744) Moscow 2011}) (10... Qe7 11. Re1 ( 11. c5 Bc7 12. f4 Ng8 (12... Nh5 13. Ne2 f5 14. Bd2 Nhf6 15. b4 a6 16. a4 g5 17. fxg5 Nh7 18. h4 Nxg5 19. hxg5 Qxg5 20. Nf4 Nf6 21. Rf3 $16 { 1-0 (32) Movsesian,S (2702)-Motylev,A (2683) Sochi 2012}) 13. b4 a6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Ndf6 16. Ng5 Qd7 17. Bc4 Ne7 18. Be3 Nf5 19. Qd3 Rd8 20. Rad1 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 $11 {0-1 (63) Sargissian,G (2683)-Brunello,S (2581) Caleta 2012}) ( 11. Bd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Qc2 Bc7 14. d5 e4 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Ne2 g5 17. Ng3 g4 18. Be2 Rb8 19. hxg4 Qe5 20. Qxc6 $16 { 1-0 (41) Gustafsson,J (2643)-Zhu Chen (2472) Caleta 2012}) 11... O-O 12. Bd2 Rad8 13. c5 Bb8 14. f4 Nh5 15. Qf3 f5 16. Re2 Nhf6 17. Qg3 Kf7 18. Rf2 $14 { 0-1 (70) Santos,L (2370)-Antunes,A (2510) Portugal 1997}) (10... a6 11. Re1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bf1 O-O 15. b3 Be5 16. Bb2 Nce4 17. Nxe4 Bxb2 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Rad1 b5 $11 { 1/2 (20) Lupulescu,C (2655)-Kempinski,R (2604) Germany 2012}) 11. Qc2 Qe7 ( 11... e5 12. Qb3 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Qb3 e4 14. Be2 Nb6 15. a4 a5 16. Bd2 $14) 12... exd4 13. exd4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nb6 15. Qb3 Bc7 16. Bxg6 Qxd4 17. Ne2 Qh4 18. Ng3 Rad8 19. a4 Nbd5 20. Bb1 Rfe8 $11 { 1/2 (50) Aleksandrov,A (2606)-Deviatkin,A (2577) Mumbai 2012}) 12. Rd1 Rac8 { The defender of the chess crown is banking on simplicity, since he has already won the second playoff game.} (12... dxc4 $5 13. Bxc4 Rfd8 14. Bd2 Nb6 15. Bb3 Rac8 $11) 13. c5 Bb8 14. f4 Ne8 {The ambitious pawn grip calls for immediate action. Black will need to organise counterplay on the kingside.} (14... Nh5 15. Qf2 b6 16. b4 $14) 15. Rb1 (15. Qf2 a5 16. a3 b5 17. b4 a4 18. Ra2 $14) 15... g5 16. b4 f5 $6 {Anand has played the game rather nervously and several of his choices could be criticised. The more concrete pressure against the f4-pawn might have been better.} (16... gxf4 17. exf4 Qh4 18. Rf1 b5 19. a4 a6 20. Be3 $14) 17. b5 $1 gxf4 18. exf4 $6 {Gelfand was playing his potentially last game of the match with the white pieces. His nerves must have been stretched to the utmost. Under more relaxed circumstances he would probably have realised the strength of the intermediate swap on the c6-square.} (18. bxc6 $1 bxc6 19. Ba6 Rd8 20. exf4 Nef6 21. Rf1 $16) 18... Nef6 $2 {The knight ove is definitely a second rate move. Black had to fight against White's initiative on the queenside preferably with the timely exchange of the b5-pawn. } (18... cxb5 $5 19. Rxb5 Ndf6 20. Qb3 b6 $11) 19. bxc6 $1 bxc6 20. Ba6 Rc7 21. Be3 Ne4 22. Rb2 g5 $6 {Anand has not played the transposition into the middlegame with confidence. His attempt to complicate matters on the kingside smacks of desperation.} (22... Re8 23. Rdb1 Qf6 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Rb3 $16) 23. Rdb1 (23. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 24. fxg5 e5 25. Qd2 exd4 26. Qxd4 $18) 23... gxf4 24. Bxf4 e5 {Both great players must have operated under some delusion or they simply could not perform on their usual level. Anand is rushing the conflict towards a completely hopeless position.} (24... Rcc8 25. Bh6 Rcd8 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Rb7 Qg7 29. Qd1 $16) 25. Bxe5 (25. Nxe4 $5 exf4 26. Nd6 Qf6 27. Qf2 $18) 25... Nxe5 26. Rxb8 $2 {Gelfand must have wondered after the match what prevented him from cashing in on his excellent play with the help of the simple exchange on e4.} (26. Nxe4 $1 Nc4 (26... fxe4 27. dxe5 Qxe5 28. Rxb8 $18) 27. Bxc4 fxe4 28. Ba6 Qf6 29. Rxb8 Qxd4+ 30. Kh1 $18) 26... Ng6 27. Nxe4 fxe4 (27... dxe4 $6 28. R8b7 $16) 28. Qf2 {A truly tragic picture for the challenger, the lion's share of his huge advantage is gone.} Qg7 29. Kh2 (29. Be2 Rcf7 30. Qe3 Nf4 31. Bg4 $14) 29... Rcf7 30. Qg3 Nf4 31. R8b3 {Objectively speaking Black is already enjoying very good chances to draw the game.} (31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 (31... Kxf8 $2 32. Rb8+ Ke7 33. Qxg7 Rxg7 34. Rb7+ Kf6 35. Rxg7 Kxg7 36. Bb7 e3 37. Kg3 Kf6 38. Kf3 e2 39. Kf2 Ke6 40. Bxc6 Nxg2 41. Kxe2 Nf4+ 42. Ke3 Nxh3 43. Bb7 $16) 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rb7+ Kg6 (33... Rf7 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Bb7 Ke6 36. Bxc6 e3 37. Kg1 Ne2+ 38. Kf1 Nxd4 39. Be8 $16) 34. Rc7 Rf6 35. Rxa7 Ne6 $11) 31... Qxg3+ 32. Rxg3+ Kh7 33. Rd1 (33. Kg1 Ne6 34. Rd1 Kh6 $11) 33... Ne6 34. Be2 Rf2 {Anand must have been very happy about the turn of events. His chances to defend the position are very real.} 35. Bg4 Nf4 36. Rb1 Rf7 37. Rb8 Rxa2 (37... e3 38. Re8 (38. Rxe3 Rxg2+ 39. Kh1 Rxa2 $11) 38... e2 39. Rf3 Rxg2+ 40. Kh1 e1=Q+ 41. Rxe1 Rd2 42. Re6 Rxd4 43. Rf2 $14) 38. Rc8 e3 {This clever counterplay is necessary as Black must compensate for the opponent's increasing activity.} (38... Rf6 39. Rd8 Rf7 40. Rd6 e3 41. Rxe3 Rxg2+ 42. Kh1 Rd2 43. Rxc6 Rxd4 44. Rd6 $14) 39. Rxe3 Rxg2+ 40. Kh1 Rd2 41. Rxc6 Ne6 $1 { The defender of the throne is playing to his usual standard again. His feeling correctly told him to exchange the rooks and simplify the position.} (41... Rxd4 42. Rd6 Kg7 43. c6 $14) 42. Rf3 (42. Kg1 Nxd4 43. Rd6 Rg7 $1 44. Re8 (44. Rd8 a5 $11) 44... Rxg4+ 45. hxg4 Nf3+ 46. Kf1 Nh2+ $11) 42... Rxf3 43. Bxf3 Nxd4 44. Rc7+ Kh6 {The king might have done a better job on the g6-square, but the position remains fine.} (44... Kg6 45. Bxd5 Kf5 46. c6 Rc2 47. Rxa7 Nxc6 $11) 45. Bxd5 Rc2 46. Be4 Rc3 47. Kh2 Kg5 48. Rd7 Nf3+ $6 {A small, but significant step in the wrong direction. Black could have virtually forced a draw with the precise knight move to e6.} (48... Ne6 $1 49. c6 a5 50. Rd3 Rc4 51. Bd5 Rc2+ 52. Kg3 Nf4 $11) 49. Bxf3 (49. Kg2 Nh4+ 50. Kf2 Rxc5 $11) 49... Rxf3 50. Rxa7 {Objectively stronger must have been to transfer the rook to g3.} (50. Rg7+ Kh5 51. Rg3 $1 Rf7 52. Ra3 Kg5 53. Kg3 Rg7 54. h4+ $14) 50... Rc3 51. Rc7 (51. Rg7+ Kf4 52. Rg4+ Kf5 $11) 51... Kf5 $2 {Both stars are obviously tired after the difficult match. Anand is certainly capable of spotting the stalemate idea after 41...Kh4!, but conditions are extreme.} (51... Kh4 $1 52. Kg2 Rxc5 $11) 52. c6 (52. Rc8 Rc2+ (52... Ke6 53. c6 Rc4 54. Kg3 $18) 53. Kg3 Rc3+ 54. Kh4 Ke6 55. Rc7 Kf5 56. Rc6 Re3 57. Rc8 Rc3 58. c6 Ke6 59. Kg4 $18) 52... Ke6 53. h4 Kd6 54. Rc8 Ra3 55. Kg2 Re3 56. Kh2 (56. h5 Re5 57. h6 Rh5 58. Rh8 $18) 56... Ra3 57. Kg2 Re3 58. h5 Re5 (58... Re7 59. Kf3 Re1 60. Kf4 $18) 59. h6 Rh5 60. Rh8 Kxc6 61. Rh7 $4 {If you need living proof of the maxim "Chess is a tragedy of a single tempo" look no further. Gelfand managed to improve his position to the winning rook endgame, but sheer nervousness has lured him into losing a precious tempo with this absurd move.} (61. h7 $2 Kb7 62. Kg3 Rh1 $11) (61. Kg3 $1 Rh1 (61... Kd6 62. h7 Ke7 63. Ra8 $18) 62. Kg4 Rg1+ 63. Kf5 Rf1+ 64. Kg6 Rg1+ 65. Kh7 Kd7 66. Rg8 Rh1 67. Rg6 Ke7 68. Kg7 $18) 61... Kd6 $1 62. Kg3 Ke6 63. Kg4 Rh1 {An extremely exciting game with lots of content, but also horrible omissions by both players. Gelfand's failure to realise his huge advantage at least twice in this game has decided the issue of the chess title.} (63... Rh1 64. Ra7 Kf6 65. h7 Kg6 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand playoff +1-0=3"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2012.05.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2791"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2012.05.30"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.07.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 {With the queen on c2 White can claim to have at least minimally better development. Black is conceding as much, but the disadvantage is so small as to be nearly negligible.} exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. b3 $146 {The modest novelty is unpleasant for Black, as he must have concentrated on the line with 13.Nxd4 Qh4 leading to the battle similar to Karpov-Kramnik/ Las Palmas/1996.} (13. Re1 Nf6 14. Nxd4 Nxd5 15. Be4 Nf6 16. Nf5 { 1/2-1/2 Shankland,S (2580)-Kaidanov,G (2598)/Philadelphia 2012} Bb4 17. Rd1 Qa5 18. Ne3 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Be6 $15) (13. Nxd4 Qh4 (13... Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Qh4+ 15. Kg1 Qxd4 16. Qd2 Qh4 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. Bxf4 Nf6 19. Bc4 Bf5 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Re5 Rac8 22. Bb3 Rxe5 23. Bxe5 Nd7 24. Bd4 $14 { 1-0 Rohde,M (2555)-Kelleher,W/Boston 1988 (59)}) (13... Ne5 14. Nf5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Be5 16. Rd1 Qf6 17. Ng3 Rd8 18. f4 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Qc3 Qg5 21. Ne4 Qg6 22. Qd4 Bf5 23. Nc3 $14 { 1-0 Oms Pallisse,J (2528)-Cuartas,J (2534)/Barcelona 2010 (47)}) 14. Nf3 (14. f4 Nf6 $1 15. Nb5 Rd8 16. Nxd6 Rxd6 17. Bd2 Rxd5 18. Be1 Qh5 19. Bc3 Bf5 (19... Ng4 $2 20. h3 $1 Ne3 $2 21. Rae1 $1 Nxc2 22. Re8#) 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Qxf5 Rxf5 22. Rad1 Nd5 23. Bd2 Rc8 $10 { 1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I (2645)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2575)/Leon 1995 (48)}) 14... Qh5 15. Bh7+ (15. Be2 Nf6 16. g3 Bh3 17. Re1 Rac8 18. Qd1 Rfe8 19. Be3 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxa7 Bb4 22. Bb5 Bxe1 23. Bxe8 Bxf2+ 24. Bxf2 { 1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y (2474)-Fridman,D (2550)/Essen 2000}) 15... Kh8 16. Qf5 g5 $1 (16... Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bc2 $1 (18. Bxc8 $6 Rfxc8 19. Rd1 Rc5 20. Be3 Rxd5 (20... Rb5 $1 $10) 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Rd1 Nxe3 23. Rxd6 Ng4 24. h3 Nf6 25. Ne5 Kg8 26. g4 Rc8 27. Kg2 Kf8 $10 { 1/2-1/2 Rohde,M-Ramayrat,C/USA-op (03)/1987 (52)}) 18... Bg4 (18... b6 19. Bb3 Bb7 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Be3 Be7 22. Bf4 Bxd5 23. Ne5 Kg8 24. Kf1 Rfe8 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Nc6 Bc5 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Ivanisevic,I (2636)-Beliavsky,A (2617)/Porto Carras 2011 (29)}) (18... Nxd5 $2 19. Rd1 Nb4 $8 (19... Be6 $2 20. Bb3) 20. Bb3 Bc7 (20... Be7 21. Ne5 Kg8 22. Ng6) (20... Bc5 21. Ne5 Kg8 22. Nd7) 21. Be3 $36 {/\ Bc5} Nc6 22. Bc5) 19. Bb3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nh5 (20... Nd7 21. f4 Rfe8 22. Kg2 Nf8 23. f5 $1 Re4 24. Bd2 Nd7 25. Rae1 Rd4 26. Be3 Rb4 27. Rd1 Kg8 28. Rd4 $1 Rxd4 29. Bxd4 $16 Kf8 ( 29... Rc8 $5) 30. Rc1 Nf6 31. h3 $1 $16 { 1-0 Chernin,A (2620)-Savchenko,S (2580)/Bratislava 1996 (47)}) 21. Be3 Nf4 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. Bc4 Kg8 24. a4 Ng6 25. Rac1 Nh4 26. f4 $16 { 1-0 Sokolov,I (2665)-Piket,J (2570)/Nussloch 1996 (63)}) (16... Nf6 17. Qxh5 Nxh5 18. Bc2 Nf6 19. Rd1 $16) 17. h4 $5 (17. Be3 Ne5 (17... Nb6 $4 18. Bd4+) ( 17... Kg7 18. Bd4+ f6 $13 19. Qe6 Bf4 20. Qe4 Ne5 21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. Rac1 Rf7 23. Rc3 g4 24. Nh4 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Qxh4+ 26. Kg1 Qg5 27. Qc2 $16 { 1-0 Onischuk,A (2687)-Perez Rodriguez,L (2483)/Monterrey 2010 (44)}) 18. Qf6+ Kxh7 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 $16) (17. b3 $5 Kg7 18. Bb2+ f6 19. Qe6 Bf4 20. Qe4 Nc5 21. Qe7+ Rf7 22. Qxc5 Kxh7 23. Rfe1 Bg4 24. Re7 Bxf3 25. Rxf7+ Kg8 26. h3 Kxf7 27. Re1 $16 { 1-0 Golod,V (2515)-Fridman,D (2480)/Rishon Le Ziyyon 1997 (30)}) (17. Bd2 $5) 17... Nb6 (17... Ne5 $6 18. Qf6+ Kxh7 19. Nxe5 (19. Qxd6 $2 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qxf3 21. Qxf8 $2 Bh3 $19) 19... Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxh4 21. Bd2 $16) 18. Qf6+ Kxh7 19. Qxd6 Bg4 20. Nh2 (20. Ne5 Rad8 21. Qb4 Bf5 22. hxg5 $16) (20. hxg5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 hxg5 22. Kg2 g4 $10) 20... Rad8 (20... Qxh4 21. Qb4 Bh5 22. Qxh4 gxh4 $10) 21. Qb4 Bf5 22. hxg5 (22. g4 $2 {does not work} Qxh4) 22... Nxd5 23. Qxb7 (23. Qd2 Rg8 24. gxh6 $140 $2 Bh3) 23... hxg5 24. Qb3 $1 Rh8 (24... Kg6 25. Qf3 Qh6 26. Qg3 Rh8 27. Bd2 Nf6 $132) 25. Qf3 (25. Qg3 Kg6 26. Be3 Rh7 $17) 25... g4 26. Qg3 Nf6 27. f3 { 1/2-1/2 Karpov,A (2775)-Kramnik,V (2765)/Las Palmas 1996 (38)} Rhg8 $11) 13... Ne5 14. Nxe5 (14. Nxd4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Re8 16. Bb2 Re5 17. Rfe1 Rxd5 18. Qf3 Re5 $11) 14... Bxe5 15. Re1 Re8 {For the moment Black must be careful, as White can claim a small pull on his position.} (15... Qxd5 16. Ba3 Rd8 (16... Re8 $2 17. f4 $18) (16... Bd6 $2 17. Be4 $18) 17. Bc4 Qa5 18. Qg6 Rd7 19. Qh5 Qxa3 20. Qxe5 Rd8 21. Rad1 $14) 16. Bb2 (16. f4 Bf6 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bd2 Qd8 19. Re1 Bg4 20. Qc5 Rc8 21. Qb5 b6 $14) 16... Bd7 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. g3 Rac8 {Anand might have anticipated the strong move of the white queen to the b4-square.} (18... a5 19. f4 Bc7 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Re1 $14) 19. a4 $2 {Gelfand's unfortunate move only weakens his position with the immediate consequence of facing unpleasant challenges.} (19. Qb4 $5 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Kg2 $14) 19... Qf3 $1 20. Be4 (20. Qe2 Qxd5 21. Bc4 Qd6 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qxh6 Bg7 24. Qd2 Bc6 $15) 20... Qxb3 21. Reb1 (21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Rc4 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Bxd3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rd4 26. Rd1 Rxa4 $17) 21... Bxg3 $2 {The position is full of dangerous tactics, but the great grandmasters have no time to do a proper job of calculating intriguing variations. Black could have claimed a serious advantage after the clever move 21...Rc4!?, but it vanished in the heat of the fight.} (21... Rc4 $5 22. a5 (22. Bxd4 $2 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxb3 Bxa1 $19) 22... Bf6 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. Bxd3 Rc5 $17) 22. Ra3 $1 Qb6 (22... Qc4 23. Rc1 Bf4 24. Qxf4 Qe2 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Bg6 fxg6 27. Qxd4 Qg4+ 28. Qxg4 Bxg4 29. Re3 $11 ) 23. Bxd4 {The world challenger is rising to the occasion with the best moves, suddenly it is time for White to take some care about his own safety.} Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Qd6+ 25. Rg3 Rxe4 26. Bxg7 Kh7 $6 {Anand must have felt some trepidation about the dangers of White's g-file battery. Objectively stronger was the move 26..Rg4 taming down the most dangerous tendencies of the enemy pieces.} (26... Rg4 27. Qxh6 Qxh6+ 28. Bxh6 Rxg3 29. Kxg3 b6 $11) 27. Rxb7 $1 Rg8 (27... Rg4 28. Qxh6+ Qxh6+ 29. Bxh6 Rxg3 30. Kxg3 Bxa4 31. Bf4 a6 $14) 28. Qxh6+ $6 {The match went into playoff and the level of excitement in each rapid game is difficult to imagine or reproduce. Under the circumstances it has become impossible for White to find the cool and dangerous solution in 28. Qd3!} (28. Qd3 $1 Qf4 (28... f5 29. Bb2 $16) 29. Kg2 (29. f3 Qh4+ 30. Kg2 Bh3+ 31. Kf2 Bf5 32. fxe4 Rxg7 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. exf5 Qf4+ 35. Kg2 Qxf5 $11) 29... Rxg7 (29... Qf5 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Qxe4+ f5 32. Qe5 Rxg7 33. d6 $16) 30. Rxd7 Qe5 31. d6 Qd4 32. Qb3 $14) 28... Qxh6+ 29. Bxh6 Rxg3 30. Kxg3 Bc8 31. Rc7 Kxh6 32. Rxc8 Rxa4 {Both players must have been happy aftere surviving an unpleasant scares in relevant sections of the game.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2012.05.28"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2727"] [Annotator "Kritz,L"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2012.05.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.07.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 5. d3 { Das ist die prinzipielle Fortsetzung. In der 10. Partie spielte Anand 5.b3.} Ne7 6. b3 d6 $5 $146 {Auch das alte 6...Ng6 sieht gut aus.} (6... Ng6 $5 7. Bb2 {Sowohl nach 7...f6 wie auch 7...d6 kann Weiß nicht 8.e5 spielen.} f6 (7... d6 8. Nbd2 (8. e5 $2 dxe5 9. Nbd2 (9. Nxe5 Qf6 (9... Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qd5 11. Qe2 Qxg2 $17) 10. Nc4 $16) 9... f6 10. a4 Nf4 11. g3 Nd5 $17 { Lakos - Peter (Hungary, 2000)}) 8... e5 9. Nc4 $11) 8. Nbd2 (8. e5 $2 fxe5 9. h4 (9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qg5 11. Bg3 Be7 $15) 9... d6 10. h5 Nf4 11. g3 Nd5 $17) 8... e5 9. Nc4 d5 10. Ne3 Be6 $132) 7. e5 {Weiß versucht etwas Neues.} Ng6 (7... dxe5 $5 {Es ist nicht klar, wie Weiß den Bauern zurückgewinnen würde.} 8. Bb2 (8. Nxe5 Qd4 9. Nc4 Qxa1 10. Bb2 Qxa2 11. Nc3 Qa6 12. Nd6+ Kd7 13. Nxf7 Rg8 $19) 8... f6 9. O-O Nd5 $15 {Wenn Weiß den Bauern c5 mit dem Läufer von a3 angreifen will, kommt immer wieder der Springer nach b4. Ich denke, Schwarz hat bessere Chancen.}) 8. h4 (8. Bb2 {-> 6...Ng6}) (8. exd6 Qf6 9. d4 Bxd6 10. Nc3 Qf5 (10... cxd4 11. Bg5 Qf5 12. Qxd4 Bc7 13. Qxg7 Ba6 14. Qd4 $14) 11. O-O Ba6 12. Re1 O-O-O $132) 8... Nxe5 {Der stärkste Zug.} (8... dxe5 $2 9. h5 Nf4 10. g3 Nd5 11. Nxe5 Bd6 12. Nc4 $14) (8... h5 9. Bg5 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Bd2 Bg7 12. Nc3 $132) 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 {Das Problem für Schwarz in dieser Stellung ist, dass er sich kaum bewegen kann. Er hat zwar einen Bauern mehr, doch ohne Springer kann er überhaupt keine Aktivität zeigen. Der Bauer c5 ist eine dauerhafte Schwäche und falls Weiß später an den Bauern ran kommt, wird seine Stellung besser sein.} c4 $1 { Die direkteste und einfachste Lösung des Problems.} (10... Qd4 11. Rb1 Be7 ( 11... f6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qf3 $16) 12. Nc4 f6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe2 Ba6 15. Be3 Qd5 16. O-O $44 { Weiß hat Kompensation wegen der Unbeweglichkeit der schwarzen Bauernstruktur.}) 11. Nxc4 Ba6 {Die Idee von Schwarz ist es, ...e4 zu spielen.} 12. Qf3 { Weiß kann nicht rochieren, weil der Bauer h4 hängt.} (12. h5 e4 13. dxe4 Bxc4 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. bxc4 Rd4 $11) (12. O-O Qxh4 13. Nxe5 Bd6 $132) (12. Bb2 Bxc4 13. dxc4 (13. bxc4 $2 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Bb4 15. c3 Be7 $15) 13... Qa5+ 14. Kf1 (14. Qd2 Bb4 15. c3 Be7 $15) 14... Ba3 15. Bxa3 Qxa3 $11) 12... Qd5 $1 { Schwarz opfert einen Bauern, doch er bekommt dafür ausgezeichnetes Spiel.} ({ Passive Verteidigung führt zu einer schwierigen Stellung:} 12... Rc8 13. Bb2 Bxc4 14. dxc4 Qa5+ {Wenn Schwarz langsam spielt, steht er einfach etwas schlechter, weil Weiß die bessere Bauernstruktur hat.} 15. Kf1 Ba3 (15... Be7 $2 16. Qg3 Bf6 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. Re1 Rd8 19. Rh3 $16) 16. Bc3 Bb4 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. Qg3 O-O 19. Qxe5 $14) (12... Bxc4 $4 13. Qxc6+ Ke7 14. Ba3+ Kf6 15. Qf3+ Kg6 16. Qg4+ Kh6 17. Bc1+ $18) 13. Qxd5 {Weiß hatte keine Wahl.} cxd5 14. Nxe5 f6 15. Nf3 e5 {Für den Bauern hat Schwarz nun drei Vorteile: starkes Zentrum, das Läuferpaar und die c-Linie.} 16. O-O (16. c4 e4 $1 17. dxe4 dxc4 18. bxc4 ( 18. O-O cxb3 $11) 18... Bxc4 $44 {Nun steckt der weiße König im Zentrum fest und wird das Angriffsziel der schwarzen Figuren.}) 16... Kf7 {Schwarz will seinen zweiten Turm ins Spiel bringen, dabei steht der König am besten näher zum Zentrum.} 17. c4 Be7 18. Be3 { Weiß hat keine Wahl, das Nehmen auf d5 führt nur zur Schwierigkeiten.} (18. cxd5 Rhd8 19. Be3 Bxd3 20. Rfd1 Rxd5 $15) 18... Bb7 { Schwarz will nun mit a5-a4 fortfahren.} 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Rfc1 a5 (20... Rhc8 { führt ebenfalls zum Ausgleich.} 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Bb6 Bxb3 24. d4 exd4 25. Nxd4 $11) 21. Bc5 Rhd8 22. Bxe7 {Die nächsten Züge wären wohl 22... Kxe7 23.Rc7 Rd7 24.Rxd7 Kxd7 und wegen der Drohung ...a4 oder ...Bxf3 hat Schwarz genug Kompensation um völlig auszugleichen.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2012.05.26"] [Round "11"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2791"] [Annotator "Knaak,R"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2012.05.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.07.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {Nimzoindisch hat Gelfand auch früher schon gespielt. Prinzipiell hat diese Eröffnung einen Nachteil - Schwarz wählt aus, was aufs Brett kommt.} Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd7 $1 { Das Rufzeichen ist nur für die Überraschung! - das ist am wichtigsten. Rein objektiv ist er eher schwächer als die Alternativen, daran ändert auch diese Partie nichts.} 9. a3 {Ist es überhaupt sinnvoll, diesen Zug einzuschieben? Im Falle man später auf c5 schlägt, ist es besser der schwarze Läufer ist schon nach a5 getrieben. Entwickelt sich das Spiel aber so, dass der Springer von c3 verschwindet, dann stünde der Läufer ziemlich einsam auf b4.} (9. Qe2 Bc6 10. Rd1 Bxc3 $5 (10... Nbd7 $6 11. d5 $1) (10... Qe7 11. a3 Ba5 12. Bd2 $14) 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Bb3 Qa5 13. c4 cxd4 14. exd4 Qh5 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Bf4 Qg4 17. Bg3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxd4 19. Rad1 (19. Red1 $5) 19... Qb6 20. Ba4 Red8 21. Bh4 Nc5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qxf6 Nxa4 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Ke8 26. Qxh7 Qc5 27. Rxe6+ fxe6 28. Qg6+ {1/2-1/2 (28) Jussupow,A (2585)-Feller,S (2522) Moscow 2008}) 9... Ba5 (9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bc6 11. Ne5 Bd5 12. Be2 cxd4 13. cxd4 $14) 10. Qe2 Bc6 11. Rd1 Bxc3 $5 {Neuerung, aber die Idee ist gar nicht neu. So wurde schon gespielt ohne den Einschub von a3 (s.o. Jussupow-Feller), und auch mit der schwarzen Dame auf e7.} (11... Nbd7 12. d5 $1 { sollte Weiß ein kleines Plus geben.}) 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Bd3 ({Jussupow hatte} 13. Bb3 {gespielt (mit dem Bauern auf a2), später spielte es eine Rolle, dass die weiße Dame ungedeckt war.}) 13... Qa5 $1 {Die Dame agiert als Störenfried, vor den eigenen Linien steht sie besser als zum Beispiel auf e7.} 14. c4 (14. e4 {ist sicher spielbar, führt aber zu einer ziemlich unklaren Stellung. Am Brett war es für Gelfand vermutlich bereits schwer einzuschätzen, mit welcher Antwort zu rechnen sei, und Anand war hier natürlich noch in seiner Vorbereitung.} Qxc3 (14... c4 15. Bc2 Qxc3 16. Rb1 $44) 15. Bd2 Qb3 $44) (14. Bd2 {kam schon eher in Frage.}) 14... cxd4 15. exd4 Qh5 16. Bf4 $1 Rac8 (16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 (17. gxf3 {ist auch spielbar, gefällt mir aber weniger, vielleicht wird die geschwächte weiße Struktur doch mal eine Rolle spielen.}) 17... Qxf3 18. gxf3 $14) 17. Ne5 {Der Tausch eines Springerpaares schränkt die weißen Spielmöglichkeiten ein. Das Bauernduo c4/d4 wird anfälliger. Aber Gelfand, der bereits an 9.a3 über eine halbe Stunde nachgedacht hatte und nun wenig Zeit besaß, wollte hier wohl intuitiv die Stellung vereinfachen.} (17. Nd2 $142 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 {allerdings könnte Schwarz mit} Ne4 {den Tausch eines Springerpaares erzwingen, wenngleich unter ungünstigeren Umständen als in der Partie.}) (17. Rab1 $5) (17. a4 { hat Gelfand selbst in der Pressekonferenz vorgeschlagen.}) 17... Qxe2 18. Bxe2 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rfd8 20. a4 $6 { Dafür ist noch keine Zeit, denn die weißen Figuren stehen nicht optimal.} (20. f3 $5 {kontrolliert e4, aber man macht solch einen Zug nicht gern.} Nd7 21. Bg3 Nb6 {würde a3-a4 unterbinden, aber diese Stellung lässt sich besser spielen als die Partie.}) 20... Ne4 $1 {Jetzt gleicht Schwarz völlig aus.} 21. Rd3 f6 $1 22. Bf4 Be8 23. Rb3 Rxd4 24. Be3 Rd7 (24... Rd7 25. Bxa7 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2012.05.24"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2727"] [Annotator "Kritz,L"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2012.05.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.07.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Offensichtlich wollte Anand nicht in die Hauptvarianten der Sweschnikow-Variante gehen.} e6 {Das ist wohl der interessanteste Zug von allen moeglichen. Prinzipielle Alternativen sind 3... g6 und 3...Qb6.} (3... g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. d3 Qe7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qd2 Nf8 11. Bh6 f6 12. Bxg7 Qxg7 13. Nh2 Ne6 14. Ne2 $14) (3... Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bxc6 $1 { Weiß muss sofort auf c6 nehmen, im nächsten Zug wäre es zu spät.} (5. O-O Nge7 6. d3 a6 7. Bc4 Na5 8. e5 d5 9. exd6 Nf5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bxd6 $11 { Simonian - Inarkiev (Warsaw, 2010)}) 5... Qxc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. O-O a6 9. Re1 d6 10. Bg5 $1 Be7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Qd2 $14 { Akopian - Roy Chowdhury (Port Erin, 2006)}) 4. Bxc6 $1 {Das ist die moderne Fortsetzung, die sicherlich auch die besten Chancen für Weiß bietet.} (4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2 d5 9. e5 d4 $132) 4... bxc6 5. b3 { Das ist eine Nebenvariante, die zu nichts führt. Die prinzipielle Fortsetzung ist 5.d3.} e5 $5 { Ein seltener, aber interessanter Zug. Normalerweise spielt man 5...Ne7.} (5... Ne7 6. Bb2 Ng6 7. O-O f6 8. c3 Be7 9. d4 d5 $132 { Dolmatov - Sherbakov (Moscow, 1992)}) 6. Nxe5 {Die prinzipiellste Antwort.} (6. O-O $6 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3 (8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qf6 12. Qc4 Rc8 13. Nc3 Qxf3 14. Qa6 Qg4+ 15. Kh1 Qf3+ 16. Kg1 $11) 8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Na3 Ne7 $11 {Melamed - Strutinskaya (Ukraine, 1996)}) 6... Qe7 7. Bb2 {Nach diesem Zug gleicht Schwarz forciert aus. Der Zug 7.d4, den Anand später im Schnellschach gespielt hat, sieht stärker aus.} (7. d4 d6 8. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Bb7 11. Na5 Bxg2 12. Rg1 Be4 (12... Bh3 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nc3 O-O-O 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. Rg5 $16 { Anand - Gelfand (Moscow, 2012)}) 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. c4 O-O-O 15. Nc3 Ba8 16. Bf4 $14 {/\Nb5}) 7... d6 8. Nc4 {Der Bauer c6 ist tabu.} (8. Nxc6 $4 Qc7 $19) 8... d5 $1 {Es ist sehr wichtig, die lange Diagonale zu schließen, bevor Schwarz auf e4 nehmen kann.} (8... Qxe4+ 9. Ne3 $1 { Mit den Damen auf dem Brett ist die Stellung von Schwarz sehr gefährlich.} (9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Nf6 (10... Ba6 11. d3 Bxc4 12. dxc4 O-O-O 13. Nd2 $14) 11. Re1 Be7 12. d3 Be6 13. Nbd2 Kd7 $11) 9... Nf6 (9... Qg6 10. Qf3 Bd7 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Ne2 $14) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nc3 Qg6 12. Qf3 $16 { Shaposhnikov - Bocharov (Kazan, 2001)}) 9. Ne3 (9. Ne5 f6 $1 10. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 a5 $3 13. Bc3 d4 14. Bxa5 Bd7 $17) 9... d4 { Nun ist die lange Diagonale zu.} 10. Nc4 Qxe4+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 Be6 13. d3 (13. Nba3 Nf6 $11 {Der Springer auf a3 macht nichts.}) 13... Nf6 {Das Nehmen auf c4 käme zu früh. Weiß hätte genug Zeit, um sich zu entwickeln und einen kleinen Vorteil zu bekommen.} (13... Bxc4 14. dxc4 Nf6 15. Nd2 O-O-O 16. Rae1 Bd6 17. h3 {Um ...Ng4 zu verhindern.} Rhe8+ 18. Kd3 $14) 14. Nbd2 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 {Man könnte denken, dass Weiß Vorteil hat, weil Schwarz Schwächen am Damenflügel hat. Doch in Wirklichkeit kann Weiß den Bauern c5 nicht angreifen, weil Schwarz über sehr gute Verteidigungsresourcen verfügt, nämlich Nd5-Nb4.} ( 15. a4 {Die Idee a4-a5-a6-Ra5-Ba3 ist offensichtlich zu langsam.} Re8 16. Kf1 Nd5 17. a5 Nb4 18. Rc1 Kb7 $15) 15... Be7 16. Kf1 (16. a4 Rhe8 17. Kf1 Nd5 18. a5 Nb4 19. Rac1 Bg5 $15) (16. Ne4 $5 Nxe4 17. dxe4 f5 (17... Bxc4+ 18. bxc4 Kd7 19. Rab1 Rb8 20. Ba3 Rb6 21. Kd3 Rhb8 22. Rb3 $14) 18. e5 (18. exf5 Bxf5 $15 { Die Schwäche des Bauerns c2 macht sich bemerkbar.}) 18... Bd5 $132) 16... Rhe8 17. Ba3 {Das positionelle Opfer auf e6 bringt Weiß nicht genug Gegenspiel.} ( 17. Rxe6 $6 fxe6 18. Re1 Bf8 19. Nf3 h6 20. Na5 Kc7 21. Ne5 Nd5 22. Naxc6 Rd6 23. Na5 Ra6 24. Nec4 Be7 $15 {Weiss hat einen Bauern für die Qualität gewonnen, doch seine Figuren sind alle passiv und Schwarz steht besser.}) 17... Nd5 { Der Springer geht nach b4, um die Wirkung des Läufers zu neutralisieren.} 18. Ne4 Nb4 19. Re2 (19. Bxb4 cxb4 {Schwarz kann nun auf c4 nehmen und dann ...f5 spielen. Weiß hat keinen Vorteil. Wenn er versucht, aktiv zu spielen, kommt er selbst in Gefahr.} 20. a3 $2 Bxc4 21. bxc4 bxa3 22. c5 f5 $1 { und Schwarz kommt in Vorteil.} 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. cxd6 Rxe1+ 25. Kxe1 Kb7 26. Rxa3 c5 $17) 19... Bxc4 20. bxc4 (20. dxc4 f5 21. Ng3 g6 22. Rae1 Kd7 $15 { Die Stellung von Schwarz ist angenehmer, weil er Raumvorteil hat. DieSchwächen der schwarzen Bauernstruktur können nicht ausgenutzt werden.}) 20... f5 21. Bxb4 (21. Ng3 g6 22. Rae1 Kd7 $11) 21... cxb4 {Erzwungen.} (21... fxe4 $4 22. Ba5 exd3 23. cxd3 Rd7 24. Rae1 $16) 22. Nd2 Bd6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Nb3 c5 25. a3 {Die Stellung ist ausgeglichen, weil nach 25....bxa3 Weiß 26.Rxa3 und dann 27. Ra5 spielt.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2012.05.23"] [Round "9"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2791"] [Annotator "Postny,E"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2012.05.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.07.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 { After the fiasco in game seven in the Semi-Slav, Anand changes his opening.} 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {I suppose that Anand expected 3.Nf3, but also here Boris had a slight surprise up his sleeve.} Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 {In game eleven Anand came up with a less common, but well prepared 8...Bd7. However, we are currently in game nine.} 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 {Neither player is looking at this position for the first time.} 11. Qe2 ( 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Qe2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Ng5 g6 18. Nh3 e5 19. f3 Qd6 $13 { 1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2787)-Topalov,V (2805)/Sofia 2010/CBM 136 (83)}) (11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Rac1 Qc6 16. f3 Rac8 17. Bd3 Qd6 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T (2567)-Gelfand,B (2701)/Leon 2001/CBM 086 (26)}) 11... Nbd7 {This position is very standard and may arise both from the Nimzo-Indian and the Panov Attack in the Caro-Kann. White has an isolated pawn, which is normally a drawback. However, as long as there are a lot of pieces on the board, he is in possession of an initiative.} 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 {This is, obviously, stronger than 14.Rxc3. In general, in this type of position the exchanges favour Black.} Qc7 15. c4 Bxf3 $2 {This is a typical idea, but it works only if Black may follow with e6-e5 thrust, forcing White to make a concession in the centre. The developing move 15...Rfe8, played by Anatoly Karpov among others, is the recommended continuation.} (15... Rfe8 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Bd2 (17. Bh4 Nh5 $11) 17... Bxf3 (17... Qd6 18. Bc3 Ng4 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 Ngf6 22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. fxg3 Red8 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Wojtaszek,R (2721)-Meier,G (2650)/Mulhouse 2011/CBM 142 Extra (27)}) 18. Qxf3 e5 19. Qg3 $6 (19. d5 Nc5 20. Bb1 $13) 19... exd4 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Bf4 Qc6 $15 {0-1 Portisch,L (2630)-Karpov,A (2725)/Bugojno 1978/MCL (40)}) ( 15... h6 16. Bh4 Rfe8 {is also perfectly playable.}) 16. Qxf3 Rfe8 {Now Anand r ealised that 16...e5 doesn't work in view of 17.Bf5, so he continues the development like nothing had happened. Of course, without the e6-e5 thrust the exchange on f3 makes no sense. White now has a clear advantage. During the game some online commentators claimed that White's position is already nearly winning thanks to the strong centre and powerful bishops. I wouldn't be so harsh, the whole fight still lies ahead.} (16... e5 $2 17. Bf5 Rce8 18. c5 $1 exd4 19. c6 Ne5 20. Qf4 Nh5 (20... Nd5 21. Qxd4 Ne7 22. Bd7 $18) 21. Qxd4 f6 ( 21... h6 22. Qh4 $1 hxg5 23. Qxh5 g6 24. Qxg5 f6 25. Qg3 $18) 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Be3 Rd8 24. Bd7 $18) 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Bh4 Qd6 19. c5 $6 {Critical moment. After a long meditation Boris decided to force matters. This is quite a human decision, after the forthcoming massive simplifications White will keep winning chances. However, it would have been more unpleasant for Anand if Gelfand could keep the tension and try to improve his position step by step. The breakthrough c4-c5 is always on the agenda, and the threat is usually stronger than the execution.} (19. a3 $1 {I like this move, which covers the b4-square. It's not easy at all to make a useful move for Black.} Qe7 (19... e5 $6 20. Bf5 exd4 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc2 $1 Rd8 24. Rcd2 Qe5 25. Qg3 {An extra exchange should prevail eventually.}) (19... Qc6 $2 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21. c5 $1 bxc5 22. Bb5 Rc7 23. Bg3 Rb7 24. Bc6 Rb6 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. dxc5 $18 { A good illustration of the bishop's power.}) 20. Re1 Qd6 21. Rcd1 Kh8 { It seems that the best Black can do is just to wait, but from a psychological point of view this is very unpleasant.} (21... Qc6 $6 22. Qxc6 Rxc6 23. c5 $1 bxc5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Bb5 Rc7 26. dxc5 Re7 27. c6 Ne5 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Re3 h5 30. Rc3 {Black's rooks are paraysed, I don't think he can hold this position.}) 22. Bf1 Kg8 23. h3 {White doesn't have anything decisive and should slowly improve his position. Meanwhile, Black has to be very careful not to blunder some breakthrough in the centre. It would have been a difficult task even for such a great defender as Anand.}) 19... bxc5 { Now the play becomes forced for a while.} 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Bh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxd6 Rxc1+ 23. Rd1 Rec8 {Black has sufficient material equivalent for the queen. Without the a-pawns it would be just equality. However, the Pa7 will soon become a target for White's queen.} 24. h3 Ne5 25. Qe2 Ng6 $1 {A good example of great chess understanding. It's important for Black to eliminate White's bishop. It's unlikely that a lone queen will break Black's fortress. Spoiling the pawn structure is less significant.} 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Rxc1 ({ An interesting alternative was} 27. Kh2 $5 {Now Black should be careful, the exchange of rooks is not as safe for him as in the game.} { So, it seems that after 27.Kh2 Black has to keep the rooks:} R1c2 $1 (27... Rxd1 $2 28. Qxd1 Rc7 {In the game the same position arose with the queen on e2. The difference is huge. After} 29. Qd8 {Black is not in time to regroup.}) ( 27... R8c2 $2 28. Qd3 Kg7 29. Rxc1 (29. a4 $2 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Rxf2 31. Qd4 Ra2 32. Qxa7 Nf4 33. Qa8 e5 34. a5 Ng6 35. a6 e4 { The a- and e-pawns will be exchanged and the draw is inevitable.}) 29... Rxc1 30. h4 $1 Rc5 (30... Ne5 31. Qa3 Rc7 32. Qg3+ Kh7 33. f4 Nc4 34. Qc3 f5 35. h5) 31. Qa3 Rc7 32. h5 Ne5 33. Qg3+ Kh7 34. f4 Nc4 35. Qc3 { In both cases Black's construction is too shaky to be true.}) 28. Rd2 R2c7 { He should hold with tenacious defense.}) 27... Rxc1+ 28. Kh2 Rc7 { The rook is going to be tied to the defence of the Pa7.} 29. Qb2 Kg7 ({ It was possible to play} 29... f5 {immediatly. The penetration of White's queen is not dangerous as everything is protected.} 30. Qf6 Nf4 31. g4 Nd5 32. Qd4 f4 {and Black holds.}) 30. a4 { Running the pawn to a6 which will allow White to put his queen even on b7.} Ne7 31. a5 Nd5 32. a6 Kh7 33. Qd4 (33. g4 $5 {was perhaps a better try, but it's still not enough against the correct defence. Here is how the game could proceed:} Kg7 34. Kg3 Rc3+ 35. f3 Rc6 36. Qb7 Rc7 37. f4 h5 $1 (37... Rc3+ $6 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Ke1 Rc7 40. f5 {Black should not allow this as now the knight and all the fortress is under pressure.}) 38. g5 (38. gxh5 f5 39. Kh4 Kh7 40. Qb8 Kg7 $11) 38... fxg5 39. fxg5 Kg6 40. h4 Rc3+ 41. Kf2 Rc7 42. Qb2 Kh7 43. Qb8 (43. Qe2 Kg6 44. Qe4+ Kg7 45. g6 fxg6 46. Qxe6 Nf6 $11) 43... Kg7 44. Kf3 Rc3+ 45. Ke2 Rc7 {White is not able to make further progress.}) 33... f5 $1 34. f4 (34. g4 f4 {is not dangerous for Black.}) 34... Rd7 35. Kg3 Kg6 36. Qh8 Nf6 37. Qb8 h5 $1 {This move fights against the advance g2-g4. The g5-square will be covered by a neat tactical trick that Anand obviously saw in advance.} 38. Kh4 Kh6 39. Qb2 Kg6 40. Qc3 Ne4 41. Qc8 (41. Qf3 Nf6 42. Qg3+ Kh7 43. Qg5 $4 { falls into a trap.} Ne4 44. Qxh5+ Kg7 $19) 41... Nf6 42. Qb8 Re7 43. g4 { The last chance to break through.} hxg4 44. hxg4 fxg4 45. Qe5 Ng8 $1 { Precision till the end.} ({It wasn't too late to lose the game:} 45... Nd5 $2 46. Qg5+ Kh7 47. f5 f6 48. Qd2 $18) 46. Qg5+ Kh7 47. Qxg4 f6 { Now it's a safe fortress for Black.} 48. Qg2 Kh8 49. Qe4 Kg7 {A certain disappo intment for Gelfand who got a great position out of the opening. Anand proved once again that he is a great defender and therefore a really tough nut to crack.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2012.05.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2727"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2012.05.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.07.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 ({In Game 3 Gelfand went for the Grünfeld with} 3... d5 {and although the opening didn't go too badly for him, he got into serious trouble later on. Probably suspecting a potent improvement by his opponent, he decided to deviate early on.}) ({ Black's move forces a Benoni structure immediately, as after} 3... Bg7 4. e4 c5 {White can consider} 5. Ne2 {with a possible transposition to Maroczy lines.}) 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Ne2 (6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 {is the most usual Sämisch/Benoni set-up, but Anand has something else on his mind.} e6 (7... h6 8. Be3 e6 9. Qd2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Nh3 Nh7 12. Be2 Ne5 13. Nf2 h5 14. O-O f5 15. Rae1 g5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nfe4 Nf7 18. Bd3 Ne5 19. Be2 Nf7 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. Bd3 $16 { Mamedyarov,S (2731)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2716)/Dresden olm/2008/}) 8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. Ng3 a6 12. Be2 b5 13. O-O Qc7 14. Rac1 b4 15. Nd1 a5 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Ne3 Nb6 18. Kh1 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. f4 Raa8 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Rxc5 Nfd7 24. Rc2 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. d6 Qe6 $13 { /=/+,Dreev,A (2711)-Khairullin,I (2642)/St Petersburg/2011/}) 6... O-O 7. Nec3 $5 {Rather unusual, but the underlying idea is sound enough. Instead of bothering to find a good square for the Ne2, White will rather look for another post for his Nb1 - it might go to a3, or more probably to d2 after Be3(g5).} ({The more standard alternative is} 7. Nbc3 e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 ({Inserting} 9... a6 10. a4 h5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Qd2 Nh7 { allows White to flick in} 13. a5 $1 Qc7 14. Bh6 b6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Be2 bxa5 17. O-O Nd7 18. Rfc1 Nb6 19. Na4 Nxa4 20. Rxa4 Bd7 21. Rxa5 $36 { Gupta,A (2587)-Vorobiov,E (2592)/Kavala/2010/}) 10. Be2 h5 { More enterprising is} 11. Bg5 $5 {a recent high-level encounter featured} ({ Too soft is} 11. O-O a6 12. a4 h4 13. Nh1 Nh5 14. Be3 Bd4 (14... f5 $5) 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Qg5 17. Rad1 f5 18. exf5 Nf4 19. g3 Rxf5 20. Bd3 Nh3+ 21. Kg2 Nf4+ 22. Kg1 Nh3+ 23. Kg2 Nf4+ { 1/2,Spassky,B (2565)-Polgar,J (2595)/Budapest m/1993/}) 11... Qb6 12. Qb3 $146 (12. Qd2 Nh7 13. Bh4 $5 (13. Be3 h4 14. Nf1 Ne5 15. g4 Qd8 16. h3 b5 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. O-O-O Rb8 20. Nh2 Qa5 {Thaler,A-Pavlovic,M (2461)/Biel/2000/} 21. e5 $1 dxe5 22. Nf3 $132) 13... c4 (13... g5 14. Bxg5 Nxg5 15. Nxh5 Nh7 16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. g4 Qd8 18. h4 a6 19. O-O-O b5 20. g5 b4 21. Nb1 Qe7 22. Rdg1 Rg8 23. h5 Kf8 24. g6 $44 {Sandipan,C (2585)-Caspi,I (2417)/Zuerich/2009/}) 14. Bxc4 Ne5 15. Be2 Bd7 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. Nge2 Nf6 19. Bf2 Qb4 20. Ng3 Qc4 21. Qe2 Qxe2+ 22. Kxe2 b5 23. a3 a5 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Rfe8 26. Bd4 Nh5 $11 {Gupta,A (2580)-Atabayev,M (2355)/Dubai/2011/}) 12... Qc7 $1 13. O-O Nh7 14. Be3 a6 15. a4 h4 16. Nh1 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bd2 (18. f4 Re8 19. Bf2 Bd4 $5 $132) 18... f4 19. Nf2 Ne5 20. Nce4 Nf6 21. Nxf6+ Rxf6 22. Ne4 Rf8 23. Kh1 Bd7 24. a5 Rae8 25. Rae1 Bc8 $13 { Tomashevsky,E (2738)-Grischuk,A (2761)/Moscow Tal mem/2012/}) 7... Nh5 $146 { After long thought Gelfand comes up with a novelty.} ({ Instead of the provocative text-move, more natural is} 7... e6 { , which has been Black's most usual choice in the past:} 8. Be3 (8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 exd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Be2 Nh7 13. O-O Re8 14. Qd2 h5 15. h3 f5 16. Kh1 Ndf6 17. Bd3 h4 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Bh2 f4 (19... Ng3+ 20. Bxg3 hxg3 $132) 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 g5 22. Qd2 Be5 23. Ne2 Qf6 $44 { Gil Capape,J (2400)-Cortes Bueno,J/Spain/1992/}) 8... Na6 9. Be2 Nc7 10. a4 Nfe8 11. Qd2 f5 12. O-O Nf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxc5 Rf7 15. dxe6 $6 (15. d6 $5) 15... Nxe6 16. Qxd8+ Nxd8 17. Nb5 Nc6 18. N1c3 Be6 19. Bf2 Bf8 20. Rad1 a6 21. Na3 Nd4 $36 {Sadler,M (2667)-Tkachiev,V (2634)/Enghien les Bains/1999/}) ({ Also interesting is queenside development with} 7... Na6 $5 8. Be2 Nc7 9. Be3 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. O-O Bd7 12. Na3 Nfe8 13. Qd2 e6 14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Rfb1 Qb8 17. Ra2 Rb4 18. Bg5 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Bd3 Rf7 21. dxe6 Nxe6 22. Nd5 Nxg5 23. Qxg5 Nf6 $1 $15 {Laznicka,V (2596)-Polzin,R (2480)/Bundesliga/2007/}) 8. Bg5 {I suspect both players were more or less out of their preparation, as the position has an unforced character and can hardly be analysed at home in great detail. Therefore Anand proceeds with caution and opts for a reasonanble, but not too obvious move his opponent might not have taken into account.} ({ The main test of Black's concept must be} 8. g4 $5 {, although this tempting move is quite double-edged. It occurred only 3 days later and led to a tactical fight after} Nf6 9. h4 (9. Be3 $5) 9... e6 10. h5 a6 11. a4 exd5 12. cxd5 Nbd7 13. Be2 Ne5 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Na3 Qe7 16. Kf2 Re8 17. h6 Bh8 18. g5 b5 $2 (18... Nh5 $5 $132 {/\} 19. f4 Ng4+ $1 20. Bxg4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qxe4 22. Bd2 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Qd3 24. Rhd1 Ng3 $1 25. Qf3 Nh1+ 26. Rxh1 Qxd2+ 27. Kg1 Qb2 $44) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Naxb5 Rxb5 21. Nxb5 Neg4+ 22. fxg4 Nxe4+ 23. Kg2 Ng3 24. Re1 {1-0,Ivanisevic,I (2655)-Aliyev,T (2258)/Wheeling/2012/}) 8... Bf6 {Anand was s urprised by this move, as exchanging the dark-squared bishops might be a mixed blessing: While strategically sound, it might somewhat weaken the kingside defences.} ({Instead he suggested the reasonable} 8... h6 9. Be3 (9. Bh4 Nd7 $13) 9... f5 $5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Qd2 f4 12. Bf2 Nd7 $132) 9. Bxf6 (9. Be3 $5 { seems more to the point, leaving Black's kingside pieces looking ratherawkward. }) 9... exf6 {Anand in his notes said that after the swap on f6 he envisioned the position on move 12 as favourable for White. However, he doesn't discuss} ( 9... Nxf6 $5 {, which seems at least a very decent alternative:} 10. Qd2 e5 $132) 10. Qd2 $5 {Once again a safe choice.} (10. g4 {is very committal. While} Nf4 11. Qd2 g5 12. h4 Nd7 13. Qh2 h5 (13... Ne5 14. Nd2 h5 {-13...h5}) 14. gxh5 (14. hxg5 fxg5 15. gxh5 Ne5 16. Nd2 Qf6 $44 { is a position Anand definitely wanted to avoid.}) 14... Ne5 15. Nd2 Kh8 $13 { is probably objectively unclear, Black's powerful knights are difficult to dislodge and in practice his position is easier to play.} (15... b5 $5 16. cxb5 a6 $44)) 10... f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 (11... Re8+ 12. Kd1 Bxf5 13. g4 {- 11...Bxf5.}) (11... Qh4+ 12. Kd1 (12. Qf2 Qe7+ 13. Qe2 (13. Kd1 Bxf5 14. g4 Bxb1 15. Rxb1 Nf4 {is a line White wants to avoid, therefore he controls the f4-square.}) 13... Qh4+ $11) 12... Bxf5 (12... Ng3 $2 13. Qf2 Nxf5 14. Qxh4 Nxh4 15. Nb5 $16 ) 13. g4 Bxb1 14. Rxb1 Ng7 (14... Ng3 $2 15. Qe1 $18) 15. Kc2 Nd7 16. Qe1 $5 { is Shipov's suggestion, the resulting endgame after} Qxe1 17. Rxe1 $11 { /+/= gives White a small, but riskless edge.}) 12. g4 $1 {Once the position becomes more concrete, Anand doesn't hesitate. After other moves Black is perfectly OK:} (12. Na3 Qh4+ $5 (12... Re8+ 13. Kf2 Nf6 $11 {/=/+}) 13. Kd1 Ng7 $36) 12... Re8+ $6 {Inaccurate, as it chases the king into a safer place.} ( 12... Bxb1 13. Rxb1 Ng7 (13... Nf6 14. h4 $36) 14. h4 h5 15. Kd1 Nd7 16. Kc2 Ne5 17. Be2 $14 {Anand}) (12... Qh4+ $142 $5 13. Kd1 (13. Qf2 Re8+ 14. Be2 Qg5 $1 {/\} 15. gxf5 $2 Qc1+ 16. Nd1 Nf4 $19) 13... Bxb1 { transposes into the 11...Qh4+ line.}) 13. Kd1 (13. Be2 $6 Qh4+ 14. Kd1 Bxb1 15. Rxb1 Nf6 (15... Ng7 $5) 16. Nb5 Na6 17. Nxd6 Re7 18. a3 Rd8 19. Nb5 h5 $1 20. gxh5 (20. g5 Ne4 $1 21. fxe4 Qxe4 $17 { is a beautiful line Gelfand considered and hoped for...}) 20... Nxh5 $44) 13... Bxb1 14. Rxb1 Qf6 $2 { A heavy tactical error, which loses by force. Black had to retreat modestly:} ( 14... Nf6 15. Kc2 $36 (15. h4 $40)) (14... Ng7 15. h4 $36 {Although White is better in both cases, the game is still far from over. Gelfand wants to avoid this an secure the f4-square for his knight...}) 15. gxh5 $1 ({With the text-mo ve possible, there was no need to calculate and evaluate the consequences of} 15. Kc2 Nf4 16. Ne4 Rxe4 $5 (16... Qe5 17. Re1 Nd7 18. Bd3 $14) 17. fxe4 Nd7 $44) 15... Qxf3+ 16. Kc2 Qxh1 17. Qf2 (17. Qf2 { Resignation is hardly premature, as after} Nc6 (17... Na6 18. a3 $5 $18 (18. Bd3 Nb4+ 19. Kd2 Nxd3 20. Kxd3 $18) (18. Bh3 $18)) 18. dxc6 $8 { White's minor pieces dominate Black's rook:} (18. Bd3 $4 Nd4+ 19. Kd2 Qf3) 18... Qxc6 19. Bg2 (19. Bd3 Re5 20. Rf1 $18 {->}) 19... Qc8 (19... Qd7 20. Nd5 $18) 20. Rf1 $18 (20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rf1 $18)) 1-0 [Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2012.05.20"] [Round "7"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2791"] [Annotator "Gelfand/Huzman"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2012.05.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.07.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c5 {In the three previous games of the match, I did not manage to achieve a real advantage after either 6.b3 or 6.Qc2. For this game, I and my seconds prepared a new continuation.} Nbd7 7. Qc2 $5 {The idea of this useful move is prophylactic. Practice in recent years has shown that after 7.b4, Black equalises with 7...b6, and after 7.Bd3, the reply 7...e5 is strong, and gives Black good play. After the text, White is ready to react differently to each of these Black plans.} b6 ({ The play assumes a different character after} 7... e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. e6 fxe6 10. Bd3 Ngf6 (10... Nde5 $5) 11. Ng5 Nxc5 12. Bxh7 Nxh7 13. Qg6+ Kd7 14. Nf7 { 0-1 Radjabov,T (2650)-Grischuk,A (2732)/Bastia 2003/ with advantage to White.}) 8. cxb6 Nxb6 9. Bd2 c5 10. Rc1 { The threat of 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Nxd5 forces Black to clarify the pawn structure.} ({The immediate opening of lines does not bring anything real} 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Rc1 Be7 $11 { Black's pawn majority in the centre gives him good counterchances.}) 10... cxd4 ({If} 10... c4 {then} 11. b3 {White is better prepared for queenside play, thanks to his better development. Evidently, Anand was not ready for the usual passive play and preferred a different type of pawn structure, one seemingly harmless for Black.} cxb3 { Black must agree to this exchange, to avoid a weakness on c4.} 12. axb3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne5 {White preserves a small positional advantage, thanks to his better placed pieces.} Rc8 (15... Qb8 16. Na4 $14) 16. Qb2 $14) 11. exd4 Bd6 {In this position, White has the choice between playing for a positional advantage and an interesting attempt to exploit the tactical features of the position.} 12. Bg5 (12. Na4 $5 { This move forces matters, since Black's reply is practically forced.} Nxa4 ( 12... Bd7 13. Nc5 $14) (12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Ne5 $14) 13. Qc6+ Bd7 14. Qxd6 {At this critical moment, Black has a choice between 14..Nb2 and 14..Ne4} {The continuation} Ne4 { leads to simplifications and a small white advantage in the endgame.} (14... Nxb2 {looks dangerous. After} 15. Qa3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Ba5 $36 {White keep s the enemy king in the centre, which gives him a dangerous initiative.}) 15. Qa3 Nxd2 16. Kxd2 $5 (16. Nxd2 Qe7 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $11) 16... Qe7 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. b3 Nb6 19. Rc5 f6 $14 { White has a small initiative, but Black retains a defensible position.}) 12... O-O 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 Bb7 15. O-O Qb8 $6 { A rather risky strategic decision by Anand.} ({After} 15... Bf4 {taking the ortant c1-square away from White, Black has practically equalised.} 16. Rcd1 ( 16. Rb1 Nbd7 17. b4 (17. Qe2 a5) 17... Rc8 18. Qb3 Nb6 {is ok for Black}) 16... Nbd7 17. Na4 a5 18. Nc5 Qb6 $11) {Black gives White a difficult positional choice: either to play for an attack by means of 16.Bf6, in return for giving Black two bishops and pawn control of the centre, or to follow general positional lines of playing against the bad bishop on c8, which means choosing 16.Bg3. I decided on the second course, in full accordance with my conception of chess strategy, which was formed under the influence of Akiba Rubinstein, my favourite player of the past.} 16. Bg3 $5 (16. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 17. Ne2 $1 { This is the best way to continue the attack. Black faces a difficult defence.} ({After} 17. Qe2 Rc8 {/\Bf8 White achieves nothing.}) 17... Rc8 (17... Kg7 18. Ng3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Rc8 20. Qd2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qd6 22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 $14) ( 17... f5 18. Ng3 Qd8 19. Nh5 Nd7 20. g4 $1 $40 fxg4 $140 21. Qd2 $18) 18. Qd2 Bf8 19. Rxc8 Nxc8 (19... Qxc8 20. Nf4 $36) 20. Ng3 Nd6 21. Nh5 Bg7 22. Qf4 $36 Ne4 23. Qg4 Ng5 24. Nxg5 fxg5 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. f4 $36 { Despite the numerous exchanges, White retains a dangerous initiative.}) 16... Rc8 17. Qe2 Bxg3 18. hxg3 {The computer does not give White the advantage here, and so many commentators assessed the position incorrectly as a result. Despite the apparent simplicity of the position, Black needs to defend carefully, against a range of White ideas, involving doubling rooks on the c-file and putting the knight on e5. White can also advance on the queenside with a3-b4, or attack on the kingside with g4-g5. No small role is played in Black's problems by the passive bishop on b7, which remains out of play, as a result of Black's previous decisions.} ({ The attempt to play for the attack with} 18. fxg3 {is unconvincing in this position, and only weakens the pawn structure, without giving real attacking chances.}) 18... Qd6 ({Black's problems are not solved after} 18... Rc7 19. Rc2 Qa7 {Now I considered two possibilities for White:} { In my opinion, the direct plan of queenside play is even stronger:} 20. Rfc1 ({ An interesting setup is} 20. Qe5 Bc6 (20... Rc6 21. Qf4 Nbd7 22. b4 $36) 21. Qf4 Rac8 22. Rfc1 {White keeps the status quo on the queenside and may develop play on the other wing, exploiting his better-placed pieces and the communications between them.}) 20... Rac8 21. b3 Nbd7 22. Na4 {In order to bring the Bb7 into play, Black has to play ...a5. Then after Bb5, White can at any moment take play into a favourable knight vs bad bishop position.} Rxc2 23. Rxc2 a5 (23... Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Qb8 25. Nc5 $36) 24. Bb5 Qb8 25. Bxd7 Rxc2 (25... Nxd7 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. dxc5 Bc8 29. Qe3 {In my opinion, Q+N are stronger than Q+B in this position. Even if Black manages to play f6 and e5, White, with the help of the break f4, can solidly blockade the central pawns and the white queenside pawns will decide the game.})) 19. Rc2 ({ The tempting move} 19. Ne5 {turns out to be pseudo-active} {The continuation} Rc7 20. Rc2 Nfd7 21. Rfc1 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qd8 {gives Black good play.}) 19... Nbd7 ({The formation} 19... Nfd7 20. Rfc1 Rc6 {insures Black against immediate unpleasantness, but White retains the possibility of play on both the queenside, with b3-a4, and on the kingside, with the help of the advance g4-g5. And the simple exchange of rooks by means of 21.Nd1 would retain the advantage for White in the endgame.}) (19... a5 { is premature, since surrendering control of b5 helps White's play:} 20. Rfc1 Qe7 21. a3 $14 Nc4 $140 22. Na4 $1 $36) ({ White's queenside play is only helped by} 19... Nc4 20. Na4 Nd7 21. Rfc1 $36) 20. Rfc1 Rab8 $6 { A planless move, allowing White to seize the initiative on the queenside.} ({ The attempt to organise counterplay by means of e6-e5} 20... Re8 {allows White to fight for the advantage in two ways: allow or prevent the move 21..e5} 21. Na4 (21. Ne5 $5 Qb4 22. Qe3 {/\a3-b4,Na4} Nxe5 23. dxe5 Nd7 24. Ne2 $14 { and White has a classic advantage}) 21... e5 { White keeps a small advantage after} 22. dxe5 (22. Nc5 {is no good:} Nxc5 23. dxe5 (23. dxc5 Qc7 $15) 23... Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Rxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Qb3 Rb8 27. Rc7 {because of the nice tactic} Re8 $1 28. Rxb7 Qe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 30. Kh2 Ng4+ 31. Kh3 Nxf2+ 32. Kh4 Rh1#) 22... Nxe5 23. Nc5 $14) ({ In my opinion, the best setup for Black was} 20... Rc7 $1 {/\Rac8. Now great accuracy is required of White, to obtain even a minimal advantage.} { I would have had to find the only move} 21. Qe1 $5 {to retain the initiative} ( {Black's position is such that nothing comes from} 21. Nb5 Rxc2 22. Nxd6 Rxc1+ 23. Ne1 Rb8 {and only Black can be better}) ({White gets no advantage from} 21. a3 Rac8 22. b4 a5 $1 $132 {this accurate move, requiring good calculation, allows Black to achieve an equal game.} 23. bxa5 Qxa3 24. a6 Rxc3 (24... Bxa6 25. Bxa6 Rxc3 26. Bxc8 Qxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Ne1 Rxc8 $11 { is also good enough for equality}) 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Qxc3 27. axb7 Nb8 { Black neutralises the b7-pawn without any problems.} 28. Qe5 Nfd7 29. Qe2 Nf6 $11) ({The immediate} 21. Na4 { allows Black to exchange the most problematic piece, the Bb7} Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Bc6 $1 23. Nc5 Bb5 24. a3 ({No problems are posed by} 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. a3 b4 26. a4 b3 $1 $132) 24... Bxd3 25. Qxd3 a5 26. Qb3 Qb8 27. Qxb8+ Rxb8 { Black can maintain the balance in the ending without great problems.}) 21... Rac8 22. Na4 Rxc2 23. Bxc2 {/\b4-Nc5} Bc6 24. Nc5 Qb8 25. b4 $36) 21. Na4 ({ White can also permit himself to strengthen the position by means of} 21. Qe3 $5 Nb6 22. b3 $14 {and Black is completely without counterplay.}) 21... Ne4 $6 ({Better was} 21... Rxc2 {Now both 22.Qc2, and 22.Rc2 retain the advantage for White, but Black can defend more easily.} 22. Rxc2 (22. Qxc2 Rc8 {Principled.} 23. Nc5 ({The queen sacrifice gives White nothing:} 23. Qxc8+ Bxc8 24. Rxc8+ Nf8 25. Nc5 Qb6 (25... N6d7 $5 26. Nxa6 Nb6 27. Rc2 Nc4 $11)) { A stronger move is} 23... a5 {White can fight for the advantage in two ways:} ( {The immediate attempt to break out leaves White with some advantage:} 23... e5 $5 24. Bf5 $5 (24. Nxe5 $2 Nxc5) ({No advantage comes from} 24. dxe5 Qb6 $1 25. exf6 Rxc5 26. Qd2 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 Nxf6 $11) 24... exd4 25. b4 d3 26. Qb2 Rc7 27. Bxd3 $14) 24. a3 (24. Qb3 Ba6 $1 25. Ne1 $1 (25. Bxa6 $140 Qxa6 26. Nxa6 $2 Rxc1+ 27. Kh2 Ng4+ 28. Kh3 Nxf2+ 29. Kh4 Rh1+ 30. Nh2 Rxh2#) 25... Nxc5 26. Rxc5 Ne4 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Qb5 Qc7 $1 {With the help of active counterplay, Black can count on equalising, but here too, great accuracy is required of him. } 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Nf3 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qd1 $1 $11 {Only this move saves the day!} 32. Ne5 (32. Bxe4+ dxe4 33. Nh4 Qxd4 34. Qxf7 Qf6 35. Qxf6 gxf6 $11) 32... Qh5+ 33. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 24... e5 25. Qb1 $1 { Thanks to this excellent move, White can continue to fight for the advantage.} (25. dxe5 Qb6 26. exf6 Rxc5 {leads to equality.}) 25... Nxc5 26. dxe5 Qe7 27. exf6 Qxf6 28. Bh7+ Kf8 (28... Kh8 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Nd7 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Bf5 Nb6 33. Bxc8 Nxc8 34. b5 $14) 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 (30. Qxb4 Qe7 31. Bf5 Rc7 32. Qf4 $36) 30... Na4 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Qa2 Nb6 33. Bd3 { White has a minimal advantage.}) 22... Bc6 {Black seizes the opportunity to exchange the passive bishop, but even this does not promise full equality.} ( 22... Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qc2 Bb7 25. a3 $14 (25. Nc5 $5 $14)) 23. Nc5 Bb5 24. Bxb5 {Best} axb5 ({White has a serious initiative after} 24... Rxb5 25. a4 Rb4 (25... Rb6 26. Ne5) 26. Ne5 $36 Rxd4 (26... Nxc5 27. Rxc5 Rb8 28. Qc2 $14 { White has a free advantage.}) 27. Ncxd7 Nxd7 28. Rc8+ Nf8 29. Qh5 Qe7 30. Nc6 Qc5 31. Rc7 Ng6 $8 32. Ne7+ Qxe7 33. Rxe7 Nxe7 34. Qe5 $5 (34. b3 $14) 34... Rxa4 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Qe8 $16) 25. Ne5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Qa6 27. b4 Qa4 {In my opin ion, White has an indisputable advantage, but Black retains chances of a successful defence.}) 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 ({A pawn is lost after} 22... Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 $16) 23. Qc2 $1 {A logical and strong move - White consistently follows his policy of exploiting the bad bishop on c8 which will be especially noticeable in the endgame.} ({ Karpov's suggestion also looks strong:} 23. Qe1 $1 {White's queen emerges very effectively on a5, after which Black's defence is extremely difficult.} Bb7 24. Qa5 $16) ({Less convincing, although also leading to an advantage, is} 23. Qe3 Bb7 24. Qf4 $14) 23... g5 $2 {This looks strange, but it is hard to suggest a sensible continuation for Black.} ({White has a clear advantage after} 23... Bb7 24. Nc5 Rc8 25. b4 $16) ({The most stubborn looks to be} 23... Ndf6 { Now White has several promising ways to develop the initiative:} 24. Nc5 { is tempting:} ({After} 24. a3 Bd7 25. Nc5 a5 26. Ne5 Be8 {Black manages to regroup successfully, and it is not easy to develop White's advantage, eg.} 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Rd1 Qd5 29. b3 Bb5 30. a4 Bc6 { Black retains chances of counterplay.} 31. Nxe6 Qxe6 32. Nxc6 Qxb3 33. Qxb3 Rxb3 34. Ra1 Rd3 35. Nxa5 Rxd4 36. Nb3 Rd3 37. Rb1 $14) ({ It is promising to play the preliminary} 24. Ne5 { with the idea of a subsequent penetration on the c-file, combined with Nc5.} Bd7 25. Nc5 {However, in this case Black retains defensive resources.} { An interesting move is} Be8 $5 (25... Nxc5 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27. dxc5 Bb5 (27... Rxb2 {is bad:} 28. Nxd7 Nxd7 29. c6 $18) 28. Bxb5 axb5 {White has the advantage, although it is not fully certain that it suffices for victory. Black transfers his knight from f6 to c7, with chances of a successful defence. }) 26. Nxa6 {is risky:} (26. Qe2 Rb4 $132) 26... Ra8 27. Nc7 Rc8 $1 { and it is hard for White to unpin.}) 24... Nxc5 { however, the concrete circumstances allow White to play for the maximum:} 25. dxc5 $1 ({White should maintain a small positional advantage after} 25. Qxc5 Qxc5 26. Rxc5 Bd7 27. b3 Bb5 28. Bc2 $14 (28. Ne5)) 25... Qc7 26. Qc3 Ng4 $1 { Black must be ready for active counterplay in the centre} 27. Re1 a5 28. c6 $5 {Leading to a clear white advantage, without complications} (28. Nd4 $5 { Stronger} Bd7 ({White has the advantage after} 28... e5 29. Nb5 Qd8 30. f3 Ba6 (30... d4 31. Nxd4 exd4 32. Qxa5 $18) 31. fxg4 Bxb5 32. Bxb5 Rxb5 33. Rxe5 $16) 29. c6 Be8 30. Qc5 h5 $1 $132 {however, the cold-blooded} 31. b3 $1 { leaves Black's counterplay adequate} (31. Rc1 $5 { leads to sharper play, where White also retains chances of an advantage} h4 32. Be2 Nxf2 33. Kxf2 Qxg3+ 34. Kf1 h3 35. gxh3 Qxh3+ 36. Ke1 Qg3+ 37. Kd1) 31... h4 32. gxh4 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Qh1+ (33... Qxh4 34. Nf3 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qxg2 36. Rg1 $16 ) 34. Ke2 Qxg2 35. Nf3 d4 36. Rf1 $16)) 24. Qc7 { White carries out his plan consistently.} ({White also has the advantage after } 24. Nc5 f5 25. b4 $16) 24... Qxc7 $6 (24... Bb7 {is bad:} 25. Bxe4 Qxc7 26. Bh7+ $1 {An important intermediate move.} Kxh7 27. Rxc7 Kg7 28. Rxd7 Bc6 29. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 30. Ne5+ Ke8 31. Nxc6 Rc8 32. Ne5 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rd1 34. Nc5 Rxd4 35. Ned3 $16) 25. Rxc7 {White has a strategically winning position. It is hard for Black to avoid the exchange of both his knights for White's bishop and knight, after which the positional idea of the whole game will be seen in full relief - the advantage of the knight over the bad bishop on c8.} f6 $2 { Leading immediately to a hopeless position for Black, however, as Anand said, in a bad position, all moves are bad.} ({After} 25... Nef6 26. Nc5 Ra8 27. b4 { Black is helpless.}) ({Black also has a difficult position after} 25... g4 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. dxe5 $16 {/\Be4}) ({If} 25... Nd6 26. Nc5 Nf6 27. b3 { Black is paralysed and material losses are unavoidable.}) 26. Bxe4 $1 { This timely exchange leads to a position where White's two knights dominate.} dxe4 27. Nd2 f5 28. Nc4 Nf6 ({Also bad is} 28... Kf8 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. dxc5 e5 31. c6 Be6 32. Rb7 Rc8 33. Nxe5 $18) 29. Nc5 Nd5 30. Ra7 Nb4 (30... Nf6 31. b3 $18) 31. Ne5 $6 {Not the most accurate, but good enough to win.} (31. Nd6 Nd5 ( 31... Nxa2 32. Rc7 $18) 32. b3 $18 {White's winning plan is: a4-a5, transfer the Kg1 to the centre to neutralise the black PP and after the exchange on c8, White plays Ra6 and the queenside PP decide the game.}) 31... Nc2 $1 { Anand seizes the micro-chance offered him.} 32. Nc6 Rxb2 33. Rc7 Rb1+ $2 ({ Black could have obtained chances to save the game by} 33... e3 $142 34. fxe3 Nxe3 35. Rxc8+ Kh7 36. Rc7+ Kh8 37. Ne5 Rxg2+ 38. Kh1 Rf2 39. Ncd3 $18 ({After } 39. Nf7+ Kg7 40. Nxg5+ Kg6 41. Nh3 Rf1+ 42. Ng1 f4 43. gxf4 Rxf4 { little material remains, but White retains chances to win after} 44. Rg7+ Kf6 45. Rg3)) 34. Kh2 e3 35. Rxc8+ Kh7 36. Rc7+ { White organises a mating attack with minimal forces.} Kh8 37. Ne5 ({ Also possible is} 37. Nd7 Kg7 38. Nce5 {/\39.Nf6+ Kxf6 40.Rf7#} Nxd4 39. Nf6+ $1 {This effective move, forcing mate, would have pleased the spectators.} ({ I would probably have played} 39. fxe3 $18) 39... Kxf6 40. f4 Nf3+ 41. gxf3 Rb2+ 42. Kh3 g4+ 43. fxg4 fxg4+ 44. Kxg4 h5+ 45. Kf3 Rf2+ 46. Ke4 { and mate is unavoidable.}) 37... e2 (37... exf2 38. Nxe6 Rh1+ (38... f1=N+ 39. Kh3 g4+ 40. Kh4 $18) 39. Kxh1 f1=Q+ 40. Kh2 $18) 38. Nxe6 $1 {I was pleased that in the world championship match, I managed to play a game in the style of Akiba Rubinstein, where the whole strategic thread was followed from beginning to the end.} (38. Nxe6 e1=Q (38... Rh1+ 39. Kxh1 e1=Q+ 40. Kh2 $18) 39. Ng6+ Kg8 40. Rg7#) 1-0 [Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2012.05.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2791"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2012.05.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.07.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Qc2 c5 $1 {The c-pawn e at this moment is one of the great discoveries in the Slav with 5...a6. Black is ready to prove, that White's move 6.Qc2 is only a somewhat dubious contribution to the battle with tension on the c4,d4/c5,d5 box.} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Be6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 {Black is making a smart choice with swap of the knights, as the ambitious recapture with the rook will cost White a vital tempo.} (11... Rc8 $6 12. Nxe6 (12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Qd3 Bd6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qc7 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Krush,I (2449)-Delchev,A (2572)/Andorra 2003}) 12... fxe6 13. e4 d4 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Na4 $6 (15. e5 $5 Nxe5 16. Be3 Bc5 (16... Nc6 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxe6+ Kd8 20. Rd1 Qxd1+ 21. Bxd1 $40) 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxe6+ Kd8 20. Rd1 Qxd1+ 21. Bxd1 $14) 15... Na5 16. Qb6 Nc4 17. Qxd4 Qxa4 18. b3 e5 19. Qd3 Qa5 20. bxc4 Bc5 $44 21. Be3 (21. Bd2 Qc7 22. Rab1 $16) 21... O-O 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rab1 $14 { 1/2-1/2 Krasenkow,M (2633)-Bareev,E (2729)/Wijk aan Zee 2003 (36)}) 12. Rxd4 ( 12. exd4 Be7 (12... Bd6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 h5 17. Qd2 Rg8 18. Rac1 h4 19. Qe3 hxg3 20. Qxg3 Qb8 21. Qe5 Nd7 22. Qe3 Qd6 { 1-0 Grischuk,A (2704)-Rublevsky,S (2649)/chessassistantclub.com INT 2004 (51)} 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Bc4 Qf5 25. d5 $18) 13. Bg5 (13. Qb3 b5 14. Bg5 Qd6 15. Bf3 Rd8 16. a4 b4 17. Ne2 O-O 18. Bf4 Qb6 19. Be5 Qa5 20. Nf4 Rfe8 21. Rdc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 $16 { 1-0 Fridman,D (2562)-David,A (2580)/Turin 2006 (91)}) 13... O-O 14. Qb3 b5 15. Bf3 Rb8 (15... Qd6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 { 1/2-1/2 Lalic,B (2527)-Malakhatko,V (2555)/Bergamo 2004}) 16. Rac1 Kh8 17. h3 h6 18. Bf4 Rc8 19. Be5 Rc4 20. Be2 Rc6 21. a4 b4 22. Na2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 a5 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Volkov,S (2636)-Motylev,A (2674)/Novokuznetsk 2008 (42)}) 12... Bc5 ( 12... Bd6 13. e4 Be5 (13... O-O 14. exd5) (13... Rc8 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Qd1 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Bc5 17. Qa4+ Bd7 18. Re4+ Be7 19. Qd4 Nf6 20. Re3 O-O 21. c4 $16 { 1-0 Aleksandrov,A (2659)-Hossain,E (2413)/Kolkata 2004 (47)}) 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Qa4+ Bd7 17. Bb5 Bxc3 18. Qe4+ Kf8 19. Bxd7 $16) 13. Rd1 Qe7 $5 { The ability to analyse with the help of computers is enhanced before the world title match by the impact of grandmasters checking as many lines as possible. In practice Black had nothing to worry about after the natural 13...Rc8, but there might be something under the surface that these great masters understand better.} (13... Rc8 14. e4 (14. Qd3 O-O 15. b3 Qd7 16. Bb2 Bf5 17. Qd2 d4 18. Na4 dxe3 19. Qxd7 exf2+ 20. Kf1 Nxd7 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Ba3 g6 23. Rac1 b6 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Li,C (2703)-Bu Xiangzhi (2668)/Beijing 2012 (43)}) 14... Nxe4 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. Qb3 Nxf2 17. Rxd5 Ng4+ 18. Rxc5 Rxc5 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Qb4 Qe7 21. Bf4 Rc6 $19 {0-1 Mamedyarov,S (2719)-Aronian,L (2786)/Moscow 2009 (25)}) 14. Bf3 ( 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Bf3 O-O 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rfd8 $44) 14... O-O {Black may try to hold on to the d5-pawn, but it does not mean that his life will reamain easy. The sacrifice of the d5-pawn for the initiative is not an unknown guest in the 1.d4 openings.} (14... Rd8 15. b3 O-O 16. Bb2 Rc8 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxe3 19. Qe2 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Bg5 21. Re5 Qf6 22. Re1 h6 (22... Bf4 23. Re4 Qh6 24. g3 Bc1 25. Bd4 { 1-0 Ragger,M (2614)-Kobalia,M (2672)/Aix-les-Bains 2011 (73)} Bg5 26. a4 $14) 23. h4 Qg6 24. hxg5 Rc2 25. Qe3 Rxb2 26. gxh6 Qxh6 27. Qxh6 gxh6 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Lenic,L (2623)-Rublevsky,S (2678)/Aix-les-Bains 2011 (29)}) 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Rac8 18. Bd2 {The last thing Gelfand would like is to play with a spare pawn, but very crumpled pieces. White is giving up on the spare pawn in the interest of the immediate mobilisation of the pieces.} (18. Qd3 Rcd8 $1 (18... Rfd8 $6 19. g3 Rxd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. Qf3 b5 22. b3 Qe6 23. Bb2 $16) 19. e4 f5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 fxe4 23. Rad1 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 h6 $11) 18... Bxe3 19. Bc3 Bb6 20. Qf5 Qe6 $1 21. Qf3 {The polite retreat admits, that White will not be able to fight for a real advantage. After the natural exchange of the queens Black would get ample counterplay against the f2-pawn.} (21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Rd2 (22. Rd7 Rxf2 $17) 22... Rcd8 23. Re2 Rf5 24. g3 Rdf8 25. Rf1 e5 26. Kg2 (26. Bxe5 Re8 27. Rfe1 Bxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Rfxe5 $11) 26... Bd4 $11) 21... f6 22. h4 (22. Rad1 Qc6 23. h4 Rfd8 $11) 22... Qc6 23. h5 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ {Gelfand will be able to perform at least a small dance to show his ambition, hoping to get a small advantage.} (24. Rad1 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $11) 24... Rxd8 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. Re1 Kf7 27. g4 Bd4 $1 {All rook en dgames are drawn and it is even more valid in case of truly equal positions. Anand is forcing the game into the calm waters of full equality.} 28. Rc1 (28. Kg2 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Rd5 $11) 28... Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Rd4 (29... Rd4 30. Rxc6 Rxg4+ 31. Kf1 Ra4 32. a3 Ra5 33. Rc7+ $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2012.05.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2727"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2012.05.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.07.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 {This move (considered absolutely harmless by the classical Sveshnikov theory) was picked up in the mid-2000s, mostly by Russian players (Morozevich, Svidler, Malakhov, later Nepomniachtchi) as well as Movsesian and other top GMs, and it turned out that it was not stupid at all. The fact that Black has no better reply than 11...b4 means that the position stabilizes, many of Black's dynamic possibilities of counterplay (existing after 11.c3) now disappear, and his static weaknesses (the d6-pawn and d5-square) become more essential. The price White pays for that is the weakness of dark squares in his own camp. Objectively, 11.c4 hardly gives White a more promising position than other Sveshnikov systems but it leads to very quiet positional play, which is often quite annoying for Sveshnikov adherents, mostly active and usually tactical players.} b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 { This move has two ideas: either to simply play Bf1-g2 strengthening the centre or to continue more ambitiously: h2-h4, Bf1-h3 (with the idea to exchange the light-squared bishops, which would be extremely favourable for White), and in the event of ...Bc8-e6 (the exchange Bh3xe6 f7xe6 is generally satisfactory for Black) - simply Ke1-f1-g2 keeping pressure. In my opinion, the latter is White's most principled plan, crucial for the evaluation of the whole 11.c4 system. All other plans (13.Be2, 13.Qf3 etc.) should not be dangerous forBlack. } ({White can btw. start with} 13. h4 {restricting Black's dark-squared bishop. }) 13... a5 ({More popular is} 13... Bg5 $5 14. h4 Bh6 { activating the bishop - see previous remark.}) 14. Bg2 {Taken aback by Boris Gelfand's opening choice, Vishy Anand avoids main theoretical lines.} (14. h4 $1 Be6 15. Bh3 {is in the centre of theoretical discussions nowadays.}) 14... Bg5 15. O-O Be6 16. Qd3 {A typical plan. Subsequently, White puts on d1 either his queen's rook (keeping an option to play f2-f4) or his king's rook (and then plays a2-a3 if a good opportunity arises). Alternatives:} (16. b3) (16. h4 Bh6 17. b3) 16... Bxd5 {One of many possible plans.} (16... Bh6 17. Rad1 Ra7 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 g6 20. Nde3 Qb6 21. Kh1 Rd8 22. b3 Qc5 $11 23. f5 Ne5 24. Qe2 Bc8 25. Qe1 Re8 26. Nd5 Bg7 27. Qh4 $14 { 0-1 Nakhapetian,P (2418)-Zhigalko,S (2487)/Herceg Novi 2006/CBM 114 ext (59)}) (16... Ne7 17. Nde3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Qc7 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. b3 Nc6 21. Nc2 a4 22. Rd2 axb3 23. axb3 Qb6 24. h4 Ra2 25. Rb1 h6 26. Kh2 Qc5 $11 { 1-0 Nepomniachtchi,I (2706)-Timofeev,A (2690)/Irkutsk 2010/CBM 138 (54)}) ( 16... Qb8 17. Rad1 (17. f4 $6 Bd8 18. Kh1 a4 19. b3 h6 20. Rad1 Qb7 21. Nde3 Bb6 22. Nf5 Rfd8 23. Qe2 axb3 24. axb3 Ra2 25. Rd2 Kh7 $15 { 0-1 Borisek,J (2541)-Moiseenko,A (2715)/Porto Carras 2011/EXT 2012 (31)}) 17... Qa7 $1 (17... g6 $2 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Bh6 20. Qg3 $1 f5 (20... Bg7 21. f5 $5 $40) 21. Nde3 $1 Qc7 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24. Ne3 Rff8 25. Nd5 $16 { 1/2 Kindermann,S (2542)-McShane,L (2619)/Germany 2004/CBM 100/[Meyer,CD] (56)}) 18. b3 Rad8 19. h4 Bh6 20. a3 bxa3 21. Nxa3 Nd4 22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. cxb5 Qb7 24. Rfe1 Rb8 25. Bf1 Rfc8 $11 {1/2 Broniek,M (2226)-Noble,M (2414)/Lechenicher SchachServer 2008/Telechess CBM 137 (53)}) (16... Rb8 17. b3 Qd7 $5) 17. cxd5 ( 17. exd5 Nb8 (17... Nd4 $5 {S.Shipov}) 18. h4 Bh6 19. a3 (19. c5 dxc5 { is hardly good for White}) 19... Na6 20. axb4 { 1-0 Iljiushenok,I (2314)-Dubov,D (2116)/Moscow 2008/EXT 2010 (47)} axb4 21. Rxa6 Rxa6 22. Nxb4 Ra8 23. Nc6 Qd7 24. b4 f5 $132) (17. Qxd5 Qb6 $11) 17... Nb8 18. a3 {White must urgently develop some activity.} (18. h4 Bh6 { doesn't change much} (18... Be7 $143 19. a3 bxa3 20. Rxa3 Nd7 21. Rfa1 Nc5 22. Qc4 Rb8 23. b4 axb4 24. Nxb4 Qb6 25. Nc6 $14 { 1-0 Jakubowski,K (2502)-Bobras,P (2554)/Czechia 2009/CBM 133 Extra (83)})) 18... Na6 (18... bxa3 {may be even simpler:} 19. Nxa3 Nd7 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. f4 $6 (21. Ra3 $11) 21... Bf6 22. Rac1 Rfb8 23. Qe3 {1/2 Libiszewski,F (2495) -Sebenik,M (2573)/Sibenik CRO 2012/The Week in Chess 917 (37)} exf4 24. gxf4 Rb4 $36) 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Nxb4 axb4 21. h4 Bh6 22. Bh3 ({In reply to} 22. Qc4 {Black can even sacrifice his weak b-pawn:} b3 $1 23. Qxb3 Bd2 {, and White can't make any use of his own b-pawn, which will be safely blockaded, attacked and eventually captured (indicated by several commentators).}) 22... Qb6 23. Bd7 (23. Qc4 {can now be met by} Qc5 ({there is nothing wrong with} 23... Rfb8 24. Qc6 Qd8 {, of course}) 24. Qxc5 dxc5 { , and Black's c-pawn is as strong as White's d-pawn.}) 23... b3 24. Bc6 Ra2 $5 25. Rxa2 bxa2 26. Qa3 (26. b3 Rb8 27. Ba4 Rc8 28. Ra1 Rc1+ 29. Rxc1 Bxc1 30. Qc2 g5 $5 31. Qxa2 (31. Qxc1 Qd4 32. Qxg5+ $11) 31... gxh4 32. gxh4 Qd8 $11) 26... Rb8 (26... Qd4 $5 27. Qxa2 Qxe4 28. Qa3 Rd8) 27. Qxa2 { It was now Black who could continue fighting:} (27. Qxa2 Qxb2 (27... Qd4 28. Qa4) 28. Qxb2 Rxb2 29. Ra1 g6 { etc. but this is hardly a serious attempt against the World Champion.}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2012.05.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2791"] [Annotator "Edouard,R"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2012.05.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.07.17"] [TimeControl "40/7200+30:20/3600+30:900+30"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 { Once again Anand chooses not to go for the main move 5...Nbd7.} 6. b3 { Exactly the same system as in game 2.} (6. Qc2 {is also very popular, while Gelfand already played 6.Bd3 and 6.c5 in the past. Later in the match, he came back to the 6.c5!? line - and won!}) 6... Bb4 $5 {Black considers White's bishop will be misplaced on d2, since it would be more logical to put it on b2 later.} (6... c5 $5 {is also possible: a typical reaction against systems with b3. One option for White would have been:} 7. Bb2 (7. cxd5 $5) 7... Nc6 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 {is known to be slightly better for White.}) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Be6 10. O-O Bd6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 $14 { 1-0 (50) Cheparinov,I (2669)-Zhukova,N (2412) AZE 2011}) 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 {The main move.} (10. Rc1 { was played in game 2 of the match.}) (10. e4 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 { is supposed to be fine for Black.}) (10. Re1 $5 {is kind of a latest fashion move, which both players had surely analysed quite deeply.}) 10... e5 $5 (10... h6 {is the main move according to theory, but 10...e5 worked very well for Black in all the previous games so far, while here after} 11. Rae1 Re8 12. c5 Bc7 13. e4 $1 e5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Ne2 { Black failed to equalise in Zhou-Jakovenko (2011).}) 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 { Of course taking on e5, which was possible in the 10.Rc1 line (see game 2) would no longer make any sense with the rook on a1 and the queen on c2.} exd4 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nf6 15. h3 $5 {A very logical move played only once. Against almost all other moves, Black would go 15...Bg4 and simply equalise.} ( 15. Qc4 Bg4 16. Qxd4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nxd5 $11 { 1/2-1/2 (36) Avrukh,B (2632)-Wang,H (2684) Dagomys RUS 2008}) (15. Rfe1 Bg4 16. Nxd4 Rc8 17. Qb2 Rc5 $11 { 1/2-1/2 (70) Aleksandrov,A (2636)-Kharlov,A (2511) RUS 2009}) (15. Nxd4 Be5 $11 ) 15... Bd7 {Again played very fast by Anand.} 16. Rad1 ({ There was no hurry to play ...h6, since after} 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Rc8 18. Qd2 Rc5 $1 {it seems Black equalises.}) 16... Re8 17. Nxd4 Rc8 18. Qb1 h6 { We reached the typical setup in the kind of structure in which White is up a pawn that he cannot really hold. The only question is always: can White force Black to capture the pawn back in poorconditions?} 19. Nf5 {Of course after taking the bishop pair, White has a very (very) slight advantage, but it doesn't seem enough at all. It seems to me that after 19.Nf3 White would have decent chances to get some advantage, though Anand had been playing very fast until 18...h6, which should mean he has some precise idea against 19.Nf3.} (19. Nf3 $5 Nxd5 ({ Of course it would be possible to delay ...Nxd5, but after a move like} 19... Qc7 {White could go} 20. Bc1 {and slowly reorganise his pieces, and it looks clear to me that Black should have some problems, though maybe solvable.}) 20. Be4 $1 (20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bxh6 $2 {doesn't work because of} Nc3 $17) 20... Bc6 21. Nd4 {and White can take the bishop pair, and I don't see exactly how Black can equalise, e.g.} Qb6 (21... Nc3 $2 22. Bh7+ (22. Nxc6 Nxb1 23. Nxd8 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Rcxd8 $11) 22... Kh8 23. Bxc3 { and according to the engine Black is still in the game with} Bxg2 $1 {but after } 24. Nf5 $8 Bxh3 (24... Be4 25. Qc1 $8 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Qg5+ 27. Ng3 $16) 25. Bxg7+ Kxh7 26. Nxd6+ Kxg7 27. Nxe8+ Qxe8 28. Rfe1 {White is clearly better.}) 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Bd3 $14 {However maybe Anand had some idea which I am just missing! I'm also not sure on how easy the calculation of 21... Nxc3 is over the board.}) 19... Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Rc5 21. Rfe1 (21. Rc1 $5 { is an interesting option, but whatever Black plays he is very close to equality. At least much closer than in the 19.Nf3 line is Black doesn't have a clear way to exchange some pieces.}) 21... Rxd5 22. Bc3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bc5 24. Qc2 Bd4 $1 {Now the position is absolutely equal.} 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Qc8 g6 27. Bg4 h5 (27... Nxg4 $4 28. Re8+ $18) 28. Qxd8+ Rxd8 29. Bf3 b6 30. Rc1 Rd6 31. Kf1 a5 32. Ke2 Nd5 $5 {The most dynamic.} (32... Kf8 {is also equal.}) 33. g3 ( 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34. Rc6 Re5+ 35. Kd3 b5 $5 $11 {White's king can never advance all that easily due to some problems he would have with the 2nd rank!}) 33... Ne7 34. Be4 Kg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2012.05.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D70"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2727"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2012.05.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.07.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 (3. Nc3 d5 {was a slight surprise from Game 1 - Gelfand was a King's Indian fan in his younger years, but until the WCh match, the Grünfeld featured in his repertoire only with White.} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. d5 $5 ({The more common} 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Qa5 $11 { has a drawish reputation}) 9... Qa5 (9... a6 {is also playable, after} 10. Be2 $5 Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 Bxa1 12. Qxa1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 $44 {the situation is similar to the more theoretical position with the P on a7 - White has compensation, but hardly more than that.}) 10. Rb1 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qxa2 13. Rb2 $146 (13. Be3 {is harmless:} cxd5 14. exd5 O-O 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. Bxe7 Rxd5 $15 {Niederwieser,P (2162)-Kratschmer,H (2098)/AUT-chT/2006/}) 13... Qa5 14. d6 Ra7 15. Bg5 (15. Bf4 $5 Rd7 (15... O-O 16. Ne5 $1 Qxc3 $5 (16... Bxe5 17. Bxe5 $44) 17. Rc2 Bxe5 18. Rxc3 Bxc3 19. Qc2 Bd4 20. dxe7 Rxe7 21. Bd6 Rfe8 $44 {/+/= Shipov}) 16. Rd2 (16. Rb8 O-O 17. dxe7 Rxe7 18. Bd6 Rd7 19. e5 Rdd8 $11) (16. e5 O-O $132) 16... exd6 17. Bxd6 Bxc3 18. Rc2 Bf6 19. e5 Be7 $11 {/\0-0}) 15... exd6 16. Qxd6 Rd7 17. Qxc6 Qc7 $11 { Anand,V (2791)-Gelfand,B (2727)/WCh Moscow/2012/}) 3... d5 ({After} 3... Bg7 4. e4 O-O {Game 8 indicates that Anand, instead of the standard Sämisch, might have intended} 5. Ne2 (5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Rc1 e6 10. b3 Nd7 11. h4 h5 12. g3 Ne7 13. g4 hxg4 14. fxg4 Nf6 15. g5 Nh5 16. Bg2 e5 17. Bf3 b5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Nf4 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 bxc4 21. bxc4 Be6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Qd7 24. O-O Nxf4 25. Qxf4 c6 $132 { Anand,V (2791)-Grischuk,A (2733)/Linares/2009/}) 5... d6 6. Nec3 $5 {White can develop his Nb1 to a3, or more usually to d2 after Be3. Practical results speak in White's favour, but the examples are still scarce here:} Nc6 (6... e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Be3 f5 9. c5 Nd7 10. cxd6 cxd6 11. Nd2 Ndf6 12. Qb3 Rf7 $5 13. O-O-O fxe4 14. Ndxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. Nc3 { Leroy,D (2286)-Hunt,A (2431)/Hastings/2009/} Qf8 $1 $132 {/\} (16... Bd7 17. Kb1 b5 18. Ka1 a5 19. Bxb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 a4 21. Qa3 Rb7 22. Nxd6 Rb3 23. axb3 axb3 24. Ne4 Rxa3+ 25. bxa3 Nf6 26. d6 Qa5 27. Kb2 Nd5 28. Bc5 Nc3 29. Bb4 Nxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qd8 31. d7) 17. g4 Bh6 $15) 7. d5 Ne5 8. Be2 e6 $5 (8... c6 9. Be3 a6 10. a4 Qa5 11. Nd2 e6 12. Qb3 b5 13. dxc6 b4 14. Nd5 $1 exd5 15. cxd5 $44 {Varga,Z (2410)-Grigore,G (2430)/Odorheiu Secuiesc/1992/}) 9. f4 Ned7 10. O-O exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Bf3 Nc5 13. Re1 h5 14. h3 b5 $1 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nfd7 17. e6 Ne5 18. Nxb5 Ncd3 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Rf1 Kg8 { Nakamura,H (2710)-Svidler,P (2739)/Amsterdam/2009/} 21. d6 $13) ({ Presumably unhappy with the opening, in Game 8 Gelfand went for} 3... c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Ne2 O-O 7. Nec3 $5 Nh5 ({ Played after long thought, but rather bizarre.} 7... e6 {is more natural.}) 8. Bg5 (8. g4 $5 Nf6 9. h4 e6 10. h5 a6 11. a4 exd5 12. cxd5 Nbd7 13. Be2 Ne5 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Na3 Qe7 16. Kf2 Re8 17. h6 Bh8 18. g5 {Ivanisevic,I (2655)-Aliyev, T (2258)/Wheeling/2012/ This game was played 3 days later.} Nh5 $5 {/\} 19. f4 Ng4+ $1 20. Bxg4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qxe4 $44) 8... Bf6 9. Bxf6 exf6 (9... Nxf6 $1 10. Qd2 e5 $132) 10. Qd2 (10. g4 $5 {/\} Nf4 11. Qd2 g5 12. h4 $14) 10... f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. g4 Re8+ 13. Kd1 Bxb1 14. Rxb1 Qf6 $4 (14... Nf6 15. Kc2 $36) 15. gxh5 Qxf3+ 16. Kc2 Qxh1 17. Qf2 { 1-0,Anand,V (2791)-Gelfand,B (2727)/Moscow/2012/}) (3... e5 4. dxe5 Nh5 { came into the limelight after Leko's win against Kramnik (1998). It's played rarely nowadays, althoughperhaps} 5. Nh3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nc3 O-O (8... Nxe5 $2 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. Qd4 d6 11. f4 c6 12. Nc3 c5 13. Qe3 Bxh3 14. fxe5 Be6 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Qh6 Bxc4 17. g4 Ng7 18. e3 Bxf1 19. Ne4 f6 20. Rxd6 $18 { Khismatullin,D (2584)-Isajevsky,A (2441)/Kazan/2006/}) (8... Qxe5 9. g4 Ng7 10. f4 Qe7 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Qc3 Ne8 14. O-O-O Ne7 15. Nf2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 d6 17. h4 c6 18. h5 cxd5 19. Kb1 Nf6 20. Bg2 Qe7 21. h6 $1 $36 { Votava,J (2530)-Jansa,V (2475)/Bundesliga/2006/}) 9. g4 Ng7 10. f4 d6 (10... Qb4 11. Qd2 d6 12. exd6 $14) 11. exd6 Qh4+ 12. Nf2 Bxg4 13. dxc7 Nf5 $5 $14 { /~~ is not fully clear.}) ({ Recently Black has been quite successful with another exotic continuation} 3... Nc6 $5 4. d5 (4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5 $1 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Ne2 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. O-O Nb7 14. c4 c5 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. Nd5 Be6 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Rfc1 f6 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Rab1 Rf7 $11 { Anand,V (2791)-Carlsen,M (2776)/Linares/2009/}) 4... Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 ( 6... c6 7. f4 Ned7 8. Be3 e5 $5 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Nh3 e5 11. f5 Qa5 12. fxg6 hxg6 13. a3 Qc7 14. b4 a5 15. Ng5 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 d5 18. Ne6 Qd6 19. exd5 cxd5 20. cxd5 Qxb4 21. Bd3 e4 22. Bb5 Bd6 $13 { Kramnik,V (2780)-Navara,D (2722)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/}) 7. f4 Ned7 8. Nh3 (8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Nc5 11. Bc2 Qb6 12. Kh1 Bg4 $11) 8... O-O 9. Be2 Nc5 10. Nf2 e6 (10... c6 $5) 11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Bf3 Qe7 15. Be3 d5 16. e5 Nfd7 17. b4 Ne6 18. b5 Nb6 $1 $132 { Grischuk,A (2773)-Giri,A (2686)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 e5 {An important branching point.} ({ A more popular try is} 8... Nc6 9. O-O-O {and now:} { Probably more promising is the new idea} Qd6 $5 ({After} 9... f5 { White has lately with some success concentrated on the positional} 10. e5 $5 ( 10. h4 {is double-edged and doesn't promise much.}) 10... Nb4 11. Nh3 Be6 12. Kb1 Qd7 (12... N4d5 13. Ng5 $5 (13. Nf4 $14 {Svidler}) 13... Nxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Bd5 15. h4 Qd7 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Bc2 Nc4 18. h5 $5 h6 19. Nh3 g5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. h6 Bh8 22. h7+ Kf7 23. Bxg5 Ke8 24. Rh6 $44 { Ivanisevic,I (2645)-Gabrielian,A (2554)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2012/}) 13. Nf4 (13. Ng5 $5 Nc4 14. Qc1 $13 {Svidler}) 13... Bf7 14. a3 a5 (14... N4d5 15. Ncxd5 Nxd5 16. Bc4 Rad8 17. h4 Nxf4 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxf4 Qb5 20. h5 (20. Qc3 e6 21. h5 gxh5 $1 $132 {/\} 22. Rxh5 c5) 20... g5 21. Bxg5 (21. h6 $5 $14) 21... Bxe5 22. Qc3 {Zhao Xue (2496)-Laylo,D (2516)/Moscow/2011/} Qa4 $5 $132) 15. Bb5 $1 (15. d5 Bxe5 16. axb4 (16. Bd4 $5) 16... axb4 17. Nb5 Ra5 18. Bxb6 (18. Qxb4 Rfa8 19. Na3 Bd6 20. Qd4 Ra4 21. Qd2 Bxa3 22. bxa3 Rxa3 23. Bd4 Qa4 { 0-1,Gongora Reyes,M (2468)-Abreu Delgado,A (2473)/Albacete/2010/}) 18... cxb6 19. Qxb4 $2 (19. Qe3 $15 {Svidler}) 19... Rfa8 $40 { Motylev,A (2647)-Svidler,P (2728)/Wijk aan Zee/2007/}) 15... c6 16. d5 Bxe5 17. Bxb6 cxb5 18. Rhe1 Bf6 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Na6 21. d6 exd6 (21... Qxd6 $2 22. Ncd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Qc5 {Bitan,B (2311)-Vokarev,S (2501)/Bhubaneswar/2010/} 24. Nxe7+ Kf7 25. Qh4 Kg7 26. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 27. Re6 $18) 22. Ncd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Qg7 24. Qb6 $36 {White has a dangerous initiative, but still no direct win after} b4 $5) 10. Kb1 (10. Nb5 Qd7 11. f4 Qe6 $5 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. Nf3 Nc4 14. Qe2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Nb4 16. b3 Qb6 17. a3 Nc6 18. Na4 Qa5 19. d5 Nb8 20. Qc5 Qxc5+ 21. Nxc5 c6 $15 {Mamedyarov,S (2747)-Negi,P (2641)/Caleta/2012/}) 10... Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 (13. dxc6 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 Rxd2 15. Bxd2 axb5 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Bxb5 f5 $5 18. exf5 Bd5 19. Ne2 (19. a3 Rb8 $1 $44) (19. b3 gxf5 $32 {/\} 20. Ne2 $2 Bxb3) 19... Bxa2+ 20. Kc2 gxf5 21. b3 (21. Bc3 Bc4 22. Bxc4+ Nxc4 $11 23. Nd4 Ne3+ 24. Kd3 Nxg2 25. Nxf5 Nf4+ 26. Kc4 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Kf7 $11 { Vitiugov,N (2729)-Giri,A (2714)/Reggio Emilia/2011/}) 21... c5 22. Be3 c4 $1 23. Bxb6 Bxb3+ 24. Kd2 Rb8 25. Rb1 e6 26. Ke3 Ba2 $1 27. Rc1 Rxb6 28. Bxc4 Bxc4 $11 {So,W (2653)-Lou,Y (2428)/Ho Chi Minh City/2012/}) 13... Na5 (13... Ne5 $5) 14. Bd4 Nbc4 15. Bxc4 (15. Qf2 $6 e5 16. Bc5 b6 17. Bb4 c5 18. Bxa5 Nxa5 19. h4 Qd6 20. h5 b5 $36 {Gustafsson,J (2647)-Mekhitarian,K (2529)/Reykjavik/2011/}) 15... Nxc4 16. Qc1 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 b5 18. Nge2 Bb7 19. b3 Nb6 20. h4 c5 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. h5 Rxd4 23. Nxd4 Qf6 24. Qe3 Nd7 $13 {Mekhitarian}) ({The immediate} 8... Qd6 {enables White to castle short after} 9. f4 Rd8 10. Nf3 Qb4 11. a3 $5 (11. Qc2 Nc4 12. Bf2 c5 13. O-O-O cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bg4 15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Ndxe2 Nc6 17. a3 Qa5 18. e5 Rac8 19. Kb1 b5 $11 { Jobava,B (2704)-Caruana,F (2736)/Moscow/2012/}) 11... Qb3 12. Bd3 Nc4 (12... Nc6 13. Bc2 Qc4 14. b3 $36) 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. Nd5 Qa4 16. O-O e6 { Ding,L (2679)-Sethuraman,S (2546)/Ho Chi Minh City/2012/} 17. Nxc7 $5 Rb8 18. e5 Bd7 19. f5 $1 $40) 9. d5 c6 10. h4 (10. O-O-O cxd5 11. exd5 Na6 $5 12. h4 Bd7 13. h5 Rc8 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qe7 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Nge2 e4 19. d6 Qg7 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 21. fxe4 Rf2 22. Kb1 Rxg2 23. Nf4 Rf2 24. Nd3 $11 Rg2 25. Nf4 Rf2 26. Nd3 Rg2 { 1/2,Akobian,V (2571)-Khachiyan,M (2462)/Los Angeles/2005/}) 10... cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 {The safest move, played quickly by Gelfand.} ({After} 11... h5 { White has the energetic} 12. g4 $1 {/\} hxg4 13. h5 $40 { and he has an almost 100% score with his kingside attack.}) ({For a change,} 11... f5 12. h5 Na6 13. Bh6 f4 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. g4 Bxh6 16. Rxh6 Kg7 17. Qh2 Rh8 18. Rxh8 Qxh8 19. Qxh8+ Kxh8 20. O-O-O Bd7 21. Bxa6 bxa6 22. b3 Rc8 23. Kb2 Kg7 24. Nh3 $16 {Delchev,A (2640)-Ganguly,S (2578)/Turin olm/2006/ gives White a substantial endgame advantage.}) 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 ({Now White gets a better pawn structure, but taking "positionally" towards the centre opens a file against the the king and is needlessly risky:} 13... hxg6 14. Bh6 (14. O-O-O $5 $36) 14... Nfxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rd1 (16. Qh6+ Kf6 17. Ne4+ Ke7 18. Qg5+ Ke6 19. Qg4+ Ke7 20. Qg3 Qc7 21. Qg5+ f6 22. Qxg6 Be6 $13) 16... Be6 17. Qh6+ Kf6 18. Ne4+ Ke7 19. Qg5+ f6 20. Rh7+ Rf7 21. Nxf6 Rxh7 22. Nxh7+ Kf7 23. Qh6 Qh8 24. Bd3 Nf4 25. Ne2 Nbd5 26. Nxf4 Nxf4 27. Kf2 $14) 14. O-O-O ({ Castling is the usual and sensible choice, but Gelfand was undoubtedly prepared evenfor} 14. d6 {His intention might have been} e4 $5 (14... Be6 15. Nh3 Bxh3 16. Rxh3 Rc8 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Rh4 Qe6 19. Rd1 Rf7 20. a4 Qb3 21. a5 Nbd7 22. Bd3 e4 23. Bb1 $36 { Laznicka,V (2593)-Areshchenko,A (2644)/Moscow/2007/} (23. Nxe4 $5 $16)) (14... Nh5 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. O-O-O $14) 15. O-O-O (15. fxe4 Re8 $44) 15... Be6 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Nh3 $13 (17. fxe4 $2 Rxc3 $1 18. Qxc3 Nxe4 $32 {->}) (17. Bh6 Bxh6 {/\} 18. Qxh6 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Na4 $40)) 14... Bd7 15. Kb1 {This side-ste p is more or less necessary, but it cost Anand a precious 15 minutes.} (15. Nh3 Rc8 16. Kb1 e4 17. Nf4 exf3 18. gxf3 Bf5+ 19. Ka1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Nfe2 b5 22. Ng3 b4 $132 {Gofshtein,L (2500)-Roiz,M (2355)/ISR-chT/1999/}) 15... Rc8 16. Ka1 ({Until now White has more often than not played} 16. d6 {This was played by Anand's second Nielsen, as well as Gelfand's compatriot Postny, so we can safely assume the challenger was still in his preparation.} Bf5+ (16... Nc4 17. Bxc4+ Rxc4 18. Nge2 Be6 (18... Bf5+ $6 19. Ka1 Be6 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Ne4 Bd8 23. N2c3 Rf7 24. Qe3 Qc6 25. Rc1 Qa6 26. b3 Rc8 27. Na4 $16 { Nielsen,P (2680)-Tazbir,M (2500)/Helsingor/2009/}) 19. g4 (19. Bh6 Bxh6 (19... Qd7 $2 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qe3 b5 22. b3 Rcc8 23. Qxe5 Rce8 24. Qd4 Kg8 25. Ka1 a5 26. Nf4 b4 27. Na4 Bf5 28. g4 Bc2 29. Qc4+ { 1-0,Postny,E (2434)-Mikhalevski,V (2532)/Givataim/2000/}) 20. Qxh6 Rc6 21. Ne4 Qd7 22. N2g3 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Bf5 $11 {Knobel, R}) 19... Qd7 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 b5 22. Ng3 {Thaler,T (2554)-Toro Solis de Ovando,G (2600)/corr/2002/} b4 23. Nce4 Rcc8 $132) (16... Be6 17. Nh3 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bg5 Be6 20. Nf2 e4 $5 (20... Qd7 21. Qb4 a6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Ne4 Bf5 24. Bd3 $16 { Hillarp Persson,T (2530)-Wojciechowski,P (2159)/Jersey/2004/}) 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Nxe4 Qe5 $132) (16... e4 $5 $13 { is a yet untested try, analogous to our game.}) (16... Na4 17. Ne4 $5 $14 (17. Nxa4 Bxa4 18. b3 Bd7 19. Bc4+ Rxc4 20. bxc4 Bf5+ 21. Ka1 e4 $44)) 17. Ka1 e4 18. Bh6 (18. g4 Be6 19. g5 Nh5 20. Nxe4 Rf5 $5 $44 ({or} 20... Qd7 $44 { is unclear to say the least - White's kingside forces are uncoordinated.})) 18... Bxh6 (18... e3 $2 19. Bxe3 Nfd5 20. Nxd5 Rc2 21. Ne7+ $1 Qxe7 22. Qxc2 Qxe3 23. Qb3+ $16 {Postny,E (2432)-Greenfeld,A (2570)/Tel Aviv/2001/}) 19. Qxh6 Rf7 20. Nh3 exf3 21. gxf3 (21. Ng5 Rd7 22. gxf3 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Nxh7 Rc7 $11) 21... Qf8 (21... Rd7 $5) 22. Ng5 (22. Qd2 $5) { Postny,E (2491)-Serebro,A (2297)/ISR-chT/2002/} 22... Qxh6 23. Rxh6 Rd7 $11) ({ The usefulness of 16.Ka1 can be seen in the line} 16. Bh6 $2 Nbxd5 $1 17. Nxd5 Bf5+ 18. Bd3 Bxh6 $15 {/\} 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Rxh6 $2 Rd6 $19) 16... e4 $5 $146 {A natural and thematic novelty - Black opens the long dark diagonal.} (16... Na4 17. Nge2 e4 18. d6 Re8 (18... Qa5 $142 $5 { transposes to a line we will analyse below.}) 19. Rc1 $2 (19. Bd4 $142 $13 { /+/=}) 19... Qa5 $6 (19... exf3 20. gxf3 Nxb2 $1 21. Kxb2 Rxe3 $1 22. Qxe3 Nd5 23. Qxa7 Qf6 24. Qa5 Qxf3 $40) 20. Nxa4 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Qxa4 22. Nc3 Qb4 $2 ( 22... Qc6 $132) 23. Nxe4 $16 {Hillarp Persson,T (2450)-Aberg,A/Stockholm/2002/} {/\} Nxe4 $2 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 26. Qh1+ $18) 17. Bd4 { The pawn is extremely poisoned.} (17. fxe4 $2 Rxc3 $1 18. Qxc3 Nxe4 $17) (17. Nxe4 $2 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Rxf1 $1 19. Rxf1 Nc4 $19 {->}) ({ Gelfand started thinking now, presumably he had prepared mainly for} 17. d6 { Here} Na4 18. Nge2 Qa5 { leads to a position we have already mentioned in the previous note:} 19. Bd4 Nxc3 $5 (19... Nc5 $6 20. Nc1 Ne6 21. Nb3 Qb4 $2 (21... Qf5 $142) 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxe4 (23. Qh6 $1 Bg7 24. Qxh7+ Kf7 25. Qh4 Rxc3 26. Qe7+ Kg8 27. Qxd7 Nc5 28. Qb5 $18) 23... Qxd2 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Nxd2 Ng5 26. Bc4+ Kg7 27. Bd5 Rxd6 28. Nc4 Rf6 29. Bxb7 Rc7 30. Bd5 $16 { Feller,S (2640)-Salgado Lopez,I (2623)/FRA-chT Belfort/2012/}) 20. Bxc3 (20. Nxc3 Be6 21. a3 Rfd8 $132 {/\} 22. Qf4 exf3 23. Bxf6 $2 Rxc3 $17) 20... Qa4 $13 ) 17... Na4 {Black proceeds with his play, but he had other plausible options:} (17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Nge2 exf3 20. gxf3 Qa5 $13 (20... b5 $5) (20... Bf5 $13)) ({Even the simple} 17... exf3 18. Nxf3 (18. gxf3 $5) 18... Bf5 $132 { deserves attention.}) (17... Re8 $5 {/\} 18. fxe4 Rxc3 $1 19. Qxc3 Nxe4 { was suggested by Shipov:} 20. Qe1 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qf6 22. Nf3 Ng5 23. Qh4 Nxf3 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Qxh8 26. Rxh8+ Kg7 27. Rxe8 Nxd4 28. Rb8 Kf6 29. Rxb7 Bf5 30. Rxa7 Nxd5 31. b3 Ne3 $13) 18. Nge2 {Declines the sacrifice.} (18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qg5 21. Kb1 (21. Ne2 Rc2 22. Rb1 Rfc8 $44) 21... Rxf1 22. Rxf1 Qxg2 23. Ne2 $5 (23. Nf3 Rc2 24. Ka1 Rxb2 { already forces White to find} 25. Nd2 Rxd2 26. Rf8+ $1 Kxf8 27. Qf6+ Ke8 28. Qe5+ $11) 23... Qxe2 24. Ka1 Rc4 25. Qf6 Qxb2+ 26. Qxb2 Nxb2 27. Kxb2 Rxe4 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Kf7 30. d6 Be6 $132 { leads to an endgame, in which a draw is a likely result.}) 18... Qa5 $1 (18... exf3 $143 19. gxf3 Qa5 { is weaker, the pawn swap gives White the extra possibility} 20. Nxa4 Qxa4 ( 20... Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Bxa4 22. Bh3 $36) 21. Nc3 Qa5 22. Qh2 $1 $40) 19. Nxe4 { Anand finally takes the pawn, but this shouldn't have given him an advantage.} (19. fxe4 $6 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 (20. Nxc3 Nxe4 $1 $17) 20... Qa4 $36 {/\} 21. Ng3 $6 Rxc3 $1 22. bxc3 Nxe4 (22... Nh5 $5 $17) 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 $40) (19. Rh4 exf3 20. gxf3 b5 $132) 19... Qxd2 20. Nxf6+ (20. Rxd2 $6 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Rfe8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. b3 Nc5 $11) 20... Rxf6 {Activates the second rook as well.} (20... Bxf6 21. Rxd2 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc2 23. b3 $14 { gives White more chances to untangle his kingside forces.}) 21. Rxd2 Rf5 $5 ( 21... Rd6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. b3 Nb6 24. Nf4 Rc1+ 25. Kb2 Re1 $44 {was also inter esting, but the text move is more concrete - Black doesn't allow Nf4.}) 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 $32 23. d6 (23. b3 Nb6 24. d6 Rd5 $11) (23. Rh4 Nb6 24. Rhd4 $2 Nc4 25. R2d3 Re5 $17) 23... Rfc5 $6 {Inaccurate.} ({Gelfand admitted that after} 23... Nb6 24. Nc3 {he had overlooked} Rd5 $1 (24... Nd5 $2 25. Bb5 $1 $16) 25. Rd3 (25. Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Bb5 Nxc3 27. Bxd7 Rd8 $11) 25... Bf5 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. Bd3 Nxc3 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. bxc3 Rxc3 30. Rd1 Rc8 $11) 24. Rd1 a5 (24... Rc2 25. b3 Nb6 (25... Nc3 $2 26. Nxc3 {/\} R8xc3 27. Bd3 Rxg2 28. Rhe1 $18) 26. Rh4 $36 ) (24... h5 $142) (24... Nb6 $5 $14) 25. Rh4 $1 (25. b3 Nb6 $14 { only helps Black, Whtte needs to activate his rook.}) 25... Rc2 (25... Re5 26. b3 Nc5 27. Nd4 $14 {/+/-}) 26. b3 Nb2 (26... Nc3 27. Nxc3 {/\} R8xc3 $2 28. Bd3 Rxg2 29. Re4 $18) (26... Nc5 27. Kb1 $16 {/\} Bf5 28. Nd4) (26... Nb6 $5 { was less forcing.}) 27. Rb1 (27. Rdd4 $5 a4 28. bxa4 Nxa4 29. Rxa4 Bxa4 30. Rxa4 Rd2 31. Rb4 $14 {/+/-}) 27... Nd3 28. Nd4 Rd2 (28... Nb4 29. Nxc2 Rxc2 30. Re1 Rxa2+ (30... Bf5 31. Rxb4 axb4 32. g4 $18) 31. Kb1 Bf5+ 32. Kc1 $16 { and there is no perpetual in sight.}) 29. Bxd3 Rxd3 30. Re1 (30. Re4 $2 Re8 $1 $11) 30... Rd2 $6 (30... Kf6 $142 $1 31. Re7 (31. Rxh7 Rxd4 32. Rxd7 Rc2 $132) 31... Bf5 32. Nxf5 Kxf5 $14 {/+/-}) 31. Kb1 ({After} 31. Re7+ Kf6 32. Kb1 Bf5+ 33. Nxf5 {Black already can't go with his king to g6 as on move 33 in the game. However, White has to reckon with} Rd1+ $5 34. Kb2 Rd2+ 35. Ka3 Rcc2 36. Ka4 Rxa2+ 37. Kb5 gxf5 $14 {and the final result is still open.}) 31... Bf5+ 32. Nxf5+ gxf5 33. Re7+ Kg6 ({A difficult choice - after} 33... Kf6 34. f4 $5 Rxd6 (34... Rd1+ 35. Kb2 Rxd6 36. Rxb7 Rg8 37. Rhxh7 Rxg2+ 38. Ka3 $16 {is similar}) 35. Rxb7 Rg8 36. Ra7 Rxg2 37. Rh6+ Rg6 38. Rhxh7 $16 {White has good chances to convert his advantage. However, now he could have won practically by force.} ) 34. Rc7 $6 $138 (34. d7 $142 $1 Rcc2 (34... Rd8 35. Rhxh7 $18) 35. Rc4 $1 Rxc4 (35... Rb2+ 36. Kc1 Rxa2 37. Rc8 Rf2 38. Re6+ Kh5 (38... Kf7 39. Rf6+ Kg7 40. Rg8+ $18) 39. g4+ fxg4 40. Rc5+ Kh4 41. d8=Q+ Kg3 42. Kd1 $18) 36. bxc4 h5 37. Kc1 Rd4 38. Kb2 Kf6 39. Rh7 Ke6 (39... Kg6 40. Kc3 Rd1 41. d8=Q Rxd8 42. Rxb7 $18) {Perhaps even simpler is} 40. Kb3 $5 ({ Here I.Sokolov and Atalik prove that White wins the pawn-endgame after} 40. Kc3 Rxd7 41. Rxd7 Kxd7 42. Kd4 Ke6 (42... Kd6 43. c5+ Kc6 44. f4 h4 45. Ke5 $18) 43. c5 (43. Kc5 Ke5) (43. f4 b6 44. c5 b5 45. c6 Kd6 46. c7 Kxc7 47. Kc5 b4 48. Kb5 Kd6 49. Kxa5 Kc5 $11) 43... f4 44. Ke4 a4 45. a3 h4 $1 (45... Kd7 46. Kxf4 Kc6 47. g4 hxg4 48. fxg4 Kxc5 49. Ke4 $18) 46. Kd4 Kd7 47. Kc3 Ke6 (47... Kc7 48. Kb4 Kc6 49. Kc4 b6 (49... Kd7 50. Kb5) (49... Kc7 50. Kb5) 50. cxb6 Kxb6 51. Kd4 Kc6 52. Ke4 Kc5 53. Kxf4 $18 {-47...Ke6}) 48. Kc4 Ke5 49. c6 $1 bxc6 50. Kc5 Ke6 51. Kxc6 Ke5 52. Kc5 (52. Kb5 $2 Kd4 53. Kxa4 Ke3 54. Kb4 Kf2 55. a4 Kxg2 56. a5 h3) 52... Ke6 53. Kd4 Kd6 54. Ke4 Kc5 55. Kxf4 Kc4 56. Ke4 Kb3 57. f4 Kxa3 58. f5 Kb3 59. f6 a3 60. f7 a2 61. f8=Q a1=Q 62. Qf7+ Kc2 63. Qf2+ Kb3 64. Qb6+ Kc4 65. Qe6+ Kb4 66. Qd6+ Kb3 67. Qd5+ Kb4 68. Qd4+ $18) 40... Rxd7 (40... Rd2 41. c5 (41. Ka4 Rxa2+ 42. Kb5 Rd2 43. Kxa5 Rxd7 44. Rxd7 Kxd7 45. Kb6 Kc8 46. f4 h4 47. c5 Kb8 48. c6 $18) 41... Rxd7 42. Rxd7 Kxd7 43. Kc4 Kc6 44. f4 $18) (40... f4 41. Ka4 $18) 41. Rxd7 Kxd7 42. Ka4 Kc6 43. Kxa5 Kc5 44. f4 h4 45. a3 $1 b6+ 46. Ka6 Kc6 47. Ka7 Kc7 48. a4 Kc6 49. Kb8 $18) 34... Re8 35. Rh1 $2 {Finally throws away the advantage.} (35. Re7 Rd8 $142 $5 $14 { /+/-} (35... Rc8 36. d7 {-34.d7!}) (35... Rxe7 36. dxe7 Kf7 (36... Re2 37. Re4 Rxe4 38. fxe4 Kf7 39. exf5 Kxe7 40. g4 $18) 37. Rxh7+ Ke8 38. Rh5 $18)) 35... Ree2 $132 36. d7 Rb2+ 37. Kc1 Rxa2 (37... Rxa2 38. Kd1 (38. Kb1 Rab2+ $11) 38... Rad2+ 39. Kc1 Ra2 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2012.05.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2791"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2012.05.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.07.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 e5 $1 {This move might be the best reaction to White's concentration of forces in the centre. The first player is well mobilised, but his pieces are too passive.} 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 {The honest ambition to open up the position at the moment, when White should be better prepared for the real contact of pieces is laudable. Gelfand obviously does not believe in any real chances of getting an advantage against the isolated d5-pawn after 12. dxe5.} (12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Ne2 (14. h3 Bd7 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Rxc8 ( 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Qa5 18. Qe1 Qb6 19. Qd2 Rc7 20. Ne2 Rfc8 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Bukavshin,I (2502)-Rublevsky,S (2682)/Taganrog 2011 (45)}) 16... Qxc8 17. Qb1 Qb8 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. Nxc3 Qd6 22. Ne2 $11 { 0-1 Pavlovic,M (2541)-Rublevsky,S (2684)/Valjevo 2011 (34)}) 14... Bd7 (14... Bg4 15. f3 Bh5 (15... Bd7 16. Bc3 Qe7 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Rc3 g6 20. Bb1 Bb5 21. Re1 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 d4 23. Rd3 dxe3 24. Rdxe3 Qc5 $15 { 0-1 Meszaros,M (2414)-Gurevich,M (2617)/Forni di Sopra 2011 (39)}) 16. Bc3 Qd6 (16... Re8 17. Qd2 $14) 17. Bxe5 (17. h3 Bg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Rc3 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 $14 { 1/2-1/2 Wojtaszek,R (2593)-Perez Garcia,R (2432)/Burguillos 2008 (53)}) 17... Qxe5 18. Qd2 Rfe8 (18... Bg6) 19. Rc3 Bg6 (19... Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. g4 Bg6 22. f4 Qe7 23. f5 Nxg4 24. fxg6 hxg6 $11) 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qd4 $14 { 1-0 Aronian,L (2763)-Morozevich,A (2774)/Yerevan 2008 (56)}) (14... Ne4 15. Bb4 (15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Bc3 Bg4 17. Bxe5 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Bxe2 19. Rd7 Rac8 20. Rdc7 Rxc7 21. Rxc7 f6 22. Bd4 Rf7 23. Rc8+ Rf8 24. Rc7 Rf7 25. Rc8+ Rf8 26. Rc7 { 1/2-1/2 Khismatullin,D (2659)-Jakovenko,D (2726)/Moscow 2010}) 15... Re8 16. f3 Qh4 17. Nf4 g5 18. Be1 (18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. g3 Qh6 20. Nd5 Bh3 $11) 18... Qh6 19. fxe4 gxf4 20. exd5 fxe3 21. Bg3 Bxg3 22. hxg3 $14) (14... Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 Ne5 17. Qc2 $18 {.}) (14... Ng4 15. h3 Nf6 16. Bc3 Qe7 17. Qc2 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Bd7 19. Nd4 Rfc8 20. Qa5 Qd6 21. Be2 g6 22. Bf3 h5 23. Qd2 Qa3 24. Rc3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Rc8 $11 {1-0 Dreev,A (2705)-Godena,M (2527)/Warsaw 2005 (58)}) 15. Bc3 Qb8 16. h3 Rc8 17. Qd2 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Qe5 19. Rfc1 g6 20. a4 Kg7 21. a5 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Goloshchapov,A (2580)-Antoniewski,R (2585)/Germany 2011 (36)}) 12... dxe4 {The exchange of the pawns on the e4-square must be better than the slightly reckless swap on d4.} (12... exd4 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 h6 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Ba3 18. Rc4 Qxd5 19. Qc2 Be7 20. Bc3 Rad8 21. Re1 Rfe8 22. Be4 Qb5 23. Bf3 $16 { 1/2-1/2 Shankland,S (2580)-Erenburg,S (2616)/Philadelphia 2012 (66)}) 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 $146 {Anand has done his homework and it is obvious that the whole system underwent serious scrutiny before the match. The knight move might be more precise than the simple 14...exd4 as it leaves White more options to fight for an advantage.} (14... exd4 15. Rc4 (15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Rc4 h6 17. Rxd4 (17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxd4 Be7 $11) 17... hxg5 18. Rxd6 Qe7 19. Bb1 (19. Bd5 Bg4 20. Re1 Qc7 21. Qd2 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 g4 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Re4 f5 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ Kg8 $11) 19... Bg4 20. Re1 Bxf3 21. Rxe7 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Rfd8 23. Rde1 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Goganov,A (2480)-Rublevsky,S (2682)/Taganrog 2011 (37)}) 15... Nc5 (15... Nf6 16. Bb1 Bg4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 g5 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Kg7 22. Qxb7 $14 { 1/2-1/2 Riazantsev,A (2688)-Matlakov,M (2630)/St Petersburg 2011 (46)}) 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Bc1 Bxh2+ 19. Nxh2 Qxd5 20. Rxd4 Qf7 21. Ba3 b6 22. Rd6 Rb8 23. Rxb6 Rxb6 24. Bxc5 Re6 25. Bxf8 Qxf8 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Riazantsev,A (2710)-Antoniewski,R (2559)/Warsaw 2011 (65)}) 15. dxe5 ( 15. Bg5 exd4 $11) 15... Nxe4 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Be3 Bf5 {The presence of opposite coloured bishops together with a perfect pawn symmetry is a significant equalising factor.} (17... Be6 18. Qxd6 Nxd6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Nd4 $14) 18. Qxd6 Nxd6 19. Nd4 (19. Bf4 Rad8 20. Rc7 Rfe8 21. Bxd6 (21. h3 Nb5 22. Rxb7 Nc3 23. Bg3 Nxa2 $11) 21... Rxd6 22. Rxb7 g6 23. Ng5 Rf6 $11) 19... Rfe8 20. Nxf5 (20. Bf4 Re4 21. Nxf5 Nxf5 22. g3 Re2 $11) 20... Nxf5 21. Bc5 (21. Rc7 b5 22. g4 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Rac8 24. Rfxf7 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Rxe3 $11) 21... h5 { Under the microscope the bishop might aspire to be stronger than the knight, but in real life chess the position is fully balanced.} 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Kf1 f6 24. Bb4 Kh7 25. Rc5 (25. Rc5 Kg6 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Gelfand +1-1=10"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2012.05.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2727"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2012.05.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.07.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. d5 {A very rare system, which should not be dangerous for Black.} Qa5 (9... Bxc3+ {is quite possible, e.g.} 10. Bd2 Qa5 $1 11. Rb1 (11. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Nd2 a6 13. Rc1 Qa5) 11... a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. dxc6 Be6 14. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Qd2 {1-0 Korinek,J (1721)-Salazar Moran,A (1503)/Lechenicher SchachServer 2011/CBM 145 (23)} Qc4 $1 $132) (9... a6 { is the main continuation:} 10. Be2 $1 {leads to a modification of the 8.Be2 system with Black's pawn on a6 instead of a7, which is rather favourable for White as Black's queen can't go to b6 later on:} (10. Ba4 { gives Black an excellent position after} b5 11. dxc6 Qxd1+ ({or} 11... bxa4 12. O-O Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Be6) 12. Kxd1 bxa4 13. Kc2 (13. Be3 Be6 14. Bxc5 Bxc3 15. Rc1 O-O-O+ 16. Kc2 Bf6 $132) 13... f5 $1 14. e5 Be6 15. Be3 Bd5 16. Bxc5 Bxc6 17. Bd4 O-O {0-1 Hermlin,A (2375)-Veingold,A (2430)/Parnu 1982/EXT 2002 (35)}) 10... Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 Bxa1 12. Qxa1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 f6 15. h4 O-O 16. f4 (16. h5 $5 g5 17. h6) 16... h5 17. O-O Bg4 18. Bc4 Rc8 19. Bb3 Kh7 $13 { 1/2 Gustafsson,J (2634)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2716)/Germany 2008/CBM 127 Extra}) 10. Rb1 a6 (10... Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 a6 {- 9...Bxc3+}) 11. Bxc6+ (11. Be2 { is now hardly appropriate:} Bxc3+ 12. Bd2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Bxc3 dxc3 15. O-O Qxa2 16. Qd4 O-O 17. Bd3 Qa3 18. Rfc1 b5 19. Rxc3 Qa5 20. h4 Bd7 $13 { 1/2 Emmenecker,P (2175)-Vareille,F (2406)/France 2008/EXT 2010 (34)}) (11. Ba4 b5 12. dxc6 Bxc3+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ (13... bxa4 14. Qc2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 $14) 14. Qxd2 (14. Nxd2 bxa4 15. O-O Be6) 14... Qxa4 15. O-O Qxe4 16. Rbd1 O-O {0-1 Martic,Z (2364)-Brkic,A (2606)/Bol 2011/CBM 144 Extra (18)} 17. Qh6 Qg4 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Ng5 Qh5 20. Qxh5 gxh5 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Kf1 Rc8 $11) 11... bxc6 12. O-O (12. dxc6 $6 Qxc3+ 13. Nd2 Qd3 { M.Pein}) 12... Qxa2 13. Rb2 $146 (13. Be3 cxd5 14. exd5 O-O 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. Bxe7 Rxd5 17. Nd4 Bd7 $15 { 1/2 Niederwieser,P (2162)-Kratschmer,H (2098)/Austria 2006/CBM 115 ext}) (13. Bg5 $5 cxd5 (13... h6 $2 14. dxc6 $1 hxg5 $140 $2 15. Rb8 $3 Rxb8 16. c7 $18) 14. Ra1 $1 (14. exd5 h6) 14... Qc4 15. Ra4 Qb5 16. exd5 h6 17. c4 Qb6 18. Bf4 O-O {- White's compensation for the pawn can only be enough to equalise.}) 13... Qa5 (13... Qc4 14. d6 Ra7 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 Rd7 17. Nd2 Qxc3 18. Rc2 Qe5 19. dxe7 $14 {S.Shipov}) 14. d6 { White tries to keep Black's king in the centre.} (14. dxc6 O-O $11) 14... Ra7 $1 {The most accurate defence.} (14... Qd8 $143 15. Bf4) 15. Bg5 (15. Bf4 $142 {but Black can accurately equalise anyway:} Rd7 $142 (15... O-O 16. Ne5 ({ rather than} 16. dxe7 Rxe7 17. Bd6 Rd7 18. e5 Qxc3 19. Rb1 Rfd8 20. Qa4 Bf8 $11 ) 16... Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Re8 18. Rd2 {is quite risky for Black}) 16. Rd2 $1 (16. Rb8 O-O 17. dxe7 Rxe7 18. Bd6 Rd7 19. e5 Rdd8) 16... exd6 17. Bxd6 $1 (17. Rxd6 Qd8 18. e5 O-O) 17... Bxc3 18. Rc2 Rd8 19. Qc1 Rxd6 20. Rxc3 O-O 21. Rxc5 Qd8 $11) 15... exd6 16. Qxd6 Rd7 17. Qxc6 (17. Qb8 O-O 18. Ne5 Rb7 $1 19. Rxb7 Bxb7 20. Qd6 (20. Qxb7 Bxe5 $15) 20... c4 $1 21. Bf4 c5 $13) 17... Qc7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 {It is now White who should be worrying about equality. Black's bishop pair and a-pawn can easily become dangerous.} 19. Bf4 Rb7 20. Rc2 $6 {Too passive.} (20. Ra2 $142 O-O (20... Rb3 21. c4) 21. Rxa6 Bxc3 22. Ra8 Bb4 23. Bd6 Rd8 24. e5 $11) 20... O-O 21. Bd6 Re8 22. Nd2 f5 (22... Bd7 $1 { , indicated by numerous commentators, was a better way to play for a win. If} 23. Ra1 (23. Bxc5 Rc8) (23. Rfc1 a5 $1 24. Bxc5 a4 $44) {then already} 23... f5 $1 24. f3 $140 Bb5 $1 25. Bxc5 Bd3 26. Rcc1 Rb2 27. Be3 fxe4 28. Nxe4 Bxe4 29. fxe4 Rxe4 30. Bc5 Ree2) 23. f3 (23. Bxc5 Rc7 24. Bb4 fxe4 25. Re1 Bf5 26. Ra2 { looks enough for a draw.}) 23... fxe4 ({ It was the last moment for Black to play} 23... Bd7 $1 24. Re1 $5 (24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Rxe4 27. Bxc5 a5 $15 {K.Sakaev}) (24. Bxc5 Rc8) (24. Rfc1 a5 25. Bxc5 a4 $44) 24... a5 25. e5 a4 26. Ra2 {S.Shipov} Bf8 {- the initi ative belongs to Black, White should defend accurately to draw the game.}) 24. Nxe4 Bf5 {White now should not lose, of course, but it was quite appropriate for Black to make a few more moves. A possible continuation could be} (24... Bf5 25. Ra1 (25. Bxc5 Rc8 $1 26. Bd6 a5) (25. Re1 Bxe4 26. fxe4 a5) 25... Bxe4 (25... Rb3 26. Rxa6 Bxe4 27. fxe4 Bxc3 28. Rc6 Bd4+ 29. Kf1 Rb1+ 30. Ke2 Rxe4+ 31. Kd3 $11) 26. fxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxa6 Rc4 28. Kf1 $1 {the most accurate} Bxc3 29. Ra8+ Kf7 30. Rc8 Rb1+ 31. Ke2 Re1+ 32. Kd3 Rd4+ 33. Kxc3 Rxd6 34. Kc4 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Bundesliga 1112"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2012.04.15"] [Round "15.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Buhmann, Rainer"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2606"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2011.10.14"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.05.16"] [WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"] [BlackTeam "Hockenheim"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. f4 O-O 9. Bd3 a5 10. Bd2 Be6 11. Qc2 Qc8 12. h3 Na6 13. a3 Nd7 14. Nf3 Naxc5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rc1 a4 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Nb3 19. Ne2 Nxc1 20. Nxc1 Bf5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. g4 f6 24. gxf5 Kf7 25. Kf2 Rfe8 26. Ne2 Rac8 27. Rc1 h5 28. Kf3 Rg8 29. Be1 Rg7 30. Ng3 h4 31. Nf1 Ke8 32. Bf2 Kd7 33. Ne3 Rcg8 34. Ng4 Rb8 35. Be1 Rh8 36. Rc2 Rhg8 37. Rg2 Kd6 38. Rh2 Rh8 39. Re2 Kd7 40. Rg2 Kd6 41. Bb4+ Kc7 42. Ne3 Rxg2 43. Nxg2 Kd7 44. Be1 Rc8 45. Bf2 Rb8 46. Ne1 b4 47. axb4 Rxb4 48. Nd3 Rb3 49. Ke2 Ke8 50. Be1 Rb8 51. Kd1 Kf7 52. Kc2 Rh8 53. Kc3 Rh5 54. Kb4 Ke8 55. Kxa4 Kd7 56. Ka5 Rxf5 57. Kb6 Rh5 58. Kb7 Rh7 59. Ba5 Rg7 60. Nc5+ Ke8 61. Kxc6 Rg3 62. b4 Rxh3 63. b5 Rh1 64. b6 Rb1 65. b7 Rxb7 66. Kxb7 1-0 [Event "Bundesliga 1112"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2012.04.14"] [Round "14.1"] [White "Tiviakov, Sergei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2673"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "Tiviakov,S"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2011.10.14"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.05.16"] [WhiteTeam "Eppingen"] [BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] {I have played a lot of games with Anand in my chess career. And it is only my 2nd win against the World Champion, the 1st one was 23 years ago in Moscow at the GMA open in 1989. I have lost 2 games as well, so after this game the score is equal. Frankly speaking, I was not expecting the World Champion to appear in Baden-Baden for the 2 last games of the 2011/12 Bundesliga season. So both of us had to play this game without any preparation.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 ( 2. c3 {took place in our last encounter in Wijk aan Zee in 2010, that game ended in a draw after a long fight. So in the present game I decided to play something else.}) 2... d6 3. Bb5+ {Check on b5 is a very solid move, the only realistic way for Black to play for a win after it is the move Nd7.} Nd7 { Having played the Dragon as Black for a long, long time I have had to face Bb5+ in countless encounters. I have also regularly played ...Nd7, so I was well acquintated with the main ideas after it. Of course, 3...Bd7 is the strongest move in the position, but Black doesn't have real chances to win after it. And understandably, Anand wanted to get winning chances, going into a complex position. But his strategy finally backfired on him.} 4. d4 cxd4 ( 4... Ngf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qd3 Be6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. b3 b5 14. cxb5 Nc5 15. Qe2 axb5 16. Qxb5 Ra3 17. e5 Qa8 18. Rac1 Rb8 19. Qf1 Bf5 20. Re3 dxe5 21. Qc4 Nd3 22. Rxd3 Rc8 { 1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Ivanchuk,V/Montreal 2007/The Week in Chess 663 (22)}) 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 {Nowadays this position is quite popluar, we see it often in the tournaments of all levels, incl. top ones. The character of the game is very close to the Maroczy System, which I played for many, many years with Black. The main difference here is that White doesn't have his bad light-squared bishop. But a bishop is a bishop, so Black must use the his advantage of the pair of bishops opening the play on the queenside.} e5 { Another plan is to play ...Nf6, ...g6, developing his bishop to g7. The setup with g7-g6, Bg7 was once played against me by Ivanchuk, but he also failed to equalise. See above for thegame!} 8. Qd3 h6 (8... b5 {took place in my game 5 years ago against Babula. It was a decisive game, I had to win it in order to qualify from the Individual European Championship into a World Cup. Although White manages to get slightly better position here, still I prefer this move to the continuation which took place in the current game.} 9. Na3 Qb6 10. O-O h6 11. b3 $14 Nf6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf1 Bc6 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. Be3 Qb7 17. Nc2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rfc8 19. Bd2 Qc6 20. Ne3 Rab8 21. Rec1 Bf8 22. Rc3 Be6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Qa4 25. f3 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 g6 27. Nf1 h5 28. Be3 Kg7 29. Nd2 Be7 30. Qc4 Qa3 31. Nb3 Rb4 32. Qc3 Bd8 33. Bd2 Rb8 34. Qc4 Qb2 35. Bc1 Bb6+ 36. Kh1 Qf2 37. Bd2 Qh4 38. Qxa6 Bf2 39. Qxd6 Bg3 40. h3 Rc8 41. Nc5 Bf2 42. Rc1 {1-0 Tiviakov,S-Babula,V/Dresden 2007 (42)}) (8... Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bg5 $14 { gives White full control over the square d5 and the slightly better position.}) 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 ({Now it is impossible to free himself by} 10... b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Nxe4 {because it is losing after} 13. Qxe4 Bxb5 14. Nxe5 $18 ) 11. a4 b6 $6 ({11...b6 came as a complete surprise for me. This move is wrong, I couldn't have expected the World Champion to play so badly from this moment until the end of the game. Even playing without any preparation you would expect more resistance... In the current game the World Champion was playing like a beginner. Even playing in open tournaments you would have worked much harder to win than in this game. 11...b6 is aimed against a4-a5, but in this positon it is a weakening move, later in the game we'll see how White exploited the weakness of this pawn. It is also a loss of time, allowing White to develop the bishop c1 to a3, attacking the weak pawn on d6.} 11... O-O $142 {was much better, although still after it White has pleasant play with slightly better chances. I had a similar position on the board just one month ago in a tournament in Mashhad (Iran) against the talented Iranian player Darini and he played much better against me than the World Champion.} 12. a5 $14 (12. Be3 $5 b6 (12... Ng4 13. Nd5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 f5 15. Nb6 Bc6 16. Nxa8 fxe4 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Nb6 Bg5 19. Qb3 Rf3 20. gxf3 Bf4 21. c5+ Kh7 22. Qe6 Qh4 23. h3 h5 24. Rad1 e3 25. Qf5+ g6 26. Rd7+ Bxd7 27. Qxd7+ Kh6 28. Nd5 e2 29. Re1 Bh2+ 30. Kg2 Qg5+ 31. Kxh2 Qd2 32. Nf6 Qf4+ 33. Kg2 Qg5+ 34. Ng4+ hxg4 35. hxg4 Qf6 36. Rh1+ Kg5 37. Qd2+ Qf4 38. Qxf4+ { 1-0 Ferraro,F-Llanos,G/Buenos Aires 1997/EXT 2005 (38)}) 13. h3 Qc7 14. Nd2 Rab8 15. Rfc1 Qb7 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. f3 Rc7 18. Nf1 Rbc8 19. b3 Qb8 20. Bd2 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Rb7 23. Ne3 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Bf8 26. b4 Rxb5 27. Rc8 Qb6 28. Kh2 d5 29. Nf5 g6 30. Bxh6 gxf5 31. Bxf8 Qb7 32. Rd8 dxe4 33. Qf2 Rd5 34. Bd6+ Kg7 35. Qg3+ Kh7 36. Qh4+ Kg6 37. Rh8 Ng4+ 38. hxg4 { 1-0 Shabanov,Y-Khmelnitsky,S/Pardubice 1998/EXT 99 (38)}) (12. b3 $6 b5 $1 $11 13. axb5 (13. Nd2 Qb6 14. Rd1 Ng4 15. Rf1 Nf6 16. Rd1 Ng4 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Qd3 Ng4 {1/2-1/2 Klinova,M-Gaponenko,I/Belfort 2003/CBM 097 ext (18)}) 13... axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. cxb5 Rb8 16. Be3 (16. Bb2 Qb7 17. Ra1 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Qxb5 Rxb5 20. Nd2 d5 21. Bxe5 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bd4 Rxb3 24. g3 Rd3 25. Be3 Rd5 26. Ra8+ Kh7 27. Ra7 Re5 28. Kg2 h5 29. h4 f6 30. Kh3 Kg6 31. Rc7 Bd6 32. Rd7 Bc5 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34. Re7 f5 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Re8 Re5 37. Rh8 Kg6 38. Ra8 e3 39. fxe3 Rxe3 40. Rf8 Rb3 41. Kf2 Rb6 42. Kf3 Rf6 43. Rh8 Rf7 44. Kf4 Ra7 45. Kf3 Ra3+ 46. Kg2 Ra4 47. Kf3 Rg4 48. Rf8 Rc4 49. Ke3 Rc6 50. Kf3 Rf6 51. Rh8 Rf7 52. Kf4 Ra7 53. Kf3 Kf6 54. Rxh5 Ke5 55. Rh8 Ra3+ 56. Kg2 Ra2+ 57. Kf3 Ra3+ 58. Kg2 Ra2+ 59. Kf3 Ra3+ 60. Kg2 Ra2+ { 1/2-1/2 Arribas Robaina,M-Pazos Gambarrotti,P/Havana 2005/CBM 106 ext (60)}) 16... Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Qa6 18. Rc1 (18. Nd2 Qxb5 19. Qc3 Qb7 { 1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Darini,P/Mashhad 2012 (19)}) 18... Qxb5 19. Qxb5 Rxb5 20. Rc7 Bf8 21. Nd2 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Rc8 f6 24. Kf1 Kf7 25. Ke2 Bb4 26. Nc4 Be7 27. Nd2 f5 28. g3 h5 29. Nc4 Nxe3 30. Nxe3 f4 { 1/2-1/2 Oratovsky,M-Soffer,R/Tel Aviv 1994/EXT 1997 (30)}) (12. Rd1 b6 13. b3 Bc6 14. Ba3 Qe8 15. Qe2 Rd8 16. Ne1 Qd7 17. Nc2 Qb7 18. f3 Nh5 19. Ne3 Nf4 20. Qf1 g6 21. Ned5 f5 22. Nxf4 exf4 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Rd3 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. axb5 Bxb5 27. Nxb5 Rxb5 28. Qd1 Bf6 29. Ra2 Qa7+ 30. Kh1 Re8 31. Rxd6 Rbe5 32. Bb4 Qxa2 33. Rxf6 Qf2 34. Rxg6+ Kh7 35. Rxh6+ Kxh6 36. Qd6+ Kg5 { 0-1 Krantz,C-Hedman,E/Sweden 2009/EXT 2011 (36)}) 12... b6 (12... Qc7 13. Be3 Bc6 14. b3 Rac8 15. Nd2 Rfe8 16. f3 Bf8 17. Bb6 Qe7 18. Na2 Nh5 19. Nb4 Bd7 20. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Kelemen,A-Beltre,A/Parsippany USA 2004/The Week in Chess 488 (20)} ) (12... Rc8 13. Be3 Bc6 14. b4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 f5 16. Nfd2 fxe4 17. Nxe4 d5 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5+ Bxd5 20. Nc5 e4 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Rd2 Bc6 23. Rad1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Bf6 25. Bd4 Rd8 26. Nb3 Kf7 27. Bxf6 Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Kxf6 29. Nc4 Bd5 30. Nb6 Ke5 31. Kf1 Bc6 32. Ke2 Kd4 33. Kd2 g5 34. g3 h5 35. h4 g4 36. Nc8 Kc4 37. Ne7 Kxb4 38. Ng8 Be8 39. Nf6 Bg6 40. Nd5+ Kxa5 41. Nf4 Bf7 42. Ke3 Kb5 43. Kxe4 a5 44. Kd4 a4 45. Kc3 Ka5 46. Nd3 b5 47. Nb4 a3 48. Nc6+ Ka4 { 0-1 Zayats-crafty/Internet Chess Club 2001/Computer & Internet 2011 (48)}) 13. axb6 (13. Rd1 Be6 14. axb6 Qxb6 15. Be3 Qb7 16. b3 (16. Rab1 Ng4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 f5 19. Qe2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Rfc8 21. Qc3 a5 22. Qc2 g6 23. b3 Bf6 24. Qc3 Qc7 25. Qc1 Qg7 26. Ne1 e4 27. Qa3 Be5 28. Nc2 h5 29. h3 Qa7 30. Qa4 Qc5 31. Re1 Rab8 32. Qd7 Rc7 33. Qa4 Kg7 34. Re3 Rcb7 35. Rd1 g5 36. h4 gxh4 37. Kf1 Kh6 38. Rh3 f4 39. Re1 e3 40. fxe3 Rxb3 41. Qc6 Rf8 42. Qxc5 dxc5 43. Ke2 a4 44. Reh1 fxe3 45. Rxe3 Bf4 46. Re6+ Kg5 47. Ra1 Rb2 48. Kd3 Rfb8 49. Ra3 Kf5 50. Re7 R8b3+ 51. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 52. Ke2 a3 53. Rf7+ Kg5 54. Rg7+ Kf6 55. Ra7 Rb2 56. Kf3 Rxc2 57. Kxf4 Rxc4+ 58. Kf3 Rg4 59. Kf2 Rg3 60. Ra6+ Kf5 61. Kf1 Ke5 62. d6 Ke6 63. Ra8 Kxd6 64. Rd8+ Kc6 65. Ra8 h3 66. gxh3 Rxh3 67. Kf2 h4 68. Ra6+ Kd5 69. Kg2 Rc3 70. Ra5 h3+ 71. Kh2 Rb3 72. Kg1 Rd3 73. Kh2 Rd1 74. Ra8 Rd2+ 75. Kg3 h2 76. Rh8 c4 77. Rh5+ Kd4 {0-1 Bouvier Rybka 2.3.1 mp-HITMANx21 Rybka 2.3.1 mp/3m + 0s, rated 2007/Computer & Internet 2011 (77)}) 16... a5 ( 16... Qxb3 17. Nd5 Qb7 18. Rdb1 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Qc7 20. Nd2 Rfb8 21. Rc1 Qd8 22. Rc6 Ng4 23. Nc4 Nxe3 24. Nxe3 a5 25. g3 a4 26. Rc4 Qd7 27. Qc2 Bg5 28. Rcxa4 Rxa4 29. Qxa4 Qxa4 30. Rxa4 Bxe3 31. fxe3 Kf8 32. h3 h5 33. Kf2 Rb7 34. Ra8+ Ke7 35. Kf3 g6 36. Ra1 Kf6 37. Ra6 Ke7 38. Ra1 Kf6 39. Ra6 Ke7 40. Ra1 { 1/2-1/2 Asakawa,R-OlegGR,R/3m + 0s, rated 2007/Computer & Internet 2011 (40)}) 17. h3 Rfc8 18. Rab1 Qc6 19. Rdc1 Bd7 20. Rc2 Rcb8 21. Ra2 Rb4 22. Nd2 Qc8 23. Rba1 Qa6 24. Rxa5 Qxa5 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. g4 Rb8 27. Kg2 Bc6 28. f4 Nd7 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 exf4 31. Bxf4 Nc5 32. Qb1 Ra3 33. Qe1 Bf8 34. h4 Nxb3 35. Qb1 Raa8 36. Qc2 Nxd2 37. Bxd2 Ra3 38. Bc1 Rab3 39. Qe2 R8b4 40. Qa2 Be7 41. h5 Rb8 42. Qe2 Bf6 43. Qe4 Be5 44. c5 Rc3 45. Be3 Rb2+ 46. Kf3 Rbb3 47. c6 Kf8 48. c7 Rxc7 49. Ke2 Rcc3 50. Bf4 Rb2+ 51. Kd1 Bxf4 52. Qxf4 Rh3 53. Kc1 Rg2 54. Qxd6+ Kg8 55. Qb8+ Kh7 {0-1 Sebi-chess Rybka 2.3 LK mp 32-Takker Rybka 2.1d3 mp/ William Fuller's Scheveningen system 2007/Computer & Internet 2011 (55)}) 13... Qxb6 14. Be3 (14. Nd2 Bc6 15. b3 Nh5 16. g3 Nf6 17. Ba3 a5 18. Rab1 Rfd8 19. Kg2 Bf8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Rdc8 22. Rfc1 Nd7 23. Rc4 Qb5 24. Bxd6 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Qc2 Rb8 27. Ra1 f6 28. Raa4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Qa6 30. Nf1 Qb5 31. Rc3 Bb4 32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Kh7 34. Ne3 Qd3 35. Qc4 Qd2 36. Nf5 Bf8 37. d6 Kg6 38. Qe6 Qd3 39. Ne7+ {1-0 Nikolaev,L-Baltag,I/Kiev 2010/CBM 136 Extra (39)}) 14... Qb7 15. Rfb1 (15. b4 Rfc8 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Rfb1 Qc7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bd7 20. b5 axb5 21. cxb5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Rb8 23. b6 Qc8 24. Qb3 f5 25. Nc4 f4 26. Bd2 f3 27. Ra7 fxg2 28. b7 Qe8 29. Nb6 Bd8 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. Ra8 Rxb7 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qxb7 Qe8 34. f3 Qa4 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Kxg2 Qd1 38. Qe6+ Kh7 39. Bb4 Qc2+ 40. Kg3 Qc1 41. Bxd6 Qe1+ 42. Kg4 Qg1+ 43. Kf5 Qg5+ 44. Ke4 Qf4+ 45. Kd3 Qxf3+ 46. Kc4 Qe2+ 47. Kc5 e4 48. Qf5+ Kg8 49. Be5 Qe3+ 50. Kc6 Qa3 51. d6 Qa4+ 52. Kb7 Qb3+ 53. Kc7 Qb4 54. Kd7 e3 55. Ke8 Qb8+ 56. Ke7 Kh8 57. d7 Qb4+ 58. Ke8 Qc4 59. Qf8+ Qg8 60. Qxg8+ {1-0 Bluearrow Rybka 2.1d3 mp-Bouvier Rybka 2.3.1 mp/16m + 0s, rated 2007/Computer & Internet 2011 (60)}) 15... a5 16. h3 Rfb8 17. Nd2 a4 18. Ra2 Qb4 19. Rc1 Bc6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bb5 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Rc8 24. Raa3 Kf8 25. f3 Ke8 26. Kf2 Kd7 27. Nb1 Bd8 28. Rxc8 Kxc8 29. Nc3 Bd7 30. b3 Kb7 31. bxa4 Ba5 32. Nb5 Bxb5 33. Rb3 Rc8 34. Rxb5+ Ka6 35. Rb2 Rc4 36. Ra2 h5 37. Ke2 Rb4 38. Bd2 Rb3 39. Bxa5 Kxa5 40. Rc2 Rb6 41. Rc7 Kxa4 42. Rxf7 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 Kb3 44. Rxg7 Kc4 45. Rg5 Kd3 46. Rxh5 Ke3 47. Kg1 Rb1+ 48. Kh2 Kf2 49. Rg5 { 1-0 Bryzgalin,K-Womacka,M/playchess.com INT 2005/EXT 2007 (49)}) 12. b3 $1 { Now it is possible to play this move. The difference is that after 11...0-0 12. b3?! b5!! equalizes the position (see Tiviakov - Darini).} Ra7 $6 ({Again I don 't like the move played by the World Champion. It is too artificial to be good, also the rook doesn't belong to be on d7. Besides the current game, this position had only been seen once in tournament practice before.} 12... Bc6 13. Ba3 (13. Nh4 $5 g6 14. Nf3 b5 $14 {allows Black to free himself}) 13... Ra7 ( 13... Qd7 14. Rfd1 Qb7 $14 {deserves the most serious attention}) 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Nd2 b5 17. axb5 Bxb5 18. Nc4 O-O 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Bf6 21. Raf1 Be5 22. Rf5 Re7 23. Qe3 Rfe8 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Bb2 Bxf1 27. Bxe5 Bb5 28. Bg3 Qe7 29. Qd4 Qg5 30. Qc3 Qg6 31. Qf3 Bd7 32. Qd3 Bb5 33. Qf3 Bd7 34. Qd3 Bb5 35. Qc2 Qf6 36. h3 Qd4+ 37. Kh2 Bd3 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kg8 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ {1/2-1/2 Gdanski,J-Koch,J/Arnhem 1987/EXT 97 (41)}) 13. Rd1 Bc8 $6 (13... O-O {is impossible because Black loses the d6-pawn after} 14. Ba3 Bg4 15. Bxd6 $16) ({But} 13... Bg4 {was the better alternative than the text. The bishop on c8 (later b7) is placed passively, not preventing the realisation of the white 'dream' plan with the transfer of his knight to e3. The bishop g4 is pinning the knight f3.} 14. h3 (14. Be3 Rb7 $14) (14. Ba3 Rd7 15. h3 Bh5 $14) 14... Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Be3 Rd7 $14) 14. Ba3 ({ Besides the text White has several other good options.} 14. Be3 $5) (14. Ne1 $5 {/\Nc2-e3}) (14. Nd2 $5) 14... Rd7 15. Nd2 ({Now White is able to realise his main strategic idea in this position - transfer of the knight to e3 (as in the game Tiviakov - Babula as well) where it will occupy a completely overwhelming position, preventing f7-f5 and going to d5 when necessary.} 15. Ne1 O-O 16. Nc2 $16 {leads to the similar position as the text.}) 15... O-O 16. Nf1 Bb7 ({ Anand continues to play passively when I would have tried to create some counterplay transferring the knight to f4-e6, also with a possibility to activate the e7-bishop, moving it to g5. For example,} 16... Nh5 17. Qf3 (17. Ne3 Nf4 18. Qc2 Bg5 $16) (17. Nd5 Nf4 18. Nxf4 exf4 $14) 17... Nf4 18. Ne3 Bb7 19. Ncd5 Bg5 $16 {but everywhere White's advantage not only is unquestionable, but it is also huge!}) 17. Ne3 Re8 ({Here again} 17... Nh5 18. Ned5 Bg5 $16 { was called for.} (18... Nf4 19. Qe3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 f5 22. Rad1 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Rf4 24. Qe2 $16)) 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 (18... Bf8 $5 { deserved attention.}) 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 $6 ({We all know one of the main chess principles - not to exchange your own good pieces. The bishop on b7 is the only good piece in the black position. Black should have refrained from exchanging it for as long as possible. It is difficult to understand why the World Champion made such a mistake!!} 19... Bg5 { was better, after which White can play, for example,} 20. Bb4 {preparing a4-a5} ) (19... Bf8 {doesn't attack the square d5 and White can play} 20. Qe3 (20. Bc1 $5 {/\Be3}) 20... Bxd5 21. Rxd5 $16 {with a huge advantage.}) 20. Qxd5 (20. cxd5 $6 { lookes interesting, but, unfortunately, I cannot put my rook on c6 easily. E.g. } Qa8 21. Rac1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Rc1 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 $14 { and Black holds the game.}) 20... Qa8 ({After} 20... Bg5 { my idea was to put my queen on c6 when Black will be completely paralysed.} 21. Qc6 $5 Re6 22. Rd5 $16) 21. Qxa8 { It was also possible not exchange on a8 but make an improving move.} Rxa8 22. Rd5 f6 (22... Rc8 23. Rad1 Rc6 24. g3 {could have led to the similar position as in the game with the difference being the position of the black rook - c6 instead d8.}) 23. Rad1 Rad8 $6 ({Missing the last chance to fight for a draw:} 23... Kf7 $5 {when White has to make a choice whether to win the pawn on d6 or to increase the pressure. After} 24. Bxd6 (24. g3 Ke6 25. f4 g6 $16) 24... Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 b5 $16 { Black has some drawing chances in the rook ending.}) 24. g3 $1 {Now Black is not able to prevent the advance f2-f4-f5 after which his position will be completely lost.} g5 ({or} 24... Kf7 25. f4 g6 (25... Ke6 26. f5+ $18) 26. f5 $18 {and White is winning, Black is almost in zugzwang}) 25. f4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Kf7 27. Kf2 (27. f5 $6 Rg8+ 28. Kf2 Rg4 {gives Black counterplay.}) 27... exf4 28. Kf3 Ke6 29. Bc1 $18 Rc8 30. Bxf4 {White has a winning position. Normally, two weaknesses are enough to win the game. Here in this position Black has 4 weak pawns: b6, d6, f6, h6. Also the black bishop is very bad. The only thing White has to do in this game: demonstrate technical accuracy and not to blunder anything. Luckily, I had lot of time at my disposal, since my play was very easy. I didn't have to think a lot making difficult decisions.} Bf8 (30... Rc5 31. Be3 Rxd5 {loses either pawn b6 or h6.} 32. cxd5+ $18 (32. exd5+ $18) ( 32. Rxd5 $18)) 31. h4 $1 { Fixing the pawn on h6 and securing the square g6 for the rook.} Rc6 ({or} 31... Rc5 32. Be3 $18 {>+-}) 19... f5 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. Rf3 Nf8 $2 (21... Rh7 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Qh5 Qf8 24. Qg6 Qg8 25. Qxg8+ Rxg8 26. Rxa5 $16) 22. Rg3+ Ng6 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rxg6+ Kxg6 25. Qxf5+ { 1:0, Andreev,K (2330) - Karasik,M, St. Petersburg 1997}) 16. Nd6 Nc6 17. Bg2 ( 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Bxc4 (18. Nd6 Nxd4 $1) 18... Nxe5) 17... b4 $13) ({II} 13... Bb7 $5 14. Rb1 (14. Ne4 Nf4) (14. Be2 Nxc3 15. Nxe6 Qe7 16. Bxc3 fxe6 17. Bf3 Nc6 18. Rb1 a6 19. O-O Nd8 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. d5 Qf7 $13) 14... Bc6 15. Ne4 Kf8 $13) ({III} 13... Nxc3 $4 14. Nxf7 $18 Kxf7 15. Qf3+ Kg7 16. Qxa8) 14. exf6 e5 {Mit offenem Visier provoziert Eljanov haarsträubende Verwicklungen. Indes ist eine befriedigende Alternative auch nicht in Sicht - oder? Hierzu ein paar Anregungen:} ({I} 14... Nc6 15. Be2 $1 (15. Ne4 $6 e5 16. Qg3 Bf5 17. Ra6 Nb6 18. f3 Qd5 $13) (15. f7+ $6 Ke7) 15... e5 (15... Qxf6 $2 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Qg3) 16. f7+ Ke7 (16... Kf8 17. Ne6+) 17. Qg3 exd4 18. O-O $16 dxc3 (18... d3 19. Bf3 Kf8 (19... Qd6 20. Rfe1+ Kd7 21. Re8 Qxg3 (21... Bb7 22. Bg4+ Kc7 23. Ne6+ $18) 22. Rxh8 Qd6 23. Bxd5 Bb7 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. Nh7 $18) 20. Rfe1 Kg7 21. Ne6+ Bxe6 22. Rxe6 $18) (18... hxg5 19. Bxg5+ Nf6 20. Bf3 Bb7 21. Rfe1+ Kxf7 22. Bxf6 Kxf6 (22... Qxf6 23. Qc7+ $18) 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Ra6 $1 $18 Qd5 25. Rxc6+ Qxc6 26. Qf4+ Kg7 27. Re7+ Kg8 28. Qf7#) 19. Bxc3 Nxc3 20. Bxc4 $3 (20. Qxc3 $6 Qd4 21. Qf3 hxg5 22. Qxc6 Bd7 (22... Qd6 $4 23. f8=Q+) 23. Qxg6 Qf6 24. Qe4+ Qe6 $14) 20... bxc4 (20... hxg5 21. Rae1+ Kf6 22. Qxc3+ Nd4 (22... Qd4 23. Qf3+ Kg7 24. Re8 Bf5 25. Qxc6 Rhxe8 26. fxe8=Q Rxe8 27. Qxe8 $18) 23. Rd1 $18 (23. Re4 $18)) (20... Ne2+ 21. Bxe2 hxg5 (21... Qd6 22. Rae1 $18) 22. Rad1 Nd4 23. Qe3+ Kxf7 (23... Be6 24. Rxd4 Qc7 25. f4 Kxf7 26. Bxb5 $18) 24. Rxd4 Qe7 25. Re4 Qf6 26. Rc1 Qd6 27. Re5 Bf5 28. Bxb5 Rac8 29. Re1 $18) 21. Rae1+ Kf6 22. Qxc3+ Qd4 (22... Kxg5 23. Rd1 $18 Bg4 24. Rxd8 Raxd8 25. f4+ Kf5 26. Re1 Rd4 27. h3 Kf6 28. Re4) 23. Qf3+ Bf5 (23... Kxg5 24. Re4 $18) 24. Ne6 $1 Qd6 (24... Ne5 25. Qxa8 $18) 25. f8=Q+ Raxf8 26. Qc3+ Ne5 (26... Nd4 27. Nxd4 Kf7 (27... Kg5 28. f4+ Kh5 29. Re5 $18) 28. Qxc4+ Kg7 29. Ne6+ $18) 27. Nxf8 Rxf8 28. f4 Kf7 29. fxe5 $18) ({II} 14... Qxf6 $2 15. Ne4) 15. f7+ $2 {Verlockend, aber weniger gut! Allerdings ist darauf eine Widerlegung am Brett nicht so einfach zu finden. Man sehe z.B.:} ({I} 15. Qh4 $2 Nc6 (15... Qxf6 $143 16. Qe4 Bb7 17. dxe5) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Ne4 Kf7 $13) ({II} 15. g4 $3 {ist der (eigentlich logische) Schlüsselzug. Er versperrt die Diagonale c8-h3 und gewinnt ein wichtiges Tempo für den starken Entwicklungszug Lg2. Weiß behält so die Trümpfe in der Hand und droht, seinen Druck (mit Lg2, 0-0 etc.) auf den unrochierten König und aufs Zentrum entscheidend zu verstärken. Allem Anschein nach ist Schwarz dagegen machtlos. Man sehe z.B.:} Nd7 (15... exd4 16. Bg2) ( 15... Nc6 16. Bg2) (15... Qxf6 {Der Bauer ist wegen Se4 nebst dxe5 vergiftet.} 16. Ne4 Qe7 (16... Qe6 17. dxe5 Qxe5 (17... Qxg4 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Bxh6+ Kg8 20. Nxc8 $18) 18. Bg2 Nc6 19. O-O) (16... Qc6 17. dxe5) 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bg2 Bb7 19. O-O $18 {und Schwarz geht an seiner offenen Königsstellung nebst etlichen Schwächen zugrunde (} Nd7 20. Rfe1 O-O-O 21. Nc5 Qd6 22. Nxb7 Kxb7 23. Be3 a6 24. Red1 N7f6 25. Bd4 {)}) (15... Qd7 16. Bg2) (15... h5 16. Qf3 ({oder} 16. Bg2 Bxg4 17. f7+ Ke7 (17... Kf8 18. Ne6+ Bxe6 19. Qxe6) 18. Qg3 (18. Qh4 Nc6 19. Ra6) 18... Nc6 19. Ra6) 16... Bxg4 (16... Nc6 17. Bg2) (16... Nb6 17. f7+ Kf8 18. Qe4) (16... hxg4 17. Qe4) 17. Qe4 $18) 16. Bg2 $18 (16. f7+ $2 Ke7) { Weiter könnte folgen:} 16... Bb7 (16... N7xf6 17. dxe5 Nxg4 18. e6 $18 O-O 19. Qxg4 hxg5 20. Qe4) 17. Ne6 Qc8 (17... Qb6 18. g5 exd4 19. O-O) 18. g5 (18. O-O N7xf6 19. Rfe1 e4 20. Nc5) 18... Kf7 (18... a5 19. O-O Ra6 20. f4 $18) 19. gxh6 N7xf6 20. Ng5+ Ke7 21. Qxc8 Rhxc8 22. dxe5 Ng4 (22... Nd7 23. O-O Nc5 24. f4 Rf8 (24... Rh8 25. f5 gxf5 26. Rxf5 Rxh6 27. Rf7+ Ke8 28. Rxb7 Nxb7 29. Bxd5)) 23. h7 Nxe5 24. O-O {/\Rfe1+-}) 15... Kf8 16. Ne6+ $6 (16. g4 {wäre jetzt von vergleichsweise minderer Qualität (aber immer noch besser als der Textzug), z. B. wegen} Kg7 $5 (16... Nc6 $2 17. Bg2 exd4 18. O-O Kg7 (18... Bxg4 19. Ne6+ Bxe6 20. Qxe6 dxc3 21. Be3 $18) 19. f8=Q+ $1 Rxf8 20. Ne6+ Bxe6 21. Qxh6+ Kf7 22. Qh7+ Ke8 23. Rfe1 Qd6 24. Bg5 Nce7 25. Bxe7 Nxe7 26. Bxa8 $18) 17. Nf3 (17. Ne4 Nc6) 17... Nc6 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 $14 {. Nun nach dem Partiezug nebst der Abwicklung mit Damentausch kommt Schwarz glimpflich davon.}) 16... Ke7 17. Nxd8 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Rxd8 19. dxe5 Kxf7 20. Bg2 Nc6 21. O-O ({ Auch in Betracht kam} 21. Ra6 Nxe5 22. O-O Nc7 23. Ra2 Nd5 $13 {/=}) 21... Nxe5 {Das stattliche Springerpaar in der Mitte konkurriert mit dem Läuferpaar.} ( 21... a5 $5) 22. f4 ({ Der Vorstoß f4-f5 liegt zwar auf der Hand, aber Weiß hatte in} 22. Ra6 $5 { eine beachtliche Alternative, z.B.} Nc7 23. Ra3 Rac8 24. Bxh6 a6 $13 {/=}) 22... Nd3 23. f5 gxf5 $5 ({Überraschend. Der Analyserunde vor Ort erschien es einleuchtender, den Königsflügel mit} 23... g5 {geschlossen zu halten, z.B.} 24. Ra6 N3f4 $5 25. Bxf4 (25. Rxh6 $6 Nxg2 (25... Rh8) 26. Kxg2 a5 $1 27. Rh7+ Kg8 28. Rb7 (28. Rh6 Rd7) 28... Rdb8) 25... gxf4 26. Rfa1 { mit etwa gleichen Chancen, z.B.:} Rd7 (26... Nxc3 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 $13 {/=}) ( 26... Rg8 $6 27. Rg6 Rgd8 (27... Nxc3 $2 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Raa6) 28. Raa6 Rd7 29. Kf2 $14 (29. Rxh6 Rg8)) 27. Kf2 (27. Rxh6 Rg8) 27... Rad8 $13 {/=}) 24. Rxf5+ Ke6 25. Rh5 a5 26. Rxh6+ Ke5 $13 {/=} 27. Be1 $5 (27. Rh5+ Ke6 28. Rh6+ Ke5 29. Rh5+ $11) 27... N5f4 {Die Qualität "hängt" nun zwei Züge lang, aber jedesmal muß Weiß genau prüfen, ob er damit gut bedient wäre.} (27... Kf5 $142) 28. Bg3 (28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Bg3 Ke4 30. Bxf4 Nxf4 31. Kf2 $13 {/=}) 28... Kf5 $6 (28... Ra7 $142 29. Rh5+ Ke6 30. Rxb5 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 a4 32. Ra3 $14) 29. Rf1 $6 ({Vermutlich war hier ein geeigneter Moment zu} 29. Bxa8 $1 {, z.B.} Rxa8 30. Kh1 $5 Ke4 31. Rb6 a4 32. Rxb5 a3 33. h4 Ne2 34. h5 Nxc3 35. Rb8 Ra6 36. h6 Rxh6 37. Rxa3 $16) 29... Kg5 30. Rb6 Rab8 31. Ra6 (31. h4+ Kf5 32. Bb7 Rd5 33. h5 $14) 31... Rf8 $6 (31... a4 32. h4+ Kf5 $5 $14 ({Jedoch nicht} 32... Kg4 $2 {wegen} 33. Rf6 $1 $18 {, z.B.} Ne2+ (33... Rf8 34. Bf3+ Kh3 35. Bxf4 Nxf4 36. Bg2+ Nxg2 37. Rxf8 Rxf8 38. Rxf8) 34. Kh1 Nxg3+ 35. hxg3 Kxg3 36. Be4 Kxh4 37. Rh6+ Kg5 38. Rg6+ Kh5 39. Rf3 Kh4 40. Kh2)) 32. h4+ Kg4 33. Bf3+ Kh3 { Nach abenteuerlicher Reise der gebotene Schlupfwinkel für den Wanderkönig.} ( 33... Kf5 $2 34. Rxa5 $18) 34. Bd1 $2 {Darüber zeigte sich Anand später im Interview sehr unglücklich und meinte überdies, daß Schwarz hiernach zwar einige Chancen bekommen hätte, doch wähnte er sich nach der Zeitkontrolle wieder auf der sicheren Seite.} ({Klar den Vorzug verdiente} 34. Rxa5 $142 Rg8 (34... b4 $4 35. Rg5 $18) 35. Kh1 $16) 34... Rg8 (34... b4 $2 35. Rxa5 ({ oder auch} 35. Rf3 Rg8 36. Kh1 $18 Ne5 37. Rxf4 Rxg3 38. Be2 $1) 35... Rg8 36. Rg5 $18) 35. Rf3 $2 {Danach gerät der Weltmeister in große Verlustgefahr.} ({ Auf das bessere} 35. Rxa5 $142 {kann Schwarz mit} Rbe8 { (=) unweigerlich Dauerschach bzw. Stellungswiederholung oder Patt forcieren:} 36. Rxb5 (36. h5 Ne2+ 37. Bxe2 Rxe2 $11) (36. Ra2 $2 Nc1 37. Raf2 Nfe2+) 36... Rxg3+ (36... Ne2+ 37. Bxe2 Rxe2 38. Rg5 Rg2+ 39. Kh1 Rf8 40. Rxf8 Nf2+ 41. Rxf2 (41. Bxf2 Rxh2+ 42. Kg1 Rh1+ 43. Kxh1 $11 {patt}) 41... Rg1+ 42. Kxg1 $11 {patt }) 37. hxg3 Ne2+ 38. Bxe2 Rxe2 39. Rf3 (39. Rfb1 $6 Rg2+ 40. Kf1 Kh2 41. Rf5 Rg1+ 42. Ke2 Rxb1) 39... Re1+ 40. Rf1 Re2 $11) 35... Rbd8 36. Kf1 Ne5 37. Rxf4 Rxd1+ 38. Ke2 Rgd8 39. Rxa5 $2 ({Daß dies eigentlich der Verlustzug ist, war beiden Akteuren im Eifer des schweren Gefechts nicht bewußt. Weiß vertilgt den a-Bauern in einem denkbar ungünstigen Moment und stellt damit seinen Turm ins Abseits. Erforderlich war der Entlastungstausch} 39. Rd4 $8 { !, und nach dem weiteren} R8xd4 40. cxd4 Rxd4 41. h5 { vermag sich der Anziehende um Haaresbreite zu behaupten:} b4 (41... a4 42. h6 Ng4 43. Rb6 (43. h7 Rd8 44. Rb6 Rh8 45. Rxb5 Rxh7 46. Ra5 $11) 43... Rd5 44. h7 Rh5 45. Rxb5 Rxh7 46. Ra5 $11) 42. Rxa5 Nf7 43. h6 b3 44. Rb5 Nxh6 45. Rh5+ Kg2 46. Rxh6 c3 47. Be5 c2 48. Rg6+ Kh3 49. Rg3+ Kh4 50. Bf6+ Kh5 51. Rxb3 c1=Q 52. Rh3+ Kg6 53. Bxd4 Qc4+ 54. Rd3 $11) 39... R1d2+ { Nun aber gerät das weiße Oberhaupt in eine tödliche Zange.} 40. Ke3 ({Falls} 40. Kf1 {, so kann beispielsweise} Ng4 ({oder} 40... Nd3 41. Rf3 Rd1+ 42. Ke2 Nc1+ 43. Kf2 R8d2+ 44. Ke3 Rd3+ 45. Ke4 Nb3 46. Bc7+ (46. Rxd3 cxd3) (46. Ra2 Nd2+) 46... Rxf3 47. Kxf3 Nxa5 48. Bxa5 Kxh4 $19) 41. Rxg4 (41. Re4 R8d3) 41... Kxg4 42. Rxb5 Ra2 43. Ke1 Rd3 44. Rc5 Rxc3 45. Kd1 Kf3 $19 {folgen}) 40... Ng4+ {Diagramm #} 41. Ke4 ({Die Königsjagd nach} 41. Kf3 R2d3+ 42. Ke4 Re8+ 43. Kf5 Rd5+ 44. Kg6 Ne5+ {(-+) entzieht sich wegen diverser Möglichkeiten freilich am Brett der Vorausberechnung, aber daß sie für Weiß kein gutes Ende nimmt, dürfte kaum überraschen, z.B.:} 45. Kf6 (45. Kg7 Rd7+ 46. Kh6 Re6+ 47. Kg5 Rg7+ 48. Kf5 Rgg6 49. Ra7 (49. Rxb5 Nf7 50. Rxc4 Rgf6#) 49... Rgf6+ 50. Kg5 Nf3+ 51. Rxf3 Rxf3 $19) (45. Kh7 Re7+ 46. Kh6 Re6+ 47. Kg7 Rd7+ 48. Kg8 Ree7 49. h5 Rg7+ 50. Kf8 Rh7 51. Rh4+ Kg2 52. Ra2+ Kf3 53. Rf2+ Ke3 54. Kg8 Rdg7+ 55. Kf8 Rd7 56. Ke8 Rde7+ 57. Kd8 Nc6+ 58. Kc8 Re8#) (45. Kf5 Nc6+) 45... Rd6+ 46. Kg5 Rg6+ 47. Kf5 Ree6 {(-+) ist Zugumstellung zur Variante 45.Kg7/48...Tgg6}) 41... Re8+ ({Hier hatte Eljanov gleich nach der Zeitkontrolle reichlich Gelegenheit, die Varianten durchzurechnen. Nicht zuletzt verfügte er noch über die - übrigens auch von vielen Kiebitzen vor Ort erwartete - Alternative} 41... b4 $142 $1 { mit Bauerndurchbruch (zwar von Eljanov angedacht, aber als zu kompliziert eingestuft), z.B.} 42. cxb4 (42. Rf3 Re2+ 43. Kf4 b3 $19) 42... c3 43. Ra3 (43. Rc5 c2 44. Rc3 Re2+ 45. Kf5 Ne3+ 46. Kg5 Nd5 $19 {ist Zugumstellung}) 43... Re2+ 44. Kf5 Ne3+ 45. Kg5 c2 46. Rc3 Nd5 $19 47. Rfc4 (47. Rff3 Rg8+ 48. Kh5 Kg2 49. Bf4 Rh8+ 50. Kg5 Rf8) 47... Nxc3 48. Rxc3 Rd5+ (48... Rd1 $2 49. Bf4+ Kg2 50. h5) 49. Kg6 Kg4 $19) 42. Kf5 Ne3+ $2 ({ Vergibt endgültig den Gewinn, während} 42... Rd5+ 43. Kg6 Ne5+ {unter Zugumstel lung wieder zur vorigen Variante 41.Kf3/44...Se5+ (-+) geführt hätte. Aber all das wurde von Eljanov am Brett nicht gesehen. "...I might have had some chances, but in the end I was happy with the result." Nun, Werder Bremen war jedenfalls weniger mit dem Ergebnis zufrieden, bedeutete es doch das Aus im Meisterschaftsduell.}) 43. Kg6 $11 Nd5 44. Rxb5 ({Oder auch} 44. Rd4 Rxd4 45. cxd4 Re6+ 46. Kg5 Rb6 47. h5 c3 48. h6 { und wie in der Partie rettet der h-Bauer} Rb7 49. Be1 c2 50. Ra3+ Kg2 51. Ra2 Rc7 52. h7 Rxh7 53. Rxc2+ $11) 44... Nxf4+ 45. Bxf4 Rd3 (45... Rf2 46. Bg5 Re6+ 47. Kg7 Ra2 48. Bf6 $11) 46. h5 Rxc3 47. h6 Rb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 3rd"] [Site "London"] [Date "2011.12.12"] [Round "9"] [White "McShane, Luke J"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2811"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2011.12.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.18"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. Qe2 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. d4 O-O 13. Rd1 a5 14. a4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Nd5 16. h4 Re8 17. c3 Qb6 18. Bf3 h6 19. Kg2 Rad8 20. Qc4 Rd7 21. Rb1 Red8 22. Bd2 Qc7 23. Be1 Qb6 24. Bd2 Qc7 25. Be1 Qb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 3rd"] [Site "London"] [Date "2011.12.11"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2826"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2011.12.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Qc2 Rab8 17. Rfc1 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qc6 19. Nc3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. exd4 Rxb1 22. Nxb1 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Rb8 24. Nd2 Nf8 25. g3 Ne6 26. Nb3 Rb4 27. Rc6 Ra4 28. Nc5 Rc4 29. Rd6 Nxc5 30. dxc5 Rxc5 31. Ra6 Rc7 32. Rd6 Rc5 33. Ra6 Rc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 3rd"] [Site "London"] [Date "2011.12.10"] [Round "7"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2802"] [BlackElo "2811"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2011.12.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bd3 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Nf6 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. Bc2 Rc8 19. Qb1 h6 20. Nf3 Be8 21. Be5 Bc6 22. Bd4 Qc7 23. Be5 Qb6 24. Bd4 Qc7 25. Be5 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 3rd"] [Site "London"] [Date "2011.12.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2800"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2011.12.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. f3 Rfc8 14. Rac1 a6 15. a3 Nh5 16. Be5 Nf6 17. Bg3 Kf8 18. e4 Ke8 19. Bf1 g6 20. Bf2 e5 21. Nc2 Nb3 22. Rb1 b5 23. Ne3 Rd8 24. a4 Nd2 25. axb5 Nxb1 26. Rxb1 Bc5 27. Nc4 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 axb5 29. Nxb5 Kf8 30. Nxe5 Bxe4 31. fxe4 Nxe4+ 32. Kg1 Nd2 33. Rc1 Ra2 34. Na3 Rxb2 35. Nac4 Nxc4 36. Nxc4 Rc8 37. Ra1 Rc2 38. Ne5 Rc1 39. Rxc1 Rxc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 3rd"] [Site "London"] [Date "2011.12.08"] [Round "5"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2698"] [BlackElo "2811"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2011.12.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.18"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Qe2 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Rd1 e5 9. b4 cxb4 10. cxb4 Nge7 11. d4 exd4 12. Bb2 O-O 13. b5 Ne5 14. Nxd4 Rac8 15. Nd2 d5 16. h3 Rfe8 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Rbc1 Qb6 19. Rxc8 Nxc8 20. exd5 Nd6 21. Qf1 Rc8 22. N2b3 Nec4 23. Ba1 Na3 24. Qe1 Rd8 25. Qe7 Re8 26. Qg5 Naxb5 27. Nxb5 Qxb5 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qf4 Qb6 30. Rc1 h5 31. Nc5 Qd8 32. Qb4 Qe7 33. a4 b6 34. Na6 Qf6 35. Re1 Rc8 36. Qb1 Rc4 37. Nb4 Qc3 38. Nc6 Rxa4 39. Qd1 b5 40. Kh2 Qf6 41. Qd2 Ne4 42. Qe3 Qd6+ 43. Kg1 Qxd5 44. Nxa7 Qb7 45. Qd3 Qxa7 46. Rxe4 Rxe4 47. Qxe4 Qa1+ 48. Kh2 Qc3 49. f4 Qc5 50. Qd3 b4 51. f5 h4 52. Qd7 g5 53. Qd8 Qxf5 54. Qd4+ Kg6 55. Qd6+ Qf6 56. Qxb4 Qf4+ 57. Qxf4 gxf4 58. Kg1 Kf5 59. Kf1 Ke4 60. Ke2 f3+ 61. gxf3+ Kf4 62. Kf2 f6 0-1 [Event "London Classic 3rd"] [Site "London"] [Date "2011.12.06"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "RR"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2011.12.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. c5 f5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. a4 g5 13. Nc4 h6 14. f3 f4 15. Ba3 Ng6 16. b5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 Rf7 18. a5 h5 19. b6 g4 20. Nb5 cxb6 21. axb6 g3 22. Kh1 Bf8 23. d6 a6 24. Nc7 Rb8 25. Na5 Kh8 26. Bc4 Rg7 27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. Bxe6 gxh2 29. Nc4 $2 (29. Rc1 Nd7 30. Bf2 $18) 29... Qe8 $11 30. Bd5 h4 31. Rf2 h3 32. gxh3 Rc8 33. Ra5 $6 (33. d7 Qxd7 34. Bxf8 $17) 33... Nh4 $19 34. Kxh2 $2 (34. Rxh2 Nxd5) 34... Nd7 $2 (34... Nxd5 35. exd5 Qg6 $19) 35. Bb4 $17 Rg3 36. Qf1 Qh5 37. Ra3 a5 $6 (37... Nxb6 $1 38. Rc3 Nxd5 $19) 38. Be1 $11 Rxc4 39. Bxc4 Bxd6 40. Rxa5 $2 (40. Rd3 Bc5 41. Be6 $11) 40... Bc5 $19 41. Be2 Bxb6 42. Rb5 Bd4 $2 (42... Bxf2 43. Bxf2 Nxf3+ $19) 43. Bd1 $2 (43. Rd5 Nf6 44. Rd8+ $17) 43... Bxf2 $19 44. Bxf2 Nxf3+ 45. Bxf3 Qxf3 46. Rb1 Rg6 47. Rxb7 Nf6 48. Rb8+ Kh7 49. Rb7+ Kh6 0-1 [Event "London Classic 3rd"] [Site "London"] [Date "2011.12.05"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Howell, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D16"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2633"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2011.12.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.18"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5 12. Qe4 Nf6 13. Qh4 Nb4 14. Bg5 b6 15. Bd3 Nxd3 16. Rxd3 Ba6 17. Rd2 Bb7 18. d5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. Rd3 Rfe8 22. Rh3 h5 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxh5 g6 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Qd2 Re4 28. Rd3 Rae8 29. b3 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Re2 31. Qd1 Qf5 32. Qf1 R8e4 33. Rad1 Qe6 34. Rxe4 Qxe4 35. g3 Kg7 36. h4 a5 37. Rd4 Qe6 38. Qg2 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Re4 40. Rxe4 dxe4 41. Qh1 Qxb3 42. Qxe4 Qb2 43. Kg2 b5 44. h5 bxa4 45. Qxa4 Qb7+ 46. Kg1 Qb1+ 47. Kg2 Qb7+ 48. Kg1 Qd5 49. Qa1+ Kh7 50. hxg6+ Kxg6 51. Qa4 Kf5 52. Kh2 Ke6 53. Qe8+ Kd6 54. Qd8+ Kc6 55. Qa8+ Kd6 56. Qd8+ Ke5 57. Qg5+ Ke6 58. Qe3+ Qe5 59. Qb6+ Ke7 60. Qb7+ Kf6 61. Qc6+ Kg7 62. Qc4 Qh5+ 63. Kg2 Qe5 64. Kh2 Qh5+ 65. Kg2 Qe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 3rd"] [Site "London"] [Date "2011.12.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2734"] [BlackElo "2811"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2011.12.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.18"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Bb6 Qe8 16. Nc1 d5 17. Nxd5 Nxe4 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qe1 f5 20. b3 Bf7 21. c4 Rfe8 22. f3 Nc5 23. Qe3 Nd7 24. Nd3 Nxb6 25. axb6 e4 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Nf4 Rc6 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Qe6 30. Rad1 Rxb6 31. Rd8 Rc6 32. R1d4 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Qxc8 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Qxe4 Qd7 36. Kf2 h6 37. Ke3 a5 38. h3 b6 39. Qe5 Qc6 40. Qe4 Qc5+ 41. Kd3 Qg1 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qe4+ Kg8 44. Qf3 Qc5 45. g4 Qd6+ 46. Ke3 Qe5+ 47. Kd3 Qd6+ 48. Ke3 Qe5+ 49. Kd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2011.11.25"] [Round "9"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2744"] [BlackElo "2811"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2011.11.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 dxc4 7. e4 b5 8. Nxb5 Nxe4 9. Bxc4 Nd6 10. Bd3 Nxb5 11. Bxb5 Bb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Bg3 Rb8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Be7 17. Qxd8 Bxd8 18. Bc4 Be7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Bf4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bc6 22. Rd2 a5 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Be3 Ke8 25. f4 a4 26. Ba7 Ra8 27. Be3 Rb8 28. Ba7 Ra8 29. Be3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2011.11.24"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A65"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2011.11.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. f3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 a6 9. a4 h5 {This looks a bit too early.} 10. Bg5 exd5 11. cxd5 Qc7 (11... Nbd7 $144 12. Be2 Qc7 13. Qd2) 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Be2 Rb8 (13... Re8 { is the main theoretical line.} 14. O-O Nh7 (14... Nf8 15. Rac1 N8h7 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Nh1 Bd7 18. Nf2 Reb8 19. Nd3 Ne8 20. b4 c4 21. Ne1 b5 22. axb5 (22. Nc2 $142) 22... axb5 23. Nc2 Nc7 24. Ra1 f5 25. Nd4 fxe4 26. fxe4 Nf6 27. Bf3 Qe5 $132 {0-1 Gallagher,J (2509)-Huschenbeth,N (2279)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118 (34)}) ( 14... Rb8 15. Rfc1 Nh7 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Rab1 Ne5 18. Be3 h4 19. Nh1 f5 20. Nf2 Qa5 21. b4 cxb4 22. Na2 fxe4 23. f4 Nd3 24. Nxd3 exd3 25. Bxd3 Bf5 26. Rxb4 b5 $13 {1/2 Jussupow,A (2665)-Kotronias,V (2615)/Germany 1996/GER-chT (90)}) 15. Bh6 (15. Be3 $5 f5 16. Rad1 h4 17. Nh1 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Ndf6 19. Nhf2 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf6 21. Nc3 Qa5 (21... h3 $5) 22. Bd3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Bh6 Qc7 25. Kh1 Re5 26. Bf4 Re7 27. Qf2 $16 { 1-0 Svetushkin,D (2571)-Vouldis,A (2539)/Kallithea 2003/CBM 095 ext (42)}) 15... Bh8 (15... Bd4+ 16. Be3 Bg7 17. Rfc1 b6 18. Rab1 f5 19. b4 h4 20. Nh1 Ndf8 21. a5 b5 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. d6 Qxa5 24. Bxc5 $16 { 1-0 Thaler,T (2506)-Butze,R (2457)/ICCF 1999/CBM 114 (41)}) 16. Rac1 (16. Be3 f5 17. Rad1 h4 18. Nh1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 fxe4 20. f4 Ndf6 21. h3 Bd7 22. f5 Bxf5 23. Qe1 $44 { 1-0 Svetushkin,D (2491)-Dochev,D (2391)/Kavala 2002/CBM 089 ext (33)}) (16. Nh1 $5 Ne5 17. Nf2 Qe7 18. Be3 f5 19. Rae1 Qf8 20. Kh1 Bd7 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Nh3 Nf6 23. Rb1 Re7 24. b4 $14 { 0-1 Dragomarezkij,E (2490)-Kovalev,A (2440)/Minsk 1998/CBM 064 ext (53)}) 16... Qa5 (16... Rb8 17. Nh1 Qa5 18. Nf2 Ne5 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. Bd2 Qd8 21. Rb1 b5 22. b4 c4 23. Be3 Qe7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Rfb1 Qf6 27. Bd2 g5 28. Ra5 Rab8 29. Rba1 $14 { 1-0 Haika,G (2339)-Mikrut,D/ICCF Email 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 103 (40)}) 17. Nh1 c4 $6 (17... Ne5 $5 18. Nf2 f5 {A.Dreev}) 18. Ra1 Nc5 (18... Qb4 $5) 19. Bxc4 Qb4 20. Qe2 g5 21. h4 gxh4 22. Bd2 Qb6 23. Nf2 Bd4 24. a5 Qd8 25. Be3 $16 {1-0 Dreev,A (2679)-Kotronias,V (2536)/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 072 (58)}) ({ Other options:} 13... Nh7 14. Bh6 h4 (14... Rb8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. O-O Kg8 17. Qh6 Qd8 18. Nh1 c4 $6 19. Bxc4 Ne5 20. Be2 Qb6+ 21. Nf2 Qxb2 22. Qe3 Qb4 23. Bxa6 $1 $18 { 1-0 Gallagher,J (2514)-Balogh,T (2421)/Charleville 2000/CBM 079 ext (29)}) 15. Bxg7 (15. Nf1 Ndf6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. a5 Rae8 19. Nc4 Bb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Nb6 b4 22. O-O h3 23. g3 Qe7 24. Bb5 Rd8 25. Rfe1 Rfe8 26. Bxe8 { 1-0 Linna,A (2505)-Scuderi,A (2336)/ICCF 1999/CBM 114}) 15... Kxg7 16. Nf1 Qd8 17. Ne3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 Ndf6 20. O-O Bd7 21. Nc4 Ne8 22. a5 Rb8 23. Nb6 Nc7 24. b4 cxb4 25. Qd4+ Nf6 26. Qxb4 $16 { 1-0 Iljushin,A (2520)-Marholev,D (2402)/Figueres 2007/CBM 120 ext (48)}) (13... c4 $5 {deserves serious attention:} 14. Bh6 (14. O-O $142 Rb8 {- game}) 14... Rb8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. O-O h4 17. Nh1 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nf2 Nc5 20. Qg5 b4 21. Na2 Nb3 22. Rad1 c3 23. bxc3 bxc3 24. Rd3 c2 25. Qe3 Qb6 $17 {0-1 Quinteros ,M (2510)-Moreno Carnero,J (2370)/Villa Ballester 1997/EXT 1998 (57)}) 14. O-O c4 15. Be3 (15. f4 $6 Nh7 16. Bh4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. e5 dxe5 19. f5 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Qd4 $17 { 0-1 Campos Moreno,J (2498)-Marholev,D (2407)/Binissalem 2004/EXT 2006 (36)}) ( 15. Bh6 h4 16. Nh1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nf2 b4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Na4 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 { 1/2 Christiansen,L (2590)-Fedorowicz,J (2555)/San Francisco 1991/CBM 023}) (15. Rfc1 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 cxb3 $1 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nxb5 Qb6 20. Rab1 Nfd7 21. Nf1 Ba6 22. Nd4 b2 23. Rc2 Nb3 24. Nxb3 Qxb3 25. Bxa6 Qa2 26. Qd1 Qxa6 $17 { 0-1 Salvador Marques,C (2375)-Cutillas Ripoll,P (2457)/ICCF 2003/CBM 110 (48)}) (15. Rac1 b5 16. axb5 (16. b4 $5 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Nb6 (17... Ne5 $5) 18. Nb2 Nfxd5 $2 19. exd5 c3 20. Nd1 Na4 21. Kh1 f5 22. Qf4 Re8 23. Bd3 Qb6 { 1/2 Svetushkin,D (2530)-Shirazi,K (2399)/Metz 2005/CBM 105 ext (32)} 24. Bc2 $18) 16... axb5 17. b4 Nh7 18. Be3 h4 19. Nh1 f5 20. Nf2 (20. exf5 gxf5 21. Nf2 Ne5 22. Rfe1 Qf7 23. f4 (23. Nh3 Re8 24. Nf4 Ng6) 23... Ng4 24. Bd4 Nxf2 25. Bxf2 h3 $132 { 0-1 Bosch,J (2465)-Stellwagen,D (2543)/Hilversum 2006/CBM 113 (41)}) 20... Qd8 21. f4 fxe4 22. Nfxe4 Ndf6 23. Nf2 Bd7 24. Bf3 Ra8 25. Ra1 Nh5 26. Nfe4 Qe7 27. Rfe1 N7f6 $132 { 1-0 Sachdev,T (2419)-Gomes,M (2325)/Chennai IND 2011/The Week in Chess 888 (37) }) 15... h4 16. Nh1 h3 $146 (16... Nc5 17. Bxc4 Ncxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Qxc4 20. Nf2 Qc7 21. Ba7 Ra8 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Re8 24. Nd3 Qe7 25. Rae1 Bd7 26. e5 $14 { 1-0 Svetushkin,D (2569)-Markidis,K (2370)/Kavala 2006/CBM 113 ext (60)}) 17. Nf2 hxg2 18. Kxg2 Nh5 19. f4 Nhf6 {The position is very complicated. White has a space advantage but his king is quite weak.} 20. Bf3 (20. a5 $5) 20... Re8 ( 20... Nc5 $5) 21. a5 Qd8 $6 (21... b5 $142 22. axb6 Nxb6 23. Bd4 Nbd7) 22. Ne2 $6 (22. Na4 $1 $14 {was a way to exploit Black's inaccuracy.}) 22... Nh7 23. Ng3 b6 24. axb6 Nxb6 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Qf6 27. Ne2 Qxd4 28. Nxd4 Bb7 29. Ra3 Nf6 30. Nc6 Rbc8 31. Na5 Ba8 32. Nc6 { It was quite possible to play on by means of, say,} (32. Rc1) {but GM V.Anand was apparently just looking for any excuse to make a draw in nearly every game of the Tal Memorial.} 32... Bb7 33. Na5 Ba8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2011.11.23"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2826"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2011.11.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O Qa5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Na5 17. e5 Nc4 18. Rd3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rc7 20. Be4 Rfc8 21. Rb3 b6 22. Kf2 f6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Ke2 Kg7 25. Rd1 Rc3 26. Rd3 Rc2+ 27. Rd2 R2c3 28. Rd3 Rc2+ 29. Rd2 R2c3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2011.11.22"] [Round "6"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D56"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2811"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2011.11.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. a3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Be2 c5 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Qd2 Rfc8 19. h3 Nf6 20. Rxc5 Qxc5 21. Ne1 Qc7 22. Qd4 Ne4 23. Bf3 Nf6 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Nd3 Qe4 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27. f3 Nf6 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 Kf8 30. Nd3 Nd7 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. e4 Kd6 33. Ke3 Nc5 34. Nf4 Nd7 35. Nd3 Nc5 36. Nf4 Nd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2011.11.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2800"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2011.11.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. e3 Rd8 9. Bd6 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Ne4 11. O-O Nxd6 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Rfd1 Be7 15. Be2 h6 16. Nd2 Qb4 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Nc4 Bf8 19. a3 Qe7 20. Nd6 Be8 21. Nxe8 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxe8 23. Qb3 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25. Bf3 g6 26. Qa4 a6 27. g3 Bg7 28. Qc4 Qd7 29. Kg2 Be5 30. b4 Qc7 31. Qxc7 Bxc7 32. b5 axb5 33. Nxb5 Bb6 34. Nd6 Bc5 35. Nxb7 Nxb7 36. Bxb7 Bxa3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2011.11.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2802"] [BlackElo "2811"] [Annotator "Postny,E"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2011.11.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O $1 $146 {Surprisingly, this hasn't appeared before. I wouldn't claim that this novelty is overwhelming, but it definitely expands the room for theoretical discussion in this topical line.} (8. Bxc4 a6 9. a4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Bc7 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Rfd1 Bf6 18. Ba5 Rfc8 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Short,N (2658)-Fridman,D (2655)/Caleta 2011/CB05_2011 (32)}) 8... Nd5 $6 (8... a6 $5 {is worth being checked in practice.} 9. a4 c5 10. d5 { The best way to fight for an initiative.} (10. dxc5 Nh5 11. Bd6 Nxc5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne5 Nf6 14. Nxc4 a5 $11) 10... exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Nf6 13. Qe5 $1 (13. Qxc4 Be6 14. Qc2 Qb6 $11) 13... Qe8 (13... Be6 14. Ng5 $14) 14. Bxc4 $14) (8... c5 {is the best continuation, Anand adopted this as well in the London Chess Classic.}) 9. Bxc4 $1 {White doesn't mind exchanging his bishop and spoiling the pawn structure. The advantage in development and space will yield him a long-lasting initiative.} Nxf4 10. exf4 c5 (10... Nb6 11. Bb3 c6 { would be too passive. The control over the square d5 is Black's only trump. All his pieces are on last three ranks and the light-squared bishop has no prospects.}) 11. dxc5 (11. d5 $6 Nb6 12. b3 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxc4 14. bxc4 Be6 $11 ) 11... Qc7 (11... Nxc5 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Ne5 $14) (11... Bxc5 12. Bd3 b6 13. Qc2 (13. Bxh7+ $2 {doesn't work} Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg8 { and the knight will cover from f6.}) 13... g6 14. Be4 Rb8 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rd2 Nf6 17. Ne5 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Rad1 $14) 12. g3 Qxc5 13. Qe2 Nb6 (13... a6 14. Rac1 b5 15. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Rf7 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qc6 Rb8 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21. Re6 Qd8 22. Ng5 Bb7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Qd6 Nf8 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 { Black holds, but the whole variation is frightening for him along the way.}) 14. Bd3 Qh5 (14... Bd7 15. Ne5 Bc6 16. Rac1 $16 {Black's queen is vulnerable.}) 15. Qe3 Bf6 16. Ng5 $1 Bxc3 { This is a human decision. An engine prefers the other knight.} (16... Bxg5 $5 17. fxg5 Bd7 18. Be2 Qg6 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. Rd4 {Threatening 21.Bd3 Qh5 22.Rh4.} h6 21. f4 Rfd8 22. Bd3 Qh5 23. Bh7+ $1 (23. g6 fxg6 24. Qxe6+ Kh7 25. g4 Qh3 26. Qxg6+ Kg8 27. Qh7+ Kf8 (27... Kf7 $4 28. Bg6+ Kf6 29. g5+ Ke6 30. Re1+ { mating.}) 28. Qf5+ Kg8 $11) 23... Kh8 (23... Kxh7 24. Qd3+ $16) 24. Be4 $14) 17. bxc3 h6 18. Be2 Qg6 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. Ne5 Bd7 21. c4 Qe7 { Finally the queen has found a safe shelter.} 22. Qe4 Bc6 $5 {Anand is ready to sacrifice a pawn to release the pressure and complete the development.} (22... Rab8 23. Bd3 g6 24. h4 Na4 25. h5 Nc5 26. Qf3 $16) 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Qxc6 Rac8 25. Qe4 Rc7 26. Rfd1 Rfc8 27. Rd4 g6 {Black has a good blockade against the c-pawn. However, the evaluation is clear - White is much better, the only question is whether he can win it or not.} 28. Rad1 Qf6 29. Qc2 Rc5 30. Qb3 Qe7 31. Bf1 R5c7 32. Qb5 Rc5 33. Qb4 R5c7 $6 {I don't think that Black should allow the exchange of queens, at least under these circumstances.} (33... Kg7 { was a good stand-by move.} {If White insists on a queen swap by} 34. Rd8 R8c7 35. Qc3+ e5 36. fxe5 Qxe5 37. Qxe5+ Rxe5 { then the c-pawn will never go forward.}) 34. Qxe7 Rxe7 35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Rxd8+ Kg7 37. c5 {Now the passed pawn becomes dangerous.} Nd5 38. Bc4 Nf6 39. Rc8 Rd7 40. Bb5 $2 {Wasting time.} (40. c6 Rd1+ 41. Kg2 Rc1 42. Bb5 Nd5 43. a4 Nb4 44. Ra8 {White can't promote the c-passer, so has to exchange it for the a-pawn.} a5 45. Rxa5 Nxc6 46. Ra8 Nd4 47. Be8 { This must be winning for White. Black's knight on d4 is harmless.}) 40... Rd1+ 41. Kg2 Ra1 42. a4 a6 43. Bc6 (43. Bxa6 Rxa4 44. Bb7 Rc4 { makes Black's defensive task easier.}) 43... Rc1 44. Ra8 Rxc5 45. Rxa6 Rc2 46. a5 (46. h3 Nd5 47. Bxd5 exd5 { This endgame would end in a draw as the a- and d-pawns will be exchanged.}) ( 46. Bf3 {will be met by the same idea} Nd5) 46... Ng4 47. Be8 Kf8 48. Ra8 Rxf2+ 49. Kg1 Ra2 50. Bb5+ Kg7 51. a6 Nxh2 52. Rc8 Nf3+ 53. Kf1 Nd4 54. Bc4 Ra3 55. Rc7 Nf5 56. Bxe6 {Admitting that the all the advantage faded away.} Rxa6 57. Bxf7 Kf6 58. Bc4 Ne3+ 59. Kf2 Nxc4 60. Rxc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2011.11.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D97"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2730"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2011.11.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. e5 Be6 11. Qd1 Nd5 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd5 14. Be3 Na5 15. Nd2 c5 16. Bf3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Rc1 e6 20. Qa4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qd5 22. Rxc4 Qxf3 23. Rfc1 Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Qe4+ 25. Kg1 Qg4+ 26. Kh1 Qe4+ 27. Kg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2011.11.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2811"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2011.11.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.18"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. Na3 Nec6 8. c4 cxd4 9. Nb5 a6 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Nbxd4 Be4 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Nd2 Nbc6 16. N4b3 Qc7 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qd6 Qb6 19. Rfd1 O-O 20. Qc5 Qc7 21. Qd6 Qb6 22. Qc5 Qc7 23. Qd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2011.11.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2811"] [BlackElo "2763"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2011.11.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.01.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Nc6 17. Rb1 Rab8 18. Ke2 Qb5+ 19. Qxb5 Rxb5 20. Kd3 Rfb8 21. Kc2 Na5 22. Nd2 Kf8 23. b3 Ke7 24. Kc3 Kd7 25. Rb2 Kc6 26. Rhb1 Rd8 27. b4 cxb4+ 28. axb4 Nb7 29. Nc4 Nd6 30. Ra1 Ne4+ 31. Kc2 Nxf2 32. Rb3 Rg8 33. Ra6+ Kc7 34. Rxa7+ Rb7 35. Rxb7+ Kxb7 36. g3 Ng4 37. Rd3 Rg5 38. h4 Rg7 39. Rd7+ Kc6 40. Ra7 Ne5 41. Nxe5+ fxe5 42. Kd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 15th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2011.10.31"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D70"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2746"] [Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2011.10.28"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.24"] {A very nice and complicated game, truly in the spirit of a final!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 $5 {A good sign! I do not remember Anand ever trying this rare line. The line is quite new and fresh and hardly has anything one could call its "history"! On the other hand, Mamedyarov has some quite "decent" experience with both colors. Does Anand have something spectacular up his sleeves in this "cutting-edge" opening?!} d5 { To be expected, as Mamedyarov plays the Gruenfeld frequently.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 {This is the "tabiya" of this opening.} Nc6 (8... Be6 9. d5 Bc8 10. Bh6 {1-0 (78) Mamedyarov,S (2657)-Eljanov,P (2592) Dubai 2004 is one of "Shak"'s successful experiences in this line.}) (8... e5 { used to be the main line but not nowadays!}) 9. O-O-O Qd6 { A rare choice which seems acceptable .} ({This is one of the main lines in which the theory is highly developed. There are many games in this line including the controversial...} 9... f5 10. h4 fxe4 11. h5 gxh5 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bh6 Nec4 14. Qg5 Rf7 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Rd4 Qd6 17. Bxg7 Rxg7 18. Qxh5 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Bf5 20. fxe4 Bg4 21. Nge2 Qd2 { 0-1 (21) Mamedyarov,S (2724)-Kurnosov,I (2602) Moscow 2009 Remember the story?} ) 10. Kb1 ({The assault with} 10. h4 Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. h5 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. g4 Qc6 {led to a wild position in 1/2-1/2 (49) Grischuk,A (2760) -Mamedyarov,S (2761) Moscow 2010}) (10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Na3 { Only Ivanchuk can play this move!} (11. Bh6 $6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 { 1-0 (53) Mamedyarov,S (2657)-Petrosian,T (2539) Antalya 2004}) 11... e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Kb1 c6 $1 {1-0 (33) Ivanchuk,V (2768)-Sutovsky,E (2700) Ningbo 2011}) 10... Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d5 Ne5 $6 $146 {A dubious novelty! What was worrying "Shak " so much that he felt compelled to deviate from the usual (and fine) continuation which has been played recently? Anand's preparation?!} (12... a6 13. Nc3 Na5 14. Bd4 Nbc4 (14... e5 $5 15. Bxb6 cxb6 {with unclear play}) 15. Qf2 e5 16. Bc5 b6 17. Bb4 c5 $1 {And Black was fine in the game (38) Gustafsson,J (2647) -Mekhitarian,K (2529) 1/2-1/2 Reykjavik 2011}) 13. Qc2 $1 { Anand was ready, and reacted accordingly. White wins a pawn and now Black has to prove that he has enough compensation for his "sacrificed" material.} c6 14. Nxa7 {What else?! A knight's retreat!!?} Rxa7 15. Bxb6 Ra8 16. Ne2 $6 { Anand chooses the safest continuation which in my opinion is too optimistic. He could have gone for the more aggressive:} (16. f4 Ng4 17. Nf3 Re8 18. h3 Nf6 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. dxc6 Qb4 21. Bc4 $1 Qxb6 22. Bxf7+ Kf8 23. Qc4 e6 24. c7 { and White dominates with a winning attack.}) 16... Re8 17. Nc3 Qd6 18. Be3 Bd7 19. dxc6 ({Another option was:} 19. f4 Ng4 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. Bb5 Nxe3 22. Bxc6 Nxc2 23. Bxd7 Ne3 24. Bxe8 Nxd1 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rxd1 Bxc3 27. bxc3 e5 28. Rd7+ Ke6 {White has 2 pawns more after this more or less forced move order, however he also has to deal with many practical issues in this "rook ending", for which, Vishy may not have had enough time on the clock.}) 19... Qxc6 20. Bb5 Qe6 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 {Though Anand's modest play has reduced his advantage, on the other hand he achieves an "easy" ending which he can conduct blindfolded.} Ne5 24. Nd5 Rac8 {It is true that White's extra pawn is doubled but the two on the b-file are doing their defensive duties pretty well and do not allow the knight on e5 any specific "jump". As my mentor GM Nigel Short always points out: "A pawn is a pawn"!} 25. Rd2 e6 26. Nb6 Rcd8 27. Rhd1 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 f5 29. Nc4 fxe4 $6 30. fxe4 $6 (30. Nd6 { could have sealed Black's fate on the spot.}) 30... Rf8 31. h3 Rf1+ 32. Kc2 Nc6 33. Rd1 Rf7 34. Rd6 Re7 35. Bc5 {Anand has started a dominating plan in the center in spite of Mamedyarov's bold defence.} Rf7 $6 { This makes things easier for Anand.} (35... Rc7 { was more stubborn in face of the the "poisoned" e6 pawn.} 36. Rxe6 $4 Kf7 37. Rd6 Bf8 {and now White is the one seeking a draw.}) 36. Rxe6 Bd4 $4 { The final blunder, and now it is all over.} 37. Rxc6 $1 Rf2+ 38. Kd3 bxc6 39. Bxd4 Rxg2 40. Ne5 Rg3+ 41. Kc4 Rxh3 42. Nxc6 h5 43. b4 { The pawn will queen of his own "volition"} 1-0 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 15th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2011.10.31"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2817"] [Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2011.10.28"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.24"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 {The Queen's Gambit Declined! One the most solid variations against 1.d4. Now one wonders what Shak's reaction will be. He needs to win...} 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. g4 $5 $146 {This aggressive move has been tried by Mamedyarov in some other games with a similar "flavor". For example, against Ponomariov if I am not mistaken. This "flank attack" is becoming playable thanks to our Super GMs and engines!} dxc4 (7... c5 $5 { could be another reasonable move following the known principle which states: "in order to face a flank attack one must seek counter play in the center."}) 8. Bxc4 c5 9. g5 Nh5 10. Be5 a6 ({The greedy} 10... Bxg5 { is possible but that is the engines' taste, not the World Champion's!}) 11. Bd3 (11. dxc5) 11... g6 12. h4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 {White's arsenal is focused on Black's king, however, lack of coordination and the well-placed knight on h5 which hinders White's onslaught for several moves. In the meantime Black gets a strong initiative thanks to his strategical advantages: his pair of bishops, and better pawn structure.} b5 14. Nh2 $2 {Mamedyarov plays for the win at any cost and gambles "all in" wtih his position. Unfortunately for him, he has to "bet" it against Anand!} Ra7 $1 {Masterfully played! Black brings in his troops with the highest amount of efficiency.} 15. Qe2 c4 $1 { This move wins a pawn by force.} 16. Bc2 Qa5 17. O-O b4 18. Ne4 Qxe5 19. Ng4 Qc7 20. Rad1 a5 $6 (20... Bd7 21. Rd4 Bb5 {was more accurate.}) 21. Rd4 Ba6 22. Rfd1 c3 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. R4xd3 $6 {I suppose Mamedyarov is still counting on a mistake by Anand, otherwise he would have captured the Bishop with his Queen.} Qc4 25. Nef6+ Bxf6 26. gxf6 Qc5 $2 {Finally it comes! Anand makes a mistake, not only losing his edge but even handing White a dangerous initiative.} (26... h6 $5 27. bxc3 (27. Nxh6+ $4 Kh7 28. Ng4 Qxa2 {is winning for Black.}) 27... bxc3 28. Rc1 Rb7 29. Rcxc3 (29. Nxh6+ $4 {is still a blunder.} Kh7 30. Ng4 Rb2 $19) 29... Rb1+ 30. Kh2 (30. Kg2 $4 Qe4+ 31. f3 Nf4+ {loses the queen}) 30... Qe4 31. f3 Qb7 32. Qg2 (32. Rc2 $2 Rh1+ 33. Kg2 (33. Kxh1 Ng3+ {loses the queen }) 33... Qb1 { with a devastating attack for Black which would finish the game very soon}) 32... Rb2 33. Rc2 Rxc2 34. Qxc2 Qxf3 {And Black still has the upper hand. One should not forget that with the clock ticking away, all these accurate moves can fade away in an instant!}) 27. bxc3 bxc3 28. Rd8 $2 {Mamedyarov returns the favor. He could grab the dangerous c3 pawn and after consolidating his position on d and c file try to invade Black's weak back rank.} (28. Rc1 Qb5 29. Rcxc3 Qb8 30. Qd1) 28... h6 {Anand reacts cautiously...} 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30. Qc4 Qb4 $1 {Since the tables turned, Vishy does not give "Shak" a single chance to come back.} 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. f3 Qb7 33. Qf8 $2 {Mamedyarov stays close with the threat of mate, nevertheless it remains just a "threat" until the end of the game.} Ra8 34. Qxh6+ Kg8 {The dusts has settled, the back rank is covered and the "dangerous" (remember?) c-pawn will triumph.} 35. Ne5 Nxf6 ( 35... c2 {was even quicker}) 36. Qf4 Nd5 37. Qd4 Qb2 38. Nd3 Qe2 39. Re1 Qxf3 40. h5 {A spectaculart game, but one has to switch off the engines and enjoy the dramatic course of the game!} 0-1 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 15th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2011.10.29"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Grigoryan, Avetik"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2614"] [PlyCount "146"] [EventDate "2011.10.28"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.24"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Bf4 c5 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. Qxb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 g5 19. Be3 a6 20. Nd6 Nxe5 21. Bxc5 Kf8 22. b4 f5 23. Nb7 Rdb8 24. Na5 Bxc5 25. bxc5 Rb5 26. Nb3 Ke7 27. Rd6 Nc4 28. Rd3 Na5 29. Nd4 Rxc5 30. Re3 Rd5 31. Nxe6 Nc4 32. Rc3 Kxe6 33. Rxc4 Rad8 34. Kg2 Rd2 35. Ra4 R8d6 36. Kf3 Rc6 37. Re1 Rc3+ 38. Kg2 Rc6 39. Ra5 Kf6 40. h3 Kg6 41. g4 f4 42. Ra3 h5 43. Kf3 Re6 44. Ra5 h4 45. Rc1 Rexe2 46. Rxa6+ Kf7 47. Rc7+ Re7 48. Rxe7+ Kxe7 49. Rg6 Rd5 50. Ra6 Rd2 51. a4 Ra2 52. a5 Ra4 53. Ra8 Kf7 54. a6 Kg7 55. a7 Kh7 56. Ke2 Kg7 57. Kd3 Kh7 58. Kc3 Kg7 59. Kb3 Ra1 60. Kc4 Ra5 61. Kb4 Ra1 62. Kb5 Rb1+ 63. Kc6 Ra1 64. Kd6 Ra6+ 65. Kc7 Ra2 66. Kb6 Rb2+ 67. Kc6 Ra2 68. Rd8 Rxa7 69. Rd7+ Rxd7 70. Kxd7 Kf7 71. Kd6 Kf6 72. Kd5 f3 73. Kd6 Kf7 1-0 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 15th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2011.10.29"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2689"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2011.10.28"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.24"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8. Be3 a6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Bb3 Be7 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Bb7 13. Nd2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 O-O 16. Nc4 Rc8 17. O-O Nf6 18. Qd3 d5 19. exd5 e4 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. Nb6 Qxc2 22. Qxa6 Rcd8 23. a5 Qxb2 24. Qb7 Qe5 25. Nc4 Qxd5 26. Qxe7 Qxc4 27. Rfc1 Qb5 28. Qc5 Qa6 29. Qxb4 Nd5 30. Qxe4 Rfe8 31. Qc4 Qa8 32. Bb6 Rc8 33. Qd4 Rxc1+ 34. Rxc1 Nf6 35. h3 Ne4 36. Re1 Nf6 37. Rxe8+ Nxe8 1-0 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 15th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2011.10.29"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2689"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2011.10.28"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.24"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. Bf4 Na5 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Rac1 b5 15. Qd3 a6 16. b3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Nb1 Qd7 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Nd2 Qb7 22. Nf3 b4 23. Ne5 Bb5 24. Qd1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Qc8 26. Bb2 Nd7 27. Nxd7 Bxd7 28. e4 dxe4 29. Bxe4 f5 30. Bd3 Bb5 31. d5 Bxd3 32. Qxd3 Qd7 33. Qxa6 Qxd5 34. Qc4 Qd7 35. Qd4 Qxd4 36. Bxd4 Kf7 37. Kf1 Bf6 38. Bc5 Be7 39. Bd4 Bf6 40. Bc5 Be7 41. Bd4 Bf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 15th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2011.10.29"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Grigoryan, Avetik"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2614"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2011.10.28"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.24"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Rac1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nfd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 c6 17. e4 Nb4 18. Rfd1 Bd6 19. Nf3 Qd7 20. h4 b5 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Qe2 Rfc8 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Bc3 Qb7 25. d5 exd5 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Bxa5 Ra8 28. Qd2 Bf8 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxa5 31. Nd4 Ra4 32. b3 Ra2 33. Rxb5 g6 34. Kf3 h5 35. b4 Bg7 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Nc6 Bc3 38. Rb7 Kg8 39. Re7 Rb2 40. Re4 Kg7 41. Rf4 f6 42. Re4 g5 43. Re2 g4+ 44. Ke3 Rb3 45. Ke4 Bxb4 46. Nd4 Rc3 47. Rb2 Bc5 48. Nf5+ Kg6 49. Nd4 Bxd4 50. Kxd4 Rf3 51. Ke4 Kh6 52. Rc2 Kg6 53. Rb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 15th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2011.10.29"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A64"] [WhiteElo "2689"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2011.10.28"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.24"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Nh5 15. e4 Bd7 16. a5 Qxa5 17. g4 Nf6 18. f4 Nexg4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. f5 h5 21. Bg5 Qb4 22. f6 Bh8 23. Qd2 Qd4+ 24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. Ne2 Re5 26. Bh4 Ne3 27. Nxd4 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Rxe4 29. Nf3 Bf5 30. Rac1 Rbe8 31. Nc4 Rg4+ 32. Kf2 Bd3 33. Ne3 Bxf1 34. Nxg4 hxg4 35. Kxf1 gxf3 36. Rc7 Re5 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rf8 g5 39. Rxf7+ Kg6 40. Rf8 Bxf6 41. Bg3 0-1 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 15th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2011.10.29"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2689"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2011.10.28"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.24"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. h3 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Be3 Re8 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. a4 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qa5 19. f4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxa4 21. Qxa4 bxa4 22. Rb1 Rc7 23. Bb6 Rcc8 24. Bc5 Ba8 25. Bxa6 Rcd8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rb4 Nd7 28. Bf2 c5 29. Rxa4 Bc6 30. Ra2 Ra8 31. Bc4 Rxa2 32. Bxa2 Bxe4 33. Bb3 Kf8 34. Ba4 Ke7 35. Bxd7 Kxd7 36. Bxc5 h5 37. Kf2 f5 38. g3 Ke6 39. Bf8 g6 40. c4 Bc6 41. Ke3 Bg2 42. h4 Be4 43. Kd4 Bg2 44. Kc5 Bf1 45. Kb4 Kd7 46. Kc5 Ke6 47. Kb4 Kd7 48. Kc5 Ke6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 15th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2011.10.28"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Massoni, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D91"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2304"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2011.10.28"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.24"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. Nf3 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Qa4 e6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Rc3 a6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. a3 b5 18. Qd1 Na5 19. Rc5 Qd7 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Kg7 22. Rec5 Bd5 23. Bg3 Nb3 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. e4 Bc4 27. Bf3 Qd8 28. d5 exd5 29. exd5 a5 30. d6 Be6 31. h4 Qd7 32. Qe1 Bf5 33. Qc3+ 1-0 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 15th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2011.10.28"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Massoni, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2304"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2011.10.28"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.24"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nd5 a6 7. Ba4 Nxd5 8. exd5 b5 9. dxc6 bxa4 10. c3 O-O 11. Qxa4 Qe8 12. b4 Bb6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qc2 Bxc6 15. Qe2 a5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 axb4 18. cxb4 Ra3 19. Qc1 Rxd3 20. Nd2 Qa8 21. f3 Bd5 22. Kh1 Qa3 23. Qxa3 Rxa3 24. Rfc1 Rc8 25. Rc2 Kf8 26. h4 Ke8 27. Nc4 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Kd7 29. b5 c5 30. bxc6+ Rxc6 31. Rg4 g6 32. h5 Ke6 33. hxg6 hxg6 0-1 [Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"] [Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"] [Date "2011.10.11"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2716"] [Annotator "Edouard,R"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2011.09.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.11"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nce2 (6. Nb1 { was Aronian-Vallejo, in round 1 in Sao Paulo.}) 6... Ba6 { A rare but quite logical move.} (6... Nf6 {or}) (6... e6 { are the two main options played.}) 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ng3 c5 9. d5 $146 Be7 $6 { Not only strange, but also not so good.} (9... exd5 10. exd5 Nf6 {should be pla yed. I suppose Anand had some cool idea prepared here, since he played very fast and the computer likes Black!}) 10. Bf4 exd5 11. Qxd5 $5 (11. exd5 { should also be good.}) 11... Qxd5 12. exd5 Nh6 (12... Nf6 13. Nf5 g6 14. Nxe7 Kxe7 15. d6+ Kd8 16. Ne5 {followed by 0-0-0 is definitely good for White.}) 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Nf5 Bf6 (15... Bg5+ 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. h4 $16) 16. Nxh6+ Kg7 17. Nf5+ Kg6 (17... Kh8 18. d6 $16) 18. g4 c3 19. bxc3 bxc3 { A logical move. Somehow Black needs the b-file in order to get some tactical possibilities. That's why, even not taking into account the fact 20.d6 seems to win easily, I cannot understand Anand's next move.} (19... Bxc3 20. Ne7+ Kg7 21. Bxa6 Nxa6 22. d6 $16) 20. Bxa6 $4 {Developing Black's knight, which will happily go to b4, while the b8 square will be free for the rooks.} (20. d6 { seems crushing, and I have no idea what Black can do:} Bxf1 21. Rhxf1 Nd7 { (the only difference I see with Bxa6, but anyway, the knight is supposed to go to b4!)} 22. Ne7+ Kg7 23. g5 $18) 20... Nxa6 21. d6 h5 $2 {A weird move! Opening lines in favour of White. Most probably Black was afraid of something after 21...Rab8. I guess Anand also saw something, since he took on a6. But I cannot see it myself!} (21... Rab8 $1 {just draws, for example:} 22. d7 Rb2 23. N3h4+ Kg5 24. f4+ Kxg4 25. Rhg1+ Kxf4 26. Rgf1+ Kg5 27. Rg1+ Kf4 $11) 22. Ne7+ Kh7 23. Rd5 Nb4 (23... Rfb8 {seems like the good choice again, but it seems White still wins, even though it is complicated:} 24. Rf5 (24. Rxh5+ Kg7 25. Nf5+ Kf8 26. g5 (26. Ng5 Bxg5+ 27. Rxg5 Rb2 {and Black will get a draw.}) 26... Bg7 27. Nxg7 (27. Rh7 $2 Rb2 $19) 27... Kxg7 28. Kc2 Rb2+ 29. Kxc3 Rab8 30. Nd2 Ra2 {with enough counterplay for a draw.}) (24. Nc6 hxg4 25. Nxb8 Rxb8 26. Ne1 Rb2 27. Nd3 Nb4 28. Nxb4 cxb4 29. Rg1 b3 30. Rxg4 Bg7 $11) 24... Bxe7 (24... Rb2 25. Nd5 {seems winning for White since no tactic is working.}) 25. dxe7 Nb4 26. gxh5 $1 Na2+ 27. Kc2 Rb2+ 28. Kd3 c2 29. Ng5+ $1 Kh6 (29... Kg8 30. h6 c1=R 31. Rxc1 Nxc1+ 32. Kc3 Rb6 33. h7+ Kh8 34. Rxf7 Na2+ 35. Kc4 Rb4+ 36. Kxc5 Rc8+ 37. Kd6 Rbb8 38. Ne6 Nc3 39. Nf4 $18) 30. Nxf7+ Kh7 31. Ng5+ Kh6 32. Rf8 $1 c1=Q 33. Rxc1 Nxc1+ 34. Kc4 Rbb8 35. Nf7+ Kg7 36. Nd8 $18) 24. Rxh5+ Kg7 25. Nf5+ Kg8 26. g5 Bd4 27. Rg1 (27. Rd1 $1 {seems stronger to me:} Na2+ $8 (27... Rfb8 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. Rxd4 $18) 28. Kb1 Rab8+ 29. Kxa2 Rb2+ 30. Ka3 Rfb8 31. N5xd4 cxd4 32. Nxd4 Rd2 33. Rc1 Rxd4 34. Rxc3 Rxd6 35. Rch3 $18) 27... Rab8 28. g6 Nd3+ $2 ({After} 28... fxg6 29. N5xd4 Nd3+ $1 30. Kc2 cxd4 $1 {White should be better, but it's not entirely clear. It looks like the game should carry on with} 31. Rxg6+ Kf7 32. Rhh6 Nb4+ 33. Kd1 d3 34. Ne5+ Ke8 35. f4 Rb7 36. Rg3 $16) 29. Kc2 Nf4 30. N3xd4 cxd4 31. Rh8+ Kxh8 32. g7+ Kg8 33. gxf8=Q+ (33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. gxf8=N+ $8 (34. gxf8=Q $2 Rb2+ 35. Kd1 $8 Rb1+ $11) 34... Rxf8 35. Rg4 Ne6 36. Nc6 $18 {Total domination! I don't know whether Anand failed to realise that Ne7+ matters, or whether he simply missed the knight promotion! I suppose the first option is much more probable.}) 33... Kxf8 34. Nxd4 Nd5 $6 (34... Rb2+ $8 35. Kxc3 Rb6 { and Black will recover a pawn, which is not entirely lost, though it should be. }) (34... Rb6 35. Rb1 $1 $18) 35. Nb5 $5 (35. Rb1 $18) 35... Rc8 36. Rg4 a5 37. Nc7 $1 Nxc7 38. Rc4 Ke8 39. dxc7 1-0 [Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"] [Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"] [Date "2011.10.10"] [Round "9"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D24"] [WhiteElo "2807"] [BlackElo "2817"] [Annotator "Edouard,R"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2011.09.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.11"] [TimeControl "40/5400+10:3600+10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O { First surprise!} Nf6 ({Normally people play} 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 { which is supposed to be fine for Black.}) 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Bg5 $1 $146 (9. Ne5 { was the usual move, but after} Rb8 $1 { Black was fine in Halkias-Fressinet (2010).}) 9... Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. d5 exd5 12. Rfe1+ Be6 13. Bxd5 (13. Ba6 $1 {was simply strong in my opinion: I don't know how Black should defend. Of course White isn't winning, as Black can play either ...bxa6 and ...Kf8, or ...0-0 and ...Be7 (to sac the exchange) which only gives White a small yet stable plus. Aronian probably judged the move insufficient, but I think it may be best, since Black was just fine at some point in the game, in my opinion.}) 13... O-O 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Rad1 { An interesting try... but the more I look at it, the more I prefer my 13.Ba6!} (15. Rxe6 {should be slightly better for White "by default", due to the pawn structure and better activity, but after something like} Qd7 16. Re2 Kh8 { it should of course not be a big deal at all.}) 15... Qe8 (15... Qe7 { first made sense: what is White supposed to do here? Anyway, Black's queen will go to f7, and 16.Nd5 is just equal. So why not win a tempo just in case 16.Ne4 is played?} 16. Qb3 (16. Nd5 Qf7 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $11) 16... Rad8 $1 17. Qxb7 Nd4 { and Black has enough counterplay to compensate for his pawn structure.}) 16. Ne4 (16. Qb3 Rd8 (16... Qf7 $5 17. Qxb7 Nd4 {is also possible.}) 17. Qxb7 Nd4 { is unclear.}) 16... Qe7 $6 (16... Rd8 $1 17. Qb3 Qf7 18. Qxb7 Nd4 { was again the way: Black has good counterplay.}) 17. Qb3 Rab8 $6 {Black is bein g too passive. He should play ...Rd8 at some point. But from a human point of view it is probably extremely difficult to sac the b7 pawn: Black's structure becomes extremely ugly as a result. In fact, it is possibly only at home that one can to evaluate whether ...Nd4 will give enough counterplay. Or maybe Anand evaluated correctly but felt that passive play was enough to equalise. Difficult to say! But in Bilbao everyday somebody loses for being too passive! This round was Anand's turn...} (17... Rad8 { should be played, again. Though Black lost some tempi, he should hold:} 18. Qxb7 Nd4 19. Neg5 $5 Rb8 20. Qxa7 Ra8 $1 21. Qb7 Rfb8 22. Qe4 Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3 Rxa2 $11) 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Ng5 {Now Black is under pressure.} Qb4 $6 { Not accurate, since it seems Black has to play ...g6 on the next move, which is not good news.} (19... Kh8 {seems quite logical, but somehow Black needs to play ...Nd4 in good circumstances in order to equalise at some point, which he is unable to do:} 20. Rc1 (20. Re3 $5) 20... Qd7 21. Nxe6 Nd4 22. Nc5 $1 { and White is still quite dominating thanks to his space advantage.}) 20. Qc2 Rg6 $6 { Too artificial, but of course playing 20...g6 is a very unpleasant choice.} ( 20... g6 21. Re4 Qe7 22. Rde1 e5 (22... Nd8 23. h4 { is very unpleasant for Black who is just defending.}) 23. f4 Rf5 24. b4 $1 { and Black's position looks simply bad.}) (20... Rh6 $2 21. Rxe6 $18) 21. Re4 Qa5 (21... Qe7 {should be the only move, but of course after something like} 22. h4 Rd8 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Qd8 25. Qb3 {Black has huge problems.}) 22. h4 {Now it gets disastrous.} Re8 23. Rd7 h6 24. b4 $5 (24. Re3 $18) 24... Qf5 ( 24... Qb5 25. a4 Nxb4 26. Qxc7 Nd5 27. axb5 Nxc7 28. Nf3 Nxb5 29. Ne5 Rf6 30. Rg4 $18) 25. Rxe6 $1 {Of course a terrible tournament for the World Champion, but let's not forget how difficult it is to play somewhere just months before a World Championship match!} 1-0 [Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"] [Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"] [Date "2011.10.08"] [Round "8"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2817"] [Annotator "Edouard,R"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2011.09.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. Rd2 Rfd8 14. Rad1 a6 15. h3 Bc6 16. Ne1 $146 Qc7 17. Bf3 Ne5 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. b3 Ra7 20. Bg3 Qc8 { Maybe a good move, especially since the World Champion played it, but I simply don't like it. I feel Black shouldn't be so passive.} (20... Ng6 { was one decent option, followed by ...Rad7.}) 21. Na4 ({ An option for White was simply} 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Nf3 Nd7 { and then a move like} 24. g4 $5 {with a space and structural advantage. However, Black is still extremely solid and has no special weakness. Though White's play on the white squares should be quite easy, I believe Black should hold.}) 21... Re8 22. Bh4 (22. Bxe5 $1 {was simply strong in my opinion:} dxe5 23. Nf3 (23. e4 $5) 23... e4 { The "tactical" way, but I'm not sure it is a good idea for Black!} (23... Qc7 24. e4 $5 {seems simply very unpleasant for Black to me. Maybe Black should hold, but without a light squared bishop, I would not like to play that position with Black.}) 24. Ne5 h5 (24... Qc7 25. Ng4 { looks very good for White:} Qc6 26. Nc3 Nxg4 27. hxg4 f5 28. gxf5 exf5 29. Rd5 g6 30. Ne2 {and Black is under huge pressure.}) 25. g4 $5 {A logical option, though there are some others. All Black's pieces stand on the queenside, so White tries to act on the kingside! Somehow, White's pieces should get there faster.} ({The engine suggests} 25. Nc3 {but after} Qc7 26. Nd7 Nxd7 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Qxe4 Red8 {I don't think White can be so much better.}) 25... Qc7 26. Qb2 hxg4 27. hxg4 Qc8 (27... g5 28. Rd7 Nxd7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Nxd7 Rxd7 31. Qe5 { is much better for White (maybe even winning): all Black's pawns are hanging!}) 28. g5 Nh7 29. g6 fxg6 30. Nb6 $1 Qc7 31. Nbd7 Ng5 32. Kg2 { and Black is in huge trouble.}) 22... Ned7 23. Nc3 Ra8 24. f4 Qc7 25. Nf3 Rad8 26. e4 Nb8 27. e5 {Maybe too early.} ({Something like} 27. Qd3 Nc6 28. Qe3 { in order to centralise all the pieces might be better. Black is always under pressure, since e5 may come at any moment, and maybe White can start pushing the kingside pawns (g4 and so on) sooner or later. Of course Black is very solid, but the position seems pretty tough to play for him.}) 27... dxe5 28. fxe5 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Rd8 30. Qe1 Rxd1 31. Nxd1 Nh7 32. Bxe7 Qxe7 33. Nf2 (33. Qa5 {would have been the only chance to get some advantage, but after} Nc6 $1 ({ After} 33... Qa7 34. Qd8+ $5 {(not the only way)} Nf8 35. Nb2 Nbd7 36. Nd3 Qb7 37. Nd2 Qc6 38. Kf2 {maybe Black is suffering a little bit.}) 34. Qb6 (34. Qxa6 Qc7 $11) 34... Qd7 35. Nf2 Nd4 36. Qd6 Nxf3+ 37. gxf3 Qb7 38. Ne4 Ng5 { I guess Black draws by force.}) 33... Qc7 {That position is simply equal.} 34. Ne4 Nf8 35. h4 Nbd7 36. Nf2 Ng6 37. Nd3 Ne7 38. Qe4 Qc6 39. Nf2 Qxe4 40. Nxe4 Nc6 41. Kf2 Kf8 42. g4 Ke7 43. g5 a5 44. Ke3 Ncxe5 45. Nxe5 Nxe5 46. Nxc5 hxg5 47. hxg5 f5 48. gxf6+ gxf6 49. a3 f5 50. Kd4 Nc6+ 51. Kc3 Kd6 52. b4 axb4+ 53. axb4 e5 54. Nb3 e4 55. b5 Nd8 56. c5+ Kd5 57. Nd4 Kxc5 58. Nxf5 Nb7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"] [Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"] [Date "2011.10.07"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2753"] [Annotator "Edouard,R"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2011.09.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ $146 (20. Kf2 { was played in Motylev-Malakhov 2011, with a draw a few moves later.}) 20... Kxd8 21. Kf2 Nf5 22. Rh1 Ng7 23. Bd2 (23. b3 $5 { was the way to keep all the pawns:} Bf5 24. Nd1 $1 {The c2-pawn is untouchable. But White's knight is still far from the f4/h4-squares, and I believe Black should hold just playing passively. For example:} Be6 (24... Bxc2 $2 25. Ne3 Bf5 {The only move.} 26. Ng2 $1 $16) 25. Bc1 b6 {and Black will face} 26. Ne3 { by playing} Bf7 ({or} 26... Rg5 $5) 27. Ng2 Ne8 28. Nf4 Rg5 {and I don't see how White can get more than some strategical draw. Black's rook still has many squares, especially f5.}) 23... Bf5 24. Nd1 Bxc2 25. Ne3 Bd3 26. Ng2 Ne6 { Black had to give up the h-pawn, which is a good achievement by White (by far worth the c2-pawn). Even so, Black is up a pawn, though I think the position is a dead draw. White cannot risk too much on the kingside since he's a pawn down, and Black cannot insist either, since White's majority is simply stronger than Black's. Furthermore, White is simply much more active. My feeling is that the position is equal.} 27. Rxh5 Rg7 28. Bc3 Ke7 29. Rh6 Rf7 30. g4 Bb1 31. a3 f5 {A drawish move, and though he is not worse by any means, Black can never hope for more.} 32. g5 $1 { Giving a second pawn, but White clearly has enough activity to draw.} Nxg5 33. Nf4 Ke8 34. Rg6 Nh7 35. Rg8+ Rf8 36. Rg7 Rf7 {Naka's famous comment after the game, "Thanks to Kramnik I was able to just play something silly like the Berlin and draw against the World Champion relatively effortlessly." actually says a lot : )} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"] [Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"] [Date "2011.10.06"] [Round "6"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2823"] [BlackElo "2817"] [Annotator "Edouard,R"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2011.09.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. e4 c5 13. Bd3 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. O-O dxc4 16. Bxc4 $146 {Both a novelty and the computer's first choice!} (16. Nxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 {was just equal in Van Wely-Leko (2008).}) 16... cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rfd1 (20. Rfe1 { is no improvement after} Rfd8 21. Nf1 Na4 22. b3 Nb2 23. Re7 Nxc4 24. Rxb7 Nd2) 20... Na4 $1 21. Rab1 Rfd8 22. Bb5 Bc6 23. Be2 Bd5 24. Nf1 Be6 25. Ne3 f5 ( 25... Bb3 {is a different route with the same destination.} 26. Rd3 (26. Rxd8+ Rxd8) 26... Rxd3 27. Bxd3 Ba2 28. Ra1 Be6) 26. g3 Kg7 27. Kf2 Kf6 28. Ba6 Rb8 29. b4 Nc3 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rc1 Nd5 32. Ng2 (32. Rd1 Ke7 33. Nxd5+ Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Bxd5 {should just be a draw, as Black has not enough weaknesses.}) (32. Nxd5+ Rxd5 33. Ke3 Rd7 { should also be nothing special, though White stands a little bit better.}) 32... Rd7 33. Rc2 Rc7 34. Ne3 Rxc2+ 35. Nxc2 f4 36. Nd4 Bd7 37. Ke2 fxg3 38. hxg3 Ne7 39. Ke3 Nf5+ 40. Nxf5 Kxf5 41. Kd4 Ke6 42. Bc4+ Ke7 43. f4 f6 44. Bd5 Kd6 45. Bf3 Be6 46. Ba8 Bf5 47. Bf3 Be6 48. Ba8 Bf5 49. Bf3 Be6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"] [Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"] [Date "2011.10.01"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2807"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2011.09.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Bd2 bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qd8 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Nc4 Qc8 18. Qf3 Bg4 19. Qe3 Be6 20. Qe2 Rd8 21. a5 Qc6 22. Nb6 Rb7 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rac1 Qe8 25. b4 cxb4 26. Bxb4 d5 27. Bc3 Bd6 28. f4 dxe4 29. fxe5 exd3 30. Qe3 Nd5 31. Nxd5 exd5 32. Qxd3 Bc5+ 33. Bd4 Qb5 34. Rc3 Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Bxd4+ 36. Rxd4 Rb5 37. Rc1 Rxa5 38. e6 Rb5 39. Rc6 a5 40. h3 h6 41. Ra6 Rb7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"] [Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"] [Date "2011.09.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A35"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2011.09.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.11"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 e6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bb5 Bg7 11. Qa3 Qe7+ 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bf4 f6 15. Rc1 g5 16. Be3 Bd7 17. h4 h6 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Rxh8 Rxh8 20. Kd2 Bf8 21. Ne1 Kf7 22. Nd3 Kg6 23. Nc5 Be8 24. g3 Kf5 25. Rc3 Bd6 26. Ra3 Rh7 27. Ra6 Kg4 28. Nd3 Rc7 29. b4 Bd7 30. b5 Be7 31. bxc6 Bxc6 32. Ra5 Bd8 33. Nb4 Ba8 34. Rc5 Rd7 35. a3 Bb7 36. Nd3 Ba6 37. Nb4 Bc4 38. Rc8 Be7 39. Ra8 Rb7 40. Nc6 Bxa3 41. Rxa7 Rxa7 42. Nxa7 Bb4+ 43. Kc2 Kf3 44. Nc8 Bb5 45. Kd1 Ba4+ 46. Kc1 Ke2 47. Kb2 Bd7 48. Nb6 Bc6 49. Nc8 g4 50. Kc1 Bd7 51. Nb6 Be6 52. Na4 Be1 53. Nc5 Bf5 54. Na4 Bxf2 55. Bxf2 Kxf2 56. Nc3 Be4 57. Kd2 Bf3 0-1 [Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"] [Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"] [Date "2011.09.28"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C63"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"] [PlyCount "138"] [EventDate "2011.09.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 {This is the Tabiya move of the "Schliemann Defence". It is a rare guest at the top though, it has been seen in the repertoire of Azeri Super-GM Teimor Radjabov, who is using it successfully. What, I wonder, did Ivanchuk choose to abandon to try it instead?!} 4. d3 { This is the solidest approach. There are a lot of fireworks in this opening, from Anand refrains from facing.} (4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qg5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Qxf4 10. d4 Qd6 11. Ne5+ c6 12. Bc4 Be6 13. c3 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qd5 15. Qb3 {1-0 (66) Karjakin,S (2776) -Nisipeanu,L (2659) Medias 2011. This is what has to be investigated and will become one of the main positions in this developing opening.}) 4... fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O { There are other options such as:} (6. Qd3 Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd8+ Bxd8 10. O-O O-O {1/2-1/2 (46) Karjakin,S (2760)-Aronian,L (2801) Moscow 2010. Which yields positions similar to the Spanish Exchange.}) (6. Be3 $5 { was another interesting recent novelty by another Azeri Super-GM!} Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 Ba6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. Qa4 Qc8 12. O-O-O {1-0 (23) Gashim ov,V (2760)-Azarov,S (2648) Khanty Mansiysk 2011. With a much preferable position for White.}) 6... Bc5 7. Nc3 ({Another alternative is} 7. Qd3 d6 (7... Nd4 {This rare move is bound to become fashionable, both as a result of Black's success and the engines' support of it.} 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Nd2 a6 10. Ba4 Qe7 11. Nf3 Bb6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nh4 d6 $132 { 1/2-1/2 (31) Nisipeanu,L (2659) -Radjabov,T (2744) Medias 2011}) 8. Qc4 { would lead to a long theoretical battle.}) 7... O-O 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd5 Kh8 10. c3 {A rare choice but still a lot of theory.} Ne7 11. Nxf6 gxf6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Ng6 {White's doubled pawns on the e-file are Black's compensation for his backward pawn on f6. Tit for tat!} 14. Nd2 c6 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Rf2 Qb6 17. Nf1 Rf7 {Both parties are regrouping their pieces.} 18. Qh5 Rg8 19. Re1 d5 ({ The greedy} 19... Bxa2 {could causes Black some problems such as} 20. Ng3 { However after} Be6 {White has nothing more than "compensation".} (20... Ne7 $2 21. b3 $1 Bxb3 (21... Qxb3 22. Ra1 {and the bishop is trapped.}) 22. Rb1 Qxe3 23. Rxb3 {with a winning position for White.})) 20. Ng3 $6 {I believe that this where Anand starts to go astray. The position is still balanced but it is Black now who is dictating the game. This is a fact that Anand seemed to refuse to acknowledge during the game.} (20. exd5 cxd5 21. Bf5 { would have resulted in a dynamic equilibrium.} (21. Ng3 $6 e4 22. Bb1 Ne5 { causes White trouble.})) 20... d4 21. exd4 exd4 22. e5 $2 {Optimism? miscalcula tion? This is too much. Anand loses a pawn and the pin on f2 will become a deadly weapon in Black's hand.} dxc3 23. Bxg6 Rxg6 24. bxc3 Bg4 25. Qh4 fxe5 26. Ne4 Be6 27. Kh1 Rxf2 28. Nxf2 Qb2 29. Rd1 Qe2 30. h3 h6 $6 {This just makes things a bit shaky. Instead, Ivanchuk could place his bishop on tthe excellent post of d5. This multi-purpose move closes the d-file and attacks the g2 point at the same time.} (30... Bd5 $1 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. Qe7+ Bf7 { And White's queen retreat is mandatory.} 33. Qh4 h5 $1 {followed by ...Bd5 which this time is deadly because this time Black's king is sheltered on the h-file. Who can blame Ivanchuk for not seeing this in time trouble?!}) 31. Kh2 Qe3 $6 {This seems like a waste of time but it is crucial to take drastic measures from a human point of view.} 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rb8 $6 (33. a4 { could keep White in the game.}) 33... Rg7 34. Rf8 Qg5 35. Qe4+ Qg6 36. g4 Bxa2 {Ivanchuk could have played this after trading queens and made it easier on himself.} 37. Qxe5 Qe6 38. Qf4 Rf7 39. Rxf7+ Qxf7 40. Qe4+ Kg7 41. Nd3 Qc7+ 42. Ne5 Qd6 43. Kg3 a5 $1 {The free pawn has to be pushed!} 44. Qf4 a4 45. g5 hxg5 46. Qxg5+ Kf8 $1 { After time trouble, Ivanchuk's nerves are calm. This is the most accurate.} 47. c4 c5 48. Qf5+ Ke7 49. Kg2 Bb3 $6 {Loss of a tempo?} 50. Qe4 b6 (50... a3 { would have sealed White's fate much earlier.} 51. Qxb7+ Ke6 52. Qxb3 Qd2+ 53. Kf3 a2 $3 {And Black wins!} 54. Nd3 Kf5 $3 {Look at the position! It is insane! }) 51. Ng4+ { Now Black is clearly winning and Ivanchuk gradually converts his advantage.} Qe6 52. Qb7+ Kf8 53. Qb8+ Kg7 54. Qc7+ Kg6 55. Qf4 Bc2 56. Qh6+ Kf7 57. Qf4+ Kg7 58. Qc1 Be4+ 59. Kg3 Qd6+ 60. Kh4 Qe7+ 61. Kg3 Qd6+ 62. Kh4 Kf7 63. Qb2 Bf5 64. Qf2 Kg6 65. Qa2 Bxg4 66. hxg4 Qd8+ 67. Kg3 Qd3+ 68. Kh4 a3 69. Qa1 Kf7 0-1 [Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"] [Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"] [Date "2011.09.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2817"] [Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2011.09.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.11"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 {The fashionable Moscow system. It is one of the most complicated lines nowadays, so who else did you expect to play this?!} 9. Ne5 Nbd7 { A rare choice by Anand.} 10. Nxc6 Qb6 11. d5 Bb7 12. a4 a6 13. Be2 Bxc6 $146 { This perfectly logical move is a novelty. The other alternative has also been a successful one in practice, nevertheless there might be something in there that Anand did notlike!} (13... Bg7 14. dxe6 (14. O-O O-O 15. Bf3 { Was this what caused Anand to refrain from this continuation?}) 14... Bxc6 15. exd7+ Nxd7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. O-O Ne5 19. Nd5 Qc5 20. Kh1 O-O 21. f4 gxf4 22. Bxf4 f5 23. b4 Qd6 24. Bf3 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Rd8 26. Rf2 c3 27. Rf3 Bxd5 28. Rd3 Nxd3 {0-1 (28) Kasimdzhanov,R (2695)-Gelfand,B (2733) Nalchik 2009 }) 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8+ Qxa8 17. O-O (17. Nxb5 $6 { does not yield anything after} Bb4+ {and castles.}) 17... Qc6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 (19. Bf3 N7b6 20. Ne4 Bc5 21. Kh1 b4 22. Qe2 {White plans to move his bishop and play f4, hoping for a devastating attack. Black is a pawn up and has a very strong majority on the queenside, which is balanced by his exposed king, making the position unclear.}) 19... Qxd5 20. Qa1 Bg7 21. Rd1 Qc5 $1 { Covers the a3-f8 diagonal.} 22. Qa8+ Ke7 23. Qb7 Rd8 24. Bf3 Bxe5 $2 (24... Qc8 25. Qxb5 Qc7 26. Qb4+ Ke8 {seems quiet safe for Black.}) 25. Bxe5 $2 { Returns the favour.} (25. Bc6 Kf6 (25... Bxg3 26. hxg3 b4 (26... Kf6 $4 { losing to} 27. Qc7 $18) 27. Rxd7+ Rxd7 28. Qxd7+ Kf6 { seems like a piece up position for White to me!}) 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Bxd7 Bxg3 28. hxg3 b4 29. Be8 Qf8 30. Ba4 Qd6 31. Qf3+ Kg7 32. Qe3 {also seems like a piece up position to me! The position is far from winning but it seems more promising for White than the game.}) 25... Qxe5 26. Bc6 Kf6 $1 27. Bxd7 Qxb2 28. Rf1 c3 29. Qc7 Ra8 (29... Rxd7 30. Qxd7 c2 31. Qd2 b4 32. f4 Kg6 { is also drawish.}) 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. f4 Ra1 32. fxg5+ Kxg5 33. Qg7+ Kh5 34. Qf7+ Kg5 35. Qf6+ Kh5 36. Qf7+ Kg5 37. Qg7+ Kh5 38. Qf7+ {A nice battle!} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"] [Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"] [Date "2011.09.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2823"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2011.09.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Be3 Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. a3 Rd8 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Nc5 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Bc8 18. Nd3 Ng6 19. Nf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Be7 21. Nd4 Bc5 22. Be3 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Ke7 24. f3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. g4 h5 27. Kf2 g6 28. Bg5+ Ke8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Botvinnik Memorial"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2011.09.03"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2807"] [Annotator "RR"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2011.09.02"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "23"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.09.16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 {Diese Umgruppierung ist ein wenig umstritten und sieht man heute eher selten, aber sogar Anand selbst hat schon so gespielt.} 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3 h6 14. Ba2 Bf8 15. Nh2 Nc5 16. Nhg4 Nxg4 { Man hat den Eindruck, dass Weiß derart ein Tempo gewinnt.} ({Bisher hat sich} 16... Ne6 17. Nf5 Kh7 {bewährt, der Plan ist ...Nxg4 und ...g6.}) 17. Qxg4 Ne6 18. h4 $1 Bc8 19. h5 { Das hätte nicht geeilt, Weiß verliert die Kontrolle über g5.} ({Einfach} 19. Nf5 {sieht gut aus.}) 19... c6 20. Nf5 Kh8 ({Hier würde} 20... Ng5 $1 { das Spiel nahezu ausgleichen.}) 21. Be3 d5 22. Qf3 $1 Ng5 { Das ist im Prinzip ein Bauernopfer.} ({Vermutlich war} 22... Bb7 { Aronian zu passiv.}) 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. Ne3 Re6 $5 ({Korrekt ist} 24... f5 $1 { So verbleibt nur} 25. Nxf5 $5 ({nach} 25. exf5 Bc5 { besitzt Schwarz genügend Spiel für den Bauern.} 26. Nxd5 $2 (26. Bxd5 $2 cxd5 27. Qxd5 Qe7 $19) 26... cxd5 27. Qxd5 Qe7 28. Qxa8 Bb7 $19) (25. exd5 f4 26. Nf1 Bg4 {sofort zum Remis}) 25... Bc5 { , aber auch dann ist es fraglich, ob Weiß Vorteil besitzt.}) 25. exd5 Rf6 26. Qe2 Bh3 $5 {Der Angriff ist vermutlich gefährlicher als er aussieht, aber objektiv unkorrekt.} 27. dxc6 Rd8 28. b4 Rd4 29. c3 Rdf4 30. Bd5 Bd6 (30... Rxf2 31. Qxf2 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 $18) 31. f3 (31. Be4 $6 Rxf2 32. Qxf2 Rxf2 33. Kxf2 f5 34. Bd5 f4 $36) 31... e4 $1 32. Bxe4 Rh4 $1 33. Kf1 $2 (33. g4 g6 34. hxg6 h5 35. Nd5 Bxg4 36. fxg4 Rxg4+ 37. Bg2 Rxg6 38. Ne3 Rg3 39. Ra2 h4 40. Nf1 h3 41. Nxg3 Qxg3 42. Qf2 Qh2+ 43. Kf1 hxg2+ 44. Qxg2 Rxg2 45. Rxg2 { Vielleicht hält Weiß geradeso remis.}) ({Nach} 33. Nf1 $1 {steht Weiß wohl auf Gewinn, aber in einer Schnellschachpartie ist noch vieles möglich.} Re6 (33... Bc8 34. Qe3 Qxh5 35. Qb6 Rh1+ 36. Kf2 Qh4+ 37. Ke2 Re6 38. Kd2 $18) 34. Qf2 Bc7 35. Re2 f5 36. Bd5 Bxg2 37. Qxh4 Qxh4 38. Rxe6 Qd8 39. Ne3 $18) 33... Bf4 $2 ({ Nach} 33... Qxh5 $1 {wäre Weiß in Schwierigkeiten gewesen, denn} 34. gxh3 $2 ( 34. Kf2 Qg5 35. Rh1 Bxg2 36. Nxg2 Qg3+ 37. Ke3 Qg5+ 38. Kf2 {mit remis}) 34... Rxh3 {ist schon besser für Schwarz.}) 34. gxh3 Rxh3 35. Qg2 Rg3 36. Qf2 Re6 37. Nf5 Rh3 38. Qg2 1-0 [Event "Moscow Botvinnik Memorial"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2011.09.03"] [Round "6"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2823"] [BlackElo "2817"] [Annotator "Postny,E"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2011.09.02"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "23"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.09.16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {Avoiding the famous "Berlin" endgame that arises after 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8 Kxd8.} Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Ba4 {Normally, White takes on d4, as later on he can win a tempo by atacking the black bishop. Here is the most recent example:} (6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. c3 Bb6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Re1 (16. Ne3 $5 Nh5 17. Bf2 Nf4 18. d4 { is, perhaps, more promising.}) 16... Nh5 17. Bf2 Nf4 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R (2764)-Kramnik,V (2781)/Dortmund 2011/CB30_2011 (50)}) 6... Nxf3+ (6... Qe7 7. c3 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 c6 9. Bg5 d6 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. b4 Bb6 14. Nc4 Ke7 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E (2563)-Adams,M (2745)/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (26)}) 7. Qxf3 O-O 8. Qg3 (8. Nc3 c6 9. Bb3 d6 (9... b5 10. h3 a5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 d5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Ng3 $14) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 {Black is not worse in this endgame. The damaged pawn structure is well compensated for by the pair of strong bishops.}) 8... d6 9. Bg5 {Carlsen doesn't wish to develop the knight so far, keeping in mind both options Nc3 and Nd2.} c6 10. Bb3 Nh5 $1 ( 10... Be6 11. Nd2 a5 12. a4 Re8 13. Kh1 $36) 11. Qh4 Nf6 {Black doesn't mind repeating moves. Meanwhile, the next move is ...h7-h6. This way he gets rid of the unpleasant pin.} 12. Nc3 {Of course, the game doesn't end so soon by the boring repetition of moves. Objectively, the position is equal anyway. The whole opening line can be considered as harmless for Black.} (12. Kh1 h6 13. Bd2 ({The piece sacrifice doesn't work:} 13. f4 $4 hxg5 14. fxg5 Ng4 $19) 13... a5 14. Nc3 {would lead to the same position as in the game.}) 12... h6 13. Bd2 a5 14. Kh1 Bd4 15. f4 Ng4 { Anand correctly offers the queen swap, otherwise he might come under attack.} ( 15... b5 $6 16. a4 $1 (16. f5 a4 17. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Be3 $1 (18... axb3 $2 19. Rf3 $18) 19. Qxe3 axb3 20. Rf3 Nh7 21. Qh6 Qf6 22. Qh5 Kh8 23. Rh3 Qg7 24. Rg3 Qf6 $11) 16... b4 17. Ne2 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bg4 19. Rxb2 Bxe2 20. Re1 Bh5 21. f5 $16) (15... Bxc3 $2 { This concrete attempt to trap White's light-squared bishop doesn't work.} 16. Bxc3 $1 (16. bxc3 $2 Nd7 $1 (16... a4 $2 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bxh6 $1 axb3 19. Bxg7 $1 Nh7 20. Bf6 Nxf6 21. Qg5+ $1 Kh7 22. Rxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxf6 $18) 17. Qg3 ( 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. a4 Be6 $11) 17... a4 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. d4 (19. Bxh6 $2 Ng4 $17) 19... axb3 20. dxe5 Kh7 21. cxb3 dxe5 $11) 16... a4 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bc4 b5 19. Bxe5 bxc4 20. Rxf6 $1 $16) 16. Qxd8 {It was possible to avoid the exchange of queens, even though White can't claim an advantage in any case.} (16. Qg3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 a4 { No, White doesn't lose a piece as it seems at first glance.} (17... exf4 18. Bxf4 a4 19. Bxd6 axb3 20. Bxf8 b2 21. Rab1 Kxf8 22. h3 Nf6 23. Rxb2 { An engine evaluates this position as equal. I would prefer White.}) 18. f5 h5 ( 18... axb3 $2 19. Qxg4 b2 20. Rab1 Qf6 21. Rxb2 $16) 19. Bc4 b5 20. h3 Nf6 21. Bh6 Ng4 22. Bd2 Nf6 $11) 16... Rxd8 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. a4 Be6 { Neutralising White's pressure on the Pf7. The position is completely equal.} 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Ne2 Bb6 21. Nf4 Re8 22. h3 Nd7 23. Rf3 Ne5 24. Rff1 Nd7 { Again, Black is ready to repeat moves, but Magnus is still searching for more.. .} 25. g4 d5 26. Rae1 e5 27. Nh5 dxe4 {I would prefer 27...Rf8, not getting the isolated pawn. However, it doesn't change the evaluation of the position as equal.} 28. Rxe4 Rf8 29. Ree1 $4 { Just a blunder. For Magnus it was definitely not his day.} (29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Ng3 Rf2 31. Re2 $11) 29... g6 $1 30. Ng3 $8 Bf2 { That's it. Black wins an exchange for nothing.} 31. Rxf2 Rxf2 32. Ne4 Rf7 33. Kg2 (33. Bxh6 Rh7 $19) 33... g5 34. Nd6 Rf6 35. Nxb7 Rb8 36. Nxa5 Rxb2 { After Black activated his second rook it's clear that White had no chance to biuld any fortress.} 37. Rc1 Ra2 38. Nc4 Rxa4 39. Rb1 e4 40. Nb2 (40. Bc3 Re6 41. Rb7 Ra2 42. Bb2 exd3 43. cxd3 Ne5 $1 $19) 40... Ra2 41. dxe4 Nc5 42. e5 Re6 43. Kf3 Rxe5 44. Be3 Nd7 45. Nc4 Rb5 46. Rd1 Rd5 47. Rc1 Ra4 48. Nd2 Ne5+ 49. Ke2 Nc4 {In the technical part of the game Anand is convincing as usual.} 50. Nf1 Ra3 51. c3 Kh7 52. Bd4 c5 53. Be3 Kg6 54. Rc2 Ra1 55. Bc1 Rd7 56. Ng3 Ra6 57. Kf2 Rd3 58. Kg2 Re6 59. h4 gxh4 60. Nh5 Ne3+ (60... Kh7 61. Nf4 Rg3+ $19) 61. Bxe3 {A funny position when Black gets into a fork no matter which rook he captures with, but the forthcoming rook endgame is easily won for him.} Rexe3 62. Nf4+ Kg5 63. Nxd3 Rxd3 64. c4 Rg3+ 65. Kh2 Rxg4 66. Kh3 Rf4 0-1 [Event "Moscow Botvinnik Memorial"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2011.09.03"] [Round "4"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2011.09.02"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "23"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.09.16"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 O-O 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nh4 Qf6 16. Nf5 Bc5 17. Qf3 Bd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Na4 Nxa4 21. Bxa4 Be6 22. Rfc1 Rfd8 23. f3 d3 24. Rc3 f5 25. Rd1 fxe4 26. fxe4 Bxa2 27. Bxc6 Rab8 28. Rdxd3 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxb2 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Ra8 Rb1+ 32. Kf2 Rb2+ 33. Kf3 Rb3+ 34. Kf4 Rb2 35. g3 Rxh2 36. Rxa7 Kf6 37. e5+ Kg7 38. Bd7 Kf8 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. Ra7 Kf8 41. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Botvinnik Memorial"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2011.09.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2823"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2011.09.02"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "23"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.09.16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Bb6 8. Nc4 Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Nhf4 14. Bb3+ Kh8 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Nh4 f5 17. Nxf5 Qg5 18. Qg4 Qf6 19. Qh4 Qxh4 20. Nxh4 Nxd3 21. Nf3 Rf6 22. Rad1 Nxb2 23. Rd2 Na4 24. Nxe5 Be6 25. Ng4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Nxc3 27. Re1 h6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Botvinnik Memorial"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2011.09.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2011.09.02"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "23"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.09.16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Nd2 c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Ne3 d5 12. Qf3 d4 13. cxd4 Qxd4 14. Bc2 Be6 15. Rd1 Bb6 16. h3 Rad8 17. Bb3 Bxb3 18. axb3 Qb4 19. Nc4 Nd7 20. Bd2 Qxb3 21. Bc3 Bc5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bd4 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxa7 Qxb2 26. Raa1 Rb4 27. d4 Rxd4 28. Rdb1 Qc2 29. Rxb7 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Rc1 Re6 32. Rc7 g6 33. R7xc6 Rxc6 34. Rxc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Botvinnik Memorial"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2011.09.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "2807"] [BlackElo "2817"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2011.09.02"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "23"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.09.16"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. a4 {A rare continuation, with the idea to prevent ...d5xc4 and ... b7-b5 (as well as the immediate ...b7-b5).} (9. cxd5 {is the most standard reply to ...Nb8-d7 in such positions, going back to Rubinstein. After} cxd5 { Black's knight can't immediately occupy the most comfortable c6-square.}) 9... Re8 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 (10... b5 $6 11. axb5 Nb6 12. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 13. bxc6 e6 $6 (13... Nbd5 $1 14. Ng5 $36 {S.Atalik}) 14. e4 Rc7 15. Ne5 Qe8 16. Be3 Rxc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. d5 $16 { 1-0 Atalik,S (2584)-Trkulja,G (2317)/Sarajevo 2007/CBM 118 ext (21)}) 11. d5 ( 11. Re1 $5) (11. Bb3 $5) 11... Nb6 $6 (11... Ne8 $5 {S.Atalik}) 12. Ba2 Bf5 13. Nh4 (13. Ng5 $1 $16) 13... Ne4 14. Nxf5 gxf5 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Qc2 Nxd5 17. Qxe4 e6 18. Bb1 $16 { 1/2 Chuprikov,D (2416)-Skorchenko,D (2476)/Voronezh 2005/CBM 106 ext (30)}) 10. cxd5 {Still!} (10. b3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Bb2 Nh5 14. cxd5 Rg5 $132 { 0-1 Escobedo Tinajero,A (2397)-Almeida Saenz,A (2365)/Mexico 2001/EXT 2004 (32) }) (10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qxb6 Nxb6 12. b3 Bf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. c5 Nbd7 15. Bd2 Ne4 16. Rfc1 e5 $132 {1-0 Lev,R (2460)-Postny,E (2260)/Israel 1999/EXT 2000 (51)}) 10... cxd5 11. Bd2 b6 12. Qe2 $6 { An unfortunate idea - to put the queen in front of Black's rook.} (12. a5 b5 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Bb4 Nb8 $1) (12. Qb3 $5 Bb7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Ne2 { was probably the best attempt to fight for an advantage.}) 12... Bb7 13. Rfd1 e5 $1 {Black's a8-rook can't move but he doesn't need it to create counterplay. } 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Be1 $2 (15. Nxe5 $142 Rxe5 16. Be1 d4 $140 17. Bc4 $1) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qb8 $1 { White's poor queen has no retreat which will prevent ...d5-d4!} 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. exf4 {Black now has practically an extra pawn in the centre. Together with White's queenside weaknesses (the b3-square e.g.) that is quite enough for a victory.} Nd7 $1 19. a5 Nc5 20. Bf1 b5 21. f3 Nb3 22. Rab1 (22. Ra2 d4 23. Ne4 Bd5) (22. Ra3 Nd4 $1 23. Bf2 Nc2 24. Rb3 d4 25. Ne4 Bd5 26. Rbd3 f5 27. Nc5 Rac8 $1 28. Nxa6 Bb7 $19) 22... Nxa5 {Winning a pawn.} 23. Bf2 Nc4 24. Bd4 Ne3 25. Rd3 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Rac8 27. Bd3 Kg7 28. Kf2 Nc4 29. Ne2 Nd2 $2 { A tactical mistake complicating Black's task. However, White misses his chance. } (29... a5 $142 $19) 30. Rd1 $2 (30. Bxb5 $1 Rxe2+ 31. Bxe2 Nxb1 32. Rd1 Nc3 33. bxc3 Rxc3 34. Ra1 $17) 30... Nb3 31. Rb4 Nc5 32. Rd4 Bc6 33. f5 a5 34. Bb1 b4 35. h4 Ba4 36. Rh1 Bb3 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. h5 Ne6 39. hxg6 fxg6 40. Rd2 Bc4 41. Rh4 Kf6 42. Rh6 Rg8 43. Nd4 Nxd4 44. Rxd4 a4 45. Rh7 a3 46. bxa3 bxa3 47. Rf4+ Ke5 48. g3 Rb8 0-1 [Event "Prague Cez Trophy sim"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2011.06.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Boleslav, Petr"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E63"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2127"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2011.06.12"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.24"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. d4 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. b3 Rb8 10. Bb2 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. e4 c5 16. Nde2 Nc6 17. Nd5 e5 18. f4 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Kh1 Qb6 22. Rce1 c4 23. Bc1 c3 24. Qc2 Bb5 25. Rf3 f5 26. e5 dxe5 27. fxe5 Bxe5 0-1 [Event "Leon Masters 24th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2011.06.05"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2011.06.03"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.06.27"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. e4 {Apartándose de la cuarta partida en la que Anand optó por la más habitual 9.0-0.} dxc4 ({Parece peor la alternativa:} 9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ ( 10... Qe7 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. c5 Qc7 14. Qe2 b6 { Van der Sterren,P-Halldorsson,J Reykjavik 1996} 15. b4 $14) 11. Kf1 Qd8 12. c5 $14 {Beliavsky,A -Sveshnikov,E Sochi 1986}) 10. e5 Qd8 11. Bxc4 Be7 12. Qe2 ({ Se ha probado la natural:} 12. O-O O-O (12... b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rac1 $14 { Sulypa,A -Bioret,N Sautron 2005}) 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Bb3 $14) 12... Nb6 13. Bd3 (13. Bb3 {evidentemente también es jugable} Nd5 14. O-O Bd7 15. Rac1 $14 {manteniendo las blancas una mínima ventaja espacial.}) 13... Nd5 { Hay que "tocar" la casilla f4 para que no sea tan cómodo jugar para lasblancas. } (13... O-O 14. Qe4 g6 15. Qf4 { sería algo molesto y Shirov sabiamente no lo permite.}) 14. g3 (14. Qd2 O-O { Y a la dama blanca le cuesta más alcanzar algún objetivo de ataque}) 14... Qa5 15. Rc1 Nxc3 ({Es interesante} 15... Bb4 { con idea de empeorar la ubicación de la dama blanca. Si} 16. Qd2 O-O $11) 16. bxc3 Bd7 17. O-O c5 {Alexei ha salido de la apertura con bastante solvencia.} 18. Rb1 Bc6 $6 {Pero ahora comete una pequeńa imprecisión.} ({Era mejor} 18... b6 $1 {sin problemas aparentes,}) 19. Be4 $1 {Combinando la presión en la diagonal h1-a8 y la entrada de la torre por b7 Anand consigue cierta presión.} O-O (19... Qa4 $5 20. c4 $1 {con idea de d5 no acaba de gustar a las negras.}) 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rb7 $14 Bd8 $1 { Buena reacción de Shírov que recicla el alfil en vez de defenderlo.} ({Si} 21... Rfb8 22. Rfb1 (22. Rxe7 Qd8) 22... Rxb7 23. Rxb7 Bd8) 22. Qc4 $1 Bb6 $1 { Ambos contendientes juegan con exactitud y mejoran al máximo sus piezas.} 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Qxc5 Bxc5 25. Nd4 ({Es algo mejor} 25. Kg2 {y tras:} Rfd8 26. Rc7 Bb6 $1 27. Rxc6 Rac8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 Rc5 $11 { tampoco tendrían demasiados problemas las negras para empatar.}) 25... Rab8 26. Rfb1 Bb6 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. a4 (28. Kg2 Rd8) 28... Rd8 { La lucha se encamina hacia las tablas irremisiblemente.} 29. a5 Bxd4 30. cxd4 Rxd4 (30... Rd5 {Según declaró Jaime Santos daba mayores posibilidades a las negras...pero estos humildes cronistas opinan lo contrario.} 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Rb7 Rxa5 33. Rxf7 $14) 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Rb7 Kg6 33. Rxa7 Ra4 34. Kg2 Re4 35. f4 Re2+ 36. Kh3 Ra2 37. Rc7 Rxa5 38. Rxc6 Ra2 39. Rc7 h5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon Masters 24th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2011.06.05"] [Round "5"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2817"] [Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2011.06.03"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.06.27"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Qa6 { Un procedimiento temático desde la partida Nimzovich-Capablanca del legendario torneo de Nueva York 1927.} ({ Sin embargo, en esta posición concreta se había jugado mucho más} 7... e6 { como en la siguiente partida de Shirov, jugada en el reciente torneo de Lublin brillantemente ganado por el GM espańol.} 8. Nd2 Qa6 9. c4 Nd7 10. Ne2 Be7 11. Nf4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nb6 13. Rc1 Nxc4 14. Rxc4 g6 15. O-O {Y pese a intentarlo Alexei tuvo que conformarse con el empate en la jugada 38. Shirov,A -Roiz,M Lublin 2011}) ({No es recomendable} 7... Qxb2 {por} 8. e6 $1 Qxa1 9. Qb3 Qxd4 10. Qxb7 fxe6 11. Be3 Qa4 12. Qxa8 Qa5+ 13. Nd2 Qd8 14. Ngf3 Nf6 15. O-O g6 16. Rb1 Nbd7 17. Qxc6 Bg7 18. Ng5 {1-0 Perunovic,M -Lalith,B Dubai op 2009}) 8. Qf3 e6 9. Ne2 c5 {Anand, sin duda bien preparado contra esta variante que su rival había empleado pocos días antes, realiza con rapidez una serie de jugadas naturales que parecen suficientes para neutralizar la iniciativa blanca. Sin embargo, el desequilibrio introducido por las jugadas h4 y h5 mantiene la incertidumbre sobre los acontecimientos inmediatos y futuros.} 10. c3 Nc6 11. Nd2 Nge7 12. Nb3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nf5 { Las piezas negras ocupan las casillas idoneas} 14. O-O Be7 15. Bxe7 Ncxe7 16. g3 b6 17. Nf4 {la única posibilidad del blanco es crear alguna amenaza en el flanco de rey, bien penetrando con la Q por las casillas negras, bien jugando en algún momento "g4"} g6 18. Nh3 O-O 19. Qf4 Qe2 $1 { Neutralizando todo intento de actividad en el flanco de rey} ({ Contra la natural} 19... Rac8 {las blancas pueden intentar} 20. Qg5 Rc2 21. Nf4 Kh7 22. g4 hxg4 23. h5 {con algo parecido a un ataque}) 20. Rfd1 {Shírov juega esta jugada, más bien neutra, después de casi 20 minutos de reflexión.} ({ Nada arregla empujar a la Q} 20. Rfe1 Qg4 $1) 20... Rac8 21. Rd2 Qg4 $1 22. Qxg4 hxg4 {Y las negras, que dominan la columna "c" y pueden presionar en "d4", tienen sin duda una cómoda ventaja.} 23. Ng5 a5 24. f3 Rc4 ({ Más energica parecía} 24... gxf3 $1 25. Kf2 a4 26. Nc1 Nc6 27. Nxf3 f6 $1 { con idea de responder a} 28. Ne2 {con} Nfxd4 $1 29. Nfxd4 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 fxe5+ 31. Kg1 exd4 {con ventaja en el final de torres.}) 25. Kf2 Rfc8 $5 ({ Tampoco es clara} 25... a4 26. fxg4 axb3 27. gxf5 Nxf5 28. Nf3 {y si} Ra8 29. axb3 $1 Rxa1 30. bxc4 dxc4 31. d5 {debe conducir a la igualdad}) 26. fxg4 Nh6 27. Rad1 {hay que dejar la humilde casilla "a1" para el caballo} ({ no es posible} 27. Kf3 $2 a4 {y las blancas pierden pieza}) 27... a4 $6 (27... Nxg4+ $1 {con idea de} 28. Kf3 Nf5 $1 {y a} 29. Kxg4 Ne3+ 30. Kf3 Nxd1 31. Rxd1 Rc2 $1 {da mucha ventaja a las negras}) 28. Na1 Nxg4+ 29. Kf3 Nh6 30. Kf4 $5 { Dejando la casilla f3 para reagrupar el caballo} Nef5 31. Nf3 b5 ({ No servía por poco} 31... Ng4 {porque tras} 32. Kxg4 Ne3+ 33. Kf4 Nxd1 34. Rxd1 Rc1 {las blancas disponen de} 35. Re1 $1 { única pero suficiente para mantener el equilibrio}) 32. Ne1 $2 (32. Rd3 { para "g4"} Rc1 $1) ({por supuesto} 32. g4 $2 {no es posible por} Nxg4 $1 33. Kxg4 Ne3+) ({pero tal vez} 32. Re2 $1 {mantenia el precario equilibrio.}) 32... f6 $1 {De repende Anand abre la posición y el Rey blanco se va a encontar bajo el fuego de todas la fuerzas negras} 33. exf6 e5+ $1 34. Kxe5 ({ un final divertido podría ser} 34. Kg5 Kh7 35. dxe5 Nf7#) 34... Ne3 ({ Es aun más fuerte} 34... Re8+ 35. Kf4 Rc6 $1) 35. Rb1 Re8+ 36. Kf4 Rc6 37. Kg5 Re4 38. Kxh6 Rg4 $4 {deja escapar al K blanco} ({forzaba el mate} 38... Ng4+ 39. Kg5 Nxf6 {por ejemplo:} 40. Kh6 Rg4 41. Re2 Rc7 {y mate en dos jugadas}) 39. Rf2 $4 {Shirov, casi sin tiempo, no encuentra la continuación de problema} (39. f7+ $1 Kxf7 40. Kh7 $3 Rxg3 41. Nd3 Rc7 42. Ne5+ Kf6+ 43. Kh8 Rc8+ { y las negras dan jaque continuo}) {Ahora todo termina rápidamente,} 39... Nf5+ 40. Rxf5 gxf5 41. Kh5 Rc7 {Y Shirov abandona ante el inminente mate. Anand se proclama campeón del Magistral de León por octava vez.} 0-1 [Event "Leon Masters 24th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2011.06.04"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2011.06.03"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.06.27"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 {Opta Anand por la antiMoscú en lugar de la Moscú que se vió en la segunda partida.} Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Ne4 { Lo más empleado en esta posición.} O-O ({ Alexei ya tuvo esta posición llevando las piezas más claras:} 11... Bc7 $5 12. Qc2 (12. Rc1 O-O 13. Bb3 Rd8 14. Qc2 { 1/2-1/2 Bareev,E (2675)-Dreev,A (2630)/Elista 1998}) 12... O-O 13. Bb3 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Nf8 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. f4 Be8 17. Nc5 Bd6 18. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A (2710)-Dreev,A (2650) Linares 1995. Parece mejor 11...Ac7 que la empleada por Shirov en esta partida}) 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Qe2 b6 {El planteamiento negro no parece muy ambicioso teniendo en cuenta la desventaja en el marcador.} 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. Ba6 $5 $14 ({La ligera ventaja clásica de la que gozan las blancas con mas espacio, les asegura un medio juego plácido.} 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. a3 (16. Ba6 )) 15... Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Rfd8 17. a3 c5 18. h3 { Limitándose a mejorar la posición.} cxd4 $6 (18... Qe7 {es lo más natural.}) 19. Rxd4 Qc7 $5 ({No satisface:} 19... Qe7 20. Qb7 $5 { y la clavada es bastante desagradable.}) 20. Rad1 e5 $6 ({ Era mas precavida y correcta:} 20... Nc5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qxa7 Qd1+ 24. Kh2 Qd6+ 25. g3 Nd3 26. Qa8+ Qf8 {con suficiente contrajuego} 27. Qc6 Nxb2) 21. Qc4 $1 {Muy preciso. Ahora se ve claro que sin damas las torres blancas son muy superiores y será dificil evitar su penetración.} Qxc4 22. Rxc4 f6 {es difícil sugerir algo mejor.} 23. Kf1 $5 {!y Anand ofrece tablas!} ({ ?Por qué no} 23. Rc7 Nc5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxa7 Rd1+ 26. Kh2 { evitando la entrada del caballo blanco por h4? la respuesta es sin duda} g5 $1 27. Rc7 h5 (27... Ne4 28. Rc2) 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Nd3 {con buen contrajueg o para tablas. Seguramente la intuición de Anand vio todo esto y por ello.... !Tablas!}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon Masters 24th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2011.06.04"] [Round "3"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2817"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2011.06.03"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.06.27"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 {This is by far the most aggressive approach to the Caro-Kann Advance, and has led to many a tactical slugfest. The idea is obviously to gain space and time over the bishop, as well as promote dangerous options if the pawns start rolling forward on the kingside. Though of questionable reputation, it is also a favorite of Shirov's.} Bd7 5. c4 e6 { This line doesn't see much grandmaster play, and it is hardly surprising considering the awkward bishop on d7 and the unattractive development problems Black will need to solve.} 6. Nc3 c5 $3 $146 {[#]Astonishing really, and if ever there was an opening novelty deserving of exclamation points, this is it. It isn't so much that Black is winning (he is not), but what it does to the evaluation of the position from both White's and Black's perspective. Instead of the old quiet behind the lines fight expected from Black while White tried to open lines and crack Black's position, now Black's pieces are about to take a very serious life of their own while White's g4 pawn looks like a very questionable weakness.} 7. cxd5 ({Though the engines don't condemn Shirov's choice, they do have a slight preference for} 7. Nf3 { Still, the question would remain: what the heck is that pawn doing on g4?}) 7... exd5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 {[#]} 9. Bg2 $6 {Shirov starts to go astray, but one cannot blame him for not wanting to take on d5 and potentially go down in flames. Unfortunately for him, that is exactly what happens.} (9. Qxd5 Qb6 10. Bc4 Be6 (10... Bxf2+ {is also possible, but leads to nothing decisive after} 11. Ke2 Be6 12. Qb5+ Nc6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nf3) 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qf3 {protecting f2 and g4, though Black's chances are to be preferred due to the slightly better development and bishop pair.}) 9... Ne7 10. h3 Qb6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Nf3 $2 {A mistake that allows} d4 $1 { however the position was probably compromised as it was.} 13. Ne4 Bb5 14. Qd2 Nbc6 {Threatening Bb4.} 15. a3 Ng6 16. b4 Be7 17. Bb2 Rfd8 0-1 [Event "Leon Masters 24th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2011.06.03"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2709"] [Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2011.06.03"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.06.27"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 {[#]A good sign! All the chess fans are tired of the boring chess in Kazan and this choice of opening in this Rapid match is the least they could expect!} h6 { Shirov deviates from his "pet" line. He is addicted to the "Botvinnik system"!} 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 {This is the "tabiya" position of the Moscow variation.} 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 $5 {[#]An odd choice by Anand. The following moves are considered as the main line. Anand's main plan is to opt for an early d5 breakthrough by means of Rd1. However, one should not forget that Anand had chosen this against Kramnik in his WCh match in 2008!} (10. h4) (10. Ne5) (10. O-O) 10... Nbd7 11. Rd1 Nh5 $5 $146 (11... Bb4 { Is what everyone consider as "theory" in this position.} 12. Ne5 {is the line Anand tried against Kramnik, which only brought him an ending a pawn down, which he then managed to save successfully.} (12. O-O $5 { transposes to one of the most fashionable lines in this system.}) (12. h4 g4 13. Ne5 Rg8 {1/2-1/2 Feller,S (2649)-Spiess,G (2429)/Germany 2010/ CB00_2011 (54) is one of the many other options in this line which has already been examined in practice.}) 12... Qe7 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. f4 Qg7 17. e5 c5 $1 { 1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2783)-Kramnik,V (2772)/Bonn 2008/CBM 127 (45)}) 12. d5 { Anand goes after his plan.} Nxg3 (12... cxd5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bg7 16. Ne3 Qc7 17. Nf5 Kf8 {could be another alternative. White's compensation for the "gambit" pawn is indisputable. The position is rich in tactics and attack and counter-attacks. I believe that in order to play this position with Black, one has to have deep analyses.}) 13. hxg3 {[#]} Qb6 $4 { I do not understand what is going on! I cannot believe my eyes. Shirov's plan reminds me of the Botivinnik system but this is the Moscow Variation isn'tit?!} (13... exd5 14. exd5 cxd5 (14... Bb4 $2 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. O-O {is just bad for Black. White has serious threats and Black cannot handle them all.The position is almost winning for White. This becomes one of many positions in the Moscow variation that shows just how fast Black can lose.}) 15. Nxd5 Bg7 { transposes to what we have already seen.}) 14. dxe6 $1 fxe6 15. Nxg5 { White is winning at this point.} Bc5 (15... O-O-O 16. Nxe6 $1 Bc5 17. Nxd8 Bxf2+ 18. Kf1 Rxd8 (18... Bxg3 {also loses to} 19. Bg4 Rf8+ 20. Bf5) 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. Bg4 {is winning for White.}) 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17. Nxe6 $1 Ne5 $1 { Shirov tries to collect himself. He makes the most of his position.Unfortunatel y for him, this is not enough against the world champion!} (17... Nf6 18. Nf4 { loses on the spot.}) 18. Nxc5 (18. Ng7 {could have been another way to triumph! }) 18... Qxc5 19. Be2 $6 {too timid. Silicon minds cry to bring the knight to f4 and I believe they are right about it!} (19. Ne2 Rad8 (19... Nd3+ $4 20. Rxd3) 20. Nf4 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Qd4 22. Rh5 {White does not need to castle!} Nd3+ 23. Nxd3 Qxe4+ 24. Qe2 Qxe2+ 25. Bxe2 cxd3 26. Bf3 $1 {[#]White will collect the pawn on d3 after which Black's position will fall apart.}) 19... Raf8 20. O-O Rhg8 21. b4 $5 (21. Qd2 Rxg3 22. Qxh6 Rfg8 23. Qh4+ R3g5 {would have been another story, inspite of the fact that White is still much better.}) 21... Qxb4 (21... cxb3 22. axb3 {and White's threat of Nd5 is decisive.}) 22. Qd2 Qc5 23. Qxh6 Bc8 24. Qh4+ (24. Nd5+ cxd5 25. Rxd5 Qc7 26. Qh4+ Kf7 27. Bh5+ Kg7 28. Qg5+ Kh7 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 {Does not seem conclusive enough to me. Anand seeks a more convincing continuation.}) 24... Ke6 (24... Kf7 25. Qh7+ Kf6 ( 25... Rg7 26. Bh5+ Kf6 27. Qh6+ Ng6 28. e5+ $1 { freeing the e4 square for the knight.} Qxe5 29. Rfe1 { And Black's torture would be over!}) 26. Nd5+ $1 {We will see this move over and over again! This is the main outcome of Anand's 21.b4!?} cxd5 27. Rxd5 Qb6 28. Qh6+ Ng6 29. e5+ Kf7 30. Rd6 Qc7 31. Rf6+ {seals his fate.}) 25. Qh6+ (25. Nd5 $1 cxd5 26. Rxd5 Qb6 (26... Qc7 27. Rfd1 {is also winning.}) 27. Qh5 $1 { would have finished things earlier.}) 25... Ke7 26. Qh5 Kf6 (26... Be6 27. Nd5+ cxd5 28. Qxe5 Qd6 29. Qc3 b4 30. Qe3 { could have been another way for Black to lose!}) 27. Qh4+ (27. Nd5+ cxd5 28. Rxd5 {and White wins!}) 27... Ke6 28. Nd5 $1 { Finally! Anand plays this move, now the curtains fall!} cxd5 29. Rxd5 Qb6 ( 29... Qc7 30. Rfd1 {would not change anything.}) 30. Qh5 Qb8 (30... Qc7 31. f4) 31. Rfd1 (31. f4) 31... Rf6 32. Rxe5+ $1 {A beautiful final blow!} Qxe5 33. Bg4+ Rxg4 34. Qe8# {[#]A deserved final picture for an exciting battle. It is a pity that Shirov's self-destructive blunder made this battle a "one-sided" affair!} 1-0 [Event "Leon Masters 24th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2011.06.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2817"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2011.06.03"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.06.27"] {The world champion, Vishy Anand, drew the black pieces in the in the drawing of lots held by international arbiter Joaquín Espejo in the celebrated halls of Hotel Conde Luna. The match which will pit him against Alexei Shiron in a best of six games played at 40 minutes per game with a 30-second increment after each move.} 1. e4 c6 {The Caro Kann defense that Anand has employed with great success against Shirov in the past with four victories and four draws. A result that is nothing to spit upon.} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 { Shirov, true to himself, employs the most agressive system.} Bf5 4. Nf3 (4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 {is a variation much to Alexei's taste, but which has not yielded good results against the Indian GM.}) 4... e6 5. Be2 Ne7 {A continuatio n used by the Vietnamese phenom Le Quang Liem, never played by the two protagonists however.} (5... Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Be3 Bg6 8. Nh4 Nf5 9. Nxf5 Bxf5 10. g4 Bg6 11. f4 f5 {was an interesting struggle which ended in a draw in Shirov,A (2690)-Anand,V (2725) Wijk aan Zee 1996.}) ({y} 5... c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Nc3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Bb5 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne2 c5 {led to an equal game that Anand was able to turn to his favor in Shirov, A (2710)-Anand,V (2770) Linares 1998.}) 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Nec6 {[#] This is the idea behind Ne7, reserving the d7 square for the queen's knight.} 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Na3 c3 12. bxc3 Nd7 { [#]} 13. Nb5 {A new idea prepared in advance by Shirov if one is to judge by the little time spent.} ({In the aforementioned game they played} 13. Bb5 Qxc5 14. Nc4 O-O 15. Qxd7 Qxb5 16. Nd6 Qb6 17. Qxb7 Nxe5 18. Qxb6 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 axb6 20. Nxf5 exf5 21. Rfb1 Ra6 {and only Black can aspire to anything in Naiditsch,A (2684)-Le Quang Liem (2681) Dortmund 2010.}) 13... O-O 14. Nd6 Nxc5 15. Bb5 Bg4 ({Of note was} 15... Be4 {pressuring the e5 pawn as in the game and keeping the option of capturing the knight on c6.}) 16. Bxc6 bxc6 { [#]We can now take stock of the opening: Anand seems to be about equal but it did take over twelve minutes while his opponent still has his initial 40 minutes almost intact and a strong knight on d6 which may give Black a serious headache in the future.} 17. h3 ({Not} 17. Qd4 $6 {since after} Bxf3 18. Qxc5 Qg5 $1 19. g3 Qh5 {and White is starting to get into trouble.}) 17... Bh5 18. g4 $5 {Shirov fights for the initiative.} Bg6 19. Qd4 Nb7 $1 ({ Another option was to play against e5 with} 19... Nd7 20. Rad1 f6 21. Rfe1 fxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Rf3 24. Re3 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 {and now both} e5 ({as well as } 25... Rd8 26. Qe5 {seem to give White an advantage.}) 26. f4) 20. Rad1 c5 $1 21. Qa4 $6 (21. Qe3 { was safer, keeping c5 under attack and control of the kingside.}) 21... Nxd6 22. Rxd6 ({Not} 22. exd6 Qf6 23. Kg2 Qxc3 {and White would have to deal with both his material deficit and kingside weaknesses.}) 22... f5 $5 {highlighting the weakened kingside, though also giving White full control of the d-file.} 23. Rd7 Qe8 (23... Be8 {was less convincing due to} 24. Rxe7 Bxa4 25. Rb1 fxg4 26. Ng5 Bc6 27. hxg4 { even though the position doesn't give White anything clearcut.}) 24. Rfd1 fxg4 25. Qxg4 Rf7 $1 {Anand neutralizes White's rook activity.} 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Ng5 Qf5 $1 {[#]} 28. f4 ({After a long think, Shirov decides to forgo} 28. Nxe6 Qxe5 29. Rd7 Qe1+ 30. Kg2 Be4+ 31. Kg3 Qxc3+ ({not} 31... Qg1+ $2 32. Kf4 { winning.}) 32. Kh2 Qe5+ {and Black holds.}) 28... Re8 29. Qxf5 Bxf5 30. Rd7 { [#]} Rf8 $1 ({Capturing the h3 pawn with} 30... h6 $6 { would be less precise since after} 31. Nf7 Bxh3 {White can play} 32. Nd6 $1 ({ Not the superficial} 32. Rxa7 $2 Rf8 33. Kh2 Rxf7 34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Kxh3 g6 $1 {which leads to a won pawn endgame by Black.}) 32... Ra8 33. Rc7 { and White gets the advantage.}) 31. Re7 {As a result of Black's perfect defense, Shirov liquidates into an equal rook endgame, in which White is the one who must play with care.} h6 32. Nxe6 Bxe6 33. Rxe6 Rxf4 34. Ra6 Rf3 $1 { Anand chooses the continuation that gives him the most practical chances: if the h3-pawn is eliminated, the position could become perilous for White.} 35. Rxa7 Rxh3 36. e6 Re3 37. Re7 (37. a4 {seems drawn after} Rxe6 38. a5 Re2 39. Rc7 Ra2 40. Rxc5 g5 41. c4 Kg7 42. Rb5 Kg6 43. c5 { and White would have no trouble holding the draw,}) 37... Kf8 (37... g5 38. Kf2 Rxc3 39. Re8+ Kg7 {[#]} 40. Rh8 $3 {A study-like move that forces the draw.}) ( 37... Rxc3 {leads to a draw.} 38. Re8+ $1 Kh7 39. Kf2 $1 Rc4 40. Kf3 Rc1 41. Kf2) 38. Rf7+ Kg8 39. Re7 Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tashkent sim"] [Site "Tashkent"] [Date "2011.03.28"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Igonin, Temur"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A26"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "1901"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2011.03.28"] [EventType "simul"] [EventCountry "UZB"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. Rb1 f5 9. Bd2 h6 10. b4 g5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5+ Kh8 15. a4 $146 ({RR} 15. f4 g4 16. e3 dxe3 17. Bxe3 a6 18. Re1 axb5 19. cxb5 c6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Bxc6 Rxa2 22. Bd5 Ra6 23. Rb8 Qc7 24. Qb3 Ra3 25. Rxc8 Rxb3 26. Rxc7 Rxd3 27. Bf7 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Bd4 29. Kf2 Rb8 { Klinger,S (2186)-Riedel,W (2227)/Bayern 2006/EXT 2007/1-0 (39)}) 15... f4 16. a5 Rb8 17. Qc2 Bh3 18. Rfc1 fxg3 19. hxg3 Qf6 20. Be1 h5 21. c5 h4 22. cxd6 hxg3 23. f3 Qxd6 24. Be4 Qf4 25. Bd2 Qh4 26. e3 Bg2 0-1 [Event "Tashkent sim"] [Site "Tashkent"] [Date "2011.03.28"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Tokhirjanova, Hulkar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A26"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2119"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2011.03.28"] [EventType "simul"] [EventCountry "UZB"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1 d6 9. b4 Be6 10. b5 Ne7 11. a4 b6 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Ba3 Rc8 14. Bb4 h6 15. Nf3 Kh7 16. a5 Be6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Nd2 Qd7 19. Ra1 f4 20. Ra7 Bh3 21. Nde4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qe6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Ne4 Rf7 25. Qd2 Nf5 26. Rfa1 Nd4 27. Bxd6 cxd6 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 29. Nxd6 f3+ 30. Kh1 Qd7 31. Nxc8 Qh3 32. Rg1 Nxe2 33. Qe1 Nxg1 34. Qxg1 Qxc8 0-1 [Event "Tashkent m"] [Site "Tashkent"] [Date "2011.03.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2687"] [Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2011.03.27"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "UZB"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 {This is a position from Rustam's recent game in Aeroflot Open. His opponent wasn't familiar with the theoretical subtleties of this variation.} (10. Nd4 $6 c5 11. Nf3 Be6 12. a3 Ng4 13. Bf4 d5 14. h4 Bd6 15. Ng5 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Nf6 17. c4 Qb8 18. Qd2 dxc4 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qe3 Kh8 { and Black seized the initiative, and had a stable advantage, although the game subsequently ended in a draw. 1/2 Ivan Salgado Lopez (2626)-RustamKasimdzhanov (2681)/Moscow RUS 2011 (34)}) 10... c6 11. Be2 Ng4 12. Bd3 d5 { A more reliable continuation was the immediate exchange on e3:} (12... Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Bf6) 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. h3 {Not an obvious, but a very strong response. Now Black has to choose between the calm Nf6, admitting that 12...d5 was not correct, and the sharp} Bxf4 {After a long thought, Black goes for the most principal decision, because after 14...Nf6 White would be able to just develop a kingside attack.} 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Qxf4 Nxf2 17. Ng5 f6 {A decisive mistake. } (17... Qf6 {would have kept a playable position} 18. Qh4 Qh6 19. Qxf2 Qxg5 20. Bd3 {although White's advantage is obvious due to a comfortable play on the kingside.}) 18. Nf7+ { A brilliant move, which Vishy executed in seconds. Now White has a forced win.} Rxf7 19. Bg6 Nxd1 20. Qh4+ Kg8 21. Re1 {Occupying the e-file, which Black is unable to block without serious material loss.} Nxc3+ 22. bxc3 Be6 23. Rxe6 Qb6+ 24. Kc1 Qg1+ 25. Re1 1-0 [Event "Tashkent m"] [Site "Tashkent"] [Date "2011.03.27"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2687"] [Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2011.03.27"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "UZB"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 {I personally don't play this variation, but if I'm not mistaken, this is a novelty. The more popular} (11. Qxd3 {suggests a slight edge for White thanks to a better development and control over e5.}) 11... O-O 12. Rb1 { A very subtle move: the Rook wins a tempo on its way to the e-file.} Rb8 { Good move. Black avoids weakening of his white squares, and plans b7-b5-b4 at an appropriate time. The weakness of the superficial 12...b6 is clear from the following variation:} (12... b6 13. Qa4 Qd7 $2 14. Rxe7 {and wins.}) 13. Rb2 b5 {Another alternative to stabilize the situation on e-file is} (13... Qd7 14. Rbe2 Bd6 15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qc2 Rfe8 {with a roughly equal play.}) 14. Rbe2 a5 { Black is trying to press on the queenside where he has some advantage.} 15. h3 Bd6 16. Ne5 {Perhaps the only way to pose any problems to Black.} Bxe5 { An important decision. After the exchange of Knights, Black would have a passive and slightly worse position.} (16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Be7 18. d4 Qd7 19. Qd3) 17. dxe5 d4 18. cxd4 { Perhaps better was the following wait-and-see variation:} (18. Bb2 dxc3 19. Bxc3 b4 20. Bb2 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Re4 Qd5 23. Qc2 {with equal play.}) 18... Nxd4 19. Re4 f5 { White's attack looks dangerous, but Black has sufficient resources to defend.} (19... Qd5 20. Qh5 Ne6 21. d4 (21. Rh4 Qxd3) 21... Rfe8 22. Rh4 Nf8 {with a com fortable play for Black. Black's last move opens up the position, which White's Bishop stronger.}) 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Bf4 Rbd8 22. Qd2 c5 {A brilliant move. Despite the severe time trouble, Rustam is very precise in calculating the consequences of this move.} 23. Bg5 Qg6 24. Rg4 h5 25. Rg3 Nf5 26. Bxd8 Nxg3 27. Bxa5 {The point of Black's idea was:} (27. Be7 Nf5 28. Bxf8 Nh4 { and White suddenly loses.}) ({The attampt to go for a better endgame} 27. Qg5 { wouldn't work either, because of} Qxd3 ({weak is} 27... Qxg5 28. Bxg5 Nf5 29. Re5 {and the R+B pair dominates}) 28. Be7 Ne2+ 29. Rxe2 Qxe2 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Qxc5+ Kg8 {with a draw}) 27... Nf5 28. Qf4 Nd4 29. Qe4 { The following line would have kept a slight advantage:} (29. Qg3 Qxg3 30. fxg3 Ra8 31. Bb6 Rxa2 32. Bxc5) 29... Qf7 30. f3 { You can't call this a mistake, because} (30. Kh1 { is hard to find under this time control. The point is that now after} Qxa2 ( 30... Qxf2 31. Qd5+ Qf7 32. Qxc5) 31. Bb6 Rf5 32. Bxc5 {there is no 32...Nf3}) 30... Qxa2 31. Bb6 Rf5 32. Kh1 Qd5 33. Rc1 Ne6 34. Re1 {Black's position is considerably better, The white Bishop hardly feels well, while black pieces are well coordinated. If there were more time, I think we'd have seen} Kf7 { or the more precise} (34... Qxe4 35. Rxe4 (35. dxe4 Rf8 { the pair of connected pawns is very dangerous}) 35... Kf7 { with excellent winning chances for Black in either case.}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tashkent m"] [Site "Tashkent"] [Date "2011.03.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "2687"] [BlackElo "2817"] [Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2011.03.27"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "UZB"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. e3 { An interesting opening idea.} (6. Nf3 {leads to a well-studied position, in which Black's plan is the exchange of black-squared Bishop and then d6 followed by e5. Now this plan doesn't work because White has time for e4 and f4.}) 6... O-O 7. Ne2 d5 8. cxd5 {I don't particularly like this decision, because it opens the diagonal for Bishop on c8, as well as gives up the pressure in the centre. An interesting alternative was} (8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 { keeping positional pressure.}) 8... exd5 9. Nbc3 {I think} (9. O-O { was more flexible. White maintains the possibility to exchange the bad Bishop.} ) 9... Rd8 10. O-O Bxc3 {A very interesting decision: Black exchanges his black-squared Bishop, increasing control over white squares.} 11. Nxc3 b6 { Frankly, I have no understanding of the idea behind this move. That's why Vishy Anand is the World Champ, and Anton Filippov is not.} 12. a3 Be6 13. Rc1 Na5 14. Nb5 Nc4 15. b3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 c5 {Another alternative is} (16... Rdc8 17. Qb2 c6 18. Nc3 Bf5 {with a comfortable play.}) 17. Qb2 {The active} (17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qa5 {would have posed some trouble for Black in view of the central pawns' vulnerability.}) 17... Qd7 18. a4 a6 19. Na3 (19. Nc3 { was more natural. Apparently, Rustam's decision came from the necessity to use this final chance to fight for a win.}) 19... Rac8 20. Rfd1 Bh3 {Now White's position suffers from the fact that almost all white pieces are on the queenside.} 21. Bh1 Qf5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. b4 cxb4 24. Qxb4 h6 25. Qb6 { After opening up the position, the bad location of the N on a3 is even more apparent. That's why White should havecontinued} (25. Nb1) 25... Ne4 26. f3 { Perhaps more preferable for White was} (26. Qb2 { without weakening the King's position.}) 26... Nf6 {Anand misses the forced} ( 26... Nd2 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxd2 Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Rf1+ 30. Ke2 Rxh1 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qxd5 Rxh2+ 33. Ke1 Rh1+ 34. Kf2 Rf1+ 35. Ke2 Rxf3 {winning.}) 27. Qxa6 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 d4 {White is in big trouble, and has to find very precise moves to save the game, which is still possible.} 29. Qb6 Rc8 30. Re1 { The decisive mistake. The totally inhuman [considering the time trouble]} (30. Ra1 {or the more human}) (30. Qb2 dxe3 31. Bg2 Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 e2 34. Kf2 Qh3 {would have kept a glimmer of hope for White.}) 30... Qd3 31. Nb1 { and now Black wins the game in a style:} Rc1 $1 {with forced mate in 5.} 0-1 [Event "Tashkent m"] [Site "Tashkent"] [Date "2011.03.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E16"] [WhiteElo "2687"] [BlackElo "2817"] [Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2011.03.27"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "UZB"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ {The Catalan structure was Anand's main weapon in his world championship match vs Topalov.} 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 O-O 7. Ngf3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 Qe7 { The wait-and-see move. The other option to solve opening problems was} (9... Nbd7 10. Nd3 c5) 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. Qa4 Na6 {The Black runs out of natural developing moves, so Anand had to develop his Knight to a6.} 12. c5 {A very str ong decision posing serious troubles for Black. White gains space on the queenside, and takes advantage of bad positions of black B and N.} bxc5 13. dxc5 c6 {Practically the only way to stabilize the position. The following line would lose immediately:} (13... Nxc5 14. Qb4 Qd6 15. Rxc5) 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. f4 Nb8 {Black tries to relocate his Knight to a better position.} 16. Qa5 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Nbd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. e4 Qe7 20. e5 Nd7 21. Nd4 {White has achieved a total domination with a strategically winning position. Black can only hope for some counterplay on the kingside.} Kh8 {Preparing to open up the g-file.} 22. Re1 {A strong move reinforcing the e5 square and countering Black's idea to open the g-file.} g5 23. f5 g4 24. f6 Qf8 {The position looks hopeless for Black, but there is no immediate win in view for White. This is why White starts to gradually strengthen his position.} 25. Re3 a6 26. Bf1 Qd8 27. Qxd8+ {Besides the Queen exchange, White had two interesting alternatives: 1) to try to keep the Queens on the board in order to attack on the kingside; and 2) to move his Knight to a5, where it would put some serious pressure on Black's queenside, as well as block the a-pawn. For example:} (27. Qc3 Qc7 28. Rce1 a5 29. Bd3 Rg8 30. Bb1 Rg5 31. Qc2 Rh5 32. Ne2) (27. Nb3) 27... Rxd8 28. b4 a5 { Now or never! Black's passive maneuvering would have allowed White tostrengthen his position to a maximum, and then make the decisive b4-b5 move. For example:} (28... Rg8 29. Nb3 Rg5 30. Rce1 Rb8 31. Na5 h5 32. Bd3 Nf8 33. R1e2 {White's pl an is to centralize his King to d4, freeing the Rook from defending e5, and prepare b4-b5.}) 29. b5 Rdc8 30. a4 cxb5 31. c6 Bxc6 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Nxc6 bxa4 {Black's position is lost, but White has some technical issues to solve, alongside his severe time trouble.} 34. Bb5 Nb6 35. Ra3 Rc8 36. Kf2 h5 37. Ke2 Kh7 38. Bd3+ {With this move, White loses advantage. The direct} (38. Kd3 { wouldn't work because of the strong} Nc4 39. Ra2 Rxc6 40. Bxc6 Nxe5+ { and tables turn.}) ({Only the subtle preventive Rook move would have kept the decisive advantage for White:} 38. Ra2 {With the King then marching to c5.}) 38... Kh6 39. Nxa5 Nd7 40. Rxa4 Nxe5 {Now tables have turned, White has to suffer a long passive defence without even a guaranteed draw. Considering the time control, this mission can be called impossible.} 41. Nb7 Kg5 42. Nd6 Rd8 43. Nb7 Rb8 44. Ra7 Kxf6 45. Ke3 Rc8 46. Ra3 Rc1 { Now the black Rook intrudes into White's back rank, posing real threats.} 47. Nd6 Re1+ 48. Be2 Rh1 49. Ne8+ Ke7 50. Bb5 Nc4+ 51. Bxc4 dxc4 52. Ng7 (52. Nc7 { would have kept some hope for White. Now the Knight is trapped.}) 52... Rxh2 53. Ra7+ Kf8 {A painful loss, after which Vishy Anand fully seized the initiative in the match.} 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.24"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2690"] [Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Nb4 9. Re1 $5 {An odd choice by Anand. It is clear that the World Champion had something in mind.} Nxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Re8 {Nothing new for Giri so far. He had examined the same position in an encounter not long time before this game} 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 b6 18. Rab1 $1 $146 {A good novelty by Anand. It creates the greatest amount of difficulty for Black. Nevertheless, Black should be able to hold. The other continuations have not created any difficulties for Black.} (18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qf8 20. Qb3 h6 21. Qxd5 Be6 22. Qb5 Bxa2 23. c4 Qa3 24. h4 Qc3 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Qxe8+ Kh7 27. Qe4+ Kg8 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Qe4+ Kg8 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qe4+ {1/2-1/2 (31) Jovanovic,Z (2526)-Giri,A (2624)/Rijeka 2010/CBM 136}) (18. h3 h6 19. Rab1 Qc6 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Re1 Qf8 22. Qa4 Be6 23. Re3 {1/2-1/2 (23) Dominguez Perez,L (2712)-Kramnik,V (2788)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM 135}) 18... Qd8 $2 {Giri blunders away a pawn instantly.} (18... Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qc6 20. Re7 $5 (20. c4 $5 dxc4 21. d5 Qd7 22. d6 h6 23. h3 (23. Re7 Qf5 24. h3 Be6 { Black is just safe}) 23... Qb5 24. Nd4 Qd5 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Qf3 Qxd4 27. Qxa8 Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Qxd6+ 29. Kg1 Be6 {and Black is far from any danger.}) 20... f6 21. Nd2 $1 Bd7 22. Nf1 a5 23. Ne3 Be6 24. h4 Rc8 25. h5 h6 26. c4 Kh8 (26... dxc4 $4 27. d5 Bxd5 28. Nf5 $18) 27. Qd3 Qd6 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Qg6+ Kh8 (29... Kf8 $4 30. Qxf6+ Ke8 31. Nf5 $18) 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Qxf6+ Kh7 ( 32... Kg8 $4 33. Nf5 $18) 33. Nf5 Qd7 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Qh6+ Kg8 $11 {Even thoug h this exciting line is not all that forced, however it reveals the strength behind Anand's novelty and the difficulties Black might face in this line.}) 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Rxb6 Bg4 21. Rb7 Bxf3 22. gxf3 h6 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 $2 { The last and final mistake. 23...Rc8 was mandatory, the rest is just a piece of cake for Anand.} 24. Qxa7 Qc8 25. Kg2 Qc6 26. Qb8+ Kh7 27. Qb1+ Kg8 28. Qf5 Qc4 29. a4 $1 Qxa4 30. Qxd5 Qa6 31. Qe4 Qc4 32. d5 Qxc3 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qxf7 Qe5 35. h4 h5 36. Qe6 Qxe6 37. dxe6 Kg6 38. f4 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.24"] [Round "11"] [White "Giri, Anish"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 O-O 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. f4 Rb8 14. Kf2 b5 15. Qb3 a5 16. Rac1 a4 17. Qd3 Rd8 18. Rc2 Bd6 19. Rhc1 b4 20. Qc4 Qa7 21. e3 Ba6 22. Qc6 b3 23. axb3 axb3 24. Rc3 Bb7 25. Qc4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qa2 27. R1c2 Qa8+ 0-1 [Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gashimov, Vugar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2746"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be5 14. f4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 c5 16. Qf2 Rhe8 17. Bd3 Bf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Gashimov, Vugar"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "2746"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qd3 Nc6 8. O-O-O Nb4 9. Qb3 Qd5 10. Qxd5 Nxd5 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Bb5+ c6 13. Be2 f5 14. Ng3 c5 15. Bb5+ Nd7 16. d5 a6 17. Be2 Nf6 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Nh3 b5 20. Rhe1 Rb8 21. Nh5 Rb6 22. Kb1 Rg8 23. N3f4 Kf7 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Rd3 Bd6 26. Nh5+ Kf7 27. Red1 Ke7 28. Rh3 Rxg2 29. Ng3 Bxg3 30. Rxh7+ Kf6 31. hxg3 Rxf2 32. Bh5 Bb7 33. Re1 Be4 34. Rf7+ Kg5 35. Bd1 Rd6 36. Kc1 Rdd2 37. g4 Bxc2 38. gxf5 Bxf5 39. Rf1 Rxb2 40. Rxf2 Rxf2 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.22"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C86"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2815"] [Annotator "Carlsen,M"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. e4 e5 {After my 100% record with the French Defence was ruined against Karjakin, (to be fair I was not even close to retaining it) I had to play something else.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Declaring my readiness to suffer in a slightly worse ending against the World Champion.} 4. Qe2 {A surprise; Anand avoids the Berlin endgame from time to time, but usually with 4.d3.} a6 { For whatever reason I suddenly got very creative here, and started considering several reasonable and unreasonable options like ...Qe7, ...Bd6 and ,,,g6. After a while I came to my senses and played a normal move.} 5. Ba4 Be7 { Most sensible people play ...b5 first here, and indeed it makes sense not to give White the option of retreating the bishop to c2.} 6. c3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 Bd7 9. d5 Nb8 10. Bxd7 Nbxd7 11. c4 {Black should be a little bit worse here. However, as my position seemed a whole lot sounder than it did at this point in the blindfold game, (notably, no tripled pawns) I was not that worried.} g6 (11... a5 {here or on one of the next few moves makes little sense to me, as White will soon play b4 anyway, and I will have given up the b5-square and possibly the a-file for very little.}) 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Rb1 Ng7 14. b4 {I was playing way too quickly around here to consider subtleties like the possibility of playing c5 here, which closes the position and makes it hard to create anything serious on the queenside for White in the near future. However, when I hit upon this idea a few moves later I also remembered a game Anand-Short with the same structure, which Anand won in good style so I did not really regret choosing another plan.} (14. Ne1 { followed by Nd3 is desirable strategically, but it allows} Bg5 { and after exchanging the dark-squared bishops Black must be fine.}) 14... f5 15. Be3 Rb8 (15... Nf6 16. Rfd1 {with c4-c5 to come looks very pleasant for White as I don't really want to take on e4. Thus, the knight is better placed on d7.}) 16. Rfd1 {Considering what happened in the game, it might be suggested that the rook should have been put on c1 instead. The rook would be very useful on d1 if the centre was to be opened, but as soon as I close the position with f4, the rook is naturally not doing much here.} (16. c5 dxc5 17. bxc5 f4 {works out well for Black.}) 16... Qe8 17. a4 f4 {There isn't really much else for Black to do here. Without the light-squared bishops White will never be mated on the kingside of course, but at least I will manage to create some counterplay and not give White a free hand on the kingside.} 18. Bd2 g5 19. h3 (19. Ne1 Qg6 20. f3 h5 21. Nd3 g4 {was another option for White. White is clearly at least ok here, but as long as White is not breaking through on the queenside any time soon Black certainly has chances.}) 19... h5 20. Nh2 Qg6 21. f3 Ne8 $1 {It is important to put this knight on f6 (it was just an obstruction on g7) rather than the other knight, which has a very useful defensive function on d7.} 22. Rdc1 Nef6 23. Kf1 $2 { The critical moment, where Anand chooses the wrong defensive plan.} (23. Nd1 { with the intention of putting this knight on f2 and stopping g4 would be one move too late:} g4 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Nxg4 Nxg4 26. fxg4 Bh4 $1 { followed by ...Nf6 with a very strong initative.}) (23. Kh1 g4 24. Rg1 { would have been better, as Black is not breaking through any time soon, and White might even have ideas of playing g3 some day. On the other hand, White is clearly not going to do any serious damage on the queenside either, with the knight on h2 and rook on g1.}) 23... Kf7 24. Ke1 $6 {The continuation of a bad plan. White has not enough time to protect everything after Black invades on the g-file.} g4 25. Kd1 gxh3 26. gxh3 Rg8 27. Kc2 Qg2 28. Rh1 Qxe2 29. Nxe2 Rg2 30. Kd3 Nb6 {Now White is losing a pawn by force.} 31. Rbg1 Rbg8 32. Rxg2 ( 32. Ng4 Rxg1 33. Nh6+ Kg6 {just doesn't work.}) 32... Rxg2 33. a5 (33. Nc3 Nxc4 {is no better.}) 33... Nxc4 34. Bc1 b5 35. axb6 Nxb6 36. Nf1 Nh7 { Intending ...Bh4 followed by ...Ng5, and} 37. h4 (37. Rg1 Rf2 {doesn't help.}) 37... Nf8 38. Bd2 Ng6 39. Be1 Na4 {White is almost in complete zugzwang. As is easy to see, neither of his knights can move, and after} 40. Rg1 (40. Kd2 Nb2 { his king is stalemated too.}) 40... Rxg1 41. Nxg1 Bxh4 {Black does not have an immediate breakthrough, but with two extra pawns the game is obviously decided. } 42. Bd2 Ke7 43. Nh3 Kd7 {...c7-c6 is next, and White has no chances of saving the game. A nice, smooth win, even if it was not Anand's finest hour.} 0-1 [Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.22"] [Round "9"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2815"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O Na5 8. d3 Nxc4 9. dxc4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bc6 11. e5 Qc7 12. Qd3 f5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Qh3 dxe5 15. Be3 e4 16. Ne6 Qc8 17. Nxc5 Nf6 18. Bd4 Kf7 19. Rae1 a5 20. Re2 b5 21. Nb3 bxc4 22. Nd2 Bd5 23. Rfe1 Qd8 24. Qh4 e6 25. Rb1 Qe7 26. Nxc4 Nd7 27. Qxe7+ Kxe7 28. Ne3 Rhb8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. c4 Bc6 31. Rd2 e5 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. fxe5 f4 34. Nd5+ Bxd5 35. Rxd5 Rb1+ 36. Kf2 Rb2 37. Rd4 Rxc2+ 38. Kf1 f3 39. gxf3 exf3 40. Rd6 g5 41. Rxh6 Rxa2 42. h3 a4 43. Rf6 Ra1+ 44. Kf2 a3 45. Ra6 a2 0-1 [Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.20"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C66"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2808"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 Bd7 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Nf1 Bf8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nb8 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 14. Qb3 Qc8 15. d4 Nbd7 16. Qc2 g6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Rad1 c6 19. Ne3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.20"] [Round "8"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D40"] [WhiteElo "2808"] [BlackElo "2817"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 {The game had started as an English opening, but eventually reached a symmetrical Tarrasch tabyia. This transposition used to be popular some 30-40 years ago, but at some point strong players seemed to have lost faith in White's chances for an advantage. In the present game, the variation proved an effective surprise weapon, especially with restricted time for thinking. The previous generations had established that both sides should refrain from inflicting on the opponent an Isolani with an early exchange in the centre. They failed to find a way, though, of maintaining a long term edge. Nowadays, players are used to getting just a minimal or microscopic opening advantage, which may bring the tabyia into the limelight again.} 6. a3 {Still following the old main line. If Black develops his bishop, White would play dxc5 followed by b4, gaining space and time. We can state that he would get a reversed Queen's Gambit Accepted with 2 extra tempi.} a6 {Black's most natural choice.} (6... Ne4 {is an important alternative, aiming to break the symmetry, which famously was employed by Fischer in the final part of his Candidates' final.} 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 (8. Qxc3 $5 {, which was played in some later games, but none of them at the same high level, may be a better chance for an advantage.}) 8... Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O Na5 12. Nd2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 b6 15. e4 Bb7 { With easy play for Black. After having traded all the knights, he hardly can have space problems. In Petrosian,T (2640)-Fischer,R (2760)/Buenos Aires 1971/ Candidates (0-1, 39) Black's queenside counterplay proved faster than White's kingside attack.}) 7. dxc5 {It is hard to find another useful waiting move.} Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 {is best answered by} d4 $1 $11 {With a complete simplification of the position.} 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. O-O {1/2 (14) Ljubojevic,L (2605)-Tal,M (2625)/Bugojno 1978/MCL}) (10. Be2 {gives away a tempo for nothing:} dxc4 11. Bxc4 { Andersson,U (2605)-Chandler,M (2575)/Tilburg 1992/CBM 032/[Ftacnik] (1-0, 28)}) 10... Qe7 {It is instructive to notice that both players develop their queens according to the concrete circumstances. Black can occupy the safe e7-square, because he has developed his king's bishop already.} 11. Rd1 ({ Once again, developing the king's bishop would unnecessarily lose a tempo:} 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bd7 13. O-O (13. Ne4 $5) 13... Rac8 14. Qe2 Bb8 15. Rac1 (15. Bd3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Ne4 { was recommended by Ivkov, failing to notice a simple tactical blow:} Bxh2+ $1 18. Kxh2 Nxe4 $17) 15... Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11 17. f4 Bb8 18. Bb3 Ba7 $15 { Olafsson,F (2550)-Ivkov,B (2520)/Novi Sad 1976/EXT 99 (0-1, 41)}) 11... Rd8 { We can see that, with some exceptions, Black is confined to imitate White's play, even after the central tension has been relieved partially. The truth is that useful waiting moves are not so numerous. The rook opposition along the d-file is not without some inconvenience for Black, though.} ({It is risky to release the tension completely, ignoring White's extra tempo with respect to the game from the previous comment:} 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bd7 13. Ne4 $14 { This way of clearing diagonals for the bishops, which can be met in the notes to this game more than once, is known from the old games of Rubinstein already. } Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Rfe8 15. Qg4 g6 16. h4 $40 Rad8 17. h5 e5 18. Qg3 Bb8 $2 (18... Be6 $8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Be2 $16) 19. hxg6 { 1-0 Mchedlishvili,M (2540)-Essing,A (2286)/Batumi 2002/CBM 090}) 12. Be2 { White had finished his waiting moves, but, happily, now is a good moment for developing the bishop.} d4 { The most principled, but somewhat risky, answer, finally breaking symmetry.} ({ Since he also had no waiting moves left, Black only had a reasonablealternative :} 12... dxc4 {The main problem with this move is that the subsequent exchange, which was not possible at earlier stages, forces Black into worsening the position of one of his developed pieces, allowing White to gain time.} 13. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {This looks like the lesser evil. Black will be able to regroup with his knight to f7 (after ...f6), although this would slightly weaken his kingside.} (13... Qxd8 {looks like a mere losing of time.} 14. Bxc4 Bd7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Ne7 17. Ng5 $40 { Chernin,A (2475)-Rashkovsky,N (2400)/Sverdlovsk 1984/MCL (1-0, 31)}) 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 {Several games between strong players have been played from this position. It is hard to say whether White's advantage is more than symbolic, because the symmetrycal character of the structure, but play generally is one-sided, offering Black no reasons for joy.} Bd7 (15... a5 16. Qxc4 axb4 17. axb4 Bd7 18. O-O Rc8 19. Qb3 f6 20. b5 $14 { Foisor,O (2430)-Lputian,S (2530)/Sochi 1985/MCD (1/2, 46)}) (15... f6 16. Bxc4 Nf7 {Keres,P (2600)-Parma,B (2510)/Dortmund 1973/MCL (1/2, 23)}) 16. Bxc4 Rc8 17. Ne5 {Huebner,R (2630)-Ftacnik,L (2580)/Polanica Zdroj 1995/CBM 049/ [Ftacnik] (1-0, 68)}) 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. O-O {I do not know how this happened, but White has completed his development first! True, the strong d4-bishop exerts some pressure and White will need a tempo to exchange it, but the sudden transformation of the position remains remarkable.} e5 {Not only gai ning space and preparing to complete the development, but also parrying the threatened knight move to d5.} 16. Na4 {The knight on the edge does not always stands badly, especially if it has such an appetising square available as b6. } Be6 {The most natural way of developing the bishop, but there are two important alternatives.} ({Aronian must have felt confident against} 16... Bg4 {, which he had faced in the past:} 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Nb6 Rad8 20. Nd5 {The exchange its counterpart immediately takes advantage of the available space.} Qd6 21. h3 Nf6 22. Rxd4 exd4 23. Rd1 Qe5 (23... Nxd5 24. Rxd4 Re8 25. Qd2 $16) 24. f4 Qe6 25. Qf2 $1 ({After} 25. Qd2 b5 26. Qxd4 { , Black managed to save the game with the calm} Kh8 $1 { Aronian,L (2610)-Ftacnik,L (2602)/Germany 2003/CBM 093 (1/2, 32)}) 25... b5 26. Rxd4 bxc4 (26... Nxd5 27. cxd5 $16 Rxd5 $2 28. Qf3 $1 $18) 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qc5 $16 {The weakness of the back rank will cause Black to lose a pawn, with a pretty difficult endgame to hold.}) (16... Bd7 { aims to find some relief in successive exchanges.} 17. Bxd4 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 ({It does not make sense to refrain from this exchange, because after } 19. Qc2 {Black can complete his development with} Rad8 {, when an exchange on d4 is hard to avoid anyway, Kasparov,G (2735)-Schulte,O (2370)/Hamburg 1987/ CBM 002 (1/2, 30) By exchanging at once, White reserves himself the possibility of transferring the queen to other squares than c2, according to necessity.}) 19... exd4 20. Bd3 Rd8 (20... Ng4 {Merino Garcia,R (2285) -Estremera Panos,S (2400)/Montanchez 1998/EXT 2003 (1/2, 26)} 21. Qd1 $5 $146 Ne5 22. Be4 Nxc4 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Qd3 Nd6 25. Qxd4 Re8 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. Bd3 $14 { With chances of getting an endgame with a superior minor piece.}) 21. Qd1 g6 22. Re1 Qd7 {Pira,D (2365)-Zelcic,R (2495)/Montpellier 1996/EXT 2004 (1-0, 70) } 23. Qf3 $5 $146 Kg7 24. g3 $5 {The pawn is safely blocked and all White's pieces are slightly more active than Black's. Technical players will certainly enjoy the squeezing phase, although the success is far from being guaranteed.}) (16... Bxb2 $6 {is not to be recommended:} 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Qxb2 {Black not o nly has lost his main trump, the d4-outpost, but also handed the initiative to his opponent completely.}) 17. c5 $1 $146 {Unlike in Kasparov's simul game quoted above, it is best to delay the capture on d4, which would speed up Black's development.} (17. Bxd4 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 exd4 19. Nb6 Rd8 20. Rd1 g6 $13 { Kongevold,H-Johnsen,S/Gjovik 1991 (0-1, 46)}) 17... Qc7 18. Nb6 Rab8 19. Bxd4 { Now that the queen's rook has been forced to lose a tempo on a more or less useless move, it is a good moment to carry out the exchange.} Rxd4 20. Rxd4 exd4 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. h3 g6 23. Qb2 {The barrier created along the d-file by the white knight in collaboration with the c5-pawn causes Black problems in defending his central pawn.} Qf4 $6 {As will be revealed in a comment below, this is not a good square for the queen.} (23... Qe5 { would have maintained a playable position.} 24. Nc4 $5 ({With the queen on e5, } 24. Bf3 Ne4 25. Re1 f5 {is rather unclear.}) 24... Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Kg7 26. Qd2 $14 {Although Black has no immediate problems, the endgame is likely to be dangerous on account of the advanced white majority and the vulnerability of the b7-pawn.}) 24. Bf3 $1 { Unexpectedly, the b7-pawn cannot be defended in a satisfactory way.} d3 { Searching for practical chances.} (24... Ne4 $2 {does not work because of} 25. Rxd4 $18 {This is when the queen proves to be misplaced on f4.}) (24... Bxh3 25. Qd2 $16) 25. Qd2 Qd4 26. Bxb7 $16 { The advanced d-pawn is no adequate match for the strong queenside majority.} a5 27. Bf3 axb4 28. Qxb4 $1 {Aronian unblocks the enemy pawn, but ensures the advance of his own c-pawn as well.} d2 29. c6 Qe5 30. Nd7 $1 {An elegant fying operation, leaving White with an extra pawn in a technical position.} Nxd7 31. Qxd2 Qc7 32. Qd4 Rc8 33. cxd7 Rd8 34. Qb2 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qb4 Qd3 38. a4 {White counterplay could have avoided the ensuing tactical operation, but Aronian may have been confident that the resulting position with an extra piece is winning.} Bxh3 39. Qb2+ Kg8 40. Be2 Qe4 41. gxh3 Qxa4 {Black's saving chances are connected with the colour of the h8-corner, which is opposite to that of the bishop. With queens on the board, though, White also has attacking ideas.} 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. Bf3 Qd7 45. Bd5 Qxh3 {Practically giving up any resistance. Anand may have overlooked the following simplifying manoeuvre.} 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47. Qxf7+ Kh6 48. Qf4+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ Kh6 (49... Kf8 {leads to disaster after:} 50. Qf6+ Ke8 51. Bc6+) 50. Qe3+ Qxe3 51. fxe3 {The rest is simple.} Kg5 52. Kg2 Kf5 53. Kf3 Ke5 54. Bg8 h6 55. Bf7 Kf5 56. Be8 h5 57. e4+ Kf6 58. Ke3 h4 59. Bd7 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C12"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2774"] [Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 (9. Qf4 $5 {is an interesting try, as we can check:} c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 $14 {this is the key idea. White will maintain castling possibilities, and still try to pressure Black's weakened kingside.}) (9. Bc1 $5 c5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. h3 Ne4 14. Ne2 Nxc5 15. Qf3 $13 {As in the 19 81 game Tal-Vooremaa, another great performance by the great Ex-World Champion, even tho Black's position should be around ok here.}) 9... Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 (11. h4 { among other ideas, this is a direct try against Black's king. For example:} Nc6 12. h5 $5 g5 13. f4 {Funny thing - I just realised this was the idea I used to play all the time on the Internet against this variation, when I was just a kid. Of course, I thought I was a genius for that, since I used to win many games in the following endgame:} cxd4 (13... c4 $5 14. Be2 f5 $1 $13) 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. fxg5 Qxg5+ (15... Qa5+ 16. c3 Nb3+ 17. axb3 Qxa1 18. g6 $13) 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. g4 $13 {followed by c3-Nf3, creating some pressure on the g5-weakness. Back then, it was so exciting to get to move 17 without making a single move from my head!}) 11... Nc6 {As in many positions in the French Defence, both sides have a big variety of moves and plans to follow, specially in this Winawer structures (arriving mostly after 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3). Just to show how rich the position is, White has tried moves like Rab1, Rhb1, h4, Qf4, Bb5, as well as the game move, dxc5.} (11... Bd7 $5 { is also possible, with the idea of Bc6-Nd7-Qe7and O-O-O.}) 12. dxc5 {White rele ases the central tension, and will try to create play in the b-file, and consolidate a blockade with Qf4-Nd4. With 12.dxc5, Anand chooses to play this structure, since he avoids any ...cxd4 ideas (when cxd4 would be forced, and Black could play something like Qa5+/b6-Ba6.} Qa5 13. Qf4 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Rhb1 O-O-O $2 (15... b6 $5 {and suddenly castling kingside becomes an option, since White's forces are focused on the queenside.} 16. Qf6 (16. Nb5 O-O $1 17. h4 Ne7 $13) 16... O-O 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Rb4 Rfc8 19. Bxg6 $2 (19. Rh4 Qf8 $1 { that's why Rfc8} 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Qg7 22. Qxe6+ Kh7 23. Rg4 Qf8 $13) 19... Be8 $3 $17 {[X c3, Bg6]}) 16. Rb5 $2 (16. Nb5 $1 { Now Black couldn't stop White's activity:} Kb8 17. Nd6 b6 18. Rb5 Qa3 (18... g5 19. Qg3 Qa3 20. Rb3 Qc5 21. Nxf7 Na5 22. Qe3 $1 Nxb3+ 23. axb3 $16) 19. Qe3 $1 {Rxb6 coming, and Nxf7 as well, since Rhf8 is not pinning the N anymore} Ka8 20. Rb3 Qc5 21. Nxf7 $18) 16... Qe7 17. Rab1 b6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. R5b4 g5 20. Qe3 Qc5 {Nakamura was able to hold the position so far, and the endgame won't present any problems for him.} 21. f4 gxf4 (21... Qxe3+ $5 22. Kxe3 Kc7 $11 { was another way to treat the position, Rhg8 to come.}) 22. Rxf4 Rhg8 (22... Qxe3+ 23. Kxe3 Be8 24. g3 Rd7 $1 $11 {/\ Kd8-e7, Rc7}) 23. g3 (23. Qxc5 $6 { winning the pawn could backire:} bxc5 24. Ba6+ Kc7 25. Rxf7+ Rd7 26. Rf2 c4 $1 $44 {when the B on b5 remains out of play. Besides, Rg5 comes and e5 becomes a real weakness as well.}) 23... Qxe3+ 24. Kxe3 Rg5 $2 {Nakamura's will to play actively could have been punished, had Anand reacted correctly on his 27th move.} (24... Be8 $142 25. Rh4 Rh8 26. Rf1 $14 {[X h6]}) 25. Rxf7 Rxe5+ 26. Kf4 Rh5 27. g4 $2 (27. h4 $1 {it's hard to believe Anand didn't play this appealing move, leaving the h5-R out of play for a decent time.} d4 { forced to let the R live} (27... Rg8 $2 { could have been the reason why Anand played 27.g4} 28. Bh7 $1 e5+ 29. Kf3 d4+ 30. Kf2 $18 {[X Rh5]}) 28. Rxa7 b5 29. a4 $1 Rc5 30. Bxb5 $16 (30. axb5 $4 { as my grandma says - it's never too late for something to go wrong:} Rf8+ 31. Kg4 Bg2 {and the subtle h5# threat decides in Black's favour:} 32. Rh7 Rg8+ 33. Kf4 $19 {with e5-e4 to follow})) 27... Rxh2 28. Rxa7 Rd7 $1 { Nakamura takes his chances and precisely equalises within the next moves:} 29. Ra6 (29. Rxd7 Kxd7 30. Rxb6 Kc7 31. Rb1 Kd6 $13 { and Black's central advance clearly compensates for his pawn down.}) 29... Kc7 30. Kg3 (30. Raxb6 $6 Rh3 $1 $132 { when White's K could become a target for Black.}) 30... Rd2 31. Rbxb6 Bb7 32. Rxb7+ Kxb7 33. Rxe6 { The best possible chance for Anand, but not enough for a win.} Rc7 34. Rxh6 Rxc3 35. Kf4 Rf2+ 36. Ke5 Rg2 37. Rg6 Ra3 38. Kxd5 Rxa2 {Starting here, White holds the initiative with the pawns, but the position must be a confortable draw already.} 39. Be4 Re2 40. c4 Rad2+ 41. Ke5+ Kc7 42. Kf5 Rf2+ 43. Kg5 Rd4 44. Bd5 Kd7 45. Kh6 Re2 46. Rg7+ Kd6 47. g5 Re5 48. Rf7 Rh4+ 49. Kg6 Rg4 50. Rf5 Rg1 51. Kf6 Rxf5+ 52. Kxf5 Rf1+ 53. Kg6 Ke5 54. Kg7 Rf4 55. g6 Kf5 56. Bf7 Rd4 57. c5 Rd8 58. c6 Rc8 59. Bd5 Rc7+ 60. Kh6 Kf6 61. Kh5 Ra7 62. Bf7 Kg7 63. Kg5 Ra5+ 64. Kf4 Rc5 65. Be8 Rxc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2774"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Ne2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. f4 Qe7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 c5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. f5 c4 17. Bxc4 Qc5+ 18. Rf2 Nf6 19. Bd5 Rad8 20. Ng3 gxf5 21. Qe2 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rd2 24. Raf1 Rxb2 25. Nf5 Kh8 26. Qh4 Rxf2 27. Rxf2 Qxc3 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Qf6+ Kh7 30. Qe7 Qc8 31. Rf6 b6 32. Qxe5 Qc5+ 33. Qxc5 bxc5 34. Rc6 Re8 35. Rxc5 Re7 36. Kf2 Kg7 37. a4 Kg6 38. Ra5 h5 39. Kg3 f6 40. Kf3 Rc7 41. Ke4 h4 42. Kf3 Rc3+ 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Rc1+ 45. Kh2 Rc7 46. g4 Rc2+ 47. Kg1 Rc3 48. Kg2 Rc2+ 49. Kh1 Rc1+ 50. Kg2 Rc2+ 51. Kg1 Rc1+ 52. Kg2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C99"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. a3 Rfe8 18. Bd3 Rab8 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Bc5 Bd8 22. b4 axb3 23. Nxb3 Qa8 24. Bd6 Rb6 25. Rc5 Nd4 26. Bxe5 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Qxa3 28. Bc2 Qa8 29. Bd4 Rbe6 30. Rg5 g6 31. Nc5 Rd6 32. Nxd7 Nxd7 33. Bb3 Bf6 34. Bxf6 Nxf6 35. Qf4 Qa5 36. Re3 Qd2 37. e5 Nd5 38. Qf3 Rdd8 39. Rg4 Re7 40. Rd3 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qxe5+ 42. g3 Red7 43. Rgd4 Qf6 44. Qe2 Nc3 45. Rxd7 Rxd7 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47. Rxd7 Qxf2+ 48. Kh1 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A49"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 Qb6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 cxd4 8. a5 Qd8 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Qa4 d5 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nd2 Rfc8 14. Nb3 e6 15. Rd1 Nd8 16. e3 Qxa4 17. Rxa4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bd2 f5 20. Bc3 Rc7 21. Kf1 Kf7 22. Bb4 Nc6 23. Rc1 Rd8 24. Ba3 e5 25. a6 b5 26. Rb4 exd4 27. Rxb5 dxe3 28. Rb7 Rxb7 29. axb7 Rb8 30. Rxc6 Rxb7 31. Na5 Rd7 32. fxe3 Rd1+ 33. Ke2 Rh1 34. Nc4 Rxh2+ 35. Kf1 h5 36. Ra6 Rc2 37. Rxa7+ Kg8 38. Rc7 Bf6 39. Rc6 Kg7 40. Ne5 Rd2 41. Bf8+ 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2776"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bc1 Na5 13. O-O d6 14. Ba3 Be6 15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Re8 17. c5 Nc4 18. Qxd8 Rexd8 19. Bc1 Rac8 20. Bxb7 Rxc5 21. Re1 h6 22. Ba6 Rd6 23. Bxc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. Nh4 g6 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qh3 Nf8 16. Nf3 b5 17. Qh4 N8d7 18. Qh3 Nf8 19. a3 Nh5 20. Rfd1 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Qe7 22. Qe3 Nf6 23. Nf3 N8d7 24. Ne1 Rab8 25. f3 Nb6 26. b3 d5 27. exd5 exd5 28. Ne2 d4 29. Qg5 Nbd5 30. Ng3 Ne3 31. Rd2 Nfd5 32. Qxe7 Nxe7 33. Ne4 N7d5 34. h4 Nc3 35. Nxc3 Rxc3 36. a4 b4 37. a5 Kf7 38. f4 exf4 39. Rxd4 Nxc2 40. Rxf4+ Kg7 41. Nxc2 Rxc2 42. Rd1 Rc7 43. Rd6 Ra7 44. Rb6 Rxb6 45. axb6 Rb7 46. Rxb4 Kf6 47. Kf2 Ke5 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Kf4 h6 50. g4 Kc5 51. Rc4+ Kd5 52. Rb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2747"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. g4 Nc6 8. Nb3 e6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Be3 b5 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Qf2 Rb8 13. Kb1 Nce5 14. Rg1 Be7 15. f4 Nc4 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. Bd4 b4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Nd2 Qc6 20. Ne2 e5 21. Be3 a5 22. Ng3 g6 23. Nf3 a4 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Rd5 b3 26. cxb3 axb3 27. a3 O-O 28. Rc1 Qa6 29. Qd2 Nf6 30. Rxe5 Rd8 31. Bd4 Be6 32. Nf5 Bf8 33. h3 Bc4 34. Ne7+ Bxe7 35. Rxe7 Bd3+ 36. Ka1 Bc2 37. Qf4 Rdc8 38. Rc7 Rxc7 39. Qxc7 Nxe4 40. Re1 Re8 41. Ng5 Rf8 42. Nxe4 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2747"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. Bf4 Nh4 17. Kh1 Nf3 18. Kg2 Nh4+ 19. Kh1 Nf3 20. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2733"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 b4 15. Bxb4 Qb6 16. Ba3 Qxd4 17. Qc2 c5 18. Rad1 Qe5 19. Bxc4 Qc7 20. Nb1 O-O 21. Nd2 Ne5 22. Be2 Rfc8 23. Kh1 c4 24. Rc1 Qc6 25. f3 Nd3 26. Rb1 Nxb2 27. Bxb2 c3 28. Bxc3 Qxc3 29. Qxc3 Bxc3 30. Nc4 Rc7 31. Rfc1 Bd4 32. Na5 Rxc1+ 33. Rxc1 Ra7 34. Rc7 Ba8 35. Rxa7 Bxa7 36. Bxa6 f5 37. exf5 exf5 38. Bb7 Bb6 39. Nc4 Bxb7 40. Nxb6 Kf7 41. Kg1 Ke6 42. Kf2 f4 43. Nc4 Kd5 44. Nd2 Kc5 45. Ne4+ Kb4 46. Nd6 Bd5 47. Nf5 Kxa4 48. Nxh6 Kb4 49. Ng4 Be6 50. Nf6 Kc4 51. h3 Kd4 52. Nh7 Ke5 53. Nxg5 Bc4 54. h4 Kf5 55. Nh3 Bf7 56. Ke2 Bc4+ 57. Kd2 Bf1 58. h5 Bxg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E42"] [WhiteElo "2733"] [BlackElo "2817"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. g3 Bb7 9. d5 b5 10. Bg2 bxc4 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 d6 { For this line - see Spoelman - So in CBM 141.} (12... exd5 $142 13. Nxd5 (13. e5 Ng4 14. Bxd5 Bc6 $1 {W.So} 15. f4 Nc7 $11) 13... Nc7 $1 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qxd7 Rfe8 16. Qa4 Qa6 17. Qc2 Ne6 18. Be3 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Rd3 $36 {0-1 Martinovic ,S (2511)-Zelcic,R (2538)/Marija Bistrica CRO 2011/The Week in Chess 847 (105)} ) 13. Bg5 (13. Qa4 exd5 14. Nxd5 $1 (14. exd5 Bb6 (14... Bxc3 15. Nxc3 (15. bxc3 $6 Qc8 16. Nf4 Nc7 $1 17. Bh3 Qb8 $1 $11 { 0-1 Spoelman,W (2547)-So,W (2673)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM 141/[So,Wesley] (34)}) 15... Nc7 16. Rd1 Ba6 17. Bg5 $1 $14 {W.So}) 15. Re1 Nc7 16. Qxc4 Re8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bd2 Ba6 19. Qa4 c4 20. h3 Rc8 21. Rbd1 Nd7 $132 { 1/2 Lehnhoff,H-Caire,F/LSS 2006/Telechess CBM 127 (29)}) 14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Re8 16. Nc3 Bb6 17. Bf4 Nc7 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Qxc4 Qd7 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21. Nxa4 Nb5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. bxc3 c4 25. Be3 $1 $14 { 1-0 Laznicka,V (2601)-Spoelman,W (2448)/Liverpool 2008/CBM 126 Extra (75)}) ( 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qa4 $14 {W.So}) 13... exd5 (13... h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qa4 Bb6 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. Nf4 Qe5 18. Qxc4 Rfe8 (18... Nc7 19. Ng6 Qh5 20. Nxf8 { 1/2 Damaso,R (2485)-Gomez Esteban,J (2490)/Leon 1997/CBM 059 ext} Ba6 21. Qa4 Bxf1 22. Nd7 $16) 19. Rfd1 Nc7 20. Rd2 Ba5 21. Rbd1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 $14 { 1-0 Paramos Dominguez,R (2405)-Giorgadze,G/Mondariz 1997/EXT 1999 (25)}) (13... Nc7 $5 14. e5 $5 dxe5 15. d6 Bxg2 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Kxg2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Rad8 (19... e4 $5 20. Kg1 Rae8 $132) 20. d7 e4 21. Kg1 Qe7 22. Rbd1 $14 { 1-0 Vaisser,A (2522)-Zakhartsov,V (2608)/Aix-les-Bains FRA 2011/The Week in Chess 855 (29)}) 14. Nf4 (14. Nxd5 { is simpler; White keeps an edge due to his control of the d5-square:} Bxd5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxd5 Qe6 (16... Rab8 17. Qxc4 Nc7 18. Nf4 Rfe8 19. Qc2 Qd8 20. Rfd1 Ne6 21. Nd5 Qd7 22. Qd3 $14 { 1/2 Bluvshtein,M (2590)-Van der Werf,M (2439)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM 141 (104)}) 17. Qc6 Nc7 18. Nf4 Qe5 19. Rfd1 Rab8 20. Qa4 Bb6 21. Qxc4 Rfd8 22. b3 Qe8 23. Rd3 Nb5 24. Ra1 Nd4 25. Nd5 $14 { 1-0 Popov,S (2477)-Savic,M (2535)/Mataruska Banja 2007/CBM 118 ext (82)}) 14... Nc7 15. Nh5 $6 (15. Qa4 $1 Bb6 (15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bc8 (16... Ba6 17. Nh5 Qe8 18. Qa5 $1 Nxh5 19. Qxc7) 17. Qc6 $1 Bd7 18. Qxd6 Nb5 19. Bxf6 $1 Nxd6 20. Bxd8 Raxd8 21. Nxd5 $14) 16. Nfxd5 Ncxd5 17. Nxd5 Qe8 $1 18. Qxc4 (18. Qxe8 Rfxe8 19. Bxf6 Bxd5 20. exd5 gxf6 21. Rfc1 $14) 18... Nxd5 19. exd5 Qd7 20. Rfe1 $14) 15... Nce8 $1 16. exd5 (16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxd5 Rab8) 16... h6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qa4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Bc8 21. Qxc4 Bf5 $15 {Black has activated his pieces; his prospects are now even better due to the control of the b-file and weakness of White's c3-pawn. Pay attention to the awkward position of White's queen!} 22. Rbe1 Rab8 23. Re3 Bd7 (23... Rfe8 $15) 24. Rfe1 Rb2 25. Rf3 Qg5 26. Rfe3 $6 (26. Bf1 Rfb8 $15) 26... Qf5 (26... Bb5 $5 27. Qe4 Re8) 27. Rf3 Rb1 28. Rfe3 Rfb8 29. Be4 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Qf6 31. Rb1 Re8 32. h4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Qd3 Qe5 35. Rb7 Bg4 36. Bg6 Re7 37. Rxe7 Qxe7 38. Be4 Qe5 39. Qe3 (39. c4 {may be the lesser evil.}) 39... Kg7 40. f4 Qe7 41. Kf2 Qf6 42. Kg1 gxf4 43. gxf4 Bf5 44. Bg2 c4 45. Kf2 Bd3 46. Qg3+ $2 ( 46. Qd2 $15) 46... Kf8 47. Qg5 Qxc3 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Qxd6 Qd4+ 50. Kg3 c3 51. Qe7 c2 52. Qg5+ Bg6 53. f5 Qc3+ 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Nc5 Be8 16. Be2 Rd5 17. Nb3 Rad8 18. Be1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rxd1 20. Bxd1 Nb4 21. Na5 Nd3 22. Bc3 Ne4 23. Nxb7 Ndxf2 24. Be2 Bxa4 25. Bd4 Bb5 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Kf1 Nd3 28. Ke2 Nb4 29. Bb6 Bf6 30. Bd4 Be7 31. Bb6 Nd5 32. Ba5 Bf6 33. b3 Bb2 34. Nd2 Nxd2 35. Bxd2 Be5 36. h3 f5 37. Nd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2817"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 e6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. b3 Nxc3 11. dxc3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 O-O-O+ 13. Kc2 Be7 14. e4 h5 15. Be3 g6 16. Rad1 Kb7 17. Rd3 c4 18. bxc4 c5 19. e5 Kc6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. h4 Rd7 22. f3 Rd8 23. g3 Rb8 24. Bh6 Rh8 25. Be3 Rb8 26. Rd1 Kc7 27. Bf2 Kc6 28. Bg1 Kc7 29. Be3 Rd8 30. Rb1 a6 31. Bf2 Kc6 32. a4 Kc7 33. g4 Rh8 34. Kd3 Rb8 35. Rg1 Rh8 36. Ke4 Kc6 37. Rh1 Bd8 38. Rd1 Bc7 39. Rb1 Ba5 40. Rd1 Rd8 41. Rxd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2817"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+ Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Rd2 Be7 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Kh2 h5 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Nc5 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Bc8 20. b4 h4 21. Rd3 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. g4 hxg3+ 24. Kxg3 b6 25. Nd3 Be6 26. a3 Bd5 27. Nd4 Ke7 28. Nf5+ Kf8 29. f4 Be4 30. Kg4 f6 31. exf6 gxf6 32. h4 Nh8 33. Ng3 Bh7 34. f5 Nf7 35. Kf4 Nd6 36. Nf2 Bg8 37. Nfe4 Ne8 38. h5 Kg7 39. Nf2 Ba2 40. Ng4 Bb1 41. h6+ Kh7 42. c3 Nd6 43. Nxf6+ Kxh6 44. Ng4+ Kg7 45. Ne5 Kf6 46. Nh5+ Ke7 47. Nxc6+ Kf8 48. Ng3 Nb5 49. Ne2 Bd3 50. a4 Bxe2 51. axb5 Bxb5 52. Nxa7 Bd7 53. c4 Ke7 54. Ke5 Be8 55. Nb5 c6 56. f6+ Kd7 57. Nd6 Bg6 58. c5 bxc5 59. bxc5 Bb1 60. Nc4 Ba2 61. Nb6+ Ke8 62. Kd6 Kf7 63. Kxc6 Kxf6 64. Kd6 Bb1 65. c6 Bd3 66. Nd7+ Kg7 67. Nc5 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 20th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2011.03.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D57"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2817"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2011.03.12"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.05.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1 (13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Qb3 Bg4 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Bc2 b6 17. h3 Bd7 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Bd1 Nd3 { 1/2 Hort,V (2600)-Donner,J (2500)/Havana 1971/MCD}) (13. Nd2 Be6 14. Rb1 b6 15. Qa4 Rfc8 16. Bb5 Na5 17. Nb3 a6 18. Be2 Nc4 19. dxc5 b5 20. Qb4 a5 21. Qxb5 Rab8 22. Qa6 Ra8 23. Qb5 Rab8 24. Qa6 Ra8 25. Qb5 { 1/2 Dimitrov,R (2365)-Nikolov,S (2403)/Sunny Beach 2009/CBM 132 Extra}) (13. Rb1 Be6 14. dxc5 Rab8 15. Qa4 Qxc5 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qg4 Qd6 $11 {1/2 Eingorn,V (2580)-Li Wenliang (2330)/Luzern 1993/CBM 038 (47)}) (13. a4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Rb1 c4 17. Bf5 b6 18. e4 Qf6 19. g4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bg6 { 1/2 Eingorn,V (2600)-Skembris,S (2442)/Bad Woerishofen 2004/CBM 099 ext}) (13. h3 Be6 14. Re1 Rfd8 15. Rb1 Rac8 16. e4 cxd4 17. exd5 Rxd5 18. Bc4 Rd6 19. cxd4 Qd7 (19... Rcd8 $11 20. d5 Qc7 21. dxe6 Rxd1 22. exf7+ Kf8 23. Rbxd1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nd8 25. Ne5 Nxf7 $1 26. Ng6+ Kg8 27. Be6 Qc2 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Nf8+ Kg8 $11 ) 20. Bxe6 fxe6 (20... Rxe6 $1 21. Rxe6 fxe6 $11) 21. Qb3 b6 22. Re4 $14 { 1/2 Uhlmann,W (2535)-Averbakh,Y (2515)/Polanica Zdroj 1975/MCL (41)}) 13... Rd8 {Hardly the best.} (13... Be6 14. Rb1 (14. e4 $142) 14... c4 15. Bc2 Qa3 16. Qd2 Rab8 17. e4 Ne7 18. Ne5 b5 19. f4 f6 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nc6 Rbe8 22. Rxb5 Bf7 $44 {0-1 Hesselberg,L (2131)-Savu,I/ICCF WS 2005/ICCF CBM 125 (44)}) (13... Qd6 14. Rb1 (14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bg4 $5) 14... b6 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd2 Rd8 17. Rbc1 Bg4 18. Nd4 Ne5 $11 { 1/2 Van Scheltinga,T-Muhring,W/Amsterdam 1950/EXT 1998 (46)}) 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Qf6 16. d5 Ne7 (16... Qxc3 17. dxc6 $5 Rxd1 18. Raxd1 Be6 19. cxb7 Rb8 20. Rd6 $44) 17. Ne5 (17. Qb3 $5 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qxb7 Qxc3 20. Ne5 Rf8 (20... Nd6 21. Qe7 $14) 21. Rac1 Qb4 22. Qxb4 cxb4 23. Nc6 a5 24. Rc5 $14 Ra6 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Nxa5 Ra8 27. Nc6 Rxa2 28. Nxb4 Rb2 29. Nc6 Rd2 { 1/2 Feige,M (2245)-Neidhardt,C (2420)/Germany 2000/CBM 075 ext (58)}) 17... Bf5 18. Bf3 $1 {It is essential for White to keep this valuable bishop.} Ng6 19. Nxg6 (19. Nc4 $6 Qxc3 20. Rc1 Qd4) 19... Bxg6 20. Qb3 b6 (20... Re8 $5 21. Qxb7 Qxc3) 21. Re3 Bf5 (21... Re8 22. Rae1 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 a6 24. d6 $1 Rd8 25. Qxb6 Qxd6 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. Re8+ Kh7 28. h4 $14) 22. Rae1 Qd6 (22... Bd7 $142) 23. h3 {This enables Black to simplify the position and equalise.} (23. Qa4 $5 Bd7 24. Qa6 $14) 23... Bd7 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. hxg4 b5 $1 26. Re5 Rab8 27. R1e3 c4 28. Qc2 b4 29. cxb4 Qxb4 30. g3 Qb1+ 31. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kg2 Rd1 33. Re8+ Rxe8 34. Rxe8+ Kh7 35. Rc8 Rxd5 36. Rxc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Madrid-Valencia exh"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "2011.02.01"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2619"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2011.02.01"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.03.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Nbd2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nxc4 Nc6 10. O-O Qe7 11. a3 a5 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 b5 15. Ne3 Bxe3 16. Qxc6 Bd7 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Qd3 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 b4 20. e4 Nb6 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Rfd1 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 a4 24. Rd6 Rc6 25. Rad1 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Rb8 27. Rd4 e5 28. Rb4 Bc6 29. Nd2 Nd7 30. Rxb8+ Nxb8 31. Bf1 Nd7 32. f3 Kf8 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Ke3 Kd6 35. b3 axb3 36. Nxb3 Ba4 37. Nd2 Nb6 38. Nc4+ Nxc4+ 39. Bxc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Madrid-Valencia exh"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "2011.02.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2619"] [BlackElo "2810"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2011.02.01"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.03.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 c5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bc3 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qe3 Ne7 14. Rfd1 Rb8 15. Qf4 Bc6 16. Nd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc8 18. e4 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nexd5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Qf3 Nf6 23. Rac1 Qb7 24. Qxb7 Rxb7 25. Nb5 Ne4 26. Rc6 Nc5 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Na6 29. Rd4 Rbb8 30. Nd6 g6 31. h4 Rfd8 32. Rf4 Rd7 33. Ne4 Rc7 34. Rd6 Kg7 35. Nf6 Re7 36. Rfd4 Nc7 37. Nd5 Nxd5 38. R4xd5 b5 39. Rd7 Rxd7 40. Rxd7 h5 41. Rd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2011.01.30"] [Round "13"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2733"] [BlackElo "2810"] [Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2011.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.03.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 {An interesting choice by Nepomniachtchi. He had had difficult times against Karjakin in this line on the other side of the board.} O-O 9. O-O Qc7 (9... Nc6 10. Re1 b5 (10... Be6 $6 11. Nd5 b5 12. Bb3 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Qc7 14. c3 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Bf6 16. Red1 Rfd8 17. a4 Ne7 18. Qd3 Qc6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. h4 h6 22. Bg5 $1 $14 { 1-0 Karjakin,S (2760)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2720)/Moscow 2010/CB00_2011 (49)}) 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bg5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. c3 g6 17. Qd3 Bg7 18. b4 f5 19. Nd2 Bh6 20. Rad1 Rf7 21. f3 Kg7 22. Nf1 fxe4 23. Rxe4 Bc6 24. Ree1 Qd7 25. Ng3 Qa7+ 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. Ne4 $14 { 1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2760)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2720)/Moscow 2010/CB00_2011 (52)}) 10. Nd5 $6 {Nepemniachtchi deviates from the main continuation} (10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qd2 (11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. Bg5 b5 14. Ne1 (14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. a3 $14 ) 14... Qb7 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 f5 19. Rad1 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Rc4 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. a3 b4 $6 23. axb4 Rxb4 24. b3 $14 { 1-0 Akopian,V (2678)-Morozevich,A (2732)/Bursa 2010/CBM 134 (46)}) 11... Rc8 12. Ng5 Bc4 13. f4 Nbd7 14. fxe5 $6 dxe5 15. Rf5 $6 Bb4 $1 16. Rd1 Rd8 $17 17. Qe1 h6 18. Nf3 Be6 19. Qg3 Bxf5 20. exf5 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Re1 Nxb3 23. axb3 b5 24. h3 Rac8 25. Nxe5 Re8 26. b4 Qd6 { 0-1 Ivanchuk,V (2740)-Anand,V (2803)/Leon 2008/CBM 124 Extra}) 10... Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nd7 12. c4 Nf6 13. Qb3 $146 (13. Rc1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qb3 Bxf3 16. Bb6 Qd7 17. Qxf3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Rfc8 19. b3 h6 20. Be3 (20. Qg4 Qxg4 21. hxg4) 20... Bg5 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Qg3 f6 23. Qg4 Qxg4 24. hxg4 Kf7 25. f3 Ke7 26. Kf2 Kd7 27. Ke3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8 { 1/2-1/2 Turko,S (1958)-Zuev,K (2186)/ICCF email 2008/Corr 2011}) 13... Nxd5 14. cxd5 b5 15. Rfc1 Qb8 16. Qc3 f5 17. Qc7 Rf7 18. Nd2 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 Bd8 { Black achieved a comfortable position without any difficulties. This puts more questions on White's 10th move.} 20. Rc6 $6 { The exchange sacrifice is not really a big help for White.} Bd7 21. Rxd6 Bc7 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. f3 f4 24. Bc5 Bd6 $6 { This move diminishes Black's chances to consolidate his advantages.} (24... Rc8 $1 25. b4 (25. Nb3 Bd8 26. Kf1 a5 27. Bf2 Rdc7 $17 { Black will invades White's second rank with no difficulties} 28. Bb6 Rc2 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. Nxa5 Rxb2 31. Rd1 b4 32. d6 Rxa2 33. Nb7 b3 $1 34. Rb1 Rda8 $19) 25... a5 26. a4 (26. a3 a4 $1 27. Kf1 Bd6 28. Bb6 (28. Rc1 $4 Rdc7 $19) 28... Kf7 29. Ke2 Rb7 30. Ba5 (30. Bf2 Rbc7 $19) 30... Rc3 { and Black's advantage seems to bring the full point home.}) 26... axb4 27. axb5 Ba5 $1 28. Bf2 (28. Nb3 Rxc5 $19) 28... Bd8 {In comparison to the game we can see a great improvement for Black on the queenside. His rooks thanks to the open files in there might be able to turn the favor for him.}) 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Nb3 Rc8 27. Rf1 Kf7 28. Na5 Rc2 29. Rf2 Rc1+ 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 g5 ( 31... Kf6 32. h3) 32. Nc6 Kf6 33. b4 Rd7 34. h3 h5 35. Kf2 Rg7 36. Kf1 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Kf2 g3+ {It is a an unavoidable fortress.} 39. Kf1 (39. Kf1 Rh7 40. Kg1 Rh6 41. a3 Rh7 42. Na5 Ke7 43. Nc6+ Kd6 44. Na5 Rf7 45. Nc6 Rc7 46. Kf1 {and Black cannot improve.} (46. Kh1 $4 a5 47. bxa5 Rxc6 48. dxc6 Kxc6 49. Kg1 Kb7)) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2011.01.29"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2686"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2011.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.03.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. e4 c5 $5 $146 {Surprisingly, this move, which can hardly be regarded as unusual or paradoxical, had apparently been never seen in practice!} (12... e5 {is usually played.}) ({ Other known options:} 12... Qe7) (12... Rd8) (12... a6) 13. d5 (13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. e5 {is harmless, e.g.} Qe7 15. b4 $6 Nd7) 13... Nb6 14. b3 exd5 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. h3 {Black needs his light-squared bishop to fight for the d5 square; therefore it made sense not to prevent ...Bc8-g4:} (16. Qe2 Bg4 17. Rfd1) 16... Nxc4 17. bxc4 Re8 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. Qf4 b5 $5 { It is logical to open up the position for Black's bishops.} 21. e5 g5 $5 22. Qg3 (22. Qe3 $5) (22. Qe4 $5) 22... bxc4 23. Red1 Rc6 $1 {The most useful position of the rook: it protects the kingside and retains the possibility of attacking the e5-pawn by means of ...Rc6-e6.} 24. Ne3 (24. Rxc4 Qb8 $15) 24... Qc7 25. Nxc4 $6 {This modest capture allows Black to comfortably arrange his pieces and seize the initiative.} (25. h4 g4 $1) (25. Nd5 $5 Qb7 26. Ne3 $11 Be6 $6 27. h4) 25... Be6 $15 26. h4 $6 { This move makes little sense when Black can reply ...g5-g4.} (26. Nd6 { is not dangerous either due to} Rd8 (26... Rb8 $5)) (26. Rd6 $5 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Rxd6 (27... Bxe5 28. Rxc6 Bxg3 29. Rxc7 Bxc7 30. Rxc5 Bb6 31. Rc2 $15) 28. exd6 Qc6 29. h4 $15) 26... g4 27. Nfd2 Rd8 28. Re1 Rd4 29. Qe3 Qd8 30. g3 Qd5 31. Na5 Rc8 (31... Ra6 $142 $1 {A.Korotylev} 32. Ndc4 Bf8 $17) 32. Ndc4 { White is keeping a blockading setup.} Rb8 33. Qe2 Bf8 34. Ne3 Qe4 35. Nb3 { Giving up a pawn but getting rid of Black's bishop pair. In the resulting position White will have some compensation due to the weakness of Black's kingside.} Bxb3 36. axb3 Rxb3 (36... Qxe5 37. Qa2 $15) 37. Qa2 Qb7 38. Qc2 Rb2 39. Qf5 Qe4 40. Qxe4 Rxe4 41. Ra1 $6 (41. Red1 $142 $15) 41... c4 42. Rxa7 Bc5 43. Ra8+ Kh7 44. Rf1 c3 45. Rc8 Bd4 46. Rc7 Rxe5 47. Rxf7+ Kg6 48. Rd7 Bxe3 49. fxe3 Rd2 $2 (49... Rb6 $1 {, and Black should win by exploiting both his passed pawn and White's pawn weaknesses (e3, g3), e.g.} 50. Rc7 (50. Rd4 h5 51. e4 Rc5 52. Rdd1 c2 53. Rc1 Rf6 $1 54. Rfe1 Rf3 $19) 50... Rxe3 51. Rf4 $1 { A.Korotylev} h5 $1 (51... Rxg3+ $143 52. Kf2 Rd3 53. Rxg4+ Kf6 54. Rf4+ Ke5 55. Rfc4 Rb2+ 56. Ke1) 52. Kf2 Rd3 53. Rc5 Rb2+ 54. Kg1 Rd1+ 55. Rf1 Rxf1+ 56. Kxf1 c2 57. Ke1 Rb1+ 58. Kd2 Rg1 59. Rxc2 Rxg3 60. Rc6+ Kf5 61. Rc5+ Kf4 62. Rxh5 Ra3 63. Ke2 Ra2+ 64. Kf1 Kg3 $19) 50. Rc7 (50. Rc7 c2 51. Rc6+ $11 Kh5 $140 52. Rff6) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2011.01.28"] [Round "11"] [White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2810"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2011.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.03.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2 Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. O-O-O b5 13. e5 d5 14. f4 Bb7 15. Qe3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Rc1 Bc5 18. Ne2 a5 19. c3 Ba6 20. Rc2 Qb6 21. Rhc1 b4 22. cxb4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 axb4 25. f5 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. g5 Nf8 28. h4 exf5 29. Bxd5 g6 30. Bb3 Qb7 31. e6 Nxe6 32. Nxe6 Qh1+ 33. Kc2 Qh2+ 34. Kb1 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2011.01.26"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D52"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2722"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2011.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.03.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 {Shirov displays the same readiness to defend his point of view as in the case of the New Arkhangelsk.} 11. Bc4 $5 Nxc3 $146 ({ Deviating from his the game played just the day before:} 11... cxd4 $146 12. Qxd4 $1 {Aronian,L (2805)-Shirov,A (2722)/Wijk aan Zee 2011/CBM 141/ [Krasenkow] (1-0, 53)}) 12. bxc3 Ba3 13. Rb1 a6 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O b5 16. c4 Bb4 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Rfd1 bxc4 ({Before releasing the tension, it might have made sense to complete his development with} 18... Rac8 $5) 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Rd4 $36 Rab8 21. Ne5 Bd5 22. Be7 Rfe8 23. Bd6 Rbd8 24. Bh5 Rxd6 25. Bxf7+ Kf8 26. Bxe8 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2011.01.25"] [Round "9"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E13"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2810"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2011.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.03.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 f5 12. d5 {White must play dynamically, otherwise Black will be better due to his superior pawn structure.} Na6 (12... Nd7 {is the main continuation here but the text move usually leads to similar positions as the knight comes to c5 anyway.}) 13. h4 $6 $146 { A dubious novelty.} ({Here is the variation, in which 12...Na6 makes difference comparing to 12...Nd7:} 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Qf6 15. O-O O-O-O ( 15... Nc5 {leads to the 12...Nd7 line}) 16. Qxe6+ Qxe6 17. dxe6 Bxf3 { (which would be impossible with the knight on d7 due to 18.exd7+)} 18. gxf3 Nc5 19. h4 (19. e4 Nxe6 20. Rfe1 h5 21. h3 h4 22. Bh2 Rdf8 23. Kg2 Rh5 24. Rad1 Nf4+ 25. Bxf4 gxf4 26. Rd5 Re5 $11 { 1/2 Porper,E (2476)-Friedel,J (2524)/Edmonton 2008/CBM 125 Extra (47)}) (19. f4 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Nxe6 21. Bg3 h5 22. f4 Nc5 23. Rad1 Rde8 $15 { 1-0 Tregubov,P (2649)-Maletin,P (2576)/Ulan Ude 2009/CBM 132 (58)}) 19... Nxe6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Kg2 Rhf8 22. Rad1 Rf5 23. Rd5 Rdf8 $11 { 1/2 Wang Yue (2689)-Adams,M (2729)/Baku 2008/CBM 124 (33)}) (13. Nd4 Nac5 { again leads to the main 12...Nd7 line.}) 13... Qf6 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxc3+ 16. Ke2 Nc5 17. Qg6+ Ke7 $17 {Black's king is much safer than White's.} 18. Rac1 Qf6 19. Qxf6+ Kxf6 20. Rhd1 exd5 $6 {Perhaps it was better to refrain from this capture as now the c5 knight can't move.} (20... Rae8 $17) 21. cxd5 Ba6+ 22. Ke1 Rae8 (22... Nd3+ $6 23. Rxd3 Bxd3 24. Rxc7 $44) 23. Rc3 Re4 (23... Rh7 24. Ra3 $1) 24. Rd4 Rhe8 25. Ra3 Bc8 $6 { Unnecessarily giving up the a7-pawn, after which White equalises.} (25... Kf5 $5 $36 26. Rxe4 $140 Kxe4) 26. hxg5+ hxg5 27. Rxa7 R8e7 28. Kf1 Bg4 29. Nd2 Rxd4 30. exd4 Nd3 31. f3 Bf5 32. a3 Nf4 33. Bxf4 gxf4 34. Ne4+ $1 Bxe4 35. fxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxc7 Rxd4 37. Rc6 Ke5 38. Rxb6 Rd1+ 39. Ke2 Ra1 40. Rb3 Kxd5 41. g3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2011.01.23"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2011.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.03.17"] 1. e4 {A "dull" game between the 2nd and 3rd ranked in the table.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 {#"Marshall ttack" is not a new visitor in games between these two giants. It is one of Aronian's main weapons when he wants to play it "safe".} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 { This is considered as the main line.} Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Qh5 {#This position has been examined several times at the top level. For instance the latest encounters in this line went as below:} 18. Qf1 {Anand stays faithful to old principles of the line! He does not leave any room for Black to create counterplay, on the other hand, White also stays too passive and is not able to take advantage of his material superiority.} (18. a4 Re6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nf1 Bf5 21. Qd2 Bh3 22. Bd1 Qg6 23. Bc2 Qh5 24. Bd1 Qg6 25. Bc2 Qh5 26. Qd1 Bg4 27. Qd3 f5 28. Bd2 f4 29. Rxe6 Bxe6 30. Bd1 Qf7 31. Bc2 Qh5 32. Bd1 Qf7 33. Bc2 {1/2-1/2 (33) Shirov,A (2739)-Aronian,L (2783)/Moscow 2010/CBM 139} ) (18. Bc2 f5 19. f3 Bh3 20. Bf2 Nf4 21. gxf4 Bxf4 22. Bg3 Qg5 23. Bb3+ Kh8 24. Nf1 h5 25. Qc2 h4 26. Qf2 Bxf1 27. Qxf1 hxg3 28. Qh3+ Qh6 29. Qxh6+ gxh6 30. hxg3 Bxg3 31. Re6 Rxe6 32. Bxe6 Re8 33. Bxf5 Re2 34. a4 Rxb2 35. axb5 axb5 36. Ra6 h5 37. Rxc6 h4 38. Rb6 Kg7 39. Bd7 Be1 40. Rxb5 Rxb5 41. Bxb5 Bxc3 42. d5 { 1/2-1/2 (42) Shirov,A (2749)-Aronian,L (2783)/Shanghai 2010/CBM 138}) 18... Re7 19. a4 Rfe8 20. axb5 axb5 { Nothing new yet. Aronian faced this position before against Bacrot.} 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qg2 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 h5 {#} 24. Rec1 $146 {Anand is the first to deviate from Bacrot-Aronian, however, his try to enable his majority on the queenside does not seem that successful in face of Black's pair of bishops and full piece activity.} f6 25. b3 g5 26. c4 bxc4 27. Nxc4 Bc7 28. Na5 Bxa5 29. Rxa5 Bd7 30. b4 Rb8 31. Rc4 Kf7 32. Kf1 Kg6 33. Ke2 Bg4+ 34. Kd2 { The position is a draw in spite of White's extra pawn.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2011.01.22"] [Round "7"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2814"] [BlackElo "2810"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2011.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.03.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nce2 Qc7 10. b3 e5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 d5 13. Bxd5 Rd8 14. c4 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Rxd5 18. Be3 Nc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2011.01.21"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2773"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2011.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.03.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. gxf6 bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxf6 15. Na5 Rc8 16. Nc6 Qe8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qa5 Rc6 19. Rg1 Rfc8 20. Rg2 Bh3 21. Rgd2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qe6 23. Rff2 h6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2011.01.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Smeets, Jan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2662"] [BlackElo "2810"] [Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2011.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.03.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 {Known as the Breyer. It usually considered among the safest lines in the Ruy Lopez for Black specially in comparison to the Zaitsev and the classical Chigorin.} 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 {Not the most common one. 14.Ng3 is the main alternative.} (14. Ng3 g6 { leads to a rich position in which a lot of territory has so far remained unexplored.}) 14... h6 15. Bh4 c5 $5 (15... g6 {is the safest continuation} 16. N1h2 Qc8 (16... Bg7 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Ng4 Qe7 19. Qd2 g5 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Bg3 Nh5 22. a4 c5 23. Nh2 c4 24. Nf1 Nf4 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Rd1 Bf6 28. Ne3 Rd8 29. Nf5 Qf8 30. Qe1 Bc8 31. Rxd8 Bxd8 32. Bxf4 gxf4 33. Qd1 Bxf5 34. exf5 Bf6 35. Be4 Qc5 36. Kf1 Kf8 37. Qd5 Qxd5 38. Bxd5 Be7 39. Ke2 Kg7 40. Kf3 Kf6 41. Ke4 Bc5 42. Bc6 b4 43. f3 bxc3 44. bxc3 Bf2 45. Kd5 Kxf5 46. Kxc4 Ke6 47. Bd5+ Ke7 48. Kb5 f6 49. Kc6 h5 50. c4 h4 51. Bg8 Be3 52. Kd5 Bf2 53. c5 Kd7 54. Be6+ Kc7 55. Bf5 Be3 56. c6 Bf2 57. Be4 Be1 58. Ke6 Bf2 59. Kxf6 Kd6 60. Kf5 Bg3 61. c7 Kxc7 62. Kxe5 { 1/2-1/2 Gashimov,V (2734)-Svidler,P (2735)/Astrakhan 2010/CBM 137}) 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. a4 Bg7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qe2 Bc6 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. hxg4 Nc5 23. Qe3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ne6 25. Bg3 f6 26. b4 Kh7 27. Nd2 Rd8 28. Nb3 Be8 $14 { 1/2-1/2 Filippov,A (2620)-Sasikiran,K (2688)/Guangzhou 2010/EXT 2011}) 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. a4 $146 {To my surprise, this very natural move is a novelty. However, I am strongly doubtful about its strength.} (17. N3h2 {is what has been examined, though in general, Black has no problem to keep the balance.} Qc7 ( 17... Be7 $6 18. Ne3 Nh7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Nf5 $14 { 1-0 Romanishin,O (2485)-Gligoric,S (2575)/Odessa 1975/MCD (55)}) (17... Qb6 18. Qf3 Re6 19. Ne3 c4 20. Nhg4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Nf6 22. Rad1 Rae8 23. b3 cxb3 24. axb3 Qc5 25. Nf5 Qc6 26. b4 g6 27. Nxh6+ Bxh6 28. g5 Bg7 29. gxf6 Bxf6 30. Bxf6 Rxf6 31. Qe3 Qb6 32. Bb3 Bc8 33. Rd5 Qxe3 34. Rxe3 Kf8 35. Rc5 Rd6 36. Rg3 Be6 37. Bxe6 Rexe6 38. Rg5 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Rd3 40. Rg3 Rdd6 41. Rf3 { 1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L (2580)-Abramovic,B (2475)/Tallinn 1983/MCD}) 18. Qf3 Re6 19. Ne3 c4 20. Nhg4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Rae8 22. Red1 Nc5 23. Rd2 Rd6 24. Rad1 Ne6 25. Rxd6 Bxd6 26. a4 Bf8 27. axb5 axb5 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Nf4 30. Rxb5 Rb8 31. Ba4 Ra8 32. b3 cxb3 33. Bxb3 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Rc1 35. Qe3 Rxc3 36. Qb6 Qxb6 37. Rxb6 g5 38. Bg3 Rc7 39. Rb5 Bd6 40. f3 Kg7 41. Bf2 Kf6 { 1/2-1/2 Tal,M (2615)-Smejkal,J (2615)/Biel 1976/IZT}) 17... c4 18. N3h2 Re6 ( 18... g5 $5 19. Bg3 Nc5 20. Qf3 Qd6 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. hxg4 $13 {In return for his weakened kingside, Black can outplay White's dark-squared bishop. Although this is not of very much interest to the mind of a human player!}) 19. Qf3 Qb6 20. Ng4 Be7 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Bg3 Bg5 23. Ne3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qxe3 25. Rxe3 Nc5 26. f3 Rd8 27. Re2 Bc6 28. axb5 Bxb5 $5 {Anand was definitely playing for a win. He has an eye on d3 and is trying to activate his pieces to compensate for his broken pawn chain.} 29. Bf2 Nd3 30. Rd2 Rc8 31. Bb1 (31. b4 { could let White get rid of his weak b2-pawn}) 31... Rd6 32. Be3 Rcc6 33. Bxd3 cxd3 34. Kf2 Rd7 35. Rdd1 Rb7 36. Ra5 f6 37. Ke1 Bc4 38. b4 Bb5 39. Kd2 h5 40. Bc5 Kf7 41. Rc1 Bc4 42. Be3 Bb5 43. Bc5 Rxc5 $5 {Anand tries to complicate things, even though the evaluation of the position remains the same.} 44. bxc5 Bc4 45. Rd1 Rb2+ 46. Kc1 Rc2+ 47. Kb1 Ke7 48. c6 Kd8 49. Ra4 Bb5 50. Ra2 Kc7 51. c4 (51. Rxc2 $4 dxc2+ 52. Kxc2 Ba4+ 53. Kd2 Bxd1 54. Kxd1 h4 $19 { and Black's remote passer would decide the game.}) 51... Rxc4 52. Rc1 Rd4 53. Rd2 Ba4 54. Rc5 Bc2+ 55. Kb2 Rd6 56. Kc3 h4 57. g3 $4 { Unbelievable! I cannot really find an explanation for this blunder!} (57. Rf2 Rxc6 58. Rxc6+ Kxc6 59. Rf1 a5 60. Ra1 a4 61. Ra2 { and White is just on time to construct a fortress.}) 57... hxg3 58. h4 (58. Rg2 d2 59. Rxd2 Rxd2 60. Kxd2 g2 $19) 58... g6 59. Rd5 Rxc6+ 60. Kb2 Rb6+ 61. Kc3 Rb3+ 62. Kc4 Rb1 63. Rg2 Bb3+ 64. Kxd3 Bxd5 65. exd5 Rb3+ 0-1 [Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2011.01.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E25"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2731"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2011.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.03.17"] 1. d4 {Krasenkow} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 {Repeating Wang Hao's game from the 3rd round vs Kramnik. I had in mind a trap and was curious to see if I could get it in.} Ne7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Bb5 Nec6 13. Ne2 Na5 (13... e5 { (Krasenkow) looks more accurate} 14. O-O Be6 15. Qa4 a6 (15... Na5 16. Nd4 $5 { - the same idea that we see in the game! -} exd4 17. cxd4 Bd7 18. d5 a6 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. Bd2 Nc4 22. Qxc4 { 1-0 Leon Varela,L (2165)-Santana Montero,P (1959)/Telde 2009/EXT 2011}) 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Na5 18. Qa4 Nd7 19. Rfd1 Nxc5 20. Qb4 {1-0 Hernandez Carmenates, H (2544)-Guliev,L (2454)/Santa Cruz de la Palma 2007/CBM 120 ext (46)} b6 $11) 14. Qb4 {Kramnik went 14.Qa4 the previous day.} e5 15. O-O (15. Rd1 {Krasenkow} Na6 16. Qa4 Be6 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Rd5 Rab8 19. O-O Bxd5 20. exd5 Rb5 21. d6 Qc6 22. c4 Rxc5 23. Qb4 Rxc4 24. Qxa5 Qxd6 $11 {1/2 Monacell,J (2458)-Ingersol,H (2409)/Lechenicher SchachServer 2009/Telechess CBM 135 (31)}) 15... Be6 $2 { ...and I get lucky - 15...Na6 has also been played here.} (15... Na6 $5 { Krasenkow} 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. c6 Nc4 19. Bc5 Rfc8 20. Qb7 { 1/2 Moskalenko,V (2575)-Delchev,A (2613)/Benidorm 2007/CBM 121 Extra (41)} g6 $11) (15... a6 $5 {Krasenkow} 16. Bd3 Nbc6 17. Qb6 Qxb6 18. cxb6 Be6) 16. Nd4 $1 $146 {The point. Krasenkow: 'Not a new idea but a novelty in this particular position. White gets two pawns for a piece and a strong pawn centre. '} (16. Rfd1 {Krasenkow} Bb3 17. Rd6 Nbc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. c4 Rab8 20. Qc3 Nxc4 21. Rb1 Ba2 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Nc1 Nxd6 24. cxd6 Qxd6 25. Nxa2 Qd1+ 26. Kf2 Qb3 $11 {1/2 Cebalo,M (2509)-Marinkovic,S (2388)/Budva 2009/CBM 130 (35)}) 16... exd4 17. cxd4 Nbc6 (17... a6 18. Be2 Re8 {is the computer's suggestion.} 19. Qc3 (19. Bf2 Nbc6 20. Qc3 Qf4 $1 { Not easy to understand at first sight, but the queen is well placed on f6} 21. Rab1 Qf6) 19... Nd7 (19... Nbc6 20. d5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qe5 (21... Qe7 22. Bd2 $1 Qxe2 23. dxc6 Nxc6 24. Rfe1 Qb5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. a4 $18) 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. dxc6 Nxc6 24. Kf2 Rae8 25. Bxa6 bxa6 26. Rfe1 $16) 20. Rab1 b5 (20... Nf6 21. Rb6 Nc6 22. Rfb1 Nd8 23. Bg5 $16) 21. d5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Qe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Bd2 $1 Rxe2 25. Bxa5 Nxc5 26. Rfc1 $1 {with a huge endgame edge} Nb7 $140 27. Bb4 a5 28. Be1 Nd6 29. Bg3 Nf5 30. Bf4 $1 Nh4 (30... Ree8 31. Bc7) 31. Kf1 $1 $16) 18. Qc3 Ne7 19. Rfd1 Rad8 $2 {A good example of the wrong rook.} (19... Rfd8 20. Bf2 Nac6 21. Rab1 (21. d5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Rd1 { White is better due to the two bishops, but Black is extremely solid}) (21. Bg3 Qa5 22. Qxa5 Nxa5 23. Rab1 Ba2 $1) 21... Qf4 (21... Rd7 22. Bh4 $1) 22. d5 $14 (22. Bg3 Qf6 23. Bd6 Nc8)) 20. Bf2 a6 (20... Nac6 21. Bg3 Qa5 22. Qxa5 Nxa5 23. Bd6 $18 {The difference - with the rook on f8, Black is lost.}) (20... f5 { (Krasenkow) was the logical way to parry the 21.Bg3 threat but it is a weakening move, and White obtains a clear advantage regaining the piece by means of} 21. d5) (20... b6 {Krasenkow} 21. c6 a6 22. Bxa6 Naxc6 23. d5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Rac1 $16) 21. Bg3 { Krasenkow: 'The threat of the invasion of this bishop to d6 decides the game.'} Qc8 22. Bf1 b6 (22... Nac6 23. Bd6 $18) 23. Rab1 Nb3 24. Rxb3 Bxb3 25. Qxb3 bxc5 26. d5 {The rest isn't difficult.} Ng6 27. Qb6 f5 28. Bxa6 Qd7 29. Bb5 Qf7 30. exf5 Qxf5 31. Qxc5 Rc8 32. Qd4 Rfd8 33. a4 { A nice win before the rest day - on +2, I was feeling confident at this stage!} 1-0 [Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2011.01.17"] [Round "3"] [White "L'Ami, Erwin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2810"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2011.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.03.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 ({The line chosen by Black at a later moment bears some similarity with the following Nimzo-Indian old-fashioned tabyia:} 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. f4 c5 11. Qf3 Nc6) 3... Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 $5 {Switching back to Nimzo-Indian patterns. The reader should also refer to my article on the Accelerated Bogo-Indian, published on this same DVD. In those lines, the moves ...Nf6 and Nf3 are missing.} ({ In an article published in CBM 137, I focused on the old-fashioned line} 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. Qxc4 Qd5) 5... b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 { Setting tension in the centre.} ({One important alternative is} 8... d6 { , continuing to control the e4- and d5-square with pieces.}) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 {The attacking setup initiated by this move was famously introduced into grandmaster practice by Pillsbury (true, with his dark-squared bishop outside the pawn chain, which makes the plan even more effective).} (10. a3 {helps Blac k transpose to an acceptable form of the Nimzo-Indian line mentioned in the introduction.} Bd6 (10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Qc2 { 1/2 Cvitan,O (2541)-Kurajica,B (2540)/Zadar 2008/CBM 127 Extra}) 11. Ne5 c5 12. f4 Nc6 {The insertion of the moves a3 and ...a5 induces some difference, but does not necessarily favour White.} 13. Nb5 {The knight occupies the weakened b5-square, but leaves the e4-square insufficiently well defended.} (13. Qf3 cxd4 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. exd4 Re8 {Having developed the bishop not necessarily favours White, who will have to think for a good answer after a possible ... Ne4.} 16. Rae1 Qd7 {OK, the e4-square has been defended, but once the rook contact has been established along the e-file, it is not so easy to carry out the kingside attack anymore.}) 13... cxd4 $6 {An unnecessary concession.} ( 13... Be7 {/\...Ne4}) 14. exd4 Ne7 15. f5 $36 Ne4 $2 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. f6 $40 { Kasparov,G (2812)-Kortschnoj,V (2600)/Zuerich (blitz) 2006/CBM 113 ext (1-0,23) }) 10... Nbd7 11. f4 c5 { The most active continuation, fighting for queenside space.} ({ Twelve years ago, Anand carried out another plan:} 11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ba6 { This would work out well if the c6-square were not so weak.} 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qd3 Ra8 15. Nc6 {This causes Black serious problems of coordination.} Qe8 16. b4 $1 {Taking advantage of the fact that the capture on b4 loses an exchange, a direct consequence of the previous move sequence.} Ne4 17. Rfc1 Nb8 18. Nxb8 Qxb8 19. bxa5 bxa5 { Black has a dream knight, but his queenside has been left in ruins.} 20. Rab1 Qc8 21. Be1 $14 { Piket,J (2619)-Anand,V (2781)/Monte Carlo 1999/CBM 069 ext (1/2, 25)}) 12. a3 $146 {A logical novelty. Black has to give up his bishop immediately. (Previously, only games between low rated players had reached the position before this move).} Bxc3 13. Bxc3 c4 14. Bc2 b5 {The strategic plot has become clear: White will attack on the kingside, while Black will aim at increasing his space advantage on the other wing. The central area also plays an important part, by establishing some sort of connection between wings. If Black plays ...Ne4, in order to neutralise the c2-bishop, White can consider opening up the wy for the other bishop with Bxe4 ...dxe4, d5! At some point, White may even sacrifice a pawn with e3-e4, in order to unblock the d-pawn.} 15. Rf3 Ra6 16. Rg3 {White's desire to set up pressure against the g7-square as soon as possible is understandable, but his last move allows Black an optimal regrouping.} ({Maybe he should combined attack with prophylaxis:} 16. Qe1 $5 {(preventing ...Qe7) Maybe he feared that after} Ne4 $6 {he would not find a favourable form of carrying out his attack, but this would in fact lose a pawn to} 17. Bxa5 $1 {, because the d7-knight is hanging.}) 16... Qe7 $1 17. Qe1 Rfa8 {Black has achieved a very harmonious regrouping. It should be noticed that his space advantage allows the a6-rook to keep both wings under observation (compare this with the complete lack of communication between White's wings).} 18. Rd1 Nb6 19. Ng4 {White has to hurry.} ({ There is no time for neutral moves already:} 19. Kh1 $6 Na4 $5 $36 (19... Ne4 $6 20. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 21. d5 $1 $36 Nxd5 $2 22. Rxg7+ $1) 20. Bxa4 bxa4 21. f5 Ne4 $17) 19... Nxg4 (19... Ne4 $2 20. Nh6+ {This is possible only at this instant when the sixth rank has been obstructed by the black queen's knight.} Kh8 21. Rxg7 $18) 20. Rxg4 Nd7 $1 {Aiming to replace his absent colleague by taking over the control over the e4-square.} 21. e4 { This looks logical, but may be not entirely satisfactory.} ({ Things also are far from clear after} 21. Qg3 g6 22. f5 b4 $132) 21... dxe4 ( 21... Nf6 $5 {may be more promising.} 22. Rg5 (22. Qh4 Qd7 23. Rg3 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. d5 Rg6 $1 $15) 22... Nxe4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rxb5 (24. d5 f6 25. Rh5 Rd6 26. Qh4 h6) 24... Qd7 25. Rxa5 (25. Re5 Bd5) 25... Rxa5 26. Bxa5 e3 $44 ) 22. d5 (22. Rg5 $5) 22... f6 23. Bxe4 Re8 24. Qg3 Nc5 25. Bf5 Nd3 {This knigh t has already carried out several small tasks in the game and now is offered for an exchange in order to reduce White's attacking potential.} 26. Bxd3 { Settling for a draw.} (26. Rh4 $5 h6 (26... Qc5+ 27. Kf1 Re3 28. Bxh7+ Kf8 29. Qg4 {The position remains unclear, but White seems to be better coordinated for creating dangerous threats against the enemy king. The thematic combination} Re1+ $2 {fails to} 30. Bxe1 $1) 27. Rxh6 Bxd5 $13) 26... cxd3 27. Qxd3 Rd6 28. Re1 Qd7 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. f5 Rxd5 31. Rd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2011.01.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2810"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2011.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.03.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 h6 12. Bf4 Bd5 13. Qc2 Nbd7 14. Bd6 Nxc5 15. Bxf8 Qxf8 16. e3 Nb3 17. Bc4 Nxc1 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qb1 Qc5 21. O-O Qc2 22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. Rb1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2011.01.15"] [Round "1"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2744"] [BlackElo "2810"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2011.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.03.17"] 1. e4 {Playing against the Sicilian with Anand wasn't an ideal decision. Ponomariov's latest successes (Dortmund 2010 being the best example) were connected mainly with closed openings, also in Wijk after this game he refrained from 1.e4.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 {In Wijk we saw mostly open Sicilians, with Najdorf being the most trendy choice.} ({ The only exception in the main tournament didn't bring White anything after} 2... Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nd7 8. d3 Nf8 $5 ({ An interesting alternative to the more common} 8... e5) 9. Ne2 (9. Be3 Ne6 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. Nh2 O-O 12. f4 b6 $132 ({or} 12... e5 $5 { can lead to similar positions.})) 9... b6 10. Nh2 Ne6 11. Rb1 O-O 12. Be3 Nd4 13. Qd2 e5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bh6 Be6 16. b3 Qd6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 f6 19. Rf3 exf4 20. Rxf4 Rf7 21. Rbf1 Raf8 22. Nf3 h6 23. Nh4 Kh7 24. R4f3 c5 25. Qe1 f5 $11 {Grischuk,A (2773)-Vachier-Lagrave,M (2715)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {Ponomariov chooses a restrained line at an important crossroads. White has of course numerous alternatives:} ({After} 6. f3 {the elite nowadays usually prefers the full-blooded Najdorf continuation} e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 {and now:} Nbd7 (8... h5 { allows White to change tack and shift his attention to the << with} 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Qc7 (11... g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O O-O { allows the unpleasant} 14. Na5 $1 Qc7 15. c4 h4 16. Rac1 Nh5 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Nc6 a5 19. Qe1 Bf6 20. b3 Nb8 21. Qf2 Nf4 22. Bf1 Nxc6 23. Bxb6 Qc8 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Be3 $36 {Pruijssers,R (2484)-Van Kampen,R (2443)/Wijk aan Zee C/2011/} ) 12. c4 ({White shouldn't avoid this natural move,} 12. Rc1 a5 13. a4 $6 { led to problems after} g6 14. Bb5 Bg7 15. O-O O-O 16. h3 b6 17. c3 Kh7 18. Na1 Ng8 19. b4 Ne7 20. Rc2 Nf6 21. c4 Nf5 22. Bf2 Bh6 23. Qe1 axb4 $15 { Pruijssers,R (2484)-Van Der Werf,M (2439)/Wijk aan Zee C/2011/}) 12... b6 13. Be2 g6 14. O-O Bg7 15. Rac1 a5 16. Na1 O-O 17. Nc2 Nh7 18. Na3 Nc5 19. Nb5 Qe7 (19... Qd7 $5) 20. Rce1 f5 21. Bd1 $14 {/~~ This complex position resembles our game, but here it's more difficult for Black to develop >> activity and White with his strong Nb5 can claim an edge. After the impetuous} e4 $6 22. Bc2 Bxb2 {White could have increased his advantage with} 23. Bxe4 $1 (23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Bh6 $6 Qh4 27. Bxf8 $2 Nxf8 28. g3 Qxc4 29. Nxd6 Bd4+ {0-1,Nijboer,F (2584)-Navara,D (2708)/Wijk aan Zee B/2011/}) 23... fxe4 24. Bxc5 $16) ({Straightforward play on opposite flanks} 8... Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 { has been analysed too deeply and as a consequence players look for sidelines.} {After} 13. gxf6 ({The main continuation is} 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 $13 ({or} 15... Bxb3 $5 16. cxb3 a4 $132)) 13... bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nxf6 15. Na5 Rc8 16. Nc6 Qe8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qa5 Rc6 19. Rg1 Rfc8 20. Rg2 $146 ({ This novelty doesn't dramatically alter the position.} 20. c3 {is similar:} g6 21. Kb1 Nh5 22. Rg2 Bh3 23. Rgd2 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Rb8 $132 { Schloegl,D (1796)-Prokopenko,A (2300)/corr/2009/}) 20... Bh3 21. Rgd2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qe6 23. Rff2 h6 {1/2,Anand,V (2810)-Grischuk,A (2773)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/ a draw was a logical outcome - neither player can carry out an active plan without extreme risk.}) 9. Qd2 (9. g4 b5 (9... Nb6 $5 10. Qd2 d5 11. O-O-O $5 d4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd4 Be7 14. Qe3 Nbd7 15. h3 $1 $44 { Topalov,V (2702)-Ivanchuk,V (2709)/Monte Carlo blind rpd/2000/}) 10. g5 b4 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Qd2 a5 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a4 15. Nc1 Qa5 16. f4 g6 $13 { With the K still on e8 the <->h is not so dangerous and the position is very complex.}) 9... b5 10. O-O-O h5 $5 { combines the ideas of the previous lines - prophaylxis with << play:} 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. g3 (12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Qb4 (15. g3 g6 {-12.g3} ) 15... Be7 16. a4 Qf2 17. Qd2 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 bxa4 19. Bxa6 Rb8 20. Na5 Rb6 21. Bb7 Kd7 22. Bc6+ Kc7 23. c3 Ra6 24. Nc4 Nd7 25. Re2 Nc5 $132 26. f4 $6 e4 27. f5 Rb8 28. Kc2 Bf6 29. Ra1 Rxc6 $1 30. dxc6 d5 $44 { Bacrot,E (2709)-Sutovsky,E (2676)/Antwerp/2009/}) (12. Bd3 $5 { /\f4 is possibly the best chance to fight for an advantage.}) 12... Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 g6 16. Bh3 Bh6 17. f4 Rc4 18. Qa5 Qxa5 (18... Qf2 $5 19. Rd2 Qa7 $13) 19. Nxa5 Re4 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Rhe1 (21. Nc6 Rxd5 22. Bc8 Rc5 23. Rxd6 O-O $132 {/\} 24. Rxf6 Kg7) 21... Rxe1 22. Rxe1+ Kf8 23. Nb7 Kg7 $11 {1/2,Nepomniachtchi,I (2733)-Grischuk,A (2773)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) ({ Anand had to face some side lines in Wijk:} 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2 Nfd7 $5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. O-O-O b5 13. e5 d5 14. f4 Bb7 15. Qe3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Rc1 Bc5 18. Ne2 a5 19. c3 Ba6 20. Rc2 Qb6 21. Rhc1 b4 22. cxb4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 axb4 25. f5 Rc8 $132 { Vachier-Lagrave,M (2715)-Anand,V (2810)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) (6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nce2 ({More usual is the positional} 9. a4) ({ If White has aggressive intentions he mostly prefers} 9. f4 Qc7 10. g4 $5 $13) 9... Qc7 10. b3 e5 $1 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 d5 13. Bxd5 Rd8 14. c4 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Rxd5 18. Be3 Nc6 $11 { 1/2,Carlsen,M (2814)-Anand,V (2810)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) (6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 (7. Nb3 {is the standard choice.}) 7... Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 $5 (9... Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 $132 {is played more often, but this is a viable alternative.}) 10. Nd5 (10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qd2 $6 Rc8 12. Ng5 Bc4 13. f4 Nbd7 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Rf5 Bb4 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Qe1 h6 18. Nf3 Be6 $17 {Ivanchuk,V (2740)-Anand,V (2803)/Leon rpd/2008/ However, White's Q belongs to e2 or d3 in this line.}) 10... Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nd7 12. c4 Nf6 13. Qb3 (13. Rc1 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qb3 Bxf3 16. Bb6 Qd7 17. Qxf3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Rfc8 19. b3 h6 20. Be3 Bg5 $11 {Turko,S (1958)-Zuev,K (2186)/corr/2008/ leads to a boring position, but the text-move is no better.}) 13... Nxd5 14. cxd5 b5 $5 15. Rfc1 Qb8 16. Qc3 f5 $132 17. Qc7 Rf7 18. Nd2 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 Bd8 20. Rc6 $6 (20. Rxf7 Kxf7 21. f3 $11 {/=/+}) 20... Bd7 21. Rxd6 Bc7 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. f3 f4 24. Bc5 { Nepomniachtchi,I (2733)-Anand,V (2810)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/} Rc8 $1 25. b4 a5 $15 {/-/+}) ({The most aggressive} 6. Bg5 {was featured in Wijk only in the B and C groups - see the notes to Ganguly-Spoelman, Wijk aan Zee B 2011.}) 6... e5 { Najdorf or Scheveningen is a difficult choice, but still more or less a matter of taste.} (6... e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 (10... Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 {is the main line, championed by Kasparov and many others.}) 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Qe1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Qg3 b5 $6 ({ This is probably dubious. Black plays} 14... g6 { more often, but the P-sacrifice} 15. f5 $5 {is fraught with danger and barely anyone dared to accept it. However, as White has the |^ in any case,} e5 16. Be3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. f6 Bd8 19. c4 $5 $44 { is perhaps worth a closer look.}) 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Qxc2 19. Bd3 Qc7 20. b4 Nh5 21. Qg4 Nf6 22. Qd1 e5 23. Ra7 Qd8 24. Bg1 exf4 25. b5 $16 {o^b5, Efimenko,Z (2701)-Navara,D (2708)/Wijk aan Zee B/2011/}) 7. Nb3 ({With the B already on e2,} 7. Nf3 { is even less effective, than after 6.Be3. An illustrative example is} h6 (7... Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 $11 {is also playable}) 8. O-O Be6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Bf1 Qa5 14. Qd2 Rfe8 15. Rac1 Qb4 16. h3 Bd8 $1 17. Nb1 Ba5 18. Qxb4 Bxb4 19. c3 Ba5 20. b4 Bc7 21. Nbd2 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 $11 { /=/+,Navara,D (2580)-Hracek,Z (2601)/CZE-ch Luhacovice/2003/}) 7... Be7 8. O-O {This natural move is played twice as often, as all the other continuations combined.} ({For the alternatives} 8. Be3 {and}) (8. g4 { see the notes to Carlsen-Nakamura, Wijk aan Zee 2011.}) 8... O-O { The most flexible reaction.} ({Some time ago Anand used to play} 8... Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 {and now:} {Anand in 2003 introduced the novelty} h6 { , but didn't quite manage to equalise after} (10... O-O $6 11. f5 Bc4 12. g4 $1 d5 13. g5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. f6 Bb4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. fxg7 Kxg7 18. Be3 $40 {is still considered dangerous for Black.}) ({Less clear is} 10... Nbd7 11. a4 ({After} 11. g4 h6 12. g5 hxg5 13. fxg5 Nh7 14. Bg4 { the new idea from correspondence chess circles} Ndf8 $1 $146 (14... Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qg4 $16 { Short,N (2690)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2500)/Teheran/2003/}) { rehabilitates the whole line.} 15. Bxe6 Nxe6 16. g6 Nf6 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 { leads to a position, in which White's K is more exposed, than Black's:} 18. Nd2 (18. Nd5 Qc4 19. Nd2 Qc6 20. Nf3 Rac8 21. c3 Ke8 22. Re1 Nc5 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. exd5 f5 26. Be3 Kd7 27. a4 Ne4 28. Ra3 Rcg8 $17 { Marczell,P (2572)-Gerzina,M (2541)/corr/2008/}) 18... Rh3 19. Rf3 Rah8 (19... Rh4 $5 $36) 20. Rxh3 Rxh3 21. Nf3 Qc4 22. Kg2 Rh5 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. cxd3 g5 25. h3 Bd8 26. Ne2 Nf4+ 27. Bxf4 gxf4 28. Rc1 Ke7 29. d4 Ke6 30. dxe5 dxe5 31. Rc4 Kd6 32. a4 Bb6 $15 {Solozhenkin,E (2508)-Kanep,M (2515)/FIN-chT/2007/}) 11... O-O 12. a5 Rac8 13. f5 Bc4 14. g4 h6 15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 d5 17. Bxc4 dxc4 ( 17... Qxc4 $5 18. exd5 $13) 18. Nd2 Rfd8 19. Rg1 Kf8 20. Qf3 Bb4 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bxd2 23. Bxd2 Qd6 24. Qg2 Nf6 25. Rad1 Ke7 $2 (25... Ne8 $5 $14) 26. Rge1 (26. Bc3 $142 $1) 26... Kd7 27. Bc3 $16 { Zherebukh,Y (2450)-Onischuk,V (2469)/Kharkov/2007/}) 11. Be3 (11. Qe1 O-O 12. Qg3 Kh8 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nd4 Nc6 $132) 11... Nbd7 12. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 13. exd5 O-O 14. c4 b6 15. Rc1 a5 16. Nd2 Rfe8 17. Bd3 (17. Nb1 exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne4 $132) 17... Bf8 {Polgar,J (2718)-Anand,V (2774)/Mainz rpd m/2003/} 18. Qf3 $5 $14 { For more details see my notes in CBM 97, in any case after this game Anand switched to the text-move.}) 9. Be3 { The main move, but White has tried other ideas as well.} (9. a4 Be6 10. Bf3 ({ While the N is still on b8, after} 10. f4 {Black can play} exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 { Here a4 is more or less redundant and} 12. Kh1 d5 {equalises easily.}) 10... Nbd7 11. a5 Qc7 12. Be3 h6 (12... Rfc8 13. Qd2 h6 14. Be2 Qc6 15. f3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. c4 Be6 19. Rfc1 Rd8 20. Qc3 Rac8 21. Nd2 f5 22. b4 Bf6 $132 {Bajarani,U (2331)-Smirnov,P (2575)/Voronezh/2009/}) 13. Re1 Rfc8 14. h3 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Na5 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Na4 Rab8 19. Bc1 Qb7 (19... d5 $5 20. exd5 Rd8 21. Nc3 Bb4 $11 { is playable, but Anand wants to keep more tension.}) 20. b3 Be6 21. Bb2 Rc6 22. Qd3 Rbc8 23. Re2 Nd7 24. Qd1 Bg5 25. c4 Rb8 26. Ra3 Nf8 $13 {Bruzon Batista,L (2226)-Anand,V (2803)/Leon rpd/2006/ led to a complex, but roughly equal position.}) (9. f4 b5 $1 { is good for Black, the Bc8 aims for the long diagonal to harass the Pe4.}) ({ More refined is} 9. Kh1 Nc6 $5 (9... b5 {has a bad reputation due to} 10. a4 Bb7 11. Nd5 $1 bxa4 $6 (11... Nbd7 {or}) (11... b4 { is less risky, but still doesn't fully solve Black's opening problems.}) 12. Rxa4 Bc6 13. Ra3 Nxe4 14. Na5 $1 Nf6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bc4 Nd4 17. Rh3 g6 18. Qd2 Nf5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {Kasparov,G (2785)-Anand,V (2735)/Las Palmas/1996/} { and now} 20. g4 $1 Qc8 21. Bd5 Nh4 22. Rg1 $1 g5 23. Rxh4 $1 gxh4 24. g5 Bg7 25. g6 $40 {gives White a crushing attack.}) ({ Later Black started to play the more restrained} 9... b6 10. Be3 Bb7 { with a complex struggle after} 11. f3 b5 $5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. c3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg5 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. c4 Rab8 $132 (18... a5 $13)) {After} 10. f4 (10. Be3 Be6 11. Qd2 a5 $1 12. Rfd1 a4 13. Nc1 a3 $5 ({J.Polgar's} 13... Ra5 {can be met by} 14. Bf3 a3 15. Rb1 $5 axb2 16. Rxb2 Qa8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rxb7 Qxb7 21. Qxa5 Rc8 22. Nb3 Rxc2 23. Kg1 $14 { Kulaots,K (2530)-Womacka,M (2461)/Gausdal/2003/}) 14. Rb1 $5 (14. b3 Qa5 $36) 14... axb2 15. Rxb2 Qc8 (15... Qd7 16. f3 Rfc8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qxd4 Qc7 21. Bd3 g6 22. Re1 Bf8 23. c4 Nd7 $44 { Timofeev,A (2575)-Sakaev,K (2655)/Krasnoyarsk/2003/}) 16. f3 Na5 17. a4 h6 18. N1a2 Re8 19. Bb5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Nb4 Rd8 22. Ncd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Rxa4 25. Rxb7 Rd7 {Moucka,J (2485)-Gooshchin,D (2468)/corr/2008/}) { the aforementioned consideration still works and Black has} 10... b5 $1 11. Be3 (11. Bf3 Na5 $11 ({or even} 11... Bb7 {is also fine for Black.})) 11... Bb7 12. a4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Ne5 14. Qd4 (14. axb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 Rxa1 (15... Ng6 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Rf2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Nd2 Bd5 20. c4 Bb7 21. Nf3 Qc8 22. Rf1 Qe6 23. Qd2 Bf6 24. Bd4 Ra8 $11 {Stimac,Z-Shields,G/corr/2006/}) 16. Qxa1 Ng6 17. Rf2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qa4 Qa8 20. Nd2 Qxa4 21. Bxa4 Ra8 22. Nxe4 Rxa4 23. Nd2 Bf6 24. b3 Ra2 25. c4 Be5 26. Nb1 Ra8 27. Rf1 $11 {1/2,Chovanec,M (2398) -Borstnik,A (2360)/corr/2008/ Black's pieces are far too active to make the o^b count for more than equality.}) 14... Nc6 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Qd4 Nc6 17. Qd2 Ne5 $1 {Now the position requires repetition, the ambitious} 18. axb5 axb5 19. Re1 $6 {backfired after} Ng6 20. Rff1 b4 21. Nd5 Nxe4 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qxb4 Nh4 24. Bf3 Nxf3 25. gxf3 Qd7 $1 26. Bf4 Ra4 27. Qb6 Nf6 28. Qxd6 Qg4 29. Nd4 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 Bxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Qc8 $1 $15 {/-/+,>}) 11... Nc6 12. Kh1 d5 $11 {we get a position, mentioned already in the note to White's 9th move (there the P was on a4). A similar situation can arise also from the Scheveningen line, in which Black plays a quick e6-e5 (there his P is on a7). In all cases he can claim equality. }) (10. a4 {allows Black to play also} Nc6 $5 (10... Nbd7 { will in all probability soon transpose into the 10.Qd2 lines.}) 11. a5 ({ There is the sterile line} 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rfd1 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Bg4 b6 21. Bf3 Nd4 22. Bxd4 {1/2,Huebner,R (2635)-Anand,V (2725)/Wijk aan Zee/1996/ }) 11... Nb4 (11... Bxb3 12. cxb3 Nxa5 13. Nd5 Nc6 14. Bb6 Qd7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bg4 Qe7 17. Qd5 {gives White compensation for the P, although after} g6 $44 {he probably can't claim an advantage.}) 12. Bb6 Qd7 (12... Qc8 13. Bf3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Ra4 d5 $5 16. exd5 Rd8 17. Bb6 Rd7 18. dxe6 (18. Qe2 $6 Nfxd5 $36 { Spaan,N (2195)-Marcet Bisbal,A (2319)/Sitges/2002/}) 18... Rxd1 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Rxd1 $44) 13. Bf3 Rac8 14. Re1 Bd8 15. Be3 Be7 16. Ba7 Rfe8 17. Re2 Rc4 18. Nd2 Rcc8 19. Nf1 Nc6 20. Bb6 Bd8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Nxa5 23. Bxa5 Bxa5 24. Rxa5 e4 $11 {Campora,D (2545)-Chandler,M (2575)/Biel/1987/}) 10... Nbd7 { The best reaction, other moves are:} (10... Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Qd2 a5 ({ We have already mentioned the motif} 12... Nd7 13. Na5 $1 $14) 13. f4 exf4 ( 13... a4 14. fxe5 axb3 15. Rxf5 Rxa2 16. Raf1 $1 $36 dxe5 (16... Rxb2 $6 17. e6 $1 Rxc2 18. Qd3 {/\} fxe6 $2 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Bg4 $1 $18) 17. Bc4 Bd6 (17... Rxb2 18. Bxb3 {>, than slower alternatives suchas } (12... Ne8 {or}) (12... Re8 13. c4 Bf8) 13. Qd2 (13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Rad1 (14. c4 e4 15. Qc3 Qc7 16. a3 Bd6 17. h3 Nd7 18. f4 exf3 19. Bxf3 Rae8 20. Rae1 Qd8 21. b4 b6 22. Bd1 Re5 23. Ba4 Nf6 24. Bc2 Rfe8 $132 { Paragua,M (2526)-Bu Xiangzhi (2714)/Beijing/2008/}) 14... Bd6 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Qf5 h6 (16... e4 $5) 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bg4 e4 20. g3 b5 21. Rfe1 Re5 22. Kg2 Rae8 $11 {Ivanchuk,V (2730)-Gelfand,B (2675)/Cap d'Agde/1998/ The ^- practically guarantee Black a draw.}) 13... Nfe4 { Concrete play, which fits in well with the previous move.} (13... Qc7 14. f3 { limits Black's chances, passive strategy can get him into serious trouble:} Nfd7 $6 (14... h6 15. c4 Nh7 $6 {is also not ideal, after} 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Bd3 Bd6 18. g4 $1 Qe7 19. Qg2 Rfe8 20. Rae1 Nf8 21. g5 $40 {Apicella,M (2435) -Brunner,L (2500)/Debrecen EU-chT/1992/ White unleashed a strong and direct attack.}) (14... a5 $142 $5 {deserves attention}) 15. Na5 $1 b6 16. Nc6 Bf6 17. b4 Nb7 18. Rac1 Nd8 19. Rfd1 { Short - Kovaljov, Ottawa 2007. White has a strong attack.} Re8 20. a4 Nb7 21. Bd3 Nd8 22. Qe2 $16 {Short,N (2683)-Kovalyov,A (2510)/Ottawa/2007/}) 14. Qb4 { Other moves allow Black to swap his (still) passive B via g5.} a5 { Gains a tempo and fits in with Black's dark-square strategy.} ({However, even} 14... b6 15. f3 Nf6 {can't be condemned outright:} 16. Qd2 (16. Rad1 Nfd7 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Nc1 b5 19. b3 Nb6 20. a3 f5 21. g3 f4 22. gxf4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Rf5 24. c4 bxc4 25. bxc4 Re8 $44 { Short,N (2663)-Efimenko,Z (2688)/Wijk aan Zee B/2009/}) (16. c4 Nh5 17. Qd2 f5 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Bf1 f4 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Qe2 e4 22. Qxe4 Bf6 $44 { Voitsekhovsky,S (2493)-Kokarev,D (2574)/Kazan/2008/}) 16... Qd7 17. c3 a5 18. Rfd1 a4 19. Nc1 e4 20. f4 b5 21. h3 Bd8 22. Kh2 Bb6 23. Rb1 Rfb8 24. g4 Na6 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 $13 {Short,N (2674)-Hillarp Persson,T (2618)/Malmo/2009/}) 15. Qb5 ( 15. Qc4 Rc8 (15... Bg5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 $11) 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qb5 f5 18. c3 {1/2,Svidler,P (2735)-Grischuk,A (2710)/Poikovsky/2005/ This is similar to our game and comfortable for Black after} b6 $11 { /=/+ The draw offer came at the right moment...}) 15... Qc7 ({ A solid move, although Black can perhaps afford even} 15... b6 16. f3 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Nfd7 18. Nd2 Bg5 19. Bf2 Qe7 20. Nc4 f5 21. Qc6 b5 $5 22. Nxd6 Ra6 23. Bxb5 Rxc6 24. dxc6 e4 25. cxd7 Nxd7 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. Bxd7 Rf8 28. fxe4 Qxe4 29. Bc5 $11 { Milos,G (2620)-Sadvakasov,D (2612)/World Cup Khanty Mansiysk/ 2005/}) 16. Qc4 { Around here the fight starts turning in Black's favour. Ponomariov plays an unusual move, but it quickly transpires that it's not connected with a new concept and White starts to slip up. However, it seems Black has nothing to fear anyway:} (16. Rfd1 b6 (16... a4 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc4 Rac8 19. b4 $1 axb3 20. cxb3 Qd8 21. Rac1 $14 {Svidler,P (2710)-Gelfand,B (2675)/Haifa rpd/1998/}) 17. f3 (17. Qc4 $6 f5 18. Bd3 Qd8 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. a3 Rc8 21. Qb5 e4 22. Bf1 Bf6 23. Rab1 Be5 24. b4 axb4 25. Rxb4 Nd7 $36 {Svidler,P (2713)-Polgar,J (2677) /Dos Hermanas/1999/ was ideal for Black. See Ftacnik's notes in CBM 71.}) 17... Nf6 18. Qc4 a4 $5 (18... Qb7 $143 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Bb5 Nh5 22. Qc4 f5 23. c3 $14 Rab8 $2 24. b4 $1 Kh8 25. Rab1 Nf4 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Re1 $16 {Areshchenko,A (2625)-Efimenko,Z (2643)/UKR-ch Rivne/2005/}) 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Rab1 Rfd8 21. Bf2 a3 22. Qb3 axb2 23. Rxb2 Bd6 24. Bg3 e4 $132 { /=/+,Drake Diez de Rivera,P (2537)-Yaroshenko,Y (2514)/corr/2006/}) (16. f3 Nf6 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Rad1 Rfd8 (18... Bd6 19. Bg5 Nd7 20. Kh1 f5 21. Bd3 a4 22. Bd2 g6 23. a3 Rf7 24. Bc3 Nf6 25. Qc4 Raf8 26. Qxa4 e4 27. Bc4 $5 $14 (27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Rxf6 Rxf6 30. Qxe4 Bxh2 $44 { Szuecs,C (2605)-Hertel,P (2652)/corr/2002/})) 19. c4 a4 20. b4 cxb4 $5 (20... axb3 21. Qxb3 e4 $11) 21. Bb6 Qd7 22. Qxd7 (22. Bxd8 Qxb5 23. cxb5 Rxd8 $36) 22... Rxd7 23. Bd3 Bd8 24. Bf2 Ba5 25. g4 h6 26. h4 $13 { Zor champ-Relic,R/playchess.com/2006/}) (16. Nxc5 Nxc5 $5 $11 (16... dxc5 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. Rad1 $11 {/+/= is a slightly better version of the previous lines.} )) 16... Rac8 (16... f5 $5 {is also playable, Black has little to fear after} 17. f3 (17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11) 17... Bg5 18. Bxg5 Nxg5 19. Nxc5 Rac8 $1 $11 20. f4 exf4) 17. Rfd1 $6 { The first inaccuracy, which enhances Black >> expansion.} (17. f3 $142 Nf6 ( 17... Bg5 $2 18. Bxg5 Nxg5 19. h4 $18) 18. Nxc5 dxc5 (18... b6 $5) 19. Rad1 { leads to roughly equal positions of the type we have already mentioned in the note to White's 16th move.}) 17... f5 $1 { Anand doesn't miss his chance to grab the initiative.} 18. c3 { White will need this move sooner or later.} (18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. f3 Qd8 $15) (18. f3 Bg5 $1 $15) 18... Qd8 19. Qb5 {Admits the opening has not gone well.} ({ It's difficult to compare this move with} 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Qb5 b6 $15 { , which is similar to Svidler-Grischuk above.}) 19... b6 20. Nd2 (20. Nxc5 Nxc5 $15 (20... bxc5 $5)) ({Perhaps White should have tried} 20. f3 $5 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Nxg5 22. Nd2 {, although even here Black is fine after} Nd7 $15) 20... Nxd2 21. Bxd2 Bf6 22. Rab1 (22. f3 Bg5 $36 {is unpleasant, but now Black activates his B and White will have to exchange it anyway later on under less attractive circumstances.}) 22... e4 23. b4 Nd7 24. Rb3 Be5 $36 25. a3 Rf7 $5 { Black is in no hurry and frees his Q.} 26. c4 { There is no other constructive plan.} axb4 27. axb4 Ra8 $1 {<->a,> and the fact his Q can't return to the defence.} 28. Bc3 {A concession, but it's difficult to suggest an improvement.} Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Ra2 30. Re3 g6 31. Bf1 Qf6 32. Rde1 Kg7 { Visibly enjoying his position, Anand misses the more energetic} (32... f4 $1 33. Rxe4 (33. R3e2 Rxe2 34. Rxe2 f3 $19) 33... f3 34. gxf3 (34. g3 Qb2 $19) 34... Qxf3 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. R8e2 (36. R1e2 Ra1 $18) 36... Rxe2 (36... Qg4+ 37. Kh1 Rxf2 {also wins}) 37. Rxe2 Ne5 $19 { ->,/\Qf4, Qg4, Rf5 with a decisive attack.}) 33. R3e2 Ra3 $17 { Keeps the Qb5 offside} 34. Qc6 h5 35. Re3 Ra7 $1 36. h3 h4 37. Rb3 Ra2 {/\Qd4} 38. Rbe3 g5 $6 ({ Prolongs the game, once again Black had a strong tactical solution} 38... Rxf2 $1 39. Kxf2 Qd4 {/\f4} 40. Rd1 (40. Ke2 f4 (40... Ne5 41. Rd1 Nxc6 42. Rxd4 Nxd4+ 43. Kd2 Kf6 $19) 41. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 42. Kd2 Qd4+ $19 {->}) (40. g3 hxg3+ 41. Kg2 f4 42. Qxd6 Ne5 $1 $19) 40... Qxd1 41. Qxd6 Qd2+ 42. Be2 Qd4 43. Qf4 Ne5 44. Kg1 Rd7 {/\Nc4-+}) 39. R3e2 Ra7 40. Qc8 (40. Rc2 $1 $15 { /-/+ at least prevents the immediate centralisation of Black's N.}) 40... Ne5 41. Rc2 $2 ({The final error.} 41. Qb8 $142 {was more resilient.}) 41... Rf8 42. Qe6 Qd8 $1 $19 {/\Rf6, Re7} 43. c5 bxc5 44. bxc5 (44. Rxc5 Re8 45. Qxf5 dxc5 46. Rxe4 Rf7 $19) 44... Rf6 45. Qxe5 dxe5 46. d6 g4 { The rest is agony, as White's o^ are not getting anwhere.} 47. hxg4 fxg4 48. g3 (48. Rxe4 g3 49. Rg4+ Rg6 $19) 48... hxg3 49. fxg3 Qa5 50. Rec1 Qa3 51. Rc3 Qb2 52. R1c2 Qb4 (52... Qb4 53. c6 Ra1 $19 {leads to a quick mate.}) 0-1 [Event "London Classic 2nd"] [Site "London"] [Date "2010.12.15"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2791"] [Annotator "Kritz,L"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2010.12.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.01.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O (4. d3 {ist eine alternative Fortsetzung. Man bekommt spielbare Stellungen, doch keinen Eröffnungsvorteil.} Bc5 (4... d6 $5 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bc2 Re8 $132 { Es entsteht ein typischer Spanier mit d3.}) 5. c3 {Weiß hat mehrere Möglichkeiten, jedoch keine davon bringt ihm einen Eröffnungsvorteil.} (5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 (6. Nxe5 $4 Qd4 7. Be3 Qxe5 8. d4 Qxe4 9. dxc5 Qxg2 $19) 6... Bd6 $1 {Der beste Weg zum Ausgleich.} (6... Qe7 7. Bxc5 Qxc5 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O {Schwarz hat keine Schwiriegkeiten.} 11. O-O-O a5 12. Qf5 Rfd8 13. Rhf1 a4 14. a3 b5 $132 {Sutovsky - Aronian (Caleta, 2005)}) (6... Bxe3 $2 { verbessert die weiße Bauernstruktur und öffnet die f-Linie.} 7. fxe3 Qe7 8. O-O Ng4 9. Qd2 f6 10. Nh4 g6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Rf3 f5 13. g3 Nf6 14. exf5 g5 15. Ng2 e4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 O-O-O 18. Qa5 $16 {Sutovsky - Carlsen (Crete, 2007)}) 7. h3 c5 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Nc4 O-O $11 {Perunovic - Fressinet (Budva, 2009)}) (5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. O-O Bd7 8. c3 Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd2 f5 $11 {Carlsen - Wang Yue (Baku, 2008)}) (5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 b5 12. Bb3 Re8 13. Ng3 (13. a4 Bb7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Nxe3 h6 16. Nh2 d5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 $11 {Leko - Kramnik (Moscow, 2007)}) 13... Bb7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 d5 $11 { Anand - Kramnik (Moscow, 2007)}) 5... O-O 6. Bg5 (6. O-O {->5.0-0}) 6... d6 7. Nbd2 Bb6 ({Schwarz kann auch aktiv spielen:} 7... h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qf6 14. N2b3 Bb6 $132 { Svidler - Ivanchuk (Sochi, 2008)}) (7... Bd7 $1 { Meiner Meinung nach ist das die beste Fortsetzung.} 8. Ba4 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxd4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qf6 15. Qh5 Kg7 16. O-O-O Rae8 $132 {Azarov - Georgiev (Dresden, 2007)}) 8. Nc4 Ne7 $132 { Vachier Lagrave - Alekseev (Biel, 2009)}) (4. Nc3 { führt zum Übergang ins Vierspringer-Spiel.} Bb4 (4... Nd4 $5 { ist ebenfalls spielbar.}) 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. Bxc6 (11. Ba4 Nd8 $15 { Der weiße Läufer auf a4 steht sehr schlecht.}) 11... bxc6 12. d4 Bg4 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g5 15. Bg3 Nd7 $11 {Shirov - Erenburg (Sochi, 2006)}) (4. Qe2 { Eine weitere Nebenvariante, die jedoch sehr selten anzutreffen ist.} Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d3 d6 $11 { Man gelangt in eine typische Stellung hinein, wo der Zug Qe2 wenig Sinn macht.} ) 4... Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 ({ Eine andere prinzipielle Fortsetzung ist} 9... Bd7 10. h3 (10. b3 Kc8 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Rad1 a5 $132) 10... h6 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Rd2 c5 15. Rfd1 Be6 $132) 10. h3 h5 { Zuletzt hat Schwarz gute Ergebnisse in dieser Variante gehabt.} (10... Be7 { führt zu einer passiven, aber haltbaren Stellung.} 11. g4 (11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 h6 $1 {Es is wichtig, den gegnerischen Springer gleich zu vertreiben.} 13. Nf3 (13. Nge4 b6 14. Rfd1 Ke7 15. Kh2 h5 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Nf4 Kf8 18. Nxh5 Rxe5 19. Nhg3 Be6 20. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Anand - Kramnik (Leon, 2002). Ich denke, Schwarz steht sogar etwas besser hier. Der weiße h-Bauer ist sehr weit von dem kritischen Feld h8 entfernt, während die schwarzen Türme mit dem Läufer am Damenflügel für einige Unannehmlichkeiten sorgen könnten.}) 13... h5 14. Rad1 ( 14. Ne2 Ke7 15. Nf4 g6 $1 16. Rad1 Ng7 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Kxd8 19. Ng5 Ke7 20. Rd1 a5 21. a4 Bf5 $132 {Timman - Kritz (Amsterdam, 2002)}) 14... Ke7 15. Ng5 Be6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rd3 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 h4 $11 {Shirov - Alek seev (Moscow, 2008). Wie üblich in dieser Stellung: der schwarze Bauer h4 neutralisiert die weiße Überlegenheit am Königsflügel und die Stellung ist ausgeglichen.}) 11... Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Kg2 h5 14. f3 Be6 ({ Eine andere Verteidigungsmethode ist} 14... a5 { um die weißen Bauern zu zwingen, weiße Felder einzunehmen.} 15. a4 b6 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Ne2 Bd7 18. Bf4 c5 19. Bg3 Rd8 20. c4 Bc8 21. b3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bd8 $14 {Kotronias - Kritz (Port Erin, 2007). Weiß hat einen symbolischen Vorteil und Schwarz muss die ganze Partie leiden, doch bei korrekter Verteidigung kann man Remis halten. Es ist jedoch zu empfehlen, wie Wang Yue gegen Adams zu spielen - dort ist es einfacher, das Remis zu erreichen.}) 15. Be3 Be7 $11 {Wie die letzten Analysen zeigen, ist die Stellung ausgeglichen.}) (10... Ne7 {Zuletzt hat dieser Zug wieder an Popularität gewonnen, aber ich verstehe nicht warum. Das ist eine verschlechterte Version der 10.... Be7-Variante - Schwarz steht ebenfalls passiv, gibt dabei Weiß Chancen zu spielen. Dagegen bringt 10...Be7 die Partie bei normalem Spielverlauf zum unausweichlichen Remisresultat.} 11. Ne4 Ng6 12. Re1 h6 13. Bd2 $14 { Weiß hat sich entwickelt, Schwarz steht immer noch auf der Grundreihe.}) 11. Bg5 {Der logische Versuch, die Schwächung des Feldes g5 auszunutzen.} (11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Nh4 ({Spielbar ist auch} 12... Be6 $5 $146 {Nach dem prinzipiellen } 13. Ng5 {gleicht Schwarz forciert aus:} Bc4 $1 14. Rfe1 Rd8 $1 15. Rxd8+ (15. b3 Ba6 16. Rxd8+ {->15.Rxd8}) 15... Bxd8 16. b3 Ba6 17. e6 Bxg5 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Bxg5 Re8 $11) 13. Nd4 (13. Nxh4 $6 { Weiß kann nicht besser stehen, besonders weil er nicht zu g4 kommt.} Bxh4 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. e6 Bxe6 16. Nd4 Bf6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxc7 Rc8 19. Bf4 Ke7 $11 { Dominguez Perez - Wang Yue (Wijk aan Zee, 2009)}) 13... Nf5 14. Nce2 Nxd4 $1 15. Nxd4 (15. Rxd4 Bf5 16. Rd2 Rd8 17. Nd4 Bg6 $15) 15... a6 $1 { und Weiß muss die Notbremse ziehen und e6 spielen.} 16. e6 (16. Rfe1 c5 17. Nf3 Bf5 18. Rd2 Rd8 $15) 16... Bxe6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxc7 Rc8 19. Bb6 Bd8 20. Bd4 Bf6 $11 {Das Endspiel ist leicht Remis zu halten.}) ({Wenig bringt} 11. Ne2 Be6 12. Nf4 Bd5 $1 {Schwarz bekommt eine problemlose Stellung.} 13. Nxd5 (13. Ng5 Be7 $15) 13... cxd5 14. Bf4 c6 15. g3 Be7 16. Rfe1 Rg8 17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Nh6 19. Nh2 g5 20. Be3 Kd7 21. Rad1 Ke6 $132 {Bruzon - Miles (Varadero, 2000)}) ( 11. Rd1 $2 {Dieser Turm hat auf der d-Linie nichts zu suchen. Schwarz bekommt so viel Zeit wie er will, um seine Pläne zu verwirklichen.} Be7 {Sicherer Zug.} ({Auch} 11... h4 {sieht nicht schlecht aus.} 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rd2 Be6 14. Rad1 Rh5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 $132) 12. Ne2 {Die Überführung des Springers über e2 bringt wie immer nichts. Man hätte besser zurück zu klassischen Stellungen kommen sollen.} (12. g3 Be6 13. Ng5 Rd8 14. Rxd8+ Bxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Ne2 g5 17. Bd2 c5 18. Bc3 c4 $11 {Inarkiev - Smirnov (Dagomys, 2009)}) (12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rd2 Rd8 $11 14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Ke8 16. Ne2 Bd5 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Ng5 f6 19. Nf4 Nh4 20. exf6+ Kxf6 21. Nxd5+ cxd5 22. Rxd5 Re8 23. g3 Re1+ 24. Kh2 c6 25. Ra5 b6 26. Rxa7 Kxg5 27. gxh4+ Kxh4 28. Rxg7 Re2 29. Rg2 c5 30. f3 Re3 31. Rf2 Kg5 32. Kg3 h4+ 33. Kg2 Kf4 34. Rd2 Re1 35. a3 Ke3 36. Rf2 Kf4 37. Rd2 Ke3 38. Rd3+ Kf4 39. Rc3 Re2+ 40. Kf1 Rd2 41. a4 Kg3 42. f4+ Kxf4 43. a5 bxa5 44. Rxc5 a4 45. Rc3 Ke4 46. Ke1 Rh2 47. b4 Kd4 48. Ra3 Kc4 49. Rxa4 Rxh3 50. Kf2 Rh2+ 51. Kg1 Rxc2 52. b5+ { 1/2-1/2 So,W (2669)-Wang Yue (2756)/Guangzhou 2010/CB47_2010}) 12... Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 {Die Stellung mit dem Läuferpaar kann Schwarz theoretisch nicht verlieren, besonders wenn der Bauer schon auf h5 steht und g4 verhindert.} 14. Bf4 Be7 (14... Be6 {ist ebenfalls nicht schlimm, aber wozu auf zwei Ergebnisse spiele, wenn man kostenlos Gegenchancen haben kann?} 15. Nd4 $14 {Nach dem Nehm en auf e6 wird Weiß einen symbolischen Vorteil haben, das Endspiel ist jedoch sehr remislich.}) 15. Nd4 a6 { Typische Reaktion, wenn man ...c5 vorbereiten will.} (15... c5 16. Nb5 Bd8 17. e6 Bxe6 18. Bxc7 $14) 16. e6 (16. c4 c5 17. Nf3 Bf5 $15) 16... Bd6 $1 (16... Bxe6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxc7 Rc8 19. Be5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rd6 Ke7 22. Rad1 Rc7 $11) 17. exf7+ Kxf7 $132 {Schwarz steht auf keinen Fall schlechter.}) 11... Be6 (11... Be7 {ist ebenfalls gut spielbar} 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Nf4 Bd5 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Ng5 Nd4 16. Rfd1 Ne6 $1 (16... Nxc2 17. Nxd5+ cxd5 18. Rac1 $1 $18) 17. Ngxe6 Bxe6 18. h4 Rad8 19. f3 g6 20. Kf2 Bf5 21. c3 f6 22. exf6+ Kxf6 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z (2629)-Kholmov,R (2464)/Pardubice CZE 1999 (37)}) 12. Rfd1 ( 12. Rad1 Be7 13. Rd2 Rd8 $1 {Korrekte Entscheidung! Schwarz muss so schnell wie möglich den Druck der weißen Türme auf der d-Linie neutralisieren.} (13... Bxg5 14. Nxg5 Rd8 (14... h4 15. Rfd1 $14) 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Nxe6+ fxe6 17. g3 $1 $14 {Weiß hat h4 verhindert und damit die Beweglichkeit seiner Bauernstruktur beibehalten. Das garantiert ihm einen kleinen Vorteil.}) 14. Rfd1 Rxd2 15. Rxd2 h4 $1 $11 {Leko - Alekseev (Elista, 2008). Damit ist der Königsflügel zugemacht und der weiße Mehrbauer praktisch neutralisiert.}) 12... Be7 13. g3 {Weiß kann nicht gleich g4 spielen, will den Vorstoß jedoch vorbereiten, indem er zuerst Kg2 spielt. Wie man leicht sehen kann, hat Schwarz jedoch nichts zu befürchten.} (13. g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 Nh6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 $1 16. Nh2 Rg8 17. f3 h5 $17) 13... f6 $5 $146 { Eine interessante Neuerung, bis jetzt wurde nur 13...Rd8 gespielt.} (13... Rd8 14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Ke8 16. Bf4 (16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Kg2 f6 $1 { ist wohl am einfachsten.} 18. exf6+ gxf6 $11) 16... Bb4 17. Ne2 Bd5 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Be4 $132 {Svidler - Leko (Astrakhan, 2010)}) 14. exf6 $6 { Diese Stellung kann man nicht auf Gewinn spielen. Die einzige Chance ist 14. Bf4.} (14. Bf4 $5 Rc8 $1 {Schwarz muss dieselbe Strategie anwenden, als wenn Weiß die Bauern getauscht hätte.} (14... g5 { Der Versuch aktiv zu spielen kann nur Schwierigkeiten bringen.} 15. exf6 $1 ( 15. Bd2 g4 16. hxg4 (16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Ng5 (17. Ne4 Be7 18. Nfg5 Bd5 $132) 17... Bxg5 18. Bxg5 gxh3 $15) 16... hxg4 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ng5 Bd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Re1+ Kd7 $11) 15... gxf4 16. Ng5 $1 {Das ist der wichtige Trick!} (16. fxe7 fxg3 17. fxg3 Nxg3 18. Ng5 Kxe7 19. Re1 Rh6 20. Re5 Re8 $15) 16... fxg3 17. Nxe6 Kf7 18. fxe7 gxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Kxe6 20. Re1+ Kf6 21. Rad1 Nxe7 22. Rd7 Nd5 23. Nxd5+ cxd5 24. Ree7 $14) 15. Re1 Kf7 $11) 14... gxf6 15. Bf4 Rc8 $1 { Am einfachsten. Der Turm steht zwar passiv, aber das wird sich bald ändern.} ( 15... Bd6 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Ne4 Ke7 18. Re1 $36 {Weiß hat doch eine kleine Initiative, obwohl Schwarz mit genauen Zügen ausgleichen kann. Doch die Partiefortsetzung ist genauer.}) 16. Kh2 Kf7 { Weiß hat überhaupt keinen Vorteil.} 17. Rd2 Rcd8 ({ Schwarz kann schon daran denken, um Vorteil zu spielen:} 17... Bb4 $5 18. Re1 Rhe8 $132) 18. Rxd8 Bxd8 19. Rd1 Re8 $11 {Das Problem ist, dass Weiß keine Figur ziehen kann, ohne Schwarz neue Möglichkeiten zu eröffnen. Der Springer c3 kontrolliert das Feld d5, der Springer f3 hat kein Feld zu gehen, und der Läufer steht auf f4 am besten. Doch etwas Konkretes kann man daraus nicht machen.} 20. Nd4 {Der Springertausch ist immer zugunsten von Schwarz. Nachdem sich die Stellung vereinfacht, kann er das Remis forciert erzwingen.} Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bf5 22. Rd2 Be7 23. Nd1 {Wenn man den Bauern nimmt, dann ist es noch lange nicht klar, wer um Vorteil spielen kann:} (23. Bxc7 Bb4 24. a3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Re1 $1 {Es droht Be4.} 26. f3 Rc1 $11 { Das Einfachste im Remissinne. Weiß hat auf jeden Fall keine Gewinnchancen.}) 23... Rd8 $1 {Mit dem Läuferpaar geht Schwarz überhaupt kein Risiko ein.} 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Ne3 Be4 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 Be7 {Dies füehrt zu einem absolut remislichen Endspiel mit ungleichfarbigen Läufern. Ob Schwarz auf mehr in dieser Stellung hoffen kann, ist zweifelhaft.} (27... Ke6 28. Kg3 c5 29. f3 Bg6 30. Kf2 $11) 28. Bxc7 Bc5 {Weiß kann den Springer nicht wegziehen.} 29. c3 (29. Bf4 Bxe3 30. Bxe3 Bxc2 31. Bxa7 Kg6 $11) 29... Bxe3 30. fxe3 $11 Ke6 31. Kg3 a6 32. Kf4 Bc2 33. e4 Bd1 34. a3 Be2 35. Bb6 Bd1 36. Bd4 Be2 37. Be3 Bd1 38. Bd4 Be2 39. Be3 Bd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 2nd"] [Site "London"] [Date "2010.12.14"] [Round "6"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2010.12.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.01.18"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Rfd1 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. b3 Be7 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Ne8 20. g4 Nd6 21. Ra4 h6 22. Nd5 Bd8 23. f3 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke8 25. Ke2 Kd7 26. Kd3 Kc6 27. Bd2 Ra8 28. Bc3 f6 29. h4 b6 30. axb6 Bxb6 31. h5 a5 32. Bd2 Bd8 33. Ra3 Ra7 34. Ra4 Ra8 35. Be1 Ra7 36. Bc3 Ra8 37. Ne3 Ra7 38. Kd2 Nf7 39. Ke2 Ng5 40. Nd5 Ne6 41. Kd3 Ra8 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Kd3 Kc6 44. Bd2 Nd4 45. f4 exf4 46. Bxf4 Ra7 47. Ra1 Ne6 48. Bg3 Ng5 49. Bf4 Nf7 50. Ra4 Rb7 51. Ra1 Ra7 52. Ra4 Rb7 53. Ra1 Ra7 54. Ra4 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 2nd"] [Site "London"] [Date "2010.12.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "McShane, Luke J"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2010.12.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.01.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. d5 d6 12. Nd2 Nh4 13. g3 Ng6 14. a4 Ne5 15. Ra3 a5 16. Ne4 Be7 17. f4 Ng4 18. Bg2 h6 19. c4 Nf6 20. Nc3 Nd7 21. Nb5 Nc5 22. Rae3 Bf6 23. Bf3 Bd7 24. b3 Rb8 25. Kg2 Re8 26. Ba3 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Bxb5 28. cxb5 b6 29. Bg4 g6 30. h4 Bg7 31. Be2 Qf6 32. Bc4 Kf8 33. Bxc5 dxc5 34. Qf3 Re8 35. Rxe8+ Kxe8 36. d6 Qxd6 37. Qe4+ Kf8 38. Qa8+ Ke7 39. Qg8 Qf6 40. Qc8 Qd6 41. Qg8 Qf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 2nd"] [Site "London"] [Date "2010.12.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2680"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2010.12.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.01.18"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe1 O-O 8. d3 e6 9. Kh1 b6 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. Qh4 Ne8 12. Qh3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nd1 f5 15. c4 dxc3 16. Nxc3 Qd7 17. Rae1 Nc7 18. Bf3 Rab8 19. exf5 exf5 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Qf3 d5 22. Rf2 Rbb8 23. Rfe2 Rf7 24. a3 d4 25. Nd1 Qd5 26. Qg3 Rff8 27. h4 Rfe8 28. h5 gxh5 29. Re7 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Ne6 31. Rxa7 Kh8 32. Nf2 Bf6 33. Nh3 h4 34. Qf2 h6 35. Ng5 Nxg5 36. fxg5 hxg5 37. Bxg5 Bxg5 38. Qe2 Qd6 39. Qh5+ Qh6 40. Qf3 Rc8 41. Qxf5 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Qd6+ 43. Kh3 Qg3# 0-1 [Event "London Classic 2nd"] [Site "London"] [Date "2010.12.10"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2802"] [PlyCount "153"] [EventDate "2010.12.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.01.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b4 Rc8 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Bb2 d5 18. exd5 exd4 19. Rxe8 Qxe8 20. c4 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Nxd5 22. Nxd4 Nxb4 23. Nf5 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Be4 25. Qd4 Bxf5 26. Nd6 Qd8 27. Nxf5 f6 28. Rd1 Rc2 29. Nh6+ gxh6 30. Qg4+ Bg7 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Rxd7 Qf8 33. Ba3 Qg8 34. Qxa6 Qe8 35. Qa7 Qg8 36. Be7 Rc8 37. Qa6 Qe8 38. Ra7 Kg8 39. Qe6+ Kh8 40. Qa6 Kg8 41. Qe6+ Kh8 42. Kh2 Rc6 43. Qb3 Rc8 44. Bd6 Qg6 45. Qb7 Rd8 46. Bg3 Rg8 47. h4 Qf5 48. Qc7 Qd5 49. Ra5 Qe4 50. Qd7 Qc4 51. Qf5 Qc8 52. Qf3 Qd7 53. Bf4 Qf7 54. g3 Re8 55. Be3 Rg8 56. Ra6 Re8 57. Ra7 Re7 58. Qa8+ Qf8 59. Ra6 Re8 60. Qc6 Rc8 61. Qf3 Qf7 62. Ra7 Qe6 63. Qb7 Qg8 64. Bf4 Rd8 65. Qa6 Re8 66. Rc7 Ra8 67. Qc6 Re8 68. Be3 Rb8 69. Bd4 Qf8 70. Qc3 Re8 71. Rc6 Qf7 72. Bxf6 Rf8 73. Bxg7+ Qxg7 74. Qe3 Qb2 75. Kg2 Qb7 76. Qxh6 Qf7 77. Rc2 1-0 [Event "London Classic 2nd"] [Site "London"] [Date "2010.12.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Howell, David"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2611"] [BlackElo "2804"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2010.12.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.01.18"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Rfc8 12. b3 a6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 b5 17. Rfe1 bxc4 18. bxc4 Rc7 19. Qh4 Rac8 20. Re4 Qf5 21. Rae1 Qf6 22. Qg4 h5 23. Qe2 Qc3 24. Rxe7 Rxc4 25. Re3 Qf6 26. Qf3 Rf4 27. Qe2 Kg7 28. g3 Rf5 29. h4 Rc5 30. Rd3 Re5 31. Qd2 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Rc2 33. a3 Qf5 34. Rd4 Qf3 35. a4 Re2 36. Qf1 Ra2 37. Qe1 a5 38. Rf4 Qxd5 39. Qc3+ Kg8 40. Rd4 Qe5 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. Qc4 Ra1 43. Rf4 d5 44. Qa6 Rd1 45. Qa7 Qe6 46. Kh2 d4 47. Rxd4 Rf1 48. Kg2 Ra1 49. Qxa5 Qc6+ 50. Qd5 Qxd5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "London Classic 2nd"] [Site "London"] [Date "2010.12.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "Kritz,L"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2010.12.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.01.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 (11. Bf4 $5 Kc8 12. Rad1 $1 (12. a3 $2 {ist einfach zu langsam.} b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Rfe1 c5 $132 { Motylev - Ponomariov (Motril, 2008). Schwarz plant Bc6-Kb7 mit guter Stellung.} ) 12... b6 13. Rd3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Kb7 15. b3 $14 {und Schwarz hatte Probleme mit seiner Entwicklung in Anand - Topalov (Monte Carlo, 2005).}) 11... Kc8 (11... c5 $5 {Dieser Zug wird selten gespielt, doch er ist nicht viel schlechter als die Partiefortsetzung.} 12. Rd1 ({Betrachtung verdient} 12. Bb2 $5 {mit der Ide e, den anderen Turm nach d1 zu stellen. Womöglich hat Schwarz die Möglichkeit 12....Nd4!?} Nd4 13. Nxd4 (13. Rad1 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Kc8 15. Kg2 Be6 $15 { Schwarz kann nur besser stehen.}) 13... cxd4 14. Ne4 c5 15. c3 $1 { Man muss dynamisch spielen, ansonsten wird man einfacht schlecht stehen.} dxc3 16. Bxc3 Kc7 17. Rad1 Be7 18. Nd6 Bxd6 $3 (18... Be6 19. f4 g6 20. Nxf7 $3 Bxf7 21. e6 Bxe6 22. Bxh8 Rxh8 23. Rfe1 $18) 19. exd6+ Kc6 20. Bxg7 Rhg8 21. Be5 Bxh3 22. Bg3 Be6 $11 {Es sieht so aus, dass Schwarz sich halten kann.}) 12... Kc8 {Es ist offensichtlich, dass mit dieser Zugfolge Schwarz etwas gewonnen hat, nämlich dass der weiße Turm a1 nicht so leicht ins Spiel kommt.} 13. a4 ( 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Nd5 g5 15. c4 b6 16. Rd2 Kb7 17. Rad1 Ne7 18. Nf6 { 1/2-1/2 Motylev - Zhou Jianchao (Ningbo, 2010)}) 13... a5 14. Nd5 ({ Auch nichts bringt} 14. g4 Ne7 15. Rd3 Bc6 $1 $11 ({Aber nicht} 15... g5 $2 16. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 17. Rad1 $18)) 14... g5 $1 {Schwarz kann das Feld f6 aufgeben - der weiße Springer wird hübsch aussehen und keine Beschäftigung haben.} 15. Bb2 Be6 {Der Läufer e6 ist unantastbar - die Felder d4 und f4 sind beide unter Kontrolle der schwarzen Bauern.} 16. c4 b6 $132 { Svidler (2735) - Ponomariov (Astrakhan, 2010)}) 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 { Dies gilt als Hauptzug, eine gute Alternative ist ...c5. Weiß hat nun mehrere Fortsetzungsmöglichkeiten.} (13... c5 14. Rfe1 ({Nach} 14. Nd5 a5 $1 15. a4 c4 $1 {wurde Weiß praktisch gezwungen, den Bauer zu opfern:} 16. e6 fxe6 17. Nf4 cxb3 18. cxb3 Bd6 19. Ng6 Rg8 20. Nfe5 Be8 $15 {, wonach Schwarz eindeutig besser stand in Stellwagen - Efimenko (Wattenscheid, 2008).}) 14... a5 $5 $146 {Der Zug ist vielleicht nicht schlecht, aber mir gefällt die sofortige Überführung des Springers nach g6 besser.} (14... Ne7 {Die Überführung des Springers nach g6 ist ein typisches Manöver - von dort aus kontrolliert er das Feld f4.} 15. Nd2 (15. Ne2 Ng6 $11 {Leko - Jakovenko (Jermuk, 2009)}) 15... Be6 16. Nde4 c4 17. Kh2 cxb3 18. cxb3 Ng6 19. Nb5 Bd7 20. Nec3 Bc5 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Nxa3 Re8 $11 {Motylev - Volokitin (Wijk aan Zee, 2009)}) 15. a4 { Weiß kann vielleicht Schwarz erlauben, a4 zu spielen.} (15. g4 $5 Ne7 16. Nd2 h5 17. f3 a4 18. Kg2 $14) 15... Ne7 {Nachdem die Züge a5 und a4 gespielt wurden, ist es sogar noch besser für Schwarz.} 16. Ne2 Ng6 $132 {und Schwarz hatte gutes Gegenspiel in Motylev - Ponomariov (Khanty-Mansiysk, 2009).}) 14. Rfe1 (14. Rd2 c5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Ne2 g5 $132 {Anand - Kramnik (Mainz, 2001)}) (14. Ne2 Ng6 15. Ng3 (15. Ne1 h5 16. Nd3 c5 17. c4 a5 18. a4 h4 $11 { Kasparov - Kramnik (London, 2000)}) 15... Nf4 16. Nd4 a5 17. a4 b5 18. Kh2 bxa4 19. bxa4 Nd5 20. Rd3 Nb6 $132 {Shirov - Kramnik (Astana, 2001)}) (14. Nd4 $5 c5 15. Nde2 a5 16. Rd2 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Nf4 Bf5 19. g4 $1 $16 { Efimenko - Naiditsch (Subotica, 2008)}) 14... c5 15. Ne2 Ng6 16. h4 $2 { Erstaunlich. Es gab schon eine Partie, in der Weiß h4 gezogen hat undüberhaupt nichts hatte. Die Schwächung der weißen Felder darf man nicht zulassen, selbst wenn der Computer die Stellung als gut bewertet!} (16. Ng3 $5 Be6 (16... Bc6 $6 17. Re3 Kb7 (17... Be7 $2 18. Nf5 $14) 18. e6 $14) 17. Nh5 Rg8 18. g4 Be7 $132) 16... Be7 {Eine Neuerung, unklar wozu man sie braucht, wenn Schwarz nach 16... Bg4 besser steht?!} (16... Bg4 $1 { Die nächsten Züge sind forciert, Weiß landet in einem schlechten Endspiel.} 17. Nh2 (17. Rd3 $2 { hat keine selbstständige Bedeutung, Weiß kann sowieso kein h5 spielen.} Kb7 $15 ) 17... Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Nxh4 {Schwarz will nun Rg8-g5-Bg7 spielen.} 19. Re4 Be7 20. e6 (20. g3 Ng6 21. e6 f5 22. Ree1 Rg8 23. Rd7 Kb7 $15 { Die weiße Initiative kompensiert nicht den Bauern.}) 20... fxe6 21. Rxe6 (21. Bxg7 $2 Rg8 $17) 21... Bd6 22. Bxg7 Rg8 23. Rxh6 (23. Bxh6 $4 Rxg2+ 24. Kf1 Rxh2 25. Re8+ Kb7 $19) 23... Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Rxg7+ 25. Kf1 Kb7 $15 {Leko - Jakove nko (Jermuk, 2009). Schwarz hat klar die besseren Aussichten. Bei richtigem Spiel muss sich Weiß jedoch verteidigen können.}) 17. e6 {Eine interessante Abwicklung. Weiß bekommt am Ende das etwas bessere Endspiel, doch es ist fraglich, ob es gewonnen ist.} (17. h5 $5 Nh4 (17... Nf8 18. Nf4 Bg4 19. Kh2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Kb7 21. Nd5 Bd8 22. f4 $14) 18. Nxh4 Bxh4 19. e6 Bxe6 20. Bxg7 Rh7 21. Bc3 Kb7 $11 {und die schwarze Stellung ist in Ordnung.}) 17... Bxe6 ( 17... fxe6 $2 18. h5 (18. Bxg7 Rh7 19. Bc3 Nxh4 20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. Nf4 Kb7 22. Nxe6 Bc6 $132) 18... Nh4 19. Nxh4 Bxh4 20. Bxg7 Rh7 21. Be5 $16) 18. h5 $1 { Man kann auf g7 nicht gleich nehmen, weil der Bauer h4 hängt.} (18. Bxg7 Rg8 $1 {Stärker als 18...Rh7, weil von nun an Schwarz auf Vorteil spielt.} (18... Rh7 19. Bc3 Nxh4 20. Nf4 $1 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Kb7 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxe6 $11) 19. Bxh6 Nxh4 20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. Nf4 Bf5 $15) 18... Nh4 19. Nf4 $1 (19. Nxh4 Bxh4 20. Bxg7 Rh7 (20... Rg8 21. Bxh6 Rh8 22. Bc1 Rxh5 23. Nf4 $18) 21. Bb2 Bg4 22. Rd5 Kb7 $11) 19... Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 { Das Problem für Schwarz ist, dass seine Läufer gefesselt sind.} Bd6 (20... Bf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nxe6 Rg8+ 23. Kf1 (23. Kh2 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Rg5 25. Rxf6 Rxh5+ 26. Kg3 Kb7 $11) 23... fxe6 24. Rxe6 Rg5 25. Rxf6 Rxh5 26. f4 Kb7 27. Rd7 $14) 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Rf8 23. Bxg7 ({ Vielleicht konnte man versuchen, auf langzeitige Initiative zu spielen:} 23. Rd5 $5 Rf7 (23... Rxf3 24. Bxg7 $18) 24. Rg6 Bf8 25. Kg2 Kb7 26. Be5 Re8 27. f4 $14 {Offensichtlich hat Weiß einen stabilen Vorteil, die schwierige Frage ist nun, wie man weiterkommt.}) 23... Rf5 24. Re8+ {Es ist notwendig einen Turm zu tauschen, weil sonst der weiße König unter Beschuss kommen wird.} (24. Rxh6 $4 Rg5+ $19) (24. Bxh6 Rxh5 25. Kf1 (25. Re8+ { führt zu Zugumstellung, aber auch nicht weiter.}) 25... Kd7 26. Rg6 Re8 $11) 24... Kb7 25. Rxa8 Kxa8 {Der andere Vorteil des Türmetausches ist, dass der schwarze König nun so weit wie möglich vom Zentrum entfernt ist.} 26. Bxh6 Rxh5 27. Be3 Kb7 28. c4 Kc6 29. Kg2 {Es gibt nichts Besseres. Weiß hat die Absicht, mittels Rh1 die Türme zu tauschen, weil mit den Türmen seine Chancen schlechter aussehen.} (29. f4 $2 Rf5 $11) (29. Rd3 a6 30. Kg2 Rh4 $11 { /\b5 - es gibt kein Durchkommen für Weiß.}) 29... Rh2+ 30. Kf1 Rh1+ 31. Ke2 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 {Das entstehende Endspiel ist nun wirklich leicht zu halten: der schwarze König kommt nach f5, Schwarz spielt a6-c6-b5, tauscht einen Bauer, kann danach sogar den Bauern c5 aufgeben - der weiße König wird nicht in die schwarze Stellung eindringen können.} Kd7 33. Bg5 Ke6 34. a4 c6 35. a5 $5 { Weiß will a6 spielen, und den Bauern a7 fixieren, wonach er taktische Motive wie Bd8-Bb6 haben wird.} bxa5 $1 {Richtige Entscheidung!} (35... Kf5 $4 36. Bd8 bxa5 37. Bxa5 Kf4 38. Ke2 $18 {Wenn die Bauern auf b3 und c4 stehen, ist das Endspiel verloren. Wenn sie auf a4 und c4 stehen, dann ist es Remis.}) 36. Kc2 a4 $1 37. bxa4 Kf5 38. Be3 a6 $1 $11 {Nun kann Weiß machen was immer er will, er wird die schwarzen Barrikaden nicht stürmen können.} 39. Kd3 Be7 40. Ke2 Bf8 41. Kf1 Be7 42. Kg2 Bd6 43. Kh3 Be7 44. Kg3 Bf6 $1 {Es ist viel wichtiger, dem weißen König nicht zu erlauben, über die h-Linie bis nach h7 durchzukommen.} ( 44... Bd6+ 45. Kh4 Be7+ 46. Kh5 Bd6 47. Kh6 Kf6 48. Kh7 Kf7 49. Bg5 Be5 50. Kh6 $18 {Der König kehrt zurück und Weiß kommt zu f4-f5.}) 45. Bxc5 Bd8 46. Be3 Be7 47. Kg2 Bd8 48. Kf1 Bc7 49. Ke2 Bd8 50. Kd3 Ba5 51. Kd4 Bb6+ 52. Kd3 Ba5 53. Ba7 Be1 {Der weiße König kommt nicht nach d4 oder b4.} 54. Bb6 Kf4 { Schwarz hat drei Felder für seinen König - e5, f5, und f4.} 55. Be3+ Ke5 56. Bc5 Kf4 57. Ke2 Ba5 58. Ba7 Kf5 59. Ke3 Be1 60. Bb6 Bc3 61. Bc7 Be1 62. Bd6 Bc3 63. f4 Be1 64. Be5 Ba5 65. Bd4 Bb4 66. Be5 Bc5+ 67. Bd4 Bb4 68. Ba7 Bc3 69. Kd3 Be1 70. Be3 Ba5 71. Kd4 Bb6+ 72. Kc3 Ba5+ 73. Kd3 Bc7 74. Kd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich sim"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2010.11.27"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Hesse, Christian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E09"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2010.11.27"] [EventType "simul"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.10.13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. b3 Re8 9. Nc3 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Rd1 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Bf6 14. Bf4 Nf8 15. c5 Qd5 16. Qc2 Qf5 17. Qxf5 exf5 18. Rac1 Re2 19. a4 (19. Be5 Nd7 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Ne5 bxc5) 19... Ne6 (19... bxc5 20. Rxc5 g6 21. Rcc1 Ne6 22. Be5 Be7 23. Nd2 Bb4 24. Nc4 Rd8 25. Bf6) 20. Bd6 (20. Be5 Be7 21. d5 Nxc5 22. b4 cxd5 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Rb1 Bc6 25. Bc3 Re8 26. Ne5 Bxa4 27. Bxd5 Bxd1 28. Bxf7+ Kf8 29. Bxe8 Kxe8 30. Rb8+ Bd8 31. Nc6 Kd7 32. Rxd8+ Kxc6 33. Rxd1 g6 34. Ra1) 20... Rc8 21. b4 Re4 22. b5 bxc5 23. dxc5 Rxa4 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Ra5 26. Rb1 f6 (26... Ba8 27. bxc6 Rxc5 28. c7 Nxc7 29. Bd6 Rc3 30. Be5 Rc5 31. Bd6 Rc3 ) 27. Bc3 Ra4 28. Rd6 (28. Rd7 Rc4) 28... Nxc5 29. bxc6 Ba6 30. Bd5+ Kf8 31. Re1 (31. Rb4 Ra3 32. Bd4 Ra5 33. Rb1 h6 34. f3 Ke7 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Rd7+ Kf8 37. Re1 g5) 31... Ne4 32. Rd7 Nxc3 33. Rf7+ Kg8 34. Ree7 Nxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"] [Site "Nanjing"] [Date "2010.10.30"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E59"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2716"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2010.10.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. h3 e5 12. Ba2 e4 13. Nd2 b6 14. Bb2 Bf5 15. Qe2 Bg6 16. Rfc1 Rad8 17. a4 Bh5 18. Qb5 Rfe8 19. Ba3 g5 20. Nf1 Nd7 21. Ng3 Bg6 22. Rd1 Na5 23. Rd2 h5 24. Rad1 h4 25. dxc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Nf1 Rb8 28. Rd7 Rxb5 29. Rxc7 Rb2 30. Bd5 Reb8 31. Rxa7 Nb3 32. a5 Bh5 33. Re1 Be2 1-0 [Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"] [Site "Nanjing"] [Date "2010.10.29"] [Round "9"] [White "Gashimov, Vugar"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2719"] [BlackElo "2800"] [Annotator "Edouard,R"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2010.10.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 $5 {Oh, a Carlsen's fan!} Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 ({Anand tried} 7... Nf5 { against Carlsen, and this time went for a more peaceful line.}) 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 (9. d4 {is the other move, known as just equal. But who knows which were Carlsen's ideas two days ago?}) 9... Ne8 $5 (9... Bf6 { is also possible, of course.}) 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. c4 $146 { A drawing novetly for my eyes, though the idea itself is quite interesting.} ( 13. Nf5 d5 $11 {has been played several times.}) 13... Nf6 14. b3 d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Bb2 Be5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 {Now Black equalized, and Anand played the rest of the game quite fast.} 22. Nc2 Rae8 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Qc3 Re8 25. Qd4 b6 26. f3 Rd8 27. Ne3 Ne8 28. f4 (28. Rc1 Nc7 29. Nf5 Qxf5 30. Rxc7 h6 {would just be equal, for instance:} 31. Rxa7 Qb1+ 32. Kf2 Re8 $1 {with clearly enough counterplay to make a draw.}) 28... Nc7 29. f5 Ne8 30. Re1 Nf6 31. Ng4 Nxg4 32. Qxg4 h6 33. Qf4 Re8 34. Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. Kf2 f6 36. g4 Qc6 37. Qe3 Kh7 38. a4 Qd6 39. Kg2 a5 40. Qe8 Qb4 41. Qg6+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"] [Site "Nanjing"] [Date "2010.10.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E08"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "Edouard,R"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2010.10.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ba6 (10... Bb7 {is also possible - of course.}) 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 $5 $146 (12. Nc3 {had been played few times.}) 12... Nxe5 $5 { I'm near by putting a new "N" after this move, as this is actually the move showing a newidea!} (12... Rc8 13. Nc6 $1 {has actually already been played with another move order. White gains the bishop pair, but the practise has showed no problem at all for Black. So probably some new ideas were coming in case this position would happen!}) 13. dxe5 Rc8 14. Nc3 Ng4 15. h3 { Maybe this move can be improved, though I doubt it.} Nxf2 $1 16. Kxf2 Bc5+ 17. Be3 (17. Ke1 f6 $1 {offers Black big compensations. Somehow, it is better to bring White's king to e3 for one move and then remove it, rather than hiding it forever on e1. Here probably Black would even be much better.}) 17... Bxe3+ 18. Kxe3 b5 ({Another computer line is:} 18... f6 19. Kf2 b5 20. Qd2 b4 21. Nxd5 fxe5+ 22. Ke1 exd5 23. Qxd5+ Qxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. Rac1 $14 { and White enjoys some space advantage.}) 19. Qd3 Rc4 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bxd5 Qg5+ $6 {This simply looks wrong or too optimistic - still, that's why we like Topalov's games!} (21... Qb6+ 22. Kf3 Rc5 { was probably the best chance, not so far from equalizing, for instance:} 23. e4 Qc7 24. Qe3 Bc8 $1 25. Qf4 Be6 {with "drawing counterplay".}) 22. Kf2 Qxe5 $6 { The logical continuation now. But probably not the best.} 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Qd6 $6 (24. Qd4 $1 {might give White good winning chances, for instance:} Qe6 $5 ( 24... Qh5 25. h4 {doesn't help.}) (24... Qf5+ 25. Kg2 Bb7+ (25... Re8 26. Rd2) 26. Kh2 {and White's queen has control of the f2-square. I believe this kind of position should be technically winning for White, as his king is not in the drafts anymore.}) 25. g4 (25. h4 $5) 25... c3 $5 26. bxc3 $1 Qxe2+ 27. Kg3 Bb7 28. Rd2 Qe7 29. c4 $16 {Here some engines give a "+/-" evaluation, some other a decisive advantage. I believe the reality is inbetween. This should be technically winning but White's weak king gives Black some chances to draw.}) 24... Qf5+ 25. Ke1 Qxh3 $1 {Now Black draws.} 26. Qxa6 Qxg3+ 27. Kd2 Qf4+ 28. Kc2 Qe4+ 29. Kc1 Qe3+ 30. Kb1 Qe4+ 31. Kc1 {An exciting game!} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"] [Site "Nanjing"] [Date "2010.10.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2826"] [BlackElo "2800"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "136"] [EventDate "2010.10.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O ({Anand has started playing the Berlin more regularly only recently. In Bilbao Carlsen (after losing to Kramnik in round 1) didn't feel confronting the famous endgame and opted for the quiet} 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nf1 Bf8 10. Ba4 h6 11. Ng3 Ne7 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. d4 c5 14. h3 Qc7 15. a4 a6 16. a5 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 d5 $1 19. exd5 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Re8 (20... Ne7 21. Bd2 Nexd5 22. Rc1 Re8 $1 $11) 21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Re1+ 23. Kh2 Bd6 (23... Ne5 24. Nc2 Neg4+ $11) 24. Nc2 Rf1 25. Be3 Rxa1 26. Nxa1 Be5 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. cxd4 Ne7 $11 {Carlsen,M (282 6)-Anand,V (2800)/Bilbao/2010/ Is he now going to face the challenge?}) 4... Nxe4 5. Re1 {Having a comfortable lead in the tournament at this point, White doesn't want to bang his head against the (Berlin) Wall.} ({ Getting an edge after} 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 {is no mean task:} {The most usual continuation is} 10. h3 (10. Ne2 Ne7 ( 10... Be7 11. Rd1 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Be3 a5 14. a4 Bd7 15. h3 h5 16. f3 Rd8 17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 Bc8 19. Kg2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Be7 21. Bd2 b6 22. Bf4 Bd8 23. b3 Be6 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. c4 Rh7 26. Rd3 c5 27. Nb5 Be6 $14 {/=,Inarkiev,E (2669) -Jakovenko,D (2725)/Astrakhan/2010/ and Black is still pretty solid.}) 11. h3 Ng6 12. b3 h6 13. Bb2 c5 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Nc3 Be7 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. c4 a5 18. a4 c6 19. Nc3 Be7 20. Ne4 Rd8 21. Rfe1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nf4 23. Ba3 b6 24. Nd6+ Kf8 25. Kf1 g5 26. Bc1 Kg7 27. Bxf4 gxf4 28. Nd2 (28. Ke2 $5) 28... Bxd6 $1 29. exd6 Rd8 30. Ne4 { Efimenko,Z (2683)-Malakhov,V (2725)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/ Here} Bf5 $1 31. f3 f6 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Rd2 Ke6 34. Re2 Kf7 $11 {would have drawn the game and won the critical match between the best teams of the olympiad.}) {and} 10... Be7 {to mention just the main ones, played by the elite GM's.} ({ Carlsen himself with Black prefers the rather rare} 10... b6 11. Rd1 (11. a3 Bb7 12. Bf4 c5 13. Rad1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 c6 15. Be3 Rd8 16. Ne4 Be7 17. f4 f6 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Ng3 Nh4 20. Rd1+ Kc8 21. Kf1 c4 22. Ke2 Rd8 23. Rd4 Rxd4 24. Bxd4 c5 25. Bc3 fxe5 26. fxe5 Kd7 27. Ke3 Ke6 28. Ke4 g6 29. a4 a6 30. f4 Nf5 $11 {Radjabov,T (2751)-Carlsen,M (2786)/ECC Kallithea/2008/}) 11... Bb7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. a4 Ne7 (13... c5 14. a5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nd4 16. axb6 axb6 17. Nd5 c6 18. Nxb6 Rb8 {Saric,I (2567)-Efimenko,Z (2683)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/} 19. Nd7 $1 $36) 14. a5 c5 15. Nb5 (15. axb6 axb6 16. Nb5 $36) 15... a6 16. Nd6+ cxd6 17. exd6 Nd5 18. c4 Nxf4 19. d7+ Kd8 20. Ne5 Be7 21. axb6 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nd4 23. dxc8=Q+ Kxc8 {Polgar,J (2682)-Carlsen,M (2826)/Kristiansund rpd/2010/} 24. Re1 Rf8 $1 25. Ng6 $13) ({However, Anand recently played} 10... h5 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 Be6 13. Rad1 a5 14. a4 b6 15. Ne4 c5 16. c4 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Kc8 19. Kf1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Ke2 Ke8 22. Kd3 Bd8 23. Bc1 f6 $5 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Nd4 $11 {Shirov,A (2749)-Anand,V (2800)/Bilbao/2010/}) ({Here Black s quite a number of moves, which have been tested extensively in the past decade:} 10... Ne7) (10... a5)) 5... Nd6 ({Definitely the main move this time. Two months earlier, Anand was probably surprised by Carlsen's 5-th move and went for the slightly dubious} 5... Nf6 $6 6. Nxe5 Be7 (6... Nxe5 7. d4 $1 $36) 7. d4 O-O 8. Nc3 a6 9. Be2 (9. Ba4 $5) 9... d6 10. Nf3 (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. h3 $14) 10... Re8 11. Bf4 Bf8 12. Qd2 h6 13. h3 Bf5 14. d5 Ne7 15. a4 Qd7 16. Bf1 Ng6 17. Be3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Nh2 Nh4 20. f3 Bh7 21. Bf2 Ng6 22. a5 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. Qb4 Qc8 { Carlsen,M (2826)-Anand,V (2800)/Kristiansund rpd/2010/}) 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 { The more contemporary approach, leaving the Pd2 free to join the fray.} (7. Bd3 {was tested already in the first World Championship match in 1886! After} O-O 8. Nc3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 c6 10. b3 {already Zuketort found the best defence} Ne8 $1 11. Qf3 (11. Bb2 d5 12. Qh5 Nf6 13. Qh4 h6 14. Rae1 Bd6 15. R5e2 Be6 16. Nd1 Nd7 17. Qh5 Nf6 18. Qh4 Nd7 19. Qh5 Nf6 { 1/2,Torre,E (2535)-Gelfand,B (2680)/Moscow olm/1994/}) 11... d5 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Re2 Nc7 ({Less harmonious is} 13... Nd6 14. Ba3 Be7 15. Qf4 Be6 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Re5 b6 $6 18. R1e3 Rfe8 {Ni Hua (2629)-Karjakin,S (2645)/Tiayuan/2005/} 19. Rh5 f5 20. Rg3 Nf7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. h3 Qf6 23. Bxf5 g6 24. Qf3 $1 $16) 14. Na4 (14. Ba3 Re8 15. Rae1 Ne6 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Bxc5 b6 20. Ba3 Bd7 21. Qg3 c5 22. c3 Be6 23. Bb2 Qd7 24. Bc2 Re8 25. h3 b5 26. d4 cxd4 27. cxd4 Rc8 28. Bd3 Bf5 {Steinitz,W-Zukertort,J/WCh USA/1886/}) 14... Bxb2 15. Nxb2 Ne6 16. c3 Qd6 17. Rae1 Bd7 18. Bb1 Rae8 19. d4 Nf4 20. Re3 g6 $11 { Shirov,A (2710)-Ivanchuk,V (2700)/Monte Carlo blindfold rpd/1995/}) ({ Harmless is} 7. Ba4 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Nc4 $1 10. Re1 d5 11. Nd2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Qh5 Re8 14. Nf3 Rxe1+ 15. Nxe1 c6 16. c3 g6 17. Qf3 Bf5 18. Bf4 Nc8 19. Qg3 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Qd6 21. Qxd6 Nxd6 22. f3 h5 23. Kf2 a5 24. Rc1 { 1/2,Ye Jiangchuan (2670)-Ivanchuk,V (2719)/Shenyang/2000/}) 7... Nf5 { From the 3 plausible options Anand chooses the least usual one.} (7... Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {Two rounds later the World Champion went for} Ne8 (9... c6 10. d4 Ne8 11. d5 d6 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Bf4 Bg4 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Bc4 Rfe8 16. h3 Bh5 17. a4 Bf8 18. a5 Bg6 {Meier,G (2659)-Onischuk,A (2688)/Lubbock/2010/} 19. a6 $5 $36) (9... Bf6 10. Re1 c6 (10... Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. Nd5 Bh4 13. g3 { 1/2 Vallejo Pons,F (2697)-Ponomariov,R (2734)/Sestao 2010/The Week in Chess 825 } c6 14. gxh4 cxd5 15. Qg4 $13 {/+/=}) 11. d4 Nf5 12. d5 d6 13. Ne4 (13. Bf4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. c4 c5 16. Bd3 Nd4 17. Be3 h6 18. Qh5 Bd7 19. c3 Nf5 20. Bd2 Nh4 21. Re3 Rfe8 22. Rae1 {Fedorov,A (2611)-Sturua,Z (2514)/Dubai/2009/} Ng6 $11) 13... Be5 14. c3 Qb6 15. Bc4 Bd7 16. a4 cxd5 17. a5 Qc7 18. Bxd5 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. a6 Rfe8 21. axb7 Qxb7 22. g3 $14 { Jansa,V (2521)-Bindrich,F (2401)/CZE-chT/2006/}) 10. Nd5 (10. d4 Bf6 11. Re1 d5 $11) 10... Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. c4 $146 ({ This novelty leads nowhere, but also} 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 { isn't much - in a symmetrical and relatively closed position with only one open <-> the ^^ doesn't promise White a tangible pull.} 16. d3 Nf6 17. Qf3 Qd6 18. g3 Rce8 19. Bd2 Kg8 20. Bh3 Qc5 $11 { Vallejo Pons,F (2696)-Hansen,S (2552)/EU-chT Novi Sad/2009/}) 13... Nf6 14. b3 d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 (15... Nxd5 16. Ba3 Bd6 $11) 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Bb2 Be5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Nc2 Rae8 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Qc3 Re8 25. Qd4 b6 26. f3 Rd8 27. Ne3 Ne8 28. f4 Nc7 29. f5 Ne8 $1 30. Re1 Nf6 $11 {Gashimov,V (2719)-Anand,V (2800)/Nanjing/2010/}) ({Another safe line is} 7... O-O 8. d4 (8. Nc3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 {-7...Ne5}) 8... Nf5 9. c3 (9. Nf3 d5 { transposes into our game.}) 9... Nxe5 10. Rxe5 (10. dxe5 d6 $11) 10... d6 ( 10... g6 11. Nd2 d5 12. Nf3 c6 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 Ng7 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Bh6 Qd7 18. Nh4 Rae8 19. Qc2 Bf7 20. g3 b6 $11 { Al Modiahki,M (2556)-Aronian,L (2737)/Sochi/2008/}) 11. Re1 d5 $1 (11... c6 12. Nd2 (12. d5 $5 Bf6 13. Na3 $13 { is the only attempt to bring some imbalance into the position.}) 12... d5 13. Nf3 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Bd3 Bf6 16. Bf4 Be6 17. Qf3 Qd7 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 f6 20. Re3 Rae8 21. Rae1 Bf7 { Ragger,M (2528)-Aronian,L (2741)/Heraklio EU-chT/2007/}) 12. Bf4 (12. Nd2 Nh4 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Be2 Re8 15. Nxh4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bxh4 $11 { Neubauer,M (2453)-Sargissian,G (2673)/EU-chT Heraklio/2007/}) 12... Bd6 $11 ( 12... Nh4 $11)) 8. Nf3 $5 {Carlsen indicates he wants to keep more pieces on the board and attempts to develop a pull without any risk. Glancing ahead, he will be surprisingly successful in the positional manoeuvring struggle.} (8. c3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 d5 $11 { once again transposes into the 7...0-0 line from the previous note.}) 8... O-O (8... Ncd4 9. c3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nh4 11. Qe4 Ng6 12. c4 O-O 13. d4 d6 14. Nc3 c6 15. f4 $6 (15. Qc2 $11 {/+/=}) 15... Bf6 16. Be3 Re8 17. Qd3 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Kh1 Ne7 20. Bg1 Be6 21. Rac1 g6 $15 { Llaneza Vega,M (2514)-Pashikian,A (2652)/EU-ch Rijeka/2010/}) 9. d4 d5 10. c3 ( 10. g3 {It seems worth forcing c3 after all and after} Bf6 $5 (10... Re8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne2 g5 13. c3 Ng7 14. Bg2 f6 (14... h6 $142) 15. Nd2 Qd7 16. Nf1 Bf8 17. h4 $1 gxh4 18. Nf4 Bf7 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Ne3 hxg3 21. fxg3 $16 { >>, now} 23. Bg5 f6 {wins a tempo.}) 23. Qd1 ( 23. Nxg7 $2 Kxg7 24. Bh6+ Kf7 25. Qd1 Kg8 $17 {is too inconcrete.}) 23... Qd7 24. Qf3 Re8 25. h4 Bf7 {With hindsight one can recommend the immediate swap} ( 25... Bxf5 $142 26. Bxf5 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Qe8 { , although even here White can definitely continue probing after} 28. Bd2 $14 ( 28. Qe3 $5)) 26. Rf1 $1 {An excellent move, avoiding simplification is more important than the <->e, on which Black has no points of entry anyway.} Bg6 ({ After some thought Anand discarded} 26... h5 27. g4 $1 hxg4 28. Qxg4 $36 { and decides to eliminate the Nf5 after all.}) 27. h5 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 Qf7 29. Kg2 (29. Bd3 g6 {tranposes, as} 30. g4 $6 Ne6 31. Re1 Re7 { allows Black <=> in connection with Ng5.}) 29... g6 30. Bd3 f5 31. Rh1 { Now Black will have a tactical defence, so this was the right time for} (31. g4 $142 $1 $36) 31... Ne6 32. hxg6 (32. g4 Bf4 (32... fxg4 $5 33. Qxg4 Rf8 34. f3 g5 35. Re1 Nf4+ 36. Bxf4 Qxf4 37. Re7 Qxg4+ 38. fxg4 Rf7 39. Rxf7 Kxf7 40. Bxh7 Bf4 $11) 33. hxg6 {-32.hg6}) 32... hxg6 33. g4 (33. Be3 Qf6 {/\Ng5}) 33... Bf4 $1 (33... f4 34. Qh3 $36) 34. Be3 (34. gxf5 Bxd2 35. fxe6 Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Rxe6 $11) (34. Bxf4 $6 fxg4 35. Rh8+ $8 Kxh8 36. Be5+ Kg8 37. Qxg4 Nf8 38. f4 Qh7 $15) 34... fxg4 $6 {After this slip White retains a pull.} (34... Bxe3 $142 {/\ } 35. fxe3 (35. Qxe3 $2 fxg4 36. Qh6 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Ng7 $1 $19) 35... Ng5 36. Qf4 fxg4 $1 37. Rh6 (37. Qxg5 $4 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Qg3+ 39. Kf1 Rf8+ 40. Ke2 Qg2+ $19) ( 37. Qxg4 Rxe3 38. Rh6 Qf3+ 39. Qxf3 Nxf3 $11) 37... Qxf4 38. exf4 Re3 39. Bf1 Ne6 40. Rxg6+ Kf7 41. Rxg4 Re1 $11) 35. Qxg4 Kg7 36. Rh5 $1 { Due to the threat Rf5 Black can't maintain his blockade on f4} Bxe3 (36... Kf6 37. Qh4+ g5 38. Qg4 $16 (38. Qh3 $16)) 37. fxe3 Nf8 ({More active was} 37... Rf8 $5 38. Rf5 Qe7 39. Re5 Qf6 40. Qg3 $14 (40. Qxg6+ Qxg6+ 41. Bxg6 Nxd4 $11)) 38. Rh3 (38. Qg5 Qf6 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. Rh3 Re7 41. Rf3 Qg7 $14) 38... Kg8 $6 $138 {Now Black's coordination gets disrupted even more.} (38... Qf6 $142 39. Rf3 Qd6 40. Qh4 Re6 $5 41. Rh3 Rf6 42. e4 Qf4 (42... dxe4 $2 43. Bc4 $18) 43. Qxf4 Rxf4 $14) 39. Rf3 Qe6 40. Qf4 (40. Qg3 $16 {/\Bf5,Bc2,e4|^}) 40... Kg7 ({ Not ideal, somewhat better and more resilient was} 40... Qe7 $16) 41. b3 $6 { /\c4} ({Strategically sound, but} 41. Rh3 $142 Qf6 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Bxg6 $1 $16 {/+- wins a healthy P.}) 41... Qe7 (41... b5 $6 42. Rh3) 42. c4 Rd8 43. Rh3 ( 43. c5 $1 {()}) 43... Rd6 44. Qh6+ Kg8 (44... Kf7 $142 45. cxd5 cxd5 46. Rf3+ Kg8 (46... Rf6 $2 47. Qg5 Rxf3 48. Qxd5+ $18) 47. e4 g5 $1 48. Qh5 Kg7 49. exd5 (49. e5 $2 Rh6 50. Qg4 Ne6 $36) 49... Ng6 (49... Rh6 50. d6 $1 Rxd6 51. Rg3 Rd5 52. Rh3 $16) 50. Kf2 $14 {/+/-}) 45. cxd5 cxd5 46. e4 $1 $16 {This break wins more space and gives White a permanent strategic advantage due to his superior P-structure.} Qg7 47. Qe3 Qe7 (47... dxe4 $2 48. Bc4+ Ne6 49. Qxe4 $18) 48. e5 Rc6 49. Qh6 Qg7 50. Qh4 a6 (50... Ne6 51. Qg4 { /\Kf2-e3 forces the N back sooner or later anyway.}) 51. Rf3 Qd7 { Black must temporize.} (51... g5 52. Qh5 Ng6 53. Bxg6 Qxg6 54. Qxg6+ Rxg6 55. Kg3 $18) 52. b4 $5 b5 53. a3 Qc7 54. Kg3 Kg7 55. Bb1 $1 { Getting ready to target > , but after about 5 hours of play it's very difficult to find such computer-like ideas.}) 57. Bb3 Rc1 58. Kh2 Rb1 59. Bc2 Rb2 60. Rc3 $18 { Now the Rb2 is cut off and White is virtually winning...} Qf7 61. Kg3 (61. e6 $1 Qxe6 62. Rc7+ Kf8 63. Qh6+ (63. Qxh7 Qe2+ 64. Kg3 Rb3+ $1 65. Bxb3 Qe3+ 66. Kg4 Qe4+ 67. Kg5 Qf5+ $11 68. Kh6 $4 Qh5#) 63... Ke8 64. Qxh7 $18 { and now there is no perpetual, as Black's K doesn't control g7 anymore.}) 61... Nf8 62. Rf3 Qe6 63. Qd8 $2 (63. Rf6 Qe8 (63... Qg8 64. Rf2 Nh7 (64... Qe6 65. Rh2 Kf7 66. Qh8 Ke7 67. Qg7+ $18 {/\} Qf7 68. Qxf7+ Kxf7 69. Bxg6+) 65. Qe7+ Kh8 66. Qd6 $18) 64. Rf2 Ra2 (64... Qe6 65. Rh2 $18 {-63...Qg8}) 65. Qf6+ Kg8 66. Qd6 $5 (66. Bb3 Rxa3 67. Rf3 Rxb3 68. Rxb3 Ne6 69. Kf2 $1 $18) 66... Rxa3+ 67. Kh2 Ne6 (67... Rc3 68. Bb3 $1 $18) 68. Rf6 Ra2 69. Rxe6 Rxc2+ 70. Kg3 Rc3+ 71. Kh4 g5+ 72. Kxg5 Rg3+ 73. Kf4 Rf3+ 74. Kg4 $1 (74. Kg5 $2 Rf5+ 75. Kxf5 Qh5+ $11) (74. Kxf3 $2 Qh5+) 74... Qf8 (74... Qf7 75. Qd8+ Kh7 76. Qh4+ Kg8 77. Qg5+ Kf8 78. Qh6+) 75. Qxf8+ Rxf8 76. Rxa6 $18) 63... Nd7 64. Rf2 $2 (64. Bd3 $5 Rb3 65. Be2 $16 {still keeps White's winning chances alive.}) 64... Ra2 { Now Black has enough <=>, as White's K is vulnerable as well.} 65. Kh2 (65. Rh2 $2 Rxa3+ 66. Kf2 Qf7+ 67. Ke1 Ra1+ 68. Bd1 Nf8 $17) 65... Qg4 $11 (65... Nxe5 66. dxe5 (66. Qf8+ Kh7 67. dxe5 Qxe5+ 68. Kh3 Rxa3+ 69. Rf3 Qh5+ 70. Kg2 Qg5+ $11) 66... Qxe5+ 67. Kh1 (67. Kg2 Rxc2 68. Qf8+ Kh7 69. Rxc2 Qe4+ 70. Kf1 Qxc2 71. Qe7+ $11 {and already White has to give a perpetual.}) 67... Qh5+ 68. Kg2 Qg4+ $11) 66. Qe7+ Kh6 67. Qd8 (67. Qe8 Qh4+ $11 {is the same.}) (67. e6 $4 Rxa3 $19) 67... Qh5+ 68. Kg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"] [Site "Nanjing"] [Date "2010.10.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Wang, Yue"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2800"] [Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2010.10.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] {A rest day proved to be sufficient for the world champion, however it didn't appear so for China's number one after a bad 5th round.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 {Once more the Catalan! In the last years it has become popular at all levels in chess. Everyone from first category players to the very elite seems to have it in their repertoire!} d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ $5 {The Closed Catalan. One should not forget that this was Anand's main weapon against Topalov, so it should be no surprise that he knows every possible sortie in this variation.} 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Ne5 { A rare continuation.} Nfd7 11. Nd2 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 c5 $5 {Vishy seems ambitious today! He appears reluctant to go for an equal position with ...Nd7. The bishop on e5 is misplaced, and Anand is trying to take advantage of it by putting his knight on c6 to have the d4 and e5 squares simultaneously under attack. In the meantime, he has also weakened the h1-a8 diagonal. A risky decision by the world champion!} 13. Qa4 $6 {It seems that Wang has overestimated his chances in this position. This just helps Black to develop his pieces more comfortably.} (13. dxc5 { was preferable and would open some space for the bishop on e5.} Nc6 14. Bc3 bxc5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qa4 {and White is better.}) 13... Qd7 14. Qxd7 $2 { But this is too much. The local hero is going astray. Letting the knight in with an attacking tempo over the bishop on e5? As mentioned earlier, this doesn't seem to be Wang's tournament.} Nxd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rfe1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rad8 18. e3 f6 $1 {Simple and logical. Black's bishop pair and his center offer him better chances.} 19. f4 $2 {The Chinese GM might have felt frustrated by his own play. White's position is hopeless now and Anand slowly but safely converts his advantage.} fxe5 20. fxe5 Bd3 21. Rad1 Bc2 22. Rc1 Bg6 23. h4 Rfe8 24. Nf3 Be4 25. Rcd1 Bf8 26. Re2 g6 27. b3 Bg7 28. Ng5 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rxe5 30. Nf3 Re7 31. Red2 Red7 32. Rd3 h6 33. a4 Kf7 34. Ng1 Ke6 35. Ne2 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Kf3 Kf5 38. g4+ Ke6 39. Ng3 Rh8 40. Kg2 Rhd8 41. R3d2 Be5 42. Rf2 Bxg3 43. Kxg3 Rf7 44. Rxf7 Kxf7 45. Kf2 Ke6 46. Rh1 c4 47. Rh6+ Ke5 48. bxc4 dxc4 49. Ke2 c3 50. Rc6 Rd2+ 51. Ke1 Ra2 { A painful defeat for Wang Yue and a fine comeback for Anand.} 0-1 [Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"] [Site "Nanjing"] [Date "2010.10.24"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gashimov, Vugar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2719"] [Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2010.10.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] {An uneventful game for the two players who had had a poor 4th round in Nanjing. The reigning world champion failed to find a fantastic save, shown later by Dr. Karsten Mueller, and suffered an upset, while Gashimov, who had been squeezing Carlsen for most of the game and had even had him on the ropes, somehow failed to convert his advantage into the full point. Both players were recovering from the shock of the previous day.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 {This line is becoming quite popular in Nanjing!} Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. cxd5 (8. b3 {was famed Blackburne's choice back in 1887! However, in spite of its historical value, this is considered typical and even detrimental according to modern theory.}) 8... cxd5 9. Qb3 b6 10. h3 Bc8 $5 { An odd choice by Gashimov.} (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Bd2 { might give White better prospects due to his bishop pair.}) 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Rfc1 Qd7 15. a4 Rfc8 {Black has now successfully completed his development. The position is about equal and Gashimov's only care is the positional maneuvers which he handled accurately.} 16. a5 bxa5 17. Rxa5 e6 18. Rca1 Bf8 19. Qa2 Rcb8 20. Nd1 Ne4 21. Be1 Rb7 22. Ba6 Rb6 23. Bd3 Rb7 24. Ba6 Rb6 25. Bd3 Rb7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"] [Site "Nanjing"] [Date "2010.10.23"] [Round "4"] [White "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D17"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2800"] [Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2010.10.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14. Kc3 O-O 15. Qe3 b5 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rhd1 Qe7 19. Kc2 a5 20. Bf3 Rac8 21. Qe5 g6 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Qxb5 Rc5 24. Qd7 Qg5 25. Qd4 Rfc8 26. Ra3 Rb5 27. Rd2 Rb4 28. Kd1 Rcb8 29. Ke2 Qb5 30. Ke1 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Qxb2 32. Qxb2 Rxb2 33. Rxa5 c3 34. Rc5 Rb1+ 35. Ke2 Rc1 36. Kd3 Kg7 37. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 38. Kxc3 f5 39. Kd4 Kf6 40. Bd1 h5 41. Bf3 h4 42. Be2 {The wrong outside pawn. Normally an extra piece will win fairly easily in an endgame, but that may not be the case if the attacker has very few pawns. If one of them is, in addition, a "wrong colored outside pawn" then it can easily become impossible:} g5 $2 {After this the path of the black king to the kingside is blocked and the extra pawn can repeatedly use the sharp endgame weapon of zugzwang to win the day.} (42... e5+ {on the other hand keeps all options open and draws:} 43. Kd5 (43. Ke3 g5 44. Ba6 (44. h3 e4 45. Kd4 g4 46. hxg4 fxg4 47. Bxg4 Kg5 48. Bh3 Kf4 $11 { and the black counterplay is sufficient to draw.}) 44... f4+ 45. Kf3 e4+ 46. Kxe4 h3 47. gxh3 Kg7 $11) 43... e4 (43... h3 $2 {would be premature:} 44. g3 f4 45. g4 (45. Ke4 Kg5 46. Bf3 $18 {wins prosaically}) 45... Kg5 46. Kxe5 Kh4 $5 { Black sets a clever little stalemate trap, which can, however, be circumvented. } 47. Bf3 (47. Kxf4 $2 g5+ 48. Kf5 {patt}) 47... g5 48. Bd1 f3 49. Ke4 f2 ( 49... Kxg4 50. Bxf3+ Kh4 51. Be2 g4 52. Kf4 Kh5 53. Bb5 $18) 50. Be2 f1=Q 51. Bxf1 Kxg4 52. Bb5 Kh5 53. Be8+ Kh6 54. Kf5 { and in this constellation White can win in spite of the wrong colored bishop:} Kh7 55. Kf6 Kh8 56. Bg6 Kg8 57. Bd3 Kh8 58. Kf7 g4 59. Be4 g3 60. hxg3 $18) 44. Bd1 Kg5 $1 {The king uses this route to either convert the white g-pawn into a wrong-colored h-pawn, or to eliminate it altogether:} 45. Ke5 f4 46. Kxe4 ({ Even after} 46. h3 f3 47. gxf3 exf3 48. Bxf3 Kh6 { White cannot gain anything from his outside pawn, e.g.} 49. Kf6 Kh7 50. Bd5 Kh8 $11) 46... h3 47. g3 (47. gxh3 Kh4 48. Bg4 f3 49. Kxf3 g5 50. Bf5 Kh5 $11) 47... fxg3 48. hxg3 h2 49. Bf3 h1=Q 50. Bxh1 Kg4 $11) 43. Ba6 $1 g4 ({ Now the white king can cut off Black's path after} 43... e5+ 44. Kd5 e4 45. Bf1 g4 46. Kd4 Kg5 47. Ke3 h3 48. g3 f4+ 49. gxf4+ Kf5 50. Ba6 g3 51. Bc8+ Kf6 52. Bxh3 gxh2 53. Bg2 $18) 44. Bb7 $1 e5+ (44... f4 45. Ke4 f3 46. g3 $18) 45. Kd5 $1 f4 (45... e4 46. Kd4 h3 47. g3 f4 48. Kxe4 $18) 46. Ke4 { and Anand resigned because in the end all of his pawns will fall, e.g.} (46. Ke4 h3 47. g3 fxg3 (47... f3 48. Bc8 f2 49. Ba6 Ke6 50. Ke3 $18) 48. hxg3 h2 49. Ke3 $18) 1-0 [Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"] [Site "Nanjing"] [Date "2010.10.22"] [Round "3"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D57"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2800"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2010.10.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] 1. d4 {Our first game since the match, I wasn't sure what he would aim for.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 { Continuing from the 12th game in Sofia.} 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 ({ In Sofia and also in the Olympiad, he went for} 9. Rc1) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. c4 {Ivanchuk beat Jakovenko recently with this move, so I guess its sort of topical.} Be6 13. c5 b6 14. Rc1 bxc5 15. Qa3 (15. Rxc5 Nd7 16. Rxc7 Rdb8 {Black has good compensation.}) 15... Nd7 16. Bb5 Bg4 $1 { The point of Black's play.} 17. Bxd7 (17. Nd2 Qg5 (17... c6 18. Bxc6 Rac8 $1 19. Bxd7 cxd4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Bxc8 Qxa3 22. Bxg4 dxe3 $17)) 17... Rxd7 { This works tactically.} 18. Qxc5 (18. Rxc5 Qe4 19. Ke2 Rd6 (19... Re8 20. Rhc1 Rd6 21. h3 Bxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qxd4 $15) 20. h3 Bc8 { harder to find, but either way Black is better} 21. Rhc1 Ba6+ 22. Kd1 Qg6) (18. Ne5 cxd4 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Nc6 (20. Nxg4 h5 {traps the knight}) 20... Re6 21. h3 Bh5 22. Nxd4 Ra6 23. Rxc7 Rxa2 24. O-O a5) 18... Qe4 19. Rg1 {This move caug ht me by surprise, however it doesn't really improve White's position} Re8 { This move implies an exchange sac, but it felt very promising.} (19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qxf3 21. Qc6 Rb8 $1 22. Qxh6 g6 23. Qf4 (23. Rg3 Qh1+ 24. Kd2 Rb2+ 25. Rc2 Rxc2+ 26. Kxc2 Rd6 $1 $19) 23... Qxf4 24. exf4 {The computer really likes Black's position, but I am not sure his edge is so great.}) (19... f6 20. Qc2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qxf3 22. Rg3 Qe4 23. Qxe4 dxe4 { I thought this was too small an edge.} 24. Rg4 Re8 25. Rf4 { and White's rook escapes to the queenside.}) 20. Qb5 (20. Ne5 Rxe5 21. dxe5 d4 22. h3 (22. Qb4 Qxe5 23. h3 c5 $17 24. Qxc5 d3 $1) 22... dxe3 23. hxg4 (23. Qxe3 Qb4+ 24. Kf1 Qb5+ 25. Ke1 Rd3 26. Qxd3 (26. hxg4 Rxe3+ 27. fxe3 Qa5+ 28. Kf2 Qxa2+ 29. Kf3 Qd5+ 30. Kf2 Qxe5 31. Rc4 Qb2+ 32. Kf3 a5 33. Rgc1 a4 34. R4c2 (34. Rxc7 a3 $19) 34... Qf6+ 35. Ke2 Qg5 36. Ra2 Qxg4+ 37. Kf2) (26. Qe4 Qb2 $19) 26... Qxd3 27. hxg4 c5) (23. fxe3 Rd3 24. Kf2 Bxh3 $1 {stronger} ( 24... Rd2+ 25. Kg3 Be6 $15) 25. gxh3 Rd2+ 26. Kg3 h5 $1 {wins}) 23... exf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qf4+ 25. Ke1 Rd4 $1 $19 26. Qc3 Re4+ 27. Kd1 Qf2 $19) (20. Ke2 f5 $1) 20... Rdd8 21. Qe2 Rb8 {As soon as I made this move, I was annoyed I didnt go for ...c5. However, it seems that ...Rb8 is by no means worse.} (21... c5 22. h3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qf5 24. dxc5 $1 (24. Rxc5 Rb8 $1 25. Rc1 Rec8 $19) 24... d4 25. Rg3 {and it seems that White is holding} d3 26. Qd2 Re5 27. e4) 22. h3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 (23. Qxf3 Qxd4 $19) 23... Qf5 { The problem for White is that his king still can't get to safety.} 24. f4 (24. Rg3 Rb1 25. Rxb1 (25. Kd1 Rxc1+ 26. Kxc1 Rb8 27. Qc2 Qe6 $19) 25... Qxb1+ 26. Qd1 Qxa2 27. Kf1 Rb8 28. Kg2 Rb2 29. Qf1 Qc4 $1 {seems to clinch it} (29... a5 30. Qa6 $1)) 24... Rb1 25. Rxb1 (25. Qd1 Reb8 26. Kd2 R8b2+ 27. Kc3 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Rb6 $1 (28... Rxf2 29. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 30. Qg1+ Kf8 31. Qxf2 Qxh3 32. f5 { this is too messy}) 29. Kd2 Qxh3 { Black can slowly advance his h-pawn whilst harassing White's king.}) 25... Qxb1+ 26. Qd1 Rb8 27. Ke2 Qf5 $1 {Not allowing White's king to get to safety.} (27... Rb2+ 28. Kf3 Qxa2 29. Qf1 { Black is still better, but White's king is safe.}) 28. Rh1 Rb2+ 29. Kf3 h5 $1 { The key move, now it's over.} 30. a4 (30. Rh2 h4 $1 31. Kg2 Rb1 $19) 30... Qe4+ 31. Kg3 h4+ 32. Kxh4 Rxf2 33. Qg4 (33. Rg1 Qxe3 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Qg4+ Kf8 36. Qc8+ Qe8 {wins.}) 33... Rg2 (33... Qe7+ 34. Qg5 Qxe3 {wins as well.}) 0-1 [Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"] [Site "Nanjing"] [Date "2010.10.21"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2826"] [Annotator "Giri,A"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2010.10.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] 1. e4 {After the World Championship, Anand seems to be listening to Fischer, who a long time ago anounced that the best move was 1.e4!} e5 {No Dragons, no Najdorfs, Carlsen is still faithful to the Breyer Defense, that remained uncracked since his last tournament in Bilbao.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 {As promised: Breyer. Since my early childhood I always liked this knight maneuvre. Nowadays this variation is pretty popular and with Carlsen fighting for the black side, I am afraid the popularity of the line will only increase.} 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 ({the rare} 12... c5 {was tried by Carlsen once in a rapid game against Jan Smeets. He managed to win the game, but I doubt that the opening had something to do with the result.}) 13. a4 ({Earlier the main move was} 13. Nf1 {having in mind the typical Spanish maneuvre. However, nowadays not everybody is convinced that this is the way to play.} Bf8 14. Ng3 g6) 13... Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b4 ({Statistically the main move is} 15. b3 {and it was ully played by Anand a few times last year. However objectively it's hard for White to prove his advantage.}) 15... Nb6 {Forcing White to take on b5 (or play a5, which is considered to be an achievement for Black), underlining the disadvantage of White's last move.} 16. axb5 {#So far Magnus has already had the position three times, two of them against Vishy.} axb5 { The main move, but sort of a surprise!} (16... cxb5 17. d5 Rc8 {was discussed in Shirov-Carlsen and Anand-Carlsen in Bilbao. In fact it seemed that both times Carlsen had no opening problems. I think this time he decided to fight his curiousity and go for the solid axb5.}) 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 $5 { finally a real surprise} (17... Bxa8 { was played in yet another Anand-Carlsen in Arctic rapid 2010.}) 18. Nb3 Nc4 $146 {A new move, with the idea to take back on e5 with a piece and thus keeping the options of d5 and c5.} 19. dxe5 { Good move - it's hard to see what else White could do.} Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 { Black did take on e5 with piece, and he did keep option of d5 and c5, but still I have the feeling he may be slightly under pressure.} 21. f3 Re8 22. Be3 Bc8 {both sides are simply trying to improve their pieces.} 23. Bf2 Be6 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Qd2 Qb8 26. Bf1 h6 27. Ra1 Qb7 28. Ra5 {Here it seemed as if White was about to get something real with Qa2 in the air, but Black is just in time with the counterstrike.} ({White could have tried} 28. Nb3 $5 { Now Black has to prevent Ra7} Ra8 {and the key move} (28... Qb8 $5 { with the idea} 29. Ra7 c5) 29. Ra5 $5 {White intends Qa2, and then to take on a5 with the pawn, which leads to a strategically very complicated position, but I believe Black should be able to hold the a-pawn, e.g.} Rxa5 30. bxa5 $5 Qa6 31. Bb6 Be8 $1 {or any other bishop move, intending Nd7, should be fine for Black. So all in all I believe Black should always have enough counterplay in this line.}) 28... d5 $1 (28... Ra8 29. Qa2 Rxa5 30. bxa5 Qa6 31. c4) 29. exd5 Nxd5 30. Nb3 Be6 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. Bxc5 {Here, too, it seemed to me that White has the advantage, but in fact Black is very solid and with strong play Carlsen easily managed to equalize.} Rd8 33. Ra1 Qb8 34. Rd1 Qg3 $1 { It's always nice to annoy the king of World Champion, at least a little bit.} 35. Bf2 Qe5 36. c4 bxc4 37. Bxc4 Rd7 38. Bxd5 { Black equalized, so it's time to fix the result.} Rxd5 39. Qe1 Qxe1+ 40. Rxe1 Rd2 41. Bc5 Kh7 42. Rf1 $1 {A strong "Sofia rule" plan.} Bc4 43. Rf2 Rxf2 44. Kxf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 3rd"] [Site "Nanjing"] [Date "2010.10.20"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Wang, Yue"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2732"] [Annotator "Edouard,R"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2010.10.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 $5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 $5 8. a4 $5 {A rare move.} a5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nb4 11. Be3 $146 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 N8a6 14. d5 {White has to go for this kind of moves at some point, in order to open the game and take advantage of the two bishops. But Black is extremely solid anyway.} Nc5 15. Qe2 Qe8 $5 (15... cxd5 16. exd5 Rc8 17. Rfd1 { would be slightly better for White, though Black is, once again, very solid. But slowsly White will be able to improve his position.}) 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. dxc6 {This moves is quite logical. Somehow I feel like the best way to try to punish Black for his slightly awkward play (...Qe8) would be to keep the tension. The problem is that I don't see know (not so easy to find a plan for White without taking on c6). So let's say the next move is fine!} Qxc6 18. e5 Qc7 19. Bf4 (19. Bg4 {followed by f4 is also possible, but I believe after} e6 20. f4 Rcd8 21. Kh2 $5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Nb5 Qb8 {Black should get a draw.} ) 19... Ne6 (19... Rcd8 $5) 20. Bg3 Rfd8 21. Bg4 Qc6 22. Nb5 Qc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Bxe6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 fxe6 26. Nd4 Rxb2 27. Nxe6 Bh6 28. Rd8+ (28. Rd7 $1 Kf7 29. Nd8+ Kf8 (29... Ke8 $2 30. e6 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Re1 32. Rb7 { would be bad for Black, due to Rb8-mate problems (White is threatening Nf7).}) 30. e6 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Re1 32. h4 (32. Nf7 Bc1 $8 33. Ne5 Bb2 $8 34. Nc4 Bf6 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Nxb6 Rxe6) 32... Re4 33. f3 Rc4 34. Kh3 { and I believe White has some chances.}) 28... Kf7 29. Nd4 Nc2 30. Nc6 Nb4 31. Nd4 Nc2 32. Nc6 Nb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 3rd"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2010.10.15"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2826"] [Annotator "Edouard,R"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2010.10.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b4 Nb6 16. axb5 cxb5 {Nice to see Magnus playing the same line again!} 17. d5 Rc8 18. Ra3 $146 (18. Bb2 {was Shirov move in round 3.}) 18... Nh5 19. Nf1 g6 $1 20. N1h2 {Probably the first unprecise move.} Bg7 21. Bg5 $6 Qd7 22. Be3 $6 { Somehow, White's 2-3 last moves were just bad.} Nc4 $6 ({Both} 22... Nxd5 23. exd5 e4 {and}) (22... Na4 { followed by ...f5 are given near by winning for Black by the engine!}) 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Nd2 Rc7 25. Nhf1 Nf4 {Also here, Black is doing very fine.} 26. Bb6 Rcc8 27. Ne3 f5 28. f3 Rf8 29. Kh2 Rf7 $2 (29... Nd3 30. Rf1 Bh6 { would make White's task much harder, for instance:} 31. Qb1 Nf4 32. c4 $5 Ne2 $1 (32... bxc4 $6 33. Nexc4 Ne2 34. Be3 {is OK for White.}) 33. c5 Bf4+ 34. Kh1 Ng3+ 35. Kg1 Nxf1 36. Ndxf1 {and White keep some chances.}) 30. c4 $1 { Now White espaces. I think that Carlsen underestimated his position and didn't believe he should try something too rough, or he overestimated and thought he has enough time for preparing his attack with moves like 29...Rf7.} bxc4 31. Nexc4 fxe4 32. fxe4 Rcf8 33. Be3 Bh6 34. Rf1 Bg7 35. Qa4 Qe7 36. b5 axb5 37. Qxb5 Bc8 38. Qb6 Qg5 39. Rf2 Qh4 40. Bxf4 ({The defensive} 40. Nf3 $5 Qh5 41. Ng1 {could be a much better try, as Black has huge problems with the d6-pawn, but just leads to a weird draw by force:} Qh4 $8 42. Nxd6 Bxh3 $8 43. gxh3 Nxd5 $8 44. Qb3 Rxf2+ 45. Bxf2 Rxf2+ 46. Kh1 Qf4 47. Qxd5+ Kh8 48. Ra8+ Bf8 49. Rxf8+ Qxf8 50. Qxe5+ Qg7 $8 51. Qe8+ Qg8 52. Qa4 Qa2 $8 {and draw.}) 40... Rxf4 (40... exf4 $5 {holds thanks to the trick} 41. Nxd6 Qg3+ $3 42. Rxg3 fxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Be5+ 44. Kh4 Rxf2 45. Nxc8 Bf6+ 46. Kg3 Be5+ {and draw!}) 41. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 42. Kg1 Bh6 43. Rf3 Qg5 44. Qc6 Rxf3 45. Nxf3 Qc1+ 46. Kf2 Bd7 47. Qxd7 Qxc4 48. Qe6+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kg8 50. Qe6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 3rd"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2010.10.14"] [Round "5"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2800"] [Annotator "Edouard,R"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2010.10.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 $5 (8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 {is more common.}) 9. Bd2 (9. Bb5+ {and}) ( 9. Bxf6 {are the 2 other options.}) 9... Qc5 (9... O-O {is also possible.}) 10. Bb5+ Bd7 (10... Nbd7 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Bxc3 Nxe4 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bd4 Qb5 { was critical recently: Grischuk-Morozevich 2009, Moiseenko-Romanov 2010.}) 11. Nb3 Qe7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O O-O 14. a3 Bd6 15. Kh1 $5 $146 { This prophylactic move could make some differences in many lines.} (15. f4 e5 16. f5 Nd4 17. Bg5 Bc6 18. Bc4 Qd8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Be7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Kh1 Rc8 23. Rc1 Qb6 24. Rc3 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Nxb3 26. Bxb3 Qe3 27. Qf3 Qxf3 28. Rxf3 Rc8 29. a4 Rc5 30. g3 Kf8 31. Rd3 {1/2-1/2 Wang-Gelfand, Romania 2010}) ( 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Bf4 17. Ne2 e5 $6 18. Nxf4 exf4 19. f3 Be6 20. Bf2 Rfd8 21. Nc5 Ne5 22. Qb1 Bc4 23. Rd1 Rac8 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qc1 Ne3 27. Bxe3 fxe3 28. Qxe3 $18 { and Kramnik eventually beat Lautier in a blind game in Monte Carlo, 1998.}) 15... Be5 $5 {Strange at first sight, but played very fast by Anand. This looks like the same scenario as their first game. Tere Anand was White, played a novelty, and Kramnik drew with much more time on clock.} 16. f4 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 e5 18. f5 Rfd8 19. Qe2 b6 20. Nd2 ({Launching an attack like} 20. g4 { would be met by} h6 21. Rg1 (21. h4 Nh7 22. Be1 a5 $132) 21... Nd4 $1 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bc6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 $44) 20... Bc8 21. Nf3 Bb7 22. Rae1 a6 23. Bc4 b5 24. Ba2 h6 25. Bd5 $5 {Here I guess Kramnik realized that he has no advantage, and tried this shot in spite of the fact it's only making draw.} Nxd5 26. exd5 Rxd5 27. f6 $1 {#} Qxf6 ({Of course not} 27... gxf6 $2 { which would be terrible because of} 28. Nh4 {and a winning attack (Qh5, Re3).}) 28. Nxe5 Qe6 29. Nxf7 Qxe2 30. Rxe2 Rd7 {The coolest move, making a draw at once. Here let's just write down some funny computer ideas.} (30... Rf8 $6 { would give White a chance:} 31. Ref2 $1 (31. Kg1 $11) 31... Re8 32. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 33. Rf7 Re7 $8 34. Rf8+ Kh7 35. Rh8+ Kg6 36. Rf6+ Kh5 (36... Kg7 37. Rxc6+ Ree5 $8 38. Rc7+ Kxh8 39. h3 $1 $16) 37. Rhxh6+ Kg5 38. h4+ Kg4 39. Kh2 Ne5 40. Rh8 Rg7 41. Re6 Kf5 42. Rxe5+ Rxe5 43. Rh5+ Kg4 44. Rxe5 Kxh4 45. Re2 $14 { is given by the computer at a decent depth, which should be drawn anyway.}) ( 30... a5 31. Re6 $1 b4 32. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 (32... Kh7 $5 33. Bxg7 $1 Ba6 34. Rfe1 Bb7 35. Rf1 $1 $11) 33. Rg6+ Kh7 34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. Bf6 Rf8 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Rg6+ Kh7 39. Rg7+ Kh8 $11) 31. Ne5 Re7 32. Ree1 Nxe5 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. Bxe5 Re8 35. Re1 Kh7 36. Bc3 Rxe1+ 37. Bxe1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 3rd"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2010.10.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C12"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2749"] [Annotator "Edouard,R"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2010.10.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] 1. e4 e6 {Woah! No Ruy Lopez, no Petroff, thank you!} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 (8... Kf8 { has also been quite popular recently.}) 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 $5 Qa5 $5 (11... Nc6 {is the main possibility. In both cases, there are some side-moves to explore, while it could go} 12. Nf3 Qa5 { getting back into the game. So there might be some differences.}) 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Qf4 cxd4 14. h5 $1 (14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bd7 { is the usual (less fascinating) concept!}) 14... g5 ({Without entering big calculation, I would say that Black has enough time to take on c3, so} 14... dxc3+ 15. Ke2 {cannot help him defending.}) (14... Qxc3+ 15. Ke2 gxh5 16. Rab1 {would be very dangerous for Black: White will go Rxh5, Rxh6, and Ng5-Nh7 in the event of ...Rf8. Still, maybe this is the line to be checked, as the game looks clearly in White's favour.}) 15. Qf6 Rf8 (15... Rg8 $5 16. Qxh6 g4 17. Ng5 dxc3+ 18. Ke2 Nxe5 19. Qf6 Qd8 {could be a possibility of defense, the rook on g8 making a huge difference in this final position!}) 16. Qxh6 g4 $5 17. Ng5 Nxe5 18. Nh7 Rh8 19. Ke2 $1 {This is the proof that taking on c3 earlier could hardly help. After this prophylactic move, Black suffers huge troubles. White's king is in perfect position and Black has problems in finding solutions.} Nxd3 (19... Qxc3 20. Nf6+ Ke7 21. Qg5 $1 Kd6 22. Qf4 $18) 20. cxd3 Bd7 (20... Qxc3 21. Rhc1 Qb2+ 22. Kf1 {just wins.}) 21. Nf6+ Ke7 22. Qg5 dxc3 23. Ne4+ ({The sylicon move} 23. h6 $1 {was winning! For instance:} Bb5 (23... Qa4 24. Nxg4+ Ke8 (24... Kd6 {no longer works due to} 25. Qe5+ $18 { and c3 is hanging.}) 25. Qg7 Ke7 (25... Qc2+ 26. Kf1 Qxd3+ 27. Kg1 Ke7 28. Qf6+ Kd6 29. Ne5 $18) 26. Qf6+ Kd6 27. Qe5+ $18) (23... Kd6 24. Ne4+ $1 Kc6 25. Qe5 $1 Qa3 26. Rhc1 $18) 24. a4 $1 Ba6 (24... Bxd3+ 25. Kxd3 Qa6+ 26. Ke3 Qb6+ 27. Ke2 Qb2+ 28. Kd3 $18) 25. Nxd5+ Kd6 26. Qe7+ $1 Kxd5 27. Rh5+ f5 28. Qd7+ Kc5 ( 28... Ke5 29. Ke3 $3 $18 {followed by d4+ and Qg7 mate (or Qd4 mate).}) 29. Rxf5+ exf5 30. Qxf5+ Kb6 31. Rb1+ $18) 23... Ke8 24. Nf6+ Ke7 25. Nxg4+ Kd6 26. Ne5 {White is threatening Nc4+.} f6 $8 {The only way to get some counterplay!} 27. Qxf6 Raf8 28. Qg7 $4 {Crazy move! Losing an exceedingly important tempo. Difficult to know what Anand missed.} (28. Nf7+ Rxf7 29. Qxf7 Qa4 {would be a otally different story, as it would be White to move! And for instance, after} 30. Kf1 Qc2 (30... Qd4 31. Qf3 Bb5 32. Rh3 c2 33. Rc1 Qb2 34. Qf4+ e5 35. Qd2 $18) 31. Qf4+ $1 Kc6 32. h6 {White should win.} (32. Rh3 $5)) 28... Qa4 (28... Qb6 $1 {might be best!! Typical computer move, forcing White to go Nf7+ according to the engine, as} 29. Qxd7+ $2 Kxe5 {should be much better for Black, whose king is going to move back to d6 or f6 depending on White's move.} ) 29. Nf7+ (29. Qg3 $5 { was still very tricky: probably that's why Black should rather go 28...Qb6!} Qc2+ 30. Kf1 Bb5 $5 (30... Qxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Kxe5 33. Rae1+ $5 Kd4 34. Ke2 {should win for White.}) 31. Nf7+ Ke7 32. Nxh8 Qxd3+ $8 33. Qxd3 Bxd3+ 34. Kg1 Rxh8 35. Rh3 $1 {Lucky move.} Bc4 36. Rxc3 Rxh5 { and Black keeps drawing chances, but I believe White should be winning.}) 29... Rxf7 30. Qxf7 Qc2+ 31. Kf1 Qxd3+ 32. Kg1 {The difference between 29.Nf7+ and 28.Nf7+ has been huge, but White should hold a draw anyway.} Qd2 33. Qg7 c2 ( 33... Rc8 $5 34. h6 c2 35. Qg3+ e5 36. Qa3+ Ke6 37. Qc1 { and White holds thanks to the following idea:} Qc3 38. h7 Qxa1 39. Rh6+ $8 { Phew!} Kf5 40. Qxa1 c1=Q+ 41. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 42. Kh2 Rc8 43. h8=Q Rxh8 44. Rxh8 $14 ) (33... Rh6 34. Rh3 c2 35. Qg3+ Ke7 36. Qa3+ Ke8 37. Rf1 $132) 34. Qxh8 c1=Q+ 35. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 3rd"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2010.10.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "Edouard,R"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2010.10.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 { The usual Catalan, one of Kramnik's speciailities, with white pieces!} dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8. Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Na3 { Clearly the most fashionable move.} O-O ({The tempting} 10... a6 { seems to lead by force to the following continuation:} 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Qxc4 Qxd4 14. Bxc6 Qxc4 15. Nxc4 bxc6 {with a slightly better endgame for White according to practise, due to Black's weak pawn structure and rather bad pieces coordination.}) 11. Qb5 b6 12. Qxc4 Ba6 13. Nb5 Qd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 ( 14... exd5 $6 {is just wrong in my opinion, as it is positionally weak and there is no tactical reason to play it:} 15. Nc3 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Ne7 17. a3 Nbc6 18. b4 Bb7 19. Rdc1 {and White was better in Huzman-Cornette, Montreal 2008.}) 15. a4 Na5 16. Ne5 Rbd8 17. Nxa7 (17. Bxd5 { has already been tried, but it looks like Black simply equalized by force:} Bxb5 $1 18. Bxe6 (18. axb5 {is more or less the same sketch:} Rxd5 19. b4 Nb3 20. Nc6 Nxa1 21. Rxa1 Ra8 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Ra1 {1/2-1/2 Rodshtein-Macieja, Copenhagen 2010}) 18... Be8 19. b4 fxe6 20. bxa5 Rxd4 {and after more and more simplification, draw was agreed in Grischuk-Gelfand (Sochi 2008) later on.}) 17... Nb4 18. Rac1 Rxd4 19. Rxc7 $146 {There comes the novetly! Actually, the impression I had is that both players had more or less analyzed the rest of the game. After Kramnik's perfect defense, Anand took some time in order to try to find out some ideas, but could not disrupt the solid leader.} (19. Nb5 {has been played twice, and twice gave White an edge. But according to Rybka 4, Black can defend with} Bxb5 20. axb5 f6 21. e3 Rdd8 $1 $146 (21... Rd2 22. Nf3 { was better for White in Prohaszka-Csonka 2010.}) 22. Nf3 Rf7 {and Black seems to hold in spite of his slightly misplaced knights on the border.}) 19... Bxe2 20. Rfc1 f6 $1 {Looks like Kramnik knew that the following simplifications are leading to a draw.} 21. Nec6 Naxc6 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. R7xc6 Rfd8 24. h3 R8d6 { This is where Anand spent the most of time (about 25 minutes). Taking into account that Kramnik had more time on clock at this moment, the most logical explanation would be that Anand couldn't find any "real try" at home. After having a new look at the position over the board, he probably drew the same conclusion.} 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Rc6 (26. b4 { was the other logical try, and I guess Black should hold after} Rd4 $5 27. Rc2 (27. Re1 Rd2 28. Ra1 Kf7 29. a5 bxa5 30. bxa5 Ba6 $11) (27. Rb1 e5 $11) 27... Bd1 28. Rc8+ Kf7 29. a5 bxa5 30. bxa5 Ra4 31. Ra8 Ra1 32. Kh2 Be2 {and I believ e White has no winning chances, as it is very difficult to bring the so-needed King help the a-pawn.}) 26... Rxc6 27. Bxc6 e5 $1 {Maybe not the only move to hold, but an important one from the technical aspect. Black should gain some space and at the same time not let White go f4 and create Black and isolated pawn on e5 in the event of ...e5 move.} 28. f4 exf4 29. gxf4 Kf7 30. Kf2 Bc4 31. b4 g5 32. fxg5 fxg5 33. h4 {Setting a definite draw.} gxh4 34. a5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 3rd"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2010.10.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C66"] [WhiteElo "2826"] [BlackElo "2800"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2010.10.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {Carlsen is ready to play a rich position without claiming an opening advantage. The modest move 4.d3 is helping to avoid the unbeatable Berlin Defence.} d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Re1 Re8 9. Nf1 Bf8 10. Ba4 h6 11. Ng3 Ne7 {The theory in this new territory is just being created. It is worth noticing that both GMs are helping themselves with analogous motifs from the Ruy Lopez.} (11... Rb8 12. d4 b5 13. Bb3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. b3 Nc6 16. d5 Ne7 17. h3 g6 18. Be3 Bg7 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Nh2 b4 21. c4 Nfg8 22. f4 $11 { 1-0 Vachier Lagrave,M (2684)-Marcelin,C (2495)/Challons 2009 (33)}) (11... g6 12. h3 (12. d4 Bg7 13. d5 Ne7 14. c4 c6 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. Nd2 a6 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. a4 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. cxb5 Rxb5 $17 { 0-1 Mullon,J (2458)-Postny,E (2648)/Nancy 2010 (55)}) 12... Na5 (12... Bg7 13. d4 Rb8 (13... a6 14. a3 b5 15. Bc2 a5 16. Be3 a4 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Qe2 Na5 20. Nd2 c5 21. f4 cxd4 22. cxd4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Nh5 24. Bxg7 Nxg3 25. Qf2 Kxg7 26. Qxg3 Rac8 $11 { 1-0 De la Villa Garcia,J (2470)-De Souza Haro,P/San Sebastian 1994 (57)}) 14. Bc2 a6 15. Be3 Kh7 16. Qd2 b5 17. Nh2 d5 18. f3 Be6 19. Qf2 exd4 20. cxd4 Nb4 21. e5 $14 {0-1 Shanava,K (2522)-Beinoras,M (2426)/Pardubice 2008 (39)}) 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. b3 Rc8 17. Bb2 Nb4 18. Bb1 Nc6 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. d5 Nb4 21. Bc3 a5 22. Re3 Rc5 23. a3 Na6 24. b4 $14 { 1/2-1/2 Popovic,P (2474)-Nyback,T (2565)/Germany 2008 (49)}) (11... a6 12. d4 b5 13. Bc2 g6 14. h3 Bg7 { 1/2-1/2 Rubinetti,J (2415)-Van Riemsdijk,H (2390)/San Pedro de Jujuy 1981}) 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. d4 c5 {It seems, that this active advance in the centre is a new move, so far Black has tried only the more modest 13...c6.} (13... c6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nf5 Nxe4 16. Nxh6+ gxh6 17. Rxe4 Be6 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Re1 c5 21. a4 Red6 22. Kf1 Bg7 23. g4 Rd3 24. Kg2 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Khairullin,I (2544)-Aleksandrov,A (2618)/Moscow 2008 (40)}) 14. h3 Qc7 15. a4 a6 (15... exd4 16. cxd4 c4 17. Bc2 Qb6 18. a5 Qa6 19. Bd2 $14) 16. a5 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 d5 $1 {Anand has decided to open up the centre in a situation in which all his pieces are already developed.} 19. exd5 (19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Bc5 $1 (20... Re5 21. Qf3 $14) 21. Qxd5 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Rad8 23. Qxf7+ (23. Qh5 Rxd4 24. Qxg6 Rd3 25. Bxf7+ Qxf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $11) 23... Qxf7 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Nf5 Bb4 26. Re3 Rd1+ 27. Kg2 Nf4+ 28. Kh2 Re5 $11) 19... Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Re8 {Nearly all very strong players simply love piece activity. Black did not have any problem with eliminating the dangers after the modest 20...Ne7. The move in the game is somewhat more ambitious.} (20... Ne7 21. Bd2 Nexd5 22. Rc1 Re8 23. Qxe8 Qxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Bxe8 $11) 21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Re1+ 23. Kh2 Bd6 {The current World Champion would love to beat his young rival, but with the help of the interesting move 23...Ne5!? he could have only forced the repetition of moves.} (23... Ne5 $5 24. Nf3 (24. f3 Nd3 25. Bb2 Re3 26. Ba3 Nc5 $15) (24. Bb2 Neg4+ 25. hxg4 Nxg4+ 26. Kh3 Nxf2+ 27. Kh2 (27. Kh4 Be7+ 28. Kh5 Bg4#) 27... Ng4+ 28. Kh3 Rxa1 29. Bxa1 Ne3+ 30. Ne6 (30. Kh2 Bd6 $17) 30... Bd6 31. Ne4 Ba3 $15) 24... Nfg4+ 25. hxg4 Nxg4+ 26. Kh3 Nxf2+ 27. Kh2 Ng4+ $11) 24. Nc2 (24. Bb2 Rxa1 25. Bxa1 Ne4 26. Bc2 Nxf2 27. c4 Be5 28. Nb3 Bxa1 29. Nxa1 Ne5 $11) 24... Rf1 25. Be3 Rxa1 26. Nxa1 Be5 { More play could have been kept in the position after the logical move 26...Ne7. } (26... Ne7 27. c4 Nf5 28. Bb6 Nxg3 29. fxg3 Be5 30. Nc2 Ne4 31. Kg1 Bxg3 $11) 27. Bd4 (27. Nc2 Bxc3 28. Bb6 Nf4 29. Ne3 $11) 27... Bxd4 28. cxd4 Ne7 29. Nc2 (29. d6 Nc8 30. Nc2 Nxd6 31. Ne3 $11) 29... Nfxd5 30. Ne4 b6 {It is quite easy to guess why Anand was not eager to fix the pawns of the queenside on the light squares. Seemingly the logical exchange on b6 is unfortunately marred by a serious problem.} (30... b5 31. Nc5 Bc8 32. g3 Kf8 $11) 31. Ne3 $1 (31. axb6 Nxb6 32. Nc5 Bb5 $11) 31... Nxe3 (31... Bc6 32. Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Bxd5 Bxd5 34. Nc3 Bc6 35. axb6 $18) 32. axb6 $1 N3f5 {A sufficient defence was also tied in with the knight check on f1, but the defender would have suffered in a slightly worse position.} (32... Nf1+ $5 33. Kg1 Bc6 34. Nd6 Nd2 35. Bxf7+ Kf8 36. Be6 a5 37. b7 Bxb7 38. Nxb7 a4 $11) 33. Nc5 $2 {Carlsen is also only human and thus fallible. His natural right to err is used at a very unfortunate moment, since with the witty 33.d5! serious problems were rather awaiting Black. Bad form is often manifested by erroneous decisions in critical moments.} (33. d5 $1 Bc8 (33... Nc6 34. dxc6 Bxc6 35. Nc5 Nd6 36. Nxa6 $16) 34. g4 Nd4 35. Nd6 Bb7 36. Nxb7 Nc8 37. Ba2 (37. Bc4 Nxb6 38. Bxa6 Nxd5 $11) 37... Nxb6 38. d6 Kf8 39. Kg3 Ke8 $11) 33... Nxd4 (33... Bc6 34. b7 Bxb7 35. Nxb7 Nxd4 36. Bc4 Nb5 37. Nc5 $11) 34. b7 (34. Nxd7 Nxb3 35. b7 Nc6 36. b8=Q+ Nxb8 37. Nxb8 a5 $19) 34... Nec6 35. Ba4 Be8 $1 {White must have missed the fact that the plan of recovering the piece thanks to the mighty b7-pawn will fail due to the trapped knight on the b8-square!} (35... Bf5 36. Nxa6 Bd7 37. Nc5 Be6 38. Na6 $11) 36. Nxa6 (36. b8=Q Nxb8 37. Bxe8 Kf8 38. Ba4 Ke7 $17) 36... Kf8 37. Kg3 (37. Bxc6 Nxc6 38. b8=Q Nxb8 39. Nxb8 Bb5 40. Kg3 Ke7 41. Kf4 Kd6 42. g4 Kc7 $19) 37... Ke7 38. Kf4 Ne6+ {Black could already enjoy the choice of punishment for his unfortunate enemy. It his difficult to find fault with the conservative and careful approach from the game.} (38... Nb8 39. Nxb8 Bxa4 40. Ke3 Bc6 41. Kxd4 Bxb7 $19) 39. Ke3 Ned8 40. Bxc6 Nxc6 41. h4 (41. b8=Q Nxb8 42. Nxb8 Bb5 43. Kd4 Kd6 44. g3 Bf1 45. h4 Kc7 $19) 41... Kd6 42. g4 Bd7 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 g6 45. f4 Be6 {After fixing the pawns on the kingside Black is ready to force the win with the spare bishop.} (45... Be6 46. Kd3 Bd5 47. Ke3 Nb8 48. Nxb8 Bxb7 49. Kd4 Kc7 50. Ke5 Kxb8 51. Kf6 Bd5 52. f5 Be4 53. fxg6 fxg6 $19) 0-1 [Event "Grand Slam Final 3rd"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2010.10.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2749"] [BlackElo "2800"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2010.10.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. b3 {Though b3 is not an unusual idea in the Berlin, it is normally played in the place of h3.} Be7 12. Bb2 Be6 13. Rad1 a5 14. a4 b6 15. Ne4 c5 16. c4 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Kc8 19. Kf1 Rd8 { The last major pieces come off, and the draw is clearly on the horizon.} 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Ke2 Ke8 22. Kd3 Bd8 23. Bc1 f6 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Nd4 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. exf6 gxf6 28. g5 c5 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. gxf6 Bf5+ 31. Kd2 Bb1 32. Kd1 d3 {#} 33. Kd2 (33. Bf4 Bc2+ 34. Kd2 Bxb3 35. Bc7 Kf7 36. Kxd3 Bxa4 37. Bxb6 Kxf6 {would be much the same as the game, albeit by a different move order.}) 33... Kf7 34. Kc3 Kxf6 35. Bf4 Ke6 36. Bc7 Ba2 37. Bxb6 Kd6 38. Bxa5 d2 39. Kxd2 Bxb3 40. Kd3 Bxa4 41. Ke4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Arctic Stars Final"] [Site "Kristiansund"] [Date "2010.08.30"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2826"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2010.08.30"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.10.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. c3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b4 Nb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Nb3 Bb7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 Bc8 21. Qc2 Qc7 22. Na5 Bd7 23. Rc1 h6 24. Nd2 Na4 25. Ndb3 Rb8 26. Ra1 c5 27. bxc5 Nxc5 28. Nxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Arctic Stars Final"] [Site "Kristiansund"] [Date "2010.08.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2826"] [BlackElo "2800"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2010.08.30"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.10.29"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. b3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Na6 $5 { A rare continuation that had never been played by a top player until now.} 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. Rac1 Qd7 13. Nf3 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Nc7 15. Qa5 Ne8 16. e3 Bg4 17. Rd2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 e6 19. Rdc2 Nd6 20. a4 f5 21. Qe1 a5 $2 {#Anand was everely critical of this move after which "Black just loses a pawn".} 22. Bc3 $6 {Fortunately for Black, the Norwegian's reply is not decisive (yet).} ({ Black would indeed lose a pawn by force if play had continued with} 22. cxd5 $1 exd5 ({If} 22... cxd5 $2 23. Rc7 Qe8 24. Ba3 Bf8 25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Rxb7) 23. Rc5 {And the a5 pawn falls. For example} Qc7 {is unplayable due to} 24. Bxd5+ $1) 22... dxc4 23. Bxa5 cxb3 24. Rb2 Rdc8 25. Rxb3 Bf8 26. Rcb1 Ra7 27. Kg2 Nc4 28. Bb4 Bxb4 29. Rxb4 Nd6 30. Qc3 Rca8 31. Qc2 Ra6 32. h4 { White already starts softening up the opponent's kingside.} h5 {#} 33. e4 $1 R8a7 34. exf5 Nxf5 ({Anand could not retake with the pawn with} 34... exf5 $2 { because of} 35. d5 $1 {and things go downhill very quickly.}) 35. Re1 Ra5 36. Qb3 Kf7 37. Re4 $6 Ne7 (37... b5 {would have been better.} 38. axb5 cxb5) 38. Qc2 Nd5 39. Rc4 Ra8 40. Re5 $1 Ne7 {#} 41. Bxh5 $1 {The bishop is untouchable.} Rxe5 (41... gxh5 $2 42. Qh7+ Kf6 (42... Ke8 43. Qxh5+ Kf8 44. Rxa5) 43. Rg5 { Threatening Qg7 mate.} Rxg5 44. hxg5+ Kxg5 45. Qg7+ Kf5 46. Qf7+ Kg5 47. Rc5+ { and Black loses the queen or is mated.}) 42. dxe5 Qd5+ 43. Bf3 Qxe5 44. Re4 Qd6 45. h5 $1 Rf8 46. Qb2 b5 47. axb5 cxb5 48. Qxb5 Nf5 49. Qb7+ Kf6 50. Qh7 gxh5 51. Bxh5 Qd5 52. Bf3 Qd2 53. g4 Ng7 {#} 54. g5+ $1 ({After} 54. g5+ $1 Qxg5+ 55. Rg4 {ends it.}) 1-0 [Event "Arctic Stars Prelim"] [Site "Kristiansund"] [Date "2010.08.29"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2682"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2010.08.28"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.10.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Ne7 6. Re1 Ng6 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Bf1 Qc7 9. c3 Rc8 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rc1 Qf4 14. a3 Be7 15. g3 Qb8 16. h4 f5 17. h5 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nh8 19. d5 exd5 20. Qxd5+ Nf7 21. Qxd7 Kh8 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Qxe7 Rc7 24. Qh4 Rc2 25. Re2 Rxe2 26. Bxe2 Qc7 27. Bc4 Nh6 28. Nfd2 b5 29. Bxb5 Qc2 30. Qe7 Rg8 31. Qxb7 Qxb2 32. Qxa7 Nf5 33. Qc5 Nd4 34. Bc4 Rd8 35. h6 Qa1+ 1-0 [Event "Arctic Stars Prelim"] [Site "Kristiansund"] [Date "2010.08.29"] [Round "6"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2826"] [BlackElo "2800"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2010.08.28"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.10.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nf6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. Nc3 a6 9. Be2 d6 10. Nf3 Re8 11. Bf4 Bf8 12. Qd2 h6 13. h3 Bf5 14. d5 Ne7 15. a4 Qd7 16. Bf1 Ng6 17. Be3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Nh2 Nh4 20. f3 Bh7 21. Bf2 Ng6 22. a5 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. Qb4 Qc8 26. Bd3 Ne7 27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Nf1 Kg8 29. Ne3 c6 30. dxc6 Nxc6 31. Qd2 Qd8 32. Be1 b6 33. axb6 Qxb6 34. b3 a5 35. Bf2 Qa6 36. Bg3 Nb4 37. Kh2 Qc6 38. c3 Na6 39. Nc4 a4 40. Qa2 axb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Arctic Stars Prelim"] [Site "Kristiansund"] [Date "2010.08.29"] [Round "4"] [White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2636"] [BlackElo "2800"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2010.08.28"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.10.29"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Nc3 Ne4 14. Qxc4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be6 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Bf4 Qh5 18. Qa6 Bc8 19. Qxa7 Qxe2 20. Rfe1 Qf3 21. Qe3 Qc6 22. Qe4 Qa6 23. Rab1 c5 24. Bc7 Rd7 25. Rb6 Qa7 26. Bd6 Qxb6 27. Bxf8 h6 28. Qe5 f6 29. Qxc5 Qa6 30. h3 Bb7 31. c4 Qxa2 32. Qf5 Qa4 33. Qe6+ Kh7 34. Kh2 Qc2 35. Bc5 Rd2 36. Kg1 Qd3 37. g4 Rd1 38. Bb4 Rxe1+ 39. Bxe1 Qxh3 40. Qf5+ Kh8 41. f3 Qxf3 42. Qxf3 Bxf3 0-1 [Event "Arctic Stars Prelim"] [Site "Kristiansund"] [Date "2010.08.28"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B77"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2826"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2010.08.28"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.10.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. h4 e5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. O-O-O Bxb3 19. cxb3 Re8 20. h5 Qf6 21. Kb1 gxh5 22. g4 h4 23. g5 Qf5+ 24. Ka2 h3 25. Rh2 Kg8 26. Rdh1 Rac8 27. Qxd6 Rc2 28. Rxc2 Qxc2 29. Rxh3 Re1 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qf6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Arctic Stars Prelim"] [Site "Kristiansund"] [Date "2010.08.28"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2636"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2010.08.28"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.10.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. Bb3 d6 8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. h3 d5 14. Qe2 Qd7 15. Nh4 Rd8 16. Nhf5 dxe4 17. dxe4 Qd3 18. Kf1 Ree8 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. Ke2 Red8 21. f3 a5 22. a4 R3d7 23. Ne3 Ne8 24. Ngf5 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Nc4 Rd3 27. Bd2 Bc5 28. Red1 f6 29. Be1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 h5 32. g4 hxg4 33. fxg4 g5 34. Ke2 Kf7 35. Kd3 Ke6 36. Nd2 Nb8 37. b4 axb4 38. Nb3 Bb6 39. cxb4 c6 40. Kc4 Nd7 41. a5 Be3 42. b5 cxb5+ 43. Kxb5 Nb8 44. Nc5+ Bxc5 45. Kxc5 Nd7+ 46. Kb5 Kd6 47. Bb4+ Ke6 48. a6 bxa6+ 49. Kxa6 Kf7 50. Kb7 f5 51. exf5 e4 52. Kc6 Ne5+ 53. Kd5 Nd3 54. Bd2 Nf2 55. Bxg5 Nxh3 56. Be3 1-0 [Event "Arctic Stars Prelim"] [Site "Kristiansund"] [Date "2010.08.28"] [Round "2"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2800"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2010.08.28"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.10.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. d4 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Bd3 Rd8 13. Kh1 Qf4 14. Qd2 Qxd2 15. Nxd2 d5 16. e5 c5 17. Rad1 c4 18. Bc2 Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. f4 d4 21. cxd4 Bxd4 22. b3 cxb3 23. Bxb3 Be3 24. f5 Bxb3 25. Nxb3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Re8 27. Rd5 Bf4 28. Rd7 Rxe5 29. g3 Be3 30. g4 Bb6 31. Nd2 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Rd1 33. Kf3 Ba5 34. Rd5 b6 0-1 [Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2010.05.11"] [Round "12"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D56"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2787"] [Annotator "Giri,A"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2010.04.24"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.05.18"] {In this game Anand chose the solid QGD and after employing a relatively unknown idea, at least for Topalov, he easily equalized. Topalov, on the other hand, wanted to finish the match today. He took risks and displayed great self-confidence. However, with strong strikes 30...e5! and 31...f5! Anand took the initiative. Then something absolutely unbelievable happened: In less than five minutes, despite having more than half an hour left on his clock, Topalov committed suicide with 31.exf5? and 32.fxe4??. Anand obtained a decisive attack as a result, which he converted with great precision to the end.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 $1 {A Queen's Gambit Declined! And a classic World Championship opening. Remember the famous Capablanca-Alekhine match? Or Karpov-Kasparov? To be honest, before the game I tried to guess the opening, and believe it or not, I actually managed to predict it! After all, which opening could be more solid or trustworthy than the good ol' Queen's Gambit?} 3. Nf3 ({I had expected} 3. Nc3 {in Kasparov style.} Nf6 (3... Be7 {is how to avoid it-} 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 {and there are plenty of games to study. For example, Kasparov-Karpov 1985 as well as 2009!}) 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 {The point being that later White will develop his knight to the far more flexible e2, planning f3 and e4.} Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. f3) 3... Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 (5. Bf4 {is another main-line with thousands of games played.}) 5... h6 {It is important to include this little move.} 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 { The Lasker Defence! The solidest of the solid.} 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 {A new little nuance.} (10. Bd3 { was more popular previously, but here Black has an interesting idea:} Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 $5 12. O-O (12. Qc2 $5) 12... e5 $1) 10... Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 {One of the two main moves.} ({ Hundreds of games have been played with} 13... e5 { as well. The position is always between slightly better to equal.}) 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 ({I thought that} 16. Qa4 $5 { was slightly stronger, but mainly for psychological reasons.}) 16... Nf6 $1 { An idea from the Polish player, Grabarczyk, which was probably a surprise for Topalov.} (16... a5 { was used to be one of the main moves here, as well as ...Bb7 and ...Ba6.}) 17. dxc5 (17. Bc6 {covers the c6-square, and can thus be answered with} cxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 $1) 17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 {So, let's stop and evaluate the position. Black has a weak pawn on c5 and later possibly on a7 as well. On the other hand, his bishop, which will be developed to b7 on the next move, will be much better than the white knight. All in all the position is about equal.} 19. Qc2 {An ambitious move. Topalov is not satisfied with the very slight advantage he would obtain after 19.b3.} (19. b3 { was played twice against the inventor of 16...Nf6.} Bb7 20. Qf4 (20. Qe5 Rbc8 ( 20... Bxf3) 21. Rfc1 Rfd8 22. e4 Qd6 $1 $11) (20. Qh4 $5) 20... Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Rfd8 22. Rfc1 Rd2 23. R1c2 Rbd8 24. g3 {and White is a little better, but Black should draw this without any real problems.}) 19... Bb7 20. Nd2 (20. Rxc5 $6 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Rxb2 $1 {is a trick that you will have to remember, because I don't want to mention it on every move.}) (20. e4 { can be answered with the sharp} f5 $5 {Now, one of the possible lines is} 21. Nd2 Rfd8 22. exf5 Bxg2 $1 23. Kxg2 Qg5+ 24. Rg3 Qxd2 25. Qxc5 exf5 $11) 20... Rfd8 21. f3 {This is slightly weakening, especially considering that later White would also play g3. However, White has to restrict Black's bishop, so the move is justified.} (21. Rxc5 $4 Rxd2 $1) 21... Ba6 $146 {Until now, they were following a German correspondence game from 2000, but now Anand accidentally plays a novelty, and a good one at that. Since White is blocking the h1-a8 diagonal, why not bring the bishop to another?} 22. Rf2 { Another fighting move.} (22. Rc1 {seemed more logical to me, but here Black could immediately draw, among the other possibilities, which would favor the World Champion.} Qd7 23. Nb3 c4 { and White would to exchange the annoying c4-pawn for either b2 or a2.} (23... Bd3 $11)) 22... Rd7 {Simply doubling on the d-file.} (22... Rd5 23. e4 Rd7 { only look clever. White doesn't mind playing e4 anyway.}) 23. g3 {A committal move, but White needs space for his king. Here it became clear to me, that it was not Anand, but Topalov who may be in trouble.} Rbd8 24. Kg2 Bd3 {Anand smar tly decides to avoid making any committal moves, while it is not yet clear. He prefers to wait for Topalov to do part of the job.} ({ More aggressive moves were also possible. For example,} 24... h5 $5 25. Ne4 ( 25. h4 e5 26. e4 $6 g5 $1 $19) 25... Bd3 26. Qa4 Bxe4 (26... c4 $5 27. Nd2 e5 28. Nxc4 Qe6 {is unclear}) 27. Qxe4 Rd2 {with equality}) ({Or} 24... e5 $5 25. e4 h5 26. Nc4 h4 27. Ne3 Qe6 {and here White can play the non-standard} 28. gxh4 $1 {with an unclear position.}) 25. Qc1 (25. Qa4 {was dangerous.} Qg5 ( 25... Bb5 $11) 26. e4 $6 (26. Ne4 $1 $11) 26... Qe3 27. Qa5 Qe1 28. Qxc5 Be2 $1 29. Nb3 Rd1 30. Kh3 R8d3 {and White is in danger to say the least.}) 25... Ba6 $1 {The c5-pawn was hanging, and Vishy decides to come back with the bishop and ask Topalov, what he thinks.} 26. Ra3 { I had no doubts, that Topalov would play on.} Bb7 $1 {Now that c5 isn't in any danger, Vishy returns the bishop to its rightful spot. Now the bishop also smiles towards White's king, who will suffer a lot in this game!} 27. Nb3 (27. e4 {can be answered by} f5 $1 28. Qc2 g5 $1 {and the bishop smiles again!}) 27... Rc7 28. Na5 Ba8 {Of course!} 29. Nc4 { If any other move had been played, then 29...g5! was strong.} ({For example} 29. e4 g5 $1 { and now let me demonstrate how White could end up if he calculated badly.} 30. Re3 Rd4 31. h3 h5 $1 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 f5 $1 34. gxf5 g4 $1 { opening the diagonal for the bishop and winning.}) ({or} 29. Rc3 g5 30. Nb3 g4 31. e4 gxf3+ 32. Kxf3 f5 33. Nxc5 Qg7 $5 { and it is clear, that the white king is not the happiest piece on board.}) 29... e5 $1 {Played instantly. Anand is playing it safe. 29...g5 was possible here as well, but it would lead to a double-edged position.} ({For instance} 29... g5 $5 30. e4 (30. h3 f5 31. Kh2 (31. g4 h5 $1) 31... h5 { with an unclear position.}) 30... g4 (30... f5 $5) 31. Qxh6 gxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Rd4 33. Nd2 Rcd7 34. Kg2 Qd8 35. Rf4 $1 Rxd2+ 36. Kh3 Bxe4 $3 37. Rxe4 R2d4 38. Ra4 Rxe4 39. Rxe4 Rd4 40. Re5 Rd5 41. Re4 Rd4 {is a truly beautiful draw.}) 30. e4 {Other moves were possible, but then Black would be able to play e4-f4 securing the d3 square for a rook, or make some other useful move.} f5 $1 31. exf5 $2 {Crazy.} (31. Nd2 $1 {was the right move.} fxe4 32. Nxe4 {Now Black can choose between equalizing or keeping his bishop and the pressure with} Rd4 $5 ( 32... Bxe4 33. fxe4 Rd4 $11)) 31... e4 $1 32. fxe4 $4 {Even crazier. Without any calculation, it seems pretty obvious, that it is very dangerous to expose your king this much. So it was even more surprising, that Topalov played this and the previous move so quickly!} ({Something like} 32. Re3 { was essential, but it is clear that} exf3+ 33. Kg1 Qg5 { is not really what White wants. Black is clearly better.}) 32... Qxe4+ { From now on Anand never let Veselin escape, nor gave him a single reason to hope.} 33. Kh3 Rd4 34. Ne3 Qe8 $3 {THE move, that Vishy had to find. I assume that it was the one that Topalov had missed.} 35. g4 h5 $1 {It is hopeless for White. All Black's pieces are ready to meet alone with the white king.} 36. Kh4 g5+ $5 {Vishy chooses the most elegant way to keep his title.} (36... Qd8+ 37. f6 hxg4 {was winning as well.}) ({but surprisingly} 36... hxg4 $4 { loses the advantage.} 37. Nxg4 {and White's king doesn't feel so bad anymore with a knight on g4 to keep him company, and a queen coming to g5.}) 37. fxg6 Qxg6 38. Qf1 Rxg4+ 39. Kh3 Re7 $1 { Anand again goes for the most beautiful solution.} ({For example} 39... Kh7 { to avoid checks, was winning too.}) 40. Rf8+ Kg7 41. Nf5+ (41. Rxa8 { Now I can imagine how happy Vishy was while executing his moves.} Rxe3+ $1 42. Rxe3 Rh4+ $3 43. Kxh4 Qg4# {Ohh, what a picture!}) 41... Kh7 $1 { Naturally not taking the rook which would turn the tables upside down.} 42. Rg3 Rxg3+ 43. hxg3 Qg4+ 44. Kh2 Re2+ 45. Kg1 Rg2+ 46. Qxg2 Bxg2 {At this point, some people got very nervous, screaming that they had found a draw. The calm World Champion, however, had seen everything in advance.} 47. Kxg2 (47. Rf7+ Kg6 $1 48. Rg7+ Kxf5 49. Rxg4 hxg4 $1 50. Kxg2 Ke4 51. Kf2 Kd3 { and the pawn ending is hopeless.}) 47... Qe2+ 48. Kh3 c4 $1 { Our human Champion is as precise as an engine.} 49. a4 a5 50. Rf6 Kg8 $1 { It is zugzwang!} 51. Nh6+ Kg7 52. Rb6 Qe4 (52... Qf3 { would win as well, but Anand decided that today was Zugzwang Day!} 53. Kh4 Qe4+ $1 54. Kxh5 Qd5+ $19) 53. Kh2 Kh7 $1 {Zugzwang again!} 54. Rd6 Qe5 55. Nf7 Qxb2+ 56. Kh3 Qg7 $1 { Great and flawless play by Anand! A perfect game to defend one's title with.} 0-1 [Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2010.05.09"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Giri,A"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2010.04.24"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.05.18"] {In today's game Anand went for the English Opening (1.c4) and managed to get a slight advantage. But then due to some very slight and unabvious inaccuracies he was left without any constructive plan. After that Topalov not only equalized, but also took over the initiative in the endgame. It seemed that Anand would hold easily, and he indeed did. But then all of a sudden the World Champion decided to try his luck and gave away a pawn for some activity. Objectively Anand was in a great danger, but in order to get some real winning chances Topalov had to find a sequence of abstract computer moves. Not suprisingly he didn't and the game ended in a draw.} 1. c4 {Anand in his last white game (of the classical chess part at least) decided not to enter any main theoretical lines and just get some positional position.} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 {One of the main moves.} ({Recently} 4... Nd4 { has become very, simplifying the position a little.} 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3) ( 4... Bc5 {and}) (4... Bb4 {are main alternatives}) 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 { Black has to remove the knight from the centre to have control over the d4 square and in order not to give away the e-pawn.} (6... Be7 $2 7. Nxe5 $1) 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 {White first gets some space advantage on the queenside, and only later decides to develop. Well, why not?} (8. Rb1 $5 { is even more tricky and clever}) ({while} 8. d3 {is more consevative.}) 8... O-O {I remember in his game against Vallejo, Topalov went for ...g5 in a similar position. Now the position is a little bit different, but also the situation is not the same...} (8... g5 {here allows} 9. d4 $1) 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 {White can't avoid making this move.} f6 ({Another main option is} 10... a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 {and here Black has a fine position, as long as he doesn't play} Nd5 $4 {which is punished by} 13. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 14. e3 Ne6 15. e4 { winning a piece - which is too much for a World Championship match.}) (10... Nd4 {is also an option.}) 11. Ne4 $5 {Not the main move, but a very clever one. White is planning Nc5 and remains flexible with his queenside development.} Qe8 $5 {The queen frees the d8-square for the rook and herself goes to f7 or h5.} ( 11... Qd7 {was played much more often.}) (11... a5 { is also interesting, now after} 12. Nc5 (12. b5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 { should be fine for Black}) 12... Bxc5 13. bxc5 Nd5 {Black wants to push his pawn to a4 and get a nice outpost for his pieces on b3. However a pawn on a4 also has it's disadvantages and the b3 square can be covered with the knight from d2 if needed.}) 12. Nc5 $146 {A new move, but the position was played only once, so it is hard not to make a novelty here.} ({ I would actually think that it would be more flexible to play} 12. Rb1) ({or} 12. Qc2 $5) 12... Bxc5 13. bxc5 Nd5 14. Bb2 (14. Bd2 {was another option, so that White has a free b-file, but now the bishop is on the odd diagonal and will not be supporting d4 later.}) 14... Rd8 15. Qc2 Nde7 $1 {Good regrouping. Now the bishop can go to d5 and Black has a very solid position while White's two bishops are not really important yet.} 16. Rab1 (16. d4 { to open the diagonals for the bishops is not dangerous:} exd4 17. Rfd1 Bd5 { is a safe way to equalize} ({while} 17... Nf5 {is more adventurous.} 18. g4 $1 Nh6 19. h3 f5 $1 20. g5 Nf7 21. h4 Bd5)) 16... Ba2 $1 { Why not distract a rook of the World Champion himself?} 17. Rbc1 Qf7 18. Bc3 Rd7 {With idea to give the other rook some freedom on the 8th rank.} 19. Qb2 Rb8 {I don't like this move. I think Black will play b6 anyway one day, so why to wait, until White is fully ready for that?} (19... b6 {is fine and good in my opinion. Black will then double on d-file, put his bishop on d5 and then think what to do next.}) 20. Rfd1 Be6 (20... Bd5 {is not good due to} 21. e4 $1 Be6 22. d4 $1 {and the position opens up with an advantage for White.}) 21. Rd2 {White plans Qb1 and Rb2, which I like. But now the bishop on c3 has no squares to run in case it is attacked, which I don't like...} (21. e4 $2 { is now too slow because of} Bg4 $1) ({while} 21. Qb1 $5 { is possible, preparing Rd2, but not allowing Black to exchange the c3 bishop.}) 21... h6 $6 {To be honest, I don't like this move, not only because Black can change a knight for the bishop instead, but also because for me it seems like a weakening move, since I don't think that Black is planning ...g5 or ...f5.} ( 21... Nd5 $5 {To exchange a bishop seems logical to me - I don't see problems for Black after that. Only thing he has to do is to prepare b6 when b7 will be attacked.}) 22. Qb1 {Anand is patient and doesn't want to simplify the position, even if it leads to some advantage for him. He threatens d4, and also Rb2 now becomes and option.} (22. e4 $5 {with the idea d4 was already possible. I think White would get a slight advantage after} Bg4 {(what else?)} 23. d4 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 exd4 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 (25... Rbd8 $6 26. Bc3 Ne5 27. Be2 Rxd2 28. Bxd2 Nd3 $2 {fails to} 29. Qc2 $1 Nxc1 30. Bc4) 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Nc6 28. Qc3 {and the position would be better for White anyway. But now h6 also proves to be clearly weakening.}) 22... Nd5 { Allowing White to regroup nicely. But Black's position remains solid.} (22... Qh5 $5 {Trying to fight with d4 is better. Now White has a lot of options:} 23. d4 {is still possible, though now White has to sacrifece a pawn or exchange one of his two nice bishops.} ({Perhaps better is} 23. Rb2 $5 b6) ({or} 23. a4 $5 Bh3 24. Bh1 { In both cases White must be slightly better due to the queenside pressure.}) 23... exd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 $5 (25. Bxd4 Rbd8 26. e3 Bd5 { exchanging the important bishop.}) 25... Rxd4 26. Bxd4 Qxe2 27. Re1 Qc4 28. Be3 {with some compensation.}) (22... b6 { was an option, but then why is the rook on b8?} 23. cxb6 (23. Rb2 $5 Rbd8 24. Qc2 $5 Bd5 25. Qa4 Kh8 26. Bb4 {with some pressure, but no threat..}) 23... axb6 24. d4 $1 {is definetely an option and after} Nxd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Bxd4 {White has two bishops and some edge.}) 23. Rb2 $1 (23. Ba1 Nde7 24. d4 Rbd8 $1 { and now d2 is not protected. That was probably the idea of Topalov.}) 23... b6 ({After} 23... Nxc3 24. Rxc3 { Black has no comfortable way to protect the b7 soldier.}) 24. cxb6 ({ The immediate} 24. Bd2) ({or} 24. Be1 $5 { made sense and in my opinion were more clever.}) 24... cxb6 { Now Black can forget about the weakness on c7.} (24... axb6 { was also possible, but after} 25. Be1 (25. Bd2) 25... Nde7 26. Rbc2 (26. a4 $5) 26... Rd6 27. Bb4 Nxb4 28. axb4 c6 { White has some pleasant pressure on c6 and later on the a-file and the b6-pawn. }) 25. Bd2 {Strange, but I think it is in fact an inaccuracy. Now Black has an opportunity to get a powerfull construction: rook d6 and queen d7.} (25. Be1 $1 {was more precise the idea being} Rd6 ({best is probably} 25... Nde7 26. Rbc2 ( 26. a4 $5 Rc8 27. Rbc2 Rdd8 { and White has some pressure, though Black is solid and should be fine.}) 26... Rd6 27. Bb4 Nxb4 28. axb4 (28. Qxb4 $5) 28... Rc8 {and White has a clearly better version than what he got in the game. But still, Black is very solid.}) (25... Rc7 {is a possibility, but White is clearly better after} 26. e4 $1 Nde7 27. d4 $1 exd4 28. Nxd4 Bc4 $1 29. Rd2 { with his two bishops and better pawn structure.}) 26. Nd2 $1 { and the rook will be kicked out of d6.}) 25... Rd6 26. Rbc2 (26. Be1 { was still interesting, with the idea of Nd2.}) (26. a4 { is also a possible, keeping in mind some a5 ideas.}) 26... Qd7 { Now Black has a very solid formation, and it is hard for White to find a plan.} 27. h4 {Maybe a useful move, but maybe waste of time} ({Something like} 27. Qb2 Rd8 28. Be1 {threatening d4} Nde7 {and now} 29. Bb4 { is again a better version of the game.} Nxb4 30. axb4 Rc6 31. Rxc6 Nxc6 32. Ng5 $5 hxg5 33. Rxc6 {and after b5 White will enjoy a small but pleasant advantage. }) 27... Rd8 28. Qb5 (28. Qb2 {immediately makes sense, since I don't think ... Nde7 is a bad move. However, it allows} Bg4 $5) 28... Nde7 29. Qb2 Bd5 { Now Black achieves his ideal setup with his light pieces (that he actually initialy had...)} 30. Bb4 Nxb4 31. axb4 Rc6 $1 32. b5 (32. Rxc6 Bxc6 33. Nd2 { was an option, but Black has no problems whatsoever.}) 32... Rxc2 33. Rxc2 Be6 34. d4 $5 {White has no advantage anymore, and this interesting move doesn't change the evaluation, only the position.} e4 (34... exd4 35. Rd2 Nf5 36. e4 $1 {was the point.}) 35. Nd2 Qxd4 36. Nxe4 $6 {The knight is not doing anything on this central square anyway, and it may in fact be just loss of a tempo.} ( 36. Qxd4 Rxd4 37. Bxe4 {would keep the position equal. For example} Kf7 38. e3 Rb4 39. Bd3 Bd7 40. Ne4 Kf8 41. Nc3 Rb3 42. Bc4 Rb4 43. Bd3 Rb3 44. Bc4 Rb4 { (for Sofia rules, if you want)}) 36... Qxb2 37. Rxb2 Kf7 38. e3 {At first sight it seems that White should be better, because his b-pawn holds both Black's queenside pawns. In fact it will be a weakness later, because Black has better pieces. If White had a knight on d4 than it would be another story...} g5 $1 { Exchanging some pawns and threateng g4 later.} 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. f4 { Otherwise g4 will fix the white pawns.} (40. Nd2 g4 $1) 40... gxf4 41. exf4 ( 41. gxf4 {is the move White would like to play, but the problem is that Black can attack the pawn immideately.} Nf5 42. Kf2 Rd3) 41... Rd4 42. Kf2 Nf5 { Here it became clear, that it is already Black who may be better.} 43. Bf3 (43. Nd2 $5 Ra4 {and Black keeps some pressure.}) (43. g4 $5 { was perhaps the most precise way to equalize:} Nh4 44. Ke3 Ra4 45. f5 Nxg2+ 46. Rxg2 Bd5 47. Nc3 $1 Ra3 48. Rc2 $1 {and the position is drawn.}) 43... Bd5 44. Nd2 Bxf3 45. Nxf3 Ra4 46. g4 $6 {Inaccuracy: White weakens his kingside pawns as well now. But of course in return he gets some activity...} (46. Rd2 $1 Ke7 47. Kg2 Ra3 $1 (47... Nd6 48. Nd4)) 46... Nd6 $6 (46... Ne7 $1 { was more precise, winning a pawn.} 47. Kg3 { Trying to stick to the pawn may end badly:} (47. Rd2 $5 {is objectively safer. Now Black wins a pawn, but it will still probably end in a draw.} Rxf4 48. Kg3) (47. g5 Nd5 $1 48. gxf6 Kxf6) 47... Nd5 48. f5 Ne3 $1 49. Nh2 Nc4 50. Rb3 Ra3 $1 51. Rf3 $1 Ra5 $1 {and the pawn is lost, though this position looks pretty much like, what happened in the game.} 52. Rc3 Nd6 53. Rc7+ Ke8) 47. Kg3 Ne4+ ( 47... Ra3 $5 {would keep some pressure, but the position is drawn.}) 48. Kh4 $1 (48. Kg2 $2 Nc5 $1 49. Kg3 Nd3) 48... Nd6 {#} 49. Rd2 $2 { A heart-stopping winning attempt that could have backfired.} (49. Kg3 { would be a draw. I don't think Topalov would play on with} Ra3 $5 { although Black has still a more pleasant position.}) 49... Nxb5 50. f5 Re4 { If Black had a win, then it was very difficult. Topalov plays like a human, but that's not enough.} (50... a5 { is most straightforward, but White equalizes after the precise} 51. Rd5 $1 (51. Kh5 $2 Rf4 $1 52. Nh4 Nd4) 51... Rb4 52. Kh5 Nc3 $1 (52... a4 53. g5) 53. Rd7+ Ke8 54. Rd3 $1 Ne4 55. g5 fxg5 (55... a4 56. Kg6 $1) 56. Nxg5 Nxg5 57. Kxg5 a4 58. Rh3 $11) (50... Nc3 $5 {was in my opinion the best chance. Black just brings his knight to the center, from where it will defend the kingside. I believe White holds after} 51. Kh5 {Probably the best idea is that after} (51. Rd7+ {actually leads by force to an interesting ending-} Ke8 52. Rb7 (52. Rd3 $2 Ne4 53. Kh5 Nf2 54. Re3+ Re4 $1 55. Ra3 Nxg4 56. Rxa7 Ne3 57. Kg6 Nd5 $19) 52... Nd5 53. Kh5 Rf4 54. Nh4 a5 55. g5 fxg5 56. Kxg5 a4 57. Ra7 b5 58. Ra5 Rb4 59. Ng6 (59. f6 $2 Nxf6 60. Kxf6 Rxh4 61. Rxb5 Kd7 $19) 59... Kd7 60. f6 Nxf6 61. Kxf6 {and maybe White can draw this, but I am not sure.}) 51... Rf4 (51... Ne4 {is probably more critical, and the position is unclear, with Black having some winning chances after} 52. Rd7+ Ke8 53. Rc7) 52. Nh4 Ne4 { White sacrifices the knight and draws in a study like way:} 53. Rd7+ Ke8 54. Rxa7 $1 Ng3+ 55. Kg6 $1 Rxg4+ 56. Kxf6 Rxh4 57. Ke6 $1 Re4+ 58. Kd5 $1 { and wins the b6-pawn with a draw. It is however not easy to find, to say the least.}) (50... Rf4 $1 51. Kg3 Rb4 $1 52. Rd7+ Ke8 53. Rb7 Ra4 $1) 51. Kh5 $1 Re3 52. Nh4 Nc3 53. Rd7+ $1 Re7 54. Rd3 $1 {Winning some tempos for knight g6.} Ne4 55. Ng6 {#} Nc5 $1 (55... Rc7 56. Kh6 { looks a bit scary for Black, but it is still drawn.}) 56. Ra3 $5 {Vishy keeps on trying. Well, it is his last white game in the classical part of the match, so why not?} (56. Nxe7 Nxd3 57. Nc8 b5 58. Nd6+ $1 {is an easy draw.}) 56... Rd7 57. Re3 Kg7 58. g5 b5 59. Nf4 b4 (59... fxg5 60. Kxg5 { is also equal, but it looks tricky for Black.}) 60. g6 $1 { White is threatening Kg4 and Nh5+} b3 $1 { Closer to promotion, more destruction.} 61. Rc3 {Setting a trap...} Rd4 $1 { Of course not falling in it!} (61... b2 $4 62. Rxc5 $1 b1=Q {and the queen will not help, when after two moves there will be a mate on board...} 63. Ne6+ Kg8 64. Rc8+) (61... Rc7 {was another drawing line.} 62. Nd3 (62. Nd5 $5 b2 63. Nxc7 b1=Q 64. Rxc5) 62... Ne6 63. Rxb3 Nd4 64. Ra3 Nxf5 65. Nf4) 62. Rxc5 Rxf4 63. Rc7+ Kg8 64. Rb7 Rf3 ({A blunder like} 64... Rxf5+ $4 65. Kh6 { doesn't really belong in World Championships.}) 65. Rb8+ ({ It is still possible to get too ambitious:} 65. Kh6 $4 Rh3# { and Black is first to mate. But, as I said, this is not for World Champions...} ) 65... Kg7 {...and in view of perpetual check the players agreed to a draw. Anand didn't manage to win the last white game, and Topalov always had a solid position.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2010.05.07"] [Round "10"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D87"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2787"] [Annotator "Giri,A"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2010.04.24"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.05.18"] {In tenth game Anand, who played Black, decided that he has suffered enough in the Slav and went for the Grunfeld, as he did in game one. Topalov again chose the main line with 7.Bc4, but this time Anand surprised him with the rare 10... b6!?. The World Champion quickly equalized after mutual inaccuracies, but then when there was no need, he went into a worse endgame. I couldn't find a win for Topalov, but it all didn't look not so funny for Anand. At the end Topalov lost track and it was he who had to make a draw.} 1. d4 Nf6 $1 {Yes! Anand d all posibilities in the Slav endgame, where in all games he had to suffer, but in all games he achieved draws (though one he lost due to blunder). Now his team apparently managed to recover the sharp and tricky Grunfeld!} 2. c4 g6 $1 (2... c6 $4 {Luckily 1...Nf6 wasn't a joke from Anand, who here could have still gone back to Slav!}) 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O {This position was instantly reached by both players. We saw it in game one, so it was obvious that Anand's improvements is coming.} b6 $5 {But I couldn't expect the improvement to come so quickly! Anand, as he did in his other black games, deviates very early - a very interesting strategy. The move is a very rare one, which is not seen recently in the top levels of chess. Not suprisingly Topalov was out of his preparation already here!} (10... Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Bh6) (10... Bg4 11. f3 Na5) 11. Qd2 {Played pretty quickly... I guess Topalov trusted Anand on the main and in my opinion more critical capture of the pawn and decided to play solid and positional.} (11. dxc5 {as I said, is in my opinion the critical continuation. I guess Anand's analysis start with} Qc7 $1) 11... Bb7 12. Rac1 { I think White should try to trade dark squared bishops with Bh6, but it is not so easy to achieve without the preparatory Rac1 and Rfd1, which lose some time. This is the advantage of this line compared to Na5, which was played in game one: now d4 is under pressure.} (12. Rad1 {seems more natural with the idea Bh6, but in fact White has no time to start any attack:} cxd4 (12... Rc8 $5) 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Bh6 Bxh6 (14... Ne5 $5) 15. Qxh6 Nb4 $1 { covering the d3-square and thus taking over the initiative.}) 12... Rc8 13. Rfd1 (13. e5 {seemed interesting to me at first, but Black quickly starts his counterplay with} cxd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Bd3 Qd7 { preparing the exchange of both rooks.}) 13... cxd4 {Anand plays logical and simple chess. His plan is to develop everything and maybe exchange rooks.} ( 13... e5 {is interesting, but not so simple:} 14. d5 (14. dxc5 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Na5 16. Bd3 bxc5 {should be slightly better for White, but nothing special.}) 14... Na5 15. Bd3 {and now Black wants c4 and f5-f4. Then he will regroup his pieces and perhaps even enjoy some advantage. However he is not in time to achieve everything:} f5 (15... c4 16. Bc2 f5 17. Bg5 $1 Qd7 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Ng3 $1) 16. Bg5 $1 Qd7 17. c4 $1) 14. cxd4 {White would like to attack: Bh6, change the bishops and then try to get to Black's king. However it won't be possible, because Black is ready to distract him.} Qd6 $5 {Provoking e5, which I at first thought White wants to play anyway. However, White has no time to start the attack, and then the disadvantage of the move - the weakness of the d5-square - will tell.} (14... e6 {seems more logical to me, but Anand (and his seconds!?) thought that ...Qd6 is better.} 15. Bh6 (15. e5 Na5 16. Bd3 Qd7) 15... Na5 (15... Qh4 $5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f3 Rfd8) 16. Bd3 Qe7 17. h4) 15. d5 { This move probably took Anand out of his preparation. White advances in the centre and his plans depend on where black knight goes.} (15. e5 $5 Qd7 (15... Qb4 {as what I thought, was Black's idea, but here White has a strong move:} 16. Rc3 $1 {the idea being that} Nxe5 $2 {doesn't work due to} 17. Bxf7+ $1 Nxf7 18. Rxc8 Qxd2 19. Rxf8+ $1 {The point.}) 16. e6 $5 {has already been played in a game by two amateurs. I must say I like this move very much, but probably Black is fine:} (16. Bh6 $2 Nxe5 $1 17. dxe5 Qg4) (16. Bd3 Na5 { is fine for Black}) 16... fxe6 17. Nf4 Nd8 $1 (17... Rxf4 { was played in that game, but Black does not have enough compensation after} 18. Bxf4 Nxd4 19. Bf1 $1) 18. Qe2 {and White is planning Qg4 and h4-h5. Also d5 may sometimes be an option. I think Black can deal with those threats by playing} (18. h4 $4 {is logical but fails to the beautiful tactic} Rxf4 $1 19. Bxf4 Rxc4 $1 20. Rxc4 Qd5 $19) 18... Qd6 19. Qg4 Be4 $1 {and if} 20. h4 { then the non-standard} (20. Bxe6+ Nxe6 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Nxe6 Rfe8 $11) (20. a4 {is too slow} Kh8 21. h4 Bf6 22. h5 Bf5 23. Qf3 g5 $1) 20... Bf5 21. Qe2 h5 $1 {and now that e6 and g6 are well protected, Black is able to get his knight back into play and take over the initiative.}) (15. Bh6 { is logical. I guess Anand planned} Qb4 $1 {Now White doesn't have a way to keep his advantage without trading queens, but the arising ending, should also be good for Black.} 16. Qxb4 (16. Qe3 Na5 17. Bd3 Nc4 {with counterplay}) (16. Rc3 Nxd4 $1 {This trick leads to a draw by force:} 17. Nxd4 Rxc4 18. Rxc4 Qxc4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nf5+ $1 {beautiful, but it only secures the perpetual} ({ Another beautiful line is} 20. Rc1 Qa4 21. Rc7 Rc8 $1 22. Rxb7 Qxa2 $3 23. Nf5+ $1 gxf5 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. h3 {with some advantage for Black.}) 20... gxf5 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Qxe7 Qc8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Qf6+ {with perpetual.}) 16... Nxb4 17. Bg5 $5 Rfe8 18. a3 (18. f3 $5) 18... h6 $1 (18... Nc6 $2 19. d5 Na5 20. Bb5) 19. Bh4 g5 $1) 15... Na5 {This move is simpler. He now wants to break up the white centre with ...e6 (or ...f5!?) and White is unable to avoid that.} (15... Ne5 {is possible, but more risky and complicated} 16. Bb3 Ng4 ( 16... Ba6 $5) 17. Bf4 Be5 18. g3 $5 { is very creative and interesting. It almost forces} (18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Ng3) 18... Bxf4 19. gxf4 {with a scary looking pawn mass. The position is unclear, though I would prefer being White here.}) 16. Bb5 $1 { Clever move, trying to avoid e6.} (16. Bd3 { is toothless. Black easily gets comfortable play with} e6 17. Bf4 Be5 (17... Qd7 $5 {is also possible} 18. Nc3 Rc5 $1) 18. Bxe5 (18. Bh6 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8) 18... Qxe5 19. dxe6 Qxe6) 16... Rxc1 (16... e6 $2 {is bad due to} 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Bd7 Qxe4 19. f3 $1 {winning the exchange.}) 17. Rxc1 Rc8 $2 {A logical foll ow-up, but I think it is inaccurate. Black should have played e6 as quickly as possible.} (17... e6 $1 { I don't know how White can get anything here, for example} 18. Bf4 { is answered with} Be5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nc3 Rc8 $1 {with the idea} 21. dxe6 ( 21. d6 Rd8 22. Rd1 Bc6 $11) 21... Qxe6 22. Bd7 Rd8 $1) (17... f5 $5 { was perhaps also possible, but too tricky.}) 18. h3 $2 { Forgiving Anand for his inaccurate last move.} (18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Nd4 $1 { as a logical way to prevent ...e6. Now White has a pleasant advantage, though Black should hold this position.} a6 {is probably the best:} (19... e6 { is logical, but White is not forced to take on e6 and may get an advantage with } 20. Qc1 $5 (20. Be2 $5 {is simpler and also nice for White} exd5 21. Nb5 $1) 20... Bd7 21. Nc6 exd5 22. Bf4 $1) (19... Bd7 { I don't like. The arising endgame is dangerous for Black:} 20. Bxd7 (20. Qd3 $5 {is also possible and gives White some advantage after} Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 f6) 20... Qxd7 21. Nc6 $1 Nxc6 22. dxc6 Qxd2 (22... Qxc6 $4 23. Qd8+ Bf8 24. Bh6 $18 {is the trick.}) 23. Bxd2 Be5 24. f4 Bb8 25. Kf2 Kf8 26. Kf3 Ke8 27. e5 Kd8 28. Ke4 { and Black needs just one extra tempo to play e6 and Kc7, but he is not in time: } Kc7 29. Bb4 $1 {and maybe Black holds this, but the ending is not easy for him, to say the least.}) 20. Be2 e6 $1 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. a4 $1 { fixing the b6- and a6-pawn and securing slight but pleasant advantage.}) 18... Rxc1+ {Now Anand is easily equalizing} (18... e6 $2 { immediately blunders a pawn:} 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. dxe6 $1 Qxd2 21. exf7+ $1) 19. Qxc1 e6 (19... f5 $5 { is also possible; now White can transpose to the game or play sharp} 20. Nd4 $5 (20. f3 fxe4 21. fxe4 e6 {transposes to the game}) 20... Bxd4 $1 (20... f4 $2 { looks clever and smart, but it is in fact bad due to} 21. Bxf4 Qb4 22. Ne6 $1 Qxb5 23. Qc7 {and white is dominating.}) (20... fxe4 21. Nc6 $1 {with advantage }) 21. Bxd4 Qb4 {and it is a draw.} 22. Bc3 $5 {setting a small trap:} (22. Qa1 Qxb5 23. Bh8 Kf7 24. a4 Qc5 25. Qg7+ Ke8 26. Qg8+ Kd7 27. Qe6+ Kd8 28. Qg8+ $11 ) (22. Qc7 Qxd4 23. Qd8+ Kg7 24. Qxe7+ Kh6 25. Qh4+ Kg7 $11) 22... Qxe4 $1 ( 22... Qxb5 $2 23. Qh6 $1 Kf7 24. Qxh7+ Ke8 25. Qxg6+ Kd8 26. Qxf5 $16 { Falling into a trap is almost never good..}) 23. Bxa5 bxa5 24. Bc6 Qb4 25. Qe3 {with equal position.}) 20. Nf4 exd5 21. Nxd5 f5 { Nice move. Black is already doing very fine.} (21... Qe5 { is also possible, with the idea to send the queen to a1.} 22. Bd3 f5 (22... Qa1 $5) 23. Qc2 $5 (23. Bf4 Qa1 $1 {with a nice endgame for Black.}) 23... h6 $5 { Now the piece is hanging and Black has equalized.} 24. f4 Qd6 25. Bf2 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qxf4 (26... Qxd5 27. g4 $1 $11) 27. g4 $5 Bd4 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qd7+ Kg8 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Qe7+ Kg8 {with perpetual check.}) 22. f3 {I actually thought, that it was a mistake to let Black exchange f-pawns and give him the nice e5-square. In fact the position is equal anyway.} (22. Bf4 { is not giving White anything:} Qc5 (22... Be5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qg5 $1 Kg7 { is also equal, but it looks scary for Black after let's say} 25. Qd8 fxe4 26. Qd7+ Kh8 27. Ne7) 23. Qxc5 bxc5 {with equality.}) 22... fxe4 23. fxe4 Qe5 24. Bd3 Nc6 $6 {Allowing a small trick. But I can understand how much Anand wanted to bring back his knight, which has been on the edge for such a long time.} ( 24... Bxd5 $5 {is actually a good move. Black's idea is not to win the pawn, but to get some blockade on dark squares.} 25. exd5 Bf8 $1 (25... Qxd5 26. Qc8+ $11) 26. Bf1 Nb7 {and it will be White who will have to beg for the draw.} ( 26... Kf7 $5)) (24... Qa1 {still remains my favourite.}) 25. Ba6 $1 { Nice trick, which doesn't give White anything objectively, but confused Anand.} Nd4 $2 {This move only looks tricky and entertaining. In fact it only leads to a worse ending. I guess Vishy thought that the arising endgame is easily drawn, so he didn't bother calculating ...Bxa6. But in fact the endgame is very difficult for Black, and he has to suffer.} (25... Bxa6 $1 {leads to a draw and I guess, if Anand would know that there are some real problems in the ending he got, he could easily calculate this move until a draw.} 26. Qxc6 Qa1+ 27. Kh2 (27. Bc1 Bb7 $5 28. Qe6+ Kf8 29. Qe7+ Kg8 $11) 27... Be5+ 28. Bf4 (28. Nf4 Qc3 {and white can give perpetual, but nothing more.}) 28... Bxf4+ 29. Nxf4 Qe5 30. Qa8+ Kg7 31. Qxa7+ Kg8 32. g3 Qb2+ 33. Ng2 Bf1 { and again White is forced to give perpetual check.}) 26. Qc4 $1 Bxd5 27. Qxd5+ Qxd5 28. exd5 Be5 {Black gets some blockade, but White also has his own ideas. First he brings his king into the center.} 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Bg5 Nf5 31. g4 Nd6 32. Kf3 Ne8 {The beginning of a suspicious plan. Maybe Black should have kept the knight where it is and also his queenside pawns on their places. It is not for nothing that they say that knight is the best blockading piece... But well, to be honest I don't see a clear way for Black to draw... Neither did Vishy and maybe that's why he decided to do at least something.} ({One way to play is } 32... Bf6 33. Bf4 Ke7 {and it seems to be that if White allows Black to play g5 and h6 it will be a fortress. So} 34. g5 $1 Bd4 $5 {setting a trap..} 35. Bd3 $1 (35. h4 { would be giving White a big advantage, but Black has a strong idea:} b5 $1 36. Kg4 Bc5 37. h5 Bd4 {with fortress (if I am not mistaken...)}) (35. a4 Nf7 { and Black is holding. The fact that the pawn is already on a4 is to Black's advantage.}) 35... Nf7 36. Bc2 {And maybe Black is drawing this, but White still has h4-h5 ideas so the game is not over.}) 33. Bc1 Nc7 {As I already said, the knight probably doesn't belong here. But on the other hand if it stays on d6 White will slowly push the pawns on kingside, and then once a weakness on g6 is created, he can exchange dark squared bishops.} 34. Bd3 Bd6 35. Ke4 b5 {A weakening move, it weakens the pawns and the c5-square. But again as I said, waiting moves do not bring joy either.} 36. Kd4 a6 37. Be2 { Topalov doesn't hurry.} Ke7 38. Bg5+ Kd7 39. Bd2 Bg3 { Trying to avoid h4-h5, but White also has other ideas, like g5, Bg4-e6(c8)} ( 39... Na8 $5 {transfering the knight to... somewhere interesting.} 40. h4 Nb6 41. h5 (41. g5 $5 Na4 42. Bg4+ Ke7 43. Bc8 Nc5 {and thanks to the trick} 44. Bb4 Ne6+ $1 {Black holds.}) 41... Na4 42. g5 Ba3 {and thanks to some odd tricky checks from c5 or b2 Black holds his g-pawn. But White has a lot of possibilities here and can try to trick Black.}) 40. g5 $1 Bf2+ 41. Ke5 { Just losing a tempo. But of course it is tempting to play such a move.} (41. Ke4 $1 {was more precise. But I think with precise play Black is still able to hold this position.} Bc5 $1 { I think Black should give up his dreams to stop h4-h5.} (41... Ne8 42. Bg4+ Ke7 43. Bb4+ Nd6+ 44. Kf4 Bg1 {otherwise Be6 is coming} 45. h4 {and h5 is coming, after which White has a choice to play h6 , exchange on g6 or just stay on h5. Black is may be holding, but it is hard to believe. Actually I think, White should push h5 and then Be6-g8-xh7 should give him a winning advantage for example:} (45. Be6 Ke8 $1) (45. Bc8 $2 a5 $1 $11) 45... Bf2 46. h5 Bg1 47. Be6 gxh5 48. Bg8 Bh2+ 49. Kf3 Kf8 50. Bxh7 Kg7 51. Bc2 Be5 52. Be1 Kf7 53. Kg2 Ne8 54. Kh3 Ng7 55. Kh4 Bd4 56. Bb4 Bf2+ 57. Kh3 Bd4 58. Kg3 { and Black eventually cracks.}) 42. h4 b4 $1 {Black's idea now is Nb5!-c3. Did Anand see it and that's why played Ne8-c5 and b5, a6??} 43. h5 Ke7 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Bd3 Nb5 $1 46. Kf4 Nc3 {probably is a draw.}) 41... Bg3+ $1 42. Ke4 ( 42. Kf6 {seems good, but Black draws with} Nxd5+ 43. Kg7 Bf4 $1 44. Bxf4 Nxf4 45. Bg4+ Kd6 46. Kxh7 Ke5 47. h4 a5 48. Kh6 b4 49. Bd1 (49. Bd7 Ke4) 49... Kf5 50. Kg7 Nh3 51. Kh6 Nf4 $11) 42... Ne8 43. Bg4+ Ke7 44. Be6 { A bad move, but I don't see any way for White to win anymore.} ({For example} 44. Kf3 Bd6 (44... Nd6 { looks good, but White is not forced to take the bishop and after} 45. Bb4 $1 { Black is pinned, but maybe... maybe he still holds here as well! To be honest I am unable to analyze it to the end.}) 45. Ba5 $5 {trying to be tricky.} (45. Bc8 Nc7 46. Ke4 (46. Ba5 Nxd5 47. Bxa6 Bb4 $1 48. Bxb4+ Nxb4 49. Bxb5 Nxa2 $11) 46... b4 $1 47. Bb7 a5 48. Bc6 Na6 $1 {jumping back into the game!} 49. Kd4 Nc5 50. Be1 Kf7 {and I don't see how White can make progress.}) 45... Bc7 $1 (45... Nc7 46. Ke4 $1 {and b4, a5 is not possible.}) 46. Bc3 a5 47. Be6 b4 48. Bd4 Nd6 49. Bf6+ (49. Bg8 Kf8 $1 50. Bxh7 Kf7 $11) 49... Kf8 50. Ke3 a4 51. Kd3 b3 52. axb3 axb3 53. Be5 Ne8 54. Bb2 Bf4 55. Kc4 Bxg5 56. Kxb3 Nd6 {with a draw.}) 44... Nd6+ 45. Kf3 Nc4 $1 { Anand uses the opportunity to suddenly activate his pieces.} (45... Be5 46. Bb4 {was probably, what Topalov was hoping for, but as I said earlier, even this may be holdable.}) 46. Bc1 (46. Kxg3 Nxd2 { is of no danger for Black. For example:} 47. Bg8 Kf8 48. Bxh7 Kg7 49. Kf4 Nc4 50. Bxg6 Kxg6 51. h4 b4 52. Ke4 a5 53. Kd4 Nd6 54. Kc5 Ne4+ 55. Kb5 Nc3+ 56. Kxa5 Nxa2 57. d6 b3 58. d7 b2 59. d8=Q b1=Q {and it is still a draw.}) (46. Bb4+ Bd6 47. Bc3 Be5 $11) 46... Bd6 47. Ke4 a5 48. Bg4 Ba3 49. Bxa3+ (49. Bf4 Bd6 50. Bc1 {is already the best White can do.}) 49... Nxa3 { In this ending it is only White who has to be careful.} 50. Ke5 Nc4+ 51. Kd4 Kd6 52. Be2 Na3 53. h4 Nc2+ 54. Kc3 Nb4 55. Bxb5 (55. Kb3 Kc5 56. d6 { would lead to a draw as well, but White doesn't have to make it here.}) 55... Nxa2+ 56. Kb3 Nb4 57. Be2 $1 Nxd5 58. h5 {White of course makes a draw, but it is remarkable after seeing the whole game, that it is he who has to go for it.} Nf4 59. hxg6 $1 hxg6 60. Bc4 {No Sofia rule can forbid players to agree a draw in this position. Another draw, but this time it was Anand who was a little bit more lucky.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2010.05.06"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Giri,A"] [PlyCount "165"] [EventDate "2010.04.24"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.05.18"] {The 9th game was one of the tensest of the championship so far, where we could see that both players get very tired and nervous. Anand desided to stop the Catalan debate and used his other weapon - the Nimzo with 4.e3. The champion was also better prepared and quickly got some edge in a complicated position with two rooks for queen. Later Topalov had some ways to equalize, but the position was too complicated. Anand also did not play perfectly. Nevertheless after the second time control he got winning position (for the second time in the game), but he erred on move 53 and the game was drawn. Another disappointment for the World Champion.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 { Anand refuses the Catalan, which brought him two wins, and opts for another complicated opening - the Nimzo.} Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O { A very famous position, which was played in other World Championships as well. Here some very big theory starts, with thousands of games played.} cxd4 { One of the main moves.} (7... Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 {and}) ( 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 {are other big main lines.}) 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 { Developing the bishop first, which is much more flexible in this case.} 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 {So far everything was simple, both players were developing, but now Anand has a choice - which he already made at home.} 13. Bd3 {Not forcing anything yet.} (13. Qb3 {is what Kramnik managed to beat Kasparov with, in London back then in 2000. However, later Black found a way to deal with it.} Be7 (13... Bxc3 $1 {is safer}) 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 (14... Bxf6 $5) 15. Bxe6 $1 { Is how Kramnik-Kasparov from the other World Championship Match went.}) 13... Re8 14. Qe2 Bxc3 {Black has already made all useful moves, so now it is time for this exchange. White get's the bishop pair, but Black is solid and has an easy development.} 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bh4 { Trying to attack the queen that has just appeared on c7.} (16. c4 { is too early-} h6 $1 {and if} 17. Bh4 {then} Nh5 $1) 16... Nh5 $1 { Typical way to meet all Bh4's.} 17. Ng5 (17. Bxh7+ {doesn't work:} Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kg6 $1 19. g4 $1 Qf4 $1 20. gxh5+ Kh6 {and Black will take over.}) 17... g6 18. Nh3 $5 $146 {A new move. It seems a little bit ugly, but White protects the f4-square, which is more important.} ({ Another possible and more logical way of solving the problem is} 18. Qd2 { but then Black is still able to go to f4, though this time with his queen.} Qf4 $5) (18. Nxh7 $4 Nf4 $1) 18... e5 {This breakthrough seems very good, but in fact now this pawn is kind of pinned and the pin is actually pretty anoying for Black.} (18... Qd6 $5 {first, made sense, avoiding f3.} 19. f3 $2 Rxc3 $1) 19. f3 $1 {protecting e4 and bringing the bishop to f2.} Qd6 (19... exd4 20. Qxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Kg7 22. Bf2 $1) (19... Bd5 $5 20. Qd2 (20. g4 Nhf6 21. Bg3 h5 22. Nf2) 20... Bc4 21. Bb1 Qd6) 20. Bf2 exd4 $6 {Topalov just ignores the pin and sacrifices his rooks for White's queen. I think it was not needed.} ( 20... Nhf6 $1 {Seems much safer and better to me. Now exd4 and also e4 are threats. I think Black more or less equalizes:} 21. Qb2 exd4 $5 {seems fine Black. White knight looks odd on h3, and in case of cxd4 the black knight will enjoy the d5-square.} (21... e4 $5)) 21. Qxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Nf8 23. cxd4 { White also had an option of taking with the bishop, which was strong, but Anand decides to go for a safe option.} (23. Bxd4 $1 {Black may try to transfer one of two knights to e6, but in both cases White will meet it with Re3 and the bishop will be free to go to e5.} Ng7 (23... Bc6 24. Re3 Ne6 25. Be5 {And white is better.}) 24. Re3 Nge6 25. Be5 Qc5 26. Rce1 Nd7 27. Bg3 Nf6 28. c4 $1 { and all the threats are neutralized and White's advantage is big and clear.}) 23... Nf6 24. Ree1 Ne6 25. Bc4 $1 { Very clever. White wants to play Bg3 without giving up the d4-pawn.} Bd5 26. Bg3 Qb4 $1 {Topalov rightly decides to enter some complications} (26... Qd7 { was bad due to} 27. Be5 $1) 27. Be5 $1 Nd7 $1 {The point of ...Qb4. Now the position gets complicated, and it seems that objectively Black is holding, though I may be wrong.} 28. a3 $6 {Those moves are always nice to make - it seems not to change the position much, but it offers the opponent a choice and confuses him a bit.} (28. Bxd5 $1 {however, was objectively stronger.} Nxe5 29. Bxe6 Nd3 $1 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Rd1 fxe6 {Now White has a choice: to grab the pawn, or not to and have a better piece cooperation. White has winning chances in both cases, but I would prefer to take the pawn.} 32. Rc7+ (32. Rc2 $5 Kf6 $1 {protecting g5. Now White has nothing better than exchanging the knights} 33. Nf2 Nxf2 34. Kxf2 {and White has winning chances, but because Black will have a passed pawn on the queenside I think he should draw this.}) 32... Kf6 33. Rxa7 Qb2 $1 {Protecting f2 and keeping and eye on a2.} (33... Qxd4+ $6 34. Kh1 Qb2 $2 35. Rd7 $1) 34. Rf1 $1 Qxd4+ 35. Nf2 h5 36. Ra3 $1 Nxf2 37. Rxf2 h4 {and here White will slowly unpin and then be having very fine winning chances. }) 28... Qa4 (28... Qb2 $1 {was equalizing easier, for example} 29. Bxd5 (29. Rb1 Qc3 $1 30. Bxd5 Nxe5 31. Bxe6 Qxd4+ 32. Nf2 Nd3 33. Rf1 Nxf2 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Rxf2 h5 $1 36. Rc1 a5 37. g3 h4 {with equality.}) 29... Nxe5 30. Bxe6 Nd3 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Rd1 fxe6 33. Rc7+ Kf6 34. Rxa7 Qxd4+ 35. Kh1 h5 {and the diffe rence between the knights is the reason, why Black holds this position easily.} ) 29. Bxd5 Nxe5 30. Bxe6 Qxd4+ $2 {Topalov probably couldn't calculate all the complications of ...Nd3! till the end and opted for the "safe" option. In fact now Black's position becomes critical - he is maybe already lost.} ({ However the complications after} 30... Nd3 $1 { are in his favour. Black seems to be equal in all lines. For example} 31. Rc4 $5 (31. Bxf7+ Kxf7 32. Ng5+ $2 Kg7 33. Rc7+ Kh6 $1 { and it is not the black king, but White, who will be in trouble.}) 31... Qxa3 32. Bxf7+ Kxf7 33. Ng5+ Kf6 34. Ne4+ Ke7 35. Rf1 Nf4 36. Rc7+ Kd8 37. Rxh7 Qb2 38. Nf2 Ne2+ 39. Kh1 a5 {with counterplay that is enough for equality.}) 31. Kh1 fxe6 32. Ng5 $1 {Finally the knight is back!} Qd6 33. Ne4 $2 {Anand decides again not to calculate everything, but to play simple positional chess.} (33. Rc8+ $1 {was winning immediately!} Kg7 34. Rec1 Kh6 (34... Qd2 35. R8c7+ Kg8 36. Ne4 {and White wins}) 35. h4 Qd4 (35... Kh5 36. Rh8 h6 37. Re1 $18) 36. g3 $1 Nd7 37. Kg2 $1 {and it is clear that Black is lost.}) 33... Qxa3 34. Rc3 Qb2 {Probably not the best square, but without a computer it is hard to see which square is best and why.} 35. h4 ({The immediate} 35. Rc8+ $1 {was also possible } Kg7 36. Rc7+ {and Black is losing a pawn - h7 or a7... or both..}) 35... b5 $2 {I am curious, why Topalov touched this pawn and not the a-pawn, which fits much more with queen b2.} (35... a5 $5 { was more logical than pushing the b-pawn, but perhaps it is not quick enough.} 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rc7+ Kg8 38. Rd1 Nd3 $1 39. Rd7 Nc5 40. Ra7 Nd3 41. Kh2 Qe2 42. Rd2 Qe3 43. Nf6+ Kf8 44. Nxh7+ Ke8 45. Nf6+ Kd8 46. Ne4 { and Black's position seems horrible - but may in fact be holdable..}) ({ The clever} 35... Qb4 $5 {is interesting too}) (35... Nf7 {is safe, but I think Black shouldn't be passive, and his chance is in pushing the pawn - the a-pawn, not the b one...}) 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Ng5 Ke8 39. Rxh7 { A safe move.} (39. Nxe6 $1 {was winning, for example} Nxf3 $5 40. Rd1 $1 Nd2 41. Rxa7 $1 Qe5 42. Rxh7 $3 Qxe6 43. Ra1 $1 Qc6 44. Ra8+ $1 { and after playing five moves in a row with an exclamation mark White wins!}) 39... Qc3 40. Rh8+ $2 {Anand lets the black king escape, on the famous 40th move. Probably Anand thought, that Black has to repeat the moves, missing 41... Nd3! after 41.Rd1.} (40. Re2 {was winning for White. Black has no perpetuals whatsoever, and White will eventually get to Black's king. For example} b4 41. Nxe6 b3 42. Kh2 $1 a5 43. Rc7 Qa1 44. Rb7 Qc3 45. Rb5 Nc4 46. Rb8+ $1 Ke7 47. Rxb3 $1 Qxb3 48. Nd4+ Qe3 49. Rxe3+ Nxe3 50. Nc6+ { winning. That was, of course, just one of the possible lines.}) (40. Re4 { would win as well}) 40... Kd7 41. Rh7+ (41. Rd1+ Nd3 $1 { could be, what Anand missed.}) 41... Kc6 42. Re4 {Even though the black king is out of the dangerous zone, his position is still tricky and difficult to play.} b4 $6 ({The immediate} 42... Kb6 $1 {is much stronger, e6 is untouchable due to ...Nxf3! while Kb6 is neccesary in any case.} 43. Re7 Nc6 44. R7xe6 b4 45. Nf7 Ka5 $1 {and it will eventually finish in a draw.}) 43. Nxe6 Kb6 44. Nf4 Qa1+ (44... Qc1+ $1 {was drawing in a study like way:} 45. Kh2 Nc6 46. Rh6 b3 47. Rxg6 Qd2 $3 (47... b2 $2 48. Nd3 b1=Q 49. Nxc1 Qxc1 50. Ree6 $18) 48. Rc4 b2 49. Rgxc6+ Kb7 50. Rc7+ Kb8 51. Rc8+ Kb7 52. R4c7+ Ka6 $1 { with a draw. Strangely enough White can't get anything more.}) 45. Kh2 a5 46. h5 gxh5 {Now it's over for Black again.} (46... g5 $5 {was perhaps stronger, but it is not clear if it was enough to save the game. However, over the board it is not clear if it is better than gxh5, so we should forgive Topalov.}) 47. Rxh5 Nc6 48. Nd5+ Kb7 49. Rh7+ Ka6 50. Re6 Kb5 51. Rh5 Nd4 52. Nb6+ $1 { Nice check, forcing the black king to stay inside the mate zone. Now White is totally winning, for about the third time in this game...} Ka6 53. Rd6 Kb7 54. Nc4 $6 {Making things a bit more complicated, though White is still winning.} ( 54. Nd5 $1 {centralizing the knight was much simpler, and Black can resign.}) 54... Nxf3+ 55. gxf3 Qa2+ 56. Nd2 Kc7 57. Rhd5 $6 {Again an inaccuracy:} (57. Rhh6 $1 {was stronger. White will play Kg3 and Ne4 and mate Black.}) 57... b3 58. Rd7+ Kc8 59. Rd8+ Kc7 60. R8d7+ Kc8 61. Rg7 $1 {Here all Anand's fan were relieved again - he seemed to have found a win. But...} a4 62. Rc5+ $6 { Okay, just repeating the moves, nothing wrong yet...} (62. Rdd7 a3 63. Kg3 Qa1 64. Rc7+ Kb8 65. Rb7+ Kc8 66. Nxb3 Qg1+ 67. Kf4 Qh2+ 68. Ke3 Qe5+ 69. Kf2 Qh2+ 70. Kf1 Qh3+ 71. Ke2 Qh2+ 72. Kd3) 62... Kb8 63. Rd5 Kc8 64. Kg3 $2 {This and t he quick next move give away the win for the last time in this game. But to be honest, it wasn't so easy anymore, especially for someone, who played for some five to six hours already. And, well, White had easier wins earlier in this game...} (64. Rdd7 {was an easy move, but the win wasn't easy to calculate:} a3 65. Kg3 Qa1 66. Ra7 Qg1+ (66... Qe5+ 67. f4 Qe1+ 68. Kf3 Qh1+ 69. Kf2 Qh2+ 70. Ke3 $18) 67. Kh3 Qh1+ 68. Kg4 Qg1+ 69. Kf5 Qc5+ 70. Ke4 Qb4+ 71. Kd3 Qd6+ 72. Kc3 Qe5+ 73. Kxb3 Qb2+ 74. Kc4 Qc2+ 75. Kb5 Qb2+ 76. Kc5 Qe5+ 77. Kb4 Qd6+ 78. Kc3 Qe5+ 79. Kc2 Qc5+ 80. Kd1 {And the king managed to hide. Black had other possibilities of checks, but White always manages to hide somewhere.}) 64... Qa1 65. Rg4 $2 (65. Rdd7 { was probably still winning, but Anand played Rg4 almost instantly.} Qe1+ 66. Kg4 $1 {and I will just trust my Fritz, who says that White is winning...}) 65... b2 {Now it is already over, Black will draw easily.} 66. Rc4+ Kb7 67. Kf2 b1=Q 68. Nxb1 Qxb1 69. Rdd4 {Black doesn't need his pawn to make a draw.} Qa2+ 70. Kg3 a3 71. Rc3 Qa1 72. Rb4+ Ka6 73. Ra4+ Kb5 74. Rcxa3 Qg1+ { With rooks on a3 and a4, it is obvious that there is a perpetual check.} 75. Kf4 Qc1+ 76. Kf5 Qc5+ 77. Ke4 Qc2+ 78. Ke3 Qc1+ 79. Kf2 Qd2+ 80. Kg3 Qe1+ 81. Kf4 Qc1+ 82. Kg3 Qg1+ 83. Kf4 { A very comlicated game, full of fight, but also mistakes.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2010.05.04"] [Round "8"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D17"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2787"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,D"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2010.04.24"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.05.18"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 {Two years ago against Kramnik Anand played 4...e6 and Kramnik opted for Meran with 5.e3. It is very likely that Topalov would have gone for the sharper 5.Bg5.} dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 { Topalov also plays 6.e3, but undoubtedly 6.Ne5 is more ambitious and offers more chances to fight for an advantage (although as is usually the case, it is altogether more risky).} e6 7. f3 c5 {This is Anand's "Black secret weapon" for the match in Sofia, which worked relatively well in games 3 and 5. However, the present game ended in a drama and it was the last Slav game of the match. As the World Champion admitted later, he didn't expect Topalov to be so consistent and keep playing this variation as White after making previously two draws. However, the course of the game shows that Black is suffering and the price for every mistake is too high. In his match strategy Anand obviously took a lot from Kramnik, who played same openings in 2006 against Topalov. The motto is: the best result when playing Black is a draw! One must say that such an approach is indeed very effective in World Championship matches (let's just remember Kramnik's "discovery" of the Berlin endgame in his match versus Kasparov), only that it doesn't necessary suit everyone. Later Anand showed flexibility by changing his openings with both colours.} 8. e4 Bg6 ({The variation} 8... cxd4 9. exf5 {favours White}) 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 ({Here is the reason why taking with the bishop is no better:} 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc4 Qa5 13. Qe2 {and in Pelletier,Y (2525)-Smyslov,V (2500)/ Zuerich 1998 the players agreed to a draw already. After} Bc5 { Black achieves good counterplay on the dark squares.}) 10... Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 {The big question of this endgame is: does White have a real advantage, or is Black able to slowly equalise? I must admit that in spite of the fact that the position happened three times in Sofia, there is no clear answer to this question yet. My feeling can be expressed in the following way: a good player, who is ready to suffer for a draw with Black, should be able to achieve it with precise play.} Rc8 { Fearing improvements from Topalov, Anand is the first one to deviate.} ({ Previously in games 3 and 5 Anand played} 13... a6 {but in spite of achieving two draws must have remained not completely satisfied with the resulting positions.}) 14. Bb5 {Topalov continues in the most principled way, taking advantage of the fact that Black doesn't control the b5-square.} ({ In the earlier practice more often White retreated the bishop to a2} 14. Ba2 { but all (!) those eight games (all played among GMs) ended in a draw.. Here is a very recent example:} a5 15. h4 h5 16. Ke2 Rg8 17. Nb5 Bc5 18. Bc3 b6 19. Rhd1 Ke7 20. Rd2 f6 21. Rad1 Rgd8 22. Na7 Rc7 23. Nb5 Rcc8 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 {White's advantage proved to be only marginal:} Be8 26. Be3 Rc6 27. Bf4 e5 28. Be3 Rdc8 29. Bd5 Rc2 30. b3 Bf7 31. Bxf7 Kxf7 32. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 33. Rd2 Rc7 34. Rd5 Ke6 35. Kd3 Rc6 36. g4 g6 37. Rb5 Rd6+ 38. Ke2 Rc6 39. Kf2 f5 40. exf5+ gxf5 41. gxf5+ Kxf5 42. Ke2 Rg6 43. Rd5 Ke6 44. Rb5 Kf5 45. Bg5 Rc6 46. Bd8 Kf4 47. Bg5+ Kf5 48. Bd2 Rg6 49. Be3 Rg2+ 50. Bf2 Rg6 51. Rd5 Ke6 52. Rd1 Rg2 53. Kf1 Rg8 54. Rc1 Kd5 55. Rc7 Kd6 56. Rc4 Kd5 57. Rc1 Nc5 58. Rd1+ Ke6 59. Rc1 Kd5 60. Rd1+ {1/2-1/2 Gustafsson,J (2646)-Mastrovasilis,D (2574)/Rijeka 2010}) 14... a6 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Ke2 f6 17. Rhd1 Ke8 (17... Kc7 { looks risky, but has no direct refutation:} 18. e5 (18. Ba7 Be8 $1 (18... Bd6 19. b4 $1 $16 (19. Rac1 {brings nothing yet in view of} Kd7)) 19. Rac1 Bc6 { now White can give checks with the knight on b5 or d5, but Black holds somehow. }) ({The nice-looking sac} 18. Nb5+ {doesn't work:} axb5 19. Rac1+ Kd7 20. Be5+ Bd6 21. Rxd6+ Ke7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bg3 $11) 18... Be7 (18... f5 $2 {allows now } 19. Nb5+ $1 axb5 20. Rac1+ Kb8 (20... Kd7 21. Be3+ Bd6 22. Rxd6+ Ke7 23. Bg5+ Kf7 24. Rd7+ $18) 21. Ba7+ $1 Kxa7 22. Rxc8 bxa4 23. Rdd8 $18) 19. Ba7 Be8 20. Rac1 Bc6 21. a5 fxe5 22. Ne4 $44) (17... Bd6 $2 {loses a pawn:} 18. e5 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Rc6 20. Bxg7) 18. a5 $146 {It is hard to believe that Anand didn't analyze at home this obvious move, nevertheless he sank into deep thought after it.} ({Previously White tried two other moves:} 18. Bb6 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 {in CBM 119 this variation was evaluated as being equal, which was confirmed in practice:} 20. Rd6 ({Also after} 20. Rac1 Rc6 21. Rd4 Rf8 (21... Ke7 22. Rb4 Rb8 23. Nd5+ $1 Kd6 24. Rxc6+ Kxc6 25. Rb6+ Kd7 26. Nb4 $16) 22. Rcd1 Rc7 23. Ke3 Ke7 {Black slowly achieves equality.}) 20... Ke7 21. Rad1 Be8 22. R6d3 a5 23. Ke3 Bc6 24. Nb5 Rc8 25. Na7 Rc7 26. Nxc6+ R5xc6 27. R1d2 Rc4 28. b3 Rc3 29. h4 h5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bocharov,D (2614)-Amonatov,F (2574)/Voronezh 2007 (60)}) ( 18. Rac1 Rc6 (18... Be7 $5) 19. Na2 Rxc1 20. Nxc1 Be7 21. Bb6 e5 22. Nd3 Bf7 $2 (22... Kf7) (22... Rf8 $5) 23. Rc1 Bd8 24. a5 $16 Ke7 25. Rc8 Re8 26. Rb8 Bc4 27. Rxb7+ Kf8 28. Ke3 $18 { 1-0 Maletin,P (2545)-Amonatov,F (2650)/Novokuznetsk 2008 (49)}) 18... Be7 { One of many possibilities to develop the bishop. Its drawback is that it takes the e7-square away from the king. Other ways of development are:} (18... Bb4 { This prepares 19...Ke7 and looks like the best.} 19. Ra4 (19. Na4 Ke7 (19... Bxa5 $6 {is risky due to} 20. Nc5 $36) ({but} 19... Rc2+ 20. Kf1 Ke7 { is perfectly playable.}) 20. Rac1 {and now the simplest way to equality is} Be8 21. Bc5+ Kf7 $11) (19. Bb6 Ke7 $11) (19. Rac1 Bxa5 ({or} 19... Ke7 20. Na4 { which leads to 19.Na4}) 20. Na4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Ke7 22. Bc5+ Kf7 23. Bb6 Bxb6 24. Nxb6 Re8 25. Ke3 $44) 19... Be7 (19... Bxc3 20. Bxc3 $14) 20. Bb6 Kf8 { The rook on a4 prevents White from playing 21.Rd7. Next Black plays Be8-c6 and Kf7, solving all his problems.}) (18... Bc5 $6 {Now compared with the above game Bocharov-Amonatov this move leads to a position with a tempo down for Black and therefore is clearly worse than after 18.Bb6:} 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Rac1 {The pawn on a5 is a clear achievement for White:} Rc6 (20... Rxa5 21. Na4 $36) ({Probably Black must defend a slightly inferior position after} 20... Rf8 21. Na4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rf7 $14) 21. Na4 $1) ({And finally} 18... Rc6 $5 { with the idea Bd6 and Ke7 also seems playable. After} 19. Na4 Bd6 20. Rac1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Ke7 22. Bc5 Be8 23. Bxd6+ Kxd6 24. Nb6 Bb5+ 25. Ke3 e5 { White's plus is insignificant.}) 19. Bb6 Rf8 $1 {After the previous move this is practically the only way to bring the king's rook into play. Anand combines two ideas: he either prepares Rf7, then remove the bishop from e7 and plays Rf7-d7, or Black can also activate his pieces by advancing the f-pawn. The evaluation of the position remains typical for the entire opening variation: White is trying to increase the pressure and break through; Black is not far away from equality. In fact Topalov achieved the most White could do in this variation - he prevented Black from connecting the rooks and bringing the Bg6 into play. In such positions and especially against White's energetic play Black is practically walking on the edge and must defend very accurately to avoid a quick disaster. And Anand typically is using all the defensive resources of Black's position. However, in the following part of the game both players made some errors and even bad mistakes. All that should not be regarded as separate episodes, but rather as a part of a very complex World Championship match. The enormous tension of such a match is not just an indispensable part of the game; it often plays the decisive role for the final result. Let's not forget that in this game both opponents strictly follow their match strategy and try to prove the correctness of their opening choice. The outcome of such a tough psychological battle is extremely important and needless to say, it puts an additional pressure on both opponents.} ({ Compared to 18...Bb4, here} 19... Kf8 $2 {is just bad in view of} 20. Rd7 $16) (19... f5 20. e5 Bg5 21. Rd4 $14) 20. Rac1 (20. Rd2 f5 21. e5 f4 $11 (21... Bg5 {is unnecessary:} 22. Rd4)) 20... f5 { With the rook on c1 Black is tempted to activate the bishop via g5.} (20... Rf7 {works well in the event of} 21. Na4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bd6 {and Black is close to equality. On the other hand, as mentioned by GM S.Shipov, after 20...Rf7 Black doesn't want to play 21...Bf8 in view of 22.Na2! Rxc1 23.Rd8+! Ke7 24.Nxc1, with obvious advantage. Thus 21...Rf7 can be regarded as a sort of waiting move, after which in some lines the idea Bf8 and Rd7 might work.}) 21. e5 ({ After} 21. Na4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 fxe4 23. Rc8+ Kf7 24. Rc7 exf3+ 25. gxf3 Ke8 { Black has sufficient for equality and counterplay and therefore White has little better than to go for a draw:} (25... Kf6 $5) 26. Rxe7+ ({or} 26. Rc8+ $11) 26... Kxe7 27. Bc5+ Kf7 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Nc5 Ke7 30. Nxb7 e5 31. Nc5 Be8 $11) 21... Bg5 (21... f4 $2 22. Ne4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxe4 (23... Rf5 24. Rc8+ Kf7 (24... Kd7 25. Rc7+ Ke8 26. Bd4 $18) 25. Bd4 $18) 24. fxe4 $16) 22. Be3 (22. Ra1 $2 Bf4 $132) 22... f4 $6 {Possibly Anand simply missed White's reply.} ({ After} 22... Bxe3 23. Kxe3 f4+ 24. Kd4 Ke7 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Kxe4 {there is stil l a long way for Black before securing a draw, nevertheless this was objectively the right way.}) 23. Ne4 $1 (23. Nb5 $1 { is similar. The knight comes with tempo to d6.}) 23... Rxc1 24. Nd6+ Kd7 $8 ( 24... Ke7 25. Bxc1 Rb8 (25... Bc2 26. Rd4 Bb3 27. g3 $1 $18) 26. Rd4 $18) 25. Bxc1 $16 {With the knight on d6, exposed king and pawn weaknesses on b7 and f4 White's advantage is obvious.} Kc6 26. Bd2 { Now it is Topalov who starts to play inaccurately.} ({Stronger is} 26. Rd4 Kc5 (26... b5 27. axb6 Kxb6 28. g3 $18) 27. Rc4+ Kd5 28. Bd2 $5 Kxe5 29. Nxb7 Be7 ( 29... Rb8 $2 30. Bc3+ {and mate next}) 30. Rc7 Re8 31. b4 $16) 26... Be7 { Anand rightly feels that opposite-coloured bishops will offer Black good chances to escape.} 27. Rc1+ (27. Bb4 $142 Rd8 28. Rd4 $1 Bxd6 29. Bxd6 { and with rooks on the board Black is still struggling.}) 27... Kd7 (27... Kd5 $2 28. Rc7 Bxd6 29. exd6 Kxd6 30. Rxb7 $16) 28. Bc3 ({Again better is} 28. Bb4 {although now Black has real chances to draw in variations like} Rd8 ({or} 28... Bxd6 29. Rd1 (29. Bxd6 Rc8 $11) 29... Rd8) 29. Rd1 (29. Nxb7 Rb8 30. Bxe7 Rxb7 31. Ba3 Rb5 $132) 29... Bxd6 30. Rxd6+ (30. Bxd6 Rc8 $5 31. Bf8+ Ke8 32. Bxg7 Rc5 33. b4 Rc4 $132) 30... Kc8 31. Rxe6 Bf7 32. Re7 (32. Rb6 Bc4+ 33. Ke1 Rd5 34. Bc3 Rb5 35. Rd6 Rd5) 32... Rd7 {with a draw.}) 28... Bxd6 29. Rd1 (29. exd6 Rc8 $11) 29... Bf5 30. h4 (30. Rxd6+ Kc8 (30... Kc7 31. Bd4 $14)) 30... g6 (30... Kc7 $142 31. exd6+ (31. Rxd6 Rd8 $11) 31... Kd7 32. Rd4 (32. Bxg7 Rg8) 32... Rf7 33. Rxf4 Kxd6 $11) 31. Rxd6+ Kc8 32. Bd2 (32. Rd4 h6 33. Bb4 (33. Rxf4 Bd3+ 34. Ke3 Rxf4 35. Kxf4 Kd7 $11) 33... Rf7 34. Bd6 (34. Rxf4 Bd3+ 35. Ke3 Rxf4 36. Kxf4 Kd7 37. Bf8 h5 38. Kg5 Ke8 39. Bc5 Kf7 $11) 34... g5 $14) 32... Rd8 33. Bxf4 Rxd6 34. exd6 {Considering the earlier inaccuracies, Topalov has achieved the most White could: winning the f4-pawn and creating a passer on d6. The endgame is certainly far from simple, but with accurate defence it's probably a draw.} Kd7 35. Ke3 Bc2 36. Kd4 Ke8 37. Ke5 Kf7 38. Be3 Ba4 39. Kf4 Bb5 40. Bc5 Kf6 41. Bd4+ Kf7 42. Kg5 Bc6 43. Kh6 Kg8 44. h5 { Vishy has defended accurately and continues to do so, until blundering on move 54. The endgame was analysed by Karsten Mueller in the online edition of ChessBase Magazine and the variations below are based on his analysis.} Be8 ( 44... gxh5 $2 45. Kxh5 e5 (45... Bd7 46. Be5 Bc6 47. Kh6 $18 {and White wins like in the game: the bishop comes to g7, the g-pawn goes to g6 and the king breaks through to e7.}) 46. Bxe5 Be8+ 47. Kh6 Bc6 48. g4 Bd7 49. Kh5 Kf7 50. f4 Ke6 51. Kh6 Kf7 52. f5 Kg8 53. Bd4 Bc8 54. Kg5 Kf7 55. Kf4 Bd7 56. Ke5 Ba4 57. g5 Bd7 58. Be3 Bc8 59. f6 Bh3 60. Kd5 Bd7 61. Kc5 Ke6 62. Bf4 Be8 63. Kb6 Bc6 64. Kc7 $18) 45. Bc5 (45. g4 gxh5 46. gxh5 Bc6 $11) 45... gxh5 46. Kg5 Kg7 $1 47. Bd4+ Kf7 48. Be5 (48. Kxh5 Bb5 49. Kh6 Bd3 $11) 48... h4 49. Kxh4 Kg6 50. Kg4 Bb5 51. Kf4 Kf7 52. Kg5 Bc6 $4 {Blundering in the moment when the draw was closer than ever. Obvioulsy it's because of tiredness and tension. The correct way is to control/blockade with the king pawn d6 (in order to prevent the white king to come to e7) and protect the pawn h7 with the bishop.} (52... Bd3 53. Kh6 Ke8 54. Kg7 Kd7 55. g4 Bc2 56. f4 Bg6 57. Kf6 Be4 58. f5 exf5 59. gxf5 Bd3 60. Kg5 h6+ $5 61. Kf6 Bc2 62. Bg3 Bd3 63. Ke5 h5 64. Bh4 Bc4 65. Kd4 (65. f6 Bf7 66. Bg3 Be6 67. b4 Bf7 68. Kf5 h4 69. Bh2 h3 70. Kg5 Ke6 $11) 65... Bf7 66. Kc5 Bg8 67. Bg3 Bh7 68. f6 Bg8 69. Kb6 Bd5 70. f7 Bxf7 71. Kxb7 Bc4 $11 ) 53. Kh6 Kg8 54. g4 {Realising what he has done Anand resigned. The game shows clearly the tremendous difficulty of playing long games under constant pressure. This game, together with the next one where Anand missed the victory more than once, were very tough for Anand. Nevertheless he showed a great capability to control himself and succeeded ing playing very well the last game, winning the match and keeping the World Champion title.} ({ The game could continue} 54. g4 Be8 55. g5 Bc6 56. Bg7 Be8 57. f4 { and Black is in zugzwang. The bishop can't control both d7 and g6 any longer:} Bc6 58. g6 hxg6 59. Kxg6 Be8+ 60. Kf6 Bd7 61. Ke7 $18) 1-0 [Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2010.05.03"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2010.04.24"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.05.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ {A small surprize. This is the first time in the match when Topalov abstains himself from giving up the tension in the centre. Not for too long, though, as we will see.} 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 {A rock solid variation. Did players deviate from their general strategy of mutual agressiveness, embarking boring play? Not really...} 8. Bf4 {The closed systems of the Catalan opening tend to be transpositional, but move orders remain important.} ({If White intends to play the Romanischin system mentioned below, he should move his bishop away from d2 at once. After} 8. Nc3 $6 dxc4 {it is not easy to retrieve the pawn, since after} 9. Ne5 { the d4-pawn would be hanging.}) ({The variation mentioned in the notes to Black's 9th move usually arises in the following move order:} 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 (12... b5 $2 13. Nxb5 $16) 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Rc8 15. e3 Nf6) 8... dxc4 {Played four moves later than in the previous Catalan games, but with very different plans.} ({In case of the solid } 8... Nbd7 {, White has a choice between the "normal" 9.Qc2 followed by Rd1 and the following line popularized by Romanischin (among others):} 9. Nc3 b6 10. Qb3 Bb7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rac1 {Romanishin,O (2615)-Ribli,Z (2610)/ Polanica Zdroj 1993/CBM 037/[Dautov] (1-0, 27)}) 9. Ne5 b5 $5 {Finally, we can recognize Topalov's style. The former World Champion sacrifices a clear exchange for far from obvious compensation. The move is not entirely new, though.} ({The thematic reaction is} 9... Nd5 10. Nxc4 Nxf4 11. gxf4 { White has been allowed to consolidate his space advantage, but the kingside weaknesses as well as Black's bishops' pair make the position double-edged. The following series of moves has not been met in practice, but is entirely viable and leads by a transposition to a position mentioned above:} b6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. e3 Nd7 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Rfd1 Rc8 {This is an important tabyia, which I used to consider as favourable for White in my first year with the Catalan. Practice taught me to think differently.} 16. Rac1 (16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Rac1 { allows a surprising regrouping:} Bd6 18. Qa4 Bb8 19. a3 Qe7 20. b4 f6 21. Nf3 { 1/2 Marin,M (2561)-Cifuentes Parada,R (2522)/Cala Galdana 2001/CBM 084 ext. Fearing the threat of ...h6 followed by ...g5, I offered a draw which was fortunately accepted.}) ({Another version of the same plan is:} 16. a3 Bd6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. b4 Qe7 19. Rab1 Nd5 20. Ne4 h6 21. Rdc1 g5 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. Nd2 Kg7 $132 {Komljenovic,D (2479)-Pogorelov,R (2439)/Calvia 2004/EXT 2005 (0-1, 48). In both cases, the weakness of the double pawns consists of the fact that Black can undermine the f4-pawn, which does not have sufficient defenders around it.}) 16... Nd5 17. Qa4 { This was supposed to weaken the queenside before the bishops gets to b8.} b5 $1 $11 18. Qxa7 bxc4 19. Qxb7 Nb4 {A draw by perpetual is inevitable now.} 20. a3 Rb8 21. Qa7 Ra8 22. Qb7 Rb8 23. Qa7 Ra8 24. Qb7 { 1/2 Marin,M (2556)-Gurevich,M (2634)/Mondariz 2002/CBM 091 ext}) 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bxc6 Bd7 $5 $146 ({The first game in which Black embarked this line went} 11... Ba6 {Although Black eventually got a good position, the bishop stands worse on a6 than on d7.} 12. Bxa8 ({ White does not get much by refusing the present:} 12. a3 Rc8 13. Bg2 Qb6 14. Nc3 Rfd8 15. e3 Bb7 $132) 12... Qxa8 13. Qc2 (13. a3 $5 { may be an improvement of the same kind as in the main line.} Qc6 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. f3 Rd8 16. Qc2 $14 Rxd4 17. Be3 $1 Rd7 18. Bxa7) 13... Qc6 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. f3 e5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. d5 {Aiming, at the cost of one pawn, to avoid the opening of the position before the queenside development gets completed.} Bxd5 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. Rad1 Qe6 20. e4 f5 $132 { Gelfand,B (2750)-Ivanchuk,V (2748)/Nice 2010 (1/2, 33)}) 12. Bxa8 Qxa8 { For the sacrificed exchange, Black has a dangerous bishops' pair, a space advantage on the queenside and a superior development. White's problems of coordination is caused by the fact that he has reverted the natural order of queenside development (he played with the bishop first, putting it on an exposed square and leaving the knight on its initial position).} 13. f3 { I do not understand this move. It weakens the king and does not contribute to the development. Anand is reported to have played it almost instantly, but I wonder whether this was part of his preparation, or just over the board inspiration, aiming to confuse his opponent. In my opinion, he should have looked for a way to complete his queenside development.} (13. Nc3 { leads to unclear consequences after} b4 14. Na4 Qd5 (14... Qc6 $6 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Bd6 $16) 15. a3 Bc6 16. f3 Bxa4 17. Qxa4 Qxd4+ 18. e3 Qxb2 19. axb4 Nd5 $44) ({While analyzing the position far from my laptop, I felt that White should prepare the knight's developing with} 13. a3 $1 {I am not sur e that Black's compensation would have been entirely adequate in this case. Here is a possible variation:} Qc6 14. Nc3 a5 15. Bg5 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. d5 $36 {When saving the lines in ChessBase, I was very dissapointed to find out that 13.a3 was Rybka's first suggestion, while the whole line (with the exception of 15.Bg5) gets its absolute blessing. I am not sure what all this means. Do we human tend to become robotized, or have the engines improved so much as to generate coherent dynamic-strategic concepts?}) 13... Nd5 14. Bd2 { White's position looks awkward, but Black has to act with energy in order to avoid being pushed down with e2-e4.} e5 $1 15. e4 {Who has said "A"...} (15. dxe5 {would open too many lines and diagonals:} Bh3) 15... Bh3 $1 {Sacrificing even more material in order to maintain the initiative, but, what is quite remarkable, continuing to play fast, as a clear sign that the whole plan had been thoroughly been analyzed at home.} 16. exd5 (16. Re1 Nb4 17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. Nc3 Qd8 $1 19. dxe5 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Qf2 21. Rg1 Qxb2 $44) (16. Rf2 Nc7 $5) 16... Bxf1 17. Qxf1 exd4 {White has a piece for a pawn, but his kingside is chronically weak and the opposite wing quite hard to develop. The position is highly irrational and almost impossible to evaluate with absolute accuracy.} 18. a4 $1 {The only chance to get some piece activity.} Qxd5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Rxa7 ({Instead of this greedy move, which weakens the back rank, White could have considered} 20. Qc1 $5 {, defending b2 and planning Na3.}) 20... Re8 $1 { Defending the bishop and continuing to develop.} 21. Kh1 $5 {This looks a bit unexpected, because the king does not stand very well on the back rank. Its practical merits are connected with the fact that it caused Topalov to think for a relatively long while for the first time in the game.} ({ Kasparov suggested} 21. b3 $5 {forcing Black to leave the e8-rook undefended.} Qxb3 22. Qe1 h6 {>c. The natural} e5 { invites a tactical solution} 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. Ndxe5 $5 Bxe5 18. Nb6 Nc6 19. Nxa8 Qd8 20. Rc5 Bd6 21. Rd5 Be6 22. Nb6 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 $14 {/<=>}) 13. Qa4 { Anand played this almost instantly - he proceeds to pile up his pressure.} ({ The more straightforward} 13. Na5 { practically wins the P back immediately, but after} Nd7 14. Nxb7 Bxb7 15. Bxb7 Rab8 {Black eases his task by simplification. While ^- do not always mean full equality in the Catalan, achieving the model situation as in;Beliavsky,A (2619) -Pavasovic,D (2597)/HUN-chT 0809 2008 (2)/1-0} {is far from simple. After} 16. Bg2 (16. Bxa6 $6 e5 {/\e4,Rb2|^}) 16... Ne5 (16... Rfc8 $143 17. b4 $1 Ne5 18. Qa4 $36) 17. Rb1 a5 $5 $132 {the position is approximately balanced.}) 13... Nc6 {Even now Black prefers to return material.} (13... b5 $2 { fails tactically to} 14. Qb4 bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nd7 16. Bxa8 Nb6 17. Qc7 $18) (13... Bd7 $6 14. Qb3 Bc6 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Qxb7 e5 17. Nd2 $1 (17. f3 Rfb8 18. Qxa6 $2 Bc5) 17... a5 18. Rac1 $36 { gives White an ideal position and justifies his opening idea.}) (13... Qe7 { deserves more attention:} 14. Na5 $5 (14. Rac1 Nd7 $13) (14. Qb4 Nc6 $5 (14... Qxb4 15. Nxb4 a5 16. Nd3 a4 17. Rac1 $44) 15. Bxc6 Qxb4 16. Nxb4 bxc6 17. Nxc6 f6 $132) 14... Bb6 15. Rac1 $44 {/\} Bd7 $6 16. Qb3 $36) (13... Nd7 14. Qb4 e5 15. Rac1 $44 { and again it's difficult for Black to unravel without concessions.}) 14. Rac1 { Again in the spirit of the previous move White spurns material.} ({However,} 14. Bxc6 $5 {is an interesting alternative. Although after} bxc6 15. Qxc6 Rb8 16. Nd6 (16. Rac1 $5 Bb7 17. Qa4 {/\Na5-c6 is perhaps more promising.}) 16... e5 17. Nxc8 Rfxc8 18. Qe4 Qe6 19. f4 (19. b4 $6 Re8 20. g4 Rbc8 $15) 19... exf4 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Rxf4 $14 {/<=> White's N is the better minor piece, it's still a far cry from;Grischuk,A (2756)-Khairullin,I (2617)/RUS-chT 17th 2010 (6)/1-0} (21. gxf4 Rc2 22. Kf2 Kf7 $132)) (14. Rfc1 { is another plausible idea - we will mention this later on.}) 14... e5 { Black also insists on freeing himself, other moves seem weaker:} (14... b5 $6 15. Qa3 $1 bxc4 16. Rxc4 $36 {advantageously regains the piece.}) (14... Rb8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nce5 $14) (14... Bd7 15. Nd6 Ne5 16. Qa3 Bc6 17. Nxb7 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 $14 { |^ and once again White will remain with a superior N against > chances) and his P (d4, <<) are rather vulnerable. However, White has a weakness of his own on e2 and while his N are currently very active, the potential of the ^^ can't be underestimated. All in all, at the very best White can be only microscopically better.} Qe4 {/\Bh3} (17... Qxc2 $143 18. Rxc2 Bf5 {gives White a slightly better version of the game position. Other Q-retreats also allow Qc6 under more favourable circumstances.}) (17... Qe6 18. Qc6 $14) (17... Qb7 18. Qc6 Qb8 $6 {is too artificial:} 19. Nd7 $16) (17... Qd5 18. Qc6 (18. Qc7 $5) (18. Nc6 Re8 19. Nf4 Qd6 $5 $132) 18... Bb7 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 {is similar to the game.}) 18. Qc6 Bb7 (18... Bf5 19. Qxe4 (19. Rfe1 Rfe8 {is hardly an improvement.}) 19... Bxe4 {-18...Bb7}) 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. Rc2 ({ Rybka here gives the unforced, but pretty line} 20. Nd7 Rfe8 21. Rc7 Bf5 22. Rfc1 Rxe2 23. Rxa7 $1 Rxa7 24. Rc8+ Kh7 25. Nf8+ Kg8 26. Nd7+ $11 {, but White prefers to keep the tension. Here it's time to recall 14.Rfc1 - if White's R would be now on a1 instead of f1, he could consider developing his initiative with 20.a4!?}) 20... Rfe8 {/\Re5} ({ Black naturally seeks counterattacking options, as he can't fight for the <->c: } 20... Rac8 21. Rfc1 Bf5 $4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nc6 Bg4 25. f3 $18) 21. Rfc1 f6 {Chases away the active Ne5, but slightly weakens Black's position. The text move was by no means forced, there was a number of plausible alternatives:} (21... Bf5) (21... a5) (21... Bd5) (21... Bb6 $5 $132 {/\Bd8-f6 All these moves lead to a balanced position.}) 22. Nd7 { Heads for c5 and starts the N carousel.} ({More ambitious seems to be} 22. Nc6 Bb6 23. a4 $5 (23. Kf1 a5 24. a4 $6 b4 $36 {Shipov; /\Bd5-b3}) 23... bxa4 ( 23... Kf7 24. a5 Bc7 25. Kf1 (25. b4 Bd6 $132) 25... h5 26. Ra1 Rec8 (26... h4 $5 27. Nxd4 Bd6 $44) 27. f3 Bf5 28. Rac1 $14) 24. Rc4 {/\Ra4, Rb4} a5 25. Rxa4 Bf5 $5 $132 (25... Kh7 26. b4 $5 Rac8 (26... axb4 27. Rxb4 Bxc6 28. Rxc6 Ba5 29. Rb7 Rxe2 30. Rxf6 $14) 27. Nxa5 Rc3 $44)) 22... Bf5 ({Simpler was} 22... Re7 23. N7c5 (23. Rc7 $2 Kf7 24. N3c5 Bf5 $17) 23... Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rae8 $11 { , but Topalov treasures his ^^ and also wants to keep the game going.}) 23. N7c5 Bb6 { An ambitious continuation, which however doesn't seriously disturb the balance. } ({In the spirit of his previous move, Black spurns} 23... Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Bxd3 25. exd3 Re2 26. R5c2 Rae8 27. Kf1 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Kf7 { Black is prepared to oppose White's R on all the squares from c5 to c8:} 29. Rc5 Re5 30. Rc6 Re6 31. Rc7+ Re7 32. Rc8 Re8 $11 {White has no clear way to improve his position - his K can't pass the <->e and moving the Pf2 weakens e3. }) 24. Nb7 $5 {/\Nd6,Rc6 White avoids simplification and (for the time being) finds a way to continue the fight.} Bd7 (24... Re6 $2 25. Rc6 $1 Ra7 26. Rxe6 Bxe6 27. Rc6 Rxb7 28. Rxe6 $14 {/+/- and in this _|_ White can torture his opponent endlessly - Black exchanged the wrong B.}) ({Interesting was} 24... Bg4 25. f3 Bf5 $5 (25... Bd7 26. Kf2 Re3 27. Nd6 $14) 26. Rc6 (26. Nd6 Bxd3 27. exd3 Re3 28. Rc6 Ba5) 26... Rxe2 27. Nf4 Rxb2 28. Rxb6 Rb8 29. Nd5 Kh7 30. a4 d3 $44 {<=>}) (24... Rxe2 $2 25. Rxe2 Bxd3 26. Re6 $18) (24... Rac8 25. Nd6 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Bxd3 $8 27. exd3 Re6 28. Rc8+ (28. Rc6 $2 Bd8 29. f4 f5 $1 { /\Kh7,Be7}) 28... Kh7 29. Nf5 g6 30. Nh4 $14 {|^}) 25. Nf4 { Anand plays it safe.} ({ Over the board it's difficult to decide for the computer-like sortie} 25. Nd6 Re6 26. Nc8 $1 Bd8 27. Rc5 (27. Kf1 $5 $14 {/\Rc5}) 27... Re8 (27... Kf8 $2 28. Nf4 $1 Re8 29. Nd6 $18 {traps the R.}) (27... Be7 28. Rc7 $16) 28. R1c2 $14 { and the Nc8 cramps Black and limits his options.}) 25... Rab8 ({ Chasing away the N without exchanges, but simpler was} 25... Rac8 $142 $1 { and Black is fine:} 26. Nd6 $142 (26. Nd5 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 d3 (27... Bh3 28. Rd2 ( 28. Nxb6 $2 d3) 28... Ba7 29. Nf4 Bd7 $13) (27... Ba7 28. Rc7 Bh3 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Ng6+ Kg8 31. Ne7+ $11) 28. exd3 Bh3 29. Ne3 (29. Rc1 Bd4 30. Nf4 Bg4 31. Kg2 g5 $36) 29... Bxe3 30. fxe3 Rxe3 31. Nc5 Rf3 32. Rf2 Re3 33. Rc2 $11) 26... Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Re5 $132) 26. Nd6 (26. Nc5 $5 Bxc5 (26... Bc8 27. Rd2 Rd8 28. Nfe6 $36) (26... Bf5 27. Nxa6 $1 Ra8 28. Nc7 Bxc7 29. Rxc7 Re5 (29... Rxa2 30. Nh5 $40) 30. Rd1 $5 $14) 27. Rxc5 g5 28. Nd5 $1 Kf7 29. R1c2 $14 (29. Kf1 Kg6 30. f3 Re5 31. Nb4 $14)) 26... Re5 27. Nc8 { There was no need to hurry with this.} (27. h4 g5 28. Nd3 Re6 29. Nf5 Ree8 $5 30. Nd6 Re6 $11) ({Perhaps the most promising was} 27. Nd3 $5 Re6 28. Nc8 Re8 $5 (28... Ba5 29. b4 Bd8 30. Rc5 $14 { /\Rd5 is similar to the 25.Nd6 line above.}) 29. Nxb6 Rxb6 30. Rc7 Rd6 31. R1c2 $14) ({Landa suggests} 27. h3 {/\} g5 28. Nd3 Re6 29. Nf5 h5 30. g4 { , gaining an outpost for the N.}) 27... Ba5 $1 (27... Bd8 28. Na7 $1 { /\Nc6+/= simplifies the position in White's favour.}) 28. Nd3 (28. Na7 $2 { is not good any more due to} Rbe8 $1 $36 {/\} 29. Nc6 Bxc6 30. Rxc6 Bd2 $1 $17) 28... Re8 {The Nc8 understandably makes Black nervous.} (28... Re6 $143 29. b4 Bd8 30. Rc5 $14 {-27.Nd3 transposes to a line, pleasant for White.}) 29. Na7 { The N continues its dance, but after the tex t-move White's slight pressure dissipates.} ({Shipov recommends the more ambitious} 29. Nd6 Re6 30. Nf5 Bb6 31. h4 {/\h5,>.}) 29... Bb6 ({Black could have already played} 29... Ra8 30. Nc6 Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Rxe2 {but with White's strong Nd3 the extra P isn't worth much. Moreover, White has motifs with trapping Black's R:} 32. Kf1 (32. Rc8+ Rxc8 33. Rxc8+ Kh7 34. Rc6 Rd2 35. Rxa6 Bc3 $1 $11) 32... Rd2 33. R1c2 Rxc2 (33... Rxd3 34. Ke2 Rc3 35. bxc3 dxc3 36. Kd1 $14) 34. Rxc2 Kf8 35. Rc6 Ke7 36. Nc5 d3 37. Nxd3 Kd7 $11) 30. Nc6 Rb7 {Topalov quickly decided to fight on, preferring to keep the more valuable Bd7, rather than the ineffective Bb6.} (30... Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Rxe2 32. Rc8+ (32. Kf1 Rd2 33. Rc8+) 32... Rxc8 33. Rxc8+ Kf7 34. Kf1 (34. Ra8 a5 35. Rb8 $44) 34... Rd2 35. Rc6 ( 35. Ke1 $2 Ba5 $19) 35... Ba5 36. Rxa6 Bc3 $11) 31. Ncb4 a5 32. Nd5 a4 { Gains more space on the <<, but Black had other equally satisfactory moves:} ( 32... Be6 33. N3f4 (33. Nxb6 Rxb6 34. b3 Bg4 $11) 33... Bf5 $132) (32... Bg4 $11) (32... Bf5 $5 $11) 33. Nxb6 {Anand releases the tension, after this the game inexorably heads towards a peaceful outcome. However, White can hardly claim an advantage even after more ambitious continuations:} (33. h4 Be6 (33... Bg4 $5 34. N3f4 Ba7) 34. N3f4 Bf7 35. h5 Kh7 $13) (33. N3f4 Bf5 34. Rc6 Bd8 $132 {/\} 35. Rd1 $6 g5 $1 36. Nxf6+ Bxf6 37. Rxf6 Rf7 $15) 33... Rxb6 $11 { After 12 N-moves in a row and 13 overall (!) by this one piece the game settles down.} 34. Nc5 Bf5 35. Rd2 (35. Nd3 $6 Be6 36. Nb4 Bc4 $15) 35... Rc6 { Despite the loss of the ^^, Black's >c and e.} 36. b4 axb3 (36... Rc7 37. f3 Rce7 38. Kf2 Bg6 39. Re1 Bf7 { /\Bc4<=>}) 37. axb3 b4 $1 {/\Rec8 An accurate move, allowing White to play b4 would cement his outpost on c5, so that he can turn his attention to the >c, but it results in a liquidation of the <<.} Rxe2 39. Rxb4 Bh3 $1 {/\Rc5} 40. Rbc4 (40. Rb5 Rd6 41. Rb4 $5 Rdd2 42. Rh4 Rc2 $44 43. Rc4 Ra2 44. Rh4 Rec2 45. Nd3 Bf5 46. Rxc2 Rxc2 47. Nb4 Rb2 $11) 40... Rd6 41. Re4 ({ Another possible draw results after} 41. Rh4 Rc2 42. Ra1 Ra2 43. Re1 Re2 44. Re4 Rb2 45. b4 (45. Rh4 Re2 $11) 45... Rdd2 46. Rh4 Re2 47. Nd3 Rxe1+ 48. Nxe1 Bd7 49. f3 Bb5 50. Rd4 Rb1 51. Kf2 Rb2+ 52. Kg1 Rb1 $11) 41... Rb2 42. Ree1 ( 42. Rh4 Rc2 $11 {-41.Rh4}) 42... Rdd2 43. Ne4 Rd4 (43... Rd3 44. Rb1 { transposes to the game.} (44. Rc3 $11)) 44. Nc5 Rdd2 (44... f5 $6 45. Ne6 Re4 46. f3 $1 Rxe1+ 47. Rxe1 {/\Nf4} g5 48. f4 gxf4 (48... Rxb3 49. fxg5 hxg5 50. Nxg5 $14) 49. Nxf4 $14) 45. Ne4 Rd3 46. Rb1 (46. Rc3 Rxc3 47. Nxc3 Rxb3 48. Nd5 $11) (46. Nc5 $2 Rf3 $19) 46... Rdxb3 47. Nd2 Rb4 48. f3 {White creates an airhole for his K, avoiding any possible danger. The rest is not interesting anymore.} g5 49. Rxb2 Rxb2 50. Rd1 (50. Re8+ Kf7 51. Rd8 {/\Kf2=}) 50... Kf7 51. Kf2 h5 52. Ke3 Rc2 53. Ra1 Kg6 54. Ra6 Bf5 55. Rd6 Rc3+ 56. Kf2 Rc2 (56... Rc2 57. Ke3 {repeats the position.}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2010.04.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D17"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2787"] [Annotator "Postny,E"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2010.04.24"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.05.18"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 {As it seen times in previous World Championship matches, the theoretical discussion continues. Topalov makes a second attempt to crack this line.} a6 14. Rc1 Rg8 15. h4 h5 $5 $146 {Once again Anand makes a new move before Topalov gets a chance to show what he has prepared against Anand's choice in game three. Compared to 15...h6, here Black's light-squared has a bit more space as it won't be driven away by h4-h5. On the other hand, Ph5 might become a target. My personal feeling is that 15...h6 is more precise.} ({ In game three there followed:} 15... h6 16. Ke2 Bd6 17. h5 Bh7 18. a5 Ke7 19. Na4 f6 20. b4 Rgc8 21. Bc5 Bxc5 22. bxc5 Rc7 23. Nb6 Rd8 24. Nxd7 Rdxd7 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2805)-Anand,V (2787)/Sofia BUL 2010/The Week in Chess 808 (46)}) 16. Ne2 $1 {Topalov reacts accordingly. After 15...h5 this manoeuvre makes sense, - the knight is heading to f4.} (16. O-O Bd6 17. f4 Rc8 18. Ba2 Ke7 19. f5 Bh7 $11) ({ The same plan as in game three won't yield White anything:} 16. Ke2 Bd6 17. a5 Ke7 18. Na4 f6 $11 {and the bishop returns into play via f7. The same would occur in the event of 16.Kf2.}) 16... Bd6 (16... Bc5 $6 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Nf4 Rc8 (18... Nxa4 $2 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Bxe6 $18) 19. Ke2 Ke7 20. a5 Kf6 21. Rhd1 $16 {is exactly what White is striving for. Black's bishop is stuck on g6 since it has to protect the Ph5. Meanwhile, White is going to develop his play on the queenside.}) 17. Be3 {At this point there was an electricity cut in the playing venue. The game was stopped and resumed in about 15 minutes when the electricity came back. It seems that this incident didn't affect both players much.} Ne5 18. Nf4 Rc8 {Black should keep the knight on e5 to protect the Bg6.} (18... Nxc4 $6 19. Rxc4 b5 20. Rc2 Bxf4 { Otherwise the exchange on g6 will ruin Black's structure.} 21. Bxf4 bxa4 22. Kf2 f6 23. Bd6 {White is clearly better. Black's rooks lack coordination.}) 19. Bb3 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Ke7 ({Black is not in time to cover the Pe6 and bring his light-squared bishop into a play:} 20... Kd7 21. Ke2 Re8 22. Rd1 $16 f6 $2 23. Be3 $18) 21. Ke2 Rc8 22. Bd2 $2 { A natural move, but it allows the trick that now follows.} (22. Rd1 $1 Rc6 ( 22... Bb4 23. Be3 $16) (22... Bc5 23. Bd2 $16) 23. Be3 Bc5 24. Bd2 $1 f6 (24... Rb6 25. Bc3 $1 Nxf3 (25... Rxb3 26. Bxe5 Bxe4 27. fxe4 Re3+ 28. Kf1 Rxe4 29. Nd3 $16) (25... Bd6 26. Ba2 $16) 26. Bxe6 $1 Rxe6 27. Nxe6 Ng1+ 28. Kf1 Kxe6 ( 28... fxe6 29. Bd4 $18) 29. Rd5 Ba7 30. Bd4 $18) 25. Bxe6 $1 Rxe6 26. Nxe6 Kxe6 27. f4 Bxe4 28. fxe5 Kxe5 29. Be3 {I believe Black can still hold this position with tenacious defence, but it would be an unpleasant task for Anand.} ) 22... f6 $1 {This strong move solves Black's problems. The Pe6 can't really be captured and Anand is bringing his light-squared bishop into play.} 23. Nxg6+ {White must grab the bishop, otherwise after 23...Bf7 he can forget about any advantage.} (23. Nxe6 Bf7 24. Nd4 Bxb3 25. Nxb3 Rc2 26. f4 (26. Rb1 Nc4 27. Kd3 Rxb2 $15) 26... Ng4 27. Rb1 Rc4 28. Kf3 Rxa4 { Black is at least not worse.}) (23. Bxe6 Rc2 24. Rb1 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Bxf4 26. Rd1 Bxd2 (26... Rxb2 27. Kd3 Rxd2+ 28. Rxd2 Bxd2 29. Kxd2 $11) 27. Bd3 Rxb2 28. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 29. Kxd2 a5 $11) 23... Nxg6 24. g3 Ne5 (24... Bxg3 $2 25. Rg1 Nf4+ 26. Kf1 Bh2 27. Rxg7+ Kd6 28. Rxb7 $18) 25. f4 Nc6 $11 26. Bc3 Bb4 { The exchange of bishops favours Black.} 27. Bxb4+ Nxb4 28. Rd1 Nc6 29. Rd2 g5 ( 29... Na5 30. Rc2 Rd8 31. Rc7+ Kd6 32. Rc3 Nxb3 33. Rxb3 Kc7 $11) 30. Kf2 (30. hxg5 fxg5 31. e5 h4 32. Rd6 hxg3 33. fxg5 (33. Rxe6+ $6 Kd7 34. Rd6+ Kc7 35. fxg5 Re8 36. Kf1 Rxe5 $15) 33... Rf8 34. Rxe6+ Kd7 35. Rd6+ Ke7 (35... Kc7 $2 36. Rf6 $1 $16) 36. Re6+ Kd7 $11) 30... g4 { Not the only option, but it makes sense to fix the Pg3 as a potential target.} 31. Rc2 Rd8 32. Ke3 Rd6 33. Rc5 Nb4 {Black's tandem of rook + knight creates sufficient counterthreats, so White doesn't have time to capture the Ph5.} 34. Rc7+ Kd8 35. Rc3 Ke7 36. e5 Rd7 37. exf6+ Kxf6 38. Ke2 Nc6 39. Ke1 {A slightly strange manoeuvre of the king from e3 to e1, but it doesn't change the estimation of the position as equal.} Nd4 40. Bd1 a5 41. Rc5 Nf5 42. Rc3 Nd4 43. Rc5 Nf5 44. Rc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2010.04.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2010.04.24"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.05.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ {Topalov wisely deviates from the variation that had led him to defeat in the previous game with Black. Eperienced match players from the past took this as a golden rule. Even if the position itself had been ok, it is better to avoid unpleasant memories. One famous example about what can happen in the contrary case is the Candidates' match between Spassky and Geller in 1968. The latter stubbornly played the same line against the Closed Sicilian and lost the first 3 games with Black. When he decided to operate a change, it was too late already: the match was basically lost.} 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 (7. Nc3 $5 O-O 8. a3 (8. Bg5 { Gelfand,B (2758)-Kramnik,V (2772)/Moscow 2009/CBM 133/[Marin,M] (1/2, 81)}) 8... Be7 { 0-1 Carlsen,M (2810)-Kramnik,V (2788)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM 135/[Marin,M] (38)} ) (7. O-O $5 O-O 8. Bg5 { Ivanchuk,V (2740)-Alekseev,E (2711)/Foros 2008/CBM 125/[Marin,M] (1-0, 53)}) 7... Bxd2+ (7... Ra6 $5 {Marin,M (2551)-Kortschnoj,V (2611)/Reggio Emilia 2008/ CBM 122/[Marin,M] (1/2, 58)}) 8. Qxd2 {Previously to this game, the text move was considered as a preliminary step to the queen's activation to g5. As we will see, Anand will go a bit further with the abstract understanding of this position.} c6 9. a4 b5 10. Na3 $5 $146 ({Deviating from} 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Qg5 {Kramnik,V (2743)-Topalov,V (2813)/Elista 2006/CBM 115/[Marin,M] (1-0, 75). ***It appears that Anand considered 8.Qxd2 as the start of a general redistributing of forces. The knight is employed for putting pressure on b5 and c4, while the queen will set up pressure along the d-file (after 0-0 and Rfd1), maintaining the threat of Qg5 in reserve. Apart from being objectively strong, his novelty has the practical advantage of leaving Black with a rather narrow choice, resulting in a relative ease of predicting the next few moves during home analysis.}) 10... Bd7 {There is nothing better than this awkward move, which places the bishop in the way of its colleagues.} (10... Ba6 { leaves the c6-square vulnerable, allowing} 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. axb5 $16 { White retrieves the pawn, maintaining the better structure and a strong bishop. }) 11. Ne5 Nd5 {This is a first critical moment. The knight move looks natural, but causes a big loss of time, allowing White increase his domination in the centre. Besides, the kingside defence is weakened, which will prove a decisive factor in the end. Black had two other ways of removing the pin along the long diagonal.} (11... Ra7 $6 12. axb5 cxb5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Qg5 {(We can see that White did not give up the idea of the queen incursion completely; he only kept it in reserve for a favourable moment!)} O-O 15. Qxb5 Qxd4 16. Rd1 Qg4 { (Sadly, the only available square for the queen, leaving the left wing vulnerable.)} 17. Nxc4 $16 {Black will lose the a5-pawn, while his poor coordination prevents him from getting enough counterplay.}) (11... Ra6 12. O-O (12. axb5 cxb5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Qg5 O-O 15. Qxb5 Qxd4 16. Nxc4 ({ With the rook on a6,} 16. Rd1 {is ineffective because of} Qb6 $1 { with complete simpilifications and a probable draw after} 17. Qxb6 Rxb6 18. Nxc4 Rb4 19. Nxa5 Rxb2 $11) 16... Ne4 {(Hitting f2 and threatening to exchange the active white knight with ...Nd6, which would more or less equalise.)} 17. e3 Qc5 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 {. The a5-pawn is indirectly defended because of ...Nd3+ followed by ...Nxb2, while otherwise Black seems more or less OK.}) 12... O-O 13. Rfd1 Be8 14. Rac1 $44 {Black is in no immediate danger yet, but it is far from clear, how he will get to complete his development.}) 12. e4 Nb4 { The evaluation of this move depends on the depth of the examination. Optically speaking, this looks like a great square for the knight. Practically, it does not do much, failing to defend Black's own pawn chain or put pressure on a4, in order to force the releasing of the tension. Concrete analysis proves that Black could not play the more desirable moves, though:} (12... Nb6 { attacks a4, more or less forcing} 13. axb5 { , but this works out well for White because the knight is vulnerable on b6:} cxb5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qg5 Qxd4 (15... O-O { is relatively better, with just a bad position after} 16. Qxb5 {, when} Qxd4 $2 {drops a piece to} 17. Rd1 $18) 16. Rd1 Qf6 17. Qxb5+ N8d7 (17... N6d7 { loses a rook to} 18. e5 $18) 18. Nxc4 $18 {and one of the knights will be lost. }) ({***} 12... Nc7 { would be a good consolidating move if Black could get castled in time, but} 13. d5 $16 {In case of general exchanges, the f7-square and the a8-rook would be forked by the queen. After the text move, the possibility of ...Nd3+ forces White to get castled before initiating active operations, but, as mentioned before, the long term effects of the knight's presence on b4 are unfavourable for Black.}) 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 {White has completed his development and all his pieces are placed on optimal squares. One may argue that the queen's rook and knight could desire a better fate, but their latent pressure against the b5-pawn and along the a-file is quite useful. Anticipating a bit, it will not take long before these pieces will emerge into play very effectively.} Be8 { Black evacuates the d-file anticipating the central break.} (14... N8a6 $6 15. d5 $16) (14... Qe7 $5 15. Qe3 {renewing the threat of d5.} Be8 16. d5 f6 (16... Qd6 17. Nxc6 N8xc6 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. axb5 $16) 17. dxc6 (17. Nxc6 N8xc6 18. dxc6 bxa4 19. e5 $14) 17... fxe5 18. axb5 Bxc6 19. bxc6 N8xc6 20. Rac1 Nd4 21. Nxc4 $14 {Black's knights stand actively, but they are not 100% stable, because both the a5 and the e5 pawns are weak.}) 15. d5 $1 Qd6 (15... Qb6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Bh3 $44) (15... f6 16. dxc6 (16. Ng4 $36) 16... Qxd2 17. Rxd2 fxe5 18. axb5 Bxc6 19. bxc6 N8xc6 20. Nxc4 $14) 16. Ng4 (16. dxc6 $5 { also looks strong:} Qxe5 17. axb5 {Black's queenside is paralysed and Black has to return the piece, but this will not even the chances.} Bxc6 18. bxc6 N8xc6 19. Nxc4 Qc5 20. Qc3 {White has the same kind of domination as at a later stage in the game. The a5-pawn is vulnerable and the threat of e4-e5 followed by the occupation of the d6-square quite annoying. In case of} e5 21. Rd7 $16 {, Black cannot fight for the d-file with the help of the rooks, because this would cost him the a5-pawn.}) 16... Qc5 17. Ne3 {The knight has reached a stable square, from where it consolidates White's control over the d5-square and increases the pressure against the c4-pawn.} N8a6 {Finally, Black has started developing. However, this is not done in the optimal way. The knight would be so much more useful closer to the d4-square, while on the edge of the board it is passive and causes difficulties with keeping a5 well defended.} 18. dxc6 bxa4 {Black's extra pawn on the a-file will not be too threatening in the middlegame, but Topalov probably wanted to shield his other a-pawn with its colleague.} ({After} 18... Bxc6 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Naxc4 Bxc4 21. Rac1 $16 {The a5-pawn would be more vulnerable, but Black would have exchanged one pair of minor pieces. All in all, the objective evaluation of the position would remain the same.}) 19. Naxc4 Bxc6 20. Rac1 h6 (20... Qe7 { would hardly be a solution because of} 21. Nxa5 $16 { retrieving the pawn and questioning Black's queenside stability.}) ({ ***In the event of a neutral move such as} 20... Rab8 {(it should be mentioned that there are not too many of this kind available), White could play} 21. Nd6 Qa7 22. Ng4 {threatening Qg5 followed by e5 with attack.} f6 { would weaken the e6-square and can be met with} 23. Bf1 $16 {followed by Bc4. Play would have acquired different contours than in the game, but the essence would have remained the same.}) 21. Nd6 Qa7 (21... Qh5 22. f4 $16) 22. Ng4 $1 Rad8 (22... f6 23. e5 $1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 f5 25. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 26. Qxh6 Qe7 27. Rc4 $40 {With his e6-pawn weak and Rh4 coming, Black is in deep trouble.}) ({ Speelman} 22... Nc5 23. Rc4 $1 $16 (23. Nxh6+ $6 gxh6 24. Qxh6 Ncd3 $132)) 23. Nxh6+ $1 $18 gxh6 24. Qxh6 f6 (24... Qe7 25. e5 Bxg2 26. Rd4 $18) 25. e5 $1 Bxg2 26. exf6 Rxd6 (26... Bf3 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. f7 $18) (26... Qh7 { can be met by} 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Rc4 {threatening Rh4, when} Rg8 29. Nf7+ $1 { leads to mate.}) 27. Rxd6 Be4 (27... Bd5 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Rc4 Bxc4 30. Rd4 $18 {In this line, White has preserved precisely the necessary amount of pieces for a win. Black cannot prevent mate on h7 or g7 at the same time.}) 28. Rxe6 Nd3 29. Rc2 Qh7 30. f7+ $5 Qxf7 (30... Rxf7 31. Re8+ {leads to mate.}) 31. Rxe4 {The material balance is more or less even, but Black's king remains desperately weak and the general coordination is very poor.} Qf5 (31... Nxf2 32. Rf4) 32. Re7 1-0 [Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2010.04.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D17"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2787"] [Annotator "Postny,E"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2010.04.24"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.05.18"] 1. d4 d5 {After an opening catastrophe in game one, Anand made his choice in favour of a more solid Slav Defence.} 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 ({The main and much sharper line goes as follows:} 7... Bb4 8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14. Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 {and so on. White's king is not safe, but normally the bishop is slightly superior to black's three extra pawns.}) 8. e4 Bg6 { Anand is repeating the line that was employed also by Kramnik in the World championship match in Elista 2006.} ({Another interesting line} 8... cxd4 9. exf5 Bb4 10. Bxc4 dxc3 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {should be prepared carefully beforehand. }) 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 {White has an advantage in space and normally can torture his opponent for quite some time in this endgame. Black's main problem is the Bg6 which is out of play. However, Anand obviously came well prepared, and doesn't mind suffering a bit. After all, Black doesn't have any weaknesses, but needs to be careful and patient. The overall statistics reflects the objective evaluation of this position: few wins for White, most of the games were drawn, zero wins for Black.} a6 14. Rc1 {Topalov deviates from his game against Kramnik.} (14. Ke2 Rg8 15. Rhd1 Rc8 16. b3 Bc5 17. a5 Ke7 18. Na4 Bb4 19. Nb6 Nxb6 20. Bxb6 f6 21. Rd3 Rc6 22. h4 Rgc8 23. g4 Bc5 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2813)-Kramnik,V (2743)/Elista 2006/CBM 115 (31)}) 14... Rg8 $1 $146 {A novelty, but the idea itself isn't new. The rook protects the Pg7, so that the dark-squared bishop will be developed.} (14... Rc8 15. Ne2 Bb4+ ( 15... Rg8 16. h4 h6 17. Kf2 Rc6 18. b4 $1 $16 { 1-0 Gyimesi,Z (2610)-Bindrich,F (2512)/Germany 2008/CBM 124 (29)}) 16. Kf2 O-O 17. h4 h5 18. Nf4 Kh7 19. Rhd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Mareco,S (2526)-El Debs,F (2480)/ Campinas BRA 2010/The Week in Chess 794 (26)}) 15. h4 h6 16. Ke2 { I tend to think that this is not the best square for the king.} (16. Kf2 { I suggest this as an improvement. This move seems to me more flexible, as in some variations White can use the e2 square for one of his minor pieces. This idea can be seen if Black follows the same plan as in the game. For instance:} Bd6 17. h5 (17. Ne2 Ke7 18. h5 Bh7 19. Ba2 f6 20. Be3 Rgc8 $11) 17... Bh7 18. a5 Ke7 19. Na4 f6 20. Be2 $1 Rgc8 21. Bc3 { Blocking the c-file and preparing toexert pressure along the d-file.} Bg8 22. Rhd1 $16 Bf7 $140 $2 23. Rxd6 $1 Kxd6 24. Bb4+ Ke5 25. Ke3 $18 {Obviously, k's defence can be improved along the way, but one thing is clear - this position is not a piece of cake for the second player.}) 16... Bd6 17. h5 Bh7 18. a5 $1 { Fixing the queenside, and at the same time provoking Anand to go for the pawn.} Ke7 {Declining the challenge, just following the general plan of development.} (18... Bb4 {Now White obviously wouldn't like to play 19.Ra1, but has to be ready to sacrifice the pawn and play for an initiative. To my mind he has two interesting options.} 19. Nb5 $5 (19. Na4 Bxa5 20. b4 (20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Bd8 22. Rhd1 {yields White sufficient compensation, but I fail to realse how he can create any reasonable threat.}) 20... Bd8 21. b5 Bf6 22. Be3 Ke7 23. Rhd1 Rgd8 24. Bd3 Rdc8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. bxa6 bxa6 27. Bxa6 Rc2+ $11) 19... axb5 20. Bxb5 {Here Black must be very careful.} Rxa5 $1 (20... Bxa5 $2 21. Bc5 $1 Rc8 22. Rhd1 Rc6 23. Ba3 $1 Ne5 24. Bd6 $1 f6 25. b4 Bd8 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Bxc6+ bxc6 28. Rxc6 $18) (20... e5 $2 21. Bc5 $1 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Ke7 23. Rc7 Rgd8 24. Rd1 Rxa5 25. Rdxd7+ Rxd7 26. Rxd7+ Kf6 27. Rxb7 $18) 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Rhd1 Rb5 $1 (22... Ke7 $2 23. Rc7+ Ke8 24. Rxb7 Bc5 25. Rc1 Ra7 26. Rxa7 Bxa7 27. Bxa7 $18) 23. Bc5+ (23. Bb6+ $2 Ke7 $1 24. Rc7+ Kf6 25. Rxb7 Bc5 26. Bd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxb5 Bd4 $17) 23... Ke8 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Rc7 Rxb2+ 26. Ke3 g6 27. Rdd7 gxh5 28. Re7+ Kd8 29. Red7+ $11) 19. Na4 f6 20. b4 $1 Rgc8 (20... Bxb4 $6 {would have been risky as it opens too many lines for White's pieces.} 21. Rb1 Bxa5 22. Rxb7 Rgb8 23. Bc5+ Ke8 24. Rxb8+ Rxb8 25. Bd6 Rc8 26. Bxe6 Rc2+ 27. Ke3 $14) 21. Bc5 (21. Nc5 Bxc5 (21... Nxc5 $6 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Bxe6 $1 Kxe6 24. Bxc5 {In spite of the opposite coloured bishops, White keeps winning chances here as soon as rooks are on the board.}) 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Ba2 Nd7 { White has a certain compensation for the pawn, but not more than that.}) 21... Bxc5 22. bxc5 Rc7 {The safest.} (22... Rc6 $6 23. Rhd1 Rac8 (23... Nxc5 24. Bd5 exd5 25. exd5 Nxa4 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Rxc6 { is bad for Black since his pieces are discoordinated.}) 24. Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7 25. Nb6+ Rxb6 26. cxb6 Bg8 27. e5 $1 fxe5 28. Rd1+ Ke7 29. Bd3 Rc5 30. Be4 Rxa5 31. Rc1 $16) 23. Nb6 Rd8 24. Nxd7 (24. Bd5 $5 { is interesting from the aesthetic point of view, but brings White nothing.} Ne5 (24... Nxc5 $6 25. Bxb7 $1 $14) 25. f4 Nd3 $1 26. Kxd3 exd5 27. f5 dxe4+ 28. Kxe4 Ke8 $1 29. g4 Re7+ 30. Kf4 Rd4+ 31. Kf3 Rd3+ $11) 24... Rdxd7 {Black has s olved his problems. All he needs to do is to bring the dreaming bishop into the game.} 25. Bd3 Bg8 {Anand just follows his plan.} (25... f5 $1 { was a good alternative.} 26. c6 Rxc6 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. Rb1 fxe4 29. fxe4 Rd4 30. Rb7+ Kf8 (30... Kf6 $4 31. e5+ Kxe5 32. Bxh7 $18) 31. Ke3 Ra4 32. Rb8+ Kf7 {Now White must give a perpetual check, as he can't go for the bishop:} 33. Rh8 $2 Rxa5 34. Rxh7 Kg8 $19) 26. c6 {Trying to get to the Pa6.} Rd6 $1 (26... bxc6 27. Rc5 $14) 27. cxb7 Rxb7 28. Rc3 Bf7 29. Ke3 (29. Rhc1 {was pointed out by some annotators as an improvement, but I doubt whether White has real winning chances here. For instance:} Bxh5 (29... Be8 30. Rc7+ Rd7 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Bxa6 Ra7 $11) 30. Rc7+ Rxc7 31. Rxc7+ Rd7 32. Rc8 (32. Rxd7+ Kxd7 33. Bxa6 Kc6 34. Ke3 e5 $11) 32... Ra7 33. Rg8 g5 34. Rb8 Be8 35. Rb6 Bd7 36. Rxa6 Rxa6 37. Bxa6 Kd6 $11) 29... Be8 30. g4 e5 31. Rhc1 Bd7 32. Rc5 Bb5 $1 {The most direct way to solve Black's last problem - the Pa6. The exchange of bishops leads to a drawish double rook ending.} 33. Bxb5 axb5 34. Rb1 (34. Rc7+ Rd7 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Kd3 Rd7+ $11) 34... b4 35. Rb3 Ra6 36. Kd3 Rba7 37. Rxb4 Rxa5 38. Rxa5 Rxa5 {Since Topalov decided not to offer or accept draws, the only way is to force the three move repetition. Therefore, the game continued a bit more.} 39. Rb7+ Kf8 40. Ke2 Ra2+ 41. Ke3 Ra3+ 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Ra3+ 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Ke3 Ra3+ 46. Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2010.04.25"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2805"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2010.04.24"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.05.18"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {Anand allows the Queen's Indian - if he played} (3. g3 {directly, he would have to reckon with a possible transposition to the Benoni with} c5 {see Aronian-Topalov, Linares 2010 (CBM 135).}) 3... d5 4. g3 { While closed games did bring Anand success in Bonn 2008 and Topalov certainly expected 1.d4, the Catalan until now figured only in a few Anand's blitz games. Running a bit ahead, it seems a psychologically astute choice - Topalov usually strives for the initiative from the beginning, while in the Catalan most of Black's ambitious choices are connected with taking a P and holding on to it, while trying to survive White's initiative. As we saw in numerous games earlier (For example in Game 1, or Topalov-Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee 2008 to name a few), Topalov is more comfortable with sacrificing material himself, than defending. This game offers further proof.} dxc4 {The most solid moves are} ( 4... Be7 {and}) (4... Bb4+ {Topalov most often played the latter move and turned to it in Game 7, albeit even then he connected it with an attractive sacrificial concept.}) 5. Bg2 a6 {If MegaBase is complete, Topalov previously played this only once. Possibly he was counting on the effect of surprise and in a sense this calculation paid off to certain extent - Anand's play in the transition from the opening to the middlegame wasn't quite ideal (see move 15). However, the general character of the resulting positions will still fit him fine enough.} 6. Ne5 ({A more usual continuation is the pawn sacrifice} 6. O-O $5 b5 ({After} 6... Nc6 {White has recently been successful with} 7. Bg5 $5 Be7 8. e3 Nd5 (8... Bd7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rc1 Rb8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 b5 13. b3 $44 Be7 14. bxc4 bxc4 15. Rxc4 Nb4 16. a4 Qe8 17. Nc3 Nc6 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bd6 20. Qc2 $36 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2733)-Potkin,V (2619)/Villarrobledo rpd/2009/}) 9. Bxe7 Ncxe7 (9... Qxe7 10. Qc1 Nb6 11. Nfd2 Qb4 12. a3 Qb5 13. Nc3 Qf5 14. Nce4 e5 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 exd4 17. Nd6+ cxd6 18. Bxc6+ Ke7 19. Bd5 Be6 20. Qc7+ Kf6 21. e4 Qh5 22. Qxd6 Rhd8 23. Qf4+ Ke7 24. Qc7+ Kf8 25. Rfd1 Rac8 26. Qxb7 Bxd5 27. Qb4+ Kg8 28. Qxd4 $18 {Landa,K (2655)-Vallejo Pons,F (2696)/Lugo/2009/ }) 10. Ne5 (10. a4 Rb8 $13) 10... b5 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Nd3 Qd6 15. Qb2 Qb6 16. e4 Nf6 17. Nc5 Rfd8 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. b4 Be8 20. e5 Nfd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Ra5 $14 { Pelletier,Y (2589)-Fressinet,L (2658)/EU-chT Novi Sad/2009/}) 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. a4 (8. e4 Nf6 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nc3 c6 13. Bf4 ({ More principled is} 13. d5 $5 { recommended also by Avrukh in his acclaimed repetoire book. His main line runs} Be7 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Bh3 Qc8 17. Nf3 Na6 18. Ng5 Nc7 19. Bf4 Nfe8 20. Rd1 $5 $146 Bb7 21. Qe3 h6 22. Nf3 Na6 23. Ne5 Nec7 24. Ng6 Bc5 25. Qd2 Rf6 26. Ne5 $44) 13... Be7 14. Qa1 Nbd7 15. d5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 cxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Re1+ Kf8 21. Qa3+ Be7 22. Qa7 g6 23. Nxb5 d4 { 1/2,Radjabov,T (2656)-Topalov,V (2735)/Linares/2004/ is the game I mentioned above.}) 8... Bb7 9. b3 {Therefore Black tries to keep the position closed with } c3 (9... cxb3 10. Qxb3 $32 ({or} 10. axb5 $5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Qxb3 $44 {is considered risky for Black due to White's lead in development.})) 10. e4 { and now:} {A better chance is} b4 $5 ({After} 10... Nf6 {the critical move is} 11. Nxc3 $1 (11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nxc3 b4 $132 { and even forcing play doesn't give White an advantage:} 14. Nb5 c6 15. d5 $5 cxb5 16. dxe6 Qxd1 17. exf7+ Ke7 18. Rxd1 Bxe4 $1 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Re1 Nc5 21. Ng6+ Kxf7 22. Nxh8+ Kg8 23. Re8 Nbd7 24. Bd2 Kxh8 25. Bxb4 Kg8 $11 { Hera,I (2526)-Pavasovic,D (2601)/Nova Gorica/2008/}) 11... b4 12. Na2 Nbd7 ( 12... Bxe4 $2 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qf3 f5 15. Qh5+ $18) 13. Bf4 $1 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe4 $6 (14... Nd7 $142 15. Bf4 Be7 16. Rc1 c5 17. dxc5 $36) 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Qe1 f5 17. Nxb4 c5 18. Nd3 cxd4 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Bxd4 Qd7 21. Qa1 Bd6 22. Bxg7 Rg8 23. Bh6 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Qxd3 25. Qe5 $16 { /+-,Inarkiev,E (2676)-Naiditsch,A (2700)/Poikovsky/2009/}) 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 c6 $5 (13... Bg7 $6 14. Nxc3 $1 bxc3 15. Ba3 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Rac1 Ra7 18. Rxc3 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 Qxd4 20. Re3 Ke7 21. Qh3 $40 { Buturin,V-Novikov,I (2500)/USSR/1986/}) {, but even here White is better after} 14. Be3 Bg7 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Nxc3 bxc3 17. Rxc3 Qa5 18. Rac1 $14 { Peto,P (2095)-Dutra Neto,A (1972)/corr/2001/}) 6... c5 ({ Black can also deviate with} 6... Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nd5 {, but he must reckon with} 8. O-O $5 ({Kramnik's attempt to improve upon} 8. Bd2 b5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O $13) 8... O-O ({ Nobody has yet tried the risky (or foolhardy?), but perhaps playable} 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 Qxd4 11. Qa4+ b5 12. Qa3 Qxe5 13. Bf4 Qf6 14. Bxc7 $5 Be5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Bxa8 Qc7 $13 {/\Qe7,Nd7-c5}) 9. Qc2 b5 {An interesting try is } 10. Be4 $5 (10. Nxd5 exd5 11. b3 c6 12. e4 f6 13. exd5 $5 fxe5 14. bxc4 exd4 15. dxc6 {leads to a draw almost by force after} Qd6 $1 (15... Be6 $6 16. cxb5 d3 17. c7 Qd4 18. Qa4 Nd7 19. Be3 Qd6 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 { Kramnik,V (2769)-Morozevich,A (2758)/WCh Mexico City/2007/} 21. Rac1 $1 $18) 16. c7 d3 17. Qb3 bxc4 18. Qxc4+ Be6 19. Bf4 Bxc4 20. Bxd6 Bxd6 21. Rac1 Ra7 22. cxb8=Q Bxb8 23. Rxc4 Rd7 24. Rd1 Ba7 25. Rd2 Bxf2+ $11 { 1/2,Winkler,T (2619)-Nasybullin,V (2605)/corr/2007/}) 10... Bb7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Be4 Qe8 14. Bg2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nd7 16. Nf3 e5 17. b3 exd4 18. Nxd4 Qe5 {Gelfand,B (2755)-Morozevich,A (2751)/Biel/2009/ Here Marin recommends } 19. Rd1 $5 Nb6 20. Bb2 $14 {White is somewhat better due to his safer K.}) 7. Na3 $5 {With this move White goes for a gambit after all!} ({The alternative is } 7. Be3 Nd5 8. dxc5 {Black's best is} Nd7 $1 (8... Nxe3 $6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. fxe3 Ke8 11. c6 bxc6 12. Nxc4 a5 13. Kf2 Ra6 14. Nbd2 Nd7 15. Rac1 Ke7 16. Rhd1 g6 17. Nb3 $16 {Wang Yue (2734)-Savchenko,B (2644)/WCup Khanty Mansiysk/2009/}) 9. Bd4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 f6 ({Interesting is also} 10... Bxc5 $5 11. Bxg7 Rg8 12. Bc3 Qc7 13. e4 $2 (13. e3 $11) (13. Bxd5 $5 exd5 14. Qxd5 Be6 15. Qh5 O-O-O 16. Nd2 $13) 13... Nf4 14. Bf1 b5 15. Nd2 Bxf2+ $1 16. Kxf2 Qc5+ 17. Kf3 e5 18. h3 Nh5 19. g4 f5 $1 $40 20. Qe1 fxg4+ 21. Ke2 g3 22. b4 cxb3 23. Nxb3 Nf4+ { 0-1,Erbe,U (2240)-Makovsky,P (2457)/corr/2005/}) 11. Bd4 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 (13. Nd2 Qxc5 14. Rc1 b5 15. b3 Bb7 16. O-O Ne3 $1 17. fxe3 Qxe3+ 18. Rf2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rd8 20. Rc2 c3 21. Rf3 Rxd2 22. Rxe3 Rxd1 23. Rexc3 Ke7 24. Rc6 Rd6 25. Rc7+ Rd7 26. R7c6 Rd6 27. Rc7+ {1/2,Ivanchuk,V-Kuporosov,V/USSR/1986}) 13... Nxc3 14. Qd6 Nd5+ $5 (14... Nb5+ 15. Bb4 $44 {/+/=}) 15. Kf1 Kf7 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5+ Be6 18. Qxb7+ Kg6 {1/2,Kund,W (2239)-Overton,D (2288)/corr/2004/ Here White can give a perpetual, continuing the fight} 19. Qb4 Qc7 $44 { >c} Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Ba5 Qf6 $13) 13... Qe7 14. Qb3 Rb8 (14... h6 $5 {is maybe more useful, than the text move. However, even here White has undeniable compensation.}) 15. Qa3 $6 $146 { This shocking move initiates a daring concept and was a product of longer thought. It clearly indicates Anand's preparation was over and he was out on his own. However, it's hardly the best choice.} ({As far as I know, this position has occurred only once in previous practice and White played the straightforward} 15. Nce5 $5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qf6 (16... h6 $5 17. Nd3 Re8 $13) 17. Nd3 b6 $6 (17... Qf5 $142) 18. Bb4 Rd8 19. Bxd5 (19. Qa3 $5 e5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Rc7 $36) 19... Rxd5 20. Rc7 Bb7 $6 (20... Rd7 21. Qc2 Qd8 22. Rc1 $36) 21. Be7 Qf5 22. Rxb7 $1 (22. Qc2 $2 e5 23. Rc1 h6 24. Nb4 d3 $1 25. exd3 Rd7 $40 {Gulko,B (2559)-Shulman,Y (2606)/USA-ch Tulsa/2008/}) 22... Rxb7 23. Qc4 Rc5 (23... Rb8 24. Qc7 $16) 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Qxa6 $14 (25. b4 $5 $36 { This position reminds one of a recent game, in which the blockading Nd3 also played a major and positive role, albeit in a different Catalan line.;Grischuk, A (2756)-Khairullin,I (2617)/RUS-chT 17th 2010 (6)/1-0})) ({ Various annotators suggested alternatives such as} 15. Rfd1 $44) (15. Rfe1 { /\Bd5,Nb6} b6 (15... b5 16. Nce5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bb7 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Bb6 20. Bd2 $44) 16. Bb4 Nc5 $132) (15. Rc2 $5 $44 { has the same idea of protecting e2. Here} b6 $6 16. Bb4 Nc5 {runs into} (16... Nxb4 17. Qxb4 $5 $14) 17. Bxd5 Qd8 $1 (17... exd5 $2 18. Nxb6 $1 $16) 18. Qa3 Qxd5 19. Nxb6 Bxb6 20. Bxc5 Bb7 21. f3 $36) 15... Qxa3 16. bxa3 (16. Nxa3 $5 { was not Anand's intention, but objectively it's at least no worse than the text move.}) 16... N7f6 $6 ({ Topalov's reaction is not ideal, after the universally recommended} 16... Nc5 17. Nd6 b6 $15 {it's White, who is fighting for equality.} (17... Nxd3 18. exd3 b6 19. Nxc8 Rbxc8 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Bb4 $11 { leads to a drawish _|_, the doubled extra P doesn't play a big role.})) 17. Nce5 Re8 18. Rc2 b6 {Chases away the nagging Ba5, but restricts the Ba7.} 19. Bd2 Bb7 20. Rfc1 Rbd8 21. f4 $44 {White controls the <->c and the [+] and has again reasonable compensation. Objectively the situation is roughly balanced, but Topalov still feels he should play for more than equality with his extra P and gradually his position starts to deteriorate. In the following phase Anand inconspicuously, but completely outplays his opponent.} (21. a4 $44) 21... Bb8 (21... b5 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Bb6 24. Bf3 $44 {^^}) 22. a4 a5 ({ Black still wants more than} 22... Rc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Nc6 Bc7 (25... Bd6 26. Nxd4 $11 {/+/=,/\e4-e5}) 26. Nxd4 Bd7 27. e4 Ne7 28. Nb4 b5 29. axb5 (29. Nxa6 Bb6 $17) 29... Bb6 30. Bc3 Bxb5 $11) 23. Nc6 { Rules out the possibility of Ba6.} Bxc6 24. Rxc6 h5 { Striving to keep the tension, Black starts to lose thread.} (24... e5 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. R1c4 Nc3 27. Bxc3 (27. Bf3 Nd7 $15) 27... dxc3 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. Bf3 $11) (24... h6 $5 { was also more solid, than the text-move - here the h-pawn won't be en prise.}) 25. R1c4 (25. Bf3 $5) 25... Ne3 $6 {Topalov is still unable to hit the brakes and his position starts sliding downhill - now White will be already better.} ( 25... Ng4 $5 26. Bf3 (26. Rxd4 $2 {already allows} Ba7 $17) 26... e5 $132) ({ Engines mostly suggest the ugly} 25... Ba7 $13 {and this is also better, than the text move. Although it puts the B on a funny square, it enables Ne7-f5, later Bb8 can follow once again.}) 26. Bxe3 dxe3 27. Bf3 ({ Anand feels his opponent's indecision and refrains from} 27. Rxb6 $5 $14 {/\} Rxd3 $6 28. exd3 e2 29. Rb1 Ba7+ 30. d4 $16) 27... g6 $6 {This rules out e5.} ( 27... Rd6 28. Rxd6 Bxd6 29. Rc6 $14) (27... h4 $5 28. Rxb6 hxg3 (28... h3 { strives to create back-rank tactical chances, but after} 29. Rb5 e5 30. fxe5 Rxe5 31. Rc1 $5 $16 {White's << play is more dangerous.}) 29. hxg3 e5 30. fxe5 Nd7 $14 {/<=>}) (27... Nd7 28. Bxh5 g6 29. Bf3 f5 30. Kg2 $14) 28. Rxb6 Ba7 ( 28... Re7 $142 $5 $14 {still holds on to the > Anand wants to take the P under better circumstances.}) 29... Rd4 { Better tries were} (29... h4) ({or} 29... Re7 $5) 30. Rc7 Bb8 31. Rc5 Bd6 ( 31... Rxa4 $2 32. Bc6 $18) 32. Rxa5 Rc8 33. Kg2 Rc2 34. a3 Ra2 $6 { This quickly loses by force.} (34... Kg7 35. Ra7 $16 {/+-}) ({ The more resilient} 34... Nd5 $5 {was Black's last chance:} 35. Ra8+ (35. Bxd5 Rxe2+ $1 (35... Rxd5 36. Rxd5 exd5 37. Kf3 Ra2 38. Nb4 $18) 36. Kf3 Rxh2 37. Kxe3 Rxd5 38. Rxd5 exd5 39. a5 Ra2 40. a6 Bxa3 41. a7 Bf8 42. Rb7 Ra4 $14) (35. Kh3 $16) 35... Kg7 36. a5 $16) 35. Nb4 $1 $18 { Now Black must either take, or leave the <->a. In both cases the game is over.} Bxb4 (35... Ra1 $2 36. Nc2 $18) (35... Rxa3 $2 36. Rxa3 Bxb4 37. Ra8+ $18) ( 35... Rad2 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. a5 $18 {is equally hopeless.}) 36. axb4 Nd5 37. b5 Raxa4 38. Rxa4 Rxa4 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. b6 Ra8 41. b7 Rb8 42. Kf3 d4 43. Ke4 1-0 [Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2010.04.24"] [Round "1"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D87"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2787"] [Annotator "L'Ami,E"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2010.04.24"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.05.18"] {The first game is of course always a tense affair. Months of preparations culminate to this moment. Would Vishy stick to the Grunfeld, which he employed so regularly over the past year? Or was he just hiding his real intentions?} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {Apearantly not!} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 {Re-opening the discussion which was thought to be closed after the Kamsky-Topalov match. In that match Veselin switched from 7.Bc4 (game 1) to 4. Qb3 (game 3) before realizing that 1.e4! (games 5 and 7) refutes Grunfeld altogether.} c5 8. Ne2 { Protecting the centre from e2 so that Bg4 can be answered with f2-f3.} Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 ({Two weeks later Vishy opted for} 10... b6 $5 { but instead of} 11. dxc5 Qc7 {which gives Black normal compensation, Veselin played the consolidating moves Qd2, Rac1 and Rfd1 and obtained a pleasant position.}) 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Bh6 cxd4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Rac1 ({We thought this would come as a small suprise but since Vishy replied more or less instantly this wasn't the case. Against Kamsky, the game continued} 16. f4 f6 17. e5 Bd7 $5 {and Black was fine because} 18. Nxd4 Nc6 { offers White no hopes for an advantage. This reveals one of the points behind White's last move; both ...f6 and ...Bd7 look strange here, and in the meantime White takes the c-file.}) 16... Qd6 $5 ({A logical novelty, while preparing moves such as Nc6 and Bd7 the queen also controls the e5-square.} 16... Bb7 {was played by Carlsen two years ago but it leaves the Black king a bit vulnerable against the upcoming f4-f5.}) 17. f4 f6 18. f5 Qe5 {Both players were still blitzing their moves! By now the adreneline level started to rise rapidly within our camp since we had considered Black's last move to be very risky.} 19. Nf4 g5 20. Nh5+ Kg8 ({A difficult choice!} 20... Kh8 { clears g8 for the rook but may not be better than the text.} {After} 21. h4 Rg8 {White can continue his attack with the brutal} 22. Nxf6 $5 (22. Qe1 { also deserves attention, threatening Nxf6 followed by e5, and if this is not working than hxg5 followed by Qh4 looks attractive as well.}) 22... Qxf6 23. e5 Qxe5 24. f6 Be6 ({even without queens the black king can be in danger;} 24... Qe3+ 25. Qxe3 dxe3 26. Rc7 $1) 25. f7 Rgf8 26. Rce1 Qd5 (26... Qd6 27. Rf6 { wins the piece back with ongoing attack.}) 27. Be4 Nc4 28. Qf2 Rxf7 (28... Qd8 29. Bd5 $3 {is a nice move on the interference-theme; 29...Bxd5 gives up control over the d4-square while 29...Qxd5 gives up f6.}) 29. Bxd5 Rxf2 30. Bxa8 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 $1 (31. Kxf1 Ne3+ 32. Kf2 gxh4 33. Re2 Kg7 34. Rd2 Nf5 { should be a draw.}) 31... d3 32. Rf8+ Kg7 33. Rd8 {and although this is a very interesting ending I am sure the editor wont be happy if I continue analysing it. In any case it's clearly not pleasant for Black.}) 21. h4 h6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Rf3 Kf7 $2 ({ From various sources I read that Black could have saved his skin with} 23... Bd7 24. Rg3 Rac8 {however, this runs into the powerfull} 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Re1 $1 {once again preparing e5, while} Rc3 27. Rxg5+ Kf7 28. e5 Rxd3 29. Qf4 $1 { with e6 to follow, is another important point. A better alternative, now that 23...Bd7 24.Rg3 has been included, is to move the king to f7. After the more or less forced line 24...Kf7 25.Bc4+ Nxc4 26.Rxc4 Rh8 27.Rxd4 Be8 28.Rd7+ Kf8 I have been unable to find a win for White but I wouldn't be suprised if it's there for the taking.}) 24. Nxf6 $1 {We have entered a new era in chess where it is possible to win a game by doing your homework, and doing it well. I wonder what thoughts Steinitz and Lasker would have on all of this?} Kxf6 ({Or } 24... Qxf6 25. Rh3 {and despite having many moves all of them fall short;} Bd7 (25... Ke8 26. e5 $1) (25... Kg8 26. Rh5 $1) (25... Bb7 26. e5 $1 Qxe5 27. Rh7+ Kf6 28. Re1) 26. Rh7+ Ke8 27. e5 $1) 25. Rh3 Rg8 (25... Qf4 26. e5+ $1 { clears the road to Black's king} Kxe5 27. Qe2+ Kd5 28. Rf1 { winning heavy material.}) 26. Rh6+ Kf7 27. Rh7+ Ke8 28. Rcc7 { A remarkable picture!} Kd8 29. Bb5 $1 {Finishing the game in style! The bishop cannot be taken and at the same time Qxc7 is prevented.} Qxe4 (29... a6 30. Rce7 $1 Qc5 {loses elegantly too -amongst others-} 31. Qxg5 $1) 30. Rxc8+ ({ Black resigned, he is a piece down after} 30. Rxc8+ Kxc8 31. Qc1+ Nc6 32. Bxc6 Qe3+ 33. Qxe3 dxe3 34. Bxa8 {. Obviously, after this first game spirits where high in our team. What could possibly go wrong?}) 1-0 [Event "Bundesliga 0910"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2010.02.28"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kempinski, Robert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2616"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2009.10.16"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.26"] [WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"] [BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Nd7 13. Qe1 Bf8 14. Qf2 Rb8 15. Rad1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 b6 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Bc5 19. Bh5 Rf8 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Ne4 Nxe5 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Bg6 Rg8 25. Bxh7 Kxh7 26. Qh4+ Kg6 27. Rd3 Qh5 28. Rg3+ 1-0 [Event "Bundesliga 0910"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2010.02.27"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Gashimov, Vugar"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2009.10.16"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.26"] [WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"] [BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Bg5 exd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. e5 Kg7 18. exd6 Nxg3 19. dxc7 Qxc7 20. hxg3 Qd6 21. Nc3 Nxd4 22. Nd5 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 b4 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 25. Qd3 Rfd8 26. Ra6 Bb5 27. Rxb6 Bxd3 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Ne5 Bf5 30. Rc7 Be6 31. Nc6 Rb6 32. Nd4 Rd6 33. Nxe6+ Rxe6 34. Kf1 Re4 35. b3 g4 36. Rb7 Kg6 37. f3 gxf3 38. gxf3 Re3 39. Rxb4 Rxf3+ 40. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.31"] [Round "13"] [White "Van Wely, Loek"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2641"] [BlackElo "2790"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2010.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.03.17"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rfe8 12. Rfe1 Rad8 13. Bf1 { This looks a bit passive.} (13. Bd3 {and}) (13. e4 {are more ambitious.}) 13... e5 $5 {A logical reaction. Previously, this had only been played in a game without too much relevance because of the big difference of strength between the opponents.} 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd4 dxc4 $1 $146 (15... g6 $6 { leaves Black with structural deffects.} 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. f3 $14 { Neverov,V (2561)-Delabaca,R (2212)/Paleohora 2009/CBM 131 Extra (1-0, 58)}) 16. Nf5 Qe6 17. Nxd6 Rxd6 18. bxc4 Rxd1 19. Nxd1 c5 {Black's superior activity compensates for White's bishops pair and the potentially dangerous kingside majority.} 20. e4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Nxc4 23. Qc2 Nxb2 24. Qxb2 g6 25. Ne3 Qe5 26. Qa3 Re7 27. g3 Kg7 28. h4 h5 29. Bc4 Rd7 30. Qc1 Rd4 31. a4 Qd6 32. Qa1 Kg8 33. a5 Qf6 34. Qa2 Kg7 35. axb6 axb6 36. Kg2 Rd7 37. Bb5 Rd8 38. Bc4 Rd7 39. Bb5 Rd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.30"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2010.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.03.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 17. Qc1 Na5 18. Qe3 Bf8 (18... Bd6) (18... Bf5) 19. c4 Qd8 (19... Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Nd2 $18) 20. Ne5 Bf5 21. Qc3 b6 22. Rad1 (22. c5 $1 Be6 23. Ba6 Ra8 24. Bb5 Re7 25. Rad1 Bd5 26. Bd3 $36) 22... Qf6 (22... f6 $1 23. Nd3 (23. Ng4 Bd6 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Ne3 Be6 $11)) 23. Qg3 (23. c5 $1 Be6 (23... Bxh3 24. Qg3 $1 (24. Qxh3 Qxf4 25. Bd3 g6 26. Re4) 24... Bf5 25. Bg5 Qe6 26. Bh5 g6 (26... Bg6 27. Bg4 Qd5 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Nxg6 $18) 27. d5 $18) 24. Qg3 $16) 23... Nc6 (23... c5 24. d5 Bd6 25. Bh5 g6 26. Re3 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Nxc4 29. Rxf5 $1 Qxf5 30. Bg4 Qc2 31. d6 $18) 24. Ng4 Qg6 25. d5 (25. Bxc7 Re4 (25... Bc2 26. Rd2 Na5 27. c5 $1 Nb3 28. Rxc2 Qxc2 29. Nh6+ (29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Be5) 29... Kh8 30. Nxf7+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Be5 Nxd4 33. Nf7+ (33. Bxd4 Rxe2 34. Rxe2) 33... Kg8 34. Bxd4 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qxd4 37. Ng5 bxc5 38. Qf3 $16) 26. d5 (26. Bf3 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 h5 $132) 26... Nd4 27. Bf1 Bxg4 28. Rxe4 Qxe4 29. hxg4 Ne2+ 30. Bxe2 Qxe2 31. Rf1 Re8 32. Qf3 Qxc4 33. d6 Qb5 34. Rd1 $14) 25... Na5 (25... Bc2 26. Rd2 (26. Rc1 Nd4) 26... Na5 27. Rxc2 (27. Bxc7 Nxc4) 27... Qxc2 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Nxf7+ Kg8 30. Ne5 $36) 26. Bxc7 Bc2 $2 (26... Bc5 $1 27. Bf1 h5 28. Rxe8+ (28. Ne3 Qxg3 29. Bxg3 Bd7) 28... Rxe8 29. Ne3 Qxg3 30. Bxg3 Bd7) 27. Rc1 Nb3 28. Rxc2 $1 Qxc2 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Nxf7+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ Kg8 33. Nh6+ Kh8 34. Be5 $1 Qg6 (34... Qd2 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Bc3 $1 Qc2 37. Nd6 $18) 35. Bg4 (35. Qxg6 hxg6 36. d6 Rxe5 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nxe5 (38. d7 Ree8 39. Ng5 Nd4 (39... Nc5 40. dxc8=Q Rxc8 41. Bf3) 40. c5 Nxe2+ 41. Rxe2 Red8 42. dxc8=Q Rxc8 43. cxb6 axb6) 38... Bxd6 39. Nxg6 $16) 35... Rxc4 (35... Rcd8 36. Nf5 $16 (36. Qxb3 Qxh6 (36... Bd6 37. Be6) 37. Be6 $16)) 36. Qxb3 Rxe5 37. Rxe5 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Bd6 39. f4 (39. Qe3) 39... Bxe5 40. fxe5 gxh6 (40... Qe4 41. d6 (41. Nf5 Qxe5+ 42. Qg3 Qxd5 43. Qb8+ Qg8 44. Qxa7 Qf8 45. Qxb6 Rc3 46. a4 h5) 41... Qf4+ 42. Qg3 Rh1+ 43. Kxh1 Qxg3 44. Nf7+ Kg8 45. e6 (45. d7 Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Kxf7 47. d8=Q Qxe5+ 48. g3 Qb2+ 49. Kg1 Qxa3 50. Qd5+) 45... Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qc1 47. d7 Qf4+ 48. Kg1 Qc1+ 49. Kf2 Qd2+ 50. Be2 Qf4+ 51. Bf3 Qd4+ 52. Kg3) 41. Qe3 Qb1 42. d6 Rh1+ 43. Kg3 Re1 44. Qf4 Rf1 45. Bf3 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.29"] [Round "11"] [White "Smeets, Jan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2657"] [BlackElo "2790"] [PlyCount "30"] [EventDate "2010.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.03.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 Bd7 12. c3 Be7 13. Bg2 Qc4 14. Bf1 Qd5 15. Bg2 Qc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.27"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2723"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2010.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.03.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 {A highly committal move. White wins space on the queenside and the tempi spent on advancing the a-pawn will be retrieved thanks to the relatively unsafe situation of the bishop. At the same time, Black is deprived of the freeing move ...Na5 forever. On the other hand, Black no longer has worries on the queenside and he can even hope that at some point the a5-pawn will become weak.} Ba7 ({ Accepting the sacrifice with the king uncastled is dangerous.} 10... Nxa5 11. Rxa5 $1 Bxa5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Bg5 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bh4 c5 16. h3 h5 17. Nbd2 $1 {Simply developing. Black's position is a complete mess despite his big material advantage.} (17. hxg4 {unnecessarily exposes the white king, allowing Black to develop his h8-rook at the same time.} hxg4 18. e5 gxf3 19. Bxf6 fxg2 20. Re1 Qd7 21. exd6+ Kf8 {Ponkratov,P (2489)-Papin,V (2475)/St Petersburg 2008/CBM 123 Extra (1/2, 27) and Yatsenko,A (2483)-Ponkratov,P (2530)/Satka 2008/CBM 125 Extra (1/2, 30)}) 17... Rb7 18. Bd5 Rg7 19. e5 $1 $40 {A thematic break, clearing the e4-square for the knight.} Nxe5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Ne4 Rh6 22. Qf3 Rgg6 23. Rd1 Kf8 {In Dolmatov,S (2608)-Sivokho,S (2469)/St Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (1-0, 60), the simplest win would have been} 24. Bf7 $1 $18) 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8 {In view of the threat dxe5, when the a7-bishop would be hanging (...Bxe3 exf6! is good for White), Black has to lose another tempo.} ({Giving up the centre looks like a concession:} 12... exd4 { Timofeev,A (2663)-Halkias,S (2583)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118/[Ftacnik] (1-0, 41}) 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Re1 {An important splitting point. White has made flexible developing moves so far and Black needs to define his intentions.} Re8 (14... Nd7 $6 {is too passive:} 15. Bd5 Rb8 16. b4 $14 { Aagaard,J (2467)-Godena,M (2547)/Bratto 2007/CBM 120 ext (1-0, 31)}) ({ Previously, Black prepared ...Re8 with} 14... h6 {, which seems quite playable. } 15. Bc2 Re8 16. d5 ({It is hard to find a constructive move that maintains the tension. For instance,} 16. Qb1 { overprotecting e4 in order to prepare Nf1-g3, allows} exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 $15 { and the bishop does not have at his disposal the b1-square for retreat.}) 16... Ne7 17. Bxa7 Rxa7 18. b4 Ng6 19. c4 bxc4 20. Nxc4 Nf4 21. Ba4 Rf8 22. b5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Bc8 24. a6 Bd7 25. Na3 Nh7 26. Bf1 f5 $132 {Luther,T (2526) -Kazhgaleyev,M (2594)/Cappelle la Grande 2008/CBM 122 Extra (0-1, 52)}) ({ For once, giving up the centre with} 14... exd4 {worked out relatively well, but personally I would refrain from such a radical method.} 15. cxd4 Nb4 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Nd3 18. Re3 Nf4 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Ng6 22. exf6 Nxh4 23. Nxh4 Qxf6 $13 { Bologan,V (2692)-Caruana,F (2652)/Reggio Emilia 2009 (0-1, 41)}) 15. Ng5 { A logical reaction, aiming to punish Black for having omitted ...h6.} (15. Nf1 $6 {is not possible because of} exd4 16. cxd4 Rxe4 $15) ({However, the solid} 15. Bc2 {deserves attention. It may seem that Black is a tempo up if compared with Luther,T (2526)-Kazhgaleyev,M (2594)/Cappelle la Grande 2008/CBM 122 Extra (0-1, 52), but how is he going to use it? Please take into account also that in the said game ...h6 enabled ...Nh7 followed by ...f5, which hardly makes its omission such an important gain..}) 15... Re7 $146 (15... Rf8 { looks a bit passive, but is not necessarily bad.} 16. Nf1 Ne7 $2 { But this is a blunder.} ({Black could return to familiar paths with} 16... h6 17. Nf3 Re8) 17. dxe5 Bxe3 (17... dxe5 18. Qxd8 $18 { leaves Black's rooks overloaded.}) 18. Bxf7+ $1 $18 { Kosteniuk,A (2517)-Kosintseva,N (2518)/Konya 2009/ (1-0, 30)}) 16. d5 { A similar combination of Ng5 and d5 was employed by Kamsky in his match against Topalov. The opening was different (Zaitsev Ruy Lopez), but the structure quite similar.} Nb8 17. Bxa7 Rxa7 18. Nf1 {It may seem that chaos is reigning in Black's camp. However, after the following pawn break it becomes clear that White has made some important startegic concessions, while Black only needs a few tempi to get coordinated.} c6 $1 {Questioning White's advantage in the centre and preparing to connect rooks in a rather unusual way, along the seventh rank!} 19. Ne3 ({ We can notice the first negative effects of a4-a5:} 19. dxc6 Nxc6 $15 { leaves the pawn at Black's mercy.}) 19... cxd5 20. exd5 h6 21. Nf3 Rc7 $1 { Being better developed, White still has some hopes of getting the initiative by means of a pawn break. The only one that could be figured out is c3-c4, against which is directed Shirov's last move.} 22. Nd2 (22. c4 $6 Rc5 $1 $15 { would leave several white pawns hanging.}) 22... Nbd7 23. c4 Nc5 (23... Rc5 { is slightly effective now:} 24. Ba2 bxc4 25. Ndxc4 $13) 24. Bc2 (24. cxb5 axb5 $17) 24... b4 $1 $17 {It appears that White's attacking operation has ended in a fiasco. Instead of opening the queenside, he has been left with a potentially bad bishop, while Black has a fantastic blockade on the dark squares. This means that the result of the opening (let us say, after 21 moves) has been anything but satisfactory for White.} 25. Ndf1 ({ During the press conference, Anand said that he also considered} 25. Nb3 { , slightly questioning Black's stability on the dark squares, but realised that after} Bc8 {re-developing the bishop and connecting rooks, White would have achieved nothing:} 26. Nxc5 $6 Rxc5 $17 27. Qd2 Rb7) 25... Bc8 26. Ng3 g6 27. b3 {White has more or less completed his useful moves, but in the long run risks being crushed by Black's kingside majority, while on the queenside there is nothing going for him.} Nh7 $6 {Anand confessed that when he saw this move he briefly considered resigning. Indeed, Black's plan is rather intimidating: he will simply set his kingside majority in motion. And yet, the text move is premature. The fact is that Black's queenside situation is not 100% safe. The b4-pawn cannot be defended by its colleague (we can see one of the positive sides of a4-a5) and will need the support of a more important piece, the queen's rook probably. Also, if White manages to exchange the c5-knight without allowing the other black knight to replace it, the c5-square will have to be secured by the second rook. Obviously, this will reduce Black's attacking potential and somewhat spoil his coordination. Playing ...Nfd7 does not look too appealing, because it would practically cut Black's position in two parts without comunication, leaving the king exposed. However, other useful moves are available, before declaring war on the kingside.} ({ One natural continuation is} 27... Rab7 $5 {preventively defending b4.} 28. Qd2 h5 29. Kh1 h4 30. Ngf1 Nh5 $17 { White can do little else but sit and wait for the attack to come.}) 28. Ne4 $1 {Suddenly, White gets back into game.} f5 $6 {Black seems to be hypnotised by the a5-pawn. By accepting that his rook is decoyed to c5, he will somewhat spoil his coordination. After the text move, all three results become possible, for the first time since the opening.} (28... Nxe4 {would have been safer.} 29. Bxe4 Nf6 30. Nc2 (30. Bd3 $6 {allows the knight transfer to c5:} Nd7 $1 31. Qd2 Nc5 32. Rab1 {In order to maintain the threat against the b4-pawn, White has to leave the c2-square available for the knight.} Qg5 $1 $17 { Followed by ...Rab7 and a slow kingside attack.}) 30... Rab7 31. Qd2 Nxe4 32. Rxe4 Bf5 33. Re2 Bxc2 34. Qxc2 Qg5 $15 {/= It is hard to say whether Black retains an advantage, but at least he cannot possibly be worse.}) 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Qd2 Rb7 31. Bd3 $1 {A strong move, clearing the c2-square for the knight and indirectly defending the a5-pawn.} f4 { Black has to place his whole bet on the card of attack.} ({ In his initial calculations, Shirov might have overlooked the fact that after} 31... Rxa5 $6 32. Rxa5 Qxa5 {White opens the position with} 33. c5 $1 $16 { underlining Black's poor coordination.}) ({ Anand stated that the last safety net for Black consisted of} 31... Bd7 32. Nc2 Qg5 {Indeed, it seems that after having secured the b4-pawn, Black will play at his own leisure, but in fact White can get counterplay immediately:} 33. f4 $1 Qxf4 34. Qxf4 exf4 35. Nd4 Kf7 36. Rf1 $14 {With the knight far from the c5-square, Black's blockade fails to impress, while White's pieces are very active.}) 32. Nc2 Qg5 33. Ra4 {White cannot use half measures either.} (33. Kh2 $6 Qh4 34. Bf1 Ng5 $40) 33... Bxh3 34. Bf1 ({Anand recommended} 34. f3 { , but after} Nf6 35. Rxb4 Rxb4 36. Nxb4 Rxa5 $132 { the temporary insufficient defence of the g2-pawn offers Black counterplay.}) 34... Nf6 $6 {The knight returns into play without a clear plan.} (34... Qg4 $1 {, planning ...Ng5, would have been more constructive.} 35. f3 (35. Rxb4 Ng5 36. Kh2 Qh5 37. Kg1 Qg4 $11 {leads to a draw by repetition.}) 35... Qg3 36. Rxb4 Rxb4 37. Nxb4 Ng5 38. Qf2 Rxa5 39. Qxg3 fxg3 $13 40. gxh3 $2 Nxf3+ $19) 35. f3 $6 ({Anand mentioned the following drawing line:} 35. Rxb4 Rxb4 36. Qxb4 (36. Nxb4 e4 37. Nxa6 Rc8 38. c5 e3 $13) 36... Bxg2 37. Bxg2 f3 38. Ne3 Ng4 39. Qb8+ $11) 35... e4 $1 {Suddenly, Black has strong threats again. The knight's placement is entirely justified now.} 36. fxe4 Re7 37. Nd4 Nxe4 38. Qd3 Bf5 39. Ne6 $2 {This could have been the decisive mistake, but it eventually was the winning move.} (39. Rxb4 Rc8 $13) 39... Rxe6 $4 {Time trouble panic.} ({ Anand said that he did not see how to save the game after} 39... Ng3 $1 { Indeed, here are some illustrative variations:} 40. Qd2 Bxe6 41. dxe6 (41. Rxe6 Rxe6 42. dxe6 Qh5 43. Bd3 f3) 41... Qf6 42. Rxb4 Rh5 43. c5 Rh1+ 44. Kf2 Qh4 $19) 40. dxe6 $18 { Black is an exchange down for nothing. Besides, his king is exposed.} Re5 41. Rxb4 Qd8 42. Qd4 f3 43. gxf3 Ng5 44. Rxe5 Nxf3+ 45. Kf2 Nxe5 46. Rb6 Bxe6 47. Be2 Qf6+ 48. Ke3 Qg5+ 49. Qf4 Qg1+ 50. Kd2 Qa1 51. Rxd6 Qxa5+ 52. Kd1 g5 53. Qd4 Kf7 54. Rd5 Bxd5 55. Qxe5 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Tiviakov, Sergei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2662"] [BlackElo "2790"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2010.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.03.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O c4 9. Bc2 Bg4 10. Qe2 Qe6 11. Qe3 Qxe3 12. fxe3 e5 13. b3 f6 14. Na3 Bxa3 15. Bxa3 O-O-O 16. Rf2 Kc7 17. Nh4 Rd7 18. Kf1 Be6 19. Ke1 Ne7 20. Rb1 Nbc8 21. g3 Nd6 22. e4 b5 23. Ng2 Nec8 24. Ne3 Nb6 25. Bb4 Ra8 26. g4 a5 27. Ba3 Kc6 28. Nf5 Nxf5 29. gxf5 Bf7 30. Rg2 b4 31. Bc1 cxb3 32. axb3 Bh5 33. Rg3 Kb7 34. Ra1 g6 35. fxg6 Bxg6 36. Rf3 Rd6 37. cxb4 axb4 38. Rxa8 Nxa8 39. d3 Rc6 40. Rf2 Nc7 41. Be3 Nb5 42. Bd1 Nc3 43. Bg4 Rd6 44. Bh6 Rxd3 45. Rxf6 Nxe4 46. Rf3 Rd4 47. Be3 Rd6 48. h4 Ra6 49. h5 Be8 50. Rf8 Ra1+ 51. Ke2 Bb5+ 52. Kf3 Rf1+ 53. Kxe4 Rxf8 54. Kxe5 Bd3 55. Bc5 Re8+ 56. Kf6 Kc6 57. Bxb4 Rb8 58. Be7 Rxb3 59. Be6 Rb1 60. Bf8 Rf1+ 61. Kg7 Kc7 62. h6 Kd8 63. Bf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.24"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B36"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2749"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2010.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.03.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 {A relatively new plan. Traditionally, Black is supposed to strive for ...b5, as in the game Dominguez-Nakamura from the same tournament. The advance of the a-pawn aims to increase Black's control on dark squares, which is a plan more typically employed in the systems with a delayed ...Nxd4 (answered by Bxd4).} 11. O-O a4 12. Bd4 Bd7 $5 $146 {Ivanchuk chooses the most solid regrouping, which, curiously, was never tried before. Usually, Black develops his bishop to e6, putting pressure on the c4-pawn, which cannot be defended with b2-b3 easily, because a new weakness would appear on b3.} ( 12... Be6 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b3 axb3 16. axb3 $14 {Almasi,Z (2691) -Tiviakov,S (2643)/Reggio Emilia 2007/CBM 122/[Tiviakov] (1/2, 38)}) (12... Qa5 {This seems to be a specialty of GM Mircea Pârligras.} 13. Qe3 Be6 14. Nb5 Bd7 (14... Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Qb4 {Not finding a favourable way to defend c4, White started the perpetual attack against the enemy queen:} 16. Bc3 {with a draw after a few repetitions in Seel,C (2493)-Parligras,M (2547)/Muelheim 2009 (1/2, 21).}) 15. b4 axb3 16. axb3 Qb4 17. e5 Nd5 18. cxd5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Bxb5 $11 { Fridman,D (2630)-Parligras,M (2611)/Dresden 2008/CBM 128 (1/2, 31). Black has absolutely no problems. In fact, it is White who has remained a bit over extended.}) 13. Rfe1 Bc6 14. Qe3 ({Refraining from} 14. f3 { , which would unnecessarily weaken the e3-square.}) 14... Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd5 e6 17. Nc3 {White has spent two tempi for the sake of provoking a slight weakness in Black's structure.} Qb6 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Nf6 { Black opts for maximum safety again.} ({ In his days of glory, Bent Larsen used to employ such a setup:} 19... e5 20. Bf1 Nc5 {Ivanchuk might have feared a kingside attack starting with} 21. Re3) 20. Bf1 h5 21. Re3 Rd7 22. h3 Rad8 {Black is perfectly regrouped and has a solid position. Of course, he cannot display any form of activity, but finding a constructive and risk free plan for White is far from easy. Therefore, negotiations of peace were initiated soon.} 23. Qc2 Kh7 24. Rf3 Kg7 25. Re3 Kh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.23"] [Round "7"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2675"] [BlackElo "2790"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2010.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.03.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 (11. Rad1 { is more common, preparing a possible retreat of the queen to b1.}) 11... c5 12. dxc5 ({With the actual placement of rooks,} 12. cxd5 {was never played, maybe because the queen would feel unsafe after the opening of the d-file. With Rad1 instead of Rfd1, 12.cxd5 usually leads to the hanging pawns structure.}) 12... Nxc5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bc4 $146 (14. Nxd5 Bxd5 { Karpov,A (2619)-Anand,V (2788)/Corsica 2009 (1/2, 41)}) 14... Nb4 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. a3 Nc6 17. b4 Nd7 18. Ne4 Bb8 19. Ba6 Bxa6 20. Qxa6 Nde5 21. Rac1 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 f5 23. Ng3 f4 24. exf4 Bxf4 25. b5 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 Qf7 27. bxc6 Qxf3 28. Bd4 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Qxa7 Qc1+ 31. Kg2 Qc6+ 32. Kg1 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Qc6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.22"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B77"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2810"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2010.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.03.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qa5 16. O-O Rac8 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Kh1 Qc5 19. Qh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2790"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2010.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.03.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qd5 Nc5 9. Re1 a6 10. Bf1 d6 11. exd6 Be6 12. Qd1 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Be3 Ba7 15. a4 Nb3 16. Ra3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Nc5 18. Nbd2 Rfd8 19. a5 Rac8 20. b4 Nd7 21. Ng5 Nf8 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. g3 Na7 24. c4 d5 25. Red3 dxc4 26. Nxc4 Nc6 27. Rab3 g6 28. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A81"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2010.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.03.17"] 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b4 Nc6 $5 {Nakamura had a recent game against this type of plan, but with different move order. He deviates now slightly, although the structure in the centre will become similar to his previous game soon.} ({In case of} 6... c6 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. c4 d5 { play would transpose to Grischuk,A (2736)-Nakamura,H (2708)/Bursa 2010/CBM 134/ [Marin] (1/2, 42).}) 7. a3 d5 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. e3 a5 11. b5 Na7 12. Qe2 a4 13. Rfc1 c6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. c4 Nc8 16. Bc3 Ncd6 17. cxd5 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Bxd5 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qa5 22. Rac1 Qxe5 23. Rxc6 Qb2 24. Qd3 Rfd8 25. R1c2 Qb5 26. Qxb5 Nxb5 27. Nb1 Rd3 28. Nc3 Nxc3 29. R2xc3 Rdd8 30. Rb6 Kf7 31. Rb4 Rd2 32. Rcc4 Rd3 33. Rxa4 Rxa3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2712"] [BlackElo "2790"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "153"] [EventDate "2010.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.03.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Qd3 Bd7 {A rare move.} ({The main line goes} 11... O-O 12. Bg5) 12. Na3 O-O 13. Nxb5 $5 { This had been played only once before, in a game between lower rated players.} (13. Bg5 {is almost unanimously played here.}) 13... exd4 14. cxd4 Ne5 15. dxe5 Bxb5 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 dxe5 18. Nxe5 {White has won a pawn, but Black is better developed. Dominguez will manage to maintain his minimal material advantage until deep in the endgame, but the reduced material left on board will not offer him realistic winning chances.} Qd6 19. Nd3 Rfd8 20. Ra3 Qd4 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. e5 Nd5 23. g3 h6 24. Re1 Nb4 25. Nxb4 Rxb4 26. Rc3 Rb7 27. Rc6 Bd4 28. e6 fxe6 29. Rexe6 Kf7 30. Re2 Bxb2 31. Bf4 R4b6 32. Rxc7+ Rxc7 33. Bxc7 Rb7 34. Bf4 Bf6 35. Kg2 h5 36. Rc2 g6 37. Be3 Rd7 38. Rc4 Be5 39. h3 Bg7 40. f4 Bf6 41. Kf3 Bg7 42. Rb4 Bf6 43. Ke4 Re7+ 44. Kd3 Rd7+ 45. Ke4 Re7+ 46. Kf3 Rd7 47. Rb5 Rc7 48. Rd5 Ke6 49. Ra5 Kf7 50. Ra6 Re7 51. g4 hxg4+ 52. hxg4 Re6 53. Ra5 Re7 54. Rb5 Bg7 55. Bc5 Rd7 56. Ke4 Rd1 57. Rb7+ Kg8 58. Be3 Rd8 59. Bc5 Rd1 60. g5 Re1+ 61. Kd5 Rd1+ 62. Kc6 Rc1 63. Kd5 Rd1+ 64. Ke4 Re1+ 65. Kd3 Rd1+ 66. Ke2 Rd5 67. Ba7 Ra5 68. Kf3 Ra3+ 69. Kg4 Ra4 70. Bb8 Ra3 71. Be5 Bxe5 72. fxe5 Re3 73. Kf4 Re1 74. Ra7 Kf8 75. Ra3 Kf7 76. Re3 Ra1 77. Rf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2696"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2010.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.03.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. e3 Qa5 9. Bd3 { A double-edged pawn sacrifice but otherwise White can't fight for an advantage. } (9. Qb3 {is harmless due to} Ne4 {, e.g.} 10. Bd3 (10. Bf4 c5 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 c4 13. Qb4 Qxb4 14. axb4 a5 $1 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Ng5 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Nb6 18. Rb1 Na4 19. Kd2 b5 $15 { 0-1 Laznicka,V (2596)-Sargissian,G (2667)/Germany 2006/CBM 116 (32)}) 10... Nxg5 11. Nxg5 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. h3 Re8 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Nc3 Qb6 18. Qc2 Bd6 19. a3 Qd8 20. Nd2 Bd7 21. Na4 b6 22. Nc3 Rc8 23. Nf3 Qe7 24. Bf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 g6 26. Qd3 Ne4 $11 { 1-0 Wang Yue (2736)-Eljanov,P (2720)/Elista 2008/CBM 128 (75)}) 9... Qxa2 (9... Ne4 {gives White an extra tempo compared to the 9.Qb3 line:} 10. O-O Nxg5 11. Nxg5 Nf6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. h3 O-O 15. Ne5 $14 c5 $6 16. Nb5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. f4 c4 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Nd6 $16 { 1-0 Gelfand,B (2758)-Jakovenko,D (2736)/Khanty Mansiysk 2009/CBM 134 (30)}) 10. O-O Qa5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 (11... O-O 12. f4 $5 (12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Qg3 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 f6 16. Bxf6 $1 Rxf6 17. Qe8+ Rf8 18. Qh5 h6 19. Qg6 Rf6 20. Qe8+ Rf8 21. Qg6 Rf6 22. Qe8+ { 1/2 Navara,D (2719)-Aronian,L (2744)/Wijk aan Zee 2007/CBM 117}) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Be7 Re8 15. Bb4 Qd8 16. c4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Be6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Bd6 $44 { 0-1 Riazantsev,A (2661)-Alekseev,E (2715)/Moscow 2009/CBM 134 (46)}) 12. dxe5 Ng4 (12... Nd7 $5 13. e6 $5 (13. Bf4 Nc5) (13. f4 Nc5) 13... Ne5 $1 { and Black is apparently OK.}) 13. Bf4 f6 $1 14. e4 $6 { Sacrificing a second pawn without sufficient compensation.} (14. exf6 $5 Nxf6 15. Qb3 Be7 $5 16. Ra1 (16. e4 d4) 16... Qb4 17. Qc2 O-O 18. Ra4 Qb6 19. Be5 $44) 14... fxe5 15. Bg3 Bxc3 $1 (15... d4 $6 16. Nd5 $1 Bd6 $1 (16... cxd5 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Qxg4 O-O 19. Bxe5 Rc7 20. exd5 $16) (16... O-O 17. Nxb4 Qxb4 18. h3 Nf6 19. Bc4+ $1 Kh8 20. Bxe5 $16) 17. h3 $6 (17. Bh4 $1 cxd5 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Qxg4 O-O 20. Qe6+ Kh8 21. Qxd6 Qd2 22. Be7 $1 Rg8 23. Qa3 Rc1 24. g3 $16) 17... O-O 18. hxg4 cxd5 19. exd5 Kh8 20. Be4 Bd7 $17 { 1-0 Chatalbashev,B (2499)-Brancaleoni,M (2314)/Genova 2005/CBM 107 ext (35)}) 16. Rxc3 d4 17. Ra3 Qc5 18. Qd2 O-O 19. h3 Nh6 $6 { A wrong route for the knight makes it passive.} (19... Nf6 $17 20. Ra5 $140 b5 21. Rc1 Qd6 22. Qc2 Bb7) 20. Ra5 b5 21. Rc1 Qd6 22. Qc2 Rf6 23. Qc5 Nf7 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Rc5 {Suddenly it is not easy for Black to make progress!} Be6 ( 25... Re6 26. Bc2 Kf8 27. b4 $44) 26. Kf1 (26. f4 $5 $44 { but White needn't hurry.}) 26... h6 27. Ke2 a6 28. b4 Bb3 (28... g5 $5) 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 {White has recaptured one of the pawns and has sufficient compensation for the second, due to his better pawn structure and active pieces.} Rg6 31. g3 Rg5 32. Re7 c5 33. bxc5 (33. h4 $5 Rh5 34. bxc5 Rxc5 35. Rd7 Bc4 36. Rxd4 Bxd3+ 37. Kxd3 $14) 33... Rxc5 34. Rd7 Be6 35. Rd6 Bxh3 36. Raxa6 Rf8 $6 {Black starts playing with fire and barely saves the game.} (36... Rxa6 37. Rxa6 Kf7 38. Rd6 Be6 39. Rxd4 h5 $14) 37. f4 Rc1 38. Rxd4 (38. Kf2 $1 $16) 38... Bf1+ 39. Kd2 Rfc8 40. Bxf1 Rxf1 41. Rd7 Rcc1 $6 (41... Rf2+ $1 42. Ke3 Rfc2 (42... Rcc2 43. Rb7) 43. f5 R8c3+ 44. Kf4 (44. Rd3 b4) 44... Rf2+ 45. Ke5 Rc5+ 46. Kd6 Rc8 $14) 42. Rb7 Rcd1+ 43. Ke3 Rfe1+ 44. Kf3 h5 45. f5 $6 { Passed pawns must go forward!} (45. e5 $1 Rd3+ 46. Kf2 Red1 47. Ra2 $16) 45... Rd3+ 46. Kf4 Rf1+ 47. Ke5 Rxg3 48. Rxb5 Kh7 49. Rb8 Rg4 50. Raa8 Kh6 51. Rh8+ Kg5 52. Rh7 Kh4 53. Rah8 Rg5 54. Rg8 Rfg1 55. Ra8 Re1 56. Rg8 Rg4 57. Rgxg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2010.01.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2790"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2010.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.03.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Ra4 Ra8 19. Be3 Rxa4 20. Bxa4 Nf4 $146 {Anand feels like blocking the weak pawns at once.} (20... Ra8 21. b3 g6 {allowed White trade queens and somewhat improve his structure with the thematic sacrifice} 22. f4 {although this did not cause Black too much damage:} Nxf4 23. Qf3 Nh5 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. f3 Kg7 26. Bf2 Nh5 { 1/2 Wang Hao (2624)-Adams,M (2724)/Liverpool 2007/CBM 120}) 21. Rg1 g6 22. Bb3 Rb8 23. Rg4 Ne6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Rg1 c5 26. d5 Qf6 {White has an extra pawn and a seemingly solid centre. However, the chronic weakness of the white kingside and Black's optimal coordination (see his next move!) offers him excellent compensation.} 27. b3 c4 $1 { Only this new sacrifice puts all the pieces to work.} 28. Bxb6 Rxb6 29. bxc4 Rb2 30. c5 Rxf2 31. Rf1 Rb2 32. Qe1 dxc5 33. e5 Qf4 34. Rf2 Rxf2 35. Qxf2 c4 36. d6 Qxe5 37. d7 Qc7 38. Qd4 Qd8 39. Kg2 c3 40. Qxc3 Qxd7 {It is not entirely sure whether Black can win this position, but many players may have felt like giving it a try. The white king is somewhat exposed, which suggests a global attacking plan, Q+K with the aim of trading queens somehow.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "HUN-chT 0910"] [Site "Hungary"] [Date "2009.11.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Babula, Vlastimil"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2569"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2009.11.08"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.26"] [WhiteTeam "Haladas"] [BlackTeam "Aquaprofit"] [WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"] [BlackTeamCountry "HUN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Qd2 e5 10. dxe5 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 b6 12. Bc4 Bb7 13. f3 Bxe5 14. Ne2 Nc6 15. Bd5 Rad8 16. Kc2 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Rcd1 Na5 19. Nf4 Nc4 20. Bc1 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Nd5 Kf7 23. Kb3 Na5+ 24. Kc2 Nc4 25. Kb3 b5 26. Rhe1 Rfe8 27. Bg5 Rd7 28. g4 Re6 29. f4 Bg7 30. Rxe6 Kxe6 31. gxf5+ Kf7 32. Ne3 Rxd1 33. Nxd1 Bf8 34. Kc2 h6 35. Bh4 Bd6 36. Kd3 Bxf4 37. a4 Ne5+ 38. Ke4 bxa4 39. Kxf4 Nc4 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.18"] [Round "41"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. d4 Qe7 11. Qd2 a6 12. a3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.18"] [Round "38"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. h3 c6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. g4 Be4 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Nf8 15. b4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rab1 a6 19. a4 Nh4 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Qg6 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rfc1 h5 24. Qc2 Qg5 25. Qxc6 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 hxg4 27. h4 Qf5 28. Qd6 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Ra2 30. Rf1 Rxe3 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qg5 g3 33. Qxe3 gxf2+ 34. Qxf2 Rxf2 35. Rxf2 Qg4+ 36. Rg2 Qxd4+ 37. Kh1 Qe4 38. Rf1 f5 39. Kg1 d4 40. Rgf2 d3 41. h5 Qg4+ 42. Rg2 Qd4+ 43. Kh1 d2 44. Rgg1 f4 45. Kg2 Qe3 46. Rh1 Qg3# 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.18"] [Round "34"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2719"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Bg5 Nb6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Rc1 d3 15. Qd2 g6 16. Nc5 Be8 17. Bxd3 Kb8 18. b4 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. Qc3 Rd8 21. Be4 Nd5 22. Qb3 Qxe5 23. Rcd1 Bc6 24. Nd3 Qd4 25. b5 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 c6 27. Nc5 cxb5 28. Rxd4 Nc3 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxb7 Nxa2 31. g3 Nc3 32. Re7 a5 33. Bc6 Rd6 34. Bxb5 Nxb5 35. Rb7+ Kc8 36. Rxb5 Rd5 37. Rxa5 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.18"] [Round "39"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2758"] [PlyCount "255"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ned2 Be7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. c3 Be4 11. Re1 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c5 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Bd2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 N7f6 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Ndf3 Rad8 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. c4 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Nb4 21. Bc3 f6 22. a3 Na6 23. Ng4 e5 24. b4 Qc8 25. Ne3 Nc7 26. Rac1 Rfe8 27. Bb2 Bf8 28. h4 Qe6 29. Qf3 Qc6 30. Qg4 Qe6 31. Qf3 Qc6 32. Qg3 Rd3 33. h5 Red8 34. h6 g6 35. Qh4 Qe6 36. c5 Nd5 37. Qc4 Nf4 38. g3 Qxc4 39. Rxc4 Nh3+ 40. Kg2 Ng5 41. c6 bxc6 42. Rxc6 f5 43. Bxe5 Bxh6 44. Bf4 Nf7 45. Bxh6 Nxh6 46. Ra6 R3d7 47. Rc1 Nf7 48. Rc5 Re8 49. Rd5 Rb7 50. Rda5 Ree7 51. Nd5 Re5 52. f4 Re2+ 53. Kf3 Rd2 54. Ke3 Rg2 55. Rxa7 Rxa7 56. Rxa7 Rxg3+ 57. Kd4 h5 58. b5 h4 59. b6 Nd6 60. Ke5 Nc4+ 61. Kf6 Nxb6 62. Nxb6 h3 63. Nd5 h2 64. Ne7+ Kh8 65. Ra8+ Kh7 66. Ra7 h1=Q 67. Nxf5+ Kh8 68. Nxg3 Qh4+ 69. Kxg6 Qxg3+ 70. Kf5 Qd3+ 71. Kg4 Qe2+ 72. Kf5 Qd3+ 73. Kg4 Qg6+ 74. Kf3 Qb6 75. Re7 Qc6+ 76. Kg4 Qc8+ 77. Kf3 Qc5 78. Re3 Kg7 79. a4 Kf6 80. Re5 Qa3+ 81. Kg4 Qxa4 82. Kf3 Qd1+ 83. Kg3 Qg1+ 84. Kf3 Qh2 85. Rg5 Qh3+ 86. Ke4 Qc3 87. Re5 Qc2+ 88. Kf3 Qh2 89. Rg5 Qh1+ 90. Ke3 Qf1 91. Re5 Qe1+ 92. Kf3 Qd2 93. Rg5 Qd3+ 94. Kg4 Qe4 95. Kg3 Qe3+ 96. Kg4 Qe2+ 97. Kg3 Qe3+ 98. Kg4 Qf2 99. Rf5+ Ke6 100. Re5+ Kd6 101. Kf5 Qf3 102. Kg5 Qg2+ 103. Kf5 Qg3 104. Ke4 Qg4 105. Ke3 Qg2 106. Rg5 Qf1 107. Re5 Qh3+ 108. Ke4 Qg2+ 109. Ke3 Qg3+ 110. Ke4 Qf2 111. Kf5 Qg2 112. Ra5 Qc2+ 113. Kg4 Qe2+ 114. Kg5 Qe1 115. Re5 Qg1+ 116. Kf5 Qg2 117. Ra5 Qh3+ 118. Kg5 Qg3+ 119. Kf5 Qd3+ 120. Kg5 Qd4 121. Re5 Qg1+ 122. Kf5 Qa1 123. Ke4 Qa3 124. Rg5 Qc3 125. Re5 Qe1+ 126. Kf3 Qf1+ 127. Kg3 Qg1+ 128. Kf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.18"] [Round "36"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2619"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 c6 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. e4 Rad8 16. Qe2 Nb4 17. Be3 Qa6 18. Qxa6 Nxa6 19. Nc4 Bb4 20. f3 Ne8 21. Bf4 Nf6 22. Na2 Ra8 23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. Bd6 Rfd8 25. Bc7 Rd7 26. Nb6 Rxc7 27. Nxa8 Rd7 28. Nb6 Rd8 29. Nc4 Ra8 30. Rd2 Kf8 31. Rc1 Ke7 32. Rc3 Nd7 33. Rb3 b6 34. f4 h5 35. Kf3 g6 36. Ne3 Kd6 37. h3 b5 38. d5 cxd5 39. exd5 e5 40. axb5 e4+ 41. Ke2 Nd3 42. Rc3 N7c5 43. Nc4+ Ke7 44. Ke3 a4 45. b6 Rd8 46. Ne5 Rxd5 47. b7 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.18"] [Round "32"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C70"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2719"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bb7 9. c4 c5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ne3 Nf6 12. Nd5 Bg7 13. Nbc3 O-O 14. Bg5 Nxb3 15. axb3 b4 16. Qf3 Nxd5 17. Bxd8 bxc3 18. exd5 cxb2 19. Bf6 bxa1=Q 20. Rxa1 Rfe8 21. h3 a5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rxa5 Re1+ 24. Kh2 Rae8 25. Ra7 R1e7 26. Qc3+ f6 27. Qa5 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.18"] [Round "30"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 a6 7. Be2 Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Nb3 Na5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Bd4 Bc6 16. Qe3 dxe5 17. fxe5 g6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bc5 20. c3 Ng7 21. g4 Rad8 22. Kh1 Bxd4 23. cxd4 Qb6 24. Rfd1 Qxb2 25. Rab1 Qa2 26. Rxb7 Qxa4 27. Ra7 a5 28. h4 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. h5 Qd5 31. Qxd5 exd5 32. Ra1 Ne6 33. Rxa5 Nxd4 34. Bf1 Rd8 35. Bg2 Nc6 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Bxd5 Nxe5 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. g5 Nd3 40. Kh2 Nf4 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.18"] [Round "31"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D56"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 14. Bb3 Re8 15. Re1 e4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Rc5 Be6 18. Re5 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Qc7 20. Rf5 Nd5 21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Re5 Qxb3 23. axb3 Rxe5 24. dxe5 Re8 25. Nxe4 Rxe5 26. Nc5 Re7 27. Nd3 f5 28. Kf1 g5 29. Rc4 Kg7 30. g4 fxg4 31. Rxg4 b6 32. b4 Nf6 33. Rc4 Re6 34. h3 Ne4 35. Ke2 Nf6 36. Kf3 Kf8 37. h4 Ke7 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Ke2 Nd7 40. Rc1 Kf6 41. Ra1 Ne5 42. Rxa7 Nxd3 43. Kxd3 Rd6+ 44. Kc3 Kf5 45. f3 Re6 46. Kd3 Rd6+ 47. Ke2 Rh6 48. Kd3 Rd6+ 49. Kc3 Re6 50. Kd3 Rd6+ 51. Ke2 Rh6 52. Rb7 Rh2+ 53. Kd3 b5 54. Rb6 Rxb2 55. Rxc6 Rxb4 56. Rc5+ Kf6 57. Kc3 Rb1 58. Kc2 Rf1 59. Rxb5 Rxf3 60. Kd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.18"] [Round "42"] [White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bc4 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bb3 a5 13. c4 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Rb1 Re8 16. Bc2 Bd4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Bxf6 20. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Kf8 22. b3 Re8 23. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.18"] [Round "35"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. f4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Kh1 Ne7 18. Na3 c5 19. d5 Ng6 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Ra6 Ra8 22. Qa1 Rxa6 23. Qxa6 Qe7 24. f3 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Ra1 g6 27. Qe2 Rb8 28. Bd3 Bd8 29. Ra6 Bf6 30. Bb5 Qe7 31. Bc6 Kg7 32. Qd2 Be5 33. b4 Qf6 34. b5 Bxc3 35. Qc2 Qd4 36. b6 Qb4 37. b7 Bd4 38. Kg2 Rxb7 39. Bxb7 Qxb7 40. Rxd6 Qe7 41. Rc6 Qg5+ 42. Kh3 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.18"] [Round "37"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2689"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. c3 Nd7 12. h4 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Be7 14. g3 O-O 15. Bh3 Nf6 16. Qd3 b5 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. O-O a5 19. Bg2 Rfc8 20. Bf3 b4 21. c4 g6 22. Kg2 a4 23. Ng1 Qc6 24. Rc1 Nd7 25. Rfd1 Nc5 26. Qe2 Bf8 27. Nh3 Ne6 28. Qe3 Nd4 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. Qxd4 Qc5 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. Nf4 Bh6 33. e5 Rd8 34. Rd1 Bxf4 35. gxf4 Rxc4 36. exd6 Rxf4 37. d7 Rxh4 38. Bc6 Rc4 39. Bxa4 Kg7 40. Re1 Rd4 41. Re8 R8xd7 42. Bxd7 Rxd7 43. Re4 Ra7 44. Rxb4 Rxa2 45. Rb8 g5 46. b4 Ra3 47. b5 Rb3 48. b6 h4 49. f3 Kf6 50. Kf2 Kf5 51. Kg2 Kf4 52. b7 f5 53. Kh2 Rb2+ 54. Kg1 Kg3 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.18"] [Round "40"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2680"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd4 12. Qg3 Nxb3 13. cxb3 O-O 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bg5 c6 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. Qf3 Qe6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Ra6 Rfc8 21. Ng3 d5 22. Rc1 Bd4 23. Nf5 Kf8 24. Rcxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 dxe4 26. dxe4 Ra8 27. g4 Ke8 28. Rxf6 Ra2 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Rf5 d3 31. Rd5 Rxb2 32. Rxd3 Ke7 33. Kg2 Ke6 34. Kf3 f6 35. Ke3 b4 36. f4 Rc2 37. Kd4 h6 38. f5+ Kd6 39. e5+ fxe5+ 40. Ke4+ Ke7 41. Kxe5 Re2+ 42. Kd4 Rc2 43. Kd5 Kf6 44. Rd4 Rc3 45. Rxb4 Rxh3 46. Rb6+ Kf7 47. b4 Rg3 48. Rxh6 Rxg4 49. b5 Rb4 50. b6 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.18"] [Round "29"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2754"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Rg1 Nf4 17. Be3 Ne7 18. Na3 Ne6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Qd3 f5 21. Nc4 fxe4 22. fxe4 exd4 23. cxd4 d5 24. Ne5 Rbd8 25. Qb3 Rd6 26. exd5 Rxd5 27. Ng4 Kh8 28. Rae1 Qc6 29. Rg2 Ng6 30. Rc1 Qa8 31. Kg1 Nh4 32. Rg3 Bxd4 33. Bxd4 Rxd4 34. Ne5 Rdf4 35. Qe3 Rxf2 36. Qxf2 Rxf2 37. Kxf2 Qe4 38. Re1 Qd4+ 39. Kf1 g6 40. b3 Kg7 41. Rd3 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qg5+ 43. Rg3 Qd2 44. Nd3 Nf5 45. Rf3 Nd4 46. Rfe3 Nc2 47. Re7+ Kh6 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.18"] [Round "33"] [White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Ne5 Bc6 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. e3 Na5 12. Nd2 c5 13. dxc5 Rc8 14. b4 cxb3 15. Nxb3 Nd5 16. Ba3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qb3 Qa4 21. Qxa4 bxa4 22. c6 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 Rxc6 24. Rxa4 Rc4 25. Rfa1 Rxa4 26. Rxa4 Rd8 27. Rd4 f5 28. h3 Kf7 29. g4 fxg4 30. hxg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.17"] [Round "21"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2736"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Ne7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Nge2 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. f3 Nd7 14. Rad1 f5 15. Ng3 Rae8 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Rf8 19. Re1 h6 20. e5 Qb4 21. Re2 c5 22. e6 Nf6 23. a3 Qxd4+ 24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. Nb5 d3 26. Rd2 a6 27. Nd4 Ne4 28. Rxd3 Nxg3 29. hxg3 Nf5 30. Nf3 Nxg3 31. Rxd5 Re8 32. Rd6 Kf8 33. Rxb6 a5 34. Nd4 Ke7 35. Ra6 Kf6 36. Rxa5 Rd8 37. e7 Re8 38. Nc6 Nf5 39. Ra7 Ke6 40. b4 Kd6 41. b5 h5 42. a4 h4 43. a5 Kc5 44. Rb7 Nd6 45. Rb8 Rxb8 46. Nxb8 Kxb5 47. a6 Kb6 48. Kh2 Ka7 49. Nd7 Kxa6 50. Kh3 Kb7 51. Ne5 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.17"] [Round "26"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2517"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Ne4 Be7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bh4 e5 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Bxf7+ Kf8 16. Qd3 Bb5 17. Qd2 Kxf7 18. Qh6 Qc8+ 19. Kb1 Qf5 20. Rhe1 Bc6 21. Ka1 Bxe4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Rxd4 Rad8 24. Ra4 Nc6 25. g4 Qxg4 26. f3 Qg6 27. Qf4 Bc2 28. Rc4 Bd3 29. Rcc1 Rhe8 30. Qc7 Ne5 31. Qxb7 Rd7 32. Qb3+ Kf8 33. Bg3 Qf7 34. Qa4 Bb5 35. Qe4 Nd3 36. Rg1 Bc5 37. Qh4 Bxg1 38. Rxg1 Ne5 39. Bf4 Ng6 40. Bh6+ Kg8 41. Qb4 Red8 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.17"] [Round "24"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2772"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5 Qb6 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Rd8 11. h3 Bf5 12. Qb3 Na6 13. Be3 Qxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15. g4 Bd3 16. Bxd3 Nxd3 17. Rfd1 Nb4 18. Rd2 h5 19. g5 Ne8 20. d5 b6 21. dxc6 Nxc6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. b4 Nd6 24. b5 Na5 25. c5 Ndc4 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Bxb6 Nxb6 28. Rxa5 Nc4 29. Ra7 e6 30. Rc7 Nd6 31. b6 Rb8 32. Rc6 Nf5 33. Na4 Ne7 34. Rc5 Nd5 35. Rb5 Rb7 36. Ne1 Nf4 37. Nc5 Rb8 38. b7 Ne2+ 39. Kf1 Nd4 40. Rb6 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.17"] [Round "22"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2752"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. b3 d5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. e4 dxc4 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Be3 Nhf6 17. h3 b5 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Rab1 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qa3 21. g4 Rfd8 22. g5 Ne8 23. Bc1 Qa5 24. Bd2 Qa3 25. Bc1 Qa5 26. Bd2 Qa3 27. Bc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.17"] [Round "28"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8. Nc3 a6 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Bf6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Qd3 Qd6 14. Rad1 b4 15. Na4 Nd7 16. c4 bxc3 17. Nxc3 Rfd8 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qc6+ 22. Kg1 Qc4 23. Qe3 Qg4 24. Qc5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd5 26. Rd4 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.17"] [Round "16"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A18"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2689"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 c5 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rad1 g6 15. Be4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 e5 17. Bd5 exd4 18. Qb2 Be6 19. Qxb7 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Qb6 21. Qxb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.17"] [Round "19"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2680"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Nb4 14. Qd2 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Nd5 16. Rac1 c5 17. Ba5 Nf4 18. Rd2 Rfe8 19. Rcd1 g5 20. g3 Ne6 21. h3 h5 22. Kg2 Kg7 23. Rd5 Kg6 24. Nh2 b4 25. Nf1 Bd8 26. Bxd8 Rexd8 27. Ne3 a5 28. Kf3 a4 29. Ke4 h4 30. f4 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 f5+ 32. exf6 gxf4 33. gxf4 Kxf6 34. Rf5+ Kg6 35. Re5 Kf6 36. Nd5+ Kf7 37. Rxe6 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.17"] [Round "20"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D57"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Rb1 c5 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd3 Be6 15. O-O Rab8 16. Qa4 c4 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. Rxb8 Rxb8 19. Rb1 Rxb1+ 20. Bxb1 Qb6 21. Qc2 g6 22. Qc1 Kg7 23. h3 c5 24. Bc2 cxd4 25. exd4 Qa5 26. Qb2 Qc7 27. Bd1 h5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.17"] [Round "27"] [White "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2634"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. g3 c5 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. O-O Bc6 15. Qd1 h6 16. Be3 c4 17. Bd2 b5 18. Bb4 Re8 19. Qd2 Nb6 20. Rfd1 Be4 21. Ba5 Qd5 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Ne1 c3 24. bxc3 Bxg2 25. Nxg2 Ne4 26. Qb2 Nxc3 27. Rd3 Na4 28. Qb3 Red8 29. Ne3 Qxb3 30. Rxb3 Rxd4 31. Rxb5 Rd2 32. Rb4 Nc3 33. Rxb6 Nxe2+ 34. Kg2 Nd4 35. Rd6 e5 36. a4 Rc3 37. Nd1 Rcd3 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.17"] [Round "17"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. e3 c5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Qc2 h6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. O-O c4 14. Be2 Be6 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Rab1 Rac8 17. h3 Bf6 18. b3 c3 19. b4 Rfd8 20. b5 Ne7 21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Nf5 23. Rd3 d4 24. g4 Ne7 25. exd4 Nd5 26. Bg3 f6 27. Bf3 Qa5 28. Rb3 Bf7 29. Be4 Qa4 30. Rf3 Qa5 31. Kh2 Rc4 32. Rd3 Qa4 33. h4 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Qxd4 35. Rb1 Re8 36. Bf3 Qc5 37. Qd3 Nb6 38. Rc1 Na4 39. Bc6 Rc8 40. Qd7 Rf8 41. Qd6 Qxd6 42. Bxd6 Rd8 43. Bb4 Rd3 44. b6 Nxb6 45. Rxc3 Rxc3 46. Bxc3 Bd5 47. Bb5 Bc4 48. Bc6 Bd5 49. Bxd5+ Nxd5 50. Bd4 a6 51. Kg3 Kf7 52. Kf3 g6 53. Ke4 Ke6 54. Kd3 f5 55. gxf5+ Kxf5 56. Kc4 Nf4 57. Kb4 Ng2 58. Ka5 Nxh4 59. Kxa6 Nf3 60. Bb6 Nd2 61. a4 Nc4 62. Kb5 Nd6+ 63. Kc6 Nc4 64. Kc5 Nd2 65. Kd5 Nb3 66. Kc4 Nd2+ 67. Kb4 h5 68. a5 Ke6 69. a6 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.17"] [Round "25"] [White "Gashimov, Vugar"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "155"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd3 exd4 14. Qxb5 Bd7 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Ba4 Rfe8 17. Rd1 Ra8 18. Nbd2 dxc3 19. bxc3 d5 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. e5 Qc6 23. Qd3 Bb7 24. Nb3 Ba6 25. Qd2 Bc4 26. Nbd4 Qd7 27. Qf4 Qa4 28. Qd2 Ba5 29. Rc1 Qa3 30. Nc6 Bb6 31. Ncd4 Bc5 32. h4 Bf8 33. Re1 Qa6 34. h5 Bd3 35. Qf4 c5 36. Nf5 Bxf5 37. Qxf5 Qe6 38. Qd3 Rd8 39. Rd1 Qg4 40. Qe3 Qxh5 41. e6 fxe6 42. Qxe6+ Qf7 43. Qc6 Qf5 44. Re1 d4 45. cxd4 cxd4 46. Qc4+ Qd5 47. Qd3 Bb4 48. Re5 Qa2 49. g3 Qa1+ 50. Kg2 Qc3 51. Qe4 d3 52. Re8+ Rxe8 53. Qxe8+ Bf8 54. Qe6+ Kh8 55. Qf7 Qf6 56. Qd5 Qd6 57. Qxd6 Bxd6 58. Kf1 Kg8 59. Ke1 Bb4+ 60. Kd1 Bc3 61. Nh4 Kf7 62. Nf5 g5 63. g4 Ke6 64. Ne3 Ke5 65. f3 Kf4 66. Nd5+ Kxf3 67. Nxc3 Kxg4 68. Kd2 h5 69. Kxd3 Kf3 70. Ne4 g4 71. Ng5+ Kf2 72. Ne4+ Kf3 73. Ng5+ Kf4 74. Ne6+ Kg3 75. Ke2 h4 76. Kf1 Kh2 77. Nd4 Kh1 78. Nf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.17"] [Round "18"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Nc3 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rc1 a6 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Bf5 c4 14. bxc4 dxc4 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. a4 Rc7 17. e4 g6 18. Bh3 Nf6 19. d5 Re8 20. Kh1 Bc5 21. f3 Bc8 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Qd2 Nh5 24. Ne2 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. g4 Ng7 27. Qc3 Bf8 28. Ba3 Bxa3 29. Qxa3 h5 30. Rg1 hxg4 31. Rxg4 Qe7 32. Qe3 b4 33. Rcg1 c3 34. Qh6 Qe5 35. Rh4 Kf8 36. Nf4 c2 37. Nd3 Qd4 38. Nc1 Qc3 39. Rf4 b3 40. Qxg6 Re7 41. Rf6 b2 42. d6 Ke8 43. Qxg7 bxc1=Q 44. Rxc1 Qd2 45. Qg8+ Kd7 46. Qg4+ Re6 47. Rxf7+ Kc6 48. Qg1 Rg6 49. Qf1 Kxd6 50. Rf5 Ke7 51. Rd5 Qe3 52. Re5+ Kf8 53. Rf5+ Kg8 54. e5 Qd2 55. Rf6 Rxf6 56. exf6 Kf7 57. Qg1 Rg8 58. Qa7+ Kxf6 59. Qb6+ Kf7 60. Qb7+ Kf6 61. Qb6+ Kf7 62. Qb7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.17"] [Round "23"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 6. cxd5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. Bg5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. Nxb3 b6 13. e4 Bb7 14. Bb5 Bc6 15. Ke2 a6 16. Bxc6 Nbxc6 17. Nd4 Rfd8 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Na4 b5 20. Nc5 Nd4+ 21. Ke3 e5 22. Rc1 a5 23. Rhd1 Nc2+ 24. Ke2 Nd4+ 25. Ke1 f6 26. f3 Kf7 27. Nb3 Nxb3 28. Rc7+ Kg6 29. axb3 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 h5 31. h4 b4 32. Rc5 Kh6 33. Kd2 g5 34. hxg5+ Kxg5 35. Ke3 Kg6 36. g3 Ra7 37. f4 exf4+ 38. gxf4 h4 39. Kf3 h3 40. Kg3 Rh7 41. Rc2 Rh8 42. Rh2 Re8 43. Kf3 Rh8 44. Kg4 Re8 45. f5+ Kg7 46. Kf4 Rh8 47. Kg4 Re8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.17"] [Round "15"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2619"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. e3 d6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O f5 12. b4 Qe7 13. Bb2 c5 14. Nd2 Qg5 15. f4 Qg6 16. Nf3 Ndf6 17. Rad1 Ng4 18. Qb3 Qh6 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Bxf3 21. h3 Bxe2 22. hxg4 fxg4 23. e4 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Rxf4 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.16"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2634"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Qe2 b5 18. c5 Rfd8 19. Nf1 Ng4 20. Ne1 Ngf6 21. g4 Nd5 22. Nf3 Nf8 23. Rg1 Nh7 24. Ne5 Bg5 25. Ng3 Rac8 26. Ne4 Nf4 27. Qf3 Nd5 28. Nd6 Bxd2 29. Rxd2 Ng5 30. Qe2 Rxd6 31. cxd6 Qxd6 32. Rc1 f6 33. Ng6 Nf4 34. Qe3 Nd5 35. Qb3 Kf7 36. Rdc2 Rc7 37. f4 Nxf4 38. Qg3 e5 39. dxe5 fxe5 40. Qb3+ Nge6 41. Rxc6 Rxc6 42. Rxc6 Qd4 43. Nxf4 Qe4+ 44. Qc2 Qxc2+ 45. Rxc2 exf4 46. Kc1 Kf6 47. Rc6 Ke5 48. Ra6 f3 49. Kd2 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gashimov, Vugar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A38"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2758"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Nc2 O-O 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Rfc8 12. Rb1 a6 13. a3 Qh5 14. Ne3 Ng4 15. Nxg4 Bxg4 16. Re1 Rab8 17. Nd5 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Be6 19. Rc2 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Ne5 21. Qd2 Ng4 22. h3 Nf6 23. Rec1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Qe5 25. Kh2 Kg7 26. f4 Qa1 27. a4 Kg8 28. Rc7 Kf8 29. Qe3 Re8 30. Rxb7 h5 31. Bf3 Qe1 32. Kg2 a5 33. h4 Qd1 34. f5 gxf5 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Qxf5 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.16"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2736"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Ng6 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Nb3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qa4 16. h4 g4 17. h5 Nge5 18. Be2 gxf3 19. gxf3 Be6 20. Nd4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Bd4 f6 24. Kf2 O-O-O 25. Rhb1 Bd7 26. Rb4 a5 27. Rb6 Qc4 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. cxd3 Rdg8 30. Rab1 Bc6 31. c4 Rg5 32. Rh1 Rhg8 33. Rb2 Rg2+ 34. Ke3 Rxb2 35. Bxb2 Rg2 36. Bc1 Rxa2 37. Kd4 Ra1 38. Kc3 Rb1 39. Kc2 Rb4 40. Bxh6 Ba4+ 41. Kd2 Rb2+ 42. Ke3 Rg2 43. Bf8 Kd7 44. h6 Rg8 45. Bg7 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C16"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qd7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ne2 Kf7 11. h4 Qa4 12. Qd3 c5 13. Rb1 Ne7 14. h5 Rhc8 15. Rb2 Kg8 16. Nf4 Rc6 17. O-O Rac8 18. Qg3 Rf8 19. h6 g6 20. Nh5 cxd4 21. Qh4 Rf7 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Ne8 Ng8 24. Nd6 Rf8 25. Qd8 Rc8 26. Qxc8 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.16"] [Round "14"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2723"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rd2 Rd8 14. Rad1 Rxd2 15. Rxd2 h4 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Ne2 Bd5 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 g6 20. b3 a5 21. c4 Be6 22. f4 a4 23. Kf2 c5 24. Nf3 c6 25. Rb2 axb3 26. axb3 b5 27. Ra2 Rd8 28. Ra7+ Kf8 29. Rc7 Rd3 30. Rxc6 Rxb3 31. cxb5 Rxb5 32. Nxh4 Bd5 33. Rc7 c4 34. Nf3 Rb2+ 35. Kg3 Kg7 36. Rc5 Bxf3 37. Kxf3 Rc2 38. Rc7 Kg8 39. g3 c3 40. Kg4 Rc1 41. Kg5 c2 42. Kf6 Rg1 43. Rxc2 Rxg3 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Rc7 Rxh3 46. e6 Rf3 47. Rxf7+ Kh6 48. Ke5 Re3+ 49. Kd6 Rd3+ 50. Kc7 Rc3+ 51. Kd8 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.16"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2754"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. N1d2 Nf6 10. O-O-O Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Qc7 12. f4 O-O 13. Rhg1 e5 14. f5 a5 15. a3 a4 16. Na1 d5 17. g4 d4 18. Qh3 Nd7 19. g5 Na5 20. Rg4 Nc5 21. Kb1 f6 22. gxf6 Rxf6 23. Rdg1 g6 24. Qh4 Qg7 25. Nf3 Rd6 26. fxg6 Bxg4 27. gxh7+ Kh8 28. Rxg4 Qf6 29. Qg3 Rf8 30. Nxe5 Nxd3 31. cxd3 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.16"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2642"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. Na3 Nf6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Bc2 Be6 12. Ne3 O-O 13. Qf3 Re8 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 g6 18. Qf3 Nh5 19. Bb3 Kg7 20. Bg5 f6 21. Be3 Nf4 22. g3 Ne6 23. Qg4 Nf8 24. h4 Bb6 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. h5 Rad8 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Kg2 Nd7 29. Rh1 Nc5 30. Rh4 Rh8 31. Rah1 Nxb3 32. Qh3 Qf8 33. Rh7+ 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.16"] [Round "13"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2719"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 Be6 13. h3 Qd7 14. Nh2 c5 15. Bg5 Ne8 16. Qf3 Nc7 17. Nf5 f6 18. Bd2 d5 19. Rad1 Kh8 20. Ng4 c4 21. Bc2 d4 22. a3 Ne7 23. cxd4 Nxf5 24. exf5 Bd5 25. Qg3 exd4 26. Bf4 Rfe8 27. h4 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. h5 h6 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.16"] [Round "5"] [White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2517"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Nxe4 13. Re1 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. Qc1 Bb7 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Ne5 Qd6 18. Qd1 Rbe8 19. Bf4 Qf6 20. Be3 Re7 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh6 Qg7 23. Qh4 g5 24. Qh5 Rxe5 25. dxe5 Bxe3 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Rxe3 Nd3 28. Rg3 h6 29. h4 Nf4 30. Qg4 Bc8 31. Qd1 Qxe5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Qd2 Kg7 34. Re1 Bb7 35. Qc2 c5 36. Qc1 c4 37. Bc2 Rh8 38. Qe3 Rh4 39. Qb6 Bd5 40. Qd8 Ne6 41. Qe7 Qf6 42. Qxf6+ Kxf6 43. Rge3 Nc5 44. g3 Rh8 45. Rd1 Ke5 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A39"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Bd2 Qd7 12. Rfd1 Ng4 13. b3 Ne5 14. Qe4 Rab8 15. Rac1 Bf5 16. Qh4 Bf6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 b6 19. Nd5 f6 20. Qe3 Rfe8 21. f4 Nf7 22. Qc3 Be6 23. e4 Bxd5 24. exd5 f5 25. Re1 b5 26. Bf1 b4 27. Qd2 a5 28. Re3 Nd8 29. Rce1 Nb7 30. h4 Nc5 31. h5 Kf7 32. Re6 Rb7 33. Qh2 Rg8 34. hxg6+ hxg6 35. g4 Qd8 36. gxf5 gxf5+ 37. Bg2 Rh8 38. Rh6 Rxh6 39. Qxh6 Qg8 40. Re3 Qg6 41. Qh8 Qg7 42. Qh5+ Qg6 43. Qh4 Qg4 44. Qh7+ Ke8 45. Qh6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. d3 O-O 11. h3 h6 12. Re1 b4 13. Nbd2 bxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7 15. Nf1 Bb6 16. Be3 Ne7 17. Qc2 Ng6 18. Reb1 Nh5 19. Ba4 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 Nhf4 22. Rxb8 Qxb8 23. d4 Re8 24. Kh2 Qb7 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27. f3 Re8 28. Qa2 Ne6 29. Nd5 Qb5 30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. Rxc4 Ra8 32. h4 g5 33. Kg3 c5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Kg4 Kg7 36. g3 Ra2 37. f4 gxf4 38. gxf4 Nd8 39. e5 dxe5 40. fxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.16"] [Round "11"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2719"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5 Bc5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Rc1 Bd4 15. b4 a5 16. Ne2 Bb2 17. Rb1 Bxa3 18. bxa5 Bc5 19. Rxb7 cxd5 20. cxd5 Rxa5 21. g4 Ra3 22. Bc1 Ra1 23. Kf1 Nb6 24. Bb5 Qc8 25. Bc6 Nc4 26. Kg2 Nd6 27. Be3 Ra3 28. Bxc5 Rxf3 29. Bxd6 Nxe4 30. Bxf8 Rf2+ 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.16"] [Round "7"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C27"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. h3 c6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. Qf3 b5 8. Nge2 a5 9. a3 Be6 10. g4 Bxb3 11. cxb3 Ne8 12. Ng3 Na6 13. Nf5 b4 14. Na4 bxa3 15. bxa3 Rb8 16. Rb1 Nec7 17. h4 Ne6 18. g5 Nd4 19. Qg4 Nxf5 20. exf5 Bd4 21. f6 Qc8 22. Qf3 Qe6 23. fxg7 Kxg7 24. Rg1 d5 25. Kf1 e4 26. dxe4 dxe4 27. Qg4 c5 28. Rg3 Kg8 29. Kg2 Nc7 30. Bf4 Rbc8 31. Bxc7 Rxc7 32. Nb2 Rb7 33. Nc4 a4 34. Nd2 Qxg4 35. Rxg4 e3 36. fxe3 Bxe3 37. Nc4 Rxb3 38. Rxb3 axb3 39. Rg3 Rb8 40. Rxe3 b2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.16"] [Round "9"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxc6 13. f3 Bc5+ 14. Kf1 Ke7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bf2 Bxf2 18. Kxf2 Rhc8 19. Rac1 Nd7 20. Ne2 Ne5 21. Ke3 a5 22. a3 Be8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rb8 25. Rc2 a4 26. Ba2 b4 27. axb4 Rxb4 28. Kd2 h5 29. Kc3 Rb8 30. Rd2 h4 31. Nd4 Kf6 32. g3 Rc8+ 33. Kb4 Rc1 34. f4 gxf4 35. gxf4 Nc6+ 36. Nxc6 Bxc6 37. f5 Ke5 38. fxe6 fxe6 39. Rd3 Rc2 40. Rh3 Rxb2+ 41. Ka3 Re2 42. Rxh4 Bxe4 43. Bc4 Rc2 44. Bxe6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2786"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2009.11.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.11.19"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 {This (quite natural) move had not been tested in serious practice before last year's game Aronian - Movsesian.} (9... Ng4 {was usually played - see e.g. Aronian - Van Wely (annotations by GM L.Aronian) and Bacrot - Karjakin (annotations by GM D.Rogozenco) in CBM 122.}) 10. e6 Nxc5 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. b3 $4 $146 {White apparently mixed up something.} (12. Bc2 {was recomm ended by Levon Aronian himself in the above-mentioned annotations but he failed to prove any advantage over the board:} g6 13. O-O Bg7 14. Ne2 Re8 15. Nd4 Qd6 16. b4 Ne6 17. Rb1 Nxd4 18. exd4 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Bb3 Bf5 21. Ra1 Be4 $11 {1/2 Aronian,L (2757)-Movsesian,S (2732)/Nanjing 2008/CBM 128 (49)} ( 21... Ra7 $5)) 12... Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Qg5 $17 { Black has obtained the bishop pair and an attack.} 14. g3 (14. Rg1 $2 Bd6) (14. Kf1 Bf5 $17 {is quite poor, too.}) 14... Qf6 $1 {Even stronger than} (14... Bh3 ) 15. Bb2 Qf3 16. Rg1 Bg4 17. a3 Re8 18. Rc1 (18. b4 a5 $1 19. Na2 (19. bxa5 Bc5 20. Rf1 (20. Nd1 d4 $1 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qe2#) 20... Bh3 $19) 19... axb4 20. axb4 (20. Nxb4 d4 21. Bxd4 c5) 20... Ra8 21. Bc3 d4 $1 22. Bxd4 Rxa2 $1 $19) 18... b4 $1 19. axb4 Bxb4 $19 {White is practically in zugzwang!} 20. h3 {Desperation.} Bxh3 21. g4 Bxg4 22. Rg3 Qf5 23. Qd4 Re4 24. Qa7+ Qd7 25. Qb6 c5 {One of those games which show that world champions are humans, too. :(} 0-1 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2009.11.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.11.19"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nd5 14. Rad1 Nab4 15. Bc1 Nb6 16. Qb3 N4d5 17. Nb5 c6 18. Na3 Nb4 19. e4 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Nc4 Qd8 22. Be3 b5 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. Nd3 Qb7 25. Nxb4 Bxb4 26. f3 bxa4 27. Qxa4 Qb5 28. Qc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2009.11.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.11.19"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 O-O 10. Qc2 Bxc5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bd2 Na5 14. Bxa5 Qxa5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bd3 g6 17. Be4 Qb4 18. Rd2 Ra7 19. h3 b6 20. Rad1 b5 21. axb5 Qxb5 22. Nd4 Qb6 23. Qc6 Rb7 24. Rc2 Qxc6 25. Nxc6 Kg7 26. Rdd2 h5 27. Bf3 h4 28. Na5 Rd7 29. Bc6 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Be7 31. Nc4 g5 32. Rd1 f5 33. Nb6 Bc5 34. Nxc8 Rxc8 35. Ba4 Rb8 36. b3 Kf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.11"] [Round "6"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2009.11.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.11.19"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 b5 10. a4 c6 11. Ne5 a6 12. g4 Bb7 13. Bg2 Qe7 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 Nd7 16. Nxc6 Qd6 17. Ne7+ Qxe7 18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Bg2 Nb6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa7 Qxa7 22. Qa1 Qe7 23. e4 Ra8 24. Qb2 Ra5 25. e5 Qh4 26. Qe2 Ra3 27. f5 Rxc3 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Qe4 Qd8 30. Qg6 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 Re3 32. Qxe6+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kh8 34. Qf8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kh8 36. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.10"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2752"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2009.11.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.11.19"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 e5 15. Bg4 exd4 16. e5 c5 17. Re1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne2 f5 21. Bh5 f4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Re6 Bc8 24. Rg6+ Kh7 25. axb5 Rf6 26. Rxf6 Qxf6 27. Qc2+ Bf5 28. Qxc4 Rc8 29. Qd5 axb5 30. h3 Kh8 31. Qxb5 Rf8 32. Ra6 Qg7 33. Rd6 d3 34. Qb6 Qe5 35. Bg6 d2 36. Bxf5 Qxf5 37. Qd4+ Kh7 38. Qxd2 Rf7 39. f3 h5 40. Rd5 Qg6 41. Qa5 Rg7 42. h4 Qb1+ 43. Kh2 Qxb2 44. Rxg5 Rxg5 45. Qxg5 1-0 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D76"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2009.11.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.11.19"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 Bd7 11. b3 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Bb2 c6 15. f4 {Ambitiously fighting for space, but weakening the g1-a7 diagonal...} ({ The more restarined} 15. Qc2 {does not confront Black with problems.} a5 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. h3 Qc5 18. Re2 Be6 19. Red2 Bg7 20. Ne2 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 a4 $132 { Laylo,D (2504)-Li,C (2590)/Manila 2008/CBM 126 Extra (0-1, 70)}) 15... Bg7 16. e4 {This looks strong, but Black has not exhausted his resources yet.} Nc4 $1 { An elegant way to simplify the position.} 17. bxc4 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qxc3 20. Qxd7 Rab8 $146 ({This may be more reliable than the previously played } 20... b6 { when Black was struggling still, despite the presence of opposite bishops.} 21. Qxc6 Rac8 22. Qa4 Qxc4 23. Qxa7 Bc3 24. Rec1 Ra8 25. Qxb6 Rxa2 26. Qe3 Rc8 27. Bf1 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Rxc5 $14 { Maletin,P (2576)-Negi,P (2615)/St Petersburg 2009 (1/2, 44)}) 21. Rec1 Qa3 22. Rd1 Re7 23. Qd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Rbe8 25. Bf3 Bf8 26. e5 Rc7 27. Rd3 f6 28. exf6 Re6 29. Bg4 Rxf6 30. Rd7 Rxd7 31. Bxd7 b6 { Now is a better moment to play this move.} 32. Rd1 Rd6 $1 {And, finally, the pawn is sacrificed only on the occasion of the exchange of the last remaining pair of additional pieces.} 33. Rxd6 Bxd6 34. Bxc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.07"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2754"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2009.11.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.11.19"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. h3 e5 9. Nf3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 { For this line - see CBM 109, annotations to I.Sokolov - Eljanov.} Qe7 (11... Nc6 12. Qe3 Be6 (12... Qe7 {- game}) 13. Bb5 (13. Be2 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Qc5 Ba6 16. Nd5 Qd6 17. Qc3 f5 18. Nh2 Rae8 19. O-O-O Rxe4 $17 { 1/2 Anastasian,A (2565)-Rade,M (2436)/Kallithea 2008/CBM 127 (71)}) (13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bd3 Nc4 15. Qc1 Qb4 16. b3 N4e5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. O-O Rad8 $36 { 1/2 Sokolov,I (2691)-Eljanov,P (2639)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109/[Krasenkow] (30)} ) 13... Nb4 14. O-O c6 (14... Qe7 15. Rfc1 c6 16. Bf1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. b3 Be6 19. a3 Na6 20. e5 Nc7 21. Ne4 Nd5 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. Nxc5 Bc8 24. Ne4 f6 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Nd6 Rd8 27. Rd1 Nd5 28. Nxc8 Raxc8 29. Re1 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 { 1/2 Scibior,A (2179)-Schmidt,W (2399)/Poznan 2009/CBM 131 Extra}) 15. Be2 Nc2 16. Qh6 Nxa1 17. Ng5 Re8 18. e5 Qc7 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Ke7 21. Qf6+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qf6+ Kf8 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. hxg4 Kg8 26. Rxa1 Qe7 27. Nce4 Nd7 28. Qf4 Nxe5 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rd1 a6 32. Nf3 Nxf3+ 33. Qxf3 Qe2 { 1/2 Braun,A (2540)-Hoolt,S (2187)/Hengelo 2007/CBM 119 ext}) (11... Qxd4 12. Nxd4 {1/2 Bronznik,V (2410)-Sulypa,A (2488)/Elancourt 2004/EXT 2005}) 12. Qe3 ( 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Qe3 Be6 14. O-O Rad8 { 1/2 Broomfield,M (2362)-Lalic,B (2509)/Coulsdon 2007/CBM 120 ext}) (12. O-O-O $5) 12... Nc6 (12... f5 $5 13. Be2 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. Nc5 Qxe3 16. fxe3 N8d7 $1 17. Nxb7 Rae8 18. O-O (18. Kf2 $5 Nd5 19. Bc4 $14 {I.Sokolov}) 18... Rxe3 19. Rae1 Be4 20. Na5 Bd5 21. b3 Nc5 $11 { 1/2 Sokolov,I (2691)-Sutovsky,E (2674)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109 (56)}) 13. Bb5 Nb4 (13... f5 $6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. exf5 (15. O-O $142 $14 {Gleizerov}) 15... Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 Bxf5 17. O-O Rae8 18. Rae1 Bd3 $1 19. Rf2 Nd5 $1 $11 {1-0 Gleize rov,E (2552)-Iordachescu,V (2567)/Khanty Mansiysk 2007/CBM 121 Extra (53)}) 14. Rc1 Be6 (14... f5 $6 15. a3 a6 16. Be2 f4 (16... Nc6 17. Nd5 Qxe4 18. Nxc7 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Ra7 20. Nxa6 $1 $16) 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. O-O $14 ) 15. b3 a6 16. Be2 Nc6 17. O-O f6 { Black has almost equalized but White still retains some space advantage.} 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Bf1 Bf7 20. Nh2 $5 Be6 21. f4 Nd4 $2 {A central outpost is not always the best for the knight! It was much more important for it to control the crucial e5-square.} (21... Rd7 $142 22. f5 $140 Bf7 23. Ng4 Ne5) 22. f5 Bf7 23. Ng4 gxf5 ({Perhaps} 23... Nc6 { (admitting his mistake) was relatively better.}) 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Qf2 $1 fxe4 $2 {Loses on the spot.} (25... Bh5 26. Nd5 $1 $16) (25... f4 $142 $16 {Anand}) 26. Rxe4 Qd6 27. Rd1 c5 28. Nxf7+ Rxf7 29. b4 $1 { The poor knight will now be simply lost!} f5 30. bxc5 fxe4 31. Qxf7 Nf3+ 32. Qxf3 1-0 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2009.11.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.11.19"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Nc6 16. d5 Rad8 17. Rxb7 e6 ({The main move} 17... f5 { was examined in CBM 128, annotations to Mamedyarov - Grischuk by GM L.Ftacnik.} ) 18. Bc7 Bxf3 $1 $146 {This novelty rehabilitates the 17...e6 line.} (18... exd5 19. Bxd8 dxe4 20. Be7 Re8 $6 (20... Nxe7 $142 21. Rxe7 exf3 22. Bxf3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 a5 $1 $132 {Ftacnik}) 21. Bb5 $1 (21. Bc5 Rd8 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. Rxb3 Rd5 24. Ba3 exf3 25. Bxf3 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Nd4 $14 { 1-0 Chernin,A (2600)-Horvath,J (2505)/Hungary 1992/CBM 034/[Ftacnik] (36)}) 21... Rxe7 (21... exf3 22. Bxc6 fxg2 23. Bxe8 $1 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 $18 {Chernin}) 22. Bxc6 Rxb7 23. Bxb7 exf3 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 a5 26. h4 $1 gxh4 27. Re1 $18) (18... Rd7 $6 19. Bb5 {Ftacnik}) 19. Bxf3 Rd7 20. dxc6 $5 { This queen sacrifice leads to a drawish position but} (20. d6 Qa6 21. Rb1 Nd4 { doesn't offer White any real chances either.}) 20... Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qc2 22. Bd6 g4 $1 23. Bxg4 Qxc6 24. Rc7 Qb6 25. Rd7 Rd8 (25... Rc8 26. Bh5 $132) 26. Bc7 Rxd7 27. Bxb6 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 axb6 29. Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D95"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2009.11.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.11.19"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 c6 {A rare reply to a rare system. Both players were probably trying to avoid major theory.} 7. Qb3 e6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Qe7 (9... b6 {is the main move in this position.}) 10. Na4 {Otherwise Black pushes ...e6-e5 and equalizes.} (10. e4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. d5 $6 {1-0 Zagoriansky,E-Rokhlin,Y/Moscow 1944/EXT 1999 (40)} b5 $1 13. Be2 Nc5 14. Qc2 (14. Qa3 $2 a5) 14... cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 $36) (10. Rfe1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. e4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Bf4 { 1/2 Malaniuk,V (2525)-Stambulian,A (2394)/Krasnodar 2004/EXT 2006}) (10. cxd5 exd5 { OK, no ...e6-e5 but the Karlsbad structure with White's Bd2 is safe for Black:} 11. Qc2 Re8 12. b4 Ne4 13. b5 Nb6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. a4 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Be6 17. a5 Nd7 18. Nb3 c5 $11 {1/2 Trifunovic,P-Bogdanovic,R/Belgrade 1952/EXT 2000 (23)}) 10... Re8 $6 {To be followed by a strange retreat (11...Qd8). Black didn't like } (10... a5 {but it was probably the best option.}) 11. Bb4 Qd8 12. Bd6 $1 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Nb8 $6 (13... Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Be5 $14) 14. Qc5 b5 $6 (14... a5) 15. Nc3 Bb7 16. Rac1 $6 (16. a4 $1 Na6 17. Qa3 $16 {was a severe punishment of Black's opening strategy. After the text move he gradually consolidates his position, and the white queen and bishop get trapped in the opponent's camp.}) 16... a5 17. Bg3 $6 (17. Bxb8 Qxb8 18. Ne4 $14 { was probably a quite comfortable "must".}) 17... Nbd7 (17... e5 $142 $1 18. dxe5 (18. Bxe5 $143 $6 Nfd7 19. Qd6 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 $15) 18... Nh5 19. Rfd1 Nxg3 (19... Nd7 20. Qd6 $1 Nxg3 21. e6 $3 Rxe6 22. Qxg3 $11) 20. hxg3 Nd7 $15) 18. Qd6 Bf8 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Bxc7 Rec8 21. Be5 b4 22. Na4 Nd5 23. Nc5 $2 { An unfortunate decision - to block the c-file. Besides, White's c5-pawn now becomes weak, and his bishop on g3 badly restricted.} (23. Rfd1 $142 c5 $140 24. Bb5 Nxe5 (24... Bc6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. e4 N5b6 27. d5 $14) 25. dxe5 $14) 23... Nxc5 24. dxc5 f6 25. Bg3 e5 26. Rfd1 Ba6 $1 27. Bxa6 Rxa6 28. Nd2 a4 29. e4 $6 (29. Ne4 $142 {in order to control the c3-square or provoke ...f6-f5, which frees the g3 bishop. Black, however, keeps the better prospects after} Kf7 ({but not the premature} 29... a3 30. b3 f5 $2 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. cxd6 Nc3 33. Rd2)) 29... Nc7 30. f3 $6 (30. Nc4 Ne6 $17) (30. f4 $5) 30... Bh6 $2 { Obvious but bad!} (30... a3 $1 31. b3 Nb5 32. Nb1 Nd4 33. Kf1 Ra5 $17) 31. Rb1 a3 {Too late!} (31... Be3+ 32. Bf2 Bd4 (32... Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Ne6 34. Nc4 Nxc5 35. Rbc1 Ne6 36. Rd6 $44) 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Nc4 $11) 32. Nc4 $1 { With the black bishop on f8 this would lead to the loss of the c5-pawn.} Nb5 33. Be1 $1 {Attacking the b4-pawn and protecting the c3-square. The game now moves towards a draw.} axb2 34. Rxb2 Rca8 35. Bxb4 Rxa2 36. Rxa2 Rxa2 37. Kf1 Bf8 38. Nd6 Nd4 39. Be1 Rc2 40. Bf2 Nb3 41. Nb7 Nxc5 42. Nxc5 Bxc5 43. Bxc5 Rxc5 44. Rd8+ (44. Rd8+ Kg7 45. Rd7+ Kh6 46. Rf7 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corsica m"] [Site "Corsica"] [Date "2009.11.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2619"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2009.10.31"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. a3 Nc6 9. e3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxc5 11. Bd3 a6 12. O-O h6 13. b4 Qa7 14. Ne4 Nh5 15. Bd6 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Be2 Bxd6 18. Nxd6 Nf6 19. Rd2 Be8 20. Rad1 Qb6 21. e4 Ng4 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. bxc5 Na5 24. e5 Bc6 25. Re1 h5 26. h3 Nh6 27. Nd4 g6 28. Nxc6 Nxc6 29. Bf3 Nf5 30. Rb2 1-0 [Event "Corsica m"] [Site "Corsica"] [Date "2009.11.02"] [Round "4"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2619"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2009.10.31"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Ne4 8. Qc2 exd5 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. e3 g5 11. Bg3 f5 12. O-O-O f4 13. f3 Nd6 14. exf4 gxf4 15. Bf2 Bf5 16. Qc5 Ne7 17. Ne2 Bg6 18. Qc3 Qd7 19. g3 fxg3 20. Nxg3 Nb5 21. Qb3 a6 22. Rd2 Nc6 23. h4 Na5 24. Qb4 Qc6+ 25. Kd1 Nc4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. d5 Qf6 28. Qxc4 Qxf3+ 29. Kc1 Rf4 30. Qa2 Nd6 31. b3 Qc3+ 32. Kd1 Rxf2 0-1 [Event "Corsica m"] [Site "Corsica"] [Date "2009.10.31"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2619"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2009.10.31"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Nf3 Nf8 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rab1 a5 14. a3 Be6 15. Na4 N6d7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 b5 18. Nc5 Nb6 19. Ra1 f6 20. Qc3 Bf7 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Ra1 Qb8 23. Nd2 Nc4 24. Ndb3 Ra7 25. e4 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Bd5 27. Bxd5+ cxd5 28. Re1 Qd6 29. Qf3 Kf7 30. g3 g6 31. h4 Re7 32. Ra1 Rc7 33. Ra6 Qd8 34. Qf4 Kg7 35. Rxf6 Qxf6 36. Qxc7+ Kg8 37. Kg2 Qf5 38. Qe7 h6 39. Nc1 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. N1d3 Nd2 42. Qe2 Nc4 43. Ne5 Kg7 44. Ng4 Ng6 45. Qe6 Qxe6 46. Nxe6+ 1-0 [Event "Corsica m"] [Site "Corsica"] [Date "2009.10.31"] [Round "2"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2619"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2009.10.31"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qc3 f6 16. Qd4 Qe7 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nb7 19. Qe2 e5 20. e4 Qe6 21. Rd5 Rc7 22. Rc1 Rfc8 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. h3 Bf8 25. Ne1 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Qc4+ Qf7 28. Qc6 Nc5 29. Ba3 Nxb3 30. Bxf8 Nd4 31. Qa8 Qxf8 32. Qxa7 Qb4 33. Qa8+ Kf7 34. Nf3 Nxf3+ 35. gxf3 Qc5 36. Qb7+ Kg6 37. Qd7 Kh6 38. a4 Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Qg5+ 40. Kf1 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Champions sim"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2009.08.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Almada, Enrique"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E33"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2337"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2009.08.23"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 a5 7. b3 d6 8. d4 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Be2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nh4 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Qe6 17. g4 Rad8 18. Nf5 g6 19. Ng3 Nd7 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qd6 24. Qc2 f6 25. Rd1 Nb8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Champions sim"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2009.08.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Georgiadis, Nico"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2085"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2009.08.23"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O a6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e3 Rb8 8. d4 b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. a4 b4 11. Nb5 Bd7 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Qc2 Qb6 15. Nb3 Na5 16. Nxc5 Bxb5 17. axb5 O-O 18. Na6 Rbc8 19. Qa4 Nc4 20. Nxb4 Nd6 21. Nc6 Rfe8 22. Bd2 Nxb5 23. Ba5 Qc5 24. Bb4 Qb6 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Bxe7 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Champions rap"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2009.08.23"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2644"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2009.08.23"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Re1 Ne7 11. h3 b6 12. Nc3 Ba6 13. e6 fxe6 14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bxc7 Rc8 17. Be5 Kd7 18. g4 h5 19. a4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Bb7 21. c3 Bd6 22. Bd4 Rh6 23. Kg2 a6 24. Ne5+ Ke7 25. b4 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Kf7 27. Ree1 Rc7 28. Kg3 Rh8 29. Be5 Rd7 30. Bd4 Rc7 31. Re3 Re8 32. Kf4 Rh8 33. Kg5 Rh6 34. Rf3+ Kg8 35. Be5 Rc4 36. Rf4 Kh7 37. Rxc4 dxc4 38. b5 axb5 39. a5 bxa5 40. Rxa5 Bc6 41. Ra7 Rg6+ 42. Kh4 b4 43. cxb4 c3 44. g5 1-0 [Event "Zuerich Champions rap"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2009.08.23"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2612"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2009.08.23"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f5 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bc4 Bxf5 15. Bxd5 Qc8 16. Qf2 Rb8 17. Bxa7 Rb5 18. Be3 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Kb1 Ra8 21. b3 Rba5 22. a4 Rb8 23. Bc1 Rxa4 24. Bb2 Raa8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Champions rap"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2009.08.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2759"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2009.08.23"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. c4 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. d5 b6 14. Bd3 Ba6 15. b3 c6 16. Rhe1 cxd5 17. cxd5 Bb7 18. Bg5 Bxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Champions rap"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2009.08.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2813"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2009.08.23"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. h3 h6 13. Nf4 h5 14. Re1 Rd8 15. e6 Bxe6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bf4 Bf6 18. Rxe6+ Kf7 19. Rae1 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. Bxc7 Rd7 22. Bd6 Rhd8 23. Ba3 Rd2 24. c3 Rc2 25. R6e3 Rdd2 26. Rf3 b6 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Kg6 29. Be7 Re2 30. Rxe2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Champions rap"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2009.08.23"] [Round "5"] [White "Hug, Werner"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B20"] [WhiteElo "2453"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2009.08.23"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 bxa3 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Rxa3 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d4 Nf6 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nbd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. h3 Be6 14. Ba2 Nc7 15. c4 Nb4 16. Bb1 a5 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. g4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Ne6 20. Qe3 Qc7 21. Rc1 Rad8 22. Ba1 b6 23. d5 Nc5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Bb1 e6 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. Qe3 exd5 28. Qh6 d4 29. Nh4 d3 30. Nf5 Ne6 31. Ne3 Qf4 32. Qxf4 Nxf4 33. Kh2 Rc8 34. Rd1 Rfd8 35. g5 Rd4 36. Rd2 Ne6 37. Nd5 Rcxc4 38. Nxb6 Rc6 0-1 [Event "Zuerich Champions rap"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2009.08.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2687"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2009.08.23"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Bf4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. Ne4 Ngf6 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Nc4 Bxd2+ 15. Nfxd2 Qc7 16. O-O-O b5 17. Ne3 Rhe8 18. g4 Nd5 19. Nxd5+ cxd5 20. g5 b4 21. Kb1 a5 22. Qe3 a4 23. Rh3 Rec8 24. Rc1 a3 25. b3 Qc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 bxc3 28. Nf1 hxg5 29. hxg5 Rh8 30. Ne3 Nb8 31. Re1 Kd6 32. Nd1 Nc6 33. Nxc3 Nxd4 34. Rd1 e5 35. Na4 Rh2 36. c3 Nf3 37. Nb6 Rxf2 38. Nc4+ Kc6 39. Nxa3 Nd2+ 40. Kc1 Ne4 41. Rd3 Rxa2 42. Nc2 Ra5 43. b4 Ra7 44. Ne3 Rd7 45. Ng4 f6 46. gxf6 gxf6 47. Kc2 Kd6 48. c4 d4 49. Ra3 Ke6 50. Kd3 f5 51. Ra5 fxg4 52. Kxe4 d3 53. Rxe5+ Kf6 54. Rf5+ Ke6 55. Re5+ Kf6 56. Rf5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zuerich Champions rap"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "2009.08.23"] [Round "7"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D91"] [WhiteElo "2727"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2009.08.23"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Ng5 Bd5 11. e4 h6 12. exd5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Nb6 14. Bf3 Nxd5 15. Qa4+ c6 16. Qxc4 Qd6 17. Rb1 b5 18. Rxb5 cxb5 19. Qxb5+ Kf8 20. Qxd5 Rb8 21. Qxd6 exd6 22. Kd2 Rb2+ 23. Kd3 Bh6 24. Bf6 Bg7 25. Bg5 Bh6 26. Bf6 Bg7 27. Bg5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap 3rd-4th"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2009.08.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2697"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2009.08.02"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. c3 Rc8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Nd2 h5 18. Nc4 Rc7 19. Rf1 Re8 20. h3 Kg7 21. b4 cxb4 22. cxb4 d5 23. Ne3 Bg5 24. exd5 exd5 25. Rfd1 Qd7 26. b5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap 3rd-4th"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2009.08.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2697"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2009.08.02"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd7 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. Nc4 f6 11. a4 Nf8 12. c3 a5 13. Nxa5 Rxa5 14. b4 Bxb4 15. cxb4 Ra8 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Rfb1 O-O 18. Qd1 Rfd8 19. Qb3 Qf7 20. a5 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Qxb3 22. Rxb3 Rxd4 23. Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap 3rd-4th"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2009.08.02"] [Round "4"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2697"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2009.08.02"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 d6 8. a4 a5 9. Na3 exd4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Nc2 Be6 16. Rfb1 c5 17. b4 axb4 18. cxb4 Rfb8 19. f3 f5 20. bxc5 Rxb1+ 21. Rxb1 Rxa4 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Rb8+ Kg7 25. Ne3 Be6 26. Rd8 d5 27. g4 Ra2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap 3rd-4th"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2009.08.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2697"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2009.08.02"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Ra3 Rb8 20. Qd2 h5 21. Ng5 Bh6 22. Nf1 Nfd7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rea1 Qe7 25. h4 Ra8 26. Qd1 Ra6 27. Rxa6 Bxa6 28. Ra3 Ra8 29. Qa1 Qf8 30. Nf3 Bxe3 31. Nxe3 Bb7 32. Rxa8 Qxa8 33. Qxa8+ Bxa8 34. Nd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2009.08.01"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2697"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2009.07.31"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O a6 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Qh5 Nc5 16. Rfe1 O-O-O 17. Re3 e5 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Qd7 20. g3 Qe6 21. Rf3 Kd7 22. b4 Ke7 23. Qh4 Rdg8 24. Rd1 Rg6 25. Rf5 h6 26. c4 Rg5 27. c5 Rxf5 28. exf5 Qxf5 29. b5 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. bxa6 bxa6 32. Qxh6 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Qe4+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2009.08.01"] [Round "4"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D76"] [WhiteElo "2768"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "148"] [EventDate "2009.07.31"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nb6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. b3 c5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bb2 c5 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Qc6 19. Rac1 Rab8 20. Nb1 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Rec8 22. Qe5 Qc7 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Na3 a5 25. Kf1 a4 26. b4 Nd7 27. Rd4 cxd4 28. Rxc7 Nf6 29. b5 dxe3 30. Rxe7 exf2 31. Kxf2 Nd5 32. Re4 Nc3 33. Rc4 Nxa2 34. Ke3 Rd8 35. Rxa4 Nc3 36. Rc4 Nd5+ 37. Kd3 Ra8 38. Nc2 Kf8 39. Kd4 Nb6 40. Rc6 Rd8+ 41. Kc5 Nd7+ 42. Kb4 Ke7 43. Na3 h5 44. Nc4 h4 45. b6 hxg3 46. hxg3 Nxb6 47. Nxb6 Rd1 48. Rc3 f5 49. Kc5 g5 50. Nd5+ Kf7 51. Kd6 Kg6 52. Ke5 Re1+ 53. Ne3 f4 54. gxf4 gxf4 55. Kxf4 Kf6 56. Rc5 Ke6 57. Re5+ Kd7 58. Ke4 Ra1 59. Rh5 Ra4+ 60. Ke5 Ra1 61. Rh6 Re1 62. Kd4 Ra1 63. Nc4 Rd1+ 64. Kc5 Ke7 65. Ne3 Rc1+ 66. Kd5 Re1 67. Re6+ Kf7 68. Re4 Ra1 69. Ke5 Re1 70. Kf5 Re2 71. Re5 Re1 72. Re6 Re2 73. Rf6+ Ke7 74. Nd5+ Kd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2009.08.01"] [Round "5"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "211"] [EventDate "2009.07.31"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be6 7. Bg5 Ne4 8. cxd5 Bxd5 9. Be3 g6 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qa4 Bg7 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 Qb4 15. Qc2 Nd6 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Qe2 e6 18. a3 Qb3 19. Bb1 Rfd8 20. Ba2 Qb5 21. Rd3 Nf5 22. Qd2 Na5 23. Rc3 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Rac1 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 h6 27. h3 a6 28. Qc7 Rd7 29. Qc8+ Kh7 30. Rc7 Rxc7 31. Qxc7 Qxb2 32. Qxf7 Nxe3 33. fxe3 Qxa3 34. Qxe6 a5 35. d5 a4 36. d6 Qd3 37. d7 a3 38. Nd4 Bxd4 39. exd4 Qxd4+ 40. Kh1 a2 41. Qxa2 Qxd7 42. Qb2 b5 43. Qb4 h5 44. h4 Kg7 45. Kh2 Qc7+ 46. g3 Qe5 47. Qb3 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 Qc4 49. Qb2+ Kh7 50. Qf6 Qc8+ 51. Kh2 Qb7 52. g4 hxg4 53. h5 Qc7+ 54. Kg2 gxh5 55. Qf5+ Kg8 56. Qg5+ Qg7 57. Qxb5 Qf7 58. Qg5+ Kh7 59. Qe3 Qf6 60. Qe4+ Kg7 61. Qd5 Kh6 62. Qd2+ Kg6 63. Qd3+ Kg7 64. Qd5 Qf7 65. Qe5+ Kg8 66. Qg5+ Kh7 67. Qe3 Qd5+ 68. Kg3 Kg6 69. Qe8+ Qf7 70. Qe4+ Qf5 71. Qe8+ Kg7 72. Qe7+ Kh6 73. Qe3+ Qg5 74. Qe6+ Qg6 75. Qe3+ Kg7 76. Qe5+ Kh7 77. Qe7+ Qg7 78. Qe4+ Kh6 79. Qe6+ Qg6 80. Qe3+ Kg7 81. Qe7+ Qf7 82. Qe5+ Qf6 83. Qe4 Kf7 84. Kg2 Qb2+ 85. Kg3 Qa3+ 86. Kg2 Qc5 87. Qh7+ Ke6 88. Qg6+ Kd7 89. Qf7+ Kc6 90. Qe6+ Kb7 91. Qb3+ Kc7 92. Qf7+ Kb6 93. Qb3+ Ka5 94. Qa2+ Kb6 95. Qb3+ Qb5 96. Qe3+ Kb7 97. Qe7+ Ka8 98. Qa3+ Kb8 99. Qf8+ Ka7 100. Qa3+ Kb6 101. Qe3+ Qc5 102. Qb3+ Kc7 103. Qf7+ Kd8 104. Qg8+ Kd7 105. Qf7+ Kc6 106. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2009.07.31"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2768"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2009.07.31"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. Qb3 cxd4 13. exd4 Qa5 14. Rd1 Rac8 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Bf1 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qa4 18. Bb4 Rfd8 19. Bc5 h6 20. Bb5 Qxb3 21. axb3 Rc7 22. Be2 Nc8 23. Bxa7 Rc2 24. Bc4 Rxb2 25. Bc5 Ne4 26. Re1 Ncd6 27. Ba3 Rd2 28. Bf1 Rxd4 29. Bc1 Nd2 30. Bb2 Rd5 31. Rad1 Nf5 32. Be2 Nxb3 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rb1 Nbd4 35. Bf1 Nc6 36. Bc3 Rd7 37. g4 Nfe7 38. f4 Nd5 39. Bd2 Kf8 40. Kf2 Ke7 41. h4 Nf6 0-1 [Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2009.07.31"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2632"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2009.07.31"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 g5 13. Bf2 Ng4 14. Bg3 Nd7 15. Be2 Ngxe5 16. O-O Bg7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Ne4 Rf8 19. Bh5+ Ke7 20. Rb3 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Nc4 22. Rxa3 Nxd2+ 23. Nxd2 Be5 24. Rf3 Bxg3 25. Rf7+ Kd6 26. hxg3 b5 27. Rh7 Bb7 28. Bf3 Rf8 29. Ke2 Bd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Rxh6+ Rf6 32. Rh5 Re6+ 33. Kd1 g4 34. Nb3 Nf6 35. Rf5 Ne4 36. Kc1 Nc3 37. a3 Re3 38. Rf6+ Ke5 39. Rxa6 Rxg3 40. Nc5 Rxg2 41. Nd3+ Kd4 42. Ne1 Re2 43. Nd3 Rh2 44. Ne1 Ne4 45. Kb2 Rh1 46. Nd3 Nc3 47. a4 Nxa4+ 48. Ka3 Ra1+ 49. Kb4 Rb1+ 50. Ka3 Nc5 51. Nxc5 Kxc5 52. Rg6 Rg1 53. Kb3 g3 54. Rg4 g2 55. Kb2 b4 56. Rg5 Kd6 0-1 [Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2009.07.31"] [Round "3"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2697"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2009.07.31"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.09.03"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Ne7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc6 12. Bb5 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 c5 16. Be3 Qb8 17. Qd7 Re8 18. Nd5 Bf8 19. Rad1 exd5 20. Qxf5 d4 21. Bc1 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. Rfe1 f6 24. Kf1 Kf7 25. b4 Rxe1+ 26. Kxe1 cxb4 27. Rxd4 Ke6 28. Rc4 a5 29. Be3 Bd6 30. Kd2 a4 31. Kc2 Kd5 32. Rd4+ Kc6 33. Bd2 Bc5 34. Rg4 Rb8 35. Rxg7 b3+ 36. axb3 axb3+ 37. Kb1 Rd8 38. Ba5 Rd3 39. Rg3 Rxg3 40. fxg3 Kb5 41. Bd2 f5 42. Bh6 Bd6 43. Kb2 Kc4 44. Kc1 Be5 45. Kd2 Kd4 46. Be3+ Kd5 47. Bh6 Kc4 48. Be3 h5 49. Bb6 Bc3+ 50. Kc1 Bd4 51. Bc7 Kd3 52. Bd6 Ke2 0-1 [Event "Miskolc m"] [Site "Miskolc"] [Date "2009.06.07"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2751"] [Annotator "Meszaros/Berkes"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2009.06.03"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.07.02"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 {Peter could have chose the extremly sharp Botvinnik Variation with 5....dxc4, but it is not his style.} 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 {This is the newest tendency - previously 9....Bd6 was the most accepted continuation.} 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. Rc1 h5 {Some weeks ago Karjakin tried} (14... O-O { against Carlsen, but after} 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Bf6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nd1 $1 Rd6 22. Rc5 Kf8 23. Kf1 h5 24. Ne3 Ke7 25. Ke2 Bg7 26. Nc2 Bh6 27. Ra5 $1 Rd7 28. Rxe5+ Kd6 29. Ra5 Bg7 30. f4 $1 Bxb2 31. e5+ Ke7 32. Nb4 $16 { he could not equalize the position and lost the game.}) 15. h3 Bh6 16. Rc2 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rc8 19. Rd1 Ke7 {#The point of Leko's plan: instead of castling his king participates in the fight.} 20. dxc6 Rxc6 21. Nd5+ Nxd5 22. Rxc6 bxc6 23. exd5 {#} Rd8 $1 { Fine move: Peter sacrifices a pawn for exchanging the rooks.} ({After} 23... cxd5 24. Rxd5 f6 25. Ra5 $14 { Black has difficulties because of his weaknesses (a7 pawn, g6 pawn, e6 square). }) 24. dxc6 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Kd6 26. Ba4 Bc1 27. b4 a6 28. b5 axb5 29. Bxb5 Ba3 { #White's extra pawn does not mean any advantage. With this draw the World Champion has won the match.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Miskolc m"] [Site "Miskolc"] [Date "2009.06.07"] [Round "8"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "Meszaros/Berkes"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2009.06.03"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.07.02"] 1. e4 { Looks like Leko does not want to play against the Grunfeld defence again.} c6 { A new guest in the match. The Caro-Kann defence is a prefered one for both sides.} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Qa4 dxc4 10. Nc3 {Peter sacrifices a pawn for the initiative. He has advantage of development and after some moves he will have pair of bishops. The question is these pluses will be enough to force the win?} a6 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6 Nc6 15. f4 Rc8 16. Bf3 Be7 17. Rd2 g5 18. g3 gxf4 19. gxf4 {#} Nh4 $1 {A very important novelty. Thought White has some compensation for the pawn, for the advantage White has to find a new way.} ( 19... Nb4 20. Kb1 Rg8 21. Rhd1 Nd3 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bc6+ Kf8 24. Ba7 Rc8 25. Be4 Nxf4 26. Na4 $1 $14 {Leko-Cheparinov, Elista 2008.12.}) (19... Rg8 20. Rhd1 Nh4 21. Bxc6+ $1 bxc6 (21... Rxc6 22. Rd8+ Bxd8 23. Rxd8+ Ke7 24. Rxg8 Rxb6 25. Ne4 $16 {/\ Nf6}) 22. Ne4 $36) 20. Be4 Rg8 21. Kb1 (21. Rhd1 Rg4 22. Rd7 Rxf4 23. Rxb7 Nxe5 24. Bc7 $1 $44) 21... Rg4 22. Rf1 Ng6 23. f5 $1 Ngxe5 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Bxh7 Nd7 26. Be3 {#} b5 (26... Rd8 $1 {was better. After} 27. Be4 (27. Bc2 Nc5) 27... Nc5 28. Bxc6+ bxc6 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Rg1 Rxg1+ 31. Bxg1 Nd3 $15 {Black has an extra pawn.}) 27. Bc2 Nce5 28. Ne4 Nd3 $1 29. Bxd3 cxd3 30. Nf2 Rg2 31. Nxd3 Rxd2 32. Bxd2 Nf6 33. Bc1 $1 Rd8 34. Ne5 Rd5 35. Nc6 Rh5 36. Re1 ( 36. Nxe7 Kxe7 37. h4 Ne4 {with attack.}) 36... Kf7 {#} 37. Bf4 $6 { Inaccuracy. Peter would have reached some advantage with good play. After} (37. Ne5+ Ke8 38. Ng6 Kd7 39. Nf4 Rxh2 40. Rxe6 $14 { White is better, though the a6 pawn is weak, and Black can keep the draw.}) 37... Nd5 38. Bg3 Bf6 39. a3 Rf5 40. Ne5+ Bxe5 41. Bxe5 a5 42. Bg3 a4 43. Kc2 { #} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Miskolc m"] [Site "Miskolc"] [Date "2009.06.06"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2751"] [Annotator "Meszaros/Berkes"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2009.06.03"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.07.02"] [WhiteTeam "Indien"] [BlackTeam "Hungary"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "HUN"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 { Anand follows a new line.} Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11. Rd1 {Anand fights against his favourite weapon.} cxd4 12. exd4 Qc7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 b6 {#} 16. Rac1 $146 (16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Rac1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Qf4 20. Qh3 g5 21. Qxh2 Qxh4 22. Qxh4 gxh4 23. Kh2 $11 { Jussupow-Sebag, Moscow 2008}) 16... Bb7 17. Bg3 $5 {Typical plan in these structures. Black can not move with his Ra8 from the corner and prepares the e5 square for his f3 knight.} Bxg3 (17... Bxf3 $6 18. gxf3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 $14) 18. hxg3 Qd6 19. Ne5 Red8 20. Ba2 Rac8 21. Nc4 $1 {Very good choice which suits for the result of the match. Anand trying to win without any risk.} Qb4 22. Ne3 {#} Re8 (22... Nf8 23. d5 exd5 24. Bxd5 $1 Nxd5 25. Ncxd5 Qe4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Nxb6 $14) (22... Qa5 23. d5 $1 exd5 24. Rd4 {unclear}) 23. d5 $1 { Anand can not improve the position of his pieces, so here is the time to break the centre.} Nf8 $6 (23... exd5 24. Ncxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 (25... Rxc8 $2 26. Bxd5 $16) 26. Bxd5 Qxa4 27. b3 $1 Qb4 (27... Qb5 28. Qxb5 axb5 29. Bc6 Re7 30. Nf5 Re5 31. g4 $16) 28. Bc6 $36) 24. dxe6 Nxe6 25. Bd5 $1 { The World Champion exploits brilliantly the power of d5 square.} Nxd5 26. Ncxd5 Qb3 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Qc4 $1 Nc5 {#} (28... Qxb2 $2 29. Qc6 Kf8 30. Nxb6 $18) 29. Qxb3 {After the game both side was agree that after} (29. a5 $1 Qxb2 30. axb6 {White wins.}) 29... Nxb3 30. Nxb6 Be6 31. Rd6 a5 32. Nbd5 Nc5 33. Nc7 Rb8 34. Nxe6 fxe6 $1 {Very clever decision what gives good chances for draw.} 35. Nc4 Nxa4 36. Rxe6 Nxb2 37. Nxa5 Nd3 $1 38. f3 {#} Kf7 { Peter told us after he had touched his king he saw the following variation} ( 38... Rb1+ 39. Kh2 h5 $1 40. Re2 Rf1 $1 {with the idea Nf2 with an easy draw.}) 39. Re2 h5 40. Nc4 {White has still serious advantage, but after mutual inaccuracies in the time trouble the game ends draw.} Kf6 41. Nd6 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Nc5 43. Ne8+ Kf7 44. Re5 Nb7 45. Nc7 g6 46. Nd5 Rb5 47. Re7+ Kf8 48. Rd7 Nc5 49. Rd8+ Kf7 50. Nf4 Ne6 51. Rd7+ Ke8 $1 52. Rh7 Nxf4 53. gxf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Miskolc m"] [Site "Miskolc"] [Date "2009.06.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D97"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "Meszaros/Berkes"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2009.06.03"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.07.02"] [WhiteTeam "Hungary"] [BlackTeam "Indien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 { It is not surprise for us: Anand keeps on playing Grunfeld with Black.} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 {The main line of the "Hungarian variarion". It looks like the World Champion is unsatisfied what happened in the fourth game after} (11... Nbd7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Nxc5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qa3 $14) 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf4 (13. Bg5 {was played by Kasparov against Leko, but Peter showed the right defensive plan and kept the balance.}) 13... Bd5 14. Qe3 Bxb2 15. Rad1 e6 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Nd3 Bg7 18. Nb4 Nf6 19. Bf3 $146 {Reasonable continuations are still} (19. Bd6) ({or} 19. Be5) 19... Rc8 {Anand does not hurry to escape from the pin with his queen, he is waiting for Leko's committment.} 20. c6 Qa5 $1 {#} 21. Qc5 $2 { Too agressive, which can be explained by the standing in the match and not by the objective quality of the position! This move destroys the pawn structure on the kingside and the white queen will feel uncomfortable after the next movies of Black. Betterwas} (21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Bxd5 $44) (21. a3 {unclear}) 21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rfe8 23. Bd6 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Rd6 Qa3 $1 { The c6 passed pawn does not mean serious danger for Black, therefore Anand starts a counterattack with his queen.} 26. Rd3 Qb2 $1 27. Rb3 Qe2 {#} 28. Nxa6 $1 {The best chance to save the game!} ({After} 28. Re3 Qc4 29. Qxc4 bxc4 30. Ra3 Nd5 $1 31. Nxd5 exd5 32. Rxa6 Rfd8 { the connected passed pawns give good winning chances for Black.}) 28... Qxa2 29. Ra3 Qb2 30. Qc3 $1 {At this moment Peter understood he has to fight for draw, because his pieces are uncoordinated and Anand's knight on d5 can be very powerful. Peter's idea is to exchange all pieces and queenside pawns except one pair of rooks. If Peter can do it the rook endgame only with the pawns on the kingside is a famous drawish position.} Qxc3 31. Rxc3 Nd5 32. Rc5 Ra8 33. c7 {#} Rfc8 ({For example} 33... Rxa6 $6 34. c8=Q Rxc8 35. Rxc8+ Kg7 36. Rb1 b4 37. Rb8 Ra3 38. Kg2 Kf6 39. R1xb4 Nxb4 40. Rxb4 h5 41. h3 { and this is the dream position.}) 34. Rc6 Ra7 35. Rd6 Kg7 36. Rc1 b4 37. Rd8 ( 37. Rb1 $6 Rxa6 38. Rxa6 Rxc7 39. Ra8 Rc4 40. Rb8 Kf6 $15 { this was Anand's plan, as he told the audience after the game.}) 37... Raa8 38. Rxc8 Rxc8 39. Rb1 Kf6 {#} 40. Rb3 $4 {Because of the time trouble (under one minute) Peter starts an incredible series of mistakes.} (40. Nxb4 Nxc7 41. Rc1 Ke7 42. Na6 Kd7 43. Nxc7 Rxc7 44. Ra1 $11) 40... Ke7 41. Nxb4 Nxc7 $2 { A fatal mistake without punishment.} (41... Rxc7 42. Nd3 (42. Nxd5+ $2 exd5 $19 ) 42... Kf6 $17) 42. Rc3 Kd6 {#} (42... Kd7 43. Rd3+ $1 Ke7 44. Rc3 $11) 43. Rd3+ $4 {Peter told us after the game, he was waiting for Kd7, but Anand played Kd6 and in his big time trouble he mixed up the two saving moves.} (43. Na6 $11) 43... Nd5 44. Kg2 Rc4 45. Nxd5 exd5 {The rest is simple.} 46. Ra3 d4 47. Ra8 Rc7 48. Kf1 Ke5 49. Rd8 f5 50. h4 Rc1+ 51. Kg2 Rc6 52. Re8+ Re6 53. Rd8 Rd6 54. f4+ Kd5 55. Re8 Re6 56. Ra8 d3 57. Kf3 Kc4 58. Rc8+ Kb3 0-1 [Event "Miskolc m"] [Site "Miskolc"] [Date "2009.06.04"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2751"] [Annotator "Meszaros/Berkes"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2009.06.03"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.07.02"] [WhiteTeam "Indien"] [BlackTeam "Hungary"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "HUN"] 1. d4 d5 {Of course, Peter didn't want to play again his favourite Grunfeld defence because of his lost second game.} 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 { Peter has chosen the Anti-Meran System, which is Anand's prefered weapon but with Black!} Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. O-O Bd6 13. b3 Nf6 14. Nd2 $5 {This is a well-known position where White sacrifices a pawn to sharpen the fight.} Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qh4+ 17. Kg1 Qxe4 18. f3 Qg6 {While the target of White are the black squares around the black king Leko starts immediatly counterattack against the g2 square.} 19. Bxa3 h5 $1 {#} 20. Qd2 $146 {A harmless novelty. Black has more dangerous threats, which is why Anand has to exchange the queens.} (20. Bc5 h4 21. e4 Qg3 22. Qe1 Qxe1 23. Rfxe1 a6 24. f4 f6 25. Re3 { 1/2-1/2 Czarnota-Balogh, Baden Baden 2009}) 20... Qg3 21. Bc5 (21. Qb4 $6 O-O-O 22. Bb2 (22. Rf2 h4) 22... a6 23. Rfc1 h4 24. Rxa6 h3 $1 25. Raxc6+ Bxc6 26. Rxc6+ Kd7 27. Qb7+ Ke8 $19) 21... h4 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Rxf2 a6 24. e4 f6 25. Ra4 Rd8 $1 26. f4 Kf7 27. Kh2 $1 Rd7 {Inaccuracy. Thought the position is very close to equal, Black could have more hopefully continuations, for example:} ( 27... Rh5 $5 28. Kh3 Bc8) (27... Rh6 $5) 28. Ra3 $1 {with the idea b4, Rh3} Bc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Miskolc m"] [Site "Miskolc"] [Date "2009.06.04"] [Round "4"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D97"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "Meszaros/Berkes"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2009.06.03"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.07.02"] [WhiteTeam "Hungary"] [BlackTeam "Indien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 { An intresting "provocation": Anand is not afraid to play Grunfeld with black!} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Nxc5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qa3 {#} Rfe8 $146 { Novelty: the rook gives his place for the queen but Leko finds the weak point of this plan.} (15... Rac8 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Rac1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Bxe5 19. Be3 Bd6 20. Rcd1 Qf6 21. Rd5 $14 {Alterman-Pelletier, Bad Wiessee 1997}) 16. Bg5 Qf8 17. Bd2 $1 {+/=. This unpleasent "comeback" of the dark squared bishop does not give other choice to Anand to play a worse endgame.} Bxe5 (17... Rac8 18. Bb4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Bxe5 20. Rac1 Qh6 $1 21. g3 Na4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bb7 {+/=}) 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. Bf1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Rxe1 22. Bxe1 Ne6 {#} (22... Ne4 23. Bb4 Qb8 24. Qe3 {+/-}) 23. Qg3 $1 {Keeping the queen is the strongest plan. At same time in my opinion (IM Meszaros) changing the queens was a reasonable possibility. The pair of bishops means a serious advantage in positions like this (symmetrical pawn structure, the central pawns are absent) and Black cannot easily build a fortress on the queenside because of the too advenced a6-b5 pawns. We have to mention that the time pressure helped neither the attacking nor the defending side! Time-wasting calculations of variations or a sure and longtime advantage in the endgame? Peter chose the first option.} f6 $5 24. Bc3 Qd8 25. h4 Kf7 26. Qe3 h5 27. a3 Qd5 {#} 28. Qb6 $2 (28. Qh6 Bc6 (28... Qe4 29. Qh7+ Ng7 30. Bd2 $1 $16) 29. Qh8 Ng7 30. Qc8 Nf5 31. Bb4 {+/-}) 28... g5 $1 { Anand begins counterplay on the king-side, reason is changing the pawns.} 29. hxg5 fxg5 30. f3 h4 31. Qe3 h3 $1 32. gxh3 Qxf3 33. Qxf3+ Bxf3 34. Kf2 Be4 35. Ke3 Bf5 36. Be5 Kg6 37. Bg2 {#} (37. b4 {+/=}) 37... Nc5 $1 $11 { After this move White cannot save his pawns from the change on the queenside.} 38. Bd6 (38. b4 Nd3 39. Bg3 Nb2 $1 40. Kd4 Be6 41. Bb7 Nc4 42. Bxa6 Nxa3 $11) 38... Nd3 39. b3 Ne1 40. Bb7 Nc2+ 41. Kd2 a5 42. Bg2 b4 43. axb4 axb4 44. Bc5 Na1 45. Bd5 Bxh3 46. Bxb4 Bf5 47. Bc5 Nxb3+ 48. Bxb3 Be4 49. Ke3 Kf5 50. Ba4 Bh1 51. Bc2+ Ke6 52. Kf2 Kd7 53. Kg3 Kc6 54. Be3 Kb7 55. Kg4 Ka8 {#} 56. Kxg5 Bg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Miskolc m"] [Site "Miskolc"] [Date "2009.06.03"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2751"] [Annotator "Meszaros/Berkes"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2009.06.03"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.07.02"] [WhiteTeam "Indien"] [BlackTeam "Hungary"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "HUN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {The second surprise of the match: the Gruenfeld Defence again, but with reversed colours!} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Be3 {Kramnik's favourite variation, which played as Black very succesfully by the Indian grandmaster Ganguly, who is member of Anand's team.} Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 $1 {A very strong move, but it is not exactly a novelty. Anand's idea is to create some weaknesses in Black's camp after 12...f6, or disturb the development of the black pieces.} Re8 13. d6 Bd7 14. Bh6 {#} Qd8 {Not a bad idea, but Black has no time to build up his defence. It is very difficult to offer a better choice, because we don't believe in the move 13...Bd7. Now the fans of the Gruenfeld must to show something good against White's hyperagressive plan!} (14... Bf6 15. h4 (15. e5 Bh8) 15... Bc6 16. h5 Nd7 17. Ng5 $40 {Palo-Ivanchuk, Skanderborg 2003}) (14... Bh8 15. h4 Bc6 16. h5 Bxe4 17. Ng5 Bd5 (17... Bf5 18. Be2 {+/-}) 18. Nxh7 $1 { with attack.}) 15. h4 f6 16. e5 $1 $16 {+/-. After this move Black never can play Pg5 and open the dangerous b1-h7 diagonal.} Bc6 17. h5 g5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. exf6+ Qxf6 {#} 20. h6+ $1 {The final nuance: the black K must go into the corner, and the endgame is winning for White.} Kh8 21. Qxg5 Rf8 22. Qxf6+ Rxf6 23. Ne5 Rf5 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Rh4 $1 $18 {The best place for the rook: White threatens with different manouvres, for example: Rg4-g7, or to push ahead his passed free pawn, or attack the black pawns on the queenside.} Rf6 (26... Rd5 27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Rf4 Kg8 29. Rf6 $18) 27. Bb5 Ne5 28. Rh5 Nf7 29. Rxc5 Rxh6 30. d7 {#The rest is simple.} a6 31. Bf1 Kg7 32. Rc7 b5 33. Rc6 Kf6 34. Rxa6 Rh5 35. Rb6 Rc5 36. Bxb5 Rxc3 37. a4 Ke7 38. a5 Rg8 39. Kf1 Ra3 40. a6 Nd8 41. Be2 Rg5 42. Bc4 Rc5 43. Bxe6 Rca5 44. Bc4 Ra1 45. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 46. Ke2 {#So Anand leads 1.5-0.5 after the first day, with good play.} 1-0 [Event "Miskolc m"] [Site "Miskolc"] [Date "2009.06.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D97"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "Meszaros/Berkes"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2009.06.03"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.07.02"] [WhiteTeam "Hungary"] [BlackTeam "Indien"] [WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {First surprise of the match! Anand played the Gruenfeld-defence with black seven years ago against Karpov.} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 {This is the "Hungarian Variation", which was used by Hungarian grandmasters succesfully in the early of seventies.} 8. Bf4 b5 9. Qxc7 Qxc7 10. Bxc7 Bb7 11. Bd3 b4 12. Na4 Nxe4 13. O-O Nf6 14. Rac1 Nbd7 15. Ne5 {#} Rfc8 $1 {15. Ne5 was a novelty, but Anand found the best plan. The a8 rook defends the a6 pawn and Black is still waiting for all of his posibilities.} 16. Rfe1 e6 17. Nb6 (17. Bd6 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Bd5 {with counterplay}) 17... Nxb6 18. Bxb6 Nd5 19. Ba5 (19. Bc5 $5) 19... Bh6 20. Rc4 Rxc4 21. Nxc4 Bf8 22. g3 Rc8 23. Ne5 Nf6 {Black has slightly better position and time to improve his standing with Bd6, Kg7, g5, h5, and after this or h4 or Bb8-a7. Anand wants to use his advantage too quickly. But White's position is strong enough.} 24. Bf1 Bd5 25. Nd3 {#} Rc4 $6 {Consequent but dubious. After the game Peter said that here he calculated three moves (Nf4, Pb3 and Bd8), but he had only three minutes left...} 26. Bd8 $6 (26. b3 $1 Rxd4 (26... Rc2 27. Re2 $1 $14) 27. Bb6 Re4 28. Rc1 Nd7 29. Be3 {+/=}) 26... Ne4 27. Nf4 Rc8 28. Nxd5 {#Anand had only half minute (against two and half for Leko) and maybe for this reason he offered a draw.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "AZE-The World m"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2009.05.09"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mamedov, Rauf"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B72"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2009.05.07"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.07.02"] [WhiteTeam "The World"] [BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"] [BlackTeamCountry "AZE"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Qd2 Nxb3 11. axb3 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Qe3 Rd8 16. c3 Be6 17. Ra3 Bd5 18. O-O f6 19. Qg3 fxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Qf6 22. Qg3 e5 23. Nc2 Qf4 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. Nxe3 Bf7 26. Rfa1 a6 27. b4 Rac8 28. Ra5 Rd2 29. Rb1 Bb3 30. Rxe5 Rf8 31. Rf1 Rxb2 32. Rxe4 Ba4 33. f3 Re2 34. Nd5 Rc2 35. c4 Bb3 36. Ne3 Re2 37. Rf2 Re1+ 38. Rf1 Re2 39. Rb1 Ba4 40. Nd5 Rd2 41. Rbe1 Rf7 42. R1e2 Rxe2 43. Rxe2 Kf8 44. Kf2 Bc6 45. Nb6 Rf6 46. Rd2 Ke8 47. Nc8 Rf4 48. Ke3 Rf6 49. Nd6+ Ke7 50. c5 Rf8 51. Nc4 Bb5 52. Na5 Rb8 53. Rd6 b6 54. Rxb6 Rxb6 55. cxb6 Kd6 56. h4 1-0 [Event "AZE-The World m"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2009.05.09"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2756"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2009.05.07"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.07.02"] [WhiteTeam "The World"] [BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"] [BlackTeamCountry "AZE"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. a3 Be7 7. Be3 d6 8. f4 O-O 9. Nb3 Na5 10. g4 Nxb3 11. cxb3 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. g5 Bd7 16. h4 Bc6 17. Rh2 a6 18. Rc1 g6 19. Rhc2 Rd7 20. b4 h6 21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. Rxc6 a5 23. b5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Kg7 25. b6 Bd8 26. Rd6 Rxd6 27. exd6 Rb8 28. d7 Rxb6 29. Bd4+ e5 30. fxe5 Kf8 31. Bc5+ Kg7 32. Bxb6 Bxb6 33. Bg2 e3 34. b4 axb4 35. axb4 Kf8 36. Bd5 Ke7 37. b5 1/2-1/2 [Event "AZE-The World m"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2009.05.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Gashimov, Vugar"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2009.05.07"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.07.02"] [WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"] [BlackTeam "The World"] [WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. Nf5 exf5 16. Qxe7 Qc7 17. dxc5 Rfe8 18. Qd6 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Nd4 Nce4 21. Nxf5 Nxf2 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rf1 N2e4 24. Re1 Nxh5 25. Bc3 Nhf6 26. Bd4 a6 27. Re3 Re6 28. a4 Ne8 29. Rb3 N4d6 30. Ne3 f5 31. Rb6 Kf7 32. b3 Re7 33. Bc5 Rd7 34. Rb4 g5 35. Kb2 h5 36. a5 f4 37. Nf1 Nf5 38. Nh2 Nh4 39. Bf2 Nxg2 40. Nf3 Kf6 41. Rb6+ Kf5 42. Rh6 Ne3 43. Be1 Nf6 44. Rh8 g4 45. Nh4+ Kg5 0-1 [Event "AZE-The World m"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2009.05.08"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2009.05.07"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.07.02"] [WhiteTeam "The World"] [BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"] [BlackTeamCountry "AZE"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. Bd3 e5 13. fxe5 Ng4 14. Bg1 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 dxe5 16. Bg1 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Qe1 Be6 19. b4 Rc8 20. a5 Qd4 21. Na4 Ne3 22. Rf2 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Nxf5 25. Re2 Ng3+ 26. hxg3 Rc6 27. Re4 Rf1+ 28. Qxf1 Rh6+ 29. Rh4 Rxh4+ 30. gxh4 Qxh4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "AZE-The World m"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2009.05.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Mamedov, Rauf"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2009.05.07"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.07.02"] [WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"] [BlackTeam "The World"] [WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h4 Nh5 8. Bc4 Nd7 9. Nxh5 Bxh5 10. g4 Bxg4 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Ng5+ Ke8 13. Qxg4 Nf6 14. Qe6 Qd5 15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. Bf4 h6 17. Ne6 Kf7 18. Nc5 e5 19. Bxe5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Rhe8 21. f4 Ng4 22. Kd2 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Raf1+ Ke6 25. Rhg1 g5 26. hxg5 Rxg5 27. Re1+ Kd7 28. Rxg5 hxg5 29. Re5 Rg8 30. Rxd5+ Kc6 31. c4 g4 32. Ke2 g3 33. Kf1 Rf8+ 34. Kg1 a5 35. b3 Rf2 36. Rd6+ Kxc5 37. Rd5+ Kb6 38. Rb5+ Ka6 39. a4 b6 40. c5 bxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "AZE-The World m"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2009.05.08"] [Round "5"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2009.05.07"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.07.02"] [WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"] [BlackTeam "The World"] [WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Ne5 cxd4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd4 O-O 12. b3 Bb7 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rcd1 c4 20. Rxd5 Qc7 21. bxc4 Qxc4 22. Rd3 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Qf3 f6 25. Rc1 Qc6 26. Ne2 Qxf3 27. gxf3 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Kf7 29. e4 f5 30. Nd3 fxe4 31. fxe4 Be7 32. Kg2 Ke6 33. Kf3 g5 34. Kg4 Kf6 35. Kh5 Bf8 36. h3 h6 37. a5 Be7 38. Kxh6 Bd8 39. Nc5 Bxa5 40. Nxa6 Bd2 41. Kh5 Ke5 42. Nc5 Be3 43. h4 1/2-1/2 [Event "AZE-The World m"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2009.05.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gashimov, Vugar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A32"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2730"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2009.05.07"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.07.02"] [WhiteTeam "The World"] [BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"] [BlackTeamCountry "AZE"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. Nb5 Rc8 12. a4 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. e4 Nf6 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Bc3 e5 18. Nd2 Qb8 19. Nc4 Bc5 20. Qe1 Ng4 21. Rd2 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rd8 24. h3 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Nf6 26. b4 Bf8 27. f4 Bb7 28. fxe5 Ne8 29. Nbd6 Nc7 30. Ne3 Ba8 31. b5 Nd8 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. exd5 Bxd6 34. exd6 Qxd6 35. Qe3 Kf8 36. Qd4 Qg6 37. Bb4+ Kg8 38. Kh2 f6 39. Qc4 Bb7 40. Be7 Nf7 41. Qc7 1-0 [Event "AZE-The World m"] [Site "Baku"] [Date "2009.05.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2756"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2009.05.07"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.07.02"] [WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"] [BlackTeam "The World"] [WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. c3 a6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bb3 d6 7. O-O Ba7 8. h3 h6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. Nh4 Ne8 14. d4 Bd7 15. Bb3 Nf6 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. Qh5 Kg7 18. Rf1 Be6 19. Rf3 c5 20. Rg3+ Kh7 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rg6 Nxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Santiago de Chile m"] [Site "Santiago de Chile"] [Date "2009.04.26"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2551"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2009.04.26"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "CHI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg2 O-O 9. f4 c5 10. Nde2 d4 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. h3 Nh6 13. O-O Nf5 14. g4 Nh4 15. Bh1 Ng6 16. c3 dxc3 17. Nexc3 Be6 18. Be3 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Rc8 20. Rc1 b6 21. Qe2 f6 22. Rfd1 Qe8 23. e6 f5 24. g5 Kh8 25. h4 Bd8 26. h5 Nge7 27. a3 Nxd5 28. Bxd5 Be7 29. Kg2 Bd6 30. b4 cxb4 31. h6 Ne7 32. Qb2 Qg6 33. hxg7+ 1-0 [Event "Santiago de Chile m"] [Site "Santiago de Chile"] [Date "2009.04.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2551"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2009.04.26"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "CHI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 Nh5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nc3 f5 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 d6 12. b4 Nbd7 13. d5 e5 14. Nd2 Kh8 15. Nb3 g5 16. Bd3 e4 17. Be2 Ne5 18. Nd4 Bc8 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. Rfe1 g4 21. Bf1 Rg8 22. g3 Nf3+ 23. Nxf3 gxf3 24. Qd2 h5 25. c5 Qe5 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. exd4 Rg7 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. Bb5 h4 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Nd1 Nxd5 32. a3 hxg3 33. fxg3 Kg7 34. Ne3 Nxe3 35. Rxe3 Kf6 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Rec3 Rh8 38. h4 Rg7 39. Rc7 Rhg8 40. Rxg7 Rxg7 41. Rc8 Kd5 42. Rf8 Kxd4 43. Rxf5 Rc7 44. g4 Rc2+ 45. Kg3 Rg2+ 46. Kh3 Ke3 47. h5 Rg1 48. g5 f2 49. g6 d5 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 0809"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2009.03.29"] [Round "15.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2600"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2008.10.03"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] [WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"] [BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Qb4 10. Qxb4 Nxb4 11. Kd2 b6 12. a3 Nc6 13. e4 d6 14. d5 Na5 15. Nd4 e5 16. Nb5 Kd8 17. Kc2 Nb7 18. b4 Bd7 19. Nc3 Ke7 20. h4 f6 21. Bh3 Bxh3 22. Rxh3 Nd8 23. Rhh1 Nf7 24. Nd1 a5 25. Ne3 Kd7 26. Kd3 Ra7 27. c5 bxc5 28. bxc5 dxc5 29. Rab1 Nd6 30. Rhc1 Rb7 31. Rxb7 Nxb7 32. Nc4 Ra8 33. f4 exf4 34. gxf4 Nd6 35. e5 Nxc4 36. Kxc4 fxe5 37. fxe5 Re8 38. Re1 Rb8 39. Rf1 Ke7 40. e6 Kd6 41. Rf7 Rd8 42. e7 Re8 43. Rxg7 c6 44. dxc6 Kxc6 45. Rxh7 Rg8 46. Rg7 Rh8 47. Rg4 Kd7 48. Re4 Ke8 49. a4 Rh5 50. Kb5 c4+ 51. Kxc4 Rf5 52. Kd3 Rf3+ 53. Kd2 Rf2+ 54. Ke3 Rf1 55. Kd3 Rf3+ 56. Kd4 Rf5 57. Kc4 Rh5 58. Kd3 Rc5 59. Ke3 Rf5 60. Ke2 Rc5 61. Kf3 Rc1 62. h5 Rh1 63. Kg4 Rg1+ 64. Kf5 Rh1 65. Kg6 Rg1+ 66. Kh7 Rg2 67. h6 Rg5 68. Kh8 Rg6 69. h7 Rg5 70. Re6 Rg1 71. Re5 Rg4 72. Rxa5 Kxe7 73. Ra8 Kf7 74. a5 1-0 [Event "Bundesliga 0809"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2009.03.28"] [Round "14.1"] [White "Stellwagen, Daniel"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2783"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2008.10.03"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] [WhiteTeam "Solingen"] [BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 hxg5 15. Nxa3 Rxa3 16. O-O Nc6 17. Rb5 Ra4 18. Nxg5 Ndxe5 19. Rxe5 Nxe5 20. Qc3 Nc6 21. Rxf7 Ra5 22. Rxg7 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Rf8 24. Qd3 Rxa2 25. h4 Ra1+ 26. Kh2 Bd4 27. Qg6+ Kd8 28. Rf7 Rxf7 29. Qxf7 Bg1+ 30. Kg3 e5 31. h5 Nd4 32. Qf6+ Kc7 33. Qxe5+ Kb6 34. Qd6+ Ka7 35. Qc5+ Kb8 36. Qd6+ Ka8 37. Qd8 Nf5+ 38. Kh3 Kb8 39. Ne6 Ra3+ 40. Kg4 Nh6+ 41. Kf4 Bh2+ 42. Ke4 Nf7 43. Qf8 Nd6+ 44. Kd4 Ka7 45. Nc5 Ra5 46. h6 Bg1+ 47. Kd3 Bf5+ 48. Qxf5 Nxf5 49. h7 Ra3+ 50. Nb3 Bd4 51. Ke4 Bh8 52. Kxf5 Ra2 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.26"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Wang, Yue"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. e3 e6 9. h3 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd3 Qc8 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 Re8 14. Bh2 Bd8 15. f4 b6 16. a3 a5 17. Qc2 Qb7 18. g4 Bc7 19. Kg2 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Ra8 22. Rxa8+ Qxa8 23. Qa4 Qxa4 24. Nxa4 bxc5 25. dxc5 Ne4 26. f5 Bxh2 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Kxh2 Kf7 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Kg3 Ne5 31. Nc3 Nd3 32. b5 cxb5 33. c6 Ke7 34. Nxb5 e5 35. Kh4 Nf2 36. Kg5 Nxh3+ 37. Kxg6 Nf2 38. g5 Nd1 39. c7 Kd7 40. Nd6 Kxc7 41. Nf5 Kd7 42. Kxg7 Ke6 43. Kg6 Nf2 44. Nh6 Nd1 45. Ng4 Nc3 46. Kh7 Kf5 47. g6 Kxg4 48. g7 Kf3 49. g8=Q Kxe3 50. Kg6 Kd3 51. Qd8+ Kc2 52. Qb6 Kd3 53. Qd6+ Kc4 54. Qxe5 Kd3 55. Kf5 e3 56. Kf4 Ne2+ 57. Kf3 Nd4+ 58. Kg2 Nc2 59. Kf1 Nd4 60. Qe8 Nc2 61. Qg6+ 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.26"] [Round "11"] [White "Wang, Yue"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "170"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 c5 15. Bc4 cxd4 16. Bxf7+ Kd8 17. Kb1 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Nxe4 19. Bxg7 Nec5 20. Qe3 Rh4 21. Rhe1 Re4 22. Qh3 Qf4 23. Qh8+ Kc7 24. Qxa8 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Qxf7 26. Bc3 Qf5+ 27. Ka1 Bf6 28. Qxa7 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qf2 30. Qa5+ Kc6 31. Rb1 Qxg2 32. Qb5+ Kc7 33. Qa5+ b6 34. Qa7+ Nb7 35. Rd1 Qf3 36. Rc1 Qf4 37. Rd1 Ndc5 38. Rb1 Qf6 39. Qa3 Ne4 40. Qb4 Nbc5 41. Qd4 Qf3 42. Qg7+ Nd7 43. Qd4 g5 44. Rd1 Ndc5 45. Rc1 Qf4 46. Rd1 Qxh2 47. Qg7+ Kc6 48. Qg6+ Kb7 49. Qf7+ Qc7 50. Qxc7+ Kxc7 51. Rg1 Nd3 52. Kb1 Ndf2 53. Kc2 g4 54. a4 g3 55. Kb3 Kc6 56. Kb4 Nd3+ 57. Kc4 Ne5+ 58. Kb4 Nf3 59. Rxg3 Nxg3 60. a5 bxa5+ 61. Kxa5 Kc5 62. c4 Ne4 63. Ka4 Nd4 64. Ka5 Nc3 65. Ka6 Ne6 66. Kb7 Na4 67. Ka6 Nb6 68. Kb7 Nd7 69. Ka6 Nd8 70. Ka5 Nb6 71. Ka6 Kc6 72. c5 Nc4 73. Ka7 Ne6 74. Kb8 Nd8 75. Ka7 Nb7 76. Kb8 Na3 77. Ka7 Nb5+ 78. Ka6 Nc3 79. Ka7 Nd5 80. Ka6 Nb4+ 81. Ka7 Kc7 82. c6 Nc5 83. Ka8 Ne4 84. Ka7 Nd6 85. Ka8 Nxc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.25"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2771"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 b5 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Nbd7 9. h3 Rb8 10. Be3 a5 11. b3 Re8 12. g4 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. Na4 d5 15. dxe5 Nxe4 16. f4 Ba6 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd4 Qc7 19. Rf2 g6 20. Nb2 Ra8 21. Ne2 Bh4 22. Rg2 Nb6 23. c4 bxc3 24. Nxc3 Nd5 25. Qxd5 cxd5 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.25"] [Round "10"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 c5 8. dxc5 d4 9. Qc2 e5 10. Nf3 Re8 11. e3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. O-O Nxc5 15. exd4 exd4 16. b4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rd8 18. Qe4 Bf5 19. Qxb7 Rab8 20. Qxa7 Be4 21. Nd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Qxd2 24. c5 Qf4 25. f3 Re8 26. Qa6 d3 27. Rad1 Re2 28. Qd6 Qxd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.24"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2796"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7. Qxe4 Qe7 8. Nc3 Ng6 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Nd5 c6 11. Nxe7 Kxe7 12. Re1+ Kd8 13. Bf1 Re8 14. Re3 d6 15. b3 Bf5 16. Bb2 f6 17. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.24"] [Round "9"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2796"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Nc3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 dxc4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Rd1 Bd3 13. Bxd3 cxd3 14. Rxd3 Bc5 15. Ne4 Bxd4 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Rxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qa5+ 19. Ke2 Ke7 20. Rc1 Rhd8 21. Qh4+ Kf8 22. Nc4 Qc5 23. Qxh7 b5 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qh4+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.22"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2759"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Bh6 Rfd8 15. h4 Be6 16. Qg5 Qxc3 17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rd5 19. Qf6 Rxf8 20. Be4 Rh5 21. Rac1 Qa5 22. f3 Rb5 23. a4 Rb6 24. d5 Bf5 25. d6 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Qxa4 27. h5 Qxe4 28. Qe7 Qb4 29. h6 Rc6 30. Qf6 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.22"] [Round "8"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E36"] [WhiteElo "2759"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Ne4 8. Qc2 exd5 9. e3 Bf5 10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 Nd7 12. Ne2 Ndxc5 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. Qd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2706"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Rg1 Nb6 13. Na5 Rc8 14. g5 Nh5 15. Kb1 g6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxa5 19. c4 Rb8 20. Rg4 Ng7 21. h4 Nf5 22. Bf2 Bd8 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bd3 b4 25. Qb3 Bb6 26. Rxb4 Qxb4 27. Qxb4 Bxf2 28. Qa4 Ne3 29. Rc1 Nd5 30. Bc4 Nb6 31. Qd1 Bd4 32. Bb5 Nc8 33. a4 Na7 34. Qd3 Rb7 35. Rc4 Rfb8 36. Rb4 Nc6 37. Rb3 Na5 38. Rc3 d5 39. f4 Nc4 40. fxe5 Bxc3 41. Qxc3 Rxb5 42. axb5 Rxb5 43. e6 fxe6 44. b4 Rb7 45. Kc1 e5 46. Qh3 Kf7 47. h5 Rc7 48. Kd1 d4 49. Qf3+ Ke6 50. hxg6 Ne3+ 51. Kd2 hxg6 52. Qf6+ Kd5 53. Qxg6 Rc3 54. Qf7+ Ke4 55. Qh7+ Kf4 56. Qh2+ Kf5 57. Qh7+ Kxg5 58. Qg7+ Kf4 59. Qh6+ Ke4 60. Qg6+ Kf4 61. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2706"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2 Nbc6 9. N2f3 Be4 10. O-O Ng6 11. c4 Be7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. g3 O-O 15. Bd4 Qc7 16. Bc3 Rfd8 17. Qa4 Bc5 18. Rac1 h6 19. Rc2 a5 20. a3 Bb6 21. Qg4 a4 22. Re1 Qa7 23. Rf1 Qb8 24. Re1 Ba5 25. Bxa5 Rxa5 26. Qb4 Qxb4 27. axb4 Raa8 28. Rd2 Rdb8 29. Rd4 c5 30. bxc5 Rxb2 31. Rd2 a3 32. Ra1 Nxe5 33. Rxb2 Nxf3+ 0-1 [Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.20"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2761"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. O-O e5 8. a3 a5 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 a4 11. b4 axb3 12. Nxb3 f5 13. a4 f4 14. Bd2 Qd6 15. Bc3 Rb8 16. Qb1 g5 17. Qb2 Ng6 18. Nbd2 b5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Ra7 Bf6 21. Ba5 Qc6 22. Rc7 Qd6 23. Nc4 Qe6 24. Rxc5 O-O 25. Bc7 Rb7 26. Na5 Ra7 27. Qxb5 Bd7 28. Qb6 Qxb6 29. Bxb6 Ra6 30. Nc4 g4 31. hxg4 Bxg4 32. Nfd2 Rc8 33. Rxc8+ Bxc8 34. Ba5 Be6 35. Rb1 f3 36. g3 Bg5 37. Rb6 Rxa5 38. Nxa5 Bxd2 39. Rxe6 Bxa5 40. Rf6 Kg7 41. Ra6 Bb4 42. Rc6 h5 43. c3 Be7 44. d4 h4 45. Kh2 Bg5 46. d5 Be3 47. fxe3 f2 48. Kg2 hxg3 49. Ra6 Nh4+ 50. Kf1 Nf3 51. Ra1 Kf7 52. c4 Nd2+ 53. Kg2 Nxe4 54. c5 Nxc5 55. Kxg3 Ne4+ 56. Kg2 Ke7 57. Ra6 Nc5 58. Rc6 Ne4 59. Re6+ Kd7 60. Rxe5 Nf6 61. e4 Ng4 62. Rf5 Kd6 63. Rxf2 Ke5 64. Kg3 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.20"] [Round "6"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "148"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Bxc4 h6 8. Bf4 e6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Re8 12. O-O-O Bb4 13. Qd3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Bd7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Qa3 Qe7 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. Ne5 Red8 19. Rc1 Be8 20. Bb3 Nfd5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Bc2 f6 24. Nf3 Bg6 25. Bxg6 Nxg6 26. Bd2 Kf7 27. a4 Nge7 28. Ka2 g5 29. Ng1 Nf5 30. Ne2 Nh4 31. Rg1 Kg6 32. Kb3 Rc8 33. Nc3 Nf5 34. Ne2 h5 35. h3 Rc6 36. a5 Rc7 37. Re1 Nh4 38. Rg1 Rd7 39. Kc2 Ne7 40. Bc3 Nc6 41. g3 Nf3 42. Rd1 Kf5 43. Rd3 g4 44. h4 Ne7 45. Nf4 Nd5 46. Nxd5 Rxd5 47. Re3 Nxd4+ 48. Bxd4 Rxd4 49. Rc3 Rd7 50. Rc4 e5 51. Kc3 Rd6 52. Rb4 b6 53. axb6 axb6 54. Kc2 Ke6 55. Rb5 Kd7 56. Rb3 f5 57. Rb5 Ke6 58. Kc3 e4 59. Kc2 Rd3 60. Rxb6+ Kd7 61. Rh6 Rf3 62. Rxh5 Rxf2+ 63. Kc3 Ke6 64. b4 Rf3+ 65. Kc4 Rxg3 66. b5 Rg1 67. b6 Ke5 68. Rg5 Rc1+ 69. Kb5 e3 70. Rg8 Kf4 71. b7 Rb1+ 72. Kc6 e2 73. Re8 Kf3 74. h5 g3 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.19"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Nxc3 a6 14. Ne2 O-O-O 15. g3 d4 16. Qc4 Nf5 17. Bg2 Na5 18. Qxc7+ Kxc7 19. Rb1 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Kxc6 21. Kf2 d3 22. cxd3 Rxd3 23. Rg1 Rh8 24. h4 Nc4 25. a4 b6 26. Ra1 Kd5 27. Ra2 Ke4 28. Re1 Nh6 29. Kg2 Ng4 30. Ng1+ Kf5 31. Nf3 a5 32. Ng5 Kg6 33. Rae2 Rb3 34. f5+ exf5 35. e6 f6 36. e7 Re8 37. h5+ Kxh5 38. Ne6 Kg6 39. Nc7 Kf7 40. Nxe8 Kxe8 41. Re6 Rc3 42. Bf4 Rc2+ 43. Kg1 Nce5 44. Bxe5 Nxe5 45. Re3 Nd7 46. Rd6 Rc7 47. Kg2 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.19"] [Round "5"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 16. Kb1 Rd8 17. Ne4 O-O 18. g3 b5 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Ne5 c5 22. cxb5 Rxd4 23. Qf3 Nd5 24. Nc6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bf6 26. Qb3 a6 27. Rc1 axb5 28. Rxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "143"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 Nd4 12. Nbd2 Nxb3 13. Nxb3 f6 14. Na5 Qc8 15. c3 Kh8 16. Qb3 c5 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra2 Qc6 21. Rea1 c4 22. Qc2 cxd3 23. Qxd3 Nb6 24. Ra6 Rfd8 25. Qe2 Qd5 26. Be3 Nc4 27. Ba7 Ra8 28. b3 Na3 29. b4 Nc4 30. Ne1 h6 31. Nc2 Qd3 32. Qxd3 Rxd3 33. Ne3 Nxe3 34. Bxe3 Rxa6 35. Rxa6 Rxc3 36. Rb6 Bxb4 37. Rxb5 Rc4 38. g4 Kh7 39. Kg2 Kg6 40. Rb7 Bf8 41. Rb8 Kf7 42. Rb7+ Ke6 43. Kf3 Be7 44. Rb6+ Bd6 45. Rb7 Be7 46. Rb6+ Bd6 47. Rb7 Bf8 48. Rb6+ Kf7 49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. Rb8 Bd6 51. Rb7 Bc7 52. Ra7 h5 53. Rb7 hxg4+ 54. hxg4 Bd6 55. Rb6 Ba3 56. Rb7 Bc1 57. Bxc1 Rxc1 58. Kg2 Kh6 59. g5+ fxg5 60. Rb6+ Kh5 61. Rb7 Kg6 62. Rb6+ Kf5 63. Rb7 g6 64. Rf7+ Ke6 65. Rf8 Rc3 66. Ra8 g4 67. Rg8 Kf5 68. Rf8+ Ke6 69. Re8+ Kf6 70. Rf8+ Ke7 71. Rg8 Rf3 72. Rxg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A39"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Bd4 Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qf5 17. Qe3 e6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qb6 Qe5 20. b3 Qxe2 21. Rfd1 Qb2 22. Qxd6 a5 23. Qd4 Qa3 24. Rd3 a4 25. c5 axb3 26. Rxb3 Qa7 27. Rab1 Rac8 28. Rxb7 Qxc5 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. Ra7 Rfc8 31. Kg2 Rf5 32. Rb2 Rc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2776"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. Ng2 h5 14. f4 hxg4 15. hxg4 Qc7 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Ne3 Nb6 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. dxc4 f5 20. exf5 exf5 21. g5 Bf7 22. Qc2 g6 23. Qf2 d5 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Be3 Bxg5 26. Qg3 Be7 27. Bg2 g5 28. Nxg5 Bxg5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Qxg5 Qf7 31. Kf2 Rh2+ 32. Kf1 Rd8 33. Qg3 Qc4+ 34. Kg1 Rxb2 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Nc3 h6 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Be3 Be7 14. Na4 O-O 15. Rc1 Qa5 16. Rxc6 Rac8 17. Qc1 Rxc6 18. Qxc6 Bd3 19. Rc1 Bb5 20. Qc7 Qxa4 21. Qxe7 Qxa2 22. Qb4 Bc4 23. h3 a5 24. Qb6 Qb3 25. Qxb3 Bxb3 26. Rc7 Rb8 27. Bd2 a4 28. Bc3 h5 29. Ra7 Rc8 30. Kh2 h4 31. g3 hxg3+ 32. fxg3 g5 33. g4 Kg7 34. Kg3 Kg6 35. Ra6 Bd1 36. Ra7 Bb3 37. Ra6 Bd1 38. Ra7 Bb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.15"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3 g6 16. Ba3 Nh5 17. Bf1 Nf4 18. Qc2 exd4 19. cxd4 Rc8 20. Rad1 Qb6 21. b4 Ne6 22. Nb3 Bg7 23. Bb2 bxa4 24. Na5 c5 25. Qxa4 Qc7 26. Qa1 Rb8 27. d5 Bxb2 28. Qxb2 Nef8 29. Qc3 Ba8 30. Rb1 Qb6 31. b5 axb5 32. Bxb5 Qc7 33. Nc4 Red8 34. Nfd2 Rb7 35. Rb3 Ra7 36. Ra1 Nb6 37. Rxa7 Qxa7 38. Ra3 Qb8 39. Qa5 Nxc4 40. Nxc4 g5 41. Rb3 Qc8 42. Rg3 h6 43. h4 Ng6 44. hxg5 h5 45. Rf3 h4 46. Qa7 Rf8 47. Nxd6 Qg4 48. Rxf7 Qd1+ 49. Bf1 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.15"] [Round "2"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 Nxd4 9. Bxf7+ Rxf7 10. Nxe5 Rf8 11. Qxd4 c5 12. Qc3 Qc7 13. a4 Bb7 14. axb5 Nxe4 15. Qb3+ c4 16. Qxc4+ Qxc4 17. Nxc4 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Ncd2 Ra1 20. f3 Nxd2 21. Nxd2 Bg5 22. Nb3 Rb1 23. Bd2 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Bd5 25. Nd4 Be3+ 26. Bf2 Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Ba2 28. h4 Bb1 29. c3 Kf7 30. Kf2 g6 31. Ke3 Ke6 32. Kf4 h5 33. Kg5 d5 34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Bc2 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 Bd3 38. Kf4 Kf7 39. Ke5 Bc4 40. Be3 Kg7 41. Kd4 Kh7 42. Kc5 Kg8 43. h6 Kh7 44. Kb4 Bd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3 g6 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. Qc2 Bg7 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Bb2 Nh5 20. Bf1 bxa4 21. bxa4 d5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. c4 dxe4 25. c5 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 e3 27. fxe3 Rcd8 28. Nc4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Qe7 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. Qd4 Rf8 32. Bc4 Bc8 33. Rb1 Ng3 34. e4 Qg5 35. Bxf7+ Rxf7 36. Qh8+ 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 18th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2009.03.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2009.03.14"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd2 g6 9. Qd1 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Qc2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Be1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 h5 19. Be2 Nce4 20. Qa4 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 b6 22. Bf3 Qc7 23. g3 a5 24. Kg2 Rd8 25. Qf4 Qe7 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qg5 Kh7 28. Bd4 Kg8 29. Kg1 Bh8 30. Bxh5 Qd5 31. Qxd5 Nxd5 32. Bxh8 Kxh8 33. Be2 Kg7 34. Kf1 e5 35. Bc4 Nf6 36. h4 Ne4 37. Ke2 Nd6 38. Bd5 f6 39. Kf3 g5 40. hxg5 fxg5 41. Kg4 Kf6 42. f4 gxf4 43. exf4 e4 44. a4 Ke7 45. Kh3 e3 46. Kg2 Nf5 47. Bc4 Nd4 48. g4 Kf6 49. Kg3 Kg6 50. Bd3+ Kf6 51. g5+ Ke6 52. Kg2 Kd6 53. Bc4 Ke7 54. Kg3 Kf8 55. Bd3 Kg7 56. Be4 Kf7 57. f5 Kg7 58. f6+ Kf7 59. Bd5+ Kg6 60. Kg2 Ne2 61. Kf3 Nf4 62. f7 Kg7 63. Bc4 e2 64. Bxe2 Ne6 65. Kg4 Nc5 66. Bb5 Kxf7 67. Kf5 Ke7 68. Ke5 1-0 [Event "Linares 26th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2009.03.07"] [Round "14"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2776"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2009.02.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.03.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Ne2 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. O-O Nb7 14. c4 c5 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. Nd5 Be6 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Rfc1 f6 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Rab1 Rf7 22. Qe2 Bf8 23. Bd2 Bd6 24. Bc3 Kg8 25. Qd2 Qf8 26. Be2 Rd8 27. Rd1 Rc8 28. Rdc1 Rd8 29. Rd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 26th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2009.03.06"] [Round "13"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2733"] [BlackElo "2791"] [Annotator "Giri,A"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2009.02.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.03.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {The Najdorf - a very sharp opening. Some lines have already been analysed all the way to a draw.} 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 {The Poisoned Pawn - one of those variations which have already been calculated until the end.} 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Qxa2 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O Ra7 19. Rf3 {Until here everything is very well-known.} Rd7 { One of the main moves, together with ...Kh8. Normally they transpose. But...} 20. Bd3 $5 $146 {An interesting novelty which, I think, really deserves attention... I am wondering, what did Grischuk prepare if Anand had first played 19...Kh8!?} f5 21. Qh6 Kh8 (21... Rf7 {might be a possible improvement.} 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Ng5 Rg7 24. Nxe6 Rf7 {and Black probably holds everywhere, though the position is really complicated, even for engines.} 25. Kf1 (25. Kh1 Qc4 $1 {and Black holds.}) 25... Bh4 $1 {and Black is fine.}) 22. Ng5 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 {It looks like Black has some problems. He should probably look for improvements earlier. (21...Rf7 for example.)} Qa5 (23... Qd5 { was another possibility, but Black's position looks really risky.} 24. Rh3 Rg7 25. Be2 Be7 $1 26. Rh5 Qc5 27. Nxh7 Kg8 28. Nxf8 Kxf8 29. Rh3 { with a big advantage for White.}) 24. Rh3 Qc7 25. Nxe6 Qd6 26. Nxf8 Qxf8 27. Rf1 Rf7 28. Qh5 Qe7 { So far the players played very well. Now Grischuk committed an inaccuracy.} 29. Rhf3 (29. Bxf5 $1 {White shouldn't be afraid of any ghosts.} e4 30. Rb3 Bd6 ( 30... Ba7 31. Rbb1 Qf8 32. g4 {and White is winning.}) 31. Rbb1 { with a big advantage.}) 29... f4 30. Be4 Rg7 31. Rb3 Ba7 32. Rd3 $2 {I don't un derstand what happened, maybe it was time trouble, but it is an obvious blunder.} (32. Qh6 {with advantage.}) 32... Bg4 33. Qh6 Be2 (33... Be2 34. Rc1 Bxd3 35. cxd3 Rg8 {with equality.}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 26th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2009.03.05"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2009.02.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.03.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 b6 11. Re1 Bb4 12. Bd2 Be6 13. g4 Ne7 14. Kg2 Rd8 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 c5 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 a5 19. Kg3 h6 20. Nh4 g5 21. Ng2 Ng6 22. f3 a4 23. Rh1 Kd7 24. h4 h5 25. hxg5 hxg4 26. Rxh8 Nxh8 27. f4 Ng6 28. Ne3 Ne7 29. Nxg4 Bf5 30. Ne3 Be4 31. b3 axb3 32. cxb3 Nf5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 26th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2009.03.03"] [Round "11"] [White "Wang, Yue"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E13"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2009.02.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.03.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Nbd7 11. f3 Qe7 12. Qa4 Nh5 13. Bf2 f5 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Qc2 c5 16. h3 Ng7 17. a4 e5 18. d5 Bc8 19. e4 f4 20. a5 Rb8 21. axb6 axb6 22. Nb1 Nf6 23. Na3 Bd7 24. Kd2 Ra8 25. Nb5 h5 26. Qb2 Bxb5 27. cxb5 Rxa1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 26th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2009.03.02"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D97"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2717"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2009.02.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.03.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. e5 Ng4 13. e6 Qb8 14. exd7 Bxf3 15. g3 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Qc7 17. Bf4 Qxd7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Qf5 20. Rd5 Qe4 21. f3 Qxe2 22. Rd2 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Qe6 24. Rxd4 Qc6 25. Qd5 e5 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27. Rd6 Rxd6 28. cxd6 Nf2+ 29. Kg2 Nd3 30. Rc3 exf4 31. Rxd3 fxg3 32. Kxg3 Kg7 33. Rc3 Rd8 34. Rc6 a5 35. Rb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 26th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2009.03.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2009.02.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.03.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 c5 14. dxc5 Bd5 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 Bxc5 18. e3 Qb6 19. Ne5 Rc7 20. a4 Rfc8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bf1 g6 23. Qxb5 Bxe3 24. Qxb6 Bxb6 25. Rc4 Rxc4 26. Nxc4 Bc5 27. Kg2 Nd5 28. Be2 Be7 29. b3 Rb8 30. Bf3 Rxb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 26th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2009.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2761"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2009.02.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.03.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. d5 cxd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxb5 a6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Bxd6 N7b6 16. Bc5 Qc7 17. Bxb6 Nxb6 18. Qd4 Ke7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rfe1 Qd6 21. Qg7 Rhg8 22. Qxh6 Qf4 23. Qh3 Na4 24. Ne5 Qxe5 25. Bf3 g4 26. Qh4+ Qg5 27. Qxg5+ Rxg5 28. Bxb7 Rc7 29. Bxa6 Nxb2 30. Re2 Ra5 31. Rxb2 Rxa6 32. Kf1 Ra4 33. Rd2 e5 34. Rc3 Rd7 35. Rdc2 Rd4 36. h3 gxh3 37. Rxh3 Ke6 38. Ke2 Rg4 39. Rh6+ Rg6 40. Rxg6+ fxg6 41. Kd2 Kd5 42. Kc3 Ra3+ 43. Kb4 Rd3 44. Rxc4 Rd2 45. Rc5+ Kd4 46. Rc4+ Kd5 47. Rc5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 26th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2009.02.26"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E84"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2733"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2009.02.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.03.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Rc1 e6 10. b3 Nd7 11. h4 h5 12. g3 Ne7 13. g4 hxg4 14. fxg4 Nf6 15. g5 Nh5 16. Bg2 e5 17. Bf3 b5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Nf4 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 bxc4 21. bxc4 Be6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Qd7 24. O-O Nxf4 25. Qxf4 c6 26. h5 cxd5 27. h6 Qe6 28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Qf6 Qe5 31. Qxe5 dxe5 32. Rc5 Rb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 26th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2009.02.25"] [Round "6"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2776"] [BlackElo "2791"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "153"] [EventDate "2009.02.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.03.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1 Qf6 9. Rxg4 Qxf3 10. Rxg7 Nf6 11. h3 {This move (keeping the h2 pawn and preventing ...Nf6-g4) was played by Aronian against Morozevich (see CBM 117, with GM M.Marin's annotations). Below you will see other practical examples.} ( 11. Rg5 {is the main theoretical line - see my survey in CBM 127.}) 11... Qf5 $6 $146 {Hardly a good novelty. In the endgame White keeps a small but clear edge due to his better pawn structure.} (11... e5 $6 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Rg5 $1 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rf5 (15. Bd2 d4 16. Bg2 Qf6 17. exd4 Bxd4 18. O-O-O $16 { 1-0 Chytilek,R (2320)-Franta,J/Litomysl 1996/EXT 1998 (25)}) 15... Qh1 16. Bd2 d4 17. exd4 Bxd4 18. O-O-O O-O 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Rg5+ Kh8 21. Rxd4 Qxf1+ 22. Rd1 Re1 23. Bg7+ Kg8 24. Be5+ { 1-0 Tisdall,J (2492)-Sidselrud,S (2150)/Norway 2002/EXT 2003}) (11... h6 $5 { , preventing Rg7-g5, looks quite good for Black:} 12. Bd2 (12. Qe2 $5 Qxe2+ ( 12... Qf5 $5) 13. Bxe2 Kf8 14. Rg1 dxc4 15. e4 Bb4 16. f3 b5 17. Kf2 a6 18. Bf4 Bb7 19. Rac1 Nd7 20. b3 cxb3 21. axb3 $44 { 1-0 Le Quang,L (2542)-Neelotpal,D (2485)/Cebu City 2007/CBM 120 ext (38)}) 12... e5 (12... Bd7 13. Qb3 Ke7 14. c5 Bc7 15. Qxb7 $14 { 1-0 Le Quang,L (2583)-Garnelis,J (2188)/Vung Tau 2008/EXT 2009 (37)}) 13. Rg3 ( 13. cxd5 exd4 14. exd4 Kf8 15. Rg1 Bf5 16. Qb3 Re8+ 17. Be3 Rg8 $132 { 1/2 Siebrecht,S (2451)-Haba,P (2546)/Kallithea 2008/CBM 127 (37)}) 13... Qh5 14. cxd5 exd4 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4+ Qe5 17. Qxe5+ Bxe5 18. Rf3 cxd5 19. Bb5+ Ke7 20. exd4 Bd6 21. Kf1 Be6 $11 {1/2 Aronian,L (2744)-Morozevich,A (2741)/ Morelia/Linares 2007/CBM 117/[Marin,M] (29)}) (11... Kf8 $5 12. Rg5 (12. Rg1 $143 Rg8 13. Rxg8+ Kxg8 14. Bd2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bf1 Bf5 $17 {0-1 Splichal,S (2167)-Michenka,J (2351)/Karvina 2003/EXT 2005 (41)}) 12... Qh1 {needs testing}) 12. Qxf5 exf5 13. cxd5 cxd5 (13... Nxd5 $5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bd2 $14) 14. Nb5 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Ke7 17. Bd3 Be6 (17... Bd7 $5) 18. Nc7 $5 {A good idea - to exchange the theoretically "bad" e6 bishop, in fact, the main defender of the black pawns, using the opportunity that Black can't recapture with his f7 pawn.} Rag8 19. Nxe6 Kxe6 20. Rxg8 Nxg8 $6 {Too "subtle". } ({Any beginner would play the simple} 20... Rxg8 {, and he would be right:} 21. Rc1 Rg2 22. Ke2 Rh2 23. Kf3 $1 (23. Rc7 Rxh3 24. Rxb7 Rh2) 23... Rxh3+ 24. Kg2 Rh5 25. Rc7 Rg5+ 26. Kf3 Ng4 { - Black's counterplay must be strong enough to survive.}) 21. Ke2 (21. Rc1 Ne7 22. Rc7 Rb8) 21... Ne7 22. Kf3 $1 (22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Nxc8 24. Kf3 { was probably insufficient for the victory. GM M.Carlsen decides to keep rooks on the board.}) 22... Rc8 23. a4 $1 Rc7 24. a5 h6 25. h4 Kf6 26. h5 Nc8 27. Kf4 Nd6 28. Rg1 Rc8 29. f3 Ke6 {Black is completely passive.} 30. Rg7 Rh8 31. Bc2 $1 {The "two weaknesses", attacked by the stronger side, should be as far from each other as possible, then it is more difficult for the defender to hold both; therefore - h6 and d5, rather than f5.} Rc8 32. Bb3 Rh8 33. Rg1 Rc8 34. Rg7 Rh8 35. Rg2 Rc8 36. Rg1 $22 {The black knight must prevent e3-e4, the rook can't leave the 8th rank in view of Rg8-h8, and if it leaves the c-file, White plays Rc1 threatening Rc5 and Rc7; finally, pawn moves create new weaknesses.} Ne8 $1 {The lesser evil.} (36... Rb8 37. Rc1 Rc8 38. Rc5 $1 Rxc5 39. dxc5 Nc4 40. e4 fxe4 41. Bxc4 dxc4 42. Kxe4 $18) (36... Nc4 37. Bxc4 dxc4 (37... Rxc4 38. Rg7) 38. Ra1) (36... b6 37. axb6 axb6 38. Ra1 $16) 37. e4 fxe4 38. fxe4 Nf6 39. e5 $1 Ne4 $1 (39... Nxh5+ 40. Ke3) ({The endgame after} 39... Rg8 40. Rxg8 Nxg8 {is very difficult for Black:} 41. Bd1 Ne7 42. Bg4+ f5 43. Bh3 $22 b6 ( 43... Nc6 44. Bxf5+ Ke7 45. Bc8 Nxa5 46. Kf5) 44. a6 b5 45. Bf1 b4 (45... Nc6 46. Bxb5 Nxd4 47. Bd3 $22 $16) 46. Bd3 Nc6 47. Bxf5+ Ke7 48. Ke3 { and White should gradually win.}) 40. Ke3 b6 $6 {Black unnecessarily opens up the a-file for his opponent. "Don't move pawns on the side where you are weaker!"} (40... Ng5 $142 $14 41. Rf1 $140 Ne4) 41. axb6 axb6 42. Kd3 (42. Bd1 $5 Rc4 (42... Ra8 43. Bc2 Ng5 44. Rf1) 43. Bg4+ $1 (43. Rg8 Rb4 $132) 43... f5 (43... Ke7 44. Bf3 Rb4 45. Bxe4 dxe4 46. Rg2 $16) 44. exf6+ Kxf6 45. Bf3 Kf5 46. Bxe4+ dxe4 47. Rf1+ Ke6 48. Kxe4 Rc2 49. d5+ Ke7 50. b4 { with a promising rook ending.}) 42... Nf2+ 43. Ke2 Ne4 44. Ke3 f6 $6 (44... Ng5 $5 {was still possible although White could now invade along the a-file:} 45. Ra1 f6 $1 46. exf6 Ne4 47. f7 $1 Rf8 48. Ra6 Rxf7 49. Rxb6+ Nd6 { with good drawing chances (S.Zagrebelny).}) 45. Rg6 Rc1 46. Rxh6 $2 (46. exf6 $1 Re1+ 47. Kd3 Nxf6 48. Bxd5+ Kf5 (48... Kxd5 49. Rxf6 b5 50. Rb6 $18) 49. Bf3 {(I.Ganiev)} Rb1 50. Kc3 (50. Kc2 $143 Rf1 51. Be2 Rf2) 50... Re1 51. Kc4 { and White should gradually win}) 46... Rh1 47. Bc2 Rh3+ $2 {Obvious but wrong!} (47... Re1+ $1 48. Kd3 (48. Kf4 Rf1+ 49. Kg4 Rg1+) 48... Rh1 { and White can't make any progress (S.Zagrebelny).}) 48. Kf4 $1 Rh4+ 49. Kf3 { When a rook and a knight are jumping around your king, you must sometimes display realacrobacy!} Nd2+ 50. Ke2 $2 { This move seriously complicates White's task.} (50. Kg3 $142 $1 Rxd4 51. Rxf6+ Kxe5 52. Rf5+ Ke6 53. h6 Rc4 (53... Ne4+ 54. Bxe4 dxe4 55. h7 Rd8 56. Rh5 Rh8 57. Kf4 $18) 54. h7 Rxc2 55. Re5+ $1 (55. Rf8 $143 Ne4+ 56. Kg4 Rh2 57. h8=Q Rxh8 58. Rxh8 Kd6) (55. h8=Q $143 Ne4+ $1 56. Kf4 Rf2+ 57. Ke3 Kxf5) 55... Kxe5 56. h8=Q+ Kd6 57. Qf8+ Kc7 58. Qf7+ Kb8 59. Qxd5 Nf1+ 60. Kh4 {- with his s scattered all over the board, Black can't organize successful defence.}) 50... Rh2+ 51. Kd1 Nc4 52. Rxf6+ Ke7 53. Bg6 Rd2+ 54. Kc1 (54. Ke1 $5 Rxd4 55. h6 Rh4 (55... Nxe5 $143 56. Rxb6 Rh4 (56... Nxg6 57. Rxg6 Rh4 58. Rb6) 57. Bf5) 56. Bf5 d4 57. Re6+ (57. Rc6 d3 $1) 57... Kf7 58. b3 Ne3 59. Rf6+ Ke7 60. Bc8 Rh2 61. Rd6 $16) 54... Rxd4 55. b3 $1 (55. h6 Rh4 56. Bf5 { is now impossible due to} Rh1+ 57. Kc2 Ne3+ 58. Kd3 Nxf5 59. Rxf5 Rxh6 $11) 55... Nxe5 56. Rxb6 Rh4 ({The rook endgame after} 56... Nxg6 57. hxg6 { should be winning for White.}) 57. Bf5 $1 Nf3 $2 (57... Rh1+ 58. Kc2 (58. Kd2 Nc4+ $3 59. bxc4 Rxh5 $11 {S.Zagrebelny}) 58... Nf3 59. Bg4 ({or} 59. Rb7+ Kf6 60. Bg6 Ne5) 59... Rh2+ 60. Kc3 Ng5 {and White can hardly win.}) 58. h6 $1 { The pawn finally moves forward!} Nd4 59. h7 $1 Nxf5 60. Rb8 Nd4 61. Kb2 $1 Kd6 62. h8=Q Rxh8 63. Rxh8 { This is a technically winning endgame but some work still has to be done.} Kc5 64. Rh5 Nc6 65. Rh4 Nb4 66. Ka3 {White must disorganise Black's defence. First, he forces the advance of the black d-pawn, then he must try to push his own pawn at an appropriate moment.} d4 (66... Nc2+ 67. Ka4 d4 68. Rh5+) 67. Rh5+ Nd5 68. Kb2 Kc6 69. Ka3 Kc5 70. Rh4 Nb4 71. Rh8 Nc6 $2 { This makes White's task much easier.} (71... Nd5 72. Rd8 $1 $18) (71... Nc2+ $142 72. Kb2 Nb4 73. Rc8+ Nc6 ({or} 73... Kd5 74. Ka3) 74. Ka3 Kd5 { It is still difficult for White to reach victory; e.g.} 75. b4 $2 ({ first he must play} 75. Rc7 Kd6 76. Rh7 {etc.}) { is premature and leads to a draw after} 75... d3 76. Rh8 d2 77. Rh1 Kc4) 72. Rh5+ Kd6 73. b4 {Now, with the black king cut off, everything is over.} d3 ( 73... Ne5 74. Kb3 Kd5 75. b5 $18) 74. Rh3 Ne5 75. Kb3 d2 76. Kc2 Nc6 77. Rh4 1-0 [Event "Linares 26th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2009.02.24"] [Round "5"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D19"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2791"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,D"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2009.02.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.03.25"] {This game is interesting first of all for its rook endgame.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Ne1 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Nd3 Qb6 18. Nxb4 Qxb4 19. b3 Rac8 20. Ba3 Qc3 21. Rac1 Qxe3 22. fxe3 f6 23. Bd6 a5 $2 $146 {A bad attempt to improve on Kramnik's play.} (23... g5 24. h3 (24. Bc7 $5) 24... Kf7 25. Kf2 Kg6 26. Ke2 fxe5 27. dxe5 b6 28. b4 Rc4 29. Rxc4 dxc4 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. g4 a5 32. b5 c3 33. Rc2 Kf7 34. Kd3 Nc5+ 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 37. Kxc3 { 1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2783)-Kramnik,V (2772)/Bonn 2008}) 24. Bc7 $1 $16 {After this move everything becomes clear. White will double rooks on the c-file and then remove the bishop from c7, thus forcing Black to give up the c-file. Perhaps Ivanchuk had a similar idea in mind in the event of 23...g5 too, but Anand's 23...a5 only made 24.Bc7 even more powerful.} fxe5 25. dxe5 b6 26. Rc3 Rf8 27. Rfc1 $1 Rf5 28. g4 Rf7 (28... Rg5 29. h3 Ra8 (29... Nxe5 $2 30. Bxe5 Rxc3 31. Bxc3 $18) (29... Re8 30. Kg2 Nxe5 31. Bxb6 $18) 30. Kg2 Nxe5 31. Bxb6 Kh7 32. Rc8 Ra6 33. Bd8 $18) 29. Bd6 Nc5 (29... Rxc3 30. Rxc3 g5 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Kg2 Kg6 33. Re8 $18) 30. Bxc5 bxc5 31. Rxc5 Rcf8 (31... Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Rb7 33. Rb5 Ra7 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. e4 dxe4 36. Ke3 $18) 32. Rxa5 Rf3 33. Ra7 g5 ({ More chances to survive are offered by} 33... Rxe3 34. Rcc7 Kh7 $1) 34. Re1 ( 34. Rcc7 $2 Rf1+ 35. Kg2 R1f2+ $11) 34... d4 35. exd4 Rxb3 36. Rf1 $1 Rd3 ( 36... Rc8 $142) 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. a5 Rxd4 39. h3 Kg8 40. a6 Ra4 41. Kf2 Ra5 42. Kf3 Rxe5 43. Re7 Kh7 44. Re8 Ra5 45. Rxe6 Ra3+ 46. Ke4 Rxh3 { This apparently simple endgame is in fact more complicated than it seems.} 47. Kd5 $2 ({The only winning move is} 47. Kd4 $1 {Then after} Rg3 (47... Ra3 48. Kc5 Ra4 49. Kb6 $18) 48. Kc5 Rxg4 {White has} 49. Re5 $1 {again the only winning move. This is why the rook is better placed on e6 than on c6. A few variations:} Ra4 (49... Kh6 50. a7 Ra4 51. Kb6 Rxa7 52. Kxa7 Kh5 53. Kb6 Kg4 54. Kc5 Kf4 55. Kd4 g4 56. Re7 g3 57. Rf7+ Kg4 58. Ke3 g5 59. Rf8 $18) 50. Kb5 Ra1 51. Rxg5 Kh6 52. Rc5 g5 53. Kb6 Kh5 ({Even simpler is} 53... g4 54. a7 Rxa7 55. Kxa7) 54. Ra5 Rb1+ 55. Kc7 Rc1+ 56. Kd7 Rd1+ 57. Ke7 Re1+ 58. Kf7 Rf1+ 59. Kg7 Rd1 60. a7 Rd8 61. a8=Q Rxa8 62. Rxa8 g4 63. Kf6 $18) (47. a7 Ra3 48. Re7 Kh6 49. Kd5 g6 50. Kc6 Rxa7 51. Rxa7) 47... Rc3 $1 ({Both} 47... Ra3 48. Kc5) ( {and} 47... Rg3 48. Kc6 Rxg4 49. a7 Ra4 50. Kb7 {lose for Black.}) 48. Rb6 (48. Rc6 {does not win:} Rg3 49. Kc5 (49. a7 Ra3 50. Rc7 Kh6 51. Kc6 g6 {and now Bla ck escapes thanks to the idea Rxa7 stalemate! The only move to prevent that is} 52. Kd7 {but then just} Ra1 {and Black waits until the white king leaves the seventh rank, after which he takes on a7 with stalemate.}) 49... Rxg4 { With the rook on e6 White would have played here 50.Re5, see 47.Kd4. Now this is a draw:} 50. Kb5 (50. a7 Ra4 51. Kb6 g4 52. Rc4 (52. Kb7 g3 53. a8=Q Rxa8 54. Kxa8 g5 55. Kb7 g2 56. Rc1 Kg6 57. Kc6 Kf5 58. Rg1 Kf4 59. Rxg2 g4 $11) 52... Rxc4 53. a8=Q Rf4 {here Black places the rook on f6, gives up the g4-pawn and achieves a theoretical draw.}) 50... Rf4 51. a7 Rf8 52. Ra6 Ra8 53. Kc6 g4 54. Kb7 Rf8 55. a8=Q Rxa8 56. Rxa8 Kg6 $1 {It is important to realize here that only this move achieves a draw. That's why with the pawn on g6 instead of g7 Black would be lost.} 57. Kc6 (57. Ra5 g3 58. Kc6 g2 59. Ra1 Kf5 60. Rg1 g5 61. Rxg2 Kf4 62. Kd5 g4 63. Kd4 Kf3 $11) 57... Kf5 58. Kd5 g3 $11) ( 48. Kd4 {achieves nothing due to} Rc1) (48. a7 {is a draw due to stalemate:} Ra3 49. Re7 Kh6 50. Kc6 g6 {and then take on a7.}) 48... g6 $2 { As indicated by Ivanchuk, now White is winning again.} ({ Black had to wait until White plays Rc6 and then attack the g-pawn:} 48... Rc1 49. Rc6 (49. a7 Ra1 50. Rb7 Kh6 51. Kc6 g6 52. Kc7 Ra2 53. Kb8 Rxa7 $11) 49... Rg1 50. Kc5 Rxg4 $11 {see 48.Rc6}) 49. Kd6 $2 (49. a7 $2 Ra3 50. Rb7+ Kh6 { followed by 51...Rxa7 is a stalemate again:}) ({But with the pawn on g6} 49. Rc6 {wins:} Rg3 50. Kc5 Rxg4 51. Kb5 Rf4 52. a7 Rf8 53. Ra6 Ra8 54. Kc6 g4 55. Kb7 Rf8 56. a8=Q Rxa8 57. Rxa8 $18 {As mentioned above, with the pawn on g7 the position would be a draw because of 57...Kg6. But now White is winning:} Kh6 (57... g3 58. Kc6 g2 59. Ra1 Kh6 60. Kd5 Kg5 61. Rg1 Kf4 62. Rxg2 g5 63. Kd4 g4 64. Rf2+ Kg3 65. Ke3 Kh3 66. Kf4 g3 67. Rf3 $18) 58. Ra5 $1 g3 59. Ra3 Kg5 60. Rxg3+ Kf5 61. Kc6 g5 62. Kd5 Kf4 63. Rg1 g4 64. Kd4 Kf3 65. Kd3 g3 66. Rf1+ Kg2 67. Ke2 $18) 49... Kh6 $11 { Now it is draw again and the evaluation won't change anymore.} 50. Rb8 { Other attempts don't win either.} (50. Rc6 Rg3 51. Kc7 Rxg4 52. a7 Ra4 53. Kb7 Rxa7+ 54. Kxa7 g4 55. Kb6 Kg5 $11) 50... Ra3 51. Ra8 Kg7 (51... Ra4 52. Kc6 Rxg4 $2 53. a7 $18) 52. Kc5 Ra1 53. Kb6 Rb1+ 54. Ka7 Rb4 55. Rb8 Rxg4 56. Rb5 Ra4 57. Rxg5 (57. Kb6 g4 58. a7 g3 $11) 57... Rb4 58. Rc5 Kh6 59. Rc6 Kh5 60. Rb6 Rf4 61. Rb5+ g5 62. Kb6 Rf6+ 63. Ka5 Rf7 64. Kb6 Rf6+ 65. Ka5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 26th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2009.02.22"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Wang, Yue"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2739"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,D"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2009.02.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.03.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 {From the Slav Defence the game transposes to a Catalan type of position. White's logic is clear - the pawn on a4 is fully justified when Black has both pawns on a6 and c6 (the advance ...b7-b5 is not possible anyway). Black's standard methods to fight for equality are connected with either ...a5, or ...c5, but that means a loss of tempo. In 2008 this variations started to gain popularity again, first of all thanks to its safety.} dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 {The approved method to fight for equality: Black simplifies the position and achieves an almost equal endgame.} 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. Ne3 {Stronger than 11.Nxc4. White is not afraid to double his pawns. More important for him is to exchange both Black's developed pieces.} Nxe3 12. Bxe3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 {The doubled pawns on e2 and e3 do not represent a weakness, since Black has other worries than to attack them. What matters is White's pressure on opponent's queenside. The opening of the f-file is a plus for White.} c3 $146 (13... Nd7 14. Nxc4 Rb8 15. O-O Ke7 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. a5 f6 18. Rfd1 b6 { 1/2-1/2 Gajewski,G (2581)-Swiercz,D (2472)/Chotowa 2009 (65)} 19. Nd6 $1 $16) ( 13... Bd7 14. Nxc4 (14. O-O $5) 14... Bc6 15. O-O Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nc6 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nxf7 Rhf8 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nf3 $16 { 1-0 Ragger,M (2518)-Schneider,I (2486)/Berlin 2009 (34)}) 14. b4 $1 Nd7 15. Nd3 (15. Nxd7 $6 Bxd7 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17. Be4 Ke7 $132) 15... Rb8 {The Chinese Grandmaster prepares the advance of the b-pawn, trying to escape from the pressure on the long diagonal. However, the unusual pawn formation (White's doubled pawns and the extra pawn on c3, which is still alive) required a non-standard solution.} ({The critical move is} 15... Nf6 {with the idea to prevent the advance of the e-pawn after 16...Ng4 or 16...Nd5. For instance:} 16. Rc1 ({A move like} 16. Bf3 {cannot be problematic for Black:} Nd5 17. e4 Nf6 18. e5 Nd5 {followed by 19...Bd7}) 16... Ng4 17. Rxc3 ({Surprisingly} 17. e4 Ne3 18. Bf3 c2 {works out for Black:} 19. Kf2 Nd1+ $1 20. Ke1 Ne3 21. Kd2 Nc4+ 22. Kxc2 ({or} 22. Kc3 b5 23. Rxc2 Ke7 $11) 22... e5 { and Black has good chances to equalize completely.}) 17... Nxe3 18. Bf3 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rc7 {White has clear compensation, but it's not clear whether it's enough for a reasonable advantage.}) 16. O-O b5 (16... b6 $142 17. Rfc1 Bb7 18. Rxc3 $14) 17. axb5 Rxb5 (17... axb5 18. Ra7 $16) 18. Rfc1 Ne5 (18... O-O $142 19. Rxc3 Nf6 $14) 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxc3 $16 ({ Already here Anand had the possibility} 20. b5 $5 {The point is that after} axb5 (20... Rxb5 21. Bc6+ Bd7 22. Bxb5 Bxb5 23. Rxc3 O-O) 21. Rxc3 O-O (21... Ke7 22. Ra8 b4 23. Rcxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8 Rb5 25. Rc7+ Kf6 26. Be4 { is winning for White}) 22. Ra8 Bd7 23. Rc7 Rxa8 24. Bxa8 { the black bishop is suddenly trapped:} Be8 25. Rc8 Kf8 26. Bc6 $18 {Therefore a fter 20.b5 Black must give up the exchange: 20...Rxb5 21.Bc6+ Bd7 22.Bxb5 Bxb5 23.Rxc3 and hope to escape with an exchange down.}) 20... O-O 21. Bc6 Rd8 22. e4 Kf8 23. Kf2 Ke7 $2 (23... g5 { or 23...g6 was necessary, after which the move Kf8-e7 becomes possible.}) 24. b5 $1 $18 axb5 25. Ra7+ Kf6 ({It turns out that after} 25... Kf8 26. Rc7 { Black has no defence against the threat 27.Rd3 Rxd3 28.Rxc8+ and 29.exd3. That's why Black needed to remove the pawn from g7. In that case Black could now play Kf8-g7, when taking the bishop on c8 would have been without check.} Ba6 {is answered by} 27. Ra3) (25... Bd7 26. Rd3 $18) 26. Rf3+ Kg6 27. Rfxf7 Rg8 28. Rfc7 Rh5 (28... b4 29. Ra8 b3 30. Raxc8 (30. Rcxc8 $2 b2) 30... b2 31. Rxg8 b1=Q 32. Rgxg7+ Kh6 (32... Kh5 33. Be8+ $18) 33. Rxh7+ Kg5 34. Rcg7+ Kf6 35. Rf7+ Kg5 36. h4+ Kg4 37. Kg2 Rxe4 38. Rhg7+ Kh5 39. Rf6 Rxe2+ 40. Kh3 $18) 29. h4 Kf6 30. Ra8 Rc5 31. Rcxc8 Rxc8 32. Rxc8 b4 33. Bd7 (33. Bd7 Rxc8 34. Bxc8 b3 35. Ba6 b2 36. Bd3 $18) 1-0 [Event "Linares 26th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2009.02.21"] [Round "3"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2791"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2009.02.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.03.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 b5 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Na5 Rc8 16. Nc6 Nxd5 17. Nxe7 Nxe7 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Nc6 20. Rd2 Ke7 21. Bd3 Rhd8 22. Rhd1 g6 23. a4 Rb8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Be4 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Nd4 27. b4 f5 28. Bd3 h4 29. c3 Ne6 30. Bf1 Nf4 31. Kc2 Kf6 32. g3 hxg3 33. hxg3 Nh5 34. Rd5 Nxg3 35. Bxb5 e4 36. fxe4 Nxe4 37. Bd3 g5 38. Bxe4 fxe4 39. Kd2 g4 40. Ke3 Rc8 41. Kxe4 Rxc3 42. Kf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 26th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2009.02.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2009.02.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.03.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 a6 {A well-known theoretical position (see e. g. CBM 124, annotations to Svidler - Karjakin), in which the World Champion applies an interesting novelty:} 12. Ng5 $5 $146 {GM Vadim Zviagintsev played this move against me in a similar position. It had also been played on move 11 (instead of 11.a3) several times.} (12. b4 { is common and, in my opinion, good enough for some edge.}) 12... Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg1 Qxg5 15. f3 Ngf6 16. e4 {White has sacrificed a pawn but obtained a bishop pair and a strong pawn centre. It is curious that the sacrifice of the h2 pawn is becoming quite popular in the Meran system - see e.g. Kramnik-Shirov in CBM 127.} Qh4 17. Be3 (17. Qf2 $5 {was played by Zviagintsev in the above-mentioned game (in a different position) but here it is not so worthwhile due to} Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 e5 ({or} 18... c5) 19. Be3 exd4 20. Bxd4 c5) 17... e5 18. Ne2 Nh5 {Here is a game played at the Aeroflot Open next day:} ( 18... Rad8 19. Qd2 h6 20. Bf2 Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Rfd1 exd4 23. Nxd4 c5 ( 23... Ne5 $5) (23... g6 $5) 24. Nf5 g6 25. Nd6 Bc6 26. Bf1 c4 27. Be3 g4 28. Bh6 gxf3 29. gxf3 Ne5 30. Be2 Nh5 31. Kf2 Rd7 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Nc8 Nf4 34. Rxd7 Bxd7 35. Nb6 Bc6 36. Ke3 g5 37. Rd1 f6 38. Rd6 Kf7 39. Bf1 $14 { 1/2 Gajewski,G (2581)-Salem,A (2473)/Moscow RUS 2009/The Week in Chess 746 (69) }) 19. Qd2 h6 20. Rfd1 Rae8 $6 { Starting a dubious plan of kingside counterplay with insufficient forces.} ( 20... Ng3 {M.Leskiv} 21. b4 $5) (20... a5 $5) 21. Bc2 Re6 22. Bf2 Qe7 (22... Qg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Bb3 Rg6 26. Bd4 g4 $5 27. Kf2 $1 $14) 23. g4 $1 {Very bold.} (23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Nd4 Rg6 25. Nf5 $44 { was simpler but less energetic.}) 23... Rg6 24. Kf1 Nhf6 25. Ng3 Nxg4 $5 { Logical, even if this piece sacrifice is not quite correct. Otherwise, after, say,} (25... Qe6 26. Nf5 {the position of Black's pieces is very awkward.}) 26. fxg4 Qh4 27. Nf5 Qxg4 (27... Qh3+ 28. Ke1 Rxg4 29. Qe3 Qh2 (29... Qg2 30. Qe2) 30. Ke2 exd4 31. Qxd4 Ne5 32. Rh1 Qf4 33. Qe3 $16) 28. Qc3 $1 (28. Ne7+ $143 Kh7 29. Nxg6 fxg6 $132) 28... Re8 29. Qg3 Qh5 30. Qh4 Qf3 31. Rd3 Qg2+ 32. Ke2 exd4 (32... Rg4 33. Rg3 $1 $18) 33. Rg3 $4 {A terrible blunder.} (33. Ne7+ { was now quite appropriate, e.g.} Rxe7 (33... Kh7 34. Rg1 Qxg1 35. Bxg1 Rxg1 36. Rg3 Rxg3 37. Qxg3 Rxe7 38. Qd6 $18) 34. Qxe7 Rf6 (34... Qg4+ 35. Rf3 Rf6 $2 36. Qd8+ $1 Nf8 37. Qxf6 gxf6 38. Rg1 $18) 35. Rf1 Qg4+ 36. Ke1 c5 37. Qd8+ Kh7 ( 37... Nf8 $2 38. Qxf6 gxf6 39. Rg3) 38. e5 Rg6 39. Rg3 (39. Qh4 $143 Qe6) 39... Qf4 $1 40. Qxd7 Qc1+ 41. Bd1 Rxg3 42. Qxb7 Re3+ 43. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 44. Be2 Qc1+ 45. Kf2 Qe3+ 46. Kg2 Qxe2+ 47. Rf2 Qg4+ 48. Kh1 Qh5+ 49. Kg1 Qg5+ 50. Qg2 {Uff!} Qxe5 51. Rxf7 {and this unusual position should be favorable for White}) (33. Rxd4 $143 Ne5 34. Rg1 Qf3+ 35. Kf1 c5 $132) 33... Rxg3 34. Qxg3 (34. Nxg3 Ne5 35. Qh1 Qxh1 36. Rxh1 c5 {is also poor.}) 34... Rxe4+ 35. Kd2 Rg4 $1 { White probably overlooked this move.} (35... Qxg3 $143 36. Bxg3 Re6 37. Nxd4 $44) 36. Qxg2 Rxg2 37. Ke2 c5 $19 { 5(!) pawns for a piece are more than enough. The rest is clear.} 38. Rg1 Ne5 39. Rxg2 Bxg2 40. Kd2 h5 41. b4 $6 Nc4+ 42. Kc1 Nxa3 43. Bd1 cxb4 { 7-0 for the moment!} 44. Bxh5 g6 45. Ne7+ Kf8 46. Nxg6+ fxg6 47. Bxg6 Ke7 48. Bxd4 {White has eliminated most of the enemies but the remaining ones easily bring Black the victory.} Kd6 49. Bd3 Nc4 50. Bg7 a5 51. Be2 Be4 52. Bf6 a4 53. Bg7 Kd5 0-1 [Event "Linares 26th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2009.02.19"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2761"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,D"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2009.02.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.03.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 f5 15. Qf3 d5 {Radjabov remains true to his beloved variation.} 16. cxd5 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Rb8 18. Rfd1 f5 {A very rare move, played only twice in 2006.} ({ However, the main} 18... Qd7 {still remains a reasonable option for Black, since his chances to draw are very high. For example:} 19. d6 Rb6 20. Qd3 Rd8 21. Rac1 Bf8 22. Rc7 Qxc7 23. Bxh7+ Kg7 24. dxc7 Rxd3 25. Bxd3 Bxa3 ({worse is } 25... Rc6 26. Nc2 f5 27. Ne3 e4 28. Bb1 Rxc7 29. g4 $1 { 1-0 Galkin,A (2616)-Khairullin,I (2533)/Moscow 2006 (60)}) 26. bxa3 Rc6 27. Be4 Rxc7 28. Bd5 Rc3 29. h4 Bf5 (29... Rxa3 $5) 30. Bb3 a5 31. a4 { 1/2-1/2 Istratescu,A (2628)-Khairullin,I (2554)/Plovdiv 2008} (31. a4 bxa4 32. Bxa4 Rc4 $11)) 19. d6 Qf6 20. Bc6 Be6 21. Bd5 Rbd8 22. Qb3 Bf7 (22... Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Kh8 24. Rad1 {secured White a large advantage in Vehi Bach,V (2385) -Kosintseva,T (2479)/Kusadasi 2006.}) 23. Nc2 Rxd6 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Ne3 f4 (26... Qg6 27. a4 $1 bxa4 28. Qxa4 $14) 27. Rd1 Qg6 28. Nd5 Bf8 $146 {In order to achieve an advantage White must blockade his opponent's central pawns (by taking control over the square in front of the black e-pawn). Bringing the bishop to d4 looks like a good idea, but only if Black succeeds in avoiding some static positions without counterplay.} ({In the game Bobras,P (2535)-Yakovich,Y (2583)/Port Erin 2006 Black won after having been lost on the way:} 28... Kh8 29. Nc3 (29. f3 e4 $132) 29... f3 (29... e4 $2 30. Nxe4 $16 ) 30. g3 Qf5 31. Rd8+ Bf8 32. Nd1 Kg7 33. Ne3 Qg6 34. Qc3 { White has a clear advantage.} Qb1+ 35. Rd1 Qe4 36. Rd5 Be7 37. h4 Bf6 38. Kh2 h5 39. Qc8 Be7 40. Qxa6 Bxh4 41. gxh4 $4 (41. Qe6 Bf6 42. Nf5+ Kg6 43. Nd6 $18) 41... Qxh4+ 42. Kg1 Kh7 43. Nf5 Rg7+ 44. Nxg7 Qg5+ {and White got mated.}) 29. f3 Kh8 {A natural move, but Radjabov connects it with the wrong idea to double on the g-file.} (29... Bc5+ 30. Kf1 Kg7 { was more precise, with good chances to equalize. For instance:} 31. Nc3 Bd4 32. Ne4 Rc7 {and Black solves his problems.}) 30. Nc3 Rg7 $2 { This will turn out to be the decisive waste of time.} (30... Bc5+ 31. Kf1 Bd4 { was necessary, and if White continues similarly to the game} 32. Ne4 {then} Rc7 {and again Black controls the c-file and should have no problems to hold the balance.}) 31. Rd2 Bc5+ 32. Kf1 Bd4 33. Ne4 Rc7 34. Rc2 $1 {This move is possible due to Radjabov's mistake 30...Rg7. Now Black doesn't have any activity and cannot exploit the centralized position of his bishop. After the inevitable exchange of rooks at some moment White's Q+N will be much stronger than Black's Q+B.} Rc6 35. Qd3 Kg7 36. b3 h6 37. g4 $1 {Black's position is more difficult than it appears. White prepares the attack on the kingside and there is nothing Black can do to prevent it.} fxg3 (37... Qe6 38. h4 Qd7 (38... Qc8 39. Nd6 $16) 39. h5 $16 Qc7 $140 40. Ng5 $1 hxg5 41. Qg6+ Rxg6 42. Rxc7+ $18) 38. hxg3 Qe6 39. Kg2 Qc8 40. Rxc6 Qxc6 41. Qd2 $16 Qe6 ({After} 41... h5 42. Qg5+ Qg6 43. Qe7+ Qf7 44. Qd6 Qg6 45. Qd7+ Qf7 46. Qc6 Qg6 47. Nd6 { White wins material.}) 42. g4 Qc6 {The centralized bishop on d4 is completely out of play and Black has nothing better than to wait.} 43. Ng3 Kh7 44. Nf5 Bb6 45. Qd3 Kh8 46. Qe2 Bc7 47. Qd2 Kh7 (47... e4 {runs into mate after} 48. Qd4+) 48. Ne7 Qc5 ({After} 48... Qd6 49. Qc2+ Kh8 50. Nf5 Qb6 { White must be careful to avoid} 51. Nxh6 $2 Qxh6 52. Qxc7 Qd2+ { with a draw, but 51.Qe4 instead keeps the position winning.}) 49. Qd3+ Kh8 50. Qd7 {The final stage of attack: White penetrates with both pieces, creating decisive threats.} e4 51. Qe8+ Kg7 52. Nf5+ Kf6 53. Qxe4 Bb6 54. Kh3 h5 55. g5+ $1 Kxg5 56. Ne7 Kf6 57. Nd5+ Kg7 58. Qe5+ Kh6 59. Qf6+ Kh7 60. Qf7+ Kh6 61. Ne7 1-0 [Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"] [Site "Bonn"] [Date "2008.10.29"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "Kritz,L"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2008.10.14"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.13"] {In order to better understand what happened over the board, you need to know the situation before this game took place: it was the 11th game in the WCh match. Anand was leading 6-4 and needed only a draw to retain his WCh title. Um die Ereignisse am Brett besser zu begreifen, muss man die Ausgangssituation vor dieser Partie wissen: es ist die elfte Partie des WM-Matches gewesen, Anand führte mit 6-4 und brauchte nur ein Remis, um seinen Weltmeister-Titel zu verteidigen.} 1. e4 $1 {An exclamation mark for the well-timed change in opening - until this point in the match, Anand had played only 1.d4. The game move has two advantages at the same time: firstly the effect of surprise, and secondly in recent years Kramnik has rarely replied to 1.e4 with anything but the Petroff. Ausrufezeichen fuer den rechtzeitigen Wechsel der Eröffnung - bis jetzt hatte Anand im Match nur 1.d4 gezogen. Der Partiezug hat gleich zwei Vorteile: erstens Überraschungseffekt und zweitens hat Kramnik gegen 1.e4 in letzten Jahren selten etwas außer Russisch gespielt.} c5 $1 {Of course there can be no question of a Petroff. If you have to play for a win, there is no better choice than the Sicilian. Von Russischer Partie kann natürlich keine Rede sein. Wenn man auf Gewinn spielen muss, gibt es keine bessere Wahl als Sizilianisch.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Kramnik decides on the Najdorf Variation. On one hand, the decision is the correct one - it is one of the sharpest variations in modern theory and offers Black good counter-chances. On the other, it is perhaps a little ambitious when facing Anand, who plays the Najdorf himself and certainly knows all about it. I would rather have considered the Ragozin or the Dragon variations. Kramnik entscheidet sich für die Najdorf-Variante. Einerseits ist die Entscheidung richtig - es ist eine der schärfsten Varianten in der modernen Theorie und bietet Schwarz gute Konterchancen. Auf der anderen Seite, gegen Anand, der selbst Najdorf spielt und mit Sicherheit darüber alles weiß, war es vielleicht ein wenig übertrieben. Ich würde eher Ragozin oder die Drachen-Variante in Betracht ziehen.} 6. Bg5 ({Nowadays Heute gilt} 6. Be3 {is considered to be the main move, but the variations which arise after it are sharp and complicated - exactly what Kramnik was aiming for in this final game and what Anand wanted to avoid. als Hauptzug, doch die Varianten, die danach entstehen, sind scharf und kompliziert - genau das, was Kramnik in dieser letzten Partie anstrebte und Anand vermeiden wollte.}) 6... e6 7. f4 Qc7 $1 {The correct decision! After 7....Qb6 there are far too many forced drawing variations, whereas after 7....b5 and 7....Nbd7 White too can play relatively without risk. Richtige Entscheidung! Nach 7....Qb6 gibt es viel zu viele forcierte Remisabwicklungen, während nach 7....b5 und 7....Nbd7 Weiß ebenfalls relativ risikofrei aufspielen kann.} (7... Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 ({Nor does Auch} 8... Nc6 { achieve a playable position: bringt keine spielbare Stellung aufs Brett:} 9. O-O-O Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Be7 12. Na4 Bd7 13. Nb6 $14 { Kramnik - Svidler (Wijk aan Zee, 2004)}) 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 {White has various ways to play for a win, but we have to assume that in this specific match situation Anand would bank on safety first and choose the long drawish variation. Weiß hat unterschiedliche Möglichkeiten, auf Gewinn zu spielen, aber es ist zu vermuten, dass in dieser spezifischen Matchsituation Anand auf Nummer sicher gehen würde und die lange remisliche Variante wählen würde.} Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Qxa2 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O Ra7 19. Rf3 Kh8 20. Rg3 Rd7 21. Qh6 Rf7 22. Qh5 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Qa5 24. Kf1 Qd8 25. Qxf7 Qxd1+ 26. Kf2 Qxc2+ 27. Kf3 Qd1+ 28. Kf2 Qc2+ 29. Ke3 Bc5+ 30. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 31. Kd2 Qf2+ 32. Kc3 Qd4+ 33. Kc2 Qf2+ 34. Kc3 { Vallejo Pons - Kasparov (Moscow, 2004). This long variation is almost forced; if Black tries to deviate, he risks getting into a losing position. Of course, Kramnik would not have wanted such a development. Diese lange Variante ist fast forciert, will Schwarz ausweichen, so riskiert er, in eine verlorene Stellung hineinzukommen. Solch eine Entwicklung wäre natürlich für Kramnik unerwünscht.}) (7... b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Be2 Qxg5 12. O-O {Leko - Ivanchuk (Monaco, 2001). It is clear that White has a very strong initiative thanks to his lead in development. Es ist offensichtlich, dass Weiß dank seines Entwicklungsvorsprungs eine sehr starke Initiative hat.}) (7... Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 $14 {This is one of the main positions in the 6.Bg5-Najdorf. As you can see, White's central position is very solid. Das ist eine der Hauptstellungen im 6.Bg5-Najdorf. Wie man sieht, steht Weiß sehr solide im Zentrum.}) 8. Bxf6 (8. Qf3 b5 9. O-O-O (9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. e5 (10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Bb7 (11... h5 12. Ng3 h4 13. Nh5 Nd7 14. g4 Bb7 15. Bg2 O-O-O 16. Kb1 Nc5 17. Rhe1 Be7 18. Qh3 Kb8 19. f5 e5 20. Nb3 a5 21. Qxh4 a4 22. Nc1 a3 23. b3 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Qc3 26. Nd3 d5 27. Qf2 dxe4 28. Qb6+ Ka8 29. Qa6+ Kb8 30. Qb6+ Ka8 31. Qa6+ {1/2-1/2 Stellwagen,D (2621)-Hillarp Persson,T (2491)/Malmo SWE 2008/The Week in Chess 704}) 12. Qh5 Qc5 13. e5 Bc8 14. Ng3 f5 15. Ngxf5 exf5 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Nxe6 Qe3+ 18. Kb1 Qxe6 19. Bb5+ Kd8 20. Rhe1 Qf6 21. Qf3 Ra7 22. Qf2 Rb7 23. Ba4 Bg7 24. c3 bxc3 25. Bb3 Nd7 26. Re2 Re8 27. Rc2 Rc7 28. Qf3 Re4 29. g4 Qe7 30. gxf5 Re1 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Rc1 Qxc1+ {0-1 Nepomniachtchi,I (2613)-Khismatullin,D (2566)/ Krasnoyarsk RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 670}) 10... Bb7 11. Qh5 b4 $1 $132) 9... b4 10. Nce2 Nbd7 11. g4 (11. e5 $4 Bb7 $19) 11... Bb7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ng3 Rc8 14. Bd3 g6 15. h4 Bg7 16. h5 Nd7 $132 {Naiditsch - Vachier Lagrave (Moscow, 2006). Black reached a playable position with counter-chances. Schwarz erreichte eine spielbare Stellung mit Konterchancen.}) 8... gxf6 {Now White has a whole host of options. To be honest, I don't like the move in the game. White may well exert immediate pressure on the e6-pawn, but in return Black gets the e5-square for his pieces. I would prefer the traditional 9.Qd2. Nun hat Weiß eine Menge an Möglichkeiten. Mir gefällt der Partiezug ehrlich gesagt nicht. Zwar übt Weiß sofortigen Druck gegen den Bauern e6 aus, doch dafür bekommt Schwarz das Feld e5 für seine Figuren. Ich würde das traditionelle 9.Qd2 vorziehen.} 9. f5 (9. Qh5 $6 {lets Black easily achieve good play. lässt Schwarz leicht zu gutem Spiel kommen.} Qc5 10. Qxc5 dxc5 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. g3 Ke7 13. Bg2 Ra7 14. O-O-O Rd8 15. a4 b6 16. Nd2 Rad7 17. Nc4 Bc7 $132 {Kamsky - Svidler (Baku, 2008)}) (9. Qd2 Nc6 (9... b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 { The development of the bishop to b7 has a major disadvantage - the e6-square is weakend. Die Entwicklung des Läufers nach b7 hat einen großen Nachteil - der Punkt e6 wird geschwächt.} 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. f5 $14 { Khalifman - Lautier (Moscow, 2001)}) 10. O-O-O (10. Nb3 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 Rg8 14. g3 O-O-O 15. O-O-O d5 16. exd5 Rxd5 $15 { Kamsky - Paragua (Las Vegas, 2008)}) 10... Bd7 11. Kb1 h5 12. Bc4 O-O-O 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bb3 Kb8 15. Rhf1 Qc5 16. Qd3 h4 17. Qh3 Be7 18. f5 $14 { Topalov - Anand (Dortmund, 1997)}) (9. Be2 Nc6 10. Qd2 (10. Qd3 h5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Nf5 $2 {It is not so easy to crack open Black's position; in fact it is easier to end up at a disadvantage. so leicht kann man die schwarze Stellung nicht knacken, man kommt eher in Nachteil} exf5 13. Nd5 Qa5 14. Nxf6+ Kd8 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Qb3 Be7 17. Qxb7+ Qc7 18. Qxc7+ Kxc7 19. exf5 $15 { Shirov - Akopian (Khanty-Mansiysk, 2007)}) 10... Bd7 11. O-O-O {And there aris es the same sort of position as after 9.Qd2. Es entsteht der gleiche Stellungstyp wie nach 9.Qd2.} h5 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Nb3 Kb8 14. Bf3 Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Qe3 h4 17. Rd3 Qc5 18. Qd2 Be7 19. Re1 $14 { Spraggett - Rodshtein (Cappelle la Grande, 2007)}) 9... Qc5 (9... Nc6 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. Bc4 (11. Be2 $5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 (12. Bh5+ Ke7 13. Qxd4 Qc5 14. Qd1 Bh6 $15) 12... Qf7 13. Na4 Bd7 14. Nb6 Rd8 15. O-O $14 { Van der Wiel - Hou Yifan (Wijk aan Zee, 2007)}) 11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Rg8 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Bb3 O-O-O 15. g3 Be7 16. Na4 Rg5 17. Rd3 $14 { Radjabov - Grischuk (Sochi, 2008)}) 10. Qd3 (10. fxe6 $6 {In this position, the exchange of pawns does not achieve much, because Black is controlling both the h5- and the c4-squares. In dieser Stellung bringt der Bauerntausch eher wenig, weil Schwarz das Feld h5 sowie auch das Feld c4 kontrolliert.} fxe6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nb3 (12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bh5+ Ke7 14. Qf3 Bh6 $15) 12... Qe3 $15 { And White is forced to exchange queens. Und Weiß ist gezwungen, die Damen zu tauschen.}) 10... Nc6 11. Nb3 $1 {The only move, or else Black will get some counterplay. Der einzige Zug, ansonsten kommt Schwarz zu Gegenspiel.} (11. O-O-O $2 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Bd7 $15 {Black is simply better, thanks to his control of the dark squares. Dank der Kontrolle der schwarzen Felder steht Schwarz einfach besser.}) (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O-O Rb8 $15) 11... Qe5 12. O-O-O exf5 $6 {This looks suspect. Black opens up the position with his king in the centre and at the same time offers a whole range of squares to the white knights. Instead of this, Black should try to stabilise the position. Das sieht verdächtig aus. Schwarz öffnet die Stellung mit dem König im Zentrum und bietet gleichzeitig den weißen Springern eine Menge Felder an. Stattdessen sollte Schwarz versuchen, die Stellung zu stabilisieren.} (12... Bd7 13. Kb1 ( 13. Nd2 b5 (13... Bh6 14. Kb1 Bxd2 $2 15. Qxd2 Ke7 16. Be2 h5 17. Qe3 $1 $14 { The threat is 18.Nd5! exd5 19.Rxd5 winning the queen. At the same time,White wants to double rooks on the d-file. Black is simply badly placed. Es droht 18.Nd5! exd5 19.Rxd5 mit Damengewinn, gleichzeitig will Weiß seine Türme auf der d-Linie verdoppeln. Schwarz steht einfach schlecht.}) 14. Nf3 Qc5 15. Kb1 ( 15. e5 $2 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 $15 {Obviously White does not have enough for the sacrificed pawn. Weiß hat offensichtlich nicht genug für den geopferten Bauern. }) 15... h5 $132) (13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Kb1 b5 (14... O-O-O 15. Nd2 Qc5 16. Na4 Qf2 17. Nc4 Kb8 18. Nab6 $36) 15. Be2 h5 $132) 13... b5 (13... O-O-O 14. Nd2 Qc5 15. Na4 Qd4 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. Nb6+ Kc7) 14. Be2 (14. a3 $6 {Gives Black something to attack on the queenside. Gibt Schwarz ein Angriffsziel am Damenflügel.} Rb8 $132) 14... h5 {It turns out that b4 is hardly a threat. Es stellt sich heraus, dass b4 gar keine Drohung ist.} (14... b4 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Qxa6 $18) 15. Bf3 Rc8 $13 {I think this would have been exactly the correct position for Black - there is no forcing line, the position is unclear, both sides have roughly equal chances. Ich denke, das wäre genau die richtige Stellung für Schwarz gewesen - es gibt kein forciertes Spiel, die Stellung ist unklar, beide Seiten haben ungefähr gleiche Chancen.}) 13. Qe3 $1 {Very strong! White makes the d-file available for his rook. The obvious move 13.Nd5 leads to unwanted complications: Sehr stark! Weiß macht die d-Linie für den Turm frei. Der offensichtliche Zug 13.Nd5 führt zu unerwünschten Komplikationen:} ( 13. Nd5 fxe4 (13... Bh6+ 14. Kb1 Kf8 15. Nb6 fxe4 16. Qxd6+ Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Rb8 18. Bxa6 Ke7 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Nxc8+ Rbxc8 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Nd4 $14) 14. Qxe4 $1 Be6 (14... Qxe4 15. Nxf6+ Ke7 16. Nxe4 Bg4 17. Re1 Be6 18. Kb1 $11) 15. Nc7+ Ke7 $3 (15... Kd7 16. Nxa8 $3 Bh6+ (16... Qxe4 17. Nc5+ Ke7 18. Nxe4 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Rxa8 20. Nc3 $16) 17. Kb1 Rxa8 18. Qxh7 $16) 16. Qxe5 fxe5 17. Nxa8 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Rxa8 $44 {Of course Anand did not want to go into anything like this. Auf so etwas wollte sich Anand natürlich nicht einlassen.}) 13... Bg7 { Anything else is much worse: Alles andere ist viel schlechter:} (13... h5 14. Kb1 Bh6 15. Qf2 fxe4 16. Nxe4 $1 $16) (13... fxe4 14. Rd5 Qe6 (14... Qe7 15. Nxe4 $16) 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Bd7 17. Bc4 $16) 14. Rd5 Qe7 (14... Qe6 15. Rxf5 $16) 15. Qg3 Rg8 (15... O-O 16. exf5 Re8 17. Bd3 Nb4 18. Rd4 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Qe3+ 20. Qxe3 Rxe3 21. Nd5 Re5 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. g4 $18) 16. Qf4 $1 (16. Qh4 fxe4 17. Qxh7 Kf8 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. Rd1 Be6 21. Nd5+ Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Be5 $132) (16. Qxd6 $2 fxe4 17. Qxe7+ Nxe7 18. Rh5 f5 19. Rxh7 Be6 $15) 16... fxe4 {16....Be6 would be better, in order to set a more difficult task for his opponent. Besser wäre 16....Be6, um den Gegner vor eine schwierigere Aufgabe zu stellen.} (16... Be6 $1 17. Rd1 (17. Rxd6 $2 Bh6 18. Qxh6 Qxd6 19. Qxf6 Rd8 $17) (17. exf5 $4 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Qe1#) (17. Bd3 fxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 $1 19. Rxf5 ( 19. Bxf5 Bxc3 20. Bxe6 fxe6 $19) 19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Qg5+ $19) 17... fxe4 18. Nxe4 Kf8 19. Nxd6 Bg4 $1 20. Bc4 $1 (20. Qxg4 $4 Bh6+ $19) 20... Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Qe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Bd5 Rb8 24. Nxb7 (24. Bxb7 Bh6+ 25. Kb1 Rd8 $15) 24... Bh6+ 25. Kb1 Ng4 $132) 17. Nxe4 f5 $2 {This is the decisive error! Black had to play 17....Be6, to bring the game to the position which might have arisen after 16....Be6 17.Rd1 fxe4. Das ist der entscheidende Fehlgriff! Schwarz hätte 17....Be6 spielen müssen, um die Partie zu der Stellung zu führen, die nach 16....Be6 17.Rd1 fxe4 hätte entstehen können.} (17... Be6 $5 18. Nxd6+ (18. Rxd6 f5 $17) 18... Kf8 19. Rd1 {->16....Be6. ->16....Be6.}) 18. Nxd6+ Kf8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Kb1 $1 {Now it is all over - Black can do no more. Jetzt ist es vorbei - Schwarz kann nichts mehr machen.} (20. Bd3 Nb4 21. Qxf5 Rc7 $15) 20... Qe1+ (20... Nb4 $2 21. Rxf5 Qe1+ 22. Nc1 $18) 21. Nc1 Ne7 22. Qd2 {The exchange of queens is forced. Der Damentausch ist erzwungen.} Qxd2 ( 22... Qe6 $4 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxd8#) 23. Rxd2 Bh6 24. Rf2 Be3 {Black can only be worse. It was clear that he could no longer win the game and so Kramnik offered a draw in this position. Schwarz kann nur schlechter stehen. Es war klar, dass die Partie nicht mehr zu gewinnen war, deswegen bot Kramnik in dieser Stellung Remis an.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"] [Site "Bonn"] [Date "2008.10.27"] [Round "10"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2008.10.14"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 { This time, Kramnik chooses a more ambitious continuation than in the 8th game.} Bb4 {It is too early still to judge Anand's opening choice from a psychological point of view. The Nimzo Indian can lead to such a wide range of types of position that we cannot anticipate which of the players will feel more at home.} 4. Nf3 {Previously, Kramnik had played this move just once, which makes it almost such a big surprise as had been Anand's 4.f3 (as a coincidence, same move number, same square...). However, the difference of style between the opponents is quite clear. Anand's intention had been to give play an irrational character as soon as possible, while Kramnik aims for purely technical positions. And yet, Anand could not have been taken unaware, as can be seen from a further comment...} c5 { Frankly speaking, this seems a bit like playing into Kramnik's hands.} (4... b6 {would have offered better chances for unclear play, which yielded Anand two important wins in his games with black.}) 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O ({It is possib le that Anand had not paid too much attention to the game he had lost against Kramnik in a blindfold encounter:} 6... Ne4 7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc5 9. Qf3 d6 10. Bg2 e5 11. Nf5 Qf6 12. Ne3 Qxf3 13. Bxf3 Be6 14. Ba3 Nba6 15. O-O-O Ke7 16. Bg2 Rad8 17. f4 f6 18. Rhf1 b6 19. g4 Nc7 20. h4 $16 {Kramnik,V (2766)-Anand,V (2779)/Monte Carlo 2007/CBM 117 ext (1-0, 30). Or maybe he relied on the fact that his main repertoire was well analysed?}) 7. Bg2 d5 {The most solid continuation, but also the least ambitious. White is given the opportunity to play a slightly more pleasant position at virtually no risk. Just what Kramnik must have prayed for...} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 { We have reached a modern tabyia. The pawn structure is almost symmetrical and White's pair of bishops seems to be compensated for by the stability of Black's minor pieces, something not really unusual in the Nimzo Indian. However, there is an element that slightly favours White. His queen is actively placed, being a permanent threat for the enemy queenside pawns, while the black queen is somehow out of play. Indeed, there is not much to be attacked on the kingside. First of all, the white structure is quite compact in that area, while the king is an useful defending piece.} 18. Re1 $5 $146 { It took me a lot of time to get some idea about the purpose of thisinteresting novelty. Obviously, White anticipates ...Be2, but it is far from clear how this will influence the further course of the game. My feeling is that Kramnik wanted to provoke the advance of the black c-pawn, in order to get the a5-square for his queen.} ({The older continuation is} 18. Be3 { , which was tried at the highest thinkable level} Be2 {(Justifying the queen's placement on h5, in view of a further exchange of bishops with ...Bf3)} 19. Rd2 Rab8 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Qd6 Rfc8 ({A possible improvement over} 21... Bf3 { when White managed to win a pawn after} 22. Qxc6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe5 24. Qc4 Rfc8 25. Qd4 Qa5 26. Rb1 h6 27. Rb4 Qc5 28. Rd3 Qc7 {, although he could not deal with the technical problems, connected with the weaknesses on both wings, Kasparov,G (2851)-Anand,V (2769)/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 075/[Wells] (1/2, 56)}) 22. Rb1 h6 23. e5 Bf3 $11 {Now, the exchange of bishops is entirely possible.} 24. a4 Ra8 25. Qd4 b5 26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27. Rd3 { 1/2 Bacrot,E (2675)-Leko,P (2741)/Moscow 2004/CBM 102}) ({ The latest word in theory was (up to this game)} 18. Bf4 { The game that may have inspired Kramnik continued with} c5 ({ The other, possibly better, pawn move played here is} 18... e5 {as in Najer,E (2648)-Jakovenko,D (2671)/Moscow 2006/CBM 116 (0-1, 50), which I have commented in the notes to Grischuk,A (2726)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Mexico City 2007/ CBM 120/[Marin] (1-0, 61)}) (18... Be2 { Grischuk,A (2726)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Mexico City 2007/CBM 120/[Marin] (1-0, 61)}) 19. Qa5 $1 e5 20. Be3 Be2 21. Re1 Nc4 ({The exchange operation initiated by this move will fail to equalise. It is worth mentioning that} 21... Rfc8 $5 { would lead to a position from our main game, but with an extra tempo for Black! Meaning that for the sake of obtaining this structure, Kramnik gladly lost a tempo...}) 22. Qa6 Nxe3 23. Rxe2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Rad8 25. Rae1 Rd7 26. Qb5 Rfd8 ({If Black had defended the pawn with} 26... Rc7 { he would have lost the control of both open files after} 27. Rd2 $14) 27. Qxc5 $14 { Cheparinov,I (2670)-Carlsen,M (2714)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2007/CBM 122 (1/2, 80)}) 18... c5 {If my supposition was correct, then Kramnik's opening experiment has been crowned by success.} ({One critical alternative is} 18... Be2 { but in this case Black would have faced some problems of coordination after} 19. h3 $5 {The bishop's retreats along the d1-h5 diagonal are prevented (... Bf3? drops a piece to g4)} Rfd8 (19... c5 20. Qb3 $5 {would not solve Black's problems, because the queen would remain out of play on h5. Besides, once the queen's access to b5 has been obstructed, the threat g4 becomes real.}) 20. Bf4 Rac8 (20... e5 $6 {would lose a pawn without compensation after} 21. g4 Qg6 22. Bxe5 $16) 21. g4 Qb5 22. a4 Qa6 23. a5 $14 { with advantage for White on both wings.}) 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. Be3 $5 { Another interesting moment.} ({Kramnik probably discarded the immediate} 20. Bf4 {because of} e5 21. Be3 Be6 { and Black's bishop has reached stability with economy of time.}) 20... Be2 21. Bf4 $5 {Once the enemy bishop has abandoned the favourable diagonal, this move makes more sense although it may seem a loss of time. The idea is to provoke .. .e5, in order to leave the queen completely out of play on h5.} ({After} 21. h3 Nc4 22. Qa6 Nxe3 23. Rxe2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 {the queen can return into play with} Qe5 $11) 21... e5 22. Be3 { Kramnik does not wish to change the character of the position.} ({ Optically, it may seem that White keeps a tiny advantage after} 22. Bxe5 Nc4 23. Qa6 Qxe5 24. Rxe2 Qxc3 {. However, the position has simplified and the c-pawn provides Black with counterplay.}) 22... Bg4 $6 {A straightforward attempt to recycle the pieces that have remained isolated on the kingside. However, White is allowed to establish control over the f1-a6 diagonal and increase his queenside pressure. However, it is not easy to recommend a worthy alternative. Black should probably had chosen a line where White is allowed to win a pawn, but the technical difficulties remain quite big.} (22... Nc4 23. Qa6 Nxe3 (23... Bd3 24. Rad1) 24. Rxe2 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 $14 { Black would probably have to give up the c5-pawn as Carlsen did.}) (22... f6 23. Bxc5 $5 Nc4 24. Qb5 Rab8 25. Qd7 Rxc5 26. Rab1 $3 {An elegant move, leaving Black completely uncoordinated despite his extra piece.} Rb6 (26... Rf8 27. Rb7 Qf7 28. Rxe2 $14) (26... Rxb1 27. Rxb1 h6 (27... Nb6 28. Qxa7 $16) 28. Bh3 $40) 27. Bh3 $1 Kf8 28. Rxb6 axb6 29. Be6 Qe8 30. Qxe8+ Kxe8 31. Rxe2 $14) (22... h6 23. h3 $14) 23. Qa6 $1 $16 { White has en easy way to develop his queenside initiative now.} f6 24. a4 Qf7 25. Bf1 Be6 26. Rab1 $1 {White develops his last piece, preventing the occupation of the c4-square. Black is in big trouble. If he loses the a7-pawn, the game will be as good as gone.} (26. a5 $6 Bc4 27. Bxc4 Nxc4 (27... Qxc4 $4 28. axb6 $1 $18) 28. Rab1 Rc7 $1 $14) 26... c4 $6 ({ Black cannot transpose to the previous note with} 26... Rc7 $2 {because of} 27. Rxb6 $1 $18) ({The tactical point behind 26.Rab1 is that} 26... Bc4 $2 { is impossible:} 27. Bxc4 Qxc4 (27... Nxc4 28. Rb7 $18) 28. Rxb6 $1 $18) (26... f5 {has been widely recommended, but Black's position remains critical after the simple} 27. exf5 $16) 27. a5 Na4 (27... Nd7 28. Rb7 $18) 28. Rb7 Qe8 29. Qd6 ({For many spectators, Anand's resignation may have seemed a bit premature. However, from the psychological point of view, it looks like one of his best decisions in the whole match. He simply decided to forget as soon as possible about this horrible day and get prepared for the next, decisive game...} 29. Qd6 Bf7 30. Qb4 Rab8 31. a6 $18) 1-0 [Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"] [Site "Bonn"] [Date "2008.10.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2008.10.14"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.13"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 ({The whole match situation had become much worse for Kramnik since the 4th game where he preferred the more solid Queen's Gambit by playing} 4... Be7 { . This time, he simply could not afford to play for just equality with Black.}) 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {Despite his advantage on the score table, Anand does not shy away from complications, probably aiming to maintain the initiative in the match.} dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 {Both players are well-versed in the subtleties of this modern tabyia, having played it with reversed colours, too!} 10. Qc2 $5 {A relatively rare move.} ({The main stream of theory goes} 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 (12. Nxf7 $5 {(Topalov's sensational novelty, experimented with successfully against none other than Kramnik!)} Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Bg4 h5 $5 $146 (16... Raf8 { Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Wijk aan Zee 2008/CBM 122/[Krasenkow] (1-0, 44)}) 17. Bxh5 Raf8 18. Qg4 Bh6 19. h4 $44 { Shirov,A (2740)-Karjakin,S (2732)/Foros 2008/CBM 125/[Krasenkow] (1/2, 36)}) 12... Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 {Recently, both opponents had had this position with opposite colours compared to their match game.} 14. Re1 {Radjabov,T (2735) -Anand,V (2799)/Wijk aan Zee 2008/CBM 122/[Krasenkow] (1-0, 85)} (14. a4 { Kramnik,V (2799)-Aronian,L (2739)/Wijk aan Zee 2008/CBM 122/[Krasenkow] (1-0, 110)})) 10... Nbd7 11. Rd1 {White is in no hurry to get castled and prefers to strengthen the pressure in the centre. The queen's rook obviously is useful in the centre, but even the other rook may be activated with an eventual h4.} ({ In the event of the hurried} 11. O-O {Black has obtained good results with} Nh5 {, which is enabled by the fact that without a rook on d1} 12. d5 { is not that strong.} ({Or, similarly,} 12. a4 a6 13. d5 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bg7 { Lugovoi,A (2500)-Sakaev,K (2600)/St Petersburg 1996/CBM 056/[Lutz] (1/2, 37)}) 12... Nxg3 13. fxg3 Bg7 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 O-O 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Qg6 c5 18. Ne4 Rxf3 19. Rxf3 Nxe5 $17 { Grabuzova,T (2340)-Korneev,O (2560)/Linares 1998/CBM 062 ext (0-1, 43)}) 11... Bb4 {An important decision. Black creates some indirect pressure on the e4-pawn (and somewhat inhibits d5) by undermining the c3-knight. An even more important aspect is that he prepares the e7-square for his queen. In other games, Her Majesty has preferred the b6-square.} (11... Qb6 12. O-O Nh5 $6 { Prematurely weakening the control over the centre.} ({For} 12... Be7 {see below }) 13. d5 Nxg3 14. hxg3 O-O-O (14... Bg7 15. a4 a6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. e5 O-O-O 18. Qg6 Rhg8 19. Qxe6 Qc7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ne4 $36) 15. b3 {We shall see this move more than once. White enlarges the horizons of his light-squared bishop and of his queen and makes the black queenside majority less threatening.} cxb3 16. axb3 a6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. e5 Bb4 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. exd6 Qb6 22. b4 $44 {Chernin,A (2620)-Pavasovic,D (2495)/Feldbach 1997/EXT 98 (1-0, 44). White has the safer king's position, more active pieces and a more compact structure. Quite enough to compensate for the minimal material deficit.}) ( 11... Be7 12. O-O Qb6 ({The queen is somewhat out of play after} 12... Qa5 { , leaving the kingside slightly weakened.} 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Rf8 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bg7 Rg8 17. Bxh6 b4 {This weakening move is more or less necessary in order to establish some connection between the queen and the kingside. However, in Amigues,E (2391)-Godena,M (2530)/Marseille 2007/CBM 116 ext (0-1, 31) White could have retained an advantage with the simple} 18. Nb1 $1 $16) 13. b3 ({ White can also play simpler with} 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O 15. h4 $44) 13... cxb3 14. Qxb3 {This move drives the queen away from the kingside, where she is supposed to sustain the attack.} (14. axb3 $5) 14... a6 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. e5 Rad8 18. Bf3 {White decides to keep the queenside under pressure, but, being a pawn down on that side, his chances of success are questionable.} b4 19. Na4 Qb5 20. Qc2 c5 $15 { Sargissian,G (2630)-Anastasian,A (2574)/Yerevan 2005/CBM 107 (0-1, 42)}) (11... Nh5 {has not been tried yet, but} 12. d5 Nxg3 13. hxg3 $36 { seems to offer White strong initiative.}) 12. Ne5 Qe7 $146 {A novelty. Kramnik plays the least committal move, refraining from clarifying the situation in the centre and keeping open the possibility of castling on either side.} (12... Rg8 $6 {is illogical, as it fails to contribute to the development and gives up the right to castle short.} 13. O-O Qe7 14. a4 a6 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. d5 $40 { Van Wely,L (2643)-Dao Thien Hai (2555)/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Lutz] (1-0, 26). In fact, in his notes to this game, Lutz had recommended Kramnik's move as a possible improvement for Black, so that "novelty" may not be an entirely accurate description of 12...Qe7.}) (12... Nxe5 { offers White additional possibilities.} 13. dxe5 ({After} 13. Bxe5 { , Black should not castle because of 14.h4, but} Qe7 { is likely to transpose to the game.}) 13... Nd7 14. h4 Qe7 (14... Rf8 $5 15. hxg5 hxg5) 15. hxg5 Qxg5 16. Kf1 Be7 17. Rh3 Qg7 18. f4 O-O-O 19. Bf2 $44 { Necesany,Z (2410)-Bucker,J (2482)/ICCF Email 2001/Corr 2004 (0-1, 34)}) (12... O-O $6 13. h4 $1 $36) 13. O-O (13. h4 {would be strongly met by} O-O-O { when White would remain with problems finding a safe place for his king.}) 13... Nxe5 (13... O-O-O $6 {looks too risky now that White has not lost a tempo with the self-weakening move h4.} 14. a4 a6 (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxc3 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Bxc4 $1 $16) 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 (15... Nxd7 16. axb5 axb5 17. d5 $40 {White has strong threats. For instance, Black has no time to launch a counterattack with} h5 $2 {because of} 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nxb5 $1 Bxb5 20. Bxc4 $18) 16. Be5 Rg8 17. axb5 axb5 18. b3 cxb3 19. Qxb3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 (20. Bxf6 Qb4 $5) 20... Nxe4 21. Qc2 Nd6 22. Rfe1 $5 $40 { Despite his two extra pawns, Black finds himself under strong pressure.}) 14. Bxe5 (14. dxe5 Nd7 15. a4 h5 $5 $132) 14... O-O {After a wait-and-see game, both players have eventually castled short. White has to find a way to build up an attack before Black opens the centre with ...c5.} 15. Bxf6 {After this change, White will practically be fighting for equality. Anand may have thought that the tempo lost by the enemy queen would offer him attacking chances, but in the game things will prove to be less simple than that. However, it is not easy to suggest a more constructive plan.} (15. f4 $6 Nd7 $1 {leaves the bishop terribly misplaced.}) (15. b3 {looks logical, because it aims to make the d3-square available for the bishop, in view of a further exchange on f6 followed by e5, Bd3, Ne4, etc. However, it leads to unclear consequences.} cxb3 16. Qxb3 ({ White has to put the bishop under some pressure, because} 16. axb3 {would allow } Nd7 17. Bg3 e5 $132) 16... Nd7 (16... a5 $6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. e5 $40) 17. Bg3 Nf6 {(/\=)} 18. e5 $5 Bxc3 $8 (18... Nd5 $2 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. f4 $40) 19. exf6 Qb4 $13 {White obviously has compensation for the missing pawn, because of his huge advantage in space on the kingside, but it is not easy to suggest a clear-cut continuation of the attack. The problem is that avoiding the queen exchange would lose the d4- and possibly the f6-pawn.}) 15... Qxf6 16. f4 $5 ( 16. e5 Qf5 17. Ne4 Be7 {looks relatively safe for Black, because Bd3 is not available and the queen feels more or less OK on f5.}) 16... Qg7 (16... gxf4 17. e5 Qf5 18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Rxf4 $36) 17. e5 (17. f5 Rad8 18. e5 f6 $5 $132 { The weakness of the dark squares in White's camp will soon be felt.}) 17... c5 $1 $132 {Although White is better developed, he faces serious problems maintaining his stability in the centre.} (17... f5 $6 18. exf6 Qxf6 { would unnecessarily weaken the kingside, leaving White with more than one way to develop his initiative.}) 18. Nxb5 cxd4 19. Qxc4 a5 20. Kh1 $5 {A multi-purp ose move. The king evacuates the dangerous g1-a7 diagonal and clears the g1-square for the rook, hoping for a sequence such as ...gxf4, Bf3 Bxf3, gxf3! followed by Rg1 with an attack.} Rac8 21. Qxd4 {White is a pawn up now, but the e5-pawn is as good as lost and Black's bishops are very active.} gxf4 ( 21... Bc5 $5 {may have been a better try, to retain a small advantage.} 22. Qa4 (22. Qd2 $6 gxf4 23. Bf3 Be3 $1 24. Qe2 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qxe5 $17) 22... gxf4 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Qxe5 25. Qxf4 (25. Rxf4 Rfd8 26. Rff1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Qxb2 $15) 25... Qxf4 26. Rxf4 Rfd8 $15 {The bishop is more active than the knight and the f- and e-pawns may soon become dangerous.}) 22. Bf3 Ba6 (22... Bxf3 $2 23. gxf3 $16) 23. a4 $6 { Anand was getting short of time by now and started playing simple moves.} (23. Qb6 $5 Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Rc5 25. Qa4 Rxe5 26. a3 Bc5 27. Qxf4 $11 {We have reached the same type of position as in the game, but White is not a pawn down anymore. }) 23... Rc5 24. Qxf4 Rxe5 25. b3 Bxb5 26. axb5 Rxb5 $15 {/-/+ Black's chances for success depend very much on his possibility of advancing the f- and e-pawns. With queens on board, this is not easy, of course.} 27. Be4 Bc3 { Kramnik was not left with too much time either. He seems to have considered that with opposite coloured bishops on board he should play for an attack with queens, but this plan will prove not realistic.} ({ From the point of view of my previous comment,} 27... Qg5 { deserves serious attention.}) 28. Bc2 Be5 29. Qf2 (29. Qf3 $5) 29... Bb8 { Not a very happy regrouping. If the bishop does not help to deliver mate, it will just be passive and exposed.} 30. Qf3 Rc5 31. Bd3 Rc3 32. g3 Kh8 (32... Rxb3 $2 33. Bh7+ $1 $14) 33. Qb7 {It appears that White is better regrouped now and Black's progress is far from easy.} f5 {This is not such a good moment to start advancing the pawns, because they will be submitted to strong pressure.} 34. Qb6 $1 (34. Qxg7+ $6 Kxg7 $17 { is precisely what Black would be dreaming of.}) 34... Qe5 35. Qb7 ({ Anand misses a forced way out of troubles with} 35. Bxf5 $1 exf5 (35... Rxf5 36. Rxf5 exf5 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Qg5+ $18) 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37. Qg6+ Qg7 38. Qe6+ Qf7 (38... Kh8 39. Rxf5) 39. Qxf7+ Rxf7 40. Rd8+ Rf8 41. Rxf8+ Kxf8 42. Rxf5+ Kg7 43. Rxa5 $11 {and Black will probably not even get the R+B vs R ending.}) 35... Qc7 $6 {With the king far from the central pawns, the exchange of queens helps White to reach a safe zone.} (35... Rg8 $5 { would have kept White under pressure.}) 36. Qxc7 Bxc7 37. Bc4 Re8 (37... a4 38. Rd7 $132) ({Black does not seem to be well regrouped for} 37... e5 38. Rd7 Bb6 $5 (38... Bd8 39. Bd3 {leaves the black king somewhat exposed, for instance} f4 40. gxf4 exf4 { The capture with the rook is not possible because of the hanging bishop on d8.} 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Rg1+ Bg5 43. Rxh6 $11) 39. Rd6 Be3 40. Ra6 {Black will lose his extra pawn, while the exposed position of his king makes it difficult to capitalize on the better structure.}) 38. Rd7 a4 39. Rxc7 axb3 40. Rf2 Rb8 41. Rb2 $11 h5 (41... Rc2 42. Rxc2 bxc2 43. Bxe6 Rb1+ 44. Kg2 c1=Q 45. Rxc1 Rxc1 46. Bxf5 $11) 42. Kg2 h4 43. Rc6 hxg3 44. hxg3 Rg8 45. Rxe6 Rxc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"] [Site "Bonn"] [Date "2008.10.24"] [Round "8"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2008.10.14"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.13"] {Vladimir Kramnik was three points down so this game was actually his last chance to come back in the match.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxf6 Bxb5 $5 $146 { A very unusual move order.} (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O a6 {leads to a well-known theoretical line}) (10... gxf6 $143 11. O-O Bxb5 $6 12. Ncxb5 $1 Nc6 (12... a6 13. a3 $1 Be7 14. b4) (12... Na6 13. Qf3 Be7 14. e5 Qb6 15. exf6 Bc5 16. Rfd1 $16 { 1-0 Vaganian,R (2590)-Portisch,L (2512)/Bazna 2007/CBM 118 ext (22)}) 13. a3 Be7 (13... Nxd4 14. axb4 Qxb5 15. Qxd4 { Die Qd4 ist aktiv und der schwarze König steht angreifbar in der Mitte.} Ke7 16. Ra5 Qd7 17. Qe3 b6 18. Rh5 $36 { 1-0 Eljanov,P (2639)-Sargissian,G (2611)/Merida 2005/CBM 109/[Ribli] (30)}) 14. Rc1 Rg8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nd6+ $36 { 1/2 Beliavsky,A (2650)-Georgiev,K (2658)/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (134)}) 11. Ndxb5 ( 11. Nb3 $5 {S.Shipov} Qb6 12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Bd4 Bxc3+ 14. Bxc3 (14. bxc3 Qc6) 14... Nc6 $44) 11... gxf6 12. O-O Nc6 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Nxc3 $11 {Quite a simple position has arisen. Black's double pawns are not a sufficient reason for White to claim any advantage here.} Rg8 (14... O-O $5 $11) 15. f4 Rd8 16. Qe1 ( 16. Qe2 $5 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Nd4 $11 18. Qf2 $140 Nb3) 16... Qb6+ 17. Rf2 Rd3 $6 ( 17... Kd7 {A.Korotylev} 18. Rc1 Kc8 19. Na4 Qd4 20. Nc5 Kb8 21. b4 $36) (17... Nd4 $5 18. Kh1 Nb3 19. Rd1 Rxd1 20. Nxd1 Ke7 $11 {S.Shipov}) (17... h5 $5) 18. Qe2 Qd4 19. Re1 (19. Nb5 $1 Qe3 (19... Qd8 20. e5) 20. Qxe3 Rxe3 21. Rd1 Rb3 22. Nc3 $36 Ke7 $140 23. Rd3) 19... a6 $6 (19... Ke7 $5 20. Nb5 Qc4 $11 { A.Korotylev}) (19... Kf8 $5 {S.Shipov} 20. g3 $5 (20. Nb5 Qd8 21. e5 fxe5 22. fxe5 Rd5 $1) 20... Kg7 21. e5) 20. Kh1 (20. Nd5 $5 exd5 21. exd5+ Kd7 22. dxc6+ Kxc6 23. g3 $14 {(now Black's double pawns are isolated)}) 20... Kf8 21. Ref1 Rg6 {This rook risks to find itself out of play.} (21... Kg7 $5 22. f5 exf5 $5 (22... Kh8 $5 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Rxf6 $140 Rd2) 23. Rxf5 Rd2 $132) 22. g3 $1 ( 22. f5 exf5 23. exf5 (23. Rxf5 $4 Rd2) 23... Rg4 $11) 22... Kg7 (22... Rh6 23. Rd1 $1) (22... f5 $5 23. e5 (23. exf5 exf5 $11) 23... Kg7 $11) 23. Rd1 $5 { White wants to regain the d-file.} Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Kh8 25. Nc3 (25. Qc2 { looks more accurate. Fortunately for Black, he has enough time to consolidate his position:} Rg8 26. Rd2 Qb6 27. Qc3 (27. Rd7 Rd8 $1 28. Rxf7 $4 Kg8 29. Rxf6 Qd4) 27... Kg7 28. Ne3 Rd8 29. Nc4 Qc7 $11 {(A.Korotylev). White probably saw this variation and decided to try something else.}) 25... Rg8 26. Kg2 Rd8 { Black has kept control of the d-file and White's kingside threats are only enough for a draw.} 27. Qh5 Kg7 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Qh5 Kg7 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Qh4 Kg7 32. e5 (32. f5 $5 Qe5 33. Qg4+ Kf8 34. Qh5 Kg7 35. Rf4 Rd2+ 36. Kh3 Rxb2 37. Nd1 Rb3 (37... Ra2 $143 38. Nf2 exf5 39. Rxf5 Qb2 40. Qg4+ Kf8 41. Qh4 $36) 38. Ne3 {S.Shipov} (38. Kg2 $2 exf5 39. Rh4 Kf8) 38... Qxf4 $1 39. gxf4 Rxe3+ 40. Kg2 Rxe4 $11) 32... f5 (32... fxe5 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34. f5 $36 {S.Shipov}) 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Qg5+ (34. h4 Qe3 35. Qg5+ Kf8) 34... Kh8 35. Qf6+ (35. h4 $6 Qe3 36. h5 Rd2 $1 37. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 38. Kf1 Qc1+ 39. Ke2 Qxb2+ 40. Kd3 Qb6 41. h6 Qd8+ ) 35... Kg8 36. Re2 Qc4 37. Qg5+ (37. h4 Rd3 38. Rf2 Qc5 $11) 37... Kh8 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qg5+ Kh8 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"] [Site "Bonn"] [Date "2008.10.23"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D19"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,D"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2008.10.14"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.13"] {The situation before the 7th game was disastrous for Kramnik: in the first half of the match he lost three games and the other three ended in draws. The most interesting thing is to watch how Anand plays without any intention to make a quick draw (which in such a match situation would bring him closer to the final victory).} 1. d4 {Marin} d5 2. c4 c6 { In the first half of the match Kramnik preferred the Nimzo Indian.} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 {Marin: 'Even with an advantage of 3 points, it would be slightly premature to start playing for a draw by exchanging on d5.'} dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 ({Marin: Over the past years, there has been a lot of pressure on Black in the line starting with} 6. Ne5 {However, in his previous match, Kramnik solved his opening successfully with the rare line} e6 7. f3 c5 $5 8. e4 Bg6 { Topalov,V (2813)-Kramnik,V (2743)/Elista 2006/CBM 115/[Marin,M] (1/2, 31)}) 6... e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 {This system was Kramnik's main weapon two years ago in the previous World Championship match against Veselin Topalov.} 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 ({ In the event of} 14... Bg6 15. Ng5 Re8 {White can use the position of his knight g5 in order to make progress on the other side:} 16. Bxg6 (16. f4 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 f5 18. Be3 Nf8 19. Kh1 Be7 (19... Rc8 20. g4 $1 Qd7 21. Rg1 Be7 22. Nf3 $5 Rc4 23. Rg2 $40 {0-1 Topalov,V (2813)-Kramnik,V (2743)/Elista 2006(63)}) 20. Nf3 Rc8 21. h3 (21. Rg1 Qc7 22. Rac1 Qd7 $11) 21... Qc7 22. Rfc1 Qd7 23. Rg1 Qc7 24. Rgc1 Qd7 25. Qb3 { 1/2-1/2 Jakovenko,D (2671)-Rublevsky,S (2688)/Moscow 2006}) 16... fxg6 17. a5 $1 $11 {/+/=} Bxa5 {then the concrete variations starting with} 18. Qf3 { are in White's favour.}) 15. Ne1 ({Still} 15. Ng5 {remains an option, although now Black is not forced to retreat the bishop yet and instead can continue} Nf8 (15... Bg6 {would transpose to 14...Bg6 15.Ng5 Re8})) 15... Bg6 { Kramnik deviates from his playoff rapid game versus Topalov.} (15... Rc8 16. f4 ({A critical variation is} 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh3 g6 18. g4 { and it is not so simple for Black to maintain the balance.}) 16... Bxe1 17. Rxe1 Bg6 18. Bf1 Rc2 19. b3 Qa5 20. Bb5 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2813)-Kramnik,V (2743)/Elista 2006 (47). with approximate equality.}) 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Nd3 Qb6 {Marin: 'Finally, a new move. Kramnik may have thought that his knight should not be weaker than the enemy bishop, because the white central pawns are blocked on dark squares. However, the further course of the game proves that he underestimated the difficulties awaiting Black.'} ({ Marin: The slightly passive looking bishop retreat} 17... Be7 { Marin: 'led to an uneventful draw after'} 18. Bd2 (18. a5 $5) 18... Rc8 19. Rfc1 Nb8 20. Rxc8 (20. b4 $5) 20... Qxc8 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. b3 b6 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. Nxb4 a5 25. Na2 Rc8 26. Rc3 Nc6 { 1/2-1/2 Banusz,T (2389)-Erdos,V (2454)/Budapest 2004}) 18. Nxb4 Qxb4 19. b3 { White is marginally better thanks to his space advantage. But Black has no weaknesses and his only problem later will be to gain some space for his king.} Rac8 20. Ba3 {Marin: 'The pressure exerted by the bishop from d6 will not be easy to neutralize.'} Qc3 $6 {Marin: 'Since Capablanca, it has been known that the tandem queen + knight tends to be stronger than a queen and a bishop. Apart from this abstract statement, there is a concrete reason to criticize Black's last move. The relative weakness of the white queenside pawns can be taken advantage of only with the help of the queen!'} (20... Qb6 $6 21. Rfc1 $5 (21. Rac1 Nb8 22. Bc5 Qa6 $11) 21... Rxc1+ (21... Nb8 22. Bc5 Qa6 23. b4 $14) 22. Rxc1 Nb8 23. Bc5 Qa6 24. Bd6 Nc6 25. h4 $14) (20... Qa5 $1 21. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 (22. Rxc1 b5 $1 {Here is where the queen proves useful.} 23. Bd6 bxa4 24. bxa4 Nb6 $132) 22... Nb8 23. Bd6 Nc6 24. Qb2 Rc8 25. Rc1 a6 26. h3 Na7 { and Black has little to fear.}) 21. Rac1 Qxe3 {Here Kramnik offered a draw, which, after about 10 minutes thought, Anand declined. Indeed, Black must still defend accurately before complete equality is achieved.} 22. fxe3 $14 { Marin: 'Now, Black has no possibilities of successfully fighting for the only open file.'} f6 {Until the end of the game Kramnik will defend very precisely. He starts with bringing his king to g6. Marin: 'The only constructive plan.'} (22... Nb8 23. Bd6 Rc6 (23... Nc6 24. Rc3 Na5 25. Rfc1 $14) 24. Rxc6 Nxc6 25. b4 a6 26. Rc1 $14) 23. Bd6 ({After} 23. exf6 {both 23...gxf6 (followed by the further advance of the f- and g-pawns) and 23...Nxf6 (taking control over square e4) would have equalized.}) 23... g5 {Otherwise White plays 24.h4.} 24. h3 Kf7 25. Kf2 Kg6 (25... Nb8 26. Bxb8 (26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxb8 Rxb8 28. Rc1 $14 ) 26... Rxb8 27. Rc7+ Re7 28. Rfc1 Rbe8 29. Kf3 Kg6 30. g4 $14) 26. Ke2 { Black has solved the problem of his king, but he still must do something on the queenside. White's plan is Kd3 and e4-e4, opening the position, after which the domination of the bishop against the knight will become decisive.} fxe5 $5 {Marin: 'An important decision. Black is in no immediate danger yet, but his position certainly looks passive. We have to give credit to Kramnik's strategic feeling that warned him to force matters before it was too late. '} 27. dxe5 b6 {Forces Anand's next move, since White cannot allow 28...Nc5.} 28. b4 $1 Rc4 $5 {Finally the black rook got an available square on the c-file and Kramnik immediately uses it. On the other hand he didn't have much choice, since on the next move this would not have been possible anymore (White intended 29.Kd3). Marin: 'This is the point behind Black's plan. He is ready to give up a pawn in order to provoke general simplifications and obtain a fortress. '} 29. Rxc4 {Unfortunately for White, he must exchange rooks.} (29. Kd3 $2 Rec8 $132) 29... dxc4 30. Rc1 Rc8 {Black's idea is clear: in order to win the c4-pawn Anand will have to exchange the second pair of rooks, after which he won't be able to penetrate into Black's position (after all, his doubled e-pawns are far from beautiful).} 31. g4 ({Since ...Kf5 was not a big threat yet (due to the check on f1), White could have considered} 31. Kd2 { in order to blockade the c-pawn with the king and then try to penetrate with the rook somehow or put Black in zugzwang (K on c3, R on f1). But Black always have some counterplay ideas, sometimes even by advancing the g-pawn himself. A possible variationis} a6 (31... g4 32. hxg4 c3+ {seems premature because of} 33. Kc2 $1 (33. Rxc3 Rxc3 34. Kxc3 Kg5 35. Kc4 a6 $13)) 32. Kc3 b5 33. a5 Kf5 34. Rf1+ Ke4 35. Rf7 Nxe5 $132) 31... a5 $1 { Marin: 'A radical way to clear up matters on the queenside.'} ({ The main alternative was} 31... a6 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 c3 {but here, too} 34. Kd1 {looks unpleasant (compare with a further comment). Black may try} Nf6 $5 35. exf6 Rd8 36. fxg7 Rxd6+ 37. Kc2 Kxg7 38. Kxc3 $14) 32. b5 (32. bxa5 bxa5 33. Rb1 c3 (33... Nc5 34. Bxc5 Rxc5 35. Rb5 Rd5 $11) 34. Kd3 Nc5+ 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Rc1 (36. Rb5 Rc4 $1) 36... Rd5+ 37. Ke4 (37. Kxc3 Rc5+ 38. Kd2 Rxc1 39. Kxc1 Kf7 40. Kc2 Ke7 41. Kc3 Kd7 42. Kd4 Kc6 43. Kc4 Kb6 $11) 37... Rc5 38. Kd4 Rd5+ 39. Kc4 Rxe5 40. Rxc3 Kf6 $11) 32... c3 $1 {Marin: 'An essential move. The pawn is doomed anyway, but it is essential that Black exchanges ALL the pieces, otherwise the fortress would not resist.'} ({ In the event of the "neutral"} 32... Kf7 $2 { White would obtain excellent winning chances with} 33. Kd2 Kg6 34. e4 { (This move will prove useful at at least two moments)} Kf7 35. Kc3 Kg6 (35... Nc5 36. Rf1+ Kg6 37. Bxc5 Rxc5 38. Rd1 Rxe5 39. Rd4 $1 {This is the first moment when the pawn is better placed on e4 than on e3. White threatens Rxc4 followed by Kd4, trapping the rook.} Rc5 40. Rd6 $18) 36. Kd4 Kf7 37. Rxc4 Rxc4+ 38. Kxc4 Ke8 39. Kd4 Kf7 40. Ba3 Kg6 41. Bc1 { And now, the pawn does not interfere with the bishop's action on two wings.} Nc5 42. Be3 Nd7 (42... Nxa4 43. Kc4 Nb2+ 44. Kb3 Nd3 45. Bxb6 $18) 43. Kc3 $22 Kh6 44. h4 $18) 33. Rc2 Kf7 34. Kd3 {Marin: 'Practically agreeing to a draw.'} ({A last attempt to play for a win would be} 34. Rc1 $5 Ke8 $1 { We will see that the king is needed in the centre.} (34... Rc4 35. Kd3 Rxa4 36. Rxc3 $16) 35. Kd1 Rc4 36. Kc2 Rxa4 37. Kxc3 Kd8 38. Kd3 Ra2 39. Rc7 Nc5+ $1 { This active move is enabled by the king's presence on d8. Otherwise, White would simply take on c5.} 40. Kc3 Ne4+) 34... Nc5+ $1 { Without the minor pieces things are even simpler.} 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 37. Kxc3 {The only way to try something for White is to come with the king to the kingside and play h3-h4. But this brings no further progress either, since Black can simply not react at all and after h4xg5 blockade it with ...g7-g6. White's king has no way to attack the black pawns and the draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"] [Site "Bonn"] [Date "2008.10.21"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E34"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "Postny,E"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2008.10.14"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 {This invention of Oleg Romanishin first saw the light of day fifteen years ago. Since then this variation has been adopted by many top players including Anand and Kramnik.} 7. Qb3 {This move leads to more complicated play.} (7. Qxf5 exf5 { Black's pawn structure is somewhat spoiled. However, the pawn on f5 prevents from White the advance e2-e4. Practice has shown that it's very difficult for White to achieve anything reliable. Here are a few relevant examples from the practice of both players:} 8. a3 Be7 (8... Bd6 9. Nb5 (9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. e3 c6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 g6 13. Nd2 Be7 14. f3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxh4+ 16. g3 Bxg3+ 17. hxg3 cxd5 18. Rc1 Kd8 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 $44 { 1-0 Kasparov,G (2815)-Kramnik,V (2780)/Moscow 1998/CBM 067 ext (41)}) 9... Be6 10. e3 Nc6 11. Bd2 Ne4 12. Bd3 a6 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. Ke2 Kd7 15. Rhc1 Rhc8 16. Be1 Ne7 17. Ng1 b5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Bh4 Nfd5 20. Bxe7 { 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2790)-Anand,V (2770)/Frankfurt 1998/CBM 065 ext}) 9. Bf4 (9. Bg5 Be6 10. e3 c6 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 a5 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Ne2 g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Nf6 19. Rcc1 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rac8 { 1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G (2812)-Kramnik,V (2751)/Linares 1999/CBM 070}) 9... c6 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Ba2 Nfd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 f6 16. Kd2 Bd7 17. Rc7 g5 18. Bg3 Bc6 19. Rc1 Kd8 20. R1xc6 bxc6 21. Rxc6 Kd7 22. Ra6 Rhc8 $15 {0-1 Topalov,V (2757)-Anand,V (2786)/Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext (45)}) 7... Nc6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. h3 $1 $146 {A sensible novelty. Black's queen does not have many squares available, therefore the idea of g2-g4 is quite annoying for him. From the psychological point of view this was another unpleasant surprise for Kramnik. In an already critical match situation he had to face another fresh opening idea from Anand's team.} (9. e3 Rd8 10. Be2 e5 11. Nxe5 Be6 12. g4 Qxe5 13. dxe5 Bxb3 14. exf6 Be6 15. f4 gxf6 16. O-O-O Kg7 $13 { 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2735)-Anand,V (2725)/Monte Carlo 1996/CBM 052 ext (76)}) 9... b6 $1 {The best reply. It is logical to develop the light-squared bishop to the long diagonal.} (9... Rd8 10. g4 Qa5 (10... Qg6 $6 { is too awkward to be true. The queen might be in real danger.}) 11. e3 e5 12. Bc4 exd4 13. Bxf7+ Kh8 (13... Kf8 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rxd4 16. O-O-O $16) 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rxd4 16. O-O-O $16) (9... e5 $2 10. g4 Qg6 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxb4 $16) (9... Bd7 10. g4 Qa5 11. a3 (11. Rc1 $6 Qb6 12. e3 Na5 13. Qd1 Bc6 $132) 11... Nd5 12. Rc1 Bd6 (12... Be7 13. e4 Qb6 14. Qc2 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 { Black's queen on b6 looks horrible.}) 13. Ne4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. Bg2 $14) ( 9... h5 {is actually possible to prevent g2-g4. However, after} 10. e3 { White can get a superior version of the above-mentioned game Ivanchuk-Anand. The inclusion of the moves h2-h3 and ...h7-h5 clearly favours White.}) 10. g4 Qa5 11. Rc1 (11. Bg2 $6 Ba6 $1 (11... e5 $2 12. dxe5 Be6 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxa8 Rxa8 16. O-O-O $16) 12. O-O Rad8 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qb5 15. Qxb5 Bxb5 16. Rfe1 Ne4 $11) 11... Bb7 (11... Ba6 $2 12. a3 Be7 13. Qa2 $1 { and the threat b2-b4 is simply unanswerable.}) 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd5 { Now it's time for White to swap queens, otherwise he will have troubles along the a8-h1 diagonal.} 14. Qxd5 Nxd5 {Not an easy choice for Kramnik. Both recaptures have their advantages and downsides.} (14... exd5 15. Bd2 (15. Nd2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. e3 Rfd8 {+/=/=}) 15... Ne4 16. Bf4 Rac8 17. e3 (17. b4 a5 $1 18. b5 Nd8 $11 19. Rxc7 $2 Ne6 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 $17) 17... Na5 18. b4 Nc4 $1 $11) 15. Bd2 $1 {White should keep his pair of bishops.} Nf6 (15... f5 { to my mind, creates no counterplay, but weaknesses in Black's camp.}) 16. Rg1 { Moving the rook away from the dangerous diagonal. White has lost his right to castle; however, it does not have real significance without queens on theboard. } Rac8 17. Bg2 Ne7 18. Bb4 c5 $2 {This nervous push from Kramnik does not work. Black does not have enough resources for such active play.} (18... Rfe8 { would have been acceptable.} 19. Bxe7 (19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Rxg2 Ned5 21. Bd2 Ne4 22. Nc6 a5 23. f3 Nxd2 24. Kxd2 Ne7 { keeping a slightly worse but defendable position.}) 19... Rxe7 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Rxg2 c5 $1 22. dxc5 (22. b4 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. dxc5 bxc5 $11) 22... Rec7 23. c6 Ne4 24. g5 Nxg5 25. Rxg5 f6 26. Rg4 fxe5 27. Rgc4 Kf7 $11) 19. dxc5 Rfd8 ( 19... bxc5 20. Bxc5 Ne4 21. b4 Nxc5 22. bxc5 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Rc7 24. Kd2 Rfc8 25. Rc3 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Rb1 $16) 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Rxg2 bxc5 (21... a5 22. Bd2 Rd5 (22... Ne4 23. cxb6 Nxd2 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. b7 Ne7 26. Rg3 { and Black is now forced to play} Rb8 { and get a hopeless endgame with a pawn down.}) 23. Nd3 bxc5 24. Rc4 Nc6 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Nxc5 Nd4 27. Nd3 $16) 22. Rxc5 Ne4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nd3 $16 Nd5 25. Bd2 (25. Kd1 {looks more natural but, probably it makes no real difference compared to the move in the text.}) 25... Rc2 26. Bc1 {Black's activity is only temporary. Very soon his rook and knights will be driven away and the extra pawn will tell.} f5 (26... Nc5 27. Kd1 Nxd3 28. exd3 $16) 27. Kd1 Rc8 28. f3 Nd6 29. Ke1 $1 a5 30. e3 e5 $6 ({After the solid} 30... a4 { Anand's task would have been much more difficult.}) 31. gxf5 e4 (31... Nxf5 32. e4 Nh4 33. Rg4 Nxf3+ 34. Kf2 Nf6 35. Kxf3 Nxg4 36. hxg4 $18) 32. fxe4 Nxe4 33. Bd2 a4 34. Nf2 Nd6 35. Rg4 {Finally White's dreaming rook joins the action.} Nc4 (35... Nxf5 36. Nd1 (36. e4 $6 Re8 37. Rg5 g6 {and Black is still alive.}) 36... Nb6 37. Rb4 Rc6 { would have been more stubborn, though, objectively Black is lost.}) 36. e4 $1 { White does not have to worry about his Pb2, his central pawns are storming forward with decisive effect.} Nf6 37. Rg3 Nxb2 38. e5 Nd5 39. f6 Kf7 (39... g6 40. e6 Nxf6 41. Bc3 $18) 40. Ne4 Nc4 41. fxg7 (41. Rxg7+ Ke6 42. Ng5+ Kf5 43. f7 {won a bit quicker.}) 41... Kg8 42. Rd3 Ndb6 43. Bh6 Nxe5 44. Nf6+ Kf7 45. Rc3 Rxc3 46. g8=Q+ Kxf6 47. Bg7+ {Excellent technique by the World Champion!} 1-0 [Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"] [Site "Bonn"] [Date "2008.10.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D49"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2008.10.14"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.13"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 ({Apart from inviting Black into the Meran with the text-move, Kramnik equally often played also} 6. Qc2 Bd6 { Here he preferred positional follow-ups (7.Bd3, 7.b3), his most recent try was} 7. e4 ({Kramnik never played the ultra-sharp} 7. g4 { , but he had to face it lately:} Nxg4 8. Rg1 Nxh2 9. Nxh2 Bxh2 10. Rxg7 Nf8 11. Rg2 Bd6 12. e4 Ng6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. O-O-O dxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Nd2 c5 18. dxc5 Bd7 19. b4 O-O-O 20. Rg3 e5 21. Rd3 $13 Be6 $2 22. Ra3 a6 23. c6 $1 bxc6 24. c5 Qg5 25. Rxa6 Kd7 26. Bc4 $18 { ->,Morozevich,A (2788)-Kramnik,V (2788)/Tal mem Moscow/2008/}) 7... Nxe4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qxe4 c5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qa5+ 12. Ke2 $5 Kxe7 13. g3 cxd4 ( 13... Rd8 $5) 14. Bg2 Nf6 15. Qxd4 Rd8 16. Qf4 Bd7 17. Ne5 Rac8 $5 {/\} (17... Ba4 18. b3 Rd2+ 19. Kf1 $5 (19. Qxd2 Qxe5+ 20. Qe3 Qb2+ 21. Qd2 { 1/2,Laznicka,V (2594)-Atalik,S (2564)/Polanica Zdroj/2007/}) 19... Qc3 20. Re1 Be8 21. Bxb7 Rad8 22. Kg2 $14 {Atalik}) (17... Be8 18. Rhd1 Qb6 (18... Kf8 $5 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Rxd8 Qxd8 $1 21. Rd1 Qb6 $1 22. Bc6 $5 (22. Ng6+ hxg6 23. Qxb8 Ne4 $1 24. Rd8 Qxf2+ 25. Kd1 Qf1+ 26. Kc2 Qxc4+ 27. Kb1 Qf1+ $11) 22... Qxb2+ 23. Kf1 $44 {o^c4 is a line, mentioned by Kramnik.}) 19. b3 Rac8 $5 ( 19... Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Bxb7 Qa5 23. Qe3 Qxa2+ 24. Kf1 Qa5 25. Bf3 $16 {Kramnik,V (2772)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Dortmund/2007/}) 20. Rac1 h6 21. Qe3 Qxe3+ 22. Kxe3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rc7 24. f4 Nd7 25. Nf3 h5 26. Nd4 a6 27. a4 g6 28. a5 Nb8 $1 29. Rc1 Nc6 $14 { /=,Ramesh,R (2470)-Savchenko,S (2571)/Benasque/2007/}) 18. Rhd1 Ba4 19. b3 Rc5 $11 {Krasenkow}) 6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 {Already the choice of Rubinstein's older move in Game 3 must have been the first surprise for Kramnik, as Anand avoided it in his earlier practice.} ({ Recently he tried Zvjaginsev's} 8... Bd6 {with success:} 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 a6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bc2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Ng5 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Kh8 18. g3 h6 19. Bxf6 hxg5 20. Bb2 Rac8 21. Rc1 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Bf3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. a3 b4 25. a4 f5 26. Kf1 f4 27. Be4 $2 (27. gxf4 gxf4 28. exf4 Rd2 29. Bg6 $132) 27... Bxe4 28. Rxc5 Rd1+ 29. Ke2 Rb1 $17 { /-+,Carlsen,M (2690)-Anand,V (2779)/Morelia/Linares/2007/}) ({ However, his main choice always used to be} 8... Bb7 {and now:} { His last game in this line against Kramnik went} 9. a3 (9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Be3 e5 16. Nf5 (16. Nf3 Be7 17. Ng5 O-O $1 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne6 Qb6 $44) 16... g6 $5 $146 (16... Ncxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qg4 $5 Nf6 19. Qh3 $44) 17. Nh6 Bg7 18. Qf3 Ne6 19. Qh3 Bc8 20. Qh4 $6 (20. Qg3 $5 $13) 20... Qe7 21. Rfe1 Nd5 $1 22. Qxe7+ Nxe7 23. Nd5 Bb7 24. Ng4 Nd4 25. Bd1 Nxd5 26. exd5 O-O-O 27. Bg5 Rxd5 $17 { 1/2 Morozevich,A (2758)-Anand,V (2792)/Mexico City 2007/CBM 120 (61)}) 9... Bd6 ({Anand in his practice adopted also the more usual} 9... b4 { -for more details see Carlsen-Aronian, Bilbao 2008 (CBM 126).}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 a6 (11... a5 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. h3 Re8 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Ne2 Bd6 19. Nd4 Nh5 20. Rfe1 Nf4 21. Bf1 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. f4 f6 24. Qb3 Qf7 25. Bb6 a4 26. Qa2 Rd7 27. Be2 g6 28. e5 $1 $16 { Kramnik,V (2785)-Anand,V (2801)/Moscow exh/2007/ Although this was only a rapid "advanced chess" game and Anand later against Gelfand successfully played the stronger main move, preparing for Bonn he probably nevertheless felt this line would better suit his opponent.}) 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Qe7 15. e4 e5 16. dxe5 (16. Ne2 $5 Bxb4 17. Ng3 g6 18. dxe5 Ng4 19. Bg5 Qc5 20. e6 Nde5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bf6 Qxc2 23. Bxc2 Bd6 24. Bb3 $36 { Svidler,P (2746)-Karjakin,S (2732)/Baku/2008/}) 16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Ne2 Qe6 19. f4 Ra2 20. Qd1 Ba1 $1 21. e5 c5 $3 22. exf6 Bd4+ 23. Rf2 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qd5 25. Bb2 Qxg2+ 26. Ke1 c4 $19 { Gelfand,B (2737)-Anand,V (2799)/Nice blindfold rpd/2008/}) 9. e4 c5 10. e5 ({ The second main branch} 10. d5 { is often directly connected with the 8...Bb7 line, e.g.,} c4 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. O-O Bb7 ({However, this move-order forces White to reckon with other alternatives as well:} 13... Bd6 {and especially}) (13... Bc5 $5)) 10... cxd4 11. Nxb5 ({The gambit} 11. Ne4 Nd5 12. O-O $44 {is in itself quite rare and Anand could be almost sure this wouldn't occur in Bonn.}) 11... axb5 { An important crossroads, where Black has two alternative options:} ({ The least played is} 11... Ng4 {, but even here White doesn't seem to have a clear road to an undisputed advantage:} 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Nbxd4 Qb6 14. O-O Bc5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. hxg4 Bd5 17. Nf3 (17. Nb3 O-O $1 18. Qxd7 Bxb3 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. Qxb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 Rfb8 $44 { leads to an _|_, which Black should easily hold despite the material deficit.}) 17... Qb7 18. Qf4 O-O 19. g5 Rfd8 $1 $44 {/\Nf8-g6} 20. Be3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Nxe5 24. Be4 Rab8 25. b3 f5 26. gxf6 $11 { 1/2,Moiseenko,A (2632)-Hoffmann,M (2477)/Bad Wiessee/2006/}) (11... Nxe5 { occurs about as often, as the text-move, here Black also holds his own:} 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. Bxb5+ ({An old, but inncuous try is} 13. Qf3 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Rb8 15. Qg3 Qd6 16. Nf3 Qxg3 17. hxg3 Bd6 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19. Bd2 Be5 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. gxf4 Ke7 22. Rac1 Rhc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 $11 {Ragozin,V-Botvinnik,M/Moscow/1946/}) ({After} 13. O-O Qd5 14. Qe2 Ba6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. f4 O-O 17. Rf3 Bb7 18. Rg3 { the best is} Rxa2 $5 19. Rxa2 Qxa2 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd7 Be7 22. Nxf8 (22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxg7+ $11) 22... Bxf8 23. h4 Qa1+ 24. Kh2 Qc1 25. Qe5 Qxb2 26. h5 Qb4 27. Bxb5 Bd5 28. Bd3 Qe7 29. Kh3 Qc5 30. Kh2 Qe7 31. Be4 Bxe4 32. Qxe4 Qc5 $11 {Sasikiran,K (2536)-Abdulla,A (2367)/BCF-ch Scarborough/1999/}) 13... Bd7 14. Nxd7 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qxb5 16. Nxf8 Rxf8 17. a4 (17. b3 Kd7 $5 $13) 17... Qc4 18. b3 Qd3 19. Qf3 Qe4+ $1 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. b4 Ke7 22. f3 (22. Ke2 e5 ( 22... Rfc8 23. Rhc1 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Nc3+ 25. Kd3 Nxa4 26. Kxd4 Rd8+ 27. Kc4 $14 { /=,Kruppa,Y (2561)-Vysochin,S (2494)/Kiev/2000/}) 23. Rhc1 Nxd2 24. Kxd2 Rfb8 25. Rc4 Ke6 $132 {1/2,Dias,S (2470)-Czukor,J (2450)/corr/2003/}) 22... Nc3 23. Bxc3 dxc3 24. Ke2 Rfd8 25. Rhd1 c2 26. Rdc1 (26. Rxd8 Rxa4 $1 27. Rc8 Rxa1 28. Rxc2 Rb1 $11) 26... Rd4 27. Rxc2 Rxb4 $11 {Kramnik,V (2751)-Kasparov,G (2812)/ Wijk aan Zee/1999/ However, Anand was not interested how Kramnik intended to improve on this game - instead he wanted to present some new ideas of his own!} ) 12. exf6 gxf6 (12... Qb6 {is the move, played already in Botvinnik's times:} 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. O-O Nc5 $6 (14... Bb7 $142 15. Re1 O-O $14) 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Re1 Rd8 $2 ({Safer is simplification with} 16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 $14 {, but this doesn't fully solve Black's problems with his vulnerable K, characteristic for the whole 12..Qb6 line.}) 17. Rc1 Rd5 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 f6 22. Qg3 $1 fxe5 23. Qg7 Rf8 24. Rc7 $18 { Botvinnik,M-Euwe,M/WCh Den Haag/Moscow/1948/ With the text move Black a.o. prepares a relatively safe haven for his K in the [+] on e7 - we can follow this motif in many games with this line, including this one.}) 13. O-O (13. Nxd4 $143 Qb6 14. Be3 Bb4+ 15. Kf1 Bc5 16. Bxb5 e5 $1 17. Bxd7+ Bxd7 $44 18. Qf3 Qa6+ 19. Ne2 Rg8 (19... Be7 $1 {/\Rg8, Bc6,f5|^} 20. Kg1 Bc6 21. Qh5 Rg8 22. Ng3 Qd3 23. Rd1 Qg6 24. Qxg6 fxg6 $15 {Chernin}) 20. Bxc5 Bc6 21. Qf5 $1 ( 21. Qh5 $2 Bxg2+ 22. Ke1 Bxh1 23. Qxh7 O-O-O 24. Rc1 Kb8 25. Qxf7 Bd5 26. Qh5 Qd3 27. Qh4 Bc4 {0-1,Alterman,B (2585)-Chernin,A (2615)/Groningen/1993/}) 21... Bxg2+ 22. Ke1 Bxh1 23. Rd1 $1 Qe6 (23... Qc6 24. Qxh7 Qxc5 25. Qxg8+ Ke7 26. Qg4 $13) 24. Qxh7 Qg4 25. Qd3 Bc6 26. Qd6 Qe6 27. Qc7 Rc8 28. Qa7 Ra8 $10 { Chernin}) 13... Qb6 14. Qe2 {White for the time being ignores the Pd4 and proceeds to activate his pieces first.} ({Too soft is} 14. Be4 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nxd4 Rg8 17. f3 Ne5 18. Qe2 Bc5 19. Be3 Rd8 (19... Qb6 20. Nc2 Ke7 $11 ) 20. Rad1 Nc4 21. Bf2 Qb6 22. b3 Bxd4 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Rc1 Bxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Rg5 26. Qxc4 Rgd5 $11 {Kamsky,G (2695)-Kramnik,V (2710)/Linares/1994/}) 14... Bb7 $1 {Anand demonstrated this idea already in game 3. Although this position arose in earlier games, it was mainly via the different move-order 12...Qb6 13. 0-0 Bb7!? 14.Qe2 gxf6, so the World Champion deserves full credit for the text-move. The alternatives are:} (14... Ba6 {is somewhat weaker due to} 15. a4 $5 (15. Rd1 $44 {is also unpleasant}) 15... Nc5 16. axb5 Bb7 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. Nxd4 $1 Qd6 19. b6 $1 Nxd3 ({Po} 19... Qxd4 $2 20. Bb5+ Ke7 21. Be3 Qd5 22. f3 $18 {->}) 20. Qxd3 Qxb6 21. Be3 Qb7 22. f3 Be7 23. Rc1 $1 (23. Bh6 Bf8 24. Nf5 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Ne3 Bc6 28. Rc1 Bd7 29. Rc7 Ke7 30. Rb7 Rc8 31. b3 Kd8 32. Ng4 Ke7 33. Nxf6 Kxf6 34. Rxd7 Rc3 $44 { <=>,Bareev,E (2675)-Karjakin,S (2658)/WCht Beersheba/2005/}) 23... O-O 24. Nc6 $36 {+/-}) ({Less clear is the situation after} 14... b4 15. Rd1 Bc5 16. Bf4 h5 $5 (16... Bb7 17. Be4 Ba6 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Rac1 e5 20. Bh6 $44 { Here Lutz give the unforced, but pretty line} Qe6 21. Re1 Rg8 22. Nxd4 $5 Bxd4 23. Rc6 Qxa2 24. Qxd4 $1 exd4 25. Bd5+ Ne5 26. Bxa2 $16) 17. Rac1 Rg8 18. Nh4 ( 18. Nd2 Bb7 19. Be4 f5 20. Nc4 Bxe4 21. Nxb6 Rxg2+ 22. Kf1 d3 23. Rxd3 Rxf2+ $44 {De Jong,J (2237)-Delemarre,J (2464)/Leeuwarden/2004/ promises Black at least a draw.}) ({Also unclear is} 18. Bg3 Rxa2 19. Nxd4 h4 20. Bxh4 Bb7 21. Nf3 Rxb2 22. Qxb2 Bxf3 23. Bf1 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Rg4 25. Bg3 $13) 18... Rg4 (18... Rxa2 $5) 19. Bg3 Ba6 20. Nf3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rxa2 22. Qh7 Rxb2 23. Qxh5 Rxg3 24. hxg3 b3 $13 {Dreev,A (2657)-Pavasovic,D (2597)/CRO-chT Sibenik/2008/ Although Black went on to lose the game, at this moment he can harldy be worse.}) 15. Bxb5 ({The first practical reaction of the chess world to Game 3 came already one day earlier, than Game 5 was played. After} 15. Bf4 { (allegedly recommended by Mikhalchishin)} Bc6 16. Rfc1 Nc5 { White played the ambitious} 17. Bg3 ({A risky attempt to achieve more than} 17. Nxd4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Rd8 19. Be3 Bc5 20. Qc2 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Qxc6+ Qxc6 23. Rxc6 O-O $11) 17... Rd8 18. Rc2 Qb7 19. Re1 Rg8 20. Nh4 Rg5 21. f3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Rc5 23. Rce2 Qd7 $15 {Moiseenko,A (2678)-Colovic,A (2458)/ECC Kallithea/ 2008/ Although White won, this is definitely no refutation of the whole line.}) 15... Rg8 $5 $146 {Anand is the first to deviate from Game 3 and present Kramnik with a new surprise instead of} (15... Bd6 { Kramnik's choice was the natural} 16. Rd1 ({The direct} 16. Nxd4 $2 {runs into} Rg8 $1 (16... Qxd4 $6 17. Rd1 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Bxg2 20. Bxd7+ Ke7 21. Kxg2 Rhg8+ 22. Kf3 Qh5+ 23. Ke3 Qc5+ { can lead to a perpetual, even after the fighting} 24. Kd2 Rad8 25. Qf1 Rxd7+ 26. Ke1 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Rd8+ 28. Bd2 Qb4 29. Qe2 Qxb2 30. Rc1 Qxa2 $11 { a draw is the most plausible result.}) 17. Nf3 Ke7 18. Bxd7 (18. a4 $2 Ne5 19. Ne1 Rxg2+ $19) 18... Qc5 $1 {/\Rg2,Bh2,Qh5} (18... Ba6 19. Qc2 $13 { would be a relief for White, the exchange is not interesting at this point.}) 19. Rd1 (19. Bg5 Rxg5 $1 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. f4 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Kxd7 $19) 19... Bxh2+ $5 (19... Qh5 20. Rxd6 $5 $132 {/\} Bxf3 $2 21. Rxe6+ Kxd7 22. Rd6+ $1 Kxd6 23. Bf4+ $40) 20. Kf1 (20. Nxh2 Rxg2+ 21. Kf1 Rxh2 $19) 20... Ba6 21. Rd3 Qf5 22. Ne1 Rad8 $17) (16. a4 $5 {is a possible alternative, protecting the Bb5 improves White's chances in the coming tactical skirmish.}) 16... Rg8 17. g3 (17. Rxd4 $2 Rxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Qxd4 $17 {->}) (17. a4 $5) 17... Rg4 $1 $146 ( 17... Bc5 $2 18. b4 $1 Bxb4 19. Nxd4 Bd5 20. Rb1 Qc5 21. Be3 Rxa2 22. Qd3 Ra3 23. Qxh7 Rf8 24. Nxe6 { 1-0,D'Israel,D (2259)-Gerbelli Neto,E (2234)/Americana/2000/}) 18. Bf4 (18. Bxd7+ $6 Kxd7 19. Ne5+ fxe5 20. Qxg4 Qc6 21. f3 Qxf3 $17 {[+]}) (18. Nd2 Ke7 $1 19. Bxd7 (19. Qxg4 Qxb5 $36) 19... Rag8 20. Bb5 (20. Qb5 Qc7 21. Nc4 Qxd7 ( 21... Bxg3 $2 22. hxg3 Rxg3+ 23. Kf1 Rg1+ 24. Ke2 {leads nowhere for Black.}) 22. Nxd6 Kxd6 $11 {/=/+}) 20... d3 21. Qxd3 Rxg3+ 22. hxg3 Rxg3+ 23. Kf1 Rxd3 24. Bxd3 Qd4 $44) 18... Bxf4 (18... Ke7 $2 19. Bxd6+ Qxd6 20. Nxd4 $1 $18 {/\} Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Qxd4 22. Rd1) 19. Nxd4 {At this moment Anand was an hour(!) up on the clock, but now he had his first long think...} ({After} 19. Rxd4 { Shipov recommended} Kf8 $5 (19... Bxf3 $6 20. Qxf3 Qxd4 21. Rd1 $1 $16) (19... O-O-O 20. Rad1 Bd5 21. Bc4 $1 Bb7 $5 $14) 20. Bxd7 Rd8 21. Rad1 Rxd7 22. Rxd7 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Rxg3+ 24. Kh2 Bxf3 25. Qe3 Rg2+ 26. Kh3 Qxe3 27. fxe3 Rxb2 $11) 19... h5 $5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd7 Kf8 22. Qd3 Rg7 $1 ({ Black wants more, than an equal _|_ after} 22... Bxg3 23. hxg3 h4 24. Qd6+ $5 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Bd5 $11) 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. gxf4 Rd8 $44 { Kramnik,V (2772)-Anand,V (2783)/WCh Bonn (3)/2008/}) 16. Bf4 { Kramnik still played this move quite fast.} ({After} 16. Rd1 { Black can transpose into Game 3, but he also has} Ra5 $5 (16... O-O-O 17. Bf4 $14 {is not ideal. We have already indicated Black's K feels safer in the [+].} ) 17. Bxd7+ (17. a4 Rxb5 $1 18. axb5 Ne5 $44 {|^}) 17... Kxd7 18. Rxd4+ Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxg2 20. Qd2 Bh3+ 21. Kh1 Bg2+ $11) 16... Bd6 17. Bg3 f5 {Anand contin ues to harass the Bg3. Here his preparation once again proved to be deeper, than his opponent's - now Kramnik thought for about 45 minutes.} ({ A serious positional error is} 17... Bxg3 $2 18. hxg3 $36 { , as here the Kg1 is far safer, than it's counterpart}) 18. Rfc1 $5 { An interesting fighting reaction.} (18. Rfd1 $6 f4 19. Bh4 {allows} Ra5 $1 $36 {/\} 20. a4 Rxb5 21. axb5 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Rxg2+ 23. Kf1 Rxh2 24. Nf3 Rh1+ 25. Kg2 Rxh4 $17 {->}) (18. Nxd4 f4 (18... Rxg3 19. hxg3 Qxd4 20. Rfd1 Qb6 21. Rd2 Ba6 $13 {/= is risky, bur perhaps also possible.}) 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kf8 21. Qf5+ Kg7 22. Bd3 Qc6 $5 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Qf5+ $11 {leads to a perpetual.}) ({ Other moves, deserving attention, are} 18. a4 {, or}) (18. Ne5 $5 d3 $5 (18... Bxe5 19. Qxe5 f6 20. Qe2 $14 {/\} f4 $2 21. Qh5+) 19. Bxd7+ (19. Qxd3 Bxe5 20. Bxd7+ Kf8 $15) 19... Ke7 20. Qe1 (20. Nxd3 $6 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Rxg3 {->}) 20... Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Kxd7 $132) 18... f4 19. Bh4 Be7 {The bishop's role on d6 is over, so it returns to free the e7-sqaure for Black's K.} ({Takticku pointu 18.tahu bieleho ukazuje variant The tactical points of White's 18-th move are:} 19... Ra5 $6 20. a4 Rxb5 $2 21. axb5 (21. Qxb5 $5 $16) {/\} 21... Ne5 22. Nxe5 Rxg2+ 23. Kf1 Rxh2 24. Ra8+ $1 Bxa8 25. Rc8+ $18) ({, or} 19... Bd5 20. Rc2 Qb7 21. Rac1 $36 {/\Bc6} Bxf3 $2 22. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. Rc8+ $18) 20. a4 Bxh4 21. Nxh4 Ke7 $1 {The possible threat Rg2 again enters the equation.} 22. Ra3 {White boosts his >>, but on the other hand disconnects his rooks and Black can turn his attention to the <-> c.} ({Rybka pleads for the radical} 22. g3 $5 $13 { /+/= This weakens the long <->, but removing the P from g2 enables White to actively use his N in the near future.}) 22... Rac8 23. Rxc8 { Another debatable decision.} ({With all R on the board after} 23. Rd1 { , the <->c would not play such an important role.}) 23... Rxc8 24. Ra1 Qc5 25. Qg4 (25. Qd2 Qd6 (25... f3 $5 26. Nxf3 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Qd5 $44) 26. Rd1 (26. b4 Ne5 $36 {is at least unclear, White's o^ still don't play a major role.}) 26... Ne5 27. Kf1 (27. Qxf4 $4 Nf3+ $19) 27... f3 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Ke7 $11) 25... Qe5 {Black intuitively keeps his Q closer to his K.} ({ Another interesting alternative is} 25... Qc2 $5 {to support the o^d4} 26. Bxd7 (26. Qxf4 d3 $44 {and it's already reasonable to bail out with} 27. Nf5+ exf5 28. Re1+ Kf8 (28... Kd8 29. Qxf5 Bc6 30. Bxd3 $44 {/+/=}) 29. Bxd7 d2 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ $11) 26... Kxd7 27. Qxf4 Ke8 $44 {/\} 28. Qxd4 $2 Rc4 $1 $19 { and Black wins the stray Nh4}) 26. Nf3 Qf6 { /\Ne5 This move is also connected with a hidden trap.} 27. Re1 (27. Nxd4 $2 Qxd4 28. Rd1 Nf6 29. Rxd4 Nxg4 30. Rd7+ Kf6 31. Rxb7 Rc1+ 32. Bf1 Ne3 $1 $19 { Suprisingly enough, this motif occurs later in the game!}) ({Harmless is} 27. Bxd7 Kxd7 28. Nxd4 Ke7 29. Rd1 Rc4 $11 { Kramnik still wants more and keeps the tension.}) 27... Rc5 $5 { Black insists on Ne5.} (27... Rc2 28. b4 (28. Rd1 Rxb2 29. Nxd4 Qg6 30. Qxg6 hxg6 31. Nxe6 Rxb5 32. axb5 Kxe6 $11 {is drawish}) 28... Rc3 {-27...Rc5!?} ( 28... Rb2 $6 29. Rc1 $1 Rxb4 30. Ne1 $36 {/\Rc7})) 28. b4 Rc3 {/\Bf3,Ne5} 29. Nxd4 $2 {Black's forces already exert unpleasant pressure, but the text-move is an unforced and decisive tactical miscalculation.} (29. Bxd7 Kxd7 30. Nd2 Qg6 $15) (29. Nd2 $5 $13 { still leads to a murky position and the outcome of the game remains open.}) 29... Qxd4 30. Rd1 Nf6 31. Rxd4 Nxg4 32. Rd7+ Kf6 33. Rxb7 Rc1+ 34. Bf1 Ne3 $1 $19 35. fxe3 (35. h3 Rxf1+ 36. Kh2 Rxf2 $19) 35... fxe3 (35... fxe3 {/\e2} 36. Rc7 $8 Rxc7 37. g3 Rc1 38. Kg2 Rc2+ 39. Kf3 Rf2+ $19 { a Black remains a whole R up.}) 0-1 [Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"] [Site "Bonn"] [Date "2008.10.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2008.10.14"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 {In the late '70s, Korchnoi frequently resorted to this "rare" variation. He managed to put Karpov under serious pressure during their match in Baguio 1978 and even won a crucial game towards the end of the match. Nowadays, this has become White's main weapon against the Queen's Gambit Declined, at least in top level events.} O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 ({Kramnik had played several games with} 6... c5 { , two of them against Anand himself.} 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 (8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 {Leko,P (2741)-Kramnik,V (2770)/Brissago 2004/CBM 103/[Lukacs] (1-0, 69). This must have been a very painful defeat, in an "almost" drawn ending.}) 8... Nc6 9. Rc1 { 1/2 Kramnik,V (2809)-Anand,V (2752)/Leon 2002/CBM 090/[Dautov] (33)} (9. Qc2 { 1/2 Anand,V (2752)-Kramnik,V (2809)/Leon 2002/CBM 090/[Dautov] (48)})) 7. a3 { A generally useful move, inviting Black to capture on c4.} ({ Another important line is} 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O ({ With the bishop on d3 already,} 10. dxc5 Nxc5 {is less appealing already.}) 10... c4 11. Bc2 b5 { with a very complicated position, offering chances for both sides.} 12. e4 Nb6 13. Re1 (13. Qe2 {Kempinski,R (2619)-Ogaard,L (2379)/Saint Vincent 2005/CBM 110/[Konikowski] (1-0, 23)}) 13... Be6 14. Qb1 Kh8 15. Be5 Bf6 $1 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. e5 Qh6 18. Re3 $132 {Kortschnoj,V (2659)-Lputian,S (2605)/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 075/[Kortschnoj] (0-1, 47)}) 7... c5 {I have the feeling that part of the initial spirit of the Queen's Gambit has been lost. Our forefathers tried to maintain the tension in the centre for as long as possible, making a lot of useful moves in the meanwhile.} ({ Even in the '60s, there was some theoretical dispute after} 7... c6 8. h3 { Not the only move, of course.} (8. Rc1) (8. Qc2) 8... a6 9. c5 b6 10. b4 a5 ({ In a recent game, Black chose a much simpler plan and obtained full success, true, against a much weaker opponent.} 10... bxc5 11. bxc5 Ne4 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Bd3 Nxc3 14. Qd2 f6 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Rxc3 e5 $1 $19 { Simeonidis,I (2268)-Shneider,A (2543)/Corfu 2007/CBM 120 ext (0-1, 18)}) 11. Bd3 (11. b5 {Larsen,B} Bb7 $15) 11... Ba6 12. b5 $1 (12. O-O Qc8 13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qb7 15. Rfb1 axb4 {1/2 Larsen,B-Spassky,B/Palma de Mallorca 1968/MCD}) (12. Bxa6 $2 {Larsen,B} Rxa6 13. b5 cxb5 14. c6 Qc8) 12... cxb5 (12... Bb7 { simply loses a tempo over Larsen's comment.} 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. O-O c5 15. Na4 Qa7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Be5 $14 { Portisch,L-Hartoch,R/Amsterdam 1969/MCL (1-0, 89)}) 13. c6 {Now, Black will have to sacrifice either an exchange or the queen, with unclear compensation.} Rc8 ({Maybe} 13... Qc8 14. Nxb5 Qxc6 15. Rc1 Bxb5 16. Rxc6 Bxc6 $44 { is slightly better.}) 14. Bxb5 Rxc6 $5 (14... Bxb5 15. c7 $1 $14) 15. Bxc6 Qc8 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. O-O Bxc6 $14) 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 { To me, this does not look like a reason not to play the Bf4 line. White has a comfortable form of the isolani and, at least for the time being, play is rather one-sided. True, in practice Black has lost relatively rarely and Kramnik himself had held this position against none other than Kasparov.} 11. Be5 {Otherwise, the bishop may well remain out of play and White may risk losing control of the d4-square.} Bf5 {Not a very frequent move. Before starting the fight for the d4-square, Black makes a natural developing move. Its concrete meaning will become clear later.} ({Kramnik did not seem keen to repeat the line he had employed in a blitz game at the highest thinkable level. } 11... Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. f3 Rfc8 (15... Rac8 { is less acurate because after} 16. Kd2 { Zvjaginsev,V (2664)-Lputian,S (2638)/Poikovsky 2003/CBM 095/[Dautov] (1-0, 35)} Ne6 17. Nf5 $14 {Black cannot play ...Kf8.}) 16. Kd2 Ne6 17. Nxe6 $5 ({ A better chance for an advantage than} 17. Bd3 Nxd4 18. exd4 $11 { Kasparov,G (2838)-Kramnik,V (2802)/Moscow 2001/CBM 087/[Dautov] (1/2, 24)}) 17... Bxe6 18. Bd3 Kf8 19. g4 h6 20. h4 Ke7 21. g5 Rh8 22. Kc3 $14 { Zvjaginsev,V-Vescovi,G/Poikovsky 2003 (1/2, 29)}) 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 { The most logical continuation. In this case, White does not get anything by maintaining the tension.} (13. O-O Be4 $6 ({ It looks more natural to drive the enemy knight away from the d4-square with} 13... Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd6 {, winning time for the development at the same time.}) 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qd4 Qd6 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Rxd6 Rxd6 21. Rc1 $14 { Tregubov,P (2609)-Goloshchapov,A (2563)/Germany 2008/CBM 123 (1-0, 60)}) 13... Qxf6 14. Nd4 ({The bishop proves useful on f5 in case of} 14. Qd4 Qc6 15. Rd1 $2 Bc2 $1 {and Black wins an exchange.}) (14. Qxd5 Qxb2 15. O-O Rac8 { is entirely acceptable for Black.}) 14... Ne6 $146 {At first sight, this looks like a risky novelty. Black immediately puts the enemy knight under pressure, without preserving his bishop from exchange.} ({Previously} 14... Be4 15. Rc1 Ne6 {had been played and Black did not face problems achieving a draw.} 16. f3 Bg6 17. O-O Rac8 18. Qd2 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. exd4 Bc2 21. Kf2 Rc7 { 1/2 Flumbort,A (2516)-Goloshchapov,A (2555)/Germany 2007/CBM 123. Kramnik must have found a reason to deviate from this game, since his move really implies a high degree of responsibility.}) 15. Nxf5 (15. Nxe6 fxe6 $1 $36) 15... Qxf5 16. O-O Rfd8 {The opening has come to an end and time has come to draw the first conclusions. Black's position looks very harmonious and his piece activity seems to compensate for the relatively weak d5-pawn. Botvinnik once wrote that if you have pawn weaknesses, you should keep at least one knight on board. However, the central break ...d4 will not be easy to carry out and the bishop's pressure will prove slightly more disturbing that Kramnik may have expected.} 17. Bg4 Qe5 18. Qb3 (18. Bxe6 fxe6 (18... Qxe6 {would lead to a typical isolani position without minor pieces, where Black is in great danger. One should study Karpov's games in order to get a full picture, especially Kortschnoj,V (2695)-Karpov,A (2700)/Merano m/9 1981/MainBase/ [Hecht] (0-1, 43), where White had the isolani.}) 19. Qb3 {and the safer position of the white king is compensated for by Black's possibility of creating a passed pawn in the centre.}) 18... Nc5 ({ Kramnik did not feel prepared to embark on such a sharp line as} 18... d4 19. Qxb7 (19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. exd4 Rxd4 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 $11 ) 19... d3 {, where Black has to prove still that his far advanced pawn is strong enough to compensate for the material deficit.}) 19. Qb5 b6 {The knight enjoys some stability now, because b4 can be met by ...Ne4, with further occupation of the c3-square. However, the pressure against the d4-square has been somewhat released.} 20. Rfd1 ({In many of his games, Karpov placed the queen's rook on d1 in such positions. Here, after} 20. Rad1 Rd6 21. Rd4 a6 { White can play the flexible} 22. Qe2) 20... Rd6 21. Rd4 (21. Rac1 { seems like a more logical complement of the previous move. After} Rad8 22. b4 Ne4 (22... Ne6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rc7 $16) 23. Rd4 { White has better chances to maintain the tension for a longer time.}) 21... a6 $1 22. Qb4 {Because of the exposed position of the a1-rook, the queen has to retreat to this square, preventing a further b4, which increases the stability of the knight on c5.} (22. Qe2 Nb3 $17) 22... h5 23. Bh3 ({ If Anand had foreseen Kramnik's plan, he may have preferred} 23. Be2 { However, after} Rad8 { followed by ...a5 and ...Ne6, Blacks position looks entirely viable.}) 23... Rad8 24. g3 g5 $5 {Black decides to win space on the kingside massively, making the white king feel a bit insecure.} 25. Rad1 {Curiously, this strong concentration of forces around the d4-square does not prevent the thematic pawn break, because the bishop does not participate.} ({ The only way to maintain the structure intact would have been} 25. Re1 g4 26. Bg2 Ne6 27. Rdd1 {, when ...d4 is impossible because of exd4, with a double attack against the queen. However, after a neutral move such as} Kg7 { White would have problems increasing his pressure, partly because his rooks are bound to stay on d1 and e1.}) 25... g4 26. Bg2 Ne6 27. R4d3 d4 $11 { The position simplifies now. The theoretical superiority of the bishop over the knight is compensated for by Black's advantage in space and his stability on the dark squares.} 28. exd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"] [Site "Bonn"] [Date "2008.10.17"] [Round "3"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D49"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2008.10.14"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.13"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 $5 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 (14. Be4 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nxd4 Rg8 $132) 14... Bb7 $5 15. Bxb5 $1 Bd6 $5 16. Rd1 (16. Nxd4 $5 Qxd4 (16... Rg8 17. g3 $1 { is the computer improvement on the above-mentioned game.}) 17. Rd1 Bxh2+ $1 ( 17... Qc5 $2 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Rac1 Qb8 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21. Qb5+ Ke7 22. Rxd6 $1 { wins immediately.}) 18. Kxh2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Bxg2 $1 20. Bxd7+ Ke7 21. Kxg2 Rhg8+ { usually black just mates in such scenarios, here black has to find a perpetual. } 22. Kf3 Qh5+ 23. Ke3 Qc5+ 24. Kd2 Rad8 $1 25. Rf1 (25. Qf1 Rxd7+ 26. Ke1 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Qh5+ 28. Ke1 Qh2) 25... Rxd7+ 26. Ke1 Rc8 $1 27. Qe3 Qa5+ 28. Bd2 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Qe5+ 30. Qe2 Qa5+ $11) 16... Rg8 17. g3 $1 Rg4 $1 18. Bf4 ( 18. Nd2 Ke7 $3 19. Bxd7 (19. Qxg4 Qxb5 {is just bad for white.}) 19... Rag8 $1 20. Bb5 (20. Qb5 Qc7 {just intensifies the pressure against g3.}) 20... d3 $5 { The most solid.} 21. Qxd3 Rxg3+ 22. hxg3 Rxg3+ 23. Kf1 Rxd3 24. Bxd3 Qd4 $1 25. Nc4 Bb4 26. a3 Bg2+ $1 27. Kxg2 Qg4+ {forcing perpetual.}) 18... Bxf4 19. Nxd4 $5 (19. Rxd4 {is also very complicated.}) 19... h5 (19... Rg6 $5 20. a4 $5 { Maybe this cool computer-move is what Kramnik was planning on?} (20. Bxd7+ $6 Kxd7 21. Nxe6+ Bd6 $1 22. Nf4 Rg5) (20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd7 Kf8 22. Bd3 Be5 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qc4 Ke8 25. Rh7 Bd4 $1 26. Rxb7 Bxf2+ 27. Kf1 Qxb7 28. Qxe6+ Kf8 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Qe5+ Kh7 34. Kxf2 Rf8+ 35. Kg1 Qb6+ 36. Kg2 Rf2+ 37. Kh3 Qh6+ 38. Kg4 Qg6+ {with perpetual.})) 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd7 Kf8 22. Qd3 Rg7 $5 (22... Bc8 $2 23. Rh7 $18) (22... f5 $2 23. Qc3 $18) (22... Bxg3 $5 {This seems to be just a forced draw} 23. hxg3 h4 $1 24. Rd6 (24. Kf1 $2 hxg3 25. fxg3 Rg5 $1 {wins for black.}) 24... Qc5 25. b4 Qe5 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Qxd8+ Kg7 28. Qe7+ Kh6 29. Qf8+ Rg7 30. Qh8+ Rh7 31. Qf8+ {with a perpetual.}) 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. gxf4 Rd8 $1 (24... Kh6 25. a4 Rg8+ 26. Kf1 Bg2+ (26... Rg2 27. Qd2 Rxh2 28. Ra3 $14) 27. Ke2 $16) 25. Qe2 (25. Qc4 $2 Rd4 $19) (25. Qb3 $5 Kh6 26. a4 (26. Kf1 $2 Bd5 27. Bc4 Bxc4+ 28. Qxc4 Rd2 { and f2 collapses.}) 26... Rg8+ 27. Kf1 Rg2 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 Rxh2 $11) 25... Kh6 26. Kf1 Rg8 27. a4 $1 (27. f5 $2 Bg2+ $1 28. Ke1 Bc6 $1 29. Qd2+ Kh7 30. Bxc6 Qxc6 31. Ke2 Qb5+ 32. Kf3 Rg4 33. Re1 Qc6+ 34. Ke2 Qc4+ 35. Kf3 (35. Kd1 Rd4 36. fxe6 Rxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Qb4+ 38. Kd1 Qd4+ $19) 35... Rd4 $19) 27... Bg2+ 28. Ke1 Bh3 $1 (28... Bc6 {is enough for a draw.}) 29. Ra3 $2 (29. Rd1 $1 Bf5 $5 { An amazing move. White is ok, but would you be able to calmly play Qf1 or h3?} (29... Rg1+ 30. Kd2 Rg2 31. Qe3 $1 (31. Ke1 $2 Bg4 $1 32. Qf1 Rxh2 { and whites position collapses.}) 31... Rxf2+ 32. Be2 Rxe2+ $5 (32... Qa5+ 33. Kc1 Qc7+ 34. Kb1 Bf5+ 35. Bd3 $1 Bxd3+ 36. Qxd3 {also fails short.}) 33. Qxe2 Bg4 34. Qd3 Qxb2+ 35. Qc2 Qd4+ 36. Kc1 Bxd1 37. Qxd1 $11) (29... Bg4 $2 30. Qe3 $1 Qxe3+ 31. fxe3 Bxd1 32. Kxd1) 30. Qe3 $2 Rg1+ 31. Bf1 Qa6 $1) 29... Rg1+ 30. Kd2 Qd4+ 31. Kc2 Bg4 $2 {Despite being 75 minutes ahead on the clock, by now I had caught up. I wanted to provoke f3} (31... Bf5+ $1 32. Rd3 $1 (32. Kb3 Rc1 $1 33. a5 (33. Ra2 Bc2+ $1 34. Qxc2 Rxc2 35. Kxc2 Qxf2+ 36. Kb3 Qe3+ 37. Kc2 Qxf4 38. a5 Qxh2+ $19) 33... Qd5+ $1 {This move wins, but there are a lot of incredibly difficult moves in the winning line.} (33... Rc2 $6 34. Qxc2 $1 Bxc2+ 35. Kxc2 Qc5+ 36. Kb1 Qxb5 37. a6 Qd5 38. a7 Qa8 39. Ka1 $1 Qh1+ (39... Kg6 40. b4 $1) 40. Ka2 Qd5+ $11) (33... e5 $6 34. Ra4 $1 { I had come upto here in my calculations and didnt see a way forward} Be6+ ( 34... Qc5 $1 35. Bc4 Bc2+ 36. Qxc2 Rxc2 37. Kxc2 Qxf2+ { But this is a good version for white compared to earlier lines.}) 35. Bc4 { Oddly enough black dosent have a win:} Bg4 36. f3 Bf5 { Followed by Rd1 seem to secure counterplay for a draw.}) 34. Bc4 (34. Ka4 Bc2+ 35. Kb4 (35. b3 Bxb3+ 36. Rxb3 Qd4+ 37. Rb4 Qa1+ $19) 35... Qd6+ 36. Kc4 Bd1+ $19) (34. Kb4 Qc5+ 35. Ka4 (35. Kb3 Bc2+ 36. Ka2 Qd5+ 37. Bc4 Qh1 38. Qxc2 Rxc2 $19) 35... Bc2+ 36. b3 Bxb3+) 34... Qb7+ 35. Ka4 (35. Bb5 Bc2+ 36. Ka2 Qh1 { mates.}) 35... Rc2 $3 {This quite move is the point} 36. Ba6 Qd7+ 37. Qb5 Rc4+ 38. Kb3 Qd3+ 39. Ka2 Qb1+ 40. Kb3 Rc2 41. Ra2 $8 Be4 $3 42. Bb7 Qd1 43. Ka3 Bxb7 44. Qxb7 Rc4 45. b3 Qd6+ 46. Kb2 Qd2+ 47. Ka3 Qxa5+ 48. Kb2 Qc3+ 49. Ka3 Rc5 $19 {and finally all white resistance is broken.}) (32. Bd3 Rg2 $5 (32... Bg4 $5 33. f3 $8 Bh3 {transposes to the game.}) 33. Bxf5 Rxf2 34. Bd3 Rxe2+ 35. Bxe2 Qe4+ 36. Bd3 Qxf4 37. a5 Qxh2+ 38. Kb1 h4 39. a6 Qg1+ 40. Ka2 Qa7 $19 { and despite the mess, blacks pawns should prevail.}) 32... Rg4 $5 { This could be best} (32... Ra1 $6 {is preferred by the computers, but:} 33. Qe3 Bxd3+ 34. Qxd3 Qxf2+ 35. Qd2 { is the usual story, black cant swap queens due to whites passed pawns.}) 33. Kb3 Bxd3 34. Qxd3 Qxf2 {keeps winning chances for black.}) 32. f3 $2 { Returning the favour.} (32. Rd3 $1 { was a golden opportunity, as black has nothing more than:} Bf5 33. Kb3 Bxd3 34. Qxd3 Qxf2 (34... Qxf4 35. Qe3 {as usual cant be allowed.}) 35. Qd8 $1 { securing a perpetual.}) 32... Bf5+ 33. Bd3 Bh3 $6 {Played instantly since this was my reason for provoking f3, but there was a stronger move:} (33... Bxd3+ $1 {this wins the house instantly.} 34. Rxd3 (34. Qxd3 Rg2+) 34... Qc4+) 34. a5 ( 34. Qe4 Rg2+ 35. Kd1 Qg1+ 36. Qe1 Qxh2 $1 $19 { and Rg1 cant be stopped, winning instantly.}) (34. Qd2 Rg2 35. Be2 Bf5+ 36. Kc1 Qg1+ 37. Qd1 Qxh2 38. Kd2 { Here many moves win, but I will give the comp line because its funny} h4 $1 39. a5 Qxf4+ 40. Kc3 h3 41. a6 h2 42. a7 Rxe2 43. Qxe2 h1=Q 44. a8=Q Qc7+ $1 { This wins, but also the only move which doesnt lose!} 45. Kb4 Qb6+ 46. Ka4 Qh4+ $1 $19) 34... Rg2 35. a6 Rxe2+ 36. Bxe2 Bf5+ 37. Kb3 (37. Bd3 Bxd3+ 38. Rxd3 Qc4+) (37. Kc1 Qxf4+ 38. Kd1 Qd4+ 39. Kc1 Qe5 $1 $19) 37... Qe3+ 38. Ka2 Qxe2 39. a7 Qc4+ 40. Ka1 Qf1+ 41. Ka2 Bb1+ (41... Bb1+ 42. Kb3 Qxf3+ { is simple enough.}) 0-1 [Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"] [Site "Bonn"] [Date "2008.10.15"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E25"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2008.10.14"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 f5 9. Qc2 Nd7 {A rare continuation.} (9... f4 {is the most common}) (9... O-O) (9... Qa5) (9... Qh4+) (9... Qf6 {have been seen in practice, too.}) 10. e4 fxe4 11. fxe4 N5f6 12. c6 {It is useful to spoil Black's pawn structure.} bxc6 13. Nf3 Qa5 {It Black neglects White's bishops, they can become formidable like in the following game:} (13... Qc7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. O-O Ng4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Bxf1 Qxe5 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Bd3 c5 21. Rf1 Bd7 22. Bf4 Qh5 23. Bd6 Bc6 24. e5 Nd7 25. Qf2 $16 { 1-0 Portisch,L-Kluger,G/Budapest 1962/MCL (54)}) 14. Bd2 (14. Be3 $6 Ng4 15. Bg1 O-O 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bh2 Qc5 (18... Qg5 $1 $36) 19. Qd2 e5 20. Bg1 Rxf1+ $5 21. Kxf1 Ba6+ 22. Ke1 Qe7 23. Qe3 Nb6 $44 { 1/2 Moehring,G-Neukirch,D/Annaberg-Buchholz 1965/EXT 1999 (28)}) 14... Ba6 ( 14... O-O $5 15. Bd3 $6 (15. Be2 $142 Nc5 $140 16. c4 Qc7 17. e5) 15... Ba6 16. c4 Qc7 17. Bc3 Ng4 (17... Nc5 $15) 18. e5 Ndxe5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 $15 { Gilman-Lepsenui/corr 1966}) 15. c4 (15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. c4 O-O $11) 15... Qc5 ( 15... Qc7 16. Bb4 $1 {preventing ...Nc5}) 16. Bd3 Ng4 17. Bb4 Qe3+ 18. Qe2 { After the queen exchange Black's attack loses its strength. Mutual weaknesses and control of the dark squares will now be crucial.} O-O-O 19. Qxe3 (19. Be7 $143 Qb6 $1 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 $36 {S.Shipov}) 19... Nxe3 20. Kf2 Ng4+ 21. Kg3 Ndf6 $6 (21... Nde5 $6 22. Be2 h5 23. h3 h4+ (23... Nxf3 24. gxf3 Ne5 25. Kf4 $1 $14 ) 24. Nxh4 Nf6 {-game}) (21... Nge5 $5 22. Be2 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Rhc1 Nde5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Rc5 Rd3+ 27. Kh4 $1 Ng6+ 28. Kg5 Kb7 29. Rb1 {S.Shipov} Rc8 $1 30. Rc3 Rd2 $132) 22. Bb1 $1 {Black probably underestimated this move.} h5 ( 22... Ne3 23. Ne5 $16) 23. h3 (23. e5 $2 h4+ $1 24. Kf4 g5+ $1 25. Nxg5 Rd4+ $40 {S.Shipov}) 23... h4+ {Black must give up this pawn to prevent collapse.} ( 23... Ne3 24. Ne5 $16) 24. Nxh4 Ne5 25. Nf3 $1 {"You are welcome to recapture on c4", White says, "but then beware of my bishop pair and rooks attacking your weaknesses!"} Nh5+ 26. Kf2 Nxf3 (26... Nxc4 27. Rc1 (27. Ba2 Nf4 28. Rhd1 $5 $16) 27... Nf4 28. Ba2 $1 Nd3+ 29. Kg3 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 Ne3 31. Ne5 $16) 27. Kxf3 e5 28. Rc1 $6 ({Less greedy} 28. Bc2 {was more appropriate, e.g.} Rh6 ( 28... Bxc4 29. Rhd1 $16 {S.Shipov}) 29. Rhd1 Rf6+ 30. Ke3 Nf4 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. Rg1 Rg6 33. g4 Nxh3 34. Rh1 Nf4 (34... Ng5 35. Rh8+ Kc7 36. Bd3) 35. Bc3 Rg5 36. c5 {and White's bishop pair guarantees him a clear advantage.}) 28... Nf4 $132 29. Ra2 Nd3 30. Rc3 Nf4 31. Bc2 (31. Rf2 $5 {was a better contribution to the harmony of White's arrangement but the position was still far from clear after} Rh6 $1 {The rest was much worse:} (31... Rd1 32. Bc2 { S.Shipov}) (31... Rd4 32. Kg3 Rxc4 (32... Rhd8 33. Be7 R8d7 34. Bg5) 33. Kh2 $1 $16 Rd8 34. Bc2 $1 $16) 32. h4 $5 (32. Kg3 Rd1 33. Bc2 Rh1 $1 { preventing Kg3-h2}) (32. Be7 Rd7 33. Bg5 {doesn't work due to} Nxh3 $1 34. Bxh6 Nxf2) 32... Ne6 $1 33. Ke3 (33. Kg3 Rdh8) 33... Rg6 {with strong counterplay.}) 31... Ne6 (31... Rh6 $5 {(S.Shipov) was good here, too:} 32. Be7 Rd7 33. Bg5 Rg6 34. h4 Rf7 35. Kg4 Ne2 36. Rf3 Rxf3 37. gxf3 Bxc4 38. Bb3 $1 Bxb3 39. Rxe2 $14) ({but probably even simpler was} 31... Rd4 32. Bc5 (32. Bb3 Ne6) (32. Ra1 Rd2) 32... Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Bxc4 34. Rb2 Rd8 35. Bxa7 Rd2 36. Be3 Re2 { with sufficient counterchances.}) 32. Kg3 {The king quickly runs to h2!} Rd4 ( 32... Rh6 33. Kh2 c5 34. Ba5 Rd4 $44 { , containing White's bishops, was probably more accurate}) ({ After the text move} 32... Rd4 { Black's compensation for the extra pawn is hardly sufficient, e.g.} 33. c5 Nf4 34. Re3 $16 {but the position remains quite complicated and not so easy to play under time pressure. Therefore Vishy Anand accepted Vladimir Kramnik's draw offer.}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"] [Site "Bonn"] [Date "2008.10.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D14"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,D"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2008.10.14"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.13"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 {Kramnik's choice in the first game of the match surprised everyone. Nowadays it is practically impossible to fight for a real advantage in the Exchange Variation. Even if White achieves a slight plus, a strong player with Black holds the position without major effort.} cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Bb5 O-O ({White's on ly hope in this system is to force on his opponent a weak pawn on c6. The following variation is an example how Black can end up in a worse position:} 9... Qa5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bc7 $1 Qxc7 13. Qxb4 {White plays Na4 and Rac1 next and Black will have to suffer under positional pressure.}) 10. Bxc6 (10. O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Rc8 $11) 10... Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Rc8 ({After} 11... bxc6 12. O-O $14 {White achieves his goal} ({but not} 12. Qxc6 Qa5+ 13. Qc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Rfc8 15. Rc1 Ne4 $11)) 12. Ne5 {It seems that White will finally force Black to take with the pawn on c6, but Anand's answer shows that Black can avoid that.} Ng4 {The most precise, even if the alternatives 12... bxc6 and 12...Ne4 are playable as well. Black's move doesn't make any positional concessions.} 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14. Qb4 ({Taking the other pawn is weaker, since it leaves the b2-pawn without protection:} 14. Qc5 Rxc6 15. Qxa7 Rc2 16. O-O (16. Qxb7 $2 Qa5+ 17. b4 Re2+ 18. Kf1 Qa3 $19) 16... Be2 $1 (16... Rxb2 17. Rab1 {loses the b7-pawn without any compensation}) 17. Rfc1 Rxb2 18. Rab1 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 b5 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Vera,R (2537)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2556)/Havana 2002 (22)}) 14... Rxc6 15. Qxb7 $146 {White must take the pawn, otherwise his entire opening concept is senseless. Curiously, 16.Qxb7 is a new move. Difficult to say whether Kramnik really hoped to win the resulting endgame, or whether he just wanted a "smooth" start of the match. The future course of events showed that in any case his strategy was mistaken: Anand made an easy draw in this game, while the match became much tougher for Kramnik than expected.} (15. O-O Qb6 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Bf5 18. f3 h5 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Re1 Qa6 21. e4 dxe4 22. fxe4 Bg6 23. b3 {1/2-1/2 Nussbaecher,A (2120)-Seibold,T (2105)/Bayern 2002}) 15... Qc8 16. Qxc8 (16. Qb3 $2 Qa6 $1 (16... Rc1+ {is a mistake in view of} 17. Kd2 { with advantage}) 17. f3 Bf5 $17) 16... Rfxc8 17. O-O {The control over the c-file together with the opposite-coloured bishops make White's task to convert the extra pawn practically impossible.} a5 18. f3 Bf5 19. Rfe1 Bg6 20. b3 (20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 Rc2 22. b3 f6 ({or even} 22... Rd8 23. d5 f6 24. dxe6 Re8)) 20... f6 21. e4 (21. Rad1 Rc2 $11) 21... dxe4 22. fxe4 Rd8 23. Rad1 Rc2 24. e5 (24. d5 e5 25. Rd2 Rdc8 $11) (24. a4 Rc3 $11) 24... fxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxa2 $11 26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Rd5 28. Rc1 Rd7 29. Rc5 Ra7 30. Rc7 Rxc7 31. Bxc7 Bc2 32. Bxa5 Bxb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2008.09.13"] [Round "10"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D13"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2798"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2008.09.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.10.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. f3 g6 10. g4 Be6 11. e3 Bg7 12. h4 h5 13. g5 Nd7 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Kf2 Nb6 17. b3 Qd7 18. Qd2 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Ne2 Rfc8 21. Rxc6 Rxc6 22. Rc1 Nd7 23. Kg2 e5 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nd4 Qc8 27. Ne2 Qf5 28. Nd4 Qc8 29. Ne2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2008.09.12"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "2798"] [BlackElo "2777"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2008.09.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.10.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. O-O e6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 Qa5 11. c4 O-O 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Qc2 Ba3 14. Rfd1 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Rfe8 16. Qd2 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. f3 Kf8 21. Kf2 a5 22. Rad1 Ke7 23. Re2 Rxe2+ 24. Nxe2 Rh8 25. h3 Nd7 26. Nc3 Nc5 27. f4 Ne6 28. Ke3 g5 29. fxg5 Nxg5 30. Ne2 Ne6 31. Nd4 g6 32. Nxe6 Kxe6 33. Rd4 c5 34. Re4+ Kd6 35. Kf3 a4 36. Re3 axb3 37. axb3 Rh4 38. Rd3+ Ke7 39. Re3+ Kd6 40. Rd3+ Ke7 41. Re3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2008.09.10"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2798"] [BlackElo "2737"] [Annotator "Postny,E"] [PlyCount "150"] [EventDate "2008.09.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.10.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 {This move has become popular in recent years and pushed aside the previous main line 6.Qd2. After the exchange of queens White often gets a slightly preferable position without any risk.} bxc6 {The best recapture. I myself played 6...dxc6 and it was a long fight for me to squeeze half a point.} (6... dxc6 7. Qxf6 Nxf6 8. f3 Be6 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Bc3 f6 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 c5 15. Be3 b6 16. O-O-O $14 { 1/2-1/2 Nataf,I (2564)-Postny,E (2571)/Germany 2006/CBM 111 (43)}) 7. Nd2 d6 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. a4 a5 10. Bd2 Qxf3 (10... Qxb2 $4 11. Bc3 Qxc2 12. Bxg7 Bg4 13. Rc1 $1 Qxc1+ 14. Nxc1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 $18) 11. gxf3 Ne7 12. Rg1 { The opened g-file is a reward for White's spoiled pawn structure.} O-O { Aronian deviates from his own game versus Radjabov which was played just few rounds before.} (12... Ng6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Ne5 15. Be2 g6 16. f4 Nd7 17. Bf3 c5 18. e5 Ra7 19. exd6 cxd6 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. Ne4 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T (2744)-Aronian,L (2737)/Bilbao ESP 2008/The Week in Chess 722 (34). Black is slightly worse, but he managed to hold it relatively easily.}) 13. Be3 { Exchanging Black's active bishop.} Bxe3 {This exchange improves White's pawn structure. However, if Black makes another move, after the exchange on b6 he might get a permanent weakness on d6.} 14. fxe3 c5 15. O-O-O Bb7 { I think that it is more precise to put the bishop on e6.} (15... Be6 { Now I assume that White should keep his knight. In Black will exchange on b3, he will solve all his problems, as White's queenside pawn structure will be damaged as well.} 16. Nd2 f5 17. f4 Rf6 $11) 16. Bb5 Bc6 (16... f5 $6 17. e5 $1 Rfd8 (17... Bxf3 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Rxd6 $16) 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. e4 $1 fxe4 $140 20. fxe4 Bxe4 21. exd6 cxd6 22. Rge1 d5 23. Nxc5 Bxc2 24. Kxc2 Rdc8 25. Rxe7 Rxc5 26. Rxd5 Rxc4+ 27. Kb3 Rcc8 28. Ree5 $16) 17. e5 Rfd8 18. exd6 cxd6 { Now White has a target, the Pd6.} 19. Bxc6 (19. e4 f6 (19... Bxb5 $6 20. axb5 { followed by c2-c4 would give White a strong defended passed pawn.}) 20. c4 Kf7 21. Rg2 { This endgame might be a torture for Black due to permanent weakness on d6.}) 19... Nxc6 20. Nd2 d5 21. Nb3 c4 22. Nd4 Nb4 { Aronian decides to keep the knights on the board.} ({ A worthy alternative would have been} 22... Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Re8 24. Kd2 Re5 { with a slightly worse but defendable position.}) 23. Nb5 g6 (23... Ra6 $6 24. e4 Rh6 25. Rg2 {The pin along the d-file is unpleasant for Black.}) 24. Rg4 $1 $14 Rdc8 25. e4 { White has to break Black's pawn chain in order to make the Pc4 a target.} h5 26. Rf4 dxe4 27. Rxe4 Rc5 28. f4 ({After} 28. Rdd4 Rg5 29. Rxc4 Rg2 30. h4 Rd8 31. b3 Rdd2 {Black's activity compensates the lack of a pawn.}) 28... Ra6 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Rd7 Rd5 31. Rc7 Na2+ 32. Kb1 Nb4 33. Nd4 { Obviously, White has good grounds to play for more than a repetition of moves.} Rf6 (33... Rad6 34. c3 Nd3 35. Rxc4 $16) 34. Rxc4 Rg5 $1 {With help of this tactical trick Black's rook is getting access to White's weak kingside pawns.} 35. b3 Rg4 36. Ne2 $2 {The turning point in the game.} (36. Nf3 $1 { Protecting both Ph2 and Pf4.} Nd5 ({Probably better is:} 36... Rg2 { but, White has good chances to be on top after} 37. Re5 Rf2 38. Rxa5 Nxc2 39. Rxc2 Rxf3 40. Rb5 R3xf4 41. a5) 37. Rc5 Nxf4 38. Rxa5 Nd3 39. Re3 Nf2 40. Rc5 Rg2 (40... Nd1 41. Re1 Rxf3 42. Rxd1 $18) 41. b4 Ng4 42. Rb3 Rf2 43. Ng5 Nxh2 44. b5 $18) 36... Rh4 37. Rc5 Rxh2 38. Rxa5 h4 {Black is a pawn down; however, in this position not the quantity but the quality of pawns is more important.} 39. Rg5 Rf2 40. Rxb4 Rxe2 41. f5 $2 {The decisive mistake.} ({After} 41. Re5 $2 Rxe5 42. fxe5 Rf1+ 43. Kb2 g5 $19 { Black's pawns are faster than the white ones.}) (41. Rg1 $1 {was the correct move. The position is very sharp however, it seems that a draw would be a correct result in this case. Here are few sample variations:} h3 42. Rh1 h2 43. a5 Ra6 (43... Rg2 44. Kb2 Rd6 45. Ra4 Rdd2 46. b4 Rxc2+ 47. Kb3 Rb2+ 48. Kc3 Rbc2+ (48... Rg1 49. Ra1 $11) 49. Kb3 $11) 44. Ra4 Kf6 45. b4 Rc6 46. a6 Rexc2 47. a7 Rc1+ 48. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 49. Kxc1 h1=Q+ 50. Kb2 { and Black does not have more than a perpetual check.}) 41... h3 42. Rh4 h2 { White's rook is stuck on g5 and can't help the other rook in the defence.} 43. Kb2 Rc6 44. fxg6 fxg6 45. Ka3 Rcxc2 46. Rg3 {White is not able to avoid the small tactical trick that will promote the black pawn.} (46. Rgg4 Rc1 $19) 46... Ra2+ 47. Kb4 Re4+ $1 {This is the trick.} 48. Rxe4 h1=Q { White could already resign, but Anand decided to fight until the bitter end.} 49. Reg4 Qb7+ 50. Ka5 Qd5+ 51. Kb4 Qd6+ 52. Kb5 Qb8+ 53. Ka5 Rf2 54. Rxg6+ Kf7 55. Rg7+ Ke6 56. R7g6+ Kd5 57. R6g5+ Kd4 58. b4 Rf4 59. Rg1 Rf3 ({ More precise play would have been} 59... Qa7+ 60. Kb5 Qb7+ 61. Ka5 Kc4 62. Rc5+ Kb3 63. Rg3+ Kb2 $19) 60. Rc5 Qa8+ 61. Kb5 Rf6 62. Rd1+ Ke3 63. a5 Qe8+ 64. Kc4 Qa4 65. Rd3+ Ke2 66. Re5+ Kf1 {No more checks for White.} 67. Red5 Qc2+ 68. Rc3 Rf4+ 69. Rd4 Qa2+ 70. Kc5 Rf5+ 71. Kb6 Qe6+ 72. Kb7 Rb5+ 73. Kc7 Qe7+ 74. Kc6 Qb7+ 75. Kd6 Rh5 {A pity for Vishy Anand to spoil such a promising position.} 0-1 [Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2008.09.09"] [Round "7"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B46"] [WhiteElo "2744"] [BlackElo "2798"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2008.09.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.10.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8. Bd3 e5 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. O-O d6 11. h3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. Bf2 Nh7 14. Nf5 O-O 15. Kh1 Bxf5 16. exf5 Rc8 17. Rb1 Qe7 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. Bd4 Rfe8 20. a4 Qd7 21. a5 Re7 22. Qf2 Qa4 23. Ra1 Qc6 24. Qg3 Qd5 25. Qh4 Rce8 26. Qg3 Kf8 27. Qh4 Kg8 28. Qg3 Kf8 29. Qh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2008.09.08"] [Round "6"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D18"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2798"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2008.09.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.10.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qb3 a5 10. Na2 Be7 11. Nh4 Be4 12. Nc3 Bd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. b3 f6 18. Bd2 Kd7 19. Rfc1 Rhc8 20. Ne1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Ba3 22. Rc2 Nc8 23. Nd3 Ne7 24. Nc5+ Bxc5 25. Rxc5 b6 26. Rc2 h5 27. f3 Nc6 28. Kf2 Rb8 29. Ke2 b5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. Ra2 Rxb3 32. Bxa5 Nxa5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2008.09.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C63"] [WhiteElo "2798"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Postny,E"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2008.09.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.10.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 {I guess, this came as a total surprise for Vishy Anand as Magnus had never played the Jaenisch as Black.} 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 {Anand deviates from his game versus Radjabov, probably suspecting deep preparation by Magnus. The move in the text was played by Carlsen as White, once more versus Radjabov. All this adds even more interest to this encounter.} (9. Bg5 Qe8 $1 10. Bxf6 Rxf6 11. Nd3 Bd4 12. Nd2 (12. c3 Bb6 13. e5 $5 { This is my suggestion from a previous CBM, worth being tested in future games.} Rh6 14. Nd2 Ba6 15. c4 d5 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. Qe2 $14) 12... Ba6 13. Rb1 $6 (13. c4 c5 14. Rc1 $1 Bb7 15. Qe2 Qg6 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Rce1 d6 18. f3 { and Black still has to justify the pawn sacrifice.}) 13... d6 14. c4 c5 15. b4 Qf7 16. Kh1 Rf8 17. f4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2799)-Radjabov, T (2735)/Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP 2008/The Week in Chess 694 (22)}) 9... d6 10. Nd3 Bd4 {Black is hoping to compensate for the lack of a pawn by his pair of bishops and the opened f-file.} 11. Ne2 (11. Nb4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. Nd5 Nxe4 14. f3 Nf6 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 $11) 11... Bb6 12. Bg5 ({ Black keeps reasonable compensation also after} 12. Ng3 Ba6) 12... Qe8 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. Ng3 Qf7 {This novelty is the first choice of "Rybka". Even though, I am not sure that this is a real improvement over Radjabov's choice.} (14... Ba6 15. Kh1 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Rxf2 17. Rxf2 Bxf2 18. Nf5 Bb6 19. Qg4 (19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Qc3 Qd7 $11) 19... Qf8 20. Rf1 g6 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M (2690)-Radjabov,T (2729)/Monte Carlo 2007/CBM 117 ext (36)}) 15. b3 {Preparing to meet Bc8-a6 with c2-c4.} Be6 16. Qd2 Rf8 17. Rae1 Rh6 18. Qc3 {Covering the f6-square is important against the transfer of Black's queen to the h-file.} (18. c4 $2 Qf6 19. h3 Bxh3 $1 20. gxh3 Qh4 21. Re3 Qxh3 22. Rfe1 Bd4 $1 $19 {White is simply helpless against the threat Rh6-g6-xg3.}) 18... Rf6 $6 (18... Qe7 $6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Qh4 21. h3 $16) ({ Worth consideration is:} 18... Qd7 $5 {with the idea 19...Bh3!}) 19. Re2 $2 { The reason for not capturing the Pc6 remains unclear for me.} (19. Qxc6 Bd7 ( 19... Bxf2+ 20. Nxf2 Rxf2 21. Nf5 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 $16) (19... h5 20. h3 h4 21. Nf5 Bd7 22. Qc3 Bxf5 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Re2 $14) 20. Qc3 Rxf2 (20... h5 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Re2 $14) 21. Nxf2 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 Bxe1 23. Qxe1 $16) 19... Bg4 20. Rd2 $2 {And this is just a tactical oversight.} (20. Ree1 Rxf2 21. Nxf2 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 Bxe1 23. Qxe1 Qe7 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. h3 Bd7 26. Kh2 $11) 20... Be3 $1 {The rook is trapped.} 21. h3 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Bc8 23. f4 h5 $1 {This pawn will kick away the white knight from g3 and the Pe4 will become a target.} 24. f5 h4 25. Ne2 Re8 $2 (25... d5 $2 26. Ne5 Qh5 27. Ng4 R6f7 28. Ne5 { and the rook can't escape.}) ({But, after the correct} 25... Qe7 $1 26. Nf2 ( 26. Qf4 Bxf5 $19) 26... d5 27. Ng4 R6f7 {Black's rook is getting the f7 square. Meanwhile, White's position in the centre is collapsing.}) 26. Nf2 d5 27. Ng4 Rxe4 28. Nxf6+ Qxf6 29. Nc1 Bxf5 $2 {Allows White to escape with a draw.} ({ After} 29... Re5 $1 30. Nd3 Rxf5 {Black could still be a pawn up. It is difficult to say whether Black can win this or not but, his advantage is indisputable.}) 30. Qf2 {Double threat.} Bg6 31. Qxa7 Rf4 { Black does not have more than a draw now.} 32. Rxf4 Qxf4 33. Nd3 Bxd3 34. cxd3 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 {Not the best game from both brilliant players.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2008.09.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2777"] [BlackElo "2798"] [Annotator "Postny,E"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2008.09.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.10.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 {This pawn sa crifice appears regularly in top level tournaments. At first sight it does not look very promising. However, practice shows time after time that Black can experience difficulties as he is behind in development.} exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Qc8 {Defending the Bb7. Anand had already played this position just a few weeks beforehand.} 11. a3 {Covering the b4-square against a possible knight move. This quiet move is White's last word in this fashionable variation.} (11. e4 Nc7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. e5 Ne6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Nc6 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M (2775)-Anand,V (2798)/Mainz GER 2008/The Week in Chess 717 (33)}) ({Also seen in practice is:} 11. Bg5) (11. Nh4 Bxh4 12. Rxd5 { but, didn't yield White any advantage.}) 11... Nf6 12. Bg5 $1 $146 {Another fin e novelty from the "Topalov team kitchen". White is intending to exchange on f6 before Black's queenside kinight is developed to d7.} (12. Nc3 d5 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. e4 d4 15. e5 Nxe5 $1 ({After} 15... dxc3 $2 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Re1 { Black's king will be stuck in the centre.}) 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Qa4+ Nd7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Re1 Nxe5 20. Rxe5+ Kf8 21. Kxg2 dxc3 22. bxc3 g6 23. Rae1 Kg7 { 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2788)-Leko,P (2741)/Moscow RUS 2008/The Week in Chess 720 (28). ... and White's compensation was sufficient only for equality.}) 12... d5 $6 {Taking into account what happened in the game later, it is easy say that this move is the source for Black's troubles.} (12... O-O 13. Nc3 h6 14. Bf4 ( 14. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 15. Nb5 Nc6 16. Nd6 Qc7 {is not dangerous for Black.}) 14... Nc6 {might be an improvement for Black. Without any doubt, the theoretical discussion in this line will continue.}) 13. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 14. Nc3 Bxc3 (14... d4 $2 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nxd4 $1 cxd4 17. Qxc8+ Bxc8 18. Nd2 $18) (14... Qe6 $2 15. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 16. Ng5 Bb3 17. Nxe6 Bxc2 18. Rd2 {and White wins material.}) 15. bxc3 Na6 $1 (15... O-O 16. Ng5 g6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 { with a long-lasting initiative.}) 16. Nh4 g6 (16... Qe6 $6 17. Nf5 O-O-O (17... O-O 18. c4 $16) 18. Nxg7 Qf6 19. Nf5 Nc7 20. a4 $16) 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 { White has got back the pawn and has a long-lasting initiative thanks to the activity of this pieces. Another factor is that Black's king is less protected compared to his counterpart. Still, Black's position is defendable.} O-O 19. Rad1 Nc7 {Transferring the knight to e6.} 20. Rd7 Ne6 21. Qe4 (21. Qa4 c4 22. Rxa7 Nc5 23. Rxa8 Nxa4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Ra8 $44) 21... Qe8 $2 {This move i s already a critical mistake. Instead of this, Black had two playable options.} (21... c4 22. Qf3 Qc5 23. Ng2 Rae8 (23... Qxa3 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Qxa8+ Nf8 26. Ne3 Qxc3 27. Qd5 {Black's queenside pawns would definitely decide the game in the event of an exchange of queens. Meanwhile, White is in possession of an initiative.}) 24. Ne3 (24. Rxa7 $4 Ng5 25. Qg4 (25. Qf6 Re6 $19) 25... h5 $19) 24... Ng5 25. Qd5 Qxd5 26. R1xd5 Ne4 27. Rd4 Nxc3 28. Rxc4 Rc8 { and Black should hold the endgame.} (28... Nxe2+ $4 29. Kf1 $18)) (21... Nd4 22. Qe7 Nc6 23. Qf6 Nd4 24. Re7 Qc6 (24... Nc6 25. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 26. Re4 Qf5 $8 27. Qxc6 $16) 25. Qg5 Ne6 26. Qe5 Rad8 {and Black is only slightly worse.}) 22. Nf3 c4 (22... Nd4 23. Ne5 Nc6 24. f4 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Qe6 26. R1d6 Qh3 27. Rc7 Rae8 28. Rxa7 {Black is pawn down in a worse position. Nevertheless, this was the least of the evils for him.}) 23. Qh4 $1 {This move is even stronger than the capture of Pc4. White's attack is very strong.} (23. Qxc4 Nc5 $16) 23... Nc5 (23... Rd8 24. Ne5 h5 25. Qf6 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 { with total domination. One of the threats is 27.Re7 followed by 28.Nxg6+-.}) 24. Re7 Rd8 (24... Qa4 25. Rd6 $1 Qc2 (25... Qxa3 26. Ng5 h5 27. Rxg6+ $1 fxg6 28. Qxc4+ Kh8 29. Rh7#) 26. Ng5 h5 27. Rf6 $18) 25. Rf1 $1 { A crushing defeat for Vishy Anand.} ({ Black resigned in view of the following variation:} 25. Rf1 Qc6 26. Ng5 h5 27. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Qxd8 $18) 1-0 [Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2008.09.04"] [Round "3"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D16"] [WhiteElo "2737"] [BlackElo "2798"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2008.09.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.10.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Ne5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 g6 14. a5 Bf6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qc1 Bd7 17. Qc3 Qb8 18. g3 Be7 19. Bf4 Bb4 20. Bxb8 Bxc3 21. Bxa7 Bxb2 22. Bc5 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Rfb8 24. h4 Bf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. a6 h5 27. a7 Rb7 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Kf3 f6 30. Ra6 Rc7 31. Kf4 Kg6 32. f3 Rcc8 33. g4 fxg4 34. fxg4 hxg4 35. Kxg4 Rh8 36. Rxc6 Rae8 37. Bd6 Re4+ 38. Bf4 Rxd4 39. Ra6 Ra8 40. h5+ Kh7 41. Kf5 Rb4 42. Bb8 Rbxb8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2008.09.03"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2798"] [BlackElo "2744"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,D"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2008.09.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.10.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O {Usually Black protects the pawn with 12...Rb8 or 12...a5. Although Radjabov's move has also been played on the GM level, judging from Anand's reply it must have came as a surprise to the Indian.} 13. Ncxb4 {This principled reply is not the strongest continuation, since Black will regain the pawn and the simplification of the position will lead to a quick draw.} ({Both} 13. g3) ({and} 13. Be2 {lead to us ual positions of the 11.c4-system. Black will have to protect Pb4 soon anyway.} ) 13... Nxb4 14. Nxb4 Qb6 15. Nd5 $146 {The best move under the circumstances.} (15. Qd2 Rb8 16. Nd5 Qxb2 17. Qxb2 Rxb2 $15 { 1/2-1/2 Torres Samper,R (2119)-Nunez,A (2205)/Benidorm 2003 (35)}) (15. Nd3 $6 {doesn't keep the extra pawn due to} Qd4 $17) 15... Qxb2 16. Bd3 ({After} 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Bd3 {Black has an important check} Qc3+ { with good play. For instance} 18. Ke2 Rb8 19. Rb1 Be6 $132) 16... Bd8 { As usual when Black manages to transfer the dark-squared bishop to the queenside he has no problems at all.} 17. O-O Be6 18. Qb3 (18. Bc2 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Bb6 20. Rab1 Qxc2 ({or} 20... Qd4 $11) 21. Rxb6 Rac8 $11) (18. Qa4 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Bb6 20. Rab1 (20. Qc6 $2 Bxf2+ $17 21. Rxf2 $2 Qxa1+ $19) 20... Qd4 21. Qxd4 Bxd4 $11) 18... Qxb3 19. axb3 Rb8 20. Rfb1 Bxd5 21. cxd5 a5 { Strictly speaking the game is over. The remaining moves can be explained by the fact that in Bilbao players were not allowed to offer a draw.} 22. Ra4 Bb6 23. b4 (23. Rc1 Bc5 {brings White nowhere either.}) 23... axb4 24. Raxb4 Ba7 25. Rxb8 (25. Rb7 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 Ra8 $11) 25... Rxb8 26. Rxb8+ Bxb8 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. g3 Ba7 30. h4 Bd4 31. Kf3 Ba7 32. Ke2 Bd4 33. Kf3 Ba7 34. Ke2 Bd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Grand Slam Final 1st"] [Site "Bilbao"] [Date "2008.09.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2798"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2008.09.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.10.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 {This must have come as a big surprise to Anand. Ivanchuk has employed the Marshall Attack extremely rarely. With the exception of a game played in 2004 (which he lost!) his previous experience with it dates back to 1994. At the same time, Ivanchuk is known for his ability to play almost any existing opening...} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 {Following the classic main line} ( {For} 17... Qh5 { see Ponomariov,R (2718)-Leko,P (2741)/Moscow 2008/CBM 126/[Marin] (1-0, 41)}) 18. Qf1 Qh5 19. f3 $5 {This unexpected move, which leaves the e3-bishop undefended, was brought into limelight by Kramnik in 2007, although it had been played before just once.} Rf6 (19... Nxe3 { Kramnik,V (2772)-Aronian,L (2759)/Yerevan 2007/CBM 118/[Marin,M] (1-0, 45)}) 20. Qe2 $6 $146 {My feeling is that Anand designed this not very meritorious novelty over-the-board, possibly influenced by the opening surprise he had been confronted with.} ({Previously,} 20. Bd1 {had been played.} Re8 21. Bf4 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Re6 23. Be5 Bh3 $5 $146 ({An improvement over} 23... Bxe5 $6 { , played in the game where 19.f3 had been tried for the first time.} 24. dxe5 Bf5 25. f4 { White has managed to consolidate his position and is a clear pawn up.} Qg6 26. Qf2 f6 27. c4 $1 bxc4 28. Nxc4 Bd3 29. Bb3 $16 { Segovia Becker,M-Henao,L/IECG email 1995/E-Mail 2000 (1-0, 37)}) 24. Qf2 ({ The over-ambitious} 24. f4 {leaves the e5-bishop in an uncomfortable situation. } Qg6 25. Qe4 Bf5 26. Qg2 Bf8 27. Bb3 f6 28. Bb8 Kh8 $44 {and Black is ready to develop his initiative, while the b8-bishop cannot return into play easily.} ) 24... Bxe5 25. f4 Bxd4 $1 { This intermediate capture wins the pawn back with approximate equality.} 26. Bxh5 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Nf6 28. Bf3 Kf8 29. Re1 Rd6 $11 { Jakovenko,D (2710)-Svidler,P (2732)/Moscow 2007/CBM 122 (1/2-1/2, 37)}) 20... Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Rxf3 {Anand may have thought that Black has problems of coordination, because of the pin along the d1-h5 diagonal and only now realized that Black's activity is quite threatening already.} 22. Bxd5 { Sadly, the only move that keeps White in the game.} ({ His first intention might have been} 22. Bf2 $2 { , which indeed looks promising, but there is a tactical problem with it:} Nf4 $3 23. gxf4 Bxf4 24. Bg3 Bxg3 $40 { and White is in trouble. There are several good answers against} 25. Bd1 { , the most forcing being} Bxh2+ $5 26. Qxh2 Qg5+ 27. Kh1 Rf4 28. Re5 Rf1+) (22. Bd1 $2 {is also bad because of} Bxg3 $1 $40) 22... Qxd5 $11 {(/=/+) Black is better developed and has a firm control over the light squares. In the Marshall Attack, these factors tend to compensate for White's extra pawn, but here material is equal!} 23. Bf2 Rf6 24. b3 ({ For long term purposes, it might have been useful to get rid of the a-pawn with } 24. a4 $5 {, opening the a-file at the same time.}) 24... Qf5 25. Rad1 { White has obtained a centralized position of his pieces, but the vulnerability of his king invites him to prudence.} h5 $36 26. Rd3 h4 27. Re3 (27. gxh4 Bxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 29. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 30. Kg3 Rxa2 $15) 27... Rg6 28. c4 hxg3 29. hxg3 bxc4 30. bxc4 c5 $5 {An interesting decision. From the strategic point of view, it looks not too desirable to leave White with a defended passed pawn in the centre. Ivanchuk must have thought that the stability of his bishop is a high priority (in view of the permanent threat of c4-c5 followed by Re7).} 31. Qf3 ( {Personally, I would see no reasons to refrain from} 31. d5 { , although Black would retain a pleasant position.}) 31... Qh3 (31... Qxf3 32. Rxf3 cxd4 {is more or less drawish, but only Black can be better, because of his better structure.}) 32. Qg2 Qd7 33. dxc5 $6 {This seems an invitation to trouble. White will soon lose his c4-pawn and will be left struggling.} (33. d5 $5) 33... Bxc5 34. Re4 Qc7 35. Kh2 Rh6+ 36. Kg1 Rf6 37. Be3 Rd8 38. Kh2 Bxe3 39. R4xe3 Rh6+ 40. Kg1 Qc5 { Ivanchuk tries to find the best way to win the pawn.} ({After} 40... Qxc4 41. Re8+ Rxe8 42. Rxe8+ Kh7 43. Qe4+ Qxe4 44. Rxe4 Rd6 45. Ra4 { the more active placement of his rook allows White to count on a draw.} Kg6 46. Ra5 Kf6 {The transfer of the king to the queenside is the only chance to keep the fight on, although it is rather time consuming.} ({ Black does not get anywhere with} 46... f5 47. Kg2 Kg5 48. Kf3) 47. Kf2 Ke6 48. Kf3 Kd7 49. Kf4 Kc7 50. g4 Kb6 51. Rh5 $15) 41. Qf2 Qh5 42. Qg2 Rd2 43. Re8+ Kh7 44. R8e2 Qc5+ 45. Qf2 Rxe2 46. Rxe2 (46. Qxc5 Rxe1+ $17) 46... Qxc4 47. Qf5+ g6 48. Qe4 Qc5+ 49. Kg2 Rh5 50. Rc2 Qb6 51. Rd2 {Having used the permanent blackmail of trading queens, White has obtained a centralized position, which makes the weakness of his kingside less relevant.} Rb5 52. a4 Rb4 53. Qe7 Qc6+ 54. Kh2 Rb7 55. Qh4+ Kg7 56. Qd4+ f6 (56... Qf6 57. Qxf6+ Kxf6 58. Rd6+ Kf5 59. Rxa6 $11) 57. a5 g5 58. Qd5 Qb5 (58... Qxd5 59. Rxd5 Rb2+ { The only way to activate the rook, but it is insufficient.} 60. Kh3 Ra2 61. Rc5 Kg6 62. g4 Ra3+ 63. Kg2 Kf7 64. Rc7+ $1 Ke8 (64... Ke6 65. Rc6+ Ke5 66. Rxa6 $11) (64... Kg6 $11) 65. Rc6 $5 (65. Rc5 Kd7 66. Rf5 Ke6 67. Rc5 $11) 65... Rxa5 66. Rxf6 Kd7 (66... Ra2+ 67. Kg3 a5 68. Rf5 $11) 67. Kg3 Kc7 68. Kf3 Kb7 69. Rf7+ $1 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap fin"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2008.08.03"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2798"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2008.08.03"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.09.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. c4 a6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. Kh1 Qh5 15. Qxh5 Nxh5 16. g3 Nhf6 17. Kg2 Rc7 18. f3 Rec8 19. Rf2 Kf8 20. Rfd2 h5 21. h4 Ne5 22. Nce2 Ng6 23. Nc2 Ne8 24. Ne3 b5 25. f4 Kg8 26. f5 Nf8 27. Nf4 g6 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. e5 dxe5 30. Bxe5 Rc6 31. Kf3 Bf6 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. Rd8 Rxd8 34. Rxd8 Kf7 35. Rb8 N8d7 36. Rb7 Rb6 37. Ra7 Rd6 38. c5 Rc6 39. b4 e5 40. Nfd5 Kf8 41. a3 Ke8 42. Nxf6+ Nxf6 43. Rg7 e4+ 44. Ke2 a5 45. Rxg6 Kf7 46. Rg5 axb4 47. axb4 Ra6 48. c6 Rxc6 49. Rxb5 Rc1 50. Rc5 Rb1 51. b5 Rb3 52. Nc4 Ke6 53. b6 Nd5 54. Rc6+ Ke7 55. Rc5 Ke6 56. Rc6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap fin"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2008.08.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B78"] [WhiteElo "2798"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2008.08.03"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.09.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Kb1 a6 13. h4 h5 14. g4 hxg4 15. h5 Nxh5 16. Rdg1 Qa5 17. Bh6 Rxc3 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rxh5 Rxb3 20. Qxa5 Rxb2+ 21. Ka1 gxh5 22. f4 Be6 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. fxe5 Rb5 25. Qc7 Rxe5 26. Qxe7+ Rf7 27. Qxd6 Rxe4 28. Rh1 Rf5 29. Qe7+ Kg6 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Rd1 Rd5 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Qxh5 b5 34. Qg5+ Kh7 35. Qxd5 Ra4 36. Qg5 Rc4 37. Kb2 Rb4+ 38. Kc1 Ra4 39. a3 Rc4 40. Kd2 Rd4+ 41. Ke1 Ra4 42. Kf1 Rc4 43. Kg1 Rc6 44. Qd5 Rg6 45. a4 bxa4 46. Qd7+ Kh6 47. Qxa4 Kg5 48. c4 Kf5 49. c5 Ke5 50. Qd7 1-0 [Event "Mainz Classic rap fin"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2008.08.03"] [Round "2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2798"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2008.08.03"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.09.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qc1 Rc8 13. Rd1 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Qd5 18. h3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 c5 20. Nf4 Qf5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Qd3 Qf6 23. Qd2 Rfd8 24. Qa5 e5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Nd3 Bb6 27. Qc3 Bd4 28. Qe1 e4 29. Nf4 Bxb2 30. Rd1 Be5 31. Nd5 Qe6 32. Qa5 Rd6 33. Ne3 Rxd1+ 34. Nxd1 h6 35. Kg2 Qc6 36. Ne3 g6 37. Qb4 Kg7 38. Kh2 Bc3 39. Qe7 Bd4 40. Qb4 Qc5 41. Qd2 Bxe3 42. fxe3 b4 43. Kg2 a5 44. Kf2 a4 45. Qb2+ Kg8 46. Qd2 b3 47. axb3 axb3 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Qd2 Qb6 50. Qb2+ Qf6+ 0-1 [Event "Mainz Classic rap fin"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2008.08.03"] [Round "4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2798"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2008.08.03"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.09.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2008.08.02"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2798"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2008.08.01"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.09.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15. Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Ng3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Ng4 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Nxf7+ Kg8 25. Ne4 Ne5 26. Nfd6 Red8 27. Qh5 Bxe4 28. Nxe4 h6 29. Qf5 Re8 30. Qxf4 Rac8 31. Qf5 Qd7 32. Qxd7 Nxd7 33. Rad1 Nb6 34. Bb3+ Kh8 35. Kf1 g5 36. f3 Rc6 37. Rd3 Bg7 38. Red1 Be5 39. Rd8 Rxd8 40. Rxd8+ Kg7 41. Rg8+ Kh7 42. Re8 Bxc3 43. Re7+ Bg7 44. Nc5 Nc8 45. Re8 Bc3 46. Bd5 Rc7 47. Be4+ 1-0 [Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2008.08.02"] [Round "4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2798"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2008.08.01"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.09.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. e4 Nc7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. e5 Ne6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Nc6 16. Qe4 Qb7 17. a3 Na5 18. Nh4 Nb3 19. Nf5 Rae8 20. Qa4 Nxa1 21. Rxd7 Qb8 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Rxe7 Qxe5 24. Bf1 Qd5 25. Qd7 Qb3 26. Qxa7 Qd1 27. Be3 Nc2 28. Rd7 Ned4 29. Bxd4 Nxd4 30. Qb7 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Ne1+ 32. Kg1 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2008.08.02"] [Round "5"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2711"] [BlackElo "2798"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2008.08.01"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.09.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Rhe1 b5 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. f5 Bc4 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. a3 Rb8 17. Qh4 a5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rfc8 20. Bd3 Nb6 21. Re3 Nbxd5 22. Rh3 a4 23. Be4 axb3 24. cxb3 Kg8 25. Rxd5 h6 26. Bxf6 Qc1+ 27. Ka2 Bxf6 28. Qf2 b4 29. a4 Qh1 30. Bc2 Qc1 31. Be4 Qh1 32. Bc2 Qc1 33. Be4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2008.08.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B78"] [WhiteElo "2798"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2008.08.01"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.09.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Kb1 a6 13. h4 h5 14. Bh6 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rhe1 Re8 18. Nde2 Qa5 19. Nf4 Rec8 20. Ncd5 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Re8 23. Nb6 Rc7 24. e5 Be6 25. exd6 Rc6 26. Na4 exd6 27. b3 Rec8 28. Nb2 Rc5 29. Ree2 Re5 30. Nd3 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2008.08.01"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B46"] [WhiteElo "2798"] [BlackElo "2711"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2008.08.01"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.09.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Ne4 f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Qe7 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Bf3 Kf7 15. O-O-O a5 16. Rhe1 a4 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. Bd6+ Kf7 19. Rd4 Ra5 20. Rb4 Ba8 21. Re5 Ra7 22. Rf4 Rc8 23. Ree4 a3 24. b3 c5 25. Rc4 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Rc6 27. Bxc5 Rac7 28. Bxa3 Rxc4 29. bxc4 Rxc4 30. Kb2 e5 31. Kb3 d5 32. Bb2 Ke6 33. Rc3 Rg4 34. g3 Ne4 35. Rc7 Nd2+ 36. Kc3 Ne4+ 37. Kd3 Nxf2+ 38. Ke2 Ne4 39. Rc6+ Kd7 40. Rb6 Nd6 41. Kf3 Re4 42. Bc1 Rc4 43. Rb2 Rc3+ 44. Ke2 Nc4 45. Bd2 Ra3 46. Rb7+ Ke6 47. Rxg7 Rxa2 48. Kd1 Ra1+ 49. Ke2 Ra2 50. Kd1 d4 51. Bc1 Ra1 52. Rxh7 e4 53. Rh4 Nb2+ 54. Kd2 Nc4+ 55. Kd1 Kd5 56. Rh5+ Kc6 57. Rh4 Nb2+ 58. Kd2 e3+ 59. Ke2 Rxc1 60. Rxd4 Rxc2+ 61. Kxe3 Rxh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2008.08.01"] [Round "3"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2798"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2008.08.01"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.09.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. O-O-O Be7 14. Qxb4 Nfxd5 15. Bxb6 Nxb6 16. f4 O-O 17. fxe5 a5 18. Qe1 a4 19. Nd4 Bh4 20. Qe2 Qg5+ 21. Kb1 Qxe5 22. Nf3 Qf6 23. a3 Rab8 24. c3 Nc4 25. Qxc4 Qxf3 26. Bd3 Rfc8 27. Qe4 Qxe4 28. Bxe4 Rxc3 29. Rd2 Rxa3 30. Bd5 Re3 31. Ka2 Bf6 32. Rc1 Reb3 33. Bxb3 axb3+ 34. Ka3 Bg5 35. Rcd1 Bxd2 36. Rxd2 Rb6 37. Rd3 Kf8 38. Ka4 Ke7 39. Rxb3 Rxb3 40. Kxb3 h5 41. gxh5 f5 42. Kc4 f4 43. Kd4 d5 44. Kd3 Kd6 45. Kd4 Kc6 46. Kd3 Kc5 47. Kc3 d4+ 48. Kd3 f3 0-1 [Event "Leon 21st"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2008.06.01"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2740"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2008.05.30"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.07.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rae1 Rad8 15. Bd3 {variando ligeramente el orden empleado en la primera} Rfe8 16. Kh1 Rd7 {finalmente por transposición se ha llegado a la misma posición que el la primera partida} 17. Nd1 {Anand intenta un nuevo plan en lugar de 17.f5 que resultó inofensiva para las negras.} g6 ({también se puede jugar inmediatamente } 17... d5 {después de por ejemplo:} 18. Be5 (18. e5 Ne4 19. Qe3 Rc8 { y las negras tienen todo bajo control.}) 18... Qd8 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Ne3 Bc6 { y la posición mantiene un tenso equilibrio.}) 18. Bc3 ({se había jugado} 18. f5 e5 19. Bc3 Kh8 20. Ne3 Bxe4 21. fxg6 Bxg6 22. Nf5 Nd5 {y las negras acabaron ganando tras oscuras complicaciones en la partida Socko,B -Ftacnik,L Graz 2008} ) 18... Nh5 19. Qh3 Bf6 20. e5 $5 {empieza el baile} dxe5 21. fxe5 Bg5 22. Qg4 Qd8 23. Nf2 Bh4 24. Re2 Qg5 $6 { una decisión precipitada : el final resultante es favorable a las blancas.} 25. Qxg5 Bxg5 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 {Las blancas están mejor gracias a la pareja de alfiles y sobre todo a la posible ruptura a4 que dejará muy débil el flanco de dama de las negras.} Rc8 28. g4 $1 {dejando el caballo sin juego} Ng7 29. a4 $1 {golpeando los puntos débiles de las negras.} Rd5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Ra1 Be7 32. Ra7 b4 $1 {la mejor defensa: antes de que las blancas jueguen Tb7} 33. Bxb4 Bxb4 34. Rxb4 Rxe5 35. Rbb7 Rf8 36. b4 Ne8 37. Rb8 $6 (37. Ra5 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Nf6 39. Kf3 {y las blancas están mejor}) 37... Nf6 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. b5 Nxg4 40. b6 Nf2+ 41. Kg1 Nxd3 42. b7 Re1+ $1 { es importante que rey esté en g2 para dar un doble en e1} 43. Kg2 Rb1 44. cxd3 (44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. b8=Q Rxb8 46. Rxb8 Ne1+ 47. Kf2 Nxc2 { y las negras están mejor}) 44... Kg7 45. Kf3 Rb4 46. d4 $1 { Las blancas llevan rápidamente el rey en ayuda del peón de b7} g5 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. Kd3 h5 49. Kc3 Rb1 50. Kc4 g4 51. Kc5 h4 52. Kc6 Rc1+ 53. Kd6 Rb1 54. Kc6 Rc1+ 55. Kd6 Rb1 56. Kc6 {Las blancas no pueden jugar a ganar} ({ veamos una línea ilustrativa} 56. Kc7 Rc1+ 57. Kb8 g3 58. hxg3 hxg3 59. Ra2 Kg5 60. Rb2 f5 61. Ka7 Rc7 62. Ka6 Rxb7 63. Rxb7 f4 64. Rg7+ Kh4 65. Rf7 Kg4 { y los peones negros decidirían la lucha.}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 21st"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2008.06.01"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2740"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2008.05.30"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.07.03"] {La final de la XXI edición del Torneo Magistral Ciudad de León, enfrenta al campeón del mundo, número 1 del ranking mundial y siete veces ganador en León Viswanathan Anand contra el jugador más en forma del momento: el genial GM ucraniano, reciente vencedor en Sofia y número 2 mundial en la próxima lista de la FIDE, Vassily Ivanvchuk. Anand e Ivanchuk son viejos conocidos que llevan casi dos décadas enfrentándose en los torneos más importantes del mundo. Las bases de datos recogen 114 enfrentamientos de los cuales 63 han sido a ritmo clásico y 51 a ritmos rápidos: Anand domina en ambas modalidades por +15-6=42 y +12-8=31 respectivamente. Sin duda la Final 2008 en León ofrece uno de los encuentros más emocionantes que puede disfrutar el buen aficionado.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 {Ivanchuk es famoso por su enciclopédico conocimiento de la teoría de aperturas: para la ronda de hoy elige el sistema Scheveningen} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 ({ fue tema principal en el ya lejano match Kasparov-Anand jugado en las Torres Genelas de Nueva York en 1995.} 10. a4) 10... O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Rad8 15. Rae1 Rd7 16. Bd3 Re8 17. f5 $5 { Anand introduce una novedad} ({En partida reciente entre dos jovenes talentos emergentes se produjo una lucha espectacular.} 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qd8 19. Ne4 Nh5 20. Qe3 Nf6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nc5 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Bd4 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Qh3 Bxc5 26. Re5 Bd4 27. Re4 Bf6 28. Qh5 g6 29. Bxg6+ Kg7 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Bh5 Rd2+ 32. Kh1 Bg7 33. Bxf7 Kxf7 34. f5 Rxh2+ 35. Qxh2 Rh8 36. fxe6+ Ke7 37. Rf7+ Ke8 38. Qxh8+ Bxh8 39. Kg2 Qd5 40. Rff4 Bxb2 41. c4 bxc4 { 0-1 Ni Hua -Jakovenko,D Nizhniy Novgorod 2007}) 17... e5 18. Be3 Kh8 19. Bg5 Nh5 20. Qh4 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 ({No conduce a nada} 21. Qxh5 Bd2 22. Rd1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 d5 $1 {y las negras están bien.}) 21... Nf6 { El juego ha sido hasta aquí rapidísimo: Anand 17mn.Ivanchuk 19mn.} 22. Rf3 Qc5 23. Rg3 Rg8 {El enroque del negro es seguro. Ivanchuk domina las sutilezas dee la posición extraordinarimante e inicia ahora el contrajuego en el flanco de dama.} 24. Rh3 b4 25. axb4 Qxb4 26. Rb1 Rc7 { las negras parecen haber creado amenazas muy peligrosas pero...} 27. Rh6 $1 { Anand encuentra un bonito recurso que mantiene el equilibrio.} d5 $1 { Ivanchuk juega a ganar:} ({sólo da tablas} 27... Rxc3 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Qxf6+ Rg7 30. Qd8+ Rg8 31. Qf6+ {y las blancas dan jaque perpetuo.}) 28. exd5 ({ contra} 28. Rxf6 {las negras evitan las tablas con} Qe7) 28... Qb6 29. Na4 Qd6 30. Rh4 Bxd5 31. Nc3 Rb8 {renovando la amenaza de capturar en c3. Ambos jugadores tienen 7 minutoa en el reloj para el resto de la partida.} 32. Qc1 { Anand pasa a la defensiva, las piezas de Ivanchuk estánperfectamentecoordinada s.} e4 $1 {la jugada más agresiva} ({ la alternativa es retirar el alfil con por ejemplo} 32... Ba8) 33. Bxe4 (33. Nxd5 Qxd5 34. Qf4 Rcc8 35. Bxe4 {es quizás una defensa más tenaz} Nxe4 36. Qxe4 Qxe4 37. Rxe4 Rxc2 {las blancas sostienen el final.}) 33... Nxe4 34. Nxe4 Qc6 35. Qe3 {la posición es incierta: Anand tiene por fin ventaja de tiempo: Ivanchuk dispone de tan solo 2 mn. para el resto de la partida} Qxc2 36. Rg1 $6 ({es mejor} 36. Re1 {aunque tras} f6 {las negras estarian mejor.}) 36... f6 $1 {las negras están mejor tras esta jugada que se adelanta las amenazas blancas.} 37. Qd4 Rd7 { la mejor jugada, según Rybka la posición es ya muy favorable al negro.} 38. Nxf6 $2 gxf6 39. Qxf6+ Rg7 40. Rg4 Qxb2 $1 {el detalle que se le ha escapado a Anand. Las blancas abandonan. Una lección magistral de Ivanchuk.} 0-1 [Event "Leon 21st"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2008.06.01"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2008.05.30"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.07.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 { Anand suele utilizar la Najdorf cuando necesita ganar con negras.} 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 {Ivanchuk elige una continuación sólida que ya ha empleado en ocasiones anteriores} Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 ({Topalov jugó contra Ivanchuk} 9... Be6 {y aqui el GM ucraniano introdujo una original maniobra} 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Na4 Ng4 12. Qd3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 b5 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Nd5 Rb7 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Rad1 Rd7 18. Qc3 Nb8 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Rd3 {con ventaja blanca, que Ivanchuk convirtió en un punto en la partida Ivanchuk,V -Topalov,V Morelia/Linares 2007}) 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Ng5 Bc4 13. f4 $5 {Ivanchuk juega en gran estilo asumiendo muchos riesgos a pesar de que el marcador le favorece: Todo un regalo para el público.} ({la jugada normal es evidentemente} 13. Rfd1) 13... Nbd7 ({no} 13... Bxf1 $2 14. Bxf7+ Kh8 15. Rxf1 {con gran ventaja blanca}) (13... h6 14. Nf3 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 {las blancas tienen compensación a largo por la calidad}) 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Rf5 Bb4 {Anand se ha defendido con gran ingenio su posición está fuera de peligro y ofrece buenas posibilidades de hacerse con la iniciativa.} 16. Rd1 Rd8 $1 {Las negras están ya mejor debido a la dificultad de las blancas para coordinar la acción de sus piezas. Los relojes indican que ambos jugadores disponen de 13 mn. para el resto de la partida.} ({ las negras no ganan material tras} 16... Bxb3 17. axb3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 { por que las blancas tienen} 19. Nxf7 $1) 17. Qe1 h6 18. Nf3 Be6 $1 ({contra} 18... Nxe4 $6 {las blancas tienen el recurso} 19. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 20. Qxb4 { con posición complicada.}) 19. Qg3 Bxf5 { por fin Anand gana la calidad su posición es ahora muy favorable.} 20. exf5 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Re1 Nxb3 23. axb3 b5 24. h3 Rac8 25. Nxe5 Re8 26. b4 Qd6 { Ivanchuk abandona: el match está al rojo vivo.} 0-1 [Event "Leon 21st"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2008.06.01"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E55"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2008.05.30"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.07.03"] 1. d4 {Ivanchuk domina por igual todas las aperturas.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 {Un sistema que se ve menos entre la elite que 4.Dc2 que se ha convertido en el arma principal contra la defensa Nimzoindia.} O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 b6 11. d5 (11. Bg5 Bb7 { nos llevaría a una posición clásica muy del gusto por el ex-campeón mundial Anatoly Karpov.}) 11... Nc5 $2 {Un error . Ivanchuk trae preparada una fuerte novedad contra lo hasta ahora aceptado como correcto por la teoría} ({ el camino más seguro nos lo muestra Anatoly Karpov en la siguiente partida} 11... Bxc3 12. dxe6 Bb4 13. exd7 Qxd7 14. a3 Bd6 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. h3 Bb7 17. Be3 Rae8 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Bb5 Re7 20. Bc6 $1 {y aquí las negras debieron jugar} Bf4 $1 21. Bxf4 Rxe2 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. Nd4 Re5 $1 $11 {con igualdad según los analisis de la partida Portisch,L-Karpov,A San Antonio 1972.}) 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Nb5 $1 exd5 $2 {esta es la jugada perdedora} (13... Na6 14. d6 { es muy favorable al blanco pero mejor que la continuación de la partida}) 14. Nc7 Qe4 15. Rd4 $1 {una fuerte novedad que recomienda el ordenador y que refuta la defensa negra. Ivanchuk ha encontrado un hueco increible en la preparación del campeón del mundo.} ({Hasta aquí se había jugado las blancas jugaron en una antigua partida del GM inglés Stuart Conquest} 15. Nxd5 {y tras} Qxe2 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Bxe2 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 { la partida acabó en tablas tras 42 jugadas Conquest,S -Zaichik,G Tbilisi 1988}) 15... Qg6 (15... Qxe2 16. Bxe2 {y las negras pierden material}) 16. Nh4 { Anand abandona. Ivanchuk Campeón del XXI torneo Magistral Ciudad de León.} 1-0 [Event "Leon 21st"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2008.05.30"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2684"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2008.05.30"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.07.03"] 1. Nf3 {Rara vez abandona Anand su favorita 1.e4...} d5 2. c4 d4 {Paco elige ntinuación más agresiva. La posición se transforma en una especie de benoni con los colores cambiados.} 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Nd7 { Las negras inician de inmediato la maniobra estándar en este tipo de posición, el caballo se dirige a la casilla c5.} 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4 exd4 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. Nb3 Ne6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bf6 14. Re1 a5 { Iniciando de nuevo la lucha por la casilla c5} 15. Bd2 c6 ({es muy interesante } 15... a4 16. Na5 c6 17. b4 axb3 18. axb3 Nc5 { y las negras no parecen tenr problemas.}) 16. a4 Ra7 ({ anticiparse a la continuación de la partida con} 16... c5 { es la alternativa que recomienda Alexey Shirov} 17. Bd5 Qb6 { no parece molestar a las negras}) 17. c5 Bd7 18. Qc2 {!!Y Anand ofrece tablas!! Todo se decidirá en el desempate a rápidas. El desempate se jugará a dos partidas de 5minutos más 3 segundos de incremento por jugada. En caso de nuevo empate el match se decidirá tras una muerte súbita.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 21st"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2008.05.30"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2684"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2008.05.30"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.07.03"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Ne5 e6 6. Nd2 Nc6 7. c3 Bd6 8. f4 g6 9. Qf3 Nh5 10. g4 Ng7 11. Qh3 h5 12. Bd3 Kf8 13. Ndf3 Kg8 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. O-O-O Be8 16. Rdg1 Ne7 17. Ng5 Qc7 18. Kb1 Rb8 19. gxh5 Rxh5 20. Qg4 Nef5 21. Qd1 b5 22. Be2 Rh4 23. Ngf3 Rh3 24. Bf1 Rh8 25. h4 b4 26. c4 dxc4 27. Bxc4 f6 28. Qb3 fxe5 29. fxe5 Be7 30. Bxe6+ Kf8 31. Bxf5 Nxf5 32. h5 Qd7 33. d5 Qa4 34. Qxa4 Bxa4 35. h6 b3 36. Rxg6 bxa2+ 37. Ka1 Bb3 38. Rh5 Ke8 39. Rxf5 Bxd5 40. e6 Be4 41. h7 Ba3 42. Rg8+ Ke7 43. Rf7+ Kxe6 44. Ng5+ Kd5 45. Rxb8 Rxb8 46. bxa3 1-0 [Event "Leon 21st"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2008.05.30"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2684"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2008.05.30"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.07.03"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bf4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nd7 16. g4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Qa5 18. g5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. h6 g6 22. Qe5 f6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. c4 Qxa2 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Qe7 Rac8+ 27. Bc3 Rxc3+ 28. bxc3 Qa1+ 29. Kc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 21st"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2008.05.30"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2008.05.30"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.07.03"] 1. e4 c6 {Anand tiene un repertorio muy amplio, para esta partida elige la defensa Caro-Khan planteo sólido apropiado cuanto el marcador es favorable.} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {la continuación que plantea una lucha más compleja.} Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 ({la continuación clásica es} 6... c5 {pero con} 7. c4 { las blancas luchan inmediatamente por la iniciativa} Nbc6 8. Na3 dxc4 9. Nxc4 Nd5 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Ne3 Be4 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxe5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Bg3 Nf4 18. Bf3 Rd8 19. Nd2 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 {as blancas lograron la victoria en la partida también jugada a ritmo rápido Volokitin,A (2645) -Karpov,A (2668) Cap d'Agde 2006}) 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Nc8 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 O-O 11. Be3 a6 12. Ne1 f6 {las negras atacan por fin el centro blanco} 13. f4 fxe5 14. fxe5 Bg5 15. Qd2 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 {Los tiempos están más o menos igualados: aproximadamente 18 minutos para cada uno} Ne7 17. Nd3 {Las blancas parecen disfrutar de algo de ventaja gracias a su mayor dominio del espacio.} b6 18. g4 {Paco elige la continuación más agresiva: desvía el afil de la defensa de e6} Bxd3 (18... Bg6 19. Nf4 Bf7 20. Bd3 {parece bastante prometedor para el blanco} ) 19. Bxd3 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 c5 $5 ({ la captura en a5 no convence a Anand: efectivamente tras} 20... bxa5 21. g5 $1 hxg5 22. Qxg5 Qe8 23. Nxa5 {y las blancas disfrutan de una clara ventaja}) 21. dxc5 bxa5 ({El dominio del blanco sería total después de} 21... bxc5 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Qxc5 Qd7) 22. g5 $1 { Rybka opina que las blancas tienen clara ventaja tras esta ruptura} Nc6 (22... hxg5 {podría encontrase con} 23. Qh3 $1 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Qxf5 Qe7 26. e6 Nf6 27. c6 Re8 28. Nd4 {y la ventaja del blanco parece aplastante}) 23. gxh6 Qh4 ({a} 23... Ndxe5 24. Nd4 $1 {sería muy fuerte}) 24. hxg7 Ndxe5 $2 ({ las negras todavía podían luchar con} 24... Kxg7 25. Kh1 Rf8 26. Rg1+ Kf7 { y aunque la posición blanca es preferible no se vislumbra un victoriainmediata. }) 25. Nxa5 $1 {Paco encuentra la continuación que lleva de manera forzada a la victoria según Rybka. Paco tiene esta vez tiempo suficiente en el reloj: 8 mn. por 10 de Anand.} Qd4 26. Qxd4 Nxd4 27. Rf8+ $1 {la continuación más fuerte, el final es desesperado para las negras. Anand abandona. Muy buena partida de Vallejo que derrota por primera vez en su vida a Anand y mantiene todas sus opciones ante la cuarta y decisiva partida. Paco está mostrando una preparación tanto técnica como anímica de primer nivel.} (27. Rf8+ Rxf8 28. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 29. Bxa6 Nxc2 30. c6 { y el peón pasado blanco le cuesta una pieza a las negras.}) 1-0 [Event "Leon 21st"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2008.05.30"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B77"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2008.05.30"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.07.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. O-O Qc7 16. Nc3 Rfc8 17. Ra4 Qb7 18. Rfa1 e5 19. Be3 Qxb2 20. R4a3 a5 21. R1a2 Qb4 22. Kf2 Qc4 23. Qd3 Kf7 24. Ke2 Qc6 25. Bd2 Qc5 26. Be3 Qc6 27. Bd2 Nd7 28. Qd5+ Qxd5 29. Nxd5 a4 30. c3 e6 31. Nb4 Nb6 32. Be3 Nc4 33. Rxa4 Rxa4 34. Rxa4 Nxe3 35. Ra7+ Kf6 36. Kxe3 Rxc3+ 37. Kf2 h5 38. h4 Bh6 39. Rd7 Be3+ 40. Ke2 Bc5 41. Nd3 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 Bd4 43. g4 hxg4 44. fxg4 g5 45. h5 Rd2 46. Nc1 Rf2+ 47. Ke1 Rf4 48. Rxd6 Rxg4 49. Ne2 Rxe4 50. Kd2 Rh4 51. Ng3 Bf2 52. Nf1 Rxh5 53. Ke2 Bd4 54. Ng3 Rh4 55. Rd8 Rh2+ 56. Kf3 Rf2+ 57. Ke4 Rf4+ 58. Kd3 Rf3+ 0-1 [Event "Leon 21st"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2008.05.30"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "CB"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2008.05.30"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.07.03"] {La primera semifinal de esta XXI edición del Torneo Magistral Ciudad de León enfrenta al GM espańol Paco Vallejo nada menos que con el actual campeón del mundo y viejo conocido de la afición leonesa, Viswanathan Anand. Anand y Vallejo se han enfrentado antes en quince ocasiones, seis de ellas han sido jugadas a ritmo clasico y Vallejo ha logrado empatar en todas e incluso estuvo punto de ganar una de ellas. Sin embargo, a ritmo rápido el resultado a favor de Anand es abrumador: el campeón mundial se ha anotado el punto en 7 de las nueve partidas acabando las otras dos en tablas. El último duelo entre ambos tuvo lugar en Mónaco 2007 donde el doble enfrentamiento se resolvió con dos vistorias para Anand. Al ritmo que se juega en León, 20 minutos con un incremento de 10 segundos tras cada jugada, El GM indio es desde luego el gran favorito ...... Veremos.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 {Una sorpre sa para Vallejo que ha empleado con negras últimamente esta defensa, por ejemplo en la final del torneo de Dos hermanas contra Vesselin Topalov} 5. Nxe5 ({Topalov jugó contra Paco dos veces en la citada final} 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Qd3 g5 ({En otra de las partidas Paco prefirió} 9... Bd7 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 {Y después de grandes complicaciones Topalov acabó ganando lo que a la postre le dió la victoria final en el torneo.}) 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 { y la partida acabó en tablas después de muchas jugadas.}) 5... Nxe5 6. d4 c6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Bd3 d5 9. exd6 Nf6 10. Qe2+ Be6 11. Bf5 { Esta jugada es una novedad teórica de Vallejo} ({ En una antigua partida de Boris Spassky las blancas continuaron} 11. Bg5 Qxd6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd2 Qe5 14. Ne4 Bb6 15. Kh1 O-O-O 16. a4 Kb8 { y las negras están muy bien en Krogius,N-Spassky,B Tbilisi 1959}) 11... Qxd6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Qxe6+ fxe6 14. Nc3 Kf7 {Las negras no parecen tener ningún problema en este final. Como nos tiene acostumbrados Anand ha obtenido una clara ventaja de tiempo: los relojes marcan 18 mn. para él y 12 mn. para Paco.} 15. Bf4 Rad8 16. Rad1 Bd4 17. Rd3 ({Una alternativa interesante es} 17. Ne2) 17... e5 18. Bg5 e4 {Anand sigue jugando muy rápido y además su posición es totalmente satisfactoria: con su última jugada permite el cambio de torre y peón por dos piezas. en general las posiciones resultantes son valoradas como de igualdad por Rybka.} 19. Nxe4 $5 Nxe4 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Rfd1 ({En caso de} 21. c3 Bb6 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Rd1 Be7 $1 { Las blancas no pueden ocupar la séptima fila con} 24. Rd7 $2 Nd6 $1 { y las negras ganan.}) 21... c5 22. Kf1 Re8 23. c3 Bf6 { Anand juega con ambición.} ({Conducía a la igualdad total.} 23... Bxf2 24. Rf3+ Ke6 25. Rxf2 Nxf2 26. Kxf2) 24. Rd7+ ({era muy interesante la sutil} 24. Rd5 $1 {y contra} b6 25. Rd7+ Re7 26. Rxe7+ Bxe7 27. Rd7 { las blancas estarían un poco mejor}) 24... Re7 25. Rxe7+ Bxe7 26. Rd7 Nd6 $1 { esta jugada no sería posible de haber forzado b6 con 24.Td5} 27. Rc7 c4 28. Ke2 Ke8 29. f4 Kd8 30. Rc5 g6 31. g4 Kd7 32. Kf3 h6 { Anand mantiene una importante ventaja de tiempo 12 mn. contra 4 mn.} 33. h3 b6 34. Rd5 Ke6 35. Re5+ Kd7 36. Rd5 g5 $5 {Anand no repite jugadas, la ventaja de tiempo en una posición de desequilibrio material justifica este intento de ganar una partida que seguramente debe estar igualada} 37. f5 Bf6 38. Rd2 b5 { Las negras siguen arriesgando, ahora las blancas logran activar la torre y la posición se agudiza.} 39. Re2 a5 40. Re6 Bg7 41. Rg6 Be5 $1 {entragando el peón de h6 para concentar toda la fuerza de sus piezas contra los peones del flanco de dama blanco} 42. Re6 (42. Rxh6 b4 43. h4 gxh4 44. Rxh4 bxc3 45. bxc3 {Era una posibilidad, en la posición resultante es dificil valorar que peones pasados valen más.}) 42... Bg7 43. Rg6 Be5 44. Re6 Bf4 $1 { de nuevo Anand esquiva la repetición de jugadas.} 45. Rxh6 Bc1 46. b3 cxb3 47. axb3 a4 { la carrera de peones está servida, el peón a tiene evidente peligro, pero....} 48. bxa4 bxa4 49. Rh7+ Kc6 50. f6 { las blancas también tienen un peligroso elemento en f6} a3 { Vallejo tiene menos de un minuto en el reloj} 51. f7 a2 52. f8=Q a1=Q { La posición ha dado un vuelco,: el ataque al rey pasa a ser el factor que puede decidir la partida.} 53. Qg7 Bf4 {planteando peligrosas amenazas} 54. Qc7+ Kd5 55. c4+ $1 Kd4 56. Qa7+ {y las blancas eluden todo peligro tras el cambio de damas. Ambos Grandes Maestros acordaron tablas. Anand ha luchado por la victoria exprimiendo todas la posibilidaes que ofrecia la posición y sin eludir en ningún momento el riesgo -así son los campeones de mundo.- pero Paco ha estado a la altura de las circunstancias y casi sin tiempo a desplegado un juego brillante.} ({lapartida pudo haber continuado así} 56. Qa7+ Qxa7 57. Rxa7 Nxc4 58. Ra4 Bd6 59. h4 gxh4 60. Rxc4+ {y tablas}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.27"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2681"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Bc6 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Bd4 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Nc5 20. Ng5 Bxg5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.27"] [Round "11"] [White "Van Wely, Loek"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2681"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rxe4 Bb7 15. Re1 Bf6 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.26"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2737"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Nb6 11. c5 Nbd7 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bc7 14. Bf1 e5 15. b5 Re8 16. Na2 Ne4 17. Bd3 Nexc5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. dxc5 Kg8 20. e4 Nxc5 21. exd5 e4 22. Qg4 cxd5 23. Be3 Nd3 24. Nb4 Qd6 25. Qg3 Qd7 26. f4 d4 27. Nxd3 dxe3 28. Ne5 Qxb5 29. Ng4 Qg5 0-1 [Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.26"] [Round "10"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2737"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 a6 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Qe7 15. e4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Ne2 Qe6 19. f4 Ra2 20. Qd1 Ba1 21. e5 c5 22. exf6 Bd4+ 23. Rf2 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qd5 25. Bb2 Qxg2+ 26. Ke1 c4 27. Bc2 Bf3 28. fxg7 Re8 29. Be5 f6 30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. g8=Q+ Kxg8 0-1 [Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.25"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Qd2 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6 Nbd7 9. Be2 Qa5 10. O-O Qb4 11. Qe3 O-O 12. Rab1 e5 13. Rfd1 Rfe8 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qb6 16. Qd2 Rad8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.25"] [Round "9"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nd5 Bc5 7. d3 Nxd5 8. cxd5 Nd4 9. Nd2 d6 10. e3 Nf5 11. Nc4 a5 12. Bd2 a4 13. b4 axb3 14. axb3 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 b5 16. Na5 Ne7 17. O-O Bg4 18. Nb7 Qd7 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Qxe5 Qd6 21. d4 Be2 22. Qxd6 cxd6 23. Re1 Bd3 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. Rc1 c4 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Bb4 Re8 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Bf1 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Re4 31. Ke2 f5 32. f3 Re5 33. d6 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.23"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Be3 Bxd3 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Qf3 Bc4 20. Nd2 Be6 21. Bd4 Bb8 22. Qg2 Qh5 23. f3 Qg6 24. a3 h5 25. Re2 Rd5 26. Rae1 Rfd8 27. Ne4 Bd6 28. Qf2 Rf5 29. Nxd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.23"] [Round "8"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "Aronian,L"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] {My decision to annotate this game was driven more by a general interest in blindfold chess than the game itself. Although interesting, it contains far too many mistakes.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 {In recent times, this attempt to avoid the beaten track has been a rare guest in elite events.} h6 { After 4...c6 White can try to steer the game into rare lines of the QGD with 5. e3 or 5.Nbd2. The text move practically forces White to exchange on f6, since as far as I can see, the gambit 5.Bh4 Bb4 (followed by dxc4) does not give him any advantage.} 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 {Now the natural Slav move 6...c6 is not so good, because of 7.a3 with the idea of advancing e4 in one move. By comparison with the normal Moscow Variation, here White does not have to worry about the pawn on c4, but on the other hand, he has to reckon with the tempo-gaining advance g5, since the natural square of the Nf3 on d2, is occupied.} Nd7 7. Rc1 {Against Grischuk in Mexico City I played 7.g3, which is in principle more logical. This time I decided to try out another plan.} c6 8. a3 {Trying to advance e4. Of course, it was also possible to play the simple e3, but that is not why White put his knight on d2.} g5 {Of course! Now White has to choose between several interesting and cimplicated possibilities, something which is far from easy without sight of the position.} 9. h3 { As I came to understand only after the game, the threat of g4 is not so terrible, since then Ng1 and h3 gives White good play on the kingside. This being the case, it would be interesting to continue with the straightforward 9. e4.} ({The other way} 9. e3 {I liked less, since after the simple} Bg7 { it is not clear why White put the pawn on a3.}) ({A possible continuation after } 9. e4 {would be} g4 10. e5 Qd8 ({the alternative is} 10... Qf5 {, which after } 11. Ng1 ({Note that} 11. Nh4 {is bad because of} Qf4 12. Nb3 Be7) 11... c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. dxe6 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 fxe6 {leads to an obscure position.}) 11. Ng1 Qb6 12. Nb3 a5 ({Bad is} 12... c5 {because of} 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. f4 { with the initiative, in view of Black's backward development.}) 13. c5 Qd8 14. Nd2 Rg8 {The resulting position is in the spirit of Morozevich's French Defences, and is very hard to assess. Black's plan is to play a4 and b6, breaking up the white centre, whilst White will develop his remaining pieces quickly and start an attack, utilising the temporary lack of communication between the black pieces.}) 9... h5 {Logical. After 9...Bg7 10.e4 0-0 1.Bd3 Black has gained no benefit from his kingside expansion and the position must be assessed as better for White. With the text move, Black continues his plan to fighting for the centre by means of a flank diversion.} 10. cxd5 ({ The position after} 10. e4 g4 11. e5 Qg7 { followed by c5 at the right moment, is not too great for White.}) 10... exd5 { There are plenty of reasons not to take with the c-pawn, one being 11.Qa4, with ideas of e4 or Ne5.} 11. e4 g4 12. e5 {It is always possible to open the h-file, but the presence of the pawn on h3 changes a lot.} Qg7 13. Nh4 Qg5 { An interesting decision. I expected 13...Nb6.} 14. g3 f6 {This daring break is the whole point of Qg5! It is noteworthy that after the game, I rather emotionally described it as terrible, whereas Vishy thought it correct. As usual, the truth probably lies somewhere in between. Of course, f6 is objectively the strongest move, but in a practical game, especially a blindfold game, it is harder for Black to play the resulting irrational position. For his sacrificed pawn White gets maybe not full, but long-lasting compensation, and many ways to muddy the waters. After 14...Nb6 and a further Bd7 and long castling, Black would be doing well from a positional point of view.} 15. e6 {The quiet 15.exf6 somehow doesn't look right, even though it is arguably just as good.} Nb6 16. Rc3 ({The move} 16. Bd3 {does not bring anything out of the ordinary. Black can simply take on e6 and after 17.Ng6 move the rook to g8. The text move looks right.} Bxe6 17. Ng6 Rg8) 16... Bxe6 17. Re3 Kd7 ({Stronger than the unusual-looking} 17... Qg8 {After for example} 18. Ng6 Bh6 ({is dangerous because of the unexpected} 18... Qxg6 19. Bd3 f5 20. hxg4 {with strong threats.}) 19. Nxh8 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxh8 21. hxg4 Qg7 22. g5 { White can count on equality.}) 18. Bd3 Re8 (18... Nc4 {is dangerous because of} 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Ne4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1) ({but another possible choice was} 18... Bd6 {Anand said that he was afraid of} 19. Rxe6 Kxe6 20. Nf5 { which I also thought dangerous during the game, but after the simple} Kd7 { it is not obvious how White can continue his attack. Probably the strongest for White is 19.Kf1 with the idea of taking on e6 in more favourablecircumstanc es. The position would be unclear.}) 19. Ng6 Rg8 {An unfortunate choice.} ({ Black had the option of the tempo-winning} 19... Nc4 {After} 20. h4 {both} Qh6 ({and} 20... Nxe3 21. Qb3 Qh6 22. Qxb7+ Kd6 23. Nxh8) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. d5 { lead to intractable complications. For lovers of such assessments, I can add that the computers thinks Black's position the more pleasant in almost all lines.}) 20. Nf4 {Now the white pieces achive some harmony.} Bh6 { A mistake which I failed to exploit, thanks to my love of "long" moves.} ({ He should go over to defence with the accurate} 20... Bf7 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Be2 Qd7 24. Bxh5 Bd6) 21. Bh7 {Pure flashiness. 21.Nb3 was much stronger, after which Black would be in trouble.} Rgf8 ({Bad is} 21... Rg7 { because of} 22. h4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Rxh7 24. Nb3 { The presence of the valuable move Nb3 changes the assessment of the position.}) 22. Nb3 {Around here I realised that with the move 21.Bh7 is had just created disharmony amongst my own pieces and that on my planned} (22. Bg6 { Black has the simple} Bf7 {and after} 23. h4 Qxg6 24. Nxg6 Bxg6 {White has trou ble maintaining the balance. Deciding not to panic, I went for this practically only move.}) 22... Bf7 {Evidently, my strange play confused not only me, and over the next few moves, my opponent is also put off by 21.Bh7.} ( {After} 22... Kd6 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6+ Kxe6 {the results of the white pieces' trip to the corner of the board would be nothing for Black to fear.}) 23. Nc5+ Kc8 ({More accurate is the aggressive} 23... Kd6 {After} 24. Nxb7+ Kc7 25. Nc5 Qg7 {White would probably have to force perpatual check by means of} 26. Qd3 ({since} 26. Bf5 {is not good in view of} Bxf4 27. gxf4 Rxe3+ 28. fxe3 gxh3 29. Qe2 Nc4 { when Black has the advantage on account of the bad position of the white king.} ) 26... Bxf4 27. gxf4 gxh3 28. Qa6) 24. Nce6 Bxe6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Nc4 { And this is a serious mistake. We both missed the idea of Kd7 in this position. After Black has kicked the rook back to e2 and shut out the bishop with f5, he has sufficient counterplay for equality.} 27. hxg4 {A mistake caused by the aforementioned blindness. A technically winning position could have been achieved by both Kf1 and h4.} hxg4 28. Rh4 {Here I was happy with myself, and especially with the coordination of my pieces. As already stated, this could have been disrupted by Kd7, but in this game, luck was on my side.} Nxb2 29. Qc2 Nc4 30. Bf5 Kb8 31. Rxg4 {This very important pawn finally disappears from the board. Admittedly, to get rid of it I for some reason gave away my whole queenside!} Qc1+ {The final mistake in this rather error-filled game. Neither of us noticed that the a3-pawn was hanging.} ({After} 31... Nxa3 32. Qd3 Qc1+ 33. Qd1 Bd2+ 34. Ke2 Qxd1+ 35. Kxd1 Bc3 { White is in no way better, if indeed he is not worse.}) 32. Qxc1 Bxc1 33. a4 { Now it is a different matter altogether.} Bb2 34. Ke2 a5 35. Bc2 { Black loses the f6-pawn and White will queen.} Na3 {An attempt to divert attention from the pawn on f6, but it does does not work and the pawn eventually falls.} 36. Bb3 f5 37. Rh4 Rf7 38. Kd3 Bc1 39. Rh1 Bg5 40. Ra1 Nc4 41. Bxc4 dxc4+ 42. Kxc4 {The rest is easy.} f4 43. g4 f3 44. Re5 Bh4 45. Rh1 Bxf2 46. Rf5 Rd7 47. Rxf3 Bxd4 48. Rd3 c5 49. g5 Rg7 50. Rg3 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.22"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2733"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Nf3 N7f6 8. O-O Bf5 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. c4 Nb6 11. Nc3 e6 12. g3 Be7 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qb3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Rac1 e5 18. d5 Nbd7 19. Bf3 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Qa3 b6 22. b4 e4 23. Be2 Nb7 24. Qxa7 Ra8 25. d6 Rxa7 26. dxc7 Rc8 27. c5 bxc5 28. b5 cxb5 29. Nxb5 Rxa2 30. Bf1 g5 31. Ra1 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Nd8 33. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 34. Nc3 e3 35. f3 g4 36. f4 g5 37. fxg5 Nh7 38. Ne4 Re8 39. Bg2 Kg7 40. Kf1 e2+ 41. Ke1 Re5 42. Rc1 Nxg5 43. Rxc5 Rxc5 44. Nxc5 f5 45. Kxe2 Kf6 46. Ke3 Nf7 47. Nd3 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.22"] [Round "7"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2733"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. d5 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a3 Bc5 9. e3 d6 10. Nge2 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Bc3 Bg4 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. b4 Bb6 17. Bxe4 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qb1+ g6 21. Qxb6 Rfa8 22. Qd4 Qf3 23. Nc3 Re8 24. h3 Bf5 25. Qf6 Kg8 26. Rab1 Rxe3 27. Rxb7 Bc8 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qxc8 Rxc3 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qd7+ Kf6 32. Qd8+ Kf5 33. Qxa5 Rxa3 34. Qb4 Ke5 35. Qd2 Rd3 36. Qg5+ Qf5 37. Re1+ Kxd5 38. Qxf5+ gxf5 39. Kg2 Ra3 40. h4 Kd4 41. h5 d5 42. h6 Ra7 43. Kf3 Rh7 44. Re6 Kc3 45. Rc6+ Kd3 46. Kf4 Rf7 47. Kg5 Ke2 48. Rd6 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.21"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2732"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 c6 15. b3 Qc7 16. Bb2 g6 17. c4 bxc4 18. bxc4 exd4 19. Bxd4 a5 20. Rb1 Bg7 21. Qd2 Ba6 22. Bd3 Nc5 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. e5 Nd7 25. e6 fxe6 26. Qe3 Rad8 27. Ne4 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Rb6 Bc8 30. Rxc6 Bb7 31. Rxc5 Qd4 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. Rc7 Ba8 34. Bc2 Rb8 35. g3 a4 36. a3 Be5 37. Rc5 Bg7 38. Kf1 Bf8 39. Rc7 Bxe4 40. Rxe4 Rxe4 41. Bxe4 Bxa3 42. Ra7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.21"] [Round "6"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be6 8. Ng5 Nc6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Bc4 Qd7 11. a4 Be7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rad1 Bd8 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bb6+ 17. Kh1 Bd4 18. Bb3 Kh8 19. h3 Be5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Rd4 Qe7 22. Rfd1 Nfg4 23. Kg1 Rf2 24. Qxf2 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Rd8 26. Kg1 g5 27. Ne2 g4 28. hxg4 Nxg4 29. e5 Qh4 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C14"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qf2 b4 14. Ne2 bxa3 15. Qxc5 Nxc5 16. Rxa3 Nb4 17. Ned4 Ke7 18. Kd2 Rhc8 19. Rha1 Rab8 20. Be2 Ne4+ 21. Kc1 Nc5 22. Kd2 Ne4+ 23. Kd1 h6 24. Rb3 Ba8 25. Bxa6 Rg8 26. Bb5 g5 27. Rxb4 gxf4 28. Rba4 Bb7 29. Ra7 Kf8 30. Bf1 Kg7 31. R1a3 Bc8 32. Kc1 Rb4 33. Rc7 Rb6 34. Rb3 Rxb3 35. cxb3 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nxd4 a6 16. Bd2 Qd8 17. Rc1 Bg7 18. Be4 Bxe5 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. Bh6 N7f6 21. Qd4 Rg8 22. Bg5 Be7 23. Nc5 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Rb8 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Qxe6 Rf8 27. Rcd1 Rf7 28. Ne5 Rg7 29. Bh6 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2753"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Be3 f5 19. Kc2 f4 20. Kd3 fxe3 21. Kxe4 exf2 22. Rdf1 Rf8 23. Rxf2 Bd6 24. Re2 Rf4+ 25. Kd3 Kd7 26. Nh4 Rd8 27. Ng6 Rg4 28. Rh4 Rxh4 29. Nxh4 Rf8 30. Ng6 Rf5 31. g4 Rf3+ 32. Re3 Rf2 33. Re2 Rf3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Bc4 Qc7 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Rhe1+ Kd8 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Rdd1 Re8 18. gxf6 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Nxf6 20. Rd1+ Bd7 21. Bxf7 Qxh2 22. Nd5 Rc8 23. Be6 Bxf2 24. c3 Rc7 25. Nxf6 Qh6+ 26. Kb1 Qxf6 27. Qxf2 Ke8 28. Qg3 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.17"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Kb1 Rfe8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 c5 20. Bf4 Nf6 21. Qe3 Qb6 22. Be5 Qa6 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. dxc5 Ng4 25. Qd4 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxc5 27. Qd7 Rf8 28. Rc2 Qd6 29. Qxd6 Bxd6 30. Nd3 Rfd8 31. b3 Ba3 32. Ne5 Rd6 33. Re2 Rcd8 34. Kc2 Bb4 35. Nf3 a5 36. Rh4 Rd1 37. Kb2 Be7 38. Rhe4 Rf1 39. Kc2 Ra1 40. Kb2 Rdd1 41. Re1 Rab1+ 42. Kc2 Rbc1+ 43. Kb2 Bc5 44. R4e2 Rb1+ 45. Kc2 Rbc1+ 46. Kb2 Rb1+ 47. Kc2 Rbc1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.17"] [Round "3"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 c5 14. dxc5 Ne4 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. c6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne5 Bd5 19. Nd7 Rfe8 20. Nb6 Rc2 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Bf6 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Nxc1 Bxb2 25. Bxe4 Bxc1 26. Rd7 Kf8 27. Bc6 Re6 28. Rc7 Bb2 29. e4 g5 30. Kg2 Be5 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Bd5 Re7 33. Ra8 Rc7 34. Rxa6 Rc2 35. Ra3 Bd4 36. Rf3 f6 37. h4 h6 38. Rf5 b4 39. h5 Kf8 40. Kf1 Ke7 41. Bb3 Rc5 42. Rd5 Rxd5 43. exd5 f5 44. Ke2 Kd6 45. f3 Be5 46. g4 fxg4 47. fxg4 Ke7 48. Kd3 Bd6 49. Kc4 Kf6 50. Kb5 Ke5 51. Kc6 Bf8 52. Kd7 Bd6 53. Ke8 Kf6 54. Bc2 Bc5 55. Bf5 Bd6 56. Kd7 Ke5 57. Be6 Bc5 58. Bg8 Bd6 59. Be6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2760"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O e6 9. c4 Nf4 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Re1 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 h6 15. Nf3 b6 16. Qe3 Ba6 17. b3 Rad8 18. Ne4 c5 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 Rfe8 21. d6 Qc6 22. Qf4 Re6 23. Rad1 Rde8 24. Ng3 Be2 25. Nxe2 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Rxe2 27. Qh4 Re8 28. h3 a5 29. Qg4 Re4 30. Qg3 Qb5 31. Nh4 Qe2 32. Rd5 Qxa2 33. Nf5 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Qf6 35. Qf3 Re5 36. Ne7+ Kf8 37. Qxf6 gxf6 38. Rd3 b5 39. Nc6 Re2 40. Nxa5 Rxf2 41. Nb7 Re2 42. Rc3 Re5 43. Kg3 b4 44. Rc1 Re3+ 45. Kf4 Rxb3 46. Nxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B20"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] 1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. f4 Nf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 d5 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne5 c4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nd2 cxd3 14. cxd3 a5 15. f5 exf5 16. Rxf5 a4 17. e5 Ne8 18. e6 f6 19. Rff1 Nc7 20. Nf3 Re8 21. Kh1 axb3 22. axb3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Bf8 24. Qc2 c5 25. d4 Nxe6 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Rd1 Ne4 28. Bd4 Qc8 29. Qa2 Qb7 30. Qc2 Rc8 31. Qd3 Rc3 32. Qf1 Rxb3 33. Ra1 Qc6 34. Qe1 Rb8 35. Rc1 Qb5 36. Qe3 Re8 37. Qf4 Qd7 38. Rc7 Qd6 39. Qc1 Qe6 40. Ra7 Rc8 41. Qb1 Qc6 42. Ra1 Bc5 0-1 [Event "Amber-blindfold 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.15"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14. Qd5 Qc6 15. c4 Bf6 16. g4 g6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. c3 c5 19. Kc2 Ng7 20. h5 Re4 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. g5 Be7 23. Rh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 17th"] [Site "Nice"] [Date "2008.03.15"] [Round "1"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2008.03.15"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.05.06"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. Bb2 Bd6 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Nd3 Rfd8 18. Re1 Qe8 19. e3 g5 20. Rc2 g4 21. Qc1 Qe7 22. Rd1 Ne4 23. c5 bxc5 24. dxc5 Bb8 25. Ne5 Ng5 26. Qa1 Nf7 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. a4 h5 29. b4 h4 30. b5 Bb7 31. Rdc1 Kg6 32. Be5 Bxe5 33. Qxe5 Qf6 34. Qd4 e5 35. Qb4 hxg3 36. hxg3 Rd7 37. Qa5 Rh8 38. Qxa7 f4 39. exf4 exf4 40. gxf4 Rdh7 41. Qb6 Qxf4 42. bxc6 Qf3 43. cxb7+ Kf5 0-1 [Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2008.03.07"] [Round "14"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2008.02.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.04.02"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Qb6 12. Qxd6 Be7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 O-O 15. Qd2 Qxf2 16. Bc4 Qh4 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. a3 Bf6 19. Kb1 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. g3 Qg5 22. Rhf1 Qe3 23. Rf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2008.03.06"] [Round "13"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B88"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2008.02.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.04.02"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. fxe6 Bxe6 14. Bf4 Qc5 15. Qd3 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Nf4 Qxe5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Rad8 22. Rad1 Bd6 23. Bf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2008.03.04"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2753"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2008.02.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.04.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. a3 Bc5 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. c3 Bc5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Be3 d6 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Re3 Re7 19. Qh5 Qg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. c4 c6 22. Rg3 Rd8 23. Rc1 b4 24. axb4 cxb4 25. c5 a5 26. Ra1 Ba6 27. Rxa5 Bxd3 28. Rxg5 Kh7 29. Rg4 Be2 30. Rg3 Rd2 31. Ba4 Rc7 32. Rb3 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rd4 34. Re3 Rd2 35. b3 Ra2 36. Ra8 Bb5 37. Rb8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2008.03.03"] [Round "11"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2008.02.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.04.02"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nf4 e5 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. dxe5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxe5+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Nbd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Rad1 Nb6 15. Bc1 Bd6 16. Rfe1 Kc7 17. h3 Rhe8 18. Bd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2008.03.01"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2733"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2008.02.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.04.02"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4 O-O 15. Qxa4 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bd7 17. Qa2 a5 18. Bd3 Bc6 19. O-O Qb8 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. b3 f5 22. exf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2008.02.29"] [Round "9"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2008.02.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.04.02"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe4 Bc6 $146 {This attempt at improvement leads to a quiet position, in which White gets the bishop pair as a compensation for Black's extra pawn.} (10... Na6 {- see Radjabov - Leko in this issue.}) 11. Ne5 Nf6 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Rd1 Nd4 15. Nc3 { It was too risky to take the exchange:} (15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. Nc3 b5 $1 17. Qa6 ( 17. Nxb5 Nxe2+ 18. Kf1 Nxc1 19. Raxc1 Qh1+ 20. Ke2 Qxh2 $17) 17... Rb8 18. Rxd4 Rb6 19. Qa5 cxd4 20. Nxb5 Qe4 $17) 15... b5 $5 16. Qa6 b4 (16... Rb8 $5 17. Bf4 Qb6 (17... Rb6 18. Qxa7) 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. Bc7 b4 20. Bxb6 bxc3 21. bxc3 Nxe2+ 22. Kf1 Nxc3 23. Rd3 axb6 24. Rxc3 $11 {_|_}) 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Rb8 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Qc4 $44 d6 21. e3 Nb5 22. g4 Nc7 23. Be4 g6 24. Rd2 Rbd8 25. Qe2 $6 ( 25. Rad1 $44 {was more accurate.}) 25... d5 $1 { Giving back a pawn but lifting the blockade.} 26. Bxc7 ({After} 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. Rxd5 (27. Bxd5 c4) 27... c4 { it is Black who can play for a win but he was satisfied with a draw.}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2008.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2755"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,D"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2008.02.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.04.02"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 { The main line of the Sveshnikov Sicilian in the past few years.} 18. Qe2 $146 { A novelty in a position that has been played about hundred times in practice. The main continuations are 18.0-0 and lately 18.h4. 18.Qe2 is an attempt to improve on Karjakin's idea from the game versus Shirov a few months ago at the World Cup. In that game the Ukrainian intended to transfer the queen to the h-file. Anand keeps the possibility to advance the h-pawn in a situation where the capture on h4 would be unfavourable for Black.} (18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. Qe2 $146 (20. f4) 20... f5 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 Bh4+ 23. Kd1 Rb7 $13 { 1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S-Shirov,A/Khanty-Mansiysk 2007 (102)}) 18... f5 { The most principled answer.} (18... Be6 19. h4 Bxh4 20. g3 Bg5 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 Bh4+ 23. Kd1 $44) 19. h4 $1 Bxe3 ({Taking on h4 clearly favours White:} 19... Bxh4 20. exf5 Bxf5 (20... gxf5 $4 21. Qh5 $18) 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. g3 Bg5 ( 22... Be7 23. Bb5 $1 $16) 23. Bd3 Rxb3 (23... Rf8 $2 24. Rxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qh5+ Kg7 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Qh7#) (23... Rf7 24. Bxg6 Rg7 25. Be4 $16 Rxb3 $140 26. Bxh7 Rxh7 27. Rxh7+ Kxh7 28. Qc2+ $18) 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Qc2 Qb8 (25... Rb5 26. Qxf5 $18) 26. O-O $16 {Black doesn't have sufficient compensation for the exchange, since apart from threatening to take on f5, White also threatens 27. Nb4.}) 20. Qxe3 fxe4 (20... f4 $5) 21. h5 ({Nothing is achieved by} 21. Qxe4 Ne7 22. h5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 {in view of} Rf4 24. Qd3 Rxa4 25. bxa4 Qg5 26. O-O ( 26. hxg6 $2 Qc1+ $19) 26... gxh5 27. Be4 Qe7 28. Rd1 Rb6 29. Qd5 Bg4 30. f3 Be6 31. Qxa5 Rb2 $132) 21... g5 (21... gxh5 22. Rxh5 Bf5 23. Qh6 $36) 22. Qxe4 Bb7 ({Black could also seek compensation in variations like} 22... Ne7 23. Nxe7 Qxe7 24. Rxa5 {For instance:} Rf4 $5 ({After} 24... Bb7 25. Qe3 Qc7 (25... Bxg2 26. Rg1 Bc6 27. Qxg5 $16) 26. Ra7 Qc6 27. f3 g4 28. Be2 { White keeps the extra pawn, although the position remains rather sharp.}) 25. Qe2 (25. Qe3 $4 Rxc4 26. bxc4 Rb1+ $19) 25... Qc7 26. Ra2 (26. Ra1 Rxb3 $1) ( 26. Ra3 Bb7 $44) 26... Rxc4 (26... Bb7 $5 $44) 27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. bxc4 Rb1+ 29. Ke2 Rxh1 30. Ra8 Rxh5 31. Rxc8+ Kg7 $11) 23. Qe3 e4 {Played after long thought. Black must look for dynamic play and Shirov sacrifices a pawn in order to free the e5-square for the knight.} ({Again} 23... Ne7 { is possible and can lead to some of the previously mentioned variations.}) 24. O-O Ne5 25. Rfa1 (25. Qxe4 {also gives Black resources for counterplay:} Bc6 ( 25... Rf4 26. Qe3 Rh4 27. f4 Nxc4 28. Rxc4 $1 Bxd5 29. Qd4+ $16) 26. Raa1 (26. Ra2 a4 (26... Rf4 27. Qe3 Rh4 28. f4 gxf4 29. Nxf4 $16) 27. Qd4 axb3 28. Rb2 Qe8 $132) 26... a4 $5 (26... Rf4 27. Qe3 Rh4 28. f4 gxf4 29. Nxf4 a4 30. Rad1 $16) 27. Qd4 axb3 28. Rfb1 Qe8 $132) 25... Qe8 $1 ({The alternative} 25... Nxc4 26. bxc4 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Rb2 {offers certain chances to survive, although Black's task would have been unpleasant after} 28. Rxa5 {E.g.} Qf6 ({or} 28... Rbxf2 29. R5a4) 29. Rf1 Qf5 30. Ra4 $16) 26. Rxa5 Qxh5 27. Qxe4 Rbe8 { Shirov has activated all his pieces and achieved some compensation for thepawn. } 28. Be2 Qh4 $2 {Pity. This very strange decision can be explained only by the fact that Alexey was having problems with the time on the clock.} ({ After the correct} 28... g4 {(threatening check on f3)} 29. Qd4 Qg5 $1 { Black prepares the advance of the g-pawn, with sufficient play for the pawn. For instance:} (29... Re6 $2 30. Nf4) 30. g3 (30. Ra7 $2 Bxd5 31. Qxd5 g3 $40) (30. b4 g3 31. fxg3 (31. f4 Qh4 $19) 31... Qxg3 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Bxd5 34. Rxd5 (34. Qxd5 Qf4+ 35. Kg1 Ng4 $19) 34... Kg8 $44 (34... Rf8+ 35. Bf3 Kg8 36. Qf2 Qf4 $44 {/=})) 30... Re6 {and White's extra pawn is of little importance for the moment, since the main battlefield is on the kingside.}) 29. Qxh4 gxh4 {In the endgame which arises, with a pawn down and doubled h-pawns Black obviously has a tough struggle for a draw.} 30. Ne3 h3 { The best practical chance.} 31. gxh3 Nf3+ 32. Bxf3 Rxf3 33. Rh5 Rg8+ (33... Ref8 34. Ra2 $16) 34. Kf1 Rgf8 35. Nd1 $1 (35. Ra2 $4 Rxe3 $19) ({Weaker is} 35. Ra7 Be4) 35... Rd3 36. Rh4 $1 Bf3 37. Rd4 { Unfortunately for Shirov, White is right in time to protect everything.} Rxd4 38. cxd4 Rf4 (38... Bxd1 39. Rxd1 Rf3 40. Rb1 Rxh3 41. Ke2 Rh5 42. b4 Rb5 43. d5 h5 44. Kd3 Rxd5+ 45. Kc4 $18) 39. Ne3 Rxd4 40. Ra4 $1 { Powerful play by Anand, who skilfully neutralizes Black's activity.} Rd3 (40... Rxa4 41. bxa4 $18) 41. Rf4 Bh5 42. b4 d5 43. Kg2 Bg6 44. Nf5 $1 Kg8 (44... Bxf5 45. Rxf5 Rb3 {Wouldn't have changed the result:} 46. Rf4 Kg7 47. h4 Kg6 48. Kf1 Rb2 49. Ke1 {and Black is paralyzed, while the white king will soon chase away the opponent's rook from the b-file.}) (44... Rb3 45. Ne7 Be4+ 46. f3 $18) 45. Ne7+ Kg7 46. Nxg6 Kxg6 47. Rf3 $1 {The quickest win.} Rd1 48. Rb3 d4 49. Kf3 d3 50. Ke3 Rh1 51. b5 Rxh3+ 52. f3 Rh1 53. b6 Re1+ 54. Kxd3 Re8 55. b7 Rb8 56. Ke4 h5 57. Kf4 1-0 [Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2008.02.23"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2751"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2008.02.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.04.02"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Nb3 b6 15. g4 Bc8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Qf2 Bb7 18. Bg2 Na5 $5 {Ivanchuk has a creative mind. In a well known position he comes up with a strong novelty.} (18... g6 19. h4 Bf8 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. h5 Ba8 22. f5 Ne5 23. Bd4 Ncd7 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. fxe6 Rxe6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Re7 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 29. Nd4 $11 { 1-0 Radjabov,T (2682)-Babula,V (2604)/Saint Vincent 2005 (39)}) (18... Bf8 19. Rad1 Nb4 20. Rd4 d5 (20... Nc6 21. Rc4 Nc5 $13) 21. exd5 exd5 22. Rd2 { 1/2 Galkin,A (2569)-Jakovenko,D (2557)/Batumi 2002}) 19. Rad1 {Anand was unable to find a weak side to the manoeuvre by the knight. Especially winning the pawn on b6 would have been strategically risky.} (19. Nd4 Nc4 20. Bc1 Na5 ( 20... Rbc8 21. b3 Na5 22. Bb2 Nc6 $11) (20... e5 21. fxe5 Ncxe5 22. Nd5 $14) 21. Be3 $11) (19. Nd2 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Qxc4 21. f5 $5 (21. Bxb6 $2 Nxb6 22. Qxb6 Bxe4 $19) 21... Ne5 22. f6 Ng4 23. Qf4 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Bf8 $11) (19. Bxb6 $6 Nxb6 20. Nxa5 Ba8 21. Rfd1 d5 22. exd5 Bc5 $15) 19... Nxb3 (19... Nc4 20. Bc1 e5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 f6 $13) 20. cxb3 Bc6 21. b4 (21. f5 Ne5 22. Qe2 b5 23. f6 Bf8 24. axb5 axb5 25. b4 Rec8 $11) 21... b5 22. a5 (22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra1 Ra8 24. Rfc1 Qb7 $11) 22... Rbc8 23. f5 {White was facing the risk, that without active play it would have been Black trying to open up the centre.} (23. Rc1 Qb7 24. Kg1 d5 $11) 23... Ne5 24. Qg3 Bf8 (24... Kh8 25. f6 gxf6 26. gxf6 Rg8 27. Qh3 Bd8 $13) 25. Bd4 (25. f6 g6 26. Rf4 Nc4 $13) 25... exf5 $1 { A concrete and very sound decision to open up the a8-h1 diagonal.} 26. exf5 Qb7 27. Bxc6 (27. Rf2 $5 g6 28. Kg1 Bg7 $11) 27... Qxc6+ 28. Qg2 {Anand sensibly decided to exchange the queens and navigate towards an equal endgame.} (28. Kg1 Qc4 29. f6 g6 $15) 28... Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Nc6 30. Nd5 Ne7 (30... Re4 31. Bc3 Rg4+ 32. Kh3 Rxg5 33. f6 Rg6 34. Rc1 $13) 31. Bc3 (31. Bc3 Nxd5 32. Rxd5 Rc4 33. Kg3 Re3+ 34. Rf3 Re2 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2008.02.22"] [Round "6"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,D"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2008.02.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.04.02"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {In their previous encounters Topalov used more frequently (and successfully) 3.Nf3.} Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 b6 ({ In the first round of the same tournament Aronian played} 5... cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc5 {but after} 9. Qf3 d6 10. Bg2 e5 11. Qe3 O-O 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. O-O Nd7 15. f4 {failed to solve all the problems and lost, 1-0 Topalov,V-Aronian,L/Morelia 2008 (35).}) 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O cxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. b3 d5 11. cxd5 Ne7 {A small trick. White can't keep the extra pawn since 12.dxe6 loses the knight to c3 after 12...Qxd3.} 12. Bd2 Rc8 $146 (12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qxd5 14. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Farago,I-Timman,J/ Netherlands 1979 (47). leaves White with advantage thanks to his bishop pair.}) (12... Bxd5 13. Nxd5 Nexd5 14. Rac1 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Rc8 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Qc2 $14 {The control over the c-file secures White better prospects.}) 13. e4 {The most aggressive continuation.} ({In the event of} 13. Rfd1 { Black can already take on d5 with the bishop} Bxd5 {since} 14. Nxd5 Nexd5 15. Rac1 {brings White nothing anymore:} Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Nc3 $1 { and Black makes full use of his rook on c8.}) 13... Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nxe4 { This small combination is the only way to solve the problems.} (14... exd5 15. Bxf6 {is of course unacceptable for Black. White has a clear advantage after} gxf6 16. Nd4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 $16) 15. Bxg7 { A counter-sacrifice: before dying the bishop takes an important pawn.} ({ Bad for White is} 15. Qxe4 Rxc3 16. Ng5 Ng6 17. Qd4 Rc8 { and the pawn on d5 is still pinned.}) 15... Kxg7 16. Qxe4 Bxd5 17. Qg4+ Ng6 { After the more or less forced sequence of moves we reach a position where thanks to his better pawn structure and a slightly vulnerable king on g7 Topalov has some objective reasons to fight for the advantage. On the other hand all this should not be overestimated: Black will place the queen on f6 and his pieces will control most important files and diagonals. Therefore the position is very close to equal.} 18. h4 ({The alternative} 18. Rfd1 Qf6 19. h4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rc3 21. Be2 $1 {looks preferable. If then} (21. Bg2 Rc2) 21... Kh8 {White continues} 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. h5 {with initiative}) 18... Bxf3 { The easiest decision. Anand eliminates a potentially dangerous attacking piece. } 19. Qxf3 (19. Bxf3 f5 20. Qa4 Ne5 21. Bg2 (21. Qxa7+ $2 Rf7) 21... Rf7 $11) 19... Qf6 20. Qb7 Qe7 {In an endgame the vulnerability of black king is not a factor anymore and Vishy cleverly exploits this factor.} 21. Qe4 Qc5 22. Rad1 ( {The last real chance to fight for the advantage was} 22. Rac1 { after which Black should probably continue} Qe5 ({rather than} 22... Qxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Kh2 {and the rooks are bad defenders of the black king})) 22... Rfd8 23. Rfe1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rc7 25. Bf3 Qe5 {The same simple strategy: the exchange of pieces favours Black, who won't feel any problems with the king after that.} 26. Qb4 Qc3 27. Qg4 f5 28. Qh5 Qf6 29. Bg2 e5 {Considering the fact that Topalov was short on time Anand makes some attempts to fight for the initiative.} 30. Bh3 { Veselin immediately notices the newly created weakness - the f5-pawn.} Rf7 ({ After} 30... f4 31. Bg2 Rf7 32. Qg4 fxg3 33. fxg3 Qf2+ 34. Kh2 {Black's aggress ive play could easily backfire: White has a very unpleasant threat to advance the h-pawn.}) 31. Qe2 $11 e4 (31... f4 32. h5 Ne7 33. Rd7 fxg3 34. fxg3 $14) 32. Rd5 f4 (32... Ne5 33. Kg2 $14) 33. Rf5 (33. Qxe4 $2 fxg3 34. fxg3 Qf2+ 35. Kh1 Qxg3 $40) 33... Qa1+ 34. Kh2 fxg3+ 35. fxg3 Rxf5 36. Bxf5 Nxh4 $1 37. Bxe4 (37. gxh4 $2 Qe5+ 38. Kg2 Qxf5 $17) 37... Qe5 38. Qg4+ Ng6 39. Bxg6 hxg6 40. Qd7+ Kh6 41. Qxa7 Qe2+ 42. Kh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2008.02.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2008.02.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.04.02"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 b5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Na5 Rc8 15. Nc6 Nxd5 16. Nxe7 Nxe7 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nc6 19. c3 { The whole line was tested before without much progress for White.} (19. Rd2 Ke7 20. a3 Nd4 21. Kb1 Rhd8 22. Bd3 f5 23. Re1 Kf6 24. Red1 Ne6 25. c3 Nc5 26. Bc2 $11 {1-0 Quezada,Y (2502)-Colovic,A (2418)/Havana 2005 (56)}) 19... Ke7 20. Rd1 (20. Rd2 Rhd8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Be2 f5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Bxa6 Na5 25. Bb5 Nb3+ 26. Kb1 Nc5 $11 {1/2 Mecking,H (2570)-Evans,L (2545)/San Antonio 1972 (40)}) 20... f5 21. Bd3 {Leko prefers to develop the pieces first as the queenpawn advance is not promising any gains.} (21. a4 bxa4 22. Bxa6 Rc7 23. Bd3 (23. Bb5 a3 $1 $15) 23... g6 $11) 21... g6 22. Rhe1 Rhd8 23. Bf1 (23. a4 Rd5 24. Bf1 Rc5 $11) 23... Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Na5 25. a4 Nc4 {Anand prefers the exciting position to the safer, but slightly tedious defence after taking the a4-pawn.} (25... bxa4 $5 26. Bxa6 Rc5 27. Kc2 Nb3 $11) 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rd5 Kf6 28. Rxb5 (28. Be2 Ne3 29. Rd6+ Ke7 30. Rb6 Nxg2 31. Bxb5 Rc5 $13) 28... Ne3 29. Rb6+ (29. Be2 Nxg2 30. Rb7 h5 $15) 29... Kg5 30. Ba6 Rd8 31. b4 Kf4 $2 {The endgame position is not without dangers for Black since White is playing with a bishop and a seriously assymetric pawn structure. Anand had to find some exact moves to maintain the balance.} (31... Nxg2 $1 32. Rc6 (32. Re6 Ne1 (32... Kf4 $6 33. b5 Ra8 34. Bb7 Rb8 35. Bc6 $1 (35. Re7 Ne1 36. Kd2 Nxf3+ 37. Bxf3 Kxf3 38. Rxe5 f4 39. Ke1 h6 40. c4 Kg2 $17) 35... Ne3 (35... Ne1 36. Re8 $16) 36. Kb2 Rd8 37. Kb3 Rd1 38. Kb4 $16) 33. Rxe5 Nxf3 34. Re2 f4 $11) 32... Nf4 $1 (32... Ne1 $6 33. b5 Ra8 34. Rc8 $1 Ra7 35. c4 (35. Rc4 Nxf3 36. Rb4 Ne1 37. b6 Rxa6 38. b7 Nd3+ 39. Kb1 Nxb4 40. b8=Q Nd5 41. Qxe5 Nf4 $14) 35... Nxf3 36. c5 Nd4 37. b6 $1 Rxa6 38. b7 Ra1+ 39. Kb2 Ra5 40. b8=Q Rb5+ 41. Qxb5 Nxb5 42. Rd8 $16) 33. b5 (33. Kc2 e4 34. fxe4 fxe4 35. Rc5+ Rd5 36. Rxd5+ Nxd5 $11) 33... e4 34. fxe4 fxe4 35. Rc8 (35. b6 e3 36. b7 e2 $17) 35... Rd6 36. Rc6 (36. Re8 Nd3+ 37. Kc2 Kf4 $15) 36... Rd8 $11) 32. Rc6 Nxg2 33. b5 Ra8 34. Bb7 $2 {The analyses after the game have shown, that Black's position was critical after the rook advance to c8.} (34. Rc8 $1 Ra7 (34... Rxc8 35. Bxc8 Ne1 36. b6 Nd3+ 37. Kd2 Nc5 38. b7 Na6 39. c4 e4 (39... Kxf3 40. c5 e4 41. Ke1 $18) 40. c5 e3+ 41. Ke2 Ke5 42. c6 (42. Kxe3 f4+ 43. Kf2 Kd5 44. Kg2 g5 45. Kh3 h5 46. Kg2 Kxc5 47. h4 gxh4 48. Kh3 Kd4 49. Bf5 $18) 42... Kd6 43. Kxe3 Kxc6 44. Kf4 Kc7 45. Kg5 $18) 35. Rc4+ $1 Ke3 (35... Kxf3 36. Ra4 Ne3 37. b6 Rd7 38. b7 Rd8 39. Bb5 Rb8 40. Ra8 Rxb7 41. Bc6+ $18) 36. Ra4 Ra8 37. b6 Rb8 38. b7 Ne1 39. Rc4 Nxf3 40. h3 $18) 34... Rb8 35. Rc7 $6 (35. Ba6 $5 e4 36. fxe4 fxe4 37. b6 e3 38. Bf1 (38. b7 e2 39. Bxe2 Rxb7 $11) 38... Kf3 39. Bxg2+ Kxg2 40. Kd1 Kf3 41. Rf6+ Ke4 42. Ke2 $14) 35... Ne1 36. Rxh7 {It seems that Leko has completely lost his way in the sharp ending, but this capture might be stronger than the obvious move to e7.} (36. Re7 Nxf3 37. Bxf3 Kxf3 38. Rxe5 f4 39. Kd2 Kg2 $17) 36... Nxf3 37. c4 e4 38. Kc2 $2 {Only this meek move seals the fate of Leko's game. The idea of the pawn advance 38.c5!? with good chances for a draw was surprisingly well hidden. } (38. Re7 Ne5 39. Bd5 e3 40. h3 (40. Kd1 Rh8 41. b6 Rxh2 42. b7 Rb2 $19) 40... Nxc4 $1 (40... Rh8 41. b6 Rxh3 42. b7 Rh8 43. Kd1 $11) 41. Bxc4 Rc8 $19) (38. c5 $5 Re8 (38... e3 39. Re7 Nd4 40. c6 Nxb5 41. c7 Nxc7 (41... Rxb7 42. c8=Q Rxe7 43. Qc4+ Kg5 44. Kd1 $11) 42. Rxc7 $11) 39. b6 e3 40. Ba6 Nd4 41. Kb1 (41. b7 Nb3+ 42. Kd1 Nxc5 $17) 41... Rb8 (41... e2 42. Bxe2 Rxe2 43. b7 Nc6 (43... Re8 $2 44. Rh4+ Ke5 45. Rxd4 $1 Kxd4 46. c6 $18) 44. Rc7 Re4 45. Rxc6 Rb4+ 46. Kc2 Rxb7 47. Rxg6 $14) 42. b7 Ke5 43. Re7+ Kd5 44. Rxe3 Kxc5 $11) 38... e3 39. Kd3 g5 40. Ke2 (40. Re7 Ne5+ 41. Ke2 Rh8 $19) 40... Nd4+ 41. Ke1 (41. Kd3 e2 42. Re7 Rxb7 $19) 41... Rd8 {The coordinated assault of the black pieces will put the white king under unbearable strain.} (41... g4 42. b6 Ne6 43. Rc7 Nd8 44. Bg2 Rxb6 $19) 42. Re7 (42. Bd5 Nxb5 43. Rb7 Nd4 $19) 42... Nc2+ 43. Kf1 Rd1+ 44. Ke2 Rd2+ 45. Kf1 Nd4 {A truly fascinating ending!} (45... Nd4 46. b6 ( 46. h3 Rd1+ 47. Kg2 e2 $19) 46... Rf2+ 47. Ke1 Rb2 48. Kf1 Nf3 49. Bxf3 Kxf3 $19) 0-1 [Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2008.02.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C63"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2008.02.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.04.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Bxf6 Rxf6 11. Nd3 Bd4 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Rb1 d6 14. c4 c5 15. b4 Qf7 16. Kh1 Rf8 17. f4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. e5 Rb6 21. Rc1 Qd5 22. Qf3 c6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2008.02.17"] [Round "3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2733"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2008.02.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.04.02"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Ne5 h5 10. f3 {A relatively rare move. Ein relative seltener Zug.} h4 11. Bf2 Bb7 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. O-O (14. e5 c5 15. Nxb5 Qa5+ { Possible since White hasn't castled. Möglich, da Weiß nicht rochiert hat.} 16. Nc3 h3 { looks rather unpleasant for White. sieht ziemlich unangenehm für Weiß aus.}) 14... e5 $1 {Now White was threatening e5 and Ne4. Black has equalized, so White should look for an improvement earlier. Nun drohte Weiß e5 und Ne4. Schwarz hat ausgeglichen, daher sollte der Anziehende vorher nach einer Verbesserung suchen.} 15. a4 a6 16. d5 Rh6 {Inspired by Paco Vallejo's rook against Topalov from Morelia 2006. Black is not really looking at castling kingside, and the rook is incredibly useful on the 6th rank. Inspiriert durch Paco Vallejos Turm gegen Topalov aus dem Turnier Morelia 2006. Die kurze Rochade hat Schwarz nicht wirklich auf dem Plan, und der Turm ist unglaublich nützlich auf der 6. Reihe.} 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 { The problem for White is that Black has so much space especially in the kingside where White needs f4 to get things going. Das Problem für Weiß ist, dass Schwarz so viel Raum hat, vor allem am Königsflügel, wo Weiß f4 braucht, um die Dinge in Gang zu bekommen.} 20. Qc1 Rg6 21. Rd1 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Qe3 Nb3 $6 (23... Ne6 $1 {The other route to get to d4, but allows White the possibility of b3 which I hoped to avoid The other route to get to d4, but allows White the possibility of b3 which I hoped to avoid} 24. b3 (24. Nd5 Kf8 25. b3 cxb3 26. Qxb3 Nd4) 24... b4 $1 (24... cxb3 25. Nxb5 Qa2 { Not a very human move to make. Kein besonders menschlicher Zug.} 26. Nd6+ Kf8 27. Nf5 (27. Bc4 Nf4) 27... h3 28. gxh3 b2 29. Qb6 Be8 30. Qb4+ Kg8 31. Ne7+ Kh7 32. Nxg6 Kxg6) 25. Nd5 cxb3 26. Qxb3 Qb7 {and it seems White can't take the b4 pawn: und es scheint, als könnte Weiß den Bauern b4 nicht nehmen:} 27. Nxb4 (27. Bc4 Nd4 28. Qe3 Qa7 29. Kh1 Qa3 30. Qd2 h3 $1) 27... Nd4 $17) 24. Qb6 (24. f4 $1 {Shipov suggested this move and it does seem to hold. Shipov suggested this move and it does seem to hold.} gxf4 (24... exf4 25. Qb6 h3 26. Bh5 Rh6 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qc7+ Ke8 29. Qe5+ Kf8 30. Qf5+ Kg7 31. Qxg5+ Rg6 32. Qe7+ $11) 25. Qh3 Qa7+ (25... Kf8 26. Qxh4 Kg7 $4 27. Rd8 $1) (25... b4 26. Bh5 (26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Nd4) 26... Nd4 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Qe6+ { seems to be a draw. scheint remis zu sein.}) 26. Kh1 Nd4 27. Qxh4 Qc7 (27... Qe7 28. Qh8+ Kd7 29. Bh5 $1 (29. Ra1 Qg5 $1 30. Ra7+ Ke6 31. Qc8+ Kf6 32. Qh8+ Rg7 33. Qd8+ Kg6) 29... Qf6 30. Qb8 Rg5 31. Ra1 Rxh5 32. Ra7+ Ke6 33. Qc8+ Kd6 34. Qf8+ Ke6 $11) 28. Bh5 (28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qh4+ Rf6 (29... Kf8 30. Qh8+ Rg8 31. Qh6+ {with enough compensation. mit genug Kompensation.}) 30. Bg4) 28... Rg7 29. Bg4 {followed by Ra1 seems to give White enough play. nebst Ra1 scheint Weiß genug Spiel zu geben.}) (24. Nd5 Kf8) 24... Nd4 {Now White has little choice but to enter the endgame. Nun bleibt Weiß kaum etwas anderes, als ins Endspiel überzugehen.} 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Nxb5 (26. Qxd4 Qd8 27. Qh8+ ( 27. Nxb5 Bxb5 28. Qe5+ Kf8 29. Qxb5 Qb6+ { transposes to the game. führt zur Partie.}) 27... Kd7) 26... Bxb5 27. Qxb5+ Qc6 28. Qe5+ Re6 (28... Qe6 29. Qb8+ Ke7 30. Qa7+ Kf8) 29. Qxd4 (29. Qb8+ Ke7 30. Qa7+ Kf8 31. Qxd4 Qb6 {comes to the same thing. läuft auf dasselbe hinaus.}) 29... Qb6 30. Qxb6 Rxb6 31. Bxc4 Rxb2 {Black needs to keep the king on the first rank. Schwarz muss den König auf der ersten Reihe halten.} 32. g3 (32. Kf1 Ke7 33. Be2 Kd6 34. Kf2 Kc5 35. Ke3 Rb1 36. g3 (36. Bd3 Rh1 37. Kf2 f6 38. Bf1 Kd4 $19) 36... Rh1 $17) 32... f6 (32... Ke7 33. gxh4 (33. e5 Rc2 34. Bb3 ( 34. Bd3 Rc3 35. Be2 Ke6) 34... Re2 $1) 33... gxh4 34. f4 f6 35. e5 Rd2 $1 { This excellent move takes away d5 and d3 from the white bishop. Dieser hervorragende Zug nimmt dem dem weißen Läufer d5 und d3.} (35... Rb4 36. exf6+ Kxf6 37. Ba6 Kf5 38. Kg2 $1 Kxf4 39. Bc8 $11) (35... f5 36. Bd3 $1 Ke6 37. Bc4+ $11) 36. Bg8 (36. Kh1 f5 37. Ba6 Rd4 38. Kg2 Rxf4 39. Bc8 Kf7 $19) 36... h3 $1) 33. Be6 Ke7 34. Bg4 (34. Bf5 Kd6 35. gxh4 gxh4 36. f4 Re2 $1 { again the key. wieder der Schlüssel.}) (34. Bh3 Kd6 35. gxh4 gxh4 36. f4 Re2 37. Bg2 Kc5 38. Kf1 Rb2 39. e5 f5 40. Bh3 Rb4 41. Ke2 Rxf4 42. Ke3 Re4+ 43. Kf3 Rxe5 44. Kf4 Re2 45. Kxf5 Kd5 46. Kg4 Ke4 47. Kxh4 Kf4 $1) 34... Re2 $3 (34... Kd6 35. gxh4 gxh4 36. f4 Rd2 37. Bh3 Kc5 38. e5 Rd4 39. exf6 Rxf4 40. Kg2 { Once the king escapes from the first rank, its a draw. Wenn der König einmal von der ersten Reihe wegkommt, ist es remis.} Rxf6 41. Bc8 $11) 35. gxh4 gxh4 36. h3 {Now a fortress is no longer possible, so Black wins. Nun ist eine Festung nicht länger möglich, also gewinnt Schwarz.} Kd6 37. Kf1 Rb2 38. f4 Kc5 39. e5 Rb4 40. exf6 Rxf4+ 41. Ke2 Kd4 42. Bf3 Rxf6 43. Bb7 Rb6 44. Bc8 (44. Bg2 Rb3) 44... Ke4 45. Bg4 Rb2+ 46. Ke1 Ke3 47. Kf1 Kf4 48. Ke1 Kg3 49. Kf1 Rf2+ 50. Ke1 (50. Kg1 Rf7 $1 {wins gewinnt.}) 50... Rf4 51. Bc8 Rf8 52. Bg4 Kg2 53. Ke2 Re8+ 54. Kd3 Kf2 55. Bf5 Re3+ 56. Kd4 Kf3 57. Bg4+ Kf4 58. Kd5 Re5+ 59. Kd4 Rg5 (59... Rg5 60. Be6 Rg6 61. Bc8 Rd6+ 62. Kc5 Rd2 { Now the king is far enough. Nun steht der König weit genug weg.} 63. Bg4 Kg3 64. Bf5 Rh2 65. Kd4 Rxh3 {wins. gewinnt.}) 0-1 [Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2008.02.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2739"] [Annotator "Aronian,L"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2008.02.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.04.02"] 1. e4 {One round earlier, I had lost to Topalov without much of a fight, so in this game, I was very keen not to repeat the experience. Eine Runde zuvor hatte ich gegen Topalov ohne großen Kampf verloren, daher war ich in dieser Partie sehr darauf erpicht, dieses Erlebnis nicht zu wiederholen.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Occasionally I play the Berlin, but lately, I have no reason at all to depart from my favourite Marshall. Gelegentlich spiele ich auch die Berliner Verteidigung, aber in letzter Zeit hatte ich keinerlei Anlass, auf meinen geliebten Marshall zu verzichten.} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O {One interesting psychological point that I have noticed is that in this position, most white players hesitate for the first time in the game, even though they are well-prepared for the Marshall. Ein interessanter psychologischer Aspekt, den ich bemerkt habe, ist, dass in dieser Stellung die meisten Weißspieler zum ersten Mal in der Partie zögern, obwohl sie auf den Marshall gut vorbereitet sind.} 8. c3 {The moves 8.d4, 8.d3, 8.h3, 8.a3 and 8. a4 are all played regularly as well. White players are always coming up with small subtleties on these various lines, so as to give their opponents something to worry about. Die Züge 8.d4, 8.d3, 8.h3, 8.a3 und 8.a4 kommen ebenfalls regelmäßig zur Anwendung. Die Weißspieler warten immer mit kleinen Feinheiten in diesen verschiedenen Abspielen auf, um ihren Gegnern ein wenig Anlass zur Sorge zu geben.} d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. g3 { Quite a rare choice by White. Eine recht seltene Fortsetzung von Weiß.} Re8 { Previously 13...Bf5 has been played, not without success, but after seeing that 13...Re8 leads to interesting play, I decided to try it. Zuvor wurde 13.. .Bf5 gespielt, nicht ohne Erfolg, aber nachdem ich gesehen hatte, dass 13... Re8 zu interessantem Spiel führt, beschloss ich, es zu versuchen.} ({It would a lso be interesting to try the mischievous Interessant wäre es auch, das verschmitzte} 13... h5 14. Qxh5 Re8 {zu versuchen.}) 14. d4 ({After Nach} 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. d4 Ra7 16. Nd2 Re7 17. Nf3 f6 {Black solved his problems successfully in the game Almasi - Yakovenko. konnte Schwarz in der Partie Almasi - Yakovenko seine Probleme erfolgreich lösen.}) ({ The attempt Der Versuch} 14. d3 { is not so strong since after ist nicht so stark, denn nach} Bf5 {it is not easy for White to evelop his pieces harmonously. fällt es Weiß nicht leicht, seine Figuren harmonisch zu entwickeln.}) 14... Rxe1+ { Slightly more accurate was 14...Ra7. Einen Tick genauer war 14...Ra7.} 15. Qxe1 Ra7 16. Be3 {In my preparations, I did not consider this interesting move. Diesen interessanten Zug hatte ich in meiner Vorbereitung nicht berücksichtigt. } ({A serious alternative was Eine ernste Alternative bildete} 16. Nd2 Re7 17. Qf1 {after which Black should play very acurately, to obtain compensation. wonach Schwarz sehr genau spielen muss, um Kompensation zu erhalten.}) 16... Re7 17. Nd2 Qe8 18. Nf1 {Of course, White could take the knight on d5, but this is usually rather drawish. Natürlich könnte Weiß den Springer auf d5 nehmen, aber dies ist meist sehr remislich.} h5 {I was pleased with this move, after which it is possible to put the wind up White a little. Von diesem Zug war ich angetan, denn danach wird es möglich, Weiß ein wenig Gegenwind spüren zu lassen.} ({It would not be good to try to win the pawn back with Nicht gut wäre der Versuch, mit} 18... Bh3 {because of den Bauern zurückzugewinnen, wegen } 19. Qe2 {after which White obtains control of the white squares. I did not wish to determine the position of the bishop just yet. wonach Weiß die Kontrolle über die weißen Felder erlangt. Ich wollte die Position des Läufers einfach noch nicht festlegen.}) 19. a4 { The most natural move. Am natürlichsten.} ({It was also possible to transfer the queen to a better post by Möglich war auch die Überführung der Dame auf einen besseren Posten durch} 19. Qd1 Bg4 20. Qd3 {The possible Darauf gibt} g6 {then gives Black typical compensation for the pawn. Schwarz typische Kompensation für den Bauern.}) 19... Be6 {An important resource. Before going to its ideal square on h3, the bishop tries another role. All of a sudden the bishop on b3 finds it has an insolent opponent. Eine wichtige Ressource. Bevor der Läufer sein Idealfeld auf h3 bezieht, versucht er sich in einer anderen Rolle. Plötzlich stellt der Läufer auf f3 fest, dass er einen frechen Antipoden hat.} 20. Bd1 {An interesting idea, but it seems too artificial to me. Eine interessante Idee, scheint mir aber zu künstlich.} ({ I expected Ich erwartete} 20. Bc2 Bh3 21. Qe2 g6 {with similar play to the variation 19.Qe2. mit ähnlichem Spiel wie in der Variante 19.Qe2.}) 20... h4 { 20...Bg4 is too academic. Understanding that this was a rare chance to carry out the typical Marshall attack, I decided to take my courage in my hands. 20...Bg4 ist zu akademisch. Begreifend, dass dies eine seltene Chance war, den typischen Marshall-Angriff durchzführen, beschloss ich, mein Herz in die Hand zu nehmen.} 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bf3 {The central defender returns to his post... Der Zentralverteidiger kehrt auf seinen Posten zurück...} Bh3 23. Bxd5 { ...so as to exchange itself off! At first, I was surprised by this move, but after some thought, I started to understand that Black does not have so many pieces left with which to attack, whilst with the enemy queen passive on e8, White could very well try to nick a couple of pawns with his queen, and then return the queen to the defence. ...um sich selbst abzutauschen! Zunächst war ich von dem Zug überrascht, aber nach einigem Nachdenken begann ich zu verstehen, dass Schwarz nicht mehr so viele Figuren zum Angriff bleiben, während Weiß mit der feindlichen Dame passiv auf e8 durchaus versuchen könnte, mit seiner Dame ein paar Bauern einzuheimsen und diese dann anschließend zur Verteidigung zurückzuführen.} cxd5 24. Qd1 {There is no sense in inviting f5 by playing 24.Qe2, since Black intends to play the move anyway. Keinen Sinn hat es, mit 24.Qe2 zu dem Zug ...f5 einzuladen, da Schwarz dies sowieso beabsichtigt.} f5 {It is interesting that when it first surveys this mess, the computer likes White. Only after being given some time to realize the seriousness of the threats against the white king does it change its mind and pronounce the position as likely to end in a draw. Interessanterweise gefällt dem Computer, wenn er dieses Chaos zum ersten Mal durchforstet, zunächst Weiß. Erst wenn man ihm etwas Zeit gibt, die Ernsthaftigkeit der Drohungen gegen den weißen König zu realisieren, schwenkt er um und verkündet, dass die Position wahrscheinlich in einem Remis enden wird.} 25. Bg5 ({Possible is Möglich ist} 25. Qb3 {after which I was intending to play , wonach ich} Qf7 26. Bg5 Re4 { . After beabsichtigte. Nach} 27. Bxh4 Kh7 28. Qd1 {we reach a position similar to the game, in which it is difficult to say who benefits from the position of the black king on h7, after erreichen wir eine Stellung ähnlich der Partie, in der es schwer zu sagen ist, wer von der Position des schwarzen Königs auf h7 nach} Qg6 29. Bd8 {. profitiert.}) 25... Re4 26. Bxh4 Qg6 {I very much wanted to lure the bishop to d8. Ich wollte den Läufer unbedingt nach d8 locken.} 27. Bd8 f4 {Despite being two pawns down, I very much liked my position. With such a strong bishop on h3, there will always be a draw, even if the worst comes to the worst. Trotz der zwei Minusbauern gefiel mir meine Stellung sehr. Mit so einem starken Läufer auf h3 hat man Remis immer in der Tasche, selbst wenn es zum Schlimmsten kommt.} 28. Qd3 {It is hard to know what to suggest for White, since many moves which at first sight seem OK actually lose. Es fällt schwer, etwas für Weiß vorzuschlagen, da viele Züge, die auf den ersten Blick in Ordnung erscheinen, tatsächlich verlieren.} ({ For example, the stupid Zum Beispiel das dumme} 28. Bb6 {because of wegen} Re8 29. Bc5 Bc7 {and the bishop on c5 has turned into a spectator. , und der Läufer auf c5 hat sich in einen Zuschauer verwandelt.}) ({I think the best decision would have been Ich glaube, die beste Entscheidung wäre} 28. Bh4 f3 29. Qxf3 Rxh4 30. Qxd5+ Kh7 31. Ra8 Qe4 (31... Qb1 { leads to perpetual check. führt zu Dauerschach.}) 32. Qxe4+ Rxe4 33. Ne3 { after which White can hope to draw, thanks to that pawns he has managed to grab. gewesen, wonach Weiß hoffen kann zu remisieren, dank der Bauern, die er einheimsen konnte.}) 28... Qh5 29. Nd2 {This loses. Dies verliert.} ({ It was essential to stay put, eg. Weiß musste auf der Stelle treten, z.B.} 29. Bb6 Bb8 30. Bc5 {Despite the fact that Black's position is very strong, nothing decisive is apparent. Now it is all easy. Trotz der Tatsache, dass Schwarz eine sehr starke Stellung hat, ist nichts Entscheidendes in Sicht. Jetzt ist alles einfach.}) 29... Re2 30. Nf3 ({No better is Nicht besser ist} 30. Bh4 {because of wegen} Rxd2 31. Ra8+ Bf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qxd2 Kg8 { The black queen and bishop easily finish off the enemy king. Dame und Läufer von Schwarz bringen den feindlichen König leicht zur Strecke.}) 30... Re3 { This simple pseudo-sacrifice decides the game. Dieses einfache Pseudo-Opfer entscheidet die Partie.} 31. fxe3 Qxf3 32. Qc2 fxg3 33. hxg3 Qxg3+ 34. Kh1 Bf5 0-1 [Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2008.02.15"] [Round "1"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2008.02.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.04.02"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 {A move that Shirov added to his repertoire last year. Ein Zug, den Shirov letztes Jahr in sein Repertoire aufgenommen hat.} e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Nb3 {The course of his game against Karjakin was favourable for White. Der Verlauf seiner Partie gegen Karjakin war günstig für Weiß.} Rc8 {I found this idea only shortly before the game, but it seemed to me similar enough to Movsesian-Kasparov, Sarajevo 2000. Diese Idee fand ich erst kurz vor der Partie, sie erinnerte mich aber sehr an Movsesian-Kasparov, Sarajevo 2000. } (12... b4 13. Nb1 Be7 14. N1d2 Qc7 15. Qh3 e5 16. Nc4 O-O 17. Nba5 Bc8 18. Qg3 {Shirov,A (2739)-Karjakin,S (2694) Khanty-Mansiysk 2007}) 13. Qh3 Rxc3 $1 { The point. Die Pointe.} 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. Kb1 Be7 16. e5 {Well, so much for Movsesian-Kasparov. That was with the pawn on f3. Nun, so viel zu Movsesian-Kasparov. Das war mit dem Bauern auf f3.} dxe5 17. f5 $6 (17. fxe5 $1 Nd5 (17... Nxe5 18. Qg3 Bd6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Be4 $36 (20. Qg7 Rf8 21. Qxf6 Bxg2 22. Bf5 { also looks unpleasant for Black. wirkt ebenfalls unangenehm für Schwarz.})) 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Rd2 Nxe5 20. Qg3 Nxd3 (20... Nc4 21. Qg5+ Kf8 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Nc5 h6 24. Qh4 $1 Nxc3+ 25. Ka1 Bd5 26. Rxe6 $1) 21. Qxc7+ Nxc7 22. cxd3 { Black has some compensation here. Hier hat Schwarz einige Kompensation.}) 17... Nd5 18. Bxe7 (18. Bd2 exf5 (18... N7b6 19. fxe6 Na4 20. Ka1 Ndxc3 21. exf7+ Kf8 22. Nd4 $1 Bc8 (22... exd4 23. Rxe7 $18) 23. Ne6+ Bxe6 24. Qxe6) 19. Bxf5 N7b6 {looks fine for Black. sieht gut aus für Schwarz.}) 18... Kxe7 19. fxe6 fxe6 $6 (19... Nxc3+ $1 20. Kc1 (20. Ka1 Nxd1 $1 { The point - Qc3 is threatened. Die Pointe - es droht Qc3.}) 20... Nf6 (20... Nxd1 21. exd7 Nc3 22. Qg3 $1 $18) 21. Rd2 (21. Qg3 Nxd1 22. Qxg7 (22. Rxd1 g6 23. exf7 Kxf7) 22... Nf2 $1) 21... e4 22. exf7 {and und} Qe5 { look good for Black. sehen gut aus für Schwarz.} (22... Kxf7 $6 { Falls for a nice tactical trick: Falls for a nice tactical trick:} 23. Bc4+ $1 Qxc4 24. Rd7+ Nxd7 25. Qxd7+ Kg6 26. Qd6+ Kf7 27. Qd7+ $11) ({but both but both } 22... Qd6 23. Rf2 Bd5 (23... Kxf7 24. Qh5+)) {for e.g. denn z.B.} 23. Be2 Nxa2+ 24. Kb1 Nc3+ 25. Kc1 Bd5 $17) 20. Qg3 g6 (20... Nxc3+ 21. Ka1 { Already this move is possible. Schon ist dieser Zug möglich.} Kf7 22. Rf1+ (22. Rd2 Nd5 23. Rf2+ N5f6) 22... Nf6 23. Rde1 Na4 24. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 25. Rxe5 Bxg2 { The two pawns should give Black enough compensation, but nothing more. Die zwei Bauern sollten Schwarz genügend Kompensation geben, mehr aber nicht.}) 21. Rd2 (21. Qh4+ N7f6 22. Rd2 e4 $1) 21... Rc8 (21... Nxc3+ 22. Ka1 Rc8 23. Qg5+ Nf6 24. Rf2 Ncd5 25. Rxe5 {is just unclear. ist einfach unklar.}) 22. Qg5+ $2 { I thought this was the decisive mistake, but White still has a resource left. Dies hielt ich für den entscheidenden Fehler, aber Weiß hat noch eineRessource. } (22. Qh4+ {This was easier though Das war einfacher, denn} N7f6 (22... Ke8 23. Qxh7 $18) 23. Rf2 e4 24. Bxe4 Nxc3+ 25. Kc1 Qe5 26. Rxf6 Nxa2+ 27. Kd2 Rd8+ 28. Bd3 Qc3+ 29. Ke3 Qe5+ $11) 22... Ke8 23. Qg4 $2 (23. Bxg6+ hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Ke7 25. Qg7+ Kd6) (23. Rf2 e4 $1) (23. Qh6 $1 { This comp move still seems to hold. Dieser Computerzug scheint noch zu halten.} Nxc3+ (23... N7f6 24. Kc1) (23... N7b6 24. Rf1 Qe7 25. Bxg6+ $1) 24. Ka1 Nf6 25. Qh4 Ncd5 26. Qg5 Nd7 27. Be4 {White has a fair amount of counterplay here. Hier hat Weiß eine ordentliche Menge Gegenspiel.}) 23... Nxc3+ 24. Ka1 Bd5 $17 25. Re3 (25. Qb4 a5 26. Qxa5 Ra8 $1) 25... Nf6 26. Qh4 Qe7 (26... Qg7 $5) 27. Bf1 {White was in time pressure already. Weiß war bereits in Zeitnot.} (27. Qg3 Bxb3 (27... e4 28. Be2 b4 $17) 28. Bxg6+ hxg6 29. cxb3 Nfe4 30. Qxg6+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rc2 Rc5) 27... Bxb3 28. cxb3 Nce4 $1 29. Rb2 (29. Rxe4 Qa3 30. Bd3 (30. Rb2 Rc1+ 31. Rb1 Rc2 $19) 30... Qc1+ 31. Bb1 Qxd2 32. Re2 Qxe2 33. Qxf6 Kd7 $1 $19) 29... Rc1+ 30. Rb1 Qc5 { A good way to start the tournament. Ein guter Weg, ins Turnier zu starten.} 0-1 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2008.01.27"] [Round "13"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2008.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.01.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 { Hardly a big surprise here. Kaum eine große Überraschung an dieser Stelle.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Re8 {Kramnik had played 10...c6 a few days earlier against Peter Leko. Ein paar Tage zuvor hatte Kramnik gegen Peter Leko 10...c6 gespielt.} 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14. Qd5 Qc6 15. Qf5 Qc4 16. Kb1 g6 17. Qh3 h5 { Following the game Svidler-Kramnik from Mexico. It isn't easy to deviate after 15.Qf5, so I had to go down the main line and wait for the inevitableimprovemen t. Folge der Partie Svidler-Kramnik aus Mexico. Es ist nicht leicht, nach 15. Qf5 abzuweichen, daher musste ich das Hauptabspiel herunterspulen und die unvermeidliche Verbesserung abwarten.} 18. Nd2 Qe2 19. Rde1 Qg4 20. Qh2 d5 21. f3 Qa4 22. g4 Bd6 23. Qf2 hxg4 $1 (23... Ng7 {Svidler-Kramnik Mexico 2007}) 24. fxg4 (24. h5 g3 $17) 24... Qxg4 25. Reg1 (25. Ref1 $5) (25. h5 Bg3 (25... Qg3 26. Qf1 Nf4 27. Nf3 Nxh5 28. Rg1 Qxe1+ $1 29. Qxe1 Bf4 30. Qh4 Bxe3 31. Rg2) 26. Qg2 Nf4 27. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxf4 29. Rf1 Re8 30. hxg6 Qxf1+ $1 31. Qxf1 Re1+ 32. Qxe1 Bxe1 33. Nf3 $11) 25... Qh5 26. Nf3 Re7 {Here I thought for a while, but decided that White wasn't better here. Hier überlegte ich eine Weile, kam aber zu der Entscheidung, dass Weiß an dieser Stelle nicht besser steht.} 27. Bg5 (27. Ng5 Rae8 (27... Ng7 $5 28. Nf3 Rae8 29. Rg5 Rxe3 30. Rxh5 Nxh5 $44) 28. Nxe6 Rxe6 29. Rg5 Qh8 30. Bc1 Qf6) 27... Ree8 $1 28. Be3 { The problem is that I need g5 for the other pieces, but the bishop needs to stay there to stop Black doubling on the e-file. Das Problem ist, dass ich g5 für die anderen Figuren brauche, aber der Läufer dort bleiben muss, um Schwarz an der Verdopplung in der e-Linie zu hindern.} Re7 29. Bg5 Rd7 (29... Bc5 30. Nd4 Ree8 {was an alternative if Black wanted to keep the rook on the e-file. war eine Alternative, wenn Schwarz den Turm in der e-Linie behalten wollte.}) ( 29... Ree8 { Taking the draw was of course possible. Taking the draw was of course possible. }) 30. Nd4 {Still, White has enough compensation for the pawn. Black will find it difficult to activate his queen without allowing h5. Trotzdem hat Weiß genug Kompensation. Schwarz wird es schwer fallen, seine Dame zu aktivieren, ohne h5 zuzulassen.} Nxd4 (30... Nc5 31. Nf5 Ne4 32. Qd4 Bf8 33. Ng3 Nxg3 34. Rxg3 Re8 (34... c5 35. Qa4 Rd6 36. Rf1 $44) 35. Qxa7 c6 $11) 31. Qxd4 Bf8 ( 31... c6 32. Qe3) 32. Qe3 c6 (32... Rd6 { I thought this was stronger. I glaube, das war stärker.} 33. Rf1 c6 34. Qf2 Rd7 35. Rhg1 Re8 36. Qxa7 $11) 33. Qh3 Rd6 34. Bf4 Re6 (34... Rf6 35. Rg5 Qe2 36. h5 Rxf4 37. hxg6 Bh6 {Later Später} 38. b3 $1 {The computer suggests this calm move. Der Computer schlägt diesen ruhigen Zug vor.} (38. gxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rf5+ ( 39. Qd7+ Qe7 40. Rf5+ Rxf5 41. Qxf5+ Kg7 $19) 39... Ke7 40. Rxf4 Bxf4 41. Qh4+ Kd7 42. Qxf4 Re8 $11) 38... Rf2 39. gxf7+ Kf8 40. Qxh6+ Ke7 41. Qg6 {Black will have problems with his king. Schwarz wird Probleme mit seinem König haben.}) 35. Rg5 Qh8 36. h5 {With major pieces on the board, Black can hardly use his extra pawn, now he should try to swap a pair of rooks. Mit Schwerfiguren auf dem Brett kann Schwarz seinen Mehrbauern kaum verwerten, jetzt sollte er versuchen, ein Turmpaar zu tauschen.} Rae8 37. Bd2 Bc5 38. Rg3 (38. a3 Be3 39. Bxe3 Rxe3 40. Qd7 R3e7 $11) 38... Re2 39. Kc1 (39. Qd7 R8e7 (39... R2e7 40. Qg4 Re2 41. Kc1 Rf2 42. b4 Ree2 43. bxc5 Rxd2 44. Qc8+ Kg7) 40. Qc8+ Re8 41. Qd7 $11 (41. Qxb7 Rxd2)) 39... Qg7 (39... R8e6 40. a3 Rf2) (39... Rxd2 40. Kxd2 Qh6+ 41. Kd1 g5 42. Qf5 {forces further concessions from Black. erzwingt weitere Zugeständnisse von Schwarz.}) 40. a3 Bd6 (40... Rxd2 41. hxg6 $1 (41. Kxd2 g5 42. Qf5 Re5 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Rf1 { is awkward as well. ist ebenfalls nicht schön.})) 41. Rgg1 $2 {As soon as I made this move, I saw that Rg4 would have been stronger. Direkt als ich diesen Zug gemacht hatte, sah ich, dass Rg4 stärker gewesen wäre.} Bc5 $6 (41... R2e6) 42. Rg3 Bd6 43. Rg4 $1 R8e6 (43... R2e6 44. hxg6 Rxg6 45. Bh6 Qh7 46. Qf3 Ree6) (43... Rxd2 44. Kxd2 (44. hxg6 Ree2 45. gxf7+ Kf8 46. Rxg7 Rxc2+ $11) 44... g5 45. Rf1) 44. hxg6 Rxg6 45. Rxg6 fxg6 46. Be3 $1 { He had completely missed this. Das hatte er komplett übersehen.} Qe5 { Amazingly White doesnt have a forced win. Verblüffenderweise hat Weiß keinen forcierten Gewinn.} 47. Qh7+ Kf8 48. Bd2 $1 { This wins the b7 pawn. Dies erobert den b7-Bauern.} (48. Rf1+ Ke8 49. Qxg6+ Kd8 50. Qg8+ Qe8 51. Qxe8+ Kxe8 52. Bxa7) 48... Qf6 49. Qxb7 Rh2 50. Re1 { Not really a mistake, but White should have just taken the a7 pawn. Nicht wirklich ein Fehler, aber Weiß hätte einfach den a7-Bauern nehmen sollen.} (50. Qa8+ Kg7 51. Qxa7+ Kg8 52. Re1 $16 {With his a-pawn, White must have a large advantage. Mit seinem a-Bauern muss Weiß großen Vorteil haben.}) 50... Qf2 51. Kb1 $2 (51. Rd1 {Here I simply missed that Bf4 could be met by Qb4+. Here I simply missed that Bf4 could be met by Qb4+.} Qf6 52. Qa8+ (52. Kb1 Qf3) (52. Qxc6 Rxd2) 52... Kf7 53. Qxa7+ Kg8 54. Qa8+ Kg7 55. Qb7+ Kg8 56. Qc8+ Kf7 57. Qd7+ Kg8 58. Be3) (51. Qc8+ $2 Kg7 52. Qd7+ Kg8 $11) 51... Qxd2 { Now it seems to be a draw. Jetzt scheint es remis zu sein.} 52. Rf1+ Kg8 53. Qf7+ Kh8 54. Qxg6 (54. Qe8+ Kg7 55. Rf7+ Kh6 56. Qh8+ Kg5 57. Qf6+ Kh5 $1 ( 57... Kh6 $11) 58. Rh7+ Kg4 59. Qxg6+ Kf3 {Now White must even work for the draw. Nun muss Weiß für das Remis sogar arbeiten.}) 54... Qg2 $8 { The only move, but it holds. Der einzige Zug, aber er hält.} 55. Qe8+ Qg8 56. Qxc6 Bf8 57. Qa8 (57. Qc8 Bg7 58. Qc7 Rh7) 57... Bc5 58. Qxg8+ Kxg8 59. Rf5 Rd2 60. c4 Kg7 61. b4 Be7 (61... Be7 62. Rxd5 Rxd5 63. cxd5 Kf6 64. c4 Ke5 65. Kc2 Kd4 (65... Bd8 66. Kb3) 66. Kb3 {If the Black bishop could now go to c7, Black could even start thinking of winning, but as it is Bd6 is met by c5 and d6 and Bd8 by d6. Wenn der Läufer jetzt nach c7 gehen dürfte, könnte Schwarz sogar langsam ans Gewinnen denken, so aber wird Bd6 mit c5 nebst d6 und Bd8 mit d6 beantwortet.} Bd6 (66... Bd8 67. d6 $11) 67. c5 { This is a simple draw. Dies ist ein simples Remis.} (67. -- Bc7 68. a4 Bf4 69. a5 Bg3 70. a6 (70. d6 Bxd6 71. c5 Bg3 72. c6 Kd5 73. b5 Kd6) 70... Bh2 71. b5 Kc5 72. Kc3 Bg1 73. Kd3 Kb4 74. d6 Bc5 75. d7 Bb6 $19)) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2008.01.26"] [Round "12"] [White "Van Wely, Loek"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E19"] [WhiteElo "2681"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2008.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.01.30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. b3 Bf6 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. e4 e5 15. d5 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Bh3 g6 18. Re1 Re8 19. Rab1 Ba6 20. a4 Rb7 21. Re2 Rbe7 22. Qc2 h5 23. Ne1 Bg7 24. Ng2 g5 25. Bf5 Bc8 26. Rbe1 Bxf5 27. exf5 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Qf6 30. Qe8+ Bf8 31. Qe4 Qe5 32. Qd3 Bh6 33. f3 h4 34. Qe4 hxg3 35. Qxe5 dxe5 36. hxg3 g4 37. fxg4 Kf8 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Kf3 Bg5 40. Ne1 a5 41. Nd3 f6 42. Nf2 Ke8 43. Ne4 Ke7 44. Nxg5 fxg5 45. Ke4 Ke8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2008.01.25"] [Round "11"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2733"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2008.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.01.30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2 Bf8 14. Qf2 Bd7 15. g4 $1 {Carlsen had little to lose by playing aggressively against the world champion. Some even insist, that 14...Bd7 was not the best move for Black.} e5 16. Nf5 exf4 (16... Be6 17. g5 Nd7 18. Nh6+ gxh6 19. f5 Bc4 20. Rg1 Ne7 (20... hxg5 21. b3 f6 22. bxc4 $13) 21. gxh6+ Kh8 22. Rg2 d5 23. Rag1 d4 24. Qg3 Ng6 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Bxd4 Bxh6 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. exd5 Bg7 29. Bc3 $14 { 1/2 Kristiansen,J (2445)-Horvath,J (2540)/Novi Sad 1990 (41)}) 17. Bxf4 { The defender has done nothing wrong, so it is no surprise that the violent line 17.Bb6 is not dangerous for him.} (17. Bb6 Qc8 18. g5 Nxe4 19. Nh6+ (19. Bxe4 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Qxf4 Qg6 $17) 19... gxh6 20. Nxe4 hxg5 21. Rg1 (21. Nxg5 Ne5 $17) 21... Ne5 $2 (21... h6 22. h4 Rxe4 23. Bxe4 Bf5 $15) 22. Rxg5+ Bg7 23. Rag1 Nxf3 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. Qxf3 { 1-0 Houtsonen,P (2146)-Lehtinen,A (2155)/Tampere 1999}) 17... Be6 18. Rad1 (18. g5 Nd7 19. Bg2 Nb4 $13) 18... Ne5 19. Bxe5 {In the higher chess sense such an exchange should not be the best line. White is giving up the control of the dark squares hoping, that his magnificent knights will offer chances for a kingside attack.} (19. g5 Nfd7 20. Bg2 Nb6 $13) 19... dxe5 20. g5 Nd7 21. Nd5 Qc6 (21... Bxd5 22. exd5 e4 23. Bg2 Rbd8 24. d6 Qc5 25. Qf4 $16) (21... Qc5 22. Nfe3 $1 Be7 (22... b5 23. Bh5 g6 24. Bg4 $16) 23. Qg2 $14) 22. Bg2 {The young s tar was criticised for this retreat, but otherwise Black would always be able to take the f5-knight at a suitable moment.} (22. a5 Bxf5 23. exf5 e4 24. Bg2 Re5 25. f6 $14) 22... Qc5 23. Qh4 $1 (23. Qxc5 $6 Nxc5 24. Nc7 Rec8 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 $15) 23... Qxc2 24. Rc1 Qxa4 {Anand likes the idea of indirectly pinning the queen on h4 along the 4th rank. It is most likely, that Black can hold after the greedy 24...Qxb2, but that would be quite risky.} (24... Qxb2 25. Rc3 g6 26. Rh3 h5 27. Bf3 (27. gxh6 Kh8 28. Ng7 Bxd5 29. exd5 Be7 30. Qe1 Rf8 $15) 27... Qc2 28. Bxh5 gxh5 29. Qxh5 Qxe4+ 30. Rff3 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qd2+ 32. Kg3 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 $11) 25. b3 {In this charged position each move can be worth its weight in gold. The direct 25.Rc3 was praised as the best move, but Anand would not have had to take on d5 as suggested by some grandmasters.} (25. Rc3 g6 $1 (25... Bxd5 26. Rh3 h6 27. gxh6 g6 (27... Bxe4 28. Bxe4 g6 29. Bd5 Qb5 ( 29... Qxh4 30. Nxh4 $18) 30. Ne3 Kh8 31. Rxf7 $16) 28. h7+ Kh8 29. exd5 Qb5 ( 29... Qxh4 30. Nxh4 g5 $1 31. Rxf7 gxh4 32. Rxd7 Re7 (32... e4 33. Bf1 Bg7 34. Rxh4 e3 $11) 33. Rxe7 Bxe7 34. Be4 Rf8 $11) 30. Ne3 Be7 $11) 26. Rh3 (26. Nfe3 Rec8 27. Ng4 Kh8 28. Rh3 h5 29. gxh6 Qd4 $17) 26... h5 27. gxh6 (27. Bf3 $2 Bxd5 28. exd5 Qxh4 29. Nxh4 e4 $19) 27... Bxf5 28. Nc3 Qd4 29. exf5 Qxh4 30. Rxh4 g5 $15) 25... Qa5 (25... Qxb3 26. Rc3 Qa4 27. Rh3 h6 28. gxh6 g6 29. Nf6+ Nxf6 30. Qxf6 Kh7 31. Qg7+ Bxg7 32. hxg7+ Kg8 33. Rh8#) 26. Rc3 (26. b4 Bxb4 27. Ra1 Qc5 28. Rfc1 Qf8 $17) 26... g6 27. Rh3 h5 28. Bf3 {This pure aggression is correct since the whole position cries for the decision on the kingside.} ( 28. gxh6 Qd8 (28... gxf5 $2 29. Rg3+ Kh7 30. Qg5 $18) 29. h7+ Kh8 30. Qg3 Rc8 $15) 28... Bxd5 29. exd5 Bg7 $1 {Anand knows better, than to let his young opponent roam freely on the light squares with 29..gxf5?} (29... gxf5 $2 30. Qxh5 Bg7 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qxf5 Re7 33. d6 Re6 34. Rh7 $18) 30. Bxh5 (30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Be4 Rf8 $17) 30... gxf5 (30... gxh5 31. Qxh5 Qxd5+ 32. Rff3 (32. Kg1 Qc5+ 33. Rf2 Qc1+ 34. Rf1 Qc5+ $11) 32... Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qe2+ 34. Kg1 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ $11) 31. Bxf7+ $5 {A truly ingenious idea, as Carlsen steps up his attack with a spectacular sacrifice.} (31. Rxf5 Qxd5+ 32. Rhf3 Rf8 33. Bxf7+ Rxf7 34. Rxf7 Nf8 $17) 31... Kxf7 32. g6+ Kg8 (32... Kxg6 $2 33. Rg1+ Kf7 34. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 35. Qg5+ $18) 33. Qh7+ $2 {Youth mixed with impatience and excitement! White must have been frustrated, that despite his heroic efforts the chances remain balanced. The necessary 33.Rxf5 allowed Black to sacrifice the queen in order to avoid perpetual, but chances would stay about equal.} ( 33. Rxf5 Qxd5+ (33... Qa1+ $5 34. Kg2 Qb2+ 35. Rf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 (36. Qxf2 Nf6 37. d6 Rbd8 38. Rd3 $13) 36... Nf8 37. Rg3 Rbd8 38. Qe4 $13) 34. Rhf3 Qd1+ ( 34... Qxf3+ 35. Rxf3 Nf8 36. Qc4+ Ne6 37. Rf7 $11) 35. Rf1 (35. Kg2 $2 Qd2+ 36. Rf2 Qh6 $19) 35... Qd5+ $11) 33... Kf8 34. Rxf5+ Ke7 (34... Nf6 $2 35. Rxf6+ Bxf6 36. Qf7#) 35. Qxg7+ Kd6 $1 {This moment was surely pleasant for Anand, suddenly his king looks much safer than White's!} (35... Kd8 36. Qf7 Qe1+ 37. Rf1 Qe4+ $17) 36. Rf7 (36. Rf6+ Nxf6 37. Qxf6+ Kc5 38. Qf2+ Kb5 $19) 36... Qxd5+ 37. Kg1 Rbd8 38. Rh7 Qd4+ 39. Kg2 (39. Kf1 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qg4+ 41. Kf2 Rg8 $19) 39... Qg4+ 40. Kh1 Rg8 { The game is over as the knight on d7 still holds the Black's position together. } 41. Rf6+ (41. Rxd7+ Qxd7 42. Qf6+ Qe6 $19) 41... Kc7 (41... Nxf6 42. Qxf6+ Kd5 $19) 42. Qe7 Qe4+ {A real battle of great chess minds. Carlsen deserves lot of credit for his spirited attack!} 0-1 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2008.01.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2753"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2008.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.01.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 b4 10. c3 O-O 11. h3 Rb8 12. Bc4 Qc8 13. Re1 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. exd5 Qd7 19. Bg5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2008.01.22"] [Round "9"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2737"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2008.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.01.30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Re1 Be4 12. Qc1 Bb7 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. e4 Be7 15. Nbd2 c5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne4 cxd4 18. Qd2 Bxg5 19. Nexg5 h6 20. Ne4 Ne3 21. fxe3 Bxe4 22. exd4 Bd5 23. Nh4 Nb6 24. Be4 Rc8 25. Ng2 Bxe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2008.01.20"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2008.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.01.30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 {Topalov is convinced, that the counterplay against the d5-pawn will compensate for the missing light squared bishop.} (12... Rc8 13. Kb1 Bg7 14. c4 O-O 15. Be2 Re8 16. Rc1 b6 17. Rhf1 Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Bg5 Rb8 20. Rc2 e4 21. Qf4 e3 22. g4 a5 23. Rg1 a4 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. gxh5 Be5 26. Qg5 Qb6 { 0-1 Li Wenjun (2342)-Wu Shaobin (2496)/Shenyang 1999/ (46)}) (12... Bg7 13. Qb4 Qc7 14. Na5 O-O 15. Nc4 Ne8 16. Nb6 Nxb6 17. Bxb6 Qe7 18. Kb1 Nf6 19. c4 Rfc8 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. Be3 { 1-0 Dolzhikova,K (2248)-Batsiashvili,N (2316)/Herceg Novi 2005/ (80)}) 13. Qa5 (13. c4 $6 Rc8 14. Na5 Nfxd5 15. Bg5 Qxg5 16. Qxg5 Bh6 17. Qxh6 Rxh6 18. Nxb7 Kd7 $11) 13... Bh6 (13... Nfd7 14. Kb1 Bh6 15. Bf2 $16) 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Qb4 $5 {Anand demonstrates his exceptional feeling for the pieces. The vulnerability of the h6-rook is helping to lessen the pressure against the d5-pawn.} Kf8 (16... Nfxd5 17. Rxd5 Nxd5 18. Qd2 Qc7 (18... Nf4 19. g3 Qf6 20. gxf4 Qxf4 21. Qd5 Rc7 22. Nd2 $14) 19. c4 Nf4 20. g3 b5 21. cxb5 Ne6 22. Be2 Rh8 23. Rc1 $16) 17. c4 Kg7 18. g3 $1 {The fixed queenside has helped the first player to avoid problems with his king. On the other hand any activity on the kingside is desirable for White.} Rh8 (18... g5 $6 19. Bd3 g4 20. f4 $16 ) 19. Rc1 Qc7 20. Bh3 Rce8 21. Rhd1 (21. Rhe1 Nbd7 22. Re3 Ra8 $13) 21... Re7 { Topalov in the role of a defender must be very careful about timing of the strategic advance with his e5 pawn.} (21... e4 $6 22. c5 $1 Nbxd5 (22... dxc5 23. Nxc5 Qd6 24. fxe4 Rxe4 (24... Nxe4 25. Qd4+ Nf6 26. Nxb7 $18) 25. Qa3 Qe5 26. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 27. Qd3 $18) 23. Rxd5 Nxd5 24. Qd4+ Nf6 25. cxd6 Qb8 26. Nd2 exf3 27. d7 Re7 28. Rc8 Rxd7 29. Bxd7 Rxc8 30. Ne4 $16) 22. a3 (22. c5 Nbxd5 23. Rxd5 Nxd5 24. Qd2 Qc6 25. Na5 Qc7 (25... Qb5 $2 26. cxd6 Ree8 27. Bf1 $18) 26. Nb3 $11) 22... Rd8 (22... e4 $6 23. c5 $1 dxc5 (23... Nbxd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Qd4+ $16) 24. Nxc5 Nbxd5 25. Ne6+ fxe6 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Qb3 $16) 23. Nd2 Nbd7 $6 {Innaccuracies against the world champion can have the impact of real mistakes. Black must have been very unhappy about the missed opportunity to equalise with a timely 23...e4!} (23... e4 $1 24. Qc3 (24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Rxe4 26. Bg2 $11) (24. f4 $6 e3 25. Nf3 e2 26. Re1 Rde8 $17) 24... Na4 25. Qc2 (25. Qd4 exf3 26. Rf1 Qc5 $15) 25... Nc5 26. fxe4 Nfxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 $11) 24. Qc3 a5 (24... Nc5 25. b4 Ncd7 26. g4 $14) 25. Bxd7 (25. g4 $5) 25... Nxd7 ( 25... Rdxd7 26. Rf1 Qb6 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28. fxe4 Rc7 29. Qf3 $14) 26. f4 Nf6 { Topalov has lost confidence in his position and the next few moves will push him slowly under. Objectively speaking his chances were still very fair after the correct 26...Nc5!?} (26... Nc5 $5 27. Re1 f6 $11) 27. Rf1 b6 (27... b5 $5 28. fxe5 Rxe5 (28... dxe5 29. Qf3 $16) 29. Nf3 Rf5 30. Nh4 (30. Nd4 Rxf1 31. Rxf1 Qxc4 32. Ne6+ fxe6 33. Qxf6+ Kh6 $11 (33... Kh7 $2 34. Rc1 $16)) 30... Re5 31. cxb5 $14) 28. h3 Qd7 $6 (28... b5 $1) 29. f5 $1 {In the post mortem Anand claimed this position to be strategically winning. True enough it comes very naturally for White to enhance the pressure.} (29. fxe5 dxe5 (29... Rxe5 30. Nf3 Rf5 31. g4 $18) 30. Rce1 $16) 29... Rf8 (29... gxf5 $2 30. Qe3 Nh7 31. Nf3 $16) 30. Qe3 e4 (30... a4 31. Ne4 Nxe4 32. Qxe4 f6 33. g4 $16) 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Re5 (32... Nxg4 $2 33. Qg5 Nf6 (33... e3 34. f6+ $18) 34. Rh1 Nh5 35. f6+ Kg8 36. Rxh5 $18) 33. Rf4 $1 { White is already spoiled by the pleasant choice of promising attacking ideas.} (33. Rh1 Nxg4 34. Qh3 Qxf5 (34... gxf5 35. Qh7+ Kf6 36. Qh4+ Kg6 37. Rcg1) 35. Qh7+ Kf6 36. Rcf1 Nf2 37. Qh4+ $16) 33... Qd8 34. g5 Nh5 (34... Nd7 35. f6+ Kg8 36. Rh1 $18) 35. f6+ Kg8 36. Rxe4 Rfe8 37. Ka2 $1 {Black has no squares along the e file so it is not necessary to worry about the pin.} a4 38. Rc3 (38. Re1 Rxe4 39. Nxe4 Qc7 40. Rc1 $18) 38... Qc7 39. Qd4 Qc5 (39... Rxe4 40. Nxe4 Qd7 41. Nf2 Qf5 42. Re3 $18) 40. Qxc5 {Topalov never really began believing in his position even though he played many reasonable moves and kept his chances alive.} (40. Qxc5 bxc5 41. Rce3 Rxe4 42. Rxe4 $18) 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2008.01.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2008.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.01.30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Rad1 {Anand has a compact opening repertoire, so finding an advantage is not easy. Polgar has made a sensible choice, Black has to fight for complete equality.} b5 (15... f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Ne3 Rf7 18. Nc4 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qf6 21. Qd5 Rd8 22. c3 h6 23. Nd2 Kh8 24. Ne4 Qg6 { 1/2 Solodovnichenko,Y (2537)-Czakon,J (2484)/Castelldefels 2006 (79)}) 16. Ne3 Nxb3 (16... Nxe4 17. Qd3 Ng5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qxd6 Nd4 21. c3 $14) 17. axb3 Qc7 18. Rd3 Nb4 {Black is hurrying with the knight move as otherwise the white queen would complicate the counterplay.} (18... Rfd8 19. Qd2 $14) 19. Rd2 Qe7 (19... f6 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. h4 $14) 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. Nf5 $6 {The idea of forcing the bishop to take on f5 is not bad, but somewhat better chances were promised by the more standard move to d5.} (21. Ra1 Qb7 22. c3 Nc6 23. Nd5 $14) 21... Bxf5 22. exf5 Rfe8 23. c3 Nc6 24. Qe4 Na5 (24... Qc7 25. h3 Na5 26. Qb4 Nc6 27. Qg4 $14) 25. Qd5 Qf6 $6 {Anand was struggling to get his tournament going and this dubious decision reflects his desire to fight. It was objectively better was to equalise with the help of the 25...e4! advance.} (25... e4 $1 26. Nd4 Qe5 27. Nc2 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Nxb3 29. Nb4 Nc5 $11) 26. Re2 (26. Ra1 e4 $1 27. Rxa5 exf3 28. Rd1 fxg2 29. Rxa6 $11) 26... Rc8 ( 26... Qxf5 $2 27. Ra1 $18) 27. Nd2 $6 {We should not be too harsh on Judit, since the relocation of the knight is not bad. The sad part lies in a missed chance to punish her great opponent with the precise 27.Ra1! gaining a serious advantage.} (27. Ra1 $1 Rc5 (27... e4 28. Rae1 Qd8 29. g4 Qd7 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxe4 Qc6 32. Qxc6 Nxc6 33. Kg2 $16) 28. Qd1 Nb7 29. Rxa6 Qxf5 30. b4 Rc7 31. Qd5 $16) 27... Qxf5 28. Ne4 (28. b4 $1 Nc6 29. Ne4 Qe6 30. Red2 Qxd5 31. Rxd5 Red8 32. f3 $14) 28... Qe6 29. Nxd6 Rcd8 $1 {The flow of the game has changed and suddenly White has to look for ways to equalise matters.} (29... Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Rcd8 31. Red2 Rf8 32. b4 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Nc4 34. Kf1 $14) 30. Red2 (30. Qxe6 $2 Rxe6 31. Red2 Nxb3 $17) 30... Nxb3 31. Nxe8 (31. Rd3 h5 32. Nxe8 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Qg4 $15) 31... Rxd5 32. Rxd5 h6 33. Rd8 (33. Rd6 Qf5 34. Rxa6 Qc2 35. Rad6 Qxb2 $15) 33... Kh7 34. Nd6 $6 {The mislocated knight will not decide the issue, Anand was better in any line. On the other hand the idea to counterattack the f7-square will turn into a pipe dream and White will go under.} (34. Nc7 Qg6 35. R8d3 Nc5 36. Rd6 Qc2 37. R6d2 Qb3 $17) 34... Nc5 ( 34... e4 $6 35. Re8 Qg4 36. Re1 f5 37. Nf7 $11) 35. h3 (35. g3 Qb3 36. Rd2 Na4 $17) 35... Qg6 { The other very strong idea was to assault the b2-pawn with both black pieces.} (35... Qb3 $1 36. Rd2 Na4 $17) 36. g3 (36. Nc8 Ne6 37. R8d6 Qg5 38. Kh2 e4 $17) 36... Ne6 $1 37. Rd7 (37. Ra8 Ng5 38. h4 Nf3+ $19) 37... Ng5 38. h4 Qe6 { Black could already choose between three different lines with variable levels of catastrophe for White.} (38... Qc2 39. Rf1 (39. Ne8 Nh3+ 40. Kg2 Nxf2 41. R7d2 Qxd1 42. Rxd1 Nxd1 $19) 39... Nf3+ 40. Kg2 Qd3 $19) (38... Qh5 39. Ne8 Nf3+ 40. Kg2 Nd4 $19) 39. Rb7 Nf3+ 40. Kg2 (40. Kf1 Qh3+ 41. Ke2 Qg4 42. Ke3 Nxh4 $19) 40... Qg4 {Repeatedly Anand refused to contemplate the move Qb3, even though here it was the strongest line winning outright.} (40... Nxh4+ 41. Kf1 Qh3+ 42. Ke2 Qg4+ 43. Kd2 Nf5 44. Nxf5 Qxf5 45. Ke3 $17) (40... Qb3 $1 41. Ra1 Qd5 42. Kf1 Qxd6 $19) 41. Rd5 (41. Rh1 Nd2 42. Kh2 Qf3 43. Rxf7 Qd5) 41... Nxh4+ 42. Kf1 Qf3 43. Rd2 Nf5 44. Nxf5 $8 (44. Rd7 Nxg3+ 45. Ke1 Qh1#) 44... Qxb7 {In the end the decision will fall in the endgame, where White has perilously little material for the enemy queen.} 45. Ke2 a5 46. Ne3 a4 47. Rd5 (47. Nd5 Kg6 48. f3 Kg5 49. Rd1 h5 $19) 47... b4 48. cxb4 (48. Rxe5 bxc3 49. bxc3 Qa6+ 50. c4 a3 $19) 48... Qxb4 49. Rd2 f5 50. Rc2 (50. Nxf5 $2 Qg4+ $19) 50... Qb3 51. f4 exf4 52. gxf4 Qb4 53. Nc4 (53. Nxf5 Qb5+ $19) 53... g5 { White has no more hopes even for resistance.} 0-1 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2008.01.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2008.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.01.30"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h4 Nh5 8. Bc4 e6 9. Nf1 Nd7 10. g4 Nhf6 11. h5 Be4 12. g5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nfd7 14. Ng3 Bd5 15. Qe2 Be7 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Kf1 Qc7 18. Kg2 Qc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2008.01.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2008.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.01.30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. e3 b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be2 Nd7 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Rfc1 a5 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. Bf3 Qe7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. h3 Rc7 20. Qd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2008.01.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2726"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2008.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.01.30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Bb2 Bd6 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Rfd1 c5 17. e3 Nf6 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Qd2 Rfd8 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Rac1 Bc5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Qc3 Rcd8 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. b4 Bd6 27. Nc6 Qd7 28. h4 Bb7 29. Nd4 Be5 30. f4 Bxd4 31. exd4 Qe8 32. Kf2 h6 33. Qa3 a6 34. Rc7 Rd7 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. d5 Qxd5 37. Qc3 Qd7 38. Qd4 Qc7 39. Qc3 Qf7 40. a3 b5 41. Qe5 Kh7 42. Qd4 Bd5 43. Bc3 Qg6 44. Qd1 Qf7 45. Qd4 Ba8 46. Qe3 Qb7 47. Bd4 Qh1 48. Ke2 Be4 49. Kd2 Kg6 50. Qe1 Qf3 51. Qe3 Qf1 52. Qe2 Qb1 53. Qe3 Qc2+ 54. Ke1 Qc4 55. Qc3 Qd5 56. Bxg7 Qd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2008.01.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E34"] [WhiteElo "2692"] [BlackElo "2799"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2008.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.01.30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 c5 8. a3 Ba5 9. Qc4 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nbd7 11. g4 Qxg4 12. dxc5 Nd5 13. Qc2 Qf5 14. Qc4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bg2 Bd7 17. Bxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2008.01.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C76"] [WhiteElo "2799"] [BlackElo "2760"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2008.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.01.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 b5 {The initial idea of the Deferred Steinitz Defence was to refrain from advancing this pawn in order to avoid weakening the queenside. However, over recent years, the last move has become popular, owing to Mamedyarov's efforts.} 9. Bc2 ({Mamedyarov was also confronted with the more active} 9. Bb3 { when he answered} Nf6 {Alekseev,E (2634)-Mamedyarov,S (2709)/Moscow 2006/CBM 112/[Roiz,M] (1/2-1/2, 49)}) 9... exd4 {With the bishop more passivley placed on c2, Black is under no immediate pressure. However, giving up the centre so easily remains a risky decision. However, the uncertain character of the ensuing positions seems to suit Mamedyarov's style, since he has always escaped dry out of what looked like deep waters.} ({Paradoxically, Mamedyarov suffered his only defeat in this line with the more solid} 9... Nf6 10. dxe5 $5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 O-O (12... Ng4 $5 {is a critical move, although some players might be discouraged by the fact that Black is not completely developed yet.} 13. Bc5 Qh4 14. h3 Bf8 { Parma,B (2530)-Keres,P (2615)/Yerevan 1971/EXT 99 (0-1, 42)} 15. Bxf8 Nxf2 16. Qe2 Nxh3+ 17. gxh3 Qg3+ 18. Kh1 Qxh3+ 19. Qh2 Kxf8 20. Nd2 {Black has three connected pawns for the knight, but his weakened queenside leaves open the question as to whether he has sufficient compensation.}) 13. Nd2 Be6 $6 (13... Qe7 14. b4 Rfd8 15. Qe2 a5 16. Nb3 axb4 17. Bc5 Qe8 18. cxb4 Nh5 {>< f4} 19. g3 Bh6 $132 {Tiviakov,S (2625)-Giorgadze,G (2590)/Kropotkin 1995/CBM 047/[Ernst] (1/2-1/2, 30)}) 14. Nf3 $1 $14 Ng4 {Black plays this move under less favourable circumstances. With the knight on f3 already, there is no counterplay available.} 15. Bc5 Re8 16. h3 Nh6 17. Bb3 $16 {Karjakin,S (2660) -Mamedyarov,S (2709)/Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111 (1-0, 34). White has the more active piece and the better pawn structure.}) 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Be3 (11. d5 { is an important alternative.} Ne5 12. Nbd2 Bh6 {I do not like this move too much. With several of his pieces on their initial squares, Black moves with his bishop for the second time.} (12... Ne7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 O-O { offers Black acceptable development, but it is questionable still whether this will balance White's pair of bishops and advantage of space in the centre.}) 13. h3 Bxd2 14. Bxd2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 g5 {A logical sequel of the previous moves, but the same evaluation as after 12...Bh6 applies here.} 16. a4 (16. f4 $6 { This allows Black maintain his stability in the centre and weakens his own king's position.} gxf4 17. Bxf4 Qf6 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd2 Nf6 $132 { Jakovenko,D (2710)-Mamedyarov,S (2752)/Moscow 2007 (1/2-1/2, 29)}) 16... Ne7 ( 16... b4 17. a5) 17. Bxg5 $1 (17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Qe2 N7g6 20. Bxg5 h6 21. Be3 Qc8 $44) 17... Rg8 18. Kh2 Rxg5 19. f4 Rg6 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Qh5 Rf6 22. Re2 $14 {Black's stability on the dark squares does not compensate completely for his structural defects.}) 11... Nge7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rc1 Kh8 $146 {Black makes a generally useful moves, hoping that White will not find a way to get out of the pin too easily.} ({Previously, he had played} 13... f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Nxb5 (15. Bxf5 $5 Rxf5 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Ng5 { might be a better try.} Qd7 18. f3 Nxd4 19. Qd1 Rxg5 20. Bxg5 Be6 21. Ne4 c5 22. Bf6 $14 {Black has some compensation for the exchange, but the vulnerable position of his king leaves him struggling.}) 15... axb5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Rxc6 Kh8 $44 { Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Mamedyarov,S (2709)/Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111 (1/2-1/2, 27)}) 14. Qd2 $1 {Anand does not fear the exchange on f3, because this will strengthen his control over the centre.} Bxf3 { Otherwise, White would play Bd1 anyway.} 15. gxf3 Qd7 16. Ne2 {White starts to clear the c-file, in order to underline the main drawback of combining ...b5 with ...exd4.} f5 17. Bd1 fxe4 18. fxe4 d5 {This is the only way to justify the development of the king's knight on e7, but now the queenside weaknesses will become even more relevant, while the bishop will remain passive on g7.} 19. e5 Nf5 20. Nf4 (20. Ng3 $5 { looks like a better chance for a stable advantage.} Nh4 (20... Nxe3 21. Qxe3 $14) 21. Bg5 Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 Rxf3 23. Re3 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 $14) 20... Nxe3 21. fxe3 $14 {White has improved his structure, but his king's position has been weakened. Besides, after} Bh6 $132 {the enemy bishop becomes active. Eventually, Mamedyarov will again survive in his "lucky variation".} 22. Qc3 Nd8 23. Qxc7 Qxc7 24. Rxc7 Bxf4 25. exf4 Ne6 26. Rd7 Rxf4 27. Bb3 Nxd4 28. Bxd5 Re8 29. e6 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Rxf3 31. Ra7 Rd3 32. Rxa6 Rd2 33. b4 Re7 34. a4 bxa4 35. b5 Rb2 36. b6 Re8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2008.01.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2799"] [Annotator "Krasenkow,M"] [PlyCount "169"] [EventDate "2008.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.01.30"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Re1 Bf8 { This system is examined by GM I.Stohl in CBM 118 (annotations toIljin-Nepomniac htchi), by GM D.Rogozenko in CBM 120, as well as in annotations to Inarkiev-Aronian in this issue, which I wrote a couple of weeks ago. The opening theory is developing so quickly that they are somewhat out of date already! Particularly, the text move, which I suggested in those annotations, has now undergone a thorough test at the highest level. Sit and enjoy!} 15. Bg3 Bg7 16. Bd6 Bf8 {An early draw?} 17. Bxf8 { Not yet! Black's uncastled king gives White some compensation for the pawn.} Rxf8 $6 {I don't like this move.} (17... Kxf8 $5 { (leaving the line of fire) will probably be tested in future games, e.g.} 18. b3 cxb3 (18... b4 19. Na4 c3 20. d5) 19. axb3 Kg7) 18. b3 (18. d5 $5 cxd5 19. exd5 Qb6) 18... b4 (18... cxb3 19. axb3 $36) 19. Na4 c3 20. a3 a5 21. d5 $5 { A typical breakthrough.} Qe7 (21... cxd5 22. exd5 Bxd5 $2 {loses to} 23. Bb5 { with a deadly pin.}) (21... Qf6 22. Qd3 {and White keeps initiative.}) 22. d6 Qf6 23. e5 $1 Qf4 {The pawn is untouchable as both} (23... Nxe5 24. Nc5) ({and } 23... Qxe5 24. Ba6 Qxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Bxa6 26. axb4 axb4 27. Qe4 { are unsatisfactory for Black.}) 24. Bd3 { The white pawn wedge is now extremely strong.} bxa3 { Again Black can't capture the e5-pawn:} (24... Nxe5 25. Re4 Qf6 26. axb4 $16) ({The attempts to free his b7 bishop also fail:} 24... c5 $2 25. Bb5 {or}) ( 24... Ba6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. axb4 axb4 27. Qe2 Nb8 (27... Ra8 28. Nxc3 $1) 28. d7+ $1 Kd8 29. Rad1 {with a deadly attack for White.}) 25. Qe2 $1 { It's time now to protect the pawn, simultaneously preventing ...Bb7-a6.} (25. Rxa3 Nxe5 {is now less clear, e.g.} 26. Re4 (26. Nc5 Ng4 $1) 26... Qd2 $1 $13) 25... Qd2 {Black decides to simplify the game at any cost.} (25... O-O-O 26. Nxc3 f6 {looks quite desperate. White can continue} 27. Bc4 $1 (27. Ne4 $143 Qxe5 $1) 27... Nxe5 (27... Qxe5 28. Qd2) 28. Ne4 $1 Kb8 29. Rxa3 f5 30. Nc5 Ng4 31. g3 Qxd6 32. Rxa5 Qd2 33. Rea1 {with a strong attack.}) 26. Rxa3 Qxe2 (26... f6 $5) 27. Rxe2 g4 $6 { This attempt to activate the f8-rook is probably too slow.} (27... Ba6 $5 { was probably better:} 28. Bxa6 c2 $1 29. Rxc2 Rxa6 $14) 28. Nxc3 Rg8 29. Ne4 Kd8 30. Nd2 c5 (30... Rg5 31. f4 gxf3 32. Nxf3 $16) 31. Bb5 $1 Bd5 32. Nc4 Rg5 33. Rea2 {The e5-pawn has played its part. It's now time for the invasion!} Nxe5 (33... Bxc4 34. bxc4 Rxe5 35. Kf1 $18) (33... Rb8 34. Rxa5 { and Black is nearly in zugzwang!}) 34. Nb6 $1 Rb8 35. Rxa5 Be4 36. Ra7 f6 37. R2a6 {Missing a forced win but keeping a decisive advantage anyway:} (37. Nd7 $1 Rxb5 38. Nxf6 Nc6 39. Rf7 Kc8 40. Nxe4) 37... Rg8 38. Rc7 (38. Ba4 $5) 38... Rf8 39. Rxc5 Rf7 40. d7 Nxd7 41. Nxd7 Rxd7 42. Bxd7 Kxd7 { Slowly but surely White brings home his material advantage:} 43. Rc3 f5 44. Ra7+ Kd6 45. Rh7 Bd5 46. Rxh6 Bxb3 47. h3 gxh3 48. Rhxh3 Bd5 49. Rc2 Ke5 50. f3 Kf6 51. Kf2 Rb4 52. Re2 Kg6 53. Kg3 Ra4 54. Rh4 Ra7 55. Rb2 Kf6 56. Rhb4 Ke5 57. Re2+ Kf6 58. Rd2 Ke5 59. Re2+ Kf6 60. Kf4 Ra3 61. Rd2 Ra5 62. Re2 Ra3 63. Kg3 Ra8 64. Rc2 Ke5 65. Rh4 Rg8+ 66. Kh2 Ra8 67. Re2+ Kf6 68. f4 Ke7 69. Rh7+ Kd6 70. Kg3 Rg8+ 71. Kh3 Rg4 72. g3 Rg8 73. Rd2 Rc8 74. Kh4 Rc3 75. Rg7 Ra3 76. Rc2 Bc6 77. Rc1 Rb3 78. Rg1 Bd5 79. Kg5 Kc5 80. Kf6 Kd4 81. Re1 Rb6 82. Rd7 Rc6 83. Ke7 Ra6 84. Rd6 Ra7+ 85. Kf6 1-0 [Event "Bundesliga 0708"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2007.12.09"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D23"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2007.10.20"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.04.02"] [WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"] [BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 Bxh4 13. gxh4 Nef6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. e4 Bg6 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Bd6 b5 18. b3 e5 19. d5 b4 20. dxc6 bxc3 21. cxd7 Nxd7 22. Re2 Nf6 23. Bb4 Nh5 24. Bxc3 Nf4 25. Re3 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 f6 27. a4 Rac8 28. f3 Bf7 29. b4 Rc4 30. Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Bundesliga 0708"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2007.12.08"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "McShane, Luke J"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2592"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2007.10.20"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.04.02"] [WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"] [BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 Ne7 12. Bb2 c5 13. Rad1 Kc8 14. Rd2 b6 15. Ne2 Ng6 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Ng3 Kb7 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. Rd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8 c6 21. g4 Kc7 22. Rd1 Be7 23. Ne1 Nh4 24. Kh2 g5 25. f4 gxf4 26. Nxf4 Bg5 27. Bc1 c4 28. Nxe6+ fxe6 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. bxc4 Rf8 31. Kg1 Rf4 32. Rd6 Re4 33. Nd3 Rxc4 34. Rxe6 Rxc2 35. Re7+ Kd8 36. Rxa7 Nf3+ 37. Kf1 Nh2+ 38. Ke1 Nf3+ 39. Kf1 Nh2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Advanced rap m"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.23"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2007.11.23"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.01.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+ Ke8 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Nd4 Bc4 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Nf4 18. Kh2 c5 19. Nf5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Ne6 21. f3 Bb5 22. Rd2 h5 23. Kg3 Bc6 24. Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Moscow Advanced rap m"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2007.11.23"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.01.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 a5 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. h3 Re8 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Ne2 Bd6 19. Nd4 Nh5 20. Rfe1 Nf4 21. Bf1 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. f4 f6 24. Qb3 Qf7 25. Bb6 a4 26. Qa2 Rd7 27. Be2 g6 28. e5 Bc7 29. Bxc7 Rxc7 30. Bg4 f5 31. Bf3 Kg7 32. Rd8 Ree7 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Red1 c5 35. Be2 c4 36. R1d6 Be4 37. Kf2 Re6 38. R8d7+ Rxd7 39. Rxd7+ Re7 40. Rxe7+ Kxe7 41. g4 fxg4 42. hxg4 Bd5 43. Ke3 b4 44. Kd2 c3+ 45. bxc3 bxa3 46. Kc1 Ke6 47. Kb1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.22"] [Round "26"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc4 Ne7 10. Bg5 Ng6 11. Nh4 Kh8 12. Nxg6+ fxg6 13. Be3 b5 14. Nd2 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Qe7 16. Qe2 h6 17. h3 Bd7 18. Rf2 g5 19. g4 Nh7 20. Raf1 Rxf2 21. Rxf2 Nf6 22. Nf1 a5 23. a3 c5 24. Ng3 g6 25. Kg2 Kg7 26. Qd1 Rb8 27. Bd5 Rf8 28. Ba2 Qd8 29. b4 Qc8 30. Qd2 h5 31. gxh5 Bxh3+ 32. Kh1 Qg4 33. h6+ Kxh6 34. Nf1 Nxe4 35. dxe4 Bg2+ 36. Kg1 Bxe4+ 37. Rg2 Bxg2 38. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 39. Kxg2 axb4 40. axb4 c4 41. Bb1 d5 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.22"] [Round "32"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2695"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 Ndf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 g6 14. Rab1 c5 15. Qb2 b6 16. a4 Nd7 17. Nf3 Bb7 18. Qa3 Qf6 19. Bb5 Bc6 20. Rfe1 a6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Rb2 Rfe8 23. Reb1 Rac8 24. h3 Kg7 25. Ne1 Qf6 26. Nd3 Qf5 27. Nf4 Rc6 28. dxc5 Rxc5 29. Rd1 Rec8 30. Rbd2 Nf6 31. Qb2 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Rd4 Kg8 34. Nd3 Rxc3 35. Qxb5 Rc2 36. Rf4 Qe6 37. Rf3 Ne4 38. Nf4 Nc3 39. Qb3 Qe4 40. Nxd5 Nxd5 41. Rxd5 Qe6 42. Rf4 R2c3 43. Qb5 Qc6 44. Qxc6 R3xc6 45. Rd7 Rf8 46. g4 Rcc8 47. Kg2 Rcd8 48. Rfxf7 Rc8 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.22"] [Round "36"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2736"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e3 b5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Nd5 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. h4 Qe8 14. Bf4 Bd8 15. h5 f6 16. h6 e5 17. hxg7 Kxg7 18. Be3 Bg4 19. a4 Ne7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra6 Ng6 22. Qd2 Kh8 23. Rda1 exd4 24. Bxd4 Ne5 25. Qf4 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 c6 28. e5 Rc8 29. exf6 Rf7 30. Ra8 Qe6 31. R1a7 Rxa8 32. Rxa8 Qd7 33. Qxc6 Kg8 34. Qxd7 Rxd7 35. Bb6 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.22"] [Round "25"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2715"] [PlyCount "158"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. Bd2 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. b4 Qd7 17. Ng3 a5 18. Rb1 Rfb8 19. c3 axb4 20. axb4 Ne8 21. Qb3 Nc7 22. Ra1 h6 23. Qb2 Rf8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Ra1 Rxa1+ 26. Qxa1 Qc8 27. bxc5 dxc5 28. c4 b4 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Qxe5 Ne8 31. Qb2 Qd7 32. Qb1 Bf6 33. Ne2 Qa4 34. f4 Ba1 35. Kf2 Nc7 36. Ke1 Na6 37. Nc1 Bc3 38. Nb3 Qd7 39. Ke2 Qf7 40. Be3 Qh5+ 41. Kf2 Qh4+ 42. Kf3 Qh5+ 43. Kg3 Qg6+ 44. Kf2 Qh5 45. Qf1 Qe8 46. Qd1 Qa4 47. Qb1 Qd7 48. g4 Qd8 49. Ke2 Qh4 50. Qf1 Qd8 51. f5 e5 52. f6 Qxf6 53. Qxf6 gxf6 54. Bxh6 Bd4 55. h4 Nb8 56. Be3 Nd7 57. Bxd4 exd4 58. g5 fxg5 59. hxg5 Kf7 60. e5 Nxe5 61. Nxc5 Kg6 62. Nb3 Nc6 63. Kf3 Kxg5 64. Ke4 Kf6 65. Kd5 Ne5 66. Kxd4 Ke6 67. c5 Nc6+ 68. Ke4 Ne7 69. d4 Nd5 70. Kd3 Nc3 71. Kc4 Nd5 72. Nd2 Ne3+ 73. Kxb4 Kd5 74. Nb3 Nf5 75. Kb5 Ne7 76. Na5 Ng6 77. c6 Ne7 78. c7 Kd6 79. Nc6 Nxc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.22"] [Round "38"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2787"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. N1d2 Nf6 10. f4 O-O 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. g4 b5 13. O-O-O Rc7 14. Rhg1 Qe7 15. Kb1 Nd7 16. g5 Bb7 17. Rg3 Nb4 18. Rh3 g6 19. Qg4 Rfc8 20. Qh4 Nf8 21. a3 Nxd3 22. cxd3 h5 23. gxh6 Qxh4 24. Rxh4 Nh7 25. Nd4 Nf6 26. N2f3 Re8 27. Ng5 e5 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Ndf3 Nh5 30. Rg1 Kh8 31. Nh3 Bc8 32. Nf2 Nf4 33. Nxe5 Ne2 34. Re1 Nd4 35. Neg4 Nf3 36. Nf6 Rd8 37. Nd5 Rb7 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.22"] [Round "34"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rb1 a5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. g3 c5 13. Bg2 Nc6 14. O-O Rc8 15. Qd2 cxd4 16. exd4 Qd6 17. h3 Bd7 18. a3 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rd1 Bf5 22. Nb5 Qd7 23. Nc3 Qd6 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. gxf4 Ne7 26. Ne5 Rd8 27. Kh2 Be6 28. Bf3 Nf5 29. Bg4 Nd6 30. Kg2 Rc8 31. Re1 b5 32. Nf3 Re8 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. f5 exf5 35. Rxe8+ Nxe8 36. Nxb5 Kf7 37. Ne1 g5 38. Nd3 Ke7 39. b4 axb4 40. Nxb4 Ke6 41. a4 Nd6 42. Nc7+ Kd7 43. Ncxd5 Bxd4 44. a5 Nb5 45. Nb6+ Kd6 46. Na4 h5 47. Nc2 Ba7 48. Ne3 f4 49. Nc4+ Kd5 50. Ncb6+ Ke4 51. Nc5+ Kd4 52. Ne6+ Ke5 53. Nxg5 Nd6 54. Nf3+ Ke4 55. Ng5+ Kf5 56. Nf3 Ke4 57. Nd7 Nc4 58. Nf6+ Kf5 59. Nxh5 Nxa5 60. Ng7+ Kf6 61. Ne8+ Ke7 62. Nc7 Kf6 63. Nd5+ Kf5 64. Nd2 Nc6 65. Nc4 Ke4 66. Nf6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.22"] [Round "30"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2785"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 b5 12. Bb3 Re8 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. e4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.22"] [Round "23"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2755"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 Nb8 17. Nxc4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Nxc6 20. Rd7 Bf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bd5 Nb4 23. Rxa7 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Rfd8 25. Rb1 Rxd5 26. Rxb6 Rf5 27. Rb2 Kg7 28. Kg2 Rc1 29. a4 Ra1 30. f4 h5 31. Rbb7 Rc5 32. Rxf7+ Kg6 33. Rg7+ Kf5 34. Kh3 Ra2 35. Rh7 Ke4 36. Rac7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 h4 38. Kxh4 Rxh2+ 39. Kg4 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.22"] [Round "21"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C70"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2755"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4 Bb7 9. c4 c5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ng3 Nxb3 12. axb3 h5 13. Nc3 h4 14. Nge2 h3 15. g3 b4 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. f3 a5 18. Bf4 Bxb2 19. Ra2 Bg7 20. g4 Ra6 21. Ne3 Ne7 22. Rd2 Nc8 23. e5 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Rxh6 25. Ng3 Kf8 26. f4 Kg8 27. f5 Qg5 28. Qe2 dxe5 29. Rd7 Nd6 30. fxg6 Rxg6 31. Nef5 Nxf5 32. Rxf5 Qxg4 33. Qxg4 Rxg4 34. Rxb7 a4 35. bxa4 Rxa4 36. Rfxf7 Ra2 37. Rfc7 Rg2+ 38. Kf1 Rf4+ 39. Ke1 Rxh2 40. Nh5 Rh1+ 41. Ke2 h2 42. Rg7+ Kf8 43. Rb8# 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.22"] [Round "28"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Savchenko, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B35"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2583"] [PlyCount "177"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Na5 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Bd7 11. Qe1 Rc8 12. Rd1 Ng4 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. Rd3 Nc4 15. Bc1 Qb6 16. Nd5 Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 Nxb2 18. Nxb6 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Bxb6 20. f5 Rc2 21. Bh6 Be2 22. Qa1 f6 23. Qb1 Rcc8 24. Re1 Bh5 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Qb5 gxf5 28. Qxf5 Bg6 29. Qh3 d5 30. e5 fxe5 31. Qe6 Bxd3 32. Qxe5 Rd6 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. Qh8 Bg6 35. Qg8+ Kf6 36. Rc1 Be3 37. Rf1+ Ke5 38. Qf8 Ke6 39. Qg8+ Ke5 40. h4 d4 41. h5 Be4 42. Qg7+ Ke6 43. Qf7+ Ke5 44. Qxe7+ Kd5 45. Qxb7+ Ke5 46. Qe7+ Kd5 47. Qxa7 Rh6 48. Qd7+ Ke5 49. Qe8+ Kd5 50. Rf8 Rc6 51. Qd7+ Kc4 52. Re8 Bd5 53. Rd8 Be4 54. Qg4 Bc2 55. Qf3 Rc5 56. g4 Kd3 57. Kg2 Kd2 58. Rb8 Kc3 59. Re8 Kd2 60. Kg3 Rc3 61. Kg2 Bd1 62. Qe4 Bc2 63. Qd5 Bd1 64. g5 Bxh5 65. Rxe3 Kxe3 66. Qe5+ Kd3 67. Qg3+ Kc4 68. Qc7+ Kb4 69. Qxh7 Bf3+ 70. Kf2 Bd5 71. Qe7+ Kc4 72. Qc7+ Kd3 73. Qe5 Rc2+ 74. Kg3 Bxa2 75. g6 Bc4 76. g7 Rc1 77. Kf2 Rc2+ 78. Kf3 Rc1 79. Qe4+ Kc3 80. Qc6 Rg1 81. Qh6 d3 82. Kf2 Rg4 83. Qf6+ Kc2 84. Qc6 Kc3 85. Kf3 Rg1 86. Qc5 Rg6 87. Qe5+ Kb3 88. Ke3 Re6 89. Qxe6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.22"] [Round "20"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Ne5 Bd6 7. f4 O-O 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Qf3 Rc8 14. f5 exf5 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qxf5 Bb4 17. Qxd7 Nbxd7 18. Ne2 Nb6 19. Ng3 Nfd5 20. a3 Be7 21. Ne4 Rfd8 22. Bd2 Nc4 23. Rac1 Nxd2 24. Rxc8 Nxb3 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Rf5 Nc7 27. d5 Nd4 28. Rf1 Nxd5 29. Rd1 Bb6 30. Kh1 Ne3 31. Rc1 h6 32. Nd6 Ng4 33. g3 f5 34. Nxb7 g5 35. b4 Kf7 36. a4 Ne6 37. a5 Be3 38. Nd6+ Kf6 39. Rc6 f4 40. gxf4 gxf4 41. Nb5 Ke5 42. h3 Nf2+ 43. Kg2 Ne4 44. h4 Nd2 45. Rc1 f3+ 46. Kg3 Ne4+ 47. Kxf3 Bxc1 48. Nxa7 Nd4+ 49. Kg4 Nf6+ 50. Kh3 Bd2 51. a6 Bxb4 52. Nc8 Ne6 53. a7 Nc7 54. Nb6 Kf5 55. a8=Q Nxa8 56. Nxa8 Ba5 57. Kg3 h5 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.22"] [Round "24"] [White "Dreev, Alexey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2607"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. b3 Bd6 9. Bb2 Qb8 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ngf3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. c5 Bf8 18. b4 Ra8 19. a4 Rec8 20. Qb3 b6 21. Bc3 a5 22. cxb6 Qxb6 23. b5 cxb5 24. Bxb5 Ne4 25. Bxa5 Qxa5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxd7 Rc3 28. Qb8 Rc2 29. Rf1 Qc3 30. Ne5 Rc1 31. Bb5 Rxf1+ 32. Bxf1 Qe1 33. Nd3 Qa1 34. Ne5 Nd2 35. Qb5 Nxf1 36. Qxf1 Qxa4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.22"] [Round "29"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nbd2 Ne7 13. h3 Ng6 14. Ra7 c5 15. Qa1 Rb7 16. Ra8 h6 17. Qa5 Qxa5 18. Rxa5 Ne7 19. Ra6 Rd8 20. Rfa1 Rb8 21. Ra7 Bb7 22. R7a5 Ra8 23. R1a2 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Ra8 25. Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. c4 b4 27. Ba4 Kf8 28. Kf2 Bc6 29. Bxc6 Nxc6 30. Nh4 g6 31. Nhf3 Nd7 32. Ke2 Ke7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.22"] [Round "27"] [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. f4 Qh4 16. Qf3 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Kh1 Ne7 19. Na3 c5 20. d5 Ng6 21. Nc4 Qf6 22. Qh5 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Ra6 c4 25. Ba4 g6 26. Qe2 f3 27. Qxc4 Qg5 28. Rg1 Qd2 29. Rd1 Qxb2 30. Bc6 Qxf2 31. Ra2 Qe3 32. Qd3 Qf4 33. Rf1 f2 34. d6 Be3 35. Qe2 Rb6 36. Bd5 Rxd6 37. Kg2 Qg5+ 38. Kh3 Rf6 39. Qg4 Qh6+ 40. Kg2 Rf4 41. Qd7 Qg5+ 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.22"] [Round "37"] [White "Korotylev, Alexey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 f6 3. Bh4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 e6 9. Nd2 Rc8 10. Ngf3 Bd6 11. Be2 Nge7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bd1 h5 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 g5 16. Bc2 h4 17. gxh4 g4 18. Nh2 Rxh4 19. g3 Rh3 20. e4 Kf7 21. Re1 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 f5 24. Re2 Rch8 25. Ndf1 Nd5 26. Qd2 R8h6 27. Rae1 Qc8 28. f3 f4 29. Nxg4 R6h5 30. gxf4 Rxf3 31. Rxe6 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Rh1+ 33. Kf2 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Qxg4 35. Qe2 Qh4+ 36. Kf1 Qh3+ 37. Kf2 Nce7 38. Qf3 Qh2+ 39. Qg2 Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Nxf4+ 41. Kf3 Nd3 42. Re2 Nd5 43. Rc2 Ne1+ 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.22"] [Round "35"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 c5 8. Bxb4 cxb4 9. O-O a5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nbd2 d6 12. e4 Nc6 13. Rad1 e5 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15. Nf1 Rad8 16. Ne3 Rfe8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Rc1 Qb8 21. Qxd4 Qa7 22. f4 Rc8 23. e5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qb8 25. Qxb6 dxe5 26. d6 Bxg2 27. Qxb8 Rxb8 28. Kxg2 Rd8 29. fxe5 f6 30. e6 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.22"] [Round "33"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Rfe1 b6 14. e4 Bb7 15. a3 Rac8 16. e5 b5 17. Ba2 c5 18. d5 c4 19. h4 Nc5 20. h5 exd5 21. hxg6 d4 22. Rxd4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nd3 24. Rxd3 cxd3 25. Qxd3 Kh8 26. gxf7 Qg5+ 27. Kf1 Bxe5 28. Re4 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 Qxc3 31. Qd6 Qc6 32. Qe5+ Kh7 33. Rg4 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.22"] [Round "31"] [White "Rublevsky, Sergei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B55"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. O-O Bf6 15. Bd4 Rb8 16. b3 Be6 17. Qd2 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 a5 19. Rfd1 Rb4 20. Qc5 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Rac1 Ra8 23. Rd4 Rb4 24. Rcd1 Kf8 25. Kf2 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Ke7 27. Ra4 Bd7 28. Rd4 Kd6 29. Ke3 Kc5 30. a3 Re8+ 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.22"] [Round "22"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2739"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. c3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 18. Nd4 Qf6 19. N2f3 Nc5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Rxa3 22. Nxa3 Ba6 23. Re3 Rb8 24. Nd4 Nbd3 25. Bxd3 Nxd3 26. Rxd3 cxd3 27. Nc6 Rxb2 28. Bxb2 Qxb2 29. Nb1 g6 30. Nd2 h5 31. Nf3 Bc4 32. Qa4 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Qxe4 35. Na5 Bxd5 36. Qxe4 Bxe4 37. Nd2 Bd5 38. Kf1 Bh6 39. Nb1 d2 40. Nc3 Bg7 41. Nd1 Bd4 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2729"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Re8 9. Qd3 a5 10. a3 Na6 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Rfc1 h6 13. Ne1 e5 14. Nc2 bxa3 15. bxa3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. e3 Nc5 18. Qc2 a4 19. Rab1 Rab8 20. Rb4 Ng4 21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Ne5 23. Ne4 Qb6 24. Rd1 Rbd8 25. Nc3 Rc8 26. Nxa4 Qa5 27. Bh3 Ne6 28. Qb3 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Nfg5 30. Bg4 Rcd8 31. h4 Nh7 32. Bf3 Rd7 33. b6 Nf6 34. Rb5 Qa8 35. Nc3 Nc5 36. Qb4 Re5 37. a4 Qc8 38. Nd5 Nxd5 39. Rxd5 Rxd5 40. Bxd5 Re7 41. Qc4 Qf5 42. a5 Kf8 43. Bf3 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. a6 bxa6 46. b7 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2714"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. c4 Nc7 9. Rg1 Nd7 10. Nf3 g6 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd2 b5 14. cxb5 cxb5 15. Nxb5 Nxb5 16. Bxb5 Bd5 17. Be2 Rc8 18. b3 Nf6 19. Ne5 Ne4 20. Qb2 e6 21. g5 Qd6 22. h4 Nc3 23. Rg3 Nxe2 24. Kxe2 Rc7 25. Rc1 Qa6+ 26. Ke1 Rfc8 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Bf4 Bf8 29. Ng4 Bb4+ 30. Bd2 Bd6 31. Rc3 Bg2 32. Ne3 Bf3 33. Nc4 Bd5 34. Nxd6 Qxd6 35. Rxc7 Qxc7 36. Qa3 Qh2 37. Be3 Qh1+ 38. Kd2 Qb1 39. Qxa7 Qb2+ 40. Kd3 Qb1+ 41. Kc3 Qe1+ 42. Kb2 Qe2+ 43. Ka3 Kg7 44. Bf4 Qb5 45. Be5+ Kf8 46. Qc5+ 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Dreev, Alexey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C60"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2607"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 d5 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 dxe4 7. Qe2 Bd7 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bxc6+ Nxc6 10. Qxe4+ Qe7 11. Nd2 O-O-O 12. O-O Qxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. Bf4 Rhe8 15. Rfe1 h6 16. g4 Bf8 17. Kg2 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. f4 Rb5 20. Re2 f5 21. gxf5 Rxf5 22. Rf1 Bd6 23. Nxd6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.21"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2714"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qe2 Nge7 9. Be3 b5 10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1 d5 13. O-O dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nd4 15. Qc4 Nxb3 16. cxb3 a5 17. Qb5+ Bd7 18. Qc5 Qc7 19. Rc1 Qxc5 20. Rxc5 Nc8 21. Ne3 Nd6 22. Bf3 Ke7 23. Re1 Rc8 24. Rh5 h6 25. Nd5+ Kd8 26. Ne3 f6 27. Rh4 Rac7 28. Rd4 Rc1 29. Kf1 Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 Ke7 31. Kd2 g5 32. h4 f5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. g3 Rc5 35. Bg2 g4 36. Bh1 Be8 37. Bg2 Bf7 38. Nc4 Nxc4+ 39. Rxc4 Kd6 40. Rxc5 Kxc5 41. Bb7 Kd4 42. Bc8 Bg8 43. Bd7 Ke4 44. Bc6+ Ke5 45. Bd7 Kd6 46. Bc8 Kd5 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. Ba6 Bf7 49. Bb5 Bg6 50. Bc4 Be8 51. Bb5 Bf7 52. Bc4 Kd6 53. Kf4 Be8 54. Ke3 Bc6 55. Kd4 e5+ 56. Ke3 Be4 57. Bf7 Bd5 58. Bg6 Ke6 59. Bh7 Kf6 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C68"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Be3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bd6 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Rfb1 c5 13. a3 a5 14. b4 cxb4 15. axb4 Nc6 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Rxa5 Nxa5 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. dxc4 Kd7 20. Rxb7 Ra8 21. Rb3 Kc6 22. Kg2 Ra2 23. c5 Bxc5 24. Rc3 Ra5 25. Kg3 Kd6 26. Kh4 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Ra1 28. Rd3+ Ke6 29. Rc3 Rf1 30. Kg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.21"] [Round "18"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Korotylev, Alexey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A56"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2600"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Ne8 9. a3 Bg5 10. b4 Bxc1 11. Qxc1 b6 12. Rb1 cxb4 13. axb4 a5 14. Qc2 axb4 15. Rxb4 Nc5 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Nxb6 Ra3 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Rfb1 h6 20. Be2 Qc7 21. f3 Qa7 22. Kh1 Ra5 23. Nxd7 Nfxd7 24. Bf1 Qa6 25. g3 Ra3 26. Bh3 Nf6 27. Bf1 Rd8 28. Kg2 g6 29. Nb5 Ra2 30. R4b2 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Kg7 32. Ra2 Qb6 33. Qd2 Nb7 34. Qf2 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Nc5 36. Ke3 Ne8 37. Be2 Kf6 38. Ra5 Ke7 39. Na7 Kf6 40. Nc6 Rd7 41. f4 exf4+ 42. gxf4 Rb7 43. Rb5 Rxb5 44. cxb5 Nd7 45. Kd4 g5 46. Bg4 Nb6 47. e5+ Kg7 48. fxg5 dxe5+ 49. Nxe5 hxg5 50. Nc4 Nxc4 51. Kxc4 Kf6 52. Kc5 Ke7 53. b6 Nd6 54. Kc6 Ke8 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.21"] [Round "16"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A42"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2752"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. Nge2 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. h4 f5 9. h5 Rf8 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Rh7 Rf7 12. Rxg7 Rxg7 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 15. Nd5 Qe6 16. Be2 Ne5 17. f4 c6 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Qd2 Rf7 21. Bh6+ Ke7 22. Bf4 Qe6 23. Ng8+ Kf8 24. Nh6 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.21"] [Round "14"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D76"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2705"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nd4 c6 11. e4 cxd5 12. exd5 Nac4 13. b3 Nd6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Bg5 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Rxc8 Nxc8 20. Nd4 Bh3 21. Bxh3 Qxh3 22. Qd3 Qd7 23. Nf3 Rd8 24. d6 Qxd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. Bxe7 Re6 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Bc5 b6 29. Ba3 Bf6 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 Ne7 32. Bxe7 Kxe7 33. Ne1 Kd6 34. Nc2 b5 35. Kd3 a6 36. Ke4 Kc5 37. f3 a5 38. h3 a4 39. g4 axb3 40. axb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.21"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2676"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Bxc4 Nxe4 8. O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Ne5 Be7 13. Rd3 Nbd7 14. Rg3 Kh8 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. Bc1 f5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Rh3 Kg8 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Qe6+ Rf7 21. Qxc6 Nf6 22. Qe6 g6 23. Bf4 Qc8 24. Re3 Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Bb4 26. Na2 Bf8 27. Be5 Ne4 28. f3 Ng5 29. Rc6 Rd7 30. Rdc1 Nf7 31. Bg3 Nd8 32. Rc8 Rxc8 33. Rxc8 Kf7 34. Nc3 Bg7 35. Be5 Bxe5 36. dxe5 a6 37. Kf2 d4 38. Nb1 Ne6 39. Rc6 b5 40. a5 Rd5 41. Rxa6 Rxe5 42. Rb6 Nc5 43. a6 Re7 44. Rxb5 Nxa6 45. Rd5 Rb7 46. Rxd4 Rxb2+ 47. Nd2 Nc5 48. Kg3 Ke8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.21"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2739"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Nxe4 13. Bd5 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Bxe4 d5 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qxd4 Qf6 19. Nd2 b4 20. Qxd5 bxc3 21. bxc3 Rb5 22. Qf3 Qg6 23. Ra4 Bb7 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. fxg3 Rd8 26. Rf2 f6 27. g4 Rb2 28. Nf1 Rb1 29. Kh2 Bc6 30. Ra3 Rd3 31. Ng3 Rc1 32. Nf5 Bd7 33. Re2 Bxf5 34. gxf5 Rdxc3 35. Rxc3 Rxc3 36. Re6 Rc5 37. Rxa6 Rxf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.21"] [Round "13"] [White "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E63"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3 Rb8 9. Nd5 e6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. d5 Ne7 13. Rc1 e5 14. e4 c5 15. Ng5 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f4 Ng8 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. fxe5+ Kg7 20. e6 Bxe6 21. dxe6 Rxe6 22. Qd2 Qe7 23. Rcd1 Nf6 24. Bh3 Nxe4 25. Qd3 Re5 26. Bg2 Rd8 27. Rfe1 Nf6 28. Rxe5 Qxe5 29. Bxb7 a5 30. Qd2 Qe7 31. Bf3 Qc7 32. Re1 Re8 33. Qe3 Qd7 34. Qe6 Qd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.21"] [Round "17"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nbd7 9. f4 g6 10. Bd3 e6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. b4 O-O 13. a4 Nh5 14. Qe2 a5 15. axb5 axb4 16. Na4 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxb4 Nxa4 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. bxc6 Nc3 21. Qb2 Rxa1+ 22. Qxa1 Qc5 23. Qa8+ Kg7 24. O-O d4 25. Qb7 dxe3 26. c7 exf2+ 27. Kh1 Qe3 28. Qg2 Qxd3 29. Rxf2 Qc4 30. Qb7 Nd1 31. c8=Q Nxf2+ 32. Kg2 Qd4 33. Qcc7 Nxf4+ 34. Kf1 N2xh3 35. Qxf7+ Kh6 36. Qxh7+ Kg5 37. Qbe7+ Kf5 38. Qef7+ Ke5 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.21"] [Round "6"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E17"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "203"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5 Bf6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Qxe4 Bxb2 12. Rd1 Na6 13. O-O exd5 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. cxd5 Nc5 16. Bf4 d6 17. Nd4 Ba6 18. Bf3 Rhe8 19. Be3 Kf7 20. Rd2 Bc3 21. Rc2 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Re7 23. Rd1 Rae8 24. e3 Bd3 25. Rc3 Bg6 26. Be2 Kg8 27. f3 Rf8 28. e4 Bh5 29. g4 Be8 30. h4 a5 31. h5 Bd7 32. Kg2 Rfe8 33. Bf1 Rf8 34. Rdc1 Ref7 35. Re3 Re7 36. Be2 Rfe8 37. Kg3 h6 38. Rcc3 Kf8 39. Bf1 Kg8 40. Bg2 Kf8 41. Rc1 Kg8 42. Rce1 c6 43. dxc6 Bxc6 44. Rb1 Rb7 45. Rc3 Bd7 46. Bxc5 dxc5 47. Rxc5 a4 48. a3 bxc5 49. Rxb7 Be6 50. Rc7 Rb8 51. Rxc5 Rb3 52. Rc6 Kf7 53. Bf1 Rxa3 54. Bc4 Bxc4 55. Rxc4 Ra1 56. Kf4 a3 57. Ra4 a2 58. e5 Ke6 59. Ra6+ Kf7 60. Kf5 Rf1 61. Ra7+ Kf8 62. Rxa2 Rxf3+ 63. Ke6 Kg8 64. Ra4 Rb3 65. Rd4 Rb6+ 66. Ke7 Rb7+ 67. Ke6 Rb6+ 68. Kf5 Kf7 69. Rd7+ Kf8 70. Rc7 Ra6 71. Rd7 Rb6 72. Rd6 Rb4 73. Ra6 Kf7 74. e6+ Kf8 75. Ra8+ Ke7 76. Ra7+ Kf8 77. Rf7+ Kg8 78. Rd7 Kf8 79. Rd5 Ke7 80. g5 Rb7 81. gxh6 gxh6 82. Rc5 Ra7 83. Rb5 Rc7 84. Rd5 Ra7 85. Rb5 Rc7 86. Ra5 Rb7 87. Ra6 Rb5+ 88. Kg6 Rg5+ 89. Kxh6 Rg1 90. Kh7 Kf6 91. h6 Rg2 92. Kh8 Rg1 93. h7 Rg2 94. Rb6 Rg1 95. Rb8 Kxe6 96. Rg8 Rh1 97. Kg7 Rg1+ 98. Kf8 Rf1+ 99. Ke8 Ra1 100. Rg6+ Kf5 101. Rf6+ Kg5 102. Rf8 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.21"] [Round "19"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2787"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. b3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rac1 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qb1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Nc5 19. Qc2 a5 20. Qe2 Rfd8 21. Qb5 Qb7 22. Rd4 Bf8 23. h3 Rxd4 24. Bxd4 Nd7 25. Rd1 Rc7 26. Nd2 e5 27. Bb2 Rc5 28. Qd3 Rd5 29. Qe2 b5 30. Nf3 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 f6 32. Qc2 Nc5 33. Nd2 Qd5 34. Ba3 Qd3 35. Qc1 b4 36. Bb2 a4 37. bxa4 Nxa4 38. Qc4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.21"] [Round "15"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E71"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Qe8 8. g4 a5 9. Nge2 Na6 10. Ng3 c6 11. g5 Nd7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Qxd6 f5 14. gxf6 Rxf6 15. Qd2 Nf8 16. Na4 Ne6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Qxa5 Nd4 19. O-O-O c5 20. Nd5 Rf7 21. Ne2 Nb4 22. Nec3 Nbc6 23. Qa3 Ra7 24. Qxc5 Rxa2 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Ra1+ 27. Nb1 exd4 28. Bd3 Be6 29. f4 Kh8 30. e5 Rd8 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.21"] [Round "11"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D13"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Bxa6 Ra8 14. Bxb7 Rxa4 15. Bxc6+ Kf8 16. Nxa4 Ne4 17. Bb7 Nd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rc6 Qd7 20. Rc8+ Bd8 21. Ne5 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. a4 Nc5 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. f3 c4 15. Kf2 Rac8 16. a5 Kf8 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Rfd1 Bb4 19. Nc3 Bc5 20. Ra4 Bxe3+ 21. Kxe3 Rc5 22. Rb4 Rc7 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rdc8 25. c3 Ke7 26. g3 g6 27. f4 exf4+ 28. gxf4 h5 29. Rd4 Nb8 30. Rbxc4 Nc6 31. Rd5 Rd8 32. Bf3 Rcd7 33. b4 Na7 34. Rxd7+ Rxd7 35. e5 Nb5 36. Rc8 Na3 37. Be4 Nb5 38. c4 Nc3 39. Rb8 Nxe4 40. Kxe4 h4 41. h3 Rc7 42. c5 Rd7 43. Rc8 f5+ 44. exf6+ Kxf6 45. c6 Re7+ 46. Kf3 Ke6 47. cxb7 Rxb7 48. Rc6+ Kf5 49. Rc5+ Kf6 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.21"] [Round "2"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "2755"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. d4 d5 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bf5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. e3 Ne4 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be4 14. Bh3 c5 15. Bb2 e6 16. Nd2 Bc6 17. Nb3 Re8 18. Ba3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nb6 20. Rac1 Qd5 21. Rxc6 Qxc6 22. Bg2 Qc2 23. Rd2 Qb1+ 24. Rd1 Rc2 25. Rxb1 Rxe2 26. Bxb7 Rxa2 27. Bc5 Rb8 28. Nc1 Ra5 29. Nb3 Ra2 30. Nc1 Ra4 31. Bc6 Rc4 32. Nd3 Rc3 33. Nf4 Nd7 34. Rxb8+ Nxb8 35. Bb5 a5 36. Bd6 Rb3 37. Ba4 Rb1+ 38. Kg2 Bf8 39. Bc7 Na6 40. Bd8 Ra1 41. Bb5 Nb4 42. e4 a4 43. d5 exd5 44. exd5 a3 45. Bf6 Rd1 46. Be2 Rb1 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 2nd"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2007.11.21"] [Round "9"] [White "Savchenko, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B91"] [WhiteElo "2583"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2007.11.21"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "38"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. f4 Qc7 11. f5 Bc4 12. Rf2 Nbd7 13. g4 h6 14. h4 Nh7 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Bxg5 18. Qh5 Be3 19. Re1 Nf6 20. Qh4 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rfc8 22. Nd2 Qb6+ 23. Re3 Qxb2 24. Rg3 Kf8 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxa8 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Qxc3 29. Qxb7+ Nd7 30. Qxa6 Qxc2+ 31. Qe2 Qc3 32. Qg4 Nf6 33. Qxg7 Qb2+ 34. Kg3 Qxa2 35. Qg5 Qe2 36. Bf3 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qc3 38. Kf2 Qc5+ 39. Kg2 Qc8 40. Kf2 Qh8 41. Kg3 Kf8 42. Qd2 Qg7+ 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Qc2 Ne8 45. Qc1 Qh8 46. Kg3 Kf6 47. Qc8 Qf8 48. Qc1 Qg7+ 49. Kf2 Qg5 50. Qc8 Ke7 51. Qb7+ Kf8 52. Qc8 Qe7 53. Kg3 Qc7 54. Qa8 Ke7 55. Kf2 Nf6 56. Kg3 Qb6 57. Kg2 Qd4 58. Qb7+ Kf8 59. Qc6 Qd2+ 60. Kg3 Kg7 61. Qb7 Nh7 62. Qc8 Qf4+ 0-1 [Event "EU-Cup 23rd"] [Site "Kemer"] [Date "2007.10.09"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Pelletier, Yannick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2609"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2007.10.03"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "TUR"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.14"] [WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"] [BlackTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Qc7 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Ne5 Qb5 13. a4 Qd5 14. Qe2 Qe4 15. a5 a6 16. f3 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Rc8 18. Ra4 Nd5 19. Nd3 Bd6 20. c4 Ne7 21. Bb6 Nc6 22. b4 Ne5 23. c5 Nxd3 24. Kxd3 Bb8 25. Kc4 h5 26. h4 Rh6 27. Ra2 Bc7 28. Rd1 e5 29. Kb3 Re6 30. Rad2 f6 31. Rd5 Re7 32. Ka4 g6 33. Kb3 e4 34. fxe4 Rxe4 35. Rd7 Re7 36. R7d3 Kf7 37. Kc4 g5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Rd5 Bf4 40. Bd8 Re4+ 41. Kb3 Kg6 42. Rd7 Rb8 43. Bc7 Bxc7 44. Rxc7 h4 45. Rd6+ Kf5 46. Rb6 Ree8 47. Rcxb7 Rxb7 48. Rxb7 Re6 49. Rf7+ Ke4 50. b5 g4 51. Kc4 1-0 [Event "EU-Cup 23rd"] [Site "Kemer"] [Date "2007.10.08"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2681"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2007.10.03"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "TUR"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.14"] [WhiteTeam "Ashdod"] [BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Bh5 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. e5 Qb6 17. b3 O-O-O 18. bxc4 Nxe5 19. c5 Qa5 20. Ne4 Nc4 21. Be2 f5 22. Bxc4 fxe4 23. Bxe6+ Kb8 24. Re1 Qc3 25. Rxe4 Qb2 26. f3 Rf4 27. Qc1 Qxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rxd4 29. Rxf4 gxf4 30. g4 fxg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "EU-Cup 23rd"] [Site "Kemer"] [Date "2007.10.07"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C76"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2599"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2007.10.03"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "TUR"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.14"] [WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"] [BlackTeam "Cannes"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. d5 Nce7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 h6 11. Nc3 f5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. f3 g5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Nde4 Nh5 17. Qd1 Nf4 18. a4 Rf7 19. b3 Raf8 20. Ra2 Nh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch"] [Site "Mexico City"] [Date "2007.09.29"] [Round "14"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2751"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2007.09.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "MEX"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 {Nowdays, the Marshall Attack can hardly be considered an aggressive weapon. White can make a draw almost by force, if he really wants to. Hoy en día, el Ataque Marshall dificilmente puede ser considerado como unarma agresiva. Las blancas pueden entablar de manera casi forzada, si esto es lo que quíeren de verdad.} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Bf5 14. Nd2 {Instead of sticking to his small material advantage, White hurries to complete his development and... win the World title. En vez de mantener su ventaja material, las blancas se apresuran a completar su desarrollo y a... ganar el título mundial.} Nf4 ({ The immediate capture on d3 offers White chances of retaining some initiative. } 14... Bxd3 15. Nf3 Bg6 16. Bg5 Qd7 { This was played in the first game where 14.Nd2 was seen.} (16... Nf6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 h6 19. Qxd8 $6 (19. Bh4 $14 { would have maintained better chances because of the pair of bishops.}) 19... Rfxd8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rc5 (21. Re2 $5) 21... Rd2 $11 { Azarov,S (2556)-Pinter,J (2512)/Izmir 2004/CBM 104 (1/2-1/2, 40)}) 17. Ne5 $6 { White risks to fall behind in development now.} (17. Bh4 Rfe8 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Bg3 $14) ({The more neutral developing move} 17. Qd4 $5 {was also possible}) 17... Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Qd2 h6 21. Bf4 Rd8 22. Rd1 Bf5 23. Bg3 {Byrne,R (2515)-Angantysson,H (2400)/Reykjavik 1982/MCD (1/2-1/2, 50)} { and now Black had the sepctacular} Nxc3 $5 { forcing White to simplify to a dead draw with} 24. Bxf7+ (24. Qxd7 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Nxg3+ 26. hxg3 Rxd7 $17) (24. Qxc3 $2 Qxd1+) 24... Kxf7 25. Qxd7+ Rxd7 26. Rxd7+ Bxd7 27. bxc3 $11) 15. Ne4 (15. Qf3 Qd7 ({The immediate} 15... Nxd3 { looks risky in view of} 16. Qxf5 Nxe1 17. Ne4 { , but White's initiative might be enough for just a draw:} g6 18. Qg4 Nd3 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Rd1 Kg7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Rxd3 f5 23. Qh3 Qxe4 24. Rd7+ Kf6 25. Rd6+ Kg7 $11) 16. Ne4 Bg4 17. Qe3 Nxd3 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Qe7 Rad8 20. Qxd6 Rxd6 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I (2555)-Adams,M (2610)/Tilburg 1992/CBM 032}) 15... Nxd3 16. Bg5 (16. Qf3 Bg6 17. Re2 Bc7 18. Bg5 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Qxg5 20. Qxd3 Rad8 $11 { Polgar,J (2715)-Adams,M (2723)/Enghien les Bains 2003/CBM 096 (1/2-1/2, 26): We have reached a position with the other pair of opposite bishops than in the main game:}) ({ Skipping the bishop's development to g5 could cause White troubles:} 16. Nxd6 $2 Qxd6 $32 17. Be3 Qg6 18. Rf1 Nxb2 $17 { Bluvshtein,M (2447)-Onischuk,A (2657)/Montreal 2003/CBM 097 (0-1, 40)}) 16... Qd7 17. Nxd6 (17. Qxd3 $4 Bxh2+) (17. Re3 $6 Bxe4 $8 18. Rxe4 Rae8 $32 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. Rxg4 Be5 (20... c5 $5 $17) 21. Rb1 h5 22. Rh4 Nxb2 23. Be3 Nd3 (23... Bxc3 $5) 24. Rd1 Nb2 25. Rb1 Nd3 26. Rd1 Nb2 27. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K (2515) -Nunn,J (2435)/Dubai 1986/TD. A more spectacular draw than in the game, but not a really forced one.}) 17... Qxd6 {All this has been played before and most of the games ended in draws after one of the following moves.} 18. Bc2 Qg6 19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. Be3 {Opposite coloured bishops, symmetrical position, no significant weaknesses for any side... Yes, a draw is the most likely result. Long live the new Champ! Alfiles de distinto color, posición casi simétrica, ausencia de debilidades importantes... Si, las tablas son el resultado más probable. !Viva el nuevo Campeón!} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch"] [Site "Mexico City"] [Date "2007.09.28"] [Round "13"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Grivas,E"] [PlyCount "146"] [EventDate "2007.09.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "MEX"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] {The analysis of this game was done while it was in progress and in time-pressure, so the reader might forgive me for any potentional mistake.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 ({This early pawn sacrifice variation seemed to be in fashion in the latest Wch. Earlier} 10. O-O {was on the choice:} Nbd7 11. Ne5 h5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qc1 Rg8 14. Rd1 Bb4 15. Qe3 Qe7 16. h3 h4 17. Bh2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 g4 19. Kh1 c5 20. hxg4 cxd4 21. Rxd4 e5 22. Rdd1 Nxg4 23. Bxg4 Rxg4 24. f3 Rg6 25. a4 a5 26. axb5 a4 27. Qe2 Qc5 28. Rab1 Rd6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Qxc4 a3 31. Ra1 h3 32. Qe2 hxg2+ 33. Qxg2 O-O-O 34. Qa2 f5 35. Qxa3 fxe4 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. fxe4 Bxe4+ 38. Kg1 Bd3 39. Bxe5 Rg6+ 40. Kf2 Bxb5 { 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B/Mexico City 2007.}) 10... g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 $5 ({ A not very often met move. Usually Black opts for} 11... h5 { and the latest example is} 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Bg3 Qxd4 16. Rfd1 Qc5 17. Bd6 Qb6 18. a4 a6 19. e5 Nd7 20. a5 Qa7 21. Ne4 c5 22. Ng5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Qa4+ Kf8 26. Rd7 Bd5 27. Rd1 Bd4 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. b3 Kg7 30. bxc4 Ba8 31. Qc2 g3 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Qe2 gxf2+ 34. Qxf2 Rd8 35. Qg3 Kf8 36. Qe5 Ke8 37. Nxe6 fxe6 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qg7+ Ke8 40. Qh8+ Ke7 41. Qg7+ {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Svidler,P/Mexico City 2007.}) 12. Nxg4 Nxg4 ({ The alternative is} 12... Nbd7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. e5 Nd5 15. O-O Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be7 17. a4 Bxh4 18. axb5 Bxg3 19. fxg3 cxb5 20. Bh5 Qd5 21. Rf3 $13 { Grigoryan,A-Hrabusa,M/Sibenik 2007.}) 13. Bxg4 b4 ({Also playable is} 13... Nd7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Be2 Qb6 16. a4 Bb4 17. Be5 Nd7 18. Bf4 Rd8 19. Be3 c5 $13 { Khalifman,A-Acs,P/Hoogeveen 2002.}) 14. Na4 c5 15. d5 ({ The main move 'must' be considered to be the 'obvious'} 15. Nxc5 { . A likely continuation can be} Bxc5 16. dxc5 Qxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Bxe4 18. Ba4+ (18. O-O Nc6 19. Be2 (19. Rc1 Bd5 20. Ba4 O-O-O $13 21. Bxc6 $2 Bxc6 22. Rxc4 Rd2 23. Rb1 f5 $17 {Rogozenko,D-Spiess,G/Dresden 2007}) 19... Bd5 20. Rfc1 Na5 $13 {Van Wely,L-Vallejo Pons,F/Khanty Mansyisk 2005}) 18... Bc6 19. Bxc6+ Nxc6 20. O-O-O Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Rd1+ Kc8 23. Rd6 Ne7 $13 {Maki Uuro,M-Koskinen,H/ Finland 2005. But it seems that Grischuk had done his homework too!}) 15... exd5 ({Black could easily go astray with} 15... Nd7 $2 16. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 $6 17. Qh5+ Ke7 18. d6+ Kf6 19. Nxc5 Rxg3 (19... Nxc5 20. Be5#) (19... Rg6 20. Nxe6 $1 Kxe6 21. Qf5#) 20. fxg3 { 1-0 Schenk,A-Stephan,J/France 2003. Black had no answer to} (20. fxg3 {:} Nxc5 21. O-O+ Kg7 22. Rf7+ Kh8 23. Qg6 Bxe4 24. Rh7# { . Actually, the text-move is a 'logical' novelty.})) 16. exd5 (16. O-O $2 dxe4 17. Qe2 Qd3 $1 {.}) 16... Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. O-O-O Rxg4 ({ C.Lutz proposed (back in 2003)} 18... Bxg2 19. Rhe1+ Be7 20. Bd6 (20. Bxb8 Rxb8 21. Rd7 Rxg4 22. Rexe7+ Kf8 23. Rxf7+ Kg8 $13) (20. f3 Kf8 21. Rg1 f5 $13) 20... Nc6 21. Bxe7 (21. f3 Kf8) 21... Nxe7 22. Rd7 Rxg4 23. Rexe7+ Kf8 24. Rxf7+ Kg8 25. Nxc5 Bc6 $13 {. Anand's move looks rather OK also.}) 19. Rxd5 Nd7 20. Re1+ Kd8 21. Red1 (21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Red1 Rc8 23. Rxd7+ Ke8 24. Rb7 Re4 $1 {is fine for Black.}) 21... Rd4 22. R1xd4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Rc8 24. Bd6 $1 { A good exchange, making Black's queenside pawns more vulnerable.} Ke8 $2 ({ Black should have opted for} 24... Be7 25. Kc2 Rc6 26. Bxe7+ Kxe7 27. b3 cxb3+ 28. Kxb3 Rg6 29. g3 Rf6 30. f4 a5 $11 {. Obviously the 'natural'}) (24... Bxd6 $6 25. Rxd6 f6 26. Ra6 Rc7 27. a3 $14 {would be nice for White.}) 25. Re4+ $1 Kd8 26. Bxf8 {Of course White is not obliged to go for the repetition draw.} Nxf8 27. a3 $1 bxa3 ({Forced:} 27... a5 28. axb4 axb4 29. Nb6 Rc6 30. Nxc4 $16) (27... f5 28. Rd4+ Ke7 29. axb4 Ne6 30. Rd5 $16 {.}) 28. bxa3 { White has got the advantage, mainly because of Black's bad pawn-structure.} Rc6 $1 ({Black's rightly activates his rook in order to attack the enemy pawns.} 28... f5 29. Re5 Ng6 30. Rxf5 Nxh4 31. Rf8+ Kd7 32. Rxc8 Kxc8 33. g3 Nf3 34. Kc2 $16 {is not a solution to his problems.}) 29. Nb2 Rf6 30. Re2 $2 ({ A poor move. The natural} 30. f3 c3 31. Nc4 {with advantage to White, was strong and 'easy' to play. it must be noted that White faces the notorious time-trouble and naturally he feels uncertain about such 'early' pawn advances. }) 30... c3 $1 31. Nd1 (31. Nc4 Ne6 (31... Rf4 $2 32. Ne5 f6 33. Nf7+ Kd7 34. Nxh6 (34. g3 Ra4 35. Ra2 h5 $13) 34... Rxh4 35. Ng8 $16) 32. g3 h5 $11 {.}) 31... Ra6 32. Ra2 Ng6 33. g3 Rc6 34. Kc2 Ne7 {It seems that Black has worked his way out, but White can still win a pawn with a neat combination.} 35. Nxc3 $1 Nd5 36. Kd3 Rxc3+ $1 {Opting for a rook ending, where Black's active rook will compensate for his lost pawn.} (36... Nxc3 $2 37. Rc2 $16 {.}) 37. Kd4 a5 $1 {Securing an important outpost on the b3-square.} 38. Kxd5 a4 39. Kd4 Rb3 40. Kc4 Kc8 41. Rc2 Kd7 (41... Rxa3 $4 42. Kb4+ {.}) 42. Rc3 Rb2 43. Rf3 Ke6 { Black's activity is obvious. There is not much that White can do, except torture Black for a long time! Actually no-one can be sure if White has at his disposal a 'secret' winning plan and I believe that this ending will be under the microscope for a long time ahead.} 44. g4 Ke7 45. Kd5 {Threatening 46.Rf4.} Rb3 $1 46. Ke4 (46. Re3+ Kf6 {.}) 46... Rb2 47. Kf5 Rb5+ 48. Kf4 Kf6 49. Rd3 Rb2 50. f3 Ra2 51. Ke4 Rh2 52. Rd4 ({The last chance. After} 52. h5 Ra2 53. Kd4 Rc2 $1 (53... Kg5 $2 54. Kc4 Kf4 (54... f5 55. Kb4 fxg4 56. Rd5+ Kf4 57. fxg4 Kxg4 58. Kxa4) (54... Rb2 55. Rd5+ Kf4 56. Rf5+) 55. Kb4 f5 56. Kxa4 fxg4 57. fxg4 Kxg4 58. Rd5 $18) 54. Rc3 Rb2 55. Kc4 Kg5 {Black seems to have sufficient counterplay to keep the balance (active king and rook).}) 52... Rxh4 53. Rxa4 Rh1 $1 {The rook belongs behind the passed pawn.} 54. Rb4 ({ A theoretical draw arises after} 54. Ra8 h5 55. Ra6+ Kg7 56. gxh5 Rxh5 57. a4 Rh1 58. a5 Ra1 {.}) 54... Ra1 55. a4 Kg6 56. Kd5 Ra3 57. Kc6 (57. f4 f5 58. gxf5+ Kxf5 59. Kc4 h5 $11 {.}) 57... Rxf3 58. a5 f5 $1 {Securing the draw.} 59. a6 Ra3 60. gxf5+ (60. Kb5 fxg4 61. Rxg4+ Kf5 62. Ra4 Rb3+ 63. Kc6 Rb8 64. a7 Ra8 65. Kb7 Rxa7+ 66. Rxa7 h5 $11 {.}) 60... Kxf5 { According to the 'Nalimov Databases' this is a drawn position.} 61. Kb6 h5 62. Rb5+ Kg4 63. Ra5 Rf3 64. a7 Rf8 65. a8=Q Rxa8 66. Rxa8 h4 67. Kc5 h3 68. Kd4 h2 69. Rh8 Kg3 70. Ke3 Kg2 71. Rg8+ Kf1 72. Rh8 Kg1 73. Rxh2 Kxh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch"] [Site "Mexico City"] [Date "2007.09.27"] [Round "12"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2007.09.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "MEX"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O { Given the tournament situation, Anand chooses the safe (nowadays) Marshall Attack. A couple of decades ago, this comment would have been pure nonsense. Teniendo en cuenta la situación favorable en el torneo, Anand elije el seguro (hoy en día) Ataque Marshall. Hace unas docenas de ańos, este comentarío no hubiera tenido ningún sentido.} 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a4 h6 {Black is in no hurry to consolidate his centre with ...d6, because he wants to keep the possibility ...d5, in the spirit of the Marshall Attack in reserve. Besides, the a3-f8 diagonal could be useful still, in case of an eventual Nc3, which could eventually be answered with ...Bb4. White will try to combine the pressure against the b5-pawn with the central plan c3 and d4, although this is connected with a loss of time. Curiously, the variation had been seen twice this year in games played between the same opponents, but with... reversed colours.} 11. axb5 {It is not easy to decide which is the correct move order.} ({En Wijk aan Zee 2007, la partida entre los mismos contrincantes, pero con colores inversos, continuó} 11. c3 b4 { Anand,V (2779)-Svidler,P (2728)/Wijk aan Zee 2007/CBM 117/[Marin] (1-0, 21)}) ( 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. c3 {Anand,V (2779)-Svidler,P (2728)/Morelia/Linares 2007/CBM 117/[Mihail Marin] (1/2-1/2, 47)}) 11... axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. c3 Bf8 ({ Deviating from another game where Svidler had black and which continued} 13... d6 {White immediately took advantage of the fact that the a3-f8 diagonal has been closed and answered} 14. Na3 {Ivanchuk,V (2750)-Svidler,P (2728)/Morelia/ Linares 2007/CBM 117/[Mihail Marin] (1/2-1/2, 44). True, this did not offer him an objective advantage.}) 14. d4 d6 {Finally consolidating the centre, now that the possibility of ...d5 has been physically removed. The position is typical for the Zaitsev system. La posición se ha vuelto típica para la Variante Zaitsev.} ({ What about the e4-pawn? Is it not hanging? The first thought is that} 14... exd4 {is simply bad because of} 15. e5 {, winning space for White in the centre. However, Black can answer with the unexpected} Na5 $5 { , maintaining a playable position.} 16. Bc2 { The only way to keep Black under pressure.} (16. exf6 $2 { is simply bad because almost all White's pieces are hanging:} Bxf3 17. Rxe8 Qxe8 18. gxf3 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Qe1+ 20. Kg2 Qxc1 21. Na3 d3 $19) (16. Ba2 { leaves the e4-square available to the knight.} Ne4 17. cxd4 d5 $132 { and Black's position looks normal.}) 16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 (17. Qxf3 Nc6 $1 $15 { maintains Black's material advantage, without making any important concession.} ) 17... Nd5 18. Qxd4 $14 {White has advantage of space in the centre and a mighty pair of bishops. However, he is slightly underdeveloped (which is compensated by the fact that Black's already developed knights are unstable) and has kingside weaknesses. Generally, the position looks shaky for Black and it is not the kind of stuff one should embark in when a draw brings you closer to the World Crown.}) 15. d5 {After Black's previous move, the threat against the e4-pawn became real. Therefore, White should do something about it. Svidler's move looks like a radical solution, but half-measures seem to offer Black good counterplay in the centre. Which is quite logical, since he is in fact a tempo up compared to the normal variations.} (15. Bc2 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 $132) (15. Nbd2 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. d5 c6 $132) 15... Na5 16. Ba2 c6 17. Na3 {Black has the more flexible structure, but White intends to play b4, forcing . ..Nb7, when the knight would remain passive for a long time. Las negras tienen estructura más flexible, pero las blancas amenazan con b4, cuando la retirada . ..Cb7 dejaría al caballo pásivo por largo rato.} Qc7 $1 {Solving the problems of coordination by simple tactical means. Resolviendo los problemas de coordinación por medios tácticos sencillos.} 18. Qe2 (18. b4 { would be answered by sería contestado por} Nc4 {, for instance por ejemplo} 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 $2 (20. dxc6 $11) 20... cxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Qc4 { recovering the pawn with excellent play. recuperando el peón con excelente juego.}) (18. dxc6 Bxc6 {would solve Black's problems of piece coordination.}) 18... cxd5 19. Nxb5 Qd7 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Rd1 Nf6 {In the long run, Black's centre should offer him the better chances, but a draw brings Anand a step closer to his goal. A largo plazo, los peones centrales les asegurarían a las negras mejores posibilidades, pero unas tablas le acercan a Anand a su meta.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch"] [Site "Mexico City"] [Date "2007.09.25"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2758"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2007.09.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "MEX"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. e4 c5 {For some reasons, Morozevich refrains from his trademark French Defence again. Por algunas razones, Morozevich evita de nuevo su arma favorita, la Francesa.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 {Sicilians with opposite castles do not necessarily feature sharp attacks, where everything is decided by the speed of action. In the Najdorf systems where Black plays ...e5, the relative weakness of the d5-square becomes one of the main themes. Play can take a strategic course and the kings' position may become a auxiliary factor, determining players to adjust their plans in accordance to small tactical details. No siempre las Sicilianas con enroques en flancos opuestos llevan a ataques agudos, donde todo está decidido por la rapidez de acción. En las líneas de la Najdorf, donde las negras juegan ...e5, la relativa debilidad de la casilla de d5 se vuelve el factor estratégico determinante, mientras que la posición de los reyes se convierte en un elemento auxiliario; mientras llevan a cabo sus planes, los jugadores tienen que contar siempre con algunos detalles tácticos.} 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 {After the early advance of White's g-pawn, White has increased his control over the d5-square, but Black has got his share, too: the f4-square. Después del avance temprano del peón de g, las blancas han incrementado su control sobre la casilla de d5,pero las negras han recibido lo suyo, también: la casilla de f4.} 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Rg1 O-O 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. Qf2 {White forces one more defender of the d5-square to abandon his position. Las blancas fuerzan a otro defensor de la casilla de d5 a abandonar su puesto.} Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 {White has fulfilled the first part of his plan. The d5-square is all his, and his bishop is more active than Black's. However, in order to achieve full strategic success, he needs to transfer the knight to d5 and this is by no means easy. Moreover, his kingside weaknesses offer Black excellent targets for counterplay. Las blancas han llevado a cabo la primera parte de su plan. La casilla de d5 está plenamente bajo su control. Sin embargo, para obtener un éxito estratégico total, necesitan llevar el caballo a d5, lo que no resulta muy fácil. Además, las debilidades del flanco de rey ofrecen a las negras posibilidades de contrajuego.} f5 19. gxf6 Rxf6 ({One of those small tactical nuances I was speaking about prevents Black from winning a pawn with Una de los pequeńos matices tácticos de los que hablaba impide a la negras ganar un peóncon} 19... Nxf6 20. Rd3 Nxe4 $2 {because of por} 21. Qg2 $1) 20. Qe2 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 { We can see that, for practical reasons, the black bishop cannot be considered "bad". We are far from the endgame still and the presence on board of all major pieces requires concrete evaluation. The bishop is very useful in the middlegame because it neutralizes White's pressure along the d-file, while the similar weakness of the f3-pawn is more difficult to defend. Podemos ver que el alfil negro dificilmente puede ser considerado "malo". Hasta el final queda mucho y en el medio juego el alfil es muy útil por neutralizar la presión de las blancas sobre la columna de d. La debilidad equivalente en f3 es algo más difícil de defender.} 22. Rd3 Qd7 23. Nc1 Rcf8 24. a3 $1 {This is not just a prophylactic move, ensuring White against back rank problems. The main strategic purpose is to clear the a2-square in view of the knight's transfer to d5. Esta no es solo una jugada profiláctica, evitando eventuales problemas por la última fila. La idea principal detrás del avancedel peón de a es abrir camino para el caballo hacía la casilla d5.} Kh8 {But this might be just a loss of time. En cambío, esta parece una pérdida de tiempo.} 25. Na2 Qh3 26. Rg3 Qh5 27. Qg2 Rh4 28. h3 {White has managed to neutralize Black's kingisde pressure in satisfactory way. Soon, the knight will become one of the main actors. Las blancas hanconseguído neutralizar las presión de las negras de forma satisfactoría. Pronto, el caballo se convertirá en uno de los actoresprincipales.} Qh6 29. Rb3 b5 ({We can notice here the meaning of White's advantage of space. Black's pieces do not have easy access from one wing to another. Therefore, such a simple attacking move like Rb3 will cause the chronic weakness of the queenside. The alternate way of defending the pawn would be Podemos ver quí la importancía de la ventaja de espacío de las blancas. Las figuras negras notienen acceso fácil de un flanco al otro y una amenaza tan sencilla como la creada por Rb3 causará la debilitación crónica del flanco de dama negro. La 'nica alternativa de la jugada del textosería} 29... Rb8 {but after pero después de} 30. Nb4 {there is no way to defend the rook in order to parry the threats Nxa6 and Nc6. The rook would have to move again, but after, say, no hay manera de defender la torre en vista de las amenazas Nc6 o Nxa6. Las negras tendrían que mover de nuevo con la torre,pero después de, por ejemplo,} Re8 31. Nd5 b5 {White has achieved his aim with considerable gain of time. ls blancas lograrían lo mismo que en la partida, pero con ganancía de tiempo.}) 30. Nb4 Rh5 31. Qf1 Rh4 { Threatening ...Rxe4. Amenazando ...Rxe4.} 32. Qg2 Rh5 {An important moment of modern chess history. Anand's most dangerous trailers, Kramnik and Gelfand, had finished their games hours earlier and a draw would have maintained his comfortable lead in the tournament. The ambitious decision to play on will lead to a slightly irrational position, without any safety net for White. Therefore, Anand deserves the highest praise for the way he chose to climb up to the highest peak of the chess pyramide. This is the kind of World Champion the public needs. Un momento importante de la historía moderna del ajedrez. Los principales perseguídores de Anand, Gelfand y Kramnik, habían acabado ya sus partidas horas antes. Por esto, unas tablas por repetición le permitiría a Anand a mantener su comfortable liderazgo en el torneo. Su decisión de continuar a jugar llevará a una posición algo iracional, sin red de seguridad alguna para las blancas y merece el más alto halago. Este es el tipo de Campeón de Mundo que el publico ańora.} 33. Nxa6 Bh4 34. Rg4 Bf6 35. Qe2 Rxh3 36. Rxb5 Bd8 37. Rb8 Qf6 38. Nb4 Rxf3 39. Nd5 Qf7 40. Qa6 {Each side has created two connected passed pawns. The fact that they will have to be advanced makes the situation very sharp, because the kings will remain vulnerable. On general ground, White should be better, because of is dominating knight, but concretely the position remains unclear. Cada parte se ha creado dos peones pasados. El hecho de que se trata de peones de la guardía del rey amplifica el carácter agudo de la posición. Generalmente, se puede decir que las blancas están mejor, por su fuerte caballo, pero concretamente nada está muy claro todavía.} h5 41. Rg2 h4 $2 ({The speed is an important factor in this kind of situations, but two central pawns are too high a price to pay for just one tempo. La velocidad es un factor esencíal en este tipo de posiciones, pero dos peones centrales son un precio demasiado alto por solo un tiempo. era necesarío} 41... Qe6 {was necessary.}) 42. Qxd6 Be7 43. Qxe5 { The essential thing now is that White has a central passed pawn as well, meaning that he does not need to weaken his king's position yet! The game is practically decided. La diferencía esencíal es que las blancas se han creado un peón pasado en el centro, lo que quíere decir que no van a tener que debilitar su posición de rey avanzando uno de los peones del flanco de dama. La partida está practicamente decidida.} Rxb8 44. Qxb8+ Kh7 45. Qc7 Bf8 46. Qxf7 Rxf7 47. Rg4 Rf1+ 48. Ka2 Rh1 49. e5 Bc5 $6 ({ Just losing time. Esta jugadacausará solo pérdida de tiempo.} 49... h3 { would have been more stubborn. White would win the bishop by advancing his e-pawn, but Black's passed pawns would have maintained some incertitude still. hubiera ofrecido mejores posibilidades prácticas. Las blancas hubieran ganado el alfil al avanzar su peón de e, pero los peones negros quedarían bstante peligrosos, dejando algo de incertitud en la posición.}) 50. e6 Kh6 51. Rc4 $1 {The start of a well calculated variation. It appears that the bishop has no stability at all. El inicío de una variante calculada con exactitud. Resulta que el alfil no tiene casillas buenas para retroceder.} h3 ({After Después de } 51... Bf8 52. Rc8 Rf1 53. e7 Bxe7 54. Rh8+ Kg5 55. Nxe7 {White's pieces keep the enemy pawns under control, while the formidable queenside group of pawns is ready to advance. las figuras blancas mantienen los peones enemigos bajo control, ientras que sus propríos peones están listos para avanzar.}) 52. Rxc5 h2 53. Ne3 Ra1+ ({A last try. After Un último intento. Después de} 53... Rg1 54. e7 h1=Q 55. e8=Q {White has a decisive material advantage and the safer positionof the king. las blancas mantendrían una ventaja material decisiva y la posición más segura del rey.}) 54. Kxa1 h1=Q+ 55. Ka2 Qe4 56. Re5 $1 { A last trick, ensuring the promotion of the e-pawn. Un último truco,asegurando el avance del peón.} 1-0 [Event "World-ch"] [Site "Mexico City"] [Date "2007.09.24"] [Round "10"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,D"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2007.09.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "MEX"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] {At the moment when this game was played Anand was leading the tournament with 6 points out of 9, a full point ahead of Gelfand and 1,5 points ahead of Kramnik. It was clear that this encounter represented practically Kramnik's last chance to fight for maintaining his World Champion title.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {This aggressive set-up represents White's most ambitious attempt to meet the Semi-Slav. Its drawback is that unfortunately there is no clear way for advantage here: everywhere Black keeps counterplay. Kramnik prepared a novelty for this highly important game, but it didn't shake Anand's preparation: the position remained very complex.} dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O ({For almost a decade Khalifman's} 10. h4 { has been en vogue, but lately White often returns to the "old" 10.0-0. Although in my opinion 10.h4 still remains White's most principled move, in the latest games Black achieved good resultsafter} g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 $13) 10... Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 { Anand is confident and plays the main line, which he used before as well.} ({ In round 7 (four days previous to the present game) Gelfand played against Kramnik} 11... h5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 {and now instead of the commonly established 13.Be5 Rh1 14.Qc1 the World Champion produced a novelty, playing immediately} 13. Qc1 {which after} Rg8 14. Rd1 Bb4 15. Qe3 Qe7 {Kramnik-Gelfand, Mexico City Wch 2007 (40) led to a position where the Israeli GM had to show all his creativity in order to escape with a draw.}) 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Bh5 ( {Anand already faced in practice} 14. a4 {which after} e5 15. Bg4 exd4 16. e5 c5 $1 {is established as good for Black.}) 14... Bf8 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. e5 Qb6 17. b3 $146 {A logical novelty: anticipating opponent's long castling White starts to open the queenside. Actually we are witnessing the amazing homework of the world's best players. Kramnik's second in Mexico Van Wely played this position with Black and might have felt that 17.b3 is the right direction for White. On the other hand, Anand's second P-H Nielsen is also a specialist of this opening line and (as revealed by Anand) during their preparation process the Danish GM pointed out the move 17.b3. So Anand was well prepared to meet it and continued to play very quickly.} (17. Ne4 O-O-O 18. Nd6+ Kb8 19. Nxf7 ( 19. b3 f6 20. bxc4 fxe5 $13 { 1/2-1/2 Ernst,S (2504)-Van Wely,L (2675)/Netherlands 2006 (51)}) 19... Rxf7 20. Bxf7 Nxe5 21. Qh5 Rxd4 22. Bxe6 c5 $36 { 0-1 Radjabov,T (2728)-Anand,V (2779)/Mainz (rapid) 2006 (36)}) 17... O-O-O $5 { An immediate answer by Anand, which probably came as an unpleasant surprise for Kramnik.} ({During their analysis both opponents must have concluded that} 17... c5 {is dangerous for Black. In fact the advance of the c-pawn is the most natural reaction and possibly Kramnik paid more attention to 17...c5 than to 17...0-0-0.}) 18. bxc4 Nxe5 19. c5 Qa5 $1 { In connection with the next move, an interesting exchange sacrifice.} (19... Qc7 20. a4 $44) 20. Ne4 Qb4 (20... Nc4 {keeps the extra pawn, but due to the passive bishop on b7 and potentially weak black king White has compensation.}) 21. Nd6+ Rxd6 22. cxd6 Nd7 {Again Anand refrains from 22...Nc4, possibly because of psychological reasons: if Kramnik achieved this position in his preparation, he must have mainly looked at 22...Nc4. Up to this point White spent 17 minutes and Black only 7! The entire idea to sacrifice the exchange was prepared by Anand and his second Peter-Heine Nielsen at home. Considering that it was Kramnik who introduced the novelty, such a deep preparation impresses a lot. The next few moves are very important for both sides, especially for White, who must find a constructive plan.} 23. a4 {In my opinion this is a critical moment. The natural advance of the a-pawn is perhaps too committing, since the exchange of the pawns on b5 (Anand will soon force that) will offer Black advantages too: the bishop b7 will become active and Black will remain with two passed pawns. If White cannot create an attack, then maybe he should have refrained from 23.a4.} (23. Qd3 $5) 23... Qxd6 {The positi on calmed down and it is time to evaluate it. The material is approximately equal and both sides have their strategical trumps. In the middlegame Black can create pressure on d4, while his queenside pawns may prove very strong in the endgame. On the other hand the black king is more vulnerable to almost any kind of further tactical complications. Apparently in such an open position White should be able to coordinate his rooks and create some threats, but this is extremely difficult to achieve: if Black will succeed in finding an active and safe square for the knight, then he can be optimistic about the future. White doesn't have many pieces left to create big threats and the exchange of queens would be a catastrophe for him: in the endgame Black will have a large advantage.} 24. Bf3 {Since the long diagonal will soon be open, White can hardly avoid the exchange of bishops.} ({ In such an important game giving up another pawn with} 24. Qc2 { looks scary, even if after} Qxd4 (24... Kb8 25. Qh7 $36) 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rfd1 $13 {White has open files and diagonal for his active pieces.}) 24... Nb6 { Forcing White to clarify the situation on the queenside.} 25. axb5 {White natur ally opens the position, but as mentioned already, Black can be happy too: now he will remain with two potentially very strong passed pawns.} cxb5 (25... axb5 $2 {opens files only for opponent's pieces and is obviously weaker} 26. Qc2 $16) 26. Bxb7+ Kxb7 {After the exchange of the bishops White's future hopes are mainly connected with creating pressure on the a-file.} 27. Qh5 { For the moment White cannot do much on the a-file: the a6-pawn is difficult to attack (and easy to protect). Besides, Black has counterplay in the center against pawn d4. Having realized that there is no direct attack on the queenside Kramnik goes for opponent's weaknesses on the other wing.} (27. Qf3+ Nd5 $1 (27... Qd5 28. Qf6 $36)) 27... Nd5 $5 { Anand didn't resist the temptation to activate the knight.} ({After} 27... Qxd4 28. Qxh6 {(possibly White must try something else here)} { Black can force the exchange of queens with} Rh8 29. Qxg5 Qh4 $1 {Then after} 30. Qxh4 (30. Qe5 $2 Nc4 $17) 30... Rxh4 31. g3 Rh8 {the endgame looks dangerous rather for White, in spite of his passed pawn on the h-file.}) 28. Qxh6 Nf4 {Optically Black's plan looks very strong. However, it is far from clear if Anand's move brings any benefits, since White defends against concrete threats.} 29. Kh1 $1 {The correct way. White will have to play f3 and therefore the king must stay on h1 in any case.} (29. Qxg5 $4 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Qxh2+ $1 31. Kxh2 Rh8+ {and mate}) (29. Rfe1 $4 Qd5 30. f3 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 Nd3 $19) 29... Qd5 30. f3 Rd8 {The rook finds the right place on d7: it will be active on the d-file and at the same time protect f7 (and the entire 7th rank). } 31. Qg7 Rd7 ({Another reasonable possibility was to limit the activity of White's queen by playing} 31... Qf5 { with different ideas to exchange queens. E.g.} 32. Rfd1 Nh5 (32... Qg6 $2 33. Qe5 Qf5 34. Qe1 $16) 33. Qh6 Nf4 34. Qg7 $11) 32. Qf8 {Kramnik finds and wisely uses all the new resources of the position. He had to decide for his queen between squares g8 and f8. In the first case the queen would have kept an eye on pawn g5, while in the game White has the resource Qf8-a3. In such cases players mainly rely on their intuition.} (32. Qg8 $5) 32... Ne2 $5 { It is curious that a quarter of all Black's moves were made with this knight, which always searches for a better square. With its last move the knight also takes away square c1 from the rooks.} (32... Qd6 33. Qg8 $13 (33. Qg7 Qd5 $11 { Anand})) (32... Qxd4 33. Rfc1 $36) 33. Rfe1 $1 Nxd4 (33... Qc4 $6 34. d5 $1 $16 {/\} exd5 $2 35. Qe8) 34. Red1 { The World Champion keeps the rook on the a-file, still hoping for an attack.} ( {Anand admitted that he was more afraid of} 34. Rad1 {with pressure in the center. In both cases the position is some sort of dynamic equality.}) 34... e5 {Black is just one step away from the dream consolidation (...Qd6 and ...f6). However, as often happens in double-edged positions, the direct way to achieve the goal rarely works out smoothly.} (34... Qd6 $142 35. Qg7 Qf4 $13) 35. Rac1 {According to the plan, although this turns out to be an inappropriate moment to remove the rook from a1.} ({ The extremely tense battle had its negative effects: both players missed} 35. Qh6 {with a double attack on a6 and g5. Then after} Qd6 36. Qxg5 f6 { (Anand's intention)} 37. Qg8 {things are no longer so rosy for Black: in contrast to the game he runs into the risk of losing too.}) 35... Qd6 36. Qg8 ( 36. Qc8+ Kb6 37. Ra1 a5 {(or even 37...Ra7) and White gets nowhere. With such a strong knight Black has little to fear.}) 36... f6 37. Rc8 {In order to justify his previous play White must do something against the black king.} a5 $1 {Finally the tension reaches its top. Black is very solid and Anand starts showing his ambitions. Notice that the advance of the a-pawn is also a very useful move from the defense's point of view: the black king gets additional squares.} 38. h3 {A necessary loss of tempo.} (38. Rdc1 $2 Nc6 $1 39. h3 Ne7 $19) 38... a4 39. Qe8 {Kramnik waits for Black's further pawn advances, which would offer White additional targets for attack.} (39. Rdc1 Nb3 ({The risky} 39... a3 {looks possible too, since after} 40. Ra8 Kb6 41. Qc8 {Black has} Rb7 {and after} 42. Rb1 { we have again a sort of position where both players must keep the status quo.}) 40. Ra8 $1 Kb6 (40... Rc7 $4 41. Qb8#) (40... Nxc1 $4 41. Qc8+ Kb6 42. Ra6#) 41. Qc8 Rb7 42. Rc3 $13 b4 $140 $2 43. Qc4 $18) 39... Kb6 {It turns out that White has a powerful construction and Black cannot advance his pawns too far.} (39... a3 40. Ra8 Kb6 41. Qc8 Rb7 42. Rb1 Qc7 43. Qe8 $13 {/=}) 40. Rb8+ Ka5 ( 40... Rb7 41. Ra8 $11) 41. Ra8+ {With a draw offer accepted by Anand, who wisely decided not to take any risk. Perhaps in a different tournament situation he could have considered more seriously 41...Kb4, but objectively Black has little reason to continue. Of course under the tournament circumstances this draw may be considered a psychological victory for Anand. Nevertheless the game features a great fight from both players, who showed impressive skills and were equally good.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch"] [Site "Mexico City"] [Date "2007.09.23"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2007.09.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "MEX"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re2 {We can notice that for each game Anand prepares a different variation against the Marshall. This might look like a speculative attitude, but maybe there is no other way to counter such a well-analyzed opening. Podemos observar que Anand elige un sistema diferente para cada partida en la cual se enfrenta con elAtaque Marshall. Esta estratégia puede parecer un poco especulativa, pero tal vez es el mejor método cuando se trata de una apertura tan profundamente analizada.} Bg4 14. f3 Bf5 15. g3 $146 ({ Earlier, White played Anteriormente, las blancas habían jugado principalmente} 15. Bxd5 {mainly. The idea behind Anand's novelty remains unclear, especially since the game will end soon. . La idea detrás de la novedad de Anand quedará en oscuridad, porque la partida acabará pronto en tablas.} cxd5 16. Nd2 Bd3 ( 16... b4 17. Nf1 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. Re3 Rfc8 20. Bd2 Bg6 $13 { Todorovic,G (2415)-Pavlovic,M (2420)/Vrnjacka Banja 1990/EXT 97 (0-1, 31)}) 17. Rf2 (17. Re3 Qh4 18. f4 Bf5 $44) 17... Qc7 (17... b4 $5 { Kotronias,V (2550)-Sokolov,I (2625)/Elenite 1992/CBM 032/[ChessBase] (0-1, 56)} ) 18. g3 Rae8 19. Nf1 Bg6 20. Ne3 Qd7 21. Nxd5 Bxg3 22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. hxg3 $16 {Georgiev,K (2595)-Nikolic,P (2630)/Wijk aan Zee 1988/CBM 005 (1-0, 39)}) 15... Qc7 16. Kf2 {An ingenious move, but if a king move is necessary with the whole queenside undeveloped, something must be wrong with White's whole plan.} ({ Continuing the development with the natural} 16. Nd2 { would lead to a forced draw after} Bd3 17. Rf2 $8 (17. Re1 $2 Bxg3 $17 18. hxg3 $6 Qxg3+ 19. Kh1 Nf4 20. Rg1 Qh3#) (17. Rg2 $2 Ne3 $19) 17... Bxg3 18. hxg3 Ne3 19. Qe1 Qxg3+ 20. Kh1 Qh4+ (20... Rae8 21. Qg1 $1) 21. Kg1 Qg3+ $11) ({ The thematic} 16. a4 {is also insufficient:} Rae8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nd2 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Rg2 Re1+ 21. Nf1 Qh4 22. Qd2 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Re8 $1 $11 {I do not exclude the possiblity that Black could find an improvement somewhere, but since a draw is guaranteed, it is OK from the opening's point of view already.}) 16... Qd7 17. Bxd5 {This exchange is forced now.} (17. Nd2 $2 {is bad because of} Bd3 18. Re1 Qh3 $40) 17... cxd5 18. Nd2 Bd3 19. Re3 Bg6 {Aronian is confident about his position and rightly so.} ({ He could have forced a draw here with} 19... Qh3 20. Kg1 (20. Rxd3 $2 { leads to mate after} Qxh2+ 21. Kf1 Qh3+ $5 { although 21...Bxg3 does not look "bad" either.}) 20... Bxg3 21. hxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Kh1 $11 {Black cannot play for more than a perpetual with} Rae8 $6 23. Nf1 $8 Bxf1 24. Qxf1 Re6 25. Qg2 $1 $18) 20. Nf1 a5 21. a3 {Black has the usual compensation, based on his pair of bishops and more active position. Besides, the white king's position is weaker than in the normal lines. Las negras tienen su acostumbrada compensación, por su pareja de alfiles y la posición más activa.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch"] [Site "Mexico City"] [Date "2007.09.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2733"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2007.09.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "MEX"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 $5 {This move was played only once before. Since for the time being both sides are playing a watch and wait game, Black prepares in advance the thematic central break ...e5. Hasta ahora, esto se ha jugado solo una vez.Dado que por el momento ambas partes están practicando un juego de espera, las negras preparan con antelación la típica ruptura ...e5.} 11. Rd1 $146 ({White will fail to prove an advantage with this neutral move. In the only previous game where 10...Bd6 was played before, White answered with Las blancas no obtendrán ventaja con esta jugada.} 11. Bg5 {. Unexpectedly, this leads to a transposition to the line 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Bg5, which was played in several games already. This might be a tricky transposition when preparing a variation.} Nbd7 12. Nbd2 ({ The only game where 10.Bd2 was played continued with} 12. Rd1 Qb8 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nbd2 Rc8 15. Ng5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7+ 17. Kg1 c5 18. Nde4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qb6 20. d5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Be7 22. Rad1 Qe6 23. a4 { Speelman,J (2570)-Browne,W (2540)/Wijk aan Zee 1983/MCD (1/2-1/2, 63)}) 12... Rc8 $5 (12... h6 $6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 (13... Qxf6 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Nxd7 Qd8 16. Nxf8 Bxf1 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rxf1 $18 { Kirov,N (2470)-Pisa Ferrer,J (2355)/Olot 1992/TD (1/2-1/2! 61)}) 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Nb3 Be4 16. Qc3 Qe7 17. Rac1 Bd5 18. Ne5 (18. Ne1 $5) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 21. Qc5 $14 { Ricardi,P (2480)-Soppe,G (2460)/San Fernando 1993/EXT 98 (1/2-1/2, 40)}) (12... c5 $6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 $2 (13... gxf6) 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Nxd7 Qd8 16. Nxf8 Bxf1 17. Qxh7+ Kxf8 18. Rxf1 cxd4 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Qxg7 $16 { Huebner,R (2605)-Eng,H (2345)/Germany 1985/GER-chT (1-0, 36)}) 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 ( 13... Qxf6 { works out better tactically than in the previous lines, but is still bad:} 14. Ne5 $1 Bxg2 15. Nxd7 Qh6 {This square was not available in one of the lines. The queen is out of the knight's reach in case of both Nxf8 and Nxe6.} 16. Kxg2 Rfd8 {Unexpectedly, the knight is trapped, because of the pin along the d-file. However, after} 17. Nf3 Rxd7 18. Qc6 $16 {White has a dream position.}) 14. Nb3 Be4 15. Qc3 Qe7 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Qe3 f5 $13 { Bauer,C (2571)-Bologan,V (2652)/Belfort 2002/CBM 090 (0-1, 40)}) 11... Nbd7 12. Ba5 Qb8 13. b4 e5 $132 14. Nbd2 (14. Nc3 { fails to prevent Black's freeing plan:} exd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7+ 17. Kg1 c5 {In case of} 18. Ndxb5 {, Black has} Bxg3 $1 $11) 14... exd4 15. Nxd4 ( 15. Nb3 $5 {does not stabilize the queenside either:} c5 16. bxc5 Rc8 $132) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 $1 {Just in time.} (16... Qb7+ $2 17. Qc6 $16) 17. bxc5 (17. Nf5 cxb4 (17... Re8 $5) (17... Be5 $6 18. bxc5 $5 Bxa1 19. c6 Be5 (19... Nb6 20. Rxa1 $44) 20. cxd7 Nxd7 21. Nf3 Qb7 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Nxe5 Qd5+ 24. Nf3 $16) 18. Nf3 Bc5 $13) 17... Bxc5 18. N2b3 Ba3 19. e4 Ne5 20. Nf5 {White has no advantage at all. In fact, Black's position looks more appealing already.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch"] [Site "Mexico City"] [Date "2007.09.20"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2726"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2007.09.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "MEX"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 {Two rounds earlier, Anand broke Svidler's defence in the Marshall Attack by seemingly simple means. Now, he wisely avoids his opponent's specific preparation, at the same time proving that there is some life left in the Anti Marshall systems, too. Zwei Runden zuvor überwand Anand Svidlers Verteidigung im Marshall-Angriff mit scheinbar einfachen Mitteln. Jetzt geht er klug der spezifischen Vorbereitung des Gegners aus dem Weg, wobei er gleichzeitig beweist, dass auch in den Anti-Marshall-Systemen noch einiges Leben steckt. Dos rondas antes, Anand derrumbó la defensa de Svidler en el... Ataque Marshall con aparente facilidad. Ahora, él decide evitar la preparación especifica del contrincante, demostrando al mismo tiempo que queda vida todavía en los sistemas Anti Marshall.} b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 ({In the next game when he faced this variation, Grischuk deviated with Als er sich in der nächsten Partie dieser Variante gegenübersah, wich Grischuk ab mit} 10... Be6 {(Leko-Grischuk, 8th round) (Leko-Grischuk, 8. Runde)}) 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 { White immediately prepares the occupation of the centre with pawns. Weiß bereitet sofort die Besetzung des Zentrums mit Bauern vor.} ({ The main alternative is Die Hauptalternative ist} 12. Nc4 {, aiming to establish a blockade on the light squares. This is an entirely different approach, which did not score too well in practice. I will mention just one game played at top level, in which the drawbacks of this move will become obvious. , mit der eine Blockade auf den weißen Felder angestrebt wird. Dies ist eine gänzlich andere Herangehensweise, welche in der Praxis nicht allzu gut gepunktet hat. Ich werde nur eine Partie auf Topniveau erwähnen, in welcher die Nachteile dieses Zuges zutage treten werden.} Nc6 {The knight s in the bishop's way now. Nun steht der Springer dem Läufer im Weg.} 13. c3 { Maybe White should refrain from this move, but how else to fight for an advantage? Vielleicht sollte Weiß diesen Zug unterlassen, aber wie soll er sonst um Vorteilkämpfen?} Rb8 14. h3 h6 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bf4 (18. Qxd4 { is not too favourable because of ist nicht sonderlich günstig wegen} b3 19. Bb1 d5 {, opening the position in a moment when White's pieces stand in each other's way on the queenside. , was die Stellung in einem Augenblick öffnet, wo sich die weißen Figuren am Damenflügel gegenseitig im Weg stehen.}) 18... Be6 {But now, the knight is vulnerable on c4. Jetzt aber steht der Springer auf c4 unsicher.} 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Bb1 (20. Qxd4 { leaves the knight unstable after macht den Springer instabil nach} b3 21. Bb1 Rb4) 20... Bg5 $1 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 {Suddenly, it is not easy for White to win the pawn back. Plötzlich fällt es Weiß nicht leicht, den Bauern zurückzugewinnen.} 22. Bd3 Ne5 $17 { Morozevich,A (2721)-Leko,P (2740)/Monte Carlo 2006/CBM 111 ext (0-1, 98)}) 12... Nc6 {This move is rarely played. Dieser Zug wird selten gespielt.} ({ The main continuation is Die Hauptfortsetzung lautet} 12... Rb8 {. Once again, 13.Nc4 is an important variation, but I will only investigate . Erneut ist 13. Nc4 eine wichtige Variante, aber ich möchte lediglich} 13. d4 {, which is in accordance with Anand's plan in the main game. analysieren, analog zu Anands Plan in der Hauptpartie.} Qc7 (13... bxc3 {makes less sense, because it removes the permanent threat of shutting off the enemy bishop. ergibt weniger Sinn, da es die permanente Drohung aufhebt, den feindlichen Läufer auszuperren. } 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 exd4 17. cxd4 Bf6 18. Ba3 $16 { Palac,M (2566)-Candela Perez,J (2435)/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 099 ext (1-0, 41)}) 14. Nf1 b3 $5 {The most ambitious continuation. Die ehrgeizigste Fortsetzung.} (14... exd4 15. cxd4 c4 16. Bg5 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Rc1 b3 20. Bb1 Ng6 21. Ne3 $16 {Megaranto,S (2439)-Almasi,Z (2650)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 (1-0, 55). and White has developed his pieces in a very harmonious way, while Black's far advanced pawns are more of a source of worries. und Weiß hat seine Figuren sehr harmonisch entwickelt, während die weit vorgerückten Bauern von Schwarz eher ein Sorgenquell sind.}) 15. Bb1 c4 {An interesting situation. If Black will manage to consolidate in the centre, White will play the rest of the game without his light-squared bishop and queen's rook. However, Black's coordination is far from perfect yet, and the c4-and e5-pawns need permanent care in order to allow him to carry out the plan. Eine interessante Situation. Wenn es Schwarz gelingt, sich im Zentrum zu konsolidieren, wird der Anziehende den Rest der Partie ohne seinen weißfeldrigen Läufer und Damenturm spielen. Doch die Koordination von Schwarz ist bei weitem noch nicht perfekt, und die Bauern c4 und e5 bedürfen der permanenten Obhut, damit er seinen Plan ausführen kann.} 16. Ne3 Bb7 ({Black can consolidate his e5-pawn with Schwarz kann seinen Bauern e5 konsolidieren mit} 16... Nd7 $6 {, but after , doch nach} 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qd5 { the c4-pawn is doomed. geht der Bauer c4 verloren.}) 17. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 $6 (18... Rbd8 $5) 19. dxe5 Bxf3 20. exd6 Bxd6 21. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 22. Kf1 Bd6 23. Be4 $44 {Neelotpal,D (2462)-Addison,B (2251)/Edinburgh 2003/CBM 095 ext (1-0, 39). It is Black who has problems with piece placement now. Nun ist Schwarz derjenige, der Probleme mit der Figurenpostierung hat.}) 13. d4 $1 $146 {The most consequent. Am konsequentesten.} (13. Nf1 Rb8 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Nd5 Na5 16. cxb4 $6 (16. Nd2 $5) 16... Bxd5 17. exd5 Rxb4 $15 { Jackson,S (2190)-Lematschko,T (2305)/Thessaloniki 1984/EXT 97-B (0-1, 32)}) 13... bxc3 14. bxc3 {White has succeded in winning space in the centre, while keeping his "Spanish" bishop active. Weiß ist es gelungen, Raum im Zentrum zu gewinnen und gleichzeitig seinen "spanischen" Läufer aktiv zu halten.} exd4 15. cxd4 Nb4 {Black made certain concessions in the centre, obtaining the b4-square for his queen's knight in exchange. Schwarz hat im Zentrum gewisse Zugeständnisse gemacht, dafür aber das Feld b4 für seinen Damenspringer bekommen. Las negras hicieron ciertas concesiones en el centro, obteniendo en cambio la casilla de b4 para su caballo dama.} 16. Bb1 Bg4 {Chess history is full of examples where the Spanish pair of bishops delivered decisive blows against Black's kingside. Therefore, Grischuk decides to transfer his own bishop to g6, anticipating an eventual attack. Die Schachgeschichte wimmelt vor Beispielen, wo das spanische Läuferpaar entscheidende Schläge gegen den schwarzen Königsflügel anbrachte. Daher beschließt Grischuk, in Erwartung eines eventuellen Angriffs seinen eigenen Läufer nach g6 zu überführen. La historía del ajedrez esta llena de ejemplos en los cuales la pareja de alfiles "Espańola" entregó golpes decisivos contra el flanco de rey enemigo. Grischuk decide transferir su alfil de casillas blancas a g6, para anticipar un eventual ataque.} 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4 Bg6 {Black only needs to advance his d-pawn in order to establish a harmonious cooperation between all his pieces. Schwarz muss nur noch seinen d-Bauern vorücken, um eine harmonische Kooperation zwischen all seinen Figuren herzustellen. Las negras solo necesitan avanzar su peón de d para que todas sus figuras colaboren de forma harmoniosa.} 19. d5 $1 {After this well-timed move, Black's bishop will remain out of play for a long time. Considering also the immobility of the otherwise beautifully placed b4-knight and White's advantage of space we can evaluate the position as favourable for White. Nach diesem wohl getimten Zug wird der schwarze Läufer lange Zeit außer Spiel bleiben. Wenn wir auch noch die Unbeweglichkeit des ansonsten schön platzierten Springers b4 und den weißen Raumvorteil dazu nehmen, können wir die Stellung als günstig für Weiß einschätzen. Después de esta jugada muy oportuna, el alfil negro quedará fuera del juego durante largo rato. Teniendo en cuenta además la inmovilidad del esteticamente colocado caballo de b4 y la ventaja de espacío de las blancas, podemos concluír que las blancas están mejor.} Nd7 $6 { Too straightforward. Zu direkt.} ({Before moving for the second time with an already developed piece, Black should think whether he could bring some other piece into play. This abstract thought could bring to mind the move Bevor er zum zweiten Mal mit einer bereits entwickelten Figur zieht, sollte Schwarz überlegen, ob er eine andere Figur ins Spiel bringen könnte. Dieser abstrakte Gedanke einen auf den Zug} 19... Rb8 $5 {, which is useful anyway. In this case, White would still have had to prepare the desirable knight jump to c4, since bringen, welcher sowieso nützlich ist. In diesem Fall müsste Weiß den wünschenswerten Springersatz nach c4 noch vorbereiten, denn} 20. Nc4 $2 { loses a pawn to verliert einen Bauern wegen} Nbxd5 $1 {and we can see how important it is to leave the king's knight on f6 for just one more move. und wir sehen, wie wichtig es ist, den Königsspringer noch einen Zug länger auf f6 zu lassen.}) 20. Nc4 Rb8 21. Bf4 Nb6 22. Nxb6 $1 ({ Avoiding the trap Umgeht die Falle} 22. Nfd2 $2 Bf6 $1 23. Ra3 N4xd5 $1 $17) 22... Rxb6 23. Nd2 Bg5 ({The main alternative was Die Hauptalternative war} 23... Bf6 24. Ra3 {Grischuk might have thought that the bishop prevents the activation of his colleague with an eventual ...f6, while there seem to be no stable squares available along the f6-a1 diagonal. However, Grischuk mag gedacht haben, dass der Läufer die Aktivierung seines Kollegen mit eventuellem ...f6 verhindert, während es entlang der Diagonalen f6-a1 keine stabilen Felder zu geben scheint. Doch} Bd4 { is entirely possible. White would play ist absolut spielbar. Weiß würde spielen } 25. Be3 ({Avoiding the traps Vermeidet die Fallen} 25. Nb3 $2 Bb2 $17) ({ or oder} 25. Nf3 $2 Nxd5 $1 $17) 25... Bxe3 26. Raxe3 {with a similar position as in the game. mit ähnlicher Stellung wie in der Partie.}) 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Nc4 Rbb8 26. Qd2 {After the exchange of queens, Black's position will lose any trace of dynamism. Nach dem Damentausch wird die schwarze Stellung jegliche Spur von Dynamik einbüßen.} ({ The d6-pawn is indirectly defended. Der d-Bauer ist indirekt verteidigt.} 26. Nxd6 $2 {drops a piece to verliert eine Figur wegen} Qe5 $1) 26... Qxd2 27. Nxd2 f6 28. Nc4 {After the simplifications, Black finally managed to make a diagonal available for his bishop. However, this is not enough yet to question the stability of White's c4-knight. The bishop needs to be transferred to the remote a6-square... Nach den Vereinfachungen ist es Schwarz endlich gelungen, eine Diagonale für seinen Läufer verfügbar zu machen. Doch reicht dies nicht aus, um die Stabiltät des weißen c4-Springers in Frage zu stellen. Dazu müsste der Läufer auf das entfernte Feld a6 überführt werden... Después de las simplificaciones, las negras han conseguído por fin abrir una diagonal para su alfil. Sin embargo, esto no es suficiente todavía para cuestionar la estabilidad del caballo blanco en c4; sería necesarío el traslado del alfil a la remota casilla de a6...} Rfd8 29. f4 Bf7 30. Ra3 {White's advantage is obvious, but it is not easy to make further progress. Black's strong pressure against the d5-pawn makes the thematic central break e5 difficult to carry out, but a slower plan based on Rg3, h4, g5 would be unpleasant for Black. Der Vorteil von Weiß fällt ins Auge, aber es nicht leicht, weitere Fortschritte zu machen. Der starke Druck von Schwarz gegen den d5-Bauern erschwert den thematischen Zentrumsdurchbruch e5, aber ein langsamerer Plan basierend auf Rg3, h4, g5 wäre unangenehm für Schwarz. La ventaja de las blancas es obvía, pero no será fácil progresar. La fuerte presión de las negras contra el peón de d5 dificulta la ruptura temática e5, pero las blancas disponen de un plan más lento de expansión, basado en Rg3, h4, g5, que podría resultar bastante desagradable para las negras.} g5 {Grischuk aims to obtain a blockade on the dark squares, but seriously weakens his king's position. The main defect of his plan is that the knight will not be able to take advantage of the e5-square. Grischuk will eine Blockade auf den dunklen Felder errichten, schwächt aber ernsthaft seine Königsstellung. Der Hauptmangel seines Plans liegt darin, dass der Springer nicht in der Lage sein wird, aus dem Feld e5 Vorteil zu ziehen. Grischuk intenta obtener un bloqueo en casillas negras, pero la posición de su rey quedará muy débil ahora. El principal defecto de su última jugada es que la casilla de e5 no podrá ser aprovechada por el caballo.} 31. h4 gxf4 32. Rf3 Be8 33. Rxf4 Kg7 {Black only needs two tempi (...Bxa4-b5) in order to obtain a playable position... Schwarz braucht nur noch zwei Tempi (...Bxa4-b5), um eine spielbare Stellung zu erhalten... Las negras solo necesitan dos tiempos (...Bxa4-b5) para obtener una posición satisfactoría...} 34. h5 $3 ({A fantastic move. All White's pieces (with the exception of the e1-rook) were placed on optimal squares already, but the attack did not seem strong enough yet. For instance, after the immediate Ein phantastischer Zug. Alle weißen Figuren (mit Ausnahme des Turms e1) standen bereits auf optimalen Feldern, aber der Angriff schien dennoch nicht stark genug zu sein. Zum Beispiel ist nach dem sofortigen Una jugada fantastica. Con excepción de la torre de e1, todas las figuras blancas se encuentran en posiciones óptimas, pero su ataque no parece demasiado peligroso todavía. Por ejemplo, después de} 34. Ref1 Bxa4 35. Rxf6 Bb5 {the situation is not entirely clear. The intervention of the modest h-pawn radically inclines the balance to White's favour. die Situation nicht gänzlich klar. Durch die Intervention des bescheidenen h-Bauern neigt sich die Balance radikal zu weißen Gunsten. la situación no es enteramente clara. La intervención del modesto peón de h inclinará la evaluación de la partida a favor de las blancas.}) 34... Bxa4 ({ If Black blocks the h-pawn with Falls Schwarz den h-Bauern blockiert mit Sí las negras bloquean el peón enemigocon} 34... h6 {, the weakness of the g6-square would make itself felt after , würde sich die Schwäche des Feldes g6 bemerkbar machen nach , la debilidad de la casilla de g6 se haría sentir después de} 35. Ref1 Bxa4 36. Rxf6 Bb5 37. Rg6+ { with a decisive attack. mit entscheidendem Angriff. con ataque decisivo.}) 35. h6+ Kxh6 36. Rxf6+ Kg7 37. g5 {The d6-pawn will perish soon and with it - any hope of maintaining a reasonable position. Black is in big trouble now. Der d6-Bauer wird bald fallen und damit - jegliche Hoffnung, eine ordentliche Stellung zu behalten. Schwarz ist jetzt in großen Schwierigkeiten. El peón de d6 perecerá pronto y, con él, toda esperanza de salvar la partida.} Rf8 38. Rxd6 Bc2 39. Ne5 Rf4 40. Rf6 (40. Rd7+ $5 Kg8 41. d6 Bxb1 42. Rxb1 Rxe4 43. Re7 Rd8 44. Rd1 $16) 40... Rh4 (40... Nxd5 $5 {On the last move before the control, Grischuk does not find a curious tactical resource: Im letzten Zug vor der Zeitkontrolle entgeht Grischuk eine kuriose taktische Ressource:} 41. exd5 Re4 $3 {White's pieces are hanging suddenly, but he can maintain an advantage with Plötzlich hängen die Figuren von Weiß, doch er kann Vorteil behaupten mit} 42. Rxe4 Rxb1+ 43. Kf2 Bxe4 44. d6 Rb8 45. d7 Rd8 46. Ke3 {. However, Black can hope, because of the reduced amount of material left on the board. Allerdings kann Schwarz angesichts des reduzierten Materials auf dem Brett hoffen.}) 41. d6 Bxb1 42. Rxb1 Rxe4 43. Rf7+ Kg8 44. Re7 Rd8 45. Rd1 c4 46. d7 Rf4 47. Rf1 Rff8 48. Rxf8+ Kxf8 49. Rxh7 c3 50. Ng6+ 1-0 [Event "World-ch"] [Site "Mexico City"] [Date "2007.09.19"] [Round "6"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2007.09.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "MEX"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {It is refreshing to remember that in the Ruy Lopez there are other playable lines than the Marshall Attack. Es ist erfrischend, sich daran zu erinnern, dass es im Spanier auch noch andere spielbare Varianten als den Marshall-Angriff gibt. Es agradable ver que en la apertura Ruy Lopez quedan variantes jugables, otras que el hiperanalizado Ataque Marshall.} 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Be3 ({ Previously, Leko had tried Zuvor hatte Leko Leko había jugado anteriormente} 13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. Kh1 {Leko,P (2741)-Karjakin,S (2591)/Dortmund 2004/CBM 102 (1/2-1/2, 30) , but against Anand he might have considered that the weakening of the kingside was not really recommendable. versucht, Leko,P (2741)-Karjakin,S (2591)/Dortmund 2004/CBM 102 (1/2-1/2, 30), aber gegen Anand mag er überlegt haben, dass die Schwächung des Königsflügels nicht wirklich zu empfehlen war. , pero parece que contra Anand considero la debilitación delflanco de rey demasiado arriesgado.} ({A more recent example in this line is Ein aktuelles Beispiel in dieser Variante ist} 15. Be3 {Dominguez Perez,L (2678)-Shirov,A (2699)/Foros 2007/CBM 119/[Marin,M] (0-1, 46). The comments to this game also contain a survey of the position with doubled pawns on the f-file as well as some notes to Leko's game. Dominguez Perez,L (2678)-Shirov,A (2699)/Foros 2007/CBM 119/[Marin,M] (0-1, 46). Die Kommentare zu dieser Partie enthalten auch eine Übersicht zu dieser Stellung, dazu ein paar Anmerkungen zu der Leko-Partie.})) 13... exd4 14. cxd4 Nxe4 $1 {Despite the apparent danger involved, this is the correct move. Trotz der offensichtlich damit verbundenen Gefahr ist dies der korrekte Zug.} (14... Qe8 {is slightly inferior, see Anand, V (2765)-Shirov,A (2700)/Groningen 1997/CBM 063/[Anand] (1-0, 42) ist einen Tick schwächer, siehe Anand,V (2765)-Shirov,A (2700)/Groningen 1997/CBM 063/ [Anand] (1-0, 42)}) 15. Qc2 (15. Bd5 Qe8 16. Qc2 Bxf3 {was examined in Berelovich,A (2541)-Grischuk,A (2712)/Germany 2003/CBM 095/[Wedberg] (1/2-1/2, 47). The most important thing to remember is that after wurde untersucht in Berelovich,A (2541)-Grischuk,A (2712)/Germany 2003/CBM 095/[Wedberg] (1/2-1/2, 47). Das Wichtigste, was man sich merken muss, ist, dass nach} 17. Bxc6 Qe6 18. gxf3 {Black has Schwarz} Qg6+ $1 19. Bg5 (19. Kh1 $2 Ng3+ $1 $19) 19... Qxg5+ 20. Kh1 Nf6 $11 {hat.}) 15... Qe8 {Miraculously, Black managed to defend his pieces. White retains some initiative, but Black's better structure allows him count on equality. Auf wundersame Weise ist es Schwarz gelungen, seine Figuren zu verteidigen. Weiß behauptet etwas Initiative, doch dank seiner besseren Struktur kann Schwarz auf Ausgleich zählen. Como por milagro, las figuras negras quedan defendidas. Las blancas mantienen ligera iniciativa, pero la estructura más sólida de las negras les permite contar con igualdad.} 16. Ba4 ( {The immediate Das unmittelbare} 16. Rfe1 $5 {, completing the development, deserves attention. The force of all White's threats (Ba4, Bd5, Nxc7 /\ Bd5) is increased, while the usefulness of the rook move is beyond any doubt. Here is a possibly critical line: , womit die Entwicklung abgeschlossen wird, kommt in Betracht. Die Kraft sämtlicher weißer Drohungen (Ba4, Bd5, Nxc7 /\ Bd5) wird verstärkt, während die Nützlichkeit des Turmzuges völlig außer Zweifel steht. Hier ist ein möglicherweise kritisches Abspiel:} Ba5 17. Nc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nf6 20. Ba4 Qd7 21. Bg5 d5 22. Qd2 $1 (22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qd2 Qd6 $1) 22... Nh5 $5 (22... Qd6 23. Bf4 Qd7 24. Be5 $14) 23. Qd3 Rb6 (23... Qd6 24. Qf5 $36) 24. Bc2 g6 25. Bh6 {Despite his structural defects, White exerts strong pressure with his bishops. The position remains strategically unbalanced, but for the time being White has some initiative. Trotz seiner strukturellen Defekte übt Weiß mit seinen Läufer starken Druck aus. Die Stellung bleibt strategisch unausgewogen, im Moment aber hat der Anziehende etwas Initiative:}) 16... Bd7 {Now, White does not have to care about the exchange on f3 anymore, but Black has achieved satisfactory stability, too. Nun muss sich Weiß nicht mehr um den Tausch auf f3 sorgen, doch auch Schwarz hat zufriedenstellende Stabilität erlangt.} (16... Bxf3 $2 17. gxf3 Nf6 { leaves the c6-knight pinned. White can win a pawn in several ways, but maybe he should just preserve the pin with lässt den c6-Springer gefesselt. Weiß kann auf mehrere Arten einen Bauern gewinnen, aber vielleicht sollte er einfach die Fesselung aufrechterhaltenmit} 18. Nc3 $5 { for instance , zum Beispiel} Nb4 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Qa2 $1 $16 Nb4 $2 21. Qc4 $1 $18) 17. Rfe1 (17. Nc3 f5 $6 {This looks like an unnecessary weakening move. Dies sieht aus wie eine unnötige Schwächung.} (17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 $14 { would leave the b6-bishop out of play for a long time, exposing the kingside to possible attacks. However, it would not have been easy for White to make progress. würde den Läufer b6 lange Zeit vom Spiel ausschließen, während der Königsflügel möglichen Angriffe ausgesetzt wäre. Allerdings hätte Weiß nicht ohne Weiteres Fortschritte machen können.}) (17... Nf6 18. Rfe1 Qd8 {would be s implest, maintaining the character of the position unchanged. wäre am einfachsten, womit der Charakter der Stellung unverändert bleibt.}) 18. Nd5 ( 18. Rfe1 $1) 18... Na5 $6 (18... Ne7 $5) 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. b4 Nb7 (20... Nc6 $2 21. Qxc6 $1 $18) 21. Rfc1 $16 { Becerra Rivero,J (2546)-Friedel,J (2480)/ICC INT 2006 (1-0, 37)}) 17... Nb4 18. Qc4 Ba5 $11 {Again, Black's pieces are defended, while the b5-knight is hanging. Wieder sind die Figuren von Schwarz verteidigt, während der b5-Springer hängt.} 19. Nc3 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 d5 21. Qf1 Nc6 {Black has a stable position and has solved the problem of his potentially passive bishop (...Bxc3 can be played soon). Schwarz besitzt eine stabile Stellung und hat das Problem seines potentiell passiven Läufers gelöst (...Bxc3 kann bald erfolgen).} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch"] [Site "Mexico City"] [Date "2007.09.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2735"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2007.09.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "MEX"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 {Earlier in this tournament, Svidler managed to put the Marshall Attack under strong pressure in his game against Leko. Now, he finds himself on the other side. Zuvor in diesem Turnier war es Svidler in seiner Partie gegen Leko gelungen, den Marshall-Angriff unter starken Druck zu setzen. Nun findet er sich auf der anderen Seite wieder. En una ronda anterior de este mismo torneo, Svidler conseguió poner el Ataque Marshall bajo fuerte presión en su partida contra Leko. Ahira, le toca defender el punto de vista del otro bando...} 12. Re1 Bd6 13. g3 $5 {This was o ne of Fischer's favourite move orders. White prevents the standard move ...Qh4. Dies war eine der Lieblingszugfolgen Fischers. Weiß verhindert den Standardzug ...Qh4. Este era un orden de jugadas preferido por Fischer. La idea de la jugada es de prevenir la incursión de la dama enemiga a h4.} Bf5 ({This move ha s been played before, but it remains an open question what Anand could have prepared against Dieser Zug wurde auch schon zuvor gespielt, doch es bleibt eine offene Frage, was Anand wohl gegen Esto sa había jugada antes, pero queda abierta la pregunta que podía haber preparado Anand contra} 13... Qd7 { followed by ...Qh3, with probable transposition to the main lines. nebst ... Qh3 vorbereitet haben könnte, mit möglichem Übergang zu den Hauptabspielen. seguído por ...Qh3, con transposición probable a las variantes principales.}) 14. d4 Qd7 15. Be3 Rae8 16. Nd2 Bg4 17. Qc2 (17. Qb1 Bf5 18. Bc2 $6 { gives Black a powerful attack after} Bxc2 19. Qxc2 f5 {Naiditsch,A (2654) -Gustafsson,J (2588)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118/[Jan Gustafsson] (0-1, 25)}) 17... Bf5 18. Qc1 Re7 ({ Svidler deviates from Svidler weicht ab von Svidler se desvía de} 18... h5 { , which had been played by Anand himself! In Leko - Anand, Cap d'Agde 2003 Black won, but this was just a rapid game and Anand might have drawn his own conclusions despite the favourable result. , was Anand selbst gespielt hatte! In Leko - Anand, Cap d'Agde 2003, gewann Schwarz, doch war dies nur eine Schnellpartie, und Anand hatte womöglich trotz des günstigen Ergebnisses seine eigenen Schlussfolgerungen gezogen. , que fue jugada por el mismo Anand. En Leko - Anand, Cap d'Agde 2003 las negras ganaron, pero esta fue solo una partida a ritmo rápido y puede que Anand haya sacado sus proprías conclusiones a pesar del desenlace final favorable.} 19. Nf3 Bg4 20. Nh4 Re6 21. Bd1 { The exchange on g4 will improve Black's structure, justifying the move ...h5 and offering him attacking chances. Der Tausch auf g4 wird die Struktur von Schwarz verbessern, den Zug ...h5 rechtfertigen und ihm Angriffschancen bieten. } (21. Qd2 Rfe8 22. Qd3 $14 {, with similar play as in our main game, deserves attention. mit ähnlichem Spiel wie in unserer Hauptpartie verdient Aufmerksamkeit.}) 21... f5 22. Bxg4 hxg4 23. Bg5 f4 24. Qd2 Rfe8 25. Rxe6 Qxe6 $44 {Leko,P (2722)-Anand,V (2766)/Cap d'Agde 2003/CBM 098/[Atlas,V] (0-1, 45)}) (18... Bd3 19. Nf3 Qf5 20. Qd1 (20. Nh4 $5) (20. Qd2 $5) 20... h6 21. Nh4 Qh7 22. Bd2 (22. Qd2 $5) 22... g5 23. Ng2 Qg6 24. a4 $14 { Iordachescu,V (2606)-Aronian,L (2649)/Mainz 2003/CBM 095 ext (1/2-1/2, 54)}) ( 18... h6 19. Nf1 $6 { The knight stands passively here. Hier steht der Springer passiv.} (19. Nf3 $1 {as in our main game, should be preferred. wie in unserer Hauptpartie ist vorzuziehen.}) 19... Bh3 20. Qd2 Qf5 21. Qd1 Qe4 22. f3 Qg6 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Qd2 Re6 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Rfe8 $36 { Iordachescu,V (2633)-Vajda,L (2539)/Budva 2004/CBM 102 ext (1/2-1/2, 42)}) ( 18... Re6 {This move eventually led to a fascinating position, but only with White's kind cooperation. Dieser Zug führte letztlich zu einer faszinierenden Stellung, doch nur unter freundlicher Mithilfe von Weiß.} 19. Nf3 Bg4 20. Ng5 $6 ({Once again, Erneut ist} 20. Nh4 $1 {should be preferred. vorzuziehen.}) 20... Rg6 21. f3 $2 Bxf3 $3 {It is curious that such an attacking player as Shabalov missed this combination. Es ist kurios, dass ein derartiger Angriffskünstler wie Shabalov diese Kombination ausließ.} 22. Nxf3 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Rxg3+ 24. Kf2 Qh3 $40 { Shabalov,A (2608)-Aronian,L (2675)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 (0-1, 47)}) 19. Nf3 ({ The first new move of the game. Previously, Der erste neue Zug der Partie. Bislang wurde La primera jugada nueva de la partida. Anteriormente se había jugado} 19. Nf1 {was played. gespielt. (Almasi-Gyimesi, Kazincbarcika (Hungary) 2005). En vez de colocar el caballo pasivamente en la primera línea, Anand utiliza su caballo para poner cierta presión sobre el flanco de rey enemigo, lo que en la partida causará algunas debilidades en el teritorío de las negras. } Rfe8 20. Qd2 Bh3 21. Bc2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Rxe3 24. Bb3 R3e7 25. Rae1 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z (2628)-Gyimesi,Z (2595)/Kazincbarcika 2005/CBM 107. Rather than placing it passively on the back rank, Anand uses his knight for putting the enemy kingside under some pressure, which will eventually cause some weaknesses in Black's camp. Statt seinen Springer passiv auf der Grundreihe zu platzieren, setzt Anand ihn aktiv ein, um den feindlichen Königsflügel etwas unter Druck zu setzen, was letztlich einige Schwächen im schwarzen Lager verursachen wird.}) 19... Bg4 20. Nh4 Rfe8 21. Qd2 h6 22. Qd3 { Black exerts his usual pressure against the e3-bishop, but White is fully developed and retains his extra-pawn. Anand's opening experiment has been crowned with success. Schwarz übt seinen üblichen Druck gegen den e3-Läufer aus, doch Weiß ist voll entwickelt und behauptet seinen Mehrbauern. Anands Eröffnungsexperiment ist von Erfolg gekrönt worden. Las negras ejercen su típica presión sobre el alfil de e3, pero las blancas están plenamente desarrolladas y mantienen el peón de ventaja. El experimento de apertura de Anand fue coronado por éxito.} g6 23. Bd1 Bh3 $6 {Possibly underestimating the next move. Unterschätzt womöglich den nächsten Zug.} ({Black should have maintained some tension with Schwarz hätte eine gewisse Spannung aufrechterhalten sollen mit} 23... h5 $5) 24. Bf3 $1 $14 {Finally, the weakness on g2 is safely defended and White can think about active operations on the opposite wing, where he has an extra-pawn. Endlich ist die Schwäche g2 sicher verteidigt, und Schwarz kann an aktive Operationen am anderen Flügel denken, wo er einen Mehrbauern besitzt.} g5 {If not followed by a concrete attacking action, this move will just leave the kingside desperately weak. Falls nicht von einer konkreten Angriffsaktion gefolgt, wird dieser Zug nur den Königsflügel hoffnungslos schwächen. Sí no será seguído por un plano coherente de ataque, esta jugada dejará al flanco de rey desesperadamente débil.} 25. Ng2 Bf5 26. Qd1 Nf6 {A clear sign that Black ran out of constructive plans. Ein klares Zeichen, dass Schwarz die konstruktiven Pläne ausgegangen sind.} 27. a4 {Since the e-file is under severe Black control, Anand creates a queenside diversion. It is interesting that this will be just a prelude to a... kingside attack, one of Mikhail Tal's favourite methods. Da die e-Linie fest in schwarzer Hand ist, startet Anand eine Ablenkung am Damenflügel. Interessanterweise wird dies nur den Auftakt zu einem ... Angriff am Königsflügel darstellen, eine der Lieblingsmethoden Mikhail Tals. Dado que la columna d e se encuentra bajo fuerte control de las negras, Anand inicia una diversión en el flanco de dama. Es interesante que esta acción será solo un preludio de un ataque sencillo en el flanco de...rey, un método favorito del gran hechicero Mijail Tal.} Ne4 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra6 Qb7 30. Qa1 Bc8 31. Ra8 $16 Bb8 32. Bc1 $1 Nf6 (32... Ba7 $2 33. Rxc8 $1 $18) 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Qa3 Rd7 35. Ra5 Ba7 {Black has managed to hold his own on the queenside, but his coordination is rather poor. Schwarz hat es geschafft, sich am Damenflügel zu halten, doch seine Koordination ist ziemlich schwach. Las negras resistieron bién en el flanco de dama, pero su coordinación es muy pobre.} 36. Ne3 $1 { Black has no adequate way to parry the simple threat Nf5. Schwarz hat keine ausreichende Parade gegen die einfache Drohung Nf5. Las negras no tienen remedio adecuado contra la amenaza sencilla Nf5.} Qc7 (36... Re7 37. Bxc6 $18) ({or oder o} 36... Rc7 37. Qd6 $18 { are equally hopeless. sind gleichermaßen hoffnungslos. serían igualmente malas. }) 37. Nf5 c5 38. Nxh6+ Kh7 39. Bxg5 1-0 [Event "World-ch"] [Site "Mexico City"] [Date "2007.09.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D48"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2007.09.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "MEX"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 {There was a time when one could play the Reynolds Attack just by inspiration. Now, (almost) everything is deeply analyzed... Es gab mal eine Zeit, da konnte man den Reynolds-Angriff einfach nach Inspiraton spielen. Heute ist (fast) alles tief ausanalysiert... Hubo un tiempo cuando era posible jugar el Ataque Reynolds por pura inspiración. Ahora (casi) todo está tan bien analizado...} c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Be3 e5 16. Nf5 {The more active continuation. Die aktivere Fortsetzung. } (16. Nf3 {looks slightly more refined, by aiming to take advantage of the weakness of the e6-square, but Kasparov proved that Black can ignore the threat Ng5 with sieht etwas raffinierter aus mit der Idee, aus der Schwäche des Feldes e6 Vorteil zu ziehen. Doch Kasparov wie nach, dass Schwarz die Drohung Ng5 ignorieren kann, und zwar mit} Be7 $5 { Kasimdzhanov,R (2678)-Kasparov,G (2804)/Linares 2005/CBM 106/[Lutz] (0-1, 36).} ) 16... g6 $5 $146 {Immediately questioning the stability of the enemy knight. Stellt sofort die Stabilität des feindlichen Springers in Frage.} ({ Inserting the moves Der Einschub der ZÜg} 16... Rd8 17. Qe2 {before playing vor } g6 $6 {is not an improvement for Black. ist keine Verbesserung für Schwarz:} 18. Bg5 $1 Qb6 (18... gxf5 19. Bxf6) 19. Ne3 Be7 20. Ned5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Qc7 ( 21... Bxg5 22. Qxe5+) 22. Bxe7 (22. Bh6 $16) 22... Qxe7 { Ehlvest,J (2593)-Milman,L (2473)/ICC INT 2006/CBM 114 ext (1-0, 67)} 23. Rad1 O-O 24. a3 $14) ({ Black can capture the central pawn with Schwarz kann den Zentrumsbauern mit} 16... Ncxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 {, but White generally obtains a strong initiative for the small material investment. Here is a recent example. einsacken, doch Weiß erlangt generell eine starke Initiative für die geringe Materialinvestition. Hier ein aktuelles Beispiel.} 18. Qg4 $5 (18. a4 Qc6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Qg4 g6 22. Nh6 Nf6 23. Qg3 Bxh6 24. Bxh6 Kf7 25. f4 exf4 26. Bxf4 Re8 27. Bg5 Re6 $132 { Lautier,J (2630)-Kramnik,V (2775)/Monte Carlo 1996/CBM 052 ext (1/2-1/2, 35)}) (18. Re1 g6 19. Nh6 Nf6 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Bxe5 O-O-O $1 $15 { Klimov,S (2509)-Yevseev,D (2550)/St Petersburg 2005/CBM 106 (0-1, 32)}) 18... Nf6 (18... Qc6 $2 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Nxg7+ $1 $18 {unexpectedely leads to mate in two, with the cooperation of White's queen and bishop. führt unerwartet zweizügig zum Matt, unter Zusammenarbeit von Dame und Läufer von Weiß.}) (18... Nd6 19. Rad1 $36) 19. Qh3 g6 (19... Rd8 $5) (19... Kf7 $5) 20. Bg5 gxf5 21. Bxf6 Rg8 22. Rfe1 Qc6 $2 (22... Rxg2+ 23. Kf1 Rxf2+ $1 24. Kxf2 Qb6+) 23. Rxe5+ Kf7 {Optically, it seems that White's pieces are hanging, while the g2-square is under pressure. Optisch sieht es so aus, als ob die weißen Figuren hängen, während das Feld g2 unter Beschuss steht.} 24. Be4 $3 {The strongest move, leading to a forced win for White. Der stärkste Zug, der zu einem forcierten Gewinn für Weiß führt.} Qxf6 (24... fxe4 25. Qxh7+ Rg7 (25... Bg7 26. Qh5+ Kxf6 27. Qf5#) (25... Kxf6 26. Rf5+ Ke6 27. Qf7+ Kd6 28. Rd1+ $18) 26. Bxg7 Bxg7 27. Rf5+ $18) 25. Rxf5 Bxe4 26. Rxf6+ Kxf6 27. Qh4+ Kf5 28. Qxh7+ Rg6 29. Re1 Rd8 ( 29... Bxg2 30. Qh5+ Kf6 31. Re6+ $1 $18) 30. Qh5+ Rg5 31. Qf7+ { 1-0 Akopian,V (2700)-Ippolito,D (2397)/Gibraltar 2007/CBM 116 ext}) 17. Nh6 { Rather straightforward. Ziemlich direkt.} ({The main alternative is} 17. Bg5 { when Black's best continuation is} Nfxe4 (17... gxf5 $2 18. Bxf6 $16) (17... Qc6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ne3 $14) 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bf6 gxf5 $5 ( 20... Rg8 $6 21. Ng3 Bb7 22. Re1 $36) 21. Bxh8 (21. Qh5+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bxh8 Bd6 $1 24. Rfd1 Bd3 $19) 21... Bd6 $15 {Black has a nice domination in the centre, while his king is safe now. Schwarz hat eine schöne Dominanz im Zentrum, während sein König jetzt sicher steht.}) 17... Bg7 {Strategically, Black is more than OK. He has a mobile queenside majority and the d4-square at his disposal for the knights. Besides, all his pieces are actively placed; with one exception, the king: His Majesty cannot be transferred to the kingside, while long castling involves certain dangers. Strategisch ist die Stellung von Schwarz mehr als okay. Er hat eine mobile Damenflügelmajorität und das d4 Feld für seine Springer zur Verfügung. Außerdem stehen alle seine Figuren aktiv, mit einer Ausnahme, dem König: Ihre Majestät kann nicht zum Königsflügel überführt werden, während die lange Rochade gewisse Risiken birgt. Estrategicamente, las negras están muy bien. Tienen una mayoría móvil de peones en el flanco de dama y disponen de la casilla de d4 para sus caballos. Además, todas sus figuras están muy activas. Con una sola excepción, el rey, que no puede ser llevado al flanco de rey, mientras que el enroque largo supone ciertos peligros... Hay ciertas situaciones semejantes (incluso el caballo en h6) en las Sicilianas.} 18. Qf3 Ne6 19. Qh3 (19. Rad1 Nd4 $1 20. Bxd4 $2 exd4 21. Rxd4 $2 Qe5 $1 $19) 19... Bc8 $5 20. Qh4 $6 ({Anand's next move was not easy to anticipate, but objectively speaking the slightly riskier Anands nächster Zug war nicht leicht vorauszusehen, aber objektiv gesehen kommt das leicht riskantere} 20. Qg3 {comes into consideration. The queen does not feel uncomfortable after in Betracht. Die Dame fühlt sich nach} Nh5 21. Qh4 Bf6 22. Qg4 {, for instance nicht unwohl, zum Beispiel} Nd4 23. Nd5 {and one ca n feel that Black's pieces have neglected the control of the crucial d5-square. und man spürt, dass die schwarzen Figuren die Kontrolle des kritischen Feldes d5 vernachlässigt haben.}) 20... Qe7 21. Rfe1 (21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Nd4 23. Qd1 Be6 $15 24. Nd5 $6 Qd6 $1 $17 {and White loses stability in the centre. und Weiß verliert die Stabilität im Zentrum.}) 21... Nd5 $1 {The culmination of Black's defensive plan. After the exchange of queens, the king will feel much safer and Black would maintain the favourable aspects of his position. Der Höhepunkt des Verteidigungsplan von Schwarz. Nach dem Damentausch wird sich der König viel sicherer fühlen, während die günstigen Aspekte seiner Position erhalten bleiben. La culminación del plano defensivo delas negras. Después del cambio de damas, el rey se sentirá mucho más seguro, mientras que los aspectos favorables de la posición persistirán.} 22. Qxe7+ Nxe7 23. Nd5 ({ Since the remote times when I played 1.e4, I remember that it is always useful to play Seit den fernen Zeiten, als ich noch 1.e4 spielte, habe ich mir gemerkt, dass es immer nützlich ist, Desde los tiempos que yo jugaba 1.e4, me acuerdo que en las Sicilianas siempre es útiljugar} 23. a4 {before jumping with the knight to d5. However, there is a small tactical detail here: after einzuschalten, bevor man mit dem Springer nach d5 hüpft. Hier gibt es aber ein kleines taktisches Detail: Nach antes de saltar con el caballo a d5. Sin embargo, en esta posición hay un pequeńo detalle: después de} Nf4 {the h6-knigh t feels uncomfortable. fühlt sich der h6-Springer nicht wohl. el caballo de h6 se siente muy incómodo.}) (23. Ng4 h5) 23... Bb7 24. Ng4 {Hoping to get some counterplay against the e5-pawn in case of the immediate double capture on d5. Hofft, im Fall des sofortigen Doppelschlagens auf d5 etwas Gegenspiel gegen den e5 Bauern zu bekommen. Esperando obtener contrajuego contra el peón de e5 en caso de la captura doble inmediata en d5.} Nd4 25. Bd1 (25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Nc7+ Kf7 27. Nxa8 Rxa8 28. e5 d3 29. Bd1 {looks quite unattractive for White. Black's pawns will be hard to stop in the near future. sieht ziemlich unattraktiv für Weiß. Die schwarzen Bauern werden in naher Zukunft schwer zu stoppen.}) 25... Nxd5 26. exd5 O-O-O 27. Bg5 Rxd5 $17 {White has lost an important pawn without any compensation. However, Black's kingside structure is far from optimal, which offers White chances to stay alive for a while. Weiß hat ohne jegliche Kompensation einen wichtigen Bauern eingebüßt. Doch die gegnerische Struktur am Königsflügel ist bei weitem nicht optimal, was ihm Chancen bietet, eine Weile am Leben zu bleiben. Las blancas han perdido un importante peón sin compensación alguna. Sin embargo, la estructure negra del flanco de rey es algo imperfecta, lo que les permite a las blancas sobrevivir por algún rato.} 28. b3 c3 29. Ne3 Rc5 30. Rc1 Rc7 31. b4 Kb8 32. h3 h6 33. Bh4 Nf5 (33... c2 $5 34. Be2 (34. Nxc2 Rhc8 $19) 34... Rc3 $19) 34. Nxf5 gxf5 35. Bc2 Rc4 36. Be7 e4 37. Bb3 Rd4 38. Bc5 (38. Rxc3 $2 Rd7 $1 $19) 38... Rd3 39. Be6 Bc8 40. Bb3 Re8 41. Bf7 Re5 42. Be3 Re7 43. Bg6 Be6 44. h4 Bxa2 45. Bxf5 Bd5 46. Bc5 Re8 47. f3 Kb7 48. fxe4 Bc6 {White has managed to win his pawn back, but his king is very exposed. Weiß ist es gelungen, seinen Bauern zurückzugewinnen, doch sein König ist sehr exponiert. Las blancas han conseguído recuperar el peón, pero su rey se encuentra muy expuesto.} 49. Kf2 Rd2+ 50. Ke3 Be5 ({Not the only good move. Black could have created a second passed pawn with Nicht der einzige gute Zug. Schwarz hätte einen zweiten Freibauern bilden können mit No es la única jugada buena. Las negras podían haber creado un segundo peón pasado con} 50... a5 $5 {since , denn ya que} 51. bxa5 $2 {is impossible because of ist unmöglich wegen es imposible por} Rd5 $1 {winning one of the bishops. mit Gewinn eines der beiden Läufer. ganando uno de los alfiles.}) 51. Kf3 Red8 52. Re3 Rg8 53. g4 Rh2 54. h5 Rd8 55. g5 Rxh5 56. Be7 Re8 $6 ({Slowing down the rhythm. Black would have obtained a practically decisive attack with Verlangsamt den Rhythmus. Mit Bajando un pcoo el ritmo. las negras podían haber obtenido ataque practicamente decisivo con} 56... Rd2 {for instance hätte Schwarz einen praktisch entscheidenden Angriff erlangen können, z.B. por ejemplo} 57. Rcxc3 Rhh2 {Threatening mate in two and practically forcing the next move. Droht Matt in zwei und erzwingt praktisch den nächsten Zug. Amenazando mate en dos y practicamente forzando la jugada siguíente.} 58. gxh6 Be8 $1 {when the king cannot survive the combined attack of all Black's pieces. Anand's failure to win this game might have been caused by the fact that he expected to achieve his goal by purely technical means, not by a sharp attack. If this is true, Morozevich's merit consists of having faced his mighty opponent with such a dificult psychological task. , wonach der König dem kombinierten Angriff sämtlicher schwarzen Figuren nicht überleben kann. Anands Versäumnis, diese Partie zu gewinnen, wurde vielleicht verursacht durch die Tatsache, dass er erwartete, sein Ziel allein mit technischen Mitteln zu erreichen, nicht mit einem scharfen Angriff. Wenn dies zutrifft, besteht die Leistung Morozevichs darin, seinem mächtigen Gegner eine derart schwierige psychologische Aufgabe vorgesetzt zu haben. y el rey no puede sobrevivir al ataque combinado de todas las figuras negras. El fracaso de Anand puede haber sido causado por el hecho de que el esperaba ganar por métodos puramente técnicos y no por un ataque agudo. Si esto es verdad, es el mérito de Morozevich de haberle provocado a su fortisimo rival un problema sicológico tan complejo.}) 57. Kg4 Rh2 58. Bf6 Rg2+ ({Anand's decision to force a draw looks premature. He could have maintained his advantage with Anands Entscheidung, Remis durch Zugwiederholung zu forcieren, wirkt verfrüht. Er hätte seinen Vorteil behaupten können mit La decisión de Anand de frozar las tablas parece premátura. Las negras conservarían la ventaja después de} 58... Rg8 59. Kf3 ({If Nach After} 59. Bxe5 Rxg5+ {Black would win the f5-bishop because of the pin of the central pawn. würde Schwarz aufgrund der Fesselung des Zentralbauern den f5-Läufer gewinnen. las negras recuperarían el alfil de f5 por la clavada del peón entral.} 60. Kf4 (60. Kf3 Rxf5+ $17) 60... Rf2+ 61. Rf3 Rxf3+ 62. Kxf3 Rxf5+ $17) 59... Rxg5 $1 60. Bxg5 hxg5 $17 { with total domination. mit totaler Dominanz. con dominación total.}) 59. Kh3 Rh2+ 60. Kg4 Rg2+ 61. Kh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch"] [Site "Mexico City"] [Date "2007.09.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2769"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2007.09.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "MEX"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Qa4 {A rare continuation, aiming to take Kramnik "out of the book". Eine seltene Fortsetzung, die Kramnik "aus dem Buch" werfen soll. Una jugada poco frecuente, cuyo probable propósito es de sacar a Kramnik del "libro de aperturas".} Bd7 {This is the most normal reaction, aiming to question the stability of the enemy queen on the right wing. Dies ist die normalste Fortsetzung, mit der die Stabilität der feindlichen Dame auf dem rechten Flügel in Frage gestellt werden soll.} ({However, Allerdings ist auch} 16... Bd6 {is also possible. möglich:} 17. Bc4 (17. Be3 Qa5 18. Qb3 Qb6 $11) ( 17. c4 Qa5 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Bxd6 cxd6 $132) 17... Qa5 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Qb3 Bg6 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Bd5 Qc7 {Kryvoruchko,Y (2581)-Frolyanov,D (2498)/Yerevan 2006/CBM 114 ext (1/2-1/2, 53). As so many times in this opening, the position is only optically better for White. Black had no special problems maintaining the equilibrium. Wie so oft in dieser Eröffnung ist die Stellung nur optisch besser für Weiß. Schwarz hatte keine sonderlichen Problemen, das Gleichgewicht zu halten.}) 17. Qc2 ({This seems to be a new move. Dies scheint ein neuer Zug zu sein. Esta jugada parece ser nueva.} 17. Rab1 {was played a couple of times. wurde einige Male gespielt. fue jugada un par de veces anteriores.} Bf6 (17... Qf5 18. Bg3 Bf8 19. Rb5 Qf6 20. Rxb7 Nd8 21. Qxd7 Nxb7 22. Be5 Qd8 23. Qg4 Nd6 24. h4 Rb8 25. c4 f6 26. c5 fxe5 27. cxd6 cxd6 28. dxe5 Be7 29. Bd3 Rf8 30. Qh5 g6 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. Re4 Rxf3 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Rg4+ { 1-0 Shirov,A (2723)-Gelfand,B (2700)/Monte Carlo 2003/CBM 093 ext}) 18. Qd1 b6 19. Ba6 (19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Ne7 {White has more space and the pair of bishops, but Black has the more compact structure and acceptable stability on the light squares. Weiß hat mehr Raum und das Läuferpaar, Schwarz dafür die kompaktere Struktur sowie annehmbare Stabilität auf den weißen Feldern.}) 19... Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Re8 21. Qf1 Bd8 22. Bb5 $6 ({The exchange of the light-squared bishops is part of Black's plan, because it weakens the c4-square. This detail makes this move questionable. Der Tausch des weißfeldrigen Läuers ist Bestandteil des schwarzen Plans, weil dies das Feld c4 schwächt. Dieses Detail macht diesen Zug fragwürdig.} 22. Bd3 $1) 22... Na5 23. c4 (23. Bd3 { also fails to maintain the pressure, because of} Bf5 $1) 23... Bxb5 $1 $11 { Palac,M (2571)-Nikcevic,N (2448)/Cannes 2007/CBM 116 ext (1/2-1/2, 26)}) 17... Qf5 18. Qxf5 {The exchange of queens solves Black's problems of coordination. Der Tausch der Damen löst die schwarzen Probleme mit der Koordination.} (18. Qd2 {might be a better try, when Black should probably play könnte ein besserer Versuch sein, wonach Schwarz wahrscheinlich} Bd6 {, aiming to simplify the position anyway. spielten sollte mit der Absicht, die Stellung trotzdem zu vereinfachen.}) 18... Bxf5 19. Bb5 {This move has the same drawback as in the game Palac-Nikcevic: it is likely to lead to the exchange of the light-squared bishops, making Black's defence easier. Dieser Zug hat denselben Nachteil wie in der Partie Palac-Nikcevic: Er wird wahrscheinlich zum Abtausch der weißfeldrigen Läufer führen, was die schwarze Verteidigung erleichtert.} ({However, after the immediate Doch auch nach dem sofortigen} 19. d5 Na5 20. Nd4 Bd7 {White has no easy way to make further progress either. fällt es Weiß nicht leicht, weitere Fortschritte zu erzielen.}) 19... Bd7 20. d5 Ne5 $1 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 {Anand's experiment did not work out too well. Kramnik played relatively quickly and obtained an entirely satisfactory position. White's centre could become more of a weakness if Black is allowed to install his minor pieces on c5 and d6. Anands Experiment hat nicht sonderlich gut eingeschlagen. Kramnik spielte relativ schnell und erhielt eine völlig befriedigende Stellung. Wenn es Schwarz erlaubt wird, seine Leichtfiguren auf c5 und d6 zu platzieren, könnte das weiße Zentrum eher zu einer Schwäche werden. El experimento de Anand no funcionó muy bien. Kramnik jugó relativamente rápido y obtuvo una posición enteramente satisfactoría. El centro de peones de las blancas puede volverse débil sí las negras conseguírían instalar sus piezas menores en c5 y d6.} 22. Bxc7 $5 {White tries to maintain his initiative, but further simplifications will make the position slightly dangerous for him. Weiß versucht, seine Initiative zu behaupten, aber weitere Vereinfachungen werden die Stellung leicht gefährlich für ihn machen. Las blancas intentan mantener la iniciativa, pero las simplificaciones adicionales harán que la posición se vuelva ligeramente peligrosa para ellas.} Rxc7 23. d6 Rxc3 24. dxe7 ({Anand probably discarded Anand verwarf} 24. Rxe7 { on general ground. With every subsequent exchange of pieces, the e7-pawn becomes weaker. wahrscheinlich aus allgemeinen Erwägungn. Mit jedem folgenden Tausch wird der e7-Bauer schwächer.} Rxe7 25. dxe7 Nf6 26. Nd4 ({After Nach} 26. Rd1 Ne8 {the weakness of the first rank makes Rd8 impossible and forces a prophylactic move such as macht die Grundreihenschwäche Rd8 unmöglch und erzwingt einen prophylaktischen Zug wie} 27. h3 {when after , worauf nach} f6 { the pawn is in danger. der Bauer gefährdet ist.}) 26... a6 ({ More ambitious than Ehrgeiziger als} 26... Ne8 27. Nb5 Rc5 28. Nxa7 f6 $11 { with plain equality. mit glattem Ausgleich.}) 27. h3 Ne8 28. Rb1 Rc7 $1 (28... b5 $6 29. a4 $1) 29. Re1 f6 {and White has to resort to certain tricks in order to save the pawn (although the final success is not guaranteed yet!). und Weiß muss zu gewissen Tricks greifen, um den Bauern zu retten (obwohl der endgültige Erfolg noch nicht garantiert ist!).} 30. Kf1 Rd7 $5 (30... Kf7 31. Ne6 $5 Rxe7 32. Nd8+ Kf8 33. Rxe7 Kxe7 34. Nxb7 {and the vulnerability of the a6-pawn prevents Black from taking full advantage of his more active king. und die Anfälligkeit des Bauern a6 hindert Schwarz daran, seinen aktiveren König voll zur Geltung zu bringen.}) 31. Nb3 $5 b6 $5 32. Re6 Rb7 { and White is still struggling. und Weiß muss noch immer strampeln.}) 24... f6 { With queens on board, the e7-pawn would most probably ensure White's win, but in the endgame it is more of a source of worries. Mit Damen auf dem Brett wäre der e7-Bauer höchstwahrscheinlich ein Siegespfand für Weiß, im Endspiel aber ist er eher ein Sorgenkind. Con damas en el tablero, el peón de e7 aseguraría lo más probable la victoria de las blancas, pero en el final el peón es una debilidad mas que nada.} 25. Rad1 (25. Rac1 {, aiming to invade through c7, might be safer. mit der Absicht, auf a7 einzudringen, ist vielleicht sicherer.} ) 25... Rc7 $1 { Possibly underestimated by Anand. Möglicherweise von Anand unterschätzt.} 26. Nd4 Ne5 27. f4 Nc6 28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. Rd6 c5 30. Ree6 c4 31. Rc6 Rexe7 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxe7 Ra4 34. Rb7 {White will lose a pawn, but the drawish tendency of this type of ending is well-known. In the "theoretical" position, White's f-pawn stands on its initial square. The way it is, it could easily become a weakness, but also ensures White a stable advantage of space on the kingside. Weiß wird einen Bauern verlieren, doch die Remistendenz dieses Endspieltyps ist wohl bekannt. In der "Theoriestellung" befindet sich der weiße f-Bauer noch auf seinem Ausgangsfeld. So wie es steht, könnte er leicht zur Schwäche werden, sichert Weiß aber andererseits einen stabilen Raumvorteil am Königsflügel. Las blancas perderán un peón, pero la tendencía de acabar en tablas de este tipo de finales es bien conocida. En la posición "teórica" el peón blanco de f se encuentra en su casilla incial . Una vez avanzado a f5, puede volverse débil, pero también asegurar una estable ventaja de espacio de las blancas en el flanco de rey.} h6 (34... h5 $5 {looks more active, but hardly changes the evaluation. sieht aktiver aus, ändert aber kaum die Bewertung. parece más activa.}) 35. f5 Rxa3 36. Kf2 h5 37. g3 a5 ({ It might seem that Man könnte meinen, dass} 37... h4 $5 {would have offered more chances to keep White under pressure, by keeping the king's access to the f5-pawn open. However, White can avoid troubles by relatively simple means: bessere Chancen geboten hätte, Weiß weiter unter Druck zu setzen, da dem König Zugang zum Bauern f5 eröffnet wird. Doch Weiß kann Probleme mit relativ einfachen Mittel vermeiden: ofrecía más posibilidades de presionar a las blancas, por mantener abierto el acceso del rey negro hacía el peón de f5.} 38. gxh4 $1 Kh7 39. Kg2 Kh6 40. h5 a5 {Black plans to advance his pawn to a2 and then win the f5-pawn, thus creating a passed pawn on the f-file, which would ensure a win. This plan would work against passive white play. Schwarz plan, seinen Bauern nach a2 vorzurücken und dann den f5-Bauern abzuholen, womit er einen Freibauern auf der f-Linie bekäme, der den Sieg garantieren würde. Gegen passives weißes Spiel würde dieser Plan funktionieren.} 41. Ra7 a4 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Kg3 a3 44. h3 Ra1 (44... Kxh5 45. Rxg7 Rb2 46. Ra7 Rb3+ 47. Kf4 $1 $11 Kh4 $2 48. Rh7#) 45. Kh4 a2 46. Ra8 {Threatening mate in 1. Droht einzügig matt.} Kh7 47. Ra7 Rf1 (47... Kg8 48. h6 gxh6 49. Kh5 $132) 48. Rxa2 Rf4+ $1 49. Kg3 Rxf5 {After the capture on h5, the endgame would still be a draw, but would face White with slightly bigger technical problems than the ending from the game. Nach dem Schlagen auf h5 wäre das Endspiel noch immer remis, aber Weiß stünde doch vor leicht größeren technischen Problemen als in der Partie.}) 38. Ra7 a4 39. h4 $1 {White is out of any danger now. The kingside is practically frozen and the huge advantage of space prevents the standard plan: push the pawn to a3, in order to leave the a2-square available for the transfer of His Majesty. If Black tries to do so, he would lose the g7-pawn, after which White's counterplay (for instance g4) is much more dangerous than in the standard position (pawns on f2, g3, h4 and symmetrical for Black). Jetzt ist Weiß aus dem Schneider. Der Königsflügel ist praktisch eingefroren, und der riesige Raumvorteil verhindert den Standardplan: Bauern nach a3 vorstoßen, um das Feld a2 für den Transfer Ihrer Majestät freizulassen. Wenn Schwarz dies versucht, würde er den Bauern g7 verlieren, wonach das weiße Gegenspiel (z.B. g4) weitaus gefährlich ist als in den Standardpositionen (Bauern auf f2, g3, h4 und symmetrisch für Schwarz). Ahora, las blancas se encuentran fuera de peligro. El flanco de rey ha sido bloqueado y su gran ventaja de espacio impide el plano estandar de las negras: avanzar el peón hasta a3, para dejar la casilla de a2 libre para Su Majestad. Si las negras intentarían llevar a su rey al flanco de dama, perderían su peón de g7, cuando el contrajuego de las blancas (por ejemplo, con g4) sería más peligroso que en las posiciones habituales (con peones blancos en f2, g3 y h4 y simetrico para las negras).} Ra2+ 40. Kf3 a3 41. Ke3 Ra1 42. Kf2 Kf8 43. Kg2 a2 {This move somewhat restricts the activity of White's pieces (Kf2? loses to ...Rh1 and things like that), but there is no place to hide for the black king either. Dieser Zug schränkt die Aktivität der weißen Figuren etwas ein (Kf2? verliert wegen ... Rh1 und solche Sachen), allerdings gibt es auch kein Versteck mehr für den schwarzen König. Esta jugada restringe la actividad de las figuras blancas (por ejemplo, Kf2 pierde por ...Rh1! y otras cosas por el estilo), pero ahora no queda manera de esconder a su proprio rey en elflanco de dama.} 44. Kh2 Ke8 45. Kg2 Kd8 46. Kh2 Kc8 47. Kg2 Kb8 48. Ra3 Kb7 49. Ra4 Kb6 50. Ra8 Kc5 51. Ra7 Kd5 52. Ra4 Ke5 53. Ra5+ Ke4 54. Kh2 {Actually, this move is not forced. decades ago, Kholmov has proven that even without the f5-pawn White can hold a draw. The only winning chance for Black is to create a passed pawn on the f-file, but this is impossible in case of accurate defence from White. Tatsächlich ist dieser Zug nicht erwungen. Vor Jahrzehnten schon hat bewiesen, dass Weiß selbst ohne den Bauern f5 remis halten kann. Die einzige Gewinnchance für Schwarz besteht darin, einen Freibauern in der f-Linie zu bilden, doch dies ist bei genauer Verteidigung von Weiß nicht möglich. En realidad, esta jugada no es forzada. Decadas atrás, Jolmov demostró que las blancas pueden defender aunque les falte el peón de f5. La única posibilidad de ganar para las blancas sería crear un peón pasado en la columna de f, pero esto es imposible de realizar ante una defensa corecta de las blancas.} Kf3 55. Ra3+ Kf2 56. Ra4 Kf1 57. Kh1 ({But this is an important move. In case of a neutral move such as Dies ist allerdings ein wichtiger Zug. Im Fall einer neutralen Fortsetzung wie Pero esta es una jugada importante. En caso de una continuación neutra como} 57. Ra5 $2 {, Black can simplify to a won pawn ending with kann Schwarz in ein gewonnenes Bauernendspiel abwickeln mit las negras simplificarían a un final de peones ganado con} Re1 58. Rxa2 Re2+ 59. Rxe2 Kxe2 {, for instance , zum Beispiel , por ejemplo} 60. Kg2 Ke3 61. g4 Kf4 $1 62. gxh5 Kg4 {and it is all over. und alles ist vorbei. y todo se acabó.}) 57... Ke1 58. Kg2 {But now, there was no need to get back on the second rank. Jetzt aber war es nicht nötig, auf die zweite Reihe zurückzugehen. Pero ahora no había necesidad de volver a la segunda fila.} Kd1 (58... Rd1 {is very much the same as in the game. verläuft ganz ähnlich wie in der Partie. sería muy parecida a la continuación de la partida.}) 59. Ra7 Rc1 60. Rxa2 Rc2+ 61. Rxc2 Kxc2 62. Kf3 {This is the difference. The white king is active enough now. Curiously, he will have to use this activity to get... stalemated!! Das ist der Unterschied. Jetzt steht der weiße König aktiv genug. Kurioserweise wird er seine Aktivität dazu nutzen müssen, sich... pattsetzen zu lassen! Esta es la diferencía. El rey blanco está activo ahora. Curiosamente, su actividad le servirá por quedar... !ahogado!} Kd3 63. g4 hxg4+ 64. Kxg4 Ke4 {Did Anand misca lculate anything? Hat Anand sich irgendwie verrechnet? ?Se le había escapado algo a Anand?} 65. Kh5 $1 {Not really! nicht wirklich! Realmente, no.} Kxf5 { and, entirely in accordance with the Sofia rule, the players had to split the point. und die Spieler mussten, in völliger Übereinstimmung mit derSofia-Regel, den Punkt teilen. y, completamente conforme con la ley de Sofia, los jugadores se repartieron el punto.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "World-ch"] [Site "Mexico City"] [Date "2007.09.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2007.09.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "MEX"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 {An excellent way to play for a win with Black, although it should be said that White's cooperation is needed, too. In case of 6.Bxf6 (as played just one day earlier by Kramnik against Svidler), play takes a positional course. However, Aronian is not the kind of player to refrain from a sharp battle, especially when he has the white pieces. Eine ausgezeichnete Möglichkeit, mit Schwarz auf Gewinn zu spielen, obwohl gesagt werden sollte, dass dabei auch die Kooperation von Weiß nötig ist. Im Fall von 6.Bxf6 (wie nur einen Tag zuvor von Kramnik gegen Svidler gespielt), nimmt die Partie einen positionellen Verlauf. Doch Aronian ist niemand, der vor einem scharfem Kampf zurückschreckt, vor allem, wenn er die weißen Figuren hat. Un excelente método de jugar para ganar con negras, aunque cabe decir que la colaboración de las blancas es esencial. En caso de 6.Bxf6 (como se había jugado un día antes en la partida Kramnik - Svidler), el juego entraría por cauces posicionales. Sin embargo, Aronian no esel tipo de jugador que huya de una lucha aguda, especialmente cuando tiene blancas.} 9. Ne5 h5 10. h4 g4 {Black is a pawn up, but White has a strong centre and better prospects of transferring his king to a safe location. In the next phase of the game, both players have to permanently take into account the standard pawn moves (White's) d5 or f3 and (Black's) ...b4 or ...c5. For a while, however, play continues with natural developing moves. Schwarz besitzt einen Bauern mehr, doch Weiß hat ein starkes Zentrum und bessere Aussichten, seinen König an einen sicheren Ort zu verfrachten. In der nächsten Phase der Partie müssen beide Spieler ständig die gegnerischen Standardbauernzüge berücksichtigen, d5 oder f3 (Weiß) und ...b4 oder ...c5 (Schwarz). Für eine Weile aber geht es mit natürlichen Entwicklungszügen weiter. Las negras tienen un peón de ventaja, ero las blancas disponen de un fuerte centro de peones y de la posibilidad de llevar a su rey a una residencía mas segura. Durante la sigíente fase de la partida, ambos jgadores deberán tener permanentemente en cuenta las jugadas típicas de peones d5 o f3 (de las blancas) y ...b4 o ...c5 (de las negras). Por algún rato, el juego continúa con jugadas naturales de desarrollo.} 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Rad1 O-O 16. Bg3 (16. f3 Nh7 { Werle,J (2514)-Smeets,J (2537)/Leeuwarden 2005/CBM 110/[Lutz] (1-0, 40)}) 16... Nd7 (16... Nh7 { Kramnik,V (2770)-Akopian,V (2660)/Dortmund 2000/CBM 078/[Lutz] (1-0, 41)}) 17. f3 {This move is almost unanimously played here. White finally establishes a centre of pawn tension and aims to open the f-file for his king's rook. The only (but significant) drawback of this move is that it weakens the king's residence. Dieser Zug wird an dieser Stelle fast ausschließlich gespielt. Weiß errichtet endlich ein Zentrum mit Bauernspannung und möchte die f-Linie für seinen Königsturm öffnen. Der einzige (aber gewichtige) Nachteil dieses Zuges ist, dass er die Königsresidenz schwächt. Esta jugada se efectúa casi unanimamente. Por fin, las blancas crean un punto de tensión de peones, aspirando a abrir la columna de f para su torre. La única (pero importante) desventaja de esta jugada es que debilita seriamente la posición del rey blanco.} c5 $5 $146 ({An interesting novelty. Previously, Aine interessante Neuerung. Bislang galt Una interesante novedad. Anteriormente,} 17... Qb6 { was considered best. See for instance Onischuk,A (2638)-Lastin,A (2590)/Sochi 2005/CBM 107/[Lutz] (0-1, 38), containing also a small survey on the queen move. Anand decides that the best way of taking advantage of thevulnerability of the enemy king is to keep the queen on her initial square. als Bestes, siehe zum Beispiel Onischuk,A (2638)-Lastin,A (2590)/Sochi 2005/CBM 107/[Lutz] (0-1, 38), worin auch eine kleine Übersicht bezüglich des Damenzuges enthalten ist. Anand beschließt, dass sich die Anfälligkeit des feindlichen Königs am besten ausnutzen lässt, indem die Dame auf ihrem Ausgangsfeld bleibt. era considerada como la mejor jugada. Anand decidió que la mejor manera de aprovecharse de la vulnerabilidad del rey enemigo es mantener la dama en su casilla inicial.}) 18. dxc5 ({The generally desirable Auf das generell wünschenswerte La generalmente deseable} 18. d5 { can be strongly met by kann stark puede ser fuertemente contestada por} Be5 $1 {when White is in some sort of trouble: folgen, wonach Weiß in gewissen Schwierigkeiten steckt: cuando las blancas pasarían por algunos apuros:} 19. Bxe5 $6 ({After Nach Después de} 19. f4 Bd4+ {the black dark-squared bishop is much more active than his direct rival. ist der schwarzfeldrige Läufer des Nachziehenden weit aktiver als sein direkter Rivale. el alfil negrod e casillas oscuras es mucho mas activo que su rival.}) 19... Nxe5 20. f4 $2 Qxh4 $1 {with decisive attack. mit entscheidendem Angriff. con ataque decisivo.}) ({ Finally, Schließlich findet} 18. Nxb5 { can be strongly met by die starke Erwiderung} cxd4 {for instance , zum Beispiel } 19. Nxd4 $2 {The most principled continuation, which, however, loses almost by force. Die prinzipiellste Fortsetzung, die allerdings fast forciert verliert.} (19. Qxc4 {looks better from practical point of view, although Black has excellent play anyway. sieht aus praktischer Sicht besser aus, wenngleich Schwarz auch dann ausgezeichnetes Spiel hat.} Ne5 20. Qb3 { The knight cannot be captured because the h4-pawn would remain desperately weak. Der Springer kann nicht geschlagen werden, weil dann der h4-Bauer hoffnungslos schwach bliebe.} gxf3 21. gxf3 {. This weakens the king's position, but otherwise the e5-square would remain under Black's strict control. . Dies schwächt die Königsstellung, doch andernfalls würde Schwarz das Feld e5 fest im Griff haben.} Ng6 {with a nice, but possibly not better position for Black. mit schöner, aber möglicherweise nicht besseren Stellung für Schwarz.}) 19... Qb6 20. Bf2 g3 21. Be3 Qd8 $3 {Now that the bishop has been driven away from the defence of the h4-pawn, the queen switches back to the kingside. Nun, da der Läufer von der Verteidigung des Bauern h4 verdrängt wurde, fährt die Dame wieder zum Königsflügel.} 22. Bg5 { The natural reaction. Die natürliche Reaktion.} (22. f4 Bxd4 { followed by ...Qxh4 is not much more appealing.}) 22... Bxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Qb6 $3 { Apparently, the oscilations of the black queen correspond to the high degree of uncertainty typical to any lady. In fact, each time Her Majesty pursues a very precise aim. Now, it's a pin again. Das Hin- und Her der schwarzen Königin gleicht scheinbar jenem hohen Maß an Unbestimmtheit, wie sie für jede Dame typisch ist. Tatsächlich verfolgt Ihre Majestät jedes mal ein ganz genaues Ziel. Diesmal ist es wieder eine Fesselung.} 24. Be3 e5 $1 {and und} 25. Rd3 {does not save the day because of rettet den Tag nicht wegen} cxd3 $1 $19) 18... Qe7 19. Kh1 $6 {This move is aimed to enable the capture on b5, but the king is even worse placed here than on g1. Dieser Zug soll das Schlagen auf b5 ermöglichen, doch hier steht der König sogar noch schlechter als auf g1. } (19. Nxb5 $2 {is impossible because of ist unmöglich wegen} Qxc5+) (19. Bd6 $6 {is also not entirely adequate: reicht ebenfalls nicht ganz aus:} Qxh4 20. fxg4 Be5 (20... hxg4 $2 21. Rf4 $16) (20... Nxc5 $5 $13 21. Bxc5 $2 Be5 22. Rf3 hxg4 $19) 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. gxh5 b4 $132 {and Black has good control in the centre, and attacking chances on the kingside. For instance, und Schwarz hat gute Kontrolle im Zentrum und Angriffschancen am Königsflügel. Zum Beispiel} 23. Nb5 Bxe4 24. Qc1 Bxg2 $1 25. Kxg2 Kh7 $40) (19. Rd6 {is a better way to put the b5-pawn under pressure, but has the drawback of obstructing his own bishop. Black can calmly answer with ist ein besserer Weg, den b5-Bauern unter Druck zu setzen, hat aber den Nachteil, den eigenen Läufer zu verstellen. Schwarz kann ruhig} a6 $13 {antworten.}) (19. Rf2 {looks logical. White threatens Nxb5 and, in certain cases, Bd6. However, things are not so rosy for White. sieht logisch aus. Weiß droht Nxb5 und in gewissen Fällen Bd6. Dennoch stehen die Dinge nicht so rosig für Weiß.} a6 20. fxg4 (20. Bd6 $6 { is premature yet. ist noch verfrüht.} Qxh4 21. g3 Qg5 {With the rook on f2, the infiltration to h3 simply loses the queen to Rh2. Mit dem Turm auf f2 verliert die Infiltration auf h3 einfach die Dame wegen Rh2.} 22. f4 Qg6 23. Bxf8 Nxf8 $44 {Black has a pawn for the exchange, the c5-pawn is weak and the pair of bishops very active. Schwarz hat einen Bauern für die Qualität, der c5-Bauer ist schwach und das Läuferpaar sehr aktiv.}) 20... hxg4 (20... Ne5 $5 $44) 21. Bd6 Qxh4 $36 {Concluding, I could not find an entirely adequate continuation for White, which adds a lot of value to Anand's innovation. Unterm Strich konnte ich keine ganz völlig ausreichende Fortsetzung für Weiß finden, was Anands Neuerung deutlich aufwertet.}) 19... a6 20. a4 Bc6 { Black has stabilized the position and threatens to win the c5-pawn with ... Nxc5. Since 21.Rd6 can be strongly met by 21...Be5!, White is forced to resort to radical measures. Schwarz hat die Stellung stabilisiert und droht, mit ... Nxc5 den Bauern c5 abzuholen. Da auf 21.Rd6 stark 21...Be5! folgen kann, ist Weiß zu radikalen Maßnahmen gezwungen. Las negras han conseguído deestabilizar laposición y amenazan ganar el peón de c5 con ...Nxc5. Dado que 21.Rd6 puede ser fuertemente contestada por 21...Be5!, las blancas tienen que recurrir a medidas extremas.} 21. Nd5 $6 {Aronian tries to change the generally unfavourable course of events by radical means. Aronian versucht, den generell ungünstigen Lauf der Dinge mit radikalen Mitteln zu ändern.} (21. fxg4 hxg4 22. Bxg4 (22. Nd5 {does not work at all now: geht jetzt gar nicht:} exd5 23. exd5 Nxc5 $1 24. dxc6 Ne4 $1 25. Be1 g3 26. Rf4 f5 $17 {and the white king is in a very bad situation. und der weiße König ist in einer ganz schlechten Lage.}) 22... Nxc5 {leads to a very pleasant position for Black. All his minor pieces are placed on excellent squares, while the enemy king remains exposed. führt zu einer höchste angenehmen Stellung für Schwarz. All seine Leichtifiguren stehen auf ausgezeichneten Feldern, während der feindliche König weiter exponiert bleibt.}) 21... exd5 22. exd5 {Normally, this kind of operation would yield White an advantage... Normalerweise würde eine derartige Operation Weiß Vorteil einbringen... Normalmente, tal operación debería ofrecer a las blancas ventaja...} Be5 $1 {... but only with a safer king's position! With this already familiar to us move, Anand forces his opponent to release the kingside tension and consolidates his advantage. ... aber nur mit einer sichereren Königsstellung! Mit diesem uns bereits vertrauten Zug zwingt Anand seinen Gegner, die Spannung am Königsflügel aufzuheben, und konsolidiert so seinen Vorteil ... pero !solo en caso de tener una posición segura de su rey! Con esta jugada familiar ya, Anand fuerza a su contrincante a abandonar la tensión del flanco de rey y consolida su ventaja.} ({After Nach} 22... Nxc5 $2 23. dxc6 {the e4-square is not available for the knight, if compared with a similar line from the previous comment. hat, im Vergleich zu einem ähnlichen Abspiel im vorangegangenen Kommentar, der Springer nicht das Feld e4.}) 23. f4 Bg7 24. dxc6 Nxc5 {Both White's bishops are very passive. The c6-pawn in conjunction with certain rook activity along the d-file will prove insufficient to level the balance. Beide weißen Läufer sind sehr passiv. Der c6-Bauer in Verbindung mit gewisser Turmaktivität entlang der d-Linie wird nicht ausreichen, um die Bilanz auszugleichen. Ambos alfiles blancos están muy pasivos. El peón de c6 en combinación con algo de actividad alargo de la columna d no resultarán suficientes para mantener la igualdad.} 25. Rd5 Ne4 26. Be1 Qe6 27. Rxh5 f5 {White has temporarily won a pawn, but his rook is miserably placed. Anand went on winning convincingly. Weiß hat vorübergehend einen Bauern gewonnen, aber sein Turm steht miserabel. Anand fährt die Partie überzeugend nach Hause. Las blancas han ganado un peón de forma temporar, pero su torre queda muy mal colocada. Anand acabó imponiendose con confianza.} 28. Kh2 Rac8 29. Bb4 Rfe8 30. axb5 axb5 31. Re1 Qf7 32. Rg5 Nxg5 33. fxg5 Rxc6 34. Bf1 Rxe1 35. Bxe1 Re6 36. Bc3 Qc7+ 37. g3 Re3 38. Qg2 Bxc3 39. bxc3 f4 40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. Qa6 fxg3+ 0-1 [Event "World-ch"] [Site "Mexico City"] [Date "2007.09.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2733"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2007.09.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "MEX"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Gelfand is a renowned Najdorf specialist. However, for such important events he seems to prefer more solid openings. He defeated Kasimdzhanov with the Petroff Defence in the third and last game of their play-off in Elista, but it should be said the result of the opening was anything but encouraging for Black. Gelfand ist anerkannter Najdorf-Spezialist. Doch bei derart wichtigen Veranstalungen scheint er solidere Eröffnungen zu bevorzugen. Mit Russisch schlug er in der dritten und letzten Tiebreak-Partie in Elista Kasimdzhanov, allerdings muss man sagen, dass das Resultat der Eröffnung für Schwarz alles andere als ermutigend war.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 Ne5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. h4 {White starts advancing his kingside pawns, openly declaring his intentions to mate the enemy king. His own king is out of any immediate danger. Weiß beginnt, seine Bauern am Königsflügel vorzurücken, womit er offen seine Absichten erklärt, den feindlichen König mattzusetzen. Sein eigener König schwebt in keiner unmittelbaren Gefahr.} Re8 {Black has several ways to continue his development. Schwarz hat diverse Wege, seine Entwicklung fortzusetzen.} (10... Bg4 { looks an active continuation, but after sieht nach einer aktiven Fortsetzung aus, doch nach} 11. Be2 {he has problems maintaining the tension without making any other concession. The immediate threat is Nxe5 Bxe2, Nxf7!. Capturing on f3 would open the g-file for attack, so that the slightly unappealing hat er Probleme, die Spannung ohne irgendeine weitere Konzession zu halten. Die unmittelbare Drohung lautet Nxe5 Bxe2, Nxf7!. Das Schlagen auf f3 für die g-Linie für den Angriff öffnen, so dass das leicht unansehnliche} Qc8 {is necessary. However, White has failed to prove anything concrete in practice so far. nötig ist. Allerdings ist es Weiß bisher nicht gelungen, in der Praxis etwas Konkretes nachzuweisen.} 12. Kb1 (12. b3 Re8 13. Kb1 Bf8 { Topalov,V (2778)-Kramnik,V (2753)/Sofia 2005/CBM 107/[Huzman] (1/2-1/2, 52)}) 12... Re8 13. h5 Bf8 $13 14. Rde1 a6 15. h6 g6 16. Nxe5 $6 {If this is y, White's whole strategy is mistaken. Wenn das nötig ist, ist die gesamte Strategie von Weiß verfehlt.} dxe5 {White has practically no compensation for his spoiled pawn structure. Weiß hat praktische keine Kompensation für seine entwertete Bauernstruktur.} 17. f3 Be6 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Qe3 Bd5 20. Rd1 Qe6 21. b3 b5 22. Bh4 c6 $15 { Jakovenko,D (2667)-Wang Hao (2610)/Taiyuan 2006/ (1-0, 58)}) 11. h5 Bf6 (11... Ng4 12. Bd3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Bf6 {loses too much time and leaves Black underdeveloped and under serious pressure after verliert zuviel Zeit; Schwarz bleibt unterentwickelt und unter ernsten Druck nach} 14. Qf4 h6 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Rde1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 d5 18. g4 $14 { Kasimdzhanov,R (2670)-Mamedyarov,S (2674)/Baku 2005 (0-1, 43)}) 12. Nh2 $146 { This is a thematic manoeuvre in this variation. White clears the way for the f-pawn and hopes to question the stability of the f6-bishop with a further knight jump to g4. However, nobody retreated with the knight in this concrete position yet. Dies ist ein thematisches Manöver in dieser Variante. Weiß macht den Weg für den f-Bauern frei und hofft, mit einem weiteren Springersatz nach g4 die Stabilität des f6-Läufers in Frage zu stellen. In dieser konkreten Stellung allerdings ist noch niemand mit dem Springer zurückgegangen.} (12. Kb1 h6 (12... a6 13. Nh2 { Svidler,P (2740)-Kramnik,V (2739)/Moscow 2005/CBM 111 (1-0, 48)}) 13. Nh2 Ng4 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Bd3 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Be4 Rab8 { Karjakin,S (2660)-Dominguez,L (2638)/Cuernavaca 2006/CBM 112 (1/2-1/2, 50). Despite his seemingly active position, White has to be careful, because too many of his pawns are placed on light squares. Trotz seiner scheinbar aktiven Stellung muss Weiß aufpassen, da zu viele seiner Bauern auf weißen Feldern stehen.}) 12... h6 13. Be2 Be6 14. f4 {However, this might be a bit exaggerated. Black did not do anything wrong yet (he just developed in natural way) to deserve such a treatment. White weakens his central squares, while his centralisation is far from optimal. Just look at his knight. Aber dies könnte ein wenig übertrieben sein. Schwarz hat noch nichts falsch gemacht (er hat sich einfach natürlich entwickelt), um eine solche Behandlung zu verdienen. Weiß schwächt seine Zentralfelder, während seine Zentralisation bei weitem nicht optimal ist. Man betrachte nur seinen Springer.} (14. b3 { fails to bother Black because of kann Schwarz nicht beunruhigen wegen} Qd7 15. f4 $6 Ng4 $15) (14. g4 {might be a better way to continue the attack. könnte ein besserer Weg sein, den Angriff fortzusetzen.} Nc4 (14... Qd7 15. g5 $40) ( 14... Qe7 15. Rdg1 $40) ({The greedy Das gierige} 14... Bxa2 {does not lose the bishop as it might seem, but does not prevent White's attacking plan in any way. verliert nicht, wie man meinen könnte, den Läufer, verhindert aber auch in keinster Weise den weißen Angriffsplan.} 15. f4 $1 (15. b3 a5 16. Kb2 a4 17. Kxa2 $2 axb3+ $40 18. Kxb3 Qd7 19. Ra1 Qe6+ 20. Kb2 Nc4+ 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 $19) 15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. g5 $36) 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. b3 (16. Rhg1 Re5 17. b3 Rd5 {somewhat reduces White's attacking potential. reduziert das weiße Angriffspotential ein wenig.}) 16... Bb5 17. Rhg1 $40) 14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 {After the elimination of White's light-squared bishop, Black can regroup easier. Nach der Eliminierung des gegnerischen weißfeldrigen Läufers kann Schwarz sich leichter umgruppieren.} 16. b3 $6 {White's desire is to force the bishop to choose between the two available diagonals as soon as possible, but this move weakens the c3-pawn. Weiß möchte den Läufer so bald wie möglich zwingen, sich zwischen den beiden verfügbaren Diagonalen zu entscheiden, doch dieser Zug schwächt den c3-Bauern.} (16. g4 {was better, although less efficient than in the previous comment, because White has weakened his squares along the e-file prematurely, allowing Black to provoke favourable simplifications. war besser, wenngleich weniger wirksam als im vorigen Kommentar, da Weiß verfrüht seine Felder in der e-Linie geschwächt, wodurch Schwarz vorteilhafte Vereinfachungen herbeiführen kann.} Qe7 17. Rde1 Bh4 18. Bf2 Qf6 $13) 16... Bb5 ({This is the kind of move one plays without too much thought. However, Black had here the stunning Dies ist die Art von Zug, die man ohne allzu großes Nachdenken spielt. Aber an dieser Stelle hatte Schwarz das verblüffende} 16... c5 $3 {(suggested by Frederic Friedel during the live transmission on Chessbase.com) at his disposal. The idea is simple: to clear the queen's way to a5 and deprive the white bishop of access to d4. With his knight on h2 and his bishop relatively inactive and slightly hanging, White would have faced serious problems of coordination. (vorgeschlagen von Frederic Friedel während der Liveübertragung auf Chessbase.com) zur Verfügung. Die Idee ist einfach: der Dame wird der Weg nach a5 freigemacht und dem Läufer der Zugang zu d4 verwehrt. Mit seinem Springer auf h2 sowie seinem relativ inaktiven und leicht hängenden Läufer hätte Weiß vor ernsten Koordinationsproblemen gestanden.} 17. Rhe1 (17. bxc4 Qa5 $40 18. Kb2 $2 Qb4+ $1 $19) (17. Kb2 b5 $1 18. Ng4 b4 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $36 20. bxc4 $2 bxc3+ 21. Qxc3 Rab8+ $19) (17. Ng4 Be6 18. Nxf6+ {(Unfortunately, forced) (Erzwungen, leider)} Qxf6 $17 {but this would leave his light squares desperately weak. , doch danach wären seine weißen Felder hoffnungslos schwach.}) 17... b5 18. Ng4 Be6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qxd6 Qxc3 21. Qe5 Qa5 $36) 17. Rhg1 $6 {A mysterious move. Anand might have wanted to prepare Ng4xf6+ followed by g4-g5. Ein mysteriöser Zug. Vielleicht wollte Anand Ng4xf6+ nebst g4-g5 vorbereiten.} (17. Ng4 Bd7 $1 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $17) (17. Rhe1 Bh4 18. Bf2 Bxf2 19. Qxf2 a5 $132 20. a4 $6 Bd7) (17. g4 {was still to be preferred. war noch immer vorzuziehen.} Qe7 $13) 17... Re4 {Yummy! What a square... Lecker! Was für ein Feld...} 18. Ng4 Qe7 19. Rde1 Re8 20. Bf2 Qd8 $15 {Just in time. To be compared with the way Grischuk exchanged rooks, keeping his kingside defended at the same time. Gerade rechtzeitig. Zu vergleichen mit der Art und Weise, wie Grischuk die Türme tauschte und gleichzeitig die Verteidigung seines Königsflügels aufrechthielt.} 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Re1 $6 Rxe1+ $6 $15 ({ Black had the simple tactic Schwarz hatte den einfachen Trick} 22... Rxf4 $1 { winning a pawn. , was einen Bauern gewinnt.} 23. Nxf6+ (23. Qxf4 $2 Bg5 $19) 23... Qxf6 $17 {After the game, Anand stated that both opponents calculated the same way out for White, which does not work actually. I do not know which variation that could be. Nach der Partie sagte Anand, dass beide Gegner denselben Ausweg für Weiß berechnet hätten, der tatsächlich aber nicht funktioniert. Ich weiß nicht, welche Variante das sein könnte.}) ({Personally, I would prefer Black's position even after Ich persönlich würde die Stellung von Schwarz sogar nach} 22... Rxe1+ {The light squared bishop looks sooo powerful! He could retreat with his bishop to f8 and then make some progress in the centre (b6, c5, etc..) bevorzugen. Der weißfeldrige Läufer sieht sooo mächtig aus! Er könnte mit seinem Läufer nach f8 zurückgehen und dann Fortschritte im Zentrum machen (b6, c5 usw...)}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap fin"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.08.19"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2007.08.19"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c3 Qd7 15. Ng3 c4 16. b4 cxd3 17. Qxd3 Nd8 18. c4 Nf7 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. cxb5 Qxb5 21. Qb3 Qc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Rac1 Rfc8 24. Rxc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap fin"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.08.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2007.08.19"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rfe8 12. Ne2 Nd8 13. Ng3 Ne6 14. Ng5 c5 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nf3 Rf8 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Bd2 Qe8 19. b3 Nh5 20. Nxh5 Qxh5 21. Nh2 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Bc6 23. Nf1 Bd7 24. Ba5 Be8 25. Ne3 Bh5 26. f3 Bg5 27. c4 Rc6 28. b4 cxb4 29. Bxb4 Rfc8 30. Kf2 Be8 31. cxb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap fin"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.08.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "136"] [EventDate "2007.08.19"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 b4 15. Qf1 Rd8 16. Be1 a5 17. a3 Bd6 18. Nfd2 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 Ra6 20. Nc4 Nd5 21. Nbd2 bxa3 22. bxa3 Be7 23. Rab1 a4 24. Qf1 Nb8 25. Ne4 Nd7 26. Nc3 c5 27. dxc5 Nxc3 28. Bxc3 Nxc5 29. Bb4 Bf8 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. Ne5 Ra7 32. Rbc1 Rac7 33. Qg2 Qxg2+ 34. Kxg2 f6 35. Nf3 e5 36. Ne1 Kf7 37. Rc4 Nb3 38. Rh4 Bxb4 39. Rxb4 Ra7 40. Kf3 Rc3 41. Nd3 Rc2 42. Rb6 Ra2 43. Nb4 Rxa3 44. Nc6 Rc7 45. Nd8+ Kg6 46. Ne6 Re7 47. g4 Rxe6 48. Rxe6 Nd4+ 49. Rxd4 exd4 50. Re4 dxe3 51. fxe3 Ra1 52. h3 a3 53. Ra4 a2 54. Kg2 Kf7 55. Ra6 Ke7 56. e4 Kd7 57. h4 h6 58. g5 hxg5 59. hxg5 Kc7 60. Kh2 Kb7 61. Ra3 Kc6 62. gxf6 gxf6 63. Rc3+ Kb5 64. Rc2 Kb4 65. Rf2 Rh1+ 66. Kxh1 a1=Q+ 67. Kg2 Kc4 68. Kf3 Kd3 0-1 [Event "Mainz Classic rap fin"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.08.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2007.08.19"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. O-O Na5 10. Bf4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. Qd3 cxd4 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Ng5 g6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. e3 Nc6 17. Rae1 Rc8 18. exd4 Nxd4 19. Kh1 Nde2 20. Qxd8 Rcxd8 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. Bh3 Nd4 23. a3 Nf5 24. Bf4 Nd5 25. Be5 Rfd7 26. Rc1 Kf7 27. Rfe1 b5 28. Bf1 Rb7 29. Rc6 b4 30. axb4 Nxb4 31. Rc3 Rbd7 32. Kg2 Nd3 33. Bxd3 Rxd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.08.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2695"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2007.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Re1 Bf8 9. Bf1 Nbd7 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. f3 h6 13. Bh4 Ng6 14. Bf2 d5 15. exd5 Rxe1 16. Rxe1 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.08.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A60"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2007.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. e4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bb7 12. Nc6 Qd7 13. Nc3 Nxc6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Qxd7 Bxd7 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Rd1 b4 18. Nd5 Bg4 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Rd6 Be6 21. Be3 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Be5 23. Ra6 Bc4 24. Ra5 Bc3 25. Bxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.08.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2683"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2007.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Ne5 Bg7 10. h4 Nfd7 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Rxh8+ Bxh8 13. Qh5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Qh8+ Kd7 16. Qxe5 Bb7 17. O-O-O Kc8 18. Qg7 Qe7 19. e5 Nd7 20. Ne4 Kc7 21. Nd6 Rf8 22. Be2 a6 23. Bf3 Ba8 24. Qh7 g4 25. Be4 Qg5+ 26. Kb1 Nf6 27. exf6 Kxd6 28. Qh2+ g3 29. fxg3 Qxf6 30. g4+ Kd7 31. Qg3 Bb7 32. Qe3 Rg8 33. Bf3 Qg5 34. Qc3 Kc8 35. b3 Rd8 36. bxc4 bxc4 37. Ka1 Rd7 38. Qxc4 Kd8 39. Qc3 Qf4 40. Rb1 Kc8 41. Rb4 Qd6 42. Rc4 Kb8 43. Kb1 Ka7 44. Rb4 f6 45. Ka1 e5 46. dxe5 Qxe5 47. Qxe5 fxe5 48. Kb2 a5 49. Re4 Re7 50. g5 Bc8 51. g6 Bf5 52. g7 Rxg7 53. Rxe5 Bd7 54. Rxa5+ Kb6 55. Re5 Rg4 56. Re2 c5 57. Kc3 Kb5 58. Kd3 c4+ 59. Kc3 Rg3 60. Kd4 Rg4+ 61. Kc3 Rg3 62. Kc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.08.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2007.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. a3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 d5 12. Qe2 Qd6 13. b4 Rfd8 14. Rd1 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd5 17. Bb2 a5 18. Rac1 Qxe4 19. dxe4 Bd6 20. h4 Rf8 21. c4 axb4 22. axb4 Ra2 23. c5 Be7 24. Bc3 Bf6 25. Ra1 Rc2 26. Rd3 Kf7 27. Rd7+ Kg6 28. Rxc7 Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. e5 Bd8 31. Rd7 Rxf3 32. gxf3 Bxh4 33. Rf1 Rc4 34. Kg2 Kf5 35. Rh1 Bg5 36. Rxg7 h6 37. Rf7+ Kg6 38. Rd7 Rxb4 39. Rd1 Rc4 40. R1xd4 1-0 [Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.08.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2683"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2007.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15. Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 Bd7 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Bb3 Be6 24. Rec1 Be7 25. Rc2 a5 26. Qd3 Bxb3 27. axb3 axb4 28. Ne3 bxc3 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Bg5 31. Nd5 Qd7 32. Ra6 Rc8 33. Qd3 Kh7 34. Kh2 Rc1 35. g3 Bd8 36. Kg2 Rc8 37. h4 Rc5 38. Ne3 Be7 39. b4 Rc8 40. Rb6 g6 41. Qxb5 Qxb5 42. Rxb5 Bd8 43. Rb7 Kg7 44. Nd5 Rc4 45. Rd7 Bf6 1-0 [Event "Mainz Classic rap Prelim"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.08.17"] [Round "3"] [White "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2007.08.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.10.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qxf1+ 17. Kxf1 Bf5 18. Nd2 h6 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Nf3 g4 21. Bxh6 gxf3 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Bd1 Bg4 24. a4 Rd8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Kg1 Kg7 27. h3 Bxh3 28. Bxf3 Be6 29. Ra6 Rc8 30. Rea1 Be7 31. Ra8 Rxa8 32. Rxa8 Bg5 33. Ra1 Ne7 34. Kf1 b4 35. Ke1 bxc3 36. bxc3 Nd5 37. Ra6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 20th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2007.07.08"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2772"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2007.07.06"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.08.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nc6 Qc7 11. Nxb4 d5 12. Nxa6 $5 {This entertaining variation is a bit dubious for White. Despite his huge development advantage and three pawns for the piece Black probably has better chances.} Bxa6 13. exd5 Bd6 {A new, but very logical idea of winning a tempo with the help of an attack against the h2 pawn.} (13... exd5 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Nxd5 (15. Re1 Be7 16. Bg5 Re6 17. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Nxd5 19. c4 Qe5 20. Qa5 Qxg5 21. Qa8+ Bd8 { 0-1 Ter Karapetian,A (2103)-Babuiian,L (2413)/Tbilisi 2007}) 15... Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bd6 17. Qe4+ Ne5 18. f4 Qc6 19. Qd4 Ng4 20. Qxg7 Nxe3 21. Qxh8+ Kd7 22. Rf2 Ng4 23. Rd2 Qc5+ 24. Qd4 Kc7 25. Qxc5+ Bxc5+ 26. Kh1 Nf2+ 27. Rxf2 Bxf2 { 0-1 Ljubicic,F (2404)-Rezan,S (2414)/Zadar 2006 (68)}) (13... Be7 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Qe2 Qc8 17. Nb5 O-O 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 Rf7 20. c3 Nc5 21. Qc4 Qa8 22. Nc7 Rxa4 23. b4 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nfxe4 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 { 0-1 Faibisovich,V-Liberzon,V/Grozny 1969 (29)}) 14. h3 exd5 (14... O-O 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Qe2 Qb7 17. dxe6 fxe6 $13) 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bb7 (16... Bxe2 17. Qxa8+ Qd8 18. Qe4+ Qe7 19. Qxe7+ Bxe7 20. Rfe1 $16) 17. Qc4 Bc6 (17... Qxc4 18. Bxc4 Rc8 19. Bb5 Bc6 $11) 18. b4 Qb7 $6 {In the rapid game Topalov had little time to judge the consequence of the principled move 18...Rc8! properly.} ( 18... Rc8 $1 19. b5 (19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qh4 O-O $17) 19... Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Qb7+ 22. Bf3 (22. Qc6 Rxc6 23. bxc6 Qxc6+ 24. Kxh2 Qd6+ $15) 22... Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3 Rxc4 24. a5 Be5 $15) 19. Rad1 Be7 $2 (19... Bxb4 20. Rxd7 $1 Bxd7 ( 20... Kxd7 21. Qxf7+ Kc8 22. Bg4+ Bd7 23. Rd1 Bxg4 24. Qc4+ Kb8 25. Qf4+ Kc8 26. Qxg4+ $18) (20... Qxd7 21. Qxb4 Qb7 (21... Qd5 22. Bf3 Qe6 23. Bxc6+ Qxc6 24. Bf4 $18) 22. Bb5 Bxb5 23. axb5 f6 24. Re1 $18) 21. Bf3 Qc8 22. Qe4+ $16) ( 19... Ne5 $1 20. Qd4 O-O-O 21. f4 Ng6 22. a5 $13) 20. b5 Bxg2 21. Rxd7 $1 { Anand is a great tactician and this big shot decides the game in White'sfavour. } Kxd7 (21... Qxd7 22. Kxg2 $18) 22. Qg4+ (22. Qd4+ Ke8 23. Qxg7 Bxf1 24. Qxh8+ Bf8 25. Bxf1 Rxa4 26. Bc5 $18) 22... Ke8 23. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rxa4 25. b6 $1 {Black can not really complain in the material sense, but the coordination of his pieces is pretty miserable. He will get no time to build up any real defence against the advance of the white b-pawn.} Ra5 (25... Rb4 26. Ra1 Kd7 27. Ra7+ Kd6 28. Rxe7 Kxe7 29. Bc5+ $18) 26. Rd1 Bg5 27. b7 Ke7 28. Bb6 Re5 29. Bd8+ $1 (29. Bd8+ $1 Rxd8 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. b8=Q+ $18) 1-0 [Event "Leon 20th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2007.07.08"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2772"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2007.07.06"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.08.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. Be2 Nb6 12. O-O d5 13. a5 d4 14. axb6 dxe3 15. Qxe3 Nd7 16. Na4 Rc8 17. Na5 Bg5 18. Qd3 Rb8 19. Rfd1 O-O 20. Kh1 Qf6 21. c4 h4 22. c5 Qh6 23. c6 bxc6 24. Nxc6 Nf6 25. f4 Bxf4 26. Nxb8 Rxb8 27. Nc5 Ng4 28. Rf1 Ne3 29. Qd6 Re8 30. Nxe6 Qg6 31. Rf2 h3 32. gxh3 fxe6 33. b7 Qxe4+ 34. Bf3 Qd4 35. b8=Q Rxb8 36. Qxb8+ Kh7 37. Qb7 Nd5 1-0 [Event "Leon 20th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2007.07.08"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2007.07.06"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.08.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nd8 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Nf5 Ne6 15. Bd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nc5 17. Qg4 Bf6 18. Bg5 h5 19. Qf4 Be5 20. Qf3 f6 21. Bd2 Qf7 22. Rad1 Nd7 23. Bf4 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Nb6 25. Qg3 Kh7 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Bxd6 Nxd5 28. Bc5 Re5 29. Nh4 Kg8 30. Nf3 Re8 31. Nd4 Kh7 32. Qd3+ Qg6 33. Qxg6+ Kxg6 34. f3 Nf4 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Rd2 Rd8 37. Bb4 Ne6 38. Nxe6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 20th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2007.07.08"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C90"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2007.07.06"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.08.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. c3 Rb8 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Re8 14. a3 h6 15. Ng3 Be6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Ne2 d3 19. Bxd3 Ne5 20. Ned4 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Rc8 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. e5 dxe5 24. Qg6 e4 25. Ne5 Bc5 26. Qf7+ Kh7 27. Qg6+ Kg8 28. Bxh6 Re7 29. Rad1 Qe8 30. Bg5 Qxg6 31. Nxg6 Rec7 32. b4 Ba7 33. Rd6 Kh7 34. Ne5 Rc2 35. Bh4 Rc1 36. Kf1 Nd5 37. Bg5 e3 38. fxe3 Bxe3 39. Nf3 Nf4 40. Bxf4 Bxf4 41. Rdxe6 R8c6 42. Rxc6 Rxc6 43. h4 Bc1 44. g4 Bxa3 45. Re4 g6 46. Ke2 Rc4 47. Ng5+ Kg7 48. Re7+ Kf8 49. Re6 Rxg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 20th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2007.07.06"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2717"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2007.07.06"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.08.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 g6 8. Bd2 Bd7 9. h4 h6 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Nh3 O-O-O 12. O-O c4 13. Be2 Be8 14. Nf4 Kb8 15. a4 Ka8 16. Bc1 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Qxe6 Qg7 19. Qh3 Bd7 20. Qg3 Bf5 21. Nh5 Qe7 22. Nxf6 Qxe2 23. f3 Rhf8 24. Bxh6 Rxf6 25. Bg5 Rff8 26. Rf2 Qe8 27. Bxd8 Qxd8 28. Re2 a6 29. Qg5 Qd6 30. Kf2 Ka7 31. a5 Rh8 32. Qg3 Qf6 33. Qg5 Qd6 34. Qg3 Qd8 35. Qg5 Rxh4 36. Qxd8 Nxd8 37. Re5 Bxc2 38. Rxd5 Ne6 39. Re5 Nc7 40. Rc5 Rh7 41. Rxc4 Rd7 42. Re1 b5 43. Rc6 Kb7 44. Rb6+ Ka7 45. Rc6 Kb7 46. Rb6+ Ka7 47. Rc6 Kb7 48. Rb6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 20th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2007.07.06"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2717"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2007.07.06"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.08.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 g6 8. h4 h6 9. Bd2 c4 10. Qg3 Bd7 11. h5 g5 12. f4 f6 13. Nh3 Qc7 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O Be8 16. Rae1 Rd7 17. Qh2 f5 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Nd8 20. Rf4 Rg7 21. Rh4 Nh6 22. Nh3 Qe7 23. Nf4 Qxa3 24. Rh3 Qf8 25. Rg3 Rxg3 26. Qxg3 Qe7 27. Ra1 a6 28. Be1 Rg8 29. Qh4 Qxh4 30. Bxh4 Bf7 31. Bf3 Nc6 32. Kf2 Kd7 33. Bf6 Na7 34. Ke2 Nb5 35. Kd2 Nc7 36. Rb1 Kc6 37. Be7 Ne8 38. Nh3 b5 39. Ra1 Kb7 40. Bg5 Rh8 41. Nf4 Ng8 42. h6 Nc7 43. Rh1 Rh7 44. Bh5 Bxh5 45. Rxh5 Kc6 46. Ng6 Ne8 47. Nf8 Rh8 48. h7 Ng7 49. Ng6 1-0 [Event "Leon 20th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2007.07.06"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2007.07.06"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.08.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. d3 Bf6 11. Nbd2 Nf4 12. Ne4 Nxd3 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bh6 Nxe1 15. Qxe1 Ne7 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. Nh4 Be6 18. Qe3 Ng6 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qe4 Qe8 23. g3 Rb8 24. h4 Rb6 25. Kh2 Rd6 26. Rxd6 cxd6 27. Qb7 d5 28. Qxa6 Qd7 29. Qa3 d4 30. cxd4 exd4 31. Qd3 Kg7 32. g4 e5 33. f3 f5 34. h5 gxh5 35. gxf5 Kf6 36. Kg3 Qxf5 37. Qxb5 Qf4+ 38. Kg2 h4 39. Qb6+ Kf5 40. Qb7 Qg3+ 41. Kf1 h3 42. Qf7+ Kg5 43. Ke2 Qg2+ 44. Kd3 Kh4 45. Qh7+ Kg3 46. Qg7+ Kf2 47. Qxe5 h2 48. Kxd4 Qg1 49. Kd3 Qd1+ 50. Kc4 0-1 [Event "Leon 20th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2007.07.06"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2007.07.06"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.08.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 b4 15. a3 Rb8 16. Be1 a5 17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Bf1 bxa3 19. bxa3 a4 20. Nc4 Na5 21. Bxa5 Bxf3 22. Qe1 Nd7 23. Rab1 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Bxa3 25. Ra1 Bf8 26. Rxa4 Nb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 35th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "2007.07.01"] [Round "7"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2693"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2007.06.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.08.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. a3 Be7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. O-O Rc8 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Be2 Nce4 18. Be1 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxd1 20. Bxd1 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 Rxc3 22. Bxc3 Ne4 23. Be1 g5 24. Kf1 b6 25. Ke2 Bf6 26. Bc2 Nd6 27. b3 Kf8 28. Bd3 Ke7 29. g4 Bb2 30. a4 f6 31. b4 e5 32. f3 Bc1 33. Bc3 Kd8 34. b5 Ba3 35. Bd2 Ke7 36. f4 gxf4 37. exf4 exf4 38. Bxf4 g5 39. Bxd6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 35th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "2007.06.30"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2679"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2007.06.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.08.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 b6 {Alekseev is bravely introducing a new way of handling the problem in the fashionable 10.h4 line.} 11. Nd4 (11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qe2 Qe8 $11) 11... Bb7 (11... Bxh4 12. g3 Bf6 13. Bg2 d5 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. Nf5 $13) 12. Bg5 $1 Bf6 (12... Bxg5 $2 13. hxg5 Qd7 14. f4 $16) ( 12... h6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 Nc6 15. Re1 Qf6 $11) 13. Qf4 Ng6 14. Qf5 (14. Bxf6 Nxf4 15. Bxd8 Raxd8 16. Rg1 Ne6 $11) 14... Bxg5+ (14... Nxh4 $2 15. Bxf6 Nxf5 16. Bxd8 Nxd4 17. Bxc7 $16) 15. hxg5 Re8 {The whole opening idea for Black would have been perfect had there been the precise move 15...Qc8!?} ( 15... Qc8 $5 16. Qxc8 Raxc8 17. Rh2 Rce8 18. Bd3 f6 $11) 16. Qg4 (16. Bc4 $5 Qe7 (16... d5 17. Nf3 c6 18. Qh3 $16) 17. Rhe1 Qf8 18. Qh3 $14) 16... Nf8 $2 { This passive move is not a critical inaccuracy, but certainly not a goodchoice. } (16... c5 $5 17. Nb5 (17. Nf5 Bc8 18. Bd3 Ne5 19. Qf4 Ng6 20. Qxd6 Qxg5+ 21. Ne3 Be6 $11) 17... d5 18. Bd3 a6 19. Na3 b5 20. Kb1 Qe7 $11) 17. Bb5 $1 Re4 18. f4 g6 (18... Qc8 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Bd3 $16) 19. Bd3 Re3 20. f5 c5 (20... Qe7 21. Kb1 $14) 21. Ne2 {Anand should have been brave and tested the tempting attack after 21.fxg6!? It is not a winning idea, but with best play White could have kept some advantage.} (21. Nf3 Qe7 22. Kb1 $16) (21. fxg6 $5 fxg6 (21... cxd4 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 (22... Kg7 23. Qxd4+ (23. cxd4 $6 Qe7 24. Qf5 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Qxf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rf1+ $14) 23... Re5 24. Rh5 Rc8 (24... Bxg2 25. Qh4 $1 $18) 25. Qh4 $18) 23. Qf5+ Kg8 (23... Ke7 24. Bb5 $18) 24. Rxh7 Re7 25. Bc4+ d5 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Bxd5+ Kg7 28. Qf6+ Qxf6 29. gxf6+ Kxf6 30. Bxb7 $16) 22. Nb5 (22. Nf3 Qe7 23. Bc4+ $14) 22... d5 23. Qf4 Qe7 24. Nd6 $14) 21... c4 $5 {Black is f ighting hard with complicated tactics in the moment, when the simple swap on f5 was quite a safe option.} (21... gxf5 $5 22. Qxf5 (22. Bxf5 Rxe2 23. Bxh7+ Nxh7 24. Qxe2 Qxg5+ 25. Kb1 Nf8 $15) 22... Re5 23. Qf2 Qxg5+ 24. Kb1 Rae8 $11) 22. fxg6 (22. Qxc4 Qxg5 23. Kb1 Rae8 $11) (22. Bxc4 Re4 23. Qf3 Qxg5+ 24. Kb1 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Nd4 $11) 22... cxd3 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 (23... Kg7 $2 24. Ng3 $1 Re5 25. Nf5+ Kxf7 26. Rxd3 $16) 24. g6+ $6 (24. Qf4+ Kg8 25. Qxe3 dxe2 26. Qxe2 Qxg5+ 27. Kb1 Kh8 $11) 24... hxg6 (24... Nxg6 $2 25. Rxh7+ Kf6 26. Qd4+ Re5 27. Rf1+ $18) 25. Qf4+ Qf6 26. Qxe3 dxe2 27. Qxe2 Re8 (27... Qg5+ 28. Kb1 Qxg2 $2 29. Qc4+ Kg7 30. Qd4+ $18) 28. Qc4+ Kg7 29. Rdf1 $6 {Anand must have been somewhat frustrated by the outcome of his attacking efforts. Objectively the best move was swapping the pesky rook and looking for counterplay on the queenisde.} (29. Rhe1 $1 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Bxg2 31. Qc7+ Kh6 32. Qxa7 Qf2 33. Qe7 Nd7 $11) 29... Qg5+ 30. Kb1 Bd5 (30... Ne6 $5 31. Re1 b5 32. Qd3 Bxg2 33. Rh2 $13) 31. Qd4+ Re5 32. Rf2 Qe3 $6 (32... Ne6 $1 33. Qa4 Qe7 $15) 33. Qxe3 Rxe3 34. Rd1 Be6 35. c4 $6 {The final phase of the game was not played with any accuracy. White uses tactics to free his pawn mass, but the simple swap of the rooks was probably safer.} (35. Kc1 $1 d5 36. Kd2 Re4 37. Re1 $11) 35... Bxc4 ( 35... Bg4 36. Rdf1 Nd7 $17) 36. b3 Be6 37. Rxd6 Bf5 (37... Nd7 38. Kb2 Nf6 39. Rc6 Ne8 $15) 38. Kb2 Nh7 39. Rdd2 Re7 40. Rfe2 Rc7 (40... Rxe2 $2 41. Rxe2 $11) 41. c4 Nf6 42. Rd4 Kh6 43. a4 Kg5 $15 { Black could have played on without any risk...} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 35th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "2007.06.29"] [Round "5"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "136"] [EventDate "2007.06.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.08.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O Bd6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb7 14. Nfg5 Rb8 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Bb2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd7 21. Rae1 Rfe8 22. Qc3 Bf8 23. Qe3 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 c5 25. Bc3 h6 26. h4 a6 27. Re2 Qb5 28. Re3 Rd8 29. Qg4 Qc6 30. Qe2 Qb5 31. Kh2 Qc6 32. Re4 Qb5 33. Bd2 Qc6 34. Rc4 Rd5 35. Be3 Qb5 36. Qc2 h5 37. Qe4 Qd7 38. Ra4 Qc6 39. Ra5 Rd6 40. Qxc6 Rxc6 41. Kg2 f6 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. Ra4 Be7 44. Rc4 Ke6 45. g4 hxg4+ 46. Rxg4 f5 47. Rxg7 Bxh4 48. Kf4 Kf6 49. Rg8 c4 50. Bd4+ Kf7 51. Rg7+ Kf8 52. Rh7 Be7 53. Rh3 Bb4 54. Bc3 Bc5 55. b4 Bxf2 56. Kxf5 Ke8 57. Ke5 Kd7 58. Kd5 Rd6+ 59. Kxc4 Kc6 60. Rf3 Bb6 61. a4 Rd7 62. Be5 Kb7 63. Rg3 Bc7 64. Rg7 Rxg7 65. Bxg7 Bd6 66. b5 axb5+ 67. axb5 Bc7 68. b6 Kxb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 35th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "2007.06.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2654"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2007.06.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.08.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 (9. Bg5 { Khairullin,I (2543)-Inarkiev,E (2628)/Moscow 2006/CBM 116/[Marin] (0-1, 64)}) 9... Bg4 {Black parries the threat of axb5 by developing a piece and putting additional pressure on the enemy centre.} ({The main alternative is} 9... Rb8 10. Na3 {Dominguez Perez,L (2678)-Shirov,A (2699)/Foros UKR 2007/CBM 119/ [Marin] (0-1, 46)} (10. axb5 axb5 11. Qd3 $5 { Adams,M (2734)-Shirov,A (2699)/Elista 2007/CBM 119/[Marin] (1/2-1/2, 26)})) 10. h3 { Anand chooses a plan based on the quick release of the tension in the centre.} (10. Bg5 {is an important alternative.}) 10... Bh5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. d5 Na5 ({The other possible retreat is} 13... Ne7 14. Bc2 Bg6 15. Qe2 c6 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Re1 O-O 18. Na3 Rb8 19. Bd3 h6 20. Nd2 b4 21. cxb4 d5 22. Bb5 Qb7 23. exd5 Nexd5 24. Ndc4 Ne4 {and, although his position looked a bit shaky all the way, Black managed to hold his own in Leko,P (2670)-Adams,M (2670)/ Dortmund 1998/CBM 066 (1/2-1/2, 33)}) 14. Bc2 c6 15. dxc6 Qxc6 {The structure is typical for the Yates variation (9.d4 Bg4 10.d5) of the classical Spanish. There are significant differences in the piece placement, though. The black king's bishop is on b6 instead of e7 and its colleague is cut off from its natural e6- or b7- squares. It is too early to say what influence these differences will have on the evaluation of the position.} 16. Re1 $146 { Although the threat against the e4-pawn was not real yet (Bxe4 followed by Qxd6), White makes a generally useful move, waiting for Black to define his intentions.} (16. Bg5 Bd8 {A good way to recycle one of the bishops.} 17. Na3 ( 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxe5 Bxd1 19. Nxc6 Bxc2 20. Nxa5 Kd7 $44) 17... O-O 18. Bxf6 Bxf3 (18... Bxf6 $5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 (19... Bxd1 20. Nxc6 Bxc2 21. Nxa5 Bxe4 22. Re1 $14) 20. Qxh5 Qc5 21. Qe2 b4 $44 {/+/= Black has strong pressure against the enemy queenside, but cannot aim for more than a draw.}) 19. Qxf3 Bxf6 20. Qe2 (20. Bd3 $1 Rb8 21. Nc2 $14) 20... Rb8 21. Bd3 b4 22. cxb4 Rxb4 23. Qd2 Qb6 $13 {Majdan,J (2256)-Stefanova,A (2499)/Kusadasi 2006/CBM 111 ext (1-0, 47). Black is very stable on dthe ark squares, but his back rank is slightly vulnerable.}) 16... h6 {This move might be not necessary yet.} (16... O-O 17. Bg5 Bd8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 (18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Bxf6 $14) 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Qxh5 Nc4 $44) 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Na3 { We can notice the absence of the light-squared bishop from the queenside.} Nc4 { The only way to defend the b5-pawn, but it will cause structural modifications. } 19. Nxc4 bxc4 {At the same time, the pin on the f3-knight is unpleasant, forcing White to weaken his king's position. (Notice that the other bishop prevents White from unpinning himself with Qe3!)} 20. g4 Bg6 21. Nh4 d5 $6 { This move only opens lines and diagonals for the enemy pieces.} (21... Nh7 22. Nf5 Bd8 $132 {, preparing the occupation of the dark squares weakened by the advance of the g-pawn, looks entirely viable for Black.}) 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Be4 Qc5 $6 {This loses a pawn without too much compensation.} (23... Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qc5 25. Re2 Re8 26. Nf5 {leaves White with a pleasant control of the light squares, but his queenside structure is less favourable. Black might be slightly worse (maybe not even that), but very much in the game.}) 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxe5 Bd3 27. Nf5 $14 {/+/-. White has an extra-pawn and an active position. Black's counterchances, based on his pair of bishops, are not too realistic.} Ra8 28. Kg2 Ra5 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Nd6 f6 31. Be3 Ra6 32. Nb5 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 Rb6 34. Nd4 Rxb2 35. Re7 h5 36. Ne6 hxg4 37. Rxg7+ Kh6 38. hxg4 Re2 39. Re7 Be4+ 40. Kg3 Rc2 41. Nf8 Bd3 42. f4 Rc1 43. Rf7 Rg1+ 44. Kh3 Rh1+ 45. Kg2 Be4+ 46. Kf2 Rh3 47. Ne6 Rf3+ 48. Ke2 Kg6 49. Rg7+ Kh6 50. f5 Rxc3 51. Rg6+ Kh7 52. Rxf6 Bf3+ 53. Kf2 Bxg4 54. Ng5+ Kg8 55. Rg6+ Kf8 56. Nh7+ Kf7 57. Rxg4 1-0 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 35th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "2007.06.26"] [Round "3"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2733"] [BlackElo "2786"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2007.06.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.08.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Bd3 e5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne4 18. Nf5 Qg5 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qb5 Ba6 21. Qxa6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 35th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "2007.06.24"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2738"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2007.06.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.08.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Qh5 $5 ({The usual move order is} 17... Re6 18. Qf1 Qh5 { , but Leko seems to have not been prepared to face Kramnik's recent experiment} 19. f3 $5 { Kramnik,V (2772)-Aronian,L (2759)/Yerevan 2007/[Marin]/CBM 118 (1-0, 45)}) ({ Anticipating a bit, Leko's main idea is to place the rook on the less exposed e7-square, leaving the d5-knight unpinned. However, theimmediate} 17... Re7 $6 {can be met by} 18. Bg5 $1 { , provoking simplifications, since the rook is now... exposed on e7!}) 18. Qf1 ({Not suspecting anything. The main alternative is} 18. a4 {, which, together with 18.Bd1 and 18.c4 was covered in detail in the comments to the game Morovic Fernandez,I (2580)-Adams,M (2660)/Santiago 1997/CBM 057/[Blatny,P] (1/ 2-1/2, 42).}) 18... Re7 $5 $146 {Since attacking along the h-file does not seem like a realistic project and Black is mainly aiming for strong pressure along the e-file, this looks like a strong novelty.} ({Most of the games where this move order was employed, transposed to the main variation after} 18... Re6 ) ({It should be said that} 18... Bh3 { fails to force a draw by repetition because of} 19. Bd1 $1) 19. a4 ({ The difference can be seen after} 19. f3 $2 Nxe3 20. Qf2 {and now, with his rook not attacked, Black has several good continuations. My favourite is the simple} Rfe8 21. fxg4 Nxg4 $15 {with active play.}) 19... Rfe8 20. Bxd5 { It is clear that White cannot stand the pressure anymore.} Qxd5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bf4 $5 {This simple tactical trick reveals the only relative drawback of Leko's novelty. With the rook on e6, Black could capture on f4 with a crushing attack.} Rxe1 ({But now,} 22... Bxf4 $2 {loses to} 23. Rxe7 $1) 23. Rxe1 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Bf8 {White has managed to simplify the position, but his chances for converting the minimal material advantage are questionable because of Black's strong pair of bishops.} 25. Qe4 {Of course, the active black queen cannot be tolerated on its dominating position.} f6 26. Qxd5+ cxd5 27. Bc7 Kf7 28. Bb6 { Threatening to trade the dark-squared bishops, which would radically incline the balance to White's favour.} Bd6 29. Bc5 {White's draw offer looks a bit premature, although I cannot suggest a concrete way to strengthen his position. } 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 35th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "2007.06.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2786"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,D"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2007.06.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.08.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qc2 {In this opening variation White has the bishop pair, but Black an easy development and no weaknesses. Therefore White's edge is insignificant. On the other hand Black's chances to win are practically inexistent, while with White one can hope to use the bishop pair later on. In other words the position suits Kramnik's style perfectly. However, Anand doesn't have any psychological discomfort playing strictly for a draw in such positions, especially after a thorough opening preparation for this particular variation, which has lately become Kramnik's specialty.} Qe7 { Following Kramnik's own recipe. Before exchanging on c4 Black makes another useful move.} (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rd1 Rc8 (14... Qe7 $5) 15. Bf1 Bb4 16. Bd2 Ne5 (16... Nd5 17. Bg2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 19. Be1 N7b6 20. Rd4 Nxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Bxc3 Rxc3 { 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2750)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Monte Carlo 2007}) 17. Bg2 Qb6 18. Qb3 Nc4 19. Be1 Ba5 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Rab1 Nxb2 22. Rxb2 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Rxc3 24. Bxb7 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2766)-Gelfand,B (blindfold rapid) (2733)/Monte Carlo 2007 (51). and Kramnik managed to convert his advantage in endgame.}) 12. Bd2 ({ White could try to change tha character of the position with} 12. c5 $5 Bc7 13. f4 $13) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 {Earlier this year Kramnik himself felt very comfortable with the black pieces. Anand's opening choice is quite provoking: now Kramnik must show something against his own play. He comes up with a small improvement, but it doesn't change the evaluation of the entire variation as being very drawish.} 14. dxc5 $146 (14. Be2 Rac8 15. Bf3 cxd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Qb3 Be7 19. Nb5 Rc4 20. a3 a5 21. Nc3 Bd8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. d5 e5 24. Rac1 f5 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B (2733)-Kramnik,V (2766)/Monte Carlo (rapid) 2007 (76). Black's initiative wasn't enough for a win.}) 14... Nxc5 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Be1 a6 17. Rac1 Rc7 ({ Black could already deprive White of the bishop pair with} 17... b5 18. Bf1 Nce4 19. Bg2 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Be5 {but White still keeps an edge after} 21. Qb3 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 {since his pieces are more active and Black's queenside pawns will need protection (in such a situation the pawns are better placed on b6 and a5 instead of a6 and b5).}) 18. Qb1 Rfc8 19. Bf1 {This is the type of position White is usually aiming for in the present variation. After the inevitable exchange of several pieces White will remain with the bishop pair and will try to convert the minimal advantage.} Ncd7 20. Bg2 Ne5 21. Ne4 ( {The preparatory move} 21. a3 { is not perfect: Black might effectively use the c4-square later. For instance:} b5 $5 22. Ne4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Nc4 26. Bd3 Qb7 $5 $11) 21... Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bb4 $1 {This move, depriving White of his bishop pair, needed precise calculation from Anand.} 25. Qc8+ Kh7 26. Bc3 (26. Bxb4 Qxb4 27. Qxb7 {wins a pawn, but} Qe1+ 28. Kg2 f5 { forces a draw:} 29. Qc7 (29. Bf3 $2 Nd3 $19) (29. Bc2 $2 Qd2 $1 (29... Ng4 $2 30. Qf3 Qd2 31. Bb3 $16) 30. Bb1 Qd1 $19) 29... Ng4 30. Qf4 e5 ({or} 30... Qd2 31. h3 e5 32. Qf3 Nf6 33. Bb7 Qxb2 34. Bxa6 Qxa2 $11) 31. Qf3 Nxh2 32. Kxh2 fxe4 $11) 26... Bxc3 27. Qxc3 {White still has some pressure due to his strong bishop, which attacks Black's queenside pawns. Therefore Anand transfers the knight to d5, thus neutralizing the activity of his opponent's bishop.} Ng4 $1 28. Bf3 (28. Qc8 Qb4 $132) 28... Nf6 29. Qc8 Nd5 30. a3 (30. e4 $6 { leaves White with a poor bishop:} Nb6 31. Qc2 e5 {and at some moment Black might think of playing for advantage: after all as a rule the queen with a knight is more powerful than a queen with a bishop.}) 30... a5 31. h4 b6 32. Qc6 Qd8 {Black has transferred the knight to d5, placed the queenside pawns on the dark squares and protected everything. The position has become completely equal.} 33. Bxd5 exd5 34. Qc3 Qd7 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Anand Charity sim"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "2007.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bluesette"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2155"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2007.04.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bf4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 Bf5 13. Qd2 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Be3 Bc7 16. Bf4 Bb6 17. Rfe1 Qf6 18. Be5 Qg6 19. Qf4 Be4 20. Qg3 Rfe8 21. Bd4 Bc7 22. Qxg6 Bxg6 23. Nc5 a5 24. b3 Bf5 25. f3 h5 26. g3 f6 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. Na4 g5 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Bb6 Bxb6+ 31. Nxb6 Rb8 32. Na4 Rb5 33. Rd1 Be6 34. Ke3 c5 35. Kd2 c4 36. bxc4 dxc4 37. Kc1 Rf5 38. Rf1 Re5 39. Rf2 Re3 40. f4 gxf4 41. Rxf4 Re1+ 42. Kb2 Re2+ 43. Ka3 Rxh2 44. Nc5 Bg4 45. Ne4 f5 46. Rf2 Rxf2 47. Nxf2 Kf6 48. Ka4 Kg5 49. Kxa5 f4 50. gxf4+ Kxf4 0-1 [Event "Anand Charity sim"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "2007.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Boffman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A52"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "1517"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2007.04.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. h3 Nh6 9. Qd2 Qe7 10. g4 d6 11. exd6 Qe4 12. dxc7 Qxc4 13. Bg2 Re8 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. O-O Qe6 16. Rfe1 Qe7 17. Qxh6 Qf8 18. Qxf8+ Rxf8 19. Nd4 a6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Nxc6 Bb7 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Rab1 Ra7 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. c8=Q Rxc8 26. Nxc8 Rc7 27. Nd6 Kg7 28. c4 Kf6 29. Rc1 Ke5 30. Nf5 f6 1-0 [Event "Anand Charity sim"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "2007.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Boro"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "1674"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2007.04.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d3 c6 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. a4 Be6 13. Qc2 h6 14. b4 Na6 15. Rab1 Qc8 16. Rfc1 Bh3 17. a5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nd7 19. b5 cxb5 20. Nxb5 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 b6 22. Nc7 Nxc7 23. Rxc7 Rfd8 24. axb6 axb6 25. Be3 Rab8 26. Rb5 g5 27. Nd2 f5 28. f3 f4 29. Bf2 Bf8 30. Nc4 Bc5 31. Bxc5 Nxc5 32. Rc6 Nxd3 33. exd3 Rxd3 34. Nxe5 Rd2+ 35. Kh3 Ra8 36. Rbxb6 fxg3 37. hxg3 Ra1 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. Rb7+ 1-0 [Event "Anand Charity sim"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "2007.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Cap78red"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E90"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "1702"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2007.04.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. g4 e4 11. Nd4 Bxg4 12. hxg4 Qf6 13. Be3 c5 14. Ne6 Nf4 15. Nxf4 Nd7 16. Ne6 Ne5 17. Be2 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Rh3 Rfe8 20. Qxd3 Rxe6 21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. Qd5 Re8 23. O-O-O Kh8 24. Qxe6 Rxe6 25. Rdh1 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Re7 27. Kc2 Kg8 28. Kd3 b6 29. f4 Rd7 30. f5 gxf5 31. gxf5 d5 32. cxd5 Rxd5+ 33. Ke4 Rd7 34. f6 Rf7 35. Kf5 a5 36. Bh6 Rd7 37. Ke6 Rd8 38. Rg3+ Kh8 39. Bg7+ Kg8 40. f7# 1-0 [Event "Anand Charity sim"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "2007.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Capanand"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "1959"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2007.04.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 Bd6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. Rfc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qb6 14. Qc2 Nd5 15. a5 Qa7 16. e4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 c5 18. e5 Be7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Qe4 b5 21. axb6 Nxb6 22. Bd3 g6 23. dxc5 Nd7 24. c6 Nc5 25. Qe3 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 a5 27. Nd4 Ba6 28. Qe3 Qc7 29. c4 Rb8 30. h3 Ree8 31. Qxh6 Qxe5 32. Nf3 Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rxa5 Bc8 35. Rc5 f6 36. Nd4 e5 37. Nb5 Re6 38. Rd1 Rb6 39. Rd8 Rexc6 40. Rxc8 Re6 41. Kh2 1-0 [Event "Anand Charity sim"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "2007.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "CurdRice"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "1950"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2007.04.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O d4 13. e4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Kg2 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Rxc7 20. Nd2 f6 21. f4 Kh8 22. Qf3 a6 23. h4 Bf7 24. Rcd1 Qd7 25. g5 Rg8 26. Kh2 Qe8 27. Qg3 Re7 28. Rc1 Bg6 29. b4 Qd7 30. Rc5 Rge8 31. h5 Bf7 32. h6 Qd6 33. hxg7+ Kg8 34. Nc4 Qe6 35. f5 1-0 [Event "Anand Charity sim"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "2007.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Different"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2394"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2007.04.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 a5 8. d3 Na6 9. e4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e5 Nc5 12. Qc2 Nfd7 13. d4 Ne6 14. a3 Be7 15. Rd1 c5 16. dxc5 Ndxc5 17. Be3 Rc8 18. h4 Ne4 19. Qb3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bc5 21. Nd4 Qc7 22. Rab1 Qxe5 23. Nxe6 Bxe3 24. Nxf8 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Qxc3 27. Nd7 Bc6 28. Nb8 Qc5+ 29. Kf3 Bb7 30. Rdc1 Qxa3+ 31. Kf2 Qd6 32. Bf3 a4 33. Nc6 g5 34. hxg5 Bxc6 35. Rxb6 a3 36. Rbxc6 Qe5 37. R6c2 Qxg5 38. Ra1 Qe7 39. Rca2 h5 40. Bxh5 d4 41. Rxa3 Qc5 42. Bf3 Qc2+ 43. Be2 Qb2 44. R1a2 Qb6 45. Rd3 Qf6+ 46. Bf3 1-0 [Event "Anand Charity sim"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "2007.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "DukeBishop"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D17"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2048"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2007.04.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 h6 8. e4 Bh7 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Nxc4 Bb4 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 Na6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Rab1 Nd5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Na5 Bxb1 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Rxb1 d4 22. Ne4 Rac8 23. Nc5 Rd5 24. Kf2 d3 25. Rd1 d2 26. Nab3 a5 27. Nxa5 f5 28. Nab3 Rcd8 29. b5 Rc8 30. Ne6 Rc4 31. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 32. Nxd2 Rxa4 33. Nb3 f4 34. h4 Ra2+ 35. Kg1 Rb2 36. Nbd4 Rb4 37. Kh2 Ra4 38. Kh3 a6 39. bxa6 Rxa6 40. Nxf4 Ra4 41. Nfe2 g6 42. g4 Kf7 43. Kg3 Kf6 44. Nb5 Rb4 45. Nbc3 Rb3 46. Ne4+ Ke5 47. Nf4 Rb6 48. h5 gxh5 49. Nxh5 Ra6 50. Nf2 Ra3 51. Ne4 Ra6 52. Nd2 Ke6 53. f4 Ra3+ 54. Nf3 Kf7 55. f5 Ra5 56. Kh4 Rc5 57. Nf4 Rc4 58. Ne5+ 1-0 [Event "Anand Charity sim"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "2007.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ecalevol"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A56"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "1904"] [PlyCount "151"] [EventDate "2007.04.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 Ne8 8. Nf3 Na6 9. g4 Nac7 10. Rg1 a6 11. a4 b6 12. h4 Rb8 13. h5 Bd7 14. g5 g6 15. Be3 Ng7 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Nh4 b5 18. b3 Nh5 19. Nf5 Nf4 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bf1 bxc4 22. Bxc4 a5 23. Kd2 Bc8 24. Kc2 Na6 25. Rg3 Nb4+ 26. Kd2 Ba6 27. Qf1 Bxc4 28. bxc4 Nbd3 29. Nb5 Rb6 30. Ra3 Nb4 31. Rg4 Qg7 32. Ra1 Qd7 33. Rg3 Qe7 34. Qd1 Qd7 35. Qg4 Qxg4 36. Rxg4 Nfd3 37. Rg2 Nf4 38. Rh2 Rf7 39. Rah1 Nh5 40. Rxh5 gxh5 41. Rxh5 Rg7 42. Rh6 Rg6 43. Rxg6+ hxg6 44. f4 Na6 45. fxe5 dxe5 46. Bf2 Rb8 47. Bg3 Re8 48. Na7 Nb8 49. Bf2 Nd7 50. Nc6 Kf7 51. Kd3 Rh8 52. Nxa5 Ra8 53. Nb7 Rxa4 54. Bxc5 Nxc5+ 55. Nxc5 Ra3+ 56. Kd2 Rg3 57. Ne6 Ke7 58. c5 Rg4 59. Kd3 Rg3+ 60. Ke2 Ra3 61. c6 Kd6 62. Nd8 Ra2+ 63. Kd3 Ra3+ 64. Kd2 Ra2+ 65. Kc3 Ra3+ 66. Kb4 Re3 67. Nb7+ Kc7 68. Nc5 Re1 69. Nb3 Rxe4+ 70. Kc5 Re3 71. d6+ Kc8 72. Na5 Rd3 73. Nc4 Rc3 74. Kd5 e4 75. Nb6+ Kd8 76. c7+ 1-0 [Event "Anand Charity sim"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "2007.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "ElliotSurprise"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "1400"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2007.04.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Nxe5 c5 11. Nc6 Rd7 12. Nxe7+ Rxe7 13. f3 Ba6 14. Nc3 c6 15. Na4 c4 16. Nc5 Bb5 17. a4 Re5 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Nxd7 f6 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Ra6 g6 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Rd7 Kf8 25. Raxa7 Kg8 26. Rg7+ Kf8 27. Rxh7 Ke8 28. Rh8# 1-0 [Event "Anand Charity sim"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "2007.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "GreatBendini"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D90"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "1856"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2007.04.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 g6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. Bc4 e6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bb3 h6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. h4 Nc6 15. h5 Rh8 16. hxg6+ fxg6 17. Bxh6 Kg8 18. O-O-O Bf5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxh8 Qxh8 21. Bxd5 Bd7 22. e6 Be8 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. d5 Be8 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Qxh8+ Kxh8 27. Kd2 Kg7 28. Ke3 Rd8 29. Ng5 Kf6 30. Ne4+ Ke7 31. Kf4 c6 32. Ke5 cxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxd5+ 34. Kxd5 Bb5 35. Ng5 Bd3 36. Ke5 Bb1 37. a3 Ba2 38. g4 Bb3 39. f4 Bc2 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 1-0 [Event "Anand Charity sim"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "2007.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Knightgold"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A39"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "1998"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2007.04.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. Bg5 Rb8 12. Rac1 Be6 13. b3 Qa5 14. Qd2 Rfc8 15. Rfe1 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Red1 b4 18. Na4 Bd7 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Bxa4 22. bxa4 Qxa4 23. Qc8+ Bf8 24. Bc6 Qd1+ 25. Kg2 h5 26. Bxf6 exf6 27. Qb7 Qxe2 28. Bd5 Be7 29. Qxb4 Kg7 30. a4 Qg4 31. Qb7 h4 32. h3 Qd4 33. g4 Bd8 34. g5 Bc7 35. gxf6+ Kxf6 36. Bb3 Kg5 37. Qxc7 Qe4+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 44. Kh2 Qe5+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Anand Charity sim"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "2007.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "MikeMike"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B46"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "1940"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2007.04.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. Bf4 c5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Be4 O-O 14. Rad1 Bf6 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qb6 18. b3 Rad8 19. Qc4 Rd4 20. Rxd4 cxd4 21. Bd2 Qb7 22. Qd3 g6 23. h3 Qc6 24. Re2 Bg7 25. a4 Rc8 26. Be1 Bf6 27. Kf1 Qd6 28. Kg1 Qc6 29. f4 Qd6 30. g3 Qc6 31. g4 Qd6 32. Bd2 Qc6 33. g5 Bg7 34. f5 gxf5 35. Qxf5 Bf8 36. Bf4 Bc5 37. Kh2 Bd6 38. Rf2 Qc7 39. Bxd6 Qxd6+ 40. Kg2 Qc6+ 41. Kg3 Qc7+ 42. Kg4 Rd8 43. h4 Rd6 44. Re2 Rd8 45. Kh5 Qc6 46. Re7 Qg6+ 47. Qxg6+ hxg6+ 48. Kh6 Rc8 49. Rd7 Kf8 50. Rxd4 Rxc2 51. Rd8+ Ke7 52. Ra8 Rh2 53. Kg7 Rxh4 54. Ra7+ Ke8 55. Rxa6 Rg4 56. Ra5 Ke7 57. Rb5 Rf4 58. a5 Kd6 59. a6 Rf1 60. a7 Ra1 61. Rb7 1-0 [Event "Anand Charity sim"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "2007.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "PVAjedrez"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B76"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "1400"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2007.04.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Bh6+ 14. Be3 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Qxe7 Be6 17. Qa3 Rfd8 18. Ba6 c5 19. Qa4 Rdb8 20. b3 Qc7 21. Rd2 Rb4 22. Qa3 Rab8 23. c4 Qe5 24. Qb2 Qe3 25. Rhd1 R4b6 26. Kb1 Qg5 27. f4 Qe7 28. Bb5 a6 29. Bd7 Bxc4 30. Qe5 Bxb3 31. axb3 Rxb3+ 32. Ka1 Qf8 33. Ba4 Ra3+ 34. Ra2 c4 35. Qd6 Qg7+ 36. Qd4 Qxd4+ 37. Rxd4 Re3 38. Rd1 h5 39. f5 gxf5 40. Bc6 Rb6 41. Bf3 h4 42. h3 Reb3 43. Rc1 c3 44. Ra5 Rd6 45. Ka2 Rb2+ 46. Ka3 Rdd2 47. Rxf5 Ra2+ 48. Kb3 a5 49. Kxc3 a4 50. Ra5 a3 51. Kc4 Rd8 52. Kb3 Rb2+ 53. Kxa3 Rdb8 54. Rc8+ 1-0 [Event "Anand Charity sim"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "2007.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "RodAug"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "1400"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2007.04.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Ne1 d6 9. Nc2 Rb8 10. Rb1 Be6 11. Nd5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. b4 b6 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Nf4 Bd7 16. Bd2 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Rb2 Re8 19. Nd5 Rc8 20. Re1 Re6 21. a4 Ne7 22. Nf4 Rec6 23. a5 bxa5 24. Qa4 Be5 25. Qxa5 Qxa5 26. Bxa5 Bc7 27. Bxc7 R8xc7 28. Ra1 a6 29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. Ra8 h6 31. R8xa6 Rxa6 32. Rxa6 h5 33. Kg2 Rd7 34. Kf3 Rc7 35. h4 Rc8 36. Nh3 Rc7 37. Ng5 Nc6 38. Ne4 Ne5+ 39. Kg2 Nd7 40. Rd6 Kf8 41. Ra6 Ke7 42. Ra5 Ke6 43. f3 Ke7 44. g4 hxg4 45. fxg4 Kf8 46. Kg3 Kg7 47. g5 Kf8 48. Kg4 Ne5+ 49. Kf4 Nd7 50. Nf6 Nxf6 51. gxf6 Ke8 52. Ke5 Rc6 53. Ra8+ Kd7 54. Ra7+ Ke8 55. Re7+ Kf8 56. Rd7 Ke8 57. Rd6 Rc7 58. Kd5 Ra7 59. Kxc5 Ra2 60. Rxd4 Rxe2 61. Re4+ Rxe4 62. dxe4 Kd7 63. Kd5 1-0 [Event "Anand Charity sim"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "2007.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Russianbear"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "2128"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2007.04.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e3 Bb4 7. c3 Ba5 8. Nb3 Bc7 9. Bd3 Bg6 10. h4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nd7 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. g4 h5 14. g5 Qe4 15. Qxe4+ dxe4 16. Nfd2 f5 17. c4 f6 18. Rhg1 Kf7 19. g6+ Ke7 20. f4 exf3 21. Nxf3 b6 22. Kc2 Rh6 23. Rg2 Nf8 24. Rdg1 Re8 25. Kd3 Kd7 26. Nbd2 a6 27. a3 Bd6 28. b4 a5 29. bxa5 bxa5 30. c5 Bc7 31. d5 Be5 32. Nd4 Bxd4 33. dxc6+ Kxc6 34. exd4 Kd5 35. Nb1 Kc6 36. Nc3 f4 37. Kc4 f3 38. Rf2 Rxg6 39. d5+ Kd7 40. c6+ Kc8 41. Rb1 Rg4+ 42. Kc5 Re5 43. Rfb2 Rb4 44. axb4 a4 45. b5 1-0 [Event "Anand Charity sim"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "2007.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shanbhag, Vinod"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "1331"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2007.04.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. a3 a6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. e3 Bg4 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. Nd2 Rab8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Ne7 16. Nc4 Bh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. e4 f5 19. Kh1 f4 20. Qe2 Ng6 21. Nd2 Rf8 22. Nf3 Qg4 23. Ng1 f3 24. Qd1 Nf4 25. Rc1 Ne2 26. Rc2 Nxg3+ 27. fxg3 Bxg1 28. Kxg1 Rf7 29. Bc1 Rbf8 30. Be3 h5 31. Kf2 Qh3 32. Ke1 h4 33. Bf2 Qxh2 34. gxh4 Qh3 35. Kd2 Qg4 36. Kc1 Qd7 37. Rg1 Qa4 38. Rc3 a5 39. Qxa4 1-0 [Event "Anand Charity sim"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "2007.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "ThreeEagles"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B75"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "1545"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2007.04.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 d6 8. f3 Bd7 9. Bb3 Qa5 10. Qd2 O-O-O 11. O-O Ne5 12. a4 Kb8 13. Ndb5 Rc8 14. Bxa7+ Ka8 15. Nd5 Qxa7+ 16. Nxa7 1-0 [Event "Anand Charity sim"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "2007.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Wetvader"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A50"] [WhiteElo "2786"] [BlackElo "1250"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2007.04.21"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb4 5. f3 d6 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 h6 11. Be2 a5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Bb7 15. O-O Qa8 16. Nb5 Qxa1 17. Rxa1 c6 18. Nxd6 Ra8 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. b5 Ba8 22. Nc8 Bb7 23. Nxb6 Nxb6 24. Bxb6 Nd7 25. Be3 f6 26. c5 Nb8 27. Bc4+ Kf8 28. Bd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 g5 30. c6 1-0 [Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"] [Site "Calatrava"] [Date "2007.04.08"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Baklan, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2618"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2007.04.06"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Be2 Ne5 14. g3 Qa5 15. Kb1 Ng6 16. Rdf1 Bg7 17. gxh6 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxh4 19. gxh4 O-O-O 20. Rxf7 Bxe4 21. Rhf1 Bd5 22. a3 Qxa3 23. c4 Bc6 24. Bg4 Kb8 25. Bxe6 Rhe8 26. Re1 d5 27. cxd5 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Rxd5 30. Qg3+ 1-0 [Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"] [Site "Calatrava"] [Date "2007.04.08"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2727"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2007.04.06"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nh5 12. Kb1 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 d5 16. Be2 g6 17. exd5 exd5 18. Rhe1 Re8 19. Bd3 Bd7 20. Re2 f6 21. Rde1 Kf7 22. Kb2 Rac8 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Bd4 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Ne8 26. Be5 Rc6 27. h4 Nd6 28. Bf4 Nc4+ 29. Kc1 Bf5 30. Bg5 Re6 31. Bxc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"] [Site "Calatrava"] [Date "2007.04.08"] [Round "8"] [White "Miton, Kamil"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2007.04.06"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Bxb5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qb8+ 17. Kg1 Qxb5 18. Bc3 Nd5 19. e4 Nxc3 20. bxc3 cxd4 21. cxd4 Rad8 22. Rfd1 f5 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 Rd7 25. Ra6 e5 26. exf5 exd4 27. g4 d3 28. Rc6 h5 29. Rc3 d2 30. Rc2 Rfd8 31. gxh5 Kf7 32. Kf1 Kf6 33. Ke2 Re7+ 34. Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"] [Site "Calatrava"] [Date "2007.04.07"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Krasenkow, Michal"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2651"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2007.04.06"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Ba3 b6 11. dxc5 Bb7 12. Be4 Qc7 13. Nd4 bxc5 14. Bxc5 Ne5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nb3 Rac8 17. Qe2 Rc7 18. Rab1 Qc8 19. Bd4 Nc4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nd4 a6 22. Rb4 e5 23. Nf3 Rd8 24. h3 f6 25. Rd1 Rd6 26. Rxd6 Nxd6 27. Qd3 Rd7 28. Qc2 Rc7 29. Qa4 Rxc3 30. Rb6 Qc7 31. Rxa6 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 e4 33. Nd4 Qb8 34. Ra8 1-0 [Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"] [Site "Calatrava"] [Date "2007.04.07"] [Round "6"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2668"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2007.04.06"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 b5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bb4 bxc4 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. bxc4 Bxc4 19. Re1 Bd5 20. Rc1 g6 21. Qa4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qd5+ 23. Kg1 Rd8 24. Qxc6 Qxa2 25. Red1 Kg7 26. Qc4 Qb2 27. Rb1 Rxd4 28. Qxd4 Qxd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"] [Site "Calatrava"] [Date "2007.04.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Tregubov, Pavel V"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2613"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2007.04.06"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 Be4 8. Qd1 c5 9. O-O Bxd2 10. Qxd2 cxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Qd6 h6 14. Bf4 Na5 15. b3 Nb7 16. Qd4 d5 17. Rac1 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Rc8 19. Qd4 Qd5 20. Be5 Qxd4 21. Bxd4 Nd5 22. Bb2 Na5 23. Nd4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rfd8 25. Rfd1 Ne7 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Bxc1 Nac6 29. Bb2 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 Nc6 31. Bc3 h5 32. Kf3 b5 33. Ke4 f6 34. h3 Kf7 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 g6 37. f3 a6 38. Kd3 Ke7 39. Ke4 Kf7 40. Kd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"] [Site "Calatrava"] [Date "2007.04.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Borras Duran, Pere"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E71"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2164"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2007.04.06"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bd3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Nge2 Na6 9. g4 c6 10. Ng3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nc5 12. Be2 b5 13. Bxb5 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Be3 Qb6 16. Rb1 Qb4 17. O-O Nfd7 18. Qe2 Rb8 19. Kg2 a4 20. a3 Qb3 21. h4 Qb7 22. Na2 Nb3 23. Nb4 Raa8 24. g5 Nd4 25. Qg4 Nc5 26. h5 Qd7 27. Qh4 Rxb4 28. axb4 Nd3 29. Rh1 Bf8 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Ne2 Ra7 32. Nxd4 Bg7 33. Nc6 Be5 34. hxg6 fxg6 35. Nxa7 Nf4+ 36. Kf3 Qxa7 37. Rbc1 1-0 [Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"] [Site "Calatrava"] [Date "2007.04.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Conquest, Stuart"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2536"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2007.04.06"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Bf1 Bb7 12. c3 Qc7 13. a4 a6 14. Ne4 N5f6 15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nc5 Red8 18. Qc2 a5 19. Ne5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Rd5 21. Nd3 Rad8 22. b4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 axb4 24. cxb4 e5 25. Qc3 e4 26. Nb2 Bc8 27. Nc4 Bf5 28. Nd6 Bg6 29. Rea1 Qe7 30. Ra7 Nd7 31. Bc4 Rh5 32. Qg3 Qf6 33. Ra8 Nf8 34. h3 h6 35. Rxd8 Qxd8 36. Ra7 Kh7 37. Bxf7 Rg5 38. Qf4 Qb8 39. Bxg6+ Rxg6 40. Rb7 Qa8 41. Qxe4 Ne6 42. f4 Qa1+ 43. Kh2 Nd4 44. f5 Rf6 45. Ne8 1-0 [Event "Calatrava op rapid 2nd"] [Site "Calatrava"] [Date "2007.04.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Candela Perez, Jose"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A60"] [WhiteElo "2402"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2007.04.06"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Nf3 Bc7 9. e3 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. a5 Rb8 15. Nc4 Nf8 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Bb5 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Nd2 b4 20. Bb5 Red8 21. Nc4 Ng6 22. Bg3 Ne4 23. f3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Ne5 25. Kf2 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Qf6 27. Rd2 Ra8 28. a6 Ra7 29. Ra4 Rb8 30. axb7 Rbxb7 31. Rxa7 Rxa7 32. Qf4 Bd8 33. Qxf6 Bxf6 34. b3 Bc3 35. Re2 f6 36. f4 h5 37. Kf3 Ra1 38. e4 g5 39. e5 fxe5 40. fxg5 Kg7 41. Be8 c4 42. Ba4 Bd4 43. Ke4 Ra3 44. Kf5 cxb3 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 0607"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2007.04.01"] [Round "15.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2637"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2006.10.28"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.31"] [WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"] [BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf6 15. Qh4 Nd5 16. Rfe1 Nf4 17. Ne5 g5 18. Qg4 Rg8 19. Qf3 Rd8 20. Rad1 c5 21. Be4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Ke7 25. h4 Rd8 26. Re1 Ng6 27. hxg5 h5 28. g3 Qd7 29. Bc1 Kf8 30. Be3 Kg7 31. Kg2 Qd5 32. Qxd5 Rxd5 33. f4 Ne7 34. Kf3 Kg6 35. Bf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Bundesliga 0607"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2007.03.31"] [Round "14.1"] [White "McShane, Luke J"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2614"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2006.10.28"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.31"] [WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"] [BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 e6 7. a3 Nge7 8. Ba2 O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Nd2 b6 11. Rb1 Bb7 12. Ne2 d5 13. Re1 Ndc6 14. f4 e5 15. b4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 cxb4 17. axb4 Nd5 18. Bd2 Rc8 19. Kh1 exf4 20. Nxf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Nd4 22. Rc1 Nb5 23. Qg4 Bxe4 24. dxe4 Nc3 25. Bb3 Qd4 26. Qf3 Qxb4 27. e5 Kh8 28. Bg3 Qe7 29. Qf4 a5 30. Bh4 Qd7 31. Bf6 Rc6 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7 33. e6 fxe6 34. Qe5+ Rf6 35. Rf1 Qe7 36. Rce1 Rc5 37. Qxf6+ Qxf6 38. Rxf6 Kxf6 39. Rxe6+ Kg7 40. Rxb6 a4 41. Rb7+ Kf8 42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Rb7+ Kf6 44. Rxh7 axb3 45. cxb3 Ne4 46. h3 Rb5 47. Rh4 Ng3+ 48. Kh2 Rxb3 49. Rf4+ Nf5 50. Rf2 Kg5 51. Ra2 Rb5 52. Kg1 Nd4 53. Kh2 Re5 54. Rd2 Ne6 55. Kg3 Re3+ 56. Kf2 Ra3 57. Kg1 Nf4 58. Kf2 Kh4 59. Rd4 g5 60. Rd8 Nd3+ 61. Kf3 Nc5+ 62. Ke2 Kg3 63. Rd5 Ne6 64. Re5 Nf4+ 65. Kd2 Rd3+ 66. Kc2 Rd5 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.29"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2733"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Qe2 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Be4 Rfd8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. c3 Qc7 18. g3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Ne1 Rxd1 21. Qxd1 Be7 22. Ng2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.29"] [Round "11"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2733"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1 Ba3 9. Rc2 c5 10. Bc1 Bxc1 11. Rxc1 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qd6 Qb8 14. Rd1 b5 15. cxb5 Bxb5 16. Bg2 Ba6 17. O-O Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Rac8 19. Nd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.28"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2749"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Be3 Bxd3 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Qf3 Bf5 20. Nd2 Be6 21. Bd4 Bb8 22. Qg2 Qh5 23. f3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.28"] [Round "10"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2749"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Ne4 Bg4 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 f5 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. gxf4 fxe4 22. dxe4 Bf3+ 23. Kxf3 Rxf4+ 24. Kg3 Rfxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. f3 Re5 27. c4 bxc4 28. Bxc4 a5 29. Rc1 Kf8 30. Bxd5 Rg5+ 31. Kf4 Rxd5 32. Ke3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.27"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2744"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Qg2 Qg6 20. Re3 Rae8 21. Ne4 Nd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bxg5 Qe6 26. g4 Bd3 27. Rd1 Qe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 Re2+ 30. Kg3 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Kg7 32. Bd8 f6 33. Kg3 Kf7 34. Kf4 Ke6 35. Ke3 Bb1 36. a4 Bc2 37. a5 Bd1 38. Kf4 Bc2 39. Kg3 Bd1 40. h3 Be2 41. f4 f5 42. Kh4 Bf1 43. b4 Bg2 44. Kh5 Bf3 45. Bc7 Kf6 46. Bd8+ Ke6 47. Kg5 h6+ 48. Kg6 fxg4 49. f5+ Kd7 50. hxg4 Bxg4 51. f6 Be6 52. f7 Bxf7+ 53. Kxf7 Kxd8 54. Ke6 Ke8 55. Kxd5 Kf7 56. c4 bxc4 57. Kxc4 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.27"] [Round "9"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2744"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Qxc4 e5 12. Ne2 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Qc2 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 O-O 17. Rc1 Qe7 18. O-O c5 19. Nf3 Rfd8 20. Qc2 Nd3 21. Rcd1 Nb4 22. Qb3 Rac8 23. a3 Nbd5 24. Qc4 Nb6 25. Qc2 Nbd7 26. Rfe1 b5 27. e4 Nf8 28. Bh3 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rc7 30. e5 N6d7 31. Qe4 c4 32. Rd6 Nc5 33. Qa8 Nd3 34. Rd8 Qc5 35. e6 Nxf2 36. exf7+ Kxf7 37. Rxf8+ Qxf8 38. Ne5+ 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.25"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2679"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Rad1+ Ke8 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Bf4 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. e6 fxe6 17. Bxc7 Bc5 18. Be5 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Rg8 20. Rfe1 Rc8 21. Rd2 b6 22. Re3 Rc4 23. Rf3 Ke7 24. Kh2 Be8 25. Ra3 Ra4 26. Rdd3 g5 27. Rxa4 Bxa4 28. Ra3 Bxc2 29. Rxa7+ Kd6 30. Bxb6 e5 31. Bc7+ Ke6 32. Ra6+ Kf5 33. Rc6 Bb1 34. a4 d4 35. a5 d3 36. Rd6 Rg6 37. Rd8 g4 38. Bb6 g3+ 39. fxg3 Ke4 40. b4 Ba2 41. b5 Bc4 42. a6 Bxb5 43. a7 Bc6 44. Ba5 Ke3 45. g4 e4 46. a8=Q Bxa8 47. Rxa8 Rd6 48. Kg3 Ke2 49. Bb4 Rb6 50. Ra2+ Kd1 51. Bd2 Rc6 52. Be3 Rf6 53. h4 Ke1 54. h5 Rd6 55. Kf4 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.25"] [Round "8"] [White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 O-O 11. N2f3 Qc7 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Rac1 d6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. h4 Nd7 17. Ng5 g6 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Nf3 Nc5 20. b3 Qc6 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. h5 g5 23. h6 Bf6 24. Kg1 Be7 25. Qc3 e5 26. Rd5 f5 27. Rcd1 g4 28. Nh2 Rf6 29. e4 Qc8 30. b4 cxb4 31. Qb3 Kf8 32. c5 dxc5 33. Qc4 f4 34. Rxe5 fxg3 35. fxg3 a5 36. Rf5 Rxf5 37. exf5 Qa6 38. Qe4 Rd8 39. Rxd8+ Bxd8 40. Nxg4 Qd6 41. Kf2 Qd4+ 42. Qxd4 cxd4 43. Ne5 a4 44. Nd3 Be7 45. Kf3 a3 46. Nc1 Bg5 47. Nb3 d3 48. Nc5 Bxh6 49. g4 Kf7 50. Nxd3 b3 51. Ne5+ Kg8 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.24"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2728"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. a4 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. a5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Bb6 Qc6 17. Nc1 Nd7 18. Be3 f5 19. Nd3 fxe4 20. Nb4 Qc4 21. Nxe4 Nf6 22. Nxd6 Bxd6 23. Qxd6 e4 24. Rd4 Rad8 25. Qxf8+ Rxf8 26. Rxc4 Bxc4 27. fxe4 Nxe4 28. Re1 Rf5 29. b3 Bf7 30. Bb6 Nc3 31. Nd3 Rd5 32. h3 Rd7 33. Kh2 Bg6 34. Ne5 Re7 35. Bc5 Re6 36. Bb4 Nd5 37. Nxg6 Rxg6 38. Bd2 Kf7 39. c4 Ne7 40. Re5 h4 41. Bg5 Nc6 42. Rd5 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.24"] [Round "7"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a4 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 b4 13. c3 Rc8 14. cxb4 cxb4 15. Nf1 d5 16. exd5 b3 17. Bxb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Bxd5 19. Qd1 e4 20. dxe4 Nxe4 21. Qe2 Re8 22. Rd1 Qa5 23. Ne3 Ba8 24. Nd2 Nd6 25. Ndf1 Ne4 26. Nd2 Nd6 27. Ndf1 Ne4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Bb7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 13. f3 c4 14. Qd4 O-O 15. Bxc4 Rfc8 16. b3 Qxd6 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Bd2 Nf6 20. Be3 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. c4 d5 23. Rac1 h6 24. cxd5 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Nxd5 26. a3 b5 27. Bb2 f6 28. g3 Kf7 29. Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 Re8 14. Bg5 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be5 16. Bf3 h6 17. Be3 c5 18. Nf5 Nb6 19. a4 b4 20. a5 Nc4 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bxf5 23. Qxc4 Bd6 24. Rac1 Rec8 25. Bf4 Bd7 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Re1 Bb5 28. Qc2 c4 29. Qd2 Re8 30. h4 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rc8 32. Qd4 c3 33. bxc3 bxc3 34. Qb6 Qa3 35. Qb7 Qc5 36. d6 Rd8 37. Qb6 Qxd6 38. Rc1 Qd2 39. Kg2 Re8 40. Rd1 Qc2 41. Rd8 Rxd8 42. Qxd8+ Kh7 43. Qd5 Bd3 44. Qxf7 Be4 45. Qf4 Bd3 46. Qe3 Qb1 47. Qd4 Qc2 48. h5 Qd2 49. Be4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2683"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Rg1 Nb6 13. Na5 Qc7 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxa5 18. Bd3 Qc7 19. g6 Nf6 20. gxf7+ Kh8 21. Rxg7 Kxg7 22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Bh6 Ng4 24. Rxg4 Rxf7 25. Qxa8+ 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Van Wely, Loek"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2683"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1 Ba3 9. Rb1 c5 10. Bg2 d5 11. O-O Nc6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bc3 Qe7 15. Re1 Rfd8 16. Qd2 Bb5 17. e3 a5 18. Red1 Ra7 19. Bb2 Bb4 20. Qc2 a4 21. Qf5 a3 22. Ba1 Be2 23. Rdc1 Qe4 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qh6 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Qxf3 27. dxc5 d4 28. cxb6 Rb7 29. exd4 Bf8 30. Qh4 Be7 31. Qh6 Bf6 32. Rc3 Qe4 33. Rbc1 Rxb6 34. Re3 Qf5 35. d5 Nb4 36. Rce1 Rbb8 37. Re5 Bxe5 38. Bxe5 f6 39. Bxb8 Nd3 40. Re2 Rxb8 41. Qe3 Qxd5 42. Rd2 Rd8 43. Qe7 Qd6 44. Qe4 Qd5 45. Qe7 Rc8 46. Rd1 Qf5 47. Qa7 Qf3 48. Rf1 Ra8 49. Qe7 Ne5 50. Rc1 Rf8 51. Qxa3 Qe4 52. Rc7 Nf3+ 53. Kf1 Nd2+ 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.20"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2766"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ne3 Nc5 14. Ba2 h6 15. Nh2 Bf8 16. Nhg4 Ne6 17. Nf5 Kh7 18. Qf3 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qf6 20. Qh3 Kg8 21. g3 Rad8 22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 Nd4 24. c3 Nc2 25. Re2 Nxa1 26. g5 Qg6 27. Nxh6+ gxh6 28. f5 Qg7 29. Rg2 Rxe4 30. dxe4 Bxe4 31. Rg3 Qe5 32. gxh6+ Kh7 33. Qg4 Be7 34. Bxf7 Bxf5 35. Qg7+ Qxg7 36. hxg7 Rg8 37. Bxg8+ Kxg8 38. Bh6 d5 39. Rf3 Be6 40. Rf8+ Kh7 41. Rh8+ Kg6 42. g8=Q+ Bxg8 43. Rxg8+ Kxh6 44. Ra8 Nb3 45. Rxa6+ Bd6 46. Kf1 Kg5 47. Ke2 Kf5 48. Ra8 Ke6 49. a4 bxa4 50. Rxa4 c5 51. Kd3 c4+ 52. Kc2 Bf4 53. Ra8 Nc5 54. Rc8 Kd6 55. Rf8 Be5 56. Rg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.20"] [Round "4"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc5 9. Qf3 d6 10. Bg2 e5 11. Nf5 Qf6 12. Ne3 Qxf3 13. Bxf3 Be6 14. Ba3 Nba6 15. O-O-O Ke7 16. Bg2 Rad8 17. f4 f6 18. Rhf1 b6 19. g4 Nc7 20. h4 g6 21. Kc2 Rhf8 22. Bc6 f5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Be4 Ne8 28. Bxf5 Nd6 29. Bxe6 Rf2 30. Rxf2 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2750"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. c3 d6 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nf1 Rc8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Nh2 Rc7 18. f4 Bh4 19. Qg4 c4 20. Nf3 cxd3 21. Nxh4 dxc2 22. f5 Nac4 23. Bh6 Bc8 24. Nh5 Nxb2 25. Bg5 gxh5 26. Qg3 Rxc3 27. Nf3 Kf8 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Qg5 Ke8 30. Qg8+ Kd7 31. Qxf7+ Kc6 32. Qe7 Rd7 33. Qe8 Kb7 34. f6 Rcc7 35. Ng5 Nd3 36. Rec1 Nxc1 37. Rxc1 d5 38. f7 dxe4 39. f8=Q Rd1+ 40. Qf1 Rxf1+ 41. Kxf1 Nc4 42. Ke2 Rg7 43. Rxc2 h6 44. Rxc4 bxc4 45. Nxe4 Rxg2+ 46. Ke3 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E37"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 d4 12. g4 Bg6 13. Qb2 O-O 14. Bg2 Re8 15. O-O Nc3 16. Re1 h5 17. g5 Be4 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Bxc3 Bxf3 20. exf3 dxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxg5 22. f4 Qxf4 23. Re4 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2729"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Bg5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 a5 16. Bc4 Bd7 17. O-O Nd4 18. Ra2 Ne6 19. Qe2 a4 20. Ncb4 Nc5 21. Nd3 Ne6 22. Rfa1 Rc8 23. N3b4 Nc5 24. Bb5 Bxb5 25. Qxb5 Kh8 26. Na6 Nxe4 27. Nb6 Rxc3 28. Rxa4 f5 29. bxc3 Nxc3 30. Qc6 Nxa4 31. Rxa4 e4 32. Nd5 Qa8 33. Nab4 Qb8 34. g3 Bh6 35. Nb6 Qe8 36. Ra8 Qf7 37. N4d5 g6 38. Qxd6 Rxa8 39. Nxa8 Qf8 40. Qc6 Bg7 41. Nac7 Be5 42. Ne6 Qg8 43. Qd7 Qb8 44. Nd8 Qb2 45. Qe8+ Kg7 46. Qe7+ 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E26"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 d6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2 b6 9. e4 Na5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. f4 f5 15. Qc2 g4 16. Rad1 Ng7 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. Ng3 h5 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. e5 dxe5 21. Rxe5 Nc6 22. Ree1 Qc7 23. d5 Nd8 24. Ne2 Qe7 25. Ng3 Qf6 26. Nf1 Nf7 27. dxe6 Bxe6 28. Ne3 Rad8 29. Bf1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 h4 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Nd6 33. Bd3 Nh5 34. g3 Re8 35. c4 Kf7 36. Qa4 Re7 37. Qc6 hxg3 38. hxg3 Ng7 39. a4 Nge8 40. a5 Qb2 41. axb6 Qb3 42. Rd2 axb6 43. Bf1 Ne4 44. d6 Nxd2 45. Qd5+ Kf6 46. Qxd2 Rd7 47. Qd5 Nxd6 48. Qe5+ Kf7 49. Qd5+ Ke7 50. Qe5+ Kd8 51. Qh8+ Kc7 52. Qa8 Qb1 53. Qa7+ Nb7 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C12"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2741"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 Qe7 11. h4 Nd7 12. Rh3 a6 13. Rf3 Rg8 14. Qf4 g5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qh5+ Kd8 18. g4 f4 19. Rh3 c5 20. Nf3 c4 21. Qh7 Qxh7 22. Bxh7 Rg7 23. Rh5 Nf8 24. Rah1 b5 25. Rxg5 Raa7 26. Bg8 Rxg5 27. Nxg5 Rg7 28. Nf7+ Ke7 29. Nd6 Bd7 30. Rh8 Rxg4 31. Bf7 Rg7 32. Bh5 Rh7 33. Rxh7+ Nxh7 34. Kc1 Ng5 35. f3 Bc6 36. Kb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2007.03.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2007.03.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.05.09"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 e5 12. a4 Qc7 13. Nc4 Rfd8 14. Be3 Nb6 15. Nd2 Ne8 16. c3 Nd7 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Nd6 19. Qf2 Re8 20. a5 b6 21. axb6 axb6 22. Qf3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Nf8 24. Bf2 c5 25. h4 Qd8 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. Re1 Rd8 28. Re2 Bh6 29. Bh3 Qb7 30. h5 Re8 31. Bg2 f5 32. Qd3 Qc7 33. e5 Nf7 34. Bd5 Ne6 35. Bxe6 Rxe6 36. Bg3 Qc6 37. c4 Re7 38. Qd5 Qe6 39. hxg6 hxg6 40. Nf3 g5 41. Rg2 Kf8 42. fxg5 Bxg5 43. Nxg5 Nxg5 44. Qd8+ Kf7 45. Bf4 Nf3+ 46. Kf2 Re8 47. Qc7+ Re7 48. Qb8 1-0 [Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2007.03.10"] [Round "14"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2007.02.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b3 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb2 {The position is characteristic for the English Hedgehog lines, but the knight's development on d2 deprives White from the possibility of maintaining the centre under pressure.} Qc7 12. Rac1 h6 13. Ne4 Nb4 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Qb1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 O-O 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Rc3 Ne7 19. Rd1 Bc6 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 {White will not be able to maintain the blockade on d6. At the same time, Black's only weakness, the d7-pawn, is safely defended, which yields White's advantage a rather symbolic significance.} Nf5 22. Rd2 Rac8 23. Bh3 Ne7 24. Nd4 Rc7 25. e4 Rfc8 26. f3 Kf8 27. Kf2 a6 28. Ke3 Bb7 29. Rcc2 Nc6 30. Nxc6 Bxc6 31. Bf1 Ke7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2007.03.09"] [Round "13"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2749"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2007.02.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. Nd5 Na5 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Nh4 Nxb3 14. Nf5 Qe6 15. axb3 { For the second time in a row, Anand treats the Anti-Marshall in a peaceful way. } d5 {Black is better developed and will have little trouble extinguishing White's light initiative on the kingside.} 16. Qf3 dxe4 17. dxe4 Kh7 18. Qg3 Rg8 19. f3 Ne8 20. Bd2 Nd6 21. Ne3 {The exchange of knights would have led to an obvious draw in view of the presence of opposite coloured bishops.} Bxe4 { This trick has more of an aesthetic valuea, because White can get the pawn back with his next move.} 22. Bc3 ({ Remarkably, White cannot defend both his attacked pieces after} 22. fxe4 $2 Nxe4) 22... Bg6 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Bxe5 Rgd8 25. g4 f6 26. Bg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2007.03.07"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2744"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2007.02.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 {A peaceful on, showing that Anand is not completely unhappy with his tournament situation. } 14. Bg5 Ne8 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. b4 a5 18. c3 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Nc7 21. Ne3 Qd7 22. Qb2 Ra8 23. Ra1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2007.03.06"] [Round "11"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2741"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2007.02.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Qd1 $5 ({ As expected, Morozevich takes the first chance to avoid a theoretical dispute on the well known paths. Anand had some experience against the popular continuation} 7. Qc2 {, although it only consisted of blitz games: against Ivanchuk and Gelfand, at Monte Carlo in 2003}) 7... c5 ({ The only game where 7.Qd1 had been played before continued with} 7... Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Ne4 10. Qe3 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 {and White's compact centre offered him the more pleasant position in Tkachiev-Gaspariants, Biel 2003.}) 8. Nc3 Qd8 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 Be7 {The position is typical for the Catalan opening. White's chances for an advantage are connected with the weakness of the light squares from Black's queenside.} 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qxd8+ ({Carried out before Black's castling, this exchange is aimed to misplace the enemy rooks. Indeed, the natural development would consist of Rac8 and Rfd8, occupying both open files. The main alternative was} 13. Qc2 {but after} O-O 14. Rfd1 Qe8 {White has no obvious way to take advantage of the temporary passive placement of the black queen.}) 13... Rxd8 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Nb5 ({A more natural continuation would have been} 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 (15... exd5 {is less favourable than in the game, because White has not given away his fianchetto-bishop.}) 16. Nc6 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rd7 18. b4 { eventually followed by the consolidation of the c6-knight with b5. White would have retained a stable advantage.}) 15... f6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nf3 Kf7 18. Nfd4 a6 19. Nc3 Rc8 {The absence of the white light-squared bishop makes itself felt. The weakness of the e6-square is hardly relevant now, while the black rook have the c8-square at their disposal (no Bh3 available), making the fight for the c-file just even.} 20. Rfd1 Rhd8 21. f3 b5 22. a3 Bf8 23. Be3 Nd7 $1 { The knight is heading for c4, a square which has been indirectly weakened by the advance of the white a-pawn.} 24. Nc2 Ne5 25. Bd4 Rd7 26. Kf2 Nc4 27. Ra2 Na5 28. Bb6 Nc4 29. Bd4 Na5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2007.03.04"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C96"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2690"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2007.02.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] {At this stage, we were both tied in the lead with +2.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 {Magnus choice had come as a surprise to me, so I decided not to repeat my usual systems. I had seen some games of Leko with 12.d5 and felt that it was a better try.} Nb6 13. Nbd2 g6 (13... f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ne4 { and Leko got an advantage against both Kramnik and Adams in 2005.}) 14. b4 { Following Leko's game against Mamedyarov.} cxb4 15. cxb4 Nac4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bb3 $1 {Leko went for Bh6, but in fact there is no need for this move.} Nb6 18. Be3 {In fact, the bishop belongs on e3.} Bd7 19. Rc1 Rc8 (19... Qb8 { This may be worth considering, to first play Qb7 and then Rc8.}) 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 (20... Nxc8 21. Qc2 Nb6 {comes to the same thing.}) 21. Qc2 Bd7 22. Rc1 { This forces the knight back to a8.} Na8 (22... Qb8 $2 23. Qc7 Rc8 24. Qxb8 Rxb8 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Rc7) 23. Qd2 (23. Ne1 { I was initially attracted to this move, but} Bg5 24. Qd2 (24. Bxg5 Qxg5 { and here White has to deal with both Rc8 and Bxh3}) 24... Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Qb8 { though even here} (25... f5 26. Nf3 fxe4 27. Ng5 $16) 26. f4 { gives White a nice edge.}) 23... Qb8 (23... f6 24. Ne1 { with the idea to play Nd3 and Nc5!}) 24. Bg5 $1 { Exploiting the fact that f6 is impossible.} Bxg5 (24... Qd8 $1 25. Qe3 (25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Qe3 Rc8 $1) 25... Bxg5 26. Nxg5 Qe7 27. f4 $36) (24... Bd8 25. Bxd8 Qxd8 26. Qh6 f6 (26... Qf6 27. Ng5 Qg7 28. Qh4 Rc8 (28... Re8 29. Ne6 $1) (28... Kh8 29. Nxh7 $1 Qxh7 30. Qe7) 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Nxh7 $1) 27. Rc6 $1 Bc8 28. h4 $1 Rf7 29. h5 Rg7 (29... g5 30. Nxg5 fxg5 31. Rxd6 $16) 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Nh4 g5 32. Nf5 Bxf5 33. exf5 { Now White's rook can never be dislodged from c6.}) 25. Nxg5 Rc8 26. Rf1 h6 27. Ne6 $1 {An aesthetically pleasing move, but White has no other way to keep the pressure.} (27. Nf3 Kg7 $11) 27... Kh7 {The best try.} (27... fxe6 28. dxe6 Be8 29. Qxh6 $1 (29. e7+ Kg7 30. Qd5 Rc4 31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. Qxc4 Nc7 33. Rc1 Nb5 34. Qc8 Qxc8 35. Rxc8 Kf7 36. Ra8 Kxe7 37. Rxa6 Nc3 { Will be very difficult technically.}) 29... Nb6 30. e7+ (30. f4 Nc4 31. f5 Qa7+ {followed by Qe3 is too messy.}) 30... Nc4 31. Qf8+ Kh7 32. f4 (32. Bd1 { The computer even suggests Bd1 winning!} Bc6 33. Qf7+ Kh6 34. f4 Rg8 35. fxe5 Nxe5 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Rf4 $1 { and Black has nothing better than to give up the exchange.} Rxf8 38. exf8=Q Qxf8 39. Rxf8 $18) 32... Qa8 33. Rf3 (33. f5 gxf5 34. Rxf5 Qxe4 35. Rf6 Qe3+ 36. Kh2 e4 37. Rf4 {and White wins.}) 33... Qxe4 34. f5 gxf5 35. Rg3 $18) 28. f4 Qa7+ 29. Kh2 Be8 (29... fxe6 30. dxe6 Be8 31. f5 gxf5 (31... Qd4 $2 32. Qxd4 exd4 33. f6 Nb6 34. f7 Bxf7 35. Rxf7+ Kg8 { By not taking on f5, Black has to return to g8.} 36. Rd7 Nc4 37. e7 Re8 38. Rxd6 Rxe7 39. Rxd4 Rc7 40. Rd6 $1 $18) 32. exf5 Qd4 33. Qxd4 { This is what I intended.} (33. Qe1 {This is harder to work out over the board.} e4 34. Qh4 {This seems to win.} (34. f6 Qe5+ 35. Kh1 (35. Qg3 Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Nb6 {Again, its not completely clear.}) 35... Bg6 36. f7 Rf8 37. Qh4 d5 $1) 34... Qe5+ 35. Kg1 e3 36. Qe7+ Qg7 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. f6+ Kg8 39. Rf3 $18) 33... exd4 34. f6 Nb6 35. f7 Bxf7 36. exf7 (36. Rxf7+ Kg6 37. Rf4 d5 38. e7 Re8 39. Bc2+ Kg7 40. Rg4+ Kh8 41. Rg6 Nc4) 36... Rf8 37. Be6 $1 { Before Black can play d5 or Nc4} Nc4 38. Rd1 Ne5 39. Rxd4 Nxf7 40. Rf4 $1 ({Not } 40. Bxf7 $2 Rxf7 41. Rxd6 Rf4 $1 42. a3 a5 43. bxa5 Ra4) 40... Kg7 41. Bxf7 Rxf7 42. Rxf7+ Kxf7 43. Kg3 {White wins the pawn ending.} Ke6 44. Kf3 Ke5 45. g4 d5 46. h4 d4 47. g5 hxg5 48. hxg5 Kf5 49. g6 Kxg6 50. Ke4 $18) 30. f5 gxf5 31. exf5 (31. Ng5+ Kg8 32. exf5) 31... f6 (31... fxe6 32. dxe6 { would transpose to the above note}) 32. Re1 $1 { The rook is going via the 4th rank.} (32. Rf3 Bf7 33. Rg3 Rg8) 32... Nc7 (32... Nb6 33. Re4 Nc4 (33... h5 34. Qe1 Nc4 35. Bd1 $18 { Black has no defence against Bxh5.}) 34. Nf8+ $1) 33. Rc1 { Now White can use the pin.} Bd7 34. Rc3 e4 (34... Ne8 35. Rg3 Bxe6 { White threatened Nf8} 36. Rg6 $1 $18) 35. Rg3 (35. Qc1 Nxe6 36. fxe6 Rxc3 37. Qxc3 Be8 38. Qxf6) 35... Nxe6 (35... Rg8 36. Rxg8 Kxg8 37. Qxh6) 36. dxe6 Be8 37. e7 $1 Bh5 (37... Qxe7 38. Bg8+) 38. Qxd6 {In addition to being my best win in Morelia/Linares, this win gave me a one point lead in the tournament.} (38. Qxd6 Re8 39. Qxf6 Qxe7 40. Bg8+ $18) 1-0 [Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2007.03.03"] [Round "9"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2007.02.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 $5 {This move has a relatively short history (it was introduced in 2003 by Kramnik against Anand), but has been submitted to a thorough investigation over the past few years. White makes a generally useful move, inviting Black to define his intentions.} Be4 17. Qa4 { A rare continuation, successfully employed by Grischuk (true, in rapid games).} Qf5 18. Bg3 Bc2 ({After} 18... Bd6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Bg4 Qg6 21. dxe5 Bf5 22. Bf3 {White exerted unpleasant pressure over Black's position in Grischuk-Nielsen, Monte Carlo 2006.}) 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Bxb5 a6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Re5 ({A new move. Grischuk preferred} 22. Ra2 {when after} Ba4 23. c4 Bb3 24. Rae2 Kf8 25. c5 {Black found it very difficult to free himself from the pin along the e-file in Grischuk-Volokitin, Foros 2006.}) 22... f6 23. Ra5 { With only rooks on board, this manoeuvre would ensure White considerable advantage. However, in the presence of minor pieces, the rook could easily remain misplaced on a5.} Bd3 24. Ne1 Bb5 25. a4 Be2 26. Nc2 c5 { Black decides to solve the problem of his double pawns in radical way.} 27. dxc5 Kf7 28. c6 {Preventing the complete isolation of the rook on a5 after an eventual ...c6, but the extra-pawn becomes vulnerable now.} Red8 29. Ne3 Rd2 30. Rb1 Bd6 31. Bxd6 Rxd6 32. Nf5 Rxc6 { Black has successfully solved hisproblems. The position is about equal.} 33. Nd4 Rb6 34. Re1 Bd3 35. Rc5 Rd6 36. Re3 Bb1 37. Nc6 Re8 38. Nd4 Rc8 39. Re2 Bd3 40. Re1 Rd7 41. f3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2007.03.02"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2783"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2007.02.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 ({Topalov deviates from} 9... Be6 { , which led him to defeat in the second-round game against Ivanchuk.}) 10. Re1 {Curiously, both players had previous experience with this position, but with.. . reversed colours!} b5 ({This and the next move are aimed to prevent an early installation of the enemy knight on d5.} 10... Na5 { places the knight on an unfavourable square, which could be felt after} 11. Bf1 Be6 12. Nd5 {(Preventing the activation of the knight with ...Nc4. The e4-pawn is taboo because of the threat Bb6.)} Bxd5 13. exd5 b5 14. b3 $1 { and White had the better chances in Topalov-Gelfand, Linares 1994.}) (10... h6 11. a3 Be6 {is also met by} 12. Nd5 {for instance} b5 13. Ba2 Rc8 14. Nd2 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nb8 16. c4 {and White has the initiative, while Black still needs some time to reach an active square with his queen's knight, Short-Anand, Monaco rapid 1993.}) 11. Bf1 ({ A safe square for the bishop. The most recent game in this line went} 11. Bb3 Rb8 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. c3 Nc5 16. Bc2 a5 {. Black takes full advantage of the lack of pressure along the f1-b5 diagonal in order to carry out his standard minority's attack. White tried} 17. b4 {but after} axb4 18. cxb4 Ne6 {the weakness of the d4-square offered Black good play in Jakovenko-Khairullin, Moscow 2006.}) 11... Rb8 {The b6-square is well defended now, which enables ...Nxe4 in case of an early jump of the White knight to d5.} 12. Bg5 Ng4 ({Black prevents the undesirable exchange Bxf6, which would leave the d5-square without its natural defender. Another logical possibility was} 12... b4 {and if} 13. Bxf6 {then} bxc3 14. Bxe7 Nxe7) 13. Bd2 ({A novelty. e avoids the exchange of the relatively passive e7-bishop. Black had no problems after} 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. a3 Bb7 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. h3 Nf6 { in Short-Ehlvest, Horgen 1995.}) 13... Be6 14. Nd5 {Finally, White has installed his knight in the centre, but Black is well coordinated and is not forced to capture on d5 at once.} h6 15. h3 Nf6 16. c4 Qd7 17. b3 Bd8 $1 { A multi-purpose move. Black clears the e7-square for his knight and prepares the activation of his bishop along the g1-a7 diagonal.} 18. Rc1 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Ne7 20. Bd3 Bb6 {Black has successfully solved all his opening problems. We can conclude that after his painful defeat against Ivanchuk, Topalov did his homework quite well.} 21. Nh4 g5 22. Nf3 Rfc8 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Nh2 Ng6 25. Ng4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2007.02.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2749"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2007.02.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Nc3 b5 ({This rare move is generally underestimated by theory. 8...Rb8 is supposed to be the main line when only after 9.Qe2 Black defends the pawn with 9...b5. I had a pleasant experience against the over-ambitious} 8... Bb4 9. Qe2 b5 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd5 13. Ba3 Nxc3 14. Qg4 g6 15. Rac1 h5 16. Qf3 Nd5 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Bc5 Ra6 19. a4 b4 20. Bf1 Rc6 21. Rxc4 { and Black soon collapsed under the pressure in Marin-Graf, Sanxenxo 2004.}) ( 8... Nd5 {is another sideline, possibly unjustly doomed by older theory. In a recent game Black managed to hold his own:} 9. Nd2 Nb6 10. Qe2 Na5 11. Nde4 Be7 12. Nc5 Bc6 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Nxb7 Qc8 15. Nc5 O-O {. Black's better development compensates for his structural deffects, Kramnik-Carlsen, Wijk aan Zee 2007.}) 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 {The position is highly assymetrical. In the long run, Black's queenside pawns could become dangerous, but for the moment he has to solve the concrete problem of completing his development.} Rb8 ({A new move.} 12... c6 {was played in Khalifman-Shulman, Khanty Mansiysk 2005. Black managed to survive the opening and obtained a better rook ending with a queenside majority.} 13. Qd4 Qc7 14. a4 $1 (14. b3 Be6 15. bxc4 Bxc4 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Bb2 Rd8 18. Qe4 Bd5 19. Qg4 O-O 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Rac1 Qb6 22. e6 f6 23. Bd4 Qb7 24. Bc5 Rfe8 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Rc6 Rd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Qd4 Qxe6 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 Re4 31. a3 Ra4 32. Rd3 Kf7 $17 { Khalifman,A (2653)-Shulman,Y (2565)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111 (0-1, 64)}) 14... c5 (14... Rc8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ra7 $16) 15. Qf4 $5 {/\e6} Rc8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ra6 Be7 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Ba5 Qb8 20. Rd1 Be6 21. Rb6 Qa7 22. Rxb5 $16) 13. a4 ({Aiming to activate the queen's rook, but weakening the b4-square. The main alternative was} 13. Rd1 { , developing the other rook and maintaining a4 in reserve.}) 13... Bb4 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Bd2 Bc5 {Black has managed to obtain some stability now, but his problems are far from being over.} 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ba5 {This way of developing the bishop is characteristic for the main lines where Black captures on c4 after castling.} c6 18. Qd2 {Black cannot castle because the d7-bishop is hanging. He cannot play ...Be6 because of the hanging c6-pawn. This means that he is far behind in development still.} Rc8 19. Rac1 h5 (19... Be6 {is still impossible because of} 20. Bxc6+ $1 Rxc6 21. Qd8+ { , winning the h8-rook.}) 20. b4 Ba7 21. Ra1 Rh6 22. Qc3 Bf5 (22... Be6 23. Bxc6+ Rxc6 24. Rd8+ Qxd8 25. Bxd8 Kxd8 26. Rxa7 $18) (22... Re6 23. Bh3 $16) 23. e6 $1 Rxe6 (23... fxe6 24. Bd8 Qb7 25. Bg5 Rg6 26. h4 $16) 24. Qxg7 Bg4 25. Rd2 $6 ({White misses an elegant combination:} 25. Bxc6+ $1 Rexc6 { and now, after the unexpected} 26. Bd8 $1 {most of Black's pieces are hanging.} Qf8 27. Qe5+ Be6 (27... Re6 28. Qxb5+ Rec6 29. Bf6 $18) 28. Qxb5 $3 ({ In case of} 28. Rxa7 Rxd8 {White has nothing better than} 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Qf6+ $1 Ke8 31. Ra8+ Rc8 32. Qxe6+ fxe6 33. Rxc8+ Ke7 34. Rxf8 Kxf8 {, when the c-pawn seems to save the day for Black despite his material disadvantage (Aagaard).}) 28... Bb8 29. Ra6 $1 Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31. Rxc6 $1 Bc7 32. Ra6 Qg7 33. Ra8+ Ke7 34. Qc5+ Bd6 35. Ra7+ Bd7 36. Qxc4 $16 {(+- Aagaard)}) 25... Bb8 26. h3 (26. Qg8+ Qf8 27. Qg5 Qe7 28. Qxe7+ Kxe7 29. f3 $1 Bf5 30. e4 Bg6 31. Bh3 $16 {Aagaard}) 26... Be5 27. Qg8+ Qf8 28. Qxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rc1 Bf5 { Black has repelled the attack and can look into the near future with optimism. His queenside pawns will become threatening soon.} 30. e4 Bh7 31. Bb6 Bf6 32. h4 Bxe4 33. Bh3 Bd5 34. Bxe6 fxe6 { "Winning" the exchange does not absolve White from problems.} 35. Bc5+ Be7 { Unblocking the pawns.} 36. Bxe7+ Kxe7 37. Rb2 Kd6 38. Kf1 c5 39. Ke2 cxb4 40. Rxb4 Kc5 41. Rcb1 Bc6 {White's resignation might look a bit premature, but in fact there is nothing he can do against the enemy pawns supported by all Black's pieces.} 0-1 [Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2007.02.24"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2007.02.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. h3 $5 {A new move. White intends to take advantage of Black's delaying ...b5 by carrying out the standard g4 by other means than an early f3. The f-pawn is reserved a different fate.} b5 11. g4 O-O ({ Eliminating the central pawn with} 11... b4 12. Nd5 Nxe4 { is not without strategical risk. After} 13. Qxb4 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Nef6 15. Ra5 { the weakness of the light squares leaves Black with problems consolidating.}) 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. f4 Bc4 16. g5 Nh5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Bd6 {This is the position both sides have been aiming for. White has more space, but the impetuous advance of his kingside pawns have left numerous weaknesses behind.} 20. Na5 ({This looks more like a defensive move (preventing the advance of the a-pawn) rather than an attempt to activate White's play. Indeed, the knight's efficiency on c6 would be questionable. The optimal regroupment for White would involve the transfer of the knight to e4, in order to safely block the e5-pawn and put the d6-square and the enemy kingside under pressure. However, this manoeuvre is not easy to achieve, because the best placement of the queen is precisely the d2-square. For instance, after} 20. Qe1 {Black can radicaly prevent White's plan with} e4 $5 { when} 21. Bxe4 Ng3 { reveals the main drawback of Anand's novelty, the weakness of the g3-square.} 22. Rg1 Rfe8 {Black's activity has reached alarming heigths and White will soon lose the exchange.} 23. Nd2 Qd4 24. c3 Qe5 25. Bc2 Qf4 { . The white queen is trapped, which forces} 26. Qxg3 { , leading to a small material advantage for Black.}) 20... f5 21. gxf6 Rxf6 22. Rhf1 Re8 23. Rxf6 Nxf6 24. Nb3 {Now that the danger of ...a5 has dissapeared, the knight hurries to join the rest of his army, freeing the queen from her defensive task.} e4 25. Nd4 Re5 26. c3 Qc5 27. Qe2 Nxd5 28. Bxe4 Nf6 29. Nb3 Qc7 30. Nd2 Qe7 31. Qd3 Bc5 32. Bg2 {In spite of opposite castles, both kings are in relative safety, while in case of simplifications the presence of opposite coloured bishops would make a draw highly probable. Therefore, the oponents decided to shorten the process.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2007.02.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D23"] [WhiteElo "2744"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2007.02.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O {A relatively peacefull variation has been played. Each side plays its own opening. Black developed like in a normal Slav, while White adopted a Catalan setup.} 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 $5 {In spite of the fact that this move has been played several times along the past decades, it might have come as a surprise for Anand. You do not see such abrupt changes in the character of the position at top level.} Bxh4 ({ The attempt to maintain the tension in the centre with} 12... Qxb3 13. axb3 Bb4 {allowed White retain an advantage with the slightly surprising simplifying manoeuvre} 14. Nxf5 $5 exf5 15. Bxe4 $5 fxe4 16. Bd2 Rfe8 (16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 $14 {would just improve White's structure.}) 17. Nxe4 $1 Rxe4 18. Bxb4 Rxd4 19. Bc3 {The bishop is more active than the knight and White's mobile centre is likely to become threatening soon.} Re4 20. f3 Re7 21. e4 f6 22. Red1 Kf7 23. Kf2 Ke8 24. g4 Ne5 25. Kg3 Nf7 26. h4 $14 { Grabarczyk,M (2509)-Giesen,D (2209)/Germany 2004/EXT 2005 (1-0, 51)}) 13. gxh4 Nef6 14. e4 (14. Qxb6 $5 axb6 15. Bf4 { leads to similar play as in the game, for instance} b5 16. Bd6 Rfd8 17. e4 Bg6 18. f3 Nf8 {Black refrains from preparing ...e5, but this will leave White with more freedom of action.} 19. Bc5 Bh5 20. a4 bxa4 21. Nxa4 Ng6 22. Nb6 Rab8 23. Re3 Nxh4 24. Rb3 h6 25. Bh1 Kh7 26. Kf2 Rg8 27. Ra7 $16 { Landa,K (2584)-Najer,E (2677)/Tomsk RUS 2006/The Week in Chess 618 (1-0, 48)}) 14... Bg6 ({ Generally speaking, it is recomendable not to release the tension with} 14... Qxb3 15. axb3 Bg6 { because this would leave the c5-square not sufficiently well defended.} 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Bd6 a6 18. d5 $6 ({Probably premature.} 18. Na4 $5 Rad8 19. f3 h6 20. Rad1 {planning b4 and Nc5 would have been more consequent.}) 18... cxd5 19. exd5 e5 $13 { Kludacz,M (2203)-Kononenko,T (2361)/Warsaw 2001/CBM 082 ext (0-1, 46)}) 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Rad1 {White's pair of bishops and his advantage of space compensate for the double pawns.} b5 ({A novelty over} 17... e5 { which was played in the most recent example with this line, Georgiev-Smeets, Wijk aan Zee 2007.} 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. f3 Bh5 20. Bxe5 (20. Kf2 $5 $14) 20... Rxe5 21. a4 Re7 22. Rd4 Kf8 23. Ne2 Bg6 24. Red1 Nh5 25. Ng3 c5 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Re8 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Kf2 Nxg3 30. hxg3 f6 31. Ke3 $14 {White certai nly has reasons to play for a win, because he is a pawn up on the kingside, while on the other wing Black cannot create a passed pawn, Georgiev,V (2525) -Smeets,J (2538)/Wijk aan Zee 2007/The Week in Chess 638 (1-0, 68)}) 18. Bd6 { Quite an irritating bishop. Black cannot easily question its stability on this active square.} e5 19. d5 Nh5 20. Bf1 f6 21. b3 Nf4 {Black hurries to take advantage of the bishop's departure from the kingside, but the knight will not enjoy the desired stability on this square.} 22. a4 bxa4 23. bxa4 Bf7 24. Rb1 Ra7 25. Red1 Rc8 $6 {Probably underestimating White's next move.} ({ Maybe he should have played} 25... cxd5 $5 { , forcing White to take a concrete decision in the centre.} 26. Nxd5 (26. exd5 Rc8 {and the knight cannot go to e2 already, because the d5-pawn is hanging.}) 26... Bxd5 27. exd5 Rc8 { and the active and stable f4-knight offers Black good counterplay.}) 26. Ne2 $1 $16 Nxe2+ 27. Bxe2 cxd5 28. exd5 Nf8 29. Bb5 Raa8 30. Be7 Ng6 31. d6 { White's activity looks threatening. The next phase of the game will be played by Aronian in the best spyrit of romantic chess.} Nxe7 32. Bd7 $3 {The pawn is more dangerous on the d-file, because it cannot be stopped by the bishop too easily.} ({Black would have had all the chances to defend his position after} 32. dxe7 Be8) 32... Nc6 ({Black has to accept the sacrifice. If} 32... Rcb8 $2 {(the only square along the back rank where the rook will not be attacked after White's next move) then} 33. dxe7 Be8 34. Be6+ Bf7 35. Rxb7 $3 $16) 33. Rxb7 Nd4 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Rdb1 {Threatening to exchange Black's remaining rook, when the passed pawns would be impossible to stop.} Rf8 36. Rb8 Be8 37. a5 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 Nd2+ 39. Ke1 Nxb1 40. a6 Bc6 41. a7 { An incredible position. Black is lost in spite of being two whole pieces up} Kf7 42. d7 Ke7 43. Rxf8 Kxd7 44. a8=Q Bxa8 45. Rxa8 h5 46. Ra7+ Ke6 47. Rxg7 Kf5 $2 ({This move shortens Black's suffering. After} 47... Nc3 48. Rh7 { the h-pawn would have decided the game.}) 48. Rg3 { The knight is trapped now. There is no defence against Rb3.} 1-0 [Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2007.02.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2741"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2007.02.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 {The Breyer system has become fashionable lately, but this is precisely the reason why Morozevich' choice might seem a bit surprising. The Russian GM usually prefer to play his "own theory".} 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 c6 $5 ({ Of course. Instead of the almost authomatically played} 14... g6 { , Morozevich employs a move that has been played only once, 51 (!) years ago.}) 15. Nf5 Qc7 ({The old game lost its theoretical significance after} 15... g6 $2 16. Nh6+ Bxh6 ({Sad necessity. If} 16... Kg7 {then} 17. Ng5 $1 { and the f7-pawn is impossible to defend, for instance} Re7 18. Nhxf7 { and the knight is taboo because of the fork on e6.}) 17. Bxh6 {. After giving up his bishop, Black had an awful position in Burstein-Thomson, Moscow ol 1956. }) 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nh2 c5 18. Qf3 c4 {Black clears the c5-square for his queen's knight. With his next moves, White will put pressure on the f6-square, in order to take advantage of the predictable departure of the knight from d7.} 19. Bg5 Re6 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. Bxf6 (21. Nh6+ Kh8 { offers White absolutely nothing.}) 21... Rxf6 22. Ng4 Re6 23. Nge3 { After this voluntary retreat, White can hardly claim an advantage.} ({ As known, playing on both wings increases the chances for success. Therefore,} 23. b4 {(one of Fischer's favourite moves in the closed Spanish) deserves serious attention.} cxb3 {(Maybe Black should refrain from this capture, but this would mean to withdraw with his best placed piece.} 24. axb3 {followed by b4 and Bb3, when the pressure against the black kingside would become quite annoying..}) 23... Qa5 24. a3 g6 {Black enjoys almost absolute stability on dark squares, while White's activity has a temporary character. We can conclude that the opening experiment has been crowned with success.} 25. Nd5 $5 {Rudolf Spielmann used to call this "a passive sacrifice", meaning that Black is not forced to accept it. By simply continuing his development, he will gradually take over the advantage.} Rd8 ({After} 25... gxf5 $2 26. exf5 { followed by Qg3+ and Qxe5, White's attack would become very dangerous, especially that the black queen is far away from the kingside.}) 26. Qg3 Rd7 27. Nfe3 Qd8 28. Qf3 Bg7 ({Black could undermine White's centre with} 28... f5 $5 {The threat of fxe4 forces White give up a piece immediately with} 29. exf5 $5 {, which would lead to a rather unclear situation, for instance} Red6 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Qg4 Bxd5 32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Qxg6+ Bg7 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Re3 Rd6 (36... Nd7 37. Rf3+ Nf6 38. g4 $44) 37. Rg3 Qe7 38. Qf5+ Bf6 39. Rg6) ({Morozevich' decision to increase the pressure by indirect means is more technical in principle, as it will practically force White to make an awful positional concession. Nevertheless,} 28... Red6 { might have been even better and if} 29. g4 {then} Bh6 $17 { and White's position is anything but appealing.}) 29. a4 Red6 30. axb5 axb5 $17 {Now Black really threatens ...f5, questioning White's stability in the centre. } 31. g4 {Anand did not find any constructive way to sacrifice a piece after .. .f5, and decides to prevent it by mechanical means. However, the dark squares are seriousloy weakened now and Black's advantage becomes even more obvious.} Qh4 ({Possibly premature. The queen was well placed on d8, keeping the d5-knight under pressure and defending the queenside (the a5-square in first line).} 31... Bh6 $5 {followed by ...Bxe3 deserves serious attention.}) 32. Ra1 Ne6 33. Qg3 Qxg3+ 34. fxg3 {White has spoiled his pawn structure, but has solved the problem of the f4-square at least.} Nc5 $2 ({By neglecting the defence of the b5-pawn, Black offers his opponent strong counterplay.} 34... Nc7 {, exchanging the active knight, would have preserved some advantage.}) 35. h4 h6 36. Ra5 {Black has problems defending his queenside now.} Bc6 37. Nb4 Bxe4 38. Bxe4 Nxe4 39. Rxb5 {The position has changed in radical way. Suddenly, Black's initiative is not easy to develop, while his pawns are hanging.} Nd2 ({ When embarking this line, Morozevich might have overlooed that} 39... Nxg3 { loses material to} 40. Kg2 Ne4 41. Nxc4) 40. Kg2 e4 41. Re2 Bf8 42. Ned5 { White dominates the board now. Black can do very little for survival.} e3 43. Nxe3 Re6 44. Nbd5 Nb3 45. Nf4 Rc6 46. Nxc4 Rxc4 47. Rxb3 Kg7 48. Rb5 Bc5 49. g5 hxg5 50. hxg5 Be7 51. Kf3 Bd8 52. Re4 Rc6 53. Kg4 Rd2 54. Rd5 Rxd5 55. Nxd5 Re6 56. Rxe6 fxe6 57. Nf4 Kf7 58. Nd3 Bc7 59. Kf3 1-0 [Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2007.02.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2007.02.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 $5 {This interesting move was introduced in practice by Zviaginsev in the early '90s, but has never been in the centre of the theoretical disputes. Adopting it for this specific game must have been an over-the-board decision of Anand, possibly based on the fact that Carlsen had never played the the Meran variation (6.Bd3) before.} 9. O-O ({ The only game where Anand had played this line before went} 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. b4 {. White has delayed his castle, for the sake of rapid queenside developemnt, aimed to prevent the typical counterplay based on ...c5.} Qe7 14. Qb3 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qb1 g6 { . It might seem that White's strategy has been dubious, because castling is connected with a loss of pawn now. However,after} 18. O-O $5 Qd6 19. Bc3 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21. Rfd1 {White had excellent compensation in view of the passive b7-bishop and the imobility of the black queenside, Sokolov-Anand, Wijk aan Zee 2005.}) 9... O-O 10. b3 ({Carlsen opts for a quiet way of developing. Several other moves have been tried here, with no definitive conclusion yet. It should be said that the most principled line} 10. e4 e5 11. Bg5 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be2 {has yielded Black excelent results in practice.}) 10... Bb7 11. Bb2 a6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 ({Curiously, this natural move is a novelty, which is quite suggestive for the unsettled character of theory in the Zviagintsev line.} 13... f5 {has been occasionally played before, but it is hard to understand why would Black weaken the a1-h8 diagonal so easily.}) 14. Bc2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 {The position is almost symmetrical. By having adopted the modest method of development based on b3 (compared to Black's ... b5 and ...a6), White has spared a tempo, which offers him some chances of taking over the initiative. However, in the long run the light-squared bishop will face difficulties achieving stability, precisely because the b3-square is not available.} 16. Ng5 ({This knight jump might be premature. I would prefer continuing the development with} 16. Qe2 {followed by Rfd1 and Ng5 and/or a4.}) 16... Qxd1 17. Raxd1 $6 ({Quite illogical. The queen's rook is "designed" to occupy the c-file, eventually after provoking a weakening of the enemy queenside by means of a4.} 17. Rfxd1 Kh8 18. a4 {looks like a better continuation. Yet, this general aspects might seem irrelevant, since Black faces problems defending his kingside.}) 17... Kh8 $1 ({ This elegant defence solves Black's problems.} 17... h6 $6 { would have lost apawn after} 18. Bxf6 gxf6 ({or} 18... hxg5 19. Bxg5 { with the same result.}) 19. Nh7 Rfd8 20. Be4 $5 Bxe4 21. Nxf6+ Kg7 22. Nxe4 { without any compensation for Black.}) 18. g3 ({It is hard to comment on this move. White spends a valuable tempo on... weakening the f3-square. Probably, Carlsen wanted to make the threat of winning a pawn with Bxf6, which would not work now. If} 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nxh7 $2 {then} Rg8 20. g3 Kg7 {trapping the knight. Instead of 19.Nxh7, White has several ways of reaching a drawn opposite coloured bishop ending: 19.Ne4, 19.Be4 or 19.Rd7. Curiously, the engines like 18.g3, too, in fierce competition with... 18.g4.}) 18... h6 19. Bxf6 hxg5 20. Bb2 ({Another drawback of 18.g3 can be seen in theline} 20. Bxg5 $2 f6 {, trapping the bishop.}) 20... Rac8 21. Rc1 { Practically admitting the inaccuracy of his 17th move.} Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Bf3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {White's temporary initiative has been extinguished completely and now he has to endure the consequences of his superficial strategy. The f3-bishop is dominating the board, while his white colleague occupies a passive position on c2. In the long run, the massive advance of the kingside pawns is likely to increase Black's advantage. And yet, in symmetrical positions the drawish zone is quite wide and White should not be in too big danger of losing yet.} 24. a3 b4 { Of course! The c2-bishop will not be allowed to get to b3.} 25. a4 f5 26. Kf1 f4 ({This active move will be crowned by success after Black's mistaken answer. In case of the more static} 26... g4 {White would have activated his play with} 27. Ke1 Bd6 28. Bd1 Bb7 29. a5 {followed by Be2. Black's advantage after} Kg8 30. Be2 Kf7 31. Bc4 g5 {would be more of symbolic nature.}) 27. Be4 $2 ({ Instead of panicking, White should have put the enemy king under pressure, too, with} 27. gxf4 gxf4 28. exf4 Rd2 29. Bg6 {when in view of the weaknes of the 8th rank Black seems to have nothing better than a perpetual.}) 27... Bxe4 28. Rxc5 Rd1+ 29. Ke2 Rb1 30. Bc1 f3+ 31. Kd1 Rxb3 {How much different is this rook and opposite coloured bishops ending from that from Carlsen's first round game against Morozevich... White has little hope of surviving.} 32. Rc4 Bd3 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. e4 Rb1 35. Kd2 Bxe4 36. Ke3 Bd5 37. Bd2 Rb3+ 38. Kd4 Rb2 39. Be3 Re2 40. Rc1 Ba2 0-1 [Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2007.02.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2007.02.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 {Svidler is not given the possibility of continuing the theoretical discussion in the Marshall from the previous round, where he had been sitting on the other side of the board against Aronian.} Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a4 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. c3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 {White decides to play this move with loss of time, probably relying on the fact that Black has not played ...d6 yet, which could cause him problems maintaining his stability in the centre. The next phase of the game will not justify his approach.} cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd4 Nb4 18. axb5 Nxc2 19. Qxc2 axb5 20. Nxb5 Qb6 21. Nc3 Qc6 22. Nf3 Nc4 { Black's excellent development and his mighty light-squared bishop offer him entirely satisfactory compensation for the pawn.} 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Bf4 Bb4 25. Qb3 Ba5 26. Rc1 Qe6 27. Ne1 Bc6 28. Ne2 Nxe5 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 {After winning the pawn back, Black has the better chanecs already, due to his strong pair of bishops.} 30. Nd4 Bxe1 31. Rxe1 Nd3 32. Nxe6 Nxe1 33. Nd4 Nd3 34. Bd6 Nxb2 { Things have calmed down now. Black's extra-pawn does not have too much significance because of the presence of opposite-coloured bishops.} 35. f3 Nc4 36. Bb4 h5 37. Kf2 f6 38. Nf5 Ne5 39. Bc3 Kf7 40. Nd6+ Ke7 41. Nf5+ Kf8 42. Ke3 g6 43. Nd6 Ke7 44. Bb4 g5 45. Nc4+ Ke6 46. Nxe5 fxe5 47. Bd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"] [Site "Morelia/Linares"] [Date "2007.02.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2007.02.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 {For Topalov, this variation has been a fertile territory for research and innovating along the past years.} O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 b5 15. Qe2 $146 ({ This new move leads to an interesting position. Previously,} 15. Nc5 { had been played, when after} Bxc5 16. dxc5 bxc4 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Be5 Qg5 19. Bd6 Rfd8 20. bxc4 {White was in complete control in the game L'Ami-Iordachescu, Vlissingen 2006. 17...Qd3 looks like an improvement for Black.}) 15... bxc4 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. Be1 Nb6 {A paradoxical situation: For White, it will not be easy to win the pawn back without making certain strategic concessions, but for Black it will be just as difficult to give his minimal material advantage a stable character!} 18. Nc5 Qc8 19. Nxa6 Qxa6 20. a4 ({A logical move, which, however, weakens the queenside dark squares. The simplistic} 20. Bxc6 { would have allowed Black activate his play with} Rac8) 20... Rab8 21. Bf3 Bf6 22. Rac1 Nd5 23. Qxc4 Qb7 24. Qxc6 Qxb3 25. Be4 Nb4 26. Qd7 a5 27. Rb1 Qa2 28. Qa7 Qxa4 29. Ra1 Qb5 30. Qxa5 Nd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2007.01.28"] [Round "13"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Navara, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2719"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2007.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rfe8 12. c3 Bf8 13. Ba2 Nd8 14. Nf1 Ne6 15. Ng3 c5 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. dxc5 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxd1 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Rxd1 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. b4 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Bh6 25. Bb2 Bf4+ 26. g3 Rd3 27. gxf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2007.01.27"] [Round "12"] [White "Tiviakov, Sergei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2667"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2007.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5 8. Qe2 e6 9. c3 Be7 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bf6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. O-O h6 15. Rfe1 Qe7 16. Qf3 Rfd8 17. Qg3 Rd7 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Re5 a5 20. Rde1 Kh8 21. h3 b6 22. a3 Bh7 23. R1e3 Rc8 24. Rf3 Qe7 25. Qg4 Qd6 26. Rg3 Rg8 27. Qh5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2007.01.26"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2715"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2007.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. c4 Be6 15. Qf3 Bxc4 16. Bh6 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 b5 18. a4 Qe7 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Rxc4 Qh4 21. Qh3 Qxh3 22. gxh3 Rac8 23. Rac1 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 f5 25. Bd2 Kf7 26. Rc6 Rd7 27. Kg2 Be7 28. Bc3 Bd8 29. Ra6 Bf6 30. Kf3 Bxd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2007.01.24"] [Round "10"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2678"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2007.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. f3 Be7 11. g4 O-O 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. h4 a5 15. Kb1 Nb6 16. Ng3 a4 17. Nc1 d5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. exd5 Rd8 20. Bc4 Nc7 21. dxe6 Rxd2 22. exf7+ Kh8 23. Rxd2 Nb5 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25. Nf5 Rxf7 26. Nxe7 Rxe7 27. Rd8+ Re8 28. Rhd1 Rg8 29. b3 a3 30. R1d5 Qf1 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Rxe5 Qxf3 33. Rc5 Qh1 34. Rc4 Qe1 35. Rf4 h5 36. gxh6 gxh6 37. Rg4+ Kf7 38. Rf4+ Kg6 39. Rg4+ Kf5 40. Rc4 h5 41. Rc5+ Kg4 42. Rc4+ Kf3 43. Rd4 Qe5 44. c3 Qh2 45. Rd3+ Ke4 46. Rd4+ Kf5 47. Nd3 Qd2 48. Rd5+ Kf6 49. c4 Qd1+ 50. Nc1 Qg4 51. Rd2 Qxh4 52. Nd3 Qd4 53. Kc2 h4 54. Nxb4 Qb2+ 55. Kd1 Qb1+ 56. Ke2 Qe4+ 57. Kd1 h3 58. Nd3 Qh1+ 59. Ke2 h2 60. Nf2 Qg2 61. Ke3 Ke7 62. Rd5 h1=Q 63. Nxh1 Qxa2 0-1 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2007.01.23"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2683"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2007.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 {The violent line with 10.e5 has suddenly entered the tournament arena. Many questions are remaining open...} (13. Be2 Be7 14. Bg3 Bg5 15. Qd3 Nc5 16. Qf3 O-O 17. h4 (17. O-O Nbd7 18. Kh1 Rb8 19. h4 Bd8 20. Bf4 Bc7 21. Qg3 Kh8 22. Rf3 Qa5 { 1/2 Pichler,J (2325)-Yuferov,S (2435)/Moscow 1990/ (74)}) 17... Bd8 18. O-O Nbd7 19. Kh1 b5 20. Rb3 Nxb3 21. axb3 Ra7 22. Ne4 Bb7 23. Qe3 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Re8 25. Bd3 Nf8 $15 {1-0 Matanovic,A-Minic,D/Kragujevac 1959/ (51)}) (13. Rb3 Qa5 14. Be2 Nxe5 15. O-O Nbd7 16. Kh1 Ng6 17. Qe3 Nxh4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kd8 20. Nd5 Nf6 21. Qf7 Bd6 22. Nxf6 Qe5 23. Ng4 Bxg4 { 0-1 Hlusevich,S (2375)-Doroshkievich,V (2390)/Soviet Union 1986/}) 13... Qxa2 ( 13... Qa4 14. Be2 $1 Nc6 $2 15. Nxe6 g5 16. Nf6+ { 1-0 Radjabov-Anand/W-ch Blitz/2006/}) 14. Rd1 (14. Rb3 Qa1+ 15. Kf2 Qa4 16. Bb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Bc5+ 18. Nxc5 Qxh4+ 19. g3 Qd8 20. Qd6 (20. Nd6+) 20... Nxc5 21. Nc7+ Qxc7 22. Qxc7 Nba6 {Kortschnoj,V-Tolush/URS-ch/1958/0-1 (39)}) 14... Qd5 {This move was suggested by Kasparov. Black is falling behind in the development, but collecting material on the road..} (14... Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Be2 Qa4 17. Qf4 Qa5+ 18. c3 g5 19. Rxd7 Bxd7 20. Nf6+ Kd8 21. Qd4 Qc7 22. Bf2 Kc8 $17 {1/2 Nataf,I (2559)-Perunovic,M (2549)/Herceg Novi 2005/ (49)}) ( 14... Qb2 15. Qe3 Bc5 16. Be2 Nc6 17. c3 Qa3 18. O-O O-O 19. Nf6+ Nxf6 20. Bxf6 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 gxf6 23. exf6 Qa5 24. h4 $13 { 1-0 Radjabov,T (2729)-Karjakin,S (2672)/Cap d'Agde 2006/ (33)}) 15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 (16. Bg3 Qa5+ 17. c3 Qb6 18. Be2 Be7 19. O-O O-O 20. Rb1 Qd8 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Nxe6 Qa5 23. Nc7 Ne5 24. Nxa8 Nbc6 25. Nb6 Bg4 $17 { Docx-Roeder/BEL-chT/2006/}) 16... Bc5 17. Bg3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6 Nc6 $5 {The first truly independent move. Van Wely is ready to part with some material in order to get his pieces to work.} (20... Rd8 21. Qg3 (21. O-O Qb6 $17) 21... Qf5 22. Be5 Qg6 23. Qh4 Nc6 {Motylev,A-Anand,V/Corus/2007/}) (20... Re8 $5) 21. Bxf8 (21. O-O Qb6 $5) 21... Nxf8 22. O-O {The situation is quite complex. White has the exchange and initiative, but he sacrificed three pawns on the road to here.} Bd7 (22... e5 $5 23. Nd6 f6 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxb7 Nd4 $13) (22... Qe5 $6 23. Qf2 $1 f5 24. Nd6 $36) (22... Nd7 23. Nd6 Nde5 24. c4 Qb4 25. c5 f5 $13) 23. Nd6 Ne5 $1 (23... Nd8 24. Nc4 $1 Qc7 25. Qb6 Rc8 (25... Qc6 $2 26. Rfd1 $1 $18) 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Ne5 Nc6 28. Nxf7 Ng6 $14) (23... Qe5 24. Qf2 $1 f6 25. Nxb7 $14) 24. Nxb7 Qc7 25. Nd6 {Anand has man aged to regain one of the pawns, while Black has improved the coordination of his pieces.} (25. Nc5 Bb5 $1 $11) 25... f6 (25... Qa7 26. Rd4 Nc6 27. Rd3 Qxe3+ 28. Rxe3 $14) (25... Nfg6 $5 26. Bh5 f6 $13) 26. c4 (26. Qg3 Nfg6 27. Bh5 Qa7+ 28. Kh1 Kh7 $13) 26... Bc6 27. Ra1 Nfd7 28. Qd4 (28. Bg4 Nc5 $1 29. Qxc5 Nxg4 $11) 28... a5 29. Nb5 Qb6 $6 {Van Wely's desire to exchange the queens is rather understandable, but much stronger was 29...Qb7! with unpleasant counterplay.} (29... Bxb5 $2 30. cxb5 Qc5 31. Qxc5 Nxc5 32. Rc2 Nb3 33. Ra4 $16 ) (29... Qb7 $1 30. Qd6 (30. Bf1 a4 $1) (30. Nd6 $5 Qb4 31. Rb2 Qc5 $13) 30... Bxg2 31. Bg4 $1 (31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Nd6 Qc6 33. Nf7+ Nxf7 34. Qxd7 Ne5 35. Qxc6 Bxc6 $11) 31... Nxg4 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Rxg2 Nge5 34. Qe7 Rg8 $13) 30. Qxb6 Nxb6 31. Rd6 $1 Nbd7 (31... Bxb5 $6 32. cxb5 Rb8 33. Rxe6 Kf7 34. Rd6 a4 35. Bd1 $16 ) 32. Nd4 (32. Nc7 Rc8 33. Nxe6 a4 34. c5 $16) 32... Be4 33. Nxe6 {Black can no w claim only one pawn for the exchange, white forces are nicely coordinated.} a4 (33... Rb8 34. Rxa5 Rb2 35. Bf1 Rb1 36. Ra7 $1 $18) (33... Kf7 34. Nc7 Rc8 35. Nb5 $1 $16) 34. Nc7 (34. c5 Ra5 $1) 34... Ra5 $2 (34... Rc8 35. Nd5 Ra8 36. Ra3 $14) (34... Rb8 35. Rxa4 Rb2 36. Bf1 Rb1 37. Nd5 Bd3 38. Ne3 Bxf1 39. Nxf1 Nb6 $14) 35. Ra6 $1 Rxa6 36. Nxa6 {After the exchange of rooks White's chances for a win have improved even futher.} Bc6 37. c5 $1 Bb7 (37... Kf7 38. Nb4 $5 ( 38. Bd1 Nd3 39. Bxa4 Bxa4 40. Rxa4 N3xc5 41. Nxc5 Nxc5 42. Ra5 $16) 38... Ke6 39. Nxc6 Nxc6 40. Bc4+ Ke5 41. Bb5 Kd5 42. Bxa4 $16) 38. Rc1 $1 (38. Rxa4 $6 Bxa6 39. Rxa6 Nxc5 40. Ra7 $16) 38... Nc6 39. Nc7 Nd4 $2 { The blunder speeds up the decision..} (39... a3 40. Nb5 a2 41. Bc4+ $18) 40. Bc4+ Kf8 41. Rd1 $1 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2007.01.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2007.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] {The eagerly awaited game betwwen the two highest raited players in Wijk was, although theoretically interesting, somewhat an anticlimax with it's abrupt end.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 {In the past two years especially due to Topalov's efforts the main line lost some of it's peaceful reputation and again became a fighting weapon.} Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 ({ In 2005 Topalov was successful with} 7. Nc3 { , but since then Black has found suitable antidotes:} c6 (7... O-O 8. Rc1 $5 d5 (8... c6 $6 9. e4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 $1 {shows one of the ideas behind 8.Rc1!? - the B can stay on the c1-h6 digonal, targeting the >>.} c5 13. dxc5 (13. h4 $5 $40 {/\Bh7,Ng5}) 13... bxc5 $6 (13... d4 $142 $5 $132) 14. h4 $1 h6 15. Bb1 $1 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qc2 d4 18. Ng5 $1 hxg5 19. hxg5 dxc3 20. Bf4 $18 {->,Topalov,V (2778)-Ponomariov,R (2695)/Sofia/2005/}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 (10. Nxd5 $143 exd5 11. Bg2 Re8 $1 12. Rc2 c5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bc3 Rc8 15. Bh3 Rc7 $36 16. Re1 $2 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bb4 19. Rf1 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 Bc5 21. Rd1 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxe2 23. Qc1 Qf6 24. Rf4 Qe7 25. Kg2 Re1 { 0-1,Leko,P (2763)-Adams,M (2737)/Miskolc rpd m/2005/}) 10... Nxc3 (10... Ba3 11. Rb1 Bb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. b4 $1 a5 15. bxa5 bxa5 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Bg5 Be4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxd8 Raxd8 20. Rb3 Bd6 21. Rb2 $1 c5 22. Rc2 g6 23. e3 $16 {>,Topalov,V (2778)-Anand,V (2785)/Sofia/2005/}) 11. Bc3 (11. dxc5 $6 Bb7 12. Bd3 Nbd7 $1 $15 {/\} (12... bxc5 13. Bc3 Qb6 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Rhe1 Rd8 16. Ne5 $36 {Gelfand,B (2717)-Grischuk,A (2720)/W-Cup Khanty Mansiysk/2005/}) 13. cxb6 $2 Nc5 $19) 11... Bb7 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Na6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O 17. Rd1 Nc5 18. Qf3 Qc7 19. O-O Qb7 20. Qxb7 Nxb7 $11 { Van Wely,L (2655)-Carlsen,M (2646)/Schagen m/2006/}) 7... c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 ( 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb7 $11 {is rightly nsidered sterile, White's hopes for an opening advantage are connected only with the text move.}) 9... Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O {The first cr itical opeing position, in which Black's choice will influence the further course of the game.} Nf6 ({The other main move is} 12... Rc8 13. e4 { , here Black has also been experiencing some problems lately:} c5 (13... b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15. Nxe4 bxc4 16. Qe2 Rb8 17. Nc5 $5 Qc8 $6 ({ Black should have probably tried the more principled} 17... Nxc5 $142 $5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Qe5 Qf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Bxf6 Rfc8 22. Bf1 $44) 18. bxc4 Bf6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rac1 Re8 21. Ba1 Qc7 22. Qd2 Bb4 23. Bc3 Ba3 24. Rc2 Bf8 25. d5 $1 $16 {|^[+],Radjabov,T-Karjakin,S/Wijk aan Zee-A/2007/}) 14. exd5 exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 (16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. Re1 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Nd7 19. Ne4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 { 1/2,Topalov,V-Aronjan,L/Morelia Linares/2007/} Bxc5 21. Rad1 Qb6 $11) 16... cxb3 17. Re1 b2 (17... Bb5 18. axb3 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxa7 $14 {/\} Rxc3 $2 21. Nb1 {gives White a small, but more or less permanent pull.}) 18. Bxb2 Nc5 19. Nc4 $5 (19. Nb3 { was tested later in Linares/Morelia without much success:} Nd3 20. Re2 Nxb2 21. Rxb2 Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rfd8 23. Rbd2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Nd4 Bc4 27. a4 (27. Bf1 Bd5 28. Bg2 Bc4 { 1/2,Carlsen,M (2690)-Aronian,L (2744)/Morelia Linares/2007/}) 27... Kf8 28. Nb5 Bxb5 29. axb5 Ke7 30. f4 Bc7 $11 { Topalov,V (2783)-Leko,P (2749)/Morelia Linares/2007/}) 19... Bxc4 20. Qg4 Bg5 21. Qxc4 Nd3 22. Be5 (22. Ba3 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Bd5 h5 26. Kg2 Be7 27. Bb2 Bf6 28. Bc1 $44 {Topalov,V (2788)-Anand,V (2788)/FIDE WCh San Luis/2005/ gives White compensation for the exchange, but he can't claim an advantage.}) 22... Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. c7 Qd6 26. Rc1 b5 27. Qc2 b4 {has already been played in the past a couple of times and Black drew easily, but his task is not so simple after the refined} 28. Bb7 g6 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 Kg7 (30... a5 $2 {has to wait, Black's P will be vulnerable after } 31. Kf1 a4 32. Ke2 {><<<}) (30... Rfe8 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Bxc8 (32. Ba6 $142 $1 {is similar to Wang Yue's idea.}) 32... Rxc8 33. Ke2 Ke7 34. Kd3 Kd6 35. Kc4 Rxc7 36. Rxc7 Kxc7 37. Kxb4 Kb6 $11 { Bacrot,E (2729)-Lutz,C (2616)/EU-chT Gothenburg/2005/}) 31. Rc6 Rfe8 32. Ba6 $1 {Once his K can't cross the <->e, White must already prevent a5.} Kf8 33. Rc2 $1 f5 $6 {><>>} (33... Kg7 $142 $5) 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Kf3 Rf8 36. Kf4 Ke6 37. Rc4 Kd6 38. Bxc8 Rxc8 39. Rxb4 Rxc7 40. Ra4 Kc5 41. Kg5 $16 { _|_R,Wang Yue (2626)-Sokolov,A (2589)/Paris/2006/}) 13. e4 dxe4 {A rare move, but Anand will perhaps make it fashionable - he used it again in Morelia against the same opponent.} (13... b5 14. exd5 (14. Re1 dxe4 15. Qc2 Rb8 $1 16. Rad1 Qc8 {/\bc4,c5<=>=}) 14... exd5 (14... cxd5 15. c5 $1 b4 16. Bxb4 Bxf1 17. Bxf1 $44 {/+/=, Anand,V-Adams,M/Wijk aan Zee-A/2005/}) 15. Re1 Rb8 16. c5 Bc8 17. Nf3 Ne4 {is currently in a crisis due to Topalov's resourceful} 18. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 19. Ne5 Qd5 20. Qe1 Bf5 21. g4 Bg6 22. f3 b4 $6 (22... Bxc5 $142 $5 23. dxc5 Qxc5+ 24. Kh1 b4 25. Bb2 Qc2 $14 {/<=>}) 23. fxe4 Qe6 24. Bb2 Bf6 $6 25. Nxc6 $1 Qxc6 26. e5 Qa6 27. exf6 Rfe8 28. Qf1 Qe2 29. Qf2 Qxg4 30. h3 Qg5 31. Bc1 Qh5 32. Bf4 Rbd8 33. c6 Be4 34. c7 Rc8 35. Re1 Qg6 36. Rxe4 $1 Rxe4 37. d5 $18 {^^,o^,Topalov,V (2801)-Aronian,L (2752)/Wijk aan Zee-A/2006/}) 14. a4 $5 { An ambitious attempt to stop the <=> with b5.} (14. Re1 b5 { is a line, acceptable for Black - see the previous note.}) ({ The main alternative to the text move is the simple} 14. Nxe4 b5 { Consistent, otherwise White has a pleasant () in a typical Catalan position.} ( 14... Rc8 15. Qc2 b5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Qe7 18. cxb5 Bxb5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rfe1 $14 {Onischuk,A (2655)-Ibragimov,I (2582)/Fort Lauderdale/2004/}) { Here the most principled and dangerous continuation seems to be} 15. Nc5 $1 ( 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bb4 (16. Bxc6 Rc8 17. cxb5 Bxb5 $11) 16... Bxd4 (16... bxc4 $5 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Qe2 Rd8 $44) 17. Bxf8 Bxa1 18. Qxd8 (18. Qxa1 Qxf8 19. Bxc6 Rb8 $11) 18... Rxd8 19. Be7 Re8 20. Rd1 Bf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bxc6 Rb8 23. c5 Rc8 24. Rd6 b4 {/\Bd3-b1<=>}) (15. Qe2 bxc4 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. Be1 Nb6 18. Nc5 Qc8 19. Nxa6 Qxa6 20. a4 Rab8 21. Bf3 Bf6 22. Rac1 Nd5 23. Qxc4 Qb7 24. Qxc6 Qxb3 25. Be4 Nb4 26. Qd7 a5 27. Rb1 Qa2 28. Qa7 Qxa4 29. Ra1 Qb5 30. Qxa5 Nd5 $11 {1/2,Topalov,V (2783)-Anand,V (2779)/Morelia Linares/2007/}) 15... Bxc5 16. dxc5 bxc4 17. Qe2 Nd5 (17... Qe7 18. Bd4 $14) 18. Be5 Qg5 $2 19. Bd6 Rfd8 20. bxc4 Rac8 21. Qc2 Nb6 22. cxb6 Rxd6 23. Qa4 Bb7 24. Qxa7 Qe7 25. Qa3 c5 26. Qa7 Rd7 27. Rad1 {1-0,L'Ami,E (2586)-Iordachescu,V (2603)/Vlissingen op/2006/}) 14... Nd5 $5 {A natural try, Black wants to use his currently offside Ba6 to solve his strategic problems by tactical means.} (14... Rc8 15. Nxe4 {> Black has no problems and already White must take care.}) 19. b4 $1 $146 { An important improvement in comparison with the previous example:} (19. Nc4 Rad8 (19... Rfd8 $5 {/\c5<=>}) 20. Ra2 (20. Qe1 $5 c5 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. b4 $1 { /\b5o^b}) 20... Rd5 (20... c5 $11) 21. Ne3 Rd7 22. Rd2 f4 23. gxf4 Rxf4 24. Qh5 Rd8 25. Rc2 Rdf8 {/=/+,<->f,> as soon as possible. Topalov didn't repeat this line in Morelia - this indicates that he either wanted to avoid the position after 15...cxd5!?, or found something better for Black at this point. However, finding concrete improvements is not so easy, as immediate activity can do more harm, than good:} (19... c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. b5 $16) ({ Deserving attention was a try like} 19... Rad8 20. Qe2 Rd5 {/\Rfd8,c5,e5} ( 20... c5 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. b5 Rd3 23. Rc1 $14) (20... a5 21. bxa5 c5 22. Qc4 $16) (20... e5 {is interesting, but at this moment White has the accurate} 21. Qc4+ $1 (21. dxe5 Rd3 22. Rc1 Qe6 $1 $44 {For the P Black has activated his major pieces and has undeniable <=>. An important component of it is the fact that White still can't play} 23. f3 $2 Rfd8 24. fxe4 {due to} Qa2 $19) 21... Qf7 22. dxe5 Qxc4 23. Nxc4 Rd3 24. Rc1 $16 { and he should be able to gradually consolidate his position.}) { If White continues as in the game} 21. f3 (21. Nc4 $5 {seems better.}) 21... exf3+ 22. Nxf3 {Black has} f4 23. g4 h5 {/\} 24. g5 Rxg5+ 25. Nxg5 Qxg5+ $44) 20. Qe2 Qd5 21. f3 exf3+ 22. Nxf3 {White has made the first important step - he exchanged the Pe4, which limited his forces. Although Black can't complain about the formal material balance, he has serious problems generating any concrete active play. His Rs lack open <->, pawn breaks either lose material outright, or only create new ><. On the other hand, White's position has far more potential for improvement. In the following moves he plans to dislodge Black's Q from it's [+] outpost and proceed to concentrate his forces against the >b is open. Later (see move 30) Black won't get even this chance.}) 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Qc2 {White starts regrouping his forces. He prepares Re5, after ...Qc4 he will have the reply Nd2.} Rad8 {Anand must have felt the growing pressure, but he still doesn't want to resort to desperate measures as, e.g.,} (24... g5 {With the text move he intends to meet Re5 by preparing ...Rd5, as and exchange of R would greatly favour the defence. However, Topalov doesn't have to hurry with occupying e5.}) 25. Bd2 $1 $16 { Takes c5 under control and improves the B.} Qd7 26. Kf2 { White has enough time to take the sting out of ideas as Qb7, followed by c5.} Rc8 27. Bf4 {White toys with the idea Be5...} Qd5 28. Re5 {In the end Topalov puts his R on e5 after all - with 26...Rc8 Black's R is farther from d5.} Qd7 29. h4 {White strengthens his position with prophylactic moves, this one is aimed against a possible g5.} Ra8 30. Bd2 $1 {Again prophylaxis (stopping a5), but also part of an active plan - the B goes to c3, once the N is free, it can head for f4. Also 29.h4 comes in handy, White can fix the >>P with h5.} Rac8 { A very unpleasant situation: Black can't do much more than mark time.} 31. Qc4 {/\Rf5} Kh7 32. Bc3 Qd6 33. Ne1 b5 $6 {Anand can't endure the massage any longer and tries to break free, but this advance only further weakens his position.} 34. Qc5 Qd8 (34... Qxc5 35. Rxc5 bxa4 36. Ra5 $16 {/+- and without Q White is free to concentrate all his forces, inclding the K, against Black's > after all.} 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2007.01.20"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2729"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,D"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2007.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] {Games between Anand and Radjabov always represent a highly interesting fight. Teimour is a very principled player, fearlessly defending his openings preferences, while Anand is one of the best theoreticians in the world, especially dangerous versus such principled opponents.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 {In August 2006 they played a rapid match in Mainz, where Sveshnikov Sicilian served ideally to Radjabov, who achieved two draws and won one game with it. In my comments to their fifth encounter from that match I wrote that "without a consistent home preparation against Sveshnikov Sicilian it is wiser for White to choose 9.Nd5 rather than 9.Bxf6, where a mistake could be much more costly for the first player". By choosing 9.Nd5 White does not pretend to achieve any substantial advantage out of the opening. Instead he hopes to outplay Black in a quiet strategical battle, with basically no risk of losing. At the moment when this game was played, Anand was still under the shock of his painful loss versus Kramnik in the previous round. Thus 9.Nd5 suited perfectly for his psychological state of mind, which could be described as "ok, White tries something, but if things go wrong, then it will be a draw".} Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Bd7 { This move became Radjabov's trademark.} 16. O-O Rb8 17. Ra2 Kh8 18. Nce3 { A pretty harmless attempt to improve over Karjakin-Radjabov, 2006. It leads to standard positions, where Black has little to complain about.} (18. Qe2 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nce3 Be6 $11) (18. Nde3 Qc7 19. Qd3 Ne7 20. Rd1 Bc6 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bb5 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2672)-Radjabov,T (2729)/Cap d'Agde (rapid) 2006 (42)}) 18... g6 {This typical move is a novelty. The plan ...g6 followed by ...f5 is a common way to react to the position of White's knights on d5 and e3.} (18... f5 19. exf5 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. Qd5 Qc7 23. b3 $14 { 0-1 Novacek,K (2095)-Kalik,J/Svetla nad Sazavou 1998 (37)}) 19. Qd3 f5 20. b3 { In the theory there is a similar situation with White's rook on a4 and Black's bishop on c8. That position is rightly considered to be equal. The slight difference here formally favours White, but it does not change much in the assessment of the position.} Bh6 21. Rd1 Qh4 22. f3 Qg5 {For the moment Radjabov prefers to wait. Black could also consider the exchange on e4:} (22... fxe4 $5 23. Qxe4 (23. fxe4 Be6 $132) 23... Qxe4 24. fxe4 Be6 25. Nf1 Kg7 { The endgame is equal. For instance:} 26. Ra3 (26. Nde3 Bxe3+ 27. Nxe3 Bxc4 28. bxc4 (28. Nxc4 Rxb3) 28... Rb3 $11) 26... Bg5 27. Nde3 Bc8 $5 $11 ({ Or the simple} 27... Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Rf4 29. Nxd6 Be7 $132) 28. Rxd6 $140 $2 Be7 $17) (22... Be6 $11) 23. Nf1 {The evaluation of this position is a matter of taste. Statistically speaking, White has an edge thanks to the somewhat better pawn structure - weaknesses on a5 and b3 compensate each other and Black is left with one more weakness on d6. However, due to the opponent's bishop pair and the central tension it is difficult for White to make progress, therefore most "Sveshnikov" players would assess the position as equal. Nevertheless White has ideas to improve. With his last move Anand is trying to create Radjabov some problems. He frees square e3 for the other knight, reminding Black of the necessity to protect pawn d6.} Qd8 24. Kh1 $1 { Unexpectedly after this good prophylactic move Radjabov goes wrong.} ({ The immediate} 24. Nde3 {does not reach its goal due to} Qb6 25. Kh1 Rbd8 $11 ( 25... fxe4 26. Qxe4 $1 $14 (26. fxe4 Rbd8 $11))) 24... f4 $6 {Teimour hopes for a King's Indian type of counterplay on the kingside (the advance of the g-pawn), but now White can quicker develop his play in the center and on the queenside. Black's main problem will be his poor dark-squared bishop. The Azerbaijani GM should have continued to keep the tension and wait, since White cannot create any concrete threats.} (24... Be6 $5 $13 25. Nde3 (25. Bb5 $6 Ne7 $132) 25... Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qb6 27. Rxd6 Bxe3 28. Rxc6 Qxb3 29. Qxb3 Rxb3 $11) ( 24... Qh4 25. Nde3 fxe4 26. Qxe4 $1 (26. fxe4 Rf6 $11) 26... Qxe4 27. fxe4 Rf6 28. Rad2 Bf8 29. Nd5 $14) 25. Nd2 $1 {The knight immediately joins the action.} Bg5 ({There is simply no time for the advance of kingside pawns:} 25... g5 26. Bb5 Rg8 (26... g4 {runs into the simple} 27. Bxc6 Bxc6 28. fxg4 $16) (26... Nb4 27. Nxb4 Bxb5 28. c4 Bd7 (28... axb4 29. cxb5 $16 Qb6 30. Nc4 Qxb5 31. Qxd6 Bg7 32. Ra5 $18) 29. Nd5 g4 30. fxg4 Bxg4 31. Rda1 Ra8 32. b4 $16 {and White alread y wins a pawn, while Black is unable to start a dangerous attack.}) 27. Nc4 $1 Rg6 (27... Rxb5 28. Nxd6 Rxd5 29. exd5 $18) 28. Bxc6 Bxc6 29. Nxa5 $16) 26. Bb5 $1 (26. Rda1 { with advantage is not bad either, but Anand's move looks more convincing.}) 26... Nb4 {Forced. At least Black keeps material equality by exchanging the queenside pawns. However, this will only partially solve his problems.} (26... Bh4 {goes nowhere:} 27. Ba4 $1 $16 (27. Nc4 $4 Rxb5) 27... Bg3 $2 28. hxg3 fxg3 29. Kg1 Qh4 30. Nf1 $18) (26... Ne7 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Rxa5 $18) 27. Nxb4 { Again Anand's choice seems the most energetic.} ({After} 27. cxb4 Bxb5 28. Nc4 axb4 29. Ra7 Bh4 $5 {Black still has some ideas.}) 27... Bxb5 28. c4 Bxc4 ( 28... Be8 29. Nd5 (29. Na6 $6 Ra8 30. c5 dxc5 $13) 29... Bh4 30. c5 $5 dxc5 ( 30... Bf2 31. cxd6 Bc5 32. Nc4 Bxd6 33. Qc3 {and Black's position collapses.}) 31. Qc3 $16) (28... Bd7 29. Na6 Ra8 (29... Rb6 30. Rxa5 $16) 30. Qxd6 Bc8 31. Qxd8 Rxd8 32. Nc7 $18) 29. Nxc4 Rxb4 30. Qd5 $16 {The better pieces and multiple weaknesses in Black's position define White's obvious advantage.} Qc7 (30... Rxb3 $2 31. Nxe5 $18) 31. Nxd6 Bf6 32. Rxa5 Rxb3 33. Rc5 Qb8 (33... Qb6 34. Rcc1 $18 {is even worse. Black is unable to coordinate his forces.}) 34. Rcc1 $1 ({In the endgame after} 34. Nf7+ Kg7 35. Nxe5 Qxe5 36. Qxe5 Bxe5 37. Rxe5 Rd8 $1 {Black keeps good chances to survive.}) 34... Rb2 35. Qe6 Qb3 $1 36. Qd7 $2 {The mistake which spoiled a good game.} (36. Nc4 { leads to a very difficult position for Black:} Re2 (36... Rf2 37. Rb1 Rd2 ( 37... Qa2 38. Rb8 $1 Rxb8 39. Qxf6+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ $18) (37... Qc3 38. Qd6 Kg8 39. Qd5+ Kh8 40. Qc5 $18) (37... Qc2 38. Rdc1 Qe2 39. Rg1 $18) 38. Rg1 Qa2 39. Ra1 Qb3 40. Ra3 Qb4 41. Ra7 $18) (36... Ra2 37. Rb1 Qc2 38. Rg1 $16) 37. Rb1 Qc3 (37... Qa2 38. Rb8 Rxb8 39. Qxf6+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ $18) 38. Qd6 Kg8 39. Rbc1 Qb3 ({or} 39... Rc2 40. Rxc2 Qxc2 41. Nxe5 Bxe5 42. Qe6+ $1) 40. Nxe5 Bxe5 41. Qxe5 $16) 36... Rc2 $1 {Thanks to this trade of rooks and White's back rank problems Black succeeds to hold.} 37. Ne8 Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Qa3 $1 (38... Qf7 $2 39. Nxf6 Qxf6 40. Rc7 $18) 39. Rb1 ({or} 39. Rd1 Qe7 {and Black defends}) 39... Qa2 $1 ({Again} 39... Qe7 $2 {loses:} 40. Nxf6 Qxf6 41. Rb7 $18) 40. Rd1 Qf7 41. Nxf6 Qxf6 {The triumph of defense: Black kept material equality and succeeded to exchange all queenside pawns, his bad bishop and a pair of rooks. Besides, he also brought the queen to protect his king. Things couldn't go any better than that for Radjabov.} 42. Qc7 Rf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2007.01.19"] [Round "6"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2766"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2007.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 {This move has been quite popular over the past few years. Black is trying to play a waiting game, by delaying the development of his queenside knight. As known, ...Nbd7 can always be answered with Ba5, whereas Ba5 with a knight on b8 is inefficient because of ...Nc6.} 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 ({The newest trend. For a while,} 12... Nbd7 { was the main variation.} 13. Ba5 Qa8 $5 {Thismove was designed by Leko. Black ingnores the threat against the c7-pawn and takes the long diagonal under firm control.} (13... Qb8 { Gelfand,B-Harikrishna,P/Bermuda 2005/CBM 106/[Gelfand] (1-0, 38)}) 14. Nbd2 { Nobody has had the courage to capture the pawn yet, although things might be not entirely clear there.} (14. Nc3 Bc6 { Nielsen,P (2668)-Leko,P (2763)/Dortmund 2005/CBM 108/[Ribli] (0-1, 60)}) 14... Bd5 15. Qe3 Bd6 16. Bh3 (16. Rc2 Qb7 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. b3 $14 {Conquest,S (2505) -Gomez Esteban,J (2495)/Donostia San Sebastian 2006/ (1-0, 58) Black cannot obtain counterplay easily.}) 16... Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Ne1 Nb6 19. Bxb6 $1 cxb6 20. Bg2 $1 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 $14 { Avrukh,B (2653)-Quezada,Y (2505)/Beer Sheva 2005/CBM 110/[Ribli] (1-0, 72)}) 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 Nb8 15. Ba5 Rc8 (15... Bd6 16. a3 Nbd7 17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Qf1 (18. b4 $5) 18... c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Rc2 Qb7 21. Rac1 {Black has managed to carry out the thematical break ...c5 under relatively favourable circumstances, but White retains some pressure.} Bb6 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Nd4 Ne5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. N4f3 Nxf3+ 26. Nxf3 Rd8 27. Qd3 Ne7 28. Qe4 Rad7 29. Kg2 {Both sides have taken authoritarian control of one of the open files, but the difference between the knights' placement s obvious. Black did not equalise completely yet.} f6 30. h4 e5 31. h5 $14 { Aronian,L (2744)-Karjakin,S (2678)/Wijk aan Zee 2007 (1-0, 47)}) (15... Nc6 16. Be1 Nb8 {White has won an important tempo. Everything is ready for the development of the queen's knight already.} 17. b4 Nbd7 18. a4 Nd5 19. Nbd2 Bg6 20. Nb3 Be4 (20... Bxb4 21. Bxb4 Nxb4 22. Ne5 Qc8 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. axb5 $16) 21. axb5 (21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Nxd7 Rd8) 21... Bxb4 (21... axb5 22. Ne5 Bxg2 23. Rxa7 Qxa7 24. Nxd7 $16 Rd8 25. Ra1 Qb7 26. Ndc5 Bxc5 27. Nxc5 Qc6 28. e4 $18) 22. Bxb4 Nxb4 23. Nbd2 $16 { Avrukh,B (2633)-Sandipan,C (2546)/Turin 2006/CBM 113 (1-0, 62)}) 16. a3 $146 { Although this move is a novelty technically speaking, the idea is not new. Just refer to the game Aronian-Karjakin above.} (16. Bb6 { looks a bit premature. The bishop did not finish his job on a5 yet.} Rb7 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 (18. Rxc5 Nbd7 19. Rc1 c5 20. Nc3 Bc6 $132) 18... Ra7 19. Nbd2 Bd5 20. Qc2 a5 21. a3 a4 22. Qd3 { 1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R (2723)-Anand,V (2779)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2007}) (16. Nbd2 Bd5 {Gelfand,B (2723)-Karjakin,S (2660)/Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111/[Ribli] (1/ 2-1/2, 22)}) 16... Bd6 (16... c5 17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Bb6 $16) 17. Nbd2 Bd5 18. Qf1 Nbd7 19. b4 {Now that ...c5 has become a threat, White prevents it physically.} e5 {Black has to look for some counterplay in the centre. Otherwise, White would just double rooks on the c-file, consolidating his advantage. of space.} 20. dxe5 Bxe5 $5 (20... Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Ra2 $14) 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 (21... Bxg2 22. Qxg2 Qxg2+ (22... Nxe5 23. Qxa8 Raxa8 24. Rxc7 $16) 23. Kxg2 Nxe5 24. Bb6 Rb7 25. Bd4 $14) 22. f3 $3 {Slightly unaesthetical, but very deep. Black has not sufficient space for his minor pieces, which justifies the decision of avoiding the exchange of the light-squared bishops.} Nc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. Qf2 Re8 25. e4 c6 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Rd1 Qb7 29. Rd6 f6 30. f4 $16 { Finally, White's structure has recovered its harmony. The pair of bishops and the higher flexibility offer him a stable advantage.} Re6 31. Rd2 Re7 32. Qd4 Nf8 33. Qd8 Rd7 34. Rxd7 Qxd7 35. Qxd7 Nxd7 36. e5 $6 { This move unnecessarily complicates the fight by giving upa pawn.} (36. Bh3 $1 Nf8 37. Bc8 $16 {would have been simpler.}) 36... fxe5 37. Bxc6 Nf6 38. Bb7 exf4 39. gxf4 Nd5 40. Kf2 Nxf4 41. Ke3 g5 (41... Ne2 {(=, Landa)} 42. Bc7 (42. Bxa6 Kf7 43. Bb6 Ke6 44. a4 Nc3 45. a5 Nd5+ 46. Kd4 Nxb4 47. Bb7 Kd6 48. a6 Nc6+ 49. Kc3 Bd5 50. a7 $2 Nxa7 51. Bxd5 Nc8 $1 $19 {Landa}) 42... Kf7 (42... Nc3 43. Kd4 Nb1 44. a4 $18) 43. Be5 g6 44. Ke4 Ke7 45. Bxa6 $16) 42. Bxa6 Kf7 43. a4 Ke7 44. Bxb5 Bxb5 45. axb5 Kd7 46. Ke4 Ne2 47. Bb6 g4 48. Bf2 Nc3+ 49. Kf5 Nxb5 50. Kxg4 Ke6 51. Kg5 Kf7 52. Kf5 Ke7 53. Bc5+ 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2007.01.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2007.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a4 {Not the most frequently played, but a rather logical move. White immediately puts the enemy queenside under pressure.} ({Usually,} 10. a3) ({or} 10. Nc3 {are being played.}) 10... h6 ({ This move is almost authomatically played. However,} 10... d6 { is possible too. After} 11. Bd2 b4 12. c3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Bf6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. cxb4 Bxb2 18. Ra2 Be5 $44 {Topalov,V (2778)-Adams, M (2737)/Sofia BUL 2005/ (1/2-1/2, 26) Black got what he initially wanted: a characteristic position of the Marshal Attack.}) 11. c3 ({ White has been quite successfull with} 11. Nc3 {lately. By choosing the rare game move, Anand probably took into account the fact that Svidler himself had played 11.Nc3 with White, which means that he had a good understanding of the position.} b4 12. Nd5 Na5 13. Ba2 Bc5 14. Bd2 $1 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qf6 17. c3 $1 bxc3 18. Bxc3 $16 Qb6 19. Rxe5 $1 Bxf2+ (19... Nb3 {Bruzon Bautis ta,L (2677)-Onischuk,A (2640)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111/[Atlas,V] (1-0, 44)} ) 20. Kh1 d6 $2 (20... f6 $1) 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. b4 $1 $18 { Svidler,P (2738)-Leko,P (2763)/San Luis 2005/CBM 110/[Gershon]}) 11... b4 $146 {Black decides to release the queenside tension, hoping to prove that the weakness of the c4-square is only relative.} (11... Bf8 12. axb5 (12. Nbd2 $5) 12... axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Na3 $6 Bxa3 15. bxa3 Na5 16. Nh4 d5 $15 { Safranska,A (2285)-Adams,M (2615)/London 1991/TD (0-1, 46)}) (11... Bc5 12. Nbd2 Bb6 13. Ba2 Rf8 14. Nf1 d6 15. Ng3 Ne7 16. Nh4 Kh7 17. Qf3 $14 {Topalov,V (2801)-Anand,V (2792)/Monte Carlo 2006/CBM 111 ext (1/2-1/2, 38) White exerts strong kingside pressure.}) 12. Nbd2 d5 $5 {A brave decision, in the spirit of the Marshall Attack. However, the objective merits of the move are to be proved yet.} 13. a5 {Anand decides to maintain the game in a slow manoeuvring mode. With his last move, he physically prevents the thematical knight jump to a5. This static approach will prove quite unpleasant for Black.} ({Actually, th e consequences of the acceptance of the sacrifice are not easy to evaluate. After} 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 (14... bxc3 $6 15. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 16. Qf3+ $16 ) 15. Rxe5 bxc3 16. bxc3 {Black's compensation for the pawn is restricted by the weakness of the f7-square. For instance} Nxc3 {can be met by} 17. Qh5 Rf8 18. Bb2 $14 { , when White completes his development and retains an active position.}) 13... dxe4 14. dxe4 Bc5 {This seemingly active move does not really cause White any problems with the defence of the f2-square.} ({The modest} 14... Bf8 { migh be just better, maintaining the own kingside defended.}) 15. Qe2 Qe7 $6 { Practically inviting White to play the next move.} 16. Nh4 $16 {Once the black queen's bishop has been developed to b7, this standard manoeuvre is quite unpleasant, because the f5-square is undefended.} Nd7 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Qg4 { White only needs one more move (Nf3) to build up an attack with his queen and all the minorpieces against the enemy king. Notably, all Black's minorpieces are relatively uselessly grouped on the other wing.} Ne7 { This move loses a pawn, but it was hard to give an advice for Black.} (18... Rad8 19. Nf3 Kh8 (19... Kf8 20. Ng5 $1 hxg5 21. Qh5 Kg8 22. Bxg5 $18 { and the black queen is trapped.}) 20. Bg5 $1 (20. Ng5 Rf8 {and Black is alive.} ) 20... Qg6 (20... hxg5 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Nxg5 $18 g6 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Nh7) 21. N5h4 Qd6 22. Bxd8 $18) 19. Nxh6+ Qxh6 20. Qxd7 Red8 $2 { Just inviting White to grab another pawn.} 21. Qxc7 {Black will not really lose a piece, because after defending the c5-bishop with 21...Rdc8 or 21...Qd6, 22.Qxb7 leaves the queen trapped to 22...Ra7. However, with two extra-pawns and a better structure, White will have a relatively easy technical task.} 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2007.01.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2007.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. c3 Na5 15. Bc2 Nc4 16. b3 Na3 17. Ne3 Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Rc6 20. Rac1 b5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2007.01.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2744"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2007.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Qg2 Qg6 20. Re3 Rae8 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. g4 Ng3 23. hxg3 Bb1 24. Qe2 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 h6 26. Qe1 Bc2 27. Bxc2 Qxc2 28. Qe4 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Qe3 Bxg3 31. Kxg3 Re8 32. Qxe8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2007.01.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Motylev, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2647"] [BlackElo "2779"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2007.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 $5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 {Motylev has seen his chances against the great opponent in the labyrinth of the extremely sharp line.} Qxa2 (13... Qa4 14. Be2 Nc6 $2 15. Nxe6 $1 g5 16. Nf6+ { Radjabov,T-Anand,V/W-ch blitz/2006/ 1-0}) 14. Rd1 Qd5 (14... Qb2 15. Qe3 Bc5 16. Be2 Nc6 17. c3 Qa3 18. O-O O-O 19. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 20. Bxf6 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 gxf6 23. exf6 Qa5 24. h4 $1 { 1-0 Radjabov,T (2729)-Karjakin,S (2672)/Cap d'Agde 2006/ (33)}) 15. Qe3 Qxe5 ( 15... Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Be2 Bb4+ 18. c3 Ba3 19. O-O O-O 20. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 21. exf6 Bc5 22. Rd4 e5 23. fxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg3+ Kh7 25. Rf6 Bxd4+ (25... Qd5 26. Rxh6+ Kxh6 27. Bf6 $1 Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 $1 $18) 26. cxd4 Qc1+ 27. Rf1 $16) (15... Bc5 16. Nxe6 $5 Bb4+ $1 (16... Bxe3 $2 17. Nc7+ Kf8 18. Nxd5 Bg5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Nd6 Nc6 21. e6 $1 fxe6 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxd7) (16... Qxe6 17. Qxc5 $1 Nc6 18. Qa3 Qxe5 19. Bd3 Qa5+ 20. Qxa5 Nxa5 21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. Bf5 $18) 17. c3 Qxe6 18. cxb4 O-O 19. Be2 $40) 16. Be2 (16. Bg3 Qa5+ 17. c3 Qb6 18. Be2 (18. Bd3 Be7 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Bd6 Nf6 21. O-O Qd8 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. Qg3 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Qd6 25. Qxg7 Rf8 26. Rbd1 { 1-0 Fier,A (2526)-Fusco,L (2251)/Buenos Aires 2007/ (30)}) 18... Be7 19. O-O O-O 20. Rb1 Qd8 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Nxe6 Qa5 23. Nc7 Ne5 24. Nxa8 Nbc6 25. Nb6 Bg4 $17 {1/2 Docx,S (2359)-Roeder,M (2456)/Belgium 2006/ (34)}) 16... Bc5 17. Bg3 (17. O-O Nc6 18. c3 O-O 19. Bg3 Bxd4 (19... Qd5 $5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 $13) 20. cxd4 Qa5 21. Bd6 $13) 17... Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6 Rd8 { Only the future games can help to answer the question if the tempting 20... Re8!? is playable at all.} (20... Re8 $5) 21. Qg3 Qf5 22. Be5 $1 (22. Bxb8 $2 Rxb8 23. Qxb8 $2 Nxb8 24. Rxd8+ Kh7 25. Rxc8 Qxe4 26. O-O (26. Rxb8 Qb4+ $1 27. c3 Qxc3+ 28. Kf2 Qc5+ 29. Ke1 Qb4+ $19) 26... Qxe2 27. Rxb8 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Qb6 $17) (22. Bd3 Nc6 $17) (22. Be7 Qxe4 (22... Re8 $2 23. Nd6) 23. Bxd8 Nc6 24. Bc7 Nd4 $13) 22... Qg6 {Anand has a very sharp eye and he could not have been happy with the tricky line 22...Nxe5?} (22... Nxe5 $2 23. Rxd8+ Kh7 24. Nd6 Nf3+ 25. gxf3 Qa5+ 26. Kf1 Qxd8 27. Rg1 g5 28. h4 $16) 23. Qh4 Nc6 24. O-O (24. Bh5 $6 Qf5 25. Bxg7 $1 (25. Bc3 g5 $19) 25... Nc5 $1 (25... Kxg7 $2 26. Rf1 $18 ) 26. Ng3 Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Bf6 Bd7 $15) (24. Bc3 $5 Nf8 $1 25. O-O $1 (25. Bh5 $6 Rxd2 26. Bxg6 Nxg6 27. Nf6+ $5 Kh8 28. Qe4 Rd8 $17) 25... Rxd2 26. Bxd2 f5 $13) 24... f5 $8 (24... Ndxe5 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Bh5 $1 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Ndc6 28. Qf4 $16) (24... Ncxe5 25. Bh5 $1 $16) 25. Bh5 Qh7 26. Bb2 {White pieces are shooting from all angles so it is not easy for black to improve his position.} (26. Bf7+ $2 Kxf7 27. Ng5+ hxg5 28. Qxh7 Ndxe5 $19) (26. Qg3 $5 fxe4 (26... Kh8 27. Bc7 Rf8 28. Bd6 Nf6 29. Nxf6 Rxf6 30. Be8 $13) 27. Bg6 Ncxe5 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rd4 b5 30. Rxe4 Bb7 31. Rxe5 Nxe5 32. Qxe5 Rd2 $17 ) 26... fxe4 (26... Rf8 $2 27. Ba3 fxe4 28. Bxf8 e3 (28... Nxf8 $2 29. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 30. Rd8+ Nxd8 31. Qxd8#) 29. Rd6 $1 (29. Bf7+ Kh8 30. Rxd7 $1 Bxd7 31. Bxg7+ $1 Qxg7 32. Rf6 Kh7 33. Qe4+ Kh8 34. Qh4 $11) 29... e2 (29... g5 30. Rxe6 gxh4 31. Re8 $18) 30. Bxe2 Qg6 31. Be7 $18) 27. Rf7 Rf8 (27... Nf6 28. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 (28... Rxd2 29. Bf7+ Kh8 (29... Kf8 30. Ba3+ $18) 30. Rxh6 $18) 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. Qxf6 Bd7 (30... Nc6 31. Bf7+) 31. Bg6 $18) (27... e5 28. Bxe5 Nf6 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 31. Qxf6 Bf5 32. g4 $1 $18) 28. Qf2 $4 {This blunde r has all the features of undue optimism, Motylev must have believed in the power of his attack.} (28. Rxg7+ $1 Qxg7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qg3+ Kh8 31. Qg6 Rf6 32. Qe8+ Rf8 33. Qg6 $11) 28... Rxf7 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Rf2 { Rude awakening, as there is no real follow up..} (30. Qe8+ Qg8 31. Rxd7 Qxe8 32. Bxe8 Bxd7 33. Bxd7 e3 $19) (30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Qxd7 Qg8 $19) 30... e5 31. Qd5 Nf6 0-1 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2007.01.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2007.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.03.30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 Nb8 15. Ba5 Rc8 16. Bb6 Rb7 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Ra7 19. Nbd2 Bd5 20. Qc2 a5 21. a3 a4 22. Qd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Albert Dasmas, Juan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 c6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1 Bf5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Rxe4 Nd7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 f5 15. Re6 Nf6 16. c3 Qd7 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rae8 20. Bf4 Nd5 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Be5 b5 23. a4 a6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra6 h6 26. h3 Re7 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aretxabaleta Saez, Julen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "1680"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Bf4 Qb7 12. Bh6 Rd8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qf4 Ra7 15. Rfe1 Ra8 16. e5 Ng8 17. Ne4 Qa7 18. Re3 f5 19. exf6+ exf6 20. Rae1 1-0 [Event "Wch Chess960"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E99/77"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2744"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "qnnbrkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNNBRKBR w HEhe - 0 1"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.26"] 1. c4 f5 2. b3 e5 3. d4 Bf6 4. dxe5 Bxe5 5. Nc3 Nd6 6. f3 b5 7. Nd3 Bf6 8. Qc1 bxc4 9. Nc5 Bf7 10. Bf2 O-O 11. O-O Nb7 12. Nb5 Nxc5 13. Bxc5 d6 14. Bf2 Qc6 15. bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4+ Qxc4 17. Bb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Na6 19. Nxa7 Rb8 20. Rc1 Nc5 21. Nc6 Nxb3 22. Rb1 Rb7 23. Rfd1 Ra8 24. e4 fxe4 25. fxe4 Na5 26. Rxb7 Nxb7 27. Bg3 Re8 28. e5 dxe5 29. Rd7 Nc5 30. Rxc7 Ne4 31. Kf1 h5 32. Rb7 h4 33. Be1 Kh7 34. Rb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Chess960 fin"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E99/99"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2744"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "bbnqrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBNQRKRN w GEge - 0 1"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.26"] 1. Ng3 Ng6 2. e3 c5 3. O-O b6 4. b3 O-O 5. f4 e6 6. Nh5 f6 7. Qg4 Rf7 8. c4 f5 9. Qh3 Qh4 10. Qxh4 Nxh4 11. Re2 Ne7 12. d4 d6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nd3 Nhg6 15. Nf2 Nf8 16. Rd1 Nc6 17. e4 Ree7 18. e5 Rd7 19. Red2 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Rd7 21. Bc3 Rxd2 22. Bxd2 Nd7 23. h4 Bc7 24. Ng3 Bd8 25. h5 g6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Ne2 g5 28. g3 Kf7 29. Kf1 Ne7 30. Nh3 Ng6 31. Nxg5+ Bxg5 32. fxg5 Ndxe5 33. Nc3 Bc6 34. a4 Nf3 35. Be3 Nge5 36. Bf4 Kg6 37. Ba2 Nd7 38. a5 e5 39. Be3 bxa5 40. Bb1 Nxg5 41. g4 e4 42. gxf5+ Kxf5 43. Bxg5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Chess960 fin"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E99/87"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2744"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnbkqnrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBKQNRB w GAga - 0 1"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.26"] 1. c4 g6 2. d3 d5 3. cxd5 Qa4+ 4. Kd2 c6 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. e4 Nfd7 7. Ne3 b5 8. Ke2 Ba6 9. Ncd1 Qc7 10. g3 b4 11. f4 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Qc2+ 13. Qd2 Bxd3+ 14. Ke1 a5 15. e5 Ra6 16. Rg2 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Bb5 18. a3 e6 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxa6 Nxa6 21. Nb6 Ke7 22. Nxd7 Rc8 23. Nb6 Rxc1 24. Bb7 Nc5 25. Nc8+ Kf8 26. Rd8+ Kg7 27. Bf3 Rc2 28. Nf2 Rxb2 29. Nd6 Rb1+ 30. Nd1 Ba4 31. Kd2 Rb3 32. Be2 Ra3 33. Bc4 Ra1 34. Nb2 Bc6 35. Rc8 Ne4+ 36. Kc2 Bd5 37. Bxd5 exd5 38. Rc7 Ra3 39. Rxf7+ Kg8 40. Rd7 b3+ 41. Kb1 Nc3+ 42. Kc1 Ra2 43. Rc7 d4 44. Ndc4 Bg7 45. Rc8+ Bf8 46. Rb8 Kg7 47. Rxb3 Nd5 48. Rb5 Ne3 49. Kb1 Ra4 50. Nxa4 Nxc4 51. Rb7+ Kh6 52. Kc2 Na5 53. Rb5 1-0 [Event "Wch Chess960 fin"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E99/99"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2744"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rkrbbnqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKRBBNQN w CAca - 0 1"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Ne3 Ne6 3. Ng3 d6 4. c3 Ng6 5. d3 Ngf4 6. Bc2 g6 7. Rd1 Qg7 8. Ngf1 Nc5 9. g3 Nfe6 10. Nd2 Bg5 11. f3 f5 12. Ndc4 fxe4 13. fxe4 h5 14. h4 Bh6 15. d4 Nd7 16. d5 Nd8 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Rf1 Bb5 19. Rf3 Ng4 20. Qg2 Nf7 21. a4 Nxe3 22. Nxe3 Bd7 23. O-O-O O-O 24. Rdf1 Rae8 25. b3 Nd8 26. Bd3 Rxf3 27. Rxf3 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. a5 b6 30. a6 Nf7 31. Qf1 Qe7 32. Nc2 Bxd2+ 33. Kxd2 Qe8 34. Qf6 Nh6 35. Be2 Kh7 36. Nb4 Ng8 37. Qg5 Qf8 38. Ke1 Qe7 39. Qxe7+ Nxe7 40. Nc2 Kh6 41. Na3 g5 42. Bb5 Bc8 43. Kf2 Ng6 44. Nc2 gxh4 45. gxh4 Ne7 46. Nb4 Kg7 47. Be8 Bg4 48. Na2 Bc8 49. Bb5 Ng8 50. Nb4 Ne7 51. Be2 Kg6 52. Nc2 Ng8 53. b4 Nf6 54. Ke3 Kf7 55. Bb5 Ke7 56. Bd3 Bd7 57. b5 Kf7 58. c4 Kg6 59. Nb4 Ng8 60. Bf1 Ne7 61. Be2 Kh6 62. Kf2 Kg6 63. Kg3 Kh6 64. Nc2 Kg6 65. Ne3 Ng8 66. Bf3 Nf6 67. Nc2 Be8 68. Bg2 Kg7 69. Kf2 Bd7 70. Kg3 Be8 71. Kf2 Bd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Chess960"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E99/09"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2705"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "qrnbbkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRNBBKRN w GBgb - 0 1"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Ng3 Ng6 3. O-O d6 4. Nce2 Bg5 5. d4 Nce7 6. c4 b5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. cxb5 Bxb5 9. b4 O-O 10. Qc3 Rfd8 11. a4 Bd3 12. Bc2 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 Nf4 14. b5 c6 15. Bc3 cxb5 16. axb5 Rbc8 17. Qa4 Neg6 18. Rfd1 Nd3 19. Ba5 Rd7 20. b6 Qb7 21. Nf5 axb6 22. Bxb6 Ra8 23. Qb5 Bd8 24. Rxd3 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Bxb6 26. Nc3 Qa7 27. Qf3 Rb8 28. g3 Bc5 29. Rxb8+ Qxb8 30. Nd5 Qe8 31. h4 Qe6 32. Qg4 Bf8 33. h5 Nh8 34. Nde7+ Qxe7 35. Nh6# 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Becking, Franz Josef"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E17"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2045"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. d5 e5 9. e4 O-O 10. Ne1 Ne8 11. Nc2 f5 12. exf5 Rxf5 13. Bd2 a5 14. Qe2 Nc5 15. b3 Rf8 16. Be3 Bg5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. h4 Be7 19. Bh3 Bc8 20. Bxc8 Qxc8 21. Kh2 Nf6 22. Rad1 Rf7 23. Rd3 Qd7 24. Rf3 Raf8 25. Ne4 Qg4 26. Re1 Qg6 0-1 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bendayan Claros, Aaron Arturo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "1920"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. c3 Nd7 10. h3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nf8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Qb3 b6 14. Rxe8 Rxe8 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1 Be6 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nd3 Qc7 20. a4 a6 21. c4 Qb7 22. axb5 axb5 23. c5 Bc7 24. Qa2 Kf7 25. Nb4 Nd7 26. Bc3 Nb8 27. h4 Bd8 28. Bd2 Bc7 29. h5 Qc8 30. g3 Qd7 31. Be3 Qe8 32. Qa8 Qd7 33. Kf1 Qe8 34. g4 Qd7 35. Ke1 g6 36. hxg6+ hxg6 37. f3 Qe8 38. Qb7 Qd7 39. Ke2 Ke7 40. Qa8 Qe8 41. Kd3 Qd7 42. Kc2 Qe8 43. Nd3 Qd7 44. Nb4 Qe8 45. Bd2 Qd7 46. Bc3 Qd8 47. Qa1 Qh8 48. Qa7 Qd8 49. Bd2 Qd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Cubillo Munoz, Miguel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E81"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "1865"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nh3 c5 8. d5 a6 9. Nf2 Rb8 10. a4 Ne5 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. h3 Nh5 13. f4 Nd7 14. g4 Ng3 15. Rg1 Nxf1 16. Rxf1 Qa5 17. Ncd1 b6 18. Qxa5 bxa5 19. Ra3 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Rxb2 21. Nd3 Rc2 22. Nf2 Nb6 23. Kd1 Rxc4 24. Bd2 Rd4 25. Ke2 Rxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Nc4+ 27. Kc3 Nxa3 28. Ra1 Bd7 29. Rxa3 Rb8 30. Kd3 Rb4 31. Ke3 Rxa4 32. Rxa4 Bxa4 33. g5 Bb3 34. Kd3 a4 35. Kc3 Kf8 36. Ng4 Bd1 37. Ne3 Bb3 38. f5 f6 39. h4 Kg7 40. Kb2 h6 41. gxh6+ Kxh6 42. fxg6 Kxg6 43. Nf5 e6 44. dxe6 Bxe6 45. Nxd6 c4 46. Ne8 a5 47. Nc7 Bc8 48. Nd5 Bb7 49. h5+ Kxh5 50. Nxf6+ Kg6 51. Nd7 a3+ 52. Kxa3 c3 53. Kb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Escobar, Jose Antonio"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E18"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2130"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rd1 c6 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Ne5 Re8 13. Bh3 Ra8 14. Rac1 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nh5 16. Be3 g6 17. f4 Qb8 18. Bf2 Bf8 19. e4 Rd8 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Nb5 Bc8 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Qxc8 Rdxc8 24. Nc7 Rab8 25. Nxd5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rd8 27. Rd1 Kg7 28. Kf1 f5 29. exf6+ Kf7 30. Ke2 Nxf6 31. Nxf6 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 Kxf6 33. Ke2 Ke6 34. Kf3 Bg7 35. b3 Kd5 36. g4 h5 37. gxh5 gxh5 38. Bh4 b5 39. Bd8 Bc3 40. Ke3 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ferrando Perello, Martin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2045"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. h3 Be7 8. e3 Ne4 9. Bd3 Ndf6 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. a4 h6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nf3 Nf6 15. g4 Bd6 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Be7 18. Rg1 Bd7 19. Bh6 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ferro Curao, Manuel Jao"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "1940"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. e4 b6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 a5 15. Rac1 Nb8 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Rfe1 Qd8 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Ne5 Ra7 20. Ng4 Qd8 21. Bg3 Ba6 22. Qe3 f5 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Be5+ Kg6 25. Qg3+ 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Garcia Sanchez, Jose Manuel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A52"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "1925"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Qe7 7. Qd5 f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Bd2 a5 11. e3 d6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5+ Be6 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Qxe5 Rf5 19. Qe4 c6 20. Bg4 Rf6 21. a3 bxa3 22. Rxa3 Re8 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. Qc2 Qc5 25. Rd3 b5 26. b3 Re4 27. Rc1 bxc4 28. bxc4 Rg4 29. h3 Rg6 30. Rcd1 Qf5 31. Kh1 Qg5 32. Rg1 Qf5 33. Rd2 Qe6 34. Qd3 Ra8 35. Rf1 Rh6 36. f4 Re8 37. Rf3 Qe7 38. f5 Qe5 39. Qd4 Qc7 40. e4 Qe7 41. Rf4 Rh4 42. Rdf2 Rxf4 43. Rxf4 Qe5 44. Qxe5 Rxe5 45. Kh2 Kf7 46. Kg3 Rc5 47. Rh4 Rxc4 48. Kf4 Rc2 49. g3 c5 50. Rxh7 c4 51. Rh8 c3 52. Rc8 Rc1 53. g4 c2 54. Kg5 Re1 55. Rxc2 Rxe4 56. Rc7+ 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gil Garcia, Robert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A97"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "1845"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b4 c6 9. Qa4 Nbd7 10. b5 d5 11. Qb3 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Nb6 13. Qb3 Nbd5 14. Bb2 Qh5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 f4 18. Rfc1 fxg3 19. hxg3 Ne4 20. Rc7 Rf7 21. Rac1 Bd7 22. Rxb7 Raf8 23. Rcc7 Bc8 24. Rxa7 g5 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Qe3 Qf6 28. Ne5 Nd6 29. Qc3 Qf5 30. Qc5 Qf8 31. a4 Qd8 32. b6 Ba6 33. Bh3 Nf5 34. Bxf5 exf5 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gomez Benitez, David Isaac"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2080"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O e6 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. a4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Qd3 b4 14. Na4 Qa6 15. Qb3 Nc6 16. Nc5 Qxa1 17. Nxb7 Qa2 18. Nxd6+ Ke7 19. Qe3 Kxd6 20. Ne5 Rhc8 21. Nxf7+ Ke7 22. Ng5 Nd8 23. Re1 h6 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. d5 Ra6 26. b3 Rc3 27. Qe5 Qxc2 28. Bh3 Rf3 29. Bxe6 Qc3 30. Bc8+ Qxe5 31. Rxe5+ Kd8 32. Bxa6 Rxb3 33. d6 Ra3 34. Bc4 Rc3 35. Bf7 Kd7 36. Rb5 Kxd6 37. Rxb4 Rc7 38. Bb3 Ra7 39. Kg2 Kc5 40. Rb8 Kd4 41. h4 Ke4 42. Rd8 Rb7 43. Bc2+ Ke5 44. Ra8 Rc7 45. Bg6 Rb7 46. Ra1 Rc7 47. Re1+ Kd6 48. f3 Rc3 49. g4 Kc5 50. Kg3 Kd4 51. g5 hxg5 52. hxg5 Ng8 53. Kg4 Ne7 54. Be4 Nc8 55. f4 Ne7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Hickman, John"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2000"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O-O a6 9. d5 Na5 10. Ng3 b5 11. Bh6 Bd7 12. h4 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 b4 14. Nb1 Qe7 15. Nd2 c6 16. dxc6 Be6 17. h5 Rfc8 18. Qg5 Nd5 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Kb1 Rxc6 21. Bd3 Rac8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Ngf1 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rxd6 Rxc2 27. Ne3 Re2 28. Ng4 Rxg2 29. Rxa6 Rcc2 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Rh7+ Kf8 32. Ra8+ Nc8 33. Nd5 Ke8 34. Rxc8+ Rxc8 35. Rh8+ 1-0 [Event "Wch Chess960"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E99/99"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2682"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rknqbrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKNQBRNB w FAfa - 0 1"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.26"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nd3 Nf6 3. e3 Nd6 4. g4 h6 5. h3 Bb5 6. Ne2 e6 7. a4 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Qd7 9. f3 Re8 10. e4 dxe4 11. fxe4 e5 12. Bg3 Nc8 13. dxe5 Qxd3 14. cxd3 Nh7 15. Rxf7 Ng5 16. Rf1 Nxh3 17. d4 Nb6 18. Rc1 a5 19. e6 Rxe6 20. Rxc7 Ka7 21. e5 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Lopez Gallego, Miguel Angel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "1955"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. f4 e5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. gxf5 Qa5 15. Kb1 Nb4 16. a3 Rxc3 17. axb4 Rxe3 18. Qxe3 Qxb4 19. fxe5 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mariano Ribon, Calabia"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "1875"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nd7 10. Nd2 Bh6 11. Nb3 Bxc1 12. Qxc1 b6 13. c5 f5 14. f3 f4 15. Rf2 Rf6 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. a4 g5 18. Nb5 Nf8 19. Qc7 Bd7 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Nxa7 Ra8 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. Bxb5 Rf7 24. Rc2 Nc8 25. Rac1 Na7 26. Ba6 Re7 27. Rc7 Kf7 28. b5 Nd7 29. Rb7 Nc8 30. Rcc7 Ke8 31. Rc6 Nc5 32. Nxc5 dxc5 33. Rxc8+ Rxc8 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. Bxc8 Kd6 36. Kf1 h5 37. Ke2 Kc7 38. Be6 Kd6 39. Kd3 Ke7 40. Kc4 Kd6 41. Bf7 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Marquinez Cabrejas, Francisco Javier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2030"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bxb7 Bxb7 9. Qb5+ Qd7 10. Qxb7 Rd8 11. Nf3 c5 12. Qxd7+ Rxd7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ke2 O-O 15. Ne5 Rd5 16. Nd3 Bb6 17. Rd1 e5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Rc8 20. Ne1 Rb5 21. b3 e4 22. c4 Rh5 23. h3 g5 24. Rd6 Kg7 25. Rad1 g4 26. hxg4 Rg5 27. Ra6 Rc7 28. Rd4 Rxg4 29. b4 Nd7 30. c5 Ne5 31. a3 h5 32. Rd5 f6 33. b5 Kf7 34. b6 axb6 35. cxb6 Rb7 36. Ra7 Rxa7 37. bxa7 Rg8 38. Ra5 Ra8 39. Nc2 Nc6 40. Ra6 Ne7 41. Nd4 Kg6 42. Nb5 Nc8 43. a4 Kf5 44. Rc6 Ne7 45. Rb6 Nd5 46. Rb8 Nc7 47. Nxc7 Rxa7 48. Rb5+ Kg4 49. Nd5 Rxa4 50. Nxf6+ Kg3 51. Nxh5+ Kxg2 52. Nf4+ Kg3 53. Rg5+ Kh4 54. Rd5 Ra2+ 55. Rd2 Ra1 56. Rd4 Ra2+ 57. Kd1 Kg3 58. Rxe4 Kf3 59. Re5 Ra1+ 60. Kc2 Ra2+ 61. Kb3 Ra1 62. Nd5 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Martin Manzano, Antonio"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "1970"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. axb5 cxb5 8. b3 Qc7 9. Na3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 c3 11. Bxb5+ Nd7 12. O-O cxd2 13. Bc6 Rb8 14. Nc4 Qd8 15. Bxd5 e6 16. Bc6 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Maza Broto, Pablo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "1955"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4 Ne7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Ne2 Nbc6 12. f4 Bd7 13. Qd3 Nf5 14. Rg1 O-O-O 15. g4 Ne3 16. Bxe3 dxe3 17. Rg3 Na5 18. Qxe3 Nc4 19. Qc5+ Kb8 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. Qb4 Qa6 22. h4 f6 23. exf6 e5 24. fxe5 Rxg4 25. Rxg4 Bxg4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Kd2 Re8 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Meruvia Meruvia, Juan Francisco"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A58"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "1980"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rb1 Qa5 12. Bd2 Rab8 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. b3 Rfc8 15. Rfd1 Nbd7 16. e4 Ng4 17. h3 Nge5 18. Ne1 Nf8 19. a4 Qd8 20. f4 Ned7 21. Na2 Bd4+ 22. Kh2 Be2 23. Rdc1 Ba6 24. Bc3 e5 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Qd2 e5 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. b4 Ne6 30. b5 Bb7 31. Nd3 Qe8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Moya Albaladejo, Jose Antonio"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D07"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "1975"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. Qd3 O-O 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. f3 Bh5 13. Bb5 Ndb8 14. O-O a6 15. Ba4 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Na7 17. Rac1 c6 18. Bb3 Nb5 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. dxc5 Nd7 21. Nc4 Nf6 22. a4 Nc7 23. Bf4 Nce8 24. Nb6 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Munuera Sanchez, Jorge Juan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C96"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "1965"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. Re1 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxd1 14. Bxd1 Bd6 15. Ng4 Nxe4 16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. Ne3 c4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Nd2 Bd3 20. b4 Nc6 21. a4 Nxb4 22. Ba3 a5 23. axb5 Be5 24. Bb2 Bf6 25. b6 Reb8 26. Ra3 Rxb6 27. Nexc4 Rc6 28. cxb4 Bxc4 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. bxa5 Ra6 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Rg3+ Kh6 34. Re7 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Navarro Perez, Manuel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2155"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nd7 10. Nd2 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. a4 f5 13. Ba3 f4 14. Nb3 Ra8 15. c5 Nf6 16. f3 g5 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nd2 Ng6 19. Nc4 Ne8 20. Rb1 Rf7 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. a5 Bf8 23. Nb5 h5 24. Rf2 Rg7 25. Na7 Bd7 26. Bb5 Nf6 27. Rc2 Bxb5 28. Nxb5 g4 29. Kh1 gxf3 30. gxf3 h4 31. Rbc1 Ne8 32. Qf1 h3 33. Qxh3 Nh4 34. Bb4 Qg5 35. Rf1 Rd8 36. Be1 Be7 37. Bxh4 Qxh4 38. Qxh4 Bxh4 39. Rg1 Rxg1+ 40. Kxg1 Be1 41. Nc4 Kf7 42. Kf1 Bb4 43. Ke2 Ke7 44. Rb2 Bc5 45. Kd3 Kd7 46. Rg2 Ke7 47. Rg6 Ra8 48. h4 Bb4 49. Re6+ Kf8 50. h5 Rd8 51. h6 Rd7 52. Kc2 Bc5 53. Kb3 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Palomino Menendez, Salvador"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 cxd4 5. O-O e5 6. c3 Bc5 7. b4 Qb6 8. bxc5 Qc7 9. cxd4 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Pardo Simon, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2170"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O Bxe5 7. dxe5 Nc5 8. Be2 O-O 9. Be3 Ne6 10. f4 d4 11. Bd2 c5 12. f5 Nc7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. f6 g6 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Re1 Nb4 17. a3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Be6 19. Nd2 Bd5 20. Qg4 Ne6 21. Bh6 b5 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qd5 24. Rae1 c4 25. Qh3 c3 26. b4 Rec8 27. Bc1 Qd8 28. Rh4 Nf8 29. Ree4 Qe8 30. Qg3 Ne6 31. Rxh7 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Pastor Gomis, Jose Manuel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B76"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "1935"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. f3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nxf6+ exf6 14. h4 d5 15. Bc5 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Pastor Gomis, Jose Manuel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D82"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 a6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Nf3 Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. Bc3 Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. h3 c5 12. d5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Rc1 Kg7 16. h4 h5 17. Be2 Bb5 18. c4 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Bd7 20. Ne5 b5 21. f4 f6 22. Nd3 Rc8 23. a3 Bg4 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. cxb5 Nd7 26. b6 Rab8 27. Rc2 Rxb6 28. Rhc1 Rb3 29. Rc3 Rcb8 30. Rxb3 Rxb3 31. Rc3 Rb1 32. Ke3 Rh1 33. Nxc5 Nxc5 34. Rxc5 Re1+ 35. Kd3 Rg1 36. Rc2 Ra1 37. Rc3 Rg1 38. Rc7 Kf8 39. Rc2 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Perez Ferris, Miguel Angel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A94"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "1935"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 c6 7. b3 O-O 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. Ba3 Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qb2 g5 12. Nc3 Nd6 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. e3 Be8 16. Rfe1 Bg6 17. f4 g4 18. c5 Nde8 19. b4 Nc7 20. a4 Rfb8 21. b5 a6 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Qa1 a5 24. Rb1 Na6 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. Rb1 Qa7 27. Rxb8+ Qxb8 28. Qb1 Qb4 29. Qxb4 axb4 30. Na2 Ne8 31. Bf1 Nec7 32. Nb3 Kf8 33. Na5 Be8 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Ke1 Bd7 36. Kd1 Kd8 37. Nb7+ Kc8 38. Nd6+ Kb8 39. Kc2 Ka7 40. Kb3 Kb8 41. Nf7 Be8 42. Ne5 Kb7 43. h3 h5 44. h4 Kb8 45. Nd3 Ka7 46. Ndxb4 Bd7 47. a5 Be8 48. Nxa6 Nxa6 49. Bxa6 Kxa6 50. Ka4 Bd7 51. Nb4+ 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Perez Pardo, Adrian Jason"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D06"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Be3 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. Nge2 a6 10. O-O-O Bb4 11. Ng3 Na5 12. Qc2 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Nc6 14. d5 Nb8 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Poazuelo, Enrique"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "1900"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bb7 14. b4 Bd6 15. f4 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Rxe5 17. bxa5 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Ba3 Re3 21. Nb3 Ra8 22. Bb4 h6 23. Nc5 Kh7 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nd5 26. a3 g5 27. Rd1 c6 28. Rd4 Kg6 29. c4 bxc4 30. Rxc4 Ra7 31. Nd3 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Rasskin Friederichs, Ivan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E98"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "1780"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Nd3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. c5 g5 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Bd2 Ng6 15. Qb3 Rf7 16. Rfc1 Bf8 17. Nf2 Nh4 18. Rc2 h5 19. Rac1 Rg7 20. h3 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Bxh3 22. Nxh3 g4 23. fxg4 Qh4 24. Nxf4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Rf7 26. Rf1 Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Qg3+ 28. Kh1 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ribes Peris, Alvaro"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2155"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. exd6 cxd6 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nc3 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Qc1 e6 14. Qf4 f5 15. d5 Ne5 16. Nd4 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5+ Kh8 19. Bb3 Bd7 20. Rad1 a5 21. a4 Rac8 22. Qh4 Qc5 23. Bf6 d5 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Nxf5+ Bxf5 27. Rxd5 Nf3+ 28. gxf3 Rxe1+ 29. Kg2 Rxc2 30. Qd4+ Kf7 31. Rxa5 Rcc1 32. Rxf5+ gxf5 33. Kg3 Rc7 34. Kf4 Re6 35. Kxf5 Rcc6 36. f4 Rcd6 37. Qc4 Rc6 38. Qd5 Ke7 39. Kg4 Rg6+ 40. Kf3 b6 41. f5 Rgf6 42. b4 h5 43. Kf4 h4 44. Kg5 Rh6 45. Qe5+ Kf7 46. b5 Rcd6 47. Qc3 Kf8 48. f6 Rh7 49. Qc8+ 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Rodriguez Gonzalez, Alex"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B09"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2085"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14. c3 Nd7 15. h4 e6 16. h5 Qe7 17. g4 Nc5 18. Bc2 d5 19. Qh3 Bh8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. exd5 exd5 22. Bxg6 Rxf4 23. Bxh7+ Kf8 24. O-O-O Qf7 25. Bc2 Bg7 26. Nf5 d4 27. Bxf4 Qxa2 28. Bd6+ 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Soler Nadal, Jose Antonio"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "1935"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 a6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Nf8 12. Rab1 g6 13. a4 Ne6 14. Bh4 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qc3 Bd7 17. Nb3 Rec8 18. Nc5 Rc7 19. Ne5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Re8 21. Rb6 Bc8 22. Rfb1 Nf6 23. a5 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Qd2 Qg4 26. Qe2 Qg5 27. Qf3 Ree7 28. Qg3 Qxg3 29. hxg3 h5 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Ke2 f5 32. Kd2 Kf7 33. R1b3 Kf6 34. Bc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Tonus, Alex"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "1905"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. b5 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Ne8 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Ba3 Kh7 18. Rb1 Rb8 19. Rxb8 Qxb8 20. c5 dxc5 21. Bxc5 Qc7 22. Qd7 Bf6 23. Rd1 Kh8 24. Qxc7 Nxc7 25. Bxe7 Bxe7 26. Rd7 Bb4 27. Rxc7 Bxc3 28. exf5 gxf5 29. e7 Rb8 30. g3 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Torino Caballero, Luis Ferrand"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "1875"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nd7 4. d4 c6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Ng5 Nh6 7. O-O Be7 8. Ne6 fxe6 9. Bxh6 Nb6 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qe2 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 Bf6 13. Nd2 Qd4 14. Qb3 b5 15. Rad1 Qc5 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. Nb3 1-0 [Event "Benidorm sim"] [Site "Benidorm"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Valverde Caballero, Rafael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A39"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "1910"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2007.11.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Qd3 Rb8 11. Be3 b6 12. Bd4 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. e4 Qc8 15. b3 Qh3 16. f3 h5 17. Rac1 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd5 Nc5 20. Qc3+ e5 21. Rcd1 Ne6 22. f4 Nd4 23. Rxd4 exd4 24. Qxd4+ f6 25. f5 g5 26. Nf4 gxf4 27. Rxf4 Rg8 28. Rh4 Qxh4 29. gxh4 Kh7+ 30. Kf2 Rf7 31. Kf3 Rg4 32. h3 Rg8 33. Qxd6 Rg1 34. b4 Rg8 35. c5 bxc5 36. bxc5 Re8 37. c6 Ree7 38. a4 Kh8 39. a5 Kh7 40. Ke3 Kh8 41. Kd4 Kg8 42. Qg3+ Rg7 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qd6 Rgf7 45. Qg3 Rg7 46. Qf3 Kh6 47. Kd5 Rgf7 48. Qg3 1-0 [Event "Wch Chess960 fin"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E99/99"] [WhiteElo "2744"] [BlackElo "2779"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnnqbbkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNNQBBKR w HAha - 0 1"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.26"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bc6 5. Ng3 a5 6. c4 Nd7 7. Nd3 Nd6 8. Qc2 Qh4 9. Ne2 h5 10. Rd1 Qg5 11. h4 Qf5 12. Qc1 Be7 13. Ng3 Qg4 14. Bc3 Bxh4 15. Be2 Qg5 16. Qxg5 Bxg5 17. Nxh5 Nxc4 18. Nxg7 Rxh1+ 19. Kxh1 Nf6 20. Nh5 Ne4 21. Be1 Rd8 22. b3 Ncd6 23. Ne5 Bb5 24. Bf3 a4 25. Kg1 axb3 26. axb3 Ra8 27. Nc4 Ra2 28. d5 Bxc4 1-0 [Event "Wch Chess960 fin"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E99/07"] [WhiteElo "2744"] [BlackElo "2779"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rkbqnnrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBQNNRB w GAga - 0 1"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.26"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. g3 f5 4. exf5 gxf5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qe2 Ng6 7. N1d2 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Nc4 Re8 11. Bg2 a5 12. a4 Ra6 13. Nfd2 e4 14. Nb3 f4 15. Ncxa5 f3 16. Qxa6 fxg2 17. Qb5 Qe6 18. Rg1 e3 19. Bxe3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxg2 Bf5 22. O-O-O Nb4 23. Rd2 Ne5 24. Nd4 Be4 25. Rg1 b6 26. Nab3 c5 27. Bf4 cxd4 28. Rxd4 1-0 [Event "Wch Chess960"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E99/75"] [WhiteElo "2744"] [BlackElo "2779"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "qrknbrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRKNBRNB w FBfb - 0 1"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.26"] 1. g3 d6 2. f4 Bc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d3 f5 5. Bc3 Bf6 6. b4 a6 7. Nf2 Qa7 8. O-O Qe3 9. Rbe1 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Ne6 11. Nh4 Kd7 12. Ng2 Bxg2 13. Bxg2 h5 14. Kh1 h4 15. Nd1 Qd4 16. e3 Qxc3 17. Nxc3 Nf6 18. Kg1 hxg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Chess960 fin"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E99/22"] [WhiteElo "2744"] [BlackElo "2779"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rkbnrbnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBNRBNQ w EAea - 0 1"] [PlyCount "149"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.26"] 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e3 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. e4 f6 7. Bc4 Be6 8. Qf1 Ne7 9. Be3 Qg8 10. Bb3 Bxb3 11. axb3 Qe6 12. Rd1 Nf7 13. Na4 Qc6 14. Nc5 Nd6 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Nc4 b6 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Qc4+ Rf7 19. Na4 Rc8 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21. Nc3 Nc8 22. Nd5 f5 23. f3 fxe4 24. fxe4 Rd7 25. Ra6 Ne7 26. Nc3 h6 27. Nb5 Nc8 28. c4 Bf6 29. Kc2 Bg5 30. Bg1 Rf7 31. Kd3 h5 32. Ke2 Rf4 33. Nc3 Rf7 34. Nd5 Kg7 35. Rf1 Rxf1 36. Kxf1 Bc1 37. Ra2 Kf8 38. Ke2 b5 39. Kd1 Bg5 40. Bxa7 Ne7 41. h4 Bh6 42. Bf2 Nxd5 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. exd5 Rc7 45. Bb6 Rb7 46. Ra6 Bf4 47. Kc2 Bg3 48. Bd8 e4 49. Bg5 Be5 50. Rc6 bxc4 51. Rxc4 Rb5 52. Rxe4 Rxd5 53. b4 Ke6 54. Kb3 Rd3+ 55. Kc4 Rg3 56. Re2 Kd7 57. b5 Rg4+ 58. Kb3 Kc7 59. Be3 Rxh4 60. Rc2+ Kb7 61. Rf2 Bd4 62. Bxd4 Rxd4 63. Rf6 Rg4 64. Rxd6 Rxg2 65. Ka4 h4 66. Ka5 Kc7 67. Rd4 h3 68. b6+ Kc6 69. Rc4+ Kb7 70. Rc7+ Kb8 71. Rh7 Rg5+ 72. Ka6 Rh5 73. Rb7+ Ka8 74. Ra7+ Kb8 75. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Chess960"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E99/63"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2779"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "nrkrnqbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRNQBB w DBdb - 0 1"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.26"] 1. Nb3 f5 2. f4 Nb6 3. g3 d6 4. d3 g6 5. c4 c6 6. Nf3 Nc7 7. Qe1 Ra8 8. Na5 e5 9. Qb4 e4 10. dxe4 fxe4 11. Ng5 Na6 12. Qa3 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Bxc4 14. Nxe4 Kc7 15. Rd2 d5 16. Qxf8 Rxf8 17. b3 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Rfe8 20. O-O-O Rxe4 21. Bxe4 Re8 22. Bf3 Nb4 23. a3 Nd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Kd2 Kd6 26. Rc1 b6 27. a4 Bf6 28. Kd3 h5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Chess960"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2007.??.??"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E99/69"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2779"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "qnbbnrkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNBBNRKR w HFhf - 0 1"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.26"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b4 b6 3. Bb2 c5 4. bxc5 bxc5 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. c4 Bb7 7. e3 Ba5 8. Nc3 Na6 9. Be2 Nc7 10. Rc1 Rb8 11. O-O O-O 12. Nh4 Rfe8 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qc6 15. d4 Rb7 16. Rfd1 d6 17. Nd5 Qa6 18. Nxc7 Bxc7 19. Nd2 Rb4 20. Qc3 Ra4 21. Rc2 Bb6 22. h3 h6 23. Nf1 Rc8 24. d5 Ba5 25. Qb3 Rb4 26. Qd3 Bd8 27. Ng3 Rcb8 28. Nf5 Kf8 29. e4 h5 30. Qg3 g6 31. Qxd6+ Qxd6 32. Nxd6 a6 33. f4 Bc7 34. e5 f5 35. Kf2 h4 36. Rd3 Rb2 37. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 38. Kf3 Bxd6 39. exd6 Ke8 40. Re3+ Kd7 41. Re7+ Kxd6 42. Rxf7 Rxa2 43. Rf6+ Kd7 44. Rc6 Ra3+ 45. Kf2 Ra2+ 46. Kg1 a5 47. Rxc5 a4 48. Rc6 Rc2 49. c5 a3 50. Ra6 Rxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 10th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2006.11.05"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Golod, Vitali"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2577"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2006.11.05"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O g6 7. c3 Bd7 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Bg5 Ne7 12. Bb3 Qc8 13. d4 Nh5 14. h3 h6 15. Bd2 Be6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qc2 a5 18. Rad1 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qe6 20. Ne3 Nf4 21. c4 c6 22. c5 Red8 23. Bc3 f6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bxa5 Rd7 26. Rd1 h5 27. Nc4 g5 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Qd2 Qe6 30. Qd6 Bf8 31. Qxe6+ Nxe6 32. b4 Nc8 33. Kf1 Kf7 34. g3 Na7 35. Ke2 Nb5 36. Bb6 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Nh2 Ned4+ 39. Kd3 1-0 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 10th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2006.11.05"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2633"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2006.11.05"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.23"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. c4 Ngf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Bb1 Qa5 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 Ne5 16. Qf5 Neg4 17. Bd4 Qc7 18. g3 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Bf8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Ne4 Qc8 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf5 24. Bxf5 gxf6 25. d6 Rd8 26. d7 Bc5 27. Kg2 h6 28. f3 Kf8 29. Re1 Bd6 30. Kh3 Be5 31. b3 c5 32. Kg4 b5 33. Re4 a5 34. Kh5 Kg7 35. Rg4+ Kf8 36. Kxh6 Ke7 37. Kh7 Rb8 38. Re4 Kf8 39. f4 Bd6 40. Bg4 c4 41. bxc4 b4 42. Bd1 f5 43. Re2 Be7 44. Ba4 1-0 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 10th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2006.11.05"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2006.11.05"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 18. Nd4 Qf6 19. N2f3 Nc5 20. Ree3 Nbd3 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Rxa3 23. Nxa3 Rxe4 24. Nxc4 Nxf2 25. Qe2 Nxh3+ 26. gxh3 Qg6+ 27. Kf2 Rxe3 28. Bxe3 Qxb1 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Qe5 Qc2+ 31. Nfd2 Qd3 32. d6 Qxh3 33. Qe8 Bc8 34. Ne5 Qe6 35. Qxe6 Bxe6 36. Ne4 f5 37. d7 Bxd7 38. Nf6+ gxf6 39. Nxd7 Kf7 40. Kf3 Bd6 41. Nb6 Ke6 42. b3 h5 43. Nc4 h4 0-1 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 10th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2006.11.05"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2607"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2006.11.05"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Re1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxd4 Nd7 19. Ra3 Nc5 20. Qc4 Qf6 21. f4 Re8 22. Rg3 Qe6 23. Qxe6 Nxe6 24. f5 Nc5 25. Rge3 d5 26. f3 d4 27. Ra3 Rxf5 28. Rd1 Rf6 29. Rxd4 Rb8 30. Rc4 Nb3 31. Be3 c5 32. Kf2 h6 33. Ke2 Nd4+ 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. b4 Rfb6 36. Rb3 Rb5 37. Kd3 Rh5 38. Kxd4 Rxh2 39. b5 Rd2+ 40. Kc5 h5 41. b6 h4 42. f4 h3 43. Rcc3 h2 44. Rh3 Rc2+ 45. Kb5 Rf2 46. e5 Rxf4 47. Rxh2 Re4 48. Kc6 Rxe5 49. b7 g6 50. Kc7 Ree8 51. Rg2 Kf7 52. Rf3+ Ke6 53. Rxg6+ Kd5 54. Rf5+ Ke4 55. Rb5 Rh8 56. Rg4+ Kf3 57. Rc4 Ke3 58. Rb3+ Kd2 59. Rg4 Kc2 60. Rf3 Kd2 61. Rg2+ Ke1 62. Rb3 1-0 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 10th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2006.11.05"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Golod, Vitali"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2577"] [BlackElo "2792"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3r1k2/1p3ppb/7p/3N4/p3P3/Pn3PP1/6BP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2006.11.05"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.23"] 1. Bh3 f6 2. Re3 Bg8 3. Nb6 Rd1+ 4. Kf2 Rd2+ 5. Re2 Rxe2+ 6. Kxe2 Nd4+ 7. Ke3 Nc2+ 8. Kd2 Nxa3 9. Nxa4 Nc4+ 10. Kc3 Ne5 11. Bg2 b5 12. Nc5 Ke7 13. f4 Nc6 14. Nd3 Kd6 15. Bf3 Bc4 16. Nb4 Nxb4 17. Kxb4 g5 18. h4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 10th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2006.11.05"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Gurevich, Mikhail"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "2633"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2006.11.05"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.23"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. a3 b6 6. b4 Bb7 7. bxc5 bxc5 8. Rb1 Qc8 9. Ne4 Nd8 10. Bf3 Bc6 11. Nh3 Ne6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Neg5 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 O-O 15. d3 Rb8 16. Bf4 d6 17. Qa4 Qd7 18. Qa6 h6 19. Be3 g5 20. Nd2 Ng4 21. Kg2 f5 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Rb1 Rxb1 24. Nxb1 Nd8 25. Bd2 Qc6+ 26. Qxc6 Nxc6 27. f3 Nf6 28. Nc3 Nd7 29. Nf2 Nb6 30. Nfd1 Nd4 31. Ne3 e6 32. Nb5 Nxb5 33. cxb5 d5 34. Ba5 Na4 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Nd1 Be5 37. Ke1 Ke7 38. Kd2 f4 39. g4 Kd6 40. Kc2 Bd4 41. Bd2 e5 42. e3 fxe3 43. Nxe3 Bxe3 44. Bxe3 d4 45. Bd2 Kd5 46. Kb3 Nb6 47. a4 c4+ 48. dxc4+ Nxc4 49. Bb4 Nd6 50. Ba3 Nc4 51. Bb4 Nd6 52. h3 Nb7 53. Bf8 Nc5+ 54. Kc2 Ne6 55. Bxh6 Kc4 56. Kd2 Kb4 57. Kd3 Kxa4 58. Kc4 Ka5 0-1 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 10th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2006.11.05"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D13"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2006.11.05"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.23"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 Rc8 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. h3 O-O 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bf4 Nb6 16. Rc2 Nc4 17. b3 Na3 18. Rcc1 Qa5 19. Na4 Nb5 20. e4 Rcd8 21. e5 Rc8 22. Bd2 Bb4 23. Be3 Na7 24. Qb1 Ba3 25. Rcd1 Rc7 26. f4 Rfc8 27. f5 Nb5 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Qd3 Rc2 30. Rd2 Qc7 31. Rxc2 Qxc2 32. Qxc2 Rxc2 33. Rf2 Rc6 34. Kf1 a5 35. Ke2 Nc3+ 36. Nxc3 Rxc3 37. Bd2 Rc2 38. Kf3 b6 39. Be1 Rc1 40. Bd2 Rd1 41. Be3 h6 42. Rc2 Ra1 43. Ke2 b5 44. Bd2 a4 45. bxa4 bxa4 46. Rc8+ Kf7 47. Ra8 Rg1 48. Kf2 Rd1 49. Ke2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 10th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2006.11.05"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2607"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2006.11.05"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.23"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe2 c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Ne5 Bxc5 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Rfd1 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rab1 Rae8 21. Qe3 Ba8 22. Re1 f6 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 0607"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2006.10.29"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2622"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2006.10.28"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.23"] [WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"] [BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 16. Rde1 b5 17. c5 O-O 18. Ne2 Rfe8 19. g4 e5 20. Qf5 exd4 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Nh7 23. Bf4 Qc8 24. Nexd4 Nxc5 25. Qc2 Bf8 26. Reg1 Re4 27. Be5 f6 28. h6 fxe5 29. hxg7 Be7 30. Nxe5 Bd6 31. f4 Bxe5 32. fxe5 1-0 [Event "Bundesliga 0607"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2006.10.28"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Jussupow, Artur"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2006.10.28"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.23"] [WhiteTeam "Solingen"] [BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. e4 c5 15. d5 Nb6 16. Bb3 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Be6 19. Qc4 Bxb2 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rd7 23. Rc2 Bg7 24. Rd1 Rad8 25. Rcd2 b5 26. Kf1 Kf8 27. Rd3 Rd6 28. Ne1 Rc8 29. g3 Ke7 30. Ng2 Rc3 31. R3d2 Kd7 32. Ne3 b4 33. Ke2 Ra6 34. Rb1 Ra4 35. Rb3 Rc5 36. Kd3 Bc3 37. Rc2 Rca5 38. Rcxc3 bxc3 39. Rb7+ Kc8 40. Rxf7 Rc5 41. Rf8+ Kd7 42. Rf7+ Ke8 43. Rb7 Rxa2 44. Rb1 Rd2+ 45. Ke4 c2 46. Rc1 a5 0-1 [Event "Chennai sim"] [Site "Chennai"] [Date "2006.10.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Siddharth, S."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2006.10.07"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 Bg4 9. Nge2 c6 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nbd7 12. O-O Nh7 13. Bg3 Bh4 14. Bh2 Re8 15. b4 Ndf8 16. b5 Qa5 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Qb3 Red8 19. Rac1 Be7 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Qa4 Qxa4 22. Nxa4 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Rxd6 24. Rc2 Ne6 25. Rb1 Rc7 26. Rb8+ Nhf8 27. f4 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Nxd8 29. Kf2 Nd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chennai sim"] [Site "Chennai"] [Date "2006.10.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Victor, KAD."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "1968"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2006.10.07"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nb6 9. Bb3 Nbd5 10. O-O Nxf4 11. exf4 O-O 12. Qe2 c5 13. Rad1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qc7 15. f5 e5 16. Ndb5 Qb8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 a6 19. Nc3 Bxf5 20. Rxe5 Bd3 21. Qe3 Bd6 22. Rh5 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Qe8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 1st"] [Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"] [Date "2006.09.07"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Erenburg, Sergey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2585"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2006.09.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.03"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 h5 11. h3 Nbd7 12. O-O g4 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Nxg4 b4 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. e5 bxc3 17. exf6 cxb2 18. Rb1 Qxf6 19. Be5 Qh6 20. Bxh8 Qxh8 21. Rxb2 O-O-O 22. Qb1 Bd6 23. g3 Ba6 24. Qe4 Ba3 25. Qxc6# 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 1st"] [Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"] [Date "2006.09.07"] [Round "15"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2729"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2006.09.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.03"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Ng3 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. c4 Re8 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. a3 Rad8 15. b4 Qc7 16. Bc3 Bf8 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Nf1 Bg7 19. Ne3 e5 20. Bf1 exd4 21. Bxd4 Ne4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. c5 f5 24. Nc4 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Qe3 Qd4 28. f3 Nc3 29. Qxd4+ Rxd4 30. Re7+ Kh6 31. Rxb7 Rd1 32. Rxa7 Nd5 33. Kf2 Rd2+ 34. Ke1 Rb2 35. g3 Ne3 36. Bd3 Rxh2 37. b5 cxb5 38. c6 Nc2+ 39. Kf1 Nd4 40. c7 Rh1+ 41. Kf2 Rc1 42. Ke3 Ne6 43. Bxb5 Nxc7 44. Bd3 Nd5+ 45. Kd4 Rd1 46. Rd7 Nf6 47. Rd6 Nh5 48. g4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 1st"] [Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"] [Date "2006.09.07"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Livshits, Gaby"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2406"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2006.09.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Be3 d6 10. Nd2 Ne7 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Bb6 Qd7 13. a4 Bb7 14. Be2 Nc8 15. Bd4 c5 16. Bxc5 Qc6 17. Bd4 e5 18. Be3 Qxe4 19. Bf3 Qxc4 20. Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bd5 Qc7 22. Ra2 Ne7 23. Bf3 d5 24. a5 d4 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Rfd8 28. Qc3 Qd6 29. h3 Nf5 30. Be2 Nd4 31. Bc4 Rdc8 32. Qd3 Rc6 33. b3 Rd8 34. Qe3 Nf5 35. Qe4 Rc5 36. Kh1 Re5 37. Qb7 Re7 38. Qxa6 Qf4 39. Qb6 Ng3+ 40. fxg3 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 1st"] [Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"] [Date "2006.09.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2006.09.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Nd7 13. Bf3 b6 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc5 16. Qf4 Rb8 17. Rae1 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Bc1 Rbb8 20. Qg3 f5 21. exf6 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Nxf6 23. Rxe6 Ng4 24. Ree1 Rbe8 25. Nd5 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Bf2 27. Bf4 g5 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 1st"] [Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"] [Date "2006.09.07"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Sutovsky, Emil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2607"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2006.09.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Qxb4 Nfxd5 15. Bxb6 Nxb6 16. f4 O-O 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Rxd8 Bxb4 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. a3 Be7 21. Na5 Bg5+ 22. Kb1 e4 23. Be2 Nd5 24. Rd1 Nf4 25. Bc4 e3 26. Re1 Re8 27. Bxa6 Ng2 28. Re2 Nf4 29. b4 Nxe2 30. Bxe2 Re4 31. c3 Rf4 32. Kc2 Rf2 33. Kd3 Rxh2 34. a4 f5 35. gxf5 h5 36. Nc6 h4 37. a5 h3 38. a6 Rxe2 39. Kxe2 h2 40. a7 h1=Q 41. a8=Q+ Kh7 42. Qe8 Qg2+ 43. Kd3 Qd2+ 44. Kc4 e2 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 1st"] [Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"] [Date "2006.09.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B46"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2742"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2006.09.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Qf3 Bd6 11. e5 Bf8 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. Nf4 g6 14. Qg3 c5 15. c3 h5 16. h4 Bg7 17. Nh3 Rg8 18. Bf4 Nf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Bg5 Kd7 21. Rad1 Raf8 22. Qe3 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 f6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. f3 Kd6 27. Rde1 d4 28. Kf2 Be4 29. cxd4 cxd4 30. Ra5 Bb7 31. Nf4 Rc8 32. Re2 Rh6 33. Nd3 Rc6 34. Ra4 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 1st"] [Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"] [Date "2006.09.07"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Zoler, Dan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2455"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2006.09.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Bf8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Na5 14. Ba2 c5 15. Ne3 b4 16. Nd2 Bc8 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Bd5 Rab8 21. h4 h5 22. Ndf1 Kh7 23. Nf5 Rb6 24. Re3 Bh6 25. Rf3 Bf4 26. N1g3 Kg6 27. Nxh5 Kxh5 28. Ng7+ Kg6 29. Nxe8 Bg4 30. h5+ Bxh5 31. Rh3 Bg4 32. Rh8 Bg5 33. Rg8+ Kh7 34. Rxg5 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 1st"] [Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"] [Date "2006.09.07"] [Round "9"] [White "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2006.09.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 cxd4 15. exd4 b5 16. Bb3 Bb7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. Rad1 Rxe5 20. Bg3 Rh5 21. Rd4 Nf6 22. Bc7 Qa3 23. Bd6 Qa6 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Bc7 Bd5 26. g4 Rg5 27. h3 Qb7 28. f4 Bxb3 29. Qxb3 Rd5 30. Qf3 Rxc7 31. Rxc7 Qxc7 32. Rxd5 Nxd5 33. Qxd5 Qxf4 34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Qxa7 Qg3+ 36. Kf1 Qxh3+ 37. Kf2 Qh4+ 38. Kf3 Qf6+ 39. Kg3 g5 40. Qa8 Qf4+ 41. Kh3 Kg7 42. Qd5 b4 43. Qb3 Qd4 44. Qb1 Qc4 45. Qf5 Qc3+ 46. Kg2 Qb2+ 47. Kh3 Qf6 48. Qd5 h5 49. Qb5 Qf3+ 50. Kh2 Qf2+ 51. Kh1 Qh4+ 52. Kg2 Qxg4+ 53. Kh1 Qe4+ 54. Kh2 Qf4+ 55. Kh1 h4 56. Qd5 h3 57. a3 bxa3 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 1st"] [Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"] [Date "2006.09.07"] [Round "3"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2675"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2006.09.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nc3 d6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bd7 13. c3 Bf6 14. Be3 b4 15. Ra6 Ne7 16. Bc4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Bb5 18. Bxb5 Rxb5 19. Qa4 Rb8 20. d4 Ng6 21. Qc6 Ne7 22. Qa4 Ng6 23. d5 Nh4 24. Nxh4 Bxh4 25. Qc6 f5 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. g3 Bg5 28. Bxg5 Rxg5 29. Ra7 Rc8 30. Rfa1 Rf5 31. Ra8 Rf8 32. R8a4 Qf6 33. Rf1 Rf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 1st"] [Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"] [Date "2006.09.07"] [Round "14"] [White "Gagunashvili, Merab"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E34"] [WhiteElo "2591"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2006.09.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8. a3 Be7 9. Bf4 c6 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bg3 O-O 14. Rfc1 g6 15. Ne5 Rfc8 16. Be2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rd8 21. Rac1 f6 22. Kf1 Kf7 23. Ke2 Rd5 24. R4c3 Rb5 25. R1c2 a5 26. f3 exf3+ 27. gxf3 g5 28. e4 h5 29. h3 Rd8 30. Bf2 f5 31. Rd3 Bf6 32. Be3 a4 33. Rdd2 Re8 34. e5 Be7 35. Rc4 Ra8 36. Kd3 Rb3+ 37. Rc3 Rxc3+ 38. Kxc3 Ke6 39. Rg2 Rg8 40. Kc4 b5+ 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. Rg1 g4 43. hxg4 fxg4 44. fxg4 hxg4 45. Bf4 c5 46. dxc5 Bxc5 47. Rg2 Bb6 48. e6 Kxe6 49. Ke4 Bd8 50. Rc2 g3 51. Rg2 Bf6 52. Kf3 Bh4 53. Bd2 Rf8+ 54. Kg4 Bf6 55. Bf4 Be5 56. Bxe5 Kxe5 57. Re2+ Kd4 58. Kxg3 Kd3 59. Rh2 Re8 60. Rh5 b4 61. axb4 Re3+ 62. Kf2 Re2+ 63. Kf1 Rxb2 64. Ra5 Rxb4 65. Ke1 Rb1+ 66. Kf2 Ra1 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 1st"] [Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"] [Date "2006.09.07"] [Round "11"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2006.09.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.03"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. Re1 d6 12. h3 Re8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 exd4 17. Bd5 Bd7 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Ra3 Re5 20. Bh4 Be6 21. Rg3+ Kh7 22. Nd2 Bxd5 23. exd5 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Nf5 25. Qb1 Ne4 26. Qxe4 Qxh4 27. Qxf5+ Kh8 28. Rg4 Qh6 29. Nf3 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 1st"] [Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"] [Date "2006.09.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Gurevich, Dmitry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2507"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "146"] [EventDate "2006.09.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Rfd1 d6 13. Na4 Ba3 14. Bc1 Nb4 15. Qd2 Ne4 16. Qf4 Bxc1 17. Rdxc1 Rb8 18. a3 Na6 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Qe7 21. Qd2 e5 22. d5 Bc8 23. Qc2 Bd7 24. Rb1 f5 25. b4 Qf6 26. Nd2 e4 27. Nf1 Re7 28. Qd2 Rf8 29. Rcc1 axb4 30. axb4 Bc8 31. Qc3 Qf7 32. Nd2 Nb8 33. Nb3 Nd7 34. Nd4 Ne5 35. Nc6 Nxc6 36. dxc6 f4 37. c5 bxc5 38. bxc5 d5 39. Qd4 Be6 40. Rb7 Qh5 41. Re1 Qe8 42. Qa4 Ref7 43. Rf1 f3 44. exf3 exf3 45. Bh1 Bh3 46. Ra1 Qe4 47. Qa5 Re7 48. Rbb1 Qf5 49. Qc3 g5 50. Re1 Re4 51. Rxe4 dxe4 52. Rd1 Qf6 53. Qe3 Qxc6 54. Qd4 Re8 55. Re1 Kf7 56. Qc4+ Re6 57. Qc2 Qd5 58. Qc1 Bf5 59. Rd1 Qe5 60. Re1 Qf6 61. Qe3 g4 62. h4 Re5 63. Kh2 Rd5 64. Rc1 Rd3 65. Qf4 c6 66. Qc7+ Kg6 67. Qf4 e3 68. h5+ Kg7 69. Rb1 exf2 70. Rb7+ Rd7 71. Rxd7+ Bxd7 72. Qc1 Qe5 73. Qd2 Qxh5# 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz 1st"] [Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"] [Date "2006.09.07"] [Round "5"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B97"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2006.09.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bh4 Qa4 14. Be2 Nc6 15. Nxe6 g5 16. Nf6+ 1-0 [Event "Wch Blitz 1st"] [Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"] [Date "2006.09.07"] [Round "7"] [White "Roiz, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2611"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2006.09.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.03"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Nbd7 9. Nc3 e5 10. Nd2 Bc2 11. Rf1 Bb4 12. Nde4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 a5 14. Be3 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Bc5 16. Bd2 Ke7 17. Rfd1 Rhd8 18. Kf1 Nb6 19. b3 Nd7 20. Bc3 Ba3 21. Bf5 f6 22. e3 Nc5 23. Ke2 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bb4 25. Bb2 Ne6 26. a3 Bd6 27. Ra1 Nc5 28. Bc2 g5 29. Bc3 Ne6 30. Bb2 Bc5 31. Bc3 Bd6 32. Ra2 Nc5 33. Ra1 Ne6 34. Bf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 1st"] [Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"] [Date "2006.09.07"] [Round "13"] [White "Smirin, Ilia"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2659"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2006.09.07"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.03"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. f4 b5 11. f5 Bd7 12. Kh1 Bc6 13. Bf3 Nbd7 14. a3 Rc8 15. Qe2 Ba8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Nb6 18. Nd2 Nfd7 19. Bf2 Bg5 20. Rfd1 Nf6 21. Rab1 Qc7 22. Nf1 Nfd7 23. h4 Be7 24. Ne3 Nf6 25. g4 Nh7 26. Rg1 Qd8 27. Qe1 Nc4 28. Ned5 Re8 29. g5 hxg5 30. Bh5 Nf6 31. Nxf6+ Bxf6 32. hxg5 Bxg5 33. Qe2 Nd2 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Rxg5 Re7 37. f6 Nxb1 38. fxe7 Qxe7 39. Nxb1 Bxe4+ 40. Kg1 Rxc2 41. Be3 Rxb2 42. Nd2 Bb7 43. Qg6 Bc6 44. Rh5 Bd7 45. Ne4 Qe6 46. Qh7+ Kf8 47. Qh8+ Qg8 48. Nxd6 0-1 [Event "Mainz CCM6 m"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2006.08.20"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2728"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2006.08.17"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.10.02"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. Ng5 Ng6 8. f4 c4 9. dxc4 Ba6 10. b3 Bc5 11. e5 d5 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Nc3 Rhe8 15. Nce4 Bf8 16. Nxh7 Bb4 17. a3 Ba5 18. Nhg5 Bb6+ 19. Be3 f6 20. Nh3 c5 21. Qg4 Ne7 22. Ng3 Nc6 23. Nf2 Bb7 24. Nd3 g5 25. Rae1 f5 26. Nxf5 exf5 27. Qxf5+ Kb8 28. fxg5 Ka8 29. Bf4 Qg7 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Qf6 Qd7 32. Re1 Rg8 33. Qe6 Qd4+ 34. Kh1 Qg7 35. Qf6 Qh7 36. Qh6 Qd7 37. Qe6 Qd8 38. Qd5 Qf8 39. Qd6 Qxd6 40. Bxd6 Rxg5 41. Nxc5 Bxc5 42. Re8+ Bc8 43. Rxc8+ Kb7 44. Rc7+ Kb6 45. Rd7 Bxd6 46. Rxd6 Ra5 47. a4 Re5 48. h4 Kc7 49. Rd2 Re4 50. g3 Nd4 51. Kg2 Kc6 52. h5 Kc5 53. Kh3 Kb4 54. h6 Ne6 55. Rd5 Re1 56. Kg4 Nf8 57. Rf5 1-0 [Event "Mainz CCM6 m"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2006.08.20"] [Round "7"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2006.08.17"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.10.02"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 e5 15. Bg4 exd4 16. e5 c5 17. Re1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne2 f5 21. Bh5 f4 22. b4 cxb3 23. Qxb3 Qd5 24. Qh3 Bc8 25. Qd3 Bf5 26. Qd2 Qd7 27. Rac1 Rac8 28. h4 Kh8 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qb2 b4 31. Red1 Qg7 32. Nxd4 Rfd8 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34. Qxb4 Rcd5 35. Nxf5 Rxd1+ 36. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 37. Kh2 Qf6 38. Qe4 Rd8 39. hxg5 Qxg5 40. Kh3 Rf8 41. Nh4 Rg8 42. Qf5 Qxf5+ 43. Nxf5 Kh7 44. g3 fxg3 45. fxg3 Ra8 46. Kg4 Ra5 47. Nh4 Kg7 48. Ng2 Kf6 49. Nf4 Rg5+ 50. Kh4 Kf5 51. Nh5 Rg4+ 52. Kh3 Ra4 53. Nf4 Ra1 54. Ne2 Rh1+ 55. Kg2 Re1 56. Kf3 Rd1 57. Kg2 Kg4 58. Kf2 Rd3 0-1 [Event "Mainz CCM6 m"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2006.08.19"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2728"] [Annotator "Radjabov,T"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2006.08.17"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.10.02"] 1. e4 {Rogozenko} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 {So one more Svesh game in our Black dominated match! Also noch eine Sveshnikov-Partie in unserem von Schwarz dominierten Match!} a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 {The crowd was excited once again... Well, I consider this game as one of the rare examples of perfect play by one of the sides. Die Zuschauer waren wieder in heller Aufregung... Nun, ich betrachte diese Partie als eines der seltenen Beispiele für perfektes Spiel von einer der Seiten.} Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O {Rogozenko: 'This is the main move, which lately is usually connected with c2-c4. In the match Anand intended to play variations with c2-c3. In that case a worthy alternative is to start with 13.c3 and leave the kings in the center for a while. It is worth noticing that Anand played both plans, with c2-c4 and c2-c3, preferring the latter in rapid games.'} (13. c3 {Rogozenko} f5 14. Nc2 {and here Black cannot achieve the variation from the game. Instead he must choose between 14...Bb7, 14...Qb7 and 14...Qg5, trying to use the fact that pawn g2 is not protected. However, in my opinion after all these moves White has more possibilities to fight for advantage than in the variation from the game. Anand already had experience in this line as well:} Bb7 (14... O-O 15. Qh5 $14) (14... Rb8 $6 { This is dubious here because of} 15. Ne3 {Without castle short Black cannot take on e4 and continue ...f5, since the rook is absent from f8 to support the f-pawn.} fxe4 16. Bxe4 O-O 17. Qh5 $16) 15. Ne3 fxe4 16. Nf5 Qf6 17. Bxe4 d5 18. Bxd5 Rd8 19. Qg4 Rxd5 20. Qxg7 Qxg7 21. Nxg7+ Ke7 22. Nf5+ Ke6 23. Ne3 Rd7 {This is a well-known, once popular variation, where Black's compensation is enough for a draw.} 24. Ke2 f5 25. f3 f4 26. Nc2 Rg8 27. Rhg1 Bd5 28. Kf2 Bxa2 29. Nd4+ exd4 30. Rxa2 dxc3 31. bxc3 Rd6 32. Rga1 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2715)-Kramnik,V (2710)/Moscow (rapid) 1994 (57)}) 13... O-O 14. c3 {Rogozenko: 'By not wishing to play the most principled and sharp 14.c4 Anand practically agrees that he couldn't prepare anything serious against Sveshnikov for this match. In the system with c2-c3 White believes he will be able to fight for advantage in a positional manner, without tactical complications. The course of the match showed that Black has little to fear and is doing okay from the strategical point of view.'} ({In his long career of fighting against Sveshnikov Sicilian the Indian GM tried various lines, sometimes very rare. Here is one example:} 14. Qf3 {Rogozenko} f5 $1 15. exf5 d5 16. Qxd5 Bb7 17. Qb3 e4 18. Be2 Qg5 $44 { 1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2770)-Kramnik,V (2790)/Wijk aan Zee 1998 (30)}) 14... f5 15. Nc2 Rb8 ({The ambitious} 15... f4 {(Rogozenko) is a very committing move, requiring long and precise analysis, since after the advance of the f-pawn Black's hopes are usually connected only with the kingside attack.}) 16. exf5 { Another try after Re1 which didn't bring any sucess in the previous Sveshnikov encounter. Ein neuer Versuch nach Te1, dem in der vorigen Sveshnikov-Begegnung kein Erfolg beschieden war.} ({The fourth game of the match went} 16. Re1 { Rogozenko} fxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 (17... a5 $6 18. Nd4 $1 Bd7 19. Qh5 h6 20. Nf5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2755)-Khalifman,A (2690)/Moscow (rapid) 2002 (45)}) 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Nb4 Qc7 20. Bb3 a5 21. Nd5 Qb7 22. a3 Be6 23. Ne3 Bxb3 24. Qxb3 f4 25. Nd5 Rbc8 26. Rad1 Rc5 27. Rd3 f3 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2779)-Radjabov,T (2728)/ Mainz (rapid) 2006 (50). with initiative for Black.}) 16... e4 17. Re1 Bxf5 18. Ne3 Bg6 19. Nd5 Qe5 20. Bc2 {All is theory. Nothing to comment on yet. Alles Theorie. Noch nichts zu kommentieren.} a5 $5 21. f4 {Now Black's bishops don't look so exciting, but soon they will be back into the play. Nun wirken die schwarzen Läufer nicht sonderlich berauschend, doch bald werden sie wieder ins Spiel eingreifen.} Qe6 $5 22. Qd2 Kh8 $5 23. a3 {Rogozenko: 'A novelty, which in fact represents computer's suggestion. With the bishop pair, stable center and possibilities for queenside activity it is clear that Black has a healthy position and can be optimistic about the future. After the match Anand said: "I am surprised to see how difficult it was for White to equalize in Sveshnikov Sicilian".'} (23. Rad1 {Rogozenko} f5 24. Qe2 (24. Qf2 Rb7 25. a3 Qc8 26. Bb1 Qc5 27. Ne3 b4 $36 { 1/2-1/2 Lanc,A (2570)-Ruefenacht,M (2493)/ICCF Email 2001 (30)}) 24... Qf7 25. Rd2 Rfc8 26. a3 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Nxb4 d5 29. Nxd5 Rxb2 $44 { 1/2-1/2 Bologan,V (2655)-Nedev,T (2514)/Panormo 2001 (35)}) 23... f5 24. Bb3 Qc8 $1 {After this move Black has in fact some edge. Rogozenko: 'The computer still "believes" that White is somewhat better, which is completely wrong. Anand: ""two moves after opening theory, I was struggling".' Nach diesem Zug hat Schwarz tatsächlich ein kleines Plus.} 25. Qf2 ({After} 25. Ne3 {Rogozenko} Qc5 26. Bd5 {White had more chances to avoid troubles.}) 25... Qc5 $5 (25... Bf7 $5 {Transposing into the same position almost. Führt praktisch zu derselben Stellung.}) 26. Rad1 Bf7 $1 {Now Anand was not sure what to do. To keep the bishop under such an unpleasant pin on b3 was not to his liking. And then he decided to go for Bc2. Rogozenko: 'It is amazing how after producing a novelty prepared at home and then without making any visible mistakes White got in a very unpleasant situation. The knight is pinned, Black has a clear play connected with ...b5-b4. On top of all White cannot organize any counterplay.' Jetzt war Anand nicht sicher, was er tun sollte. Den Läufer auf b3 in einer so unangenehmen Fesselung zu behalten, sagte ihm nicht zu, und dann entschied er sich für Bc2.} 27. Bc2 {Here after the games ...b4 was suggested by Mr Poldauf, but as we both pointed out with humor, does Black need a second way to win the game!? Nach den Partien wurde an dieser Stelle von Dirk Poldauf ...b4 vorgeschlagen, doch wie wir beide humorvoll feststellten, braucht Schwarz etwa einen zweiten Weg, die Partie zu gewinnen?} ({The computer-like move} 27. Re3 {Rogozenko is not really an option for a human, especially since Black keeps all pluses of the position. He can choose the right moment for ...b5-b4 and White will be left with the usual problems to neutralize Black's increasing initiative.}) (27. g4 $6 {Rogozenko} b4 $17) 27... Bxd5 $5 28. Qxc5 dxc5 29. Rxd5 b4 $1 30. Rxc5 {Rogozenko: 'Unfortunately for White, due to the position of his rook on e1, he is not able to exchange all queenside pawns.'} (30. axb4 {Rogozenko} cxb4 (30... axb4 31. Rxc5 $11) 31. cxb4 (31. Rxa5 bxc3 $17 32. bxc3 Bxc3 $19) 31... axb4 32. b3 Rbc8 33. Re2 { was a good way for White offering decent chances to hold a draw.}) 30... bxc3 $1 31. bxc3 Rbc8 $1 {Rogozenko: 'Using the fact that White cannot take on a5.'} 32. Rxc8 (32. Rxa5 $2 {Rogozenko} Bxc3 $19) 32... Rxc8 33. Rd1 Bf8 $3 { A super important move that probably won the game. After this Black gets the a3 and c3 pawns by force, and it's hard to defend with White. Einsuperwichtiger Zug, der die Partie wahrscheinlich entschied. Danach gewinnt Schwarz forciert den a- und c-Bauern, und die Stellung ist mit Weiß kaum zu verteidigen.} 34. Kf1 (34. Bb3 Bxa3 35. Be6 Rxc3 36. Bxf5 a4 (36... e3 {Rogozenko} 37. Kf1 Bc5 { '-/+' Rogozenko. Rogozenko: 'is the same as 36.Bxf5'} 38. Ke2 a4 39. g4 a3 40. g5 Kg7 $1 (40... Rb3 $2 41. Rd8+ Kg7 42. Be6 $132) 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. Rd8+ Ke7 43. Ra8 Rb3 $17) 37. Rd7 Bc5+ 38. Kf1 a3 39. Rxh7+ Kg8 40. Rd7 e3 $17) ({ The most precise way is} 34. Rd5 {Rogozenko} Rxc3 35. Bd1 Rxa3 36. Rxf5 Bb4 37. Kf2 {and Black cannot create anything dangerous:} Ra1 38. Ke2 a4 39. Re5 a3 40. Rxe4 Rb1 41. Re8+ Kg7 42. Ra8 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 a2 44. Ra7+ Kf6 45. Ra6+ Ke7 46. Ke4 Bc3 47. Kd3 Bf6 48. Bc2 h5 49. g3 { and White waits with the rook on the a-file. Winning a piece with} Rxc2 50. Kxc2 a1=Q 51. Rxa1 Bxa1 { brings Black nothing either, due to the "wrong" square h1.}) 34... Rxc3 { It's hard to defend this position with White. But in fact I think practically Black is already winning. Still, he needs to make some strong and exact moves though. Diese Stellung ist mit Weiß schwer zu halten. Tstsächlich glaube ich aber, dass Schwarz praktisch bereits gewinnt. Allerdings muss er noch ein paar starke und genaue Züge machen.} 35. Ba4 Rxa3 36. Bd7 Ra2 37. Re1 (37. Bxf5 { Rogozenko} e3 38. Rd8 ({or} 38. Bd3 Rf2+ 39. Kg1 a4 $19) 38... Kg7 39. Bg4 Rf2+ 40. Ke1 a4 $19) 37... Bb4 38. Re2 Bd2 $3 {'-+!' Rogozenko. A fantastic resource - Black is winning now. Rogozenko: 'The advance of the a-pawn will decide easily now.' Eine phantastische Ressource - jetzt gewinnt Schwarz.} 39. Kf2 a4 40. Bxf5 e3+ 41. Kf3 a3 { The a-pawn is simply unstoppable. Der a-Bauer ist einfach unaufhaltsam.} 42. g3 Rb2 43. Be6 Kg7 44. Rg2 a2 45. Bxa2 Rxa2 46. Rg1 Bb4 $1 { The last finesse Die letzte Feinheit.} 0-1 [Event "Mainz CCM6 m"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2006.08.19"] [Round "6"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2006.08.17"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.10.02"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 exd4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxd4 Qd7 18. Bg5 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 20. hxg4 Rxf3 21. Kg2 Rf7 22. Rae1 Rd7 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 h5 26. Be3 a6 27. gxh5 gxh5 28. b3 Kf7 29. Kf3 Re7 30. Rg1 Re5 31. Rd1 g5 32. a3 g4+ 33. Kg2 Rf5 34. b4 Ke7 35. Bc5 Kd7 36. Rd4 b5 37. Rd1 Bf4 38. Re1 Re5 39. Rd1 h4 40. d6 h3+ 41. Kf1 g3 42. fxg3 Bxg3 43. Kg1 Rf5 44. Ra1 Rf3 45. Kh1 Rd3 46. Rf1 Kc6 0-1 [Event "Mainz CCM6 m"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2006.08.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2728"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2006.08.17"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.10.02"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. c3 f5 15. Nc2 Rb8 16. Re1 fxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Nb4 Qc7 20. Bb3 a5 21. Nd5 Qb7 22. a3 Be6 23. Ne3 Bxb3 24. Qxb3 f4 25. Nd5 Rbc8 26. Rad1 Rc5 27. Rd3 f3 28. gxf3 Qf7 29. Qd1 Rc4 30. Ne3 Rh4 31. Ng2 Rh3 32. f4 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 exf4 34. f3 Qb3 35. Re2 b4 36. axb4 axb4 37. Qc2 Qd5 38. Ne1 bxc3 39. bxc3 Qc5+ 40. Kf1 Bxc3 41. Re7 Bg7 42. Qxc5 dxc5 43. Rc7 Bd4 44. Nd3 Rf5 45. Nf2 Rh5 46. Nd3 Rxh2 47. Nxc5 Rf2+ 48. Ke1 Bxc5 49. Rxc5 Rxf3 50. Rc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz CCM6 m"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2006.08.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2006.08.17"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.10.02"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Bh5 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. e5 Qb6 17. Ne4 O-O-O 18. Nd6+ Kb8 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Bxf7 Nxe5 21. Qh5 Rxd4 22. Bxe6 c5 23. Qxh6 Ka7 24. Rae1 Nd3 25. Re3 Rd6 26. h4 Nf4 27. hxg5 Nxe6 28. f3 b4 29. Kh2 Qc7 30. Kg1 Nf4 31. Qf8 Rd2 32. Re7 Qd6 33. Qf7 Ne2+ 34. Kh1 Ng3+ 35. Kg1 Qd4+ 36. Kh2 Qh4+ 0-1 [Event "Mainz CCM6 m"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2006.08.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2728"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2006.08.17"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.10.02"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Bd7 16. O-O Ne7 17. Ra2 Rc8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bd5 Rc5 20. b3 Rxc3 21. Rxa5 Be6 22. Nb4 Rfc8 23. Ra1 Qd7 24. Qe2 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxb3 26. Rab1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 g6 28. g3 Kg7 29. Kg2 Bd8 30. Qd3 h5 31. h3 Qc6 32. Rb3 Qc4 33. Qf3 Qc6 34. Rc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz CCM6 m"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2006.08.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2728"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2006.08.17"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.10.02"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Bd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rg1 Rc8 12. g5 hxg5 13. Rxg5 Kf8 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. Bf3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. Rh5 Rxh5 18. Bxh5 Kg8 19. O-O-O Qh4 20. Be2 Qxf2 21. Rf1 Qg2 22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe5 24. Nc5 Ba8 25. Rd1 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. e4 Nf6 28. Bc3 Ng4 29. Rg1 Nf2 30. Rxg7+ Kf8 31. Bf6 Nd3+ 32. Nxd3 cxd3 33. Kd2 c5 34. Rh7 Ke8 35. Kxd3 Bb7 36. h4 Rc6 37. e5 Ra6 38. h5 Ra4 39. Rh8+ Kd7 40. h6 Be4+ 41. Ke3 Bf5 42. h7 Bxh7 43. Rxh7 Rxa2 44. Rxf7+ Kc6 45. Re7 Kd5 46. b3 1-0 [Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"] [Site "Villarrobledo"] [Date "2006.08.06"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2596"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2006.08.05"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.09.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Kb1 Rb8 12. Bd4 O-O 13. Qg5 Ng6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qxf6 Be7 16. Qd4 b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. Qd2 d6 19. Nbd4 Bd7 20. f4 Rfc8 21. f5 Ne5 22. Nf4 Qb7 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Nfxe6 Kh8 25. Nf4 Qxe4 26. Re1 Qb7 27. Bd3 b3 28. axb3 Bf8 29. Be4 Qa7 30. Nfe6 Bxe6 31. Nxe6 a4 32. Qe3 Qa5 33. Qh3 Qa7 34. Rhf1 axb3 35. cxb3 Qe7 36. Re2 1-0 [Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"] [Site "Villarrobledo"] [Date "2006.08.06"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Moreno Carnero, Javier"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2509"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2006.08.05"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.09.14"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. h4 Bd7 9. g3 Ne7 10. Bg2 Qc7 11. h5 h6 12. Nh2 Nc8 13. Ng4 Nb6 14. Ne3 O-O-O 15. Qf3 Ba4 16. O-O Kb8 17. Re1 Ka8 18. Qg4 Rg8 19. f4 Be7 20. Qh3 Bd7 21. g4 f6 22. Nf3 Nb3 23. Rb1 Rgf8 24. Qg3 fxe5 25. Nxe5 Bd6 26. Nf1 Nxc1 27. Rbxc1 Be8 28. Nh2 Qe7 29. Rc2 Nd7 30. Rf2 Nxe5 31. fxe5 Bc7 32. Ref1 Bd7 33. Nf3 Rg8 34. Nh4 Be8 35. Kh2 Kb8 36. Bh3 a6 37. g5 hxg5 38. Ng6 Bxg6 39. hxg6 Qd7 40. Rf7 Qb5 41. R1f2 Rde8 42. Qxg5 Bd8 43. Qd2 Bh4 44. R2f3 a5 45. Kg2 a4 46. Bg4 Qc6 47. Rh3 Bd8 48. Rh7 Re7 49. Qf2 Qe8 50. Kg3 Ka7 51. Rh2 Qd7 52. Rh7 Qe8 53. Rh5 Qb5 54. Rxe7 Bxe7 55. Bxe6 Rf8 56. Bf7 Qb3 57. Rh1 Rd8 58. Kg4 Qb5 59. Rh7 Bf8 60. e6 Qc6 61. Qe3 Qc7 62. Rh5 Rd6 63. Qe5 Qb6 64. e7 Bxe7 65. Qxe7 1-0 [Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"] [Site "Villarrobledo"] [Date "2006.08.06"] [Round "9"] [White "Malakhov, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2006.08.05"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.09.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bg4 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Be2 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Re8 13. Rhe1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"] [Site "Villarrobledo"] [Date "2006.08.06"] [Round "6"] [White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2536"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2006.08.05"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.09.14"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Nh4 e6 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. Qb3 Ra7 9. g3 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O b5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. a4 b4 14. Qd3 g6 15. Nb3 Ne4 16. Bd2 Bd6 17. Rfc1 h5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Nc6 20. Be1 a5 21. Rd1 Rd7 22. Rac1 Qc7 23. f3 Nf6 24. Bf2 Re8 25. b3 Re6 26. h4 Ne5 27. Qd4 Nc6 28. Qf4 Qd8 29. Bf1 Qc8 30. Bb5 Rde7 31. Kg2 Kh7 32. Rc2 Re5 33. Rd3 Kg7 34. Rd1 Qc7 35. Rd3 Kh7 36. Rd1 Ne8 37. Rcd2 Ng7 38. Qg5 Rd7 39. Qf6 Re6 40. Qb2 Ne8 41. Rxd5 Rxd5 42. Rxd5 Nf6 43. Rd2 Ne5 44. Qd4 Qb7 45. Be2 Kg7 46. Qd8 Nc6 47. Qb6 Qe7 48. Bc4 Nd7 49. Qb5 Rf6 50. Bd5 Nde5 51. e4 Nxf3 52. Kxf3 fxe4+ 53. Kg2 e3 54. Re2 Na7 55. Qb7 exf2 56. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 57. Kxf2 Qxc5+ 58. Kg2 Qc2+ 59. Kg1 Qf5 60. Bc4 Nc8 61. Qb5 Nd6 0-1 [Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"] [Site "Villarrobledo"] [Date "2006.08.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Guerra Roig, Joan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A39"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2069"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2006.08.05"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.09.14"] 1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. Nc3 Qb6 9. Nb3 d6 10. Be3 Qd8 11. c5 Ng4 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bc1 dxc5 14. Nxc5 Qe7 15. N5e4 Rd8 16. Nd5 Qe6 17. Ng5 Qe8 18. Qa4 Rb8 19. h3 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Ne4 Nb4 1-0 [Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"] [Site "Villarrobledo"] [Date "2006.08.05"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Milov, Vadim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2006.08.05"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.09.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Nbc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. c3 Bc5 9. Nd2 d6 10. Kh1 e5 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Nb3 Ba7 13. f4 Be6 14. Bd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Qc7 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Nc1 Qa5 19. Nd3 Qxd5 20. exd5 Ne7 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Nxe5 f6 23. Nf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"] [Site "Villarrobledo"] [Date "2006.08.05"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Strikovic, Aleksa"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2779"] [BlackElo "2510"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2006.08.05"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.09.14"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. f3 h5 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c6 8. a4 g6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Re8 11. O-O a5 12. h3 Bf8 13. f4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Nc5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Qe3 Qb6 18. e5 Bf5 19. Qf2 Nh7 20. g4 hxg4 21. Ng3 gxh3 22. Nxf5 hxg2 23. Qxg2 Kh8 24. Ng3 Rad8 25. Nge4 Rd4 26. Rde1 c4 27. Kh1 Qd8 28. Re3 Be7 29. Rh3 Kg7 30. f5 Rh8 31. f6+ Kg8 32. fxe7 Qxe7 33. Qh2 Kg7 34. Nf6 1-0 [Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"] [Site "Villarrobledo"] [Date "2006.08.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Cramling, Pia"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2521"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2006.08.05"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.09.14"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Nc3 Bd6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. a3 f5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Qc2 a6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Ne2 g5 15. h4 g4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Nf4 Kf7 18. g3 Bd7 19. Qb3 b5 20. Rc1 Rfb8 21. Qa2 Bxf4 22. exf4 b4 23. Nb3 bxa3 24. bxa3 Bb5 25. Nc5 Nd7 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. O-O b4 28. a4 Nxc5 29. Rxc5 b3 30. Qa3 Qb7 31. Rb1 Ra7 32. Rc3 b2 33. Rc2 Qb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Villarrobledo op 21st"] [Site "Villarrobledo"] [Date "2006.08.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Solaesa Navalpotro, Luis Julio"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2334"] [BlackElo "2779"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2006.08.05"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.09.14"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Be7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 Bf5 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Ne5 Re8 13. h3 Nh5 14. Bh2 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. O-O-O a5 18. Kb1 a4 19. Rc1 Re7 20. Qc2 a3 21. b3 f5 22. g4 Ng7 23. Ne2 Rf8 24. Nf4 Ne6 25. Nd3 f4 26. Ne5 c5 27. Qd2 fxe3 28. fxe3 cxd4 29. exd4 Nxd4 30. Qxd4 Qxe5 31. Rhd1 Qe4+ 32. Ka1 Qxd4+ 33. Rxd4 Rd7 34. Rcd1 Rf2 35. Kb1 Rb2+ 36. Ka1 Rh2 37. Kb1 Rxh3 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxd5 Rh1+ 40. Kc2 Rh2+ 41. Kc3 Rxa2 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Rd7+ Kh6 44. Rxb7 Rg2 45. Ra7 Rxg4 46. Rxa3 Kg5 47. Ra5+ Kf6 48. b4 h5 49. b5 Rg1 50. Ra4 Ke6 51. Rb4 Kd7 52. b6 Kc8 53. b7+ Kb8 54. Kd3 g5 55. Ke3 h4 56. Kf2 Rc1 57. Kg2 Rc7 58. Rg4 Rg7 59. Kf3 Kxb7 60. Rc4 Rc7 61. Rb4+ Ka6 62. Kg4 Rc5 63. Rb3 Rb5 64. Re3 Ka5 65. Rc3 Kb4 66. Rc1 Rc5 0-1 [Event "Leon 19th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2006.06.11"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2804"] [Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2006.06.11"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 { Anand elige una variante sólida en vista de la situación del marcador} ({ es la variante más utilizada por el GM indio} 6. Be3) 6... Nbd7 { una línea poco habitual} (6... e5 { jugó Anand en la primera partida de su match con Bruzón en este torneo}) 7. O-O g6 8. Be3 b6 {novedad} (8... Bg7 {se ha jugado en varias partidas}) 9. Nd5 Bb7 10. c4 e5 $6 {una posición inédita en la que aparecen a la vez jugadas que pertenecen aparentemente a diferentes esquemas} ({no es recomendable} 10... Nxe4 11. Bf3) ({la continuación más sana es} 10... Bg7) 11. Nc2 Bxd5 12. exd5 Bg7 13. Nb4 O-O 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. b4 {# Anand ha jugado con increible rapidez el raro esquema elegido por el negro y además parece haber conseguido una posición ventajosa.} h5 16. a4 a5 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. Rb1 Ne4 19. Qc2 f5 20. Rb5 {Fritz da gran ventaja a las blancas, sin duda el campeón mundial ha arriesgado quizás en demasía acuciado por la necesidad de ganar.} Kh7 21. Rfb1 Nec5 22. Bd2 e4 23. Bxa5 Qc8 24. Bb4 {Anand 18:20 Topalov: 13:40} Qe8 25. a5 f4 26. Re1 Qf7 27. Bxc5 Nxc5 {#} 28. Rxc5 {Anand sacrifica la calidad por el peón de e4 y consigue una posición con gran ventaja y sin apenas riesgo.} dxc5 29. Qxe4 Rfe8 30. Qf3 Qf6 31. Rd1 Qd6 32. Rb1 Qc7 33. Bd3 Kh6 34. h4 { las blancas amenazan Rb6 con ataque de mate} Bf8 {#} 35. g4 $1 { la forma más rápida de precipitar los acontecimientos} fxg3 ({pierde} 35... hxg4 36. Qxg4 Qg7 37. Qg5+ Kh7 38. h5) 36. Qf6 gxf2+ 37. Kg2 (37. Kf1 Qg7 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39. Qxh5+ Kg8) 37... Qg7 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39. Qxh5+ Kg8 40. Qxg6 Qxg6+ 41. Bxg6 Re1 42. Kxf2 Rxb1 43. Bxb1 {La posición es muy favorable a las blancas que tienen tres peones por la calidad, pero la realización técnica de esta ventaja no es nada fácil. Anand puede jugar con las tablas y el torneo en la mano....} Bd6 44. Ke3 Kg7 45. h5 Bc7 46. Be4 Kh6 47. Bg6 Kg5 48. Ke4 Ra6 { Anand: 10:50 Topalov 4:04} 49. Be8 Ra8 50. Bg6 Bd6 51. Ke3 Bf4+ 52. Kf3 Bh2 53. Ke3 Bd6 54. Ke4 Bc7 55. Ke3 Kf6 56. Ke4 Bg3 57. Kf3 Bd6 58. Ke3 Ra6 59. Ke4 Bc7 60. Be8 Ra8 61. Bg6 Kg5 {Y se acuerdan tablas} (61... Kg5 { # en este momento Fritz indica que las blancas ganan con} 62. Ne5 $1 Ra6 ( 62... Bxa5 63. d6 Kf6 64. Kd5) (62... Rxa5 63. d6 Bxd6 64. Nf7+) 63. Be8 Kf6 64. Nd7+ Ke7 65. Nxc5 Rxa5 66. Ne6 Kxe8 67. Nxc7+ Kd7 68. Ne6 Ra1 69. c5 { ganando}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 19th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2006.06.11"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2804"] [Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2006.06.11"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.14"] 1. e4 {. Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 {La Variante Berlinesa, que tras un sueńo de más de medio siglo, resucito de la mano de Kramnik que la convirtió en su arma principal en el match que le enfrentó a Kasparov en Londres en 2000.} 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 ({ el principal experto de esta variante se enfrentó a ella con blancas en Turín: } 9... Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Ne4 Be7 12. b3 h5 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5+ Ke8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Nxe6 $16 { Kramnik,V-Aleksandrov,A Turin (ol) 2006}) 10. h3 Ne7 11. Re1 Ng6 ({ Esta variante está en el repertorio de Topalov con ambos colores:} 11... Nd5 12. Ne4 Nb4 13. Re2 Bf5 14. Nd4 Bxe4 15. Rxe4 c5 16. a3 cxd4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Rxd4 Be7 19. Be3 a6 20. Rad1 h5 21. c3 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. f4 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Kf2 g6 26. Kf3 Ke7 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 a5 29. Rd5 b6 30. Ke4 a4 31. Re5+ Kf6 32. f5 gxf5+ 33. Rxf5+ Kg6 34. Rd5 Rf8 35. Ke3 { 1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Wijk aan Zee 1999}) 12. Bd2 Be7 $146 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. Nd4 Bc5 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Be3 h5 {Una medida típica para frenar la expansión de la mayoría de peones blanca, o, cuando menos para lograr si se produce las máximas simplificaciones posibles.} 17. Rd2 Ne6 18. Ne4 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 { Las blancas han coseguido el cambio de la pareja de alfiles, algo que en principio les beneficia.} b6 20. Nd4 {Anand: 15:40 Topalov: 10:55} Nxd4 21. Rxd4 {Las blancas simplifican en busca de un final con un peón más en el flanco de rey} c5 22. Rd2 Bf5 23. Ng5 (23. Ng3 Be6 24. f4 h4 25. f5 Bc8 $1 { y las negras están mejor} ({pero no} 25... hxg3 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Rxg3 $17)) 23... Ke7 24. Rf3 Be6 25. Nxe6 Kxe6 26. Rfd3 Kxe5 27. Re3+ ({ otra posibilidad tal vez menos precisa es} 27. Re2+ Kf6 28. Rf3+ Kg6 29. Re7 Rhe8 30. Rfxf7 Rxe7 31. Rxe7 Rd8) 27... Kf6 28. Rd7 Rhf8 29. Rxc7 g5 30. Kf1 h4 {#} 31. a4 $1 ({la más directa} 31. Ra3 Rfd8 32. Rf3+ Kg6 33. Rfxf7 Rd2 { permite mucho contrajuego a las negras}) 31... Kg6 32. Ree7 { Anand 10:00 Topalov 2:50} Rad8 33. Ke2 $1 {# limitando el contrajuego negro} a5 {una jugada que parece desesperada, pero las negras tienen problemas en todos los casos} (33... Rfe8 34. Rxa7 f5) 34. Rc6+ f6 35. Rxb6 Rd4 36. b3 c4 ( 36... Rfd8 37. Ree6 Rd2+ 38. Ke3 Rxc2 39. Rxf6+) 37. Ree6 cxb3 38. cxb3 Kf5 39. Re3 Rc8 40. Rf3+ Ke4 (40... Ke5 41. Rb5+ Ke6 (41... Ke4 $2 42. Re3+ Kf4 43. g3+ ) 42. Re3+ Kd6 43. Rxa5 Rc2+ 44. Kf1 Rd1+ 45. Re1 Rdd2 46. Rf5 { y las blancas deben ganar}) 41. Re6+ Kd5 42. Rfxf6 Rc2+ 43. Kf1 (43. Kf3 Rf4+ 44. Rxf4 Kxe6 45. Rc4 Rb2) 43... Rd1+ 44. Re1 Rdd2 45. Kg1 Rb2 46. Rf5+ Kd4 47. Rxg5 Rxf2 48. Rg4+ Kd3 49. Re5 Rfc2 50. Rxa5 { Y Topalov abandona, una gran demostración técnica de Anand} 1-0 [Event "Leon 19th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2006.06.11"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2006.06.11"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nc3 d6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Ra7 Ra8 16. Qa1 Qb8 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qa5 Qxa5 19. Bxa5 Rc8 20. Ra1 Ra8 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Ra2 Ra7 23. Ke2 f5 24. f4 Bf6 25. Kd1 h6 26. g3 g5 27. Bd2 Rxa2 28. Bxa2 gxf4 29. gxf4 Be8 30. Ba5 Bd8 31. c4 dxc3 32. Bxc3 Bf7 33. d4 c6 34. Bb1 Bxd5 35. Bxf5 Bf6 36. Kd2 c5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 19th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2006.06.11"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D23"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2006.06.11"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.14"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. dxc5 e6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Be3 Rc8 10. Bg2 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Rxc5 13. Qb3 b6 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfd1 Qb8 16. Ne4 Rc7 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Kg2 h6 19. Qa4 Rd8 20. Qf4 Rc2 21. b3 Rdc8 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. a4 g5 24. Rac1 Rb2 25. Rc7 g4 26. Bc6 Rc2 27. Rd4 a5 28. e4 Ne8 29. Rb7 Rxb7 30. Bxb7 Kf8 31. e5 Rc5 32. Rxg4 Rxe5 33. Rh4 Kg7 34. Rd4 Rc5 35. b4 Rc7 36. Bf3 e5 37. Rg4+ Kf8 38. Re4 Nd6 39. Rxe5 axb4 40. Re2 Rc4 41. Rd2 Ke7 42. Bd5 Rc5 43. Rd4 Ra5 44. Bb3 b5 45. Rxb4 bxa4 46. Bxa4 Rc5 47. Bb3 Rb5 48. Rxb5 Nxb5 49. f4 f6 50. Kh3 Kf8 51. Kg4 Nd6 52. Kf3 Ke7 53. g4 Ne8 54. Ke3 Nd6 55. Kd4 Ne8 56. h4 Nd6 57. Kd5 Ne8 58. Kc6 Nd6 59. Bd5 Ne8 60. Kc5 Nd6 61. Bc6 Nf7 62. Be4 Nd6 63. Bd3 Nf7 64. Kd5 Nd6 65. h5 Nf7 66. Bg6 Nd6 67. Kc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 19th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2006.06.09"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2006.06.11"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Bf4 Ne7 12. Bg3 Re8 13. Nf4 Nc6 14. f3 Ne5 15. Nh5 Be6 16. Bf2 Bf7 17. Ng3 b6 18. a4 a5 19. Nf5 g6 20. Ne3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 19th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2006.06.09"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2652"] [Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2006.06.11"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 ({ En reciente torneo de sofia se jugó hasta la saciedad} 7... O-O { amagando el indestructible ataque Marshall}) 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nd7 {sistema Keres } 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Na3 exd4 13. cxd4 {Esta posición la discutieron Kasparov y Karpov en su match de 1990. en los comentarios a esta partida ofrecemos completas las partidas de tan ilustre antecedente} Na5 (13... Nb6 14. Bf4 bxa4 15. Bxa4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 a5 17. Bd2 Re8 18. d5 Nb4 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Qxb4 Rb8 21. Qc4 Qc8 22. Nd4 Ba6 23. Qc3 c5 24. dxc6 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxc6 26. b4 h6 27. Re3 Re6 28. f3 Rc8 29. Rb3 Bb5 30. Rb2 Qb7 31. Nc2 Rg6 32. Qf2 Qe7 33. Ne3 Qe5 34. Rbb1 Bd7 35. Ra5 Qe7 36. Nd5 Qd8 37. Ra7 Kh7 38. Kh2 Rb8 39. f4 Re6 40. Qd4 Qe8 41. Re1 Bc6 42. Qd3 Qf8 43. Rc1 Bxd5 44. exd5+ Rg6 45. Qf5 Kg8 46. Rac7 Rf6 47. Qd7 Rd8 48. Qxd8 Qxd8 49. Rc8 Qf8 50. R1c4 Rf5 51. Rxf8+ Kxf8 52. Rd4 h5 53. b5 Ke7 54. b6 Kd7 55. g4 hxg4 56. hxg4 Rf6 57. Rc4 { 1-0 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/New York Lyon (m/18) 1990}) 14. Bc2 (14. Ba2 b4 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Re8 17. Qb3 Rxe4 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Be3 Re7 20. Bd5 c6 21. Be6 Nf8 22. Bg4 a5 23. Rac1 Ng6 24. Bh5 Rc8 25. Bg4 Rb8 26. Qc2 Rc7 27. Qf5 Ne7 28. Qd3 Nd5 29. Bd2 c5 30. Be6 Nb6 31. dxc5 dxc5 32. Qxd8+ Rxd8 33. Bf4 Re7 34. Ng5 Bd5 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. Rxe7 Bxe7 37. Re1 { 1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/New York/Lyon (m12) 1990}) 14... b4 15. Nb1 Re8 16. Bf4 c5 17. Nbd2 cxd4 $5 18. Bxd6 {Bruzón piensa mucho en esta posición: se ha quedado con 8 minutos mientras !Anand tiene más de los 20 iniciales!} Nc6 { Novedad} ({se había jugado} 18... d3 19. Bxd3 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Qb6 (20... Qf6 $2 21. Bxb4 {Almasi-Dos Santos Guarapuava 1991 sub-16}) 21. e5 Bc3) 19. Nc4 Nde5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Ncxe5 Bxe5 22. Qd2 {#} Bf6 $6 (22... d3 $5 23. Bxd3 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Qxd3 25. Qxb4 Bxe4 {es una continuación que asegura igualdad, según fritz} ) 23. Qxb4 $5 (23. e5 $1 {daba clara ventaja al blanco} Be7 24. Qd3 g6 25. Bb3 {con una posición muy prometedora}) 23... Rb8 24. Qd2 {Anand 14:15 Bruzón:03:41 } g6 25. Bd3 a5 {Las negras tienen algo de compensación, pero fritz materialista como siempre da ventaja clara a las blancas} 26. Re2 $1 Qb6 27. Qf4 $1 Rbc8 28. Rae1 $1 {en tres jugadas Anand ha reforzado la posición y está listo para iniciar acciones en el centro y el flanco de rey.} Bg7 29. e5 Re7 { Anand piensa aquí bastante el plan más fuerte mientras bruzón espera con sólo un minuto en elreloj} 30. Nh2 Qc6 31. Be4 Qc4 32. Bxb7 Rxb7 33. Rd2 d3 34. Qxc4 Rxc4 35. Rxd3 Rxb2 36. Rd8+ Bf8 37. Ng4 h5 {Anand 3:30 Bruzón: 1:00} (37... Rxa4 $2 38. Rc1 {con ataque decisivo}) 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Ne8+ Kh6 40. Nd6 Bxd6 41. Rxd6 (41. exd6 Rd2 (41... Rcc2 42. d7 Rxf2 43. Rh8+ Kg7 44. Rg8+ Kh7 45. Ree8 $1 {ganando}) 42. Re7 Kg7 43. Rdd7 Rf4 44. f3 h4 { con buenas posibilidades de salvación}) 41... Rxa4 42. Rf6 Kg7 { y tablas. Gran defensa de Bruzón} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 19th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2006.06.09"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C96"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2006.06.11"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nf3 Bh4 20. Rf1 Bg3 21. f5 Ne5 22. Ng5 Bh4 23. Qh5 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 f6 25. Bf4 Qe8 26. Qxe8 Rxe8 27. Ra7 Kf8 28. Rfa1 h6 29. Kf2 Re7 30. b4 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 cxb4 32. Bd2 Rb7 33. Rxb7 Bxb7 34. Bxb4 Ke7 35. Ke3 Bc8 36. Bd1 Kd7 37. Be2 Nc4+ 38. Kf4 Ke7 39. g4 Bd7 40. h4 Be8 41. g5 hxg5+ 42. hxg5 Ne5 43. g6 Nc4 44. Kf3 Bd7 45. Kf2 Bc8 46. Ke1 Bd7 47. Kd1 Bc8 48. Kc2 Ba6 49. Kb3 Kd7 50. Bc3 Ne5 51. Kb4 Ke7 52. Bxe5 fxe5 53. Bxb5 Bc8 54. Ka5 1-0 [Event "Leon 19th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2006.06.09"] [Round "1.8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C97"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2006.06.11"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. Nbd2 g6 14. b3 Nb7 15. a4 Rab8 16. Qe2 Nh5 17. Nf1 Nd8 18. axb5 axb5 19. b4 c4 20. Be3 f6 21. Ra7 Rb7 22. Rea1 Nf7 23. Rxb7 Qxb7 24. Ra7 Qc8 25. Qd1 Re8 26. Qa1 f5 27. N3d2 Bd8 28. Ra8 Qc7 29. Ra7 Qc8 30. f3 Bg5 31. Bxg5 Nxg5 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Ne3 Nf6 34. Qa6 Qxa6 35. Rxa6 f4 36. Ng4 Bxg4 37. Rxd6 Kg7 38. hxg4 Ra8 39. Bf5 Ra3 40. Rc6 Nxd5 41. Rc5 Ne3 42. Rxb5 Ra1+ 43. Bb1 Kf6 44. Ra5 Rxa5 45. bxa5 1-0 [Event "Leon 19th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2006.06.09"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A32"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2006.06.11"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.14"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nc2 e6 ({ Una continuación original y agresiva es} 6... h5 $5 {#} 7. h3 Ne4 $146 8. e3 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 Qf5 10. Nf3 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Be2 g6 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Nd4 Bg7 15. b4 Ne6 16. Nxe6 dxe6 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 b6 $15 { Tomashevsky,E-Morozevich,A/Russia (ch) 2005}) 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O Be7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 $146 ({Es también muy sana para las negras} 9... exd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Be6 13. Qe4 Bf6 14. a4 Rac8 15. Be3 Qxb2 16. Rab1 Qa2 17. Rxb7 a5 18. Rb6 Ne7 19. Nd4 Rc4 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Bh3 Kh8 22. Bxe6 Qxe2 23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Qc2 Rc8 25. Rc1 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 Rxc2 27. Nxc2 Nd5 { Gelfand,B-Ivanchuk,V Polanica Zdroj 2000 1/2-1/2}) 10. Ne3 Nxe3 11. Bxe3 Qxb2 12. Bxc6+ (12. Nd2 Qb5 13. Rb1 Qf5) 12... bxc6 13. Bd4 Qb5 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bc3 Ba6 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Qc2 Qf5 $1 {las negras cambian damas: ahora la situación de su rey deja de ser un problema y se incrementa la fuerza de la pareja de alfiles} 18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Nd2 f4 20. Nf3 ({no consigue nada} 20. Ne4 { después de} Rg6) 20... c5 21. Rac1 h5 $1 22. Kf1 ({la alternativa es} 22. Be5 { a lo que puede seguir} fxg3 23. fxg3 h4 24. Kf2 hxg3+ 25. hxg3) 22... fxg3 23. hxg3 Rg4 $1 {la torre puede pasar ahora al flanco de dama} 24. Ne5 $1 { bruzón busca el cambio de uno de los alfiles negros} Ra4 25. Nc6 Rd6 26. Nxe7 Kxe7 27. Rc2 h4 {#} 28. Bd2 $1 (28. gxh4 Rxh4 29. f3 Re6 { y las negras tienen ventaja}) 28... hxg3 { Y Anand ofrece tablas Buena defensa otra vez del gran maestro cubano.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 19th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2006.06.09"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2006.06.11"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.14"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 cxd4 5. exd4 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nb4 11. Bb1 Rc8 12. a3 Nc6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Rad1 Na5 15. d5 exd5 16. cxd5 Bc5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. b4 Be7 21. d6 Bd8 22. Nd5 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Rfe1 Kg7 25. h3 f5 26. Ne7 f4 27. Rd5 Rc3 28. Re4 Rxa3 29. Rxf4 f6 30. Rh5 Bxe7 31. dxe7 Re8 32. Rg4+ Kf7 33. Rxh6 Rxe7 34. Rh7+ Kf8 35. Rh8+ Kf7 36. Rh7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 19th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2006.06.09"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "Estremera,S/Mellado,J"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2006.06.11"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.14"] {El XIX Torneo Magistral Ciudad de León abre el fuego con un match inédito, Anand cinco veces campeón aquí va a enfrentarse en un encuentro a cuatro partidas al GM cubano Lázaro bruzón, campeón mundial juvenil en 2000, y uno de los grandes maestros jóvenes con más proyección mundial. Anand y Bruzón se han enfrentado antes dos veces hasta ahora, la primera en el supertorneo de Wijk aan Zee en 2005, en esa ocasión Anand ganó una buena partida con negras. El segundo enfrentamiento ha sido hace pocos días en la olimpiada de Turín y acabó en tablas tras un sólido planteamiento con blancas del jugador cubano. Las partidas se disputarán a 20 minutos con un incremento de 10 segundos por jugada.} 1. e4 {Bruzón jugó la apertura catalana en las dos partidas mencionadas contra Anand. en esta ocasión se decide por el peón de rey....} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {siciliana najdorf} 6. Be2 { Bruzón opta por la línea más sólida} e5 { y Anand se mantiene dentro de los cauces clasicos de esta defensa.} (6... e6 { trasponiendo al sistema sheveningen ha sido durante décadas el arma favorita de Kasparov}) 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. Bf3 ({ Otro plan estandar en esta posición es} 10. f4) 10... Nbd7 11. a5 Qc7 12. Be3 h6 13. Re1 Rfc8 14. h3 b5 $1 {con esta reacción las negras obtienen contrajuego suficiente gracias al dominio de las líneas abiertas en el flanco de dama} 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. Na5 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Bxc4 18. Na4 Rab8 {Anand parece haber igualado sin problemas y apenas ha gastado tiempo su reloj marca 19 minutos mientras Bruzón tiene alrededor de 15.} 19. Bc1 ({ la continuación más normal y esperada era} 19. b3 Bb5 20. c4 Bxa4 21. Rxa4 { tras} Qb7 {las negras no tienen problemas. la continuación de la partida parece haber sorprendido a Anand que está pensando mucho su respuesta}) 19... Qb7 ({una continuación muy interesante es} 19... d5 $5 20. exd5 Rd8 21. Nc3 Bb4 {con buen juego para las negras}) 20. b3 Be6 21. Bb2 Rc6 22. Qd3 { los tiempos estan ahora bastante igualados: 10 minutos Bruzón y 11 Anand} Rbc8 23. Re2 Nd7 24. Qd1 ({una posibilidad es} 24. Bg4) 24... Bg5 $1 {impidiendo Rd2 } 25. c4 {bruzón tiena solo 4 minutos Anand conserva aún 10, la ventaja de tiempo empieza a ser importante} Rb8 26. Ra3 Nf8 27. Kh2 $1 {las blancas preparan g3 y h4 expulsando al alfil y controlando eventualmente al caballo que puede llegar a g6} Ng6 28. g3 Qc8 29. Bg2 ({ A este ritmo las blancas no permiten variantes azarosas como} 29. h4 Nxh4 30. gxh4 Bf4+ 31. Kg2 Bh3+ 32. Kg1 d5) 29... Bd8 30. Rd2 Bc7 (30... Ba5 31. Bc3 ( 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Qxd6 Bb4)) 31. Nc3 Bb6 32. Na4 Ba7 {#} 33. Ba1 $6 ({ Fritz ofrece ahora la sorprendente} 33. f4 $1 exf4 34. gxf4 Nxf4 35. Qf3 Ng6 36. e5 {con clara ventaja blanca}) 33... Qb7 34. Rda2 Kh7 35. Bf3 Nf8 { El blanco esta bien pero apurado de tiempo con menos de 1 minuto en el reloj} 36. Bg4 Nd7 37. Bxe6 $2 ({ Bruzón no ha considerado en toda la partida su mejor opción} 37. f4 { con la que incluso saca ventaja}) 37... fxe6 38. Qg4 Nc5 39. Nxc5 Bxc5 40. Ra4 Qxb3 {las negras tienen ventaja} 41. Rb2 {#} Qxb2 $1 (41... Qxa4 $2 42. Rxb8 Qxa1 43. Rb7 {con ventaja decisiva del blanco}) 42. Bxb2 Rxb2 43. h4 Rxf2+ 44. Kh3 Rf6 $1 45. Ra1 Bb4 $1 {ataca c4 y prepara a5} 46. Qe2 a5 47. Rf1 $1 Rxf1 48. Qxf1 Kg8 49. Qd1 { las blancas deben tener suficiente contrajuego para hacer tablas} Rxc4 50. Qb3 d5 {con ventaja} 51. exd5 exd5 52. Qd3 Rc5 53. Qf5 Rc6 54. Qxe5 Rd6 55. h5 Rd8 56. Qc7 Re8 57. Qd7 Re5 58. g4 Bf8 59. Qa7 d4 {y tablas, buena defensa de Bruzón que, tras desaprovechar una buena ocasión de obtener ventaja con f4, ha logrado defender con éxito la posición después del sacrificio de dama de Anand} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 19th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2006.06.09"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D05"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2006.06.11"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.14"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. a3 Bb7 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Qe2 Ne7 13. f4 b5 14. Rf3 Rac8 15. Rc1 b4 16. a4 Ng6 17. Rcf1 Ne4 18. Rh3 f5 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qh5 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Qxc2 22. Qxh7+ Kf7 23. Rg3 Qxd2 24. Rxg6 Rg8 25. Rxe6 Kxe6 26. Qxf5+ Ke7 27. Qf7+ Kd8 28. e6 e3 1-0 [Event "Turin ol (Men) 37th"] [Site "Turin"] [Date "2006.06.03"] [Round "12"] [White "Charbonneau, Pascal"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B44"] [WhiteElo "2510"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2006.05.21"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] [WhiteTeam "Canada"] [BlackTeam "India"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. f3 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Rfd1 Qb8 16. Kh1 Rfe8 17. Bf1 Kh8 18. Be3 Ba8 19. Bg1 Rg8 20. Qe3 Ned7 21. Nab1 g5 22. Nd2 Bd8 23. b4 Bc7 24. Qe1 Rg6 25. Bd3 Ne5 26. Be2 Rcg8 27. Be3 Rh6 28. Nf1 Rgg6 29. Qd2 Qg8 30. a4 Bb7 31. c5 dxc5 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Rb1 Bc6 34. Bxc5 g4 35. f4 g3 36. fxe5 Nxe4 37. Nxe4 Bxe4 38. Bd3 Bxg2+ 39. Qxg2 gxh2 40. Bxg6 Rxg6 41. Ng3 Rxg3 42. Qe4 Rg4 43. Be7 1-0 [Event "Turin ol (Men) 37th"] [Site "Turin"] [Date "2006.06.02"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2727"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2006.05.21"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] [WhiteTeam "India"] [BlackTeam "Israel"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "ISR"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 b4 9. Nce2 e5 10. Nb3 a5 11. Ng3 a4 12. Nc1 d5 13. exd5 Ra5 14. Nd3 Rxd5 15. Ne4 Nc6 16. Qf2 Bf5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. g4 Bxd3 19. Bxd3 a3 20. Be4 axb2 21. Rb1 Rd7 22. Rxb2 Be7 23. O-O 1/2-1/2 [Event "Turin ol (Men) 37th"] [Site "Turin"] [Date "2006.05.31"] [Round "10"] [White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2006.05.21"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] [WhiteTeam "Cuba"] [BlackTeam "India"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Qc1 Rc8 13. Nc3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Qd5 18. f3 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Qb7 20. Kg2 c5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Qd2 Qb6 23. Nf1 Rfd8 24. Qe1 Bd4 25. Rd2 Bf6 26. Rc1 g6 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. b3 b4 29. Nd2 Qa5 30. Rc2 Bc3 31. Qc1 f5 32. Nc4 Qd5 33. a3 a5 34. axb4 Bxb4 35. Qa1 Qd1 36. Qf6 Qxc2 37. Qxd8+ Bf8 38. Qd2 Qxb3 39. Nxa5 Qa4 40. Qc3 Qa2 41. Kf1 Qb1+ 42. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Turin ol (Men) 37th"] [Site "Turin"] [Date "2006.05.29"] [Round "8"] [White "Georgiev, Kiril"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2006.05.21"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] [WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"] [BlackTeam "India"] [WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O Qe7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Rfd1 Bd7 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Ne5 Ba4 15. Qd6 Rfe8 16. Rd2 Rac8 17. Rb1 b6 18. Rbb2 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Red8 20. Rd3 Kf8 21. Rbd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Turin ol (Men) 37th"] [Site "Turin"] [Date "2006.05.28"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2731"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2006.05.21"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] [WhiteTeam "India"] [BlackTeam "Ukraine"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "UKR"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 f5 18. Nh2 Qe7 19. Rae3 f4 20. R3e2 Ne5 21. Ndf3 g5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Bd2 Bc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. Bd3 Bd7 27. Rd2 Qd6 28. Be2 Re7 29. Bg4 Be8 30. Bh5 Bd7 31. Qf3 Rc8 32. Ra1 Rc4 33. Ng4 Kg7 34. Kh2 Bc8 35. Qe2 b3 36. Ra3 Rec7 37. Ra1 Bd7 38. Qf3 Rc2 39. Rad1 R7c4 40. Re2 Rxe2 41. Qxe2 Rc2 42. Qf3 Rxb2 43. Qc3 Bxg4 44. Bxg4 Rxf2 45. Qxb3 Qb4 46. Qxb4 Bxb4 47. d6 Rd2 48. Rxd2 Bxd2 49. Be2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Turin ol (Men) 37th"] [Site "Turin"] [Date "2006.05.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C68"] [WhiteElo "2664"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2006.05.21"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] [WhiteTeam "Germany"] [BlackTeam "India"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 b5 7. c3 c5 8. Nc2 Bb7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. a4 c4 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8+ Bxa8 13. Na3 c6 14. b3 cxb3 15. Qxb3 Ng6 16. c4 b4 17. Qa4 Qb8 18. Nc2 Be7 19. d4 O-O 20. c5 exd4 21. Nxb4 Qb5 22. Qxb5 cxb5 23. Nd3 Bf6 24. Bb2 Re8 25. e5 Bxf3 26. exf6 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Bd5 28. Bxd4 Nf4 29. Bb2 gxf6 30. Nc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Turin ol (Men) 37th"] [Site "Turin"] [Date "2006.05.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2640"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2006.05.21"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] [WhiteTeam "India"] [BlackTeam "China"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "CHN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15. h4 O-O 16. O-O-O a5 17. Kb1 f5 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. Nc4 a4 20. Rhf1 g6 21. b3 Rfe8 22. f4 Bf8 23. h5 exf4 24. Rxf4 Bg7 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Qd2 Nc5 27. Qxb4 axb3 28. cxb3 Reb8 29. Bxc5 Rxb4 30. Bxb4 Qe7 31. Rf2 Qe4+ 32. Kc1 f4 33. Bxd6 Bd4 34. Rfd2 Be3 35. Nxe3 fxe3 36. Rc2 e2 37. Re1 Qxd5 38. Be7 Re8 39. Rcxe2 Rc8+ 40. Kb1 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Turin ol (Men) 37th"] [Site "Turin"] [Date "2006.05.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Almasi, Zoltan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2657"] [BlackElo "2803"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2006.05.21"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] [WhiteTeam "Hungary"] [BlackTeam "India"] [WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. Kb1 a4 16. Nbc1 exf4 17. Nxf4 Bxg5 18. Nxe6 Bxe3 19. Nxd8 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Rxd8 21. Rd4 Nef6 22. Rxb4 Nc5 23. Bg2 Rfe8 24. Nd3 Nfxe4 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Bc6 Re5 27. Rd4 g5 28. b4 axb3 29. cxb3 Rc8 30. Rxd6 Ne4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Rg1 Rc5 33. a4 h5 34. Rgd1 g4 35. R6d5 Rc3 36. Kb2 Rf3 37. a5 Ree3 38. Rb5 Rf2+ 39. Ka3 Rxh2 40. a6 Re6 41. Ra5 Re8 42. a7 Ra8 43. Rd7 Kg7 44. Rb7 Re2 45. Rb8 Re8 46. Rxe8 Rxe8 47. b4 g3 48. Rxh5 Ra8 49. Rg5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Turin ol (Men) 37th"] [Site "Turin"] [Date "2006.05.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Batchuluun, Tsegmed"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C05"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2303"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2006.05.21"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] [WhiteTeam "India"] [BlackTeam "Mongolia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "MGL"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 f6 8. c3 Be7 9. g3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Bg2 Qb6 12. a3 a5 13. b3 fxe5 14. fxe5 Ndxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Rf1 Nxf3+ 17. Rxf3 Rxf3 18. Bxf3 Bd7 19. Bb2 Bc5 20. Kf1 Rf8 21. Kg2 Bc6 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Bg4 Rf7 24. Rc1 h6 25. h4 Rf8 26. Qd3 Rf7 27. Re1 Rf6 28. Nf3 Rf7 29. a4 Rf8 30. Re2 Bc8 31. Qg6 d4 32. Bxe6+ Kh8 33. Ng5 Qc6+ 34. Kh2 1-0 [Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2006.05.21"] [Round "10"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2738"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2006.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. e4 Nc6 {This is an ambitious setup, popularized several years ago by Joel Lautier. Usually in this variation, Black develops his knight to d7.} 10. Be3 ({Here is a recent example from Lautier's practice:} 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd6 { Wojtaszek,R (2591)-Lautier,J (2672)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109/[Ftacnik]}) 10... cxd4 {It is important to exchange on d4 right now in order to win time for the further development of pieces.} (10... Be7 11. d5 $5 $146 { Sokolov,I (2706)-Kramnik,V (2777)/Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 099/[Ftacnik]}) 11. cxd4 Rc8 12. Qa2 $146 ({Previously, the seemingly more active} 12. Qa4 { had been played. In fact, the slightly exposed position of the queen offered Black counterplayafter} Be7 13. Ne5 { (otherwise, Black would play at some moment a6 and b5)} O-O 14. Ba6 b5 15. Bxb5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc5 17. Bxc5 { 1/2-1/2 Solozhenkin,E (2514)-Ionov,S (2541)/St Petersburg 2003/CBM 095}) 12... Bd6 13. Bd3 {By placing the bishop on this (again, not very typical) square, Black prepares the transfer of the knight to g6.} O-O 14. O-O Ne7 15. Rfc1 Ng6 {This whole plan looks rather time consoming. Besides, the knight is not too stable on g6.} ({Black's previous play could have ben justified by} 15... Qd7 { planning to break the enemy centre with ...f5, when the usefullness of placing the knight on e7 is obvious.}) 16. g3 Qe7 17. a4 Bb4 (17... h6 18. a5 $14) 18. h4 Rfd8 ({After} 18... f5 19. Bc4 { Black would more or less be forced to sacrifice an exchange with} Rxc4 20. Qxc4 fxe4 {but after} 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 $14 {White would remain in control.}) 19. h5 Nf8 20. h6 gxh6 21. Rxc8 {By giving up the control of the c-file so soon, White allows his opponent obtain certain counterplay.} (21. Bxh6 $6 Qf6) (21. Kg2 $5 Bc3 22. Rab1 f5 23. exf5 Bd5 24. Qe2 exf5 25. Bxf5 Ne6 26. Kh2 $14) 21... Rxc8 22. Rd1 ({Even here,} 22. Kg2 {is possible because} Rc3 23. Qe2 f5 { would be strongly met by} 24. exf5 exf5 25. Bc4+ $16) 22... h5 $132 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Ng6 25. Ng5 Rd8 26. Bf5 (26. Be4 $5) 26... Qf6 27. Bh3 Bc5 28. Bxc5 Qxg5 29. Be3 Qe5 30. Bg2 h4 $36 { Suddenly, the previously weak h-pawn becomes a dangerous attacking instrument.} 31. a5 hxg3 32. axb6 axb6 33. Bxb6 Qh5 34. Rd3 Ra8 35. Ra3 Rxa3 36. Qxa3 Qd1+ 37. Bf1 gxf2+ ({It seems that Black missed a clear win here:} 37... g2 38. Kxg2 Qxd5+ 39. f3 Nf4+ {with decisive attack. In some lines, the b6-bishop would be hanging, for instance} 40. Kg3 Qg5+ 41. Kf2 Qh4+ 42. Ke3 Nd5+) 38. Kxf2 Qxd5 $17 { Black still has winning chances, but the technical task is anything but easy.} 39. Qe3 Qf5+ 40. Ke1 Be4 41. Bd4 Qe6 42. Kf2 f6 43. Qg3 Qf5+ 44. Ke1 Qa5+ 45. Qc3 Qxc3+ 46. Bxc3 Kg7 47. Be2 Ne5 48. Kf2 Kg6 49. Kg3 Nf7 50. Bc4 Nd6 51. Be6 Bf5 52. Bd5 Ne4+ {Ponomariov wasprobably bored already and he immediately transposed to a drawn ending.} (52... h5 $5 $15) 53. Bxe4 Bxe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2006.05.20"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2743"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2006.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a4 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Bc8 13. Nf1 Bd7 14. Ne3 bxa4 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. c3 Bb5 17. Nf5 Ne8 18. Nc4 Nb3 19. Bxb3 axb3 20. Qxb3 Bf6 21. Qd1 g6 22. Nfe3 Nc7 23. Nd2 Bg5 24. c4 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Bc6 26. Nf1 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. f4 Qf6 30. Qh5 Rg8 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. Bg5 Qe6 33. Re1 Rxb2 34. Nh2 f4 35. Rg4 Qf5 36. Qh6 Rg6 37. Rxe5 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Rb2+ 39. Kg1 Rb1+ 40. Kf2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2006.05.19"] [Round "8"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C68"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2006.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {An early deviation from the otherwise inevitable Anti-Marshall systems. Kamsky seems to have had enough of it here in Sofia, although the practical results were quite favourable for him.} dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Nc4 { White choses a radical way of releasing the king side tension.} (9. hxg4 { does not promisse an advantage:} hxg4 10. g3 gxf3 11. Qxf3 Qe6 12. Nc4 c5 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Qf5 Qxf5 15. exf5 f6 16. f4 Bd6 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 { Deviatkin,A (2495)-Fressinet,L (2636)/playchess.com INT 2004/CBM 100 ext. It should be mentioned that fressinet is an expert of the Exchange variation with White, too.}) ({White could have maintained the tension with} 9. Re1 {but then} Ng6 {is considered to offer Black a good game.}) 9... Bxf3 { This exchange is more or less forced now.} (9... Ng6 $6 10. hxg4 $1 hxg4 11. Bg5 {This is the difference. The queen's access to the h-file is denied.} Qe6 12. Nh2 $16 {Pribyl,J-Machacek,P/Havirov 1970/MCD}) 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Ng6 12. Rd1 ({Usually, White plays} 12. Be3 {first. By placing the rook on d1 at such an early stage, White declares his intention to transfer the king to the more central and safer e2-square.}) 12... c5 13. Kf1 Bd6 14. Ke2 f6 $146 (14... Nf8 {worked out well in a previous game where this position was reached.} 15. Be3 ({However, after the knight retreat} 15. f4 $1 {is critical.}) 15... Ne6 16. c3 Ke7 17. a3 a5 18. a4 Rhd8 19. Rd2 f6 $11 { Sebag,M (2415)-Qin Kanying (2469)/Ekaterinburg 2006}) 15. c3 Kf7 16. Be3 Rhd8 17. a3 a5 18. a4 b6 {Pawn structures of both players are quite solid. Strictly speaking, the f-pawns are weaker than the c-pawn, but the fact that the black bishop is restricted by the own structure maintains the balance even.} 19. Rdc1 {White prepares the opening of the queen side, but this plan will not yield him any advantage.} ({The alternative consisted of putting pressure on the g-file aiming to get rid of the double pawns by means of f4.} 19. Rg1 Nf8 ( 19... Rd7 20. Rg3) 20. f4 exf4 21. Nxd6+ cxd6 22. Bxf4 d5 23. Be3 Rd7 24. b4 d4 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Bd2 axb4 27. Rgb1 Ne6 28. Rxb4 $14) 19... Rd7 20. b4 cxb4 21. Nxd6+ cxd6 22. cxb4 axb4 23. Rcb1 d5 24. Rxb4 d4 25. Bd2 Rda7 26. f4 { Finally getting rid of these annoying weaknesses and clearing the f3-square for the king.} (26. Ra3 {would only lose time in view of} b5 $1 27. Rxb5 Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Rxa4) 26... Nxf4+ 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Kf3 b5 ({In case of} 28... g5 29. h4 Ra5 30. Rxb6 Rxa4 31. Rxa4 Rxa4 32. Rd6 { it is hard to see how Black can make any progress, in spite of his extra-pawn.} ) 29. Rxb5 Rxa4 30. Rb7+ Kf8 31. Rg1 g5 32. h4 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Rxa1 34. Rb5 gxh4 35. Rxh5 Ra3 36. Rxh4 (36. Ke2 f3+) 36... Rxd3+ 37. Ke2 Ra3 38. Rxf4 Ke7 39. Rf5 Ke6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2006.05.18"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2804"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2006.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2 b4 {Topalov is showing remarkable skill at using provocative moves in sharp Sicilian lines. Black has only one piece firmly developed, but he is the first to start active operations.} 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. c4 {Facing Topalov's invention Anand is using a novelty enhancing the control of the center.} (10. O-O-O Qa5 ( 10... d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bc4 Bb7 (12... N7f6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Rhe1 Bb7 16. Qe2 Qd6 17. Kb1 h6 18. Bh4 Nf4 19. Qf2 Qc7 20. Nf5 $16 { 0-1 Leko,P (2763)-Topalov,V (2788)/San Luis 2005 (40)}) 13. Rhe1 Qa5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bb6 Qxa4 16. Bxd5 Be7 17. Bxb7 Nxb6 18. Rxe6 O-O 19. Rxe7 Qxa2 20. Qd4 Rf6 21. Bxa8 {1-0 Wang Hao (2519)-Nava,R (2317)/Instanbul 2005}) 11. b3 Bb7 12. a3 (12. g4 Nc5 13. a3 Nxa4 14. axb4 Qc7 15. bxa4 Nd7 16. Nb3 d5 17. Na5 Rc8 18. c4 Ba8 19. c5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Qb6 22. Nc4 Qxc5 23. Qd4 Ke7 24. Qxc5+ Rxc5 25. Be2 dxc4 $17 { 0-1 Andreev,E (2470)-Sasikiran,K (2670)/Cappelle la Grande 2006 (47)}) 12... Qc7 13. axb4 d5 14. c4 dxe4 15. f4 (15. Kb2 Be7 16. Be2 O-O 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg3 g6 19. Nc2 Rfd8 20. Qe3 Bc6 $11 { 1-0 Motylev,A (2638)-Cheparinov,I (2625)/Wijk aan Zee 2006 (42)}) 15... Nd5 16. Nc2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Be7 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Nb6 Qc7 20. Nxa8 Bxa8 21. Be2 O-O $17 { 1-0 Ponomariov,R (2738)-Grischuk,A (2719)/Sochi 2006 (32)}) (10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Nb2 Qa5 14. a4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. f4 Nxg4 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. f5 Ngxe3 19. fxe6 Nxd1 20. exd7+ Qxd7 $19 { 1-0 Fierro Baquero,M (2273)-Choisy,M (2152)/Guingamp 2006 (29)}) (10. Bc4 Qa5 11. b3 Bb7 12. a3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. O-O Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qe5 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. f4 bxa3 18. Rad1 Nb6 19. Qa5 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Qb4 21. Qxb4 Bxb4 $17 { 0-1 Ewaldt,M (2099)-Ftacnik,L (2612)/Hamburg 2005 (31)}) 10... bxc3 11. Nxc3 ( 11. Qxc3 Bb7 12. Rc1 (12. Nc6 $6 Nxe4 $1 13. fxe4 (13. Nxd8 Nxc3 14. Nxb7 Nxa4 15. b3 Nc3 16. Bd2 Nd5 17. Rc1 $13) 13... Qh4+ 14. Kd1 Rc8 $17) 12... Rc8 13. Qb3 Rxc1+ 14. Bxc1 Qb8 $11) 11... Bb7 12. Be2 (12. Bc4 d5 $5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bb3 Nfxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11) 12... d5 $6 {The annotator is probably crossing the silver line of praising the winner, but in my opinion immediate opening of the center is too risky for Black. The lesser moratls than Topalov would have preferred 12...Be7 finishing the development with equal chances.} (12... Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rac1 (14. b4 d5 15. exd5 Bxb4 16. dxe6 Nd5 17. e7 Nxe7 18. Rab1 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Nd5 20. Qa3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Re8 $11) 14... Ne5 $11) 13. exd5 Nxd5 ( 13... Bxd5 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rac1 $14) 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. O-O (15. Rc1 Bd6 16. Nf5 Be5 17. O-O O-O 18. f4 Bf6 19. Rfd1 $14) 15... Qb8 $1 {In the post mortem Topalov was praising this move, that prepares Bd6 and prevents b2-b4.} (15... Be7 16. Nf5 $5) 16. Nf5 $1 (16. f4 Bb4 17. Qc2 O-O 18. Rac1 Bc5 $11) 16... Qe5 17. Ng3 Bb4 $1 (17... Qxe3+ $6 18. Qxe3 Bc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Rfc1 Nb7 (20... Nd7 21. Bxa6 $1 $16) 21. Nh5 O-O 22. Nf4 $16) 18. Qxb4 $6 {The first dubious decision by the great Indian player. It was much better and safer to centralize the pieces, since Black still had to finish his development.} (18. Qd4 $5 O-O 19. Ne4 Rfb8 20. Rfd1 $14) 18... Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Rb8 $5 {Topalov deser ves great praise for playing actively and striving for win, the much more modest 19...Qb6 was good only for equality.} (19... Qb6 20. Qa3 f5 (20... a5 21. Nh5 Qb4 22. Nxg7+ Kf8 23. Nh5 $14) 21. Nh5 Kf7 $11) 20. Qd6 (20. Qa4 $5 Rxb2 (20... h5 21. Rfe1 Qf2 22. Nf5 h4 23. h3 g6 $15) 21. Rac1 Ke7 $15) 20... Rb6 (20... Rxb2 $2 21. Rac1 $14 (21. Rfc1)) (20... Qb6 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Rac1 Ke7 $11) 21. Qc7 (21. Nf5 Qg5 $1 22. Rac1 $1 (22. Qc7 exf5 $19) 22... Bb7 ( 22... Rxd6 23. Rc8+ Qd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Nxd6 Ke7 26. Nc4 Rc8 $15) 23. Qc7 exf5 24. Rcd1 (24. Rfe1 O-O 25. Qxd7 Rxb2 26. Rb1 Bc8 $17) 24... O-O 25. Rxd7 Rxb2 26. Qe5 $1 Qf6 27. Qxf6 gxf6 $17) 21... Rc6 (21... Qc5 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. Rac1 Nb7 24. b3 $14) 22. Qb7 Rc2 $5 { Daring and courageous it is Black who plays for a win out of the opening!} ( 22... Qb6 $11) 23. Qxa6 O-O 24. b3 $2 {It is hard to believe, that Anand has missed the spirited move 24.Qa4! with an unclear position.} (24. Qa4 $1 Rc7 ( 24... Rxe2 $2 25. Nxe2 Nc5 26. Qd4 $16) (24... Rd2 $2 25. Qxd7 $18) 25. Bb5 Nf6 $13) (24. Qd3 $6 Qxd3 25. Bxd3 Rxb2 26. a4 Nc5 $15) 24... Ne5 (24... Ra8 25. Qd6 (25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Bxd3 Rcxa2 27. Rxa2 Rxa2 $15) 25... Nf6 $5 $17) 25. Rae1 (25. f4 $2 Ng4 $1 (25... Nd3 26. Bf3 Nf2+ 27. Rxf2 Qxf2 $19) 26. Bf3 Nxh2 $19) 25... Qd2 (25... Qf4 $5) (25... Ra8 $2 26. Bd1 $1 Qc5 (26... Qxe1 27. Qxa8+ Bxa8 28. Rxe1 Rc1 29. Rf1 $14) 27. Qxa8+ Bxa8 28. Bxc2 $16 Nxf3 $2 29. Rc1 $1 $18) 26. Rd1 Qf4 {Black is now exercising so much pressure, that the missing pawn does not even deserve to be mentioned.} 27. Bb5 (27. Qa7 g6 $5 $44 (27... h5 28. Nxh5 $5 $13) (27... Nc6 $5) 28. Rd4 Qe3 $17) 27... h5 (27... Rxg2 $2 28. Rxd5 $1 (28. Kxg2 $2 Bxf3+ 29. Kg1 Qe3+ 30. Rf2 Bxd1 $19) 28... Rxg3 29. hxg3 Qxg3 30. Rd2 Nxf3 31. Qd6 $16) 28. Ne2 (28. Nxh5 $6 Qh4 $1 29. Rxd5 (29. Ng3 $2 Ng4 $19) 29... exd5 30. Ng3 Qf4 $17) 28... Qe3 29. a4 (29. Nd4 Rxg2 $5 (29... Rd2 30. Rxd2 Qxd2 31. Nc6 Ng6 $5 $44) 30. Kxg2 Ra8 31. Qd6 Rxa2+ 32. Kh3 $13) 29... Rb2 (29... h4 30. h3) (29... Nxf3 $2 30. Rxd5 $1 Nxh2 31. Kxh2 exd5 32. Rf5 $13) 30. Qd6 (30. Ng1 $2 Ng4 $1 31. Nh3 (31. Rxd5 Nf2+ 32. Rxf2 Qxf2 33. Rg5 Rb1 $19) 31... Qe5 $1 $19) 30... Rc8 31. Rde1 Nxf3 $5 32. gxf3 {Anand must have been a bit tired of the need to defend very carefuly against myriad of dangers, so he missed possibly better defense with 32.Rxf3!?} (32. Qg3 $2 Nxe1 $1 33. Qxe3 Nxg2 34. Qg3 $8 Nf4+ 35. Kg1 Nxe2+ 36. Bxe2 Rxe2 37. Re1 Rb2 $19) ( 32. Rxf3 $5 Bxf3 33. Qg3 Bxg2+ 34. Kxg2 (34. Qxg2 Qxb3 $17) 34... Qe4+ 35. Qf3 (35. Kg1 h4 36. Qf4 Qg6+ 37. Kh1 h3 $17) 35... Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Rxb3+ 37. Kf2 g5 $15) 32... Bxf3+ 33. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kf1 Qf3+ (35... Rc5 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Bd3+ $1 (37. Qd3+ $4 Rf5+ $19) 37... f5 38. Qh4 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Re5 40. Rf1 $11) 36. Kg1 Qxb3 37. Qe5 Rd8 38. Qc3 Qxc3 39. Nxc3 h4 40. Re4 Rb3 { White pieces are pretty loose and there is no counterplay.} 41. Ne2 (41. Rc4 Rd2 $17) 41... g5 42. Re5 Rd5 43. Rxd5 exd5 44. Bc6 Ra3 45. Nd4 (45. Bxd5 Rxa4 $17) 45... Kg7 46. Bxd5 Rd3 47. Nf5+ Kf6 48. Be4 Rd1+ 49. Kg2 Rd2+ 50. Kf3 (50. Kg1 Ke5 $19) 50... Rxh2 51. Ne3 Ra2 52. Bc6 Ra3 {Black now has too many passed pawns and White is still unable to fully coordinate his pieces.} 53. Kf2 Ra1 54. Bd7 Ke5 55. Kf3 Ra3 56. Kf2 Ke4 57. Bc6+ (57. Ng2 h3 58. Bc6+ Kd4 $19) 57... Kf4 58. Ng2+ Ke5 59. Ne3 Ra2+ 60. Kf3 f5 61. Bd7 h3 (61... h3 62. Nxf5 h2 63. Ng3 Ra3+ 64. Kg2 Rxg3+ 65. Kxh2 Kf4 $19) 0-1 [Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2006.05.17"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2708"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2006.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 {Finally! It has been quite some time since I have seen White allowing the Marshall Attack in super-tournaments.} d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qe1 ({ This is a rare move. More customary is} 16. Qf1) 16... Bf5 17. Nd2 h6 ({ Bacrot slowly consolidates his position, relying on his advance of development. Also possibleis} 17... Nf6 {aiming to dislocate the rook from e4, for instance} 18. f3 c5 19. Qe3 h6 20. Qf2 cxd4 21. cxd4 Rad8 22. Re2 Bd3 23. Re3 Qf5 { Shchekachev-Gustafsson, Austria 2005}) ({The immediate capture on e4 with} 17... Bxe4 $6 18. Nxe4 {would only help White continue his development.} Rae8 $2 {is impossible now because of} 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Nf6+ {winning a whole rook. }) 18. f3 Kg7 ({This is a novelty, continuing the policy induced by the previous move. Here, too} 18... Nf6 {is possible:} 19. Re2 Bd3 20. Re3 Rae8 21. Nf1 c5 {Zhigalko-Livshits, Instanbul 2005}) 19. a4 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Rae8 21. axb5 axb5 {Strategically, White has more than sufficient compensation for the exchange, in view of his strong centre, the active light-squares bishop anmd the weakness of the f5-square. His only problem remains the incomplete development.} 22. Nf1 $6 ({ White should not have weakened the e4-square. More consistent seems to be} 22. Qf2) 22... Qg4 23. Bc2 Re7 24. Bd2 Rfe8 {Black threatens now to equalize by sacrificing the exchange back with ...Rxe4. Anand's ambitious continuation is not without risks.} 25. e5 f6 26. h3 $5 Qxh3 27. Qe4 Kh8 $1 { A rather unaesthetical, but strong defensive move.} 28. Ra6 fxe5 29. Rxc6 Rf8 30. Bd3 Ref7 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rf6 33. dxe5 Bxe5 34. Rc5 Rd6 35. Be4 Rfd8 36. Rxb5 Bg7 {If White could transfer his dark-squared bishop on a favbourable square, such as f2, his chances would be better, but this is not easy to accomplish.} 37. Bc1 ({For instance,} 37. Be1 {would be met by} Re6 { pinning the bishops and forcing favourable simplifications.}) 37... Nf6 38. Bf3 g4 39. Be2 Re8 40. Bc4 Rd1 41. Bf4 Ne4 { In view of the dangerous situation of his king, White has to be careful now.} 42. Be2 Nxc3 43. Bxd1 Nxb5 44. Bxg4 Re1 45. Ne3 Nd4 46. Nc4 Rb1 {This pawn will not be too easy to capture; Anand's bishops control a lot of important squares. } 47. Bd2 Nb3 48. Be3 Nd4 49. Bd2 Nb3 50. Be3 Nd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2006.05.15"] [Round "5"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2743"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2006.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 {By leaving the d-pawn on its initial square, Black maintains the possibility of developing his dark-squared bishop on more active positions than e7 or f8 or, in certain cases, to break the centre with ...d5, in the spirit of the "rarely seen" nowadays Marshall Attack.} 10. Nc3 ({ If White prevents the pin of this knight with} 10. a3 { , Black can nonetheless obtain good play with} Bc5 11. Nc3 d6 12. Nd5 h6 13. c3 Ba7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Nd7 16. Ba2 Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nh2 Nf6 19. Ng4 { and a draw was agreed in Kramnik-Anand, Dortmund (m/3-rapid) 2004}) 10... Bb4 11. Ng5 ({The immediate} 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 { also left White with structural problems after} Na5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 c5 15. Bd5 Bxd5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. exd5 Qd6 18. c4 bxc4 19. Qd2 Nb7 20. dxc4 e4 21. Nh2 Qg6 22. Qf4 Nd6 23. Nf1 f5 {in Kasimdzhanov-Anand, Bundesliga 2005/2006. RR: See also the comments from Anand to this game in 113CBM.}) 11... Rf8 12. a3 ({ If White finds himself in a peacefull mood, he can offer a repetition of moves with} 12. Nf3) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 {The weakness of the c-pawns will considerably restrict White's active possibilities.} h6 $5 ({A novelty, aiming to prevent White from opening the position with an early f4. True, in a previous game where this position was seen, White did not get any advantage out of this pawn break:} 13... Na5 14. Ba2 c5 15. f4 exf4 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bxd5 Qxg5 18. Bxb7 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik-Leko, Brissago Wch m-2 2004}) 14. Nf3 d6 15. Nh4 Bc8 16. Qf3 Na5 17. Ba2 c5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 c4 { There is little life left in the position now.} 20. Rd1 Qc8 21. Qf3 Qe6 22. a4 Rfc8 23. Ba3 Ne8 24. Qe2 Qd7 25. Bb4 Qc7 26. dxc4 Nxc4 27. Bxc4 bxc4 28. a5 Qe7 29. Rd2 Rc6 30. Rad1 Qe6 31. Qf3 Rb8 32. Rd5 f6 33. R5d2 Rb7 34. Kh2 Kf7 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Qf3 Kf7 37. Qh5+ Kg8 38. Qf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2006.05.14"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2738"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2006.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 {From the opening variations that are frequently seen at top level, this is one of the oldest. Commenting on his win (as Black) against a young Boris Spassky, back in 1966, "the Patriarch" wrote that he does not understand why his opponent chose a line where during the past 50 years White made only one or two major discoveries. This statement looks somewhat outdated nowadays. In fact, White does not need to make any revolutionary discoveries, since his considerable advance of space is not easy to neutralize. The final outcome of the game ususlly depends on small nuances, not always too easy to grasp.} e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 {In Botvinnik's time, Black usually castled long. By transferring the king to the opposite wing (as frequently happens in modern games), Black intends to keep his slightly vulnerable pawns safely defended.} 13. Ne4 ({A thematic exchange aiming to clear the way to the g-pawn and cause Black problems with carrying out the pawn break ...c5. Anand knew quite well what kind of problems Black can have after the ensuing simplifications from the following game:} 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Ne5 Qe4 (17... Qxg2 {loses to} 18. Bxh6 $1 {or to the simpler 18.Rh(d)g1.}) 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Rhe1 Nf6 ({ Of course, not} 19... Nxf2 $2 {because of} 20. Rd2 {, trapping the knight.}) 20. g4 Rfd8 21. Be3 Bd6 22. f3 Rac8 23. c4 a5 24. a4 Nd7 25. Bd2 Bc7 26. Bc3 Nxe5 27. dxe5 c5 28. Kc2 {Kasparov-Anand, Linares 2003. In spite of the blocked character of the position, White's advantage of space on the king side faces Black with serious dangers. Kasparov pushed his pawns prematurely and reached a rook ending with only vague winning chances, which Anand misplayed terribly and lost.}) 13... Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qd3 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 {The main difference compared to the game Kasparov-Anand consists of the fact that the moves Ne5 and ...0-0 are missing. This detail slightly restricts White's posibilities, forcing him to defend the f2-pawn with the apparently passive} 18. Be3 {However, as we shall soon find out, Black is better adviced not to rely on this small achievement too much.} O-O ({One of Black's main problems in this line is to find a good square for his knight. My personal feeling is that Anand's plan from the aforementioned game (to exchange it for the e5-knight) is the most appropriate, although it does not guarantee 100% equality. Here is a game where Black managed to obtain the perfect d5-square for his knight, but for several other reasons could not make use of it!} 18... Nd6 19. b3 Bf6 20. g4 b5 21. Nd2 Kd7 22. Kc2 Bd8 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Ne5+ Kc7 25. c5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Nc8 {If Black could jump with his knight directly to d5, his position would be not worse at all. However, one can only make one move at a time.} 27. Rh3 $1 Ne7 28. Rf3 Rhf8 29. Rd6 $1 {After the radical activation of White's rooks, Black was reduced to complete passivity in Kramnik-Bareev, Wijk aan Zee 2003. In case of 29...Nd5, the knight would stand "nicely" but would fail to counter White's simple plan: Bd2, followed by the transfer of the king to e4 and the opening of the king side by means of g5, hxg5 Bxg5 followed by h6, which would win the f7-pawn. At the same time, Black has no time to expell the enemy rook from d6 with} Nc8 {because of} 30. Rd4 {followed by Rdf4.}) 19. Ne5 Bd6 ({A new move, putting the e5-knight under pressure and thus preparing the thematic break ...c5. The more natural} 19... Rfd8 {, completing the development, does not promisse complete equality either, for instance} 20. g4 c5 21. f3 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Ng5 24. Rf1 Re8 25. b3 {and White managed to gradually amplify his advantage of space in Strikovic-Kortschnoj, Val Maubuee 1990.}) 20. f3 Ng3 ({A questionable decision. It is hard to refrain from "winning" several tempi by jumping around with the knight, but the more restrained} 20... Nf6 {, more or less transposing to Kasparov-Anand, seems a safer choice. In the game, the knight will soon land on a very passive square.} ) 21. Rh3 Nf5 22. Bf2 Rad8 ({By taking the d7-square under control, Black intends to play ...c5 with all the comfort. One natural question is why didn't Black place the other rook on d8 with} 22... Rfd8 {After the game continuation} 23. g4 Ne7 24. Nd3 b5 25. b3 { he could try to open a new file on the queen side with} a5 { . However after the accurate} 26. a4 $1 {Black would be simply left with an additional weakness on a5, while his counterplay along the b-file is not too realistic, for instance} bxa4 27. bxa4 Rab8 28. Kc2 {followed by Rhh1 and Rb1. One can feel the perfect placement of the white knight.}) ({With hindsight, it is easy to recommend the immediate opening of the position with} 22... c5 { . Even though White seems to be able to maintain an advantage, the situation would have been less one-sided than in the game. Here is a possiblecontinuation .} 23. Nd7 Rfd8 24. dxc5 $1 ({In case of} 24. Nxc5 Bf4+ 25. Kb1 Be3 26. Bxe3 Nxe3 {White's central pawns are suddenly vulnerable.}) 24... Bf4+ 25. Kb1 Be3 26. Bxe3 Nxe3 27. Rd4 {. Black can now win his pawn back, but the control of the d-file would leave White on top, for instance} Nxg2 { (Ledaing to a more unbalanced situation than after the capture on c4)} 28. Rh2 Ne3 29. Rhd2) 23. g4 Ne7 24. Nd3 $1 {It becomes clear now that Black is reduced to absolute passivity. His knight has no good squares at its disposal, while after White's last move it is hard to play ...c5.} b5 25. b3 Bc7 26. Rhh1 Bb6 27. Nc5 Rfe8 28. Kc2 bxc4 ({The double exchange that follows might seem premature, but after a neutral move such as} 28... Kf8 { White could force the events with} 29. a4 {anyway.}) 29. bxc4 Bxc5 30. dxc5 { The following phase of the game is a perfect illustration of SiegbertTarrasch' statement that if a piece is badly placed, the whole position is bad. Finding a good square for the knight will cost Black so much time that White will manage to obtain a decisive advantage on a different area of the board. If we compare with the position from the game Kramnik-Bareev, we can safely state that the double pawns are more of a strength than a weakness. Just try to remove the pawn from c4 and place it on e5: Black would get chances to consolidate with a further ...Nd5.} e5 31. Rd6 Rb8 32. Rhd1 ({ The immediate occupation of the seventh rank with} 32. Rd7 { looks playable, too, since the counterplay basedon} Rb4 { can be easily parried with} 33. Kc3 {. Anand might have felt uncomfortable to move again with his d6-rook and preferred to take the d-file under even stricter control first.}) 32... Rb7 33. Rd8 {Exchanging one pair of rooks makes part of White's main plan and pursues two main aims: to prevent a possible black counterplay and to open new perspectives for the remaining rook. } Rxd8 (33... Kf8 {could be answered with} 34. R1d7) 34. Rxd8+ Kh7 35. Rf8 f6 ( {The sophisticated plan of freeing the knight initiated by this move will result just too slow. The immediate} 35... Ng8 {, creating the additional threat of ...e4 followed by ...Nf6 deserves being mentioned. White would probably have to spend a tempo on preventing this idea with} 36. Re8 { but, as we shall see, this is hardly a loss of time since the rook is well placed on the e-file.} f6 ({Exchanging rooks with} 36... Re7 37. Rxe7 Nxe7 { would leave Black helpless against the white king's marching in starting with} 38. Kb3 {and heading for a7.}) 37. Be1 Rd7 38. Bc3 g6 ({ Black is not sufficiently well prepared for this pawn break, but} 38... Ne7 { would just transpose to the game joyless continuation after} 39. Rf8 Ng8 40. a4 ) 39. hxg6+ Kg7 40. Re6 $1 {A very good square for the rook.} Ne7 (40... Rc7 { allows the simple} 41. Rxe5 $1) 41. Rd6 Rc7 42. Kd3 { and Black has no adequate way of capturing on g6, for instance} Nxg6 43. Ba5 { or 42...Kxg6 43.Bxe5, leaving him helpless against the centralisation of the white king.}) 36. Be1 Rd7 37. Bc3 {After this accurate bishop maneouvre it appears that the black rook enjoys no greater mobility than the knight.} Ng8 38. a4 $1 { With the brutal threat of advancing the pawn to a6 and transfer the rook to b7. } g6 39. a5 $1 ({White ignores the king side situation. In case of} 39. hxg6+ { Black would win a tempo with} Kg7 { followed by ...Ne7, with chances for survival.}) 39... gxh5 40. gxh5 Kg7 41. Rb8 Ne7 42. a6 Kf7 {The king hurries to support the rook in view of the threat Rb7. However, White has an additional idea of attacking the a7-pawn.} 43. Ba5 $1 Nf5 44. Bb6 $1 {It is all over now. White's advantage of space is decisive.} Ne3+ 45. Kc3 Ke6 46. Rc8 Kf5 47. Rxc6 Nd1+ 48. Kb4 Rd2 49. Bxa7 {I suppose that Ponomariov played the following sequence of moves by mere inertia. He could have safely resigned already.} Rb2+ 50. Ka3 Rb1 51. Rb6 Ra1+ 52. Kb3 e4 53. fxe4+ Kxe4 54. c6 {This was precisely the moment when I incidentally connected to playchess.com through my mobile phone. I first thought that the position was filipped, not believing that the game was still on with such advanced white pawns. The detail that made me understand my mistake was that Black's next move is legal.} Kd3 { Indeed, with the position flipped, the king would be in check here.} 55. c7 Rb1+ 56. Ka3 1-0 [Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2006.05.13"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2803"] [BlackElo "2671"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2006.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 {Actually, I am quite puzzled about the fact that nobody enters the Marshall Attack in top level tournaments any more. To my understanding, this represents some sort of stagnation of the researching process. The Anti-Marshall systems are not bad, of course, and offer practical chances for both sides, but, if objectively speaking White has nothing better than keep his pawn on d3, one natural question is whether he shouldn't just deviate at an earlier stage of the game, with, say, 2.f4. Hopefully, the slight decline in White's result in this tournament will give a new impulse to the investigation of the main line starting with 8.c3} Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 (11. Nc3 {is by far more popular in this position. Anand's desire to try something different is explainable by the fact that Kamsky had very recent experience with it, just two days earlier, in his game against Ponomariov.}) 11... Nd8 ({Kamsky remains faithfull to the regroupment that he employed in his previous game. The main alternative consists of} 11... Rae8 { eventually followed by ...Bd8 in order to consolidate the d4-pawn.}) 12. c3 ({ A new move. After} 12. Nf1 c5 13. Ng3 Ne6 14. Nf5 Bd8 15. Be3 Bb6 {Black manage d to put the d4-square under strict observation in Zhigalko-Staniszewski, Warsaw 2005. However, the immediate occupation of the centre carried out by Anand makes the moves a3 and d3 look like mere losses of time.}) 12... Ne6 13. d4 {#} Rad8 $1 {A very instructive moment. Anand might have hoped that Black would be forced to give up the centre because of the pressure against the e5-pawn. Instead of that, Kamsky simply brings another piece into play, underlining the fact that he is 3 whole tempi ahead in the development, which makes the opening of the position undesirable for White, even if this would yield him an extra-pawn.} 14. d5 ({There is no clear refutation of} 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 {but after} Qd6 {it is quite obvious that Black has excellent compensation for the pawn. For instance} 16. Ng4 ({Sligthly trickier than} 16. Nef3 {when Black could win his pawn back with} Nxe4) 16... Nc5 ({Now,} 16... Nxe4 $6 17. Nxe4 Qxd1 {could be met by} 18. Nef6+ $1 {when after} Bxf6 { there is a reserve-knight available to provoke the deterioration of Black's queen side} 19. Nxf6+) 17. Bc2 (17. e5 {is undangerous because of} Qc6) { and now, even such a "neutral" developing move as} 17... Rfe8 {leaves White with problems releasing the pressure. By blocking the centre, White intends to make Black's advance in development lose part of its significance.}) 14... Nf4 ({In spite of winning a tempo,} 14... Nc5 $6 {is hardly adequate in view of} 15. Bc2 {when Black has problems finding a favourable way of ensuring stability of his knight, for instance} a5 16. b4 Na4 17. Bxa4 bxa4 18. c4 { when the b7-bishop would be strongly restricted by the white central pawns.}) 15. Nf1 Ng6 {The knight has reached this square after jumping around none less than 5 times, slightly more than this usually happens in this type of structure. The retreat was necessary in view of the positional threat Bxf4, when Black would lose stability in the centre.} 16. Ng3 {White has managed to reduce his delay in development to bearable proportions. Black has to react energetically before his opponent manages to consolidate his spatial advantage. } c6 $1 {In the following phase of the game, the fight will be focused around the d5-square. The outcome of this fight will be to a certain extent determining for the further course of the game.} 17. Bg5 cxd5 18. Bxf6 { Quite logical. White eliminates one of the main defenders of the d5-square. However, I would allow myself to make a general remark here. Along the game, we shall see several similar situations: whenever two enemy pieces will be in contact with eachother, it will be mostly White who will release the tension, sometimes helping Black to slightly improve his position. Event though in certain cases such exchanges are compensated by other positional factors (as is the case with Bxf6), my personal feeling is that the psychologic tendency favoured Black.} Bxf6 19. Bxd5 Nf4 {The knight jumps back to the square that was made available by the previous exchange of minor pieces.} 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qc2 g6 22. Rad1 d5 {Black has managed to unblock this pawn with relative ease. However, this is not by far not the end of the story: after the exchange of the central pawns, the gravity centre will move to e4. Here we can appreciate the merits of the exchange on f6, because the black knight controlled the e4-square, too.} 23. exd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Rd1 {White has lost ground in the centre, but he manages to take over the control of the only open file.} Qe6 {The queen is well placed here, keeping both wings under control.} 26. Qe4 {#} ({The same can be said about Her white Majesty. Besides creating some threats against the queen side, she blocks the e5-pawn, putting it under some pressure at the same time, thus causing Black problems with his regroupment. Usually, the knight is considered to be the best blocking piece, but after} 26. Ne4 Be7 {we can hardly speak about a blockade, in view of the threat ...f5 (eventually after the preliminary ...h6). After 26.Qe4 the position is very interesting from strategic point of view. Both sides face problems in the desirable process of putting into motion their pawn majorities. However, there is a significant difference regarding the reasons for this situation in each case. The immobility of the white queen side pawns has a relatively stable character: Black's structure on that wing is simply better. On the contrary, Black's king side majority has no organic deffects. In order to prevent this dangerous majority from advancing, White employs piece pressure alone, which is entirely sufficient for the time being but has a basically temporary character in general. This means that Black will manage to keep his opponent's activity under control, in the long run he could count on an advantage. As for White, he should find ways of maintaining his slight initiative, or to convert it into something of more stable nature.}) 26... Rb8 $1 ({From the point of view of the previous comment, quite a logical move. Black prevents the infiltration of the enemy queen to b7 and threatens to unblock his pawns by means of ...h6, ...Bg7 and ...f5. In fact, the control of the d-file and the h1-a8 diagonal does not yield White anything concrete now, because all the important squares of these lines of communication are under strict Black observation. Here is an illustrative line of what could happen if Black neglects this aspect:} 26... Re8 27. Qb7 Be7 28. Rd7 f5 29. Kh2 {White's pressure along the seventh rank is quite annoying, counter-balancing Black's supremacy in the centre. The generally desirable} e4 { would leave Black with some problems of coordination after} 30. Nd4) 27. Ne2 { By exchanging his passive knight for the active black knight, White makes some central light squares available for his major pieces.} Nxe2+ 28. Qxe2 Re8 $5 ({ Now that the enemy queen has been temporarily removed from e4, Kamsky decides that the rook does not need to guard the b7-square any more and transfers it to a central file. The possible usefullness of such a move can be seen from the following line:} 28... e4 $6 29. Nd2 Rd8 30. Re1 { and Black has to sacrifice a pawn with} e3 { when his compensation would remain uncertain.}) ({ The attempt to make use of the rook on b8 with} 28... a5 29. Qe4 Qc4 { leads tounclear consequences after} 30. Qe3 { when the threat Qa7 is quite unpleasant.}) ({ However, Black could have initiated the plan of regroupment based on} 28... h6 {followed by ...Bg7 and f5 immediately, leaving for later the decision about where the rook really belongs.}) 29. Qe4 {The queen gladly returns to this (still) stable square, taking advantage of Black's slight indecision.} h6 {#} 30. g4 $6 ({This move marks the start of White's gradual decline. Anand probably felt that he was about to lose stability in the centre and tried to remedy this problems with the help of the pawns, but he seem to have chosen the wrong pawn! His last move not only fails to block the black mass of pawns, but also weakens the king'sposition. According to Mikhail Golubev in Chess Today, Kamsky recommended} 30. h4 {during the press conference, with the obvious intention of weakening Black's light squares with h5. Anand suggested} Bg7 31. h5 f5 32. Qd5 g5 { . Together with GM Constantin Ionescu, we worked out such a continuation:} 33. Qxe6+ Rxe6 34. g4 $5 f4 (34... fxg4 35. Nh2 { followed by the installment of the knight on g4 should be avoided.}) 35. Re1 ({ White cannot transfer the knight to e4 yet with} 35. Nd2 {because of} Rd6 { when after} 36. Kf1 e4 37. Ke2 Re6 {Black is certainly not worse.}) 35... e4 $1 {(This move implies a pawn sacrifice, but otherwise Black would be clearly worse after Nd2-e4.)} 36. Nd2 e3 37. fxe3 fxe3 38. Nf1 Bf8 $1 { (The only way to activate the bishop)} 39. Nxe3 ({ The attempt to restrict the bishop with} 39. b4 { only weakens the c3-square and can be met by} Bg7 $1) 39... Bc5 40. Kf2 Re4 { . Black's activity combined with the weakness of the g4-pawn maintains the balance even.} 41. Kf3 Rf4+ 42. Kg3 Kf7 $5 ({ This neutral move puts White in some sort of zugzwang. neither} 42... Bd6 43. Rd1 $1) ({nor} 42... Re4 43. Nc2 {are satisfactory for Black.}) 43. Re2 ({ What else? In view of the fork on f2, the only possible knight move would be the passive} 43. Nd1 {allowing} Bd6 $1 {with strong initiative for Black.}) ({ while a waiting move such as} 43. b3 {could be answered with the same method by } Bb6) 43... Re4 44. Kf3 Rf4+ {with a draw by repetition.}) ({The other reasona ble way of using the temporary absence of threats from Black's part would consists of advancing the other marginal pawn with} 30. a4 {aiming to weaken the black queen side structure and improve the own. In this case, too, White would be out of danger.}) 30... Bg5 $1 ({This is much more ambitious than} 30... Bg7 {. Because of the possibility of ...Bc1, White cannot offer the exchange of queens on d5 without prior capturing the bishop.}) 31. Nxg5 { From the situations mentioned in the comment on White's 18th move, this is the first major concession. Black's king side structure becomes more threatening now. On the other hand, it is hard to recommend anything else for White.} hxg5 32. Qd5 ({But this looks like aiming for a draw too openly. In fact, it will be precisely in the absence of queens when Black will be able to advance his strong mass of pawns without fearing to weaken his king's position. From this point of view, strengthening the control of the d-file with} 32. Rd5 { looks better, when} f5 $6 {would be at least dangerous for Black after} 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Qd3) 32... Kg7 33. Qxe6 Rxe6 {During the last two moves, Black has improved the position of his both remaining pieces.} 34. Rd7 {After the rec ent exchanges, the static elements of the position have become more significant, inclining the balance to Black's favour already. From the former piece activity, White has only retained the control of the only open file.} Kf6 35. Kf1 Rc6 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. Rd8 e4 {#} 38. f3 $2 ({As mentioned in the comments to the game Kamsky-Bacrot from the previous round, rook endings are rarely suitable to definitive evaluations. Therefore I shall refrain from naming this move the decisive mistake; I would just mention that now White has huge problems defending his position. This was the last moment when Anand could have improved his queen side situation with} 38. a4 {for instance} bxa4 39. Rd4 Ke5 (39... a3 {does not work because after} 40. Rxe4+ Kd5 { Black has the intermediate} 41. Rd4+ {leading to an obvious draw after} Ke5 42. bxa3 Rxc3 43. Ra4) 40. Rxa4 f5 41. f3 Kf4 42. fxe4 fxe4 {and now Black's supremacy in the centre can be met by active queen side counterplay starting with} 43. c4) 38... exf3+ 39. Kxf3 Rd6 $1 {#Black can ensure the free wandering around of his king because White cannot really exchange rooks: this would remove the last remaining element of activity from his position, when the static balance would be hopeless for him.} 40. Re8+ ({I shall support the rather abstract previous comment with some concrete lines that I analyzed with Constantin Ionescu:} 40. Rxd6+ $2 Kxd6 41. Ke4 Ke6 ({Of course, not} 41... Kc5 $2 {because of} 42. Ke5 {when White is suddenly winning.}) 42. b4 $5 { (In view of Black's threat of creating a passed pawn with ...f5, White has to look for some queen side counterplay.)} f5+ 43. Kd4 f4 44. c4 ({ White cannot defend his fortress passively because after} 44. Ke4 Kd6 45. Kd4 { Black forces the opening of play with} a5 { . Indeed, continuing the neutral policy with} 46. Ke4 {leads to disaster after} a4 47. Kd4 f3 {followed by the march of the black king to b3.}) 44... bxc4 45. Kxc4 Ke5 $1 {(Just in time to push the white king back.)} 46. Kd3 Kd5 47. a4 Ke5 48. Ke2 Kd4 49. Kf3 Kc4 50. b5 axb5 51. axb5 Kxb5 {and now the pawn break} 52. h4 {does not save White after} gxh4 53. Kxf4 ({or if} 53. g5 {then} h3 $1) 53... g5+ $1) 40... Kd5 41. b3 {#} ({A depressing image. The numerous weaknesses along the third rank will soon be very difficult to defend. However, there was no other way of preventing the enemy king from penetrating through c4-b3. For instance,} 41. Rc8 {would be met by} Rc6) 41... Rf6+ 42. Kg2 ({ Sad necessity.} 42. Ke3 {allows the exchange of rooks with} Re6+) 42... Rc6 43. Re3 f5 44. gxf5 ({As in so many other moments of this game, White needs to releasethe tension in order to get some breathing space, something he would definitely lack after} 44. Kf3 f4 45. Rd3+ Ke5 46. Ke2 Rd6 47. Rf3 Ke4) 44... gxf5 45. Rg3 Ke4 $1 {#} 46. a4 ({ This move comes much too late and in the worst possible form. True, after} 46. Rxg5 Rxc3 {White cannot defend his third rank with} 47. Rg3 $2 {because of} Rxg3+ 48. Kxg3 Ke3 49. Kg2 f4 $1 (49... Ke2 {would lead nowhere because of} 50. Kg3 $1) 50. Kf1 Kf3 {and Black manages to win the h-pawn without losing his own. However, 47.Rg6 would have faced Black with some technical problems in view of the reduced quantity of material remaining on board, although the f-pawn would probably decide the outcome of the battle.}) 46... bxa4 47. bxa4 Kf4 48. Rf3+ Ke5 49. Re3+ Kf6 50. Rd3 f4 {Black slowly increases his spatial advantage, while White is reduced to passivity.} 51. Kf3 Ke5 52. Kg4 Rd6 53. Rxd6 ({This is making things faster and is a possible consequence of a mistake of calculation, but one can hardly blame Anand for avoiding such a line as} 53. Rf3 Rd1 54. Kxg5 Rg1+ 55. Kh5 Ke4 {with an easy win for Black.}) 53... Kxd6 54. h4 gxh4 55. Kxh4 Kd5 56. Kh3 Ke4 57. Kg2 Ke3 $1 ({ Quite possibly, Anand counted on} 57... Kd3 $4 {when after} 58. Kf3 { the white king would be just in time to reach the saving c1-square.}) ({ After the accurate} 57... Ke3 {Black wins a decisive tempo, for instance} 58. Kf1 {(forced, in view of the threat ...Ke2)} Kd3 ({The sadistic} 58... a5 { is also possible, but not really necessary.}) 59. Kf2 Kxc3 60. Kf3 Kb4 61. Kxf4 Kxa4 62. Ke3 Kb3 63. Kd2 Kb2 {and the a-pawn is unstoppable. After Wijk aan Zee, this is Anand's second defeat by hands of Kamsky in a relatively short period of time. The reader might remember that in the mid-nineties these two outstanding players had to cross swords in two of Candidate's Matches from the parallel cycles of the FIDE and PCA World Championships. Each of them won one of the matches to become challenger of the respective version, meaning that they both remained with a mixture of pleasant and annoying memories. Botwinnik once wrote that he considered the repeated confrontations along the years with certain players as making part of a "life-long" match, with the same psychologic implications as a normal match. Judging from the recent results, we can state that, at least for the moment, Kamsky managed to deal with this delicate psychological issue better than his opponent. Which cannot mean that there will be no further returns of the balance...}) 0-1 [Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2006.05.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2804"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2006.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. c3 h6 11. Nbd2 (11. a4 {would transpose to our game from Monaco, but it isn't necessary to commit the a-pawn yet.}) 11... Bf8 12. a3 d6 13. Ba2 Nb8 14. b4 (14. Nh4 {was Topalov's choice against Adams, but 7 years later (!) he tries another approach}) 14... c5 15. Nb3 Nc6 16. Rb1 { Trying to create some veiled threats on the b-line.} (16. Be3 a5 $1 17. bxc5 a4 {This looks fine for Black}) 16... Bc8 $1 {The standard manouver in the Anti-Marshall. The bishop has done its duty on b7 and can now neutralize Ba2.} 17. Be3 Be6 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Qb2 c4 (19... Nd7 { seems like a reasonable alternative}) 20. dxc4 Bxc4 {Sane and solid.} (20... Nxe4 $5 {The computers go for this of course} 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Bxh6 $5 Nxc3 $1 23. Qxc3 gxh6 {But the comps have a point. The pair of bishops and the centrepawns should be more relevant than some imaginary white kingside attack. }) 21. Nbd2 Bxa2 22. Qxa2 d5 23. Rbd1 d4 24. cxd4 exd4 25. Nb3 $6 (25. Bf4 $5 { Seems a much better chance, especially as white can even fight for the initiative if Black plays the principled:} Qd7 (25... a5 26. bxa5 Qxa5 {When} ( 26... Nxa5 27. Qb2) 27. e5 $1 { Followed by e6 annoys in time, before a3 starts dropping.}) (25... Re6 26. Qb1) 26. Qb1 Rcd8 {leads to a complex position}) (25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. Nb3 { leads to equality.}) 25... Nxe4 26. Bxd4 $2 {This is the real mistake. with 26 Qb2! white could still certainly keep the damage within limits.} Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Ng5 $1 28. Ne5 (28. Rxd8 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Rxe1+ 30. Kg2 Rxd8 $19) (28. Rxe8 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Qxe8 $17) 28... Nxh3+ 29. gxh3 Qg5+ 30. Kh2 Qf5 $3 { However some exact calculation finishes the game much more efficiently.} (30... Rxe5 31. f4 Qg6 32. Rxe5 Rc2+ 33. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 34. Nd2 { Leaves Black with a technical task.}) 31. Rde4 (31. Qe2 Rxe5 32. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Rc3 $1 34. Rh4 Bd6 $1 $19) 31... Rxe5 $1 32. Rxe5 Bd6 33. Nc5 Bxe5+ 34. Kg2 Rc6 35. Qb3 Rg6+ 36. Kf1 Bg3 {36...Rg3!? is maybe flashier, but this certainly is good enough. White resigned.} 0-1 [Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2006.05.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2708"] [BlackElo "2803"] [Annotator "Marin,M"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2006.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 ({For decades, White's previous move has been usually played with the idea of continuing with} 5. a3 { . The development of the bishop to g5 has been a more common reaction against 4...Bb4, but the past year has featured a surprising boom of the variation played in this game. 2006 seems to be a continuation of this new trend. In fact, we shouldn't really wonder about that. Unlike the Nimzo Indian, where White has tried numerous systems of development, the QI has basicallydeveloped along two main variations: the fianchetto (Rubinstein) system and the a3 (Petrosian) system. True, in his golden years, Tony Miles was remarkably successful with the relatively rare 4.Bf4, but, curiously, he did not find too many followers. Quite naturally, people seem to become bored about such a restricted area of investigation (just two main variations in a whole opening), which looks like a reasonable explanation of the rise in popularity of 5.Bg5.}) 5... h6 6. Bh4 Be7 ({The most solid continuation. As we shall see, both opponents had some experience with this line, although it consisted only of rapid and blitz games. The more ambitious} 6... g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 Bg7 {is not without strategical risk: Black seriously weakens the king side light squares. While the weakness of the h5-square is obvious, the status of the f5-square recquires some explanation. For the moment, this square is safely defended by the e6-pawn, but given the fact that one of White's main strategic ideas consists of closing the diagonal for the b7-bishop by means of d4-d5, the eventual exchange e6xd5, making f5 an excellent outpost for the white minor pieces, cannot be discarded. Here is a game where this nuance was of decisive importance:} 10. Qc2 ({This is probably better than} 10. Bd3 { when after} Nc6 {White already has problems finding a good square for the queen, in view of the possible knight jump to b4.} 11. a3 $6 { is definitely too slow. After} g4 $1 12. Ng1 f5 13. Nge2 h5 {I managed to solve the problem of the h5- and f5-squared in a very convenient way in the game Ravi-Marin, Calcutta 1997. The game continued} 14. Nf4 h4 15. Qa4 h3 { when Black's chain of pawns from d7 to h3 certainly looks impressive. In fact, I do not remember having obtained a similar structure in any other game.}) 10... Nc6 11. O-O-O Qe7 ({Even though this could have meant a slight delay in development, the same plan based on} 11... g4 $5 { would have deserved consideration.}) 12. g4 $1 { Now, Black has to look forcounterplay on other areas of the board.} Nb4 ({ Unfortunately, the thematical pawn break} 12... h5 $6 13. Rxh5 Rxh5 14. gxh5 g4 {fails to} 15. Qh7 $1 { when Black cannot obtain the desired consolidation of the king side.}) ({ In case of} 12... O-O-O { White can already prevent this tactical operation by means of} 13. Rh5 { when the rook is not easy to expell from h5.}) 13. Qd2 c5 14. d5 $1 exd5 { Here it is! In order to avoid being left with a passive bishop on b7, Black has to weaken the f5-square in chronical way.} 15. a3 dxc4 $5 {With the g-pawn just one step back, this piece sacrifice would have ensured Black excellent play, but the way it is the situation remains double-edged.} 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Nb5 d5 18. Nbd4 {and the knight soon landed on f5, putting considerable pressure on Black's position and restricting his attacking possibilities in the game Ponomariov-Kramnik, Sofia 2005 which was eventually won by White. I suspect that this game was one of the main reasons for 5.Bg5 becoming popular.} ) 7. e3 ({White also adopts a harmonious system of development. Previously, Bacrot had been successful with} 7. Qc2 {, which prepares the occupation of the centre by means of e4. The game continued} d6 ({This neutral move is an indirect, rather subtle, way to question the viability of the early development of the queen to c2. The most natural way of starting the counterattack against White's centre is} 7... c5) ({while} 7... d5 {could event ually transpose to a sharp variation of the Tartakover system of the Queen's Gambit Declined.}) 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Be2 c5 {Now that the d4-square has been weakened, the attack against the white centre practically forces White embark in the following complications.} 10. d5 {Otherwise, Black would simply capture on d4 obtaining a comfortable version of the Hedgehog, not only because of White's loss of tempo (e3-e4) but also because of the slightly misplaced h4-bishop.} exd5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxh4 13. Nxh4 Qxh4 14. Nc7+ Ke7 15. Nxa8 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bxa8 17. Rxg7 Ne5 {with a complicated position, where Black's stability on dark squares offers him reasonable compensation for the exhchange, Bacrot-Ivanchuk, FIDE GP Dubai 2002. White eventually won after an interesting fight.}) 7... Ne4 {From the point of view of the general rules of development, this knight jump might seem illogical in a moment when many of Black's pieces are still on their initial squares. However, in the absence of direct contact between the chains of pawns reduces to a certain extent the significance of development in the classical meaning of this notion. Besides, if Black intends to display his forces along the first three ranks, any simplifications are most welcome. The alternatives consist of attacking the enemy centre with either ...c5 or ...d5, eventually after castling.} 8. Nxe4 ({ The exchange on e7 with} 8. Bxe7 { would solve Black's problems of development after} Qxe7 9. Rc1 d6 { followed by Nd7, as in the game Mamedyarov-Anand, Reykjavik, blitz 2006.}) 8... Bxe4 9. Bg3 $5 {Now, Black needs some extra-time to complete his development. The other side of the coin consists of the fact that White's dark-squared bishop can easily become his most passive piece, if the thematic break c4-c5 will not be possible to carry out at the right moment.} d6 ({ This is a very rare move, which can eventually transpose to the more common} 9... O-O { . However, we shall soon see that Anand had no intentions of castling short.}) 10. Bd3 Bb7 $5 ({Black preserves his active bishop from exchange at the cost of losing one more tempo. Previously,} 10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nd7 { had been played. The only game where this position was seen continued with} 12. d5 $6 ({By prematurely defining the central structure, White allows his opponent obtain adequate counterplay. The more retratined} 12. O-O { should be preferred when} O-O { would transpose to a game played with the 9...0-0 move order:} 13. e4 Bf6 14. e5 Be7 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. d5 {with active play for White, although Black managed to survive in Gelfand-Leko, Monte Carlo 2005.}) 12... e5 $1 {Black does not fear placing another pawn on a dark square. In fact, the white bishop is more passive thatn his black colleague.} 13. e4 O-O 14. h4 ({restricting the black bishop but weakening the king side light squares. In case of} 14. Nd2 Bg5 { eventually followed by ...Bxd2 and ...f5 Black would have easy play.}) 14... Qc8 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Qc2 Qg4 17. b4 Nd7 18. Nf1 f5 { with sufficient counterplay, Azmaiparashvili-Rozentalis, Ermioni Argolidas 2005 }) 11. O-O Nd7 12. e4 Bf6 $5 ({ This is the first new move of the game. Just two days earlier,} 12... O-O { had been played, with the continuation} 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Rad1 e5 15. d5 a5 16. b3 Re8 17. a3 Nf8 {when White's active possibilities were restricted by the bad placement of the g3-bishop, Carlsen-Sasikiran, Sarajevo 2006. By refraining from castling, Anand intends to take advantage of this detail by more direct means.}) 13. Rc1 ({The plan of preparing the pawn break c5 will prove too slow. Black seems to be able to hold his own in case of the more resolute} 13. e5 $5 {for instance} dxe5 14. dxe5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Rfe1 Bd4 $1 ({ It is imperative to maintain the d-file defended. In case of} 17... Bxb2 $6 18. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 19. Bg6+ Ke7 20. Qf7+ Kd6 21. Rd1+ { White would recuperate the sacrificed material maintaining a strong attack.}) 18. Be4 {(The only way to take advantage of the slight lead in development)} O-O $1 ({Black has no time to remove the rook from the attacked square with} 18... Rb8 $6 {because of} 19. Bc6+ Ke7 20. Rad1 { with deadly pins along the central files or 19...Kf8 20.Rxe6}) 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 { and the strong centralised bishop keeps Black out of the danger of losing.}) ({ However, the simple developing move} 13. Qe2 {, connecting rooks and making the threat e5 more realistic deserves serious attention, for instance} g5 $2 ({ In fact, Black should probably refrain from this plan and play} 13... O-O { which would transpose to the game from Sarajevo.}) 14. e5 $1 {(As always, an attack on the wing is best answered by a counter-blow in the centre.)} Bxf3 15. gxf3 {with strong initiative in the centre.}) 13... g5 $5 {Suddenly, White's minor pieces from the king side start feeling insecure. To a certain extent, the position starts becoming similar to that from the memorable 6th game of the final match of the World Championship between Anand and Karpov, back in 1998. Instead of questioning White's domination in the centre, Black starts a very concrete plan on a restricted wing area. Although Anand managed to win the game with White, thus equalising the score, he might have understood the objective merits of Black's approach.} 14. Bb1 ({The bishop is passively placed here and it could become vulnerable in case of mass simplifications. It is hard to tell whether White's play was marked by indecision or he simply relied on the fact that his considerable advantage of space in the centre would offer him sufficient chances to beat off Black's original play. He could have chosen between the pawn sacrifice} 14. c5 $5) ({and} 14. e5 { which would have been probably answered by} g4 {with unclear consequences. In case of the opening of the position, White's advance in development could become a telling factor.}) 14... h5 15. h3 Rg8 16. b4 {The continuation of the same policy. White ignores the immediate threats and builds up an impressive queen side position. This was the last moment to switch to the alternate approach by opening the position in the centre somehow, in accordance with the principle that in case of attacks on opposite wings, the speed of action is of vital importance.} g4 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Nh2 Bh4 $1 {Not only questionning White's stability on the king side, but also preparing the development of the queen on an active square.} 19. Bf4 $1 ({A rather subtle antidote to Black's simple attacking action. By avoiding the contact of the bishops and depriving the enemy queen of the important g5-square, White leaves his opponent with problems defending the courageous g-pawn and completing the development at the same time. In case of} 19. Nxg4 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Qg5 { White would have problems defending his king side.}) ({ Consolidating the g3-square with} 19. Rc3 { would solve only part of the problem because after} Qg5 {followed by long castle and the doubling (or trippling) of major pieces along the h-file the white king would be in serious danger.}) 19... Bg5 ({By pursuing the enemy bishop, Black aims to get some stability on dark squares and, possibly more important than that, prevent the capture on g4 with the knight. Black's development was not sufficient to play the generally desirable} 19... g3 { because of} 20. fxg3 Bxg3 21. Bxg3 (21. Qh5 $5) 21... Rxg3 22. Qh5 Qe7 23. Ng4 {with strong pressure against the f7-pawn and the brutal threat of driving the rook on the passive a3-square with Kh2.}) ({ Black had a reasonable alternative in} 19... Qf6 {when after} 20. g3 Bg5 21. Nxg4 Qg7 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. f3 O-O-O {the vulnerable position of the enemy king would have probably offered Black adequate compensation.}) 20. Qxg4 Qf6 21. Be3 $1 ({Another fine bishop retreat, maintaining the tension and thus leaving Black with the same problems of completing his development. In case of} 21. Bxg5 $2 Rxg5 { followed by long castle and Rh8 Black's attack would have been too strong.}) 21... Bxe3 ({This release of the tension is an interesting, but probably not entirely adequate attempt to change the course of the game. Once again, normal play would have offered Black compensation for the pawn, for instance} 21... O-O-O 22. f4 Bh4 {and White faces problems defending his numerous weaknesses, such as the g4- and g3-squares and the e4-pawn, not to speak about his king.}) 22. Qxg8+ Ke7 23. Qxa8 $1 ({More ambitious than} 23. fxe3 Rxg8 24. Rxf6 Nxf6 25. d5 c6 $5 {when Black's more flexible structure would entitle him to hope for equality in spite of the missing pawn.}) 23... Bxa8 24. fxe3 Qg6 { White has two rooks and a pawn for a queen, which means a considerable material advantage. However, his pieces are not too well coordinated, which invites him to prudence in the next phase of the game.} 25. Rf4 $6 ({A hardly n oticeable inaccuracy, marking the turning point in the game. Obviously, White has to defend his e4-pawn somehow, but the rook is unstable on f4. After the safer} 25. d5 {White would have retained a solid position, with possibilities of coordinating his pieces.}) 25... e5 $1 26. Rf5 Qh6 $1 {After these strong moves, White has problems keeping his position together. The queen is a very dangerous fighting unit when facing a disorganized army.} 27. Re1 ({ Relatively best.} 27. Ng4 {would have lost the important d4-pawn after} Qg7 28. Nf2 exd4 {, leaving Black with an excellent outpost for his knight on e5.}) 27... exd4 28. exd4 Qd2 {White's queen side pawns were not given the chance to really start an attack in this game. On the contrary, they will fall one after another victims of the greedy black queen.} 29. Nf3 Qxb4 30. Rc1 Bb7 31. Rb5 Qa3 32. Re1 Qc3 33. Rb3 Qxc4 {White has lost two pawns and his coordination has not become much better. His positionmight be still holdable, but Black's play is much easier in any case.} 34. Bd3 Qa4 35. Rc3 c5 {Eliminating one more element of the enemy centre and making the e5-square available to the knight.} 36. Bc4 Qb4 37. Rcc1 cxd4 38. Nxd4 Ne5 39. Nf5+ Kd7 40. Bd5 Bxd5 41. exd5 Qf4 42. Rf1 Nf3+ $5 {By simplifying the position even more Black not only ensures himself the win of another pawn, but also removes from the position the possibility of unexpected tactical complications.} 43. gxf3 Qxf5 44. f4 ({Or} 44. Rcd1 Qc2 {winning either the a2- or the d5-pawn.}) 44... Qxd5 45. f5 Qd2 46. f6 {White puts all his hopes in this far advanced pawn. However, the f7-pawn will be impossible to capture with a rook because the exposed position of the king will always offer Black the possibility of a double attack.} b5 47. Rce1 Kc6 48. Ra1 Qd4+ 49. Kg2 Qb2+ 50. Kg3 b4 51. Kg4 { Attacking the f7-pawn with the king is also quite utopic.} d5 52. Kg5 Qg2+ 53. Kh4 Kd6 54. Kh5 a5 { White has no defence against the systematic advance of the black pawns.} 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 0506"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2006.04.02"] [Round "15.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2718"] [PlyCount "1"] [EventDate "2005.10.21"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.23"] [WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"] [BlackTeam "Porz"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. b3 1-0 [Event "Bundesliga 0506"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2006.04.01"] [Round "14"] [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2005.10.21"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.07.31"] [WhiteTeam "Godesberg"] [BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] {This was a crucial weekend for us. Baden-Baden needed to get past Godesberg and Porz in order to clinch the title that had slipped out of our hands for the last two years. This was the first of those games.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 { The Anti-Marshall that is all the rage in recent years} Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Bg5 {A new idea. White allows his bishop to be captured on the premise that the remaining bishops favor him.} h6 14. Bh4 c5 $1 {Black's aim in this line is to "bury" the bishop with c5-c4 and I stick to this plan. However, there is now a piece sacrifice in the air.} (14... Nxb3 15. cxb3 d6 16. b4 {White could try to go for Nd2-b3}) 15. Bd5 Bxd5 16. Bxf6 $2 { Here however, Kasimdzhanov hesitates.} (16. exd5 g5 (16... d6 $2 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nd2 {Now the knight on a5 has no square!}) 17. Nxg5 {This is forced} (17. Bg3 d6 {Loses a pawn for very little}) 17... hxg5 18. Bxg5 Qb6 { Now White can either take a 3rd pawn} 19. Bxf6 ({or even} 19. c4 Nb7 20. Rb1 Nh7 21. Bd2 {with good compensation}) 19... Qxf6 20. Qg4+ Kh7 21. Qxd7 { It doesnt look like White is worse here}) 16... Qxf6 17. exd5 Qd6 $1 { Of course not d6. Black now benefits from the d6 square} 18. c4 bxc4 19. Qd2 Nb7 {This is what Kasimdzhanov missed. The knight heads for d6} 20. dxc4 e4 ( 20... Qf6 $2 21. Qc3 e4 $8 (21... d6 {would leave the knight without a square}) 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Nd2 Nd6 24. Rab1 $1 $16) 21. Nh2 Qg6 22. Qf4 Nd6 23. Nf1 (23. Ng4 Nxc4) 23... f5 $1 (23... Nxc4 $2 24. Ng3 Nd6 25. Rab1 $1 { Before Black can get in f5, White threatens Rb6} Nb5 26. Nxe4 $13) 24. Rab1 ( 24. Ng3 Qf6 25. Rab1 g5) 24... Nxc4 25. Ng3 {Kasimdzhanov touched his knight and then realized that Ne3 allows Nd2. So he has to further worsen his position instead of playing, for instance Rb7} (25. Ne3 Nd2 $1) 25... Re5 $1 26. Rb7 Qf7 {Now the game is over} 27. h4 Qxd5 28. Reb1 Rf8 { The computer wants to start taking pawns, but I preferred to be methodical} 29. Rc7 e3 $1 30. Rbb7 (30. fxe3 Nxe3 31. Qf3 Qd4 $19) 30... Re7 31. f3 e2 { Happily, Baden-Baden won convincingly on Sunday to take the German team championshiptitle} (31... e2 32. Nxe2 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qxe2 { leaves Black a piece up}) 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.30"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2801"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5 8. d4 Bb6 9. O-O dxe4 10. Nxc6 Qd6 11. Ne5 Ba6 12. Re1 c5 13. Na3 cxd4 14. Nac4 Qe6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. cxd4 Nd5 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.30"] [Round "11"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a4 h6 11. c3 Bc5 12. Nbd2 Bb6 13. Ba2 Rf8 14. Nf1 d6 15. Ng3 Ne7 16. Nh4 Kh7 17. Qf3 bxa4 18. Bb1 Bc6 19. Bc2 a5 20. Rd1 Qe8 21. Nhf5 Nfg8 22. d4 Nxf5 23. Qxf5+ g6 24. Qg4 Bd7 25. Qf3 Bc6 26. h4 f5 27. h5 fxe4 28. Qg4 d5 29. Be3 g5 30. c4 exd4 31. Rxd4 Nf6 32. Qe2 Bxd4 33. Bxd4 Rb8 34. Re1 Rb4 35. Bxf6 Rxf6 36. cxd5 Bxd5 37. Bxe4+ Bxe4 38. Nxe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.29"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2752"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg2 Nxe5 9. Qe2 Nbc6 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rd1 Bd6 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Ne3 Qe7 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Rd2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. c4 Qb6 20. b3 Qb4 21. Qd3 Qc5 22. Qb1 Rd7 23. Qb2 a5 24. h3 h6 25. Nd5 Ne5 26. Nf4 Bf5 27. Rd5 Qc7 28. Rb5 Qd8 29. Qd4 Bc2 30. Rc1 Nc6 31. Qb6 Qxb6 32. Rxb6 Be4 33. Re1 Rde7 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Bxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxb7 Nb4 37. Rb5 Nxa2 38. Rxa5 Nc1 39. Rb5 g5 40. Ng2 Re2 41. Ne3 Nd3 42. Ng4 Kg7 43. Rd5 Nc5 44. Rxd6 Ne4 45. Rd5 h5 46. Ne3 Kg6 47. Nd1 g4 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. Kf1 Rc2 50. Ke1 Rc1 51. Ke2 Rb1 52. Kd3 f5 53. Kc2 Ra1 54. Kb2 Ra7 55. b4 Rf7 56. b5 f4 57. gxf4 Rxf4 58. Rd4 Kf5 59. Ka3 Ke5 60. Rd5+ Ke6 61. Kb4 Nd6 62. Rc5 Rf3 63. Rc6 Kd7 64. Nc3 Rf4 65. Nd5 Rxf2 66. Nb6+ Ke7 67. Nc8+ Nxc8 68. Rxc8 Kf7 69. Rd8 g3 70. Rd3 g2 71. Rg3 Re2 72. c5 Ke6 73. Ka5 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.29"] [Round "10"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "2752"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. f4 d5 5. exd5 Ng4 6. d4 Bxd4 7. Nf3 Bf2+ 8. Kf1 Bb6 9. fxe5 Nf2 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Bg5 f6 12. d6+ Kh8 13. exf6 gxf6 14. dxc7 Bxc7 15. Kxf2 fxg5 16. Qc3+ Qf6 17. Qxf6+ Rxf6 18. Re1 Bb6+ 19. Kg3 Bc7+ 20. Kf2 Bb6+ 21. Kg3 Bc7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.28"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2644"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rb1 Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. b4 c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Bb5 Rb8 15. O-O c4 16. Ba4 Rxb1 17. Qxb1 Nf6 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. h3 Bd7 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. Qb5 Nf6 22. Rb1 h5 23. Bc2 Rd8 24. a4 g6 25. Qb7 Qa5 26. Qe7 Kg7 27. Rb7 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Qxd7 Qc3 30. Bxg6 Kxg6 31. Qxd5 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 c3 33. Qc6+ Kg7 34. d5 c2 35. d6 Qb2 36. d7 Qe5+ 37. g3 Qf5 38. Kg2 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.28"] [Round "9"] [White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2644"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8. Be3 a6 9. Na4 d6 10. Nxc5 dxc5 11. Nf3 e5 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.26"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2647"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. dxc5 b6 12. Bd4 Bb7 13. Kb1 Rfd8 14. Be5 Qxc5 15. Ng5 h6 16. h4 Rd5 17. f4 Rad8 18. a3 b5 19. Rde1 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Qd5 21. Ne4 Qxd3+ 22. Qxd3 Rxd3 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. f5 exf5 25. Nf2 Rd7 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Bc5 28. Nd3 Bd6 29. g3 Be4 30. Kc1 Kf8 31. Nf4 Ke7 32. Kd2 b4 33. axb4 Bxb4+ 34. Ke2 Bc5 35. Rc1 Kd6 36. b3 a5 37. h5 Bc6 38. Rd1+ Ke7 39. Nd5+ Ke6 40. Ne3 a4 41. bxa4 Bxa4 42. Ra1 Bb5+ 43. Kf2 Bd4 44. Ra8 Bc6 45. Rd8 Ke5 46. Ke2 Bb5+ 47. Kd2 Ke4 48. Nxf5 Kxf5 49. Rxd4 Bc6 50. Rc4 Bg2 51. Ke3 Kg5 52. Rc8 f5 53. Rg8+ Kf6 54. Kf4 Bh3 55. Rh8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.26"] [Round "8"] [White "Van Wely, Loek"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2647"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. e4 Rb8 13. e5 Be7 14. Be3 b6 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Rc8+ Bd8 18. Ke2 Kd7 19. Rhc1 Rf8 20. Kd3 Be7 21. R8c6 Rfb8 22. Ke4 a5 23. f4 Bc5 24. dxc5 Kxc6 25. cxb6+ Kb5 26. g4 h5 27. h3 hxg4 28. hxg4 g6 29. f5 gxf5+ 30. gxf5 Rh8 31. Rc5+ Ka6 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Rc6 Rh4+ 34. Kd3 Rd7+ 35. Ke2 Rh2+ 36. Kf3 Rd3 37. Kf4 Rxa2 38. Bc5 Rc2 39. Rc7 Rd8 40. Ra7+ Kb5 41. Be3 Rf8+ 42. Ke4 Rc4+ 43. Kd3 Rd8+ 44. Ke2 Re4 45. Kf3 Rxe5 46. b7 Rf8+ 47. Kg2 Rxe3 48. Ra8 Kc6 49. Rxf8 Kxb7 50. Kf2 Re5 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2729"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. h4 Bf6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bc4 Qc8 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Qf4 c6 15. Bd3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Re8 17. Bf5 Qb8 18. Rd7 Rd8 19. Rhd1 Qe5 20. Qe4 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Rab8 22. g3 g6 23. a4 Kf8 24. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. Re1 Rc8 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Rxe4 Nf6 14. Rh4 Bb7 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qc2 h6 17. Ng5 Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Bxg2 19. Qc2 Re8 20. Rd1 Qxd1+ 21. Qxd1 hxg5 22. Rd4 Bc6 23. Rd6 Ne4 24. Qd4 e5 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 0-1 [Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.24"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C83"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2740"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxb3 13. N2xb3 Qd7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Be3 Qc4 16. Qd2 Qg4 17. Bc5 Rae8 18. Rfe1 Qg6 19. f3 c6 20. Re2 Bc8 21. Rae1 h6 22. Qd4 Bf5 23. Qb4 Qg5 24. Qd4 h5 25. g3 Bxc5 26. Qxc5 h4 27. g4 Bd7 28. Qe3 Qe7 29. Kg2 Be6 30. Qd4 Bc8 31. Re3 Qc7 32. Nc5 Re7 33. b4 Rfe8 34. Nd3 a5 35. a3 Qa7 36. Nc5 Qc7 37. Kh3 axb4 38. axb4 Qd8 39. f4 Ra7 40. f5 Ra2 41. Qf4 d4 42. cxd4 Qd5 43. Kxh4 Qg2 44. h3 Kh7 45. Qf3 Rh8 46. Qxg2 Rxg2 47. Kg5 Rd8 48. Rd3 Rb2 49. Rb3 Rd2 50. Re4 R8xd4 51. Rxd4 Rxd4 52. e6 fxe6 53. fxe6 Rd5+ 54. Kf4 g5+ 55. Ke4 Kg6 56. Rf3 Rd1 57. e7 Re1+ 58. Re3 Rxe3+ 59. Kxe3 Kf7 60. Kd4 Ke8 61. Ne4 Be6 62. Nxg5 Bd5 63. h4 Kxe7 64. h5 Kf6 65. Ne4+ Kg7 66. g5 Bc4 67. Ng3 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.24"] [Round "6"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. Nc4 Rb8 13. Bg5 Kh8 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ng8 17. Bf4 f5 18. exf5 Bf6 19. Qd3 Bxf5 20. Qg3 Bg6 21. Bg5 Rb5 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. f3 Nh5 24. Qh4 Nf4 25. Ne3 Rh5 26. Qg3 Qd8 27. Kh1 Rg5 28. Ng4 h5 29. h4 Rc5 30. Ne3 Qf6 31. Ra4 Rb8 32. Raa1 Be8 33. Nf1 Bc6 34. Nd2 d5 35. Qg5 Qxg5 36. hxg5 d4 37. Re7 Rxg5 38. Rxc7 Rxg2 39. Rxc6 Rxd2 40. Re1 d3 41. cxd3 Nxd3 42. Re7 Rxb2 43. Bc2 Rxc2 44. Rxc2 b3 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.23"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2717"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. g4 Nc6 8. Nb3 e6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Be3 b5 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Qf2 Rb8 13. Kb1 Nce5 14. Rg1 b4 15. Ne2 Nc4 16. Bc1 Be7 17. Ned4 Ndb6 18. f4 a5 19. Nd2 Qc5 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. b3 Qc5 23. Be3 Qc3 24. g5 Bb7 25. Ne2 Qc7 26. Ng3 O-O 27. f5 Rfc8 28. h4 a4 29. f6 Bf8 30. h5 d5 31. g6 fxg6 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Rh1 gxf6 34. Bd4 Bg7 35. Rdg1 dxe4 36. Nh5 e3 37. Nxf6+ Kf7 38. Bxe3 Qxc2+ 39. Qxc2 Rxc2 40. Rh7 axb3 41. axb3 Rc3 42. Bd4 Rh8 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Nd5+ e5 45. Bxe5+ Kf7 46. Nxc3 Rh5 47. Rf1+ Ke6 48. Bd4 bxc3 49. Rf6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.23"] [Round "5"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Bf5 11. Nd4 Bg6 12. f4 c5 13. Nf3 Bxc2 14. Rf2 Bg6 15. g4 f5 16. Be3 b6 17. Rd1+ Kc8 18. Nh4 Kb7 19. Rfd2 fxg4 20. hxg4 Be8 21. f5 Nc6 22. Nf3 Be7 23. Nd5 Rf8 24. Nxe7 Nxe7 25. Ng5 Nxf5 26. Rf1 Nxe3 27. Rxf8 Bg6 28. Rxa8 Kxa8 29. e6 Nxg4 30. e7 Nf6 31. Ne6 Ne8 32. Nf8 Bf7 33. Nxh7 Nd6 34. Ng5 Bg6 35. Ne6 Kb7 36. Rg2 Be8 37. Nxg7 Bb5 38. Rf2 a5 39. Rf8 c4 40. e8=Q 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2723"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Re3 f6 15. h3 Bh5 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. g4 Bf7 18. Nh4 Rfe8 19. Nf5 Rxe3 20. Qxe3 Re8 21. Qg3 Nd8 22. h4 Bg6 23. h5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Qe7 25. Qd3 h6 26. Bg6 Rf8 27. Kf1 Qd6 28. Qe3 Ne6 29. Rxb7 Nf4 30. Kg1 Nxg6 31. hxg6 f5 32. gxf5 Rxf5 33. Rb8+ Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Qf3+ Qf6 36. Qxd5 Qxg6+ 37. Kf1 Qxc2 38. Qd8+ Kf7 39. Qxc7+ Kg8 40. Qc4+ Kf8 41. d5 Qc1+ 42. Ke2 Qc2+ 43. Kf3 Qd1+ 44. Kg2 g5 45. Qc8+ Kg7 46. Qd7+ Kg6 47. Qe6+ Kg7 48. d6 g4 49. Qe5+ Kf7 50. Qf5+ Kg7 51. d7 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Nc3 Bc6 8. Bg2 Ne4 9. Bb2 Bb4 10. Rc1 O-O 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Bxc3 a5 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc8 15. d5 Qb7 16. e4 d6 17. Nc4 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Nd7 19. Ne3 Nc5 20. Rc4 Rfe8 21. Qd4 exd5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxe4 24. Nxc7 Rxc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C83"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2650"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxb3 13. N2xb3 Qd7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Be3 Qc4 16. Rfe1 Rfc8 17. Qd2 c5 18. Na5 Qg4 19. Nb7 Qg6 20. Nd6 Rc6 21. Bf4 f6 22. Nb7 Rf8 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Bg3 Rb6 25. Na5 Bd6 26. Nb3 Be7 27. Re2 Rc8 28. Rae1 Bf8 29. Nc1 d4 30. cxd4 Qxd4 31. Qa5 Qd8 32. Bh4 Qc7 33. Bg3 Qd8 34. Bh4 Qc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 b4 9. Nce2 h6 10. c4 e5 11. Nc2 Nc6 12. Ng3 Be6 13. h4 a5 14. Bf2 g6 15. Ne3 Bg7 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Bd3 Nd4 18. Nc2 Nc6 19. Ne3 a4 20. Nef5 gxf5 21. exf5 e4 22. fxe4 Ne5 23. fxe6 Nfxg4 24. e7 Qxe7 25. Nf5 Qe6 26. Rg1 h5 27. Be2 Rfe8 28. Bd4 Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 Qxf5 30. Bxg7 Rxe4+ 31. Kd2 Qf4+ 32. Kc2 Rxc4+ 33. Kb1 Rxc1+ 34. Qxc1 Qxf3 35. Bh6 Qf5+ 36. Ka1 Rc8 37. Qd1 Kh7 38. Bc1 Qc2 39. Qf1 f6 40. Qe1 Kg6 41. Qe3 Kf7 42. Qe1 Rc4 43. Rf1 d5 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Nd2 Nf5 18. Ne4 Nd7 19. b4 Rc8 20. Bd2 g6 21. c3 Ng7 22. c4 Nf5 23. a4 cxb4 24. cxb5 a5 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Qb8 27. Bb2 Bd8 28. g4 Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Bc4 f5 31. gxf5 Rxf5 32. Ng3 Re5 33. Re4 Nf6 34. Rxe5 dxe5 35. Bb3 Qc8 36. d6+ Kg7 37. Qf3 Qxh3 38. Qb7+ Qd7 39. Qb8 Ne8 40. Ne4 Qg4+ 41. Kf1 Qh3+ 42. Ke2 Qg4+ 43. Kd2 Nf6 44. Qxd8 Nxe4+ 45. dxe4 Qf4+ 46. Kd3 Qf3+ 47. Kc4 Qc3+ 48. Kd5 Qxb3+ 49. Kc6 d3 50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. d7 Qc4+ 52. Kb6 Qd4+ 53. Ka6 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 b4 10. a5 h6 11. d3 Rb8 12. Bc4 Ba7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nbd2 bxc3 17. bxc3 Rb5 18. Nc4 Qd7 19. Rfb1 Rfb8 20. Rxb5 Rxb5 21. h3 Qf7 22. d4 exd4 23. cxd4 Qg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2721"] [PlyCount "136"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Rg1 b4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 a5 15. g5 Nh5 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. h4 f5 18. Qe2 a4 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. Qc4 Rfc8 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Nc4 Ra8 23. b3 g6 24. Rg2 f4 25. Bf2 Ng7 26. Rh2 Nf5 27. Bh3 Ra6 28. h5 Bf8 29. Rdh1 Bg7 30. Bf1 Ng3 31. Bxg3 fxg3 32. Rg2 Nc5 33. Nd2 Ra8 34. h6 Bf8 35. Bc4 axb3 36. cxb3 Be7 37. Rxg3 Rca7 38. a4 bxa3 39. Ka2 Rf8 40. Rh4 Rf5 41. Rhg4 Kf8 42. b4 Na4 43. Kxa3 Nc3+ 44. Kb3 Nd1 45. Rg1 Ne3 46. Re4 Rxg5 47. Re1 Nf5 48. b5 Rg2 49. Kc3 Bd8 50. Nb3 Nxh6 51. f4 Nf7 52. R1e2 Rg3+ 53. Kb4 Bb6 54. fxe5 Nxe5 55. Rxe5 dxe5 56. Rxe5 Re7 57. Rxe7 Kxe7 58. Nc5 Rg1 59. Ne4 Rb1+ 60. Kc3 Bc7 61. Kd4 Re1 62. Bd3 h5 63. Kc5 h4 64. b6 Rc1+ 65. Kb5 Bb8 66. d6+ Bxd6 67. Nxd6 Kxd6 68. Bxg6 h3 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 15th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "2006.03.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2721"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2006.03.18"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Nh4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Nd5 11. e4 N5b6 12. Nf5 exf5 13. gxh5 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. Qg4 g6 16. Bh6 f5 17. Rfe1 Qb8 18. Qf3 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Nd5 20. Rae1 Qd6 21. Re6 Qb4 22. a3 Qb5 23. Bg5 O-O-O 24. Bxe7 Rde8 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Qg4 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Nxe7 28. Rxe7 Rd8 29. h4 Qxb2 30. Bh3 Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Qf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Bxf5 c3 34. Re3 Rf8 35. Bxd7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Glitnir blitz"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "2006.03.16"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2006.03.15"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8. Nc3 Qd7 9. a5 a6 10. h3 Rfe8 11. Ng5 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Nd4 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qe6 15. b3 h6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Red1 Bg5 18. Nd5 Rac8 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Qg3 Qg6 21. Qg4 Re6 22. Rd3 Kf8 23. Rg3 Nf6 24. Nxf6 gxf6 25. h4 Ke7 26. h5 Qh7 27. b4 Rh8 28. Rh3 f5 29. Qxg5+ Rf6 30. Re1 fxe4 31. Qh4 Qf5 32. Re2 e3 33. Rexe3 Qxc2 34. Ref3 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qh6 36. g4 Qg7 37. g5 Rxf3 38. Rxf3 Ke8 39. Kg3 Qh7 40. h6 Qb1 41. Kg2 Qg6 42. Rf6 Qd3 43. Qg4 Ke7 44. Qf3 Qxc4 45. Kg3 Rg8 46. Rf5 Qe6 47. Kh4 Qg6 48. Qg4 Qe6 49. Rf6 Qxg4+ 50. Kxg4 d5 51. Kf5 d4 0-1 [Event "Glitnir blitz"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "2006.03.16"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C76"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2709"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2006.03.15"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. d5 Ne7 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. h3 h6 13. c4 c5 14. Ne1 b5 15. b4 bxc4 16. bxc5 c3 17. Nc4 Nxe4 18. Nb6 Qb5 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. cxd6 Nxd6 21. Nxa8 Rxa8 22. Nc2 Nxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Glitnir blitz"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "2006.03.16"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2711"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2006.03.15"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Rc8 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Rg1 b5 14. g5 Nh5 15. Qf2 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. h4 Ne5 18. Nd4 Qc5 19. Rg2 b4 20. Nce2 d5 21. Nxf4 dxe4 22. fxe4 Bg4 23. Be2 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Nc4 25. Nd5 Bd6 26. g6 Be5 27. Nb3 Qa7 28. Nd2 Nxb2 29. Qh5 fxg6 30. Qxe5 Nxd1 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. h5 Nc3+ 34. Kb2 Qf7 0-1 [Event "Glitnir blitz"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "2006.03.16"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A58"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "155"] [EventDate "2006.03.15"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. g3 d6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rb1 Ne8 12. Qc2 Nc7 13. Rd1 Nb6 14. e4 Bc8 15. h3 Bd7 16. b3 Qc8 17. a4 Bxh3 18. Bb2 Bg4 19. Re1 Na6 20. Nb5 Bxb2 21. Rxb2 Bd7 22. Nc3 Nb4 23. Qd2 c4 24. bxc4 Nxc4 25. Qh6 f6 26. Rxb4 Ne5 27. Qe3 Qc7 28. Nxe5 fxe5 29. Reb1 Rac8 30. Rb7 Qd8 31. Nb5 Rc2 32. Rf1 Bg4 33. Qb6 Qxb6 34. Rxb6 Be2 35. Rc6 Rb2 36. Re1 Bxb5 37. axb5 Rfxf2 38. Bf1 Rf3 39. Re2 Rxg3+ 40. Kf2 Rbb3 41. b6 Rgf3+ 42. Kg1 Rb1 43. Rf2 Re3 44. Kh2 Rxe4 45. Bh3 Kg7 46. Bc8 h5 47. b7 Kh6 48. Rc7 Ree1 49. Rxe7 Kg5 50. Ref7 Kh4 51. Kg2 g5 52. Rf1 Rxf1 53. Rxf1 Rb2+ 54. Rf2 Rb6 55. Ra2 g4 56. Ra8 Rb2+ 57. Kf1 Kg3 58. b8=Q Rxb8 59. Rxb8 h4 60. Rb3+ Kf4 61. Bxg4 Kxg4 62. Rb6 h3 63. Rxd6 e4 64. Re6 Kf5 65. Rxe4 Kxe4 66. d6 Kf3 67. Kg1 Kg3 68. d7 h2+ 69. Kh1 Kh3 70. d8=Q Kg3 71. Qd6+ Kf3 72. Kxh2 Ke3 73. Kg2 Ke4 74. Kg3 Ke3 75. Qd5 Ke2 76. Qd4 Ke1 77. Kf3 Kf1 78. Qd1# 1-0 [Event "Glitnir blitz"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "2006.03.16"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2006.03.15"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 d6 10. c5 dxc5 11. dxc5 O-O 12. Be2 Rd8 13. Ba6 Nxa6 14. cxb6 axb6 15. O-O c5 16. a3 Qd6 17. Re1 Nc7 18. Nd4 b5 0-1 [Event "Glitnir blitz"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "2006.03.16"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "2711"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2006.03.15"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qb6 Qxb6 7. Bxb6 Bg4 8. Nc3 g6 9. Nd5 Rc8 10. O-O-O e6 11. Ne3 Nf6 12. Nc4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Be3 b5 15. Ncd2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ncb4 17. c3 Nxa2+ 18. Kc2 Bg7 19. Ne4 O-O 20. Kb3 Naxc3 21. bxc3 f5 22. Bh3 Rc6 23. Bc5 Rfc8 24. Rhe1 fxe4 25. Rxd5 Bxc3 26. Bb4 Bxb4 27. Rxe4 Rf8 28. Kxb4 Rf7 0-1 [Event "Glitnir blitz"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "2006.03.16"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2711"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2006.03.15"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Bb6 8. Qd3 exd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nc3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qd7 13. Kh1 Nh5 14. Rg1 Qh3 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 f5 17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 Bxf2 19. Ne2 Bxg1 20. Rxg1 f4 21. Bc3 Rad8 22. Bd4 Kh8 23. Qe4 Qf5 24. Qxf5 Rxf5 25. Rc1 Kg8 26. Rxc6 g5 27. e6 Ng7 28. Bc3 Rd6 29. Rxc7 Nxe6 30. Rxa7 Rfd5 31. a4 g4 32. Kg2 Rd3 33. Ng1 h5 34. a5 Rd7 35. Ra6 R3d6 36. Ra8+ Rd8 37. Rxd8+ Rxd8 38. Ne2 Rd3 39. Ng1 Ng5 40. a6 Rd6 41. a7 Ra6 42. Bd4 Ne6 43. Bf2 Nc7 44. Ne2 Nb5 45. Nxf4 Nxa7 46. Nxh5 gxf3+ 47. Kxf3 Nc6 48. Bc5 0-1 [Event "Glitnir blitz"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "2006.03.15"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Hjartarson, Johann"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C97"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2619"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2006.03.15"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4 13. a4 Bd7 14. b3 Na5 15. Nbd2 bxa4 16. bxa4 g6 17. Nf1 Nh5 18. Ne3 Rab8 19. Nd2 Ng7 20. Qe2 Bc8 21. Nec4 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 f5 23. a5 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Bf5 25. Nb6 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Nh5 27. Be3 Nf4 28. Rab1 Rf7 29. Kh2 Rbf8 30. Nc4 Qd7 31. Rb6 Bh4 32. Rxd6 Qa4 33. Bxf4 Rxf4 34. Rxg6+ hxg6 35. Qxg6+ Kh8 36. Rxe5 R4f5 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Qxh4 Rxe5 39. Qg3+ 1-0 [Event "Glitnir blitz"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "2006.03.15"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Hjartarson, Johann"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2619"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2006.03.15"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.05.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. h4 Bh6 14. g3 Ne7 15. Nce3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Bb7 17. Bg2 f5 18. exf5 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Nxf5 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. O-O Qb6 22. Kh2 Rad8 23. Rad1 Rf6 24. Qe4 Rdf8 25. f4 Nh6 26. Qe2 b4 27. c4 b3 28. a3 Re8 29. Rfe1 Ref8 30. Rd5 Rg6 31. h5 Rgf6 32. Red1 Qb7 33. fxe5 dxe5 34. Rd8 Qc7 35. Ne3 e4 36. Nd5 Qe5 37. Kg2 Nf5 38. Nf4 Nxg3 39. Qg4 Nf5 40. Ra8 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 0506"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2006.03.12"] [Round "13.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Almasi, Zoltan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2619"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2005.10.21"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.06.07"] [WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"] [BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Bg5 Ke8 11. Nd4 Nf5 12. Nde2 Be7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. h3 h5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Nf4 h4 17. Ne4 Rhd8 18. Ng5 c5 19. Nfxe6 fxe6 20. c3 c4 21. Nf3 a5 22. Rde1 a4 23. a3 Rd3 24. Re4 b5 25. Rfe1 Rad8 26. Kf1 c5 27. Ke2 R8d5 28. Rc1 Kf7 29. Rc2 Rd1 30. Nxh4 Nxh4 31. Rxh4 Rg1 32. Rf4+ Ke7 33. Rg4 Rxe5+ 34. Kf3 Kf6 35. h4 Rd1 36. Rf4+ Ke7 37. Re4 Rd3+ 38. Kf4 Rxe4+ 39. Kxe4 Kf6 40. Re2 Rd1 41. g3 g6 42. f3 Rd3 43. g4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Bundesliga 0506"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2006.03.11"] [Round "12.1"] [White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E02"] [WhiteElo "2634"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2005.10.21"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.06.07"] [WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"] [BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxc4 Bc6 8. Nc3 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Qe8 13. a3 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. e4 Bb7 17. b4 Nd7 18. Rac1 Nb6 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Nd3 Nc4 21. a4 Rb8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Qxb5 24. Qxc4 Qxc4 25. Rxc4 Ba6 26. Rcc1 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Rfd8 28. Rdd1 f6 29. e5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Bundesliga 0506"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2006.02.19"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Gustafsson, Jan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2005.10.21"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.06.07"] [WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"] [BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb4 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Bd4 Bb5 16. Qd1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Bc3 18. Bxc3 Rxc3 19. Rac1 d4 20. exd4 Qxd4 21. Rxc3 Qxc3 22. Qd1 g6 23. Nc4 Re8 24. h3 Re6 25. a4 h5 26. a5 Kg7 $1 { Ein sehr starker Zug, der den König für das Endspiel schon mal näherheranführt und Weiß in eine Art Zugzwang bringt.} 27. Qf3 $2 { Das entstehende Endspiel ist erstaunlich vorteilhaft für Schwarz.} (27. f4 { was a better try to muddy the water. bot bessere Chancen, das Wasser zu trüben. }) 27... Qxf3 $19 28. gxf3 h4 29. Rd1 Nh5 30. Rd7 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Re2 32. Rd2 $6 { Im reinen Springerendspiel ist Weiß chancenlos, weil sein König nichtmitspielt. Allerdings sollte auch} (32. Rxb7 {verlieren, z.B.} Rxf2+ 33. Kg1 Rxf3 34. Ne5 (34. Nd6 $5) 34... Rf5 35. Nc4 g5 36. Rb6 Rf3 37. b4 Nf4 38. Rxa6 Nxh3+ 39. Kh1 g4 $19) 32... Rxd2 33. Nxd2 Kf6 34. Ne4+ Ke5 35. Nc5 Nf4 36. Nxb7 Ne6 $1 { Dominiert den weißen Springer komplett, was den Untergang besiegelt:} 37. b4 Kd5 38. b5 axb5 39. a6 Kc6 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 0506"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2006.02.18"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "McShane, Luke J"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2605"] [Annotator "Postny,E"] [PlyCount "140"] [EventDate "2005.10.21"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.06.07"] [WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"] [BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 {This knight manouevre became very fashionable.} 10. h3 Bf5 {A rare and somewhat risky move. Black attacks the Pc2 and intends to hide his king on a safe queenside. On the other hand, black's bishop might become a target for whhite's pawns and knights.} ({More often seen in practice: } 10... Ng6) ({and} 10... Ke8) 11. Rd1+ (11. g4 $5 {This pawn sacrifice is definitely a deserving alternative. At a price of a pawn white wins several tempoes for advancing his pawn majority on the kingside.} Bxc2 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. f4 c5 14. Nf3 $1 f5 15. Nh4 $1 $44 {1-0 Parligras,M (2560)-Aleksandrov,A (2635) /Warsaw 2005/CBM 108_01/[Postny,E] (44)}) 11... Kc8 12. Nd4 (12. Rd2 h6 13. b3 b6 14. Bb2 Kb7 15. Rad1 Ng6 16. Ne2 a5 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Nh5 c5 19. a4 Rg8 20. c4 Be7 21. g4 Rae8 22. Kg2 Nf8 23. Ng1 g6 24. Nf6 Bxf6 25. exf6 g5 $132 { 1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J (2631)-Mitkov,N (2539)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 (48)}) 12... Bg6 13. Bf4 (13. Bg5 c5 14. Ndb5 a6 15. Nd6+ cxd6 16. exd6 f6 $1 17. dxe7 Bxe7 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Be3 b6 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Izoria,Z (2652)-Sorokin,M (2560)/Moscow 2006/CBM 112_01 (26)}) 13... b6 $6 ({The critical continuation is} 13... c5 14. Nf3 ({Does not work:} 14. Ndb5 $6 a6 15. Nxc7 (15. Nd6+ cxd6 16. exd6 Nc6 17. Na4 Kd8) 15... Kxc7 16. e6+ Kb6) 14... Bxc2 $6 (14... Nc6 $142) 15. Rd2 Bg6 16. Rad1 Nc6 17. e6 fxe6 18. Ne5 Nd4 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Nb5 $1 $16) 14. e6 $1 Kb7 15. Re1 { Now white is threatening to take on f7 followed by Nd4-e6.} (15. exf7 $6 Bxf7 16. Re1 Nd5 $11) 15... f6 (15... Rd8 $2 16. Rad1 c5 17. Ndb5 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 fxe6 19. Rd7 $18) 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Rd2 {Black's position looks totally cramped, but in fact, white does not have any decisive manoeuvre.} h5 18. Bh2 { Anand moves his bishop away before black plays g7-g5 with tempo.} (18. Nf3 Be8) 18... h4 19. Nf3 Be8 $1 20. Rd4 $6 {This move is actually a waste of time. The rook on d4 is vulnerable, while black ws intending to play g7-g5 anyway.} (20. Ne4 {was more to the point preventing from black to play g7-g5 developing the kingside pieces.} {Probably Anand was concerned about} Rh5 { but, I think that after} 21. c4 {white keeps a stable advantage.}) 20... g5 21. Ne4 Rh6 22. Rdd1 Nf5 {Black's pieces are coming out one after another. White's advantage is not so obvious anymore.} 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Be7 25. f4 { Breaking black's pawns chain.} gxf4 26. Bxf4 Rg6 27. Rd2 Rg7 28. Kh1 Rd8 $2 ( 28... c5 $14) 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Bd6 $1 {I guess that this small tactics was overlooked by McShane. Suddenly, white's "e" pawn become a mobile passer.} (30. g4 hxg3 31. Nxg3 Bg6 $132) 30... f5 31. e7 $1 (31. Bf8 Rh7 32. Nd2 Bf6 33. c3 c5 34. Nf3 Kc6 {is not clear at all.}) (31. Nc5+ bxc5 32. e7 Kc8 33. Bxc5 a6 $14) 31... Bxe7 32. Bxe7 fxe4 33. Bxh4 (33. Rxe4 $2 Bg6 34. Re2 Rh7) 33... Bg6 {Objectively, white's position is winning thanks to the connected passed pawns. But, from now on, Anand starts a long series of mistakes which caused a total turnover.} 34. c3 $6 (34. Kh2 Rf7 35. g4 Rf3 36. Kg2 $18) 34... Rf7 35. Kg1 $6 (35. Kh2 $18) 35... c5 36. Bg5 $6 (36. g4 $2 Rh7) ({Again} 36. Kh2) 36... Kc6 37. Be3 Kb5 38. Rd1 $2 { After this move the initiative finally goes to McShane's side.} (38. g4 Rf3 39. Kg2 Kc4 40. h4 Kd3 41. h5 Bf7 42. h6 Bg6 43. Bg5 { was still clearly in white's favour.}) 38... Kc4 39. Kh2 a5 40. Kg3 a4 41. a3 Bh5 42. Rd2 Rf1 43. Kh4 Re1 44. Bf4 Be8 45. Bg3 Rb1 46. Bf4 Kb3 {In the last 10 moves white didn't make any step forward, while black is already triumphing on the queeenside.} 47. g4 Rxb2 48. Rd8 Bb5 49. Kg5 Rg2 50. c4 Bxc4 51. Bxc7 b5 52. Bb6 Kxa3 53. Bxc5+ Kb3 { The position looks completely lost for white, but luck goes with the strongest! } 54. Re8 a3 55. Rxe4 a2 56. Bd4 Rg1 57. h4 a1=Q 58. Bxa1 Rxa1 59. h5 Rh1 60. Kh6 Kc3 61. Re3+ $1 Kd2 ({A nice escape could arise after} 61... Bd3 62. g5 b4 63. g6 b3 64. g7 Rg1 65. Rg3 $3 Rxg3 66. g8=Q $1 Rxg8 {stalemate!}) 62. Re7 Be2 63. Re4 Kd3 64. Rf4 Kc3 65. Re4 Bd1 66. Kg7 b4 (66... Bxg4 $2 67. h6 (67. Rxg4 $2 Rxh5 $19) 67... Bf5 68. Re5 Bd3 69. Rxb5 Bxb5 70. h7 $11) 67. h6 b3 $4 { This blunder appears to be rather crucial for the whole Bundesliga season. If McShane would have won this, then his team Werder Bremen would have won the match against his main rival for the title - Baden Oos...} (67... Bc2 68. Re6 Rg1 {was winning rather easily.}) 68. Re3+ Kd4 69. Rxb3 Bxb3 70. h7 Rxh7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2006.01.29"] [Round "13"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2723"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2006.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.04.04"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Qf2 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Na5 $5 {The older mo ve 13.Nc5 was replaced by this strange looking knight jump. Surprizingly enough black is struggling with unpleasant problems.} Qd7 (13... Qc8 14. Nd5 Rb8 (14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. f4 Rb8 17. Bd2 f6 18. Bc3 Be7 19. Rhe1 O-O 20. Re4 Bb5 21. Nc6 Rb7 22. Qf3 { 1-0 Sadvakasov,D (2612)-Zhou Jianchao (2516)/Hyderabad 2005 (61)}) 15. Qe2 Bxd5 16. exd5 c3 17. b3 Rb5 18. Qc4 Qxc4 19. Nxc4 Be7 20. Rd3 e4 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. a4 Rb8 23. Bd4 { 1-0 Najer,E (2641)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2586)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005 (56)}) (13... Nd7 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Nb4 Qb7 16. Nbd5 Rb8 17. b3 cxb3 18. cxb3 Be7 19. Kb2 Bd8 20. Rd3 (20. Qg3 $5 $14) 20... O-O 21. g4 Kh8 22. Rc1 Ba5 23. Rc2 Rfc8 { 1/2-1/2 Bologan,V (2700)-Gelfand,B (2724)/Merida 2005 (56)}) (13... Rc8 14. Bb6 Qd7 15. g3 g6 16. Rd2 Bh6 17. f4 Ng4 18. Qf3 Rb8 19. h3 Nf6 20. Bc5 exf4 21. gxf4 Rc8 22. Bxd6 Qd8 23. Bb4 Qb6 24. a3 Nh5 25. Kb1 Bxf4 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Bb8 28. Rhd1 c3 29. Rd7 {1-0 Anand,V (2788)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2670)/San Luis 2005 }) 14. Rd2 $146 {Anand must have seen the combination with a win of d6 pawn, Gelfand will attack the knight on a5.} (14. g4 Be7 15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Qa4 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. Nd5 Qa4 19. Qe1 c3 20. Qxc3 Rc8 21. Qd2 Qxa2 22. Qb4 Bxd5 23. exd5 O-O 24. Nc6 Bd8 25. c3 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Rhe1 Bxg5 28. Qxd6 { 1-0 Cheparinov,I (2625)-Lahno,K (2500)/Wijk aan Zee 2006 (39)}) 14... Be7 15. Rhd1 Rb8 (15... O-O 16. Bc5 Qc7 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. g4 $14) 16. Bc5 $1 (16. Bb6 O-O 17. g4 Ne8 18. h4 Nc7 $13) 16... Qc7 17. Rxd6 $1 Qxa5 (17... Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 20. Bxe5 $16) 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe7 Rb7 (19... Kxe7 20. Qa7+ Kf8 21. Qxb8+ Ne8 22. Rd8 $18) 20. Bd6 {White has got a pawn for the exchange, but black king is still on e8 and his pawn structure is vulnerable.} Nd7 (20... Kf7 21. f4 $1 $40) 21. Qh4 (21. Qe2 $5 Qb6 22. Qxc4 Kf7 (22... Qxb2+ 23. Kd2 Kf7 24. Rb1 $18) 23. b3 $16) 21... Qd8 (21... Nf6 22. Qg5 Kf7 23. Bxe5 $16) 22. Qh5+ (22. Qxd8+ Kxd8 23. Bxe5 $16) 22... g6 23. Qh6 Qf6 24. Ne2 Kf7 25. h4 g5 $5 {Gelfand bravely sacrifices the pawn in order to exchange queens.} (25... Qg7 26. Qe3 $16) 26. hxg5 (26. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 27. hxg5 Rg8 (27... Kg6 28. f4 exf4 29. Nxf4+ Kf7 30. e5 $16) 28. Rh1 Rxg5 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. Rh2 $16) 26... Qxh6 27. gxh6 Rg8 28. g4 (28. g3 Rg6 29. Rh1 Rb6 30. Bc7 Rc6 31. Ba5 Rf6 $14) 28... Rg6 29. Rh1 {Unpleasant moment for white since his only rook will be doing an unviable job of protecting weaknesses.} (29. b3 cxb3 30. axb3 Rxh6 31. Kd2 Rh3 32. Ke3 h5 $11) 29... Rb6 30. Ba3 Rf6 31. Rh3 Kg6 32. Kd2 Rf7 33. Ke3 Nf6 ( 33... Nb8 34. Rh5 Nc6 35. f4 exf4+ (35... Nd4 36. f5+ exf5 37. exf5+ Nxf5+ 38. Rxf5 Rxf5 39. gxf5+ Kxf5 40. Ng3+ Kg4 41. Ne4 $16) 36. Nxf4+ Kf6 37. g5+ Ke5 38. g6+ $18) 34. Nc3 Rd7 35. Rh1 Rc6 $14 36. Na4 Rb7 37. Nc3 Rb8 (37... Rd7 $5) 38. Nd1 Ng8 $2 {Black is restless and strives to clarify the situation. Unfortunatelly for him his e5 pawn will fall and white's advantage significantly grow.} (38... Rb7 39. Ke2 Rb8 40. Ne3 Ng8 41. Rh5 Rb5 42. b3 (42. Nd1 Nf6 43. Rh2 Rb7 44. Nc3 $14) 42... cxb3 43. axb3 Nxh6 44. Nc4 Nf7 45. Kd3 Ng5 46. Ke3 Nf7 $14) 39. Rh5 Nxh6 (39... Rb5 40. Nc3 Rb8 41. Rxe5 $16) 40. Rxe5 Nf7 41. Rh5 $16 Rb5 42. Rh1 $1 e5 (42... h5 43. Nc3 Rg5 44. Be7 Ra5 45. gxh5+ Rxh5 46. Rg1+ Kh7 47. Bf6 $16) 43. Nc3 Rb7 44. Nd5 Re6 45. Bb4 $1 { The bishop will be much more useful on the square c3.} Kg7 46. Rh2 Ng5 47. Bc3 Kg8 48. Rf2 Rf7 49. Rf1 Re8 50. Ke2 $1 Ref8 (50... Re6 51. Ne3 Rc7 52. Rd1 $18) 51. Bxe5 Nxe4 (51... Nxf3 52. Nf6+ Rxf6 53. Bxf6 $18) (51... Rxf3 52. Rxf3 Rxf3 53. Bf6 $18) 52. Ke3 (52. Re1 $5 Re8 53. f4 Nf6 54. Nxf6+ Rxf6 55. Kf3 Rh6 56. Re4 $16) 52... Nc5 {The defender misses a golden chance to complicate matters with a fascinating jump 52...Nd2!?. Anand will now get a full grip on the position.} (52... Nd2 $5 53. Rf2 (53. Kxd2 Rd8 54. Kc3 Rxd5 55. Bd4 Rg5 56. Rf2 h5 57. gxh5 Rxh5 58. Kxc4 Rhf5 59. a4 Rxf3 60. Rg2+ $16) 53... Nxf3 54. Nf6+ Rxf6 55. Bxf6 Rxf6 56. Rxf3 Re6+ 57. Kd4 Re2 58. Kc3 Re4 59. g5 $16) 53. f4 $1 Re8 54. Kd4 Nd7 55. Re1 Re6 56. Re2 (56. Kxc4 Nxe5+ 57. fxe5 Rf2 58. Kd3 Rf3+ 59. Ke4 Rf2 60. Ne3 $18) 56... Nxe5 57. fxe5 Rg7 58. Nf6+ Kf7 59. Kxc4 { White has got three pawns for the exchange what is usually too much even under less favourable circumstances.} Rg5 (59... Rxf6 60. exf6 Rxg4+ 61. Kd5 Kxf6 62. c4 $18) 60. Kd4 Rb6 61. c4 Ke6 62. b3 Rb8 63. Re4 h6 64. Nd5 Rbg8 65. Nf4+ Ke7 66. e6 (66. e6 Rxg4 67. Nd5+ Kd6 (67... Kd8 68. e7+ $18) 68. c5+ Kc6 69. Ne7+ Kc7 70. Nxg8 $18) 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2006.01.28"] [Round "12"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2801"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Gershon,A"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2006.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.04.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Na3 ({A game between Svidler (White) and Khalifman, which took place in the Russian superfinal less than a month ago continued:} 12. Bf4 Qe8 $1 13. Nd4 Ngxe5 14. Nxb5 d6 15. Ba4 Bg4 16. Qc2 f5 $1 17. Nd2 Qg6 { and White failed to equalize. Black has a very strong attack here.}) 12... Ncxe5 { A strong novelty from Anand's lab. The point will be seen on the next move.} ({ In a previous game in the very same event, Sokolov tried to copy Khalif's idea with:} 12... Qe8 13. Nd4 Ngxe5 14. Naxb5 d6 15. Ba4 {and here a slight difference in the knight's position (d4 vs d2) became evident - Black cannot play f5. After} Bd7 16. b3 Ne7 17. Kh1 d5 18. f4 $1 Ng4 19. e5 f6 20. h3 Nxe5 21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Nf3 {Topalov cashed in on the advantage with ease. 1-0 Topalov,V (2801)-Sokolov,I (2689)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2006 (37)}) 13. h3 d6 $1 {This is already becoming a tradition - it crucial games, when he has to beat Topalov, Anand just sacrifices pieces. The previous time, in San Luis, it ended in a perpetual, and here the World Champion doesn't even accept the 'gift'.} 14. Qe2 $1 {A very good practical decision. White of course, doesn't want to repeat Adams' 'achievement' from the game in San Luis, and check the quality of Anand's home prep. Now the game ends up in a draw fairly easily.} ({ After} 14. hxg4 Bxg4 {the arisen position is dangerous for White only. Here are a few lines to emphasize the dangers: My good old buddy - fritzie - and me, managed to reproduce Anand's analysis, and it looks like that (ours, not his):} 15. Nc2 (15. Bf4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qh4 17. Bxe5 dxe5 {Threatening Rd8-d6-g6. } 18. Qd7 Qg3+ 19. Kh1 Qxf3+ 20. Kh2 Qf4+ 21. Kh1 Qxe4+ 22. Kh2 Qf4+ {etc.}) 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qf6 ({But not} 16... Qh4 $2 17. Kg2) 17. Ne1 (17. Kg2 Qg6+ {And Black has at least a draw.}) 17... Qg6+ { Here the silicone comes up with a brilliant:} 18. Kh2 $1 Qh5+ 19. Kg2 $1 Qg6+ 20. Kh3 Qh5+ 21. Kg3 Qg6+ 22. Kh4 $3 {A brief glance will be enough for a human to never even consider to go into such a position, especially not against an opponent that prepared the whole line at home, and whose name is Anand. Black, by the way, has no direct win here (we didn't find any in any case), but Black can simply improve his position, and a king on h4 is more than sufficient compensation for a piece. The game could have gone like this:} Rbe8 23. Bf4 Kh8 $1 24. Bc2 Re6 { and White is going to pay for his excessive apetite.}) 14... Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qg3 {Using the strong sacrifice Black managed to solve all his positional problems, making it virtually impossible to refrain from using the cliche: "Tactics on a service of strategy"} Be6 { Now massive piece exchanges follow, resulting in a quick draw.} 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Nxb5 Rxf2 19. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Rxb5 21. Qe2 Rb8 22. Bf4 Qf6 23. Rf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2006.01.27"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2669"] [Annotator "Finkel,A"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2006.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.04.04"] 1. e4 d5 $5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Bf4 { It's hard to fight for the advantage after the move in the game, so Tiviakov's opening experiment turned out as a major success.} (7. Nc4 $142) 7... Nd5 (7... Nxe5 8. dxe5 (8. Bxe5 Qd8 9. Bc4 Bg4 10. f3 Bf5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Qe2 e6 13. O-O-O $36 {Grabarczyk,B-Alber,H/Offenbach 2005}) 8... Qb4 9. Qd2 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 cxd5 12. c4 $14 {Karpatchev,A-Mann,C/Germany 1999}) 8. Nxd5 ({ Another possibility was} 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. Be5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qd5 11. f3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 f6 14. Bg3 Rd8 15. O-O $14 {Sedlak,N-Benkovic,P/Subotica 2003 }) 8... Qxd5 9. Be2 $5 { A very risky decision, but that's all White has got to keep on fighting.} Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qxg2 $1 11. Bf3 Qg6 12. d5 {The most logical decision. White should try to open up the position as soon as possible.} (12. Qe2 $5 Bf5 (12... Qe6 $5 ) 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. Kb1 $36) 12... Bg4 $1 { It's very important to trade the light-squared bishop.} 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qe2 ( 14. Rg1 $2 Bxf3 $19) 14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Rd8 ({Greedy.} 15... Qxc2 { was also possible as after} 16. O-O Qg6+ 17. Kh1 Rc8 {it's not so clear how White should continue his attack, but it looks quite dangerous for Black.}) 16. Rd1 Qe6 { Sergey is not in hurry to give up material to simplify the position. After} ( 16... Rxd1+ $5 17. Kxd1 Qe6 18. Re1 Qd5+ 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. Bd4 a6 21. Re3 e6 22. Rb3 Bd6 23. Rb6 Kd7 $132 {the chances should be about equal.}) 17. O-O Rxd1 18. Rxd1 h5 {Intending to bring the rook into play via h6.} 19. Qd3 Qc8 { Black's king feels rather comfortable in the centre.} (19... f6 $2 20. Qg6+ Qf7 21. Rd8+ Kxd8 22. Qxf7 $18) 20. h4 $1 {Otherwise Black could've pushed his h-pawn to h4 and bring the rook to h5 or f5.} Rh6 21. Kh2 Rg6 22. Bg3 Rg4 ({ White should have sufficient compensation also after} 22... e6 23. Qf3 Be7 24. Rd4 Kf8 25. Ra4 $13) 23. a3 a6 ({ The game could've taken an interesting twist after} 23... g6 24. b3 Bg7 25. c3 g5 26. f3 gxh4 27. fxg4 hxg3+ 28. Kxg3 Qxg4+ 29. Kf2 f5 $13) 24. Re1 c5 25. c3 Rg6 {Finally deciding to give back a pawn to initiate a trade of the rooks.} ( 25... e6) 26. Re5 e6 27. Rxh5 Rh6 28. Rxh6 {White keeps a small plus in the endgame due to a better bishop and more active queen, but it's hardly enough to pose Black serious problems.} (28. Rg5 $5) 28... gxh6 29. Qf3 c4 30. Bf4 Qc5 31. Qa8+ Ke7 32. Kg1 Qf5 $1 {It's important to protect the pawn on f7.} ({ After the careless} 32... Qb5 $6 33. Bd6+ Kxd6 34. Qxf8+ { the king has to come to d5} Kd5 {so after} 35. Qxh6 $16 { White might be able to promote his h-pawn!}) 33. Bg3 $6 { Probably Anand didn't manage to find a win after} (33. Bd6+ $5 Kxd6 34. Qxf8+ Kd7 35. Qxh6 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qxb2 37. Qg7 (37. Qf6 Qxa3 38. h5) 37... Qxa3 38. h5 Ke8 39. h6 Qf8 40. Qg5 f5 $11 { and Black seems to hold, but I guess it was a better try anyway.}) 33... Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qxb2 35. Qxa6 Kf6 (35... Qxc3 $2 36. Qd6+ Ke8 37. Qb8+ $18) 36. Qxc4 Qxa3 37. Qd4+ Ke7 38. c4 Ke8 $1 39. Qb6 (39. h5 Qc5 40. Qxc5 Bxc5 41. Kg2 Kd7 $11) 39... Qc5 40. Qxc5 Bxc5 { The rest is of no interest as the endgame is completely equal.} 41. h5 Bd4 42. Kg2 Kd7 43. Bf4 Bg7 44. Be3 Kd6 45. Kf1 e5 46. Ke2 f5 47. f3 Kc6 48. Kd3 Bf8 49. Bc1 Bg7 50. Ba3 Bf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2006.01.25"] [Round "10"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Gofshtein,L"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2006.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 (5. b3 { is considered to be the main line these days.}) 5... Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 {This is Bla ck's main reply, he tries to undermine White's centre, and White can't play d4-d5 now.} 7. dxc5 (7. d5 $2 exd5 8. Nh4 Bc6 9. Qc2 dxc4 { and Black stays with an extra pawn.}) 7... Bxc5 (7... bxc5 { is another possible recapture, here is an example of how the game may continue} 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Rfd1 d6 12. Rab1 Nbd7 13. b4 cxb4 14. Rxb4 Bc6 15. Qa3 Qc5 16. Be3 Qh5 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qxh3 19. Bg2 Qh5 20. Bf3 Qh3 21. Bg2 Qh5 22. Bf3 { 1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Gelfand,B/Enghien les Bains 2003/CBM 096/[Gershon] (22)}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 {This is the main move, the black bishop retreats and opens the route for the black knight to c5 via a6. Other moves are also possible, for example:} (9... a6 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Rfd1 d6 12. Rd2 Qc7 13. Rad1 e5 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15. Nh4 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 {and Black couldn't solve his opening problems in Gurevich,D - Mekhitarian,K American Continental 2005 1-0(48)}) (9... Ne4 $5 { deserves attention, Black tries to exchange a few pieces and free himself in the centre with d7-d5.} 10. Nxe4 (10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 d5 12. Rd1 Nd7 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. cxd5 Bxd5 {1-0 Nikolic,P-Istratescu,A/Ohrid 2001/CBM 084 (59) and Black is close to equalise.}) 10... Bxe4 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nc6 15. Rd2 a6 16. Qd1 d5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 { is equal 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Lautier,J/Moscow 2001/CBM 086 (29)}) 10. Rd1 Na6 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rd4 {This is white's most serious try to get some advantage, the idea of this move is to cover the e4 square and prevent the black knight to go there. The natural 13.Rac1 is met by 13...Nce4 and Black doesn't have any problems.} (13. Rac1 Nce4 {here is how the game may continue} 14. Nd4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 a6 16. Qb3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb7+ 18. Qf3 Ra7 $1 19. Qxb7 Rxb7 20. f3 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Karpov,A/Monte Carlo 1999/CBM 070/(36) and Black didn't have problems to achieve a draw}) 13... d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 (14... exd5 {to recapture with the pawn is also possible, though it looks illogical, Black gets active piece play which compensates him for the isolated pawn, for example:} 15. Rdd1 Nce4 16. Rac1 Bc5 17. e3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Ne4 19. Qd3 Qe6 20. Be5 Rac8 21. Bd4 Be7 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Leko,P/Cannes FRA 2002/The Week in Chess 381 (33). (32) White's advantage is too small.}) 15. Bg5 {This is white' s idea. Mamedyarov already had experience with this line as he had beaten Gashimov a couple of months earlier.} Nf6 $1 {This is a new move in this position, in a game that was played a few rounds before this one, in Wijk aan Zee, Leko simply captured the white bishop and also gained equality. After the move played in the game, Black wants to jump with the knight to e4 and exploit the pin of the white knight on c3.} (15... Bxg5 {is also playable} 16. Nxg5 Nf6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 {This is an improvement that Leko introduced against Aronian, Gashimov captured with the knight and soon got into trouble.} (17... Nxb7 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Nge4 Nxe4 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. Qxe4 h6 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nd6 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Nxc6 25. Rc1 Nd4 26. Rc7 $1 {and white won in the endgame 1-0 Mamedyarov, S-Gashimov,V/Instanbul TUR 2005/The Week in Chess 576 (52)}) 18. b4 h6 19. Nf3 Ncd7 20. Nb5 Rfc8 21. Qd2 Rc6 22. Rd1 a6 23. Nd6 Qc7 24. e4 e5 25. Rd3 Rc2 26. Qe1 a5 27. Ra3 Ng4 28. Rd2 Rc1 29. Rd1 Rc2 30. Rd2 Rc1 31. Rd1 Rc2 { 1/2-1/2 Aronian,L-Leko,P/Wijk aan Zee NED 2006/The Week in Chess 584 (31)}) 16. Rc1 {White protects the queen and prevents Nce4 from black.} h6 (16... e5 $6 { This move weakens the central squares:} 17. Rdd1 (17. Nxe5 $2 {is bad due to} Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Ne6 {Black attacks the bishop and the rook, at the same time, White has to give an exchange}) 17... Qe6 18. b4 Na6 (18... Nce4 $2 {runs into} 19. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 20. Ng5 Qc8 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Nd5 { and Black suffers a material loss}) 19. a3 { couldn't satisfy Black, as his knight is out of play.}) 17. Bf4 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ ( 18. b4 $6 Rxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. f3 Ncd7 {and Black is slightly better already, as White's active play only brought him more weaknesses.}) 18... Qxd8 19. Ne5 (19. Rd1 Qe8 {is equal.}) 19... Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rc8 { Black coveres the square c6 and his rook also targets the white queen, the position is equal.} 21. Qd1 Qc7 {An interesting reply, Black threatens to win a piece by g7-g5, and any move of the white Ne5 would be answered by Qb7+.} 22. b4 Qb7+ (22... g5 $5 {deserved serious attention, as this is Black's only try if he avoids to avoid a draw.} 23. bxc5 gxf4 24. gxf4 Bxc5 25. Qd3 { the position remains unclear.}) 23. f3 Ncd7 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. a3 b5 (25... a5 26. Qb3 (26. bxa5 $6 Bxa3 {ruins White's queenside.}) 26... axb4 27. axb4 $11) 26. Ne4 Rxc1 {The players agreed to a draw, as the position is totally equal.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2006.01.24"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2647"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,D"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2006.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.04.04"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4 Bd7 15. Bxa6 Nxb4 16. cxb4 {This move has been known for some time to offer White sufficient compensation for the exchange, but up to this game it has been considered that Black should have no problems to hold the position.} ({The main } 16. Nxb4 {is analyzed very deeply. The verdict is that with accurate defence Black achieves a draw:} Qa5 17. Qxd6 Rb6 18. Qd3 Be7 19. Nd5 Rxb2 20. O-O Qc5 21. Rab1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 O-O 23. Bb5 Be8 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Rb7 Bd6 26. Qa6 a3 { 1/2-1/2 Motylev,A (2651)-Timofeev,A (2611)/Moscow 2004}) 16... O-O 17. O-O Bc6 18. Rxa4 Bxa4 19. Qxa4 Qe8 $146 {The endgame turns out to be in White's favour, therefore critical remain other moves: 19...f5, 19...g6 and 19...Kh8.} (19... f5 20. exf5 (20. b5 Kh8 21. exf5 Qd7 22. Qc4 $2 Qxf5 23. f3 Bd8 24. Rc1 (24. Qc6 Qd3 $132) 24... Qd7 25. b4 Qa7+ 26. Kh1 Qf2 27. Qd3 Bb6 28. Rf1 Qh4 29. Rd1 Bd4 $19 {0-1 Norgaard,J (2315)-Horvath,T (2440)/Copenhagen 1984 (38)}) 20... Rxf5 21. Bd3 (21. b5 $5) 21... Rf8 22. b5 Qd7 23. Qe4 g6 24. g3 Bd8 25. f4 Bb6+ 26. Nxb6 Rxb6 27. fxe5 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 dxe5 29. Qxe5 h6 30. h4 h5 { 1/2-1/2 L'Ami,E (2353)-Moser,E (2339)/Augsburg 2002}) (19... g6 20. Qc6 Bd2 21. b5 Ba5 22. Bb7 f6 $1 23. b4 Bb6 24. Nxb6 Rf7 25. Rd1 (25. Nd5 Rfxb7 26. b6 Rxb6 27. Nxb6 Qxb6 $11) 25... Rfxb7 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Qxd6 Rxb6 28. Qd5+ Kf8 29. h4 R8b7 30. g4 Rxb5 31. Qd6+ Kg7 32. g5 fxg5 33. hxg5 h6 34. Qf6+ Kh7 35. gxh6 Rxb4 36. Qxe5 Rf7 37. Kg2 Rb6 38. Qd4 Rbf6 39. e5 Rxf2+ 40. Qxf2 Rxf2+ { 1/2-1/2 Barua,D (2520)-Lalic,B (2545)/Ubeda 1998}) (19... Kh8 $13) 20. Qxe8 ( 20. b5 Bd8 (20... f5 $5) (20... Kh8 $5) 21. Rc1 Bb6 22. Rc6 Bd4 $13) 20... Rfxe8 ({Deserves attention} 20... Rbxe8 21. b5 f5 { but this looks much too artificial.}) 21. b5 {Everything is simple - the pawn goes to b7 and it is clear that Black has a difficult defence. Maybe he can hold, but only White can play for a win.} f5 (21... Bd8 22. Rc1 $16) 22. b6 $1 (22. exf5 e4 23. b6 Re5 24. Bc4 Kf8 {leaves Black with more chances to escape.} ) (22. h4 Bxh4 $1) 22... fxe4 23. h4 $6 {Anand demonstrates resources of White's position, but this unexpectedly offers Black concrete possibilities for counterplay. The general idea is to distract the bishop either from c1 or from e7 (the knight can sometimes come to c6 via e7.} (23. Re1 $5) ({ The most precise move order seems to be} 23. b7 $1 Kf7 24. h4 $1 Bxh4 25. Rc1 { transposing into 23.h4 Bxh4 24.Rc1 Kf7 25.b7, see below.}) 23... Bd2 $2 { Understandable desire to control square c1. However, instead of this Black should have tried to create counterplay, since after the game move White's rook can be transferred on the c-file anyway.} (23... Bxh4 { was the only chance:} 24. Rc1 Rf8 $1 (24... Kf7 $2 {is not enough:} 25. b7 Rf8 (25... Ke6 26. Nc7+ Ke7 27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. Rc8 $18) 26. g3 (26. Rc8 Ke6 27. Nb4 Bxf2+ 28. Kh2 d5 29. Nc6 Rfxc8 30. bxc8=Q+ Rxc8 31. Bxc8+ Kd6 $17) 26... Bg5 27. Rc8 Ke6 (27... Bd2 28. Nb6 Ke7 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Nc8+ $18) 28. Nb6 (28. Nb4 e3 29. fxe3 Bxe3+ 30. Kg2 d5 31. Nc6 Rxb7 32. Bxb7 Rf2+ 33. Kh3 Rxb2 $11) 28... Rd8 (28... e3 29. Rxf8 $18) 29. Bc4+ Kf5 30. Bd5 e3 31. Kf1 exf2 (31... e4 32. fxe3 Bxe3 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Nc8 $18) 32. Kxf2 e4 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Nd7 $18) ( 24... Bg5 $5 25. Rc7 e3 $132) 25. g3 Bg5 26. Rc6 (26. Rc7 e3 27. fxe3 Rxb6 $1) 26... Kf7 (26... Rfd8 27. b7 Kf7 28. Rc7+ Ke6 29. Bc4 $16) 27. Rxd6 (27. b7 Ke6 28. Nb6 Bd8 $13 (28... Rfd8 $5)) 27... Rfd8 28. Rc6 e3 29. fxe3 Rxd5 30. Bc4 Bxe3+ 31. Kg2 Rxb6 32. Bxd5+ Ke7 $11) 24. b7 Kf7 25. Rd1 Bh6 26. Nb4 Ke7 27. Nd5+ Kf7 28. g4 Bf4 29. Re1 g5 (29... Red8 $142 30. Rxe4 g5 (30... Rd7 31. Rb4 $1)) 30. Re2 $1 {If not from c1, then from c2!} ({Taking pawn e4 means in some variations to help Black including his bishop into defence:} 30. Rxe4 Red8 31. Nb4 d5 32. Re2 gxh4 33. Rc2 e4 $13) (30. h5 { looks also strong to me, preventing Black's 30...gxh4, possible in the game.}) 30... Red8 ({There is no clear win for White after} 30... gxh4 31. Rc2 ({ White can play} 31. Kg2 { of course, but then it is clear that Black had to insert 30...gxh4.}) 31... h3 32. Rc7+ ({or} 32. Rc8 Bd2) 32... Kg6 33. Ne7+ Kg5 34. Nc6 e3 35. fxe3 Bxe3+ 36. Kh2 Kxg4) 31. Nb4 $1 (31. Rc2 Rd7 $1) 31... d5 (31... gxh4 32. Nc6 h3 33. Nxd8+ Rxd8 34. Rc2 $18) ({The idea of the previous move is:} 31... Rd7 32. Nc6 Rdxb7 33. Bxb7 Rxb7 34. Nd8+ $18) 32. Nc6 Rg8 33. Nxb8 Rxb8 34. h5 $1 { Black cannot keep his h-pawn alive, which means that White will create the second passed pawn. Meaning he wins easily.} Ke7 35. Kf1 d4 36. Rc2 e3 37. fxe3 dxe3 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Rxh7 e4 40. Bc4 Rd8 41. Rf7+ Ke5 42. Rd7 {In the present game Black missed several possibilities for counterplay, but White also could have played more accurate. Only the future practice will show if the endgame after 20.Qxe8 is defensible for Black.} 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2006.01.22"] [Round "8"] [White "Bacrot, Etienne"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2717"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2006.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.04.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Bg2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 a5 9. O-O d5 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. a3 Be7 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Re1 Nfd7 14. Nf3 Nf6 15. Ne5 Nfd7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Rb8 19. Na4 Nf6 20. Bf3 Qxd4 21. Bxa5 Qxd1 22. Bxd1 c5 23. Rc1 Rfc8 24. Bc3 Nd7 25. Bc2 Bb5 26. Nb2 Bf6 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Re3 Bc6 29. Bd1 Bd5 30. Rec3 Rc7 31. Nd3 Rcb7 32. b4 cxb4 33. Nxb4 Be4 34. Re3 Bg6 35. h4 h5 36. Nc6 Rb1 37. Rec3 R8b2 38. a4 Kf8 39. a5 Rxc1 40. Rxc1 Ra2 41. Bf3 Kg7 42. Kg2 Kh6 43. Re1 Nc5 44. Re2 Ra1 45. Re3 Kg7 46. Rc3 Nd3 47. Be2 Ne1+ 48. Kh3 Bf5+ 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. Bxg4 Be4 51. Nd4 f5 52. Be2 Ra4 53. Nb3 Bg2+ 54. Kg3 f4+ 55. Kh2 Bd5 56. Kg1 Ng2 57. h5 Nh4 58. Bd1 Ra3 59. Kh2 Nf5 60. Rd3 Nd6 61. Rd4 Ne4 62. Bc2 Ng5 0-1 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2006.01.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2707"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2006.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.04.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Bxb3 12. Nxb3 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. d4 exd4 15. Nfxd4 Qd7 16. f3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 c5 18. Nb3 Qc6 19. Be3 d5 20. e5 Nd7 21. Bf2 f6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Rb1 Qd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2006.01.20"] [Round "6"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2686"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2006.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.04.04"] 1. d4 {Huzman} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Be6 8. Nbc3 Qd7 {Anand was not yet suspecting the outcome of the battle, so he is looking for a more challenging continuation than 8...Bc4.} (8... Bc4 9. Bxc4 Nxc4 10. Qb3 Nb6 11. e6 fxe6 12. Qxe6 Qd7 13. Qe4 O-O-O 14. O-O e6 $11 { Van Wely,L-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo/2001/}) 9. Ne4 (9. Be4 O-O-O 10. Be3 Bf5 11. O-O Bxe4 12. Nxe4 e6 13. a3 Be7 14. b4 (14. Qc2 {Huzman} f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. b4 Rhg8 17. b5 Na5 18. a4 f5 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Nbc4 21. Rad1 Qg7 22. Nf4 $1 Qf7 23. b6 axb6 24. cxb6 e5 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Volkov,S-David,A/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Huzman] (57)}) 14... f5 15. exf6 (15. Nc5 {Huzman} Bxc5 16. bxc5 Nd5 17. Rb1 Nce7 18. Qb3 $36 { 1/2-1/2 Ramirez,C-Borges Mateos,J/Bogota 1997/EXT 98 (48)}) 15... Bxf6 $14 { Van Wely - Rustemov, Moscow 2004}) 9... Bd5 (9... Nb4 10. Bb1 Bc4 11. Nc5 { '!?' Huzman.} Qg4 {'/\' Huzman.} 12. h3 $1 {'+/-!' Huzman.} Qxe2+ (12... Qxg2 13. Be4 $1 Nd3+ 14. Qxd3 Qxh1+ 15. Bxh1 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 $18) (12... Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qxd4 14. Be3 Qxe5 15. Qb5+ Nc6 16. Be4 $44) 13. Qxe2 Bxe2 14. Kxe2 O-O-O 15. e6 $1 $14 {Kortschnoj - Suetin, Budva 1967}) 10. Be3 $146 {Kamsky comes up with a novelty. The support of the center is a logical choice and the only problem was the calculation of the possible forray of the black queen to the square g4. } (10. O-O {Huzman} e6 11. a3 Be7 12. Qc2 f5 (12... O-O-O 13. Rd1 Nxe5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Na8 16. Bf4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 f6 $17 { 0-1 Dijankov,O-Nikitin,A/Orel 1997/EXT 99 (47)}) 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Be3 f5 $6 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 $16 {1-0 Volkov,S-Nikitin,A/Orel 1997/EXT 99 (24)}) 10... O-O-O (10... Qg4 11. O-O Bxe4 12. f3 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Qd7 (13... e6 14. Qc1 $18) 14. Qb3 Qd5 15. Qc3 e6 16. Raf1 $16) (10... Nb4 11. Bb1 Qg4 12. O-O (12. Nf4 Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 e6 14. a3 Bb3+ $1) 12... Bxe4 13. f3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 e6 15. Qc1 $1 Nc6 (15... N4d5 16. h3 Qh4 17. Bg5 Qh5 18. Ng3 $18) 16. h3 Qh4 17. Rxf7 $1 (17. Bg5 Nxd4 18. Bxh4 Nxe2+ $19) 17... Kxf7 18. Bg5 Qh5 (18... Nxd4 19. Qf1+ $18) 19. Ng3 $18) 11. a3 Qe8 {Huzman: '/\12...Ne5,12...f5' Huzman: 'Black is trying to do without e7-e6 to gain some time.'} (11... f6 12. Nc5 Qe8 (12... Qg4 13. Nf4 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 $16) 13. e6 $1 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bf3 15. Rg3 Qh5 $2 16. Rxf3 $1 Qxf3 17. Be4 Qg4 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qd3 $18) (11... Qg4 12. O-O Bxe4 13. f3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 $16) (11... e6 12. Rc1 Kb8 13. O-O Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Ne7 $13) 12. Qc2 { '!' Huzman.} (12. O-O $2 Nxe5 $1) (12. Rc1 Nxe5 $2 (12... f5 $1 $15 {Huzman}) 13. dxe5 Bxe4 14. Qc2 Bc6 15. Nd4 $16) 12... f5 $5 {The logical conclusion of the Anand's play, black is trying to benefit from the attack against the g2 square.} 13. N4c3 $1 Bxg2 $1 (13... e6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 (14... Rxd5 15. Nf4 $1) 15. Bb5 $16) 14. Rg1 Bf3 15. Bxf5+ e6 16. Bh3 $1 {A good move as pawn h7 was a tempting object, but the real target remains the pawn on e6. Huzman: 'By swapping the f-pawn for its "g" counterpart, Black has considerably weakened his "e6" pawn and landed in serious trouble. Even more so, since he has no real counterplay.'} (16. Bxh7 Qh5 (16... Nd5 $5 {Huzman} 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Nf4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. Nxe6 Rd7 21. Bf5 g6 22. Rxg6 Rxh2 23. Rg1 Rh5 $44) 17. Be4 (17. Bg6 {Huzman} Qxh2 18. O-O-O $16) 17... Bxe4 (17... Kb8 $5) 18. Qxe4 Qxh2 19. O-O-O $16) 16... Kb8 17. Rg3 (17. Qb3 Nd5) (17. Nf4 $2 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Nxe6 Rh4 $17) (17. O-O-O {Huzman} Qf7 18. Rg3 Bh5 19. Bg2 Bg6 $132) 17... Bxe2 $2 {Anand for some reason disliked his position and with a serie of mediocre moves he kisses it goodbye. It is hard to explain, why he did not conclude his concept with the transfer of the bishop to f7 with only somewhat worse chances.} (17... Bh5 18. Qb3 Bf7 (18... Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 (19... Rxd5 $2 20. Bg2 $16) 20. Nf4 $14) 19. O-O-O Na5 $13) 18. Nxe2 Nd5 $2 (18... Qf7 19. Bg2 Nd5 20. Nc3 Nce7) (18... g6 $5) 19. Nc3 $1 Nxe3 $6 (19... g6) (19... Qd7 { Huzman} 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. O-O-O $16) 20. fxe3 {Kamsky is free of all the problems with the pawn strcuture, on the other hand black will not be able to cope with a weakness of e6 pawn.} Qh5 (20... g6 21. O-O-O Bh6 22. Ne4 $16) 21. Qe2 (21. Bxe6 Be7 22. Bg4 Qh6 23. O-O-O $2 Nxd4 $17) 21... Qxe2+ (21... Qh6 22. Qg4 g6 23. O-O-O $1 (23. Qxe6 $2 Be7 24. O-O-O Bh4 25. Rf3 Nxd4 $19)) 22. Kxe2 Re8 23. Rf1 Nd8 { Black is condemned to a heroic defense of the seriously endangered position.} 24. Ne4 (24. Rgf3 Be7) 24... g6 (24... h6 $2 25. Rg6 $18) 25. Ng5 Re7 26. Rgf3 Bh6 27. Nf7 {Gata is pulled by the prospect of getting the e6 pawn. Very unpleasant for Anand would have been also the continuation of the pressure with 27.Ne4.} (27. Ne4) 27... Nxf7 28. Rxf7 Rhe8 29. R1f6 a5 (29... Kc8 $1 30. Rxe6 $1 Kd8 $1 (30... Rxe6 $2 31. Rxh7) 31. Ref6 Rxf7 32. Rxf7 Re7 $16) 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Rxe6 (31. Bxe6 Bg7 32. Bg8 $1 (32. e4 c6 $1 (32... Bxf6 33. exf6 Re8 (33... Rxe6 34. e5 Re8 35. f7 Rf8 36. e6) 34. e5 $18) 33. Rf7 Rxf7 34. Bxf7 Kc7 $16) 32... Re8 (32... Bxf6 33. exf6 Re8 34. f7 Rf8 35. Kf3 Kc8 36. Kf4 Kd7 37. Kg5 Ke7 38. Kh6 Kf6 39. e4 $18) 33. Bf7 Bxf6 34. Bxe8 $18) 31... Rxe6 32. Bxe6 {The bishop's ending is very difficult, but the defensive possibilities of the defender have not been exhausted.} Bg5 (32... Bg7 33. Bg8 h6 34. Bf7 g5 35. Kf3 Kc8 36. Ke4 Kd7 37. Kf5 Ke7 38. Bc4 Bf8 39. Kg6 $18) 33. d5 $1 (33. Bg8 $142 {Huzman} h6 34. Bf7 $18) 33... Ka7 $2 {Probably the decisive mistake, Anand should have strived to get the king in front of the white pawns at any cost.} (33... Be7 34. Kf3 Bc5 35. Ke4 h6 36. Bd7 Bf8 37. Be8 Kc8 $1 (37... g5 38. Bd7) 38. Bxg6 Kd7 $16) 34. Bg8 h6 35. Bf7 Kb6 36. Bxg6 Kc5 (36... c6 37. d6 Kc5 38. Bf7 a4 (38... b5 39. b4+ $1 axb4 40. axb4+ Kxb4 41. e6) 39. Kd3 $18) 37. Bf7 h5 38. Kd3 h4 39. h3 b5 40. Ke4 b4 {The drawback of this move is the fact, that white will get the control of the square c4, but the position was hopeless in any case.} (40... Kb6 41. Kf5 Bxe3 42. d6 (42. e6 Bc5 43. Be8 Be7 44. Kg6 Kc5 45. Kf7 Bg5 46. Bc6 Kd6 47. Bxb5 Bd8 48. Bc4 Bg5 49. a4 Bd8 50. b4 axb4 51. a5 $18) 42... cxd6 43. e6 $18) 41. axb4+ axb4 42. b3 Bh6 43. Bh5 Bg5 44. Be2 Bh6 (44... Kb6 45. Kf5 Bxe3 46. e6 Bc5 47. Kf6 $18) 45. Bc4 Bg5 46. Kf5 Bxe3 47. d6 $1 {The witty tactical motive decides, black is not able to stop the advancing white pawn.} (47. d6 cxd6 (47... Kc6 48. Bb5+ $1) 48. e6 Kc6 49. Kg6 $18 (49. Bb5+ $18)) 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2006.01.19"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2740"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2006.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.04.04"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Nd7 {Leko sensibly exchanges the bishops, since the vulnerability of the d5 square will not be so definite.} (11... Na5 12. Bxf6 (12. Qd3 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Rc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Rxc2 {1/2-1/2 Kotronias,V (2590)-Gelfand,B (2670)/Chalkidiki 1993}) 12... Bxf6 13. Nd5 Nxb3 (13... Bg5 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Kh8 16. Nc3 Be7 17. Nd5 Bg5 18. Kh1 Bh6 19. Nc3 Nxb3 20. axb3 Qb6 21. Kg1 Rc6 22. Qe2 { 1-0 Anand,V (2725)-Gelfand,B (2700)/Dos Hermanas 1996 (42)}) 14. axb3 Bg5 15. Qd3 Bh6 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Nd2 b5 18. c3 Kh8 19. b4 Ra8 20. Nb3 f5 21. Na5 Rc8 22. Qh3 Rf7 23. Rfe1 { 0-1 Ivanchuk,V (2700)-Kasparov,G (2805)/New York 1995 (35)}) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 (13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Qe3 Nxb3 16. axb3 f5 17. Nd5 Qd7 18. Ng5 Nd4 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. c3 {1/2-1/2 Predojevic,B (2549)-Shirov,A (2714)/Sarajevo 2005 }) 13... Qd8 14. c3 Na5 (14... Nc5 15. Bc2 a5 16. Qd2 Ne7 17. Ne3 a4 18. Rfd1 f6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Kf1 Rd6 23. Ke1 Rb6 { 1/2-1/2 Moroz,A (2345)-Yuferov,S (2455)/Belgorod 1989 (82)}) 15. Re1 (15. Bc2 Nc4 (15... Rc8 $5 $13) 16. b3 Ncb6 17. Ne3 $14) 15... Rc8 16. h3 Nb6 $5 { The second player should have no problems, even though against the lesser opponent than Anand ideas with active f7-f5 would surely be attractive.} (16... Nxb3 17. axb3 f5 $1 $13) 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Re2 Rc6 (19... Qc6 20. Qd3 b5 $11) 20. Qd3 Qc7 21. Rd1 Nc4 (21... Rf6 22. Nd2 b5 $13) 22. b3 $1 Nb6 23. c4 Nc8 $2 {It is very difficult to guess, why Leko felt compelled to play such a passive move. The natural 23...Nd7! looked perfectly fine with little chance for white to get any advantage.} (23... Nd7 $1 24. b4 Nb6 25. Ng5 Re8 26. b5 Rc5 27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Nxc4 29. Rc2 axb5 $11) 24. Red2 h6 25. Qe2 Kh7 26. h4 $1 Qb6 27. h5 Qc5 $2 {The defender is blind towards the main positional threat, white knight will begin its route to g6 square.} (27... Qc7 28. Ne1 Qe7 29. Qg4 $14) 28. Ne1 $1 Rc7 29. Nd3 Qc6 30. c5 $1 Ne7 (30... dxc5 31. Nxe5 Qe8 32. Qg4 $18) 31. Qg4 Rf6 32. b4 d5 { Sheer desperation, but black was otherwise facing very quick process.} (32... Nc8 33. cxd6 Qxd6 34. Nc5 $18) 33. Nxe5 Qa4 34. Qg3 (34. exd5 exd5 35. Rxd5 Nxd5 36. Qe4+ Kh8 (36... Kg8 37. Qxd5+ $18) 37. Rxd5 Rc8 38. Ng6+ Rxg6 39. hxg6 Qxa2 40. Rd7 $18) 34... Rc8 35. Ng4 Rf7 36. Qd6 Rcf8 (36... Qxb4 37. Ne5 $18) 37. Qxe6 {Anand is truly spoiled for choice, lesser mortals would surely be tempted by the trivial 37.Ne5.} (37. Ne5 Rxf2 38. Qxe7 $18) 37... Qxb4 38. exd5 Qxc5 39. d6 Nc6 40. d7 Nd8 41. Qe4+ Qf5 (41... Kg8 42. Rd5 Qb6 43. Re5 $18) 42. Re2 Qxe4 43. Rxe4 b5 44. f3 a5 45. Ne5 { Even the small "blunder" 45.Re8 would already win.} (45. Re8 Rxd7 46. Nf6+ $1 $18) 45... Rf6 46. Ng6 Rg8 47. Re8 Rf7 48. Rd5 b4 49. Ne7 (49. Ne7 Rgf8 50. Re5 a4 51. Ng6 $18) 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2006.01.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Sokolov, Ivan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D28"] [WhiteElo "2689"] [BlackElo "2792"] [PlyCount "30"] [EventDate "2006.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.04.04"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Qe2 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rac1 Bd7 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. b4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qd6 15. Nd5 Qxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2006.01.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Ribli,Z"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2006.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.04.04"] 1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e5 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 {Mit Zugumstellung haben wir die Variante 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.d4 erreicht. In der symmetrischen Stellung hat Weiß ein Tempoplus.} Be6 $5 (7... Be7 8. Be3 $1 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 dxc4 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Bxc4 $14 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 (13... a6 $5) 14. Rfd1 Bc6 15. Nb5 (15. Bb5 $5) 15... Bb6 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. f3 $1 { 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Anand,V/Manila (ol) 1992/(43)}) 8. Be3 (8. Qa4 dxc4 $1 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Ng5 Bd7 11. Nxf7 $2 (11. Qxc4 Qe7 12. O-O O-O $11) 11... Qe7 $1 12. Nxh8 Nb4 13. Qd1 $6 Nd3+ 14. Kf1 Nxf2 15. Nd5 Nxd1 $1 $19 { 0-1 Mohr,G-Haba,P/Oesterreich 2003/(24)}) 8... dxc4 9. Qa4 {Ftacnik: 'The main line of the theoretical discussion in this line is connected with the move 9.0-0. ' Diese Fortsetzung wird relativ selten gespielt, die Hauptvariante ist 9.0-0.} (9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qd7 $1 (11... Be7 ) (11... Bd6) 12. Bxf6 (12. Be5 Be7 13. Qxd7+ Bxd7 14. Bxc4 O-O 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. Nb4 Be4 18. f3 Bf5 19. Nd5 Be6 { . 1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Zvjaginsev,V/Poikovsky ) 2003/ (20)}) 12... Qxd1 $1 13. Rfxd1 gxf6 14. Nd5 Rc8 15. Nxf6+ Ke7 16. Nd5+ Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Bg7 18. Re1 Bxb2 19. Bxc4+ Kf6 20. Re4 Rhe8 { 1/2-1/2 Yandemirov,V-Vasilevich,I/St Petersburg 2004/EXT 2005 (43)}) 9... cxd4 {Eine bescheidene und sichere Fortsetzung, die Alternative 9...Qa5 führt zu scharfem Spiel.} (9... Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O-O c3 12. b3 $1) (9... Qa5 10. dxc5 (10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Nb5 $6 cxd4 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14. Nxa8 Bd6 $17 { 0-1 Novosak,J-Poloch,P/CZE 1996/EXT 2000 (51)}) 10... Qxa4 11. Nxa4 Nd5 12. Bd2 Ndb4 13. O-O O-O-O {0-1 Titov,G-Saltaev,M/Moscow 1983/EXT 2002 (39)}) 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Qxc4 Rc8 $146 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be7 13. Rd1 O-O 14. O-O Be6 15. Qb5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Klinova,M-Kantor,L/ISR-ch (Women) 1994/EXT 98 (44)}) (11... Be7 $5 ) 12. O-O Bd6 $6 {Ftacnik: 'Anand is treating the position with great deal of optimism and he develops the bishop on theactive square. His king is still not in the safety so Ivanchuk will win the time to enhance the pressure of his pieces.' Mit diesem Läuferzug provoziert Anand den Gegner; nach meiner Meinung bietet der bescheidene Läuferzug 12...Be7! die beste Aussicht auf Ausgleich.} (12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Qxc5 $1 Rxc5 15. Bxc5 $44) (12... Be7 $1) 13. Nxc6 (13. Ndb5 $1 Be7 14. Rad1 O-O 15. Qf4 Qa5 16. a3 $16) 13... Rxc6 14. Qh4 O-O 15. Bxa7 $5 {Ftacnik: 'Very selfconfident blow, white is sure he can get his bishop out. Objectively bigger problems for black would offer the simple continuation 13.Bf3.' Dieser Zug ist sehr riskant, da der Läufer auf a7 gefangen wird.} (15. Bf3 $5 Rc8 16. Rfd1 $14 (16. Rad1)) 15... b6 16. Rad1 Bc5 $6 (16... Bc7 17. Bb5 Qa8 18. Ne4 (18. Bxc6 Bxc6) 18... Ne8 19. Rxd7 Rh6 20. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 (20... Rxf6 21. Qa4) 21. Qxh6 gxh6 22. Rxc7 $13) (16... Be6 $5 17. Nb5 (17. Bb5 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7) 17... Bxa2 18. Nd4 (18. Bf3 Bd5 $1 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd5 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Rxd5 $11) 18... Rc5 19. b4 Re5 20. Nc6 Qc7 21. Bf3 Re6 $11) 17. b4 $6 {Ftacnik: 'The drawback of the 15th move was the neccesity to find the best continuations. White did not find the courage to play the strongest continuation 17.Nd5! with huge pressure on the black's centralized pieces.'} (17. Nd5 $1 Bf5 $1 (17... Nxd5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rxd5 Rc7 20. b4 (20. Rxc5 bxc5 21. Bb6 Re8 22. Bxc7 Rxe2) 20... Rxa7 (20... Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rxa7 22. Rfd1 Kf8 23. Bb5 Ke7 24. a4) 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Bb5 Kf8 23. Rfd1 Ke7 24. a4 Rc7 (24... c4 25. Bxc4) 25. f4 c4 26. Kf2 c3 27. Bxd7 c2 28. Re1+ Kf8 (28... Kf6 29. Rd6#) 29. Bb5 $1 Rxd5 30. Re8#) 18. Qg5 (18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6) (18. b4 Nxd5 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. bxc5 bxc5) 18... Nxd5 19. Qxf5 Rd6 20. Bb8 Qxb8 21. Rxd5 $16) 17... Be7 18. Qd4 (18. Nb5 Re6 19. Nd4 Qc7 $1 $15) 18... Rd6 (18... Qc8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 (19... Bf5 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Qd5 Rd8 22. Qb5 $14) 20. Qxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd7 Bxb4 22. Bf3 f5 $11) 19. Qc4 Be6 { Es ist immer sehr schwer auf dem Brett die beste Fortsetzungen zu finden.} ( 19... Rc6 $2 20. Qxc6 Bxc6 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. b5 Bb7 23. Bb8 $16) 20. Qa6 { Die Dame kommt dem Läufer zu Hilfe, aber er bleibt auf a7 bis zum Ende der Partie...} Nd5 (20... Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Qc8 22. Qa3 (22. Qxc8 Rxc8 23. Nb5 Bxa2 24. Bxb6 Bxb4 $11) 22... Qc7 23. Nb5 Qe5 24. Qe3 (24. Nd4 Rd8 25. Bxb6 $2 Qxe2 $19) 24... Qxe3 25. fxe3 Bxb4 26. Bxb6 Bxa2 $11) 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rfe1 $2 { Ftacnik: 'Serious mistake in the critical position. Ivanchuk was notsuspecting, that the opponent can move away the rook and start a ferrocious attack.' Eine optimistische Fortsetzung. Dabei ist es höchste Zeit für Vereinfachungen mittels 22.Bxb6!.} (22. b5 Rh6 $1 23. h3 (23. Bxb6 Qb8 $1 $19) 23... Rg6 24. g4 (24. Bf3 Bxf3) (24. g3 Bc5 25. Kh2 Qg5 26. Qa4 Bxf2 $19) 24... Rh6 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Rxd8 Rxh3 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 $19) (22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxb6 Qb8 24. Qc4) (22. Bxb6 $1 Rxb6 23. Rxd5 Rxa6 24. Rxd8 Rxa2 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Bc4 Rc2 27. Bd3 Rd2 28. Be4 (28. Bxh7 $2 g6) 28... Bxb4 $11) 22... Rg6 $1 $40 {'!' Ftacnik.} 23. g3 (23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Rxd8 Rxg2+ 25. Kf1 Rxh2 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 $19) (23. Bf1 Bxb4 24. Re3 (24. Re2 Bxg2 $1 25. Rxd8 Bf3+ 26. Bg2 Rxd8 $19) 24... Bc5 25. Rg3 Qf6 26. Qe2 Bb7) 23... Bxb4 24. Bc4 {Ftacnik: 'The situation has turned completely and white is not seeing the way to fend of enemy's forces.'} (24. Rf1 Qa8 25. Bxb6 Qxa6 26. Bxa6 Rxb6 27. Rxd5 Rxa6 $19) (24. Bf3 Bxe1 25. Bxd5 Qe7 { Das wäre nur eine Zugumstellung zur Partiefortsetzung.}) 24... Bxe1 25. Bxd5 ( 25. Rxd5 Qf6 $19) 25... Qe7 $19 {Schwarz besitzt Materialvorteil und ein besseres Figurenspiel, während der a7B schlecht steht.} 26. a4 (26. Bxb6 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qb4 (27... Qf6+ 28. Kg1) 28. Qa5 Rxb6 29. Qxb4 Rxb4 $17) 26... Rf6 27. f4 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Bxg3 $1 {Ftacnik: 'Anand must have felt some satisfaction, that the daring white bishop on a7 did never found time to get out.'} (28... Bxg3 $1 29. hxg3 Qf2 $1) 0-1 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2006.01.15"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2792"] [BlackElo "2752"] [Annotator "Finkel,A"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "2006.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.04.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 {One of the most popular ways to avoid the Marshall Attack.} Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Bd5 {This move was introduced by Sutovsky less than a year ago. It seems that Black experiences certain problems in this line.} (15. Nd5 Nb8 (15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Nd2 Nf5 18. Ne4 Nd7 19. b4 Rc8 20. Bd2 c4 $13 { Anand,V-Shirov,A/Cap d'Agde 2003 (56)}) 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bb1 Nc6 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Rae8 21. c3 Ne5 22. Bc2 Bc6 $11 { Anand,V-Grischuk,A/Cap d'Agde 2003}) 15... Bd7 {A couple of rounds later Navara opted for 15...Bxd5 and managed to equalize, but Aronian's choice appears to be quite reasonable.} (15... Rc8 16. c3 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nb8 18. a4 Qd7 19. axb5 axb5 20. c4 Rfe8 21. Nd2 Rc7 22. cxb5 Qxb5 23. Ndc4 $14 { Sutovsky,E-Beliavsky,A/Gothenburg 2005}) (15... Bxd5 $5 16. exd5 Nb8 17. b4 ( 17. a4 $5) 17... Nbd7 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nfe4 21. Nc6 Qd7 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qd4 Rfe8 $132 {Almasi,Z-Navara,D/Wijk aan Zee 2006}) 16. Bb3 Be6 17. c3 {Once the bishop is on b3 White doesn't mind to trade it as his queen takes the bishop's place on the diagonal a2-g8.} Bxb3 18. Qxb3 g6 19. Qa2 a5 $5 {Preventing b4, which would've been played otherwise. It's a rather risky decision from the strategical point of view as White gets a great square for the knight on c4, but the alternative was hardly better.} (19... Qd7 20. b4 a5 (20... cxb4 21. axb4 a5 22. Bd2 Qb7 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Qb3 $14) 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. Nd5 $14) 20. a4 b4 21. Bd2 Qc7 22. Nh2 { Starting a fight for the light squares in the center.} Rfd8 (22... h5 $6 23. Nf3 $14) 23. Nhg4 Nxg4 24. Nxg4 Bf8 25. Re3 ({Serious attention deserved} 25. f4 $5 exf4 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Nd5 Qb7 28. Bxf4 $14 {followed by Ref1, Rf3, Raf1.} ) 25... Bg7 26. Rf3 Qe7 27. Qd5 Rac8 28. Rd1 Rd7 $6 { A dubious decision after which Black has to work very hard to keep the balance. } ({It was necessary to play} 28... Qe6 $1 { and it's not so clear how White can benefit from penetrating to f6:} 29. Bg5 ( 29. Ne3 Bh6) 29... Rd7 30. Ne3 (30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. Rxf6 Re8 $11) 30... h6 31. Bh4 g5 32. Bg3 Qxd5 33. Nxd5 Rb8 $132) 29. Ne3 Qe6 30. Nc4 $1 Rcc7 31. Bg5 h6 32. Bf6 $1 {Keeping an eye on e7.} Qxd5 33. exd5 Ne7 34. Bxe7 Rxe7 35. Nxa5 $1 ({Less convincing is} 35. Re3 $143 $6 Ra7 36. Nxd6 Rad7 (36... Red7 37. Nb5 Ra8 38. d6 f5 39. cxb4 cxb4 40. Rc1 Kf7 41. b3 $16) 37. Nc4 Rxd5 38. Nxa5 bxc3 39. bxc3 e4 $14 {and Black should survive.}) 35... bxc3 36. bxc3 e4 37. Re3 exd3 38. Rdxd3 ({Also after} 38. Rexd3 Re4 39. Ra1 Ra7 (39... c4 40. Rf3 Rc5 41. Nc6 Rxd5 42. a5 Rc5 43. a6 Re8 44. a7 Ra8 45. Ra6 $16) 40. f3 Rh4 41. g3 Rxh3 42. Kg2 Rh5 43. Nc6 Rb7 $132 { Black has serious counterchances due to the exposed position of the white king. }) 38... c4 39. Nxc4 Rxe3 40. Nxe3 Ra7 41. g3 Rxa4 42. Kg2 Bf6 43. Kf3 Bd8 ( 43... Kg7) 44. Rd4 $1 Ra3 45. Rb4 $6 ({I guess Anand wasn't sure if} 45. Rc4 Bb6 46. Rc8+ Kg7 47. Nc4 Rxc3+ 48. Ke2 Bd4 49. Nxd6 $16 {is winning for White so he decided to keep the pressure, but it looks like he missed his best chance to fight for a win at this point.}) 45... Bf6 46. Rb6 Be5 47. c4 Kg7 48. g4 Ra1 49. Ke4 (49. Rc6 Rc1 50. Ke4 Bh2 51. f4 Bg1 52. Kd3 Rb1 53. Kc2 Re1 54. Nd1 Re4 $14) 49... Bh2 50. Kf3 (50. Rc6 Ra2 51. Nd1 (51. Kf3 Bg1 52. Rxd6 Rxf2+ 53. Kg3 Re2 54. Nf1 Rf2 $11) 51... Rd2 52. Nc3 Rxf2 53. Ke3 Rf1 54. Nb5 Rf6 $14 ) 50... Ra2 51. Rb1 Be5 52. Rd1 Bc3 $1 $11 { Black's bishos comes to the diagonal a7-g1 to put pressure on f2.} 53. Rc1 Bd4 54. Rc2 Ra3 55. Kg2 Bxe3 56. fxe3 Rxe3 57. c5 dxc5 58. Rxc5 Rd3 59. h4 Kf6 60. Rc6+ Ke5 61. g5 hxg5 62. hxg5 Rxd5 63. Rf6 Ke4 64. Rxf7 Rxg5+ 65. Kh3 Rf5 66. Ra7 Ke5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2006.01.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2792"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2006.01.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.04.04"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 16. Nbd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1 {White is surely looking left and right in this line, since the fight for any advantage is pretty elusive and black is doing fine.} (18. cxb3 axb3 19. a3 Rc8+ 20. Kb1 Bc4 21. f6 Nexf6 22. gxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Nxb3 Rxe4 25. Bd4 Ne5 { 1/2-1/2 Borriss,M (2442)-Gallagher,J (2540)/Germany 2003 (39)}) 18... bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Na3 Ne5 22. h4 Ra5 (22... Qb8 23. Rh3 Ra4 24. Bd4 { 1/2-1/2 Vorobiov,E (2529)-Magalashvili,D (2423)/Moscow 2005}) 23. Qc3 $6 { Interesting novelty, but Karjakin unfortunatelly played Anand. The former FIDE world champion will find a way to refute the new concept.} (23. Qe2 d5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. exd5 Bxa3 26. bxa3 Nd6 27. Bc5 Re8 { 1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2749)-Vallejo Pons,F (2686)/Monte Carlo 2005 (67)}) (23. Qb4 Qa8 24. Bb6 Ra4 25. Qxb3 Qxe4+ 26. Nc2 Ra8 27. Qd5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 { 1/2-1/2 Najer,E (2652)-Popov,V (2592)/Moscow 2006 (42)}) 23... Qa8 24. Bg2 (24. Be2 Qxe4+ 25. Ka1 Ra8 $17) 24... Nc7 $3 { A real thunder from the blue, black insists on coming first with his attack.} 25. Qxc7 (25. Bd2 Ra7 26. Rh3 Rb8 $19) (25. Bb6 Rxa3 26. bxa3 Nb5 27. Qxb3 Nxa3+ $19) 25... Rc8 26. Qxe7 (26. Qb6 Nc4 27. Qxb3 Nxa3+ 28. bxa3 Rxa3 29. Qb2 Rb8 30. Bb6 Ra6 31. e5 Ra1+ 32. Qxa1 Rxb6+ 33. Kc2 Qxg2+ 34. Kc3 dxe5 $19) 26... Nc4 $1 {Excellent position that explains the reason the black's success. Karjakin is simply lacking the defenders of his king.} 27. g6 (27. Bd4 Rxa3 ( 27... Qc6 28. Nxc4 Qxc4 29. Bc3 Rca8 30. Kc1 Qe2 $19) 28. bxa3 Nxa3+ 29. Kb2 Nc4+ 30. Kc3 Qa5+ 31. Kd3 Qa2 32. Bc5 Qc2+ 33. Kd4 Qf2+ 34. Kc3 Qxc5 $19) (27. Bc1 Qc6 $19) (27. Bc5 $5 Rxa3 (27... Nxa3+ 28. bxa3 Rxa3 29. Qxd6 Ra1+ 30. Kb2 Ra2+ 31. Kb1 Rxg2 32. Ba7 Re8 33. Qd7 Ra2 34. g6 Qxe4+ 35. Qd3 Qxd3+ 36. Rxd3 Rxa7 37. Rxb3 $15) 28. bxa3 Nxa3+ 29. Kc1 (29. Kb2 Rxc5 $19) 29... Rxc5+ (29... Qa5 30. Rxd6 b2+ 31. Kxb2 Nc4+ 32. Kc1 Nxd6 33. Qxd6 Rxc5+ 34. Kd1 Qa1+ $15) 30. Kd2 Rc2+ 31. Ke1 b2 32. g6 f6 $17) 27... hxg6 28. fxg6 Nxa3+ (28... Rxa3 29. Qxf7+ (29. bxa3 Nxa3+ 30. Kb2 Rc2+ 31. Kxb3 Qb8+ 32. Kxa3 Qb2+ 33. Ka4 Rc4+ $19) 29... Kh8 30. bxa3 Nxa3+ 31. Kb2 Nc4+ 32. Kc3 Ne5+ 33. Kd2 Qa2+ 34. Ke1 Qxg2 $19) 29. bxa3 Rxa3 30. gxf7+ (30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Bd4 Ra1+ 32. Bxa1 Qa2#) 30... Kh7 31. f8=N+ {White has to play moves worthy of a true wizzard, but his position remains hopeless.} Rxf8 32. Qxf8 Ra1+ 33. Kb2 Ra2+ 34. Kc3 (34. Kxb3 Qa4+ 35. Kc3 Rc2+ 36. Kd3 Qc4#) 34... Qa5+ 35. Kd3 Qb5+ 36. Kd4 (36. Kc3 Rc2+ 37. Kd4 Qc4#) 36... Ra4+ 37. Kc3 Qc4+ (37... Qc4+ 38. Kd2 Ra2+ 39. Ke1 Qe2#) 0-1 [Event "Bundesliga 0506"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2005.12.11"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Landa, Konstantin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2600"] [Annotator "Postny,E"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2005.10.21"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.04.04"] [WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"] [BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Rd1+ {With this check white does not allow the black king to hide on the queenside by Bc8-d7 and Kd8-c8. On the other hand, white limits his options as well, since white's rooks are usually placed on e1 and d1.} Ke8 11. h3 h6 12. Be3 {In Berlin defense white always has a problem to solve about where to develop his bishop. Anand decided not to go for a more common b2-b3.} ({Appeared in practice as well:} 12. Ne2) ({and} 12. Nd4) 12... Ng6 (12... Bf5 13. Rd2 Rd8 14. Rad1 Rxd2 15. Rxd2 Ng6 16. a3 Be7 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. f4 h5 19. Ne4 h4 20. Kf2 f5 21. Nc3 Nf8 $11 { 0-1 Fontaine,R (2525)-Komarov,D (2565)/playchess.com INT 2004/CBM 099 ext (52)} ) 13. a3 {Restricting the possibilities of black's dark-squared bishop.} Be7 14. Rd2 {Anand already played this position recently, being on the black side and defending successfully.} h5 $1 $146 {A good move. Even with a waste of tempi it's recommended for black to fix white's kingside pawns and prepare the development of kingside rook via h5.} (14... a6 15. Re1 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. Ne2 Be7 18. Nf4 h5 19. e6 Bd6 20. e7 Kxe7 21. c4 Bxf4 22. Bxf4+ Be6 23. Bg5+ Kf8 24. b3 Kg8 { 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2754)-Anand,V (2786)/Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext}) (14... a5 15. Rad1 a4 16. Ne4 Ra5 17. Nd6+ cxd6 18. exd6 f6 19. dxe7 Kxe7 20. Rd4 Kf7 21. Nd2 Rd5 22. Rxd5 cxd5 23. Nf3 $14 { 1/2-1/2 Lanka,Z (2465)-Berzinsh,R (2445)/Germany 2004/CBM 100 ext (37)}) 15. Re1 h4 $1 { Fixing white's kingside and preparing the development of the rook via h5.} 16. Ne4 Be6 17. Bg5 (17. Nd4 Nxe5 (17... Bd5 18. Nb5 Rc8 (18... cxb5 19. Rxd5 c6 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Rdd1 Nxe5 22. Nxb7 $16) 19. Nec3 Be6 20. Nd4 Nxe5 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bd4 Nc4 23. Rde2 Kf7 24. Rxe6 $14) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bf4 Nc4 20. Rd4 b5 (20... Nxb2 21. Ng5 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Nxe6 Nc4 24. Nc5+ Kf7 25. Nxb7 Nxa3 $11) 21. Ng5 $16) (17. Bc5 Rh5 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 { leads to identical position as in the game.}) 17... Rh5 $1 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Neg5 {Obviously, it's highly recommended for white to exchange black's strong bishop. On the other hand, black does not experience any problems with his king anymore. The position is equal.} a5 (19... Bd5 20. e6 $1 f6 21. c4 Bxc4 22. Rd7+ Kf8 23. Rxc7 $1 fxg5 $140 24. e7+ Ke8 25. Nd4 g4 26. hxg4 Rg5 27. Nf5 Rxf5 28. gxf5 Nf4 29. Re4 Nd5 30. Rxb7 Ba6 31. Rb3 $16) 20. Rd4 c5 21. Rd3 Ra6 {Landa managed to develop both rooks in an unusual way.} 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Rde3 Rb6 $6 (23... a4 $1 {Fixing white's queenside.} 24. Re4 Rb6 25. Rb1 Ke6 26. Rxa4 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxh4 Re2 29. Rc4 Kd5 30. b3 Rf6 { with sufficient compensation.}) 24. b3 Nf8 (24... a4 { Now it's worse than on the previous move.} 25. bxa4 Ra6 26. Re4 { Black does not get sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) 25. Re4 g5 $6 { After this move the rook on h5 looks miserable.} ({ I think, it was better to admit the mistake and come back with the knight:} 25... Ng6 $14) 26. Rg4 Rg6 27. Nd2 {The knight goes for a long route, which will cause disharmony in black's forces.} Ne6 28. Nc4 b6 29. Ne3 Rh8 30. Nf5+ ( 30. Nd5+ {looks also good, but Anand's choice is more accurate since the knight from f5 covers an important d4 square.}) 30... Ke8 31. Rd1 f6 { The only way to realive black's passive rooks.} 32. Re4 Rh7 33. exf6 Rxf6 34. Ne3 Rd7 35. Re1 {Correctly avoiding the exchange of rooks.} Rd6 36. Nc4 Rc6 37. a4 $1 {Fixing the queenside. All black's pieces are passive, but it's not so easy to make progress for white as well.} Kd8 38. Re5 Kc8 (38... Nd4 $4 39. Re8+ Kd7 40. R1e7#) 39. c3 {Covering d4 square.} Kb7 40. g3 { White is going to organize a passed pawn on the kingside.} hxg3 41. fxg3 Rg6 { Preventing h3-h4 for a while.} 42. Kg2 $6 ({An immediate} 42. Rf1 { would have been much more precise.}) 42... Ng7 43. Rf1 (43. R1e4 Rcf6 $1 (43... Nh5 44. Rg4 Nf6 45. Rgxg5 Rxg5 46. Rxg5 Ne4 47. Re5 Nxc3 48. h4 $18) 44. Rg4 $6 (44. Rd5 Rf8 45. Ne3 $16) 44... Nf5 45. Nd2 Rf8 46. Nf3 Rgf6 47. Rxg5 Nd4 $1 48. cxd4 (48. Nxd4 $4 Rf2+ 49. Kh1 Rf1+ 50. Kh2 R8f2#) 48... Rxf3 49. h4 cxd4 $132) (43. Rd5 $5) 43... Rce6 44. Rf7 Rxe5 45. Nxe5 Re6 { Black got reasonable drawing chances, since his rook is now active.} 46. Nc4 Ne8 47. Rf5 Re2+ 48. Rf2 Re1 (48... Rxf2+ $2 49. Kxf2 $18) 49. h4 gxh4 50. gxh4 Re4 (50... Nd6 {Black should strive to a rooks endgame!} 51. Nxd6+ cxd6 52. h5 Re5 53. h6 Rh5 54. Rf7+ Kc6 55. h7 d5 56. Kf3 d4 57. cxd4 (57. c4 Kd6 58. Kg4 Rh1 $11) 57... cxd4 58. Kg4 Rh1 $11) 51. Kh3 Kc6 $2 {After this move black's position seems to be beyond saving. It was the last chance to play 51...Nd6.} ( 51... Nd6 52. Nxd6+ cxd6 53. h5 c4 54. bxc4 Rxc4 55. h6 Rxc3+ 56. Kg4 b5 57. h7 Rc8 58. Rh2 (58. Rb2 b4 59. Rh2 Rh8 60. Kg5 Kc6 61. Kg6 Kc5 { with sufficient counterplay.}) 58... Rh8 59. Kg5 bxa4 60. Kg6 Kc6 61. Kg7 Rd8 62. h8=Q Rxh8 63. Rxh8 Kb5 64. Kf6 a3 $11) 52. h5 Kd5 53. h6 Re6 54. Rf5+ Ke4 55. Re5+ $1 {With this small tactics Anand transforms the game to an easily won knights endgame.} Rxe5 56. Nxe5 Nf6 57. Nd7 $1 Nh7 (57... Kf5 58. Nxf6 Kxf6 59. c4 Kg6 60. Kg4 $18) 58. Kg4 c4 {The last desperate attempt.} (58... b5 59. axb5 c4 60. bxc4 a4 61. Nc5+ $18) 59. bxc4 Kd3 60. Kf5 Kxc4 61. Kg6 b5 62. axb5 (62. axb5 a4 63. b6 cxb6 64. Nxb6+ Kb5 65. Nxa4 $18) 1-0 [Event "Bundesliga 0506"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2005.12.10"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Volokitin, Andrei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2666"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2005.10.21"] [EventType "tourn ()"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.04.04"] [WhiteTeam "Katernberg"] [BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd3 Qd7 9. O-O-O Qf5 10. Qc4 Be6 11. Qa4 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nd4 Bf6 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Be2 h5 16. h3 Nc6 17. g4 g6 18. f4 Kd7 19. Bf3 b6 20. Be4 Rag8 21. c4 hxg4 22. hxg4 Ne7 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Rh1 Rxh1+ 25. Bxh1 e5 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Be4 Bf6 28. b3 c5 29. Kd2 g5 30. Kd3 Kc7 31. Bd5 Kd7 32. Ke4 Kc7 33. a3 Kd7 34. Bd2 Kc7 35. Bf7 Kd7 36. Bd5 a5 37. Bf7 Kc7 38. Be8 Kd8 39. Bb5 Kc7 40. b4 axb4 41. axb4 Kc8 42. Be8 Kc7 43. Bf7 Kd7 44. Bd5 Kc7 45. Be6 Kb7 46. Kd3 Kc7 47. bxc5 bxc5 48. Ba5+ Kb7 49. Ke4 Kb8 50. Bd5 Kc8 51. Bd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2005.11.05"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Milov, Vadim"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2005.11.03"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. O-O Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nc5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nxd4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 O-O 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 Qa6 16. c4 Qxc4 17. Qxb7 Qc8 18. a6 Qe8 19. Nf5 exf5 20. Rxd7 Bc5 21. Rc1 Qe2 22. Rd2 Qe6 23. Qd5 Bb6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Rd7 Rac8 26. Rb7 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Rd8 0-1 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2005.11.05"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Milov, Vadim"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2652"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2005.11.03"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. Be3 Bd7 9. dxc5 Qc7 10. b4 b6 11. c4 bxc5 12. b5 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5 Rad8 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rad1 Bc8 18. a4 Bd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Rxd4 cxd4 22. Bd3 Qc5 23. a5 e5 24. f4 e4 25. Bxe4 d3+ 26. Qf2 Qxc4 27. Bf3 Qxb5 28. Qxa7 Ba6 29. Qb6 Qc4 30. Rd1 Re8 31. h3 Re6 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. f5 Re3 34. f6 Qf4 35. fxg7 Kxg7 36. Qa8 d2 37. Qxa6 Re1+ 38. Qf1 Qd4+ 39. Kh2 Rxf1 40. Rxf1 Qe5+ 41. Kg1 Qc5+ 42. Kh1 Qxa5 43. Rd1 Qe5 44. Kg1 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Kf6 46. Bh5 Kg5 47. Bf3 Kf4 48. Bh5 f6 49. Bf3 Ke3 50. Bh5 Kd3 0-1 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2005.11.05"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Milov, Vadim"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A57"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2005.11.03"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 d6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. e4 Bg7 9. a4 Qxb6 10. a5 Qa7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 13. Nd2 Ne8 14. Nc4 Nc7 15. Na4 Nb5 16. Nab6 Nxb6 17. Nxb6 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bg4 Qb7 20. Ra4 Nd4 21. Rc4 Bxg4 22. Qxg4 Nb3 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Rh4 Bf6 25. Rh3 Nxc1 26. Rxc1 Kg7 27. Re1 Bd4 28. Re2 Rbe8 29. Qg4 Rf5 30. Rf3 h5 31. Qe4 Rxf3 32. Qxf3 Rf8 33. Qd3 Rf6 34. g3 g5 35. Qe4 Rf7 36. Kg2 Qb8 37. f3 Qh8 38. Qd3 g4 39. f4 h4 40. Re6 Qh5 41. gxh4 Rxf4 42. Rxe7+ Kf8 43. Qh7 Qxh7 44. Rxh7 Bg7 45. Rh5 Bxb2 46. Kg3 Re4 47. Rf5+ Ke8 48. Rf2 Be5+ 49. Kg2 c4 50. h5 c3 51. h6 Rb4 52. h7 Bh8 53. Kg3 Rb2 54. Rf4 c2 55. Rc4 Rb3+ 0-1 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2005.11.05"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Milov, Vadim"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E48"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2005.11.03"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nf4 Bd6 12. Be3 Bxf4 13. Bxf4 Qf6 14. Be3 Bf5 15. Rc1 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 Re7 18. a3 Rae8 19. h3 h6 20. Rc5 Rd7 21. b4 b6 22. Rc2 Ne7 23. Bc1 Nf5 24. Qf3 Re4 25. Bb2 Qe6 26. b5 Re7 27. a4 Nh4 28. Qg3 Ng6 29. Bc1 Kh7 30. Be3 f5 31. Rc6 Qf7 32. Bc1 f4 33. Qg4 f3 34. Qxf3 Re1+ 35. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Kh2 Qxf3 37. gxf3 Nh4 38. Be3 Ra1 39. Kg3 Ng6 40. h4 h5 41. Rc7 Rg1+ 42. Kh2 Ra1 43. Kg3 Rg1+ 44. Kh2 Ra1 45. Bg5 Rxa4 46. Bf6 Nf4 1-0 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2005.11.04"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2718"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2005.11.03"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. c4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Bg5 17. Bg1 f5 18. c4 Nf6 19. Rb1 Nh5 20. g3 f4 21. g4 Nf6 22. Nd2 Bc8 23. Bd3 h5 24. h3 Bh4 25. Kg2 Bg3 26. Bf2 Bxf2 27. Rxf2 hxg4 28. hxg4 Nxg4 29. fxg4 Qh4 30. Nf3 Qg3+ 31. Kf1 e4 32. Bxe4 Bxg4 33. Qd3 Bh3+ 34. Ke2 Rae8 35. Rg1 Bf5 36. Rxg3 fxg3 37. Nd2 gxf2 38. Kf1 Bxe4 39. Nxe4 Rf4 40. Nxf2 Ref8 41. Ke1 Rxf2 42. Qg6 R2f6 43. Qg4 Rf1+ 44. Ke2 R1f2+ 45. Ke1 R8f6 46. Qc8+ Kh7 47. Qxa6 Ra2 48. c5 Rh6 49. Qd3+ Kg8 50. Qe4 Rh1+ 51. Qxh1 Ra1+ 52. Kd2 Rxh1 53. c6 Kf7 0-1 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2005.11.04"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C87"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2718"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2005.11.03"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3 Nd7 9. Be3 h6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Bg5 12. Qe2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. b4 a5 16. Nc4 axb4 17. cxb4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 c5 19. Reb1 Ra4 20. a3 cxb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Qb8 23. Ne3 Nf6 24. Nf5 Kh7 25. Rc1 Re8 26. h4 h5 27. Ng3 Kg8 28. Nxh5 Nxh5 29. Qxh5 Qxb4 30. g3 c5 31. Qd1 Rb8 32. Ra1 Qb3 33. Qe2 Qb2 34. Qxb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2005.11.04"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C96"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2718"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2005.11.03"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Nf1 Nc4 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Ng3 Bf8 17. Nf5 Nd6 18. Nxd6 Bxd6 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. a4 Bc6 21. Bg5 h6 22. Be3 Be7 23. Nh2 Nb6 24. Ng4 h5 25. Nh2 g6 26. b3 Qb7 27. a5 Nd7 28. Nf3 Bf8 29. Nd2 Nf6 30. f3 Bd7 31. c4 Be6 32. Bd3 b4 33. Nf1 Nd7 34. Bf2 Nb8 35. Ne3 Nc6 36. Nd5 Kh8 37. Rf1 Nd4 38. Bxd4 cxd4 39. f4 Bxd5 40. cxd5 exf4 41. Rxf4 Bd6 42. Rf6 Be5 43. Rc6 Qe7 44. Qf3 Kg7 45. Rf1 Rec8 46. Bc4 f6 47. Re6 Qd8 48. d6 Ra7 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Rc5 51. g5 fxg5 52. Qg4 Bf4 53. Rxf4 gxf4 54. Qxg6+ Kh8 55. Re8+ 1-0 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2005.11.04"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2652"] [Annotator "Gurevich,M"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2005.11.03"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. Be3 c6 (4... Bg7 5. Qd2 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d5 Nd4 8. Nge2 Nxe2 9. Bxe2 O-O 10. g4 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. O-O-O d5 13. exd5 Qa5 14. dxc6 Be6 15. g5 Rfd8 16. Qe1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxa2 18. c4 $18 { 1-0 Anand,V-Gurevich,M/Venaco FRA 2005/The Week in Chess 576 (41)}) 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. c4 a6 7. a4 (7. Nc3 b5 8. a4 bxc4 9. Bxc4 Bg7 10. a5 O-O 11. Nge2 Bb7 12. O-O d5 13. Ba2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bc5 Re8 16. Bb6 Qe7 17. f4 Ned7 18. e5 Ng4 19. h3 Nxb6 20. hxg4 Nd7 $132 { 0-1 Kovacs,L-Ftacnik,L/Zalaegerszeg 1979/EXT 2002 (47)}) 7... a5 8. Nc3 e5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Ra3 Bg7 11. Nge2 O-O 12. g4 (12. Nc1 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nh5 14. Nd3 b6 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Bb5 f5 $132 { 0-1 Arakelyan,A-Harutjunyan,G/Yerevan 2004/CBM 103 ext (37)}) (12. g4 {Diagram} ) 12... Bxg4 $5 13. fxg4 Nxg4 {[/\14...Qh4,14...Nxe3]} (13... Nfxe4 14. Qd1 $1 Qh4+ 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. Bf2 $14) 14. Bxc5 (14. h4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 h5 $5 $44 { /\16...Kh7,17...Bh6 Anand,V}) (14. Bg5 f6 $44 15. Bh4 $2 Bh6 16. Qc2 Ne3 $19) 14... Qh4+ 15. Ng3 dxc5 {[/\16...Bh6;f7-f5-f4<=>]} 16. Qg2 $5 (16. Bg2 Bh6 17. Qe2 Bf4 $132 (17... f5 18. exf5 gxf5 $44)) 16... f5 17. exf5 (17. Qh3 Qg5 18. Nd1 h5 19. exf5 e4 $132) 17... e4 $5 (17... gxf5 18. dxc6 e4 19. cxb7 Rab8 $13) 18. Ncxe4 Rae8 $44 19. fxg6 (19. Be2 cxd5 20. cxd5 gxf5 $132) 19... Rf2 $1 20. Qh3 Rxe4+ $4 $138 (20... Qg5 $1 $11 {(/\21...Qc1;21...Qd2)} 21. Qxh7+ (21. Kd1 Ne3+ 22. Ke1 (22. Kc1 Nxc4+ $19) (22. Rxe3 Qxe3 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 $19) 22... Ng4 $11) 21... Kf8 22. Kd1 Ne3+ 23. Ke1 Ng4 $11) 21. Nxe4 1-0 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2005.11.04"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Gurevich, Mikhail"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2005.11.03"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 4. d3 Nc6 5. a3 Bc5 6. e3 a6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nge2 d6 9. O-O Re8 10. h3 Ba7 11. Kh2 Rb8 12. b4 Ne7 13. Bb2 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. d4 Ng6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 c6 20. Bg2 Bb6 21. Nf3 Nc4 22. Bc3 d5 23. Bd4 Bc7 24. Qd3 Bd6 25. Rfe1 Ra8 26. Qc3 Bf8 27. Ne5 Ra6 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. e4 Rea8 30. exd5 cxd5 31. Qf3 Rxa3 32. Rxa3 Rxa3 33. Qf4 Ra8 34. Bc3 Rd8 35. Qd4 Qc6 36. h4 Nb6 37. Re3 Na4 38. Bd2 Qc4 39. Rd3 Nb2 0-1 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2005.11.03"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Markowski, Tomasz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2582"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2005.11.03"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. a4 Nc5 11. f3 Be7 12. b4 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Nb3 a5 15. bxa5 bxa5 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Nb5 Ne5 18. Qc3 Qb8 19. Bd4 Rc8 20. Nxa5 Ba6 21. Rab1 Bf6 22. Kh1 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 e5 24. Bg1 1-0 [Event "Corsica Masters rap 09th"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2005.11.03"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Markowski, Tomasz"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "2582"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2005.11.03"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. O-O g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. c4 Bg4 8. d3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Bg2 Qb6 12. Rb1 a5 13. a3 e5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 h5 16. Qb3 Bh6 17. Nf3 d4 18. Bc1 Bxc1 19. Rfxc1 Kg7 20. Ng5 Rf8 21. Ra1 Nc5 22. Qb2 Na4 23. Qd2 Nc3 24. Nf3 Qxb4 25. Nxe5 Qe7 26. f4 Ng4 27. Bf3 Nxe5 28. fxe5 Qxe5 29. Kg2 Rfe8 30. Qb2 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 b5 32. cxb5 cxb5 33. Ra7 Re7 34. Rxe7 Qxe7 35. Kf1 b4 36. Qb3 Qc5 37. Kg2 Nb5 38. Qa4 Nd6 39. Qb3 Nf5 40. Kf2 Ne3 41. Qb1 Qc3 0-1 [Event "Venaco KO"] [Site "Venaco"] [Date "2005.10.29"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2669"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2005.10.29"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d5 Nd4 8. Nge2 Nxe2 9. Bxe2 O-O 10. g4 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. O-O-O d5 13. exd5 Qa5 14. dxc6 Be6 15. g5 Rfd8 16. Qe1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxa2 18. c4 Rdb8 19. Qc3 Rb3 20. Qc2 e4 21. Bd4 exf3 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Rd3 fxe2 25. Rxb3 Qa1+ 26. Qb1 Qa4 27. Re3 Qb4 28. Qe4 Qxe7 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Rxe2 Rc8 31. Rd1 Rxc6 32. b3 Qa3+ 33. Qb2 Qe7 34. h4 Rc8 35. Rd4 a5 36. Qa1 Qc7 37. Red2 Qb6 38. Rd6 Qg1+ 39. Kb2 Qe3 40. Rd8+ Rxd8 41. Rxd8+ 1-0 [Event "Venaco op"] [Site "Venaco"] [Date "2005.10.29"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Izoria, Zviad"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2606"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "2005.10.28"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Ne5 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Rhe1 Nf6 20. g4 Bd6 21. f3 a5 22. a4 Rfc8 23. c4 b5 24. c5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Nd5 26. Bd6 bxa4 27. Kc2 Nc7 28. Bxc7 Rxc7 29. Ra1 Rb7 30. Rxa4 Rab8 31. Rb1 Rb3 32. Rxa5 Rxf3 33. Ra6 Rb4 34. Rd1 Rfb3 35. Ra2 Rg3 36. Rd3 Rxg4 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Kc3 Rb7 39. Rc8 Rg5 40. Rxc6 Rxh5 41. b4 Rh1 42. Kc4 g5 43. Rb6 Ra7 44. c6 Kg6 45. d5 exd5+ 46. Rxd5 f6 47. Kb5 g4 48. Rb7 Ra8 49. c7 Rc1 50. Rb8 Rxc7 51. Rxa8 Rg7 52. Kc6 h5 53. b5 h4 54. Rh8 h3 55. b6 f5 56. Rd7 1-0 [Event "Venaco KO"] [Site "Venaco"] [Date "2005.10.29"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kogan, Artur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2580"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2005.10.29"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 b5 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. f4 b4 13. Kb1 a5 14. f5 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qg5 Rg8 17. f6 g6 18. h4 a4 19. Rh3 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Qh6 Rc6 22. Rc1 Qd4 23. Qxh7 Rf8 24. h5 gxh5 25. Qxh5 Rg8 26. Rh4 Qc5 27. Rg4 Rf8 28. Qh4 b3 29. c3 a3 30. axb3 Qe3 31. Qe1 Qd3+ 32. Ka2 axb2 33. Kxb2 Kd7 34. Rd4 Qg6 35. Qe2 Rb8 36. Ra1 Rb7 37. b4 Qg3 38. Ra3 Rc8 39. Rg4 Qh2 40. Rg7 Rf8 41. Qa6 Rxb4+ 42. cxb4 Qxe5+ 43. Rc3 Qe2+ 44. Qxe2 1-0 [Event "Venaco KO"] [Site "Venaco"] [Date "2005.10.29"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Gurevich, Mikhail"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "2669"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2005.10.29"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Rb1 Ne7 8. e4 c6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e5 Ne4 13. f4 Nf5 14. O-O Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bf5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Be3 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 Rfd8 19. Bc3 Bf8 20. Rbe1 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 e3 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bf3 Rd2 24. Re2 Bd3 25. Bxd2 Bxe2 26. Bxe2 Rxb2 27. Bxe3 Bxe3 28. Bc4 Rc2 29. Bb3 Rc1 30. Bd1 Ra1 31. a4 g5 32. f5 g4 33. h3 h5 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Be2 Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 Kf8 37. Be2 Bd4 38. e6 f6 39. Bxg4 Ke7 40. Kg2 Bb6 41. Kf3 Bc5 42. Bh3 Bb6 43. Bf1 Bc5 44. Kg4 a5 45. Kh5 Be3 46. Kg6 Bg5 47. g4 Be3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Venaco KO"] [Site "Venaco"] [Date "2005.10.29"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Kogan, Artur"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C52"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2005.10.29"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 Bb6 7. O-O d6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qb3 Qf6 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. Bd5 f6 12. Bxg8 fxg5 13. Nxg5 Kf8 14. Ne6+ Kxg8 15. Nxc7+ Kf8 16. Nxa8 Bh3 17. g3 Qxe4 18. Qa3+ Ne7 0-1 [Event "Venaco op"] [Site "Venaco"] [Date "2005.10.29"] [Round "9"] [White "Kogan, Artur"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2005.10.28"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Bh6 Nc6 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8. Ne5 Bf5 9. e3 Qd6 10. Nb5 Qb4 11. c3 Qa5 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 Qxb5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. a4 Qd7 18. Rhf1 e6 19. Kg1 Kh8 20. Rad1 Rg8 21. e4 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Rg7 23. Qh4 Rag8 24. Rd2 Rg4 25. Qf6+ R8g7 26. a5 Kg8 27. h3 R4g5 28. c4 c6 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Rc2 R7g6 31. Qf4 Rf5 32. Qc1 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Kg7 34. Qc1 Qb5 35. Qd2 b6 36. a6 Qxa6 37. Rc7 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Qf1 39. Rxa7 Qf5 40. Qe3 Rg5 41. Rb7 Qxe5+ 42. Qxe5+ Rxe5 43. Rxb6 Re3 44. Kg1 Re2 45. Kf1 Rc2 46. Rb3 h5 47. Rg3+ Kf6 48. Rf3+ Ke7 49. b3 f5 50. g3 Kf6 51. g4 h4 52. gxf5 e5 53. Ke1 d4 54. Kd1 Rg2 55. Kc1 Rg3 0-1 [Event "Venaco op"] [Site "Venaco"] [Date "2005.10.28"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Zude, Erik"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2424"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2005.10.28"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nbd7 7. g4 Nb6 8. h4 h5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. f4 b4 11. Nd1 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nf3 Bg7 14. c4 Bb7 15. Bd3 Qc7 16. O-O Rd8 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Nf2 Nb8 19. Rad1 Nc6 20. b3 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Bc2 e5 23. f5 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Rd4 25. Qg3 Rfd8 26. Rde1 Rd2 27. Bb1 Qd6 28. Re3 Qd4 29. Rf3 Nc8 30. Qh3 Ne7 31. fxg6 Nxg6 32. Rxf7 Bc8 33. Qf3 Nf4 34. Rf5 Qb2 35. Rxf4 exf4 36. e5 Rxf2 37. Qxf2 Rd2 38. Qxf4 Rg2+ 39. Kh1 Rh2+ 40. Qxh2 Bb7+ 41. Kg1 Qd4+ 42. Qf2 Qd8 1-0 [Event "Venaco op"] [Site "Venaco"] [Date "2005.10.28"] [Round "1"] [White "Battesti, Marc Andria"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B93"] [WhiteElo "1964"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2005.10.28"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Bc4 g6 8. Be3 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. f5 Bb7 13. fxg6 hxg6 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qc5 16. Ne6 fxe6 17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. Qh6+ Nh7 19. e5 d5 20. Nb1 Rf1+ 21. Bxf1 Bc8 0-1 [Event "Venaco op"] [Site "Venaco"] [Date "2005.10.28"] [Round "3"] [White "Guliyev, Namig"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2005.10.28"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.24"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Be7 14. Rc3 O-O 15. a3 Rc7 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Rc1 h6 18. b4 Bd8 19. Qb3 Ne7 20. b5 Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Rxc3 22. Bxc3 Nc8 23. a4 Nb6 24. Nd2 Qc8 25. g3 Be7 26. a5 Na8 27. h4 b6 28. axb6 axb6 29. Bb4 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 Bxb4 31. Qxb4 Nc7 32. Nf3 Qc4 33. Qd6 Nxb5 34. Qxb6 Qd3 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Qb6 Nc3 37. Qc7 Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.14"] [Round "14"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2738"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 Re8 11. Nd4 a6 12. f4 Ng4 13. Bd3 d5 14. Rhe1 Bh4 15. g3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Rxe3 17. Qxe3 Bf6 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Qxe7 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.13"] [Round "13"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2707"] [Annotator "Finkel,A"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nb3 $5 {This rare move is a pet line of Dutch grandmaster Nijboer. White's idea is to avoid multiple trades on d4 trying to keep more pieces on the board for the kingside attack.} (11. Kb1) (11. Qf2) 11... Bb4 (11... Be7) 12. Bd3 (12. a3 $2 Be7 13. Bd3 b5 14. Ne2 b4) 12... b5 13. Rhf1 {Preparing Rf1-f3-h3.} (13. g4 Nb6 (13... Bb7 14. Rhg1 Rc8 15. Rg3 Re8 16. Rh3 g6 17. Qf2 Bf8 18. g5 Nb4 19. Kb1 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Bc6 21. Ne2 $16 { Nijboer,F-Glek,I/France 2003}) 14. Qf2 Nc4 15. Ne4 Be7 16. g5 dxe4 17. Bxc4 Qc7 18. Bb6 Qb8 19. Be2 Nb4 $132 {Nijboer,F-Stellwagen,D/Leeuwarden 2002}) 13... Nb6 (13... f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Nd4 $14) (13... Bb7 14. Rf3 Rc8 15. Rh3 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bc5 Rf7 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. a3 Nxd3+ 20. Rxd3 Qb6 $13 { Gallagher,J-Brynell,S/Gausdal 2001}) 14. a3 $5 {A very commiting move, as Black gets a chance to break through on the queenside by b4.} (14. Qf2 Nc4 15. Bxc4 $5 (15. Bc5 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 $11) 15... bxc4 16. Nd4 Ne7 $1 17. Nb1 (17. g4 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Nde2 Rb8 20. Ne4 $1 $36 {Cabrilo,G-Bareev,E/Belgrade 1988} ) 17... Rb8 18. c3 Bc5 19. Nc2 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qb6 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Nd2 f6 23. Nf3 $14 {Rowson,J-Hoang Thanh Trang/Budapest 1996}) 14... Be7 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Bd4 $5 ({The immediate} 17. f5 { doesn't seem to be sufficient for advantage due to} f6 $8 (17... b4 $2 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. f6 $16) 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Bf5 Rad8 $11) 17... Nc4 (17... b4 $5) 18. Qe2 Rb8 { Black is ready to push b4, so Anand is forced to sacrifice on h7.} 19. Bxh7+ { Diagram #} (19. Rf3 $6 g6 $36) 19... Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Rd3 {It's not so clear which rook White should've transfered to h3, but it seems that his attack is sufficient only for a draw in any case.} (21. Rf3 f5 22. Rh3 Bc5 ( 22... b4 $6 23. axb4 Bxb4 24. Qg6 Rf7 25. Rh7 Qc7 26. Qh5 Kf8 27. Rh8+ Ke7 28. Bf2 $16) 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Rg3 Rg8 25. Qg6+ Ke7 26. Nxd5+ Qxd5 27. Bxc5+ Qxc5 28. Qg5+ Kf7 $11) 21... f5 22. Rh3 Bc5 23. Rff3 {By playing this move Anand actually accepts a draw. He could've tried to play on with} (23. Qg6 $5 Rf7 24. Rh7 Qc7 25. Qh5 Kf8 26. Rh8+ Ke7 27. Qg5+ Kd7 28. Nxd5 exd5 29. e6+ $13 { with a quite messy position.}) 23... Bxd4 24. Rfg3 Rb7 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Qxg7+ Ke8 27. Qxf8+ $1 {Diagram #} (27. Qxf8+ Kxf8 28. Rh8+ Kf7 29. Rh7+ Kf8 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.11"] [Round "12"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2763"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Annotator "Huzman,A"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 17. Nd2 { White tries to fight for an opening advantage by a pawn sacrifice.} (17. Be3 Na5 $1 (17... Rcd8 18. Nd2 Bg6 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Qa4 Ne5 21. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 22. Nxf3 Rxd7 23. Ne5 Rd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Bologan,V/Dortmund Stechen 2004 (26)}) 18. c4 (18. Nd2 $5 Bf5 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Ne4 Bd6 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 c6 24. Rd4 Nb3 25. Rf4 g6 26. Rd1 Rc7 27. Rb4 Bc2 28. Rd6 a5 29. Rb6 $14 { 1/2-1/2 Laznicka,V-Stopa,J/Legnica 2004/CBM 103 ext (64)}) (18. Ne5 Bf6 19. Ng4 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Erenburg,S/Gothenburg SWE 2005/(21)}) 18... Nxc4 $1 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nd2 Qd5 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Bg5 Qxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Bxg5 $11 { 0-1 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Brissago 2004/CBM 103/[Lukacs] (65)}) (17. Bd3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Bd6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Be3 Na5 22. Rb1 Rc8 23. Bf5 Rb8 24. Bd3 Rc8 25. Bf5 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Bacrot,E/Saint Vincent ITA 2005/(25)}) 17... Bxg2 18. Bg4 (18. c4 $5 Qf5 (18... Qxd4 19. Be3 $18) 19. Bg4 Qxf4 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Kxg2 Qxd4 22. Nf3 Qxd1 23. Rexd1 Bd6 $11) 18... Bh1 (18... f5 $5 19. Be2 b5 (19... Na5 20. Qa4 $1 Bf8 21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Qxe8 $16) 20. Bxb5 ( 20. a4 a6 21. axb5 axb5 22. c4 (22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Kxg2 Bd6 24. Qf3 Ne7 $11) 22... Qxd4 23. Be3 Qd6 (23... Qf6 24. Kxg2 f4 25. Ne4 Qg6+ 26. Ng3 Rcd8 27. Qb3 Qf7 $15) 24. Kxg2 f4 25. Ba7 $5 (25. Ne4 Qxd1 26. Rexd1 fxe3 27. cxb5 Nb4 $11) 25... Qg6+ 26. Kh1 Nxa7 27. Bg4 Bc5 28. Bxc8 Nxc8 29. cxb5 Bxf2 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Ra8 $16) (20. c4 Qxd4 21. Be3 Qd6 22. Kxg2 f4 23. Ne4 Qg6+ 24. Ng3 Rcd8 25. Qb3 Qf7 26. Bh5 g6 27. Bf3 fxe3 $17) 20... Qxb5 21. Kxg2 Bd6 22. Qf3 Ne7 $132) 19. f3 Bh4 $1 (19... f5 20. Bh5 g6 21. Kxh1 gxh5 22. Qb1 $1 (22. Be5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Qf7 24. Qc2 Rf8 $15) 22... b6 (22... Bd6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 ( 24... cxd6 25. Qxb7 $16) 25. Qxf5 $16) 23. Be5 $16) 20. Rf1 (20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qb3 $1 Ne7 (21... Bxf3 $5 22. Bxf3 Qf5 23. Qxb7 Nd8 24. Qxc7 Bg5 25. Bg4 Qxf4 26. Qxf4 Bxf4 27. Nc4 $14) 22. Be5 Qxb3 23. Nxb3 f5 (23... f6 24. Bxc7 Nd5 25. Bd6 f5 26. Bxf5 Bxf3 27. Rf1 $16) 24. Bh5 g6 25. Kxh1 gxh5 $11) (20. Re2 f5 21. Bh5 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Kh2 Qxf4+ 25. Kxh1 Rd8 $36) 20... f5 21. Bh5 g6 22. Kxh1 gxh5 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Qf1 ({ Transposition to an equal ending probably was the best choice for White.} 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. Nxb3 Bf6 $11) 24... Bf6 25. Rb1 (25. Qc4 Ne7 $11) 25... Ne7 26. Bg5 (26. Rb5 c5 $15) 26... Bxg5 27. Rxg5 Rg8 { Black takes over the initiative now.} (27... c5 $5 28. Ne4 (28. Qf2 cxd4 29. Rb5 Rc5 30. Rxc5 Qxc5 31. Qxd4+ Qxd4 32. cxd4 Rc8 $17) 28... Rc6 29. Nxc5 b6 30. Na4 (30. Ne4 $140 h6 31. Rxh5 Qf7 $19) 30... Rg6 $15) 28. Rxg8+ Rxg8 29. Qe2 Ng6 $36 30. Rb5 $6 (30. Qc4 $142 Qd6 31. Rxb7 Qe7 32. Rb1 Nf4 $36) 30... Qc6 $17 31. Rxf5 (31. Qc4 Qe8 32. Qf1 (32. Rb1 Qe3 $17) 32... Qe3 $17) 31... Qxc3 32. Rd5 Qxa3 $19 33. Kh2 Qf8 34. Qe6 Qf4+ 35. Kh1 Rf8 36. Qe2 (36. Rxh5 Qxd2 37. Qxg6 Qe1+ 38. Qg1 Qxg1+ 39. Kxg1 Rxf3 $19) 36... h4 37. Rd7 Rf7 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Ne4 Qxf3+ 40. Qxf3 Rxf3 41. Nc5 b6 42. Ne6+ Kf6 43. Nxc7 Rxh3+ 44. Kg1 Rd3 45. Nb5 Kg5 46. Nxa7 h3 47. Nc6 Kg4 48. Ra8 Kg3 49. Ra1 h2+ 50. Kh1 Nf4 51. Ne5 Re3 52. Rd1 Kh3 53. Nf7 Rg3 0-1 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.10"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Qf2 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Na5 $5 { Bologan's fresh idea since black can not capture the knight.} (13. Nc5) 13... Rc8 (13... Nd7 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Nb4 Qb7 16. Nbd5 Rb8 17. b3 cxb3 18. cxb3 Be7 { and here Sakaev proposes} 19. Kb2 (19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. Nd5+ Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rhc8+ 22. Kb2 $14) 19... Bd8 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,V-Gelfand,B/Merida 2005/ (56)}) (13... Qc8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 (14... Rb8 15. Qe2 Bxd5 16. exd5 c3 17. b3 Rb5 18. Qc4 Qxc4 19. Nxc4 Be7 20. Rd3 e4 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. a4 Rb8 23. Bd4 O-O 24. Bxc3 Bg5+ 25. Kb1 Nf2 26. Rg3 {1-0 Najer,E-Ghaem Maghami,E/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/ (56)}) 15. exd5 Bd7 16. f4 Rb8 17. Bd2 f6 18. Bc3 Be7 19. Rhe1 O-O 20. Re4 Bb5 21. Nc6 Rb7 22. Qf3 Bd8 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. g4 { 1-0 Sadvakasov,D-Zhou Jianchao/Hyderabad 2005/ (61)}) (13... Qxa5 $2 14. Bb6 Qb4 15. a3 $18) 14. Bb6 Qd7 15. g3 g6 $5 (15... Be7 16. h3 $1 (16. f4 Bh3 $1 17. fxe5 Ng4 $11)) 16. Rd2 (16. f4 $5 Bh6 17. Kb1 $14) 16... Bh6 17. f4 Ng4 { Kasimdzhanov had a very challenging task do decide on the best defense. 17... 0-0!? might have been the best despite passivity of black's pieces.} (17... Nh5 $6 18. Rhd1 exf4 $2 19. g4 $1 $16) (17... O-O $5 18. Rhd1 Ne8 $13) 18. Qf3 Rb8 (18... Nf6 19. h3 $1 Bxh3 (19... O-O $5) 20. Be3 Bg4 21. Qf1 Nh5 22. Nxc4 Nxg3 23. Qg2 Rxc4 (23... Nxh1 24. Nxd6+ Kf8 25. Nxc8 Qxc8 26. Qxh1 $18) 24. Rxh6 Rxc3 $1 25. Qxg3 $1 Qe6 26. Kb1 $1 exf4 27. Qxf4 Rc4 28. Bd4 O-O 29. b3 $40) ( 18... O-O $2 19. Rhd1 $16) (18... exf4 19. gxf4 Rb8 (19... Ne5 20. fxe5 Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2 dxe5+ 22. Kc1 $16) 20. Bd4 $1 $16) 19. h3 $5 (19. Bc5 exf4 $1 20. gxf4 (20. Rxd6 Qc7 $1) 20... Ne5 $1 $13) 19... Nf6 $4 {Kasimdzhanov has missed a phanstastic resource 19...Nh2! that would have kept him veru much in the game.} (19... Nh2 $1 $13 20. Rhxh2 (20. Qe3 Nf3 21. Rd5 (21. Rf2 $6 Nd4 $1 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Qxd4 O-O $40) 21... exf4 22. gxf4 O-O (22... Ne5 23. Bc5 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Qd8 25. Qc3 O-O 26. Bb4 Rb5 27. Kb1 Rxd5 28. exd5 Bxf4 29. Rf1 $14) 23. Nxc4 Qc6 24. b3 Rxb6 25. Qxb6 (25. Rxd6 Qc7 26. Qxb6 Bxf4+ 27. Kb2 Bxd6 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Nxd6 Rd8 30. Nb7 Rd2 $132) 25... Bxf4+ 26. Kd1 Qxb6 27. Nxb6 Ng5 $5 28. Ra5 $16) (20. Qf2 Nf3 21. Nd5 (21. Rd5 exf4 22. Qxf3 Rxb6 23. Nxc4 Rc6 24. Ne5 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 fxg3+ 26. Kb1 Bg7 27. Nxd7 Bxc3 28. Rxd6 g2 $1 29. Rg1 Bxd7 30. bxc3 Bxh3 31. Rd3 Be6 32. Rxg2 Ke7 $5 $36) (21. Ba7 $13) 21... Qa4 22. Nc7+ Kf8 $1 (22... Ke7 23. Rxd6 $1 $16) 23. Rxd6 Qxa2 24. Nxe6+ fxe6 25. Qxf3 Rxb6 $1 26. Nxc4 Rxd6 27. Nxd6 exf4 $5 28. e5 Qa1+ 29. Kd2 Qa5+ 30. Kc1 $11) 20... Rxb6 21. f5 O-O $1 $13 (21... gxf5 $2 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Nd5 $1 $18)) (19... Rxb6 $2 20. hxg4 Bg7 21. f5 $18) 20. Bc5 $1 exf4 21. gxf4 Rc8 { Black is now helpless against the myriads of threats.} (21... Bf8 22. f5 $1 gxf5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Re1+ Kd8 25. Nc6+ $18) 22. Bxd6 Qd8 23. Bb4 Qb6 24. a3 Nh5 25. Kb1 (25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Bxf4 27. Qe4+ $18) 25... Bxf4 26. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Bb8 (27... Qb8 28. Rhd1 Qc7 29. Qc3 $18) 28. Rhd1 c3 29. Rd7 1-0 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.09"] [Round "10"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2719"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Annotator "Gershon,A"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 {The oldest Anti-Marshall system.} b4 { A serious decision which proved itself in the Elite tournaments.} 9. d3 d6 10. a5 {Seems like the only way to fight for an advantage.} Be6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 { Black defends the pawn on b4 and gets ready for openning the "b" file.} ({ Another good possibilitiy is} 11... Qc8 { as in the game Leko-Svidler from the same tournament.}) 12. Nc4 {The concept of this move has been around for only a couple of years now, but it was enough to realize that it doesn't promise White anything.} ({Interesting is} 12. Bc4 { which was played by Kasparov.} Qc8 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ne3 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. Rxe8+ Bxe8 20. Qe2 Bb5 21. Re1 Bxc4 22. dxc4 h6 23. b3 $14 {Kasparov-Short, 1993.}) 12... h6 {Prepares for... d5! This move is critical to avoid some White pieces paying a visit to g5.} (12... Bg4 13. Be3 Nd7 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bg5 $1 16. Ba4 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nd4 18. c3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nb5 20. d4 Qe7 21. Rad1 $14 { 1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G (2838)-Grischuk,A (2702)/Moscow 2002/CBM 090 (39)}) (12... Nd7 $6 {This is a different plan} 13. Be3 Bf6 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3 Rb7 16. Qc2 Na7 17. d4 Qb8 18. d5 Bg4 19. Nfd2 h6 20. h3 Bh5 21. Ba4 $16 { 1-0 De Firmian,N (2537)-Beliavsky,A (2679)/Copenhagen 2004/CBM 101 ext (41)}) 13. h3 {White's plan is simple - bring the B to e3, so he is preparing it with h3. Later on the N will come to d2 ,Q on e2. This sounds like a plan, the problem is that this plan is not dangerous for Black.} (13. c3 $5 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. Ba4 Na7 16. Be3 Nb5 17. Qc2 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Ncd2 c5 20. Bb3+ Kh7 21. Ne4 Bg6 22. Ng3 Nc7 23. Qd1 d5 24. Bc2 Nb5 $13 { 1-0 Shirov,A (2726)-Almasi,Z (2650)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 no vc (44)}) 13... Qc8 14. Be3 Rd8 $1 {As I said, d5 is the main idea here for Black.} 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Nfd2 $146 {This typical multi-purpose White's manoeuvre is a novelty in this position. White dreams of advancing d4, and in order to do so e4 must be protected. In addition, this move defends the B on b3 which makes c3 and d4 possible in the future. And if this was not enough, this move releases the B of defending the N on c4!} ({Anand himself tried here} 16. Red1 Ne7 17. Nfd2 Ng6 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nh7 20. Be3 d5 21. exd5 { 1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2766)-Shirov,A (2736)/Monaco 2004/CBM 099 ext}) 16... Ne7 $5 { Black is preparing for White's d4 and at the same time makes way for his own 'c' pawn.} (16... d5 $6 17. Ba4 $1 dxc4 (17... Qb7 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Nxe5 { and the compensation is not obvious.}) 18. Bxc6 cxd3 19. cxd3 Bd7 20. Rec1 $16) 17. d4 $1 { The only way to fight for an advantage. At least White is not worse here!} Ng6 (17... exd4 $6 18. Bxd4 $36) (17... Nxe4 $2 18. Nxe4 d5 19. Nc5 $1 $18) 18. d5 $14 {White is a little better. Very little...} (18. Red1 { Returns to the Anand-Shirov game.}) 18... Bd7 19. Ba4 (19. c3 $2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxe4 $1 $36) 19... Bb5 $1 { A strong idea - if White wants to exchange Bishops, he should pay for it.} 20. b3 $6 {And white wants to pay the price, but not losing the N in the process. So he liberates the b2 for it. Unfortunatelly, straightforward piece exhanges are not enough here.} (20. Bxb5 $2 axb5 $19) 20... Be7 21. Rec1 c6 $1 22. Bxb5 (22. c3 $2 bxc3 23. Rxc3 cxd5 $19) 22... Rxb5 23. Nb6 (23. c3 $6 bxc3 24. Na3 Rc5 $1 25. Ndc4 (25. Bxc5 $2 cxd2 $19) 25... cxd5 26. Nb6 Qb7 27. Bxc5 d4 $1 28. Bb4 Nf4 29. Qf1 Qxe4 $36) 23... Qb7 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Qc4 { Here the players agreed to a draw.} (25. Qc4 Qb7 26. c3 d5 $1 { And Black is not worse.}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.08"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 d6 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Ba7 12. d4 g4 13. Bh4 gxf3 14. Qxf3 Kg7 15. Qg3+ Kh7 16. Qf3 Kg7 17. Qg3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.06"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2735"] [Annotator "Ribli,Z"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne7 {Eine beliebte Fortsetzung von Schwarz. Die Alternativen sind - 9...Na5 (von Anand selbst früher gern gespielt) und die Hauptvariante 9...Ne5.} 10. Nde2 b5 (10... d5) 11. Bf4 $5 {Das ist Anands Abweichung von der Partie Leko,P - Polgar,J (die vier Runden früher gespielt wurde). Polgar verlor diese Partie, aber natürlich hat sie ihr schwarzes Spiel verbessert, aber wie?} (11. Kb1 Ba5 12. Qd4 Nc6 13. Qc5 Bb4 14. Qg5 O-O 15. Qg3 Ne5 16. h4 Bb7 17. h5 Ne8 18. a3 Bd6 19. Bf4 f6 $1 { 1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Polgar,J/Sofia 2005/CBM 107/[Ribli] (68)}) (11. Qe1 $5 Ba5 12. Qf2 d5 13. Bc5 b4 14. Na4 Rb8 15. Nd4 { 1-0 Karjakin,S-Zhang Pengxiang/Tiayuan 2005/CBM 108/[Ribli Zoltan] (26)}) (11. g4 h6 12. Rg1 $5 Ng6 13. a3 Be7 14. f4 b4 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Qd4 Qa5 17. Kb1 Rb8 18. g5 {1-0 Leko,P-Polgar,J/San Luis 2005/CBM 110/[Ribli Zoltan] (25)}) 11... e5 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Kb1 {Es scheint, dass Weiß mit dem Königszug abwartet, aber er hat auch eine konkrete Drohung - 14.Nxb5!} Ba5 14. Bxf6 $1 $146 {Das ist die starke Neuerung von Anand! Weiß verschlechtert die schwarze Bauernstruktur und plant, gegen den schwachen Bauern zu spielen.} (14. Qd6 Nfd5 $1 15. Qxc7 Nxc7 16. Ng3 f6 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Nisipeanu,L/Gothenburg 2005/(16)}) 14... gxf6 15. Qh6 Qb6 (15... Ng6 16. Qg7 $16) 16. g3 $1 { Sehr einfach und gut gespielt; die weiße Drohung ist 17.Bh3.} Qe6 (16... f5 17. Qg7 Rg8 18. Qxe5 Qe6 19. Qf4 $16) (16... b4 17. Na4 (17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nf5 $132) 17... Qc6 18. Bh3 (18. b3 O-O-O (18... d5 19. Bh3) 19. Qh5) 18... f5 19. Qg7 Rg8 20. Qxe5 Qxa4 21. Bxf5 $40) (16... O-O-O 17. Bh3) 17. Bh3 f5 18. Qh4 $1 (18. Qh5 Qg6 19. Qh4) 18... f6 (18... O-O-O 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Qg5 $18) (18... d5 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. exf5 Qxf5 21. Nxd5 $18) 19. exf5 $16 { Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr und es gibt keine Kompensation für Schwarz.} Qf7 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. fxe4 (21. Qxe4 d5) 21... Nc6 22. Rd6 O-O (22... Rf8 23. Rhd1 O-O-O 24. c3) 23. Rhd1 Ra7 24. Bf1 {"Der Mohr hat seine Schuldigkeit getan, der Mohr kann gehen". Weiß möchte nun seine Läuferstellung verbessern.} Rc7 25. Nc1 Bb4 26. R6d5 Rfc8 27. Nb3 Bf8 28. c3 {Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr und besitzt positionellen Druck auf der d-Linie, aber es gibt noch keinen forcierten Gewinn.} Kh8 29. g4 {Es ist nur konsequent, dass Weiß seine Bauernmehrheit am Königsflügel mobilisiert.} Qg7 30. Qg3 Ra8 31. a3 (31. h4 $142 $1 h6 32. Qf3 b4 33. g5 bxc3 34. Qxc3 hxg5 35. hxg5 fxg5 36. Bc4 $18) 31... Rac8 32. Nc1 (32. Nc5 Nb8 (32... Ne7 33. Nxa6 Nxd5 34. Rxd5 Rb7 35. Bxb5 $18) 33. Nd3 $16) 32... Na5 33. Na2 Nb3 34. h4 Nc5 35. Bd3 Na4 36. Bc2 Nb6 37. R5d3 d5 $1 {Schwarz vert eidigt sich gut; in der sehr schweren Stellung opfert er einen Bauern und möchte den Aktionsradius seines Läufer verbessern.} 38. exd5 Bd6 39. Bb3 a5 40. Qf2 Nc4 41. Qe2 Rg8 42. Rg1 Qh6 43. Rdd1 a4 (43... Qxh4 44. a4 $1) 44. Bxc4 Rxc4 45. g5 $1 { Weiß opfert einen Bauern zurück, um seinen Angriff am Königsflügel einzuleiten. } (45. h5) 45... fxg5 (45... Qxh4 46. g6 $1 Qe4+ 47. Qxe4 Rxe4 48. Rh1 Rg7 49. Rdg1 $18) 46. hxg5 Rxg5 47. Qe3 { Es "hängt" der Turm auf g5 und es droht die Dameneindringung auf b6.} Rf4 48. Qb6 Rgxf5 49. Qxb5 Rf8 50. Nb4 e4 51. Rde1 Rh4 52. Ka1 e3 53. Qxa4 $18 { Weiß hat wieder zwei Bauern mehr und der e-Bauer bietet keine Gegenchancen für Schwarz.} Re4 54. Qa6 Rfe8 55. Re2 Qf8 56. Qd3 Qf6 57. Nc2 Bc5 58. Rge1 Qe5 59. b4 Bb6 60. Kb2 h5 61. d6 Qf5 62. Rxe3 $1 (62. Rxe3 $1 Bxe3 63. Rxe3 $18) 1-0 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.05"] [Round "7"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Annotator "Lukacs,P"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. c3 { This is the quiet positional approach.} (8. c4 {is more aggressive.} dxc4 { Black has to react in the [+].} (8... Bg6 { /\ Nf5 but this doesn't look an adequate answer to White's central push.} 9. b3 Nf5 10. Bb2 Bb4 11. a3 (11. Rc1 Qe7 12. cxd5 (12. Nb1 $5 {/\ a3-b4}) 12... exd5 13. Ne1 h5 14. Nd3 a5 {(Tong Neo Choo-Dreev, ICC INT 2002)} 15. Nf4 $14) 11... Be7 (11... Bxd2 12. Qxd2 $14)) 9. Nxc4 Nd5 10. Qb3 N7b6 { Black controls firmly >< d5.} 11. Na5 Qd7 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Ne1 O-O 14. Nd3 Bxd3 15. Bxd3 Bg5 {depriving White from the ^^.} 16. Bxg5 (16. f4 $2 Nxf4 $19) 16... hxg5 $11 {Gdanski-Urban, POL-ch 1992}) (8. Re1 { /\ Nf1 continuing the slow manoeuvring play.} Bh7 (8... g5 $6 { is a nervous reaction weakening his own >>.} 9. Nf1 c5 10. c4 Bg7 11. Ne3 Be4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ng4 cxd4 14. Bd3 $16 {Iordachescu-Brumen, Lido Estensi 2002}) 9. Nf1 c5 10. c4 { White wants to open up the position for his better developed pieces.} dxc4 11. Bxc4 $142 $14 (11. Ne3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxe5 13. Nxc4 N7c6 14. Nxe5 Qxd4 15. Nxc6 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 bxc6 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Be3 c5 $11 {Svidler-Dreev, Elista 1998})) 8... a6 $5 {Black is not hurrying with the push c5.} (8... c5 9. Nb3 (9. a3 Nc6 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 Nb6 14. Ne3 Bg6 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Rc1 Qd7 {Black has a good play on the << against the weakened light squares.} 17. Qb3 a6 $15 {Am.Rodriguez-Asrian, Las Vegas 1999}) 9... c4 10. Nbd2 { This was the idea of the provocation, there is no weakness of d4, White can freely maintain his pressure on the >>.} Nc6 11. Ne1 $1 $14 {/\ Nc2-e3, f4} Be7 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Ne3 Bh7 14. f4 b5 { /\ b4 with the typical counterplay on the other flank.} 15. a3 (15. f5 $2 { is premature in view of} Bg5 $1) 15... Qb6 16. Qe1 a5 $142 {Blatny} (16... Bd8 $6 17. Nf3 $14 {Ibragimov-Kharitonov, Sochi 1997 CBM 062})) 9. Nb3 Rc8 { c5 is really well-prepared now.} 10. Nh4 Bh7 11. f4 c5 12. Bh5 (12. dxc5 Nc6 ( 12... Ng6 13. Nf3) (12... Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Be3 Nxc5 15. Nd4 Be4 16. f5 $36 ) 13. Nf3 Nxc5 14. Be3 Ne4) 12... Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Be3 g6 (14... c4 15. Nc1 $14) 15. Be2 h5 ({Perhaps it was already time for closing the position by} 15... c4 $142 $5 16. Nc1 h5 17. Bf3 h4 18. Qd2 Be7 $13) 16. dxc5 $1 Nxc5 17. Nd4 Be4 (17... Be7 18. a4 $16) (17... b5 $2 18. a4 $1 $18) 18. a4 { /\ a5 gaining space on the <<, there is no breakthrough on the other flank.} h4 19. a5 h3 (19... Be7 20. b4 Nd7 21. Qd2 $16) 20. g3 Bg2 {#} 21. Rf2 $5 (21. Re1 Be7) 21... Ne4 (21... Be7 22. Bf3 $14) 22. Rxg2 $1 {This is a nice positional exchange sacrifice changing the character of the game.} hxg2 23. Kxg2 Bc5 24. Bd3 {White has a nice ^^, a P and a rock-solid position for the exchange.} Qd7 25. Qf3 Bxd4 (25... f5 $2 26. exf6 e5 {gives no real attacking chances:} 27. Bxe4 Qh3+ 28. Kf2 dxe4 29. Qxe4 Qxh2+ 30. Kf3 Qh5+ 31. g4 Qh3+ 32. Ke2 Qxg4+ 33. Kd3 Bxd4 34. cxd4 Qe6 35. d5 Qxf6 36. fxe5 $16) 26. Bxd4 f5 $2 { This is the decisive mistake, but White had a very good compensation already.} (26... Qc6 27. h4 $44) (26... Nd2 27. Qd1 Nc4 28. Qc2 $44) (26... Nc5 27. Bc2 $44) 27. exf6 e5 28. Bxe4 $1 $18 {Black has some checks, but that's it.} Qh3+ 29. Kf2 Qxh2+ (29... dxe4 30. Qxe4 Qxh2+ 31. Kf3 Qh5+ 32. Ke3 $18 { and the K escapes.}) 30. Qg2 exd4 31. Bxg6+ Kf8 32. Re1 $1 d3 33. Bxd3 Rc6 34. Re5 $1 Rd6 35. Kf3 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rh6 37. g4 Rhxf6 38. f5 { The white connected passed pawns decide the battle.} Rf7 39. Kg3 b5 40. axb6 Rxb6 41. g5 Rd7 42. f6 d4 43. Bg6 Rb8 44. cxd4 Rxd4 45. Re7 Rdb4 46. Rf7+ Kg8 47. Rg7+ Kh8 48. Bf7 Rd4 49. Rg6 Rd3+ 50. Kg4 1-0 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.04"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2738"] [Annotator "Finkel,A"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 $5 {We shouldn't forget that Svidler was Kramnik's second in his recent match against Leko. We shouldn't also forget that Kramnik suffered a crushing defeat with White in Marshall attack in that match. I guess you can figure out the rest by yourself...} d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 {This move-order is considered to be the most principled way to meet Black's set up.} (16. Qe1 $5 Nf6 17. Nd2 Qh5 18. Qd1 Qxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Be7 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 $14 { Motylev,A-Tkachiev,V/Kazan 2005}) (16. Bxg5 $2 Qf5 $19) 16... Qxf1+ $5 { Svidler decides to deviate from the famous Kramnik-Leko game that we've mentioned earlier.} (16... Qh5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. a4 Qg6 $36 {Kramnik,V-Leko,P/Brissago 2004}) 17. Kxf1 Bf5 18. f3 { Diagram #} (18. Re1 Rae8 19. Be3 Bh3+ 20. Kg1 f5 21. Na3 f4 22. Bd2 Kg7 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Nc2 Bf5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Moraru,M-Florescu,C/Olanesti 1997}) (18. Nd2 $5 Rfe8 19. f3 g4 $2 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Rxe4 23. a4 $14 { Hotting,A-Elburg,J/IECG email 2002}) 18... h6 19. Nd2 $5 {An exchange sacrifice on e4 isn't a new idea in Marshall variation, but white's last move is a novelty.} (19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Kf2 a5 23. a3 Bd3 $44 {1/2-1/2 Peng Xiaomin-Grischuk,A/Shanghai 2001}) 19... Bxe4 20. fxe4 { White's got a pawn and a very strong centre for exchange. In my opinion the arising position is some kind of dynamic equality, but Black has moreobstacles to find the right pass, so I'd pick White if had I been offered the choice! That's the best of evaluation I can come with at this late hour!} Nc7 21. Kg2 ( {Nothing promised} 21. e5 Be7 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Kg2 f6 24. exf6 Bxf6 $11 { and Black is fine.}) 21... c5 $1 {Black needs open lines for his rooks, so his last move is perfectly logical in that sense.} 22. e5 Be7 23. Ne4 (23. dxc5 $6 Ne6 (23... Bxc5 $6 24. Ne4 Be7 25. h4 $14) 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. b4 Rf5 26. a4 Raf8 27. axb5 axb5 $36) 23... cxd4 24. cxd4 a5 25. Be3 $6 {Many commentators regarded this move with an exclaimation mark, but I think it's a dubious idea after which Black is the only one who can fight for advantage. It was better to play} (25. a3 $5 { even though Black doesn't face any problems in that case too:} a4 26. Ba2 Rfd8 (26... b4 27. axb4 Rab8 28. d5 Rxb4 29. Kf3 $14) 27. Be3 Nd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rc1 Rd7 30. Kf3 Rb8 $11) 25... a4 26. Bd1 Nd5 $6 (26... f6 $1 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Bf3 Rad8 $15) 27. Bf2 Rac8 28. Rb1 $1 {In certain lines the pawn on b2 is hanging so it's just the right moment to protect it since Black may hardly improve his position.} f6 (28... Rfd8 29. Be2 b4 30. Bd1 Nb6 31. g4 (31. d5 $2 Nxd5 32. Bxa4 f5 33. exf6 Nxf6 $15) 31... Rc7 32. Ng3 Rdc8 33. Nf5 Bf8 34. Bf3 $14) 29. exf6 Bxf6 (29... Nxf6 30. Nc3 b4 31. Nxa4 Ne4 32. Be3 $14) 30. Nd6 $1 $14 {From now on Black has to defend very carefully to keep the balance.} (30. Bg4 Rcd8 31. Nc5 Rd6 $11) 30... Rc6 (30... Rb8 31. Bf3 Ne7 32. Rd1 $1 Rfd8 33. Nb7 Rd7 34. Nc5 Rd6 35. Ne4 $14) 31. Nxb5 Rb6 32. Bxa4 Rfb8 33. Na3 Rxb2 { Diagram #} 34. Rxb2 $2 { Missing a chance to check out Black's defensive resourses after} (34. Bb3 $1 Rxb1 35. Nxb1 Kf8 36. Kf3 $14 {and White can play for a win.}) 34... Rxb2 $11 35. Nc4 (35. Bb3 $2 Bxd4 $15) 35... Rxa2 36. Bb3 Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Bxd4+ 38. Ne3 Bxe3+ 39. Kf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.03"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2763"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,D"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 g6 (16... Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 18. h4 $1 Bxh4 19. g3 {has been i n center of discussions lately. White sacrifices a pawn; next he will remove the b- and f-pawns from the second rank, clearing for his rook from a2 the way to the h-file. Leko's move is designed to avoid this variation.}) 17. O-O ({ Now after} 17. h4 {Black simply takes the pawn} Bxh4 {and comparing to the previous variation the king on g8 instead of h8, as well as White's knight still on c2 instead of e3 considerably slows down White's attacking potential.} ) (17. Nce3 Kg7 $5 18. h4 Bxh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Bh4+ 22. Kf1 Rh8 $5 23. b3 h5 24. Rg2 Kf8 25. Rd2 Kg7 26. Rg2 Kf8 27. Rd2 Kg7 { 1/2-1/2 Berescu,A (2439)-Khairullin,I (2517)/Warsaw POL 2005}) 17... Kh8 18. b4 {A logical continuation, creating a passed pawn on the b-file.} (18. Nce3 f5 $11) (18. Qe2 Bh6 19. Rd1 f5 $13) 18... axb4 ({On the next day Leko played} 18... Bd7 {but also failed to equalize completely:} 19. Qe2 axb4 20. Ncxb4 (20. cxb4 f5 $14) 20... Na5 21. Rfa1 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Rc8 23. Qe2 Rc5 24. Ra7 Be6 25. h3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2670)-Leko,P (2763)/San Luis 2005 (43)}) 19. cxb4 Be6 {This natural move is nicely refuted by Anand.} (19... f5 $142 { was necessary:} 20. exf5 (20. f3 Ne7 $13) (20. Qe2 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Bf5 22. Qe1 ( 22. Qe2 Bxc2 23. Qxc2 Nxb4 24. Nxb4 Rxb4 $15) 22... Be6 $13) 20... Bxf5 21. b5 Ne7 22. Ncb4 Qc8 $1 23. Qb3 (23. Be2 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Qc5 $132) (23. Nxe7 Qxc4) 23... Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Qc5 $13) 20. b5 Bxd5 (20... Ne7 21. Ncb4 Bxd5 (21... f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Ra7 $36) 22. Nxd5 $14 { 1-0 Korte,M (2220)-Siegmund,R (2130)/Arco 1998 (37)}) (20... Na5 21. Be2 f5 22. f3 Nb3 23. Ncb4 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 $16 (24. exd5 Nc1 25. Ra6 Be3+ 26. Kh1 Qh4 27. Nd3 Nxd3 28. g3 (28. Bxd3 Bf4 29. g3 Bxg3 30. Qe2 e4 $36) 28... Nf2+ 29. Rxf2 Qh6 $15) (24. Qxd5 Nc1 $40 { 1/2-1/2 Heymann,A-Siegmund,R (2142)/Leutersdorf 2000 (36)})) 21. exd5 $1 { Very concrete approach. White gives up square d5, but secures square c6 for his pieces. Taking with the piece on d5 would have offered Black more chances for counterplay.} (21. Bxd5 Ne7 22. Qd3 Qb6 23. Rb1 f5 $132) (21. Qxd5 Ne7 22. Qd3 f5 $132) 21... Na5 (21... Ne7 22. Nb4 Ra8 (22... Qc7 23. Nc6 Rb7 24. Qd3 Nc8 25. Ra8 Kg7 26. Rfa1 Nb6 27. R8a7 $16) 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Qa1 $5 $16) 22. Be2 {Thanks to his passed pawn and especially because Black cannot organize counterplay, White has a much easier game.} Ra8 (22... Qb6 23. Nb4 f5 24. Nc6 Nxc6 25. dxc6 $18) 23. Nb4 Nb7 24. Ra6 $1 {Now on c6 goes the rook.} ({After} 24. Nc6 Qc7 (24... Rxa2 25. Nxd8 Bxd8 $16) (24... Qb6 25. Ra6 $16) 25. Qa1 Rxa2 26. Qxa2 Nc5 27. Ra1 f5 28. Qa7 Bd8 {it is still not easy to win.}) 24... Nc5 ( 24... Rxa6 25. bxa6 Nc5 26. Nc6 Qb6 27. a7 $18) 25. Rc6 Ra4 26. Qb1 Qa5 27. Na6 {Anand takes maximul advantage of his passed pawn. The knight cannot be taken (that would create a very strong passed pawn on a6), which means that with his last move Anand chases away the very important defencive piece from c5. Moreover, from a6 the knight nicely supports the advance of the b-pawn.} Ne4 28. b6 $1 Qxd5 29. Qb5 $1 Qd4 (29... Qxb5 30. Bxb5 Ra5 31. Bd3 Nc5 32. Nxc5 Rxc5 (32... dxc5 33. b7 $18) 33. Rxd6 Rb8 34. Rb1 $16) 30. Rc4 {The Indian dmaster rightly feels that White should trade queens (in order to minimize Black's counterplay), but unfortunately for White, Black is just in time to escape.} (30. b7 {Incredibly, but this natural advance does not win:} Nxf2 $1 31. Qb6 (31. Rxf2 $2 Ra1+ 32. Bf1 Ra2 33. Qb6 Qxb6 34. Rxb6 Be3 35. b8=Q Rxb8 36. Rxb8+ Kg7 37. Kh1 Rxf2 38. Rb1 d5 $17) 31... Qxb6 32. Rxb6 Be3 33. b8=Q Rxb8 34. Rxb8+ Kg7 {and White cannot win:} 35. g3 (35. Rxf2 Ra1+ 36. Bf1 Ra2 $17) (35. Rbb1 Ra2 36. Bc4 (36. Rbe1 $2 Nd3+ 37. Kh1 Nxe1 38. Rxe1 Bf2 $19) 36... Ne4+ (36... Rd2 $5) 37. Kh1 Nf2+ $11) 35... Ra2 $1 36. Kg2 Ne4 (36... Rxe2 37. Kf3 Ra2 38. Nb4 (38. Kxe3 $2 Ng4+ $19) 38... Rb2 39. Kxe3 Ng4+ 40. Kd3 $16) 37. Kf3 Ba7 38. Kxe4 f5+ $1 (38... Bxb8 39. Rxf7+ $1 Kg8 (39... Kxf7 40. Bc4+ $18) 40. Rf2 $18) 39. Kd3 e4+ 40. Kc3 Bxb8 41. Bc4 Rxh2 42. Nxb8 Rg2 { is probably a draw}) ({Correct was to try trading queens with} 30. Qd3 $1 Qb2 $8 (30... Qxd3 31. Bxd3 Nc5 32. Nxc5 dxc5 33. b7 Rb4 34. Rb1 $18) 31. Qc2 (31. Rb1 Ra1 32. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 33. Bf1 f5 $13 34. b7 $140 $2 Qb2 $19) (31. g3 $16 f5 $140 32. Qb5 Qd4 33. b7 {and} Nxf2 {doesn't work because of the simple} 34. b8=Q $18) 31... Qd4 $1 (31... Ra2 32. Qxe4 Qxe2 33. Qxe2 Rxe2 34. Rb1 $18) 32. Qd1 $1 $16) 30... Rxc4 31. Qxc4 Nc3 $1 (31... Qxc4 32. Bxc4 Nc5 33. Rb1 Nxa6 34. Bxa6 Rb8 35. b7 $16 d5 36. Rb5) 32. Bd3 Qxc4 33. Bxc4 d5 34. Bxd5 (34. Bd3 $2 e4 35. Bc2 d4 $132) (34. Bb3 e4 35. b7 Bf4 36. Ra1 Kg7 37. Nb4 d4 $1 (37... Rb8 38. Bxd5 $16) 38. Ra8 d3 $13) 34... Nxd5 35. b7 e4 $1 36. b8=Q (36. Rb1 $2 Bf4) 36... Rxb8 37. Nxb8 e3 38. fxe3 Bxe3+ 39. Kh1 Kg7 $11 40. Nc6 h5 41. Rd1 Nf6 42. Rb1 Ng4 43. g3 Bg5 44. Kg2 Bf6 45. Re1 Nh6 46. Kf3 Nf5 47. Rd1 Nh6 48. h3 Nf5 49. Rd7 Kf8 50. Na5 Nd4+ 51. Kg2 Nf5 52. Nc4 Kg7 53. g4 hxg4 54. hxg4 Ne7 55. Nd6 Be5 56. Ne4 Ng8 57. g5 Kf8 58. Rb7 f6 59. Nc5 Ke8 60. Nd3 Bd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.10.01"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne3 O-O 16. Be2 (16. c3 d5 17. Be2 Ng6 18. O-O Nf4 19. Bg4 Qe7 20. Re1 Ne5 21. Be2 Rad8 22. Ng4 Nc6 {0-1 Cheparinov,I-Sakaev,K/Dos Hermanas 2003/ (42)}) 16... Qe7 (16... d5 17. O-O Ng6 18. c4 Nd4 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Bg4 Nf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. Qd3 Qd6 23. Rad1 {1-0 Shirov,A-Gelfand,B/Monte Carlo 2000/ (40)}) 17. O-O Rad8 18. Bh5 $5 $146 {Kasimdzhanov has done his homework and is well informed about the nuicances of the position. His new move strives to prevent relocation of the black knight to f4 square.} (18. c4 Ng6 19. Qd2 Nf4 20. Rab1 Qf7 {1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,S-Sakaev,K/Moscow 2003/}) 18... Kh8 19. Re1 d5 20. a4 Nc4 $6 {This hasty move fails to solve the problems of the position. Much better results could have been achieved with the fine manouver of the knight 20... Nd7!?} (20... Nd7 $5 21. Ng4 (21. c3 Be5 $1) (21. Nxd5 Qc5 22. Ne3 Nf6 23. Qe2 Nd4 $19) 21... Nc5 (21... Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bc3 23. Rxb7 Bxe1 24. Qxe1 e5 25. Nxh6 $14) 22. c3 e5 $13) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. Qg4 Qb4 (22... Nd4 23. c3 Nc2 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Qxe6 Nxa1 26. Be5 Bxe5 27. Qxe5+ $18) 23. Qxe6 Rd2 (23... Nd4 24. Qe4 Qxb2 25. Be5 Bxe5 26. Qxe5+ Kg8 27. Rab1 Qxc2 28. Rxb7 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 $18) ( 23... Qxb2 24. Qxc4 Qc3 25. Qe6 $16) 24. Rad1 (24. c3 Qxb2 25. Be8 Rdxf2 26. Bxf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 $16) 24... Nd4 (24... Rxc2 25. Bf3 Rd2 26. Bd6 $16) 25. Qe4 (25. Bd6 Qb6 26. Qd7 Rdxf2 (26... Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxf3 30. Bc5 Rxh3+ 31. Qxh3 Qxc5 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Qe6 $18) 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Kh1 $16) 25... Nf5 26. Be5 $1 {Anand suffers due to the vulnerability of his king, the exchange of the bishops will expose him wide open.} Rxf2 27. Bf3 (27. Kxf2 Qc5+ 28. Ke2 Bxe5 29. Rd5 Ng3+ 30. Kd1 Nxe4 31. Rxc5 Rd8+ 32. Kc1 Bf4+ 33. Kb1 Nxc5 $19) 27... Rd2 (27... Qb6 28. a5 Qa7 29. Kh1 $16) 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 ( 28... Nxg7 29. Rxd2 Qxd2 30. Rd1 Qa5 31. Qxc4 $16) 29. Qe5+ (29. Rxd2 Qxd2 30. Qe5+ Rf6 31. Bxb7 $16) 29... Rf6 30. a5 $6 $138 (30. Rxd2 Qxd2 31. Bxb7 $16) 30... Nh4 $2 {Both mistakes are closely related to the time trouble, white will somehow manage to find a fine refutation.} (30... b5 31. axb6 Qxb6+ 32. Kh1 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 $16) 31. Qc7+ Rf7 32. Qe5+ Rf6 33. Bh5 $1 Ng6 {Modest and essary, since otherwise black king would suffer indignity of beeing mated.} ( 33... Rxg2+ 34. Kh1 Rd2 35. Rxd2 Qxd2 36. Qc7+ Kg8 37. Re8+ Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qf7#) 34. Bxg6 Rxd1 (34... Kxg6 35. Qe8+ Rf7 36. Qg8+ Kf6 37. Qh8+ $18) 35. Rxd1 Kxg6 36. Qe4+ Kg7 (36... Kf7 37. Rd7+ Kf8 38. Qe5 $18) 37. Rd7+ Kg8 (37... Rf7 38. Qe5+ Kg8 39. Rd8+ Rf8 40. Qe6+ Kg7 41. Rd7+ $18) 38. Qh7+ 1-0 [Event "FIDE-Wch"] [Site "San Luis"] [Date "2005.09.30"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2719"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2005.09.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.01.31"] {A great game. No matter how many improvements for Black we'll find afterwards, facing Anand's surprising novelty in a practical game was very tough and 23. Qd2! creates a lasting impression. Especially in a psychological sense, as up to move 27 Anand hardly spent any time at all!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 {The Zaitsev was thoroughly tested already in the K-K matches, White chooses the most principled continuation, which is just as sharp, as the most complex Sicilians.} ({ A less committal strategic alternative is} 13. d5 { , blockading the [+]. Even here White can fight for an edge:} Nb8 (13... Ne7 $143 14. c4 bxc4 15. Nxc4 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Be3 $36 (17. a5 $5 $36)) 14. c4 ({Jansa's move} 14. Qe2 {is well met by the P-sacrifice} Nbd7 $1 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qxb5 Nc5 $44 {/\} 18. Bc2 Ba6 19. Qa5 Bd3 $11) { More critical and consistent is} 14... c6 (14... bxc4 15. Nxc4 $1 (15. Bxc4 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. b3 Nbd7 {/\Qb6-b7,d5<=>}) 15... c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. Bd2 Nbd7 19. Na5 Rab8 $5 (19... Nc5 20. b4 $1 $14 {/+/-,/\} Ncxe4 $6 21. Rc1 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 Rac8 23. Bf5 $16) 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Bc3 (21. b4 $6 d5 $13 { <=>}) 21... Nc5 $14 {<=> gives Black counterplay, but nevertheless White's position is more appealing.}) 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. cxb5 $5 cxd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 $5 (18... Nxd5 19. Ne4 Nf6 ({Safer than} 19... Nb4 $6 20. Bg5 $1 Qd7 21. Bxh6 $1 d5 22. Bd2 Nd3 23. Nfg5 Qf5 {Svidler,P-Grischuk,A/Panormo/2001/} 24. Qh5 $1 Nxe1 25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Qxe8 fxg5 28. Bxe1 $18) 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Nh2 (21. Bd5 $14 {Svidler}) 21... Nd7 22. Ng4 Qh4 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 h5 25. Ne3 Nf6 26. Qc6 Rb8 27. Nc4 d5 28. Qc7 Re8 29. Nxe5 $16 { Haznedaroglu,K-Dervishi,E/Calvia olm/2004/}) 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Nc4 (20. Ne4 Nb4 $5 21. Nc3 Nd7 $13 {Svidler}) 20... Nf6 $142 $5 {<=>[+]} (20... Nb6 21. Nxb6 ( 21. Nfxe5 Qc7 $1 $11) 21... Qxb6 22. Qd5 Nd7 23. Be3 Qb8 {Svidler evaluates this position as unclear, but a later game didn't confirm this:} 24. Rc1 $1 Nf6 25. Qb3 Qb7 (25... d5 $5 26. Rc6 $36 { and the o^ seems far more dangerous, than Black's [+]P.}) 26. b6 Nd5 27. Qb5 $1 Rb8 28. Rc6 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Qd7 30. e4 $1 $16 {Sudakova,I-Pisakov,I/Russia/2002/} ) 21. Be3 $13) 13... exd4 {Black also chooses the most complex continuation.} ( {Manoeuvring in the Breyer spirit is solid, but rather passive:} 13... Nb8 14. Bd3 c6 15. Nf1 Nbd7 16. Ng3 $14 {()}) 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 $5 {The position resembles a Benoni rather than a Ruy Lopez, as both sides are playing on opposite flanks, the tension will rise very fast. The text-move was played by Karpov already in 1986, 4 years later he started to prefer the even more double-edged} (17... f5 {Black wants to break up White's [+] even at the cost of weakening his >>, this position is topical even nowadays. White's best is the flexible} 18. Nh2 $1 {/\Re3,Rf3,Rg3} Nf6 19. Rf3 (19. Rg3 Qd7 $5 {Beliavsky,/\Qf7~~}) 19... Re5 20. Rxf5 Rxf5 21. exf5 Bxd5 22. Ng4 Ra7 $5 { Another idea by Beliavsky, but it hasn't been tested too extensively yet.} ( 22... Bf7 23. Ne4 Nxg4 24. Qxg4 d5 { allows the extremely dangerous piece sacrifice} 25. f6 $1 h5 26. Qf5 (26. Qf4 $5) 26... Qc8 27. Qg5 $5 dxe4 28. fxg7 Bxg7 29. Bxe4 $44 {>^-}) 26... Re7 {Morozevich,A-Beliavsky,A/Hyderabad/2002/} (26... Qf6 27. Re6 Qd4 $132 { Beliavsky}) 27. Re6 Rxe6 28. fxe6 Qf6 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bd2 Nc6 $13 {Wedberg}) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Qb6 $5 {Adams has never played the Zaitsev with Black before, so he has obviously prepared this rare and risky move at home. However, Anand knew more and was still moving fast...} (19... Ne5 $6 {is inferior due to } 20. Rxa8 $1 Qxa8 21. Nxb5 Qa5 (21... Rc8 22. Nf3 $1 Ned3 23. Rf1 Qa1 24. Bd2 $1 Qxb2 25. Bc3 Qb3 26. Qd2 Qa4 27. Nfd4 $16 {Shirov,A-Lekic,D/Neum/2002/}) 22. Na3 Ba6 23. Re3 Qc5 24. Rc3 Ned3 25. Bxd3 Nxd3 26. Qf3 Ne5 27. Qe2 $14 { Anand,V-Kamsky,G/Las Palmas (7)/1995/ Black is tied down to the defence of the Pc4 and he doesn't have sufficient compensation for the P.}) ({ Karpov's choice from 1986 was} 19... Rxa3 20. bxa3 Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3 { and this still seems playable:} {Later White started to prefer} 22. Re3 { Black's best is the energetic} (22. Bb2 Qa5 23. Nf5 (23. Re3 Ne5 {/\Nc4}) 23... g6 $5 (23... Ne5 $6 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Nb3 Qb6 26. Qxd3 Ra8 27. Rc1 $1 $36 { Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/WCh London/Leningrad (14)/1986/}) 24. Nb3 Qa4 25. Qxd3 Ne5 $1 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. f4 Re8 28. Ng3 Bg7 $44 {^^}) 22... Ne5 23. N4f3 f5 $5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Bb2 Re7 $1 (25... Re8 $6 26. Qb3 fxe4 27. Nxe4 Qa8 28. Qxb5 $16 { /\Nf6,>} 35. Ke3 gxh3 36. gxh3 Bg5+ 37. Kxd3 Kxg6 $14 {/<=> ^^,Kristensen, S-Alvarez Villar,H/corr. 2000/ Black managed to hold this _|_ thanks to his ^^ and the greatly reduced material. However, a line, in which the maximum is a draw after accurate defence throughout the whole game, is understandably rather unattractive.}) 20. Nf5 Ne5 ({Black must allow the R to the >>:} 20... Rxa3 $2 21. bxa3 Nd3 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 24. Qg4+ $16 {On the other hand, once the Ra3 leaves its post, Ra1 becomes an important resource.}) ({ A possible alternative is} 20... g6 {and now:} 21. Nf1 $5 {/\Qd2,><>> Despite the exchange of all R Black must still defend his K with care.} ( 25. Ng3 $5 $44)) 21. Rg3 g6 $8 (21... Kh7 $2 22. Nf3 Nbd3 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Bxd3 Nxd3 25. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 26. Ng5+ $1 Kg6 27. Qh5+ $3 { 1-0,Marcinkiewicz,A-Zundel,W/corr. 2002/} Kxh5 28. Nh7 $1 Qxe1+ 29. Kh2 $18 { It's easy to overlook this even in an e-mail game and such fantastic tactics make the whole line very dangerous for Black.}) 22. Nf3 Ned3 {Nearly everybody played like this, but one feels that deserting the >> (started already with 19. ..Qb6!?) is fraught with danger.} ({Interesting is} 22... Nbd3 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Nxe5 $5 Qxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Nxe1 26. Nd7 $44 {~~->}) 23. Qd2 $1 $146 {Anand prepared this blow for Kamsky already 10 years ago and it hit the innocent Adams by ricochet. White's concentration of forces on the >> will be even more dangerous, if his Q manages to join in.} ({Until now mostly correspondence players tried 19...Qb6!? and the text-move never entered anyone's mind (or computer screen!). Previous practice saw} 23. Be3 Qd8 $1 (23... Qc7 $2 24. N3h4 $1 Kh7 25. Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 26. Nxh6 Nxe1 27. N6f5 $40 {/\Qd2}) 24. Nxh6+ (24. N3h4 Kh7 $17 {and White has no obvious follow-up.}) (24. Bd4 Nxe1 25. Qxe1 Ra1 $17) (24. Bxh6 Nxe1 {/\Ra1-/+}) 24... Bxh6 25. Bxh6 Qf6 $13 ({The greedy} 25... Nxe1 $5 {is possibly even stronger.})) 23... Bxd5 $2 {Adams realized he was trapped in his opponent's analysis, so after long thought he tries disconcert White with an unexpected counterblow. However, his luck fails him - although it's very difficult to foresee, the text-move loses more or less by force.} ({ It was necessary to enter the wild tactical labyrinth with the consistent and materialistic} 23... Nxe1 $5 {More complex and dangerous is the quiet} 24. Nxe1 $5 ({Black holds in the long line} 24. N3h4 Nbd3 25. Bxd3 (25. Nxh6+ $2 Bxh6 26. Qxh6 Qxf2+ 27. Kh2 Ne5 $1 $19 {/\} 28. Nxg6 N5f3+ 29. Rxf3 Qxg2#) 25... Nxd3 26. Nxh6+ Bxh6 (26... Kh7 $6 27. Nxf7 $44 {->}) 27. Qxh6 Qxf2+ 28. Kh2 Nxc1 29. Nf5 $5 (29. Nxg6 Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 fxg6 $11) 29... Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 gxf5 31. exf5 Ne2+ 32. Kh2 Nd4 33. f6 Nf5 34. Qg5+ Kh7 35. Qxf5+ Kh6 36. Qd7 (36. h4 Re5 37. Qg4 Bxd5 38. Qg7+ Kh5 39. Kh3 Re3+ 40. g3 Be6+ 41. Kg2 Re5 42. Kf3 Rf5+ 43. Kg2 Re5 $11 {with repetition.}) 36... Bxd5 37. Qxd6 Kg6 (37... Rad8 $2 38. Qf4+ Kg6 39. h4 $18) (37... Be4 38. Qg3 Rg8 39. Qe3+ Kg6 $11 { is similar to 37...Kg6.}) 38. Qxd5 Kxf6 $11 {_|_ After the exchange of the <

breaks through via g6.}) 26. Bc2 (26. Nxh6+ $2 Bxh6 27. Qxh6 Rxe1+ 28. Kh2 Rxc1 $1 29. Qxc1 (29. Bxg6 $4 Rh1#) 29... Qxf2 $17) 26... Qa5 $13 {/=/+ }) 25... Bxh6 26. Qxh6 Ra1 $142 {-24...Ra1} (26... Re7 $6 27. Bd2 $1 Ra1 (27... Rae8 28. e5 $1 $40) 28. exd5 (28. Rxg6+ fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Rg7 $11) 28... Rxb1 29. Rxg6+ fxg6 30. Qxg6+ Rg7 (30... Kh8 $2 31. Bc3+ $18) 31. Qxb1 Bxd5 32. Bh6 $14 {/+/-} ({or} 32. Bc3 { wins back the exchange and gives White very good winning chances.}))) 25. Nxh6+ Bxh6 (25... Kg7 $2 26. Rf3 $1 {->>> even a R down.} Ned3 {This loses quickly.} ( {Somewhat more stubborn, but still insufficient was} 27... Ra7 28. Nf5 $1 (28. Nxg6 $2 Qxg3+ $1 29. Kxg3 fxg6 $13 {/\} 30. Qxg6+ $4 Rg7) 28... Qxg3+ 29. Kxg3 gxf5 30. Qf6 $1 Re6 (30... f4+ 31. Bxf4 Kh7 32. Bg5 $1 $18 {/\Qh6,Bf6}) 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. exf5 $1 $18 {/\} Ree7 33. Bh6+ $1 Kxh6 34. Qh8+ Kg5 35. h4#) ( 27... Re6 28. exd5 Rf6 29. Bg5 $18 {> >>} (11... Be7 { is not so aggressive.} 12. Be2 O-O 13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd7 { is a drawish line.} 15. Bf4 Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 Kurajica-Zelcic, Solin 1998})) (9. h3 Bh5 10. c3 e6 {- 9.c3}) 9... e6 10. c3 (10. Qe2 {/\ 0-0-0} Bd6 (10... Qa5+ $5 { against 0-0-0 deserved attention.}) 11. O-O-O Qc7 { /\ 0-0-0 and the position remains balanced.} 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. h3 Bh5 14. c4 Kb8 15. g4 Bg6 $11 {V.Kotov-Sargissian, Bor 2000}) 10... Bd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 (12. O-O O-O $11) 12... Qa5 $1 {fighting against 0-0-0} 13. a4 $6 { This is a highly unusual plan.} (13. O-O O-O $11 { acknowledging that White has nothing was wiser.}) 13... O-O 14. Qc2 $2 { White pushes it too hard. The plan with 0-0-0 doesn't look healthy at all.} ( 14. O-O Rfe8 $11 {/\ e5}) 14... Bxf3 { corrupting White's P structure, there is no -> on the g <->.} 15. gxf3 Qh5 16. O-O-O $5 {This was the main idea, but the white K is more exposed because of the weakening a4 move.} (16. Qe2 Nd5 $15) 16... Nd5 $142 { Black immediately goes for a counterattack.} (16... Qxf3 { White certainly doesn't bother with the weak P.} 17. Kb1 $1 (17. Rdg1 Bf4 $1) 17... Rfe8 (17... Bf4 $2 {is already met by} 18. Be2 $1) 18. Rdg1 e5 (18... Kh8 19. Be2 Qf5 20. Bd3 Qa5 21. Bg5 Nd7 22. Bxh7 g6 23. h4 Kxh7 (23... Qf5 24. h5 $1 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Kxh7 26. hxg6+ $16) 24. h5 Kg8 25. hxg6 f6 26. Rh7 fxg5 27. Rxd7 (27. Rgh1 $2 Nf6) 27... Rad8 28. Rf7 Re7 29. Qe2 g4 30. Qxg4 $40) 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bh6 $13) 17. Kb1 b5 $1 {opening up the lines against the white K.} ( 17... Qxf3 {is again useless.} 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Nxe3 20. Bxf3 (20. fxe3 Qxe3) 20... Nxc2 21. Kxc2 a5 $11) 18. Rdg1 f6 {defending against Rg5.} (18... Nxe3 $6 {doesn't loook logical, the N is excellent on d5.} 19. fxe3 bxa4 20. f4 ) 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Bc1 (20. Qe2 Rfe8) 20... Rab8 {Black's attacking chances on the << look more realistic than White's on the other flank.} 21. Qe2 Rfe8 22. Qe4 (22. Rg4 $5) 22... Kh8 (22... f5 23. Qe2) 23. h4 (23. Qg4 Qf7 24. Qh4 ( 24. Rg2 f5 25. Qh4 a5 26. Rhg1 Rg8 $17) (24. f4 f5 25. Qf3 a5 $17) 24... f5 $17 ) 23... f5 $1 24. Qe2 Qf7 {bringing back the Q towards the <<.} 25. Rg2 Bf4 $1 {Black has a rock-solid position on the >>, g7 can easily be defended.} (25... e5 $5) 26. Rhg1 Rg8 (26... Bxc1 $2 {allows the nice zwischenzug} 27. Rxg7 $1 Qf6 28. Kxc1 e5 29. Bxb5 Nf4 30. Qc4 $18) 27. Be3 { The B is not very impressive here...} Qd7 28. Qd2 (28. h5 Bd6) 28... Bd6 { Now Black can avoid already the exchange of the bad B.} 29. Bc2 Qb7 $1 { /\ b4-b3} (29... a5) 30. Bg5 (30. Qd3 b4 31. c4 b3 $1 { and Black's -> crashes through.} (31... Nc3+ 32. Kc1 $1 (32. bxc3 b3 $17)) 32. Bd1 Nf4 33. Bxf4 Bxf4 34. Qc3 a5 $1 35. h5 a4 $19) 30... b4 31. c4 {#} b3 $1 $19 {This is the point, White is helpless against the threats on the <<.} 32. Bd3 (32. cxd5 bxc2+ 33. Qxc2 Qxd5 $19) (32. Bxb3 Qxb3 33. cxd5 Ba3 $19) 32... Bb4 33. Qe2 Qa6 34. Bh6 (34. Kc1 Rgc8 $19) 34... Nc3+ $1 {The nice finish!} 35. bxc3 Bxc3 36. Kc1 Qa3+ 37. Kd1 Qa1+ 38. Bc1 b2 39. Qe3 Bxd4 40. Qd2 bxc1=Q+ 41. Qxc1 Qa2 0-1 [Event "Mainz CCM5 m"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2005.08.14"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2720"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2005.08.11"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Nb3 Na5 9. Nxa5 Qxa5 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bd3 Qb6 15. Bc3 d5 16. a5 Qa7 17. b4 Rc8 18. Qd2 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Bd6 20. Kf1 O-O 21. Re1 Rc8 22. Qd2 g6 23. Qf2 Qb8 24. Rb1 Qc7 25. g4 h5 26. h3 Bg3 27. Qd4 Be5 28. Qe3 Bf4 29. Qd4 Be5 30. Qe3 d4 31. Qe2 h4 32. Kg2 Bf4 33. Qf2 Qd8 34. Rhe1 Bg3 35. Qd2 Bxe1 36. Rxe1 Qd6 37. Qf2 Kg7 38. Qxh4 Qxb4 39. Rxe6 fxe6 40. Qg5 Qd6 41. Qxg6+ Kf8 42. Qf6+ Ke8 43. h4 Kd7 44. h5 Rf8 45. Qg7+ Kc6 46. Be4+ Kb5 47. h6 1-0 [Event "Mainz CCM5 m"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2005.08.14"] [Round "8"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Annotator "Lukacs,P"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2005.08.11"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.14"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 Qb6 5. Qc1 {This is a quiet, positional plan where White simply wants to maintain his space advantage.} e6 6. c4 { White wants to make profit from the vulnerable b6 Q.} dxc4 (6... Ne7 { - Shirov-Genov, Plovdiv 2003 CBM 98}) (6... Bxb1 { - Kasparov-Jobava, Rethymnon 2003 CBM 98}) 7. Nd2 (7. Bxc4 Be4 { Black has to keep control over the vital blockading square d5.} (7... Bxb1 { doesn't look healthy again.} 8. Rxb1 Bb4+ 9. Ke2 (9. Kf1 { frees the /^ d1-h5, which will be important!} Qd8 10. Qd1 {/\ Qg4} b5 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. a3 Ba5 13. Qg4 Kf8 14. h4 { White uses "French" motifs to organize an -> on the >>.} Nd7 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Rh3 h5 18. Qf3 Rb8 19. b4 Bc7 20. Ne2 $16 { Conquest-Chipanga, Coventry 2005}) 9... Qd8 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Bd2 h6 {(Meszaros-Eperjesi, FSIM Budapest 2003)} 15. Re1 $14) ( 7... Ne7 8. Ne2 Qd8 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Nc3 Nf5 { Black has to blockade not only the d5 square, but the f5 one as well.} 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Rd1 h6 15. Bh4 Qb4 16. Be2 g5 17. Bg3 $14 { Shirov-Anand, Monte Carlo 2005}) 8. f3 Bd5 9. Bd3 (9. Bxd5 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 cxd5 { The exchange of the light-squared B helps usually for Black.} 11. a3 Nd7 12. Nge2 Ne7 13. Bf2 Nc6 14. O-O Be7 15. f4 g6 $13 { Kosintseva-Chiburdanidze, Krasnoturinsk 2005}) 9... Na6 $13) 7... Qa5 $5 { fighting against Nxc4} (7... Qd8 8. Bxc4 Ne7 $13 { fighting for the total blockade of >< d5.}) (7... Bb4 8. Ngf3 Ne7 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Qa5 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nc4 { The exchange of the dark-squared B weakened >< d6.} Qc7 15. b4 $14 { Fluvia Poyatos-Garcia Luque, Burgos 2003}) (7... Qc7 8. Bxc4 Ne7 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. Ng3 Nb6 (10... Bg6) 11. Nxf5 Nxf5 12. Bd3 { White is not afraid of exchanging his bad e3 B.} O-O-O 13. Bxf5 (13. Nb3 { keeps the d3 B, but loses the |^.} Bb4+ 14. Ke2 Nd5 $13 { Berthelot-Beikert, Vandoeuvre 2005}) 13... exf5 14. O-O Nd5 15. Nf3 $13) 8. Bxc4 Ne7 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. O-O Nd5 11. Ng3 (11. Nb3) 11... Bg6 12. h4 $5 { White wants to gain space on the >>.} (12. Nb3 Qd8 { and Black can blockade the vital d5 and f5 squares.}) 12... h6 13. h5 Bh7 14. a3 Qd8 15. Nf3 {The h7 B is very strong, White has to exchange it.} Be7 16. Rd1 Rc8 {/\ c5} 17. Bd3 c5 { Black changes the favourable P structure in order to activate his pieces.} ( 17... Bxd3 18. Rxd3 O-O 19. Ne4 f5 $5 $132 { was the other plan keeping the good P structure, the isolani alive.}) 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxh7 {Now a big tactical skirmish begins.} (19. Bxc5 Bxd3 20. b4 (20. Rxd3 Nxc5) 20... Nxc5 21. bxc5 Bh7 22. Qb2 O-O $11 { and Black's light pieces are ideally posted.}) 19... Bxe3 20. Qb1 Bf4 $1 21. Ne2 (21. Be4 Bxg3 22. fxg3 Ne3 23. Rd4 Qb6 $13) 21... Nxe5 22. Nxf4 Nxf3+ 23. Kf1 Nh2+ (23... Qh4 $5 24. Nxd5 Nh2+ $5 (24... Ng5 25. Nb6 axb6 26. Qd3 $11) 25. Kg1 $1 (25. Ke1 Ng4) 25... Ng4 26. Rd2 Rc5 $1 (26... Qh2+ $2 27. Kf1 exd5 28. Qf5 Rd8 29. Re1+ Kf8 30. Qxg4 Rxh7 31. Qb4+ $18) (26... exd5 $2 27. Qf5 Rd8 (27... Qh2+ 28. Kf1 {- 26...Qf2}) 28. Qf4 $16) 27. Qe4 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxf2+ $11 {and draw by perpetual checks.}) (23... Ng5 24. Bf5 (24. Be4 O-O) 24... O-O ( 24... Rc5 $5 25. b4 Rb5 26. Bd3 Rb6 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Bc4 O-O 29. Bxd5 $11) 25. Nxd5 exf5 26. Qxf5 Ne6 $11) 24. Ke1 $5 {White pushes it too hard.} (24. Kg1 $1 {was safer and a draw by repetition of moves may arise.} Nf3+ (24... Qh4 25. Nxd5 Ng4 {- 23...Qh4}) (24... Ng4 25. Nxd5 Qh4 {- 23...Qh4}) 25. Kf1 Qh4 26. Nxd5 Nh2+ {- 23...Qh4}) 24... Qe7 25. Qe4 Nf6 (25... Rxh7 $1 $17 { was simple and strong.}) 26. Qa4+ Kf8 { Black's main problem is the lack of the connection between his rooks.} 27. Rac1 Ra8 $5 {Black gives up the c <-> but defends the back rank.} (27... Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rxh7 29. Rc8+ Ne8 30. Ng6+ $1 fxg6 31. hxg6 Rh8 32. Qf4+ Qf6 33. Qd6+ Qe7 34. Qf4+ $11 {and White gives again perpetual checks.}) 28. Bb1 Nhg4 (28... e5 $6 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 $16) (28... Kg8 29. Qb4 $1 Qxb4+ (29... Qe8 30. Rc7) 30. axb4 e5 31. Nd5 Nxh5 32. Rc7 $44 {The black pieces lack any coordination.}) 29. Qb4 $1 { White's rooks can penetrate on the seventh rank after the exchange of queens.} Qxb4+ 30. axb4 e5 31. Nd5 Nxh5 (31... Rb8 32. Nxf6 Nxf6 33. Rc7 {/\ Ba2 >< f7}) 32. Rc7 {Black is two pawns up, but the white pieces are very active.} g6 ( 32... g5 $5) 33. Ne3 (33. Ba2 $5) 33... Nxe3 34. fxe3 Kg7 $1 (34... Nf6 35. Ba2 Rh7 36. Ke2 {and Black is almost paralyzed!} Re8 37. Rxb7 (37. Rf1 $2 Re7 $1) 37... Re7 38. Rd8+ Ne8 (38... Re8 39. Rxe8+ Kxe8 40. Rxa7) 39. Rxe7 Kxe7 40. Ra8 $16 {creating a dangerous o^.}) 35. Rdd7 { The absolut rule over the seventh rank!} Rhf8 36. Ba2 {#} Rac8 $2 (36... Kf6 $1 {activating the K and leaving the death zone was the best practical chance.} 37. Rxb7 (37. Bxf7 Kf5 38. Rxb7 Nf6 $13) 37... Kf5 38. Rxf7+ (38. Rxa7 Rxa7 39. Rxa7 Rb8 40. Rxf7+ Nf6 $13) 38... Rxf7 39. Rxf7+ Nf6 40. b5 Kg5 41. Rg7 h5 42. Ke2 Rb8 $13) 37. Rxb7 Rc1+ (37... Rc2 38. Bxf7 (38. Rxf7+ Rxf7 39. Rxf7+ Kh8 40. Bd5 Rxb2) 38... Rxb2 39. g4 (39. Be8+ Kf6 40. Rd6+ Kg5 41. Rxg6+ Kf5 42. Rxh6 Rxe8 43. Rxh5+ Ke4) 39... Nf6 (39... Ng3 $2 40. g5 $1) 40. Rdc7 $1 (40. Re7 Kh8 41. Bxg6 Rc8 $132) 40... g5 41. Bc4+ Kh8 42. b5 $36) (37... Kf6 38. Bxf7 Kf5 39. Rd6 $16) 38. Kd2 Rf1 (38... Rg1 39. Rxf7+ Rxf7 40. Rxf7+ Kh8 41. Bd5 $16) 39. Rxa7 { Now the strong b o^ will decide the battle, Black's >> pawns are worthless.} Ng3 (39... Rf2+ 40. Kc3 g5 41. b5 $16) 40. Bd5 Rf2+ 41. Kc3 Nf1 (41... e4 42. b5 $18) 42. Kd3 Rd2+ 43. Ke4 Rf2 44. b5 h5 45. Rxf7+ $1 { The b o^ will be a queen soon.} 1-0 [Event "Mainz CCM5 m"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2005.08.13"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2720"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2005.08.11"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. e5 d5 5. d4 Bg4 6. dxc5 e6 7. Be2 Bxc5 8. Nd4 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 Bf5 10. Qf4 Bxc2 11. Qg3 Bg6 12. h4 h5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bg5 Nge7 15. Rfd1 Nf5 16. Qh3 Qb6 17. Bd3 Nfe7 18. Rac1 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Ng6 20. Na4 Qb4 21. Nc5 Ncxe5 22. Qe2 Qb5 23. Qxb5+ axb5 24. Nxb7 O-O 25. a3 Rfb8 26. Nc5 Rc8 27. f4 Nc4 28. f5 Nxb2 29. Rf1 exf5 30. Rxf5 f6 31. Bd2 Ne5 32. Bb4 Nbc4 33. Nb3 Ne3 34. Rxc8+ Rxc8 35. Rf2 Rc2 36. Rd2 N5c4 37. Rxc2 Nxc2 38. Bc5 d4 39. Bxd4 Nxd4 40. Nxd4 Nxa3 41. Kf2 b4 42. Ke3 Nc4+ 43. Kd3 Nb6 44. Ne2 Kh7 45. Nf4 Kh6 46. Kd4 Nd7 47. Nd5 b3 48. Kc3 Nc5 49. Kb2 g5 0-1 [Event "Mainz CCM5 m"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2005.08.13"] [Round "5"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2005.08.11"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.14"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. b4 e5 15. Qb3 N5f6 16. Bb1 Qb8 17. Rfd1 Rde8 18. Nc3 exd4 19. exd4 c5 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. d5 Bxd5 22. Qxb8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz CCM5 m"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2005.08.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2720"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2005.08.11"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Qc7 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Nd4 Be7 12. g4 O-O 13. h4 b5 14. h5 b4 15. Nb1 Nexg4 16. Bg3 Qc5 17. h6 g6 18. Nb3 Qe3 19. Bxd6 Rd8 20. Bxe7 Rxd2 21. N1xd2 Nf2 22. Bc5 Nxd1 23. Bxe3 Nxe3 24. Na5 Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Mainz CCM5 m"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2005.08.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2788"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2005.08.11"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.14"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. b4 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 c6 13. a5 b5 14. a6 Bc8 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. e4 Bxa6 17. e5 Bb7 18. h4 Rfe8 19. h5 Nf8 20. Ra5 Ne6 21. Be3 a6 22. Qd2 Rf8 23. Bb1 Qd8 24. g3 f5 25. Ng5 Re8 26. Kg2 Bc8 27. Rh1 Ra7 28. f3 Bf8 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Ra1 Qe7 31. Rh7 Bg7 32. Bc2 a5 33. bxa5 c5 34. dxc5 d4 35. Bf4 Nxg5 36. Bxg5 Qxc5 37. Rah1 Qxe5 38. Bd3 Bb7 39. Bf4 Qd5 40. Be2 Rxa5 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Bh6+ Kf7 0-1 [Event "Mainz CCM5 m"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2005.08.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2788"] [BlackElo "2720"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2005.08.11"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 Qb6 9. Nb3 e6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Kb1 Be7 14. Nd4 O-O 15. g4 b5 16. Qg2 b4 17. Nce2 Bb7 18. g5 Nfd7 19. h4 Qb6 20. Bc1 Nc5 21. h5 a5 22. Nf4 a4 23. g6 b3 24. h6 fxg6 25. hxg7 bxc2+ 26. Nxc2 Rxf4 27. Bxf4 a3 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. b4 Na4 30. Rd3 Rc8 31. Qd2 Qc7 32. Rxa3 Nc3+ 33. Kb2 Nxe4 34. fxe4 Bxe4 35. Rh2 Bf6 36. Rc3 Qb7 37. Qd6 Kxg7 38. Ba6 1-0 [Event "Mainz CCM5 m"] [Site "Mainz"] [Date "2005.08.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2788"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2005.08.11"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.14"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Nf6 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rd1 Qb8 12. e4 {The first game, where white decided to force the crises in the center immediatelly. All previos players have tried the more circumspect line 12.Bc2!?} (12. Bc2 $5 Bd6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b4 (14. h3 O-O 15. e4 b5 (15... h6 16. Be3 { 1/2-1/2 Cvitan,O (2550)-Dautov,R (2590)/Geneve 1997/}) 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Bb1 Qb8 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Qe3 { 1-0 Psakhis,L (2540)-Dokhoian,Y (2400)/Kharkov 1985/ (57)}) 14... Bd6 (14... Be7 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Rxd7 Nxd7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Qxd7 Bf6 19. e4 Rd8 20. Qa4 Bg7 21. Qb3 {1-0 Comp Fritz 5-Dautov,R (2600)/Frankfurt 1998/ (48)}) 15. h3 O-O 16. Bb2 Rc8 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nge4 Be5 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Na4 Bxb2 21. Nxb2 Rc6 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Bb3 Rc8 {0-1 Muse,M (2375)-Lau,R (2410)/Germany 1985/ (39)}) 12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd6 14. g3 (14. Nf3 O-O 15. Bg5 Ng4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Rac1 $11) 14... O-O 15. Bc2 (15. f4 $6 e5 16. Nf5 Bc5+ 17. Kg2 Re8 $15) 15... b5 16. Be3 b4 $5 {Anand has an excellent feeling for the position. He looks for the counterplay avoiding further confrontation in the center.} (16... Rd8 17. f4 e5 18. Nf5 exf4 19. Rxd6 fxe3 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Qxe3 $14) 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. f3 (18. Ba4 Bxc3 (18... Qc7 19. Rac1 Nc5 20. Na2 $16) 19. bxc3 Bxe4 20. f3 (20. Bg5 h6 21. Bh4 Bb7 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Nxe6 Qe8 24. Nf4 Qxe2 25. Nxe2 Ne5 26. Nd4 Rfc8 $15) 20... Bb7 21. Nc6 Qc7 22. Bf4 Qb6+ 23. Be3 $11) 18... a5 19. Bd3 (19. Ba4 Ne5 20. f4 Ba6 21. Bb5 Bxb5 22. Ndxb5 Neg4 23. Bd4 e5 24. fxe5 Nxe5 $11) 19... Rc8 20. Bb5 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nc5 (21... Rxc3 22. Bd2 (22. Qe1 Qc8 23. Bd2 Rc5 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Bxa5 Ba6 $11) 22... Rc5 23. Bxa5 Qe5 24. Ra3 $14) 22. Ra3 Qc7 23. Qa2 (23. Qg2 Rd8 24. Rd2 (24. Rb1 Ncxe4 25. fxe4 Bxe4 26. Qa2 Bxb1 27. Qxb1 Nd5 $17) 24... a4 25. Bf1 $14) 23... Qe5 24. Bf4 Qh5 25. Rf1 (25. Qe2 Ne8 26. Rda1 $14) 25... e5 $1 {Black is not afraid to force the crises despite his vulnerability on the f7 spot.} 26. g4 (26. Nf5 exf4 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxa5 fxg3 30. hxg3 Qe5 $19) 26... Nxg4 27. fxg4 Qxg4+ 28. Bg3 (28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 exf4 $19) 28... exd4 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Rf4 (30. cxd4 Qxe4 31. Raf3 Qxd4+ 32. Bf2 Qb2 33. Rg3 Rf8 34. Qc7 Ne4 $19) (30. Rxa5 Qxe4 $19) 30... Qd1+ 31. Bf1 $2 {Grischuk is brave and avoids the repetition of moves with the best replay 31.Rf1!} (31. Rf1 $1 Qg4 (31... Qd2 32. Bf4 Qb2 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Be5+ Kh6 35. Rf6+ Kh5 36. Rf5+ Kg4 37. Rf4+ Kg5 38. Rf5+ $11) 32. Rf4 Qg5 33. Rxa5 h6 34. Rxa8 Bxa8 35. Qf5 Qxf5 36. exf5 dxc3 37. Rc4 Be4 38. Rxc3 Bxf5 $11) 31... dxc3 32. Rxa5 h6 (32... Rxa5 $2 33. Qf8+ $18) 33. Rh4 (33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34. Qxb7 Rg8 35. Qb4 Rc6 36. Rf5 c2 37. Bf4 Qf3 $19) 33... Qd4+ 34. Bf2 Qd7 35. Qxd7 (35. Qg6 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Rxa5 37. Re5 Qd8 $19) 35... Nxd7 { Black spare pawn on c3 will easily decide the game.} 36. Rxa8 Bxa8 37. Be3 c2 38. Bc1 Rb8 39. e5 (39. Kf2 Rb1 40. Be3 c1=Q 41. Bxc1 Rxc1 $19) 39... Rb1 40. Ra4 Bd5 0-1 [Event "Leon 18th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2005.06.12"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2005.06.10"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.09.26"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Rc8 15. Qxb4 Qc7 16. Kb1 Nfd7 17. Nb2 d5 18. Qd2 dxe4 19. f4 Nf6 20. Be2 {In a long the oretical variation this move begins to be relevant for the outcome of the fight. In is not clear which of the played continuations is the best.} (20. g5 hxg5 21. fxg5 $13) 20... Nd5 21. Nc4 (21. b4 Nd7 22. c4 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Be7 24. g5 hxg5 25. hxg5 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 g6 27. c5 Nxc5 28. Rh8+ Bf8 29. bxc5 Qxc5 30. Bc4 Rd8 31. Nc2 Qxe3 32. Nxe3 Ke7 { 1/2-1/2 Garbisu de Goni,U-Ubilava,E/Mondariz Balneario 2002/ (43)}) 21... Nd7 ( 21... Rd8) (21... Be7 $5) 22. g5 $1 {Anand has to advance his pawns in order to benefit from the black's king location at the center of the board.} Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Bd5 24. Rhf1 (24. g6 $1 Bc5 $1 (24... f5 $2 25. Nxf5 Bxc4 26. Qxe4 $1 Qc6 27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Bxc4 exf5 29. Bf7+ Kd8 30. Be6 Rc7 31. Rd5 $18) (24... fxg6 $2 25. Qg3 $18) 25. gxf7+ Kxf7 26. f5 $1 (26. Rhg1 Kg8 27. Qg3 Nf8 28. b4 $16) 26... exf5 27. Qh3 $1 Nf6 (27... f4 $2 28. Qf5+ Nf6 29. Ne5+ Kg8 30. Ne6 Qb7 31. Ng4 $18) 28. Qxf5 $16) 24... Bc5 25. Qc3 hxg5 26. Nf5 $5 {Heavy blow, that comes at the difficult moment for black. The defenders pieces are still not properly coordinated.} Bxc4 (26... gxf4 27. Nxg7+ (27. Qxg7 Rf8 28. Qg5 f6 $11) 27... Ke7 28. Nf5+ $1 (28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Nf5+ Ke6 30. Ng7+ Ke7 31. Nf5+) 28... exf5 29. Rxd5 Rxh4 (29... f6 30. Qh3 $1 Nb6 31. Rxf5 $18) 30. Qg7 $40) (26... exf5 27. Rxd5 f6 28. hxg5 Nb6 29. Rxf5 $16) 27. Nxg7+ Ke7 28. Bxc4 Rhg8 (28... gxh4 29. Nxe6 $1 Qc6 30. Ng5 $18) 29. hxg5 e3 (29... Bxa3 30. f5 Ne5 31. fxe6 $18) 30. f5 $1 { Anand has clearly achieved everything he could have dreamed about.} Ne5 (30... e5 31. Ne6 $1 Qa7 (31... fxe6 32. fxe6 $18) 32. f6+ Ke8 33. Nxc5 Rxc5 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Rxd7+ Qxd7 36. Qxc5 $18) 31. fxe6 Rxg7 32. Rd7+ $1 Nxd7 33. Qxg7 1-0 [Event "Leon 18th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2005.06.12"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "Erenburg,S"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2005.06.10"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.09.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 {Nowadays this is a very fashionable line, as White faces some problems to get an advantage in Marshall lines...} Na5 { Black attacks White's bishop, thus, making possible the c7-c5 advance.} 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 {White has two options for development of the queenside knight... Another one is:} (12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Nh2 Nd4 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. hxg4 Bg5 $11 { 0-1 Leko,P-Grischuk,A/Cap d'Agde 2003/CBM 098/[Atlas,V] (36)}) 12... Nc6 ({ Immediate transfer of the light-squared bishop to e6 is possible as well:} 12... Bc8 13. c3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Nc6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Bb2 h6 19. Ra2 Rfb8 20. Rea1 $14 { 0-1 Leko,P-Anand,V/Dortmund 2004/CBM 103/[Marin,M] (83)}) 13. Nf1 { transfering the knight either to e3 or to g3.} ({ White hasn't achieved anything special after} 13. c3 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15. Bg5 dxe4 16. dxe4 c4 17. Ne3 Rfd8 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. Qe2 Bf8 20. Bb1 h6 { 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Leko,P/Brissago SUI 2004/The Week in Chess 517 (20)}) 13... Bc8 {transfering the bishop to e6.} 14. Bg5 $146 {This logical move is a novelty. White's idea is to exchange his bishop for one of Black's light pieces. In this pawn structure White's dark-squared bishop is usually not so active... According to my database, this position appeared for the first time. In the previous games White tried the following continuations:} (14. a4 $146 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. c3 Qd7 17. Ng3 h6 18. Bd2 Rfb8 $11 { 0-1 Gdanski,J-Naiditsch,A/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108_01/[Erenburg] (49)}) (14. Ne3 Be6 15. Bd5 Rc8 16. c3 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nb8 18. a4 Qd7 19. axb5 axb5 20. c4 $14 { 1-0 Sutovsky,E-Beliavsky,A/15th European Team Championship 2005 - 2005 (50)}) (14. c3 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Ng3 Nd7 17. Be3 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. a4 Rb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. b3 Ra8 { 1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Topalov,V/Linares ESP 2005/The Week in Chess 539 (21)}) 14... Ne8 ({Deserves attention:} 14... Be6 15. Bxf6 (15. Ne3) 15... Bxf6 16. Ne3 $13) 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Ne3 Nf6 ({Worth consideration.} 16... Be6 $5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Ng5 $141 Qc8 19. Qg4 h6 20. Qxe6+ $2 (20. Nxe6 $2 h5 $17) 20... Qxe6 21. Nxe6 Rf6 $17) 17. c3 {preparing the breakthrough in the centre.} Qc7 ( 17... Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qb3 Qd7 $11 20. Ng5 $6 d5 $15) 18. Nh2 { transfering the knight to g4.} Be6 19. Nhg4 {White wants to force Black to take on g4. Then he will be able to move the pawn from "h" to "g" file thus getting an open "h" file, as well as outpost f5.} Nd7 ({Worth consideration:} 19... Nxg4 20. hxg4 Rad8 $13) 20. Qf3 {Black chooses the most principle way to limit the possibilities of White's light-squared bishop.} c4 ({ Interesting alternative is} 20... a5 $5) 21. Nf5 Bxf5 $6 {In my opinion, Black shouldn't have exchanged the light-squared bishop... Now White has some chances to take control over the light squares.} (21... Rfe8 $5 { is possible as well.}) 22. exf5 f6 {preventing White's f5-f6 strike.} ({ Interesting is} 22... d5 23. f6 Nxf6 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Qxf6 Ng6 26. dxc4 bxc4 27. Rad1 Rfd8 28. Bb1 e4 29. f3 $13) 23. a4 $36 { Now Black faces some problems, because of the weaknesses of light squares.} d5 24. Ne3 Qc6 {trying to cover the light squares.} ({In case of} 24... Qc5 { White gets advantage after} 25. dxc4 (25. Red1 $5 $14) 25... bxc4 26. b3 (26. b4 Qc6 27. Rad1 e4 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Qxe4 $44) 26... Rac8 27. bxc4 d4 28. Nd5 Nc6 29. Nb4 $1 $16) 25. dxc4 dxc4 (25... bxc4 { isn't better, than the move in the game:} 26. Red1 Nb6 (26... e4 27. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 28. Qxe4 N7b6 29. a5 Rfe8 30. Qf3 $16) 27. a5 Na4 (27... e4 28. Qe2 $18) 28. Bxc4 $16) 26. Qxc6 Nxc6 27. b4 $1 {covering the c5 square.} (27. b3 $2 Nc5 $1 28. axb5 axb5 29. bxc4 b4 $132) 27... Nb6 { Black doesn't equalize after the following continuations as well:} (27... Rfd8 28. Bb1 Rac8 29. Be4 $16) (27... cxb3 28. Bxb3+ Kh8 29. Bd5 Rac8 30. axb5 axb5 31. Reb1 $16) 28. a5 Nd7 (28... Na4 29. Bxc4+ $18) (28... Nc8 {seems a little bit strange, but there isn't a clear way to get an obvious advantage for White. } 29. Rad1 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Rd1 Nf7 32. Bb1 (32. Rd7 Ra7 33. Rxa7 Nxa7 34. Nxc4 bxc4 35. Bxc4 Kf8 36. Bxa6 Nd6 $14) 32... Ncd6 33. Nd5 Ra7 $14) 29. Rad1 Rad8 $2 {allowing white to get a winning position.} ({ Black should have played} 29... Rfd8 {, keeping the a6 pawn protected.} 30. Rd6 (30. Bb1 Rac8 31. Be4 Ndb8 $14) 30... Ndb8 31. Rxd8+ Nxd8 32. Bb1 Ra7 $14) 30. Nxc4 $1 {geting three pawns for the knight.} bxc4 31. Bxc4+ Kh8 32. Bxa6 $18 { White has three passed pawns on the queenside, that are supported by rooks and bishop... Black isn't able to stop them without material loses...} Ne7 ({ Loses as well:} 32... Ndb8 33. Bb7 Na7 34. a6 Nbc6 35. Bxc6 Nxc6 36. b5 Na5 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. b6 Nc6 39. Ra1 Kg8 40. a7 $18) 33. Bb7 Nxf5 34. g4 Ne7 (34... Nh4 35. Rd6 Nb8 36. Red1 $18) 35. c4 Nb8 36. a6 Nbc6 (36... Nec6 { doesn't change anything:} 37. Rxd8 (37. b5 Nd4) 37... Rxd8 38. b5 Na7 39. b6 $18) 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 (37... Nxd8 38. Bg2 $18) 38. b5 Na5 39. Ra1 { Black resigned in view of the following variation:} (39. Ra1 Nb3 40. Ra2 Nc5 41. Bg2 e4 42. a7 Ra8 43. b6 $18) (39. c5 $18 {wins as well.}) 1-0 [Event "Leon 18th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2005.06.12"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B49"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "Mellado,E"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2005.06.10"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.09.26"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 { Anand elige una de sus sicilianas favoritas, la Paulsen} 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 {Una de las variantes principales de este sistema} Bd6 ({ una variante discutida muchas veces es} 9... Be7 10. c4 Nxe4 11. c5 O-O 12. Rc1 f5 13. f4 Rb8 14. Bf3 Bf6 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rc4 Rd8 18. Rxe4 d5 19. cxd6 Rxd6 20. Qe2 Bd7 21. b4 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Be8 24. Bc5 Rd5 25. Rxe6 Bf7 26. Rxf6 gxf6 27. Nc3 Rxc5 28. bxc5 f5 29. Rf3 Re8 30. Re3 Ra8 31. Qf3 Ra5 32. Qg3+ Kf8 33. Qh4 Rxc5 34. Qxh7 Qd6 35. Qh8+ Bg8 36. Rg3 Qe6 37. Qg7+ { 1-0 Shirov,A-Miladinovic,I Beograd 1995 A pesar de ganar esta partida Shirov nos comenta que no considera suficiente el juego del blanco para obtener ventaja.}) 10. g3 Be7 11. c4 {# Un sacrificio temático, las blancas dan el peón de e4 a cambio de colapsar durante bastantes jugadas el desarrollo del flanco de dama de las negras.} Nxe4 12. Bf3 (12. c5 {colocando inmediatamente la cuńa es la alternativa. Según Shirov esto es más preciso puesto que todavía no es seguro que el alfil tenga que ir a la casilla f3.}) 12... Nf6 13. c5 { Alexei Shirov considera que esta posición la jugada g3 es muy útil para el blanco, por ejemplo sirve para un eventual Bf4, y es un importante tiempo de más para las blancas con respecto a su partidaconMiladinovic} O-O 14. Rc1 Ne5 { Novedad, se había jugado} (14... g6 15. Re1 e5 16. Nb3 d6 17. cxd6 Bxd6 18. Na5 e4 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. Nxc6 exf3 21. Qxf3 Ng4 22. h3 bxc6 23. hxg4 Qxg4 24. Qxc6 Qd7 25. Qxd7 {1/2-1/2 Gallagher,J-Barlov,D Lenk 1989}) 15. Bg2 { Kasimdzhanov 9:06 Anand:15:26} d6 (15... d5 $2 16. Bf4 { con ventaja blanca. Fritz propone aquí la desesperada} g5 { sintoma de que las cosas no andan bien para el negro.}) 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. cxd6 ({ Es muy interesante} 17. Bf4 dxc5 ({Una defensa puede ser} 17... Qd8 18. Nb3 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Bg4 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. cxd6 Qe6 { Aunque la posición parece también favorecer claramente a las blancas}) 18. Nc4 Nfd7 19. Re1 Bf6 20. Nb3 g5 (20... b6 21. Qe2) 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxc5 Nc6 24. Rxg5+ {con posición aplastante}) 17... Qxd6 18. Nb3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 ( 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Bc5 Qd8 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Nxd5 Qd8 { y las negras parecen estar bien}) 19... exd5 20. Ba7 Ra8 21. Bc5 Qf6 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Qxd5 (23. Re1) 23... Qf6 24. Nc5 Nc6 25. Rc3 Rd8 26. Ne4 { Anand tiene casi 5 minutos más que su rival. Kasimdzhanov: 3:20 Anand: 8:57} ({ Fritz prefiere} 26. Qh5) 26... Qxc3 27. Nxc3 Rxd5 28. Bxd5 Bd7 29. Ne4 (29. Rd1 Be8 30. Ne4) 29... Rd8 30. Ng5 Be8 $2 {esta jugada cuesta un peón limpio} ({ una defensa más interesante es} 30... Ne5 31. Re1 (31. Bxb7 h6 32. Nf3 Nxf3+ 33. Bxf3 Be6 34. b3 Rd2 {con contrajuego}) 31... Bc6 32. Bb3 Nf3+ 33. Nxf3 Bxf3 ) 31. Re1 Kf8 32. Nxh7+ Kg8 33. Ng5 Kf8 34. Bf3 Nb4 35. a3 (35. Bxb7 Rb8 36. Be4 Nxa2 37. Re2 {puede ser más simple}) 35... Nc2 36. Rd1 { con 14 segundos en el reloj} Nd4 37. Bg4 Bc6 38. h4 Rd5 39. Re1 f6 40. Nf3 Bd7 {# Una jugada inesperada en apuro de tiempo del rival, Anand quiere quedarse con el alfil contra el caballo} 41. Nxd4 Bxg4 42. Re4 Bd7 43. f3 Kf7 44. Kf2 f5 $6 {Una jugada criticada en la cabina de comentaristas, las casillas del flanco de rey se debilitan y empeora la calidad del alfil.} 45. Rf4 Kf6 46. Ke3 Ke5 47. Ne2 Bc6 48. Rd4 Rb5 49. b4 Kf6 50. Rd6+ Ke7 51. Rd2 { dejando la casilla d4 para el caballo} Kf6 52. Kf4 Rb6 ({ Shirov indica que no vale} 52... a5 53. Nc3 Re5 54. b5 Bxb5 55. Nd5+ Ke6 56. Nc7+ {ganando}) 53. Rd6+ $6 {iniciando una maniobra dudosa} ({ Shirov considera que después de} 53. Nc3 {las blancas deben ganar}) 53... Ke7 54. Rg6 Kf7 55. h5 a5 56. bxa5 Rb3 57. Nd4 Rxa3 58. Nxf5 Rxf3+ 59. Kg5 Kf8 60. g4 Be4 61. Nd4 (61. Rd6 Bxf5 62. gxf5 Rg3+ 63. Kf4 Ra3) 61... Ra3 $1 { # Anand se salva ahora in extremis} 62. Re6 Rxa5+ 63. Kf4 Bc6 64. Nxc6 bxc6 65. Rxc6 Ra8 66. Kf5 Kg8 67. Kg6 Rb8 68. Rc7 {Y tablas Kasimdzanov ha dejado escapar una magnifica oportunidad de ponerse con ventaja en el match.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 18th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2005.06.12"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "Mellado,E"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2005.06.10"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.09.26"] {Viswanathan Anand, cuatro veces vencedor en León, campeón mundial de la Fide en 2000, actual número uno del mundo y uno de los mayores genios que ha dado el ajedrez se enfrenta hoy, en la gran final de este Magistral 2005, al actual Campeón del Mundo Fide un auténtico especialista en partidas semirrapidas como ya ha demostrado en numerosas ocasiones, la última el viernes aquí en León al eliminar con claridad al espańol Alexei Shirov. Los enfrentamientos entre ambos arrojan un aplastante score a favor del indio, nada menos que 6 a 1 en las siete partidas que estos comentaristas han encontrado en las bases de datos. Anand es el favorito, pero Kasimdzhanov es un jugador durísimo con el que en principio tampoco se contaba para ganar el mundial, así que si gana no sería la primera vez que da la sorpresa.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 { Anand es uno de los mejores especialistas en este sistema.} e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. a4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. a5 Bb7 13. Na4 Rc8 ({ En una partida reciente de Anand con blancas se jugó} 13... Nd7 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. Ne2 Be7 16. Nb6 Nxb6 17. Bxb6 Qc6 18. Nc3 O-O 19. Rhe1 Rfe8 20. f4 Qc8 21. g5 d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Qxd5 c3 25. b3 Bb4 26. Kb1 Qg4 { y aquí Anand dice en sus análisis que las blancas ganan con la brillante} 27. Bd8 $3) 14. Qc3 Bxe4 $5 $146 {# Espectacular novedad de Anand, que ha jugado instantaneamente sorprendiendo visiblemente a Kasimdzhanov} (14... Nd7 15. O-O-O Be7 16. h4 Bxh4 17. Ne2 Bf6 18. Bd4 e5 19. Be3 Be7 20. Kb1 Qc7 21. Nb6 Nxb6 22. axb6 Qd7 23. Rh5 f6 24. Ng3 g6 25. Rh2 O-O 26. Rhd2 { 1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kasparov,G Linares 2005}) 15. fxe4 Nxe4 16. Qb4 Qh4+ 17. Kd1 Qxg4+ 18. Kc1 e5 {Anand tiene tres peones y una peligrosa iniciativa por la pieza, que además tiene ya 8 minutos de ventaja Kasimdzhanov:13:17 Anand 21:51 El caballo centralizado en d4 no tiene casilla de retirada} 19. Nb6 $1 { jugada intermedia tocando la torre negra y deja la casilla a4 libre para que la dama de un peligroso jaque.} exd4 $1 {única si} (19... Rc7 20. Qa4+ {ganando }) 20. Rg1 $1 { otra intermedia mejorando las piezas antes de capturar en la torre de c8.} (20. Nxc8 Qxc8 21. Qa4+ Ke7 (21... Qd7 22. Qxc4) 22. Bxd4 f6 23. Re1 d5 { y las negras tienen compensación por la calidad}) 20... Qe6 $2 { esta jugada parece ser un serio error} ({Es mejor como indica Fritz} 20... Qh3 21. Qa4+ Kd8 22. Bxd4) 21. Nxc8 {#} dxe3 $5 {Otra jugada inesperada} ({ lo más lógico parecía} 21... Qxc8 22. Qa4+ Ke7 23. Bxd4 f6 24. Ra3 d5 { con una posición parecida a la del comentario anterior donde las negras parecen tener compensación porlacalidad}) { la jugada recomendada por Fritz que concede ahora ventaja a las blancas} 22. Qb8 f5 {Permitiendo que las blancas den jaque a la descubierta.} 23. Nxd6+ Ke7 ({Fritz da como única respuesta para seguir luchando} 23... Kd7 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Re1 f4 26. Qa7+ Ke8 {con posición complicada}) 24. Qc7+ Kf6 25. Qd8+ Ke5 { Un infrecuente paseo con el rey: esta partida pasará sin duda, sea cual sea el resultado, a la historia del ajedrez.} 26. Nxe4 Kxe4 27. Ra4 $1 {poniendo en juego la última pieza en juego, además plantea la amenaza Qd3, según Fritz las blancas tienen la partida ganada.} Qd5 { Anand tiene aún 15 minutos, su rival 1:20} 28. Qe8+ $1 {La mejor continuación} Kf4 29. Rf1+ Kg5 30. Qxe3+ Kg6 31. Qb6+ Kh5 ({No se puede} 31... Bd6 {por} 32. Rd1) 32. Qxa6 c3 33. Qe2+ {A Kasimdzhanov , que tiene la partida ganada, le quedan sólo segundos en el reloj} Kg6 34. b3 Bc5 35. Rd1 Qc6 36. Qd3 Be7 37. Rc4 Qg2 38. Qxc3 Qxh2 39. Rc6+ Bf6 40. a6 Ra8 41. Rdd6 Qh4 42. b4 {#} f4 43. Qd3+ Kh6 44. Qe4 Ra7 45. b5 Qg5 46. Qh1+ Kg6 47. Rd5 Qg4 48. Qe4+ Kh6 49. Qh1+ Kg6 50. Rd1 $1 Qf5 51. Qg1+ Qg5 52. Qxg5+ ({También gana la evidente} 52. Qxa7 f3+ 53. Rd2 Qxb5 54. Qb6 { pero Kasimdzhanov, sin casi tiempo en su reloj, prefiere asegurar el resultado. }) 52... Kxg5 53. c4 f3 54. Kc2 Be5 55. Rc8 Kg4 56. Re8 Bf4 57. Rg1+ Bg3 58. b6 Rxa6 59. b7 Rb6 60. b8=Q Rxb8 61. Rxb8 f2 62. Rxg3+ Kxg3 63. Rf8 {Y Anand aband ona. Una gran partida de Kasimdzhanov, que ha jugado de forma casi perfecta para refutar una endiablada novedad teórica de Anand.} 1-0 [Event "Leon 18th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2005.06.11"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2548"] [Annotator "Mellado,E"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "2005.06.10"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.09.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 {Anand cambia ahora a la variante principal, en lugar de 5.Nc3 que le sirvió para ganar la primera partida.} d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 (8. c4 c6 { es lo que se juega con más frecuencia}) 8... Re8 9. Nc3 {Una jugada muy poco frecuente, Nos encontramos en territorio prácticamente virgen} Nxc3 10. bxc3 Rxe1+ 11. Qxe1 h6 {Novedad, una jugada muy lógica que controla g5, donde podrían acceder dos piezas menores blancas.} 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. Bb2 Bg4 $6 ({la alternativa es} 14... Bf5 {y a la interesante} 15. Qc3 $5 Qf6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qg6 {y a pesar de la pareja de alfiles de las blancas , las negras parecen tener una posición defendible.}) 15. Qe4 {#} Bxf3 (15... Qd7 16. Bd3 f5 17. Qd5+ Qf7 18. Qb5 Qg6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 {con ventaja blanca}) 16. Qxf3 Qe7 17. g3 {como en la partida anterior: Anand coloca la cadena de peones en casillas del color del alfil de su rival.} Re8 (17... Nd8 18. a4) 18. Bc3 Nd8 19. a4 Qe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. a5 {Anand ha obtenido otra vez con asombrosa sencillez una posición claramente ventajosa.} Re8 (21... Bb4 $5 22. Bb2 { no cambia mucho las cosas} ({pero no} 22. Bxb4 Rxd4 23. Be7 (23. Bxf7+ Kxf7) 23... Nc6 {recuperando la pieza con igualdad})) 22. Kg2 Ne6 23. h4 {Anand, juga ndo con su habitual rapidez, está dando una clase acerca de como tratar este tipo de posiciones. Anand 17:12 Carlsen: 6:23} Kf8 24. Bb2 b6 25. h5 Rb8 $6 ({ mejor es intentar el recurso} 25... b5 26. Bd3 c5) 26. axb6 axb6 ({ se podía intentar} 26... Rxb6 27. Bc3 (27. Ra2) 27... Bb4 28. Bxb4+ Rxb4 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rxa7 Rc4 {con un final de torres que tal vez sea defendible}) 27. Bb5 Rd8 (27... c5 $5 28. d5 Nd4) 28. Bc6 Be7 29. c3 {Anand 15:08 Carlsen: 2:44} b5 30. Ra7 $1 (30. d5 Nc5 31. Ba3 Na4 32. c4 Nc3 33. cxb5 Bxa3 34. Rxa3 Nxd5 35. Ra7 { también parece fuerte pero la jugada de la partida es mejor y más sencilla.}) 30... Rb8 31. d5 {#} Bc5 32. Ra5 Nd8 33. Bd7 $1 Bd6 34. Bxb5 ({esperabamos} 34. Rxb5 {la jugada de la partida permite al negro sońar con salvarse gracias a los alfiles de distinto color}) {después de} 34... c6 $1 {#} 35. dxc6 Nxc6 36. Bxc6 Rxb2 37. Bd5 Rd2 38. c4 Be5 39. Ra8+ Ke7 40. Ra7+ Kd6 41. Rxf7 Bd4 42. Rf5 Rc2 43. g4 Bc5 44. Bf7 Rd2 45. Kg3 Rd3+ 46. f3 Rd2 {Anand 9:27 Carlsen: 00:24 Carlsen se defiende ya con pocos segundos para cada jugada} 47. Rd5+ { Anand entra en el final de alfiles de distinto color, valorando sin duda que debe estar ganado.} Rxd5 48. Bxd5 Ke5 49. f4+ Kf6 50. Kf3 Bd6 51. Ke4 Bc5 52. Bg8 Bd6 53. Bh7 Ke6 54. g5 Ke7 55. Bg8 {# Quitándole casillas al rey negro. Y asegurando un camino para penetrar con el propio.} Kf8 56. Be6 Ke7 57. Bg4 Kf7 58. gxh6 gxh6 59. f5 Kf6 60. Kd5 Bg3 61. c5 Ke7 62. c6 Bh2 63. Bf3 Bg3 64. Kc5 Bc7 65. Kb5 Kd8 66. Ka6 Kc8 67. f6 Bd6 68. Kb6 Bc7+ 69. Kc5 Be5 70. f7 Bg7 71. Kd6 {Y las negras abandonan Anand se enfrentará a Kasimdzahanov en la gran final de mańana.} 1-0 [Event "Leon 18th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2005.06.11"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2548"] [Annotator "Mellado,E"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2005.06.10"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.09.26"] {La segunda semifinal del XVIII Magistral Ciudad de León nos ofrece un encuentro apasionante e inédito. Anand , número 1 del mundo, va a enfrentarse a una de las mayores promesas del ajedrez mundial, el GM de 14 ańos Magnus Carlsen de Noruega. Por supuesto a día de hoy, ni los más entusiastas seguidores de Magnus le conceden demasiadas posibilidades de triunfo. Pero el encuentro es de capital importancia para la historia del ajedrez, puesto que Carlsen está llamado a ser el natural relevo de la generación actual de jugadores, y quien sabe si algún día no se enfrentaran para dirimir ese número uno mundial que ahora ostenta el GM Indio} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 { Magnus elige la Petrov, una sólida defensa habitual en los torneos de élite.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {Este viejo sistema lo rehabilitó hace unos ańos Alexei Shirov, que le dió buena publicidad consiguiendo algunas bonitas victorias. Anand lo utilizó hace poco para ganar una partida contra Vladimir Kramnik.} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. h4 ({ Shirov prefirió en esta posición} 10. Kb1 Bf6 11. Be3 b6 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. f3 a6 14. h4 Re8 15. Rh3 Bc8 16. Nc6 Qd7 17. Nb4 Bb7 18. g4 a5 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Bxd3 b5 21. Bg5 Be7 22. h5 Bc6 23. Bf5 Qd8 24. Be3 Rb8 { Shirov,A-Morozevich, A Moscú 2002 1-0 (71)}) 10... Bg4 11. h5 $146 { Anand introduce una nueva jugada en esta posición} ({ Recientemente el GM moldavo Viorel Bologán jugó:} 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nd4 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bd3 Qd7 15. f3 a5 16. Kb1 b5 17. Bg5 Bf8 18. h5 d5 19. h6 g6 20. Bf6 b4 21. Qg5 bxc3 22. Bxc3 d4 23. Bb5 c6 24. Rd1 cxb5 25. Rxd4 Qe7 { Bologan,V-Motylev,A chessassistantclub.com INT 2004 /0-1 (48)}) 11... Re8 $146 {una jugada nueva , aunque esta posición solo se había jugado una vez} ({ en esa ocasión las negras optaron por la lógica} 11... h6 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Nd4 Ne4 14. Qe3 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Re8 16. Qf3 Bg5 17. Rhe1 Qf6 18. Rxe4 Rxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxf4+ 20. Qxf4 Bxf4+ 21. Kb1 Re8 22. g3 Bg5 23. a4 a6 24. Ka2 Bf6 25. Kb3 Re5 26. Rh1 Re4 27. Kc4 { Obteniendo una posición igualada 1-0 Galego,L-Camejo Almeida,R 1993}) 12. Bc4 { Carlsen, que hasta este momento ha hecho sus jugadas rápidamente, está ahora gastando mucho tiempo tiene 13 minutos por 17 deAnand} c6 $5 {# Carlsen da el peón de d6, un juego concreto propio del estilo de este prodigio de 14 ańos.} 13. Bxd6 {Anand captura el peón sin pensarselo un instante....} Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Bxf3 {Magnus tambien juega ahora rápido} ({la jugada esperada era } 15... Ne4 {pero después de} 16. Rd4 Nxf2 ({una jugada interesante es} 16... h6 {fijando la debilidad en h5 , con algo de compensación por el peón entregado }) 17. Rf1 $1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nh3 19. Rd7 {y las blancas ganan}) 16. gxf3 Rad8 17. Rd4 {Las blancas tienen un peón de más aunque su estructura hace muy difícil materializar esta ventaja.} b5 18. Rhd1 Rxd4 19. cxd4 Nd7 20. Bd3 Nf6 21. d5 $1 {# Anand devuelve el peón para forzar un final con un alfil mejor que el caballo negro.} cxd5 (21... Nxd5 22. Bxb5 { y las blancas tienen mucha ventaja}) 22. Bxb5 Re5 23. c4 Kf8 24. c5 d4 $2 { después de esto la posición negra parece perdida} (24... Rxh5 25. c6 Ne8) 25. b4 $1 {las blancas tienen dos fuertes peones pasados en el flanco de dama.} a5 26. a3 axb4 27. axb4 Nd5 28. Rxd4 {Anand tiene 17 munutos y una posición ganada , a Magnus le quedan menos de 4 y su posición parece desesperada.} Rxh5 ({Entregar una pieza con} 28... Nxb4 29. Rxb4 Rxc5+ 30. Bc4 Rxh5 31. Rb8+ Ke7 32. Rb7+ {no es suficiente para salvarse.}) {#} 29. c6 $1 Ke7 30. Rxd5 $1 { Anand remata con dos mazazos la partida. La coronación es inevitable. Una victoria aparentemente muy fácil para Anand.} 1-0 [Event "Leon 18th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2005.06.11"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B46"] [WhiteElo "2548"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "Mellado,E"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2005.06.10"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.09.26"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 ({ Anand suele jugar en esta posición} 5... Qc7 {como veremos la diferencia entre esta jugada y la de la partida es importante si se quiere evitar que las blancas jueguen posiciones del ataque inglés} 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 {es una de las posiciones más discutidas en la actualidad.}) 6. Be3 (6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 {es la variente principal contra este orden}) 6... Nf6 7. Qd2 $6 { un orden dudoso Anand impedirá ahora llegar a las posiciones del ataque inglés} Bb4 $1 8. f3 d5 $1 {#} 9. a3 Qa5 $1 10. Nb3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Bf4 ({ resulta interesante la siguiente partida en la que las blancas, a pesar de perder, obtuvieron buenas posibilidades de ataque.} 12. Bd3 dxe4 13. fxe4 O-O 14. O-O b6 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Bh6 Ne5 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Qh6+ Ke7 19. Rf1 Ng6 20. h4 Qe5 21. Nd4 Bb7 22. h5 Nf8 23. Rb1 Nd7 24. Nf3 Qxc3 25. Qxh7 f5 26. exf5 Rh8 27. Rb3 Qc5+ {0-1 Panarin,M-Rublevsky,S/chessassistantclub.com INT 2004}) 12... e5 13. exd5 exf4 14. dxc6 O-O {Carlsen 14:31 Anand 20:54} 15. O-O-O Qxc6 16. c4 Be6 17. Qxf4 Rac8 $6 (17... Rfd8 { impidiendo la siguiente maniobra del blanco era más fuerte}) 18. Qd6 $1 { Magnus aprovecha la ocasión para cambiar damas en una posición en la que su principal debilidad es el rey.} Qa4 19. Qb4 $1 Qxb4 20. axb4 Bxc4 21. Nc5 Bxf1 22. Rhxf1 a5 23. Nxb7 axb4 24. Kb2 Rc7 25. Nd6 {Ahora este final parece un poquito mejor para el blanco debido a la debilidad del peón de b4.} g6 26. Rd4 Rb8 27. Rfd1 Rb6 28. R1d2 h5 29. Rf4 $1 Nh7 30. Re4 (30. Nc4 Rb8 31. Ne5 { ofrece, según Fritz, mejores perspectivas al blanco.}) 30... Nf8 31. Nc4 Rb8 32. Ne3 Ne6 33. Rc4 Rcb7 34. Rd3 Kg7 35. Nd5 Rb5 36. Nc7 Nxc7 37. Rxc7 Re8 38. Rd2 (38. Rdd7 Rf5 39. Re7 Rd8 40. Rcd7 Rb8 41. Rb7 Rd8 42. Rxb4 Rd2) 38... Re3 39. Rc4 Rb7 {# Y Anand ofrece tablas que son aceptadas por su rival. Un match muy cómodo para Anand, pero seguramente dentro de unos ańos las fuerzas de estos jugadores estarán más equilibradas y Magnus disfrutará de oprtunidades de revancha. ?Quizás en León?} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon 18th"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "2005.06.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2548"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "Mellado,E"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2005.06.10"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.09.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 {Carlsen permite el temido gambito Marshall} d5 {El Ataque Marshall, un sistema que goza de gran prestigio en la actualidad, y la principal culpable del auge que han cobrado en los torneos de élite actuales los sistemas llamados Anti-Marshall.} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 ({Este gambito fue inventado por el GM americano FJ Marshall, quien guardó el secreto durante ańos hasta poder emplearlo contra su más peligroso rival, el futuro campeón del mundo José Raúl Capablanca. La siguiente partida es un clásico de la historia del ajedrez} 11... Nf6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. h3 Ng4 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. d4 Nxf2 16. Re2 Bg4 17. hxg4 Bh2+ 18. Kf1 Bg3 19. Rxf2 Qh1+ 20. Ke2 Bxf2 21. Bd2 Bh4 22. Qh3 Rae8+ 23. Kd3 Qf1+ 24. Kc2 Bf2 25. Qf3 Qg1 26. Bd5 c5 27. dxc5 Bxc5 28. b4 Bd6 29. a4 a5 30. axb5 axb4 31. Ra6 bxc3 32. Nxc3 Bb4 33. b6 Bxc3 34. Bxc3 h6 35. b7 Re3 36. Bxf7+ {1-0 Capablanca,J-Marshall,F New York 1918}) 12. d3 $5 (12. d4 {es la variante principal}) 12... Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 ({ Anand también ha jugado esta posición con blancas.} 14... Qd7 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Bxd3 18. Nd2 Rfe8 19. h3 h6 20. Qd4 Bg6 21. Nb3 Qc6 22. Nc5 a5 23. a3 a4 24. Rad1 Rac8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Nd3 Re4 27. Qa7 Re2 28. Nb4 Qd6 29. Qd4 {Anand,V-Adams,M/Paris 1992 1-0 (96)}) 15. g3 Qh3 16. Bxd5 ({ Un ejemplo muy reciente es} 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Ne4 Bg4 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 f5 20. h3 Bh5 21. Bf4 Bxf4 22. gxf4 fxe4 23. dxe4 Bf3+ 24. Kxf3 Rxf4+ 25. Kg3 Rfxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. f3 Re2 28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Rxb2 30. Bxa6 g5 31. a4 Kg7 32. a5 Nf4 33. Bf1 Kg6 34. h4 Kf5 35. a6 Ke5 { 1/2-1/2 Nakamura,H-Aronian,L Gibraltar 2005}) 16... cxd5 17. Be3 Bxd3 18. Qxd5 Rad8 {# Anand tiene 21 minutos en Reloj !más que al principio de la partida!} 19. Qf3 Rfe8 ({Kasimdzhanov , clasificado ayer para la final de este Magistral, llegó también a esta posición el ańo pasado en la Olimpiada de Calviŕ ....} 19... Qf5 20. Qxf5 Bxf5 21. Nd2 Rfe8 22. Bd4 f6 23. Nb3 Kf7 24. Bb6 Rc8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rd1 Bf8 27. Nd4 Be4 28. f3 Bd5 29. a3 Rb8 30. Bc7 Rb7 31. Bf4 Bc5 32. Kf2 Rd7 33. Be3 Bc4 34. g4 a5 35. h4 a4 36. h5 Bxd4 37. Bxd4 Rd5 38. Kg3 g6 39. hxg6+ Kxg6 40. Re1 h5 41. Re8 hxg4 42. fxg4 Rd6 43. Kf4 Re6 { 1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Onischuk,A Calvia 2004}) 20. Nd2 Qf5 21. Qxf5 Bxf5 22. Bd4 f6 {Como mandan las reglas clásicas el bando que tiene pareja de alfiles debe colocar su cadena de peones en las casillas del color del alfil contrario. Por trasposición se ha llegado a la partida anteriormente mencionada.} 23. f3 { Esta es la autentica novedad, nada menos que en la jugada 23.} b4 {Las negras fienden con éxito habitualmente este tipo de finales con peón de menos a cambio de la pareja de alfiles en posición abierta.} 24. Ne4 Bc7 $1 { Carlsen 12:39 Anand 16:31} 25. Kf2 bxc3 26. bxc3 Rb8 27. Re2 Kf7 { Anand tiene el doble de tiempo que su rival: 16 minutos por 8 de Carlsen} 28. Rd1 h5 $1 {Fritz considera que las blancas tienen gran ventaja, aunque en estas posiciones donde uno de los bandos mantiene ventaja material durante muchas jugadas, son seguramente, las que peor valora .} 29. Bc5 {Magnus quiere cambiar un alfil para privar a las negras de su principal baza: la pareja de alfiles.} Kg6 $1 {# impidiendo elegantemente la amenaza blanca.} 30. Bd4 { Y Carlsen ofrece tablas que Anand acepta. Una partida que demuestra lo difícil que resulta obtener alguna ventaja tangible contra el GM Indio, que ha demostrado una preparación teórica de altísimo nivel.} (30. Bd6 Rbd8 31. Red2 Bb6+ {y las negras mantienen sus alfiles Anand 1,5 Carlsen 0,5}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2005.05.22"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B49"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2732"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2005.05.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.08.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 O-O 14. e5 Nd5 15. c4 Nf4 16. g3 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 c5 18. Bc3 f5 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. f4 Rf7 21. b3 Rb7 22. Rd3 Ra7 23. h4 g6 24. Ba5 Rb7 25. Rfd1 Bf8 26. Qg2 Qc8 27. Kf1 Ra7 28. Ke1 Rb7 29. R1d2 h5 30. Kd1 Ra7 31. Kc2 Qb8 32. Qf3 Rb7 33. Qe3 Qc8 34. Rd1 Be7 35. a4 Bf8 36. Rd6 Bxd6 37. Rxd6 Qb8 38. Rxa6 Rf8 39. Bd2 Ra7 40. Rd6 Qc7 41. Qf3 Rb8 42. Rd3 Qb6 43. Rd6 Qc7 44. Rd3 Qb6 45. Rd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2005.05.21"] [Round "9"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2737"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "Huzman,A"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2005.05.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.08.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bg3 $146 Bd6 17. Nd2 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Na5 19. Qa4 Bd7 20. Qc2 ( 20. Bf3 Bxa4 21. Bxd5 Rcd8 $11) 20... b6 (20... Bf5 21. Qb2 (21. Qa4 Bd7 $11) ( 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Nb3 $11) 21... c5 $132) ({ Immidiate attack of White centre} 20... c5 $5 {was also possible.} 21. Bf3 Qd6 $11) 21. Bd3 h6 22. Bh7+ Kf8 23. Be4 Qd6 24. Nf3 (24. Bf5 g6 (24... Kg8 $11) 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Ne4 Kg7 $11) 24... Be6 $1 { Anand takes initiative by this strong manoeuvre of the bishop.} (24... c5 25. Ne5 Be6 $11) 25. Ne5 Bb3 26. Qe2 (26. Qc1 $5 c5 27. Qf4 Kg8 28. Qf5 g6 29. Qf4 cxd4 30. cxd4 Qxd4 31. Ng4 Re7 32. Nxh6+ Kf8 $13) 26... c5 { Bb3 prevents possibility to defend pawn d4 by Rad1.} 27. Qg4 Rcd8 (27... cxd4 28. Nd7+ Kg8 29. Qf5 Qg6 30. Qxg6 fxg6 31. cxd4 Red8 32. Ne5 Rxd4 33. Bxg6 $14) 28. Bf5 (28. Qf5 g6 29. Qf4 Kg7 $15) 28... cxd4 29. cxd4 Nc6 $1 (29... g6 $2 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Nxg6+ Kg7 32. Nf4+ Kh8 33. Qh5 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Qf6 35. d5 $40) 30. Nxc6 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxc6 $15 32. Qe2 Qd6 33. Qf3 Bc4 34. Qe3 Bb5 $1 (34... b5 35. g4 $132) 35. Rd1 Ba4 36. Rd2 Re8 37. Qc3 h5 $1 38. Qc1 Qe7 39. Qc3 Qg5 $1 40. Bh3 (40. Qb4+ Kg8 41. Bh3 Bb3 $15) 40... Kg8 41. d5 f5 $1 { Bh3 is out of the game forever now!} 42. d6 $6 (42. Rd4 $1 Bd7 43. Rc4 $1 Qe7 44. Rc7 g5 45. Rxa7 g4 46. Qc7 Rd8 47. Qxb6 $11) 42... Bd7 43. Rd1 Qg6 44. Qc7 (44. Qc1 Qf6 $15) 44... Qe6 45. Qxa7 $6 (45. Qc1 g6 $17) ({After} 45. f4 $5 { Bh3 is complitely out of the game but it at least protects pawn g2.It will be very difficult to improve position of Black because pawn d6 gives White good counterchances.}) 45... b5 (45... g5 $1 46. Qxb6 (46. Rd3 g4 47. Qxb6 Qf6 $17) 46... g4 $17) 46. Qc5 (46. Kh2 $1 g5 47. Re1 $1 Qf7 (47... Qxe1 48. Qxd7 Qe6 ( 48... g4 $2 49. Qxf5 gxh3 50. d7 $18) 49. Qc7 Qf6 50. d7 Rf8 51. Bxf5 $16) 48. Rc1 $1 (48. Re7 Rxe7 49. dxe7 Be8 $19) 48... g4 49. Rc7 Rd8 50. Qe3 $1 Ra8 ( 50... Qg7 51. Qe7 $18) 51. Qc5 $1 Rd8 (51... gxh3 $2 52. Rxd7 $16) 52. Qe3 $11) (46. f4 g6 $5 $17 (46... Qe3+ 47. Qxe3 Rxe3 48. Bxf5 Bxf5 49. d7 $11)) 46... g5 $1 47. g4 $2 (47. Qc1 Qg6 48. Qc7 Qf7 49. Qc1 g4 $19) ({ Probably the best chance for White was} 47. Bxf5 $1 Qxf5 48. Qxf5 (48. Rd5 $2 Re1+ 49. Kh2 Qb1 50. Rxg5+ Kf8 51. g4 h4 $19) 48... Bxf5 49. Rd5 Bd7 50. Rxg5+ Kf7 51. Rxh5 Ke6 $5 $17 {But still Black have good possibilities to win pawns d6 and a3 and convert their advantage into victory.}) 47... hxg4 48. Bxg4 fxg4 $19 49. Qxg5+ Kh7 50. Qh5+ (50. Rd5 Qh6 $1 $19) 50... Kg7 51. Qg5+ Qg6 52. Qc5 Qf6 53. Qa7 Qf5 54. Qd4+ Kg6 55. Qc3 Qe5 56. Qd3+ Kg7 57. Qc2 Rh8 58. Qc7 (58. g3 Rh6 59. Qc7 Qe4 $1 60. Qxd7+ Kg6 $19) 58... Qh2+ 59. Kf1 Qh1+ 60. Ke2 Re8+ ( 60... Re8+ 61. Kd2 Qh6+ 62. Kd3 Qg6+ 63. Kd2 Qg5+ 64. Kd3 Qf5+ 65. Kd2 Qxf2+ $19) 0-1 [Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2005.05.20"] [Round "8"] [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2005.05.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.08.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 Ne4 { Black simplifies the position, in this line White doesn't have attacking chances, as after the morecomplex} (7... d6 8. e4 a6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. f4 $13 {|^>>}) 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 { White naturally wants to make use of his 7-th move, the immediate} (10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 (11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nc6 $11) 11... O-O $132 { makes it difficult for him to put Black under pressure.}) 10... Nc6 {Black want s to solve his problems by further exchanges. If he is not afraid of a typically cramped position, he can play more in the spirit of the Hedgehog:} ( 10... O-O 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 d6 (12... a6 $5 13. Qg4 Re8 14. b3 d6 15. Bb2 Bf8 16. a4 Qc7 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Rec1 Rac8 19. Rc3 Qb8 20. Re3 g6 21. Qd1 Ba8 22. Re2 Nc5 23. b4 Nd7 $132 {Agrest,E-Ghaem Maghami,E/Calvia olm/2004/}) 13. a4 $5 {is an attempt to emulate the Beliavsky-Lutz game (see below):} (13. b3 a6 14. Be3 Nd7 15. f4 Re8 16. Bf2 Qc7 17. Rc1 Bf6 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. g4 Nc5 (19... g6 $142 $5 $13) 20. b4 g6 21. Nc2 Nd7 22. g5 Bg7 23. Ne3 { Vallejo Pons,F-Adams,M/Linares/2002/} f5 $5 $13 {/+/=}) (13. Be3 Nd7 14. Rc1 a6 15. f4 Re8 16. Bf2 Qc7 17. b4 Rac8 18. Qb3 Qb8 19. f5 e5 20. Nc2 b5 21. Ne3 Bg5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rcd1 Nf6 24. Qd3 Red8 $132 { Psakhis,L-Adams,M/playchess.com/2004/}) 13... Nc6 (13... Nd7 $5) 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. b3 Qc7 16. Ba3 Rfd8 17. Ra2 a6 18. Bb4 $14 b5 $6 19. cxb5 axb5 20. a5 d5 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. exd5 Qd6 23. a6 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Rc1 $16 {Chuchelov,V-Medvegy,Z/Bundesliga 0405/2005/}) 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 { Consistent with Black's 10th move.} (12... O-O {allows White to play either} 13. Be3 {, or even keep the knights with} (13. Nb5 $5 $14)) 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. b3 {The text-move achieves precious little, so the question is - how to put Black under some pressure?} ({The best chance to achieve this seems to be} 14. Rd1 $5 {White wants to force d6 and leave Black defending the >}) 15. a4 $1 (15. Qe3 Qc7 16. b3 Qc5 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Bd4 Be7 20. Bb2 Rad8 21. Rd3 Bc6 22. Rad1 b5 $132 { Tukmakov,V-Gheorghiu,F/Crans Montana/2000/}) 15... Qc7 16. Ra2 Bc6 ({ more critical is} 16... f5 17. b3 Qc6 $132 {/+/=}) 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Ba3 Rd7 19. Rad2 Rad8 20. Qe3 Qb7 21. f4 h6 22. h4 a6 23. Bb4 Bf8 24. Kh2 $14 { ()|^,Beliavsky,A-Lutz,C/Mitropa Cup Leipzig/2002/}) ({ Another try to play on the d-file is} 14. Bf4 Bc5 $142 $5 (14... d6 15. Qd3 ( 15. Qd2 Qc8 16. b3 Rd8 17. Be3 Bc6 18. a4 Qb7 19. Bd4 a6 $6 20. b4 $1 e5 21. Be3 $36 {Ehlvest,J-Lindberg,B/Stockholm/1998/}) 15... Qc7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. b3 Bc6 18. b4 e5 19. Bd2 Bd7 20. Rc1 Be6 21. Bf1 a6 22. Rb1 Rdb8 23. Rec1 Qd8 24. a4 a5 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Rb5 Bd7 27. Qd5 $5 $44 { |^,Rausis,I-Womacka,M/Gausdal/2002/} Bxb5 28. cxb5 Bg5) 15. Qd3 Qe7 16. e5 (16. Be5 f5 17. exf5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rxf5 19. f4 Rd8 20. Rad1 Rf7 21. a3 a5 22. a4 g5 23. h4 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Qf6 25. b3 $13 {1/2,Beckhuis,G-Roeder,M/Muenster/1997/}) ( 16. Rad1 e5 $5 17. Be3 d6 $11) 16... Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f6 18. Rad1 fxe5 19. Rxe5 d6 20. Re2 Qb7+ 21. Qe4 Qxe4+ 22. Rxe4 Rf6 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Rd8 25. Red3 e5 26. Rd5 Re6 27. c5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rb8 29. Rc2 Rb5 $11 { Gurevich,M-Roeder,M/BL2W 9596/1996/}) 14... Bc5 $1 { Now Black doesn't hesitate to post his B actively.} 15. Qc3 (15. Qd2 Qe7 16. a3 a5 17. Bb2 Bc6 18. Qd3 f6 19. Re2 Rab8 20. a4 Rbd8 21. Rd1 Qf7 22. Kh1 Qh5 23. f4 e5 24. f5 Qf7 25. h4 g5 26. g4 h6 27. Bf3 Kg7 28. Rh2 Rh8 29. Kg2 Qe7 30. Rh3 Rh7 31. Kf1 Rdh8 32. Rh2 Kf8 33. Ke2 Qg7 34. h5 { Davies,N-Schandorff,L/DEN-chB/1988/}) 15... Qe7 { Anand can afford to be patient.} (15... f5 16. exf5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rxf5 18. f4 Qf6 19. Bd2 d5 20. Rad1 (20. Qxf6 $142 Rxf6 21. Bc3 d4 22. Bb2 $14) 20... dxc4 21. Qxc4 Rd5 22. Bc3 Qf7 $11 {Schlosser,P-Yermolinsky,A/Groningen op/1996/}) 16. Re2 $146 (16. a3 a5 17. Bb2 f6 (17... f5 $5 18. exf5 (18. e5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 f4 20. f3 $13 {/=/+}) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rxf5 $132) 18. Re2 Bc6 19. a4 Qf7 20. Ba3 Qh5 21. Rd2 Rf7 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rad1 Raf8 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Rb8 26. Rd6 Rb7 27. f4 Kf8 28. e5 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 fxe5 30. fxe5 Ke7 31. Rf1 Rxf1 32. Kxf1 Rb8 33. Ke2 Kd8 34. Rd4 Ke7 35. Ke3 Rc8 $11 { <=>,Vaganian,R-Yermolinsky,A/Tilburg/1993/}) 16... a5 17. a4 (17. Bb2 f6 $11 { can transpose into the above game. Ponomariov puts his pawn on a4 - if his rook leaves a1, Black can play a4 himself, while on a3 the pawn would require extra protection (Vaganian went a4 on move 19 anyway). The drawback is Black's outpost on c5 is now fully secure.} (17... f5 $5)) 17... f5 $5 { Anand chooses the active option.} 18. e5 (18. exf5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rxf5 20. f4 $11) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rad8 20. Qf3 (20. Bb2 $6 f4) (20. h4 h6 $11) (20. Bf4 d5 (20... g5 $5 $13) 21. exd6 Bxd6 $11 {/\} 22. Be5 Qb7+ 23. Kg1 Bc5 $5 {<->d}) 20... d6 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Bg5 (22. Bf4 Qd3 $1 23. Rxe6 $140 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Rd3+ $36) 22... Rd7 23. Rae1 (23. Rd2 Bd4 (23... Qxd2 $5 24. Bxd2 Rxd2 25. Rf1 Rfd8 $44) 24. Be3 e5 $11) 23... Qd3 $1 $11 { Again this active sortie guarantees Black sufficient <=>.} 24. Qxd3 (24. Rxe6 Qxf3+ 25. Kxf3 Rd3+ 26. Kg2 Rxb3 {leads to the same position.}) 24... Rxd3 25. Rxe6 Rxb3 26. Be7 Re8 $6 (26... Rc8 $5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 $132) ({Although the text-move draws in the long run, a safer way to achieve this result seems to be} 26... Bxe7 27. Rxe7 Rf7 $1 28. Re8+ Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Re5 Rb4 (30... g6 31. c5 b5 $1 32. c6 bxa4 33. Rc5 Rb8 $11) 31. c5 bxc5 32. Rxf5+ Ke7 33. Rxc5 Rxa4 34. Rc7+ $11) 27. Bxc5 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 bxc5 29. Re8+ $1 Kf7 30. Re5 $14 { White wins a P and Black must still be on his toes.} Rb4 31. Rxf5+ Kg6 (31... Ke6 32. Rxc5 Rxa4 33. Rc7 $14) 32. Rxc5 Rxa4 33. Kf3 Ra2 34. h4 (34. Rc7 a4 35. Ra7 a3 36. Ke3 Rc2 37. Kd4 a2 $132 (37... Rxf2 38. Rxa3 Rxh2 39. c5 $36)) 34... a4 35. Ra5 a3 36. Ke4 (36. Ke3 Rc2 37. Kd4 a2 38. f4 Kf6 $14 { is similar to the game.}) 36... Re2+ 37. Kd4 (37. Kd3 $2 Rxf2 38. Rxa3 $140 $4 Rf3+ $19) 37... a2 38. f4 Kf6 39. g4 (39. c5 $5) 39... g6 40. c5 Rd2+ 41. Ke4 ( 41. Kc3 Rf2 $132) 41... Re2+ 42. Kd3 Rh2 {><>>P} 43. Ra6+ (43. c6 Ke7 44. f5 gxf5 45. Ra7+ Kd6 46. c7 Kd7 47. gxf5 Rxh4 (47... Rh3+ 48. Kd4 Rxh4+ 49. Ke5 Rh2 $11) 48. Rxa2 Kxc7 $11) 43... Ke7 44. Ke4 ({The last chance was} 44. f5 { , although even here Black should draw:} gxf5 (44... Rxh4 45. f6+ Kf7 46. g5 $5 $36 (46. Rxa2 Kxf6 $11)) 45. gxf5 Rxh4 (45... Rh3+ 46. Ke4 Rxh4+ 47. Ke5 $36) 46. Rxa2 Rf4 47. Ra7+ Kd8 48. Rf7 h5 (48... Ke8 49. c6 $1) 49. c6 (49. Ke3 Rc4 $11) 49... h4 50. c7+ Kc8 51. Ke3 Rf1 52. Ke4 h3 53. Rh7 Rh1 (53... Re1+ $5) 54. Ke5 (54. Kf3 Rf1+ 55. Kg4 Rg1+ $1 56. Kf4 Rh1 57. Kg3 Rg1+ 58. Kh2 Rf1 59. Rf7 Rf3 60. f6 Kb7 $11) 54... h2 55. Kf6 Kb7 $11) 44... Rxh4 45. Rxa2 Rxg4 46. Ke5 Kd7 $11 47. Ra7+ Kc6 48. Rxh7 Kxc5 49. Rc7+ Kb4 50. Rc1 Kb5 {Although Black 's K is cut off, White can't concentrate his forces for an effective attack of Black's last P. The following moves allows an immediate draw.} 51. Ke4 g5 52. Rf1 Rxf4+ 53. Rxf4 gxf4 54. Kxf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2005.05.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2753"] [Annotator "Huzman,A"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2005.05.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.08.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 {Mikhail Golubev (www.chesstoday.net): A kind of modern tabia.} 16. Qc1 $146 { This interesting move looks very naturally and needs future tests.} Na5 (16... Be4 17. Qe3 (17. Be3 Qf5 18. Nd2 Bd3 19. Bf3 Bd6 $11) 17... Bg6 18. Bf1 (18. c4 Qf5 19. Qd2 Bd6 20. Be3 $14) 18... Kf8 19. c4 Qf5 20. Qd2 Bd6 21. Be3 $14) ( 16... Bd6 $6 17. Be3 $16) (16... Bf6 $5 17. Qb2 Na5 18. Ne5 Qb3 $1 (18... Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Qxb7 f6 22. Bf4 Qxc3 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Rec1 Qd3 25. Bxc7 $16) 19. Qxb3 Nxb3 20. Ra2 Nc5 $1 $11) 17. c4 Qe4 $4 (17... Qd8 18. Qc3 c5 19. d5 Bf6 20. Ne5 $5 (20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 f6 $14) 20... b6 21. Bd3 $14) 18. Bd1 $1 Qd3 19. Re3 $1 Qxc4 20. Re5 1-0 [Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2005.05.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2778"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "Tyomkin,D"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2005.05.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.08.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5 9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Neg5 {Vishy used the game Topalov-Leko for his preparation, and he definitely liked Black there, while Topalov was ready for this line and had prepared an improvement.} (11. Bg2 c5 12. Neg5 { with the idea Nxf7, but almost any logical move of black prevents this threat!} (12. Nfg5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Nc6 $17) 12... Nc6 (12... O-O $142 13. dxc5 h6 $15) 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bc3 (14. O-O h6 15. Ne4 Qc8 $6 (15... Nb4 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Rad1 Qe7 $15 {^^}) 16. Bc3 Nb4 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qb2 $14 { 0-1 Foisor,O-Vilela,J/Polanica Zdroj 1982/MCD (75)}) 14... Nd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. O-O O-O (16... Nd7 17. Rfe1 $5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Bxg2 19. Qf5 Qf6 20. Nxe6 Qxf5 21. Nxg7+ Kf8 22. Nxf5 Bh3 23. Nxd4 Kg7 { A draw is the most likely outcome in this ending.}) 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bd6 $2 {Overlooking simple tactics:} (18... Qc7 19. Rae1 (19. f4 h6 20. Ngf3 Nd5 $1 $17) ({The same idea doesn't work here:} 19. Ng4 g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Nhxf7 Qc6+ $17) 19... h6 20. Ngf3 Rfd8 {Black is just fine here.}) 19. Ng4 g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Nhxf7 $16 {1-0 Topalov,V-Leko,P/Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext (36)}) 11... c5 {12.Bg2 would transpose to the game Topalov-Leko, but Topalov had prepared something much more aggresive for this game.} (11... h6 12. Nxf7 (12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bh3 $5 (13. Qg6+ Kd7 14. Bh3 Qe8 $1) 13... O-O $140 14. Bxe6+ Kh8 15. Ne5 $18) 12... Kxf7 13. Ne5+ Kg8 14. Bh3 Bc8 15. O-O {with the same scenario as in the game - White is a piece down but has long-term compensation.}) (11... O-O 12. O-O-O (12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Nxf7+ Rxf7 15. Ne5 Rf8 16. Ng6+ Kxh7 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Ng6+ Kg8 19. Nxf8 Kxf8 $17) 12... h6 13. h4 c5 14. d5 {Topalov de finitely looked for such scenario in this game - he is simply better than anyone in such positions.}) 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 h6 {Fritz would agree with Vishy here! This move "induces bluff"- the Nxf7 sacrifice, and Vishy believed in Black's defense. From the other moves, 13...0-0 is probably the strongest, while White has a nice initiative in all the cases.} (13... Bxd5 14. O-O-O (14. Bb5+ Kf8 $5) 14... h6 15. Bc3 $1 hxg5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bc4 Bd4 18. Rhe1+ Be6 19. Bxe6 $18) (13... O-O 14. O-O-O (14. Bc3 g6 15. O-O-O Nxd5 16. h4 $44) 14... g6 (14... h6 15. h4 Bxd5 16. Bc3 $16) 15. h4) 14. Nxf7 $1 {Definitely a home preparation by Topalov. The exclamation mark is for the bravery, on the other hand Veselin probably analysed it in depth.} (14. Bb5+ Nbd7 (14... Kf8 15. Nxf7 {leads to the same as in the game, but with the bishop developed to b5.}) 15. Ne6 fxe6 16. Qg6+ Kf8 17. dxe6 Qe8 $1) 14... Kxf7 15. O-O-O Bd6 $1 { The toughest defense. Other moves lead to clear advantage for White.} (15... Nbd7 16. Nh4 Nf8 17. d6 Bxh1 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. f3 {The Bh1 is dead, after grabbing the bishop, White will be down an exchange only but still attacking.}) (15... Bxd5 $2 16. Bc3 Nbd7 (16... Nc6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rxd5 $18) 17. Rxd5 Nxd5 18. Qf5+ N7f6 19. Ne5+ Kf8 20. Ng6+ Kg8 21. Bxf6 $18) (15... Kg8 $6 16. Bc3 Nbd7 17. Qf5 Qe8 $8 18. Bc4 $36) 16. Nh4 $1 Bc8 $1 {The only move again! Black moves the bishop to the starting position While there are 4 other pieces still undeveloped! Many humans would fail to find this move, but Vishy is Vishy!} (16... Bxd5 $2 17. Bc3 Bxh1 18. Bc4+ $18) (16... Re8 17. Qg6+ Kg8 18. Nf5 Qc7 19. Bxh6 Bf8 {and now the fastest way is the one suggested by Fritz:} 20. Bxg7 $1 Bxg7 21. Bb5 $1 $16 {with BxR and d6 threats - black is hopeless.}) 17. Re1 $1 {Qg6 check was so tempting....} Na6 { 17...Re8 is possible, but doesn't help much.} (17... Re8 18. Qg6+ Kg8 (18... Kf8 19. Bb5 {and Bxh6 next;}) 19. Bc4 { with the same Re6 idea as happened in the game.} ({or and Bc3 then.} 19. Bd3)) 18. Re6 $1 {That's the reason why Topalov needed the black King on f7 - now BxR loses due to Pxe6 check and then BxN.} Nb4 $6 {The 18...Nc7 line would lead to very messy position with unbalanced material. In the 18...Kg8 line I don't see more than a draw for white... In my opinion, Black's troubles started from this move.} (18... Nc7 19. Qg6+ (19. Bc4 b5 20. Bc3 Nfe8) 19... Kg8 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Bc4 b5 22. Ne7+ $1 Bxe7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 $1 (23... Qf8 24. Rxc7 bxc4 25. bxc4 Ng4 26. Bc3 Rh7 27. Qc6 $16) (23... Rh7 24. Bc3 $1 Qf8 $8 25. Rhe1 $16) 24. d6+ bxc4 25. dxe7 Be6 26. bxc4 Bxc4 27. Bf4 Bf7 { Black manages to survive in this line and the outcome here is unpredictable.}) (18... Kg8 19. Bc3 Nxd5 (19... Bxe6 20. dxe6 Nc7 21. e7 $1 Bxe7 (21... Qxe7 22. Bc4+) 22. Bxf6 $16) 20. Qg6 Qg5+ 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Rxd6 Nxc3 23. Bc4+ Kh7 24. Bd3+ g6 25. Re1 Bf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Re7+ Kg8 28. Rg6+ Kf8 29. Rgg7 Nb4 { and I don't see more than perpetual check.}) 19. Bxb4 (19. Qg6+ Kg8 20. Nf5 Bf8 $17) 19... cxb4 20. Bc4 {White is bringing his last forces to the attack.} b5 $1 {diverting the bishop from the attack and gaining a tempo for a pawn. Again, Vishy finds the best defense!} (20... Kg8 21. Nf5 Bxe6 22. dxe6 Be7 23. Rd1 Qf8 24. Rd7 Re8 25. Rxa7 $16 { An amazing position! Black is a rook up but can't move - almost zugzwang!}) ( 20... Kf8 21. Rhe1 b5 22. Bxb5 (22. Qg6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Qe8 24. Bxb5 Qxg6 25. Nxg6+ Kg8 26. Nxh8 Kxh8 27. e7 Ne8 $11) 22... Bxe6 23. dxe6 Rc8 24. e7+ $1 Bxe7 25. Bc4 $16) 21. Bxb5 Be7 $4 {A horrible blunder. Even the best of us catch black-outs from time to time. Tactical blunders is the main reason why computers beat humans lately (A good example is Adams vs Hydra). After the only move 21...Kg8, I can't find any clear way for White's advantage.} (21... Kg8 $1 22. Bc4 (22. Ng6 $5) (22. Rd1 $5) 22... Rb8 (22... Rh7 23. Rhe1 $16) 23. Nf5 Rb6 24. Rhe1 {with the threat Rxf6} Kf8 $8 {and Black manages to survive.}) (21... Rb8 22. Qg6+ Kg8 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Bc4 Rh7 25. Rhe1 $18) 22. Ng6 $18 Nxd5 (22... Bxe6 23. dxe6+ Kg8 24. Rd1 $18) 23. Rxe7+ $6 { Topalov just missed an immediate win here.} (23. Re5 $1 $18 Bb7 (23... Be6 24. Nxh8+ Qxh8 25. Rxe6 $1 Kxe6 26. Qc6+ $18 {winning all black pieces.}) 24. Qf5+ Kg8 25. Bc4 $18 {winning a lot of material.}) 23... Nxe7 { The fight is still on.} 24. Bc4+ Kf6 { The rook ending in the 24..Be6 line is just hopeless for Black.} (24... Be6 25. Bxe6+ Kxe6 26. Re1+ Kf6 27. Nxe7 Rc8 28. Nxc8 Qxc8 29. Re4 Qxc2+ 30. Kxc2 a5 31. Rc4 $18) 25. Nxh8 Qd4 $1 {The best chance.} (25... Qxh8 26. Rd1 { Black is still up a piece, but completely hopeless against White's attack.}) 26. Rd1 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qd4+ 28. Ke1 Qe5+ 29. Qe2 (29. Kf1 $2 Bh3+) 29... Qxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Nf5 (30... Bg4+ 31. f3 Rxh8 32. fxg4 Nc8 33. Rd5 $18) 31. Nf7 a5 ( 31... Be6 32. Bxe6 Kxe6 33. Nd8+ $18) 32. g4 Nh4 33. h3 Ra7 34. Rd6+ Ke7 35. Rb6 Rc7 36. Ne5 {Cutting black's knight off. The white pieces are dominating.} Ng2 37. Ng6+ Kd8 38. Kf1 {Finally trapping this unlucky knight.} Bb7 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40. Kxg2 {The rest wasn't necessary, but Vishy decided to continue.} Rd7 41. Nf8 Rd2 42. Ne6+ Ke7 43. Nxg7 Rxa2 44. Nf5+ Kf6 45. Nxh6 Rc2 { With a last hope RxB.} 46. Bf7 Rc3 47. f4 a4 48. bxa4 b3 49. g5+ Kg7 50. f5 b2 51. f6+ Kh7 52. Nf5 $1 { Veselin chooses the most elegant way to finish this game.} (52. Nf5 b1=Q 53. g6+ Kh8 54. g7+ Kh7 55. g8=Q#) 1-0 [Event "Sofia MTel Masters 1st"] [Site "Sofia"] [Date "2005.05.16"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2737"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2005.05.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "BUL"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.08.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Bg5 {Adams had to face this move last year against Kasparov and Anand had probably prepared some minor improvement later on. However, this riskless alternative can hardly give White more than a slight initiative, which tends to evaporate gradually after sensible defensive play.} a6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qf4 O-O 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Ra7 15. Nd4 Qc8 ({Adams is the first to deviate from the aforementioned game. The main and slightly more popular alternative to the text-move is} 15... Rc7 16. b3 Rc5 17. a4 Qc7 18. Qb1 (18. Ra2 Rc8 19. Rad2 Bf8 20. e3 Nd7 21. Qb7 Rb8 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Ra2 g6 24. Kf1 Nc5 25. Rb1 Bg7 26. Ke2 Kf8 27. h4 Bxd4 $6 (27... d5 $5 28. cxd5 exd5 {/\Ne4<=> }) 28. exd4 Nd7 29. Kd3 e5 30. a5 $1 b5 31. cxb5 Rxb5 32. b4 { _|_,>>>.} g6 19. Rd2 h5 { This "softens" the >>, but otherwise Black would have to reckon with h4-h5.} ({ Black wants to activate his Q via c5, so he spurns} 19... Rc7 20. Rad1 Rc5 { /\b5} 21. a4 Qc7 $14 {/=} (21... Nd7 22. Qf3 $1 Kg7 23. Nc6 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Qb7 $36)) 20. Qe2 Bg7 21. Rad1 Qc5 22. h4 Rad7 23. Bh3 {/\Ne6,Be6} Re7 24. Qf3 (24. a4 Qb4 25. Qd3 Bxd4 $5 26. exd4 d5 $11) 24... Ree8 (24... d5 25. cxd5 Qxd5 (25... exd5 26. Ne2 $16 {>

}) (23. Rxa8 $143 Bxf3 24. Rxf8 Qxf8 $15 { and it's White who has to make a draw.}) 23... Qb3 24. Qd1 {The best. Krasenkow : 'It is now the only way for White to equalize! A forced draw now comes out.'} (24. Re3 $143 $2 Qxb6 25. Rxb7 Qxd4 $17 {/\} 26. Rexe7 Rxf3 $1 (26... Ra2 $19) 27. Kxf3 Rf8+ 28. Rf7 Rxf7+ 29. Rxf7 Qd5+ $19) 24... Qxb6 25. Rxb7 Qf6 ({ The most testing move.} 25... Qxd4 26. Rexe7 Qxd1 27. Bxd1 Rg8 28. Bb3 Rae8 $1 29. Red7 Rd8 30. Rdc7 Rc8 31. Bxg8 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Kxg8 $11) 26. Rexe7 Ra1 $1 27. Rxg7 $1 {[]} (27. Qe2 $2 Qh4 28. Rf7 Qh1+ 29. Kg3 Rg1+ 30. Kf4 Qh4+ 31. Bg4 Bh6+ $19) (27. Qxa1 $2 Qxf3+ 28. Kh2 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 (30. Kg2 Rf2+) 30... Bxd4+ $19) 27... Rxd1 28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. Bd5+ Rf7 30. Rbxf7 { White shrewdly forces an immediate draw.} ({Possible was also} 30. Bxf7+ Kxh7 31. Bb3+ Kh6 32. Bxd1 Qxd4 33. Bf3 {as even the _|_ after e.g.} g5 34. Rb3 g4 35. Bxg4 $5 Qxg4+ 36. Rg3 $11 {is a theoretical draw.}) 30... Qg5+ 31. Kh3 Qxd5 {Black will have to take the B anyway.} (31... Rd3+ 32. f3 $11 (32. Kh2 $11)) 32. Rhg7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 17th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2000.03.04"] [Round "5"] [White "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D18"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2769"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2000.02.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.05.31"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. e4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Rb1 O-O 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Nbd7 18. Ba3 Rfc8 19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Bb3 Nbd7 21. Bc4 Nb6 22. Bb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 17th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2000.03.03"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2851"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2000.02.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.05.31"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. c4 (12. Be3 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15. c4 Rac8 16. Rc1 g6 17. c5 dxc5 18. fxe5 Nd7 19. Bg4 Nxe5 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Qe2 {1-0 O'Donovan,R-O'Shaughnessy,C/IRL-ch/1994/ (28)}) 12... O-O ( 12... Nb6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Qe1 e4 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5 19. d6 Qd8 20. c5 Nd7 21. Bg4 { 1-0 Chatterjee,L-Sharma,D/Calcutta/1997/ (39)}) 13. Kh1 Rfe8 14. Be3 (14. a4 a5 15. Be3 b6 16. Rc1 Rab8 17. Bd3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. b3 { 1-0 Grigorov,J-Szekely,P/Ruse/1978/ (49)}) 14... exf4 15. Bxf4 Bf8 (15... Ne5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. c5 Bxc5 18. Rc1 b6 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. b4 Qb7 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. bxc5 $44) 16. Rc1 Qb6 (16... Ne5 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Rc2 Neg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Nf5 Ne5 21. b3 Qd8 {0-1 Wolff,P-Morovic Fernandez,I/Buenos Aires/1997/ (40)}) 17. Rc2 {Anand has prepared this move long time ago, but finding a coherent plan in the next few moves will be very difficult.} g6 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Nc1 (19. Re1 $5 Qb4 (19... Ne5 20. c5 Qb4 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. d6 Bxd6 23. Bxb7 $14) 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Bd2 $14) 19... Ne5 20. b3 h5 21. h3 Bg7 22. Ne2 (22. Re2 Nxf3 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxf3 Ne4 $11) 22... Nxf3 23. gxf3 Qc5 24. Rc1 b5 25. Qd2 $2 { White misses his chance to improve the position of his modestly located knight. } (25. Nd4 bxc4 (25... Nxd5 26. cxd5 Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Bxd4 28. Bxd6 $11) 26. bxc4 Nd7 27. Nb3 Qa3 $15) 25... bxc4 26. bxc4 h4 27. Bg5 Nh5 28. Bxh4 Rb8 $1 29. Ng1 $2 (29. Rc2 $142 $13) (29. Ng3 Qc8 $1 30. Nxh5 Rb2 31. Rc2 Qxh3+) (29. Bf2 Qa3 $15) 29... Rb2 30. Rc2 Qxc4 $1 { White have missed this simple combination that pulls apart his defenses.} 31. Rxc4 (31. Rxb2 Bxb2 32. Rb1 Qxh4 $17) 31... Rxd2 32. f4 (32. Rc6 g5 33. Bf2 Bd4 $1 $19 34. Re1 Rb8 $19) 32... Rxd5 0-1 [Event "Linares 17th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2000.03.01"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2751"] [Annotator "Blatny,P"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2000.02.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.05.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 g6 19. Be3 (19. Bd2 c3 $1 { see Kasparov-Shirov/Linares 2000/CBM76}) 19... Rac8 20. Rfb1 c3 21. a5 Nc4 22. Rxb7 Qe6 (22... Rc7 23. a6 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rfc8 25. Kh1 Bf8 26. Rf1 Bh6 27. Bb3 Rf8 28. e4 Rxb7 29. axb7 Qxb7 30. Qxc3 $14 { De Firmian,N-Rozentalis,E/Wichern op 5th 1999/EXT 2000/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 23. Ra1 $1 (23. Rc1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rc7 25. Bb3 Qe7 26. a6 Kg7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Qb7 Rc8 $11 {Kazhgaleyev,M-Arencibia,W/Elista ol (Men) 1998/CBM 66 ext/1/2-1/2 (44)}) ( 23. Rxa7 Nd2 $17) 23... Bb8 $6 (23... Nxe3 24. fxe3 $14) 24. Bb3 $1 Qd6 25. g3 Nxe3 26. Bxf7+ (26. fxe3 Rc7 27. Rxc7 Bxc7 $13) (26. Qxe3 Rc7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 $13 ) (26. Rxf7 $2 Rxf7 $19) 26... Kh8 27. Qxe3 (27. fxe3 $2 Rc7 28. Rxc7 Bxc7 $19) 27... Qf6 28. Be6 Rce8 29. d5 Be5 $1 {/\Bd4} (29... Qf3 30. Qd4+ Qf6 31. Ra4 $18) 30. Ra2 $2 (30. Qxa7 Rxe6 $1 31. dxe6 (31. Rxh7+ Kg8 32. dxe6 $40) 31... Bd4 32. Rxh7+ Kg8 33. Qb7 Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 c2 $1 (34... Qf1+ 35. Rxf1 Rxf1+ $11) 35. Rf7 Bxa1 36. Rxf2 c1=Q+ 37. Kg2 Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Bd4+ $40 39. Ke2 Qe3+ 40. Kd1 Qxe6 $17) (30. Rb4 Rb8 31. Rc4 c2 32. Rc1 Rb1 33. R4xc2 Bd4 34. Qf4 Rxc1+ 35. Rxc1 Bxf2+ 36. Kg2 Qg7 37. Qe4 $16) (30. Ra4 $1 Rb8 (30... c2 31. Rc4 Bd4 32. Qf4 Qxf4 33. gxf4 $18) 31. a6 c2 32. Rc4 Bd4 33. Qf4 Qxf4 (33... Bxf2+ 34. Kg2 Qxf4 35. gxf4 Rxf4 36. Rcc7 $18) 34. gxf4 Rxf4 35. Rxc2 $18) 30... Bd4 31. Qe1 (31. Qe2 Qxf2+ 32. Qxf2 Rxf2 33. Rxf2 Rf8 34. Rbf7 (34. Kf1 Rxf2+ 35. Ke1 Rh2 36. Rc7 c2 37. d6 Bf2+ 38. Kf1 (38. Kd2 Bc5+ 39. Kc1 Ba3#) 38... Bxg3 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. d7 Bh4 41. Bd5 Rd2 $19) (34. d6) 34... Rxf7 35. Bxf7 c2 $19) 31... Qf3 32. Kh2 Qxd5 33. Bxd5 Rxe1 34. Kg2 (34. Rf7 $142 Rxf7 35. Bxf7) (34. f4 $5) 34... Bxf2 $1 35. Rf7 $19 (35. Rxf2 $5 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 c2 $19) 35... Rxf7 36. Bxf7 Bc5 37. Bb3 Kg7 38. Rc2 Bd4 39. a6 (39. h4 Re3 $19) 39... Kf6 40. Ra2 Ke5 41. h4 (41. Kf3 Re3+ 42. Kg2 Ke4 $19) 41... Ke4 0-1 [Event "Linares 17th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2000.02.29"] [Round "2"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D18"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2769"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2000.02.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.05.31"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Nh4 Nbd7 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Qd7 13. a5 Nbd5 14. f3 Rfe8 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. e4 Nf6 17. Qc4 Bf8 18. exf5 Rad8 19. Kh1 Re7 20. Qc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 17th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2000.02.28"] [Round "1"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2769"] [Annotator "Lukacs,P"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2000.02.28"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.05.31"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 {This idea is still in the focus of interest. Black has some problems with developing the R on h6, but White has to lose some tempi with his Q as well.} 12. O-O c5 13. c3 (13. Qh4 b6 ( 13... Be7 $6 14. Bg5 {Now White can exchange his undeveloped B.} Qd8 15. Bxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qg3 {White certainly has to avoid the exchange of queens.} g6 {/\ Kg7} 17. Rfe1 {/\ d5} Nf6 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Ne5 g5 (19... Kg7 $4 20. Bxg6 $18) 20. Rad1 $14 {and Black has serious problems with his development, Sivokho-Barwinski, Polanica Zdroj op 1999.}) (13... c4 $5 { Black wants to build up a stronghold on d5.} 14. Be2 b5 {/\ Bb7} 15. a4 b4 $1 16. Bxc4 g5 $1 {Now Black can get back the P.} (16... Bb7 { allows White to hold the P, although Black has some activity for it.} 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Bd3 Bd5 19. Qh3 Rd8 20. Re1 Kg8 {(Kummerov-Speelman, Bundesliga 1998)} 21. c4 $1 bxc3 22. bxc3 e5 (22... Qxc3 $4 23. Bh7+) 23. Bf5 $5 $14) (16... Qxc4 $4 17. Qd8#) 17. Qe4 ({Both} 17. Bxg5 $2 Qxc4 18. Bxh6+ Ke8) ({and} 17. Nxg5 $2 Qxc4 18. Qh5 e5 {are incorrect sacrifices.}) 17... Bb7 18. Qe2 { (Sleich-Pachmann, CzE-chT 1997)} Bxf3 $1 19. Qxf3 Bxh2+ {winning back the P.} 20. Kh1 Qxc4 21. Qxa8+ Kg7 {is satisfactory for Black.}) 14. Be4 (14. c3 { - 13.c3}) 14... Bb7 (14... Rb8 15. Rd1 $5 (15. Bg5 { - Eismont-Gutov, RUS-Cup 1996 CBM 56}) 15... Ba6 (15... c4 { - Sadvakasov-Karpov, Hoogeveen 3rd 1999 CBM 74}) 16. c3 Nf6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Nd2 g5 20. Qh3 Kg7 21. Nc4 Bf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Qe3 Rhd8 $11 { Ramesh-Sashikiran, IND-ch Nagpur 1999}) 15. Bxb7 (15. c3 {- 13.c3}) 15... Qxb7 {Topalov-Timman, Elista ol 1998 CBM 66 ext}) (13. Re1 b6 { - Vorobiov-Gutov, Club Cup 1998 CBM 66}) 13... b6 (13... e5 $6 { opens up the position only for the white pieces.} 14. Qh4 exd4 15. cxd4 c4 16. Bc2 b5 {Black has no time to organize a successful blockade on d5.} 17. Re1 Bb7 18. Be4 Be7 19. Bg5 $1 Nf6 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Re2 Rg8 22. Bd2 Nd5 23. Qh5 $16 { and the R on g8 is still buried, Marjanovic-Ciora, Bucharest Cup GM 1998.}) 14. Qh4 Bb7 15. Be4 Bxe4 (15... Be7 16. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 (16... Nf6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rad1 Kg8 19. Bc1 Kh7 20. Ne5 Rhf8 {finally Black has finished his development.} 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Rd3 {Now White wants to invade the d <->.} Rad8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Rd1 Be7 25. h3 Qc7 (25... Ne4 $5 26. Qh5 Bd6) (25... Qa6 $2 { is met by the witty} 26. Nd7 $1 Rc8 27. Bxh6 $1 Qe2 28. Bc1+ Kg8 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Qg4 $16 {winning a healthy P, Ekstroem-Speelman, WchT 4th Luzern 1997.}) 26. Nd7 {This looks nice, but after the cold-blooded} (26. Qg3 Qb7) 26... Rd8 $1 $11 {White has no advantage at all.}) 17. Nxg5 Nf6 (17... hxg5 $5 { seems to be the clear-cut solution now.} 18. Qxh8+ Ke7 19. Qxa8 (19. Qxg7 $5 Bxe4 20. Qxg5+ Nf6 21. f3 { is interesting with R and two pawns versus two pieces.}) (19. Qh7 $2 Nf6) 19... Bxa8 20. Bxa8 Nf6 21. Rad1 Qc8 22. Bf3 Qa6 {and although White has two rooks versus the Q, Black's pieces are rather active, Madl-Molnar, Budapest FS11 1997.}) 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Nf3 $11 {1/2:1/2 Andreev-Galkin, Rotterdam 1998.}) 16. Qxe4 Ke7 (16... Rd8 17. Re1 (17. h3 Kg8 18. Rd1 Nf6 19. Qc2 c4 { creating the stronghold on d5.} 20. b3 Nd5 21. Bb2 b5 $13 { and the N is very strong on d5, Z.Almasi-Palac, Vienna op 1996.}) (17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qe2 Ke7 $11 {and the black K is relatively safe in the [+], Illescas-Karpov, Dos Hermanos 1997 CBM 59.}) 17... Nf6 18. Qh4 Ke7 19. Qh3 g5 { Black is very aggressive now.} 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Nd2 h5 22. Nc4 Bf4 { (Z.Almasi-Speelman, Yerevan ol 1996)} 23. Bxf4 $1 gxf4 (23... Qxf4 24. Ne5 $14) 24. Ne5 $14 {and Black's pawns are rather weak, Lempert.}) 17. dxc5 bxc5 (17... Nxc5 18. Qg4 Rhg8 (18... g5 {is strongly met by} 19. h4 $1) 19. Rd1 $14) (17... Qxc5 18. Rd1 $1 (18. Bf4 {simplyfies matters only.} Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Rhd8 $11) 18... Rhd8 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Bd4 Kf8 21. Qh7 $1 { This penetration is rather nasty, is the R's real place on h8?!} e5 22. Nh4 Nf6 23. Qh8+ Ng8 24. Nf5 $16) 18. Re1 (18. Rd1 Nf6) 18... Nf6 19. Qe2 Rhd8 (19... Nd5 20. c4 (20. g3 Rhd8 21. c4 Nb4 22. a3 Nc6 23. Bd2 {/\ Bc3} Kf8 24. Bc3 Re8 25. Qe4 (25. Rad1 $5) 25... Kg8 26. Qg4 e5 27. Nh4 Kh7 28. Nf5 g6 $13 { Hossain-De Wachter, Wch U20 Calicut 1998}) 20... Nf6 (20... Nf4 21. Qe4 $14) ( 20... Nb4 21. b3 {/\ Bb2} Rhd8 22. Rd1 (22. Bb2 {immediately is met by} Nd3 $1 23. Red1 Nxb2 24. Qxb2 Kf8 $11) 22... Kf8 {and only now comes} 23. Bb2 $14 { and the B is very strong on the long /^.})) 20. h3 (20. Qc4 Kf8 21. Qh4 Nd7 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ $11 {yields no more than a draw.}) 20... Kf8 21. Nd2 {White wants to put his N on c4, but this plan is a bit slow.} (21. c4 $5 {fixing the weakness on c5 and preparing to bring the B to the long /^ comes into consideration.} Rd7 22. b3 Rad8 23. Bb2 Kg8 24. Rad1 $14) 21... Bh2+ (21... Rd7 22. Nc4 Rad8 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. c4 Kg8 25. b3 {/\ Bb2}) 22. Kh1 Bf4 $1 (22... Bd6 {is passive because of} 23. Nc4 $14) 23. Nc4 Bxc1 24. Raxc1 Rd5 ( 24... Qf4 25. Rcd1) 25. Ne3 {The N has left his ideal position.} Rd7 26. Rcd1 Rad8 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Kg1 {Now White has really nothing.} (28. Nc4 Qf4) 28... Nd5 29. Nc4 (29. Nxd5 Rxd5 $11) 29... Nb6 (29... Nf4 $5 { comes into consideration, for example:} 30. Qf3 (30. Qe4 f6 31. Qh7 e5 { and the Q cannot find a real target.}) 30... f6 31. Kh1 e5 32. g3 Rd3 $1) 30. Ne5 Rd6 31. Qe4 Kg8 32. g3 c4 $1 ({or first} 32... Rd2 33. Re2 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 { and then} c4 $1) 33. Qf4 Rd5 (33... f6 $5 34. Nf3 (34. Ng6 e5 35. Qf5 Qd7) 34... e5 35. Qe4 Na4 $132) 34. Re4 Rb5 (34... Rd1+ $1 35. Kh2 Qb7 $15 { and now already White has to defend himself.}) 35. Nxc4 $11 { liquidating for a drawish R _|_.} Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Nxc4 37. Rxc4 Rxb2 38. Ra4 Rc2 39. Rxa7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"] [Site "Haifa"] [Date "2000.02.05"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Avrukh, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B63"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2000.02.03"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.03.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 Rd7 12. Qe1 a6 13. N5d4 Qc7 14. h4 Ne5 15. Kb1 b5 16. g4 d5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f4 Ng6 19. f5 Nf4 20. g5 e5 21. Qg3 Kh8 22. g6 Bf8 23. gxh7 Ng6 24. fxg6 exd4 25. g7+ Bxg7 26. Qg2 f5 27. exf5 Rd8 28. Bd3 Bf6 29. Rdg1 Bd7 30. Qg4 Qd6 31. Rg2 Qf8 32. Qh5 1-0 [Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"] [Site "Haifa"] [Date "2000.02.05"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Greenfeld, Alon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C83"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2563"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2000.02.03"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.03.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 O-O 16. Ng5 h6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Be4 Rad8 20. Be3 Bg5 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Kf1 g6 23. Rac1 Kg7 24. g3 g4 25. Bd5 Rfe8 26. Bc6 Rh8 27. Kg2 Nd4 28. Bb7 c6 29. Bc8 Ne2 30. Rxd8 Nxc1 31. Rxh8 Kxh8 32. a3 Nd3 33. b3 a5 34. Bxg4 Nxe5 35. Be2 f5 36. f4 Nf7 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Nd8 39. Bf3 Kg7 40. Kf2 Kf6 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. h4 Kd6 43. g4 fxg4 44. Be4 c5 45. bxc5+ Kxc5 46. Bxg6 Kd6 47. h5 Ke7 48. h6 Kf6 49. h7 Kg7 50. f5 b4 51. Kf4 b3 52. f6+ Kh8 53. Kxg4 b2 54. Bb1 Nf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"] [Site "Haifa"] [Date "2000.02.05"] [Round "13"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Huzman, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2574"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2000.02.03"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.03.10"] 1-0 [Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"] [Site "Haifa"] [Date "2000.02.05"] [Round "14"] [White "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2709"] [BlackElo "2769"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2000.02.03"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.03.10"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. e4 d6 9. d3 a5 10. h3 Nd4 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Nb5 Ne5 14. Nbxd4 Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Bxb2 16. Ra2 Bg7 17. a4 Ra6 18. Nd2 c5 19. Nb1 Rb6 20. Na3 Rb4 21. Nc2 Rb6 22. Na3 Rb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"] [Site "Haifa"] [Date "2000.02.05"] [Round "11"] [White "Psakhis, Lev"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2599"] [BlackElo "2769"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2000.02.03"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.03.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. Bg5 Rc8 9. O-O-O h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Rg8 12. Nb6 Rc6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. g3 Qe6 15. Qd5 Qxd5 16. Rxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"] [Site "Haifa"] [Date "2000.02.04"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2709"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2000.02.03"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.03.10"] 1-0 [Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"] [Site "Haifa"] [Date "2000.02.04"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2692"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2000.02.03"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.03.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne3 Qa5+ 16. c3 d5 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O Rad8 19. Qb3 b5 20. Rad1 Qb6 21. Rfe1 Qc5 22. Qc2 b4 23. cxb4 Qxb4 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. a3 Qb6 26. Bf1 Nd4 27. Qb1 Ndf3+ 28. gxf3 Nxf3+ 29. Kg2 Nxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxb2 31. Qg6 Qf6 32. Qxf6 Bxf6 33. Ng4 Bg7 34. Rxe6 h5 35. Ne3 d4 36. Nc4 Rf6 37. Re7 Raf8 38. Re2 Ra6 39. Rd2 Rd8 40. Bd3 Ra4 41. Re2 Bf8 42. Re5 Bxa3 43. Rxg5+ Kf8 44. Rxh5 Be7 45. Ne5 1-0 [Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"] [Site "Haifa"] [Date "2000.02.04"] [Round "6"] [White "Huzman, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D19"] [WhiteElo "2574"] [BlackElo "2769"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2000.02.03"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.03.10"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Na2 Bd6 15. h3 c5 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Rac1 Be7 19. Qb1 Qb8 20. Be2 Nc5 21. Rc4 Rc8 22. Be1 Ncd7 23. Rcd4 Ne5 24. b4 Nd5 25. Qb3 g5 26. Nc3 Nxc3 27. Bxc3 Bf6 28. Bb2 Rfd8 29. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"] [Site "Haifa"] [Date "2000.02.04"] [Round "9"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2672"] [BlackElo "2769"] [PlyCount "0"] [EventDate "2000.02.03"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.03.10"] 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"] [Site "Haifa"] [Date "2000.02.03"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Psakhis, Lev"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2599"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "2000.02.03"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.03.10"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. Nh3 d6 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 e5 11. Be2 c5 12. d5 Qe8 13. O-O Kh8 14. Nf2 Na6 15. b3 Bd7 16. Bb2 b5 17. f4 e4 18. h3 Rb8 19. Kh2 Qg6 20. Rg1 bxc4 21. bxc4 h5 22. Bc3 Nc7 23. Rab1 Na8 24. a4 Nc7 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rb1 Rxb1 27. Qxb1 Bxa4 28. Qb8+ Nce8 29. Qxa7 Bd7 30. Kh1 h4 31. Qb8 Kh7 32. Qd8 Ba4 33. Qe7 Bc2 34. Qb7 Bd3 35. Bxd3 exd3 36. Qb1 d2 37. Bxd2 Ne4 38. Be1 Qh5 39. Kh2 Ng3 40. Qd1 Kg6 41. Qxh5+ Kxh5 42. Nd1 Ne4 43. Kg1 N8f6 44. Kf1 g5 45. fxg5 Kxg5 46. Ba5 Nd7 47. Bd8+ Kh5 48. Nb2 Ne5 49. Ke1 Ng3 50. Bf6 Nd7 51. Be7 Ne4 52. Kd1 Ne5 53. Kc2 Ng6 54. Bd8 Ne5 55. Ba5 Kg5 56. Kb3 Kh5 57. Ka4 Kg5 58. Kb5 f4 59. Bd8+ Kf5 60. exf4 Ng6 61. Nd3 Nd2 62. Bc7 Ne4 63. Kc6 Nd2 64. Nb2 Nxf4 65. Bxd6 Nxg2 66. Bxc5 Nf4 67. Be3 Ne4 1-0 [Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"] [Site "Haifa"] [Date "2000.02.03"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2672"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2000.02.03"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.03.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. c3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 Bb7 14. b3 Ncb6 15. Be3 Re8 16. d5 Be7 (16... Rc8 17. Nbd2 c6 18. c4 cxd5 19. cxd5 Qc7 20. Rc1 Qb8 21. a4 Nc5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra1 b4 24. Qe2 Nbd7 25. Bd3 { 1-0 Spassky,B-Petrosian,T/Moscow 1969/MainBase (53)}) 17. Nbd2 c6 (17... f5 18. c4 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. bxc4 f4 21. Bd2 a5 22. Ba4 Rf8 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. c5 Bc8 25. Rc1 h5 26. cxd6 cxd6 27. Rc6 Qe8 28. Qb3 Kh8 29. Bc3 Bd7 30. Rb6 a4 31. Qa3 Rf6 32. Bb4 Bf8 33. Rc1 Rb8 34. Rxb8 Qxb8 35. Qc3 Kg8 36. a3 Qe8 37. Kh1 Qg6 38. Qd3 Rf7 39. Ba5 Qf6 40. h4 Bg4 41. Ng5 f3 42. Nxf7 Qxh4+ 43. Kg1 { 1/2-1/2 Brodsky,M-Ginsburg,G/Kherson 1990/EXT 97 (43)}) 18. c4 cxd5 19. cxd5 f5 20. exf5 Nxd5 21. Nf1 Rc8 22. Bd2 N7f6 23. Ng5 Qd7 24. Rc1 b4 25. Ne6 Nc3 26. Bxc3 Rxc3 27. Bb1 Rec8 28. Rxc3 bxc3 29. Bc2 Qc6 30. Ne3 d5 31. Ng4 d4 32. f3 Nxg4 33. hxg4 Qd6 34. Qd3 h6 35. Qe2 Bf6 36. Bd3 a5 37. Kh1 e4 38. fxe4 Qg3 39. Kg1 Be5 40. Rc1 Qh2+ 41. Kf2 Bg3+ 0-1 [Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"] [Site "Haifa"] [Date "2000.02.03"] [Round "3"] [White "Avrukh, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2769"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2000.02.03"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.03.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. e4 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. exd5 a6 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Ba2 Bd6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Bb1 Rfe8 16. Qf5 g6 17. Qh3 b4 18. Qh4 bxc3 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qxf6 cxb2 21. Qxb2 c4 22. Qc3 Rac8 23. Bc2 Qc5 24. Ng5 Bxd5 25. Qh3 h5 26. Qh4 Be5 27. Ne4 Qc6 28. Ba4 Qxa4 29. Rxd5 Qc6 30. Rc5 Qxc5 31. Nxc5 Rxc5 32. f4 Bd4+ 33. Kh1 c3 34. f5 Rxf5 0-1 [Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"] [Site "Haifa"] [Date "2000.02.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D18"] [WhiteElo "2692"] [BlackElo "2769"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2000.02.03"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.03.10"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Nh4 Nbd7 10. f3 Bg6 11. e4 e5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Qe2 Rfd8 ( 14... exd4 15. Bxd4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Kh1 g5 18. g3 Rad8 19. Ba2 Rfe8 20. Rad1 Nf8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. e5 Nd5 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Qd2 Ne6 25. f4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Qc6 27. f5 Nc5 28. Qg5 Rd7 29. Rg1 f6 30. exf6 Ne4 31. f7+ Rxf7 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Bxd5 Nf2+ 34. Kg2 Qf6 35. Qxf6 Rxf6 36. Kxf2 Rxf5+ 37. Bf3 Rf4 38. Rg4 {1-0 Botvinnik,M-Smyslov,V/Moscow 1954/MainBase (38)}) 15. Kh1 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. e5 Nd5 22. Qd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"] [Site "Haifa"] [Date "2000.02.03"] [Round "5"] [White "Greenfeld, Alon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2563"] [BlackElo "2769"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2000.02.03"] [EventType "schev (rapid)"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.03.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1 c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qb3 Bc6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ne5 Rb8 14. Nxc6 Rxb3 15. Nxd8 Bxd8 16. Bb5+ Ke7 17. O-O Rxb2 18. Bc6 Bb6 19. Nxd5+ Kd6 20. Bb7 Nxd5 21. Rfd1 Ke7 22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. g4 Rd6 24. Rc4 g5 25. Kg2 Rf6 26. Bf3 h6 27. Rd3 Kf8 28. h3 Ke7 29. Re4+ Re6 30. Rc4 Rd6 31. Rd5 Ra2 32. a4 Re6 33. Rf5 Rf6 34. Re4+ Re6 35. Rc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2000.01.30"] [Round "13"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Lputian, Smbat G"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2605"] [Annotator "Psakhis,L"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "2000.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] 1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {Brave Lputian doesn't afraid to test his favourite risky variant even against Anand} 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7 9. Nxc7+ $5 ({ Black showed good results in modern practise after} 9. Nf3 Bxb5 $5 10. Bxb5+ Nd7) 9... Qxc7 10. Nf3 {Exact order of moves. White don't need to be in hurry in the definition of the black-squared position.} (10. Bb2 Ba4 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Nf3 Nge7 13. O-O a6 14. Qe2 Qb6 15. Qf2 Bb5 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Rc8 19. Rac1 O-O 20. g3 h6 21. Kg2 Rfd8 22. Kg1 a5 23. bxa5 Qxa5 24. Qb2 Qa6 {Hall,J-Vaganian,R/BL 9900 2000/0-1 (45)}) 10... a6 $146 (10... Ba4 $5 11. Ra2 (11. Bd3 $142 $5) 11... Nc6 12. Bd3 Nh6 13. Bb2 Nf5 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Bxd4 Qb5 17. e6 fxe6 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Bd4 Qc4 20. c3 Rg4 21. Rb2 Rc8 22. Kf2 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Qc3 24. Qe2 Kd8 25. g3 { Van den Doel,E-Barsov,A/Dieren op 1998/1/2-1/2 (58)}) (10... a5 11. Bd2 $1 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Nh6 14. Bd3 Nf5 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc6 17. Qf2 O-O 18. O-O Ne7 19. Be3 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Bd4 Rf7 22. Be5 Qc8 23. Qh4 h6 24. Rf3 $16 {1-0 Novik,M-Lputian,S/Alekhin mem.op 1992 (62)}) 11. a4 $1 { Surely not allow bishop exchange} Ne7 12. Bd3 Nf5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Qe1 $44 { Black managed to keep pawn on d4 for a long time, but Abnand proves that initiative is more important than pawn.} Qb6 15. Rb1 Nce7 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Ne3 18. Rf2 Nc4 19. h3 Nf5 (19... Bxb5 $6 20. Qb4 Ra5 21. Nxd4 Nc6 (21... Qxd4 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Qxa5 $16) 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Be3 Qc7 25. Rd2 $16 ) 20. Re2 h5 ({Pawn on b5 is still poisoned-} 20... Bxb5 21. Qb4 Ra5 22. Bd2 Qa7 23. Qb3 $5 (23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Qxa5 Qxa5 25. Bxa5 Bxe2 26. Rxb7 O-O) 23... Ba4 24. Qxb7 Qxb7 25. Rxb7 Ra8 26. Bb4 $1 $16) 21. Qf2 Ra4 ({Deserves attention } 21... Nfe3 $13) (21... Bxb5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Nxd4 Ra5 24. Bd2 $1 Nxd2 25. Rxd2 $18) 22. Re1 g6 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Nxd4 { Finally Anand regain material balance and his advantage is now obvious.} O-O 25. c3 Rc8 26. Be3 Nxe3 (26... Qa5 27. Nb3) 27. Rxe3 Be6 28. Kh2 {White will stematically improve now his position and Black has great troubles in defense. } Ra3 29. Rc1 Rc4 30. Rc2 Kh7 31. Rf3 Qc7 32. Qh4 Qd7 33. Rg3 Ra8 34. Qf6 Re8 { Lputian must exchange queens and in this time White occupied important a line} (34... Qd8 35. Qxd8 Rxd8 36. Ra2 $16) 35. Ra2 $1 Qe7 36. Qxe7 Rxe7 37. b6 $1 $18 Re8 38. h4 $1 {Now result of the game is more or less clear and the technical part of the game was greatly conducted by Anand.} Kg7 39. Ra7 Rb8 40. Kg1 {First he brings king to the queen side} Bd7 41. Kf2 Kf8 42. Ke2 Ke8 43. Kd2 Rcc8 44. Re3 {Now time for rook} Ke7 45. Re1 Bc6 46. Rea1 Bd7 47. R1a5 Be6 48. g3 Kd8 49. Kc2 Ke7 50. Kb2 Kd8 51. Rb5 Rc4 52. Raa5 $1 {White plan me clear.Anand prepare rook exchange on c5 and after this exchange nobody can stop white pieces from penetration to the enemy's camp.} Rbc8 53. Rb3 Rb8 ( 53... Kd7 $5 54. Ra7 Rb8) 54. Rb4 $1 Rcc8 (54... Rxb4+ 55. cxb4 Rc8 56. Rc5 Rxc5 57. bxc5 Bd7 58. Kc3) 55. Rbb5 $18 Ke7 56. Rc5 Kd7 57. Rxc8 Rxc8 { Hecht: '# Riesenspringer gegen schlechten Läufer. Dazu kommt die Schwäche h7 und das komplett fehlende Gegenspiel von Schwarz.'} 58. Ra7 Rb8 59. Kb3 Kd8 60. Kb4 Kd7 61. Ra5 (61. Ra5 {Hecht} Rc8 62. Rc5 Kd8 63. Rxc8+ Kxc8 64. Kc5 Kd7 65. Nb5 Kc8 66. Kd6 Kd8 67. Nc7 $18) 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2000.01.29"] [Round "12"] [White "Piket, Jeroen"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D17"] [WhiteElo "2633"] [BlackElo "2769"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2000.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14. Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O 16. Qe5 Rab8 17. Rd1 Nb4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2000.01.28"] [Round "11"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2683"] [BlackElo "2769"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2000.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. h3 O-O-O 13. d4 Rde8 14. Bc4 Rhf8 15. Bg3 Bd8 16. d5 Ne7 17. Bh2 a6 18. a3 Ng6 19. Rhe1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Rxe8 Nxe8 22. Kd2 Nh4 23. Nxh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2000.01.27"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D17"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2748"] [Annotator "Huebner,R"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2000.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O Nc5 13. Ne3 Be6 (13... Bg6 { wurde bisher versucht, um dem Springer auf c5 das Rückzugsfeld e6 freizulassen, doch waren die Ergebnisse für Schwarz nicht ermutigend:} 14. b4 Rd8 (14... Ne6 15. b5 Rd8 16. Qb3 Bf7 17. Qb1 $2 (17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rab1 { ergibt Vorteil für Weiß.}) 17... Bc5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Qe4 O-O 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Nd4 23. Bb5 Nb3 24. Rad1 Nd2 25. Rfe1 Bb4 26. Rc1 Nb3 27. Ne4 h6 $17 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Morozevich,A/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (68)}) 15. Ned5 cxd5 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. Nxd5 Qb8 18. Qb3 Bd6 19. Rfd1 Bf7 20. Qb5+ Kf8 $18 {1-0 Bacrot,E-Morovic Fernandez,I/Cap d'Agde 1998/EXT 99 (42)}) 14. b4 Rd8 15. Qc2 ({In Betracht kommt die Fortsetzung} 15. Qb1 Nb3 (15... Na6 16. b5 { ist jetzt ungünstiger für Schwarz, weil er nach 16...Sb4 kein Tempo durch Angriff auf die Dame gewinnt.}) 16. Ned5 ({Schwächer scheint die Fortsetzung} 16. Ncd5 {zu sein, weil nach} cxd5 17. Qxb3 Qf7 { der Springer auf e3 einigermaßen unglücklich steht.}) 16... cxd5 17. Qxb3 Qd7 18. Rfd1 {doch dürfte Schwarz nach} d4 {genug Gegenspiel erhalten.}) 15... Na6 16. b5 Nb4 17. Qe4 Bc5 18. Rad1 O-O 19. Nc4 ({Die Fortsetzung} 19. bxc6 bxc6 ( 19... Nbxc6 20. Ned5 Qf7 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Nf4 { überläßt dem Weißen das etwas bequemere Spiel.}) 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rc1 { ist zu erwägen.}) 19... Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Bd5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5+ Kh8 24. e3 Rd8 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Qe4 ({Die Folge} 26. Qxe5 Rd1+ 27. Bf1 Qxe5 28. Nxe5 Ra1 {bringt dem Weißen Ungelegenheiten.}) 26... Rd1+ 27. Bf1 Be7 28. Kg2 ({Nach} 28. Nxe5 Qc1 29. Nf7+ (29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. Nxc4 Bb4 { verspricht dem Weißen höchstens Schwierigkeiten.}) 29... Kg8 30. Qxe7 Rxf1+ 31. Kg2 Rg1+ 32. Kf3 h6 { dürfte die Stellung ausgeglichen sein; Weiß kann natürlich mit} 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Ng5+ {remis erzwingen.}) 28... Qd7 29. Na5 (29. Nxe5 Qd5 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Bc4 Rc5 33. Ne5+ Kh8 {führt zum Remis.}) 29... Qd5 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Nxb7 Rd7 32. Na5 e4 33. Nb3 g6 34. a5 Bb4 35. Bc4 Kg7 36. b6 axb6 37. Bb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2000.01.25"] [Round "9"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2769"] [Annotator "Lukacs,P"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2000.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 Be6 9. O-O Ba7 10. Re1 h6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Be3 Bxe3 (12... d5 { Yudasin-Adams, EU Cup final 14th Belgrade 1999 CBM 69}) (12... Bxb3 { Kaidanov-Malaniuk, WchT 4th Luzern 1997 CBM 62}) 13. Nxe3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 (15. Nc4 Nf4 $1 {The counterattack is the best defence!} ({ Passive defence gives time for White to seize the |^ in the [+].} 15... f6 16. d4 $1 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bf7 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Nd6 $1 cxd6 21. Bxd5 $16 {and Black's weaknesses in his P structure begin to tell, Ostojic-Wellendorf, Baden-Baden op 1990.}) 16. Ncxe5 (16. Bc2 { looks rather passive.} Qf6 17. Kh2 (17. Nfxe5 $2 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 { is strongly met by the crushing} Bxh3 $1 $19) 17... Bf5 $36) 16... Nxe5 17. Rxe5 ({and not} 17. Nxe5 $2 Qg5 18. Ng4 Bxb3 19. axb3 h5 $17) 17... Nxd3 18. Re3 Bxb3 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Qxd3 $11) (15. d4 Nxe3 (15... e4 $6 { is not a successful change of the P structure for Black.} 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Nd2 $16) 16. Rxe3 exd4 $1 (16... Bxb3 {is also enough for equality, but here Black has to defend himself more carefully.} 17. Qxb3 exd4 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Qxb7 $1 dxc3 (19... Ra7 20. Qb3 $14) 20. bxc3 Ra7 21. Qb3 Ra8 (21... Na5 22. Qd5 Qb5 23. Qd8+ Kh7 24. Re1 $14) 22. Re1 Qd7 $11) 17. cxd4 Bxb3 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Qxb3 Rb8 $11 {and Black has everything in order.}) 15... Bxd5 16. d4 e4 $6 { This idea is dubious again, but Black wanted more than just a simpleequalizatio n.} (16... Bxb3 $142 17. Qxb3 exd4 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {- 15.d4 Bb3 16.Qb3 exd4}) 17. Nd2 (17. c4 $6 {is not a good intermediate move.} Bxc4 $1 18. Bxc4 exf3 19. Qxf3 Qd7) 17... f5 (17... Qg5 18. Re3 $1 $16 {parrying the threats again >< g2. }) 18. f3 $1 {White wants to blow up Black's strong central P formation.} (18. Qh5 $5 {was rather complicated.} Bxb3 $1 {This is the simplest solution.} ({On } 18... Qd7 19. g4 $5 {blowing up Black's P chain was exciting, for example:} Bxb3 (19... Rf8 $2 20. Bxd5+ Qxd5 21. Nxe4 $18) 20. Nxb3 $1 (20. axb3 Rf8 21. gxf5 Rxf5 22. Qh4 Raf8 23. Nxe4 Qd5 $44) 20... Ne7 (20... f4 $2 21. Nc5 $18) 21. Nc5 Qd5 22. gxf5 Nxf5 23. c4 $1 (23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. Qxf5 Qxb2 $13) 23... Qf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. d5 $14 {with better prospects for White in the _|_.}) 19. axb3 (19. Nxb3 Ne7 $11) 19... Qd7 20. b4 Qe6 $1 $11 {against Nb3} (20... Rad8 21. Nb3 $14)) 18... e3 (18... Kh8 $2 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Re3 $16 { and the weakness on e4 is not easy to defend.}) 19. f4 $1 { Now the weak e3 P will fall.} Na5 $1 {Black has to find some counterplay.} ( 19... Kh8 20. Nf1 Bxb3 21. axb3 Qh4 22. Qf3 Re4 23. Rxe3 Rxf4 24. Qg3 $16 { controlling the vital <-> e.}) (19... exd2 $2 {loses outright.} 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Bxd5+ Kh8 22. Qxd2 $18) 20. Bxd5+ $1 (20. Nf1 {allows Black} Nxb3 21. axb3 Qh4 (21... e2 22. Rxe2 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Bxb3 24. Ne3 $14) 22. Nxe3 Be4 23. Rf1 Re6 $44 {with some similarities to the Ruy Lopez Marshall Variation.}) 20... Qxd5 21. Nf1 Qb5 $1 (21... Re4 22. Nxe3 Qe6 23. Nf1 Nc4 24. b3 Nd6 25. Ng3 $16 { and Black has nothing to show for the lost material.}) (21... Qe4 22. Qa4 $1 Nc6 (22... e2 23. Qxa5 $16) 23. Rxe3 Qxf4 24. Rf3 $16) 22. Nxe3 (22. Qe2 $5 { deserved serious attention.} Re4 (22... Nc4 23. b3 Nd6 24. Qxb5 Nxb5 25. Rac1 $1 {The weak e P will fall anyway.} (25. Rxe3 Rxe3 26. Nxe3 Nxc3 $11) (25. Nxe3 Nxc3 26. Rac1 Nxa2 27. Rxc7 Nb4 $11) 25... e2 26. Ng3 Re3 27. Nxe2 Rae8 28. Kf2 $16 {and the pin is not dangerous.}) (22... Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Re4 24. Rxe3 $16) 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. Rxe3 Rxf4 (24... Nb3 25. Rxe4 fxe4 26. Rb1 Rxa2 27. Kf2 $16 { >< e4}) 25. Nd2 $14) 22... Re4 (22... Qxb2 $2 { gives White good attacking chances as well.} 23. Nxf5 Rxe1+ (23... Qxc3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rc1 Qb4 26. Qg4) 24. Qxe1 $16) 23. Qd2 (23. Qe2 $2 { falls into the pin after} Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Rae8 25. Rae1 g5 $1) 23... Rae8 24. b3 (24. b4 $5 Nc4 (24... Nc6 $2 25. a4 $18) 25. Nxc4 Qxc4 26. Kf2 $14 { and White has an extra P, although the black heavy artillery is rather active.} ) 24... b6 25. c4 (25. Nf1 $1 Re2 26. a4 $1 $16) 25... Qd7 26. Nc2 $14 (26. Nd5 Nc6 {>< d4}) 26... Nb7 27. Rxe4 (27. d5 $5) 27... Rxe4 28. Re1 (28. d5 b5) 28... Nd6 29. Rxe4 (29. d5 b5 30. Rxe4 Nxe4 31. Qd4) (29. Nb4 $5) 29... Nxe4 30. Qe3 {White is a healthy P up!} b5 31. Nb4 a5 32. Nd5 (32. Nd3 bxc4 33. Ne5 Qb5 34. Nxc4) 32... b4 33. Kh2 Qd8 34. Qd3 {Was it a time trouble?} (34. Qd3 Qd6 35. g3 g6 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Kf3 c6 38. Ne3 $14) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2000.01.24"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2646"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2000.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Bd3 Ne5 12. Rhe1 Rc8 13. Kb1 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc4 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qb6 17. f5 e5 18. Nb3 Qxe3 19. Rxe3 Nc5 20. Na5 Ba8 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Be7 23. Be2 Bg5 24. Rc3 e4 25. Nc6 Bf6 26. Ra3 Kd7 27. Nb4 Ra8 28. Nxa6 b4 29. Nxc5+ dxc5 30. Re3 Kd6 31. Rxe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2000.01.23"] [Round "7"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2851"] [BlackElo "2769"] [Annotator "Wells,P"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2000.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 {In the last few years, this has become very popular, almost completely replacing the old 9 Bd2.} Nc6 {Also becoming established as the main line.There are several important alternatives however:} (9... Qa5 10. Bd2 Na6 (10... Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O {- main line.}) 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 Nc5 {A fairly typical scenario. Black's structure is neat and he has a happy knight sitting comfortably on c5. However, with his next move white easily dislodges it, and shows that his superior bishop and the pressure on the half-open b file are more salient factors.} 15. Nb3 $1 $14 Na4 16. c4 Rb8 17. c5 e5 18. Rfc1 Be6 19. Na5 b6 20. Nc6 Nxc5 $1 { Sensible, under the circumstances.} 21. Nxb8 Rxb8 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke1 Ke7 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Bd5 { and although white's task is not at all easy he eventually converted} Bd7 { 1-0 Zvjaginsev,V-Podgaets,M/Moscow 1992/EXT 97 (59)}) (9... Qb6 10. Bxd5 $1 exd5 (10... Qxd4 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. Be3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qg4 14. Rd1 e5 15. h3 Qh5 16. Rd6 {Dautov, and in my view '+/='.}) 11. Be3 Nc6 (11... Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qg6 $5 13. h4 $5 (13. O-O Nc6 14. Rfc1 Bh3 15. Qc2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qe6 {Black has eno ugh activity for the IQP and the opposite coloured bishops only help. In blitz he has more than enough.} 17. f3 Rfe8 18. Kf2 Qh6 19. Qd3 Re7 20. Rc2 Rae8 21. Re1 $2 Qh5 $1 $17 22. Kg1 Bf5 { 0-1 Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Moscow 1998/CBM 67 ext (22)}) 13... h5 14. g4 Bxg4 15. f3 Rc8 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. fxg4 Ne5 18. gxh5 {Strange.} Qe4 19. Rg1 Nc4 20. Qd3 Nxe3 21. Qxe4 dxe4 22. Kf2 Nc2 23. Rad1 Rc5 24. Nxc2 Rxc2 25. Rd7 Rxb2 26. h6 $1 e3+ 27. Kxe3 (27. Kf3 $5) 27... Re8+ {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V-Polgar,J/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72 (27) I must confess - I simply do not understand this game, although its players and setting render it to important to pass over.}) (11... Bh3 $5 {Interesting, although since g4 is a recurring theme in the line, it does seem rather to invite it!} 12. g4 $5 Nc6 (12... Nd7 13. Rg1 Nf6 14. Rg3 Bxg4 15. Nf5 Bxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Qe6 17. Nd4 (17. Nxg7 $5 Qa6 18. Rxg4 Nxg4 19. Nf5 $40) 17... Qd7 18. f3 Bh5 19. Bg5 Ne8 20. Kf2 f6 21. Bf4 Rc8 $15 { 0-1 Rogozenko,D-Socko,B/Hamburg HSK 1996/CBM 56 (39)}) 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Rg1 Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 f5 $13 { 1/2-1/2 Bezold,M-Horvath,C/Budapest Honved 1994/EXP 45 (23)}) 12. Nxc6 (12. Rd1 Qa5 13. O-O Bh3 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15. Rc1 Ne5 16. Ndb5 Be6 17. Nd4 Nc4 { 1-0 Beliavsky,A-Timman,J/Beograd 1995/Inf 65 (69) looks OK for black}) 12... Qxc6 (12... Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Qxc6 14. Qxc6 bxc6 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. f3 Rfb8 17. b3 a5 18. Bc5 a4 19. b4 Re8 20. a3 Bc8 21. Kf2 Ba6 22. e3 h5 23. h3 f6 24. Bd4 $16 { 1-0 Alterman,B-Baumegger,S/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (64) is no easy technical task for white, but no fun at all for theopponent!}) 13. Qxb4 d4 14. f3 dxe3 { 1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P-Pinter,J/Kobenhavn 1995/Inf 63 (14) is where the whole business started. No-one has seen fit to test this obscure position. Probably after} 15. O-O-O $5 {Black's e-pawn will eventually prove too vulnerable.}) ( 9... Na6 10. O-O Nxc3 (10... Nc5 $5) 11. bxc3 Be7 12. Rd1 Nc5 13. Qc4 Bd7 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 (15... bxc6 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qc7 18. Rd4 Rb8 19. Rad1 Be8 20. Rb4 Rb6 21. a4 $16 {1-0 Avrukh,B-Finkel,A/Antwerp 1998/EXT 99 (34) looks quite unpleasant for black. Again the relative activity of the forces tells us a great deal.}) 16. Rxd8 Rfxd8 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. a4 $1 {This queen rifice might be found to be sufficient for a draw with perfect play - in any case it seems to me to be a rather masochistic variation to choose with black. White sets about preparing to undermine black's queenside, since ...b6 is likely to be required to consolidate it.} Rd5 (18... h6 19. Rb1 b6 20. a5 bxa5 $6 21. Rb7 $1 Nxb7 22. Qxc6 Nd6 23. c4 Kf8 24. Qa6 a4 25. Bxa7 a3 26. Bb6 Rb8 27. c5 {1-0 Huzman,A-Loginov,V/Beersheva 1998/EXT 99 (37) Once the blockade is broken, of course, the shrewd money has to be on white.}) 19. Rb1 Nd7 20. Qb3 b6 21. c4 Rdd6 22. Qb5 Rc8 23. a5 Rdc6 24. Qa6 (24. Rd1 $5 {around here I had a good feeling. The game is still too painful for a rigourous analysis.}) 24... R6c7 25. Rd1 Nc5 26. Qb5 Rc6 27. axb6 axb6 28. Ra1 Bf8 29. Ra7 Ne4 30. Qh5 R6c7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Qb5 Nd6 33. Qxb6 Rxc4 {1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Alterman,B/FIDE WCh KO, Groningen NED (1.2) 1997 (82) and now it should probably be a draw, although white constructed at least three more winning positions, two of them trivial, before it eventually was.}) (9... Bc5 $5 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Be3 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. Rd1 $14 b6 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Rd8 16. Bc3 Be6 17. e4 Rd7 18. O-O Rad8 19. a3 f5 20. f3 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 { 1/2-1/2 Kuemin,S-Cvitan,O/Zurich 1999/CBM 73 ext.}) 10. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Bxc3 (12... Rb8 $2 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Qxb8 Bd7 16. Qb7 $16 {1/2-1/2 Barsov,A-Rowson,J/York 1999/CBM 75_02 (27)}) 13. bxc3 (13. Bxc3 $5 {is not particularly dangerous, but black has to be a bit careful. The endgame reached in Ribli-Wahls is not lost, but it is no joy to play for black either. The move is also a decisive headache for those wishing to play for a win with black.} Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ba6 15. Qb4 Qe5 (15... Qxb4 16. cxb4 Rab8 17. a3 Bxe2 18. Rfc1 Bb5 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Rfc8 21. Rac1 Rxc6 22. Rxc6 $14 g5 23. Ra6 Rb7 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. Kf3 Kg6 26. Ke4 h5 27. f4 g4 28. f5+ Kf6 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Ra5 Kg6 31. Re5 Rb6 32. Kd4 Rd6+ 33. Kc3 Ra6 34. Kb3 $16 { The relative activity of the rooks tells the story!} Rd6 35. b5 Rd2 36. Rxe6+ Kf5 37. Re7 Rxh2 38. Rxa7 Rh3 39. b6 Rxg3+ 40. Kb4 Re3 41. b7 Re4+ 42. Kb3 Re1 43. Ra5+ Kg6 44. Kc2 Re2+ 45. Kc3 Re3+ 46. Kc4 { 1-0 Ribli,Z-Wahls,M/Bundesliga 1998.}) 16. Rfe1 Rab8 17. Qa3 Qb5 18. c4 Qxc4 19. Rac1 Qb5 20. Bxc6 Qb6 21. Be4 Bb5 22. Rb1 Rfd8 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Rogozenko,D-Blauert,J/BL2-N 1996. (28)}) 13... Ba6 14. Rfd1 Qc5 ({ The most played alternative is clearly in crisis -} 14... Rab8 $6 15. c4 $1 { Otherwise black would control the c4 square and be slightly more thancomfortabl e.} Qc5 16. cxd5 $1 {This queen offer is of great importance since it underpins white's play in the whole line.} Rxb3 17. axb3 Bxe2 18. Re1 $1 { White simply attacks the bishop, and ensures that he will either reach RBBv.Q or obtain a very powerful supported passed pawn. Since this seems to be very strong, and is well-known to be betterthan} (18. Rdc1 $6 {it was strange to see that Alterman was apparently unaware of this. He payed the price after} Qd6 19. Rxc6 (19. Be3 $6 cxd5 20. Bc5 Qb8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rc2 Bb5 23. Rca2 a6 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Qxb3 26. Rxa6 g5 $17 { 0-1 Nielsen,P-Emms,J/Copenhagen BSF 1995/CBM 46 (50)}) (19. Bf4 $5 e5 20. Rxc6 (20. Be3 $5 {Wells}) 20... Qb8 21. Be3 {Alterman might be the best chance, but in view of the strength of 18 Re1 it is largely academic.}) 19... Qd7 20. Bf4 exd5 21. Rd6 Qb5 22. Bxd5 a6 23. h4 (23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Qxc4 25. Rdxa6 $11 { Alterman.}) 23... h6 24. Rc1 Qb4 {0-1 Alterman,B-Timman,J/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (44) and white should maybe hold the balance, but that is the extent of his ambitions.}) 18... cxd5 (18... Bb5 19. dxc6 $16 Bxc6 $6 20. Rac1 Qd6 (20... Qd4 21. Be3 $18) 21. Bf4 $18) 19. Rxe2 Qb6 20. b4 Rc8 21. Be1 h6 22. Rea2 Rc7 23. Bf1 Qd4 24. b5 Qc5 25. Bd2 e5 26. Rc1 Qe7 27. Rc6 Rd7 28. Ra4 d4 29. Bb4 Qe8 30. Bh3 Rd8 31. Rxa7 $18 { 1-0 Nielsen,P-Savon,V/Pardubice op 1995/EXT 95op (43)}) ({In 1998 the move} 14... Bxe2 $5 {at last received a test. I had been expecting that someone would be moved to give it a try for some time, since black does get a rook and two pawns for his minor pieces, even though it is the bishop pair. Moreover, black's pawn structure is very solid.} 15. c4 Bxd1 16. Rxd1 { desirable other things being equal, but I had analysed} (16. Qxd1 $5 { at home because I believed that it was imperative for white to keep the queens on the board.}) 16... Qb6 17. cxd5 cxd5 $6 (17... Qxb3 $5 { looks much more logical to me. Is white better without queens?}) 18. Qf3 $1 Rac8 19. Bf1 Rc2 20. a3 Rfc8 21. Bd3 Ra2 22. Bb4 a5 23. Be7 Qb2 $6 24. Kg2 Rc1 25. Rxc1 Qxc1 26. Qf4 $5 {Now the situation is altered in the key sense that the exchange of queens now would leave black's a-pawn defenceless.} Qb2 (26... Qxf4 27. gxf4) 27. Bc5 Qb7 28. Qd6 Qa8 29. Bd4 h6 30. Qe5 Qf8 31. Bb2 $16 { 1/2-1/2 Chabanon,J-Dorfman,J/Meribel 1998/CBM 67 (58)}) 15. e4 Bc4 $1 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 $5 ({I have thought that} 17... Qxb4 {is a legitimate defence too, even if the ending is not entirely comfortable for black. Obviously Kasparov, who does not leave such things to chance, considers the white position promising enough eg.} 18. cxb4 Rfd8 (18... Rad8 $6 { weakens a7 and is thus clearly inferior:} 19. Be3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxa2 21. Bc5 Rb8 22. Ra1 Bc4 23. Rxa7 h6 24. f4 Bb5 25. Rc7 Na8 26. Re7 Nb6 27. Bf3 $16 { 1-0 Volzhin,A-Epishin,V/RUS-ch Elista 1996/CBM 56 (54)}) 19. Be3 e5 $5 (19... Bb5 20. Rxd8+ (20. e5 $5) 20... Rxd8 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. a4 Ra8 23. a5 Kf8 24. e5 Ke7 25. f4 bxa5 26. bxa5 Kd7 27. Kf2 Kc7 28. Ke3 {1/2-1/2 Fish,G-Shipov,S/ Yalta op 1996/EXP 53 (31) should draw, although if my memory serves me, I managed to lose a similar ending in a rapid game ( with black! ) and it is not trivial to hold.}) 20. Rxd8+ $6 {Criticised by Leko, and rightly so.} (20. Rdc1 {is more thematic.}) 20... Rxd8 21. Bf1 Bb5 22. Rc1 f6 23. Bxb5 cxb5 24. Rc7 Nc4 {This excellent piece will suffice to hold the game.} 25. Bxa7 Rd1+ 26. Kg2 Ra1 27. Bc5 Rxa2 28. Rb7 Nd2 29. Rxb5 Nxe4 30. Be3 Rb2 31. Rb8+ Kf7 32. Rb7+ Kg6 33. g4 h5 34. gxh5+ Kxh5 35. Rxg7 Rxb4 { 1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Lalic,B/Szeged 1997/CBM 62 (35)}) 18. Be3 Be2 {This is a key part of black's idea.The bishop is sometimes headed for f3, sometimes just facilitating a changing of the c4 blockade guard.} 19. Rd2 (19. Re1 Nc4 20. Qc5 (20. Rxe2 $2 Qxe2 21. Bf1 Qb2 $17) 20... Rfd8 21. e5 $1 a5 22. h3 (22. Bd4 $2 Nd2 $132) 22... Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Bc4 24. Bxc6 Rac8 25. Bg2 a4 26. Qa7 Bb5 27. Qa5 $14 {0-1 Shaked,T-Georgiev,K/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72 (55)}) 19... Rab8 20. Bxb6 ( 20. Qc5 $5) (20. Bc5 Nc4 21. Bxf8 Rxb4 22. Rd8 h6 23. cxb4 Kh7) 20... axb6 21. Qd6 Bf3 (21... Rfc8 $5 22. h3 (22. Rb1 h6 $5) 22... Bf3 23. Rb1 (23. g4 Qg5) 23... Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qa5 { 1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Short,N/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 75_02 (24)}) 22. Qxc6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe5 24. Qc4 Rfc8 25. Qd4 Qa5 26. Rb1 h6 27. Rb4 Qc5 28. Rd3 Qc7 { White has clear advantage and reasonable winning chances, although the weakness of the c-pawn of course complicates the technocal task.} 29. a4 Rd8 30. Qe3 Rxd3 31. Qxd3 Rc8 32. Qb1 Qxc3 33. Rxb6 Rc4 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rb7 f6 36. Re7 Rb4 37. Qa2 Qc4 38. Qxc4 Rxc4 39. a5 Ra4 40. Rxe6 Rxa5 41. Rd6 Ra4 42. Kf3 Ra3+ 43. Ke2 h5 44. Rd3 Ra2+ 45. Ke3 Kg6 46. h3 Ra4 47. f4 Rb4 48. Ra3 Rc4 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Rb4 51. Ra6 Kf7 52. Ra7+ Kg6 53. f5+ Kh6 54. g5+ fxg5 55. e5 g4 56. e6 Kg5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2000.01.22"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2659"] [Annotator "Finkel,A"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2000.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. h4 h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 {After this game the variation needs to be rebuild!It's difficult to point out where black made the mistake,but I guess he did it somewhere,because otherwise I don't know how to explai the fact that the game lasted only 19 moves!} (9... Qxf6 10. Qd2 c5 (10... O-O $5 11. O-O-O e5 12. dxe5 (12. Qe3 exd4 13. Rxd4 Nb6 14. Qe5 Qxe5 { 1/2-1/2 Morovic Fernandez,I-Miles,A/Capablanca Elite 1997}) 12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Bc4 Qf6 15. Qd4 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Har-Zvi,R-Soffer,R/ISR-chT ASA Tel-Aviv-Hapoel P.T 1998}) 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Bb5 $5 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Rxd4 Nf6 15. Ne5 a6 16. Be2 b5 17. Bf3 $14 { Arancibia,E-Dumas Aviles,A/Esucomex op 1998}) 10. Qd2 b6 (10... Qd5 $6 11. c4 Qe4+ 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Ne5 $1 Qh7 15. f3 $16 { Kling,T-Saraiva,T/Elista olw 1998}) 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Bd3 c5 ({ Deserved attention} 13... Qd5 $5 14. c4 Qd6 15. Rhe1 Rfd8 16. g4 Nd7 17. g5 $36 {,but also in this case white's initiative is very dangerous.}) 14. dxc5 Qc7 $6 {Thi move is probably a decisive mistake,because afterwards black hardly could improve his game.Better was} (14... bxc5 15. Rhe1 Nd5 $1 $14) 15. Rhe1 $16 Bxg2 (15... bxc5 16. g4 Rfd8 17. g5 hxg5 18. Qxg5 $40) 16. Re2 $1 {Very strong move, probably missed by black.From now on white's attack is unstopable.} Kh8 17. Rg1 Bd5 18. Qf4 {Threatening to win the queen} Qxc5 19. Re3 $1 {Black is helpless against numerous threats and he finds nothing btter than to resign!} (19. Re3 Rac8 20. Reg3 $1 (20. Rxg7 $5 Qxe3+ 21. fxe3 Kxg7 22. e4 Bb7 23. Nf3 $36) 20... Nh5 21. Qxh6+ $3 gxh6 22. Rg8+ $1 Rxg8 23. Nxf7#) 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2000.01.20"] [Round "5"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B65"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2769"] [Annotator "Gofshtein,L"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2000.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Rhe1 { In this variation White delay e4-e5 promotion.} (12. e5 {-main line}) 12... Bc6 13. Bb3 (13. f5 $5) (13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5 Rae8 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Bb3 (16. Rxe7 Rxe7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxf6 Re1 19. Qxd6 Rfe8 20. c3 Qa4 $15) 16... d5 $11) ( 13. Kb1 $5) 13... Rfe8 (13... b5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bxg5 16. dxc6 e5 17. Qxd6 Bxf4+ 18. Kb1 $14) (13... Rad8 14. Kb1 h6 15. Bh4 e5 16. Qf2 exf4 17. Qxf4 Nh5 $11 {Murrey-Dorfman,France 94}) (13... Rfd8 14. Qd3 (14. Qf2 $5) 14... h6 15. Bh4 Qh5 16. Bg3 Nd7 $1 17. Qf1 Nc5 18. Bc4 Bf6 $132 {Dolmatov-Oll,USSR 88}) (13... h6 14. Bh4 Rfd8 15. f5 exf5 16. Qc4 fxe4 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Rf1 Qe5 19. Bg3 Qc5 20. Ne2 $44 {1/2-1/2 Murrey,J-Relange,E/Paris Philidor mem 1995 (51)}) 14. e5 (14. f5 exf5 15. e5 dxe5 (15... Nd5 $2 16. Bd2 $1 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 (17. e6 f6 18. Bxc3 Qc5 $132) 17... Bg5+ 18. Kb1 dxe5 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Qd3 $18) 16. Rxe5 Qc7 17. Rxf5 Rad8 18. Qc4 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Bd8 $11 { 1-0 Polgar,J-Sax,G/Magyarorszag (ch) 1991/Inf 53/ (51)}) (14. Qf2 h6 (14... Ng4 15. Qh4 Bxg5 16. fxg5 Ne5 17. Rxd6 Qc5 18. Rd2 b5 19. Qf2 Qxf2 20. Rxf2 a5 21. a3 $14 {0-1 Cseshkovsky Vitaly-Knoppert Erik G J/Leeuwarden 1994 (48)}) 15. Bh4 Rac8 $132) (14. Kb1 Rad8 (14... Rac8 $5) 15. Qd2 (15. Qf2 Ng4 $1 (15... h6 16. h4 $5 Qc5 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qh2 hxg5 19. hxg5 g6 20. g4 Nxf4 {#} 21. Nd5 $3 $16 { 1-0 Dvoirys,S-Khalifman,A/Elista 1997/CBM 59/ (37)} (21. Qxf4 Bxg5 $15)) 16. Qg3 Bxg5 17. fxg5 Ne5 $132) 15... h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 $14 { Tolnai-Majer,Czech 95}) 14... dxe5 15. Qxe5 { After Queens change White remain with weakness on e5, but how to use it?} (15. fxe5 Rad8 16. Qf4 Nd5 17. Bxd5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Bxd5 19. Rd4 $11 { 1-0 Tolnai,T-Leko,P/Budapest SW15 1992 (32)}) 15... Qxe5 (15... b5 16. h3 Nd7 17. Qe3 $132) 16. fxe5 Nd7 $11 (16... Nd5 17. Ne4 Bxg5+ 18. Nxg5 Red8 19. Rd4 Rd7 20. Red1 Rad8 21. R1d2 Nc7 (21... Nb6 22. Nxe6 $1 $16) 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. Kd2 $11) 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. g3 Rc8 (18... a5 19. Rd4 Nc5 20. Bc4 Rd7 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Bb5 $11) 19. Re3 Nf8 ({Maybe better was} 19... Nc5 20. Bc4 Rec7 21. Rd6 Kf8 $132) 20. Ne2 Rec7 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. c3 Ng6 23. h4 (23. Bc2 Rc5 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. h4 $11) 23... Rc5 24. Rde1 Ne7 25. Rd1 Ng6 26. Rde1 Ne7 27. Rd1 Ng6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2000.01.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B66"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2758"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2000.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. f4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e5 d5 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. f5 fxe5 15. Qxe5 Bf6 16. Qg3 Qe7 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Be2 h5 19. Bf3 O-O-O 20. h4 b4 21. Ne2 e5 22. Nc1 Kb8 23. Nb3 Qc7 24. Bxh5 Rxh5 25. Qg6 Rxh4 26. Qxf6 Rf4 27. Qg6 d4 28. Rh7 Be4 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxc7 Kxc7 31. Nc5 Re3 32. Ne6+ Kd7 33. Nxd8 Kxd8 34. Kc1 Ke7 35. Rd3 Re2 36. Rd2 Re1+ 37. Rd1 Re2 38. Rd2 Re4 39. Rd3 Ke6 40. c3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2000.01.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2769"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2000.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 c5 13. Be3 Rc8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nd4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc6 18. c5 Bf7 19. Re1 Re8 20. Bd3 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Rc7 22. Qb1 h6 23. Qb3 Re7 24. h3 Qa5 25. Rd1 Kh8 26. Rb1 Bg8 27. Rd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2000.01.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A90"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2659"] [Annotator "Tyomkin,D"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2000.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] {I watched this game live on ICC (Internet Chess Club) and was impressed, how easy Anand beat Nicolic in this game, but after some analyses I understood that everything wasn't such clear in this game.} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nd2 Bd7 9. Nf3 Be8 (9... Ne4 10. Ne5 Be8 11. Nd3 Nd7 12. f3 Nef6 13. Bf4 { The opening plan of white is typical for this variation.} Qe7 14. c5 Bb8 15. Qc3 h6 16. Qb4 e5 { Getting into the troubles, black tries to complicate the game.} 17. Qxb7 exf4 18. gxf4 Bxf4 19. Nhxf4 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Bf7 21. Qxc6 g5 22. Qd6 $1 $18 Kg7 23. Bh3 Qxd4 24. Bxf5 Nxc5 25. e3 Qxe3 26. Ng2 { 1-0 Efimov,I-Kovacevic,B/Formia 1995/EXT 97 (26)}) 10. Bf4 $146 { It is new move, but looks as the most logical in this position.} (10. Nf4 Qe7 ( 10... Bf7 $6 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Ne4 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Rac1 g5 15. Nfe5 Nef6 16. b4 Nh5 17. cxd5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Peng,Z-Zaitseva,L/Tivat 1995/EXT 97 (58)}) 11. Nd3 Bh5 (11... Nbd7 12. c5 Bc7 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 e5 15. dxe5 Ne4 16. b4 $14 { 1/2-1/2 Hudecek,J-Iljushin,A/Pardubice 1996/CBM 55 ext (31)}) 12. Nfe5 (12. Bf4 Bxf3 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. c5 Qe7 15. exf3 $5 $14 { 0-1 Zilberstein,V-Ruban,V/Voronezh 1988/EXT 99 (47)}) 12... Nbd7 13. b3 Rac8 14. b4 Ng4 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Bf7 18. h3 Nf6 19. c5 $16 { 1-0 Shtyrenkov,V-Iljushin,A/Pardubice 1995/EXT 97 (41)}) 10... h6 (10... Bh5 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Ne5 $14) 11. Qb3 {White uses the defect of monouevre of blacks bishop-blacks queenside is less protected.} (11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nf4 Nbd7 $14) 11... b6 (11... b5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. c5 Qe7 14. Nf4 $16) 12. Rfc1 Be7 ( 12... Bh5 $5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne5 $14) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 ({Probably was better to capture with the pawn, but also in that case black doesn't solve the problem of the development of his queenside knight.} 13... exd5 14. Ne5 g5 15. Bd2 a5 $1 $14 (15... Ne4 16. Bb4 $16) (15... Qd6 16. Nd3)) 14. Bd2 g5 15. Ne5 a5 16. e4 $1 {White has some advantage in space and in development and he should create some active play to use these advantages.} fxe4 17. Bxe4 Ra7 (17... Bf6 18. Re1 $16) 18. f4 gxf4 19. Kh1 Bf6 (19... a4 20. Qf3 $16) 20. Nxf4 Qd6 21. Nfg6 $6 (21. Nc4 Qd7 22. Nxb6 (22. Ne5 {like in the game.}) 22... Nxb6 23. Qxb6 Rb7 24. Qxa5 Qxd4 $132) (21. Re1 $142 $16) 21... Bxg6 22. Nxg6 Rff7 23. Bf4 { continuing initiative play.} (23. Bxd5 $5 {was forcing better ending.} Qxd5+ ( 23... exd5 24. Bf4 Qd8 25. Qd3 {I don't see a way for black to save c6-pawn.} ( 25. Bxb8 $5 Qxb8 26. Rxc6)) 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Bf4 Rab7 26. Ne5 $16) 23... Nxf4 24. gxf4 Bg7 $2 (24... Bxd4 25. Qh3 Bxb2 26. Rd1 Bd4 27. Rd3 $44) (24... a4 $142 25. Qh3 a3 26. b3 (26. bxa3 Rxa3 27. Qg2 Rg7 {and still nothing clear.}) 26... Bxd4 27. Rd1 $36) 25. Qh3 Rf6 26. Rc3 Qxd4 27. Qg2 Rd7 28. Rg1 (28. Rd3 $6 Qc5) 28... b5 29. Rg3 Qa7 30. Ne5 Re7 31. Qd2 $6 ({ In my opinion, much better was:} 31. Bxc6 $18 { and it is not clear how to prevent Bd7.}) 31... Qc7 32. Rd3 $18 { Nothing can't stop whites attack. Black N is still stalled on-b8!} Re8 33. Rd6 (33. Bxc6 Ref8 34. Qg2 $18) 33... c5 34. Ng4 Rff8 35. Nxh6+ Kh8 36. Ng4 Rd8 37. Qg2 $1 {Tough!} Rxd6 38. Qh3+ Kg8 39. Qh7+ Kf7 40. Bg6+ 1-0 [Event "Corus"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "2000.01.15"] [Round "1"] [White "Timman, Jan H"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E42"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2769"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2000.01.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.05"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O Bf6 13. Be3 g6 14. Rc1 Bg7 15. Bb1 Ne7 16. Re1 Re8 17. Qf3 Qb6 18. b4 Be6 19. h4 Bd7 20. Ba2 Bc6 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Rad8 24. Qc5 Qa6 25. Bg5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bxd4 27. Qc7 Rf8 28. Be3 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 h5 30. g3 b5 31. Rf3 Kg7 32. Kg2 Kg8 33. Kh2 Kg7 34. Kg1 Kg8 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Rc3 Re8 37. Rf3 Rf8 38. Kh2 Kg8 39. Rc3 Re8 40. Qc6 Qxc6 41. Rxc6 Re6 42. Rxe6 1/2-1/2 [Event "GSM World Blitz Cup"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "2000.01.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2771"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2000.01.09"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "POL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Rc1 c5 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rc2 Re8 16. Bh3 Rc7 17. Nf1 c4 18. Ne3 b5 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. Bg2 Be4 21. Rc1 Nb6 22. Ne5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 b4 24. Rc2 c3 25. Bc1 Bd6 26. f4 Qa8+ 27. Kg1 Nbd5 28. Nxd5 Qxd5 29. Qd3 Ne4 30. Rd1 f6 31. Ng4 Bf8 32. Ne3 Qc6 33. d5 Qc5 34. Kg2 Nd6 35. Nf5 Nxf5 36. Qxf5 a5 37. e4 a4 38. Re2 b3 39. axb3 axb3 40. Rf1 Rb7 41. Rff2 Qc8 42. Qxc8 Rxc8 43. e5 Bc5 0-1 [Event "EU-Cup Gr4"] [Site "Eupen"] [Date "1999.10.10"] [Round "3"] [White "Rublevsky, Sergei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2771"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "1999.10.08"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Nf6 8. Nf4 Bd6 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Qf3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bd2 a5 15. a3 Qb6 16. c4 Nc7 17. Qc3 Rh4 18. Be3 a4 19. Bc2 Qa5 20. Ne2 b5 21. g3 Qxc3+ 22. Nxc3 Rh8 23. Bf4 Kd7 24. Bxc7 Kxc7 25. cxb5 Rhb8 26. bxc6 Rxb2 27. Kd2 Nd5 28. Rhb1 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Kxc6 30. Bxa4+ Kc7 31. Nxd5+ exd5 32. Rc1+ Kd8 33. Bc6 Rxa3 34. Bxd5 Bg5+ 35. f4 Bf6 36. Bxf7 Bxd4 37. Rd1 Ra1 38. Bxg6 Rxd1+ 39. Kxd1 Ke7 40. Ke2 Kf6 41. f5 Be5 42. Kf3 Bc3 43. h4 Be1 44. Kg4 Ke5 45. Bh7 Kf6 46. Kh3 Ke5 47. Kg2 Kf6 48. Kh2 Ke5 49. Kh3 Bc3 50. Kg4 Be1 51. Kg5 Bxg3 52. h5 Kd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "EU-Cup Gr4"] [Site "Eupen"] [Date "1999.10.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Chernin, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2619"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1999.10.08"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. f3 b5 6. g4 h6 7. Qd2 Bg7 8. h4 h5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. Nge2 Bb7 11. Ng3 O-O 12. f4 b4 13. Nd1 c5 14. d5 Nb6 15. c4 bxc3 16. Nxc3 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Qe2 Qc8 19. f5 Nc7 20. O-O Nd7 21. Nxh5 gxh5 22. Qxh5 Rb8 23. Rf2 Ne8 24. Raf1 Ne5 25. Rg2 Nc4 26. Bc1 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Ng7 28. Qh6 Rxb2 29. Bxb2 Nxb2 30. Rf3 Bxc3 31. f6 Ne8 32. g6 Nxf6 33. gxf7+ 1-0 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 27th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1999.07.17"] [Round "7"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E37"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2771"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "1999.07.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. b4 d4 12. g4 Bg6 13. Qc4 d3 14. Bg2 Qf6 15. Ra2 Ne5 16. Qb5+ Nc6 17. Qc4 Ne5 18. Qb5+ Nc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 27th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1999.07.16"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Sokolov, Ivan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2656"] [Annotator "Blatny,P"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "1999.07.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 f6 $1 $146 15. Qxc7 (15. Bf4 $5) 15... O-O 16. Rxe7 (16. Nh4 $5 Bd6 $140 17. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 18. Qc3 f5 $44) 16... Qxf3 17. Rxg7+ Kh8 18. Bh6 $8 (18. Bf4 $4 Be4 $19 ) 18... Qxg4+ (18... Be4 $4 19. Rxh7+ Bxh7 20. Qg7#) 19. Qg3 Qxd4 20. Rxg6 (20. Rxb7 $2 Rg8 21. Re1 Rac8 22. Ree7 Qd1+ 23. Kg2 Be4+ 24. Rxe4 Rxg3+ 25. hxg3 Qd5 $19) 20... hxg6 21. Qh3 $1 Kg8 $8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 (22... Qxb2 23. Qe6+ Kxf8 24. Qd6+ $11) 23. Qb3+ Rf7 24. Rd1 Qg4+ 25. Kf1 Kg7 26. h3 Qe4 27. Qd5 $11 Qc2 28. Rd2 Qc1+ 29. Kg2 Re7 30. Qd8 Qc6+ 31. Qd5 Qxd5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 27th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1999.07.15"] [Round "5"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2771"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1999.07.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Ndf3 cxd4 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxd4 Bxe2 14. Rfe1 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Nd7 16. Qxd5 Rad8 17. Rab1 Nc5 18. Qc4 Ne6 19. b4 Rc8 20. Qa6 Rc7 21. a3 Rd8 22. Rb3 g6 23. Rbe3 Kg7 24. Qb5 Bf8 25. Bh3 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. R3e2 Rdc4 28. Bf1 Rc2 29. Qa6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 27th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1999.07.14"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2771"] [BlackElo "2701"] [Annotator "Golod,V"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1999.07.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Bb7 $5 (8... Qc7 $5 {Is the main line.See comments to Hector,J-Ziegler,A/ Goteborg 1999/CBM 69(1-0)(Golod,V)(37) Besides:8...Qa5;8...f5;8...Qh4;8...Ba6; 8...Be7;8...Qb6;8...c5 and 8...h6-was checked in the previous games.}) 9. Be2 ( {Can be recommended:} 9. c4 $5 {-you can see comments to game Kasparov,G-Leko, P/Linares,1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(48)}) 9... c5 $5 {/^a8-h1,/\Qc7(> Anand-Kramnik}) 16... h5 17. g5 h4 18. Rae1 Qf5 $6 (18... Re8 19. Qa3 $1 (19. Qb3 $5) 19... Qxf3 $8 ( 19... Qd7 $4 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21. Rxe7 $18) 20. Rxf3 Bxa3 21. Rxe8+ Kxe8 22. Rxa3 a6 23. Rb3 b5 24. Ra3 {mit besserem Endspiel fuer Weiss.}) 19. Rxe7 Qxf4 20. h3 Bh5 {Es sieht fast alles OK fuer Schwarz, aber mit} 21. g6 $3 { bekommt Weiss entscheidende Angriff.} Bxg6 (21... fxg6 $2 22. Qc5 Kg8 23. Ng5 { gefolgt von Dc4+ und Matt.}) 22. Qc5 Kg8 23. Ng5 Qb8 $8 24. d5 $1 Rh5 ({Auch} 24... cxd5 {reicht nicht wegen} 25. Qb5 $1 Be4 $8 26. R1xe4 $3 dxe4 27. Qf5 Qf8 28. Rxf7 Qd6 (28... Qb4 29. Rf8+ $1 {mit Matt.}) 29. Rxb7 Rf8 $8 30. Rb8 $3 { (Fritz)} Qd1+ 31. Kh2 $1 Qd6+ 32. Kg2 Rh6 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. Qxf8+ Qxf8 35. Rxf8# ) 25. d6 f6 26. f4 $3 fxg5 27. f5 Rh6 (27... Bf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Qc4+ Kf8 30. Re7 Qe8 31. Qd4 $3 Rh7 (31... Qxe7 32. dxe7+ Kf7 (32... Kxe7 33. Qxg7+ $18) 33. Qd7 Re8 34. Qe6#) (31... Qf7 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qc4+ Kf8 34. Qe2 $1 Rh8 35. Qe7+ Kg8 36. f6 gxf6 37. d7 $18) 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. d7 Rd8 34. Qd6+ Kf7 35. Qe6+ Kf8 36. f6 g6 37. Qd6+ Kg8 38. Qe7 $1 $18) 28. Qe5 $4 {Est ist unglaublich e schade, dass Anand mit diesem grossem Blunder die hervorragend geführte Partie wegwirft. Zum Gewinn führten die beiden anderen Damenzüge:} (28. Qc4+ Kh8 29. fxg6 Qf8 (29... Rxg6 30. Qf7 Qxd6 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kh7 33. Qg8+ Kh6 34. Qh8#) 30. Qe6 $18) ({Oder auch} 28. Qd4 Qf8 (28... Bf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Re7+ Kg8 31. Qxg7#) 29. fxg6 Rxg6 30. d7 $18) 28... Bf7 $19 29. d7 (29. Rd1 Rf6 30. d7 Qd8 $1 $19) 29... Qxe5 30. R1xe5 Kf8 0-1 [Event "Siemens Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1999.06.30"] [Round "6"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1999.06.29"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 { Black returns to the classical continuation as 7...Qe7 in according to Leko-Svidler leads to slightly better for white endgame.} (7... Qe7 8. Qg5 $1 Nf6 9. Be3 $1 Bxe3 (9... Bb4 $6 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qxg7 Rf8 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bg6 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Bh6 { 1-0 Nataf,I-Kharitonov,A/Koszalin POL 1999 (16)}) 10. Qxe3 Be6 11. h3 Nd7 12. Be2 f6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 Rfe8 15. Bh5 Red8 16. Ne2 Kh8 17. Bg4 Ne5 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. b3 a5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qa7 Nf7 22. Nc3 Qe5 23. Qe3 Re8 24. Rd1 Nd6 25. f4 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Svidler,P/Linares ESP 1999 (25)}) 8. Qf4 Qd6 $5 $146 { A new move in well-known position.Black's idea is very simple.He doesn't want to double his pawns on the king side,but to correct pawn structure on the queen side.} ({Other options are:} 8... Be6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Na4 (10. f4 f5 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Rhg8 13. g3 h5 14. Bh3 h4 15. Na4 Bf2 16. Bb4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 hxg3 18. hxg3 b5 19. Bxe7 bxa4 20. Bxf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Be3+ 22. Kb1 Rxg3 23. Rd8+ Kb7 24. a3 Bxf4 25. Rf8 Be5 { 1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Shirov,A/Linares 1997/CBM 57/[Shirov] (25)}) 10... Bb4+ (10... Bb6 11. Bd2 Rg8 12. f4 f5 13. e5 O-O-O 14. Nxb6+ cxb6 15. O-O-O c5 16. Rg1 Nc6 17. b3 a5 18. Bd3 Kc7 19. Rde1 Nb4 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Kb2 Rd4 22. g3 Kc6 23. Rd1 Rgd8 24. Be2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1 26. Bxd1 Kd5 27. Kc1 Ke4 28. Kd2 b5 29. Bh5 Bd5 30. Ke2 Kd4 31. Kd2 c4 32. Bd1 Be4 { 1/2-1/2 Arakhamia,K-Smyslov,V/Roquebrune 1998/CBM 67 noVC (32)}) 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 f5 13. Re1 O-O-O+ 14. Kc1 fxe4 15. Nc5 Bf5 16. Nxe4 Nd5 17. Bd3 Bg6 18. Nc5 b6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Nd3 Rh7 21. Ne5 Rd6 22. g3 c5 23. f4 { Palac,M-Malaniuk,V/Lucerne 1997/CBM 62/[Mikhalevski,V]/1-0 (41)}) (8... Ng6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Bd2 Rg8 11. Na4 Bd6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. g3 Bg4 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Bf4 Bh3 17. Bh5 Bc5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nd1 Bg2 20. Re1 Nf3 21. Re2 Ng1 22. Bg4+ Kb8 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Kxd2 Bxe4 25. Nc3 Bg2 26. Be3 Be7 27. Bh5 Nf3+ 28. Ke2 Ng1+ { 1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Topalov,V/Las Palmas 1996/CBM 57/[Kramnik] (28)}) (8... Qe6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Qg5 h6 11. Qh5 O-O 12. Bd3 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. O-O Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bd7 16. Ne4 Rae8 17. b3 Qe5 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Qxe5 Rxe5 20. Rf1 Be6 21. Rf4 b5 22. Kf2 Be7 23. Ng3 { Ashley,M-Goldin,A/Philadelphia 1997/CBM 60 ext/1-0 (60)}) 9. Be2 (9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Rd1 Qg6 13. Bc4 Qxg2 14. Kd2 Qh3 15. f3 Qh4 16. Rhe1 O-O-O+ 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Nd5 $17 { 0-1 Reinaldo Castineira,R-Korneev,O/Mondariz Balneario ESP 1999 (48)}) (9. Qg3 $5 Ng6 10. Bd2 {following by f4 and then 0-0-0 was probably an interesting attempt in the fight for initiative.}) 9... Ng6 {The idea of the previous move. } 10. Qg3 ({Certainly} 10. Qxd6 cxd6 {can't satisfy White.}) 10... f5 $1 11. f4 $8 {White must prevent f5-f4.Now his plan is preparing long castle by means of Bd2 while keeping tension in the centre.} (11. exf5 $2 Bxf5 $15) 11... Qd4 $1 ( {In case of slow} 11... Be6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Bd2 -- {following by} 14. O-O-O { White obtain slight,but long-term advantage.}) 12. Bd3 (12. e5 $5) (12. Bh5 $6 fxe4 $1 13. Bxg6+ hxg6 14. Qxg6+ Kf8 15. Nxe4 $140 $2 Rh6 $19) 12... Bb4 $1 { Anand accepts the challenge.} ({After} 12... O-O {White completes development comfortably getting better position thanks to the better pawn structure.} 13. Ne2 $1 {following by} -- 14. e5 -- {and then} 15. Bd2) 13. exf5 $2 { Very risky.White should submit with an equality after 13.Bd2.} (13. Bd2 { is probably not sufficient for advantage,but certainly safer than 13.ef} fxe4 14. Bxe4 (14. Nxe4 Bxd2+) 14... O-O $1 (14... Bxc3 $2 15. Bxg6+ $1 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kf8 17. bxc3) 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. O-O-O $1 (16. Qxg6 $2 Bf5 $40) 16... Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qxf4+ 18. Qxf4 Rxf4 $11 { and White can't make use of the temporary superiority of his pieces.}) 13... Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 (14. Kd1 $6 Bxb2 15. fxg6 Bxa1 16. Re1+ Kd8 17. Ba3 Bd7) 14... Qxc3+ 15. Kf2 O-O $1 (15... Qxa1 $2 {would be a decisive mistake as after} 16. Qe3+ (16. fxg6 $143 O-O {see 15...0-0}) 16... Ne7 (16... Kd8 17. fxg6) 17. Ba3 Qf6 18. Re1 O-O 19. Bxe7 Qf7 20. Qc5 $1 $18 {White's attack becomes unstopable. }) 16. fxg6 Qxa1 17. Qh4 $5 (17. gxh7+ Kh8 18. Re1 Bf5 $1) (17. Be3 Qc3 (17... Qxh1 $2 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Qh4 h6 20. Qxh6+ $1) (17... Qxa2 $5)) 17... h6 18. Bc4+ {First of all White should take under control the a2-g8 diagonal.} (18. Be3 $2 {is refuted by simple} Qxa2 $1 ({But not} 18... Qxh1 $4 { which allows White to finish the game beautifully:} 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Qxh6+ $1 gxh6 21. Bd4+)) 18... Kh8 19. Bf7 $5 ({Now} 19. Be3 $5 { leads to transposition after} Qc3 (19... Qxh1 $4 20. Qxh6+ $1 gxh6 21. Bd4+) 20. Bf7) 19... Qc3 $1 { Vishy doesn't take chances and comes with the most solid continuation.} (19... Qf6 $2 {is bad in view of} 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Ba3 Rd8 $140 22. Be7) (19... Bf5 $5 {was interesting with following examplary variations:} 20. g4 (20. Be3 Qc3) 20... Be4 (20... Bxc2 $6 21. f5) 21. f5 $1 (21. Re1 $6 Bd5 $1 (21... Qd4+ 22. Be3) (21... Qc3 22. Rxe4 $1 Qxc2+ 23. Re2 Qxc1 24. g5 Qc5+ $13) 22. f5 Qd4+ 23. Be3 Qe4 $1) 21... Qc3 (21... Qd4+ 22. Be3 Qd8 $140 $2 (22... Qc3 $142) 23. Qh5 $1 $18) 22. Bxh6 $1 Qf3+ 23. Ke1 Qxh1+ 24. Kf2 $1 Qg2+ 25. Ke1 Qg1+ 26. Ke2 Bf3+ $1 (26... Qg2+ $11) 27. Kxf3 Qf1+ 28. Ke4 $1 Rfe8+ $1 (28... Rae8+ 29. Kd4 $1 c5+ 30. Kxc5 $1 b6+ 31. Kb4 Qe1+ 32. Qxe1 Rxe1 33. f6 $1 Rg8 $1 $13) 29. Be6 $1 Rxe6+ 30. fxe6 Qc4+ $1 31. Kf3 $1 Qf1+ $11) 20. Be3 Be6 $2 { After series of brilliant moves Vishy commits an offensive mistake.} (20... Qxc2+ $142 21. Kf3 Qd3 $1 $17 {and White's attack reaches a deadlock.}) 21. Bxe6 Rae8 22. Qh3 $1 {It was very essential to defend both bishops as in the case of 22.Qg4 unprotectness of the e3-bishop would play the decisive role.} ( 22. Qg4 $2 Qxc2+ 23. Kf3 (23. Kg3 Qe4) 23... Rf6 $1) 22... Qxc2+ 23. Kf3 Qxg6 24. Bg4 $1 {[].This time Garry comes with the series of only moves.} (24. f5 $4 Qxe6) (24. Bb3 Qe4+ 25. Ke2 (25. Kf2 Rxf4+ $1 26. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 27. Qf3 Qd2+ 28. Kg3 Re3 $19) 25... Qxf4 $19) 24... Qe4+ 25. Kf2 Rxf4+ {Perhaps this decision was called out by the time-trouble or maybe after 22...Be6? Vishy didn't want to run risks.} (25... Qc2+ $5 26. Kf3 (26. Be2 $2 Rf7 $1 (26... Re7) 27. Rc1 Qb2 28. Rc5 Rxf4+ $1 29. Bxf4 Qxe2+ 30. Kg3 Re3+ $1 $19) 26... Qxa2 $15 { and four extra pawns on the queen side secure at least better play.}) 26. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 27. Bf3 { Now draw is inevitable as 27...Qd2 following by Q:a2 is dagerous.} Qd4+ (27... Qd2+ 28. Kg3 Qxa2 $6 29. Qd7 (29. Qf5 $5) 29... Qe6 30. Qxe6 $1 Rxe6 31. Rd1 Rd6 (31... Re7 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rb8) 32. Re1) 28. Kg3 { Short,but very rich in content game!} (28. Kg3 Qe5+ $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Siemens Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1999.06.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E34"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Golod,V"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "1999.06.29"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 $5 ({ Another options is:} 6. Nf3 $5 { -see comments to Golod,V-Psakhis,L/Tel-Aviv,1999/CBM 71(1-0)(Golod,V)(67)}) 6... c5 $5 {Is the main line.Besides,black has two options:} (6... e5 $5 { -see comments to Sakaev,K-Pigusov,E/St. Petersburg,1999/CBM71(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V) (41)}) ({and} 6... O-O) 7. Bd2 $5 ({Another alternative is:} 7. a3 {-see commen ts to Bareev,E-Gelfand,B/Novgorod,1997/CBM 60(1/2-1/2)(Tsesarsky)(30)}) 7... Bxc3 8. Bxc3 {Much less common than 8.bxc3, which was popular in the 1930s.} cxd4 (8... Nc6 {is the first(!!!) game in this variation.} 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Nf4 Qd6 11. dxc5 Qxc5 { +/=/=; 1/2-1/2 Gruenfeld,E-Gerschenkron,A/Wien 1934/EXT 99(30)}) 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 {Now this move better than:} (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ne2 (11. Nf3 $143 Bd7 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Ke7 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Ibanez,E-Hansen,S/Badalona 1995/CBM 49 ext (49)}) 11... Bd7 12. a3 Qe5 13. Nc3 f5 (13... Nd4 $5 {-see comments to Bareev,E-Gelfand,B/Novgorod,1997/ CBM 60(1/2-1/2)(Tsesarsky)(30)}) 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. g3 Kb8 16. Be2 Ne7 17. Qd3 {#} Qc7 $11 {-see comments to Kasparov,G-Anand,V/New York,1995/CBM 49(1/2-1/2) (De Firmian)(29)}) 10... e5 $5 ({Good enough:} 10... Qc5 $5 11. Rc1 O-O (11... Bd7 $143 12. a3 Rc8 13. Nf3 Ne7 14. Bd3 Ned5 15. Bd2 Qxc2 16. Bxc2 O-O 17. O-O {+/=/=; Georgiev,K-Shaked,T/Las Vegas USA,1999(1-0)(101)}) 12. Nf3 Nd5 13. Bd2 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 e5 $5 (14... Rd8 15. a3 h6 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Bb3 Ne7 { +/=/=;1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Adams,M/Las Vegas USA 1999 (51)}) 15. Rc5 Rd8 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Re8 18. Ng5 Re7 19. f3 Nd7 20. Rc1 Nf6 21. Bc2 h6 22. Ne4 { Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Frankfurt,1999(rapid); (1/2-1/2)(22)}) 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O (13. Qb3 $6 Qxb3 14. axb3 Rfe8 15. Bb5 Nd7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ra5 f6 {1/2-1/2 Finegold,B-Smyslov,V/London 1988/TD (17)}) 13... Rfe8 $5 $146 { Besides this move:} (13... e4 $6 { -see comments to Gelfand,B-Speelman,J/Las Vegas,1999/CBM 72(1-0)(Golod,V)(53)}) (13... h6 $6 14. b3 Rac8 15. Qb2 Rfe8 16. Rac1 Qe6 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. Be1 Ng5 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. f3 Bh5 21. g4 Bg6 22. Bg3 $14 { 1-0 Sakalauskas,V-Ostrowski,L/Koszalin 1998/EXT 99 (44)}) (13... Rac8 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. Rac1 Qe7 (15... e4 $143 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 $14 { 1/2-1/2 Keres,P-Petrovs,V/Buenos Aires 1939/HCL (48)}) 16. a3 h6 17. Rd2 { +/=/=;1/2-1/2 Cruz,O-Melngailis,T/Buenos Aires 1939/HCL (38)}) ({and} 13... Bh5 $5 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. Qa3 Qxa3 17. bxa3 e4 18. Nd4 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Rfe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bronstein,D-Smyslov,V/Parnu 1947/MCL (25) - was checked in the previous games.}) 14. Rfd1 Qc5 ({Worse is:} 14... Qe6 {in view of:} 15. Ng5 $36 ) 15. Rac1 $5 {+/=/=} ({After:} 15. h3 Bxf3 (15... Bh5 $143) 16. Bxf3 e4 17. Be2 Nd5 18. Rac1 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 Re7 (20... Rad8 $6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bb5 {+/=/+/-}) 21. Bb5 Ne5 22. Rd4 f5 { white has a slight advantage in the endgame.}) 15... Qe7 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qa4 $5 ({Dubious:} 17. Qf5 {because of:} Bg6 18. Qg5 Qe6 (18... h6 $143 19. Qh4 Ne4 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. Be1 $14) 19. Qh4 Ne4 $11 (19... Qxa2 $4 20. Bc4 Qa4 21. Bxf7+ $18)) 17... a6 ({Senseless:} 17... e4 18. Nd4 Bxe2 (18... Nxd4 $2 19. Bxh5 { +/=/+/-}) 19. Nxe2 $14) 18. Qh4 Bg6 $6 { After this move white has a extra possibility-19.Nd2} ({ In my opinion slightly better is:} 18... Red8) 19. Nd2 Rad8 20. Bf3 e4 ({ Insufficiently for equality-} 20... Nd5 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Nb3 Nxc3 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Rxc3 $14 {_|_}) 21. Bxf6 $5 ({After:} 21. Be2 Nd5 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Nb3 Nxc3 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Rxc3 Kf8 { white has a slight advantage in the endgame.}) 21... Qxf6 (21... gxf6 $143 22. Be2 $14) 22. Qxf6 gxf6 $14 {_|_} 23. Be2 Nb4 24. a3 ({Senseless:} 24. Rc7 { in view of:} b5) 24... Nd3 25. Bxd3 Rxd3 ({Badly:} 25... exd3 {because of:} 26. Rc7 {/\Rdc1+/-}) 26. Nb1 {/\27.Rd3 exd3 28.Nd2} Rb3 (26... Red8 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 ( 27... exd3 $2 28. Nd2 $16) 28. Kf1 {+/=/+/-}) 27. Rd2 f5 28. Rc3 Rb6 29. Rc7 $6 (29. g3 $5 {(against- 29...f4)} Re7 30. Kf1 {+/=/+/-}) 29... f4 $1 30. Nc3 (30. exf4 $4 e3 31. fxe3 (31. Rd1 $143 e2 32. Re1 $8 Bxb1 $19) 31... Bxb1 $19) 30... fxe3 31. fxe3 Kg7 32. b4 (32. g4 $5 {/\Kf2-g3}) 32... Ree6 33. Rdd7 ({ Good enough:} 33. Rcd7 Rbc6 $140 34. Ne2 $14) 33... Rbc6 34. Ne2 ({ Apparently better is:} 34. Nd5 $5) 34... Red6 $1 35. Rxb7 Rd3 36. Nf4 (36. Kf2 Rxa3 $11) ({Dubious:} 36. a4 {in view of:} Rxe3 37. b5 Rf6 $1 (37... Rc2 $2 38. Nd4 Re1+ 39. Kh2 $16) 38. Nd4 Ra3 $36) 36... Rxd7 (36... Rxe3 $2 37. Nxg6 Kxg6 38. Rxf7 $16) 37. Rxd7 Rc3 38. Kf2 (38. a4 $6 Rxe3 39. Ne6+ Kf6 40. Nc5 Rc3 $132) 38... Rxa3 39. g4 Ra2+ 40. Kg3 Ra3 41. Nd5 ({Right away draw after:} 41. Nxg6 hxg6 42. Kf4 a5 43. b5 Rb3 44. Rb7 a4 45. Kxe4 a3 46. Ra7 Rxb5 47. Rxa3) 41... h5 42. gxh5 Bxh5 43. Kf4 Bg6 44. Ne7 $6 ({Slightly better is:} 44. Ra7) ( {or} 44. h4) 44... Kf6 45. Nxg6 Kxg6 46. Kxe4 a5 $11 47. Rd6+ Kg7 48. b5 Rb3 49. b6 (49. b6 a4 50. Rd4 (50. Kd4 $6 a3 $140 51. Kc5 $4 (51. b7 $11) 51... a2 52. Rd1 Rb1 $19) 50... Rxb6 51. Rxa4 Rh6) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Siemens Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1999.06.29"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D97"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "1999.06.29"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. d6 Rad8 14. Na4 Qc6 $5 {Kasparov is well known for his deep theoretical knowledge. This natural move controls many important squares and also attacks d6 pawn.} 15. Be3 (15. Ne5 Qe4) (15. Qb5 Bc2 $1 16. Qxc6 bxc6 17. Re1 (17. Rd2 Bxa4 18. Bxa6 Nd5 $15) 17... Bxa4 18. Bxa6 Nd5 $15) 15... Ne4 16. Qb5 Bd7 $1 (16... Rxd6 17. Rxd6 Qxb5 18. Bxb5 Nxd6 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. Bxc5 Rd8 21. Rd1 Bc2 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Bxd6 Bxa4 24. b3 Bc6 25. Bc5 $14) 17. Qxc6 Bxc6 {Black pieces are clearly better coordinated than their white counterpart, white will go under in a surprisingly swift manner.} 18. Bxa6 (18. Nc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxc3 20. Bxa6 Nxd1 21. Rxd1 bxa6 22. Bxc5 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rd7 $19) (18. Bd3 Bxa4 19. Bxe4 Bxb2 20. Bxb7 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Rxd6 $19) 18... Bxa4 19. Bxb7 (19. Bd3 Rxd6 $1 20. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxd1 $19) 19... Bxd1 20. Bxe4 (20. Rxd1 Nxd6 21. Bd5 Ne4 $19) 20... Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Bxb2 (21... Bd4 22. Bf4 Bxb2 23. Rd1 $17) 22. Rd1 Bd4 23. Bxd4 (23. Bf4 Kg7 24. Kf1 Kf6 $19) 23... cxd4 24. Rxd4 Rd7 25. h4 Rfd8 26. Ra4 Rb8 $1 0-1 [Event "Siemens Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1999.06.29"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1999.06.29"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Qd6 15. Qe3 Kf8 16. Ne5 f6 17. Qf3 Rd8 18. Bf4 Qd5 19. Qxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Siemens Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1999.06.29"] [Round "2"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1999.06.29"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15. Rc1 Rb8 16. c5 b4 17. Bb2 Bd3 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Bf6 21. Qe2 Qa5 22. Ra1 Qb5 23. a3 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 h5 25. Kg2 Rfd8 26. axb4 Rxb4 27. Rxa7 Rxb3 28. Rc7 Rdb8 29. Bc1 Bxd4 30. Rc2 g5 31. Rxc6 g4 32. h3 Kg7 33. Rd6 Rc3 34. Rxc3 Bxc3 35. Rb6 Rc8 36. Be3 Kf6 37. Rb7 Be5 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. f3 gxf3+ 40. Kxf3 Kg6 41. Ke4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon Man+Comp m"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "1999.06.13"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "1999.06.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Qxd5 Bc6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 Ng5 14. Qg4 Ne6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nc3 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Qxd4 18. Be4 f5 19. Qg3 Nxf4 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qf3 Nd5 22. Rfd1 Qg4 23. Nxd5 Qxf3 24. gxf3 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Rad8 26. Rad1 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Re2 28. Rb5 a5 29. Rb7 f4 30. a4 Re1+ 31. Kg2 Ra1 32. b3 Ra2 33. h4 Rb2 34. Rb5 h6 35. Kh3 h5 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Rxa5 Rxb3 38. Rb5 Ra3 39. Rb4 Ke6 40. Rxf4 Ra1 41. Rb4 Kf5 42. Rb5+ Kf6 43. Ra5 Kg7 44. Ra8 Kf6 45. a5 Ra4 46. a6 Kg7 47. Kg3 Kh7 48. a7 Kg7 49. f4 Ra3+ 50. f3 Ra4 51. Kf2 Ra2+ 52. Ke3 Ra4 53. Kd2 Ra2+ 54. Kc3 Ra3+ 55. Kb4 Ra1 56. f5 1-0 [Event "Leon Man+Comp m"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "1999.06.13"] [Round "5"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Winants,L"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1999.06.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 {L'une des nombreuses inventions de Nimzovich : la mobilisation du Fou en g2 est contrée par une démonstration sur l'aile opposée.} 5. b3 Bb4+ ({On pourrait aussi jouer} 5... d5 {,}) (5... b5) ( {ou męme} 5... Bb7 {. La suite choisie profite du coup b3, pour perturber le bon développement ennemi.}) 6. Bd2 (6. Nbd2 {ne conviendrait pas ŕ cause de} Bc3 7. Rb1 Bb7 {menaçant ŕ la fois 8... Fxd4 et 8...Fe4.}) 6... Be7 {Les Noirs ont empęché la sortie du Fou en b2 et surtout bloqué la case d2 aux dépens du Cavalier. Ils envisagent donc de poursuivre les hostilités contre c4.} 7. Bg2 ( {Karpov dévie ainsi de la troisičme partie qui avait continué par} 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 ({si} 8. Bg2 c6 9. O-O d5) 8... d5 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 exd5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Kg2 c5 13. Qe2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qd7 $1 { Pour conduire la Dame vers e6 : devant le pion e5 et hors de portée du Fc3.} 15. Rhe1 Qe6 16. Ng1 {Une retraite thématique, mais peu efficace.} Nc6 17. dxc5 d4 18. Bd2 Bxc5 19. f4 d3 $1 { Ce fantassin vaut manifestement plus que la majorité adverse sur l'aile-Roi.} 20. Qe4 (20. Qxd3 {aurait entraîné la perte d'une pičce :} Rad8 21. Qe2 Qd5+ 22. Nf3 Nd4) 20... Rad8 21. Nf3 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Qf3 Rfd8 24. f5 Qd5 { et les Noirs disposaient déjŕ d'un avantage conséquent.}) 7... c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 {Pour dégager la grande diagonale et préparer une percée au centre (e4).} ( {Aprčs} 9. Nbd2 {le jeu se poursuivrait par} Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 $1 { avec des chances partagées.}) 9... Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 { Le dernier cri dans cette variante : les Noirs se réservent la possibilité de miner le centre adverse via ...c5 ou ...b5.} 13. Re1 ({ Quelques suites instructives :} 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 { menaçant 15.e5 suivi de c5 avec étouffement.} dxe4 { profitant encore du fait que le Cd2 est lié ŕ la défense du pion c4.} 15. Qc2 ( 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. c5 b4 $1 ({aprčs} 16... Nd5 17. Rxe4 { etc., le Fa6 se retrouverait hors du jeu, Karpov-Portisch, Rotterdam 1989}) 17. Bb2 {forcé} ({si} 17. Bxb4 Nd5) 17... Bd3 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Qd7 20. Rc4 a5 21. Bc1 Nd5 {avec égalité, Yussupov-Karpov, Londres 1989}) 15... Rc8 16. Rad1 Nd5 $3 17. Bxe4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bf6 19. Qc2 g6 20. Nf3 bxc4 21. bxc4 Qa5 { et les Noirs sont bien.}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 (14. e4 $2 { provoquerait le démantčlement de la structure de pions :} cxd4 15. Bxd4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Rc8 {etc. Van Wely-Karpov 1996}) 14... Bxc5 15. e3 Rc8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. a3 {Une précaution utile.} ({ La prise du pion aurait entraîné des ennuis :} 18. Bxd5 Rfd8 19. Ne4 Qf5 20. Nxc5 Rxd5) ({et si} 18. Nf3 {alors} Bb4 {force le Cavalier ŕ rebrousser chemin. }) 18... Rfd8 19. b4 ({Toujours pas} 19. Nf3 {ŕ cause de} d4 $1) 19... Bf8 20. Nf3 Bc4 21. Qd2 {Il est possible que Karpov ait considéré cette position ŕ son avantage, compte tenu du pion isolé sur d5 et de l'avant-poste pour le Cavalier en d4. Or justement, le Fc4 est, lui aussi, fort bien installé et on ne voit pas comment les Tours blanches pourraient se montrer actives.} b5 { Non seulement pour renforcer c4, mais aussi pour accroître le potentiel de l'artillerie sur la sixičme rangée.} 22. Nd4 g6 { Ouvrant de nouvelles perspectives au Foou de cases noires.} 23. Red1 Qb6 24. Rab1 Qa6 25. Ra1 {Il est désormais évident que les Noirs conrôlent plus de terrain et que la présence des deux Fous devrait bientôt se faire sentir.} Qb6 26. h4 h5 27. Bf3 Bg7 28. Rab1 Re8 {La Tour en c8 ne rendant aucun service, Anand décide de modifier l'arrangement de ses forces.} 29. Bg2 Rcd8 30. Ra1 Bf8 31. Bf1 Bg7 32. Bg2 Rd6 {Maintenant la Te8 domine le centre, via la colonne -e- et celle de d6 annonce la tempęte qui se prépare ŕ l'aile-Roi (...g5)} 33. Rab1 Qd8 34. Rbc1 {La faute décisive.} (34. Nf3 {s'imposait.}) 34... Ra6 35. Ra1 g5 {Premier coup de massue. Le Fg7 fera parler de lui dčs que les Noirs se seront débarrassés de la chaîne f2-g3-h4.} 36. hxg5 Qxg5 37. Nf3 Qg4 38. Qc1 Bf6 $1 {La Ta1 n'intéresse déjŕ plus personne !} 39. Rb1 h4 40. Nh2 {Ou bien :} ({a)} 40. Nxh4 Bxh4 41. Rd4 (41. gxh4 Rg6) 41... Re4) ({b)} 40. gxh4 Bg7 { suivi de Tg6.}) 40... Qg7 41. g4 d4 { Le chat est partie en h2 et les souris dansent !} 42. exd4 Bxd4 43. Bf1 { Il y avait de jolies variantes :} ({a)} 43. Re1 Bxf2+ $3 44. Kxf2 Qd4+ 45. Re3 Rae6 {Les Noirs gagnent}) ({b)} 43. Nf3 Bxf2+ $3 44. Kxf2 Re2+ 45. Kg1 Rxg2+ $1 46. Kxg2 Qxg4+ 47. Kf2 (47. Kh2 Qg3+ 48. Kh1 Qxf3+ 49. Kh2 Qg3+ 50. Kh1 Qh3+ 51. Kg1 Rg6+ 52. Kf2 Qg3#) 47... Qg3+ 48. Ke3 Re6+ 49. Kd4 (49. Kd2 Re2+ 50. Kc3 Qxf3+ 51. Kd4 Qf6+ 52. Kc5 Qb6#) 49... Qf2+ 50. Kc3 Qxf3+ 51. Kc2 Re2+ 52. Rd2 Qd3+ 53. Kd1 Re1+ 54. Kxe1 Qf1#) 43... Qe5 { Menaçant 44... Dg3+ ou męme 44... Fxf2+!} 44. Bxc4 ({Si} 44. Rxd4 Qxd4 45. Qg5+ Rg6 46. Qxh4 Bd5 {,menaçant 47... De4, et les Noirs gagnent.}) 44... Bxf2+ $1 { Le coup de grâce !} 45. Kg2 {Plus rien ne pouvait sauver les Blancs :} ({a)} 45. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 46. Kf1 Rf6+ {et mat au coup suivant}) ({b)} 45. Kh1 Qe4+) ({c) } 45. Kf1 Qxh2) 45... h3+ 46. Kf1 { et les Blancs abandonnčrent sans attendre 46... Dxh2.} 0-1 [Event "Leon Man+Comp m"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "1999.06.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "1999.06.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Qxd5 Bc6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 Ng5 14. Qg4 Ne6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nc3 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Qxd4 18. Be4 f5 19. Qg3 Nxf4 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qf3 Nd5 22. Rad1 Qg4 23. Nxd5 Qxf3 24. gxf3 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Rad8 26. Rfd1 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Re7 28. b4 Kg7 29. Ra5 Kh6 30. b5 Rb7 31. Kg2 Kg5 32. Kg3 Kh5 33. a4 Kg5 34. Ra6 Rd7 35. f4+ Kh6 36. f3 Kh5 37. Re6 h6 38. Ra6 g5 39. Rf6 Rd4 40. fxg5 hxg5 41. Rxf5 Rxa4 42. h4 Rxh4 43. f4 Rh1 44. Rxg5+ Kh6 45. Kg4 Rb1 46. Rc5 Kg6 47. f5+ Kf6 48. Rc6+ Kf7 49. Kg5 Rg1+ 50. Kf4 Rb1 51. Rc5 Kf6 52. Ke4 Rb4+ 53. Kd5 Kxf5 54. Kc6+ Ke6 55. Rc1 Ra4 56. Re1+ Kf7 57. Kb7 Ra5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon Man+Comp m"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "1999.06.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Tyomkin,D"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1999.06.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 d5 9. cxd5 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 exd5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Kg2 {Karpov has a lot of experience in this variation with both colourse of pieces,but on other hand, Anand had access to all Karpov's games during the game,as well as Karpov,but he made it much faster!} (12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd7 14. Kg2 Nc6 $6 15. Rhe1 Nd8 16. Ng1 c5 17. f4 $14 {Karpov,A-Sokolov,A (m10) Linares 1987.}) (12. Rc1 c5 $1 13. Kg2 Nc6 $10 {Karpov,A-Sokolov,A (m8) Linares 1987.}) 12... c5 $1 { A good choice of opening line of Anand(both players used computers in this specific match,but,as we can see,Anand is much better user!). Even in case of 12...Nc3 white doesn't get anything,as it was proved by many games.} (12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nc6 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Rc1 (15. Ng1 Nd8 16. f4 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nf3 Ne6 19. Rc1 c5 20. dxc5 $14 { Van der Werf,M-Ligterink,G/NLD-chT plof3-4 1998/1-0 (49)}) 15... Nd8 16. Ng1 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bb4 $6 c5 $1 19. dxc5 Nc6 20. Ba3 b5 21. Rc2 Qf5 22. Rce2 Bc3 23. Rf1 d4 $17 {0-1 Sturua,Z-Epishin,V/Open 1998 (32)}) (12... Qd7 13. Qe2 (13. Qc2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Nc6 15. h4 f5 16. Rac1 Nd8 17. Bd2 Rc8 18. Bg5 c6 19. Bxe7 { 1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z-Gurevich,M/Reggio Emilia 1988}) (13. Re1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 c5 { 1/2-1/2 Vaganian,R-Polugaevsky,L/Sarajevo 1987}) 13... Nxc3 14. Bxc3 c5 $1 15. Rad1 (15. e6 Qxe6 (15... fxe6 16. Rhe1 Bf6 17. Qxe6+ Qxe6 18. Rxe6 $14) 16. Qxe6 fxe6 17. Rhe1 Bf6 18. Rxe6 $11) 15... Nc6 16. Rd2 Qe6 17. Rhd1 Rfd8 18. Ng1 Rac8 $146 (18... cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bb4 { 1/2-1/2 Olafsson,H-Polugaevsky,L/Sochi 1988}) 19. Nh3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Qf5 $6 { 1-0 Hjartarson,J-Hansen,S/Aruna 1997 (56)} (20... Bb4 $142 21. Rd3 Re8 $1)) 13. Qe2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qd7 15. Rhe1 Qe6 16. Ng1 Nc6 17. dxc5 (17. Rad1 $2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bb4 19. Rf1 Nxd4 (19... f6 $2 20. exf6 Qxe2 21. Nxe2 gxf6 22. Nf4 $16 { Kiselev,S-Shneider,A/Helsinki op 1992}) 20. Rxd4 Bc3 21. Rh4 Qxe5 (21... Bxe5 $2 22. Qh5 h6 23. Re1) (21... h6 $5) 22. Qd3 g6 23. Nf3 Qg7 24. Qxd5 Rad8 $15 ( 24... Rfd8 $15)) 17... d4 18. Bd2 Bxc5 19. f4 $146 (19. Qe4 Rfe8 20. f4 Rad8 21. Nf3 d3 22. Ng5 $2 (22. Rad1 Qd5 $15 (22... f5 23. exf6 $1 Qxe4 24. f7+ $10) ) 22... Qd5 23. Rac1 Nd4 $1 $15 {Agdestein,S-Karpov,A/Gjovik m 1991}) 19... d3 $1 {getting outpost on-d4 for black pieces.} 20. Qe4 (20. Qxd3 $2 Rad8 21. Qe2 Qd5+ 22. Nf3 Nd4 23. Qd3 Nxf3 24. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 25. Kxf3 Rxd2 $19) 20... Rad8 21. Nf3 (21. f5 $2 Qd5 22. Nf3 Nd4 $1) 21... Nd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 $15 23. Qf3 Rfd8 24. f5 Qd5 25. Rad1 a5 26. Qxd5 $6 (26. e6 $5 fxe6 (26... Qxf3+ 27. Kxf3 fxe6 ( 27... R4d5 28. g4) 28. Rxe6 Kf7 29. Rde1 R8d7 $15) 27. Rxe6 a4 $15) (26. Be3 $2 Re4 27. Bxc5 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Qxc5 $19) 26... R4xd5 27. Re4 (27. Bc3 Rc8 $17) 27... Re8 28. Bc3 $2 {Just a blunder.} (28. Rde1 f6 29. exf6 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxf5 31. Re8+ $1 Kf7 32. fxg7 Rf2+ 33. Kh3 Kxg7 34. Bc3+ { with good chances to save the endgame.}) 28... f6 29. e6 Rxf5 30. Rxd3 Rf2+ 31. Kh3 Rxa2 $19 32. Rd7 (32. Rd2 $2 Ra3 33. Rb2 f5 $19) (32. g4 Rc2 33. Bd2 Ba3 $1 $19) 32... h5 33. g4 Ra3 34. Kh4 Rxb3 35. Bd2 0-1 [Event "Leon Man+Comp m"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "1999.06.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "1999.06.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 c6 8. Qc2 d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Bg2 Qc7 13. O-O Nxe4 14. Qxe4 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe5 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. Qxc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon Man+Comp m"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "1999.06.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Ribli,Z"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1999.06.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 {Es scheint, dass Schwarz seinen Mehrbauern mit ...b7-b5 verteidigen möchte, aber sofort wäre das nicht gut. Nach Vorbereitung mit z.B. 6...Nc6 muss Weiss aber immer damit rechnen. Ribli.} 6. O-O Nc6 {Diese Variante ist sehr populär in der Grossmeisterpraxis.} 7. e3 Bd7 8. Nc3 (8. Qe2 b5 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. e4 Be7 11. d5 Nb4 12. Ne5 exd5 13. exd5 O-O 14. a3 Nd3 15. Nxd3 Bg4 16. Qe3 cxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. Bf4 Bd6 { 1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Gelfand,B/Dos Hermanas 1999/CBM 71_07 (41)}) 8... Bd6 9. Ne5 { Weiss vermeidet die Varianten mit Qe2 und öffnet sofort die Diagonale des g2-Läufers. Meines Erachtens bietet dieser Zug dem Weissen aber keinen Eröffnungsvorteil.} (9. Qe2 b5 10. e4 Be7 {Mit Zugumstellung haben wir die Partie Karpov,A. - Gelfand,B. Dos Hermanas 1999.}) 9... Bxe5 $5 (9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. Bxb7 Ra7 12. Bg2 $14) 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxb7 Rb8 12. Qd4 $6 { Diese Fortsetzung ist schwer zu verstehen. Warum gibt Karpov seinenkatalanische n Läufer auf? Ich glaube, er war nicht zufrieden mit der Variante 12.Bg2 Nd3, die zu sofortigem Ausgleich führt.} (12. Bg2 O-O (12... Nd3 $1 { Ich empfehle diese Fortsetzung für Schwarz.} 13. b3 Nxc1 14. bxc4 Nxa2 15. Rxa2 O-O 16. Rxa6 Rb4 (16... Qe7 $11 { Die Bauernstellung ist symmetrisch. Weiss hat keinen Eröffnungsvorteil.}) 17. Qd4 Qe7 18. Ra5 Qd6 19. Rd1 h6 20. Qa7 Qb6 21. c5 Qxa7 22. Rxa7 Rc4 23. c6 Bxc6 24. Rxc7 Rxc3 25. Rxc6 { 1/2-1/2 Schuster,U-Winkeler,U/GER-ch qgA19 corr9395 1993/CR97-93 (25)}) 13. Qd4 $1 (13. Qc2 Bc6 14. Bxc6 Nxc6 15. Qa4 Ne5 16. Qxa6 Nd5 17. f4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qd5 {0-1 Tibensky,R-Haba,P/Bratislava 1991/EXT 97 (27)}) 13... Nd3 14. Qxc4 Nxc1 ( 14... Bb5 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Qc2 $14) 15. Rfxc1 Rxb2 $14 {Haba,P} 16. Qxa6 { Das Material ist reduziert, aber Weiss hat etwas bessere Chancen. Dera-Freibaue r ist eine potentielle Gefahr.}) (12. f4 Nd3 13. Bxa6 Nxb2 14. Qe2 Rb6 15. Bxb2 Rxa6 16. Qxc4 Rc6 17. Qb4 Rb6 18. Qa3 {#} h5 $1 { Oim. 0-1 Bouwmeester,H-Oeim,T/olm10 corr8291 1982/CR97-82 (47)}) (12. Bxa6 Bc6 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Rd1+ $11) 12... Rxb7 13. Qxe5 O-O 14. Rd1 Qe7 $15 { Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr, aber der c4-Bauer ist in einigen Varianten schwach. Andererseits sind bei Weiss die weissen Felder schwach, was in der Katalanischen Eröffnung keine Seltenheit ist.} 15. e4 (15. Qa5 Ra8 $15) 15... Bc6 16. Qd4 (16. f3 Nd7 17. Qd4 Qc5 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 19. Rd4 Nd3 20. Rxc4 Ne5 21. Rc5 Nxf3+ $17) 16... Qb4 17. Be3 Nd7 (17... e5 18. Qxe5 (18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. Bxc5 Rfb8 $17) 18... Re8 $15) 18. Rab1 f6 {Schwarz provoziert den Zug 19.f4, denn er kann sonst in einigen Varianten 18...Ne5 spielen.} (18... e5 $15) 19. f4 e5 20. Qd2 (20. fxe5 $2 Nxe5 $17) 20... exf4 21. gxf4 Re8 { Weiss hat nicht nur einen Bauern weniger, sondern sein e4-Bauern ist schwach.} 22. Qd4 Nb6 23. Re1 Rbb8 24. Qc5 {Weiss tauscht die Damen und wegen der ungleichfarbigen Läufer hat er einige Rettungschancen.} Qxc5 25. Bxc5 Na4 26. Nxa4 Bxa4 27. e5 (27. Re2 f5 28. e5 Rb5 29. Ba3 Rd5 $17) 27... fxe5 28. fxe5 Re6 {Schwarz hat nur einen Bauern mehr, aber wegen der ungleichfarbigen Läufer hat er Angriffschancen am Königsflügel.} 29. Re3 h5 $1 (29... Rg6+ 30. Rg3 $15) 30. Bd4 h4 {Schwarz nimmt dem weissen Turm das Feld g3.} 31. Rf1 Rg6+ 32. Kf2 Bd7 $1 {Der Läufer strebt nach e6, um eine Blockadestellung zu errichten.} ( 32... Bc6 33. Ke1 $15) 33. Ke1 Be6 { In einigen Varianten muss Weiss mit ...c4-c3 rechnen.} 34. Bc3 Rg4 {Schwarz pro voziert den Zug 35.h3?!, aber der Textzug hat keine besonderen Drohungen.} 35. h3 $2 {Jetzt hat Weiss ewige Probleme mit dem schwachen h-Bauern.} (35. Rf2 $15 ) 35... Rg2 36. Rf2 (36. Rf4 g5 37. Rf6 Re8) 36... Rg1+ $17 37. Rf1 (37. Ke2 Rh1 $17) 37... Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Rd8 39. Ke1 Kh7 40. Kf2 Rd3 $1 $19 {Schwarz spiel t das Endspiel ausgezeichnet. Nach dem Turmtausch gewinnt er leicht.} 41. Ke2 ( 41. Rxd3 cxd3 42. Kg2 Bxa2 43. Kf3 Be6 44. Kg2 Kg6 {Der weise König ist gebunden und die Aktivierung des schwarzen Königs entscheidet den Kampf.} 45. Kh2 Kf5 46. Kg2 Ke4 47. Bd2 Kd5 $19) 41... Rxe3+ 42. Kxe3 g5 (42... Bxh3 43. Kf4 Kh6 $19) 43. Kd4 (43. Kd4 Bxh3 $19) 0-1 [Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1999.04.17"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E18"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2691"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "1999.04.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.08.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Rad1 g6 13. Rfe1 Bg7 14. b3 Qe7 15. h4 a6 16. d5 e5 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. b4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1999.04.16"] [Round "8"] [White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1999.04.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.08.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a3 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. d5 Re8 14. Qd3 g6 15. b4 Nc4 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Nd4 Bd5 18. Bg5 Bb7 19. Bb3 Qd6 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Qd2 Ng4 22. Bf4 Bg5 23. Bxd6 Bxd2 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Nde2 Nf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1999.04.14"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C12"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2673"] [Annotator "Finkel,A"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1999.04.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.08.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 (11. Rb1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 Nc6 14. Qf4 b6 15. Nf3 Ba6 16. Qd2 Qxa2 17. Ra1 Bxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Qc4 $13 { Flores Alvarez,R-Gutierrez,J/Santiago 1957}) (11. dxc5 Nd7 12. Qd4 Qe7 13. f4 Nxc5 14. Ne2 b6 15. Ke3 Ba6 16. Qb4 Rc8 17. a4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Nb7 $13 { Mirschinka,D-Liebert,H/BL2-O 1996}) (11. f4 Nc6 12. dxc5 (12. Nf3 Qa5 13. f5 c4 14. Be2 exf5 15. Qg3 Be6 16. h4 g6 $15 {Hulters,J-Kieninger,G/Krefeld 1938}) 12... Qa5 13. Ne2 d4 14. Rab1 dxc3+ 15. Nxc3 Qxc5 16. Ne4 Qa5+ 17. Ke3 b6 18. Rhd1 $14 {Malmgren,S-Hjorth,S/SWE-ch 1971}) 11... c4 (11... Nc6 12. Rh3 Qa5 13. Rg3 g5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Qxg5 Ke8 16. Qf6 Rf8 17. dxc5 d4 18. Ne2 $14 { Westerinen,H-Bajovic,M/Reykjavik op 1982}) 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rh3 Rg8 14. Qf4 (14. Rf3 Ne7 $5 15. Qf4 Nf5 (15... Qe8 $6 16. Nh3 Bd7 17. h5 $36) 16. g4 g5 $1 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Qh2 Nh4 19. Rh3 Bd7 20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Ke7 $132) 14... Bd7 15. Bh5 Be8 16. Ne2 (16. Rf3 $5 f5 $5 17. Bxe8 Kxe8 18. h5 Qd7 $5 (18... Qg5 $6 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Rg3 g4 21. f3 g6 22. hxg6 (22. h6 $5 $13) 22... Rxg6 23. Ne2 Ke7 24. Nf4 Rg7 25. fxg4 fxg4 26. Rh1 $14) 19. Rh3 Ne7 20. Nf3 Rb8 21. Nh4 $13) 16... f5 17. g4 (17. Bxe8 $5) 17... Ne7 18. Rg1 $5 Bxh5 19. gxh5 Qe8 20. Qf3 Rc8 21. Nf4 Rc6 22. Rhg3 Ra6 23. Qg2 Qf7 24. Qf1 Qe8 (24... Rxa2 $2 25. Qb1 Ra6 26. Qxb7 Rb6 27. Qxa7 $18) 25. R1g2 Kf7 26. Rg1 Rxa2 27. Qg2 Qf8 28. Rb1 Qc8 ( 28... b6 $2 29. Rg6 $1 Qe8 (29... Nxg6 30. Qxg6+ Ke7 31. Qxe6+ Kd8 32. Qxd5+ $18) 30. Rxe6 Qa4 31. Rc1 $16) 29. Rg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1999.04.13"] [Round "6"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Wedberg,T"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1999.04.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.08.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. b4 Bb6 10. h3 Bd7 $146 {Retreating the other way takes away the danger of ending up with the B on g6 after a later g4 from White. On the other hand it also releases the pressure against Nf3, giving White more possibilities for central play with d4.} (10... Bh5 { --> Illescas Cordoba,M-Adams,M/Dos Hermanas 1999}) 11. d3 { Solid but a bit placid, White could have tried for sharper things.} (11. Na3 $5 {If White can lure the N away from c6 then d4 becomes a possibility.} O-O 12. Bb2 (12. Rb1 $5 {threatening to take on b5} bxa4 (12... Ne7 13. d4 $36) 13. Re1 Ne7 (13... a5 14. b5 Ne7 15. d4 $36) 14. Bxa4 Bxa4 15. Qxa4 $14) 12... Qe7 13. Re1 $14) 11... h6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Na3 Qa6 15. Bb2 (15. Nxb5 Qxb5 16. Ba4 Qa6 17. b5 Qb7 $11) 15... O-O 16. Qd2 Ne7 17. d4 Ng6 (17... Bc6 $5 18. dxe5 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. exd6 cxd6 21. Re1 d5 $11) 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. c4 $1 $36 bxc4 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Be6 $1 (21... Qxa3 $4 22. Ra1 $18) (21... Bxh3 $2 22. Bxf6 gxf6 (22... Qxa3 23. Bc3 $18) 23. Nb1 $40 (23. Qxh6 $40)) 22. Qc3 $1 (22. Bxf6 Qxa3 23. Ra1 Qg3 $8 {The saving square.} 24. Bd4 Qd6 $11) 22... Ra8 $1 {Nice active defense.} (22... Ne8 23. Rd1 $16) 23. Nb1 (23. Bxf6 gxf6 (23... Qxa3 24. Bxg7 Qxc3 25. Bxc3 Ra2 26. Rc1 $14) 24. Ra1 (24. Nb1 Qa1 $13) 24... Qa7 $132) 23... Ne8 24. Rd1 Qb5 25. Qb2 c5 (25... c5 26. bxc5 Qxb2 27. Bxb2 Bxc5 28. Nc3 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1999.04.11"] [Round "5"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "2713"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"] [PlyCount "138"] [EventDate "1999.04.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.08.01"] 1. e4 {Hecht,Hj} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Bd5 $2 {A new idea of I.Sokolov and J.Piket tried by the first against Anand in Leon in 1994.It's interesting that it was born not as an attempt to alive 10...d4 line after brilliant win of Kasparov in the 10-th game of his match against Anand,but a year before against the same opponent! Up to the current game it seems to be working,but Svidler shows that attack is much more strong than it was considered before.} ( 11... dxc3 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3 Qd3 14. Bc2 $1 Qxc3 15. Nb3 $3 { Kasparov-Anand,New York(m/10) 1995.}) (11... Qxg5 12. Qf3) 12. Nxf7 $1 ({ Lately the line} 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 (13... d3 {Dorfman} 14. Nd4 Nxe5 15. Re1 Be7 16. Nf5 $36) 14. axb3 Be7 15. Nf3 d3 $1 $13 {was discussed.} ({ In the origin game Black played worse and White obtained better play.} 15... Nxe5 16. Nxd4 Ng6 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Nxf3 c5 19. Rd1 $14 { 0-1 Anand,V-Sokolov,I/Lyon 1994/CBM 45/[Kortschnoj] (53)}) 16. Be3 (16. Nd4 $13 ) (16. Bg5 {Dorfman} Bxg5 17. Nxg5 O-O $10) 16... O-O 17. Bd4 $146 (17. b4 Rfd8 18. Re1 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Nxa5 21. Nd4 Nc4 22. b3 Nxe5 23. f4 Ng6 24. b4 Qc4 25. Qd2 c5 26. bxc5 Bxc5 27. f5 Ne5 28. Kh1 f6 29. Ne6 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 d2 31. Rd1 Qb3 32. Qg1 Ng4 {0-1 McDonald,N-Gyimesi,Z/Budapest 1995/EXT 97 (32)}) 17... Rfd8 18. Qxd3 {White has nothing from the opening.} (18. b4 Bxb4 19. Qxd3 Be7 $15) 18... Qxb3 19. Qe2 Qe6 20. Rfd1 Rd5 21. h3 a5 $15 { 1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan Zee 1997/CBM 57/[Wedberg] (62)}) (12. Re1 {1-0 Szelag,M-Jedryczka,K/Augustow 1996/EXT 99 (42)}) 12... Kxf7 13. Qf3+ Ke6 14. Qg4+ $1 $146 (14. Ne4 {was played and analysed by Cuban players.In according to Wedberg Black forces a draw after} Nxb3 (14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Ne7 $13) 15. Qg4+ Kf7 16. Qf5+ Kg8 $1 (16... Ke8 {'?' Wedberg.} 17. e6 Bxe6 (17... Ne5 18. axb3 $16) (17... Qc8 18. Qxd5 Nba5 19. b4 Ne7 20. Qh5+ $16) 18. Qxe6+ Ne7 19. Qxb3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. cxd4 $16 { 2.30-2.15. 1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L-Rios,E/Cienfuegos 1996/CBM 52 ext (49)}) 17. e6 h6 (17... Qe7 $2 18. Qxd5 Nxa1 19. Bg5 Rd8 20. Qxc6 Qe8 21. Qxc7 Rc8 22. Qe5 $16) 18. Qf7+ (18. axb3 Rh7 $17) 18... Kh7 19. Ng5+ hxg5 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Qf7+ $11) 14... Ke7 $8 (14... Kf7 $2 15. Qf5+ Ke7 (15... Kg8 16. e6 $18) (15... Ke8 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 Qf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bd5 Kd7 20. cxd4 $18) 16. e6 Nxb3 ( 16... Nxe6 17. Bxd5 $18) (16... Bxe6 17. Re1 $1 (17. Qxc5+ Qd6 $8 18. Qg5+ Kd7 $16 (18... Kf7 19. Qf5+ Ke7 20. Re1)) 17... Qd6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Nb3 $1 (19. Ne4 $5 Qe5 20. Bg5+ Kd7 (20... Nxg5 21. Nxg5 $18) (20... Ke8 21. Nf6+ $18) 21. Nc5+ $1 Bxc5 (21... Qxc5 22. Qxe6#) 22. Rxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 $18) 19... Ncd8 20. Bg5+ Kd7 21. Bxd8 Kxd8 (21... Rxd8 22. Nc5+ $1 Kc8 23. Rxe6 Qxc5 24. Re5+ $18) 22. Rxe6 Qd7 23. Nxd4 $18) 17. Nxb3 Bxe6 18. Re1 (18. Bg5+ $2 Kd7) 18... Qc8 19. Nxd4 (19. cxd4 $5) 19... Nxd4 20. cxd4 $18) 15. e6 $1 Bxe6 (15... Nxb3 { doesn't save} 16. Nxb3 Bxe6 17. Re1 Qd5 (17... Qd6 $2 18. Nc5 Nd8 19. Bg5+ Kf7 20. Qf3+) 18. Nc5 Nd8 19. cxd4 $1 h6 $8 (19... g6 $2 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Re5 Qd6 22. Bg5+ Kd7 (22... Kf7 23. Qf3+) 23. Rae1 Re8 24. d5 $18) (19... Kf7 $2 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Re5 Qd6 22. Qf3+ $18) 20. Bf4 $1 Kf7 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Re5 Qd7 23. Qf5+ $18) 16. Re1 Qd7 (16... Qd6 { allow White to bring knight into play with tempo.} 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Ne4 Qe5 19. Bd2 $1 (19. Bg5+ Kd7 20. Nc5+ Bxc5 (20... Qxc5 21. Qxe6#) 21. Rxe5 Nxe5) 19... h5 (19... Qd5 20. Ng5 Ncd8 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Rxe6+ Qxe6 23. Re1 Qxe1+ 24. Bxe1 $16) 20. Qh4+ (20. Qg6 $5) 20... Kd7 21. Ng5 Qf5 22. Nxe6 Qg4 23. Qxg4 hxg4 24. cxd4 $16) 17. Bxe6 ({Unfortunately} 17. Ne4 $2 { doesn't work because of} Nxb3 ({In case of} 17... Bxg4 $4 { White beautifully mates} 18. Bg5+ Ke8 19. Nd6#)) 17... Nxe6 18. Nf3 (18. Nb3) 18... Re8 (18... Kf7 $2 19. Rxe6 (19. Ng5+ $5)) 19. Ng5 Ncd8 $8 20. Bd2 $1 { Svidler brings another piece into attack.} h6 $6 ({It was interesting to seek a refuge on the queenside.Here is examplary variation:} 20... Kd6 $5 21. cxd4 Kc6 22. Qe4+ Kb6 23. d5 Bc5 $1 (23... Nxg5 24. Qxe8 Qxe8 25. Rxe8 { with an advantage for White.}) 24. Nxe6 (24. b4 Nxg5 25. bxc5+ Ka7 $13) 24... Nxe6 25. b4 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Nd8 {and Black is still alive.}) 21. Nf3 $1 $16 { White's attack on its final stages.} ({After} 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Rxe6+ Qxe6 23. Re1 Qxe1+ 24. Bxe1 $14 {White is better,but Svidler already goes for more.}) 21... Qd5 22. Re5 Qd6 23. cxd4 h5 (23... c6 24. d5 cxd5 $140 25. Bb4 $18) 24. Qe4 Kf7 25. d5 Kg8 26. Qg6 (26. dxe6 $5 Rxe6 27. Bf4 (27. Bc3 $5) 27... Rxe5 28. Bxe5 $18) 26... Re7 27. Rae1 Nd4 $8 28. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 cxd6 30. Rxe7 Bxe7 31. Rxe7 $18 {Certainly White is winning anyhow and that can sometimes be a problem. Hecht,Hj: '# Aktiver Turm, Mehrbauer: Urteil: +- Partieverlauf: Anand gibt für höchste Aktivität den Damenflügel auf und erreicht dennoch nur ein anscheinend verlorenes Endspiel mit einem Springer gegen drei vereinzelte weiße Freibauern. Doch mit seinem letzten Bauern als "Siegfried" kann Schwarz Remis erreichen. Wirklich?! Siehe dazu die Anmerkung am Partieende!!'} Nf7 32. Ra7 $6 {First inaccuracy.} (32. h4 $1 { preventing possible counterplay was the simplest way to the victory.} Ne5 33. Kg2 Kh7 34. Bc3 $18) 32... h4 $1 33. Ra8+ Kh7 34. Rxa6 Kg6 35. Rb6 Rc8 36. Rxb5 $2 {A serious mistake.White should prevent possible counterplay.} (36. Bc3 $5 h3 37. f4 $1 Re8 38. Kf1 $18) (36. h3 $5 Rc2 37. Bc3 $18) 36... Rc2 37. Bc3 h3 {Now suddenly Black creates counterplay.} 38. Kf1 Ng5 39. Rb7 Nxf3 40. Rxg7+ Kf5 41. Rg3 Ke4 42. Rxh3 $8 { It's time to sacrifice a piece.Otherwise 42...N:h2+ is following.} Rc1+ 43. Ke2 (43. Kg2 $4 Rg1#) 43... Rxc3 $1 44. bxc3 Ng1+ 45. Kf1 Nxh3 {Look at the position ten moves ago.It's just unbelievable.Fortunately White is still better,but now he must prove his superiority.} 46. a4 Kxd5 47. Kg2 Ng5 48. h4 Ne4 49. h5 Ke6 50. c4 Nd2 ({Or} 50... Kf5 51. f4 $1) 51. a5 Nxc4 52. a6 Nb6 53. a7 Kf5 54. f4 $18 {White gets winning position once again.Now first part of his plan is to bring king to the queenside and force d5-d4.Black has to wait.} Na8 55. Kf3 d5 56. Ke3 Nc7 {Only defensive setup.} 57. Kd2 Kf6 58. Kc2 Kf5 59. Kb3 d4 60. Kc4 Kf6 61. Kd3 Kf5 {Second part of White's plan is to reach the board position with Black to go.The triangle makes the day.} 62. Ke2 Kf6 63. Kf2 (63. Kd2 {is shorter.} Na8 ({or} 63... Kf5 64. Kd3 Kf6 65. Ke4) 64. Kd3 Nc7 65. Ke4) 63... Kf5 ({or} 63... Ke6 64. h6 Kf6 65. f5) 64. Kf3 Na8 65. Ke2 Nc7 66. Kd3 {two extra moves and White reaches the position of zugzwang.} Kf6 67. Ke4 Kf7 68. f5 Kf6 (68... Kg7 69. Kd3 Kf6 70. h6 {leads to the same.}) 69. h6 Kf7 {It's incredible.White accepts draw in the situation when a win as close as never. Hecht,Hj: '# Entgegen meinen Anmerkungen im Vorspann ist Anand überraschenderweise doch verloren. Wenn Swidler seinen a-Bauern gegen den d-Bauern hergibt, stellt er dabei den Springer so schlecht, daß der entweder gar nicht mehr eingreifen kann oder aber selbst den Verlust verursacht. Das geht so:'} (69... Kf7 {After} 70. Kxd4 {White wins by force} Nb5+ $8 71. Kc5 Nxa7 72. Kb6 $1 Nc8+ (72... Kg8 73. f6 $1 (73. Kxa7 $4 Kh7 74. Kb6 Kxh6 75. Kc6 Kg5 $11) 73... Nc8+ 74. Kc7 Na7 75. Kd7 $18) 73. Kc7 Ne7 (73... Na7 74. Kd7 { '!' Hecht,Hj.} Nb5 (74... Kf6 75. h7 $1 Kg7 76. f6+ Kxh7 77. f7 Kg7 78. Ke8 $1 $18 {'+-' Hecht,Hj.}) 75. h7 Kg7 76. f6+ Kxh7 77. f7 Kg7 78. Ke7 $18) 74. h7 Kg7 (74... Nd5+ 75. Kd6 (75. Kd6 {Hecht,Hj} Kg7 76. Kxd5 Kxh7 77. Ke6 Kg7 78. Ke7 $18)) 75. f6+ $1 $18 {'+-' Hecht,Hj. It's clear that Svidler missed this nice idea.Even the sun has spots!}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1999.04.10"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2710"] [Annotator "Lukacs,P"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1999.04.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.08.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. Nd2 $6 {#} (12. Be3 { - J.Polgar-Karpov, Budapest m 30' rapid 1998 CBM 65}) (12. O-O { looks more natural.} b6 {Yandemirov-Kharitinov, RUS-Cup2 Moscow CBM 56}) 12... e5 $1 {This seems to be the best reply, after which it is far from easy to find any advantage for White.} (12... Nf6 13. Qh4 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. O-O $14 {/\ Nc4}) 13. Nc4 Nc5 $1 14. Qg3 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 (15. Qxd3 {is less exciting:} Be6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 18. Be3 Qxb2 19. O-O Qb5 20. Qxb5 cxb5 21. Rfe1 a6 22. a4 Bf5 23. axb5 Rc8 {1/2:1/2 Ljubojevic-Karpov, Amber Blinfold 1993 }) 15... f6 (15... Bb4+ $5 16. Bd2 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 (17. Nxd2 Qb6 $1 $15) 17... Be6 18. Qxe5 Qd7 19. Qd6+ Qxd6 20. Nxd6 Rb8 $44 {/\ Ke7 and Black has compensation for the P in the _|_, because the double d pawns cannot pose a serious threat.}) 16. Bd2 (16. O-O Be6 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bf4 $5 ( 19. Qxe5 fxe5 20. Re1 Rd8 21. Rxe5 Kf7 {In this _|_ with ^- Black has sufficient counterplay because of the isolated d P.} 22. Re3 (22. Be3 Rxd3 23. Bxa7 Ra8 $11) 22... Bf5 23. Rf3 Kg6 $11) 19... Qd5 20. Rfe1 Kf7 21. Re4 Bf5 22. Re3 Rhe8 23. Rae1 Qxd3 $1 (23... Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Be6 25. Bb8 Qd8 $11) 24. h3 { (Zagrebelny-Abdulla, Asia-ch Tehran 1998)} Qd7 $1) 16... Be6 17. Nxd6 (17. dxe5 Bxe5 $11) 17... Qxd6 18. Bc3 Rd8 19. O-O Kf7 $1 { Black has fully equalized because of the ^-.} (19... exd4 $4 20. Qxd6+ Rxd6 21. Bb4 $18) 20. dxe5 Qxd3 21. exf6 gxf6 (21... Qxg3 $2 22. fxg3 $1) 22. Qh4 Qg6 23. f3 Rhg8 24. Rf2 Qg5 25. Qxg5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1999.04.09"] [Round "3"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Huzman,A"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "1999.04.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.08.01"] 1. d4 {Hecht,Hj. Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a3 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. d5 {'!?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'White is often dreaming about the breakthrough in the center, this idea became quite popular of late.'} (13. Qd3 {Ftacnik} Bb7 14. Bg5 g6 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Ne5 Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 (17... Rxc4 18. Bb3 Rc8 19. Qh3 (19. d5 Bxd5 20. Qh3 Rc7 $11) 19... Rc7 20. Qh4 Nd5 21. Ne4 $14) 18. Qh3 Nd5 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Ne4 Nf6 (20... Qb6 $15 21. Bc1 f5 22. Nc3 Bf6 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Qg3 Bxd4 (24... Bg7 25. h4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bxd4 27. Bxf5 $15) 25. Bxf5 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Hansen,C/Malmo/1998/ (29)}) 21. Ng5 Qb6 22. Ba4 Red8 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Qc7 25. Rde1 Bf8 26. Rxf6 Bxh6 27. Qxh6 Rxd4 28. Rfe6 Qf7 29. Re7 {1-0 Sosnicki,M-Hnydiuk,A/Ksiaz/1998/ (29)}) 13... Re8 14. Bg5 (14. Qd3 g6 ( 14... h6 $5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Nd4 Bb3 $1 $11) (14... exd5 15. Bg5 $16) 15. b4 Nc4 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Nd4 Bd5 $1 18. Bg5 Bb7 $11 19. Bb3 (19. a4 Nb2 20. Qd2 Nc4 $11) 19... Qd6 (19... Rc8 $5 $15) 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Qd2 Ng4 22. Bf4 Bg5 $1 23. Bxd6 Bxd2 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Nde2 Nf6 { 1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Anand,V/Dos Hermanas 1999/CBM 71 (25)}) 14... h6 ( 14... Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 (15... Nxe7 16. Ng5 Qxd1 17. Bxh7+ Kf8 18. Raxd1 Nc4 $11) 16. Nxd5 exd5 (16... Rd7 17. Qe2 $1 Rxd5 (17... exd5 $4 18. Qe8+ Qxe8 19. Rxe8#) 18. Be4 $14) 17. Rxe7 Qxe7 18. Qxd5 Bb7 19. Qd3 g6 20. Re1 Qc7 $11) ( 14... Nc4 $5) 15. Bh4 Nxd5 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Defending this position is anything but easy, white probably enjoys slightly better chances in all lines.'} (15... Nc4 16. Nd4 Nxd5 (16... Nxb2 17. Qc1 Nc4 18. Nc6 Qd7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Ne4 $40) 17. Qd3 g6 18. Nc6 Qd7 (18... Qd6 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Qf3 $16) 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Qxd7 Bxd7 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Nd5 $16) (15... exd5 {Ftacnik} 16. Qd3 $5 (16. Rxe7 Rxe7 (16... Qxe7 17. Nxd5 Qd8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qd3 Kf8 20. Rd1 $13) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qd2 Kg7 (18... f5 19. Qxh6 Re6 20. Qh5 $13) 19. Qd3 f5 20. Nxd5 Re6 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. Rd1 Rd6 $15) 16... g5 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nc4 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Bxe7+ Nxg3 21. Bxd8 $14) 16. Nxd5 exd5 (16... Bxh4 17. Qd3 $1 g6 (17... Kf8 18. Nxh4 Bb7 19. Qh7 Qxd5 20. Rad1 Qc6 (20... Qc5 21. Rd7 $18) 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Nf5+ Kf6 23. Qxg7#) (17... f5 18. Nxh4 Bb7 (18... Qxh4 19. Nc7 Rd8 20. Qc3 $18) 19. Nxf5 $1 Qxd5 (19... exf5 20. Ne7+ Rxe7 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxe7 $18) 20. Nxh6+ $1 $18) 18. Nxh4 exd5 (18... Qxh4 19. Qc3 $1 $18) 19. Nxg6 $18) 17. Qd3 g6 18. Qe3 (18. Rxe7 Rxe7 19. Qc3 g5 $17) 18... Be6 ( 18... g5 19. Nxg5 (19. Qd3 f5 20. Bg3 $44 (20. Bg3 Nc4 21. Nd4 Nxb2 22. Qe2 Bd7 23. Qh5 $40)) (19. Bg3 {Ftacnik} f5 20. Nd4 Nc4 21. Qe2 $16) 19... hxg5 20. Bxg5 Be6 (20... Nc6 21. Bh6 Bg4 22. Qd3 $1 f5 23. Qc3 $1 $18) 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 ( 21... Rxe7 22. Qh6 f6 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Bg6 $18) 22. Qh6 f6 23. Re3 $18) (18... Nc6 19. Bxe7 (19. Qxh6 $5 Bf8 (19... Bxh4 20. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kf8 22. Qxc6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Ra7 24. Qc5+ $18) 20. Qf4 $16) 19... Rxe7 20. Qxh6 $36) 19. Qxh6 {'!' Ftacnik.} (19. Bxe7 $5 Qxe7 (19... Rxe7 {Ftacnik} 20. Qxh6 Qf8 21. Qh4 $14) 20. Qxh6 Qf8 21. Qf4 $16) 19... Bxh4 20. Bxg6 $1 Qf6 { Ftacnik: 'Within a few moves black king was left without a great part of his shield. The attack is possible partly due to the rear position of the knight a5.'} (20... fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kf8 22. Qh6+ Kf7 (22... Kg8 $2 23. Rxe6 $18) 23. Qh7+ Kf6 (23... Kf8 24. Nxh4 $18) 24. Qxh4+ (24. Nxh4 {Ftacnik} Qd7 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Re3 $16) 24... Kg7 25. Qg3+ Kf8 26. Qf4+ Kg7 (26... Kg8 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Qg4+ $18) 27. Re5 $1 $40) (20... Bf6 {Ftacnik} 21. Rxe6 fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Bg7 23. Ng5 $18) 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Bg6+ Kg8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Nxh4 Qg7 (24... Qxb2 $1 25. Nf5 (25. Bd3 Qf6 $132) (25. Bf5 {Ftacnik} Qf6 26. Rad1 $36) 25... fxg6 26. Qxg6 (26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Nd6+ Ke7 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. Qxg6 {'!' Ftacnik.} (29. Rxe6+ $1 Kxe6 30. Re1+ Kf7 31. Qf4+ Kg7 32. Qc7+ $11) 29... Qf6 $15) 26... Bxf5 (26... Qh8 27. Rad1 Bxf5 28. Qxf5+ Kg8 29. Qxd5+ $16) 27. Qxf5+ Kg7 28. Qg5+ Kh7 $11) (24... Nc4 {Ftacnik} 25. b3 Nd6 26. Bd3 $16) 25. Qxg7+ (25. Nf5 $5 Qxh7 26. Bxh7 Nc4 27. b3 $1 (27. b4 Bxf5 (27... a5 28. Nd4 $16) 28. Bxf5 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Nxa3 30. Rd1 $14) 27... Bxf5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Bxf5 Nxa3 30. Bd3 b4 ( 30... Nc4 $5 31. bxc4 dxc4 32. Bf1 $16) 31. Bxa6 $16) 25... Kxg7 26. Bd3 $16 Nc4 (26... d4 27. Rad1 Rad8 28. Nf3 $16) 27. b4 (27. b3 $1 Nd2 28. b4 $16 (28. b4 {Ftacnik} Kf6 29. f4 Rh8 30. g3 Rxh4 $1 31. gxh4 Nf3+ 32. Kf2 Nxe1 33. Rxe1 $11)) (27. Re2 $5 $16) 27... Nb2 (27... d4 $142) 28. Bf1 d4 29. Nf3 Rad8 30. Reb1 (30. Rab1 Nc4 31. Rbd1 Nxa3 32. Nxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Nc2 34. Rg4+ Kf8 35. Re2 Bxg4 36. Rxc2 $16) 30... Nc4 31. Rd1 (31. a4 {Ftacnik} d3 32. axb5 axb5 33. Rd1 Bf5 $11) 31... Bg4 32. Rd3 $1 (32. Rxd4 Bxf3 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. gxf3 $16 Nd2 35. Bg2 (35. Kg2 Nxf1 36. Kxf1 Rd3 37. Ke2 Rb3 $132) 35... Rd3 $132) 32... Nb2 33. Rxd4 Bxf3 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. gxf3 {Ftacnik: 'White has great advantage in far reaching bishop and two spare pawns. Unfortunatelly his a3-b4 pawns need protection and extra pawns are of poor quality. Winning the game is not easy. ' Hecht,Hj: '# Mehrbauer, starker Läufer sowie die angreifbare Schwäche a6 ergeben einen deutlichen Vorteil für Weiß.'} Rc8 $1 (35... Rd2 36. Rc1 $18) 36. Ra2 $1 Na4 (36... Rc2 37. a4 $1 (37. Kg2 {Hecht,Hj} Rd2 38. a4 bxa4 (38... Nc4 39. Bxc4 $18) 39. Bxa6 a3 40. Rxa3 Nd1 41. Rb3 $18) 37... bxa4 38. Bxa6 $18) ( 36... Nc4 {Ftacnik} 37. Rc2 $18) 37. Rd2 $18 Rc6 38. f4 Nb6 {'?!' Ftacnik.} ( 38... Nc3 {Ftacnik} 39. Rd3 Rg6+ 40. Rg3 Nb1 $16) 39. Kg2 Nc4 40. Rd3 (40. Bxc4 $5 {Ftacnik} bxc4 41. Kf3 c3 42. Rc2 Kf6 43. Ke4 Rc4+ 44. Kd3 Rxf4 45. Kxc3 Rf3+ 46. Kb2 Rh3 47. Rc6+ $18) 40... Nb2 41. Rg3+ Kh8 {'?' Ftacnik.} (41... Kf6 {Ftacnik} 42. h4 Kf5 43. Rg7 Kf6 44. Rg8 $18) 42. Be2 Rc2 43. Bh5 (43. Bf3 $142 Nd3 $140 44. Be4 $18) 43... Rc7 44. f5 $6 {'?' Ftacnik.} (44. Kf3 $18) (44. Kf3 $1 {Ftacnik} Kh7 45. Ke4 Kh6 46. Rh3 Kg7 47. Kd5 Nc4 48. Be2 $16) 44... Kh7 ( 44... f6 {Ftacnik} 45. Be2 Nc4 46. Bxc4 Rxc4 47. Rg6 $18) 45. Be2 $6 (45. f6 Kh6 46. Bf3 Nd3 47. h4 $18) 45... Kh6 46. h4 Rc2 47. Bf3 Nc4 48. Bd5 (48. Bb7 $2 Nd6 $1 49. Bxa6 $140 Rc6) 48... Nd6 (48... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 49. Bb7 $18) 49. Rd3 $1 (49. f6 Rd2 50. Bc6 Nf5 $132) 49... Kg7 (49... Nxf5 50. Bb7 (50. Bxf7 $5 Nxh4+ 51. Kf1 $18) 50... Nxh4+ 51. Kg1 $18 { Hecht,Hj: 'ähnlich wie in der Partie'}) 50. Bf3 $1 {Hecht,Hj: '# Endlich stehen die weißen Figuren optimal. Kramnik gibt zwei relativ wertlose Bauern am Königsflügel auf und kassiert dafür den wichtigen Ba6.'} (50. Bb3 Rc6 51. Rd5 Kf6 $132) 50... Nxf5 (50... Nc4 {Ftacnik} 51. Bb7 Ra2 52. Bxa6 Nxa3 53. Kg3 Nc2 54. Bxb5 Nxb4 55. Rd6 $16) 51. Bb7 Nxh4+ 52. Kg1 Re2 (52... Rc1+ {Ftacnik} 53. Kh2 Rc2 54. Bxa6 Rxf2+ 55. Kg3 Rf6 56. Bxb5 $18) 53. Bxa6 Re5 54. Rc3 { Hecht,Hj: '# Gegen Tc5 gibt es keine befriedigende Antwort. Die Folge ist ein Läufer/Springer-Duell, bei dem der Läufer in Verbindung mit dem weitentfernten a-Freibauern klarer Sieger bleibt.'} Nf5 55. Rc5 {'!' Ftacnik.} Rxc5 (55... Re1+ {Ftacnik} 56. Kg2 Nd4 57. Bxb5 Ra1 58. a4 Nxb5 59. axb5 $18) 56. bxc5 Nd4 57. c6 {'!' Ftacnik.} Nxc6 58. Bxb5 {Ftacnik: 'Finally Kramnik managed to transform the position into a good example of bishop's abilities in endgames with light pieces.'} Na5 59. Kg2 Kf6 60. Kf3 Ke5 61. Ke3 Nb7 62. Bc4 f6 (62... f5 $2 63. f4+ Kd6 64. Kd4 $18) 63. a4 Na5 64. Bf7 Nc6 (64... Nb7 65. f4+ Kd6 ( 65... Kf5 66. Bd5 Nc5 67. a5 $18) 66. Kd4 $18) 65. Kd3 Kd6 (65... Na5 66. Kc3 Ke4 67. Kb4 Nb7 68. f3+ Kd4 69. a5 $18) 66. Ke4 Ne7 (66... Na5 67. Bd5 $1 $18) 67. a5 Kc5 68. a6 Nc8 (68... Kb6 69. Bc4 Ka7 70. Kf4 $18) 69. Bh5 $1 Kd6 70. Bf3 (70. Bf3 Kc6 (70... Na7 71. Kd4 $1 Nb5+ 72. Kc4 Na7 73. Bb7 $1 $18) 71. Kf5+ Kb6 72. Bb7 $18) 1-0 [Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1999.04.07"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2716"] [Annotator "Blatny,P"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1999.04.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.08.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Qh4 (13... Bf5 $5 14. Nd2 (14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Nd2 Bxd3 $13) 14... Nf4 { 1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Adams,M/Tilburg 1992 (20)}) 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 Qf5 (15... Qd7 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Re1 c5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. a4 b4 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 h6 (21... bxc3 22. bxc3 Rad8 23. Ne4 $14 {_|_ Polgar,J-Adams,M/Tilburg 1997}) 22. Ne4 Rac8 23. Qh5 f5 24. Bc4 Kh8 25. Nd2 Nf6 26. Qe2 Rce8 27. Qf1 Qc6 28. f3 Ng4 $1 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Re1 Ne3 $36 {Leko,P - Bennedik/Frankfurt 1998}) (15... Nf6 16. Rh4 Qf5 17. Bc2 (17. Nd2 g5 18. Rh6 (18. Rd4 $5 { Ivanchuk-Timman/Wijk aan Zee/1999}) 18... Ng4 19. Ne4 Nxh6 20. Nxd6 Qg6 21. Ne4 {Svidler-Adams,M/Elista ol 1998}) 17... Qg6 18. Nd2 (18. d4 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 $44) 18... Bg4 19. Nf3 Rfe8 20. Kg2 Nd5 21. d4 Bf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Bd2 Nf6 24. Bf4 Bf8 25. Bd2 Bd6 $11 {Leko,P-Adams,M/Madrid 1998}) 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Re1 f5 (17... Bg4 $5 18. f3 Bf5 $16) (17... Bc7 18. Nf3 Bg4 19. Nh4 Qh5 20. f3 Bh3 21. Qe2 $14) 18. a4 (18. c4 f4 19. Ne4 fxg3 20. fxg3 Bg4 21. Qc2 bxc4 22. Qxc4 (22. dxc4 Bb4 23. Bd2 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 Bf5 26. Qg2 Rfe8 27. Bc2 Re6 28. g4 {1-0 Smagin,S-Hebden,M/Moscow 1986/MCL (37)}) 22... Bc7 23. Qc2 Kh8 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Nf2 {1/2-1/2 Hellers,F-Wahls,M/Adelaide 1988/TD (30)}) (18. f4 Bxf4 (18... Kh8 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qf3 Bd7 21. Nb3 d4 { 1/2-1/2 Popovic,P-Pavlovic,M/Belgrade 1992/CBM 31 (30)}) 19. Qf3 (19. Nf3 Bc7 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Be6 22. c4 { 1/2-1/2 Milos,G-Sanz Alonso,F/Elgoibar 1993/EXT 99 (44)}) 19... Bxd2 (19... Bb8 20. Bxd5+ cxd5 21. Nf1 Ra7 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 d4 24. cxd4 Rd7 25. Re5 { 1/2-1/2 Fogarasi,T-Lukacs,P/Budapest 1994/CBM 43 ext (25)}) 20. Bxd5+ cxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Bxd2 Ra7 {1-0 Koch,J-Blatny,P/Haifa 1989/EU-chT (36)}) (18. Nf3 f4 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 fxg3 21. hxg3 Bg4 22. Qe1 Bf3 $1 23. Bd2 Rae8 24. a4 $2 h6 $1 25. Bd1 Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 Qxd3 28. Qd4 Qf3 29. Be1 $4 Ne3 $1 $19 {0-1 Leko,P-Svidler,P/Dortmund 1998/CBM 66/[Lukacs] (35)}) (18. Ne4 $2 fxe4 19. dxe4 Bg4 20. Qd4 Qh5 $1 21. exd5 c5 $1 $19) 18... Rb8 (18... f4 19. Ne4) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nf3 (20. c4 f4 21. cxd5 fxg3 22. fxg3 Bxg3 23. Kh1 (23. hxg3 $6 Qxg3+ 24. Kh1 Qh3+ $11) 23... Bxe1 24. Qxe1 $14) 20... f4 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 fxg3 23. fxg3 Bg4 24. Qe1 (24. Qc2 Bf5 25. Bxd5+ cxd5 $16) 24... Bh3 25. Be3 (25. Ra6 Kh8 26. Bxd5 Rf1+ 27. Qxf1 Bxf1 28. Rxc6 $132) 25... Rf1+ 26. Qxf1 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Rf8 (27... Qxd3 28. Bc5 $11) 28. Rxf8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1999.04.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2677"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1999.04.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.08.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 {In this quite irrational position black is seriously underdeveloped, but he is on the verge of winning the second spare piece.} (12... Nc6 13. Bg2 $44 (13. gxf6 $2 Qxf6 14. Nd5 Qxf5 15. Qg3 Ra7 $1 16. Bg5 Bg7 $15)) 13. Bd2 (13. gxf6 $5 dxc3 14. Bc4 $1 Qxf6 15. Rhg1 $1 $44 (15. Qh5 $6 Rg8 $17) (15. Rhe1 Be7 16. Qh5 Nf8 17. Bd3 Qh4 18. Qe2 Qb4 19. bxc3 Qxc3 20. Kb1 Qb4+ 21. Kc1 Bd7 22. Bd2 Qd4 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 { 1/2-1/2 Gochev,M-Espig,L/Eger/1987/ (24)}) 15... h6 (15... Bh6 16. Bxf7+ $1 Qxf7 (16... Kxf7 $2 17. Qh5+ $16) 17. Bxh6 Qxa2 18. bxc3 $44 {->}) (15... h5 16. Qd5 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Qxh6+ 18. Kb1 Qf6 19. Rde1 Kd8 20. Re3 Ra7 21. Rd1 b5 22. Rxe5 Rc7 {0-1 Simacek,P-Kalod,R/Svetla/1994/ (68)}) 16. Qh5 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxf7+ $8 Ke7 $1 (18... Qxf7 $2 19. Rd8+ $18) 19. Bg6 $8 {>}) 21. Qf3 $1 Bc6 $2 (21... Rac8 22. Rge1 $44) 22. Qc3 b6 23. Rge1 $16 {1-0/Badzharani,I-Rybincev/USSR/1989/ (30)}) (13. Rxd4 $6 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bc5 (14... Bg7 15. Bd3 $3 (15. Rg1 $2 Nh5 16. f6 Ndxf6 17. Be3 Ng4 $19) (15. Bc4 $2 O-O $1 16. Rg1 Kh8 $17 17. h4 b5 18. h5 h6 19. Bb3 b4 20. Qxa8 bxc3 $19) 15... Qe7 (15... O-O 16. Rg1 Re8 17. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 18. f6 $18 {/^b1-h7}) 16. Rg1 Nh5 (16... Qd6 $5 17. Qe3+ $16 {->}) 17. Bxg7 ( 17. f6 $5) 17... Nxg7 18. f6 Qe5 19. fxg7 Qxg7 20. Re1+ $44) 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Bc4 (16. b4 Nfe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4+ Qe7 19. Qd4 O-O 20. f6 Qe1+ 21. Kb2 a5 22. Bc4 Qxb4+ 23. Ka1 Be6 {0-1 Denk,J-Badea,B/Schwaebisch Gmund/1996/ (23)}) 16... Nfe4 $1 (16... Qd4 17. Re1+ Kf8 18. gxf6 Qxf6 (18... Qxc4 $4 19. Qg3 $18) 19. Qe3 Bxf5 $8 20. Qxc5+ Kg7 21. Nd5 Rac8 (21... Qh6+ 22. f4 $18) (21... Rhc8 22. Qe3 Qd6 23. Nb6 $16) 22. Qe3 Rxc4 (22... Qh6 23. f4 (23. Rg1+ $2 Bg6 24. f4 Rxc4 25. Qe5+ Kg8 $13) 23... Rhe8 24. Qd4+ f6 25. Re7+ $1 Kf8 $8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Nxf6 $40 Qxh2 $2 28. Qd6+ Re7 29. Qd8+ $18) 23. Rg1+ $18 { 1-0 Enders,P-Orgovan,S/Gyongyos/1988/ (30)}) (16... Bd7 17. Re1+ Kf8 18. Qe3 $16) (16... O-O 17. Rd1 $1 (17. gxf6 $2 Qxf6 18. Rg1+ Kh8 19. Nd5 Qh6+ $17) 17... Bd7 18. Qe3 Rc8 (18... Nh5 19. g6 $40) 19. gxf6 $40) (16... Qe7 $1 17. gxf6 $44 Qe5 $1 18. Rd1 Bxf5 $8 (18... Qxf6 19. Qe3+ Ne6 20. Nd5 $1 $16) 19. Rd5 (19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qh5+ Kxf6 $19) 19... Qe1+ 20. Rd1 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Gipslis,A-Rastenis,G/LIT jub100 corr8893/ 1988/ (20)}) 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4+ Qe7 $17) (13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Bc4 (14. Rxd4 Bc5 15. Rd2 (15. Rd1 Qc7 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bc4 Bd7 18. Rhe1+ Kf8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rg8 21. Qh5 Ba4 22. Qh6+ Rg7 23. Be4 Kg8 {0-1 Maeer,K-Tredinnick,A/ENG-ch sf01 corr 1986/ (27)} ) 15... Qc7 (15... O-O 16. gxf6 Qxf6 17. Rg1+ Kh8 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. f6 Nxf6 20. Nxc5 Bg4 21. Qe3 {1-0 Firt,S-Sobek,J/CZE-chT2/1996/ (54)}) 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Bc4 Be7 18. Bb3 O-O 19. Re1 Kh8 20. Qe3 Bd8 21. Qd4 Bxf5 { 0-1 Pulkkinen,K-Oll,L/Helsinki/1990/ (28)}) 14... Qc7 15. Rhe1+ Kd8 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Rd3 Re8 18. Red1 Nh5 19. Bxf7 Qf4+ 20. Kb1 Qxf3 21. Rxf3 Ng7 22. f6 Ne6 23. Rf5 {1-0 Farago,S-Habibi,A/Budapest/1994/ (58)}) (13. Bc4 Qc7 14. Bb3 dxc3 15. gxf6 (15. g6 fxg6 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Qg2 Qc6 18. Qxg6+ Kd8 19. Rhe1 Kc7 20. Qf7 cxb2+ 21. Kb1 Bb4 22. Bd2 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Kb8 { 0-1 Sokolov,A-Svidler,P/St. Petersburg/1998/ (23)}) 15... Nxf6 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Ba4+ b5 18. Qxa8 bxa4 19. Rhe1 h6 20. Bh4 O-O 21. Qg2+ Kh7 22. Qh3 Rg8 { 0-1 Farago,S-Stocek,J/Budapest/1994/ (40)}) 13... dxc3 (13... Qc7 14. Bd3 Nc5 ( 14... dxc3 $5 15. Bxc3) 15. Bc4 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Nfe4 17. Rhe1 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bg7 19. f6 O-O 20. Rxe5 Be6 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Qxc7 Nxc7 23. Rd7 (23. Re7 Ne6 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Rxb7 Nxg5 $19) 23... Rfe8 $1 24. Ree7 Rxe7 25. fxe7 Ne6 { 0-1 Wedberg,T-Novikov,I/Kobenhavn/1991/ (34)}) 14. Bxc3 Bg7 {It is not possible to give the value to individual moves, black has to survive the storm with some extra material left.} (14... Qc7 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. Rhe1 Nc5 (16... Rg8 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Bc4 Nd7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qh5+ Kg7 21. Rg1+ Kh8 22. Rxg8+ Kxg8 23. Qe8+ Nf8 24. Rg1+ Kh8 25. Bxe5+ { 1-0 Solovjov,S-Biriukov,O/St Petersburg/1999/ (25)}) 17. Bc4 Nfe4 18. Rxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bd7 20. Qd5 O-O-O 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Bxf5 23. Rf6 { 1/2-1/2 Chiburdanidze,M-Cserna,L/Pristina/1983/ (41)}) (14... Ng8 15. Qh5 $36) (14... Rg8 15. gxf6 Qxf6 $13) 15. Rg1 (15. gxf6 Qxf6) 15... O-O (15... Ng8 16. Bc4 $40) 16. gxf6 (16. Bb4 e4 (16... Re8 17. Bc4 e4 18. Bxf7+ $14) (16... Ne8 17. f6 Nexf6 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 (18... Qxf8 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. Qxf6 $18) 19. gxf6 Qxf6 $17) 17. Qe3 Re8 18. Bc4 $40) 16... Qxf6 17. Qe3 Kh8 (17... Qxf5 $2 18. Bh3 Qh5 19. Bxd7 $16) 18. f4 Qb6 $6 {This strange manouvre is the reason for black's problems. White queen is beiing send to the more active square and the position suddenly opens new attacking possibilities.} (18... Re8 19. Rxg7 $1 Qxg7 20. fxe5 Nxe5 (20... Nf8 21. Bd3 $16) 21. f6 Qxf6 22. Re1 $40) (18... Qh6 $5) (18... Qe7 $2 19. Rxg7 Kxg7 20. fxe5 $40) 19. Qg3 (19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. f6 Bh6 (20... Bxf6 $2 21. Rd6 Be7 22. Rxb6 $18) 21. Bxe5 Bf5 $17) 19... Qh6 (19... Rg8 20. Bc4 $1 (20. Kb1 Nf6 21. Bxe5 Bxf5 22. Rd6 Qc5) 20... Qf6 21. fxe5 Bh6+ 22. Kb1 Rxg3 23. exf6 Rxg1 24. Rxg1 $16) 20. Rd6 $1 f6 $8 (20... Nf6 21. Bxe5 Bxf5 22. Qxg7+ Qxg7 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Rxf6 $16) 21. Bd2 e4 (21... Nc5 22. fxe5 Ne4 23. exf6 $3 Nxg3 (23... Rxf6 24. Rd8+ Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Qg8#) 24. fxg7+ Qxg7 25. Rxg3 $16) 22. Bc4 { Black is still piece up, but his forces are not cooperating.} b5 $2 (22... Nb8 $5 23. Be6 Nc6 24. Qg2 (24. Re1 Ne7 $1) 24... Bxe6 25. fxe6 f5 26. Qxg7+ (26. e7 Rf6 27. Bc3 Rg6 $17) 26... Qxg7 27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28. Bc3+ Kg8 29. Rd7 Rfd8 30. Rg7+ Kf8 31. Rxh7 Nd4 32. Bxd4 (32. e7+ $2 Kg8 33. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 34. Bxd4 (34. Rh5 $2 Ne2+ 35. Kb1 Rd1#) 34... Kxh7 $19) 32... Rxd4 33. Rh8+ Ke7 34. Rxa8 e3 35. Rg8 Rxf4 36. Kd1 Rf2 $17) 23. Be6 Ra7 (23... Nc5 24. Bd5 Ra7 25. Rc6) ( 23... Nb8 24. Be3 a5 25. Rgd1 $40) 24. Rc6 a5 $6 (24... Rb7 25. Be3 Rd8 26. Rd1 $16) 25. Be3 Rb7 (25... Ra8 26. Rd1 $16) (25... Ra6 26. Rc7 Rd8 27. Rd1 $16) 26. Bd5 Rb8 (26... b4 $2 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bxb7 $18) 27. Rc7 b4 (27... Rd8 28. Ba7 $18) 28. b3 (28. Bc6 Rd8 29. Ba7 b3 30. a3 $18) 28... Rb5 (28... Rd8 29. Bc6 a4 30. Ba7 $18) 29. Bc6 Rxf5 30. Rxc8 $1 {Anand will now lose the last part of compensation for his positional missery, equal material will spell his end.} (30. Bxd7 Bxd7 31. Rxd7 Rg8 32. Qg2 $18) 30... Rxc8 31. Bxd7 Rcc5 (31... Rfc5 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. f5 $1 Rg8 34. Bxh6 Bxh6+ 35. Kd1 Rxg3 36. Rxg3 $18) 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Rd1 Kg8 (33... Bf8 34. Rd8 $18) 34. Qg2 (34. Qg2 Qg6 35. Qxe4 $18 ) 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.28"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2714"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.05.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Bf4 Rac8 15. Re1 Rfd8 16. Bf1 Bf6 17. a4 Na5 18. Rc1 Bg4 19. Qd3 c5 20. c4 Qf5 21. Qxf5 Bxf5 22. dxc5 Nb3 23. Rcd1 Nxc5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Be3 b6 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Nxa4 28. Re7 a5 29. Re1 Bc2 30. Rc1 Rxd4 31. Rxc2 Kf8 32. g3 Ke7 33. Ra2 Nc5 34. Rb2 a4 35. Kg2 Rd1 36. Be2 Rc1 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.28"] [Round "11"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.05.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Bb7 15. Re3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.27"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.05.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 c5 15. Bb5 Rfd8 16. e4 Ne7 17. Ne2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 a6 19. Be2 Nc5 20. b4 Na4 21. O-O e5 22. Nb3 Nc3 23. Rfe1 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Rd6 25. Rd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.27"] [Round "10"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.05.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Bb7 15. Re3 Nf6 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rc8 19. Bb2 Qxd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Piket, Jeroen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2619"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.05.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc5 11. Be3 Ne6 12. Rad1 d5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Nf5 d5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Ne2 Qf6 19. Nd4 Qg6 20. Nb3 h5 21. f3 a6 22. Kh1 Qf5 23. c3 a5 24. a4 Rdb8 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. b4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.26"] [Round "9"] [White "Piket, Jeroen"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2619"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.05.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. f4 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qd3 Ra8 15. Nc6 Qe8 16. b4 Ne4 17. Rfc1 Nb8 18. Nxb8 Qxb8 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. Rab1 Qc8 21. Be1 Re8 22. h3 a4 23. Rc6 Nd6 24. Rbc1 Nc4 25. e4 Rxe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.24"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2633"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.05.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bg5 b4 17. Ne2 Ne4 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Qd3 Qc8 20. Ne5 Qb7 21. Nf4 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Nxd5 Rfe8 24. Rad1 Qb5 25. Qc2 Nf6 26. Bf4 Bxf4 27. Nxf4 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 c6 29. Ne6 Re8 30. Re3 Nd5 31. Re5 Re7 32. Nd4 Qb7 33. Nxc6 Rxe5 34. Nxe5 h6 35. Qc4 Kh8 36. Ng6+ Kh7 37. Qe4 Qc7 38. Ne7+ 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.24"] [Round "8"] [White "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2633"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.05.10"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. Qd3 O-O 13. a3 Ng4 14. h3 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxd4 Qb5 17. b4 Nc6 18. Qc4 Qe5 19. g3 Qxa1 20. Qxc6 Qd4 21. Kg2 Qf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.23"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Lautier, Joel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2596"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.05.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. c3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nc2 Be6 15. a4 O-O 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nce3 Qb7 19. Bd3 f5 20. O-O Kh8 21. Bc2 Qf7 22. f4 e4 23. Kh1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.23"] [Round "7"] [White "Lautier, Joel"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2596"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.05.10"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. h3 g5 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. fxg3 Na5 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Bc4 Na5 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. g4 Nf4 18. Be4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Ne2+ 21. Kh2 Nxd4 22. Nc3 Be6 23. Rad1 Nc6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Rad8 26. Bxc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.22"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2691"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.05.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. f3 Bb7 11. Be3 b5 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. a3 Rfd8 15. Qe1 Rac8 16. Qf2 Rb8 17. Nc1 Bc6 18. N1a2 a5 19. b4 Nf8 20. bxa5 Qxa5 21. Nb4 Rdc8 22. Bd2 Qa8 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Nxb5 Rxc2 25. Bd3 Rb2 26. Qa7 Qb7 27. Qxb7 Rxb7 28. a4 Ne6 29. Bf1 Nc5 30. Be3 Nfd7 31. Nxd6 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Rb1 33. Rxb1 Rxb1 34. Bxc5 Rxf1+ 35. Bg1 Nf8 36. a5 Ne6 37. a6 Ra1 38. a7 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.22"] [Round "6"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A39"] [WhiteElo "2691"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.05.10"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. Bd2 Bf5 12. e4 Be6 13. b3 Nd7 14. Rac1 Nc5 15. Qe3 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Rc2 Qd7 18. Rfc1 b4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rfb8 21. Qe2 Bf6 22. Be3 Qb5 23. Bxc5 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 dxc5 25. Rxc5 Ra7 26. Rc4 Kg7 27. g4 Rb5 28. Rcc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2632"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.05.10"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. d3 e5 8. Nd2 Bd7 9. Nc4 Be7 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 O-O 12. O-O Ne6 13. Be3 Ned4 14. Bf2 Bg4 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Ned5 Bd6 17. e3 Nf5 18. a3 Re8 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Kh1 b6 21. Qa4 Bd7 22. Qd1 Bf8 23. d4 Nce7 24. dxc5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxc5 26. e4 Bxf2 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. exf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Van Wely, Loek"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2632"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Van Wely/Cifuentes"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.06.08"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Bb4 12. Qd3 Bxd2 13. Bxd2 Rxb2 14. Rac1 Qd6 $6 $146 (14... O-O 15. Rc5 $44) 15. Qc4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxc7 $4 (17. Qc6+ Kf7 (17... Kf8 18. Rfd1) (17... Nd7 18. Rb1 $1 $44) 18. f4 Qxe4 $8 ( 18... Qd6 19. Qxc7+ Qxc7 20. Rxc7+ Kg6 21. f5+ exf5 22. exf5+ Kh5 23. Bc1 Rxa2 24. Rxg7) 19. Qxc7+ Kg6 20. Rf3 (20. Rfe1 Qd3 21. Rc5 h6) 20... h5 $1 (20... Qe2 21. f5+ exf5 22. Rg3+ Ng4 23. Rc6+ $18) 21. Rg3+ (21. Re1 Rb1) 21... Ng4 22. Qa5 $44 (22. h3 Rxd2 23. hxg4 h4 24. f5+ Kh7 25. f6 Rg8 (25... Qg6) 26. Qa5 Rxg2+ $1 27. Rxg2 Qe3+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+ $1 29. Kh3 Qxc1 30. Kxh4 g5+ 31. Kh3 Rh8 $1 32. Qd2 Kg6+ 33. Kg3 Qa3+ 34. Kf2 e5 $17)) (17. Qa4+ $1 Qb5 $8 (17... Nd7 18. f4 Qb5 19. Qxd4 $16 (19. Qxb5 Rxb5 20. Rxc7)) (17... Kf7 18. f4 Qd6 (18... Qxe4 19. Rxc7+ Kg6 20. Qa3 $1 $18) 19. Rc6 $1 Qd7 (19... Rxa2 20. Qc4) 20. Qc4 $16) 18. Qa3 $1 (18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qxa7 Rxd2 $1 20. Rxc7 O-O 21. Rxg7+ Kh8) 18... Rxd2 $2 19. Rxc7 Ng8 20. Qd6 $18) 17... Qxc7 18. Rxc7 O-O $17 19. Bc1 (19. Bf4 Ne8 ( 19... Rxa2 20. Be5 d3 21. f3 Rd8 22. Rd1 a5 23. Rc3 d2 24. Rc7) 20. Bc1) 19... Rxa2 20. f3 Rb8 21. Rf2 Ra1 22. Rfc2 d3 23. Rc8+ Kf7 $1 24. R2c7+ Kg6 25. Kf2 Rxc1 $1 (25... Rxc1 26. Rxc1 d2) 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.05.10"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 c6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Nh6 12. h3 Nf7 13. Rb1 Nc7 14. b4 Ne6 15. d5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4 g5 18. Bg3 f5 19. Qd2 f4 20. Bh2 Ne5 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. b5 f3 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxf3 Bxh3 25. Re3 Be6 26. bxc6 g4 27. Bd1 Rc8 28. Rb7 Rxc6 29. Nd5 Kh8 30. Reb3 g3 31. Qh6 gxf2+ 32. Kf1 Bg8 33. Rxh7+ Bxh7 34. Rb7 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.05.10"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Nc4 Qb5 14. Bd6 Be7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Qxb5 cxb5 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. a3 Rhd8 20. c3 h5 21. f3 g6 22. Rae1 Rd5 23. Kf2 Kf8 24. Ne4 Kg7 25. Re2 Ng8 26. Rfe1 Ne7 27. Ng5 Nf5 28. g3 Ne7 29. Nh3 Nc6 30. Nf4 Rd6 31. g4 hxg4 32. fxg4 Rad8 33. Kg3 Rh8 34. Rf1 Rd7 35. h5 g5 36. Nd3 Re8 37. Ne5 Nxe5 38. Rxe5 f6 39. Rxb5 Rd6 40. Re1 Kf7 41. a4 Ra8 42. Ra1 Kg7 43. Ra3 Kh6 44. Rab3 Ra6 45. R3b4 f5 46. Rc4 Ra8 47. Rcb4 Ra6 48. Re5 Ra8 49. gxf5 exf5 50. Rxf5 Kxh5 51. Rbb5 Rg8 52. Rf7 Re6 53. Rh7+ Kg6 54. Rxb7 Re3+ 55. Kg4 Re4+ 56. Kf3 Rf4+ 57. Kg3 Rgf8 58. R5xb6+ Kf5 59. Re7 Rg4+ 60. Kf3 Rf4+ 61. Ke2 Kg4 62. a5 Kg3 63. a6 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B56"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.05.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 Na7 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Bb5 Na7 13. Ba4 Be6 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. Qf2 Ra8 16. O-O-O Qb8 17. Bb5 Rc8 18. Na4 d5 19. Nb6 a4 20. Bxa4 Qa7 21. exd5 Bd8 22. dxe6 Bxb6 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Nc5 Qxa4 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.18"] [Round "3"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.05.10"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rd8 14. h3 Bh2+ 15. Nxh2 Rxd5 16. Bc3 Be6 17. Nf3 Rad8 18. a5 h6 19. Rfc1 Qe7 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bd5 22. Rd2 Bxf3 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qxf3 Nxa5 25. Qg4 f6 26. Qa4 b6 27. Bxa5 bxa5 28. Qc4+ Kh8 29. Qxc5 Qd2 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qxa6 Qc1+ 32. Qf1 Qxb2 33. Qd3+ Kh8 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qxa5 Qe2 36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. g4 Kg8 38. Qd5+ Kh7 39. Kg2 Qb2 40. h4 Qc1 41. h5 Qb2 42. Kf3 Kh8 43. Kg3 Kh7 44. f4 Qe2 45. Qe4+ Kh8 46. Qa8+ Kh7 47. Qf3 Qd2 48. Qf2 Qd1 49. e4 Qd3+ 50. Qf3 Qd2 51. Kh3 Qe1 52. Qd3 Qh1+ 53. Kg3 Qg1+ 54. Kf3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2726"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.05.10"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Rxc6 Qxa2 15. Rc7 Qe6 16. h3 Qd6 17. Rc5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 e6 19. e5 Qd7 20. Ra1 Rfb8 21. g4 Bf8 22. Rca5 Qb7 23. Kg2 Be7 24. d5 Bd8 25. Bh6 Rc8 26. Rd1 Rab8 27. Ra3 exd5 28. Rxd5 Be7 29. Rad3 Bf8 30. Bg5 Qc6 31. Rd7 Qe6 32. Qf6 a5 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34. Rf3 h6 35. Bd2 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Bxa5 Rd5 38. Bc3 Bg7 39. Re3 Bf8 40. Re4 g5 41. Kf3 Rd3+ 42. Re3 Rxe3+ 43. Kxe3 Kf7 44. Ke4 Be7 45. f3 Ke8 46. Kd4 Kf7 47. Kc4 Bf8 48. Kb5 Bg7 49. Bd4 Ke8 50. Kc6 Kf7 51. Kd7 Bf8 52. Be3 Bg7 53. f4 gxf4 54. Bxf4 Bf8 55. h4 Bg7 56. h5 Bf8 57. Kc6 Bg7 58. Be3 Bf8 59. Kd7 Bg7 60. Bf4 Bf8 61. g5 hxg5 62. Bxg5 Bb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2726"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.05.10"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. gxf6 d4 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Qd3 dxe3 14. fxe3 b5 15. Bb3 Bb7 16. Nd5 Qa5+ 17. c3 Nd7 18. O-O-O Nc5 19. Qc2 O-O-O 20. Rhg1 Bh6 21. Rg7 Nxb3+ 22. Qxb3 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qb6 24. Rxe5 Qd6 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B38"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2571"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.05.10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nc2 Qa5 11. Qd2 Rfc8 12. f3 Ne5 13. c5 Ne8 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Nd4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. cxd6 Nxd6 18. Rac1 f5 19. b3 Bf7 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Ne2 Qxd2 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rxd2 a6 25. Rd7 e5 26. Rxb7 f4 27. Bb6 Rc2 28. Rb8+ Bf8 29. b4 Kg7 30. Nd4 Rc1+ 31. Kf2 Bxb4 32. Nf5+ Kg6 33. Nh4+ Kh5 34. Nf5 Be1+ 0-1 [Event "Amber-blindfold 08th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1999.03.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D19"] [WhiteElo "2571"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1999.03.16"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.05.10"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. h3 Qe7 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. Bd2 b5 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qd3 Bb4 18. Qc2 Rfc8 19. Rdc1 Rab8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxd2 22. Nxd2 Qb4 23. Rc2 Nf6 24. Qe5 Nd7 25. Qf4 Nf6 26. Rac1 Ra8 27. Nf3 Qb3 28. Ne5 Ra1 29. Rxa1 Qxc2 30. Ra7 Rf8 31. Qf3 Qxb2 32. Qxc6 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qf5 34. Ra8 Rxa8 35. Qxa8+ Kh7 36. Nxf7 Ng4+ 37. hxg4 Qxf7 38. f4 Qc7 39. Qa6 Qd7 40. Qb6 Qd5 41. g5 Qb3 42. e4 Qe3 43. Qxb5 Qxf4+ 44. Kh1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.03.10"] [Round "14"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2716"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1999.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.06.08"] {I trailed Kramnik by half a point going into the last round.} 1. Nf3 {Ribli} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {Ribli: 'Das ist eine zuletzt sehr beliebte Zugfolge. Weiß verhindert so die von Adams häufig gespielte Bogoindische Verteidigung, die nach 3.d4 Bb4 möglich wäre. Ribli.'} Bb4 4. Qb3 { This move is not as popular as 4.Qc2} c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. a3 {It might be even more precise to delay this move since having the bishop on b4 cuts out any Nd4 lines, but I don't think it's too important.} Ba5 (6... Bxc3 {Ribli} 7. Qxc3 $14) 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O d6 (8... d5 9. d3 Nd4 { Trying to utilise the fact that the bishop is now on a5.} 10. Nxd4 (10. Qd1 { Is also possible, but doesn't look like much.}) 10... cxd4 11. Na4 $1 (11. Nb5 dxc4 12. Qxc4 e5 {White is going to have problems with his Nb5}) 11... h6 ( 11... dxc4 12. Qxc4 b5 $2 (12... e5 13. b4 $14) 13. Qxb5 Bd7 14. Qe5 $1 Bxa4 15. Bxa8 Bc7 16. Qc5 Bb6 17. Qc4 $18) 12. Bf4 $14) 9. e3 { Now White has to cut out Nd4.} (9. d3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Nb5 e5 $1) 9... e5 {Ribli: 'Das ist ein typisches Vorgehen in dieser Variante. Schwarz verstärkt die Kontrolle über das Feld d4. In anderen Varianten, wenn er den Läufer a5 gegen den Springer c3 gibt, ist dieser Plan gegen den schwarzfeldrigen weißen Läufer gerichtet.'} 10. d3 Rb8 (10... Qe7 {Ribli} 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd8 13. d4 $14 (13. Nd2 $14)) 11. Nd2 {The squares d5 and e4 beckon.} (11. Nd5 {Ribli} Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. Nd2 b5 $15 14. Nc4 $2 Bc7) 11... Bf5 (11... Bxc3 {Ribli} 12. Qxc3 Qe7 13. b4 $14) 12. Nd5 {'!?' Ribli.} (12. Nde4 {Ribli} Bxc3 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qxc3 Qg6 15. Rd1 Bh3 $5 16. Bxh3 Qh5) 12... Nxd5 $6 { I think Michael could have waited with h6 for instance.} 13. cxd5 (13. Bxd5 { Ribli} Ne7 $11 (13... Qd7 $11)) 13... Ne7 (13... Bxd2 $1 14. Bxd2 Ne7 { Now when White plays b4, Black will be able to defend with b6.} 15. e4 Bd7 16. f4 $14 {White keeps the two bishops and will expand on the kingside.}) 14. Nc4 b5 $2 (14... Bc7 15. a4 { Michael didn't like this position, but it was the lesser evil.} Bd7 16. e4 { /\ f4+/=}) 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Qd1 $1 {Suddenly, Black is in big trouble. White will play b4 and no matter whether Black takes on b4 or allows White to capture on c5, he will be saddled with weaknesses. Ribli: 'Ein schlauer Zug. Die Dame stand auf b3 schlecht.'} (17. Qc2 Rfc8) 17... f5 (17... Qc7 18. b4 (18. f4 $14 {Ribli}) 18... c4 19. dxc4 Qxc4 (19... bxc4 $16) 20. Bg5 $1 {/\ Rc1+/-}) (17... Ng6 {Ribli} 18. b4 cxb4 19. Bd2 $14) 18. b4 $1 { Ribli: 'Weiß öffnet seinem Läuferpaar die Stellung.'} cxb4 {'?!' Ribli.} (18... Qb6 {Ribli} 19. Bg5 (19. bxc5 dxc5 20. Bb2 Ng6) 19... Ng6 $11) 19. Bg5 $1 { '+/=' Ribli.} (19. Bd2 f4 20. axb4 Qb6 {Now White will lack the e3 square for his bishop and Black can follow up with Ng6 and try for counterplay on the kingside.}) 19... Nc8 {Ribli: 'Schwarz verteidgt den a7-Bauern, aber der Springer steht auf c8 schlecht.'} (19... Ng6 20. axb4 Qc7 (20... Qxb4 {Ribli} 21. Rxa7 $14) 21. h4 $1) 20. Qd2 f4 $2 {'!?' Ribli. This solves one problem, but creates new ones. Ribli: 'Schwarz kompliziert das Spiel. Weiß hätte ansonsten einen kleinen, aber dauerhaften Positionsvorteil.'} (20... h6 {Ribli} 21. axb4 Qc7 22. Rfc1 Qb7 23. Be3 $14) 21. gxf4 h6 22. Bh4 exf4 (22... Rxf4 $2 23. Bg3 $18 (23. Bg3 {Ribli} Rf8 24. f4 (24. axb4 Qb6 25. Kh1 $14) 24... Qb6+ 25. Bf2 $16)) 23. f3 $1 {Now in addition to everything else, White has the d4 square. Ribli: 'Weiß verhindert die Möglichkeit ...f4-f3 und der weiße Läufer wird in die Diagonale g1-a7 überführt.'} Qb6+ {Ribli: 'Dieser Zug scheint ein tempo zu verlieren, vertreibt aber in Wirklichkeit den Läufer von h4.'} (23... g5 $6 {Ribli} 24. axb4 Qd8 25. Bf2 $36) 24. Bf2 Qd8 25. axb4 Qg5 (25... Rb7 $5 {Ribli}) 26. Kh1 Qh5 27. Rg1 $2 {I thought that White could generate an attack on the g-file. Just Bd4 is good. Ribli: 'Weiß beschäftigt sich nicht mit dem Bauern auf a7, aber es wäre für Schwarz nicht so leicht, Kompensation nachzuweisen.'} (27. Bxa7 {Ribli} Nxa7 (27... Rb7 28. Bd4 $16) 28. Rxa7) 27... Rb7 28. Bd4 Rf7 {Here I realized that getting the bishop out of g2 would be complicated. So I changed tack - the rook goes to c1 and White will try to break through to c7.} 29. Qf2 Kh7 30. Rgc1 (30. Bxa7 {Ribli} Nxa7 31. Rxa7 Rxa7 32. Qxa7 Bh3 33. Qf2 Rc7 $44) 30... Ne7 {Ribli: 'Schwarz verteidigt seinen schwachen a-Bauern nicht mehr, sondern strebt nach Gegenspiel.'} 31. Ra6 $1 { '+/-' Ribli. The a7 pawn is irrelevant.} Ng6 { Black decides to go for counterplay instead of waiting passively.} (31... Nc8 32. Ra2 $1 {/\ Rac2, Rc7} (32. Bxa7 $16 {Ribli})) 32. Rxd6 {Ribli: 'Weiß besitzt einen Mehrbauern und seine Bauernmasse im Zentrum wirkt gefährlich.'} Nh4 33. Bb2 $1 Rb6 {This allows Rxd7, but in the long run, the central pawns would have decided the issue.} (33... Nxg2 34. Qxg2 Bh3 35. Qf2 Rfc7 36. Rdc6 $18) 34. Rxd7 $1 {This allows the Bg2 to come into it's own. Ribli: 'Weiß opfert eine Qualität. Das Läuferpaar sichert ihm ausreichend Kompensation und eine anhaltende Initiative.'} (34. Rxb6 {Ribli} axb6 35. Bd4 Nxg2 36. Qxg2 Bh3 $14) 34... Rxd7 35. Bh3 Rf7 (35... Re7 36. Bg4 Qg5 37. Rg1 Kh8 38. Bd4 $1) 36. Bg4 {Getting the queen to g5 allows Rg1 with tempo. Ribli: 'Die weißen Läufer beherrschen das Brett.'} Qg5 37. Be6 $1 Rfb7 (37... Rf8 $2 {Ribli} 38. Rg1 $18) 38. Rg1 Qd8 (38... Qh5 $2 39. Bg4 $18) 39. Qf1 $1 $18 {Ribli: 'Die Überführung der Dame nach h3 ist entscheidend. Die schwarzen Türme spielen eine passive Rolle.'} Ra6 (39... Rxe6 {Ribli} 40. dxe6 Qd6 41. Rg4 Ng6 42. Rxg6 $1 Kxg6 43. Qh3 Kh7 44. Qf5+ Kg8 45. Qd5 Qe7 (45... Qxd5 46. exd5 $16) 46. Bd4 $16) 40. Qh3 Ra2 41. Be5 Rd2 {Ribli: 'Leider kann der Turm d2 allein nichts ausrichten.'} ( 41... g5 42. Qxh4 $1 $18) (41... Rf2 {Ribli} 42. Bf5+ Kh8 43. Bc8 Rf7 44. Be6 Rb7 45. Rg4 Nxf3 46. Qxh6#) 42. d4 Rd3 43. Bf5+ (43. Bc8 Rf7) 43... Kg8 (43... Kh8 44. Bc8 Rxf3 (44... Rf7 {Ribli} 45. Qe6 $18) 45. Qe6 $18) (43... Nxf5 { Ribli} 44. Qxf5+ Kh8 45. Qxf4 $18) 44. Bc8 $1 {Ribli: 'Jetzt hat der Turm b7 keine Möglichkeit mehr, den Punkt g7 zu verteidigen.'} Nxf3 (44... Rf7 45. Be6 $18) (44... Re7 {Ribli} 45. Qxh4) 45. Qe6+ { Black resigned. This victory allowed me to share second place.} 1-0 [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.03.09"] [Round "13"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2713"] [BlackElo "2781"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1999.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.06.08"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Rac8 15. Bd4 Bc6 16. Qe1 Nd7 17. Qg3 Bf8 18. Nd1 Nxd3 19. cxd3 e5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bc3 Qd6 22. Nh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.03.07"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "1999.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.06.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Re1 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Ne5 Qd8 15. f3 Nd6 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Bf4 Re8 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Nxd5 Qxb3 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. axb3 Bxb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.03.06"] [Round "11"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1999.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.06.08"] {The previous day, I had lost a drawn ending against Kasparov in an incredibly embarrassing way, but on the bright side, it was impossible to imagine doing anything worse than that.} 1. e4 {Lukacs} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 { 4.Nf3 has been the main line for some time now, but Black has been doing OK there. Inevitably, White players were going to return to 4.Nc3. Shirov played 4.Nc3 to great effect in his match against Hracek, though funnily enough, he combined it with 4.Nf3 instead of with the usual g4.} e6 {Hracek pre ferred 4...Qb6, but Shirov showed that 4.Nf3 was quite effective against this.} 5. g4 {Obviously, 4.Nf3 would be off the mark here.} Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 { The old move 6...c5 has been superseded recently by this move.} 7. Nf4 (7. h4 $6 {Lukacs} h5 8. Nf4 hxg4 {see Sveshnikov-Dreev, Alushta 1994 CBM 42}) 7... c5 {Lukacs: 'This is a really sharp line in the 3.e5 system. Black has to react immediately in the [+] against White's agression on the >>.'} (7... h5 $2 { Lukacs: was beautifully crushed in the following game:} 8. Nxg6 Nxg6 9. gxh5 Nh4 10. Qg4 Nf5 11. Bd3 Nh6 12. Bxh6 Rxh6 13. f4 Qb6 14. O-O-O Qxd4 15. Bg6 $1 Qe3+ 16. Kb1 {/\ Qxe6} Ke7 17. Rhe1 Qb6 18. f5 $1 { White has an irresistable -> against the K in the middle.} fxg6 19. hxg6 Na6 20. fxe6 {lines has to be opened against the K.} Ke8 21. Qf5 Qc7 22. Rxd5 $3 { pretty, isn't it?} cxd5 23. Nxd5 $18 {Czebe-Nguyen Thi, Budapest 1998}) (7... Nd7 {Lukacs: allows White to push his opponent to the wall on the >>.} 8. h4 h6 9. Nxg6 Nxg6 10. h5 Ne7 11. Ne2 {in order to answer} c5 {by} 12. c3 { holding the [+].} Nc6 13. f4 Qb6 14. a3 Na5 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Nc4 17. Qa4 Be7 18. f5 Bg5 19. Nf4 $16 {Kotronias-Papaioannou, GRE-ch Athens 1996}) 8. h4 cxd4 {'!' Lukacs. Lukacs: 'Black is playing in the [+] balancing White's >> threats.'} 9. Nb5 Nec6 10. h5 {Lukacs: 'White has to continue his strategy.'} ( 10. Nxd4 $6 {Lukacs leads nowhere after} Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qa4 a6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 $15 {Neukirch-Fette, BL 1998}) 10... Be4 11. f3 {All this is well known theory. Black used to play 11...Bxf3 and get a whole mass of pawns for the piece. However, White got a strong attack with g5 and h6 and we wondered if Black could get these moves in himself.} a6 $1 {Lukacs: 'If your strong piece is attacked, try to attack your opponent's threatening piece!'} (11... Bxf3 {Lukacs} 12. Qxf3 Nxe5 { gets a lot of pawns for the piece, but White's attack can be continued.} 13. Qg3 Nbc6 14. Nd3 f6 (14... Nxd3+ 15. Bxd3 e5 16. O-O Bc5 17. h6 (17. Rf5 $5 { comes into consideration.}) 17... g6 18. Qf2 Qd7 19. Kh1 a6 20. Nc3 Rf8 21. Na4 Ba7 $13 {Lautier-Karpov, Amber rapid 1997}) 15. Nf4 Kf7 16. g5 $1 { This is the strong improvement on} (16. c3 dxc3 17. bxc3 d4 { see Fedorov-Asrian, RUS Cup Chigorin mem 1998 CBM 62} (17... Rc8 $6 { allows White's dangerous -> after} 18. Bh3 Qa5 19. g5 $1 Nd8 20. Nxe6 $1 Nxe6 21. Bxe6+ Kxe6 22. Qh3+ f5 23. Nd4+ $16 { Sutovsky-Podgaets, Cafe op Koszalin 1998})) 16... Qd7 17. Bh3 Re8 18. g6+ Kg8 19. c3 dxc3 20. Nxc3 Bb4 21. Bd2 d4 22. O-O-O $1 $16 { R.Leyva-Llaudy, Holguin 1998}) 12. Nd6+ (12. Nxd4 $2 {Lukacs: loses to} Nxd4 13. fxe4 dxe4 $19) (12. fxe4 $2 {Lukacs: is also dubious because of} axb5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bg2 ({both} 14. e6 $2 Bb4+ {/\ 0-0}) ({and} 14. Kf2 $2 { are inferior:} Be7 15. Bxb5 O-O 16. Qe2 Nd7 17. h6 (17. Nxd5 Ndxe5) 17... g6 18. Nxd5 Bh4+ 19. Kg2 Ndxe5 20. Nf4 Bg5 21. Bd2 Qd6 $19 { Ady-Ashley, Manhattan 1999}) 14... Bb4+ 15. Kf2 (15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 O-O) 15... O-O {and the white K is all but safe.}) 12... Bxd6 13. exd6 g5 $1 { This allows Black to set up a strong pawn front on the kingside and also misplaces the knight. Lukacs: 'This is Anand's novelty, another intermediate move attacking the opponent'spiece!'} (13... e5 14. Ng2 $1 (14. fxe4 {Lukacs} exf4 15. exd5 Qa5+ 16. Kf2 Qxd5 17. Bg2 Qxd6 18. Re1+ Kf8 (18... Ne7 19. Qf3 $44) 19. Qf3 $44) 14... Qxd6 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Ne3 {Here the knight is very much in the game and Black doesn't have enough ~/= for the piece.}) ({ Other tries fail to equalize:} 13... Qxd6 {Lukacs} 14. fxe4 dxe4 15. Bg2 f5 16. O-O) 14. Nh3 {Obviously with the pawn on g5, Ng2 makes no sense.} (14. hxg6 { Lukacs} Bxg6 {and the B is out of danger} 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. Bd3 O-O) (14. fxe4 $2 {Lukacs} gxf4 15. exd5 Qa5+ $1 (15... exd5 16. Bxf4) 16. Kf2 Qxd5 $19 { winning all the pawns.}) 14... h6 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Bg2 f5 { Lukacs: 'Black has an admirable phalanx.'} 17. O-O O-O $1 (17... Rf8 { It looks safer not to castle "into" it, but after...} 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Qg4 {White's attack looks quite dangerous. By castling, Black is able to recapture on f8 with his rook.}) 18. c3 $2 (18. gxf5 {White may need to take drastic measures and force a draw already, since the game continuation looks quite convincing for black.} exf5 19. Bxe4 (19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Bxe4 Qxd6 $1) 19... fxe4 20. Bxg5 $1 (20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 $1) 20... Rxf1+ (20... hxg5 21. Qg4 $40) 21. Qxf1 hxg5 22. Qf5 Qd7 (22... Qf8 $11) 23. Qxe4 (23. Qg6+ Qg7 24. Qe8+ Qf8 $11) 23... Qxh3 24. Qg6+ Kh8 $11) 18... Qxd6 {'!' Lukacs.} (18... d3 $6 { Lukacs can be punished in a nice tactical way:} 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Bxe4 $1 fxe4 22. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 23. Qe6 $16) 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Qb3+ (20. Be3 Nd7 $1 21. cxd4 Nb6 $17) 20... Kh8 21. Bxe4 {White finally sacrifices the piece, but here it isn't sufficient. Lukacs: 'White cannot bear Black's mighty [+].'} (21. Qxb7 Nd7 22. Qb3 Nde5 $17) (21. cxd4 Nxd4 22. Qc3 Nbc6 $17) (21. Qa3 $5 { Lukacs}) 21... fxe4 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qe6 $1 {Despite his two pawn advantage - Black still has to find a way to develop his queenside. White just threatens Bxg5 and Rf1} Nd7 $1 {Funnily enough - Black just has to toss the piece that he recovered. Honestly speaking, this was a fairly intuitive sacrifice, but I felt that Black was better and didn't see any other way to get more than a draw. Lukacs: 'Development first!'} (23... e3 $2 24. cxd4 (24. Bxe3 $1 { Lukacs Development first!} dxe3 25. Rf1 $18) 24... Nxd4 25. Qe5+ Qg7 26. Qe8+ Qg8 $11 (26... Kh7 27. Bxe3 $1 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 $16)) 24. Qxd7 {'[]' Lukacs.} (24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Qxd7 (25. Rf1 {Lukacs} Qg7 26. Rf7 Nc5 $1 27. Qf5 Ne7 $19) 25... Rd8 $1 26. Qe6 Re8 27. Qg6 Ne5 $19) 24... Rd8 (24... Qf3 $5 {Lukacs}) 25. Qg4 ( 25. Qxb7 $2 {In a practical game, it is difficult for a player to enter a line like this where Black has a sure draw and a chance to try for more.} Qd6 { I noticed this and when I realized that Black had at least a forced draw with 25...Qf3, I decided to play 23...Nd7.} (25... Qf3 26. Nxg5 hxg5 27. Qxc6 Qg4+ 28. Kh2 Qxh5+ 29. Kg2 Qg4+ 30. Kh2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 (31. Kg2 Rf8 $1 $19) 31... Rf8 (31... Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Qh3+ 33. Kg1 Rf8 34. Bd2 $1 e3 35. Qe4 Qg3+ 36. Kh1) 32. Bd2 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 e3 35. Qe4 $1 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Rf6 $1 (36... exd2 37. Qxd4+ Kh7 38. Qd7+ (38. Qxd2 Rh8 $1 $19) 38... Kg6 39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Qd7+ Rf7) 37. Qxd4 (37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qd7+ Kh6 39. Qxd4 Qf3+ 40. Kh2 exd2 $1) 37... Qf3+ 38. Kh2 Qf2+ 39. Kh1 exd2 40. Qxf2 Rxf2 41. Kg1 $1 $11) 26. Kg2 e3 $1 27. cxd4 (27. Qxa6 g4 $1) 27... g4 $1 (27... Qd5+ 28. Kh2 Qf3 $5 29. Qc7 $1 (29. Bxe3 Rb8 30. Qxa6 Qxe3 (30... g4 $1)) 29... Rxd4 30. Qc8+ Rd8 31. Qe6 Qe2+ 32. Kg3 Qe1+ $11) 28. Ng5 $1 (28. Bxe3 gxh3+ {Seems to just lose on the spot. e.g} 29. Kxh3 Qe6+ 30. Kh2 Qxe3 31. Qxc6 Qf4+ 32. Kh1 Rg8) 28... hxg5 29. Bxe3 Qd5+ ( 29... Rb8 30. Qf7 Rxb2+ 31. Kf1 g3) 30. Kg1 Qf3 31. Re1 (31. Bxg5 Nxd4 $1 $19) 31... Qg3+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Ke2 (33. Kg1 g3 $1 $19) 33... Qf3+ $1 34. Kd2 Nxd4 $19) 25... e3 {'!' Lukacs.} 26. b3 { '?!' Lukacs. Lukacs: 'This is a serious mistake.'} (26. cxd4 Rxd4 ({and not} 26... Nxd4 27. Bxe3 Nc2 28. Bxg5) 27. Qe2 {'!' Lukacs.} (27. Qe6 $1 {Lukacs} Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Nd4 (28... Re1 29. Kg3) 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Qd5+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Bxe3 $1 Rxa1 33. Bxd4 Rxa2 {and White has reasonable chances of survival.}) 27... Qf5 (27... Rh4 28. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 (28... Nd4 29. Qxe3 hxg5 30. Kg2 Qf5 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qg6+ Qxg6 33. hxg6+ Kxg6 $17) 29. Bxe3 {Not completely clear.}) ( 27... Rh4 $5) 28. Qxe3 {A tough nut to crack.} (28. Bxe3 Rg4+ 29. Kh2 (29. Kh1 Rh4) 29... Qe5+ 30. Kh1 Rg3 $1 {'-+' Lukacs.} (30... Rh4 $19) 31. Qf1 Qe6 $3 { Fritz} (31... Rxe3 32. Qf8+ Kh7 33. Qf7+ Qg7 34. Qf5+ Kh8 $17) 32. Ng1 Rxe3 $19 ) 28... Rg4+ (28... Rd1+ 29. Kg2 (29. Kh2 Ne5 $1 $19) 29... Qd5+ 30. Qf3 $1 ( 30. Kf2 Ne5 31. Qc3 Rd3 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Qc7+ Kf6 $1 34. Qb6+ Kf5) 30... g4 31. Qxd5 gxh3+ 32. Kxh3 Rxd5 33. Bf4) (28... Re4 29. Qc3+ (29. Qf2 Qg4+ 30. Qg2 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Re2 32. Nf2 Qh4+ $19) 29... Nd4 $1 30. Nf2 $8 Re1+ $1 31. Qxe1 ( 31. Kg2 Qd5+ 32. Kh3) 31... Nf3+ 32. Kf1 Nxe1 33. Kxe1 g4 $1) 29. Kh2 Ne5 { I turned on Fritz to see whether it could defend.} (29... Re4 30. Qf2 Qe5+ 31. Kh1) 30. Qb6 $1 (30. Ng1 Re4 $1 31. Qc3 Rh4+ 32. Kg2 Rg4+ 33. Kh1 Qe4+ $19) 30... Nf3+ 31. Kh1 Qd5 $1 {The key - Black sets up a mating battery.} 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kf8 34. Qf6+ Ke8 35. Qh8+ Kd7 36. Qh7+ Kc8 37. Qc2+ Kb8 38. Qb3 Rc4 $1 39. Bf4+ gxf4 40. Nxf4 Qe4 $19) 26... Ne5 27. Qe4 Qf6 $1 28. Kg2 { I was a bit confused when I saw this move, but then I saw what to do.} (28. cxd4 {Lukacs} Rxd4 $1) (28. Ba3 {Lukacs} dxc3 $5 29. Rf1 (29. Qxe3 Rd3 30. Qc5 Rg3+ 31. Kh2 Rxh3+ $1) 29... Qe6 30. Rf5 (30. Bb4 c2 31. Bc3 Rd1 32. Bxe5+ Kg8) 30... Rd5 {/\ Nf3}) 28... e2 $1 29. Bxg5 $1 {The best chance.} (29. Qxe2 d3 $1 (29... Qc6+ {Lukacs} 30. Kg1 Nf3+) 30. Qf2 Qc6+ { Lukacs: 'This is a really nasty check!'} 31. Kg3 (31. Kg1 d2 $19) (31. Kf1 Ng4) 31... Qe6 $1 32. Ng1 Qg4+ 33. Kh2 Qxh5+ 34. Kg2 Ng4 $1) (29. Bd2 Rf8 $1 (29... d3 30. c4 Nf3 31. Qxf3 Qxa1 32. Nf2) 30. Qxd4 (30. cxd4 Qf1+ 31. Kh2 Nf3+ 32. Kg3 Qxa1 $19) (30. Qxe2 Qc6+ $19) 30... Rd8 $1 31. Qe3 Rxd2 $1 $19) (29. Bb2 { Lukacs} Rf8 30. Qxe2 Qc6+ {again this check on the long /^ finishes the game.} 31. Kg1 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 dxc3 33. Ba3 Re8 34. Qg2 Re4 $1 35. Qg3 (35. Rd1 Nh4 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Rd7+ Qxd7 38. Qxe4 Qxh3+ $19) 35... Nd4 36. Qg2 Nc2 $1 $19) 29... hxg5 30. cxd4 Qc6 {'-+' Lukacs. Lukacs: 'liquidating for a winning _|_.'} 31. d5 (31. Qxc6 {Lukacs} Nxc6 32. Re1 (32. Nxg5 $2 Rg8) 32... Nxd4) 31... Qxd5 ( 31... Rxd5 32. Re1 {Doesn't lead anywhere.}) 32. Qxd5 Rxd5 33. Re1 Rd2 34. Kf2 $1 Rxa2 35. Rxe2 $2 (35. Ke3 $1 Nf7 36. Rxe2 (36. Nf2 Kg7 37. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 38. Kxe2 Kh6 $17) 36... Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 Kg7 38. Kf3 Kh6 39. Kg4 a5 40. Nf2 b5 41. Ne4 a4 42. bxa4 bxa4 43. Nc3 a3 $17) 35... Nd3+ 36. Ke3 Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 g4 $1 { A nice intermezzo} (37... Nf4+ $4 38. Nxf4 gxf4 39. Kf3 $11) 38. Ng5 Nc1+ 39. Ke3 Nxb3 40. h6 a5 41. Kf4 (41. Ke4 g3 $1) 41... Nd4 $1 { Taking away the f5 square.} 42. Kxg4 a4 43. Kh5 (43. Ne4 a3 44. Nc3 b5 $19) 43... Nc6 {It's still not too late to be careless.} (43... Nc6 44. Kg6 Ne5+ 45. Kf5 a3 $1 46. Kxe5 a2 $19) (43... a3 $4 44. Kg6 $1 $18) 0-1 [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.03.05"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2812"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1999.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.06.08"] 1. e4 {Hecht. McShane} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Nb1 d5 13. Bh3 g5 ( 13... Ne5 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Qe2 dxe4 (15... Qa5 16. f4 Nc4 17. b3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 dxe4 19. g6 Nc5 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21. Rhg1 Rc8 { 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee 1996/ (64)}) (15... hxg5 $5 16. hxg5 Rxh3 17. Rxh3 dxe4 $44) 16. f4 Nd3+ 17. cxd3 exd3 18. Qxd3 Nc5 19. Qc2 Be4 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxc5 Bxc2 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Kxc2 hxg5 25. fxg5 Rxh4 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Topalov,V/Tilburg/1998/ (46)}) 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg5 Qb6 $5 {Kasparov tries to improve on Topalov, his argument is the modest location of the b1 knight.} (16... Qa5 17. Bg2 Rxh1 18. Rxh1 Qxa2 19. Rh8 Rc8 20. Nf5 Nc5 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Bh6+ Ke8 23. Nd6+ Kd7 24. Nxc8 Kxc8 25. Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Topalov,V/Linares/1999/ (53)}) 17. Bg2 Rxh1 18. Bxh1 ( 18. Rxh1 Bg7 $13) 18... Rc8 19. Re1 (19. f4 $6 Nc3 $1 20. Re1 Nxa2+ 21. Kd1 Bxh1 22. Rxh1 Bg7 $17) (19. Nb3 a5 20. f4 a4 21. Nd4 Nc3 $1 $17) 19... Qa5 ( 19... Bg7 20. Nf5 Be5 21. f4 $16) (19... Rc4 20. Nf5 b3 21. axb3 Qxb3 22. Nc3 $1 Rxc3 23. Qxc3 $1 $16) 20. f4 (20. a3 Qb6 $1 (20... Nc3 $2 21. Nxe6 $18) ( 20... N7b6 21. b3 Nc3 22. a4 Nbd5 $13) 21. a4 Nc5 $17) 20... Qxa2 21. f5 Nc5 $5 {Counterattack is the rule of the day, black is defending the center at the same time.} (21... e5 22. Qh2 Qc4 $1 $17 (22... Bg7 23. Qh7 $13)) (21... Nc3 $2 22. bxc3 bxc3 23. Nxc3 Qa1+ 24. Nb1 Ba3+ 25. Kd1 Qxb1+ 26. Ke2 $14) 22. fxe6 ( 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Bf6 Qa1 25. b3 Bd6 $19) 22... Bg7 $1 (22... fxe6 $5 23. Rxe6+ (23. Nxe6 $2 Nb3+ $19) (23. Rf1 Bg7 $19) 23... Nxe6 24. Nxe6 Qc4 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 26. Bh6+ Ke8 $19) 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Bxd5+ $6 {For all the beauty of the spectacular defense Anand had better accepted the draw with perpetual after the correct 24.Qf2+.} (24. Rf1+ Kg8 25. Bf6 Nxf6 26. Bxb7 Rd8 $19) (24. Qf2+ $1 Kg8 25. Qf5 $1 {McShane: 'may be enough for a draw, e.g.'} Bxd4 (25... Rf8 $2 26. Qg6 Na4 27. Bxd5+ Bxd5 28. Nf5 Qxb2+ 29. Kd2 $18) 26. Qg6+ (26. Bxd5+ Qxd5 27. Qg6+ Bg7 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Qxe8+ Bf8 30. Qg6+ $11) 26... Bg7 27. Re8+ {McShane: 'with a perpetual to follow.'} Rxe8 28. Qxe8+ Kh7 (28... Bf8 29. Bh6 Nd7 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Be4 $18) 29. Qh5+ $11) 24... Qxd5 25. Re7+ (25. Rf1+ Kg6 26. Be3 Bxd4 $19) 25... Kg8 (25... Kf8 $2 26. Qf4+ Kg8 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Nf5+ $18) 26. Rxg7+ (26. Nc3 $2 Qh1+ 27. Re1 bxc3 28. bxc3 Qh3 $19) 26... Kxg7 27. Nc3 $3 {Spectacular and spirited, but still not good enough for a draw. McShane: 'Incredibly, Kasparov was still in his preparation until Anand found this stunning resource. By getting a black pawn to c3 Kasparov can't play play Qxf5 or Nxf5+ and then Nb3+ with an endgame and an exchange up. Instead Anand heads for an endgame a piece down but with good drawing chances due to reduced material.'} (27. Nf5+ Qxf5 (27... Kf8 28. Bh6+ Kf7 29. Nd6+ $14) 28. gxf5 (28. Qd4+ $2 Kg8 29. gxf5 Nb3+ $19) 28... Nb3+ 29. Kd1 Bf3+ 30. Ke1 Nxd2 31. Nxd2 Bg4 $19) 27... bxc3 (27... Qh1+ 28. Nd1 Bf3 ( 28... Be4 29. Ne6+ $1) 29. Be7 Bxd1 (29... Ne4 30. Nf5+ Kh7 31. Qd4 Qxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Bxd1 33. Kxd1 $15) 30. Qg5+ (30. Qxd1 Nd3+ $1 31. Kd2 Qxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Nxb2+ $17) 30... Kf7 31. Qf6+ Ke8 32. Qg6+ Kxe7 33. Nf5+ Kd8 34. Qd6+ Nd7 35. Qe7+ Kc7 36. Qd6+ Kb7 37. Qxd7+ Kb8 38. Qd6+ $13) 28. Nf5+ Kf7 (28... Kh7 $2 29. Qh2+ Kg8 30. Ne7+ $18) (28... Kf8 $1 29. Bh6+ Ke8 30. Nd6+ (30. Qxd5 {McShane} Bxd5 31. Nd6+ {a knight being less fast across the board than a bishop in the endgame and therefore less powerful.}) 30... Kd7 31. Qxd5 Bxd5 32. Nxc8 cxb2+ 33. Kxb2 Kxc8 $17) ({Here} 28... Qxf5 $4 {McShane is met by} 29. Qxc3+ { and athen White takes the queen. Here Kasparov chooses to give White a knight and not a bishop as he could have donewith}) 29. Qxd5+ Bxd5 30. Nd6+ Kg6 { McShane: ' Interestingly, Kasparov doesn't flick in 30...cxb2+. It turns out the doubled pawns get in the way somewhat for White. Of course, Black will never swap knights because even if he could keep the a-pawn it's a technical draw because the black bishop can't control the a1 queening square.'} 31. Nxc8 Kxg5 {Hecht: 'Zwei vs eine Leichtfigur bei minimalem Bauernmaterial und dem "falschen" Läufer bezogen auf den a-Bauern.'} (31... cxb2+ 32. Kxb2 Kxg5 33. Kc3 $15) 32. Nb6 (32. bxc3 Kxg4 33. Ne7 Be4 $19) 32... Be6 $1 33. bxc3 Kxg4 34. Kb2 Kf4 (34... Kf5 $142 {(Hecht) mit starkem Vorteil. (Dokhoian)}) 35. Ka3 a5 $6 (35... Ke5 $5 36. Kb4 Kd6 37. Ka5 Kc6 38. Na8 Bf5 39. Nb6 Bxc2 $19) 36. Na4 Ne4 $2 {Even the gretaest players are only mortals, Kasparov misses the great defensive idea in white's 40th move. The correct idea was to restrain the mobility of white's knight.} (36... Nxa4 $2 37. Kxa4 Ke5 38. Kxa5 $11) (36... Nd7 $1 37. Nb2 Nb6 38. Nd3+ (38. c4 {Hecht} Bxc4 39. Nxc4 Nxc4+ 40. Kb3 Ne5 $1 41. Ka4 Nc6 $19 {(Kasparow)}) 38... Ke3 39. Nc5 Bf7 40. Nb3 Nc4+ $19) 37. Nb2 ( 37. Kb2 Ke5 $19) 37... Nxc3 38. Nd3+ Ke3 39. Nc5 Bf5 (39... Bd5 $5 40. Kb2 (40. Nb3 Bxb3 41. cxb3 (41. Kxb3 Kd4 $19) 41... Kd4 $19) 40... Nb5 $1 (40... Kd4 $2 41. Nb3+ Bxb3 42. Kxb3 $22 $11) 41. c3 Kd2 $19) 40. Kb2 $1 (40. Nb7 a4 41. Nc5 Bxc2 42. Kb2 Kd2 $19) 40... Nd5 41. Nb7 a4 42. c4 $1 (42. Ka3 Bxc2 43. Nc5 Nc3 $19) (42. Nc5 {Hecht} Nb6 43. Ka3 Bxc2 44. Kb4 Kd4 45. Kb5 a3 $19) 42... Nb6 43. Nd6 (43. Kc3 a3 44. c5 Nc4 45. Kb3 Kd4 46. Nd6 Bc2+) 43... Bd3 (43... Be6 44. c5 Nd5 45. Ka3 $13) 44. c5 (44. Ka3 Kd4 45. Kb4 Bc2 46. Nb5+ Kd3 47. Nc3 a3 48. Na2 Nxc4 49. Nc1+ Kd2 50. Na2 $17) 44... Nd5 45. Ka3 Bc2 (45... Kd4 {Hecht} 46. Kxa4 Kxc5 47. Nb7+ $11) 46. Nb5 $1 (46. c6 Nc7 47. Nc4+ Kd4 48. Nb6 Nb5+ 49. Kb4 a3 50. Kxb5 a2 51. c7 Bf5 $19) 46... Ne7 (46... Ke4 47. c6 Nb6 48. Na7 Nd5 49. Nb5 $11) 47. Na7 $2 {'??' McShane. Anand slips in the moment, when his heroic resistance could have been rewarded with a draw with the simple 47. Nc3! McShane: 'Anand has fought like a mule and perhaps deserved his draw with 27.Nxc3!! Instead, he loses cruelly after this terrible blunder.'} (47. Nc3 $1 Kd4 48. Nxa4 Kc4 49. Nb6+ Kxc5 50. Nd7+ $11) 47... Kd4 48. c6 Nd5 49. Nb5+ Kc5 50. c7 Bf5 $1 { Anand resigned as he realized, that the position has a study like character.} ( 50... Bf5 $1 51. Kxa4 (51. Na7 Nxc7 52. Kxa4 Kb6 $19) 51... Nb6+ 52. Ka5 Nc4+ 53. Ka6 (53. Ka4 Bc2#) 53... Bc8+ 54. Ka7 Kxb5 55. Kb8 Nd6 $19) 0-1 [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.03.03"] [Round "9"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C82"] [WhiteElo "2694"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "1999.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.06.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 (10... d4 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 13. Qf3+ Ke6 14. Qg4+ $1 $146 Ke7 15. e6 Bxe6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Ng5 Ncd8 20. Bd2 h6 21. Nf3 Qd5 22. Re5 Qd6 23. cxd4 h5 24. Qe4 Kf7 25. d5 Kg8 26. Qg6 Re7 27. Rae1 Nd4 28. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 cxd6 30. Rxe7 Bxe7 31. Rxe7 $18 { 1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Anand,V/Dos Hermanas ESP 1999 (69)}) 11. Bc2 Qd7 ({ Last autumn in Tilburg Vishy had tried immediate} 11... d4 {and equalized. Perhars he wasn't satisfied with the results of the opening or just decided to check another continuation this time.In my comments on that game which you can find in EXT99 I didn't find what was wrong there.Maybe someone will give it another try and we'll know more about 11...d4.} 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Qd5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Qxd3 Qxd3 16. Bxd3 O-O-O 17. Be4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxe5 19. a4 b4 20. Bg5 f6 21. cxb4 Bxb4 22. Be3 Nc4 23. Bf4 Bd2 24. b3 Nd6 25. Bxd6 { 1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Anand,V/Tilburg 1998/EXT 99 (25)}) 12. Re1 d4 $5 $146 { A novelty on the early stage of the game. Strange enough,but nobody tried this move before... The programme break d5-d4 has been checking out by Anand in the every possible moment.Starting with 10...d4 against Kasparov in New York in 1993,then came above mentioned 11...d4 against leko in Tilburg 1998 and finally on the 12-th move in the current game.After this game the circle has been closing and Anand returns to 10...d4 in Dos Hermanas 1999.See above his game against Svidler...Maybe 11...d4 nexttime?} ({In all previous games} 12... Rd8 {was played in this position automatically.}) 13. Nb3 ({I case of} 13. Ne4 Ne6 $5 (13... dxc3 $5 14. Nxc3 (14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Nxc3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nd4 17. Be4 O-O-O) 14... Rd8 $1)) 13... dxc3 (13... d3 $2 { doesn't work in view of} 14. Nxc5 dxc2 (14... Bxc5 15. Qxd3) 15. Qxd7+ Bxd7 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Bf4 $1 {and White wins a pawn.}) 14. Qxd7+ $1 {This is better than immediate 14.bc since Black is forced to retreat with the bishop.} Bxd7 ( 14... Nxd7 $2 15. Be4 $1) (14... Kxd7 {doesn't look to good either.}) 15. bxc3 Nd8 {Knight on c6 doesn't work and Vishy brings it into play.The only drawback of this plan is the fact it's a little bit slow.Leko tries to make use of it by fast reaction:} ({After} 15... Na4 16. Nbd4 $1 { should be taken in consideration as} Nxc3 {is very dangerous in view of} (16... Nxd4 $142 17. cxd4 $14) 17. e6 $1 fxe6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Rxe6+ Kd7 20. Bf5 { and Black is in a big danger.}) 16. Ng5 h6 ({After careless} 16... Nde6 $2 { White simply takes a pawn and says thanks as Black has no compensation for it.} 17. Nxh7 $1 Be7 (17... Nxb3 18. axb3 Be7 19. Rd1 $1 { and knight on h7 fills not too badly.}) 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 (18... Nxc5 19. Nf6+ $1) 19. Ng5) 17. Ne4 ({For the lovers of special effects} 17. Nh7 { can be proposed.The problem is that it has no way back.} Nxb3 (17... Be7 $2 18. Nf6+ $1) 18. axb3 Bc5 19. b4 Bb6 20. Be3 $13) 17... Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bc6 { The best way to make use of the development advantage is opening the position.} 19. a4 $1 { The best way to make use of the development advantage is opening the position.} {Ceratainly it doesn't match to Anand.So} b4 20. Bd2 bxc3 (20... Bxe4 21. Rxe4 bxc3 22. Bxc3 {leads to the same.}) 21. Bxc3 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rb8 23. Nd2 { Now Black's plan is to keep the position by Ne6,h5 and g6,but he has no time for it.} Ne6 24. f4 $1 g6 ({After} 24... Bc5+ 25. Kf1 { the c5 square is occupied and knight has to look for another parking place.}) 25. g4 h5 26. f5 Nc5 27. Rc4 gxf5 (27... hxg4 $5 28. fxg6 (28. e6 Rh3 29. exf7+ (29. Re1 Bd6 $1) (29. e7 Bxe7 30. Re1 Nd3 31. Re2 Kd7) 29... Kxf7 30. fxg6+ Kxg6 31. Rxg4+ $11) (28. Bd4 Rd8) 28... fxg6 29. Rxg4 Rh6 (29... Rh3 $5 30. Ba5 Rb2 $1) 30. Rf1 $14) 28. gxf5 Rg8+ 29. Kf1 {On the one hand White reached his goal.He didn't allow to Black's knight to fortify it's position on e6,but on the other hand pawns on f5 and e5 are vulnerable.} Rd8 30. Rb1 Rg5 31. f6 { White gives the e6-square up in Black's hands,but take more space on the king side.The position is still can't be evaluated synonymously.} ({After} 31. Rf4 Bh6 $1 {is unpleasant}) 31... Ne6 32. Ne4 Rg4 33. h3 Rf4+ 34. Ke2 h4 35. Rg1 c5 {Very complicated position has been arised.Both sides have their pluses and minuses.I would evaluate it as the position of dinamics equality.} 36. Rf1 ( 36. Ke3 Bh6 37. Rg8+ Kd7 38. Rxd8+ (38. Nxc5+ $2 Nxc5 39. Rxd8+ Kxd8 40. Rxf4 Ne6 $19) 38... Kxd8) (36. Bd2 $1 Rf5 (36... Rd4 37. Rxd4 Nxd4+ 38. Kd3 Rf3+ 39. Kc4) (36... Nd4+ $2 37. Rxd4 Rxd4 38. Bxf4 Rxe4+ 39. Kf3 Rxa4 40. Rg8 $18) 37. Be3 $1 Rxe5 38. Rg4 $11) 36... Rxf1 {Black doesn't take chances.} ({At Anand's disposal was a nice tactical blow which leads into position with two pieces v rook where White has some compensation thanks to the strong pawns on f6 and e5. } 36... Rd4 $1 37. Bxd4 (37. Rxd4 $2 cxd4 $1 38. Rxf4 Nxf4+ 39. Kf3 dxc3 40. Kxf4 c2 $19) 37... Rxe4+ 38. Kd3 Rxd4+ 39. Rxd4 cxd4 40. Kc4 $44 (40. Rb1 $5 $44)) 37. Kxf1 Rd3 38. Nf2 Re3 39. Bb2 Rb3 40. Bc3 Kd7 41. Nd1 Nd4 $1 { Black sacrifices a pawn for a while coming with the king to e6 destroying e5 and f6 pawns.After a serial of exchanges the game comes to its logical completion.} 42. Bxd4 cxd4 43. Rxd4+ Ke6 44. Rxh4 Kxe5 $11 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.03.02"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2710"] [Annotator "Lukacs,P"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1999.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.06.08"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. f4 Ngf6 12. Bd2 Bd6 $1 (12... Be7 { see Adams-Leko, Linares 1990 CBM 70}) 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 $6 { This prophilactic move is not that important in this situation.} (14. Qe2 O-O 15. Rhe1 {/\ f5} Rfe8 {parrying the threat of f4-f5 by the pressure on N e5.}) (14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qf3 h5 $11 {blockading the >>, >< g4.}) (14. Ne2 $5 { Is the typical method here promoting g2-g4 and the -> with the pawns on the >>. } h5 $1 {and this is the typical reaction as well.} (14... O-O $6 { runs into the >> ->.} 15. g4 $1 Bxe5 16. fxe5 { White opens up the /^ c1-h6 and the <-> f.} (16. dxe5 Nxg4 17. Rhg1 h5 18. Bb4 c5 (18... Rfd8 $2 19. Be7) 19. Qxd7 Qxd7 20. Rxd7 cxb4 21. Rxb7 Rfb8 { leads only an unclear _|_.}) 16... Nxg4 17. Rhg1 f5 (17... Nf2 $4 18. Qg3 $18) (17... h5 $2 18. Nf4 g6 19. Nxg6 $18) 18. Nf4 (18. exf6 Ndxf6) 18... Rae8 ( 18... Rfe8 $2 19. Nxe6 $1) 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Bb4 c5 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Nxe6 Qe3+ 24. Qxe3 Nxe3 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Rdd7 $18) 15. Rhg1 c5 { Black has to do something in the [+].} (15... O-O {is again met strongly by} 16. g4 $40)) (14. Rhf1 O-O { since g4 is not a threat now, Black has time for castles.} 15. Nc4 Be7 { The c4 N can be attacked by b7-b5.} (15... c5 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bc3 {/\ f5}) 16. f5 b5 $1 (16... e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bc3 Qc7 20. Ne4 $14 { and Black has no counterplay.}) 17. Ne5 (17. Na5 e5) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. fxe6 fxe6 $1 (19... Qxe6 $2 20. Rde1 Qd6 21. Nf5 $1 $18) (19... Rad8 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Qg6 $14) 20. Qg6 $44 ({Neither} 20. Bf4 Qd5 21. Qg6 Qxa2 $1 22. Bxh6 Rf7) ({nor} 20. Bc3 Qd5 $1 (20... Qc7 21. Qg6 Kh8 22. Nh5 Nxh5 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Qxh5 $18) 21. Qg6 Qxa2 22. Rd7 Rad8 $1 {gives White anything real.})) 14... O-O 15. Ne2 $5 {/\ g4} ({On} 15. c4 {the standard reply is} c5) (15. Ne4 {allows Black to blockade the squares after} Nxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 $5 (16... Nf6 17. Qf3 h5) 17. Qf3 Nf6) 15... Rad8 16. Qf3 (16. g4 $2 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 $19) 16... h5 $1 {Black has to take the adequate measures, otherwise after g2-g4 White has an irresistable ->.} 17. Rhg1 (17. g4 $6 {is not sound here:} hxg4 ( 17... Bxe5 18. fxe5 Nxg4 19. Ng3 g6 20. Ne4 $44) 18. Nxg4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 f5 $1 20. Qg2 Nf6 $15) 17... c5 18. g4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 (19. fxe5 { is again the real question ,for example:} Nxg4 (19... hxg4 $2 20. Qg2) 20. Nf4 (20. Ng3 cxd4 (20... f5 $6 21. exf6 Ndxf6 (21... Rxf6 22. Qe2) 22. Nxh5 Nxh5 23. Qxg4 Rf5 24. dxc5 $16) 21. Nxh5 {- 20.Nf4 cd 21.Nh5}) 20... cxd4 21. Nxh5 Ndxe5 22. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 (22... gxf6 $4 23. Rxg4+ Kh7 24. Qf4 $18) (22... Nxf6 23. Qxf6 Ng6 24. Qf2) 23. Qf4 $1 Nxf6 (23... gxf6 $2 24. Rxg4) 24. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qxf6 Ng6 27. Rg1 (27. Bh6 $2 Qe5 $19) 27... Qh2 { and White has no more than a perpetual after} 28. Rxg6+) 19... Nxg4 20. Ng3 f5 $1 (20... g6 $2 {loses immediately:} 21. Nxh5 $1 gxh5 22. Rxg4+ $18) 21. exf6 ( 21. Nxh5 Nb6 $15) 21... Ndxf6 22. Nxh5 Nxh5 23. Qxg4 Rf5 24. Qe2 (24. Bc3 $2 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qxf4 $17) 24... Qf7 {Now White has to defend himself carefully.} 25. Rde1 (25. Rg4 $2 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rxf4 $17) (25. Rg5 $2 Nxf4 $1 26. Bxf4 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rxf4 $17) (25. Rdf1 $1 $11 { was the best defence with equality.}) 25... Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. h5 (27. Qxe6 $4 Rd1+ $19) 27... Rf6 $15 {In an _|_ with heavy pieces it is not easy at all to convert the P majority into a win.} 28. a3 Rd5 29. Qh2 b6 30. Qb8+ (30. h6 g5) 30... Kh7 31. Rh1 c4 32. Qc8 b5 33. a4 bxa4 (33... e5 $5 34. axb5 Rxb5 35. Rhg1 $1 {/\ Rg6}) 34. Qxc4 a3 $5 (34... Rf4 35. Re4) 35. b3 $6 { This is a sophisticated move.} (35. bxa3) 35... Rf2 {/\ Qf6} 36. h6 gxh6 37. Qa6 a2+ $2 ({missing} 37... Rdd2 $1 38. Rc1 Qe7 $17 {and Black is two pawns up. }) 38. Qxa2 Rdd2 39. Rc1 Rf5 40. Qa4 Rf4 41. Qc6 Rd5 42. Rce1 Rf6 43. Qc4 Rg5 44. Rd1 Rd5 45. Rde1 Rg5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.03.01"] [Round "7"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2716"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Ribli,Z"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1999.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.06.08"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Be3 {Eine ungewöhnliche Zugfolge. Stattdessen kann Weiß 5.Nb5 oder besser 5.Nc3 spielen. Ribli.} Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. f3 {Adams spielt den sogenannten Englischen Angriff. Gewöhnlich wird das System mit Be3, f3, 0-0-0 gefährlich für Schwarz in der Sizilianischen Verteidigung, Aber hier ist der Aufbau weniger effektiv, denn Schwarz hat zusätzliche Möglichkeiten, weil er noch nicht ...d6 gespielt hat.} a6 8. Qd2 b5 (8... Ne5 9. O-O-O b5 10. Kb1 b4 (10... Bb7 $5 $11) 11. Na4 d5 12. Nb3 Rb8 13. Bd4 $1 Bd6 $6 (13... Ned7 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. c4 N5f6 $11) 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Razuvaev,Y/London 1997/Inf 70/[Razuvaev,Y] (44)}) 9. g4 h6 10. Nxc6 $5 (10. O-O-O b4 11. Na4 Ne5 (11... Rb8 12. b3 Be7 13. h4 d5 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. Qe3 h5 18. Bd3 Qd8 19. Rdg1 $36 { 0-1 Cots,J-Pogorelov,R/Berga op 1995/EXT 95op (46)}) 12. Be2 (12. Bf4 $6 Bb7 13. h4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Bc4 Qc7 $15) 12... d5 13. Nb3 Bb7 14. Nac5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qxb4 cxb3 17. Qxb7 Qxb7 18. Nxb7 bxa2 { 0-1 Ehlvest,J-Plaskett,J/7th Monarch Assurance, Port Erin IOM 1998 (27)}) 10... dxc6 {Dieser Zug scheint mir natürlicher als seine Alternative.} (10... Qxc6) 11. O-O-O {Weiß ist gut entwickelt und hat Angriffschancen, aber Schwarz hat keine Schwächen.} e5 $1 {Schwarz entwickelt zuerst seinen Damenflügel. Das Feld e6 ist ideal für den Läufer.} (11... Be7 12. h4) 12. h4 Be6 13. Bh3 Rd8 14. Qf2 {Weiß muß die Damen auf dem Brett behalten.} (14. Qxd8+ Qxd8 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. g5 Bxh3 (16... hxg5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Bxg5 $14) 17. gxf6 (17. Rxh3 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Be7 $11) 17... Be6 $11) 14... Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Nd7 {Auf diese Weise verteidigt sich Schwarz gegen 16.Bb6 und muß nicht mehr mit g4-g5 rechnen.} 16. Kb1 (16. f4 $5) (16. Nd5 {Das ist ein typisches "passives" Opfer, was bedeutet, daß Schwarz den Springer nicht nehmen muß.} Qb7 $1 (16... cxd5 $2 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qc4 (18... Be7 19. g5 $16) 19. Qd2 Qxa2 20. Kd1 $16)) 16... Be7 17. f4 {Weiß hat Entwicklungsvorsprung und möchte daher die Stellung öffnen.} exf4 18. Bxf4 Qb6 (18... Bxh4 $6 19. Qh2 (19. Qxh4 Qxf4 $17) 19... Qa7 (19... Qd8 20. g5 hxg5 (20... Bxg5 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qh5+ Kf8 23. Bxg5 $18) 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Bc7 Qe7 23. e5 $44) 20. g5 $36) (18... Ne5 $5 19. Qg3 Bf6 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Qe7 $11) 19. Qf3 g5 $5 $13 (19... Bxh4 20. Nd5 cxd5 21. exd5 $40) 20. Bh2 (20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Be3 Ne5 $132) 20... O-O 21. hxg5 $6 (21. Nd5 cxd5 22. exd5 Nc5 23. dxe6 $40 (23. hxg5 $5 $40)) 21... Bxg5 $1 (21... hxg5 22. Nd5 cxd5 23. exd5 $40 ) 22. Nd5 cxd5 23. exd5 Nf6 $1 $11 { Der Springer plant auf e4 eine ausgezeichnete Stellung einzunehmen.} (23... Nc5 24. dxe6 fxe6 (24... Qxe6 25. Bd6 Rc8 26. Bg2 $14) 25. Qe2 $14) 24. dxe6 Qxe6 { Weiß hat nicht mehr als die Figur zurückgewonnen. Dem Schwarzen stellen sich keine Probleme.} 25. a3 Re8 26. Bg1 Ne4 27. Be3 Nc3+ (27... Qc6 28. Rf1 Nc3+ 29. bxc3 Qxf3 30. Rxf3 Bxe3 $11) 28. bxc3 Qxe3 29. Bg2 {Und hier wurde die Partie in gleicher Stellung Remis vereinbart. Die weißen Bauern am Damenflügel sind nur theoretisch schwach. Nach Damentausch ist das Endspiel total gleich.} (29. Bg2 Qxf3 30. Bxf3 Re3 31. Rd3 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.02.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D97"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2713"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1999.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.06.08"] 1. d4 {I had an idea in the Qb3 Grunfeld that I had wanted to try. In Wijk aan Zee, Kasparov entered the same system against Svidler, but he had another idea in mind. Now it was my chance.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 {Svidler repeats the Hungarian system.} 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. h4 { Kasparov played e6, but I assumed that Svidler had improved on that.} c5 11. e6 c4 {I had briefly acquainted myself with the theory of this move, but had concentrated on Black's alternatives.} 12. Qd1 Nb6 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. h5 Nc6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Be3 {This is all theory. The main move is 16...Bg4, but Svidler had something else in mind.} Bf5 $1 {Svidler said that he was surprised that this natural move had hardly ever been played.} 17. Ng5 { Obviously, the difference between Bf5 and Bg4. I thought it would be better not to follow Lputian-Sokolov blindly, so when I saw this plan, I decided to go for it.This is the sort of thing one shouldn't really do this without developing all his pieces, but if you already played h4 on move 10, then it doesn't matter. However, this move isn't totally illogical. White wants to play g4 and Bg2 instead of placing the bishop on e2. Still, Black seems to be OK after this move.} (17. Be2 Nb4 18. Rc1 { I remembered that Lputian-Sokolov had reached this position.} e5 $1 {Later I di scovered that this was played in Kroeze-Van Haastert Wijk aan Zee 1998. (No, not Hoogovens, but Sonnevanck!). I havent' checked everything, but it looks good for Black.}) 17... Rf6 (17... Nxd4 { Black seems to have enough compensation here.} {For instance} 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Rc1 e5 20. g4 Be6 21. Bg2 Ra7) 18. g4 Be6 $1 { The bishop goes for the d5 square.} (18... Bd7 19. Bg2) 19. Nce4 (19. Bg2 Bd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 $15) 19... Bd5 20. Qd2 (20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. Nf3 Qd7 { Gives Black too much ~/= for the exchange!}) 20... Rd6 $2 {This wins the d-pawn (White can hardly save it now, but White's attack on the h-file more than compensates.} (20... Qd7 $1 {Svidler. The idea is that Black can now meet f3 with Rxf3. It is difficult to analyse a position like this. White has many options - he can play the immediate f4 or interpolate Rd1 and Rd8 first or Bg2 and so on. The usual cop out "unclear" seems called for!}) 21. f3 $1 { Now the rook will be sorely missed on the f-file.} Bxe4 (21... Nxd4 $2 22. Bxd4 Bxe4 23. Qh2 $18 (23. Bxg7 Rxd2 24. Be5 $18)) 22. fxe4 Nd7 (22... Nxd4 23. Bxd4 $1 {This seems to work and is much simpler.} (23. Qh2 {I considered this during the game. White plays Bxc4+ and follows up with Qh7+ and castles check, but afterwards a simpler win presented itself.} e5) 23... Rxd4 (23... Bxd4 24. Qh2 Bg7 (24... Kf8 25. e5) 25. e5 $1 Rc6 26. Be2 $18) 24. Qf2 $1 (24. Qh2 Qd6 $1 25. Bxc4+ Nxc4 26. Qh7+ Kf8) 24... Qf8 (24... Bf6 25. Rh8+ $1 $18) 25. Qh4 Qf6 26. Be2 $1 {Black seems to have no defence against Qh7+ and Rf1.}) 23. Qh2 Nf8 {If White gets Qh7 in, then it's usually over.} (23... Qb6 24. Bxc4+ bxc4 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. O-O+ Nf6 27. Qxg6 Kg8 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Rf3 Nxg4 30. Rh3+ Rh6 ( 30... Nh6 31. Qf5 Kg8 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Rf1+ Ke8 (33... Rf6 34. Ne6+ $18) 34. Qxg7 $18) 31. Rxh6+ Nxh6 32. Qg6 Kg8 33. Rf1 $18) 24. e5 $1 (24. d5 Ne5 { Allows Black to keep fighting.}) 24... Rd7 (24... Rxd4 {Fails to...} 25. Qf2 Qa5+ 26. Ke2 $18) 25. Ne6 $1 Qa5+ (25... Nxe6 26. Bxc4 $1 {A recurring theme.} Qa5+ (26... bxc4 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. O-O+ $18) 27. Bd2 Qxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Rxd4+ 29. Ke3 bxc4 30. Qh7+ Kf7 31. Raf1+ $18) 26. Bd2 Nxe5 $1 (26... Qb6 27. Nxg7 $18) 27. Be2 $1 c3 (27... Qb6 28. Nxf8 $18) 28. Bxc3 $6 (28. bxc3 $1 Nf7 { Gives White a better version of the next variation.}) 28... b4 29. Nxg7 bxc3 $2 {Svidler thought he was lost already and didn't find his last chance.} (29... Nf7 $1 30. Bd2 Kxg7 $16 {The open h-file and his two bishops promise White a massive edge, but Black is still fighting. Also, White has to watch the d4 pawn.}) 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. O-O+ {The reason why Peter played on so long - he wanted to finish a game where White plays 0-0+ winning. Unfortunately, it was published in the net as 31.Rf1+ resigns and it took a while for this to be corrected. Still, for the record, 31.0-0+ was the last move.} 1-0 [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.02.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D21"] [WhiteElo "2751"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Huzman,A"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1999.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.06.08"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. d5 $146 b5 (6... Nf6 7. dxe6 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bxe6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Kd7 11. Nc3 $14) 7. Bb3 exd5 (7... c4 8. dxe6 $1 Bxe6 (8... cxb3 $4 9. exf7+ Ke7 10. fxg8=N+ Rxg8 11. Qxb3 $18) ( 8... Qxd1+ 9. Bxd1 Bxe6 10. Nd4 Bd5 (10... Bd7 11. Bf3 Ra7 12. O-O $36) 11. O-O Nf6 12. Nc3 Bb7 $11)) 8. Qxd5 (8. Bxd5 Ra7 9. e4 Nf6 10. O-O Nxd5 11. exd5 Bd6 $15) 8... Qxd5 9. Bxd5 Ra7 10. e4 Nf6 $11 11. O-O (11. Nc3 b4 12. Ne2 Nxd5 13. exd5 Rd7 (13... Bb7 14. Nf4 (14. Bf4 Nd7 15. O-O-O) 14... Bd6 15. O-O O-O $11) 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Rd1 Bb7 16. O-O O-O $15) 11... Nxd5 12. exd5 f6 $1 13. Nc3 (13. Bf4 Nd7 14. Re1+ Kf7 $11) 13... Kf7 14. Bf4 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Rac1 Ra8 17. a4 b4 18. Ne4 Re8 19. Nd6+ (19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Bxd6 Rc8 {/\21...Rhd8} (20... Re2 21. Bxc5 Rc8 (21... Rxb2 22. Bd4 Re2 23. Rc7 $16) 22. Bxb4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rxb2 24. Ba3 (24. Bc3 Ra2 $11) 24... Ra2 $11 25. Rc7 $140 Ra1+ 26. Bc1 Ke7 $15)) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.02.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "1999.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.06.08"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. Qd2 Rab8 15. Bf2 Bc8 16. Bg3 Nd7 17. e5 (17. Rae1 b5 (17... Bb7 18. e5 Rbd8 19. Qf2 Rf8 20. Be4 dxe5 21. fxe5 Nc5 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Bf4 { 1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Kasparov,G/Moscow 1985/MainBase (23)}) 18. axb5 axb5 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Ncxe5 21. Qe2 f6 22. Nd4 Qc4 23. Qxc4 bxc4 24. Nxe6 Nxf3 25. gxf3 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Asrian,K-Akopian,V/Erevan 1995/ (46)}) 17... dxe5 (17... d5 18. f5 Ndxe5 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Rbc8 22. Nd4 Red8 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Bg4 {1-0 Emunds,H-Schuetz,T/NRW-I 1987/ (75)}) 18. Rae1 Bb7 ( 18... Bb4 19. fxe5 Ncxe5 20. Bh5 g6 21. Rxe5 Nxe5 22. Qe2 f5 23. Bxe5 Bd6 24. Nd5 exd5 25. Bxd6 Qc6 26. Nd4 Qd7 27. Bxb8 Rxe2 28. Bxe2 { 1-0 Asrian,K-Xu Jun/Linares 1998/ (47)}) 19. fxe5 Ncxe5 (19... Rf8 20. Qe2 Nc5 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Be4 Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Cuijpers,F-Vanheste,J/Hilversum 1989/ (47)}) 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Qe2 f6 22. Qxa6 Bb4 23. Nb5 {White must believe, that the queenside majority will be weightier than the black's pawn mass in the center.} (23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Qb5 Qe7 25. Re3 Rc8 26. Nd4 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Rxc3 28. bxc3 h6 { 1/2-1/2 Poulsen,A-Jansa,V/Copenhagen 1987/ (53)}) 23... Qc8 24. c3 Bf8 25. N5d4 Nb8 26. Qb5 Nf7 (26... Nc4 $2 27. Bxb8 Rxb8 28. Nxe6 $1 (28. Nc6 $2 Nd6 $19) 28... Nxb2 29. Nbd4 $16) 27. Nd2 e5 28. Nf5 (28. Ne4 Rd8 (28... exd4 $2 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Rxe8 $18) 29. Nf5 Qe6) 28... Rd8 29. Ne4 Qe6 30. Bh4 (30. b3 $14 ) 30... Qc6 (30... g6 $2 31. Nd4 $18) 31. b3 Qxb5 (31... Nd6 $5 32. Qxc6 Nxc6 33. Nfxd6 Bxd6 34. Rd1 Be7 35. Rxd8+ Nxd8 36. g4 Ne6 $11) 32. axb5 h6 33. g4 ( 33. Ra1 Ng5 34. Bxg5 hxg5 $11) 33... Ng5 34. Bxg5 { Anand sidesteps the chance to eat many pawns for the single sacrificed piece.} (34. Nxh6+ $5 gxh6 35. Nxf6+ Kh8 36. Bxg5 hxg5 37. Rxe5 Nd7 38. Rd5 Be7 39. Ne4 Re8 $13) 34... hxg5 35. Ra1 Rbd7 36. Ne3 Rd3 37. Nc4 Nd7 38. b4 (38. Rfd1 Nc5 39. Rxd3 Rxd3 40. Nxc5 Bxc5 41. b4 Be3 42. Re1 Bf2 43. Re2 Rxc3 44. Nxe5 fxe5 45. Rxf2 $15) 38... Rc8 39. Ncd2 Be7 (39... Rc7 40. Ra8 Kh7 41. Kg2 Kg6 $13) 40. Ra7 Kf8 41. Kg2 Ke8 42. Kf2 (42. Rf3 Rxf3 (42... Rd5 43. Nf1 Rxb5 44. Rd3 $16) 43. Kxf3 g6 $132) 42... g6 43. Ke2 Rh3 44. Nc4 $6 Rxh2+ (44... Rxc4 45. Ra8+ Nb8 $1 (45... Bd8 46. Nd6+ Ke7 47. Nxc4 $16) (45... Kf7 46. Nxg5+ Kg7 47. Nxh3 Rxc3 48. Nf2 $16) 46. Rxb8+ Kd7 47. Nxf6+ Bxf6 48. Rxf6 Rcxc3 49. Rb7+ Kc8 50. Rbxb6 $11) 45. Kd3 Rd8 $1 {Topalov has defended accurately and it looks like white has tried for too much with his smart tactics.} 46. Ncd6+ (46. Ke3 Rh3+ 47. Ke2 Rh4 48. Ne3 f5 $17) 46... Bxd6 47. Nxd6+ Ke7 48. Ne4 f5 $6 (48... Ke6 $1 49. Ke3 Rdh8 50. c4 R8h3+ 51. Rf3 Rxf3+ 52. Kxf3 Rb2 $17) 49. gxf5 gxf5 50. Rxf5 Ke6 51. Rf2 (51. Rxg5 Nc5+ 52. Kc4 (52. Ke3 $2 Rd3#) 52... Nxe4 $19) 51... Nf6+ 52. Ke2 $8 (52. Kc4 Rc8+ 53. Kb3 Rxc3+ $1 54. Nxc3 Rxf2 $19) (52. Ke3 $2 Ng4+ $19) 52... Rxf2+ 53. Nxf2 g4 54. Rg7 $6 (54. Rb7 $1 Nd5 55. Nxg4 Nxc3+ 56. Ke1 $15) 54... Kf5 55. c4 Rd4 56. Nd1 $2 (56. c5 Rxb4 57. cxb6 Rxb5 58. b7 Rb2+ $17) 56... Re4+ $2 { Black overlooks the chance to punish his great opponent for many inaccuracies.} (56... Nh5 $1 57. Ne3+ (57. Rf7+ Kg6 58. Rb7 Nf4+ 59. Ke1 g3 60. Ne3 Rd3 $19) 57... Ke4 58. Rxg4+ Nf4+ 59. Kf2 Rd2+ $19) 57. Ne3+ Kf4 (57... Ke6 58. Rb7 $11) 58. Rf7 $1 Rxe3+ 59. Kd2 Ke4 60. Rxf6 Rd3+ 61. Ke2 (61. Kc2 Rd4 62. Kc3 g3 63. Rxb6 g2 64. Rg6 Kf3 65. b6 Rd6 66. Rg8 Rxb6 $11) 61... Rd4 62. c5 Rxb4 63. Rxb6 g3 64. Rg6 Rb2+ 65. Kf1 Kd4 (65... Kf3 66. Rf6+ Ke3 67. c6) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.02.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2781"] [Annotator "Huzman,A"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1999.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.06.08"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8. Nbd2 (8. b4 Bb6 9. Bb2 Nge7 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 a5 14. a3 Qg5 15. Qxc6 Rad8 $44 16. Nc3 axb4 17. axb4 Rd4 $4 18. Ra8 $2 (18. Bc1 $142 Qh4 19. Ra8) 18... Bh3 19. g3 (19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. e5 Bxg2 $1 $19) 19... Rxa8 20. Qxa8+ Rd8 21. Ra1 h6 22. Qa4 Qf6 { 0-1 Rakhmangulov,A-Svetushkin,D/Alushta 1999/CBM 70_07 (22)}) 8... Qd6 $146 ( 8... Nge7 9. Nb3 (9. Ng5 Qd7 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Nb3 Qd6 12. Bf4 (12. Qg4 O-O 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. f4 d3+ 16. Kh1 { 1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Rublevsky,S/Elista 1998/CBM 65_03 (16)}) 12... Qxf4 13. Nxc5 O-O 14. Rc1 (14. g3 Qh6 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Nxb7 Rdb8 17. Qa4 Ne5 18. Rxc7 N7g6 ( 18... Nf3+ 19. Kg2 Nh4+ $1 20. Kh1 (20. gxh4 Qf4 $1 21. Rfc1 Rxb7) 20... Nf3 $11) 19. Qb3 Nf8 20. Qd5 $16 { 0-1 Dreev,A-Svidler,P/Elista 1997/CBM 59/[Petursson] (29)}) 14... Ne5 (14... Rfb8 15. g3 Qh6 16. f4 (16. Qa4 a6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Kg2 b5 19. Qc2 Ne5 20. Nb3 d3 21. Qxc7 Nc4 $17 {1-0 Stocek,J-Ashley,M/Budapest 1997/CBM 61 ext (70)}) 16... a6 17. Bd3 a5 18. Qa4 Nb4 19. Bc4 b5 20. Bxb5 Nxa2 21. Rc4 c6 22. Qxa2 cxb5 23. Rxd4 Qb6 $15 {1-0 Browne,W-Kaidanov,G/Denver 1998/CBM 68_07 (40).}) 15. g3 Qh6 16. f4 a6 17. Be2 b6 18. Nb3 d3 19. Bh5 N5c6 20. Bf3 Rad8 21. Rc3 Qd6 22. e5 Qd7 23. Be4 $16 { 1-0 Granda Zuniga,J-Ibragimov,I/New York 1997/EXP 57 (39)}) 9... Bb6 10. Nbxd4 Bd7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Bxc6 Nxc6 15. Rad1 Qe6 16. a3 Rae8 $11 {0-1 Kuzmin,A-Rublevsky,S/Moscow 1996/EXP 52 (54)}) 9. e5 Qd5 10. Ng5 $1 O-O-O (10... Rd8 11. Bc4 Qxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Re1 $18) 11. Bc4 Qd7 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. b4 $1 Nxb4 (13... Bb6 14. Qb3 (14. Nf3 Nge7 15. Ng5 Nd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 $1 $17) 14... Qe7 $1 15. Bxe6+ Kb8 16. Nf3 Qxb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. Bg5 $44) (13... Bxb4 14. Qb3 Re8 15. Rb1 $40) 14. Qb3 (14. Ba3 $5 {L.Ljubojevic} a5 ( 14... Nd3 15. Qb3) 15. Ne4 Bb6 16. Qb3 Re8 (16... Nd5 17. Nd6+ Kb8 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bc5 cxd6 20. e6 Qxe6 21. Qxb6) 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. a3 $1 $40) 14... Nd5 15. Ne4 Bb6 (15... Qc6 16. Rb1 Nb6 17. Bxe6+ Kb8 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Re1 $1 (19. Bg5 Nf6 (19... Re8 20. Rfe1 $1 $44 (20. Bf7 Qxe5 (20... Rxe5 21. Bf4 Nf6 22. Qg3 $36) 21. Bxe8 Qxg5 $1 $17)) 20. Rfe1 h6 21. Rbc1 Qf8 22. Bd2 $44) 19... Qe7 (19... Qc3 20. Bg5 Re8 21. Bf7 $36) 20. a4 $40) 16. a4 $1 a5 (16... a6 17. a5 Ba7 18. Bg5 Rf8 19. Rfc1 $40) 17. Nd6+ $1 Kb8 (17... cxd6 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Qxb6 dxe5 20. Bd2 Ne7 (20... Kb8 {-see the text of the game.}) 21. Qa7 $1 Nc6 22. Rfc1 $40) 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bd2 cxd6 20. Qxb6 dxe5 21. f4 (21. Rfe1 { G.Kasparov} Qd6 (21... Re8 22. Rxe5 $1 Rxe5 23. Bf4 $18) (21... Ne7 22. Rxe5 Nc6 23. Bf4 Ka8 24. Rb1 Rhf8 (24... Rhe8 $5 25. Rxd5 Re1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxd5 $132) 25. Rxd5 Rxf4 $1 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 $44) 22. Qb5 (22. Qxd6+ Rxd6 23. Rxe5 Nf6 $15) ( 22. Bxa5 Nf6 23. Qxd6+ (23. f4 $5 exf4 24. Qxd4 Rde8 25. Bb4 $44) 23... Rxd6 24. Rxe5 Rc8 $17) 22... Ne7 23. Rxe5 $1 Nc6 $1 (23... Qxe5 $2 24. Rb1 Qc7 25. Bf4 $18) 24. Rb1 Rd7 25. Bf4 $1 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Qxd7 Qc7 28. Qxd5 $11) ( 21. Rab1 Ne7 22. Rb5 Qc7 $5 (22... Nc8 23. Qxa5 $40) 23. Qxc7+ Kxc7 24. Bxa5+ Kb8 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 $44) 21... Nf6 (21... e4 $2 22. f5 e3 23. Be1 $18) (21... Ne7 22. fxe5 Nc6 23. e6 Qxe6 24. Rab1 Rd7 25. Bf4+ Ka8 26. Bc7) 22. fxe5 Ne4 23. Bxa5 (23. e6 Qc6 24. Bf4+ Ka8 25. Qxa5+ Qa6 26. Qxa6+ bxa6 27. Be5 d3 28. Rf7 Ng5 $1 29. Bxg7 Nxf7 30. exf7 Rhf8 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. Rd1 Rxf7 33. Rxd3 Rf5 $11) (23. Bf4 Qc6 24. e6+ Ka8 25. Qxa5+ Qa6 $11) 23... d3 24. e6 $6 (24. Qb4 $1 { G.Kasparov} Rde8 (24... Rc8 25. Bb6 $16) 25. Bb6 d2 26. a5 $1 Qe7 (26... Rxe5 27. a6 Qe7 28. Ba7+ $1 $18) 27. Qb3 Qxe5 28. a6 Re7 29. axb7 $18 Rxb7 $140 30. Rf8+ $1 Rxf8 31. Ra8+ $1 Kxa8 32. Qa3+ Kb8 33. Qxf8+ {G.Kasparov}) 24... Qd6 25. Qxd6+ Rxd6 26. e7 Rf6 27. Rxf6 Nxf6 28. Rd1 Re8 29. Bb4 $14 (29. Bb4 Ng8 30. Rxd3 Kc7 31. Rxd5 Nxe7 32. Rh5 h6 33. Bc3 $14) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.02.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2781"] [BlackElo "2694"] [Annotator "Ribli,Z"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1999.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.06.08"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 {Dieser Zug wird relativ selten gespielt, ist aber nicht schlechter als die Alternativen 3...Nc6, 3...g6 oder 3...e6. In einigen Varianten entstehen ähnliche Stellungen wie in der Grünfeld-Indischen Verteidigung, die der junge ungarische Grossmeister gerne spielt. Ribli.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 {Die prinzipielle Fortsetzung wäre 5.e4, wonach Schwarz entweder mit 5...Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 die Gruenfeld-Indische Verteidigung spielen oder mit 5...Nb4 komplitziertes Spiel suchen kann.} Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 { Weiß hat starke Bauernmasse im Zentrum, aber Schwarz kontrolliert diewichtigste n zentralen Punkte mit seinem starken Läufer g7.} 8. Bb5+ {Mit diesem Zug möchte Weiß die natürliche Entwicklung des schwarzen Damenflügels (..b6 / ... Bb7 / ...Nc6) stören.} Bd7 (8... Nd7 { Dieser Zug ist die andere schwarze Möglichkeit.}) 9. a4 (9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. h3 Rfd8 13. Qe2 Be8 14. Ba3 b6 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. Ba6 Rb8 17. Nd2 Na5 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bc6 20. Ra1 e6 { 1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Leko,P/Polanica Zdroj 1998/CBM 67 noVC (29)}) (9. Qb3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Ba3 Be6 12. d5 Bg4 13. Be2 Nd7 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rab8 16. Bb2 b5 17. Rfd1 c4 18. Qc2 Nc5 19. Ba3 a5 20. Rab1 Rfd8 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rdc1 Qa3 23. h4 h5 24. g3 Rdc8 25. g4 hxg4 26. Bxg4 { 1-0 Karpov,A-Topalov,V/Monte Carlo 1998/CBM 63 ext (55)}) 9... Qa5 $5 10. Qb3 ( 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. Qc2 Qa6 14. d5 e4 $1 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qc2 Qc4 17. a5 b5 18. axb6 axb6 19. d6 b5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Rb1 Ne4 22. d7 Rd8 23. Be1 Rxd7 {1/2-1/2 Polugaevsky,L-Vaganian,R/Moscow 1983/URS-ch (60)}) (10. Rb1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxb5 12. Rxb5 Qxc3+ 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Qb3 b6 15. O-O O-O 16. Rc1 Qb7 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Ng5 Rxc1+ 19. Bxc1 e6 20. Qh3 h6 21. Nf3 h5 22. g4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Nd7 {0-1 Belov,I-Zagorskis,D/Karvina 1992/EXT 97 (49)}) 10... cxd4 11. exd4 O-O (11... Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ Nc6 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. O-O a6 15. Qb3 $14) 12. O-O Qc7 $5 (12... Be6 13. Qa3 a6 14. Be2 Nc6 15. Be3 Bd5 { 1/2-1/2 Petrosian,T-Smejkal,J/Rio de Janeiro 1979/IZT (15)}) 13. Re1 { Weiß hat gutes Figurenspiel, aber seine Bauernstellung ist ein wenig schwach.} e6 14. Ng5 (14. Ne5 $5) 14... Nc6 $11 { Der schwarze Springer strebt nach a5, um das wichtige Feld c4 zu kontrollieren. } 15. Ba3 Rfe8 16. Ne4 Na5 17. Qa2 Bc6 18. Nd6 $6 {Dieser scheinbar aktive Zug hilft nur Schwarz. Die Kombinationen auf e6 sind nicht gut, daher verliert Weiß nur Zeit.} (18. Bd6 Qd8 19. Bb4 a6 20. Bd3 (20. Bxa5 Qxa5 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Rab1 $11) 20... Bd5 21. Qb2 $11) 18... Red8 19. Bxc6 (19. Rxe6 Bf8 $1 $17 ( 19... fxe6 $2 20. Qxe6+ $18)) 19... Qxc6 $15 20. Ne4 (20. Rxe6 Nc4 $1 (20... fxe6 $4 21. Qxe6+ $18 {Nach 21...Kh8 hat Weiß ein schönes, aber wohlbekanntes Matt: 22.Nf7+ Kg8 23.Nh6+ Kh8 24.Qg8+ Rxg8 25.Nf7#.}) 21. Re7 (21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. Nxc4 fxe6 $17) 21... Rxd6 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 $17) 20... Qc4 $138 {In Zeitnot elt Leko die sichere Fortsetzung, aber es ist kaum zu sehen, wie Weiß seine Kompensation nach 20...Qxa4 beweisen kann.} (20... Qxa4 $5 21. Nc5 (21. Be7 Qxa2 22. Rxa2 Rd5 $17) 21... Qe8 $15) 21. Qb1 b6 22. Be7 $11 Rd5 23. Qd1 { Der weiße Springer e4 verteidigt die Schwäche auf c3 und wenn Schwarz ihn mit . ..f7-f5 verteiben möchte, bekommt Weiß Gegenchancen.} (23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxf6 Qxc3 $17) 23... Qc7 24. Bh4 Rc8 {Und hier wurde die Partie remis gegeben. Schwarz hat bequemes Spiel gute Kontrolle über das Feld c4, aber es ist nicht leicht für ihn, voranzukommen.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 16th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1999.02.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "Lukacs,P"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1999.02.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "20"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.06.08"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 $5 (8. cxd4 Nge7 9. a3 {see Short-Adianto, Jakarta 1996 CBM 51} (9. Nc3 { see Hellers-Epishin, Malmo 1994 CBM 42}) (9. b3 { see Nunn-Stohl, Pardubice 1993 CBM 47})) 8... Nge7 ({ accepting the P is out of question:} 8... Nxe5 $2 9. Bb5+) (8... Bxb1 $6 { is again a move against the principles, usually it is not advisable to exchange a developed piece for an undeveloped one.} 9. Nxc6 (9. Rxb1 Nge7 (9... Nxe5 $5 10. Bb5+ $44 Nd7) 10. f4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 g6 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxc6+ Qxc6 16. Qb3 Qc4 17. Qxb7 Qc8 18. Qxc8+ Rxc8 19. Rfc1 $18 { Leskovar-Escotet, Cipolletti 1993}) 9... bxc6 10. Qa4 $1 { another important intermediate move.} Qd7 11. Rxb1 $16) (8... Bg6 9. f4 $142 ({ On} 9. Nd2 $6 {Black can take into consideration to accept the P sac, because the N on d2 is not very threatening.} Nxe5 (9... Nge7 {is simply met by} 10. f4 ) 10. f4 (10. Bb5+ Nd7) 10... Nc6 (10... Nd3 $4 { There is no time for advantures!} 11. f5 Nxc1 12. Bb5+ $18) 11. f5 Bxf5 $1 ( 11... Nxd4 { is weaker, because the check on the /^ a4-e8 will be annoying for Black.} 12. cxd4 Bxf5 13. Rxf5 exf5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. Qe1+ Kf6 16. Nf3 $44) 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Rxf5 Nf6 $17 {and Black has time to finish his development.}) (9. Bb5 $5 { is worthy of consideration.} Nge7 10. Bg5 $13)) 9. Nxf5 Nxf5 10. Bd3 Be7 ({ Black can try to build up a blockade position:} 10... g6 11. Qe2 (11. Re1 Bc5) 11... h5 12. Nd2 Bc5 13. Nf3 Nh4 14. Ne1 g5 15. Kh1 f5 { Black already wants to seize the |^ in the [+].} 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. f4 g4 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 O-O-O {1/2:1/2 Egorov-Galkin, RUS-Cup Ekaterinburg 1997}) 11. Re1 d4 $5 (11... O-O 12. Nd2 $142 (12. Qg4 {can easily be parried by} Qd7) (12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Qd3 Qd7 (13... g6 14. Bh6) 14. Qg3 Qe6 {blockading the position.} ) 12... d4 13. c4 Nb4 14. Nf3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 $14 {blockading the d4 P.}) 12. a3 {/\ c4} (12. c4 Nb4 13. Be4 d3 $1 {otherwise a3 comes.} 14. Qa4+ (14. Bxb7 Rb8) (14. Na3 Qd7) 14... Kf8 15. Rd1 Qd4) (12. Be4 $5 { comes into consideration, for example} dxc3 13. Nxc3 (13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Nxc3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 O-O $11 {Black's << pawns are weak, but the white B is bad, too.} ) (13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nxc3 Nxe5 15. Bxb7 Nd3 $1 $132) 13... O-O (13... Qc7 $2 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Nd5) (13... Nxe5 $2 14. Bxf5) 14. Bxf5 exf5 (14... Qxd1 15. Bxh7+) 15. Nd5) 12... dxc3 13. Nxc3 O-O 14. Qf3 (14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Nd5 { is simply met by} Bc5) 14... Nh4 $1 {regrouping the N for the attack of >< e5.} (14... Ncd4 15. Qh3 {/\ g4}) 15. Qe4 Ng6 16. f4 Qb6+ (16... Qd4+ 17. Be3 Qxe4 18. Bxe4 $14 {leads to a slightly better _|_ for White because of the ^^ and the space advantage.}) 17. Kf1 (17. Kh1 Rfd8) (17. Be3 {is risky:} Qxb2 (17... Bc5) 18. Nb5 Qb3 $1 19. Rab1 Qd5) 17... Rfd8 { Black has fully consolidated his position.} 18. g3 Na5 $5 {>< b3} (18... Nd4 19. Be3) 19. Rb1 (19. b4 $142 $5 {is answered by the intermediate} Qc6 $1 ( 19... Rd4 $4 20. bxa5 $18) (19... Qd4 $4 20. Qxd4 Rxd4 21. Bxg6 $18) (19... Nb3 20. Be3 $1 (20. Rb1 Nxc1 $11)) 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 21. Be4 { looks also better for White, see text before.}) 19... Rac8 (19... Nb3 $5 { was also playable} 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Rbd1 $11 ({On} 21. Na4 $6 {the best reply is } Qa5 $1 $13 {Other moves fail to equalize:} (21... Bxe3 $2 22. Nxb6 Nd2+ 23. Ke2 Nxe4 24. Nxa8 $18) (21... Qc6 $2 22. Qxc6 bxc6 23. Bxg6 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Nd2+ 25. Ke2 hxg6 26. Rc1 $18) (21... Qc7 22. Qc4 $1))) 20. Be3 ({Here} 20. b4 $2 { is useless} Rxc3 21. bxa5 Qc6 $1 (21... Qxa5 $2 22. Bd2 Qxa3 23. Bxc3 Qxc3 24. Red1) 22. Qxc6 bxc6) 20... Qb3 $1 (20... Bc5 $4 21. Na4) 21. Bxa7 Bxa3 $1 22. Re2 (22. bxa3 Qxc3 $11) 22... Bc5 (22... Bxb2 $2 23. Rbxb2 Qxc3 24. Rec2 Qa3 25. Ra2 $16) 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Bc2 Qc4 25. Ra1 Nc6 26. Ra4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1999.01.31"] [Round "13"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Annotator "Atlas,V"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1999.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.04.01"] 1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 b5 { '!?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Black is trying to take advantage of the fact, that 6. f3 in order to avoid 6.Be3 Ng4 is a bit commiting.'} 7. a4 $5 { The principal continuation.} b4 8. Nd5 $1 (8. Na2 { yields Black a good counterplay:} a5 9. c3 e5 10. Nb5 bxc3 11. Naxc3 Bb7 12. Be3 Be7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rd1 Ne8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Na6 17. Rc1 Nb4 18. Qd2 d5 {1/2-1/2 Huberty,M-Alho,D/Singapore 1990/EXT 97 (18) The text move is an important improvement over the passive 8.Na2.}) 8... Nxd5 (8... e6 $5 { was an interesting option here.} {If} 9. Nxb4 (9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Be3 Be7) {then } 9... d5 10. Nbc6 Nxc6 11. Nxc6 Qb6 12. exd5 Nxd5 {followed by 13...Bb4+}) 9. exd5 g6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Bc4 Qc7 12. Bb3 (12. Qe2 {Ftacnik} Nd7 13. a5 Bg7 $13) 12... Nd7 13. Qd2 Nf6 (13... Nc5 { , leading to interesting tactical comlications, is insufficient for Black:} 14. Qxb4 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 Qa5+ 16. Kf2 Bxd5 17. c4 Bg7 $1 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Qb7 O-O 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qxe7) 14. Ne2 (14. Qxb4 $6 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 { '=/+' Ftacnik. is clearly in Black's favor.}) 14... a5 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Nd4 $1 Bg7 (16... Nxd5 $5 {could lead to a sharp play:} 17. Nb5 (17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nb5 Qc4)) (16... Bxd5 17. Nb5 (17. Bxd5 $2 Nxd5 18. Nb5 Qxc2+ 19. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 20. Kxc2 Nxe3+ $19) 17... Bxb3 18. Nxc7+ Rxc7) 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. g4 Nd7 19. Kb1 Nc5 20. h4 h5 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Important idea to slow down white attack on the kingside. Topalov takes advantage from the fact, that his king is still sitting in the center.'} 21. Bd4 Kf8 22. Rhg1 Qd7 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nd4 Nxb3 25. cxb3 Kf8 (25... Bxd5 $2 {fails to} 26. Nf5+ gxf5 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. gxf5 e5 (28... Ke8 $4 29. Qg8+ Rxg8 30. Rxg8#) 29. Rxd5 $16 (29. f6 Qe6 $132)) 26. Nc2 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Anand understands perfectly, that his knight needs a good square. From e3 he will protect both d5 and g4, while the loss of an h4 pawn is rather less important.'} (26. Qg5 {is strongly met by} Rc5) 26... hxg4 27. fxg4 Rxh4 28. Ne3 e5 29. Qf2 Qe7 30. Rh1 ({ This move could lead to draw if Black would not blunder.} 30. Nc4 $5 { threatening both 31.Na5 and 31.Nd6, was a plausible alternative to the text move and would allow White to keep winning chances.}) 30... Rxh1 31. Rxh1 Qg5 ( {White's attacking chances should not be underestimated:} 31... Kg7 $2 { is elegantly refuted by} 32. Qh2 Qg5 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Rf1 Rc7 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qg8 f6 37. Rh1 {, winning.}) 32. Rh7 Rc7 (32... Qf4 {Ftacnik} 33. Qh4 Qxe3 34. Rh8+ (34. Qf6 $2 Rc1+ 35. Ka2 Qxb3+ $3 36. Kxb3 Bxd5#) 34... Kg7 35. Rh7+ $11) 33. Ka2 Ba6 (33... Kg8 {Ftacnik} 34. Rh1 (34. Qh2 $2 Qxe3 35. Rh8+ Kg7 36. Rh7+ Kf8 37. Rh8+ Ke7 38. Qh4+ g5 39. Qh6 Qxb3+ $1 $19) 34... Rc8 35. Qf3 $13) 34. Qh2 Bd3 $4 ({A blunder caused presumsbly by a time-trouble. Obviously,} 34... Qxe3 {is bad in view of} 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. Qh4+ g5 37. Qh6 Rc8 38. Rh7 $18) ({ However, after} 34... Ke7 $1 { White has nothing better than forcing a draw by perpetual:} 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Qh7+ Ke8 (36... Kf6 37. Qxc7 Qxe3 38. Qxd6+) 37. Qg8+ Kd7 38. Qe6+ Kd8 39. Qg8+ ) 35. Rh8+ {It is amaizing, but starting from this move, White's attack develops without any obstacle.} Ke7 36. Ra8 Qf6 (36... Qxe3 {loses after} 37. Qh8 {/\Qd8#} Rd7 38. Re8#) 37. g5 $1 Qg7 ({If} 37... Qxg5 {then} 38. Qh8 { , with inevtiable mate.}) 38. Qd2 (38. Ng4 $2 { would be a terrible mistake, as after} Rc1 { Black always has a draw by perpetual.}) 38... e4 ({After} 38... Bf5 { the white knight chooses a queenside direction:} 39. Nc4 { , and Black is defenceless against 40.Na5, threatening 41.Nc6+ and 41.Qb4.}) { But now the white knight turns to the right, penetrating into the f6-square via g4.} 39. Ng4 Rd7 40. Nf6 {Capitalizing upon the tragicomical position of the black king and queen, entirely locked by the white knight.} Rd8 { There was no other meaningful way to prevent mate on e8.} 41. Qc1 $1 ({ The final strike! Anand crowns the game with the impressive mate final:} 41. Qc1 Rxa8 42. Qc7+ Kf8 43. Qxd6#) 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1999.01.30"] [Round "12"] [White "Yermolinsky, Alex"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2597"] [BlackElo "2784"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "1999.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.04.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Nc4 Bd5 14. Nfe5 b5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. e4 Bxe4 17. Rxd7 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rfc8 19. Rad1 Bf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1999.01.29"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B35"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2636"] [Annotator "Alterman,B"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "1999.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.04.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 $6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 $1 Qc7 10. Bg5 $5 (10. Be2 d6 11. f4 a6 12. g4 (12. Kh1 b5) ( 12. a4 b6 13. g4) 12... b5 13. g5 Nd7 $132) (10. h3 d6 11. f4 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Qf3 Rac8 15. Rad1 Bc6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bb5 { 0-1 Song Daoxin-Wang Zili/PRC-ch 1987/EXT 87ch (26)}) (10. Bd3 d6 11. h3 e5 12. f4 a6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Rxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qd6 16. Bc5 Qd8 17. Bb6 Qd6 18. Bc7 { 1-0 Gutierrez,J-Idrovo,F/Quito 1975/MCD-r7}) 10... a6 (10... a5 11. a3 (11. a4 Nb4 12. Be2 Rd8 13. Nd4 Qe5 14. Nf3 Qe6 15. e5 Ng4 16. Nb5 Bxe5 17. h3 Nf6 18. Re1 Nc6 19. Bf1 Ne8 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bh4 { 1-0 Kuzmin,G-Kapengut,A/URS-ch40 Baku 1972/URS-ch (39)}) 11... a4 12. Nd2 Qa5 13. Nd5 d6 14. c3 Re8 15. Nxf6+ { +/- Kupreichik,V-Veremeichik,V/USSR 1976/Inf 22}) (10... Qd8 11. f4 b5 12. Bd3 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Kh1 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bc3 18. d6 f6 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. Qg4 Bb7 21. f5 { 0-1 Kucypera,A-Polovnikova,E/WchJW U20 Zagan 1997/EXP 59 (37)}) (10... b6 11. f4 Na5 12. Bd5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qc5+ 15. Kh1 f6 16. b4 Qd6 17. e5 Qe6 18. exf6 exf6 19. Re1 Qf7 20. Re7 fxg5 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Nxb6 Rb8 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. c3 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Privara,I/Stary Smokovec 1975/MCD-r7 (29)}) 11. Be2 (11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Qe5 13. Nxf6+ exf6 14. c3 Qxe4 15. Bd5 Qe7 16. Re1 Qd8 17. Qd2 f5 18. Rad1 Qf6 19. Qf4 Kg7 20. a4 g5 21. Qc7 Qd8 22. Qd6 Qf6 23. Qc7 Qd8 24. Qd6 Qf6 25. Qa3 { Macieja,B-Kolev,A/ol (men), Elista RUS 1998/1/2-1/2 (75)}) (11. a4 $5 Nb4 12. Be2 (12. Qe2 d6 13. a5 Ng4 14. f4 b5 15. axb6 Qxb6+ 16. Kh1 Ne3 17. Bxe7 Bg4 { 0-1 Busquets,L-Davies,N/New York op 1991/CBM 23}) 12... d6 13. a5 Bd7 14. Qd2 b5 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxd7 Nxc2 19. Rac1 Qxb3 20. Bd1 Rad8 21. Bxc2 Qxb2 22. Qh3 Bg5 23. Na4 Qxc1 24. Rxc1 { Tate,E-Horvath,A/FSGM Dec, Budapest HUN 1997/1-0 (100)}) (11. f4 b5 12. Bd3 d6 13. Kh1 Qb7 14. Qe1 Be6 15. Qh4 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Rae1 Qb6 18. Rf3 a4 19. Nd2 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. f5 Bxa2 22. Rh3 h5 23. Nf3 { 1-0 Busquets,L-Mont Reynaud,J/Hawaii op 1994/EXT 94op (31)}) 11... e6 12. Qd2 ( 12. Be3 b5 13. Bc5 Rd8 14. Bd6 Qb6 15. Bc5 Qc7 16. Bd6 Qb6 17. Bf3 Ne8 18. Bf4 d6 19. Qe2 Ne5 20. Rfd1 Bb7 21. a4 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 { 1/2-1/2 Porubszky Angyalosine,M-Heintze,M/Halle-W 1974/EXT 97 (48)}) 12... b5 13. a3 Rb8 (13... Rd8 14. Rad1 d6 $6 15. Qf4 Qe7 16. Qh4 $16) 14. Rfd1 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg5 $14 d6 18. Na5 Be6 19. b3 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bc4 Bg5 22. Qe2 Bc8 (22... h5 23. h3 Kg7 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Bf5 26. Nc6 $16) 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Rb5 25. Nc4 Kg7 26. Nb2 f5 27. Bc4 Rc5 28. Na4 Rc6 29. Nc3 $16 Qa7 (29... fxe4 30. Nxe4 Bh4 31. f3 $16) 30. Kh1 Bh4 31. f3 Qf2 32. Qd3 $1 (32. Qxf2 $2 Bxf2 $11) 32... Bg5 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Nd5 {As we can see the type of position changed from the Dragon to the Sveshnikov variation, and white still has an advantage, because it's not so easy to find compensation for the weak pawns a6 and d6 and the nice placed knight on d5.} f4 (34... e4 $6 35. fxe4 fxe4 36. Qxe4 Bf5 37. Qd4+ Qxd4 38. Rxd4 Bxc2 $2 39. Nb4 $18) (34... Qc5 35. c3 Be6 $16) 35. Rd2 Qc5 36. Qe2 Be6 37. Rdd1 a5 (37... Bxd5 38. Rxd5 $18) 38. Rd2 Bf7 39. Qd1 Rd8 40. Ra4 $1 {Black has no conterplay. Anand planed to exchange bishop c4 against bishop f7 and attack the pawn on d6.} Rcc8 41. Nc3 Bg6 42. Rd5 Qe3 43. Ne2 Bf7 44. Rd3 Qb6 45. Bxf7 Kxf7 46. Nc3 $18 {From now it' s not so difficult to see that white's position is absolutely winning. Next come Ne4, c4 and Rd5.} Be7 47. Ne4 Rg8 48. c4 Rg6 49. Ra2 Qb4 50. Ra4 Qb6 51. Rd5 Rcg8 52. Ra2 a4 53. bxa4 Qc6 54. c5 dxc5 55. Rxe5 Rd8 56. Qc1 c4 57. h3 Ke8 58. Re2 Rd7 59. Nc5 Rc7 60. Qxc4 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1999.01.28"] [Round "10"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2784"] [Annotator "Huzman,A"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1999.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.04.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Na5 (11... b5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 $16) 12. Bc2 b5 13. d5 exd5 14. Qd3 Nc6 (14... g6 15. Rxe7 $5 (15. Nd4 $5 $44) 15... Qxe7 16. Bg5 Qd6 $8 17. Qd4 Nh5 $1 18. Nxd5 Nc6 $1 19. Qd2 f6 $1 20. Bb3 Kh8 21. Be3 Bg4 22. Nb6 (22. Nd4 $1 $44 {> Anand-Kramnik/Tilburg/1998/, analysiert in CBM 68.}) 14. g3 ({ Natürlich nicht} 14. Nxh4 $2 Qxh4 15. g3 (15. Nxe4 fxe4 { und der schwarze Angriff wird schnell sehr gefährlich.}) 15... Qf6 {mit guten A ngriffsmöglichkeiten auf der f-Linie. Durch das provozierte g3 sind jetzt viele wichtige Punkte auf dem weissen Königsflügel stark geschwächt.}) 14... Bf6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxc6 Re8 17. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng5 ({Nach} 18... Rxe5 {kann Weiss mit} 19. f3 $5 {einen Bauern opfern und er bekommt nach forciertem} Nxd2 20. Bxd2 (20. Rxe5 $4 Nxf3+) 20... Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bxf3 22. Bg5 $5 { die Initiative.Schwarz muss genau antworten mit} ({Interessant ist auch} 22. Re6 Be4 23. Bg5 Qb8 24. Be3 $1 {aber nach dem richtigen} d4 $1 (24... Qd8 $2 25. Bd4 {und Schwarz ist ganz geklemmt. Weiss droht mit dem einfachen aber sehr effektiven Plan Te5, De6+, Df7 usw. Nach z.B.} a6 {sieht es so aus:} 26. Re5 Rb8 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Qf7 Qf8 29. Qxc7 Rc8 (29... Rxb2 $4 30. Re8 {mit Matt. }) 30. Qe7 Rb8 31. Qxf8+ Rxf8 32. Re7 Rg8 33. Kf2 {mit leichtem technischen Gewinn. Weiss macht sich einfach einen Freibauer auf dem Damenflügel. Schwarz ist an den g7 auf ewig gefesselt, man sieht auch die total unterschiedliche Stärke beider Läufer.}) 25. Qc4 $1 Kh8 26. Bxd4 Qxb2 { muss man sich mit Dauerschach nach} 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. Re7+ Kh6 29. Qe6+ Kh5 $8 30. Qf7+ $8 (30. Rxh7+ $4 Kg4 31. Qg6+ (31. Rh4+ Kf3 32. Rf4+ Ke3 $19) 31... Kf3 32. Qh5+ Ke3 33. Qh6+ Ke2 34. Qa6+ Bd3 35. Re7+ Kd2 36. Qh6+ Kc2 $19) 30... Kg4 $8 (30... Kg5 $4 31. Qg7+ Kh5 32. Qxh7+ Kg4 33. Qh4+ Kf3 34. Qf4+ Ke2 35. Qf2+ $18) 31. Rxe4+ $8 fxe4 32. Qf4+ Kh5 33. Qf5+ ({Das Damenendspiel nach} 33. Qh4+ Kg6 34. Qxe4+ Kg7 35. Qxa8 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qxa2+ { bringt Weiss nur unnötige Risiken.}) 33... Kh6 34. Qf6+ {begnügen.}) 22... Qb8 $8 (22... Qf8 $2 23. Re7 $40) (22... Qc8 $2 23. Re7 a5 (23... Qf8 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Rxg7 $3 $18) 24. Bh6 $3 Ra6 25. Rxg7+ (25. Re8+ $2 Kf7) 25... Kh8 26. Qc5 $1 Rxh6 27. Rxc7 $18) 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Re5 $5 (24. Qxf5 Be4 25. Qf2 { mit weiterem Le3-d4 ist nur minimal besser für Weiss.}) 24... Qb6+ $140 25. Be3 Qxe6 26. Rxe6 {und obwohl Weiss einen Bauern weniger hat, kann er einen kleinen aber dauernden Endspielvorteil behalten. Auf jeden Fall kann er ohne Risiko auf Gewinn spielen.}) 19. f4 Nh3+ $1 $146 {Eine starke Neuerung von Kramnik. Gegen Shirov nur wenige Tage zuvor bei Europa-Cup Finale hat er ohne Erfolg} (19... Re6 {versucht.} {Nach} 20. Qc5 {ist jetzt} Nh3+ {nicht mehr so stark, weil Weiss wird mit dem Angriff gegen Te6 (z.B. nach Sb3-d4) ein wichtiges Tempo gewinnen.} (20... Ne4 {-->Shirov-Kramnik in diesem CBM.}) { Eine Variante zur Illustration des Unterschieds ist} 21. Kg2 Rb8 22. Nb3 d4 $5 (22... Reb6 23. e6 $18) (22... Rbb6 23. Nd4 $18) 23. Nxd4 (23. c4) 23... Rxb2+ (23... Rbb6 24. c4 Rbd6 $1 (24... Qa8+ 25. Qd5 $18) 25. exd6 $1 Rxe1 26. Be3 $8 Rxe3 (26... Rxa1 $4 27. dxc7 Qc8 28. Qd5+ $18) 27. dxc7 Qc8 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Qd8+ Re8 30. Qxc8 Rxc8 31. Re1 g5 32. Re7 gxf4 33. b4 f3+ 34. Nxf3 f4 35. Ne5 f3+ 36. Kf1 Bf5 37. g4 Rg8 38. Nf7+ Kg7 39. Nd6+ Kf6 40. Rf7+ Ke5 41. Nxf5 Rxg4 42. Ke1 f2+ 43. Ke2 Rxc4 44. Ne3 Rc3 45. Kd2 Rc6 46. b5 $18) 24. Bxb2 Qa8+ 25. Nc6 $8 Rxc6 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Rad1 $1 Bxd1 28. Rxd1 {und Weiss gewinnt.}) 20. Kg2 Rb8 21. c4 $1 {Weiss hat die gegnerischen Angriffsmöglichkeiten richtig beurteilt und "zieht die Notbremse" zum Remis.} ({Jetzt wäre} 21. Nb3 { wegen der bedrohten Stellung des weissen Königs sehr riskant:} Rb6 22. Qc5 d4 $1 {und wir sehen den grossen Unterschied gegenüber der oben angeführten Variante! Es droht tödlich Da8, die weisse Antwort ist also erzwungen:} 23. c4 (23. Nxd4 $4 Qa8+ $19) (23. cxd4 $2 Qa8+ 24. d5 Rd8 25. Qc4 Rxd5 {(droht Tb4)} 26. Nd4 Kh8 $19 {und Weiss wird mattgesetzt.}) 23... Kh8 24. Nxd4 (24. Qxd4 $6 Bf3+ $1 ({Nicht aber} 24... Qa8+ 25. Qd5 c6 26. Qd6 (26. Qc5 $2 Rb5 $3 27. Qd4 Rd8 $1 $19 (27... c5+ $4 28. Qd5 $18)) 26... Rd8 27. Nc5 $1 { der einzige Weg zum Blockierung der Diagonale a8-h1} Rxd6 28. exd6 { und alles bleibt noch sehr unklar.}) 25. Kf1 Qa8 $1 26. Nd2 Rd6 $3 27. Qe3 Rxd2 $3 28. Qxd2 (28. Bxd2 Bg4 $1 $19) 28... Rd8 $1 29. Qc2 Be2+ $3 30. Kxe2 Qg2+ 31. Ke3 Qxc2 {und 32...Td3#}) 24... Rd6 $3 25. Be3 (25. exd6 Rxe1 26. Be3 cxd6 {und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 25... Qa8+ 26. Nc6 Rxc6 27. Qxa7 Rxc4+ 28. Qxa8 Rc2+ 29. Kf1 Rxa8 30. Rac1 (30. e6 Bf3 31. Rec1 Rxh2 32. Bg1 Rh1 33. Ke1 Rd8 { mit Matt.}) 30... Rxh2 $19 {und Schwarz gewinnt.}) 21... dxc4 22. Nxc4 (22. Qxc4+ $2 Kh8 {und Weiss hat grosse Probleme mit der Verteidigung gegen die vielen Drohungen von Schwarz.}) 22... Qd3 23. Ne3 ({ Ganz schlecht wäre das passive} 23. Nd2 Kh8 $1 24. Qc4 { , weil Schwarz am einfachsten} Qd8 { spielt, und mit Zugumstellung sind wir bei der Position nach 22.Dxc4.}) { Schwarz muss jetzt Dauerschach mit} 23... Rxb2+ {forcieren, anders zB. nach} ( 23... Kh8 {kommt einfach} 24. Nxg4 fxg4 25. Qe4 { und Weiss gewinnt. Der Springer h3 ist in dem Endspiel ganz "im Abseits".}) 24. Bxb2 Qd2+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 ({Nicht aber} 26. Kg2 $4 Nd1+ 27. Kg1 Qxe1+ 28. Nf1 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Qxf1#) 26... Nh3+ 27. Kh1 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1999.01.25"] [Round "8"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2780"] [Annotator "Lukacs,P"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1999.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.04.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 { Nowadays this old-forgotten line is popular again.} (7... Nd7 {is the beginning of the long theoretical line with only a slight _|_ advantage for White.}) 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 { This exchange of the B is the best continuation according to modern theory.} Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qa6 13. Qf3 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 $142 { This is the improvement here.} (14... Kxd7 { Topalov-Leko, Tilburg Fontys 1998 CBM 68}) 15. Ne4 Nf6 $1 (15... Be7 $6 { runs into} 16. Qg3 $1 $16) (15... c5 $6 { opens up the position before Black has finished his development.} 16. dxc5 Nxc5 (16... Bxc5 17. O-O-O $1 Qxa2 $2 {This loses outright.} 18. Rxd7 Qa1+ 19. Kc2 Qa4+ 20. Kb1 $18) 17. Rd1 $1 (17. O-O-O $6 { seems to be too risky here in view of} Qxa2 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qxb7 O-O $13) ( 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qg3 Kf8) 17... Nxe4 (17... Qxa2 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. b4 Bb6 { Black has to keep his B on the /^ g1-a7 threatening on f2.} (19... Be7 $2 { founders on} 20. Qxb7) 20. O-O O-O 21. Qg3 Kh8 22. Rd7 $1 $44 { with penetration on the seventh rank.}) 18. Qxe4 Be7 (18... Qxa2 $2 19. Qxb7 $18) 19. Rh3 $1 {White wants to control the only opened <-> d.} Rd8 (19... O-O $2 {runs into} 20. Bxh6 $1 f5 ({after} 20... gxh6 $2 {Black cannot avoid mate:} 21. Rg3+ Kh8 22. Qe5+ f6 23. Qh5 $18) 21. Qe3 gxh6 22. Qxh6 $18 { with a devastating -> for White.}) 20. Rhd3 $16) 16. Nd6+ (16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. h5 (17. Bg3 f5 18. Be5 Rg8 {/\ 0-0-0}) (17. g4 Qb5 $1 { Black has to activate his Q and threatening with the centralization by Qd5.} 18. O-O-O Qd5 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. h5 Kd7 (20... Rg8 21. f3) 21. f3 Bd6 22. Be3 b5 $11) 17... O-O-O $142 {and the Q on a6 has an ideal position.} (17... f5 18. Qg3 $1 $14)) 16... Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Qb5 (17... O-O-O $2 18. Be7) 18. Be5 (18. O-O-O {is met again by the standard} Qd5 $11) 18... Qd5 { Black has to control the [+].} (18... Qxb2 $2 { hunting for pawns is not healthy here:} 19. O-O $1 Qa3 (19... O-O-O $4 { allows the quick execution after} 20. Rab1 Qa3 21. Rxb7 $1 $18) 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qxf6 $16) 19. Rh3 (19. Qg3 $5 Qe4+ $142 {This is the best reaction here.} ( 19... O-O-O $5 {unnecessarily complicates matters.} 20. Qxg7 Qe4+ 21. Kf1 Ng4 22. Rh3 $1 {other moves fail to impress:} (22. Qxf7 $2 Ne3+ $1) (22. Qxh8 $2 Rxh8 23. Bxh8 Qc2 $1 $19) (22. Re1 Qd3+ 23. Kg1 Qd2 24. Qxg4 (24. Rf1 Nxe5 25. dxe5 (25. Qxe5 Qxb2) 25... Qxb2 $1 26. Qxf7 Qxa2 $15) 24... Qxe1+ 25. Kh2 Qxf2 26. Bxh8 Rxh8 $11) 22... Nxe5 (22... Rhg8 $2 23. Qxf7 Nxe5 (23... Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Nxe5+ 25. Qxg8 Rxg8+ 26. Rg3 $18) 24. Qxe6+ $18) 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. dxe5 Rd2 25. Rb1 Rhd8 26. Rf3 $14 {with better chances in the R _|_.}) 20. Kd2 (20. Kf1 Nh5 21. Qh3 O-O-O $11) 20... Qg4 $1 {Otherwise White gets the upper hand:} (20... O-O-O 21. Rhe1 Qf5 22. f3) (20... Nh5 21. Qh3 O-O-O (21... Nf4 22. Qe3 $1 Qxe3+ 23. fxe3 $14) 22. Rhe1 Qg6 23. g4 Nf6 24. f3 $14) 21. Qe3 Nd5 $11 { with mutual chances.}) 19... Qxf3 20. Rxf3 Ke7 $11 { This _|_ is completely sound for Black.} 21. O-O-O Rhd8 22. Rg1 h5 23. Re1 Rd7 24. Kc2 Rg8 25. Bf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1999.01.24"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Timman, Jan H"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2784"] [BlackElo "2649"] [Annotator "Wedberg,T"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1999.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.04.01"] 1. e4 {Hansen,Cu} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Nd4 Ne6 12. Nxe6 {A deviation from the old main line. Since the main line 12.Be3 seems to yield only a minute plus for White 12.Nxe6 is worth trying.} (12. Nf5 { allows Black to free himself in the centre with} f6 ({or even} 12... d5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Qf3 d5 15. Qg3 Bf6 $11 { 0-1 Belik,D-Bastian,H/BL2-S 1993/GER-chT2 (50)}) 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. exf6 (14. f4 fxe5 15. Qxe5 d6 16. Qe4 d5 17. Qe5 Qf6 $11 { 0-1 Shetty,R-Prasad,D/Kasaragod 1996/EXT 98 (35)}) (14. b3 f5 15. Bb2 Rf7 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Qc4 a5 18. Qd3 Qh4 $13 { 1/2-1/2 Van den Berg,C-Lehmann,H/Beverwijk 1966/MCD (31)}) 14... Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qg6 16. Ng3 d5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Leffmann,K-Schottlaender,A/Nuernberg 1883/HCL (42)} ) (12. Be3 {is the "official" main line} Nxd4 13. Bxd4 c5 14. Be3 d5 15. exd6 Bxd6 {Is White better due to a more harmonious P-formation or is Black OK with his pair of B:s?} (15... cxd6 $2 16. Bxc5 $1 $16) 16. Ne4 Bb7 17. Nxd6 (17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxg2 $11) 17... cxd6 18. Rad1 {d6 is a weak spot, but Black seems to be able to protect it by threatening to attack g2. All in all a fairly even position.} (18. Qg4 Qf6 19. c4 Rfe8 20. Rad1 Re6 21. Re2 Rae8 22. Red2 Qe5 23. Qg3 Qe4 24. Rd3 Rg6 $17 { 0-1 Donoso Velasco,P-Sanguineti,R/Winnipeg 1974/EXT 98 (56)}) 18... Qf6 19. c4 Rae8 (19... Rfe8 20. Qg4 Bc6 21. Re2 Re4 22. Qg3 Qe6 23. h3 Rd8 24. Red2 Re5 25. Bh6 $16 {1-0 Tarrasch,S-Lasker,E/Germany 1908/MainBase (32)}) 20. f3 Re6 21. Qf2 Rfe8 22. b3 h6 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Marjanovic,S-Bastian,H/BL8889 1989/GER-chT (42)}) 12... fxe6 { Hansen,Cu: 'How to evaluate this position? The critical question is what black can do with his Bs - and especially Bc8. If he could open the /^ a8-h1 he would most probably be doing fine.'} 13. b3 {'?!' Hansen,Cu. Hansen,Cu: 'A strange move. Black should at some point - as mentioned - play c6-c5. If white puts his B on b2 black will have no problems. If white puts pressuce on d7 Bb7-c6 would be a good defensive move. The only chance would be to stop c6-c5 or after c6-c5 to attack the P instantly by Bc1-e3, and Qe2-c4 or maybe even Nc3-a4. The idea would be to win c5 or at least force black to losen his structure with d7-d6.'} (13. Ne4 d5 14. Ng3 Bc5 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Qg4 Bb6 $11 { 0-1 Chekhover,V-Gothilf,S/Leningrad 1938/HCL (41)}) (13. Be3 $5 {Hansen,Cu}) 13... Qe8 (13... Bb7 $5 {Hansen,Cu}) 14. Be3 (14. Bb2 Bb7 15. Qg4 { 1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Smyslov,V/Tilburg 1979/MCL/[Ftacnik] (15)}) 14... Rf5 { '!' Hansen,Cu.} (14... Bb7 {Hansen,Cu} 15. Ne4 Qg6 (15... c5 16. Bxc5 $16 (16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Qg6 $36) 16... Bxe4 17. Bxe7 Bf3 $5 18. gxf3 Qxe7 { is probably not quite enough compensation for the P}) 16. Bc5 $1 $16 { Blocking the /^ for Bb7 and securing white a clear positional advantage}) 15. Ne4 a5 {'?!' Hansen,Cu.} ({The crude} 15... Rxe5 {gives White a plus after} 16. Bf4 Rf5 17. Bxc7 { Hansen,Cu: 'and the weakness of d6 seems to give white a clear advantage'} Qf8 (17... d5 $6 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 $16) 18. Rad1 d5 19. Ng3 Rf7 20. Be5 Bc5 21. Bd4 (21. Rf1 a5 22. a4 Ba6 23. c4 $13) 21... Bxd4 22. Rxd4 e5 23. Qxe5 Rxf2 24. c4 $14) (15... Bb7 $5 {Recommended by Michael Greengard (Mig) in his online column in The Week In Chess and he has a point. Intending to create play against g2 seems a much better option than wasting time on opening the a-file for White.} 16. Bd4 (16. Nc5 $2 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 d6 $1 18. Bd4 c5 19. Bb2 Qg6 $40) (16. c4 {Hansen,Cu This is probably whites best chance for a slight advantage} Qg6 17. Bc5 $1) (16. Rad1 Rxe5 17. Bf4 Ra5 18. Bxc7 Rxa2 19. Bd6 $44) (16. f4 c5 $132 (16... Qg6 17. Bc5 $14)) 16... Qg6 (16... c5 $1 { This is a big difference compared to the game} 17. Nxc5 (17. Bxc5 $2 Rxe5) 17... Bxc5 18. Bxc5 Qg6 $44 {/^ a8-h1}) 17. Ng3 (17. f3 c5 18. Bb2 Raf8 $132) 17... c5 18. Bb2 Raf8 $132) 16. Bd4 a4 17. c4 Bb7 18. Ng3 Rf4 19. Be3 Rf7 20. c5 $1 $16 {'!' Hansen,Cu. Gaining space and hemming both Black's B:s. From now on Pd7 is permanently weak. Hansen,Cu: 'The /^ was never opened for blacks white squared B and now he has a very passive position'} Ba6 21. Qd2 Bh4 {'?!' Hansen,Cu.} (21... Bb5 {Hansen,Cu} 22. Ne4 $16) 22. Ne4 Rf5 $6 23. Qd4 Be7 {'?' Hansen,Cu.} (23... axb3 24. axb3 Be7 25. Red1 $16 {>' Wedberg.}) ( 23. Ra4 $5 Nxb3 24. Bxb4 Rfe8 {still nothing clear.}) 23... Bxa5 24. Re3 $3 { '!' Wedberg. Much better than to take on f8 immediatly.} Bb6 (24... Rfe8 25. d6 $1 (25. Ne2 Qh6 26. Kg2 Nd3) (25. d6 {Wedberg} Qh6 26. Kg2 Nd3 27. d7 $18)) 25. Ne2 Qh6 26. Kg2 {Wedberg: 'Anand is weawing a net around the Black Q.'} Bxe3 27. g5 Qxh3+ $1 {Queen sacrifice which leads to very complicative position,were black has 2 rooks for queen and knight,but the initiative of black is very dangerous.} (27... Bxg5 28. Bxg5 Bc2 29. Bxc2 Qa6 {again very d to give evoluation to this position with very unusual material(3 light pieces against 2 rooks),but white has good chances to attack the black king. All programs evaluated this position like black is better,but in my opinion the advantage on white's side.}) (27... Qh5 {Wedberg} 28. Ng3 $18) 28. Kxh3 Nd3 29. Qa1 $1 {The best place for the queen-in the corner!} Nxf2+ 30. Kg2 Rfe8 ( 30... Rxb3 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Ned4 $1 $18) 31. Qa3 { Wedberg: 'White protects his pieces and keeps the advantage.'} Nd3 32. Nc3 $2 ( 32. Ba4 $1 Rxb2 $1 (32... Bc5 33. Bxc5 Rxe2+ 34. Kg3 $16 Rbxb2 $140 35. Bc2 $1) 33. Qxb2 (33. Bxe8 $2 Rxe2+ 34. Kg3 Bf4+ 35. Kg4 Rg2+ $19) 33... Nxb2 34. Bxe8 $16) 32... Bc1 33. Nd1 Be4 34. Ba4 Ne5 $2 $138 {Black had 3 moves-candidates. To choose the best black had to calculate "few" variations.Oll was in time-trouble,and hadn't time to calculate the right move.And another time 34... Ne5 looks logical,but logic doesn't work in crazy positions like this one.} ( 34... Ra8 $142 $1 { I think that Anand understimated this move,while played 32.Nc3.} 35. Bxe8 (35. Kg3 Bf4+ 36. Kg4 h5+ 37. gxh6 f5+) 35... Rxa3 36. bxa3 Ne5 $3 { and black has better ending.} (36... Ne1+ 37. Kf2 Nxf3 38. Nc3 Bxg5 (38... Nd2 39. Ne2 Bxa3 40. Bxa3 Bxd5 $11) 39. Nxe4 Bxe7 40. Kxf3 Bxa3 $11)) (34... Ne1+ 35. Kf2 Nxf3 (35... Nd3+ 36. Kf1) 36. Bxe8 Rxe8 37. Qa4 $1) (34... Ra8 $5 { Wedberg}) 35. Bxe8 Rxe8 36. Kg3 Bxf3 37. Qc3 $1 Bxd1 { I think that here was the hole in Oll's calculations:} (37... Rxe7 38. d6 $1 { That's the point!In case of} (38. Qxc1 Bxd5 39. Qc5 Rd7 {black is ok.}) 38... Re8 39. dxc7 $18) 38. Qxe5 {Look at the way the queen made in this game!} Ba4 39. b4 {/\Qxc7,/\Qa1} 1-0 [Event "Tilburg Fontys"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1998.11.04"] [Round "11"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2795"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "1998.10.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Na3 Qa5+ 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. O-O dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Be4 15. Rac1 Bd5 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Rxc8+ Nxc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tilburg Fontys"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1998.11.03"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Sadler, Matthew D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2660"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1998.10.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g3 Rc8 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Bh3 Rc7 16. Kb1 h4 17. Qe1 Kf8 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Rh5 20. Bg2 Rc4 21. Rf1 Rf5 22. Qxh4 Nh5 23. Qh3 g6 24. Rfe1 Bf6 25. Be4 Rxf4 26. Qd3 Rc7 27. Bf3 Rh4 28. Qd2 Kg7 29. c3 Be5 30. Rxe5 dxe5 31. d6 Rd7 32. Qe1 e4 33. Qxh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tilburg Fontys"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1998.11.02"] [Round "9"] [White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Lutz,C"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "1998.10.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 $5 (10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 {kam zuletzt häufig vor, aber die Partien von Anand zeigten daß Schwarz keine Probleme hat.}) 10... c5 ( 10... Qc7 {1-0 Zvjaginsev,V-Stripunsky,A/Kazan 1995/CBM 51/[Dolmatov] (37)}) 11. Rd1 (11. b3 { 1/2-1/2 Granda Zuniga,J-Nogueiras,J/Ponferrada 1997/CBM 61/[Nogueiras] (32)}) 11... Qc7 12. Ne4 $146 (12. Qe2 { 1-0 Krasenkow,M-Nogly,C/Dortmund 1992/CBM 29 (35)}) 12... Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qh4 cxd4 15. Bd3 (15. Qxd4 $2 Rd8 $17) 15... h6 (15... dxe3 16. Bxe3 $44) 16. exd4 $6 (16. e4 $5 {ist Anands Vorschlag in NIC 8/1998. Die Drohung ist Bxh6.} Nd7 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Rac1 Qd8 19. Qxh6 Qf6 (19... Be5 20. Ng5 Nf6 21. f4 Bxf4 22. e5 Bxe5 23. Rf1 $18) 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 21. e5 $16 {Anand}) 16... Nd5 { Die entstandene Isolani-Stellung ist anscheinend harmlos.} 17. Bd2 (17. Qe4 Nf6 ) 17... Qe7 18. Bg5 (18. Qe4 Nf6 19. Qe2 Bd7 $11) 18... f6 19. Qe4 (19. Bd2 f5 $11) 19... fxg5 (19... hxg5 $2 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. Bg6#) 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. Qg6+ ( 21. Bg6+ $6 Kf6 22. Nd2 (22. Bh5 Nf4 $17) 22... Qd7) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tilburg Fontys"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1998.10.31"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "Ribli,Z"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1998.10.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 (5... Nxd5 {Das ist die "Halb-Tarrasch"- oder "Semi-Tarrasch"-Verteidigung. In der normalen Tarrasch-Verteidigung nimmt Schwarz mit dem Bauern auf d5. Ribli.}) (5... exd5 6. Bg5 $14) 6. Qxd4 (6. Qa4+ $5 Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8. Nxd5 (8. Bg5) 8... Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Bc5 10. Qh4 Na6 $44 { Schwarz ist als Kompensation für den Bauern gut entwickelt.}) (6. Nxd4 Nxd5 $11 ) 6... Nxd5 7. e4 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 Nc6 9. a3 $5 (9. Bb5 Bd7 10. O-O Qb6 11. a4 Qc5 12. Qd3 Qd6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. e5 Bc5 15. Rd1 a6 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bf4 Nb4 18. Be4 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Adams,M/Groningen 1997/CBM 63 (48)}) 9... Bd7 (9... Qa5 $2 10. b4 Qd8 (10... Nxb4 $4 11. Bd2 $18) 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Rd1 $16) 10. Be2 Rc8 ( 10... Qf6 $2 11. e5 (11. Qxf6 $6 gxf6 $11) 11... Qg6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rd1 $16) 11. O-O Na5 12. Qd3 $1 (12. Qe3 Bc5 13. Qf4 Nb3 14. Qg3 Nxc1 15. Raxc1 O-O 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Bc4 e5 { 1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Adams,M/Linares 1997/CBM 57 (32)}) (12. Qe5 Nb3 13. Rb1 Qf6 ( 13... Qc7 14. Qxc7 Rxc7 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Ne5 Ba4 17. Rfe1 f6 18. Nc4 e5 19. Be3 b5 20. Nd2 a6 21. Nxb3 Bxb3 22. Rbc1 { 1-0 Winter,A-Wolf,S/BLW-9293 1993/EXT 97-B (30)}) 14. Qg3 Qg6 (14... Nxc1 15. Rbxc1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qxb2 17. Qb8+ Ke7 18. Re1 (18. Rd1 Qxe2 19. Qd6+ Kf6 $11) 18... g6 19. e5 Qb6 $13 {Und Schwarz plant Bg7.}) 15. Qf4 Bc5 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Qg3 Qg6 18. Qf4 Qf6 19. Qg3 Qg6 { 1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Moskalenko,V/Alushta 1993/CBM 36 (44)}) 12... Ba4 { Es scheint, Schwarz bekäme ausgezeichnetes Gegenspiel, denn der Punkt b3 ist schwach. Aber Weiß hat großen Entwicklungsvorsprung.} (12... Be7 13. b4 $1 (13. Rd1 Ba4 $11) 13... Nc6 (13... Nc4 14. Qd4 Nb6 15. Bb2 $14) 14. Bb2 $14) 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Be3 $14 Nb3 (14... a6 15. Rac1 $14 (15. Bb6 Nb3 16. Rad1 (16. Bxd8 Nxa1 17. Rxa1 Kxd8 18. Ne5 Ke7 $11) 16... Rc8)) 15. Bd1 $1 b5 $6 { Schwarz möchte die Blindpartie Kramnik - Van Wely, Monaco 1998 verbessern, aber ohne Erfolg. Meines Erachtens ist die ganze Variante vorteilhaft für Weiß. } (15... a6 16. Bxb3 Bxb3 17. Rac1 Bd6 18. Bb6 Ra8 19. Nd4 Ba4 20. Rc4 Bd7 21. Rd1 O-O 22. e5 Bb5 23. Nxb5 axb5 24. Re4 Be7 25. Rd7 $16 Rfc8 26. g3 Bf8 27. Rxb7 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo 1998/CBM 63 ext (46)}) 16. Bxb3 $1 $16 {Das ist eine einfache und starke Entscheidung. Weiß gibt das Läuferpaar auf, aber erlangt überzeugende Initiative am Damenflügel.} Bxb3 17. Rfc1 { Der schwarze Läufer b3 ist in schwerer Not. Dank seines Zuges 15...b5 hat Schwarz für ihn keine Rückzugsmöglichkeit in der Diagonalen a4-e8.} e5 { Schwarz möchte seinen Läufer b3 befreien.} (17... a6 18. Bb6 Ra8 19. Nd2 Bc4 20. Nxc4 bxc4 21. Rxc4 $18 {Weiß hat nur einen Bauern mehr, aber seine Aktivität am Damenflügel entscheidet die Partie.}) (17... a5 18. Nd2 a4 19. Nxb3 axb3 20. Rc3 $18) 18. Nxe5 a6 19. Nc6 $18 {Und die schwarze Stellung ist hoffnungslos, so daß Kortschnoj aufgab. Ich glaube, das war die kürzeste Verlustpartie seiner Karriere.} (19. Nc6 Rd6 20. Nd4 Bc4 (20... Be6 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Rc8+ Kd7 23. Rac1 $18) 21. b3 $18) 1-0 [Event "Tilburg Fontys"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1998.10.30"] [Round "7"] [White "Van Wely, Loek"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E13"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2795"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1998.10.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. fxg3 d6 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. g4 Nf6 16. h3 h5 17. gxh5 Nxh5 18. g4 Ng3 19. Rf2 f5 20. Kh2 Ne4 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rf2+ 25. Kg1 Qf7 26. Re1 Kg7 27. a4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tilburg Fontys"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1998.10.29"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2715"] [Annotator "Golod,V"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1998.10.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 $5 { Is the main line,other alternatives are:} (6. Bg5 $5) (6. Bd2 $5) ({Dubious:} 6. g3) ({and} 6. e3) 6... Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O $5 {Is the main move.} ({ Black has several options:} 7... a5 $5 8. b3 O-O (8... d6 $5 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. O-O Ng5 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Bykhovsky,A-Kuzmin,G/Irkutsk 1983/MCD (19)}) 9. Bb2 (9. e3 $5 d6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. O-O Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Ne1 $14 { 0-1 Polugaevsky,L-Speelman,J/London 1984/MCL (32)}) 9... c5 10. e3 Na6 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Qd3 d5 13. O-O a4 { 1/2-1/2 Chekhov,V-Kurajica,B/Banja Luka 1983/MCL (36) +/=/=}) (7... c5 $6 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Qc2 d6 12. O-O Nd7 13. b3 Qe7 14. Bb2 $14 { 1-0 Frias,V-Burger,K/New York 1983/MCD (55)}) (7... Nc6 $5 8. e3 Ne7 9. Bd3 Be4 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O c6 12. b3 h6 13. Bb2 Bh7 14. Nd2 Rc8 15. b4 d5 { 1/2-1/2 Razuvaev,Y-Gurgenidze,B/Riga 1985/URS-ch (28) +/=/=}) ({ Also was checked repeatedly in the previous games:} 7... Ne4 $5) ({and} 7... d6 $5) 8. Bg5 $5 ({Besides,white has two principales moves:} 8. g3 $5) (8. e3 $5) ({and also:} 8. b4) 8... h6 $5 ({Another alternative:} 8... d6 $5) 9. Bh4 c5 $5 (9... d6 $5 {is the main move.}) ({Dubious:} 9... g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. e3 d6 13. O-O-O (13. Nd2 $143 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qf6 15. O-O-O Nd7 16. Rh2 c5 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Hillarp Persson,T-Stefansson,H/Reykjavic 1997/CBM 62 ext (30)}) 13... Nd7 14. Bd3 Qe7 15. Ne1 Kg7 16. f3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 c5 18. Qc3 $14 { 1-0 Taimanov,M-Parma,B/URS 1964/MCD (58)}) 10. Rd1 $5 $146 ({Worse is:} 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. e3 Kf8 15. Be2 Ke7 $11 {0-1 Knechtel,R-Menacher,M/GER 1992/EXT 99 (40)}) ({and} 10. e3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 d6 14. O-O g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Rad1 Nxg3 17. fxg3 { 1/2-1/2 Chabanon,J-Mednis,E/Cannes 1992/TD (17)}) 10... Ne4 $5 ({Badly:} 10... g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qc2 {and white has a big advantage.}) 11. Qc2 (11. Bxd8 $2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 $8 (12. Rd3 $2 Na4 $17) (12. Rc1 $2 Nxe2 13. Bxe2 Rxd8 $17) 12... Rxd8 13. e3 $15) 11... Qe8 $5 {/\f5(>7}) 17. Nc5 Bxf2+ $2 {'?!' Blatny,P. Blatny,P: 'Schwarz hat den wichtigen Unterschied gegenueber oben genannten Partie nicht entdeckt. Das Opfer funktioniert jetzt nicht mehr.'} (17... Rae8 $2 18. Bg5 $1 $18) (17... f4 18. Re6 $1 (18. Nxb7 Qg6 19. Kf1 (19. Bxc6 Bf3) 19... Bxf2 $1 20. Bxc6 Bxe1 $19) 18... Qd8 19. Nd3 $1 (19. Nxb7 $2 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 (20. Kh1 Qh4 21. Bxc6 (21. Bf1 f3 22. Qxc6 fxg2+ 23. Bxg2 Bf3 $19) 21... Bf3 $1) 20... Qh4+ 21. Kg1 f3 22. Qc2 (22. Bxc6 Qg3 23. Qc2 f2+ 24. Kf1 Qxg2+ $1 25. Kxg2 f1=Q+ $19) 22... f2+ 23. Kf1 Qg3 $19) (19. f3 $5 Bxf3 (19... Qg5 20. g4 $1) 20. gxf3 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Qg3 22. Qc2 Qxh3+ 23. Qh2 Qxf3+ 24. Qg2 $14) (19. Bf1 { A good defensive move.} Qc8 20. Bd2 $14) 19... f3 20. g3 $16) (17... Nd8 { Not pretty, but Black has to grovel a bit since his attack will not work.} 18. Bf1 $1 {Qd7} c6 (18... b6 19. Nd3 Ne6 20. Qb4 $1 $16) 19. Nd3 Ne6 20. b3 $1 $16 ) 18. Kxf2 Qh2 19. Bxc6 bxc6 (19... f4 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Nd3 $1 f3 22. Nf4 Rxf4 (22... fxg2 23. Bxg2 Rxf4+ 24. Bxf4 Rf8 25. Re4 $18) 23. Bxf4 Qxg2+ 24. Ke3 $18 ) 20. Qxc6 f4 {Black has nothing else.} 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 (21... Bf7 22. Qf3 (22. Qg5 {Is also possible.}) 22... Bh5 23. Qxh5 {Transposes}) 22. Qxh5 f3 { In my preparation, I had analysed 23.Qxf3, but during the game, I noticed that White has 23.Bxh6 .} (22... Qg3+ 23. Kf1 f3 24. gxf3 { Quite simple - the knight on c5 and the queen on h5 control all the keysquares. } Rxf3+ 25. Ke2 $18) 23. Qxf3 $1 { Actually, this is quite a safe line, so I decided to stick to it.} (23. Bh6 $1 {This seems to be correct.} fxg2+ 24. Ke3 Qg3+ (24... g1=Q+ 25. Rxg1 Qf2+ 26. Kd3 Rf3+ 27. Qxf3 $1 Qxf3+ 28. Be3 $18 {Similar to the game.}) 25. Kd2 g1=Q { At this point, I decided that23.Qxf3 was much more sensible. After I played it, I realized that 26.Bxg7+ was winning for White.} (25... Rf2+ 26. Re2 g1=Q 27. Rxg1 Qxg1 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qe5+ $18) 26. Bxg7+ $1 (26. Rxg1 $2 Rf2+ 27. Qe2 Rxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Re8+ $19) 26... Kg8 27. Rxg1 Rf2+ 28. Qe2 Rxe2+ 29. Kxe2 Re8+ 30. Be5 $18) 23... Rxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Rf8+ 25. Ke2 Qxg2+ (25... Re8+ $1 { More accurate.} 26. Be3 Qxg2+ 27. Kd3 Qxb2 28. Bc1 $1 Qb5+ 29. c4 Qc6 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Be3 $18) 26. Kd3 Qxh3+ 27. Kc2 $1 (27. Be3 { My original intention, but at the board, I changed my mind.} Rf2 $1 { This complicates matters a bit.}) 27... Qg2+ (27... Qf5+ 28. Nd3 $18) 28. Bd2 Qg6+ 29. Re4 $1 (29. Nd3 Rf3 30. Re3) 29... h5 (29... Re8 30. Rg1 $1 $18) 30. Rae1 Re8 31. Kc1 Rxe4 32. Nxe4 $1 {This finishes it - after Ng5, Black's pawns are firmly blockaded. Hecht: 'Der Springer gelangt nach g5, wonach die schwarzen Freibauern keine Gefahr mehr darstellen. Dagegen geht es dem schwarzen König an den Kragen.'} h4 33. Ng5 Qh5 34. Re3 Kg8 35. c4 { Kramnik resigned.} 1-0 [Event "Tilburg Fontys"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1998.10.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Lautier, Joel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1998.10.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] {In Belgrade last year, I started with the same opponents - Lautier and Kramnik (the colors were different), and shared first place with Ivanchuk. Even so, I obviously didn't want to repeat my first round result!} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 {I expected 4...e6 and had planned 5.Nb5 against that. Here I thought for a while, but in the end decided to go for it anyway.} 5. Nb5 Qb8 6. c4 Nf6 7. N5c3 e6 8. Be2 Be7 (8... Bc5 9. a3 a5 10. Nd2) 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Rd8 {Black hopes to get d7-d5 in one go.} 11. a3 $1 { While the plan of a3, b4 followed by Ra2 may not be the most natural one, White needs to watch out for d7-d5.} (11. Nd2 d5 $11) 11... b6 12. b4 { I was sure during the game and was amazed to discover afterwards that this is all well-known and had been played as long backas1936!!} Bb7 13. Ra2 $1 (13. f4 $2 d5 (13... d6 {Was played in Kan-Flohr Moscow 1936!! Subsequently, Polugaevsky improved on Black's play against Bagirov (though he lost).}) 14. exd5 exd5 15. cxd5 (15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bf6 $15) 15... Bf8 {Bagirov-Polugaev sky Moscow 1960. Black recaptures the pawn with Ne7 and is slightly better.}) 13... d6 (13... d5 $2 14. exd5 exd5 15. cxd5 Ne5 16. Rd2 $16) 14. f4 Qc7 15. Bf3 Nb8 {A typical move in these positions - the knight is better placed on d7. } 16. Rc2 Nbd7 (16... Qxc4 $2 {During the game, I briefly looked at this - Black meets Nd5 with Nxd5 and afterwards Joel and I looked at it briefly.} 17. Qc1 $1 {At home, I noticed this move and it does seem to be quite strong. The point is that in addition to Nd5, White also threatens e5.} (17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 (18. Rxc4 Nxe3 19. Qb3 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Nd7 $44) 18... Qb3) (17. Rc1 { I was curious to see if Fritz would find Qc1, but it came up with this instead. } Nbd7 $1 (17... Qc8 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Rc7 Nxd5 20. Rxd7 Nxe3 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Qxd6 $18) (17... h6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 (18... exd5 19. Rxc4 dxc4 20. Nc3 $16) 19. exd5 Qa6 20. dxe6 $16) (17... Rd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qa6 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. f5 e5 22. Bd5+ Kf8 23. b5 Qxb5 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Rc8+) 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qa6 $13) 17... Rc8 (17... Nbd7 18. e5 (18. Nd5 Qxf1+ 19. Qxf1 exd5 20. Rc7 $16) 18... Bxf3 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Rxf3 Rac8 21. Rff2 $16) (17... Qc8 18. Ne2 $1 $18 (18. Nd5 $2 exd5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 $17)) 18. e5 $1 Bxf3 19. exf6 Bxg2 20. Nd5 $1 ( 20. Rff2 Bb7 (20... Bxf6 21. Ne4 $18) 21. fxe7 Nc6 $44) 20... exd5 (20... Bxd5 21. fxe7 $18) 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. fxe7 Nc6 23. Kxg2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 $18) 17. Nb5 { Trying to get the knight to d4, but this isn't possible - so the best would have been 17.Nd2} (17. Nd2 $1 a6 18. g4 Rac8 19. g5 Ne8 { In the game, I felt that Black had a slightly better version of this.}) 17... Qb8 18. Nd2 (18. N1c3 $2 a6 19. Nd4 Ne5 $1 20. Qe2 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Re8 $1 22. f5 Bf8 $132) 18... a6 19. Nc3 { Well, no harm done - Black returns to c7, or so I thought.} Ra7 $1 {Funnily, Jo el wasn't as impressed as I was by this move, but getting the rook to c7 is absolutely correct.} 20. g4 {I have played the White side of the Be2 Classical Scheveningen quite often, but it was quite confusing to have the Maroczy structure as well!! I felt initially that I should be much better, but later realized that the absence of the knight on d4 (if Nd2 were on d4, would be a accurate evaluation) outweighed the advantage of having so much queenside space. The knight on d2 is not very impressive and in fact doesn't make a single move in the rest of the game!} Ba8 21. g5 Ne8 22. Bg4 {White doesn't really threaten f5, but there's no harm in keeping some pressure on e6.} Rc7 23. Qf3 (23. f5 exf5 $1 (23... Nf8 $6 $16) 24. Bxf5 (24. exf5 Ne5 25. f6 $2 gxf6 26. Bf5 fxg5 27. Qh5 Ng6 $17) 24... Ne5) 23... g6 24. Qh3 Ng7 25. Ne2 $1 { I couldn't break through immediately, I decided to get out of the c-file. The Rc2 can try and get to h3 and the knight to d4. A bit long term, admittedly, but I was afraid to open the position without adequate preparation.} (25. f5 exf5 26. exf5 gxf5 (26... Nxf5 $2 27. Rxf5 $1 gxf5 28. Bxf5 Nf8 29. Bd4 $40) 27. Bxf5 (27. Rxf5 Ne5) 27... Nxf5 28. Qxf5 Ne5 $132) 25... Re8 (25... b5 26. Nd4 bxc4 27. f5 $40) (25... d5 $2 26. f5) 26. Rc3 { Now Bd4 is a serious threat since White is finally ready for Qh6 and Rh3} Qd8 { Protecting Nd7 so that Bd4 can be met by e5.} 27. Rd3 b5 $4 { Joel missed a simple tactical threat and the game is over.} (27... Bf8 $1 { We spent a lot of time analysing this position afterwards, but the middlegame is just beginning.} 28. Bd4 b5 {Now possible.} 29. cxb5 axb5 $13 {It is impossi ble to analyse such a position, where both sides have many possible moves.}) 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Nd4 $1 { Now Joel realized that White attacks both Pb5 and Pe6!} Nf8 (29... Qb8 30. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 31. Bxe6+ Nxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kf8 33. f5 $18) (29... Rb7 30. Nxe6 (30. Nc6 Qc7 31. Rc3 Nb8 32. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $16) 30... fxe6 31. Bxe6+ Nxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kf8 33. Bd4 $1 Qc7 34. Qh3 $1 h5 (34... Kg8 35. Rc3 Qd8 36. Qe6+ Kf8 37. f5 $1) 35. f5 $1 $40 (35. gxh6 Bf6 36. e5)) 30. Nxb5 {This knight went to b5 4 times in this game, but the last two sorties were decisive!} Rd7 31. Nc3 f6 $2 (31... f5 32. gxf6 $16) 32. f5 $1 $18 exf5 (32... gxf5 33. exf5 e5 34. Nd5 $1 $18) 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Bxf5 Nxf5 35. Qxf5 Qc8 36. Bd4 Rc7 37. Qxc8 Rexc8 38. gxf6 Bd8 39. Nb5 {Again! This time, f6-f7 can't be stopped, so Joel resigned.} (39. Nb5 Rd7 40. f7+ Rxf7 41. Rxf7 Kxf7 42. Nxd6+ $18) 1-0 [Event "Villarrobledo op"] [Site "Villarrobledo"] [Date "1998.08.23"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Chernin, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "20"] [EventDate "1998.08.??"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nc6 9. Ne2 Nd7 10. c3 e5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Villarrobledo op"] [Site "Villarrobledo"] [Date "1998.08.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Korneev, Oleg"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C83"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2600"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "1998.08.??"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 O-O 12. Re1 d4 13. Nb3 dxc3 14. bxc3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Rad8 16. Bg5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Na4 18. Na5 Nxa5 19. Bxe7 Re8 20. Ng5 Nxc3 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Rd3 Nd5 23. Bc5 g6 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Rxd5 Kxh7 26. f4 Kg7 27. Rd7 Rc6 28. Be7 Rc1+ 29. Kf2 Rc2+ 30. Kf3 Nc6 31. Bf6+ Kf8 32. Kg3 Ke8 33. Rxc7 Nd4 34. Re7+ Kf8 35. Ra7 Ke8 36. Rxa6 Nf5+ 37. Kf3 Nd4+ 38. Ke4 Ne6 39. Ra8+ Kd7 40. Ra7+ Kc6 41. g3 Rxh2 42. a3 Ra2 43. Be7 Re2+ 44. Kf3 Rc2 45. Bb4 Nd4+ 46. Kg4 Nf5 47. Kg5 Rg2 48. Kf6 Rxg3 49. Rxf7 Nd4 50. e6 Re3 51. e7 Kd7 52. Rf8 Re6+ 53. Kf7 1-0 [Event "Villarrobledo op"] [Site "Villarrobledo"] [Date "1998.08.23"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2780"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1998.08.??"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. h3 Nd7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. a3 a5 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Nc4 b5 13. Nd2 Rd8 14. a4 b4 15. Ncb1 Ba6 16. Nb3 c4 17. Nxa5 Nb8 18. Nd2 cxd3 19. Nac4 dxc2 20. Qxc2 Nd7 21. Rfd1 c5 22. Na5 Qe6 23. Ndc4 Bf8 24. Rd5 Nb6 25. Rxe5 Bxc4 26. Rxe6 Bxe6 27. Nc6 Rdc8 28. Ne5 Bg7 29. f4 b3 30. Qf2 Rxa4 31. Rxa4 Nxa4 32. f5 Bxf5 33. Nxf7 Bxe4 34. Nh6+ Kh8 35. Qf7 Bxb2 36. Bg5 Bd4+ 37. Kh1 1-0 [Event "Villarrobledo op"] [Site "Villarrobledo"] [Date "1998.08.23"] [Round "8"] [White "Smirin, Ilia"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2795"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "1998.08.??"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nh4 c5 8. c3 Be4 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. g3 Be7 12. Ng2 cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Be3 Nb6 15. Rc1 Nd5 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. Qxe4 Qxb2 18. Bd3 g6 19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Bb3 Rad8 21. Rc2 Qa3 22. Nf4 Qb4 23. Nd3 Qb5 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Qb4 26. Rd1 Rd7 27. Qh4 Rfd8 28. Qf6 Qxc5 29. Bh6 Qf8 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. d5 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 Rfd8 33. Rb1 exd5 34. e6 fxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kg7 36. f4 d4 37. f5 d3 38. f6+ Kf8 39. Qe3 d2 40. Rd1 Kf7 41. Qh6 Kxf6 42. Rf1+ Ke6 43. Qe3+ Ne5 44. Qb3+ Rd5 45. Rd1 Kf6 46. Qxb7 R8d7 47. Qb8 Kg7 48. Kg2 h5 49. Kh3 Ng4 50. Rf1 Rf5 51. Qb2+ Kh7 52. Rxf5 gxf5 0-1 [Event "Villarrobledo op"] [Site "Villarrobledo"] [Date "1998.08.22"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2550"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "1998.08.??"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 a6 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qb3 Nf8 15. Rfd1 Qd6 16. b5 a5 17. Bf1 Rad8 18. g3 h5 19. Bg2 h4 20. Ne2 hxg3 21. hxg3 Ne6 22. Nf4 Ng5 23. Rc2 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Bg5 25. Ne2 g6 26. Rdc1 Rd7 27. Rc3 Kg7 28. Qc2 Bd8 29. Nf4 Rh8 30. Qd3 Rh6 31. a3 Re7 32. Bg2 Re8 33. Qd1 Reh8 34. Nd3 Qd7 35. a4 Rh2 36. Qf3 Qe6 37. Ne5 R2h5 38. Qxf7+ Qxf7 39. Nxf7 Kxf7 40. Rxc7+ Bxc7 41. Rxc7+ Kf6 42. Rxb7 Rc8 43. Rxb6+ Kf7 44. Bf3 Rc1+ 45. Kg2 Rhh1 46. Bxd5+ Kg7 47. Rb7+ Kh6 48. Kf3 Rh2 49. b6 Rc2 50. Rb8 Rhxf2+ 51. Kg4 Rf5 52. b7 1-0 [Event "Villarrobledo op"] [Site "Villarrobledo"] [Date "1998.08.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ribeiro, Bruno Alexandre Rom"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D72"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2225"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1998.08.??"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Nbc3 N8d7 10. f4 Nf6 11. h3 Qc7 12. Qc2 Be6 13. b3 Rad8 14. Be3 Ne8 15. Rac1 f5 16. d5 cxd5 17. e5 Qd7 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Nd4 Nc7 20. Na4 Na8 21. Qd2 Kh8 22. Rf3 g5 23. Bf1 Rc8 24. Bb5 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Rc8 26. Qa3 Rc6 27. Rc3 1-0 [Event "Villarrobledo op"] [Site "Villarrobledo"] [Date "1998.08.22"] [Round "3"] [White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D42"] [WhiteElo "2440"] [BlackElo "2795"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1998.08.??"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bc2 Ba6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. h3 g6 16. Bb3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Ba4 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Qf3 Rc5 22. Rad1 Qc8 23. Ne4 Rxe5 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Qxf6 Rxe1+ 27. Kh2 Qd6+ 28. f4 Qf8 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Qe7 Re2 31. b4 a5 32. Qd6 axb4 33. axb4 Rc8 34. Qxb6 Rcc2 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qd4+ e5 37. fxe5 Rxg2+ 38. Kh1 Rh2+ 39. Kg1 Rcg2+ 40. Kf1 Rd2 0-1 [Event "Villarrobledo op"] [Site "Villarrobledo"] [Date "1998.08.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Lalic, Bogdan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B65"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2795"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "1998.08.??"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Kb1 h6 12. h4 Rd8 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Qe3 Bc6 15. Rd3 Qc5 16. Qg3 Kf8 17. e5 Ng8 18. Bxe7+ Nxe7 19. Rhd1 Nf5 20. Qh3 d5 21. g4 Ne7 22. Bf3 Rac8 23. Qh2 Bb5 24. R3d2 Bc4 25. a3 Qe3 26. Be2 b5 27. Nxb5 Bxb5 28. Bxb5 Rb8 29. Rd3 Qc5 30. Ba4 Rb6 31. h5 Rdb8 32. Bb3 a5 33. Rc3 Qb5 34. a4 Qd7 35. Rc5 Rb4 36. Qf2 Nc6 37. f5 Kg8 38. g5 hxg5 39. h6 Rf4 40. fxe6 fxe6 41. Qh2 Nd4 42. hxg7 Kxg7 43. Rxd4 Rxd4 44. Qg1 Rbb4 45. Qxg5+ Kh7 46. Qh5+ Kg7 47. Qg5+ Kh7 48. Qh5+ Kg7 49. Qg5+ Kh7 50. Qh5+ Kg7 51. Rc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Villarrobledo op"] [Site "Villarrobledo"] [Date "1998.08.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Lopez Abad, Sixte"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [BlackElo "2795"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "1998.08.??"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 a6 8. Bd3 d6 9. O-O Nf6 10. c3 dxc3 11. dxc3 O-O 12. f5 b5 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Bd2 Rc5 16. b4 Re5 17. Bf4 Bxe4 18. Bxe5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 dxe5 20. Rad1 exd4 21. Qxd4 Qc7 22. Rd3 Rc8 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Rff3 e5 25. Qc5 Qxc5+ 26. bxc5 e4 0-1 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1998.07.05"] [Round "9"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1998.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.30"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 b6 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nf3 e6 8. g3 Bd6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Re1 Rac8 13. Ne5 c5 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bd2 Bg6 17. Ba5 Nb6 18. c4 Rfd8 19. Nd2 Be7 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Bf6 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. b3 Bd4 26. Kg2 Qd6 27. Bd2 f5 28. Bc2 Nd7 29. Qf3 Qc7 30. Qa8+ Kf7 31. Bd1 Ne5 32. Bf3 Qd7 33. Ba5 Nxf3 34. Kxf3 e5 35. Kg2 e4 36. f3 exf3+ 37. Qxf3 Kg6 38. Bd2 Qe6 39. Kf1 h6 40. Bf4 Qa6 41. Qe2 Kh7 42. Be5 Bxe5 43. Qxe5 Qxa2 44. Qxf5+ Kh8 45. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1998.07.04"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Almasi, Zoltan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1998.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8. Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Qc2 c5 10. e4 Bb7 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Qe7+ 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. Qa4 Kb8 15. O-O-O f6 16. Qg4 Qd6 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Qg3 Qc7 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Bxe5 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. Bc4 Rhd8 23. Rhe1 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Re8+ Kb7 27. Qf3 Qd6 28. Qe4 Ka6 29. Qe2+ Rd3 30. Re4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1998.07.03"] [Round "7"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B26"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Bangiev,A"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "1998.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Rb8 7. Qd2 b5 8. Nge2 Nd4 $1 {Bangiev: Der Springer g8 soll den Läufertausch durch Be3-h6 vorhindern. } 9. O-O b4 10. Nd1 Nxe2+ $5 { Ein seltener, jedoch ein logischer Plan. Häufiger ist} (10... e6 11. f4 Ne7 { z.B.} 12. g4 f5 13. gxf5 exf5 14. Ng3 Qa5 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 O-O 17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Ne6 19. Bh6 Ba6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nf2 Rfd8 22. Rad1 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Nh3 Rxd3 25. Qg2 Kh8 26. Rxd3 Bxd3 27. Qd5 Qb6 28. Nf4 c4+ 29. Kg2 Bxf1+ { 0-1 Huber,G-Kudrin,S/US-op 1997/EXP 58}) 11. Qxe2 Nf6 $1 { Der Läufertausch durch Bh6 kommt nun nicht Zustande.} (11... e6 12. Qd2 Ne7 13. d4 Qc7 14. c3 Ba6 15. Re1 bxc3 16. Nxc3 Rb4 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. a3 Rb8 19. Na4 c4 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Rab1 Rb5 22. b4 cxb3 23. Nxb3 O-O 24. a4 Rb8 25. Rec1 Nc6 26. Qc2 Bd7 27. Nd4 Rxb1 28. Qxb1 Bxd4 29. Bxd4 e5 30. Be3 Rb8 31. Qd3 Qd8 32. Qd6 Be8 33. Rxc6 Bxc6 34. Qxc6 Rb1+ 35. Bf1 Qd3 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qxe5+ Kg8 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Bd4+ {1-0 Bezold,M-Fischer/Wiesbaden op 1990/GER 02}) 12. a3 (12. h3 { /\Qd2,Bh6} O-O 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Bh6 c4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ne3 cxd3 17. cxd3 Qb6 18. Kh2 Qd4 19. Nc2 Qxb2 20. Rfb1 Qc3 21. Qxc3 bxc3 22. e5 Nd5 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Bxd5 Rb2 25. Rc1 dxe5 26. Kg2 Rd8 27. Bc4 e4 28. d4 e5 29. d5 f5 30. Kf1 f4 31. gxf4 exf4 32. Nd4 Kf6 33. Rxc3 Rb1+ 34. Kg2 g5 35. Ra3 Rd7 36. Ra6+ Rb6 37. Rxb6+ axb6 38. Nc6 h5 39. a4 g4 40. h4 Rg7 41. Nd4 Ke5 42. Nc6+ Kd6 43. Nd4 Ke5 44. Nc6+ {1/2-1/2 Moors,H-Marian,R/BL8586 1986/BL 80}) (12. Qd2 $2 Ng4) 12... a5 (12... bxa3 $5 13. Rxa3 Qc7 14. b3 $14) 13. axb4 cxb4 $1 { Die Pointe der schwarzen Idee.} (13... axb4 14. e5 $16) 14. Bd2 $5 { /\Ne3-c4; Ra2,Rfa1 -> Pa5} (14. e5 $5 dxe5 15. Ba7 Bg4 (15... Nd7 16. Bxb8 Nxb8 $44) 16. f3 (16. Bc6+ Kf8 17. f3 Rc8) 16... Ra8 17. Bc5 Bf5 18. Qxe5 (18. f4 $6 Rc8 $132) 18... b3 $5) 14... Nd7 $1 15. Ra2 (15. Ne3 $2 Bxb2) 15... O-O 16. Ne3 Nc5 17. b3 {/\Nc4} (17. Rfa1 a4 18. Nc4 Be6 $36) (17. Nc4 $5 a4 18. Be3 Ba6 $13 ) 17... Ba6 $8 18. Nc4 a4 $5 (18... Bxc4 19. dxc4 (19. bxc4 a4 20. Rb1 b3 21. cxb3 Rxb3 $132) 19... Qc7 20. Be3 {/\Qd2,Bd4,Rfa1 -> Pa5}) 19. bxa4 b3 $1 20. Ra3 (20. cxb3 Rxb3 $132) 20... Bxc4 (20... bxc2 21. Be3 (21. Ba5 Qc8 22. Qxc2 Nxd3 $17) 21... Qc8 22. Bxc5 Bxc4 $1 (22... Qxc5 23. Ra2 $14) 23. Be3 (23. dxc4 Rb2 $17) 23... Bb2 24. dxc4 Bxa3 25. Qxc2 $15) 21. dxc4 Bb2 22. Rxb3 Nxb3 23. cxb3 Rxb3 24. Rb1 Qc7 $2 (24... Rb8 $1 25. Bg5 (25. c5 $2 dxc5 26. Bf4 Be5 $17) 25... Bf6 $15) 25. Bc1 $14 Bxc1 26. Rxb3 Rb8 (26... Rc8 27. Bf1 Ra8 28. Qd1 Bh6 29. Rb4 Bg7 30. Qd5 $14) 27. Rxb8+ Qxb8 28. c5 dxc5 29. a5 Bb2 30. a6 Bd4 31. Bf1 c4 $1 (31... h5 32. Qb5 (32. Qa2 Qa7 33. Bc4 e6 34. Qb3 $14) 32... Qxb5 33. Bxb5 c4 34. Bxc4 g5 35. h4 $16) 32. Qxc4 Qb2 33. Qe2 Qc3 34. Kg2 Bb6 35. Qa2 Qd4 36. Qc2 e6 37. Bb5 h6 38. Qe2 Qc5 39. Qb2 g5 $6 (39... e5 40. h4) 40. Bd3 g4 41. Qf6 h5 42. Qf4 Kf8 43. e5 Qd5+ 44. Be4 Qd4 45. Qh6+ Ke7 46. Qf6+ Kf8 47. Bc6 {/\Qh8} Kg8 $8 48. h4 {/\Be8} (48. Be8 $2 Qe4+ $11) 48... gxh3+ (48... Qc5 49. Be4 $5 (49. Be8 Qc7 50. Kh2 Ba7 $14 (50... Kf8 $2 51. Qh8+ Ke7 52. Bxf7 $18 )) 49... Ba7 $1 $14 (49... Qd4 $2 50. Qg5+ Kf8 51. Qh6+ Ke7 (51... Ke8 52. Bc6+ Kd8 53. Qf6+ Kc7 54. Be8 $18) 52. Qf6+ Kf8 53. Bg6 $18)) 49. Kxh3 Qa1 (49... Qxf2 50. Qxf2 (50. Qg5+ Kf8 51. Qh6+ Ke7) 50... Bxf2 51. Kh4 Kg7 52. Kxh5 f6 53. exf6+ Kxf6 54. g4 Bb6 55. g5+ Kg7 56. Be4 $18) 50. Kg2 $18 Qc1 (50... Qxa6 51. Qg5+ Kf8 52. Qh6+ Kg8 53. Be4 $18) 51. Bf3 h4 52. gxh4 Qc5 53. Bh5 Qc6+ 54. Qf3 Qc7 55. Qb7 Qxb7+ 56. axb7 Bc7 57. f4 1-0 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1998.07.02"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1998.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.30"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 Bg6 7. Nh4 Nf5 8. Nxf5 Bxf5 9. c3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. f4 Qb6 14. b4 a5 15. a3 Nd7 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nb3 axb4 18. axb4 Qc7 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Be7 22. f5 Nf8 23. Nc5 b6 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. fxe6 Qd6 26. Qf5 Rf8 27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. dxe5 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 c5 30. bxc5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1998.07.01"] [Round "5"] [White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Ribli,Z"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1998.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.30"] 1. d4 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ ( 6... Nd7 7. Qxc4 Nb6 8. Qd3 e5 9. Nxe5 Nb4 10. Qc3 Qxd4 11. O-O Qxc3 12. Nxc3 Bd6 13. Nf3 c6 14. Rd1 Be7 15. Nd4 O-O { Beliavsky,A-Adams,M/Madrid 1998/1/2-1/2 (44)}) (6... Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qxc4 e5 9. Nc3 $14 {Mit dem Läufer auf d2, d.h. mit dem eingeschobenen Zugpaar 6...Bb4 7.Bd2 und erst dann 7...Bd6, bringt dieser Zug dem Weißen gar nichts, denn Schwarz kann 10...Nxd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Qxd4 Bxg3 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.hxg3 Rxd2 spielen. Ribli.}) 7. Bd2 Bd6 $5 {Kramnik} (7... Nd5 {Kortschnoj}) 8. Na3 (8. O-O O-O 9. Qxc4 (9. Bc3 Qe7 (9... Nd5 10. Qxc4 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 e5) (9... Rb8 $6 10. Qxc4 b5 $2 11. Qxc6 Bb7 (11... Bd7 12. Qa6 $18) (11... Rb6 12. Qa8 $18) 12. Qxb5 Bxf3 13. Qd3 $16) 10. Qxc4 e5 $11) 9... e5 10. dxe5 (10. d5 $5 Ne7 11. Nc3 c6 (11... h6 $11) 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bg5 (13. Rfd1 $5) 13... Be6 14. Qb5 { 1/2-1/2 Vadasz,L-Rogozenko,D/Cupa Dinamo 1998 =}) (10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Bxg3 $1 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. hxg3 Rxd2 $11) 10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bc3 Qe7 $5 $11 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Nc3 c6 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Qb4 { 1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Kramnik,V/Hoogovens 1998 (21)}) (8. Qxc4 O-O 9. Bc3 (9. O-O e5 ) 9... Qe7 (9... Nd5) 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. O-O Rd8 13. Na3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bd7 15. Nc2 Be8 16. b4 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Rb8 20. Be4 f6 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Qc5 Rd8 23. Rb1 b6 24. Qc4 Nd4 { 1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Chess Classic Giants m 1st 2nd blitz, F 1998 (39)}) ( 8. Bc3 O-O 9. Nbd2 $5) 8... Ne4 $6 (8... Bxa3 $5 { Dies ist meines Erachtens die für Weiß kritische Variante.} 9. Qxa3 (9. bxa3 { Kortschnoj} Ne4 $13) 9... Nxd4 (9... Ne4 $13) 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Be3 $44 { Weiß hat zwei Bauern geopfert, aber seine Läufer stehen aktiv auf denDiagonalen und der schwarze König schlecht in der Mitte. Ich bin trotzdem nicht überzeugt, daß die Kompensation ausreichend ist.} (11. Rd1 $44) (11. Bc3 Qd6 12. Bb4 (12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qxc4 Bc6 $15 14. Rd1 Qxd1+ (14... Bd5) 15. Kxd1 Bxg2 $5) 12... Qb6 13. Bc5 Qb5) 11... Qd7 (11... Qd6 12. Bc5)) 9. Nxc4 Nxd2 (9... O-O $142 { Kortschnoj}) 10. Nfxd2 Bd7 (10... Qd7 $6 11. e3 $14) 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. Ne4 O-O $1 {Anand verteidigt nicht den Bauern d6, sondern strebt nach aktivem Spiel.} ( 12... d5 13. Nd6+ Ke7 (13... Kf8 14. Nxb7 Qb6 15. Nc5) 14. Nxb7 Qb6 15. Qa3+ Nb4 (15... Kf6 16. Nc5) (15... Ke8 16. Nd6+ $18) 16. Na5 Qxd4 (16... Kd8 17. Rc1 $14) 17. Rd1 $14) (12... Qc7 13. Qa3 $14 (13. Qa3 {Kortschnoj} O-O 14. Qxd6 Qa5+ (14... Qxd6 15. Nxd6 Nxd4 16. O-O-O $1 $16) 15. Nc3 Rfd8 16. Qc5 $16)) ( 12... Qe7 13. Qa3 $14 (13. Qa3 {Kortschnoj} d5 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. O-O-O $16)) 13. Nxd6 Qc7 14. Ne4 (14. Nb5 Qb6 $5 $17 (14... Nxd4 15. Nxc7 Bxa4 16. Nxa8 Nc2+ 17. Kd2 Rd8+ 18. Kc1 (18. Kc3 Rc8+ 19. Kd3 Rd8+ $11) 18... Nxa1 19. Bxb7 $13)) 14... Rfd8 15. Qc4 (15. O-O Be8 $44 { Und es ist nicht leicht, die Drohung 16...Nxd4 zu parieren.}) (15. e3 { Kortschnoj} Ne5 $44) 15... Qb6 (15... Qa5+ 16. Qc3 $16) 16. e3 (16. O-O-O Ne5 $13) 16... Rac8 $44 (16... Qxb2 $6 17. O-O $14 {Schwarz hat zwar das materielle Gleichgewicht wiederhergestellt, aber die weiße Initiative am Damenflügel ist sehr gefährlich.}) 17. Qb3 Qa5+ (17... Qxb3 18. axb3 Nb4 19. O-O $14 (19. Rxa7 Rc1+ $132)) 18. Nc3 (18. Qc3 $2 Nb4 19. Nc5 Nc2+ $17) 18... e5 $1 19. d5 (19. dxe5 $5 Nxe5 (19... Be6 {Kortschnoj} 20. Qxb7 Bc4 $1 $44) 20. O-O Be6 (20... Bc6 21. e4) 21. Qxb7 { Dieser Zug sieht riskant aus, aber ich sehe keine Widerlegung.} (21. Qc2 Nc4 $44) 21... Rb8 22. b4 Qa3 23. Qc7) {#} 19... Nd4 $1 20. exd4 exd4 21. O-O dxc3 22. bxc3 Rxc3 23. Qxb7 {Weiß hat einen Mehrbauern, aber es ist schwierig, mit dem d-Bauern voranzukommen, denn Schwarz kontrolliert die c-Linie und entfaltet aktives Figurenspiel.} Qc5 24. Rab1 g6 {Diese Stellung ist typisch für die Grünfeld-Indische Verteidigung. Der weiße d-Bauer ist unter Kontrolle und es ist nicht zu erkennen, wie Weiß seine Stellung verbessern soll.} 25. Qb4 (25. h4 $14 {Kortschnoj}) (25. Rb2 $14 {Kortschnoj}) 25... Qxb4 26. Rxb4 Kf8 { Schwarz plant die Blockade des Freibauern mit seinem König.} 27. Ra1 (27. Rb7 a6) (27. h3 $14 {Kortschnoj}) 27... Rdc8 28. Bf1 (28. Rab1 $2 Rc1+ 29. Bf1 Bh3 $19 {und Weiß wäre hilflos gegen 30...Bxf1.}) (28. Rb7 $2 Rc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Bf1 Bh3 $19) (28. h3 {Kortschnoj}) 28... Ke7 29. Kg2 Kd6 $11 30. Rh4 (30. Rb7 R8c7 $11) 30... h5 31. Rf4 {und hier wurde Remis vereinbart. Der schwache weiße Mehrbauer ist bedeutungslos. Die Stellung ist gleich.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1998.06.29"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2740"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1998.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.30"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 Nc6 9. h3 Be7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. O-O-O e5 13. Be3 Be6 14. a3 Rc8 15. Bg2 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nd7 17. Nd5 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Ne5 19. Rhd1 Rc6 20. Ne3 Nc4 21. Nxc4 Rxc4 22. b3 Rc8 23. Kb1 h5 24. g5 h4 25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Rh5 27. g6 Rg5 28. gxf7+ Kxf7 29. R1d2 Rc3 30. e5 Rxe5 31. Kb2 Rce3 32. Bxb7 a5 33. Rf2+ Ke7 34. Rc6 g5 35. Rc7+ Kd6 36. Rc6+ Ke7 37. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1998.06.28"] [Round "3"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Lukacs,P"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1998.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Qxd5 Bc6 12. Qh5 Bb4 {By this way Black can avoid the 12...g6 13.Qh6 line, which is not dangerous at all.} (12... g6 { is the main line, but the text move leads to the same positions withtranspositi on.}) 13. Be3 Re8 14. a3 g6 15. Qh3 (15. Qh6 Bf8) 15... Ba5 16. Rc1 h5 { This original move is against the white Q, which can easily be trapped now!} ( 16... Rc8 {See Svidler-Yusupov, CBM 66}) (16... Qd6) 17. Nc3 Bd7 18. Qf3 Bg4 19. Qf4 Bxc3 ({The consequent} 19... g5 $5 {forces the positional Q sacrifice, after which Black's position is ugly but perhaps better than it looks at first sight.} 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. Nxe4 f6 22. Nc5 (22. d5 {/\ Bd4 is parried by} Bf5 23. Bd4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Bb6) (22. Rc5 { brings the R immediately into the battle without any success:} Bb6 23. Rd5 Qe7 24. Rd6 Rf8) 22... Qe7 23. Be4 $44) (19... Bc7 20. Qh6 $40) 20. Bxe4 (20. bxc3 $2 {is already answered by} g5 (20... g5 {Poldauf} 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxe4 $16 f5 $8 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Ba6 f4 $132)) 20... Bxb2 21. Rc7 (21. Bxb7 $2 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Rb8 {/\} 23. Rc7 Qd5 $1 $19) 21... Be6 (21... Re7 $6 { allows White to continue the ->:} 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Rb1 Qxa3 (23... Bxa3 24. Rxb7) 24. Qf6 $40 {/\ Bxg6}) 22. Rb1 Bxa3 {# Surprisingly enough White has no decisive blow here, although the position looks precarious for Black at first sight.} 23. Bxg6 $1 {This nice sacrifice is not enough for a win.} (23. Rbxb7 Bd6) (23. Rcxb7 Bd5 (23... Bd6 24. Qf3 a5 $5 (24... Ba2 25. Bc6 (25. R1b2 Rxe4 $1 26. Qxe4 Bd5) 25... Re7 26. Rxe7 Bxe7 27. Ra1 $14)) 24. Bxg6 { pushes too hard, for example:} fxg6 25. Qh6 Bf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Qh7+ Kf6 28. Rb5 Rxe3 $19) 23... fxg6 24. Rbxb7 Re7 $1 {Black's defence is on the top.} ( 24... Bf8 $2 {#} 25. Qxf8+ $3 $18) (24... Be7 $2 25. Qe5 Qd5 26. Rxe7 Qxe5 27. dxe5 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 $18) 25. Rxe7 (25. Qf6 Rxc7 26. Qxg6+ (26. Qxe6+ Kh7 $19) 26... Kf8 27. Bh6+ Ke7 28. Bg5+ Kd7 $17) 25... Bxe7 26. Qe4 Bf5 27. Qxe7 Qxe7 28. Rxe7 a5 {This remote o^ secures Black the draw in the _|_.} 29. Bc1 Rd8 30. Be3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1998.06.27"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Jussupow, Artur"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "1998.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nf6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Nc3 c6 13. Re1 Nbd5 14. Qb3 Nb6 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bd2 Nbd5 18. a3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 c5 20. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 21. Re1 Qd6 22. Bc4 Nd5 23. Qe4 Rad8 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Bxh6 Rxf3 (25... gxh6 $2 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Re5 $18) 26. gxf3 gxh6 27. Qxe6+ Kf8 28. Re5 Rd6 29. Qxe7+ Nxe7 30. Rxc5 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Ra1 32. Ra5 Nc6 33. Rb5 Rxa3 34. Rxb7 Rxc3 35. Bd5 Ne7 36. Be4 a5 37. Rb5 a4 38. Kg3 a3 39. Ra5 Kg7 40. Kf4 Ng6+ 41. Kg4 Ne7 42. Ra6 Rc5 43. h4 Ng8 44. Ra7+ Kf6 45. Kf4 Rc3 46. Ra6+ Kg7 47. Ke5 Rc5+ 48. Ke6 Rc7 49. Rxa3 Re7+ 50. Kd6 Re8 51. Bc6 Re2 52. Ra7+ Kf6 53. Be4 Rd2+ 54. Bd5 h5 55. Kc5 Ne7 56. Be4 Rxf2 57. Ra6+ Kf7 58. Rh6 Ng8 59. Rh7+ Kf8 60. Rxh5 Nf6 61. Rf5 Ke7 62. Bd3 Rh2 63. Rf4 Ke6 64. Kd4 Rd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1998.06.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "1998.06.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.30"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 a5 8. Bb2 axb4 9. axb4 Rxa1+ 10. Bxa1 c5 11. e3 d6 12. Be2 e5 13. d3 Re8 14. O-O Nc6 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. h3 Bd7 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. Nh4 Ra8 19. Bc3 Qb3 20. Ra1 Rxa1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chess Classics Duell"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1998.06.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Comp Fritz 5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "1998.06.??"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Be6 13. e3 Qd7 14. Bc3 Rad8 15. Rc1 Bb6 16. a3 Bh3 17. b4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfe8 19. Qb3 Qf5 20. Qc2 Qh5 21. a4 a6 22. a5 Bc7 23. Qb2 Rd7 24. b5 Nxa5 25. bxa6 bxa6 26. Bxa5 Bxa5 27. Qa2 Bb6 28. Qxa6 Bc7 29. Rfd1 Qf5 30. Rc5 Red8 31. Rdc1 Bd6 32. Rc8 Qe4 33. Qa8 Be7 34. R1c7 Rd6 35. Qa7 Rxc8 36. Rxc8+ Kf7 37. Qd4 Ra6 38. Rc7 g6 39. Qxe4 dxe4 40. Nd4 Ke8 41. g4 Ra2 42. Rc8+ Kd7 43. Rh8 Bc5 44. Rxh7+ Kd6 45. Kf1 Ra1+ 46. Kg2 Ra2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chess Classics Duell"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1998.06.20"] [Round "1"] [White "Comp Fritz 5"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C67"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "187"] [EventDate "1998.06.??"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Rd1 a5 11. h3 h6 12. b3 Bb4 13. Bb2 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 c5 15. Rd2 b6 16. Rad1 Be6 17. a4 Ne7 18. Ne1 g5 19. f3 Nc6 20. Kf2 Ke7 21. Bb2 Rhd8 22. c4 Rxd2+ 23. Rxd2 Bf5 24. Ke3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Nxd8 26. f4 gxf4+ 27. Kxf4 Bb1 28. Nf3 Bc2 29. Nd2 Ne6+ 30. Kf3 Kf8 31. Ke3 Kg7 32. g4 Kg6 33. Kf3 h5 34. Kf2 hxg4 35. hxg4 Bd1 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. Kh4 Kf8 38. Ba1 Ke7 39. Kg3 Nf8 40. Bb2 Ke6 41. Ba1 Ng6 42. g5 Kf5 43. e6 Kxe6 44. Bf6 Ne5 45. Kf4 Nd3+ 46. Ke3 Nc1 47. Bd8 Kd7 48. Bf6 Nxb3 49. Nxb3 Bxb3 50. Kd2 Bxc4 51. Kc3 Be2 52. Kd2 Bf3 53. Kc2 Kc8 54. Be5 Kb7 55. Bf6 c4 56. Kd2 Bc6 57. Kc3 Bxa4 58. Kxc4 Bd7 59. Kb3 Be6+ 60. Ka4 c6 61. Be7 Ka6 62. Ka3 c5 63. Kb2 c4 64. Kc3 b5 65. Kd4 b4 66. Kc5 c3 67. Bf6 Bd7 68. Bd4 Kb7 69. Bg7 Be8 70. Bf6 Kc7 71. Be5+ Kb7 72. Bf6 Bd7 73. Bg7 c2 74. Bb2 Bc6 75. Kc4 Kc7 76. Bc1 Kd7 77. Kb3 Kd6 78. Kxc2 Kc5 79. Be3+ Kc4 80. Kb1 a4 81. Bf4 a3 82. Bd6 Bd5 83. Kc1 Kb3 84. Kd2 Ka4 85. Be5 b3 86. Kc1 Be4 87. Bc3 Kb5 88. Bf6 Kc6 89. Bc3 Kd5 90. Ba1 Ke6 91. Bd4 Kf5 92. Bf6 Kg6 93. Bc3 Kxg5 94. Bd4 0-1 [Event "Chess Classics Giants 1st pl"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1998.06.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2790"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "1998.06.19"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. Ng5 O-O 8. Ncxe4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bf5 10. O-O Na6 11. Nxd6 Qxd6 12. Qf3 Be6 13. Qg3 Bxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15. c3 Nxd3 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 a6 19. Rd2 Rfe8 20. Rad1 e4 21. Qxd6 Rxd6 22. f3 f5 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Rf1 Rd5 25. Re2 Rb5 26. b4 a5 27. bxa5 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Nxb2 29. Rb1 Nc4 30. Rxb7 Nxe3 31. a6 Rf8 32. h3 Nd5 33. c4 e3 34. cxd5 cxd5 35. a7 e2 36. Re7 Rf1+ 37. Kh2 Ra1 38. Rxe2 Rxa7 39. Kg3 Kf7 40. Kf4 Kf6 41. Re8 Ra4+ 42. Ke3 h5 43. Rf8+ Ke6 44. Re8+ Kd6 45. Rd8+ Ke6 46. Re8+ Kf5 47. Rf8+ Kg5 48. Rd8 Ra3+ 49. Ke2 Ra5 50. Kf3 Kh4 51. Rb8 Ra3+ 52. Kf2 Ra2+ 53. Kf3 d4 54. Rg8 g5 55. g3+ Kxh3 56. Rxg5 Ra3+ 57. Ke4 d3 58. Rxh5+ Kxg3 59. Rd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chess Classics Giants 1st pl"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1998.06.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2790"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1998.06.19"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Bg4 Bxg4 13. Nxg4 dxc4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Nd2 fxg4 16. Nxc4 c5 17. a3 Nc6 18. dxc5 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxc5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 h5 22. Rd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chess Classics Giants 1st pl blitz"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1998.06.19"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2790"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1998.06.19"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.09"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bd6 8. Qxc4 O-O 9. Bc3 Qe7 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. O-O Rd8 13. Na3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bd7 15. Nc2 Be8 16. b4 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Rb8 20. Be4 f6 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Qc5 Rd8 23. Rb1 b6 24. Qc4 Nd4 25. Nxd4 Rxd4 26. Qc2 Bg6 27. Bxg6 Qxg6 28. Qxg6 hxg6 29. b5 Rd5 30. Rc1 Rxb5 31. Rxc7 Re5 32. e3 b5 33. Rb7 g5 34. g4 Re4 35. h3 Re5 36. Kf1 Kh7 37. Ke2 Kg6 38. f3 Kf6 39. Kf2 Rc5 40. Kg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chess Classics Giants 1st pl"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1998.06.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1998.06.19"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.09"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 Bb7 8. Bb2 d6 9. e3 a5 10. Be2 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1+ 12. Bxa1 Nbd7 13. O-O Qe7 14. Bb2 Ra8 15. d4 c5 16. Nd2 Qf8 17. f3 d5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. b5 Nb6 20. Qc2 Nfd7 21. Bd3 h6 22. Ra1 Rxa1+ 23. Bxa1 Qa8 24. Bb2 Na4 25. Bc1 Nab6 26. Qc3 f6 27. Be2 Qa4 28. Qb3 Qxb3 29. Nxb3 Nxc4 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. Na5 Ba8 32. Nxc4 Bd5 33. Nd6 Kf8 34. e4 Bb3 35. Ba3 Ba4 36. f4 e5 37. g3 g6 38. f5 Ke7 39. Nb7 Bxb5 40. fxg6 Kf8 41. Nd6 Bd3 42. h4 h5 43. g4 Be2 44. gxh5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chess Classics Giants 1st pl blitz"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1998.06.19"] [Round "3"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A35"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "1998.06.19"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.09"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Na5 8. e4 Nf6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 O-O 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qd2 Nb7 16. Rfe1 Nd6 17. Bf1 f6 18. Bf4 Nf7 19. g3 e5 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. Qxd8 Raxd8 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 g5 24. Bc1 Bg4 25. f3 Bxf3 26. Rd2 Re1 27. Bb2 Ne5 28. Kf2 Rb1 29. h3 h5 30. a4 a5 31. Ba3 Kf7 32. Rb2 Ra1 33. Rb3 Bd1 34. Bb2 Bxb3 35. Bxa1 Bxa4 36. Bg2 Bc6 37. Bf1 Bd7 0-1 [Event "Chess Classics Giants 1st pl"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1998.06.19"] [Round "1"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A35"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1998.06.19"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.09"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nd4 4. g3 Nxf3+ 5. exf3 Nf6 6. d4 e6 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. O-O c4 11. f4 Be7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. f5 Rd8 15. Qe4 Bf6 16. Rd1 Qb6 17. g4 Bd7 18. g5 Ba4 19. Be3 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Re8 21. Qxb7 Qxb7 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bd5 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Bxg5 25. Re1 Rxb2 26. Bxc4 Kf8 27. Kh1 Rc2 28. e4 Rc1 29. Bb3 Rc4 30. Rc1 Ra4 31. Bxa4 Bxc1 32. Bb3 Bb2 33. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chess Classics Giants 1st pl blitz"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1998.06.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E34"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1998.06.19"] [EventType "match (blitz)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. f3 Nb6 12. e4 Qd8 13. Be2 e5 14. Nc2 Re8 15. O-O Be6 16. Rd1 Qc8 17. Qxc8 Raxc8 18. Ne3 Na4 19. Bb5 Bb3 20. Bxe8 Bxd1 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nxd1 Nc5 23. Nc3 Nb3 24. Rb1 a6 25. Be3 Na5 26. Rd1 Nc4 27. Bc1 Nxa3 28. bxa3 Rxc3 29. Bb2 Rb3 30. Bxe5 Rxa3 31. Rc1 b5 32. Rc7+ Kg6 33. Rb7 Rb3 34. Bd6 a5 35. Bf8 Nh5 36. Kf2 Rb2+ 37. Ke3 Rxg2 38. Rxb5 Rxh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chess Classics Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1998.06.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2740"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1998.06.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. O-O-O Bc6 12. Bc4 Qa5 13. Bb3 Nd7 14. Kb1 O-O 15. Qd2 Bf6 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qc5 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. f3 d5 20. g5 d4 21. Ne2 Qxg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Nxd4 Rfd8 24. c3 Nd7 25. h4 Ne5 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Rdf1 gxh4 28. f4 Nd3 29. f5 Nc5 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Bc4 Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Rxh4 Ke7 34. Rg4 Kf6 35. e5+ Kxe5 36. Rxg7 a5 37. b3 Kd6 38. Kb2 Nd7 39. a4 Rf8 40. Rg2 Ne5 41. Rd2+ Ke7 42. Ba6 Rd8 43. Re2 Nd3+ 44. Kc2 Nc5 45. Bc4 Rh8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chess Classics Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1998.06.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2790"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1998.06.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.09"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Bg4 Bc8 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. Nf3 c5 15. Qe2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Re8 17. Rd1 Bf8 18. Be3 Rxc4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. a3 Nc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Qd3 Re8 23. Bxa7 Rce4 24. Be3 f5 25. b4 Qh4 26. b5 d4 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Rxd4 cxb5 29. Qxb5 Qf6 30. Rdd1 f4 31. Bd4 Qe6 32. Qd3 f3 33. Be3 fxg2 34. a4 Qh3 35. Qc3 Rc8 36. Qd2 h6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chess Classics Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1998.06.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B44"] [WhiteElo "2825"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "1998.06.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.09"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 a6 8. N5c3 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nc4 b5 13. Qxd6 bxc4 14. Qxc6 Be6 15. Be2 Rb8 16. O-O Qd2 17. Rab1 Qxc2 18. Rfc1 Qd2 19. Rd1 Qc2 20. Qxa6 Rfc8 21. h3 Be7 22. Rdc1 Qd2 23. Rd1 Qc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chess Classics Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1998.06.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2825"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1998.06.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.08.06"] {Kasparov had lost against Vlady in the first round, so I could imagine that he was in a particularly aggressive state.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 {Kasparov played 6...e5 all the time against Topalov in Leon. Maybe the presence of the computer-second influenced his choice. He has experimented with all the main-lines (6...e6,6...e5 and 6...Ng4) , but he almost always plays 6...Ng4 against me.} 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 { In Linares, I played 10.Qd2 here, but here I wanted to try something else.} h5 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bf2 Nc6 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. b3 $1 {In Geneva, I castled twice. Thereafter, presumably under the influence of these games, I looked elsewhere for White's advantage. Peter Leko pointed this out to me and we soon realized that White is in very good shape here.} e6 16. Nde2 $1 Rc8 { An important moment - if you wonder later in the game why Black can't simply castle on thequeenside!} 17. Bd4 {Neutralizing Black's "Dragon bishop"} b5 18. Nd1 $3 {The reason White shouldn't castle too early. The knight is superbly placed on e3. Against Kamsky (our 9th match game in Las Palmas, I executed a similar manoeuvre - but the knight went from e3 to c3 via d1.) Here the reverse manoeuvre, but I was equally pleased.} Rg8 {Perhaps Black should have started with a5-a4 as then White would not have the option of playing cxb3, but I don't think this improves Black's prospects. Incidentally, Black's king is stuck on e8 for the rest of the game.} 19. Ne3 a5 20. O-O-O a4 21. Kb1 axb3 22. cxb3 {Helpful to have the c-file open, but 22.axb3 was also good for White. } Ra8 23. Bc3 Ra6 24. Nc2 { Now Nb4 threatens to force the rook to b6, so his next move if forced.} Bf8 25. Nb4 Ra8 26. Nd4 Be7 27. Rhe1 Qc8 28. Bb2 Qb7 29. Ndc2 $6 { Just enjoying the position.} f6 30. Nd4 $1 {Correcting my last move - if Black had a little more time, he could consolidate.} h4 (30... Kf7 31. g3 {/\ f4}) 31. g3 g4 32. f4 Nf3 33. Nxf3 gxf3 34. f5 $1 {Once the knight gets to d5...} hxg3 35. hxg3 Rxg3 36. Qh2 $1 Rg5 (36... Rg7 37. Qh5+) 37. Bc1 Rg7 38. Qh5+ ( 38. Qh8+ {Is also interesting, but I wanted to keep it simple.}) 38... Rf7 39. Qxf3 {Kasparov didn't want to look at his position anymore. However, his resignation needs to be explained.} (39. Qxf3 exf5 {This is the only move.} 40. Nd5 fxe4 41. Rxe4 $1 (41. Qxe4 Bc6 $13) 41... Bc6 42. Rxe7+ $1 Rxe7 43. Nxf6+ Kd8 44. Rxd6+ Kc7 45. Qf4 $1 $18 {Black's king is too exposed to survive and the opposite colored bishops make it worse.}) 1-0 [Event "Chess Classics Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1998.06.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1998.06.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.09"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Qe2 a5 15. c4 a4 16. Rd3 Rc8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qb6 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Qf4 Kh7 24. Qf6 Rg8 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ Kh7 27. Rd1 Bd4 28. Rxd4 Qxd4 29. Qe7+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kh7 31. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chess Classics Giants"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1998.06.17"] [Round "3"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E34"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1998.06.17"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "22"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.09.09"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qxf5 exf5 8. a3 Bd6 9. Nb5 Be6 10. e3 Nc6 11. Bd2 Ne4 12. Bd3 a6 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. Ke2 Kd7 15. Rhc1 Rhc8 16. Be1 Ne7 17. Ng1 b5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Bh4 Nfd5 20. Bxe7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "1998.05.22"] [Round "9"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "1998.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.08.06"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Qa4 dxc4 10. Na3 Qa5+ 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 a6 14. f3 Ng6 15. Nxf5 Nxe5 16. Bb3 exf5 17. O-O-O Be7 18. Rd5 Nc6 19. Rxf5 O-O 20. Rd1 Bf6 21. Rd7 b5 22. f4 (22. Rc5 $142 Ne5 23. Rdd5 $36) 22... Na5 23. Bd4 Nxb3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "1998.05.20"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "Avrukh,B"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1998.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.08.06"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bd6 (7... Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 (8. Nbxd2 O-O (8... c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nc6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Qxc5 Nxa2 (15... Qxc5 16. Rxc5 Nxa2 17. Nd4 $14) 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Rc6 Rab8 $2 (17... Rfb8 18. Nd4 $14) 18. Ra1 Nb4 19. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 20. Ra4 $16 {1-0 Nikolic,P-Yudasin,L/Tilburg 1993 (31)}) 9. O-O Nbd7 (9... c5 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Re1 Bb7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Qb2 Qe7 15. e3 a5 $11 {0-1 Tischer,G-Eismont,O/Biel op 1994 (36)}) 10. Rc1 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Re1 Re8 13. e3 Rc8 14. Bh3 Rc7 15. Bf1 { 1/2-1/2 Alterman,B-Yudasin,L/Haifa 1995}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Rac1 Na6 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Qb2 c5 15. e3 Nc7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qa3 Na6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Razuvaev,Y/Tilburg 1994 (23)}) 8. Nc3 (8. Bc3 O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nbd2 Na6 11. cxd5 exd5 { 1/2-1/2 Pares Vives,J-Garcia Ilundain,D/Terrassa op 1994}) 8... c6 $2 $146 ( 8... Nbd7 9. e4 $1 c5 (9... Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 $14) 10. exd5 exd5 11. Qe2+ Kf8 (11... Be7 12. Ne5 $1 Bb7 13. dxc5 (13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 O-O $11) 13... Nxc5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 O-O (15... Bxd5 16. Nc6 $16) 16. Rd1 $16) 12. O-O Qc7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qd3 $6 (14. Rfe1 $1 Nb6 (14... d4 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 Re8 17. Qd3 $16) (14... Re8 15. Qd3) 15. Bg5 $1) 14... Nb6 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 h6 17. Nh4 g6 18. a4 Kg7 19. a5 Nbd7 20. Rfe1 Rab8 { and black is O.K. Nestorovic,D-Rajkovic,D/Belgrade GMA 1988/1/2-1/2 (54)}) ( 8... Bb7 $5) 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 $1 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 Be7 13. Nxe4 Nd7 ( 13... f5 14. Nc3 Qxd4 15. Qe2 (15. Nb5 $5 Bxb5 (15... cxb5 16. Bxa8 bxc4 17. Be3 $14) 16. cxb5 Rd8 17. Bf4 $16) 15... e5 16. Nd5 $1 $16) (13... Qxd4 14. Qh5 $1 (14. Bc3 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 $44) 14... f5 (14... g6 15. Qh3 f5 16. Bc3 Qd8 17. Rad1 (17. Qh6 Rf7 18. Rad1 Qf8 19. Qxf8+ Rxf8 20. Nd6 Rd8 21. Nb5 $1 $16) 17... Qc7 18. Qh6 e5 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Nd7 21. Qe7 Rf7 22. Qe6 $1 e4 23. Rd6 Nc5 24. Qe5 $16) 15. Bc3 Qd7 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 h6 18. Qe3 $16) 14. Bf4 $16 Nf6 (14... b5 15. c5 $1 b4 16. Re1 Bb5 17. Bd6 $1 $16) 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Rfd1 h6 17. a4 $1 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf6 19. Be5 Qe7 20. a5 b5 21. c5 Rfd8 22. b4 {white's posit ion is straregically winning ,because of black,s bishop on a6 and white's victory only the question of time.} Rd7 (22... Bxe5 23. dxe5 $18) 23. Ra3 Qd8 24. Rdd3 Be7 (24... Bb7 25. a6 $1 Ba8 $18) 25. Qd1 Bf8 26. g4 Rd5 (26... f6 27. Bg3) 27. h4 $1 Qxh4 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. g5 $1 Qxg5+ (29... hxg5 30. Rh3 Qe4 31. Qh5 f6 32. Bxf6 $1 (32. Rae3 Qf5 33. Ref3 {also win.}) 32... gxf6 (32... Qb1+ 33. Kh2 gxf6 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Rh7+ Kg6 36. Qg8+ Kf5 37. Rf3+ Ke4 38. Qg6+ $18) 33. Rae3 (33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Rh7+ Kg6 $1 (34... Ke8 35. Qg8 $18) 35. Qg8+ Kf5 36. Rxa7 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 (37. Kh2 $2 Bd6+ 38. cxd6 Rxg8) 37... Qe4+ $11) 33... Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Bg7 35. Rxe6 $18) 30. Rg3 Qf5 31. Raf3 Qh7 32. Qe2 (32. Rf6 Be7 $1 ( 32... Bb7 33. Qh5 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 g6 35. Rgxg6+ fxg6 36. Rxg6+ Kh7 37. Rxh6+ $1 { with mate.}) 33. Rf4 Bg5) 32... g5 (32... Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qe4 34. Qd2) (32... Rc6 33. Kh2 Rc8 34. Rf4 {with idea 35Bg7-Bg736Rfg4 + -} g6 35. Bf6 Bg7 36. Qe5 $18) 33. Bf6 $1 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qe4 35. Qd2 Bg7 36. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 37. Qxg5 Qh7+ 38. Kg2 Re8 39. Qf6 {after 39...Kh840Qf7-Rg841Rg4 white wins easily.} 1-0 [Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "1998.05.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Yermolinsky, Alex"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1998.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.08.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 a6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Na3 Qe7 14. e4 Nb6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Nc2 Rad8 17. Ne3 f6 18. a5 Nc8 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. Rad1 N6e7 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qe3 Nd6 23. Rfe1 Nb5 24. d4 exd4 25. Nxd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Rd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "1998.05.16"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2600"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1998.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.08.06"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 { Anand knows all the equalizing tricks for black after the standard 14.Be3 and tries to complicate matters with less usual line.} (14. Be3) 14... Rd8 (14... Qe6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qd7 17. d5 Na6 18. Qe2 Nc5 19. e5 e6 20. Rfd1 exd5 21. Bxd5 Qf5 22. Be7 Rfc8 23. Qe3 { Komljenovic,D-Sanchez Almeyra,J/San Sebastian op/1993/1/2-1/2 (109)}) (14... g5 $1 15. Bg3 Nc6 16. d5 (16. Rxb7 $6 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxd4 18. Rxe7 Qa3 $15) 16... Rad8 (16... Na5 17. e5 b6 18. Ra1 Qb2 19. Rb1 Qa2 20. Rb4 Bh5 21. h4 Rad8 22. Rd4 f5 23. hxg5 Bxf3 24. gxf3 hxg5 25. f4 gxf4 26. Bxf4 { 1-0 Sapis,W-Touzane,O/Legnica Voivode Cup/1994/ (40)}) 17. Rxb7 e6 (17... f5 $1 18. Qe1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nd4 20. exf5 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Qxd5 22. Rxa7 Rxf5 $11) 18. Bc7 exd5 (18... Rd7 19. Bb5 $16) 19. Bxd8 dxe4 20. Be7 (20. Bc7 $16) 20... Re8 21. Bc5 (21. Bb5 $1 exf3 22. Bxc6 fxg2 23. Bxe8 $1 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Qe2 25. Rbd7 $1 Be5 26. Bc5 $18) 21... Rd8 $5 22. Qb3 $8 Qxb3 23. Rxb3 { 1-0/ Chernin,A-Horvath,J/HUN-ch/1992/ (35)}) 15. d5 g5 16. Bg3 b6 $2 { This meak move will cost the defender dearly. If white's center becomes too strong black's pawn pair a7-b6 will offer very poor compensation.} (16... e6 $5 17. Bc7 Rd7 (17... Re8 18. d6 Nd7 19. Rxb7 Rec8 $14) 18. d6 Na6 19. Bb5 Rxc7 20. dxc7 Nxc7 21. Qd7 $13) 17. Re1 Bxf3 (17... e6 18. Nxg5 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Qa5 20. Nf3 (20. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 21. dxe6+ Ke8 22. Qb3 $14) 20... exd5 21. exd5 (21. Rd2 d4 $13) 21... Nc6 22. Rd2 $16) 18. Bxf3 Nd7 19. e5 Rac8 20. e6 $1 (20. Ra1 Qc2 21. Rxa7 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxe7 $14) 20... fxe6 21. Rxe6 {Anand shows, that the position has a very distinct feature: the weak black king. Protection of his own master will cost black dearly.} Nf6 (21... Bf6 22. Re2 Qc4 23. d6 e6 24. Rxe6 Rc5 25. Re7 $16) (21... Qa3 22. d6 Bf6 23. dxe7 Bxe7 24. Bd6 $1 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 $18) 22. Rxe7 Qc2 (22... Nxd5 23. Re8+ $1 Bf8 (23... Rxe8 24. Bxd5+ $18) 24. Rb5 $1 (24. Ra1 Nc3 (24... Qc4 25. Qd2 Qc5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rd1 $18) 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qe1 Qc4 27. Rxa7 $14) 24... Nc3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qxd8 Qa1+ 27. Bd1 Qxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Nxd1 29. Bb8 $18) 23. d6 Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 a5 (24... g4 25. Be2 a5 26. d7 Rc2 27. Bxg4 Kf8 28. Bd6 $18) 25. h3 a4 26. Rc7 $1 {Fine move, that shows the difference in the strength of the pawns d6 and a4. The support of the bishops pair f3,g3 turn the d6 guy into powerhouse.} Kh8 (26... Rxc7 $2 27. dxc7 Rf8 28. Rd8 $18) (26... b5 27. Rb1 (27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. d7 Nxd7 29. Rxd7 b4 30. Bd5+ $16) 27... Rb8 28. d7 b4 29. Ra7 Rb5 30. Bc6 Rc5 31. Bc7 Rxd7 32. Bxd7 Nxd7 33. Bd6 Rd5 34. Rxd7 a3 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Bxb4 $18) 27. Rdc1 $1 Rb8 28. Ra7 Nd7 (28... b5 29. d7 Nxd7 30. Bxb8 Nxb8 31. Rb1 Bf8 32. Rxb5 a3 33. Ra8 Bd6 34. Rd5 $18) 29. Rcc7 a3 (29... b5 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 b4 32. Rb7 Rxb7 33. Bxb7 Bf6 34. d7 Bd8 35. Bc6 a3 36. Be5+ Kh7 37. Be4+ Kg8 38. Bd5+ Kh7 39. Bd6 $18) 30. Bd5 {This picture belongs to the textbook about domination. Black is hopelessly lost.} (30. Bg4 a2 31. Rxa2 Nf6 32. Raa7 $18) 30... b5 (30... Nf6 31. Rxg7 Nxd5 32. Rh7+ Kg8 33. Rag7+ Kf8 34. Be5 $18) 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 b4 33. Bb3 (33. Ra7 b3 34. Rxa3 b2 35. Be4 b1=Q+ 36. Bxb1 Rxb1+ 37. Kh2 Rb7 $16) 33... Ra8 (33... a2 34. Bxa2 b3 35. Bb1 $18) 34. Rb7 (34. Rb7 a2 35. Bxa2 Rxa2 36. d7 Ra8 37. Rb8+ Rxb8 38. Bxb8 Bf6 39. Be5 $1 $18) 1-0 [Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "1998.05.15"] [Round "5"] [White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2505"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1998.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.08.06"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Rac1 O-O 11. Qd2 a6 12. Bh6 Rc8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b3 Rc5 15. Rfd1 Re8 16. Qb2 Kg8 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Qb8 19. Ne3 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Ncd5 Qb7 22. Qd4 Qc6 23. Rxc5 dxc5 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. Qe5 h5 26. h4 b4 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. Qxd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Rc8 30. Rd7 c4 31. bxc4 Rxc4 32. Rxe7 Rc2 33. Rb7 Rxe2 34. Rxb4 Rxa2 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "1998.05.14"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2690"] [Annotator "Wedberg,T"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1998.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.08.06"] {Beliavsky holds the balance in this game with a new and very active strategy. Anands aggressive try to win produces a very entertaining finish.} 1. e4 {Anand } e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 (12. d5 {Anand}) 12... h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 (17... f5 {Anand}) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Rxa3 (19... Ne5 {Anand-Kamsky/Las Palmas/1995}) 20. bxa3 Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Re3 Nc5 23. Bb2 Bc8 (23... Qa5 24. Nf5 (24. N4f3 Qa4 25. Qa1 b4 26. axb4 Qxb4 27. Bc3 Qb5 $11 { Zontakh,A-Gligoric,S/Pozarevac 1995/EXP 49/1/2-1/2 (58)}) 24... g6 25. Ng3 Bg7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nb3 Qxa3 28. Nxc5 Qxc5 29. Rxd3 $13 { 1-0 Kotronias,V-Gligoric,S/JUG-chT 1997/EXP 59 (34)}) (23... g6 24. N4b3 Na4 25. Bd4 Ba6 26. Rxd3 b4 27. Re3 bxa3 28. Qa1 Qd7 29. Qxa3 $16 { 1-0 Chandler,M-Mannion,S/Barnsdale YM 1989/TD 89\14 (39)}) 24. Nc6 Qh4 $146 { Active play against Whites center. When Black loses in this line it's usually because of dropping the d3-P for nothing or more common because White gets a K-side attack, so keeping the Q on the K-side might be a good defensive measure as well.} (24... Qc7 25. Nb4 Na4 26. Ba1 Bd7 27. Rxd3 $16 { 1-0 Zontakh,A-Mojzis,J/Pardubice op 1995/EXT 95op (33)}) 25. Bd4 f5 { The logical way to continue. Black tries to disturb White as much as possible.} (25... Bd7 26. Nf3 Qh5 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. Qxd3 $16) 26. Nf3 (26. Bxc5 $5 {Anand} dxc5 27. e5 c4) 26... Qh5 27. e5 f4 (27... dxe5 {Anand} 28. Rxe5 $1) 28. Re1 dxe5 29. Ncxe5 Qf5 (29... Bf5 30. Qc1 Nd7 31. Qxf4 $16) 30. Nh4 (30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. Qxd3 Qxd3 32. Nxd3 Rxe1+ 33. Nfxe1 Bxa3 34. Nxf4 Bb7 $17) (30. Qb1 $14 { Anand Beliavsky}) 30... Qg5 31. Neg6 {Anand decides to go for the Black K, but in doing so he promotes the d3-P from being a weakness to be a dangerous passed P.} (31. Nhf3 $11) (31. Bxc5 {Anand} Bxc5 32. Nxd3 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Bf8 34. Qe8 Qxd5 35. Ng6 (35. Nxf4 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qd7) 35... Qf7 36. Qxf8+ Qxf8 37. Nxf8 Kxf8 38. Nxf4 Ke7 $44) 31... Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Qxd5 33. Nxf8 (33. Qe8 Qf7 34. Qxc8 d2 35. Bxc5 (35. Qg4 $2 f3 $19) 35... d1=Q+ 36. Kh2 Qdd7 37. Qxd7 Qxd7 38. Bxf8 $11) 33... Ne4 $1 (33... Kxf8 {Anand} 34. Ng6+ Kf7 35. Nh8+ $11 (35. Qe7+ Kxg6 36. Qxg7+ Kh5 37. Be3 Bxh3 $1)) 34. Qc1 (34. Nf3 {Anand} Kxf8 35. Qc1 $11) 34... d2 (34... Qc4 $1 {Anand} 35. Qxf4 d2 36. Nfg6 d1=Q+ 37. Kh2 Nf6 $19) 35. Qxc8 d1=Q+ 36. Kh2 Nd6 $8 (36... Qc4 37. Bc5 $3 Nd6 (37... Qxc5 $2 38. Qe6+ Kxf8 39. Ng6#) 38. Qd8 Qf7 39. Bxd6 $18) 37. Qd8 Qf7 38. Qxd6 (38. Nhg6 Ne8 39. Ne5 Qxf8 40. Qd5+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ $11) (38. Ne6+ {Anand} Ne8 39. Nxg7 Qe2) 38... Qxf8 39. Qd5+ Qf7 40. Qa8+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ Kg8 (41... g6 $2 42. Qe5 $18 (42. Qe5 { Anand} Qf8 43. Nxg6 $1 $18)) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "1998.05.13"] [Round "3"] [White "Leko, Peter"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Lukacs,P"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "1998.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.08.06"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 { The well-forgotten lines become new again for time to time.} (6. h4 {is the mai n line, but it is not easy to find anything real here, and the lines are sometimes quite boring for the attacking players.}) 6... e6 7. N1e2 Bd6 8. Nf4 {White can get the B, but Black's position remains rock-solid.} Nf6 9. h4 (9. O-O {is nothing special in view of} Nd5 $1 10. Ngh5 O-O 11. Bb3 Nd7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Ng3 Qh4 $11 {Tal-Botvinnik, Moskau (m2) 1961}) (9. Bb3 Qc7 10. Qf3 Nbd7 11. h4 (11. O-O e5 $11) 11... e5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. O-O-O ( 14. Bxf7 {is too greedy:} exd4 15. Bxd4 Ne5 16. Be6+ Kb8 $44) 14... exd4 15. Bxd4 Nc5 16. Bxf6 Bf4+ 17. Kb1 gxf6 $11 {Boleslavsky}) (9. c3 Nbd7 (9... Nd5 10. Qf3 Bxf4 11. Bxf4 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 Nd7 13. h4 h6 14. O-O-O Qf6 15. Ne2 O-O-O { Black has everything in order here.} 16. Rh3 Bf5 17. g4 g5 18. Qf3 h5 $1 19. gxf5 g4 20. Qf4 gxh3 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. Bxe6+ Kc7 24. Bxh3 Rde8 $11 {Azmaiparashvili-Illescas, Erevan ol. 1996}) 10. Qf3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. O-O-O b5 $1 { This is an important positional move securing the central post for the N on d5. } 15. h4 Nd7 16. Ne4 N5f6 17. Bd2 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 a5 19. Qg4 a4 20. Bc2 Nf6 21. Qf3 Qd5 $11 {Rublevsky-Dreev, Presidents Cup. 1998}) 9... Bxf4 { It is a big question which B to give for the N?} (9... Qc7 10. Nxg6 (10. Qf3 $6 {is a light-hearted attempt, and Black can take the P without beeing punished.} Bxc2 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 h6 13. Rac1 Bh7 14. Nfh5 Nxh5 15. Nxh5 Bg6 16. Nf4 Bxf4 17. Bxf4 Qa5 $17 {Makropoulos-J.Santos, Budva zt. 1981}) 10... hxg6 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. Bg5 O-O-O $11 {There is no weakness in Black's camp, therefore the white ^^ cannot find a real target.}) 10. Bxf4 h6 11. Qd2 (11. Qe2 $5 Nbd7 (11... Qxd4 $2 12. Be5 $44) 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. h5 Bh7 15. Rh4 N7f6 16. Bb3 b5 17. a3 a6 $11 {Socko-Grabarczyk, POL ch. 1996}) 11... Nbd7 12. Bd3 ( 12. Bd6 $4 Nb6 $19) (12. Bb3 a5 $5) 12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qa5+ $5 { This is the typical centralizing manoeuvre with the Q.} (13... O-O 14. O-O-O $14) 14. Bd2 Qd5 15. c4 $1 (15. f3 $2 e5 $15) 15... Qxg2 16. Qe2 b5 ({After} 16... O-O-O $2 {the Q gets into trouble:} 17. O-O-O c5 18. d5 exd5 19. Rdg1 $18 ) 17. b3 (17. O-O-O bxc4 $19) 17... bxc4 18. bxc4 h5 $1 { Black has to do something against capturing his Q.} 19. O-O-O Ng4 20. Ne4 Ndf6 21. Nd6+ (21. Nd6+ Kf8 (21... Ke7 22. Bb4 $1) 22. Bb4 Kg8 23. Rdf1 $44) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "1998.05.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Krasenkow, Michal"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2660"] [Annotator "Hansen,Cu"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1998.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.08.06"] 1. Nf3 {Hecht Tsesarsky} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ndb4 (8... Nxc3 {Tsesarsky} 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. cxd4 (10. Qxd4 Qxd4 (10... Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Rb1 Bf6 14. c4 Rd4 15. c5 a5 ( 15... Rc4 16. Be3 $16) 16. Be3 Rb4 17. a3 Rc4 18. Rfd1 $16 { 1-0 Pilnik,H-Bolbochan,J/Mar del Plata 1945 (39)}) 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Kd8 $1 14. Rab1 (14. Rhc1 Re8 $14) 14... Rb8 15. Rhc1 b6 16. e4 Bb7 17. Ke3 $14) 10... Bb4+ 11. Bd2 (11. Kf1 O-O 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. Qb3 Rd8 14. h3 Bd7 15. a3 Bd2 16. Be4 Rac8 17. a4 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 $15 { 1/2-1/2 Tomaszewski,R-Plachetka,J/Polanica Zdrój 1980 (29)}) 11... Qxd4 12. Rb1 a5 (12... Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Rb8 15. Rhc1 Kd8 16. Rb3 $44) 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. O-O Qc3 16. Rfc1 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Portisch,L/Biel izt 1993 (20)}) 9. Ndb5 (9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nxc6 (10... bxc6 11. Be3 $14) 11. Bxc6+ (11. Nb5 {Tsesarsky} Kd8 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Rc1 Be7 $132) 11... bxc6 {+/=/= would be the thematic way to play. The game-continuation is more complicated.}) 9... a6 (9... Qxd1+ {Tsesarsky} 10. Kxd1 Rb8 11. a3 (11. Ne4 Be7 12. Nbd6+ (12. Bf4 $6 e5 13. Bg5 f6 (13... O-O $11 ) 14. Be3 O-O $15) 12... Bxd6 13. Nxd6+ Ke7 14. Nxc8+ Rbxc8 $15) 11... Na6 12. Ne4 $1 (12. Be3 $6 Bc5 13. Nc7+ $1 Nxc7 14. Bxc5 $14) 12... e5 (12... Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nxa7 Rd8+ 15. Kc2 $16) 13. Be3 f5 14. Nd2 Ra8 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Nc4 $16) (9... Be7 {Tsesarsky} 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 (10... Kxd8 11. O-O $16) 11. Nd6+ Ke7 12. Nxc8+ Rxc8 13. O-O $14 (13. Be4 Ba5 14. Bd2 f5 $132)) 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Na3 e5 (11... Bd7 {Tsesarsky} 12. O-O $14) 12. O-O (12. Be3 {Tsesarsky} Kc7 13. O-O Be6 {-This game}) 12... Be6 13. Be3 Kc7 14. b3 (14. Rfd1 {Tsesarsky} Rc8 15. Rac1 Nxa2 16. Nxa2 Bxa2 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 $44) 14... Rc8 15. Rfc1 Kb8 16. Nc4 Nd4 (16... Bxc4 {Tsesarsky} 17. bxc4 Na5 18. Nd5 $1 (18. a3 Nbc6 19. Bh3 Rd8 20. Bb6 Rd2 21. Be3 Rd8 $11) 18... Nxc4 (18... Rxc4 19. Nb6 (19. Bb6 Nbc6 20. Bc7+ Ka7 21. Bb6+ Kb8 22. Bc7+ $11) (19. Nxb4 Bxb4 20. Bd5 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 f6 22. Rb1 Rd8 23. Be4 Bc3 $44) 19... Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Bd6 21. Nd7+ Ka8 22. Bb6 Nbc6 (22... Nac6 23. a3 $18) 23. Rd1 (23. Kf1 $5) 23... Nc4 24. Bd5 Nxb6 25. Nxb6+ Ka7 26. Nc4 Nd4 (26... Bc7 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Rd7 Kb7 29. Rxf7 $16) 27. Nxd6 Rd8 28. Bxf7 Rxd6 29. Kg2 $14) 19. Nxb4 Bxb4 (19... Nxe3 20. Nxa6+ $1 $18) 20. Rcb1 (20. Rab1 a5 $17) 20... a5 21. a3 Nxa3 22. Rxa3 Rc2 (22... Bxa3 23. Rxb7+ Ka8 24. Rb5+ $18) 23. Raa1 Rxe2 24. Be4 Rd8 25. Kf1 $18) 17. Rab1 ( 17. Nxe5 $6 {Tsesarsky} Ndc2 18. Bf4 Ka7 19. Be3+ Nxe3 20. fxe3 Bd6 $44) 17... Bxc4 (17... f6 {Tsesarsky} 18. Rb2 $1 $14 (18. a3 Nbc6 19. Kf1 (19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. e3 Nb5 $15) 19... Nxb3 20. Rxb3 Bxc4 21. Rb6 Nd8 22. Rcb1 Rc7 23. Nd5 Rd7 24. Nb4 Bxb4 25. R6xb4 Bd5 26. Bh3 Rd6 27. Bc5 Rc6 28. Be7 $44)) 18. bxc4 Rxc4 19. Bd2 { White has ^^ and some play in the b-<-> for his P. Maybe it is enough ~/=} ( 19. Kf1 {Tsesarsky} f5 $44) 19... b5 (19... Rxc3 {Tsesarsky} 20. Rxc3 Nxe2+ 21. Kf1 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 a5 23. a3 $16) (19... f5 {Tsesarsky} 20. e3 (20. Kf1 Bd6 21. e3 Ndc6 22. e4 Nd3 23. Rd1 g6 $15) 20... Nb5 21. Nxb5 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 axb5 23. Rb1 Nc6 24. Rxb5 $16) 20. Kf1 (20. e3 {Tsesarsky} Nxa2 $5 (20... Nd3 21. Rd1 Rxc3 22. exd4 (22. Bxc3 Ne2+ $19) 22... Ra3 23. Be3 $44) 21. Nxa2 (21. exd4 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 exd4 23. Ne4 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 h6 $19) 21... Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nxc1 23. Nxc1 Bd6 24. Bd5 Rc2 25. Ke1 $132) 20... Be7 (20... Bd6 {Tsesarsky} 21. Ne4 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Be7 23. e3 Ne6 24. Bc3 $1 f6 25. Bxb4 Bxb4 26. Rc6 Re8 (26... Nc7 27. Nxf6 $1 gxf6 28. Rb6+ Kc8 (28... Ka7 29. Rb7+ Ka8 30. Rxc7+ Kb8 31. Rb7+ Kc8 32. Rf7 $18) 29. Bh3+ Ne6 30. Rxe6 $18) 27. Rxa6 Nc7 28. Rb6+ Ka7 29. Rc6 Na6 30. h4 $14) 21. Rd1 (21. a3 {Tsesarsky} Nbc2 $17) (21. a4 {Tsesarsky} Rd8 $17) 21... Rd8 22. a4 Ndc2 (22... bxa4 {Tsesarsky} 23. Bd5 Rc7 24. Bxf7 Rcd7 (24... Ndc2 25. Nd5 Rb7 26. Bc3 Bf6 27. Nxb4 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Nxb4 (28... Rxf7 29. Nxa6+ Ka7 30. Nc5 Ne3+ $1 31. fxe3 Be7+ 32. Ke1 Bxc5 33. Ra1 a3 34. Bxe5 $11) 29. Bg8 Rb5 $132 (29... a3 30. Ra1 (30. Bxh7 $132) 30... e4 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Rxa3 Ka7 33. Ra4 h6 34. h4 $14)) 25. Bc1 a5 26. Nxa4 $14) 23. axb5 Rcd4 (23... Na3 $1 {Tsesarsky} 24. Rbc1 (24. Ra1 Nbc2 25. Rac1 Rxd2 $1 $19) 24... Nxb5 25. Ne4 (25. Nxb5 Rxd2 $1 $19) (25. Nd5 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 a5 27. Bb2 f6 $17) 25... Rxc1 (25... Rcd4) 26. Rxc1 f5 27. Bg5 Rd7 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 $17) 24. Ne4 f5 (24... axb5 {Tsesarsky} 25. e3 Rd3 26. Ke2 f5 27. Bxb4 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 Nxb4 30. Nc3 $11) 25. e3 R4d5 (25... Rd3 {Tsesarsky} 26. bxa6 fxe4 27. Ke2 Na3 28. Bxb4 Nxb1 29. Rxb1 Bxb4 30. Rxb4+ Ka7 31. Bxe4 Rd2+ 32. Ke1 $11) 26. bxa6 fxe4 27. Ke2 Na3 $6 (27... Ka7 {Tsesarsky} 28. Bxe4 Kxa6 29. Rb2 Rxd2+ 30. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Na3 32. Rb3 $14) (27... Rb5 {Tsesarsky} 28. Rb2 $14) 28. Ra1 $2 {A gamble} (28. Bxb4 Nxb1 29. Rxb1 Bxb4 30. Rxb4+ Ka7 31. Rb2 $14 ( 31. Bxe4 {Tsesarsky} Rd2+ 32. Kf1 (32. Ke1 Rd1+ 33. Ke2 R8d2+ 34. Kf3 Rf1 35. Bb7 Rfxf2+ 36. Ke4 Rxh2 37. Kxe5 Rd3 $15) 32... Rf8 (32... Kxa6 $11) 33. f3 Kxa6 34. h4 Rc8 (34... h6 35. h5 Rc8 36. Bb7+ Ka5 37. Bxc8 Kxb4 38. Ke1 Ra2 39. g4 Kc3 40. Bf5 $11) 35. Rb1 (35. Bb7+ Ka5 36. Bxc8 Kxb4 37. h5 (37. Bf5 g6 38. Be4 Rh2 39. Ke1 Kc3 $17) 37... Rh2 38. g4 Kc3 39. Bf5 Kd2 40. Bxh7 Kxe3 41. Be4 Kf4 42. Kg1 Re2 (42... Kg3 43. Kf1 (43. Bb7 Rf2 44. Be4 Re2 45. Kf1 Rxe4 $19) 43... Rf2+ (43... Rh1+ 44. Ke2 $11) 44. Ke1 $11) 43. Bc6 $11) 35... Rc3 36. Bxh7 Rxe3 37. Be4 Ra3 38. h5 Raa2 39. g4 $11) (31. Rb7+ Kxa6 32. Rxg7 $4 Rd2+ 33. Ke1 Rd1+ 34. Ke2 R8d2#)) 28... Nbc2 (28... Nxa6 {Tsesarsky} 29. Bxe4 R5d6 30. Bc3 Rxd1 31. Bxe5+ R1d6 32. Rxa3 Ka7 33. Bxd6 Bxd6 34. Ra1 Kb6 (34... Be5 35. Ra5 Bc7 36. Ra1 h6 37. Bd3 Rd6 38. f4 Kb7 39. Rxa6 Rxa6 40. Bxa6+ Kxa6 41. Kd3 Kb5 42. Ke4 Bb6 43. g4 Kc6 44. h4 Kd6 45. Kf5 (45. h5 Ke6 46. g5 hxg5 47. fxg5 Bc7 48. h6 g6 49. Kd4 Kf5 50. e4+ Kf4 51. Kd5 Be5 52. Ke6 Kxe4 $19) 45... Bxe3 46. Kg6 $11 (46. g5 Kd5 47. gxh6 gxh6 48. Kg4 $11)) 35. Bxh7 $11) (28... Nb5 {Tsesarsky} 29. Bxb4 Bxb4 30. a7+ Nxa7 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Bxe4 Rd2+ 33. Kf3 $15) 29. Rac1 Bb4 (29... Ka7 {Tsesarsky} 30. Bxe4 Rc5 31. Bb4 Rc4 32. Bxe7 Rxd1 33. Kxd1 Rxe4 34. Bxa3 (34. Rxc2 Nxc2 35. Kxc2 Ra4 $17) 34... Nxa3 35. Rc7+ Kxa6 36. Rxg7 $11) (29... Rc5 {Tsesarsky} 30. Bxe4 Rd6 $15) 30. Bxb4 Nxb4 31. Rxd5 Nxd5 (31... Rxd5 {Tsesarsky} 32. Bxe4 Ra5 33. Bxh7 Nxa6 $15) 32. Bxe4 Nb5 33. Bxh7 Ndc3+ (33... Rd6 {Tsesarsky} 34. Rc5 Ka7 35. Kf3 Kb6 36. Rc8 (36. Rxb5+ Kxb5 37. a7 Rd8 38. Be4 Kc5 $19) 36... Kxa6 37. Bd3 Nf6 38. Bf5 Kb6 $17) 34. Kf1 Ka7 (34... Rd6 $17 {Tsesarsky}) 35. Ra1 Rd6 36. Kg2 Rxa6 37. Rc1 { Of course black should never lose this position} (37. Rxa6+ {Tsesarsky} Kxa6 $17) 37... Rc6 $6 (37... Rd6 $15 {followed by bringing Ka7 to the K-side}) 38. Bd3 Rc7 $4 (38... Kb6 $17 {Tsesarsky}) 39. Bxb5 Nxb5 40. Rxc7+ Nxc7 {Hecht The offside position of Black's king as well as the vulnerability of both Black pawns enable Anand to win easily with his active king. Die Abseitsstellung des schwarzen Königs sowie die Anfälligleit beider schwarzer Bauern ermöglichen dem mit einem aktiven König operierenden Anand einen leichten Sieg.} 41. Kf3 $18 Ne6 (41... Kb6 $4 {Tsesarsky} 42. Ke4 Kc6 (42... Kc5 43. Kxe5 Kc4 44. Kf5 Kd3 45. Kg6 Ne8 46. Kf7 Nf6 47. Kxg7 Ng4 48. h4 Nxf2 49. h5 $18) 43. Kxe5 Kd7 44. f4 (44. Kf5 Ke7 45. Kg6 Kf8 46. h4 Nd5 47. g4 Ne7+ 48. Kh7 (48. Kg5 Kf7) 48... Kf7) 44... Ne8 45. g4 Nd6 46. h4 Nc4+ 47. Kd4 Nd6 (47... Nd2 48. h5 Ke6 49. g5 (49. e4 Nf3+ 50. Ke3 Nh2 51. f5+ $1 (51. g5 Nf1+ 52. Kd4 Ng3 53. h6 gxh6 54. gxh6 Kf7 55. f5 Nh5 56. Ke5 Nf6 57. Kf4 Nh7 58. e5 Ke7 59. Kg4 (59. Ke4 Ng5+ 60. Kd5 Nh7 61. f6+ Nxf6+ $11) 59... Kf7 60. Kh5 (60. Kh4 Ke7 61. Kh5 Kf7 $11) 60... Nf8 $11) 51... Ke5 52. g5 Ng4+ 53. Kf3 Nh2+ 54. Kg2 Ng4 55. Kg3 Ne3 56. f6 $1 $18) 49... Kf5 50. Kd5 Ne4 51. h6 gxh6 52. gxh6 Nf6+ 53. Kd6 Kg6 54. Ke6 Ng4 55. e4 Nxh6 $11) 48. h5 Ke6 49. e4 Nb5+ 50. Ke3 Nd6 51. g5 Nf7 52. f5+ Ke5 53. h6 $1 $18) (41... Ne8 $1 {Tsesarsky} 42. Ke4 Nf6+ 43. Kxe5 Ng4+ 44. Kf5 Nxh2 (44... Nxf2 {Hecht} 45. Kg6 Ng4 46. h4 Nxe3 47. h5 Kb7 48. Kxg7 Nf5+ 49. Kg6 Nxg3 50. h6 $18) 45. Kg6 (45. e4 Kb7 $13) 45... Ng4 46. Kxg7 Nxf2 47. Kg6 Kb6 48. Kf5 Nd1 $11) 42. Ke4 Ng5+ (42... Kb6 {Tsesarsky} 43. Kxe5 Nf8 44. Kd6 $18) 43. Kf5 Nh3 (43... Nf3 {Tsesarsky} 44. h4 Kb6 45. Ke4 Nh2 46. Kxe5 Ng4+ 47. Kf5 Nxf2 48. Kg6 $18) 44. f4 (44. f4 {Tsesarsky} exf4 45. exf4 Kb6 46. Kg6 Kc6 47. Kxg7 Kd7 48. f5 $18) 1-0 [Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "1998.05.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1998.05.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.08.06"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 (5... Bb4+ { Anand,V-Adams,M/Wijk aan Zee/1998}) 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 d6 10. Bg5 (10. Nc3) 10... a4 11. Nc3 Bxc3 (11... axb3 12. axb3 Rxa1 13. Rxa1 Nbd7 14. Na2 Ba3 15. Nc1 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 $14) 12. Qxc3 Nbd7 (12... Ne4 13. Qd3 $1 (13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Bxc7 Nxe2+ 15. Kh1 axb3 16. axb3 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nxd4 19. Bd1 $14 {^^}) 13... Qc8 14. d5 $14) (12... h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. b4 $14 { >< Pa4}) 13. b4 h6 14. Bc1 (14. Bxf6 Nxf6) 14... b5 $1 15. cxb5 Nb6 16. Ba3 ( 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Nfd5 (17... Qd7 18. Qd3) 18. Qd2 (18. Qd3 Nxb4 19. Qd2 N4d5 $13) 18... Nc4 {/\ Ndb6, d5}) 16... Rc8 $1 (16... Qd7 $2 17. Ne5 $1 $16) ( 16... Be4 17. Ne1 Nfd5 18. Qc6 $1 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 $14) 17. Nd2 $2 (17. Ne1 $1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Nfd5 19. Qd3 f5 20. Rab1 {/\ Bc1-d2, Rfc1, f3, e4}) 17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nfd5 19. Qd3 f5 20. Rac1 (20. Nf3 Qd7 21. Rab1 Rb8 22. Bc1 $11) 20... Qd7 21. e3 Rb8 22. f3 $6 f4 23. gxf4 Rxf4 24. e4 (24. Kh1 Rf6) 24... Nf6 25. Kh1 Rf8 26. Rg1 Nh5 $2 (26... d5 $1 27. e5 Nh7 $1 $15 {/\ Nc4, Ng5}) 27. Rc6 Rh4 $2 (27... R4f7 $1 $13) 28. Bc1 Nf4 29. Qc2 Rf7 30. Nf1 d5 31. e5 $1 Nc4 32. Ne3 Nh3 33. Rg3 Ng5 34. Ng4 $6 (34. Qd1 $1 $16) 34... Rxf3 (34... Rf5 $1 35. Bxg5 hxg5 36. Qxa4 Qf7 $1 37. Qd1 $1 (37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Nf6+ $2 Rxf6 39. exf6 Qh5 $17) 37... Rxg4 38. Rxg4 Rxf3 39. Rg1 Qf5 $44) 35. Bxg5 Rxg3 36. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 37. Bxh4 (37. Qg6+ Qg7 38. Qxg7+ Kxg7 39. Bxh4) 37... Rg4 38. Bxf6 Ne3 39. Rxc7 $1 (39. Rxc7 Nxc2 40. Rxd7 Rxd4 41. b6 Rxb4 42. b7 $18) 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.26"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2790"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Ne7 8. Be3 b6 9. a4 a5 10. Nbd2 f6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Nfd2 O-O 13. b4 axb4 14. a5 bxa5 15. Bxc5 Bh6 16. Qb1 Qc7 17. Ra4 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 Rfb8 19. Qa1 Qd8 20. Rb1 Kf7 21. h4 Ng8 22. Nc4 b3 23. Rxb3 Rxb3 24. cxb3 Qxd3 25. Nd6+ Kg7 26. b4 Rb8 27. Rxa5 Rd8 28. Ra7+ Kh8 29. Rc7 Rxd6 30. Bxd6 Qxd6 31. Qa7 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qh5 33. Rxc6 Qxh4+ 34. Kg1 Bb3 35. Rc7 Qh5 36. f3 Qh4 37. Qf2 Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Ba4 39. Rc5 Kg7 40. b5 Ne7 41. Rc7 Bxb5 42. Rxe7+ Kg8 43. g3 g5 44. Ke3 Bc4 45. f4 exf4+ 46. gxf4 gxf4+ 47. Kxf4 Bf7 48. Kf5 Kg7 49. Rc7 h6 50. Ra7 h5 51. Rb7 h4 52. Kg4 Kf8 53. Kxh4 Bg6 54. Rb4 Ke7 55. Kg4 Kf8 56. Kf4 Kf7 57. Rb6 Kg7 58. Rb7+ Kf8 59. Ke3 Bf7 60. Kd4 Kg7 61. Rb1 Kf8 62. Kc5 Ke7 63. Rb7+ Ke6 64. Kd4 Bg6 65. Rb6+ Ke7 66. Kd5 Bf7+ 67. Kc5 Be8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.26"] [Round "11"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Nc6 15. d5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5 17. Rxb7 e6 18. Qe2 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 exd5 20. exd5 a5 21. Rfb1 Qc2 22. Bf4 Qc3 23. Qxc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.25"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2740"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Bc4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qf3 Rf8 13. Bb3 Ne5 14. Qe3 Rb8 15. O-O Qb6 16. Qe2 Rh8 17. Kh1 h5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Bg4 20. Qd2 Be6 21. Rad1 Qa5 22. Qe1 h4 23. h3 Nc4 24. Bc1 Kd7 25. Qf2 Rb7 26. Ne2 Nxb2 27. Bxb2 Bxb2 28. Rb1 Qa3 29. Nf4 Bxb3 30. axb3 Bf6 31. Nd3 Qa5 32. e5 Bxe5 33. Qf5+ Kc7 34. Ra1 Qd5 35. Nxe5 Qxe5 36. Qxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.25"] [Round "10"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Be6 9. Re1 Nf6 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bf4 Qd8 14. a3 Nd5 15. Bg3 Bf6 16. Be4 Nce7 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 c6 20. Rad1 Rfe8 21. Qc2 g6 22. Qb3 b6 23. h3 Qe6 24. Rd2 Rad8 25. Red1 Rd7 26. Qf3 Nf5 27. Bf4 Red8 28. Bg5 Nfe7 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Bf6 d4 31. Qe4 d3 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Qxd3 Nd5 35. Qd4 h6 36. h4 Kh7 37. g3 Qd7 38. Qc4 Nc7 39. Qc2 h5 40. Qe4 Nd5 41. b4 Qe6 42. Qc4 Kg8 43. Qd4 Nxf6 44. exf6 Kh7 45. a4 Qf5 46. b5 Qb1+ 47. Kg2 Qf5 48. Qc3 g5 49. hxg5 Qxg5 50. Qd3+ Kh6 51. Qd6 Kg6 52. Qd7 Qe5 53. Qxa7 Qe4+ 54. Kh2 Qd4 55. Kg1 Qd1+ 56. Kg2 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.22"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2635"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 a5 8. O-O b6 9. Ne1 Ra7 10. a3 bxa3 11. Nxa3 d6 12. Nd3 Re7 13. b4 e5 14. bxa5 bxa5 15. Nb5 e4 16. Nf4 g5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 f5 19. Qd2 f4 20. Rfc1 Bg4 21. e3 Bf3 22. Qxa5 Qe8 23. Nxd6 Qh5 24. Rc8 Nd7 25. Rxf8+ Nxf8 26. Bf1 Qg6 27. Nc4 fxg3 28. fxg3 h5 29. d6 Rh7 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Ra8 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.22"] [Round "9"] [White "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Qb3 b6 14. b5 Bb7 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd2 a6 17. Bd3 b5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Ncxe4 Nb6 20. Rc6 Qb7 21. Rc2 Qd5 22. Rfc1 Qxb3 23. Nxb3 Nd5 24. Nec5 a5 25. a4 Rfb8 26. Ra1 Bf8 27. g3 Bxc5 28. Nxc5 b4 29. Ne4 Rc8 30. Rac1 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 f5 32. Nc5 Kf7 33. Kf1 Nc3 34. Ke1 e5 35. dxe5 Rd8 36. Rd2 Rxd2 37. Kxd2 Ne4+ 38. Nxe4 fxe4 39. Kc2 Ke6 40. Kb3 Kxe5 41. Kc4 h5 42. h4 Ke6 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Piket, Jeroen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2575"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Na3 Bg4 12. Nxb5 O-O 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. Kh1 exd4 16. cxd4 Qf6 17. Be3 Ba5 18. Bd5 Bxe1 19. Bxc6 d5 20. Rc1 Ba5 21. e5 Qf5 22. Rc5 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Rxd5 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qc2 Bb6 27. Be4 g6 28. Qc3 c6 29. Nd6 Ra8 30. Qe3 Qh4 31. Kg2 Ra1 32. Qb3 Qg5+ 33. Kh3 Qh5+ 34. Kg2 Qg5+ 35. Kh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Piket, Jeroen"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D87"] [WhiteElo "2575"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. d5 Ne5 15. Bb3 Qa6 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qd3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 c4 19. Bc2 Qxa2 20. e5 Qa5 21. Ra1 Qxd5 22. Be4 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxa7 Bc8 25. Rb1 g5 26. g3 gxf4 27. gxf4 f6 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Kf2 b5 30. Ke3 Kh8 31. Ra8 Bg7 32. Ra7 Bf6 33. Ra8 Rg8 34. Rd1 Rh5 35. Bd5 Be6 36. Rxg8+ Bxg8 37. Bxg8 Kxg8 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Rb8 Rh3+ 40. Ng3 Rxh2 41. Ne4 Rh5 42. Rb7 Rd5 43. f5 Bxc3 44. Nxc3 Rd3+ 45. Ke4 Rxc3 46. Rxb5 Rc1 47. Rb6 Rh1 48. Rc6 Rh4+ 49. Ke5 h6 50. Rc8 Rg4 51. Rh8 c3 52. Rc8 Rg3 53. Rc7 h5 54. f6 Rg5+ 55. Kf4 Kxf6 56. Rxc3 e5+ 57. Kf3 Kf5 58. Rc8 e4+ 59. Kf2 Rg3 60. Kxg3 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.20"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2605"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. g4 Bc8 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. Qg4 Nb4 18. Rf2 Bf8 19. Rd1 g6 20. Qg3 Rac8 21. Rfd2 d5 22. e5 Nc5 23. Nd4 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Ne2 Bc6 26. Nc3 Qb7 27. h4 b5 28. axb5 axb5 29. h5 Na6 30. Qh3 Bb4 31. Kg1 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Bd5 33. hxg6 fxg6 34. Bxe4 Nc7 35. Bxg6 hxg6 36. Rh2 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.20"] [Round "7"] [White "Van Wely, Loek"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E66"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 e5 13. Rae1 h5 14. Nd1 h4 15. e4 hxg3 16. hxg3 Ng4 17. Bc3 Bh6 18. f3 Nf6 19. f4 Ng4 20. Nf2 Bg7 21. Bf3 Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Nb7 23. Rh2 Qe7 24. Kg2 Bd7 25. Reh1 Nd8 26. Nf1 f6 27. Ne3 Nf7 28. Bg4 bxc4 29. bxc4 Bxg4 30. Nxg4 Qd7 31. Ne3 Rb7 32. f5 g5 33. Ng4 Rfb8 34. Rh7 Kf8 35. Kf3 a5 36. Ke3 Rb4 37. Bxb4 axb4 38. Rxg7 Kxg7 39. Rh7+ Kf8 40. Nh6 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Sadler, Matthew D"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2650"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. a3 Bb7 4. d5 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Na6 7. Nh3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. b4 Be5 10. Ra2 exd5 11. cxd5 Ne4 12. Qd3 c6 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Bf6 15. d6 Qe8 16. Qxe8 Raxe8 17. Rd1 c5 18. b5 Nb8 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Rf5 21. Nh3 Re4 22. Nc3 Rc4 23. Rd3 g5 24. f3 g4 25. Nf4 gxf3 26. exf3 Rd4 27. Rad2 Bxf3 28. Rxd4 cxd4 29. Rxd4 a6 30. a4 Rc5 31. Rd3 Bg4 32. Re3 Kf8 33. Nfd5 axb5 34. axb5 Be6 35. Nxb6 Kf7 36. Kf2 h5 37. Nba4 Rc4 38. Rf3+ Kg7 39. Rf4 Rc8 40. Ke3 Kg6 41. Kd2 Kg7 42. Kd3 Kg6 43. Nb6 Re8 44. Kd4 Bf7 45. Ne4 Be6 46. Nd5 Kg7 47. Ne7 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.18"] [Round "6"] [White "Sadler, Matthew D"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nd2 c5 4. d5 Qa5 5. Ngf3 d6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O e5 9. Re1 Na6 10. a3 Bd7 11. Rb1 Rfc8 12. b3 Rab8 13. Bf1 Ne8 14. Bb2 Qd8 15. g3 Nec7 16. Nh4 b5 17. Ng2 b4 18. a4 Ne8 19. f4 Nac7 20. Qf3 Qe7 21. Rbd1 Nf6 22. f5 Bh6 23. Bd3 Kh8 24. Nf1 Rg8 25. h3 Rbf8 26. g4 Bg5 27. Ng3 h5 28. gxh5 gxf5 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 30. exf5 Nce8 31. Kh1 Rg7 32. Bc2 Rfg8 33. Rg1 Rh7 34. Ne3 Rxh5 35. Rg3 Qf8 36. Rdg1 Qh6 37. Ng4 Nxg4 38. Qxg4 Nf6 39. Qf3 Rg7 40. Kg2 Be3 0-1 [Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 a5 11. Rd1 a4 12. Bd2 Be7 13. b3 b5 14. Bg5 h5 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. Nf4 axb3 18. cxb3 Rhd8 19. Rdc1 h4 20. e6 fxe6 21. Re1 Rd6 22. Ng5 Nd4 23. Ne4 e5 24. Rad1 Nf3+ 25. gxf3 Rxd1 26. Ng6+ Kf7 27. Nxe5+ Ke6 28. Rxd1 Kxe5 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Rd8 g5 31. a3 Kf6 32. Kh2 Ke5 33. Rg8 Kd4 34. b4 Kc3 35. Ne6 Kb3 36. Nxc7 Rb8 37. Ne6 Kxa3 38. Nxg5 Kxb4 39. f4 Ra8 40. Ne6 Bxe6 41. Rxa8 Kc3 42. Re8 Bd5 43. f5 b4 44. Rd8 b3 45. Rxd5 cxd5 46. f6 b2 47. f7 b1=Q 48. f8=Q Qe4 49. Qa3+ Kd2 50. Kg1 d4 51. Qb2+ Kd1 52. Qa1+ Ke2 53. Qa2+ Kd1 54. Qa1+ Kd2 55. Qb2+ Kd1 56. Qa1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.17"] [Round "5"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B65"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. h4 Bd7 13. Bd3 h6 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc6 16. Qe3 Rxd3 17. Rxd3 hxg5 18. hxg5 Bxg2 19. gxf6 Bxh1 20. Qg1 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Lautier, Joel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B49"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. c4 Nxe4 11. c5 O-O 12. Rc1 f5 13. g3 Rb8 14. Bf3 Ng5 15. Bg2 e5 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 f4 18. Be4 fxe3 19. Qh5 g6 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. fxe3 d5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Lautier, Joel"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E55"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Ne5 a6 14. Rac1 b5 15. Bb3 Bb7 16. c4 Qa5 17. Bd6 bxc4 18. Qxc4 Bd5 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Bxb3 21. axb3 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Nd5 23. Rc6 Rec8 24. Rfc1 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 a5 26. h3 h6 27. Rc4 Nb6 28. Rc6 Nd5 29. Rc4 Nb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2740"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Be3 Bf6 12. a3 Na5 13. Ba2 Nac4 14. Bc1 Bb7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 17. Rxa4 Nb6 18. Ra5 exd4 19. cxd4 c5 20. Nc3 Re8 21. dxc5 Nd7 22. Ra3 Nxc5 23. Nd5 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Nxe4 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Qd4 Qd8 27. Be3 Nc5 28. Bf4 Ne6 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Bxd6 Rd8 31. Bg3 f6 32. Ne1 Rd2 33. Rb3 Be4 34. f3 Bf5 35. Bf2 h5 36. Be3 Rd5 37. Rb6 Rb5 38. Rxa6 Rxb2 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Nc7 41. Rb6 Re2 42. Bf2 Bg6 43. g5 Nd5 44. Rb8+ Kf7 45. Rb7+ Re7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Kostakiev,D"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. Nc3 {Any game of great chess players is a kind of lesson. So it is with this game. It throws light over one of the numberous (c2+c3) doubled pawns middlegame's structures.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 (6. Nxc6 Bxc3+ (6... bxc6 {Grimm,R-Latzke,B/Wuertt ch 1995/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 7. bxc3 bxc6 $11 { 0-1 Pel Bonno-Ernst Sipke/It (open), Hoogeveen (Netherlands) 1997 (22)}) (6. Qd3 $11 {0-1 Dieu,B-Marciano,D/FrTCh, Mulhouse FRA 1998 (18)}) 6... O-O $146 ( 6... h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3 g5 (9... d5 $14 { 1/2-1/2 Schall,A-Schwicker,F/Frankrig 1988 (27)}) 10. Bg3 $11 { Zahariev,Z-Lirindzakis,T/Heraklio summer 1993/1-0 (54)}) 7. Be2 (7. Nxc6 $5) 7... h6 8. Bxf6 $6 (8. Nxc6 $5 $11) 8... Bxc3+ $1 $15 9. bxc3 {Look at the pawn structure diagram and have in mind the presence of B+N+Q+RR and their influence to the fight} Qxf6 10. O-O d5 11. Rb1 Rd8 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qd4 (13. c4 $5 Bf5 14. Bf3 $15) 13... Be6 (13... Bf5 $5 14. Bd3 Be6 $15) 14. Bf3 b6 15. c4 $6 {Generaly good standart idea launched in a not suitable moment. White should have try to rid off doubled P (c3-c4) in another tactical way. May be like that:} (15. Rfd1 $142 $1 Rab8 $140 (15... Rd6 16. Rd2 a6 17. Rbd1 b5 18. a4 Rb8 19. Rb1 Ra8 20. Ra1) (15... b5 16. a4 a6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qd3 Rab8 19. Ra1 Ra8) 16. Rd2 a6 17. Rbd1 Rd6 18. c4 $1 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 dxc4 20. Rxd6 cxd6 21. Rxd6 $11) 15... Rab8 {#} 16. Rb4 (16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 $15) 16... Qe8 $1 17. c5 ({Inferior is} 17. cxd5 $2 c5 $17) 17... Qe7 18. c6 (18. cxb6 $4 c5) 18... Rd6 19. Qc3 Qe8 20. Rd4 Qxc6 21. Qd2 Qd7 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. c3 c5 24. Rd3 Qa4 25. Qb2 R6d7 26. a3 b5 27. h3 a6 28. R1d2 g6 29. Bd1 Qa5 30. Bf3 h5 31. h4 $19 (31. Rd1 $142 Qc7 $17) 31... Qc7 32. g3 Qe5 33. Rd1 Qf6 34. Kg2 $19 (34. Be2 $5 $17) 34... Kh7 (34... Bh3+ $5) 35. R3d2 (35. Be2 Bf5 36. R3d2 Re8 $19) 35... Kg7 {It seems as not the best place for the King, because while the Qb2 is on the big diagonal a1-h8. In a moment c3-c4 with open check becomes possible. But at the same time the line h8-h1 stands by open for attack if an occasion will appear..} (35... Bh3+ { would complicate the realisation of the advantage.}) 36. Qa1 {Point of veiw (a pawn more) realisation, the heavy pieces endgames are more difficult than the light pieces ones. One should say better was to keep the B. But Anand has another instructive idea.} Bg4 $1 {Grandmasrer's strike! An ordinary player should opt here for 36...Bh3 which unexpectedly would have given better chances White to survive} 37. Bxg4 hxg4 { # New pair of doubled pwans - positive (for Bllack). Briefly said: Xf3; Xf2.} 38. Kg1 Qe5 39. a4 $6 {Better was not to leave 3d rank.} ({f.e.:} 39. Rd3 $1) 39... b4 $1 $17 (39... Qe4 $6 40. c4+ $14) 40. cxb4 Qxa1 41. Rxa1 cxb4 42. Rd4 (42. a5 $142 $5) 42... a5 43. Rxg4 (43. Rc1 Rb7 $17) 43... d4 44. Rxd4 Rxd4 45. exd4 Rxd4 46. Rc1 b3 47. Rb1 Rb4 48. Kf1 (48. Rb2 Kf6 49. Kf1 Ke5 50. Ke2 Kd4 $19) 48... Kf6 49. Ke2 Kf5 50. Kd3 Kg4 51. Kc3 (51. Ke2 b2 52. Ke3 f5 $19) 51... f5 52. Kb2 $19 (52. Rb2 f4 53. gxf4 (53. Rxb3 Rxa4 54. Kb2 Rb4 $19) 53... Kxh4 54. Rxb3 Rxa4 55. f5 gxf5 56. Rb5 Ra3+ $19) 52... Rxa4 53. Rd1 Ra2+ 54. Kxb3 Rxf2 55. Rd6 Rf3+ 56. Ka4 Kh5 0-1 [Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B49"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2565"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O a6 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. c4 Nxe4 11. c5 O-O 12. Rc1 f5 13. g3 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Nxg5 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nc4 Nf7 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Qb3 b5 19. cxb6 Qb7 20. Qe3 d5 21. Nce5 Ncxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxb6 24. Rc7 Bd7 25. b3 Rbc8 26. Rfc1 a5 27. a4 Qb8 28. Ba6 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 h6 30. Qd6 Kh7 31. Qc5 Qb4 32. Qxb4 axb4 33. Bd3 Kg6 34. f4 Kf6 35. Rb7 e5 36. fxe5+ Kxe5 37. Rxb4 Rc8 38. Kf2 g5 39. Rb7 Rc3 40. Ke2 Bc8 41. Rb4 f4 42. Kd2 Rc5 43. gxf4+ gxf4 44. Rb5 Rc7 45. b4 Rg7 46. Rc5 Rg2+ 47. Kc3 Be6 48. a5 Ra2 49. a6 Ra3+ 50. Kd2 Kd4 51. Bf1 Ra4 52. Rc7 Rxb4 53. a7 Ra4 54. Rc6 Ra2+ 55. Ke1 Bd7 56. Ra6 Rxa6 57. Bxa6 Bc6 58. Ke2 Kc5 59. Kf3 Kb6 60. Bf1 Kxa7 61. Kxf4 Kb6 62. Kf5 Be8 63. Ke5 Kc5 64. h4 d4 65. Bd3 Bf7 66. Be2 Bg6 67. h5 Bf7 68. Kf6 Bc4 69. Bd1 Bf1 70. Bc2 Kc4 71. Kg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B70"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "149"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Bg5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 h6 12. Bc1 Bc6 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Qg3 Kh7 15. Qh4 e6 16. Qg3 Ne5 17. Bf1 g5 18. Rd1 Ng6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Bxe4 22. Ba3 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Rc8 25. c4 Ne5 26. Bd3 Bg6 27. c5 Bxd3 28. cxd3 Kg6 29. f3 Nc6 30. Kf2 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Nxd8 32. Ke3 Nc6 33. Bb2 f5 34. Bc3 h5 35. g4 h4 36. Bd2 Kf6 37. Bc3+ e5 38. d4 Ke6 39. gxf5+ Kxf5 40. d5 Ne7 41. d6 Nd5+ 42. Kf2 Nf6 43. Bd2 a6 44. Be3 Nd7 45. Ke2 Nf6 46. Kd3 Nd7 47. Kc4 Nf6 48. Kb4 Nd7 49. Ka5 Kf6 50. Kb4 e4 51. fxe4 g4 52. hxg4 Ke5 53. g5 Nf8 54. Kc3 h3 55. Bg1 Ke6 56. Bh2 Nd7 57. Kd4 Nf8 58. c6 bxc6 59. Kc5 Kd7 60. Kb6 Ne6 61. g6 c5 62. Ka5 Ng7 63. Ka4 Ne6 64. Kb3 Kc6 65. Kc4 Ng7 66. d7 Kxd7 67. Kxc5 Ne6+ 68. Kb6 Ke7 69. e5 Kf8 70. Kxa6 Kg7 71. Kb6 Kxg6 72. a4 Kf5 73. a5 Nd4 74. a6 Nf3 75. a7 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. c3 b6 14. Re1 Bb7 15. h4 c4 16. Bc2 b5 17. Bd2 a5 18. h5 Bd5 19. Qh3 Rb8 20. b3 b4 21. bxc4 bxc3 22. Bxc3 Qxc4 23. Nd2 Qc7 24. Bb3 Nf6 25. Rac1 Qa7 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Nc4 Bf4 28. Rc2 Rc8 29. Bxa5 Qxd4 30. Qb3 Kg8 31. Nb6 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 Bd6 33. Nc4 Qc5 34. Rb1 f5 35. Re1 Nf4 36. Bd2 Kh7 37. Qb3 Rb8 38. Qc3 Rc8 39. Nxd6 Qxc3 40. Bxc3 Rxc3 41. g3 Nxh5 42. Nb5 Rc2 43. Ra1 f4 44. a4 fxg3 45. fxg3 Nxg3 46. a5 Ne2+ 47. Kh1 Ng3+ 48. Kg1 Ne2+ 49. Kh1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 07th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1998.03.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "1998.03.13"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.04.29"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 e5 14. Qh4 Re8 15. a4 e4 16. Nd2 Re6 17. g3 Be7 18. Qf4 Bd6 19. Qh4 Be7 20. Qf4 Bd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 15th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1998.03.09"] [Round "14"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Gershon,A"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1998.02.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.06.02"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. d4 Bb7 8. Bg5 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 (9... h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. f3 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e3 Re8 14. Bf2 c5 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bd3 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 18. O-O Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Nd7 20. Qd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lerner,K-Almasi,Z/Vienna op 1996 (29)}) 10. f3 d5 $146 (10... c5 11. e4 cxd4 (11... h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. Bc2 Ng6 16. Bf2 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Rc8 19. O-O dxc4 20. Rad1 Ndf8 21. Nxc4 $16 { 1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Cvetkovic,S/JUG-chT Cetinje 1991 (38)}) 12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. Be2 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. O-O Rac8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 { 1/2-1/2 Hillarp Persson,T-Stefansson,H/VISA ch-Nordic, Reykjavic ISL 1997}) ( 10... h6 11. Bh4 d5 (11... c5 12. e3 d5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bd3 Qb6 15. Bf2 a5 16. b3 {In the game this move wasn't good because the e3 pawn isn't defended. ( 0-0 instead of Bf2).} (16. O-O {-game}) 16... Rfc8 17. O-O Ba6 18. Rab1 Qc6 19. Rfc1 Nb6 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Bf5 Nfd7 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Qd6 24. Bg3 Qe7 25. bxc5 Rxc5 26. Qd4 $16 { 1-0 Hauchard,A-Tondivar,B/Interteam ch, Antwerp BEL 1998 (43)}) (11... Rc8 12. e4 e5 (12... c5 13. Bd3 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. O-O cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. Rfe1 Ba6 21. Rac1 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Nb3 23. Rc3 Nd4 24. Bh3 $14 {Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/It, Linares ESP 1998/1/2-1/2 (52) -Played in the preivous round}) 13. Bd3 Nxe4 $5 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Bh4 e4 16. Bc2 (16. fxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Rfe8 $19) 16... exf3 17. bxc3 Rce8+ 18. Kd1 fxg2 19. Rg1 Re3 20. Bf5 Bc6 21. a4 Nb8 22. Kc2 g6 23. d5 Bd7 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Rxg2 Rfe8 26. Rf1 Nc5 $15 { 0-1 Ivanchuk,V-Karpov,A/Moscow blitz 1993 (32)}) 12. e3 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bb5 Ne4 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rfxd8 17. Kf2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Rc7 19. Nb3 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Rhd1 c4 22. Nd2 b5 23. e4 $14 { Hoang Than Trang-Stummer,A/Budapest FS09 IM-B 1994/1-0 (51)}) 11. e3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 (12... Nxc5 $6 13. cxd5 Bxd5 (13... exd5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. b4 Ne6 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. Kf2 $14) 14. e4 Bb7 15. e5 h6 16. exf6 hxg5 17. fxg7 Re8 18. Bb5 Rc8 19. Rd1 $16) 13. Bd3 Qb6 (13... h6 $6 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. Bf2 a5 16. b3 $14 { And white is able to prevent the blocking of the queen side pawns}) 14. O-O h6 15. Bh4 a5 16. Bf2 (16. b3 a4 17. Rab1 (17. b4 $4 cxb4 $19) 17... axb3 18. Qxb3 Qxb3 19. Rxb3 Ba6 $11) 16... a4 17. Rfe1 {/\ 18.cd5 ed5 19.e4: Creating space for manoeuvring : xc4 openong lines for rooks and bishops etc.} Rfe8 18. Rab1 ( 18. cxd5 exd5 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Rab8 $15) 18... Ba6 19. Qc2 {By retreating his queen to c2 Kramnik reduces black's tactical possibilities and puts some pressure on a4 but he also gives black an important square (e5) forthe knights. I think white should have waited a bit with the retreat since black will have difficulties with finding good positions for his pieces.} (19. Bf1 $5) 19... Ne5 20. Bf1 Qc6 21. Bg3 Ned7 ( 21... Nxc4 $2 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qxc4 { And black doesn't have the 'b' file to create counterchances}) 22. Bf2 Ne5 23. h3 Nfd7 24. f4 $2 (24. Bg3 $16 {Kramnik}) 24... Nxc4 $1 (24... Ng6 25. g3 -- 26. Bg2 -- 27. g4 {Kramnik}) 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Qxc4 Rab8 { As opposed to take the pawn on his 21st move, now black has the control over the b file which guarantees him a sufficient counterplay .} 28. Re2 Rb3 29. Rd1 Nb6 30. Qc1 e5 31. e4 exf4 32. Qxf4 Nc4 33. e5 Qe6 (33... Nxb2 $2 34. Rd6 $1 Qb5 35. e6 $1 fxe6 (35... Qxe2 36. exf7+ Kh8 37. f8=Q+ Rxf8 38. Qxf8+ Kh7 39. Qf5+ $18) 36. Qg4 (36. Rexe6 $2 Rxe6 37. Rxe6 Nd3 38. Qe4 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 Rh1+ $1 40. Kg3 Qb8+ 41. Kh4 Qd8+) 36... Rxa3 37. Rexe6 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Qb8 (38... Rf8 39. Re7 $18) 39. Bg3 $18) 34. Bxc5 (34. Bxc5 Rxb2 35. Re4 Rc2 (35... Nxe5 36. Bf2 $13) 36. Bd6 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 15th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1998.03.08"] [Round "13"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2740"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "155"] [EventDate "1998.02.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.06.02"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Bc4 (10. h3) (10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bf2 Nc6 14. O-O e6 15. Nde2 $1 { 1-0 Lanka,Z-Rogozenko,D/Chebanenco mem 1st 1998/CBM 64 (31) [Rogozenko]}) (10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Nge5 12. f3 b5 13. Bf2 Rb8 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Be2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Rb1 Rg8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. h3 h5 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Rxb6 23. b4 cxb3 24. axb3 { 1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Kasparov,G/Linares (10)/1998/CBM 64 [Atlas]}) 10... Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. h4 $146 (12. Qf3 Rf8 13. Bb3 Ne5 14. Qe3 Rb8 15. O-O Qb6 16. Qe2 Rh8 17. Kh1 h5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Bg4 20. Qd2 Be6 21. Rad1 Qa5 22. Qe1 h4 23. h3 Nc4 24. Bc1 Kd7 25. Qf2 Rb7 26. Ne2 Nxb2 27. Bxb2 Bxb2 28. Rb1 Qa3 29. Nf4 Bxb3 30. axb3 Bf6 31. Nd3 Qa5 32. e5 Bxe5 33. Qf5+ Kc7 34. Ra1 Qd5 35. Nxe5 Qxe5 36. Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Topalov,V/Amber Rapid 1998/EXP 63}) 12... Qb6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. hxg5 O-O-O 15. Qd2 (15. gxh6 Bxh6 {Weiß kann nicht rochieren}) 15... hxg5 16. Rxh8 Rxh8 17. O-O-O Ne5 18. f3 Qa5 19. Kb1 Bf6 20. Qe3 Kb7 21. Bf2 Rb8 $2 $16 {Zu optimistisch} (21... Ra8 $142 $14 {Anand}) 22. g3 Kc8 23. Qe2 $1 Ng6 24. Be1 (24. Bxf7 Bxc3) 24... Qb6 (24... Bxc3 25. Bxc3 Qb6 26. Bxf7 $18) 25. Na4 Qb5 $18 (25... Qa7 $142 26. Bxf7 $16 {Anand}) 26. c4 $1 Qb7 27. Ba5 $16 (27. c5 $1 $18 {Anand}) 27... c5 28. Nb6+ Qxb6 (28... Kd8 29. Nd5+ Ke8 30. Nxf6+ exf6 31. Rxd6 $18) 29. Bxb6 Rxb6 30. Rd2 (30. Qe3 $5) 30... Be5 31. Qh2 Kc7 32. Rf2 Rb8 33. f4 Rh8 $2 (33... Bd4 $142 { Bietet Schwarz bessere Überlebenschancen.} 34. Rf1 gxf4 35. gxf4 Bc6 36. Qe2 $16) 34. fxe5 $1 $18 Rxh2 35. exd6+ Kxd6 36. Rxh2 {Dies Endspiel ist gewonnen, auch wenn die technische Realisierung nicht so einfach ist.} Bc6 37. Bc2 Ne5 38. b3 Nf3 39. Rh7 f6 40. Kc1 a5 41. Kd1 Ke6 42. Bd3 Kd6 43. Ke2 Ne5 44. Kd2 Bb7 45. Kc3 Nc6 46. Rh8 Kc7 47. Bf1 Ne5 48. Bg2 Bc6 49. a3 Bb7 50. Rh7 Kd7 51. b4 axb4+ 52. axb4 cxb4+ 53. Kxb4 Ba6 54. Bh3+ g4 55. Bf1 Bb7 56. Bg2 Ba6 57. Rh5 Ke6 (57... Nxc4 58. Bf1 $18) (57... Bxc4 58. Rxe5 $18) 58. Kc3 Kd6 59. Bf1 Bb7 60. Bd3 Bc6 61. Rh7 Bd7 62. Be2 Be6 63. Bf1 Bf7 64. Bd3 Be6 65. Rh8 Nc6 66. Bc2 Kc5 67. Bb3 Bf7 68. Ba4 Ne5 69. Rc8+ Kb6 70. c5+ Kb7 71. Rh8 Bg6 72. Kd4 Bf7 73. Rh7 Kc7 74. Bb5 Nf3+ 75. Ke3 Ne5 76. Rh8 Bg6 77. Ra8 Kb7 78. Ra6 1-0 [Event "Linares 15th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1998.03.07"] [Round "12"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B63"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1998.02.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.06.02"] 1. e4 {Petursson Gofshtein,L} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f3 (9. f4 {Gofshtein,L}) 9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 a6 (10... Qa5 {Gofshtein,L} 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qd8 (12... Qb8 13. Bb4 e5 14. Qc3 Ne8 15. Qa3 a6 16. Nc3 (16. Nxd6 a5 17. Bc5 b6 18. Nxc8 Bxc5 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nc6 $13) 16... Be6 (16... a5 17. Nd5 $1) 17. Nd5 $14 {Vera}) 13. Bb4 d5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. exd5 $1 Nxd5 16. Nxa7 Bd7 17. Kb1 $16) (10... Bd7 {Gofshtein,L} 11. Bc4 Bc6 12. h4 Qa5 13. Bb3 Rfd8 14. Kb1 b5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Qb6 $11 { Relange-Sosonko,Cannes 1996}) (10... e5 {Gofshtein,L} 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. h4 Rc5 14. a3 Qb8 15. Be3 $16 {Chandler-Lobron Biel 1987}) 11. h4 (11. e5 { Gofshtein,L} dxe5 12. Qxe5 Qe8 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Qg3 $13 {Kuzmin-Oll Lviv 1990}) (11. Kb1 {Gofshtein,L} Qa5 12. Qd2 Rd8 $2 13. Nd5 Qxd2 14. Nxe7+ Kf8 15. Bxd2 Kxe7 16. Ba5 Rd7 17. c4 $16 {Liss-Van Delft Leeuwarden 1995}) 11... b5 (11... Qa5 {Gofshtein,L} 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. g4 Rac8 15. Ne2 Qc7 16. Qf2 b4 $13 {Santo Roman-Gurevich France 1986}) 12. Kb1 (12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qa5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qc7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rd4 Rfd8 21. Rhd1 h6 22. Qd3 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 {1/2-1/2 Urbanec,K-Prucha,K/CSR-ch 1954/ }) (12. a3 Bb7 13. h5 h6 14. Bh4 Rc8 15. g4 Rc5 16. Rg1 e5 17. Qd3 Ne8 18. Bf2 Rc7 19. Kb1 Bg5 20. a4 b4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Nf6 23. Qa5 Rc6 24. Qxb4 Qc7 $44 {0-1 Lhagvasuren,C-Nicevski,R/Dreszer mem 1988/ (43)}) (12. g4 Bb7 13. Be3 (13. Qf2 b4 14. Na4 Bc6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nc4 d5 17. Bf4 Rb7 18. Ne5 Bb5 19. g5 Nh5 20. Bh2 Qa5 21. Kb1 f6 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Bh3 $16 { 1-0 Zapata,A-Hernandez,G/Cali zt 1990/ (29)}) 13... e5 14. Qd2 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. g5 Qc7 18. h5 b3 19. axb3 a4 20. Bc4 axb3 21. cxb3 Ra5 22. Qc3 Rc8 $13 {Pribyl,M-Reeh,O/BL9394 1994/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 12... Qc7 (12... Bb7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Qe3 Rfe8 15. Rde1 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Nc1 a4 18. Qd2 Ba6 19. Qxb4 Reb8 20. Qd2 d5 21. Qe2 Rxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Ba3+ { 0-1 Wiesmann,H-Matthias,H/NRW-I 1994/}) 13. h5 (13. Bxf6 {Gofshtein,L} gxf6 ( 13... Bxf6 14. Qxd6 Qa5 15. e5 $16 Bd8) 14. g4 Qc5 15. Qd2 $13) (13. g4 $5 { Gofshtein,L}) 13... h6 14. Bh4 $6 {Not so bad in itself, but bishop would control also other important squares from e3. White keeps the pressure on f6 and hopes for g4-g5 attack.} (14. Be3 Bb7 15. g4 Nh7 $11) (14. Bxf6 $6 { Gofshtein,L} gxf6 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Rh3 $13 Rh8 $13) 14... Bb7 15. Ne2 (15. g4 e5 (15... Rad8 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxg5 20. Bd3 Rfe8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxg7 $14) 16. Qd3 Rac8 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 (19. fxe4 Bxg5 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Rfd8 $17) 19... Bxe4 20. fxe4 Bxg5 21. Bh3 Rcd8 $15) (15. Bd3 $5 {Gofshtein,L}) 15... Rac8 16. Qd2 (16. Rc1 d5 $17) 16... Rfd8 17. Re1 {If moves like this are called for white's plan must have gone astray. In the meantime black have managed to develop all his pieces. Gofsthein: for white a difficult to found good move} (17. Bg3 Ne8 $15 (17... e5 {Gofshtein,L} 18. Nc3 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bxa6 Bxa2+ $19)) (17. Nd4 d5 18. e5 (18. exd5 Rxd5 $17) 18... Qxe5 19. g4 $44) (17. g4 { Gofshtein,L} Nxe4 18. fxe4 Bxe4 $40) 17... e5 $1 (17... d5 18. e5 $1 { Gofsthein: This was the idea of 17.Te1} Qxe5 19. Bg3 Qf5 20. Nd4 Qh7 21. Bd3 Qh8 22. Bh4 $15) 18. Bxf6 $6 (18. Nc3 d5 (18... b4 {Gofshtein,L}) 19. Nxd5 (19. Bxf6 dxe4 20. Qf2 Bxf6 $17) 19... Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 $15) (18. Ng3 $142 d5 19. Bd3) 18... Bxf6 19. Nc3 Bg5 20. Qd1 $6 (20. Qd3 $5 $17 {Anand} d5 (20... Qa5 21. Rd1 Rc5 $15) 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Qb3 $8 (23. Qf5 e4 24. Qxe4 $2 Re5 25. Qxe5 Qxc2+ 26. Ka1 Qc1+ 27. Rxc1 Rxc1#) (23. Qe4 Rd4 24. Qf5 e4) 23... Rd2 $17) 20... Qa5 (20... d5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Bd3) (20... b4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 a5 23. Bb5 $1) 21. Nd5 (21. g4 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qxc3 23. Rh2 d5 $19) 21... Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxc2 $1 {Bolt from the blue, but a very logical one. Black has active pieces and only he could play for more after quiet continuations.} 23. Kxc2 (23. f4 Rd2 $19) 23... Qxa2 24. f4 (24. Re4 Rc8+ 25. Bc4 (25. Kd3 Qxb2 26. Rg4 e4+ 27. Kxe4 Qe5+ 28. Kd3 Qe3# (28... Rc3#)) 25... bxc4 26. Rhe1 Rb8 $19) (24. Kd3 $2 Qc4#) (24. Qd3 Rc8+ 25. Kd1 (25. Qc3 Rxc3+ 26. Kxc3 b4+ 27. Kc2 b3+ 28. Kc3 Qa5+ $19) 25... Rc1+ 26. Ke2 Qxb2+ $19) 24... Rc8+ {Not even a miracle could stop such an attack.} ({Not} 24... Bxf4 $2 { Petursson} 25. Rh3) 25. Kd2 (25. Kd3 Qc4+ 26. Kd2 Qxf4+ 27. Kd3 Qc4#) 25... Bxf4+ 26. Ke2 Qxb2+ 27. Kf3 (27. Kd3 Qd4+ 28. Ke2 Qe3#) 27... Rc1 (27... Rc1 28. Qe2 Qc3+ 29. Kg4 Qg3+ (29... Rxe1 $19) 30. Kf5 g6+ 31. Ke4 f5#) 0-1 [Event "Linares 15th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1998.03.04"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2825"] [Annotator "Atlas,V"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1998.02.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "12"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.06.02"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Nge5 (11... f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. h4 Qd7 14. O-O-O Nb4 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. a3 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Qa4 18. Kb2 Nd5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Qxg5 Bxd4 21. Rxh8+ Bxh8 22. Qh5+ {1-0 Anand,V-Gelfand,B/Biel 1997 (36)}) 12. f3 b5 13. Bf2 Rb8 (13... Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Nd5 (15. O-O-O Be6 16. Kb1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Bxc4 { 1/2-1/2 Ye Jiangchuan-Forster,R/Geneva op 1997}) 15... Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rb8 17. c3 Bb7 (17... Nc6 18. a3 O-O 19. Be2 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Ne3 { 1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Oll,L/Beijing 1997 (61)}) 18. a4 Bxd5 19. exd5 O-O 20. Be2 Rfc8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ba7 Rb7 23. Ra5 Nc4+ 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Be3 { 1/2-1/2 Aronian,L-Olafsson,H/Erevan olm 1996}) 14. Nd4 (14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Nd4 Qa5 16. Kb1 O-O 17. h4 g4 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Ka1 Qb6 21. b3 cxb3 22. cxb3 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 Wallace,J-Szekely,P/Budapest FS05 GM 1995 (40)}) (14. Nd5 e6 15. Ne3 a5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 O-O 18. Be2 Ng6 19. O-O Nf4 20. Rb1 Rb4 21. Rxb4 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 axb4 23. Qb5 Qc7 24. h4 Qb7 25. Qe2 Ne5 { 1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Milos,G/Yopal 1997 (43)}) 14... Bd7 15. Be2 (15. h4 g4 16. f4 g3 17. Bg1 Ng4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf2 20. Bxf2 gxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Qa5 22. Qg3 Kf8 23. a4 b4 24. Nd1 Nd4 25. Rc1 Nxf5 {0-1 Schneider,B-Heissler,J/BL9697 1997 (39) }) 15... Nc4 $1 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Rb1 Rg8 $1 18. Nxc6 (18. h4 $6 { would be a wrong choice in view of} g4 $1 $36) (18. O-O { was a plausible alternative here. Now both} {but natural} Nxd4 (18... h5 $2 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxg5) ({and} 18... g4 $6 19. Nxc6 (19. fxg4 $5) 19... Bxc6 20. fxg4 {yield White a superior position,}) 19. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Qb6 { easily equalizes.}) 18... Bxc6 19. h3 (19. O-O {falls short after} g4 $1 20. fxg4 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rxg4 22. Qh8+ Kd7 $40 {/^a8-h1, >< g4} 42. Nd4) (41... Qh8 42. fxg6 Qh1+ 43. Ke3 Bc1+ 44. Nxc1 Qxc1+ 45. Ke4 Qh1+ 46. Ke3 Qg1+ 47. Ke4 Qh1+ (47... Qg2+ 48. Ke5 $1) 48. Ke3 $11) 42. Nf4 $44 ) (41. Rd2 Bxa3 $1 (41... Rxd2 42. Qxd2 Bxa3 43. Qa2 $1 $11 {Salov}) 42. Rxc2 Qxc2 43. Qe5+ Kh7 $17) 41... Qh3 42. Qd1 Qh5+ 43. Kf2 $1 (43. Kg2 $2 Rc1 44. Qxc1 Bxc1 45. Nxc1 a5 $1 46. Rd3 $1 (46. bxa5 Qc5 $19) 46... Qf5 $17) 43... Qh2+ $1 (43... Rc1 $2 44. Qxc1 Bxc1 45. Nxc1 Qh1 46. Ne2 $11) 44. Kf3 Rc8 $1 45. Qb1 $2 (45. Rd3 $1) 45... Bc1 $1 $19 46. Nxc1 Qh1+ 47. Kf2 (47. Ke2 Rxc1 48. Qb3 Qg2+ 49. Kd3 Rc6 $1 $19) 47... Rxc1 48. Qd3 (48. Qb2+ {Baburin} Kh7 $19 ) 48... Rg1 0-1 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1998.01.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Van Wely, Loek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E17"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2605"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1998.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 (10... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 11. Rc1 (11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxd5 Rad8 15. Qh5 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bxd4 20. Qf3 { Osieka,U-Schuh,H/BL2-SW 1989/1/2-1/2 (46)}) (11. Qa4 Ne4 12. Rad1 cxd4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc6 16. Rxd8 Bxa4 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Bxe4 Rd8 19. Bd3 Bc5 20. Rc1 {Vokac,M-Votava,J/Karvina op 1989/1-0 (57)}) 11... Rc8 (11... Ne4 12. dxc5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc5 14. Qd3 h6 15. Rcd1 Qf6 16. Qxd5 Rad8 17. Qb3 g5 18. Bc1 Na5 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Qd3 Bc6 21. Nd4 Ba4 { Wilhelmi,C-Richter,M/DLM 1996/1/2-1/2 (54)}) 12. Bh3 Ra8 13. Qa4 a6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Red1 h6 16. Ne5 Ne7 17. Nd7 Nxd7 18. Qxd7 Qxd7 19. Bxd7 Rfd8 20. Bh3 Bc8 21. Bxc8 Raxc8 22. Na4 { 1-0 Anguix Garrido,J-Franco,C/Ibercaja op 1994/ (27)}) (10... Na6 $5 {Ftacnik} 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Naxc5 13. Be5 Re8 14. Nb5 Bf8 15. Nbd4 a5 $13 { Csom,I-Barczay,L/HUN(ch)/1977/}) 11. dxc5 (11. Ne5 {Ftacnik} Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Ne4 13. dxc5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxc5 15. Bd4 Rc8 16. Qa4 Bc6 17. Qb3 Qd6 18. Red1 Rfd8 19. Rd2 h6 20. e3 {1-0 Schussler,H-Rozentalis,E/Copenhagen AS04 1988/ (39)}) ( 11. Qb3 {Ftacnik} a6 12. a4 Rc8 13. Rad1 Re8 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qa2 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Nd4 Bc5 18. Be3 Qf6 19. Qb3 h5 20. h4 Re7 21. Bh3 Rce8 22. Rd3 Nxf2 23. Bxf2 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25. Rf3 Rxf2 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. Qd3 { 1-0 Ryan,J-Kennedy,M/IRL-ch 1992 (41)}) 11... Bxc5 $1 $146 (11... Nxc5 12. Be5 $14 {Kramnik} (12. Rc1 {Ftacnik} Nfe4 $14) (12. Be5 Re8 13. Qc2 $14)) (11... bxc5 12. Nh4 {- 59/58} (12. Nh4 $1 {Ftacnik} Nb6 (12... Nh5 13. Nf5 $1 (13. Nxd5 Bxh4 14. gxh4 Bxd5 $1 15. Qxd5 Nxf4 16. Qxa8 Qxa8 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 $13) 13... Nxf4 14. gxf4 Nb6 15. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Bf6 (17... Qxd5 $4 18. Nxe7+ $18) 18. Rad1 Qa5 $1 19. Nd6 Rad8 20. e4 Bxb2 21. e5 { 1-0 Gulko,B-Shabalov,A/USA-ch 1994/}) 13. Nf5 $16 Re8 (13... Qd7 14. e4 $5 d4 15. Nb5 Qxb5 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Nf5 $16) 14. Nb5 Qd7 (14... Nh5 15. Bd6 Bf8 16. e4 Nf6 17. e5 $16) 15. Nbd6 Bxd6 16. Nxd6 Re6 $6 (16... Red8 17. Rc1 c4 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Be5 $16) 17. Bh3 Bc6 18. Qc1 c4 19. Be5 $1 Rf8 20. Qf4 Nh5 21. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 22. Qd4 $18 { 1-0 Kramnik,V-Ribli,Z/Groningen PCA 1993/CBM 39/[Belov] (29)})) 12. Nd4 Ne4 ( 12... Re8 {Ftacnik} 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Ncb5 $14) 13. Nxe4 dxe4 $11 14. Qd2 (14. Nf5 {Ftacnik} Re8 $14) 14... Nf6 (14... Qf6 $5 15. Red1 Ne5) (14... Re8 { Ftacnik} 15. Red1 $14) 15. Red1 Qd5 16. b4 Be7 (16... Bxd4 {Ftacnik} 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Rac8 19. Rad1 $14) 17. Qb2 Ng4 $2 {Ftacnik: A serious tactical blunder, black was already under pressure from white active central pieces.} ( 17... Rfd8 18. h3 Ne8 $13) (17... Rac8 $5 {Ftacnik} 18. b5 $14) 18. f3 $1 (18. h3 $2 Nxf2 $1) 18... Nf6 (18... exf3 19. Bxf3 (19. exf3 $6 Nf6 20. g4 {/\ Nf5} (20. Rac1 $14 {Ftacnik}) 20... Rfd8 $1) 19... Qh5 20. e4 $1 $16 {/\ Qe2, Nf5} ( 20. e4 Rad8 21. Qe2 Ba6 22. b5 Rxd4 23. bxa6 Qc5 $11)) (18... e3 {Ftacnik} 19. Nf5 Qxf5 20. fxg4 Qc8 21. Rac1 $18) 19. Rac1 Rfd8 (19... Qh5 20. g4 $1) (19... Rfc8 20. Nc6 Bxc6 (20... Qe6 21. Bh3 $1 Qxc6 22. Bxc8 $1 $18) 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. fxe4 $16) 20. Bc7 $1 Rd7 $2 (20... Re8 $1 21. Nc6 Qe6 $14 (21... Qf5 {Ftacnik} 22. a4 $14)) 21. Bh3 { Ftacnik: It takes some loss of the material to make defenders task hopeless.} Rxc7 (21... exf3 22. exf3 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Bd6 24. Rc3 $1 {/\ Rcd3}) (21... Rc8 { Ftacnik} 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Be5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 $18) 22. Rxc7 Bd6 23. Rcc1 Be5 ( 23... exf3 24. Nxf3 $1) 24. Bg2 $1 {/\ f4} (24. f4 $4 e3 $1 $19) 24... exf3 ( 24... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 25. e3 exf3 26. Bxf3 Qd7 (26... Qxf3 27. Nxf3 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 $18) (26... Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxf3 28. Rxd8+) 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Nc6 $18) 25. Bxf3 Qd7 26. Qd2 h5 (26... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 27. Nb3 $18) 27. Nc6 Qxd2 (27... Bxc6 {Ftacnik} 28. Qxd7 Bxd7 29. Bxa8 $18) 28. Rxd2 Bxc6 29. Bxc6 $18 Rc8 30. b5 ( 30. Rdc2 {Ftacnik} h4 31. Bf3 $18) 30... h4 (30... g6 31. Rc4 $18) 31. Rcd1 $1 {Ftacnik: Anand correctly focuses his attention on vulnerable a7 pawn.} (31. gxh4 $2 {Ftacnik} Bf4 $14) 31... hxg3 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxd8+ Kh7 34. hxg3 Bxg3 35. Ra8 Bd6 (35... Ng4 {Ftacnik} 36. Rxa7 Ne5 37. Be4+ Kh6 38. Rb7 $18) 36. Rxa7 Kg6 37. a4 { Ftacnik: On top of everything black knight is ompletely framed by the Bc6.} Ng4 (37... Bc5+ {Ftacnik} 38. Kh1 Bb4 39. a5 Bxa5 40. Rxa5 bxa5 41. b6 $18) 38. Be8 $1 Ne5 39. a5 Bc5+ (39... bxa5 40. Ra6 Nc4 41. Rc6 $18) 40. Kh1 bxa5 41. Ra6+ ( 41. b6 {Ftacnik} Kf5 (41... Bxb6 42. Ra6 Nc4 43. Bb5 $18) 42. Ra6) 41... Kf5 42. b6 (42. b6 {Ftacnik} Bd6 43. b7 Bc7 44. Rxa5 g5 45. Ra8 $18) 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1998.01.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Timman, Jan H"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1998.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. O-O g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd4 e5 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Nd2 f5 14. Qa4 Rf7 15. Rad1 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. exd5 Rxd5 19. Nc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f 25'"] [Site "Lausanne"] [Date "1998.01.09"] [Round "8.8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2745"] [Annotator "Avrukh,B"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1998.01.09"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. d4 {Ftacnik Tyomkin,D} d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. b3 Bf5 6. e3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 (8... e5 {Ftacnik} 9. dxe5 Qb4+ 10. Nbd2 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxh4 12. O-O Bd6 13. Nef3 Qh5 14. e4 Ne7 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 cxd5 17. c4 { 1/2-1/2 Dumitrescu,D-Liiva,R/Dresden-U20 1994}) 9. c4 $146 (9. O-O {Avrukh,B} Be7 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 (12. Nbd2 c5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Nb5 Nc6 20. g3 { 1-0 Dumitrescu,D-Meduna,E/Pardubice op 1995 (36)}) 12... Qa6 (12... Rfd8 13. Rfd1 Qa6 (13... Nf6 14. Rac1 Ng6 15. h3 Qb4 16. Qb1 Qe7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. f4 f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 { 1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Dautov,R/EU-chTM 1997 (36)}) 14. Rac1 Nf5 15. Qb1 Ne7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 $14 {() Hodgson,J-Sergejev,R/EU-chTM 1997/1/2-1/2 (69)}) (12... Rad8 {Ftacnik} 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. Qb5 Rc6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Rfd1 Rfc8 18. Ne2 Nf5 19. Ne1 Kf8 20. Nd3 {Ganter,T-Birk,S/OLWuert 1995/1/2-1/2 (50) }) 13. Rfd1 (13. Rfc1 Rfd8 14. Qf1 dxc4 15. bxc4 c5 16. a4 Qc6 17. a5 Rdc8 18. Rab1 a6 19. Qd1 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Qc7 21. Ne4 $11 { Hodgson,J-Akopian,V/Koop Tjuchem, Groningen NED 1996/1/2-1/2(44)}) 13... Nb6 ( 13... Rfd8 14. a4 (14. Rac1 Nf5 15. Qb1 Ne7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qa5 18. c5 Qc7 19. Nd6 b6 20. b4 a5 21. b5 Rab8 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 bxc5 24. Rxc5 { Hodgson,J-Sergejev,R/EU-chTM 1997/1/2-1/2 (69)}) 14... dxc4 15. bxc4 c5 16. Nb5 Rac8 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 c4 19. Qe4 $14 { Kuporosov,V-Yagupov,I/RUS-Cup7 1997/1-0(30)}) 14. Rdc1 dxc4 15. Qf1 Nd7 (15... cxb3 $2 16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. axb3 $16) 16. bxc4 c5 17. d5 Rad8 18. Rab1 exd5 19. cxd5 Qxf1+ 20. Kxf1 b6 21. a4 f5 22. a5 Nc8 23. Nb5 bxa5 24. Nc7 Rf7 25. Rb5 Ncb6 26. Rxa5 $16 {Hodgson,J-Adianto,U/Amsterdam Donner 1996/1-0(47)}) (9. Nbd2 {Ftacnik} Ngf6 10. O-O Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. Ne5 Rfe8 13. c5 Qc7 14. f4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Bg3 Qd8 17. b4 f6 18. Nf3 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. b5 e5 22. bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qf5 { 1/2-1/2 Tibensky,R-Jagodzinski,W/Zinnowitz tt 1981 (40)}) 9... Ne7 $5 (9... Be7 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. O-O {-9.0-0}) 10. c5 $6 (10. O-O {Ftacnik} Nf5 11. Nbd2 Nxh4 12. Nxh4 $11) 10... Qa5+ 11. Nc3 (11. Qd2 {Ftacnik} Qxd2+ 12. Nbxd2 Nf5 $15) 11... b6 $15 12. b4 $4 {I suppose Anand made this move under impression of the first "active" game where he blundered twice in winning position.After the first sacrifice white sacrificed the second pawn, but didn't get any compensation. Ftacnik: The indian grandmaster was very tired, otherwise it is quite difficult to explain his erratic performance in this last game.} (12. cxb6 axb6 13. O-O Nf5 $15) 12... Qxb4 $17 {/-+} 13. O-O Nf5 ({or} 13... bxc5) 14. Rfc1 (14. Rfb1 {Ftacnik} Qa5 $17) 14... bxc5 15. Rab1 c4 (15... Qa5 { Ftacnik} 16. Qd2 Nxh4 17. Nxh4 cxd4 18. exd4 Ba3 $19) 16. Qc2 (16. Rxb4 { Ftacnik} cxd3 17. Rb7 Bd6 $19) 16... Qa5 17. Rb7 Qa6 18. Rcb1 Bd6 19. e4 { Ftacnik: White has "sacrificed" two pawns, but has very little to show forthem. } (19. Na4 {Ftacnik} Nxh4 20. Nxh4 Rd8 $19) 19... Nxh4 20. Nxh4 Rb8 21. Rxb8+ Bxb8 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Ng6 $5 {Otherwise black will castle! Ftacnik: Under normal circumstances white position is completely lost. This sacrifice is not spoiling anything and white can at least pretend to be fighting on.} (23. Nf3 { Ftacnik} O-O $19) 23... fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kd8 ({or} 24... Kf8) (24... Kf8 {Ftacnik } 25. Nxd5 Qd6 26. Ne3 Qxh2+ $19) 25. Qxg7 (25. Nxd5 {Ftacnik} Qd6 $19) 25... Re8 26. Qxh6 Qa5 27. Qg5+ Kc8 28. Qg6 Rf8 (28... Rh8) 29. Rc1 (29. Ne2 {Ftacnik } Qxa2 $19) 29... Qb6 30. Ne2 e5 31. Qh5 Qf6 32. Rf1 Rh8 { And Karpov defended his title of FIDE World Champion.} (32... Rh8 {Ftacnik} 33. Qg4 exd4 $19) 0-1 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f 25'"] [Site "Lausanne"] [Date "1998.01.09"] [Round "8.7"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "1998.01.09"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. Nf3 {Horn,Pe Hecht} d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e6 7. e4 Be7 8. Qe2 (8. Qe1 {Horn,Pe Das führt in der Regel zu spannungsreicheren Stellungen. Karpov scheint aber in dieser Schnellpartie einen eher ruhigen Start zu bevorzugen.}) 8... O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 {Auch eher ein Nebenweg.} ( 10. b3 a5 11. a4 (11. Bb2 a4 12. g4 Bg6 13. e5 Ne8 14. Kh1 Nc7 15. Rab1 axb3 16. axb3 Ra2 17. Ne1 f6 18. Ndf3 f5 19. Ng1 Nb5 20. Qd2 fxg4 21. hxg4 Ba3 22. Ba1 Qh4+ 23. Bh3 h5 24. Ng2 {1-0 Miles,A-Borik,O/Baden Baden 1981 (40)}) 11... b5 12. Bb2 Qb6 13. Rfb1 Rfd8 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. dxe4 Nd7 19. Bb2 e5 20. Bf1 Bc5 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Qxb5 Bxf2+ 23. Kg2 { Anikaev,Y-Timman,J/Vilnius 1969/1/2-1/2 (57)}) (10. g4 dxe4 (10... Bg6 11. Nh4 dxe4 12. dxe4 $2 (12. Nxg6 $8 hxg6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 (13... Qc7 14. f4 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 16. Be3 Qb6 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Qf2 Qb5 $11 {Mäser,F-Salazar,H/Zürich/ 1986 Horn: Der Bg2 sollte dem Nf6 grundsätzlich hier überlegen sein. Da aber Schwarz keine Schwächen hat, kann er mit dem Ergebnis der Eröffnung durchaus zufrieden sein.}) 14. Qxe4 e5 15. b4 (15. d4) 15... a5 16. b5 cxb5 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qd5 Qc7 19. a4 b4 20. f4 Qxc2 21. Qxd7 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Bd4 23. fxe5 Bxa1 24. Bg5 Bxe5 25. Be7 b3 {0-1 Roizman,A-Uhlmann,W/USSR 1966 (29)}) 12... Bxe4 $1 $19 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxh4 15. g5 f5 16. Qh5 fxe4 17. Qxh4 Ne5 18. Qxe4 Nf3+ 19. Kg2 Nxg5 {0-1 Degenhardt,H-Barbero,G/Frankfurt 1990 (35)}) 11. dxe4 (11. Nxe4 Bg6) 11... Bg6 12. Rd1 Qc7 (12... e5 13. Nh4 Re8 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Ng3 b5 17. Ne3 Nc5 18. Nef5 Ne6 19. g5 Nd7 20. h4 Bxf5 21. exf5 Nd4 22. Qg4 Nxc2 23. f6 Re6 24. fxg7 Bxg7 25. Rb1 { Golovin,L-Fominyh,A/RUS-chT 1993/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 13. Nh4 Rad8 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nf3 e5 16. b3 Nc5 17. Bb2 Nfd7 18. Ne1 Ne6 19. Nd3 Bg5 20. Qf3 Rfe8 21. Qg3 Bf4 22. Nxf4 exf4 23. Qc3 f6 {0-1 Damljanovic,B-Geller,E/Vrsac 1987 (36)}) 10... dxe4 11. dxe4 e5 12. b3 (12. a4 Re8 13. Qc4 {Horn: Eine eher ungewöhnliche Methode, die Fesselung aufzuheben. Die Folge demonstriert die weißen Pläne: aktives Spiel am Q-flügel, wo der Bh5 nicht mittun kann.} Qc7 14. Nh4 Bf8 15. Nb3 Nb6 16. Qc3 Nfd7 17. a5 Nc8 18. Nf5 Bg6 19. Be3 Nd6 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21. Red1 Red8 {1-0 Savon,V-Sloth,J/Esbjerg 1980 (31)} (21... Red8 {Horn,Pe} 22. f3 $5 Nf8 23. Nc5 $14 {Savon,V-Sloth,J/Esbjerg/1980})) 12... Qc7 13. Bb2 Rfe8 (13... Bb4 $6 { Horn,Pe Dieser eher unmotivierte Abtausch kam schon in einer Partie vor.} 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 $14) 14. Qf1 {Horn: Fernab der Schablone. Da der Nd2 nun einige Zeit ein Problemkind ist, übernimmt Weiß mit diesem Zug eine Verpflichtung zu sorgfältigem Spiel. Es wäre interessant zu wissen, wieviel Zeit Karpov für diesen Zug gebraucht hat.} (14. a4 Rad8 $11) (14. Nc4 {Horn,Pe} Bc5) 14... Rad8 {Horn: Die natürliche Antwort: die Besetzung der d-Linie mit einem R kann Weiß wegen der Fesselstellung (noch) nicht nachmachen.} 15. a3 ( 15. a4 {Horn,Pe Dieser häufig und gern gespielte Zug ist hier schon verdächtig: } Bb4 $5 16. c3 Bf8) 15... b5 $1 {Horn: Da der Nd2 sowieso nach Nc4 einen traurigen Rückzug antreten muß, konnte Schwarz hier auch anders herum spielen; vielleicht wäre es aufs gleiche herausgekommen.} (15... Bf8 {Horn,Pe} 16. Nc4 $140 $6 b5) 16. Bc3 (16. Nh4 {Horn,Pe} Nc5 17. Bc3) 16... Bf8 (16... a5 17. b4 $11) 17. Nh4 Nc5 18. Bf3 Bg6 {Horn: Das kam für mich sehr überraschend: Schwarz gibt freiwillig das B-paar her. Eine Rechtfertigung findet diese Entscheidung darin, daß der Druck gegen Pe5 verflogen ist, und der Bf3 (zumal bei der Position der Qf1) noch lange kein rechtes Spiel findet.} (18... Bxf3 19. Nhxf3 a5 $11) 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bg2 {Horn: Der Abtausch des Bc8 gegen den Ng1 ist in dieser Eröffnung ein Standardthema: hier hat Weiß durch die Hin- und Herzieherei mit dem B und der Q einige Zeit verloren.} a6 { Horn: Einen konkreten Grund für diesen Zug habe ich nicht entdeckt.} (20... Ne6 {Horn,Pe} 21. Nf3 Nd7) 21. Qe2 (21. Rad1 Ne6 22. Bb2 Bc5 $11) (21. Red1 { Horn,Pe}) 21... Ne6 22. Nf3 Nd7 (22... Nd4 $6 23. Nxd4 (23. Bxd4 {Horn,Pe} exd4 24. Qd3 (24. e5 Nd7 25. Nxd4 (25. Qd3 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Qxe5 28. Bxc6 Qc7 $11) (25. b4) 25... Nxe5 $11) 24... c5 25. e5 c4 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Qd2 Nh7 $13) 23... exd4 24. Bb2 c5 25. f4 $16) 23. a4 {Horn: Sieht sehr kräftig aus; vielleicht wäre es aber besser gewesen, erst noch einen ruhigen Zug einzuschieben.} (23. h4 $14 {Horn,Pe}) 23... b4 24. Bb2 a5 {Horn: Schwarz hat seine weißen Felder (die Diagonale f1-a6) geschwächt. Er muß jetzt schnell aktiv werden, eher der Bg2 über f1 ins Geschehen eingreift. Dazu ist Pc5 nebst Nd4 die gegebene Möglichkeit.} 25. c3 (25. Red1 $15 c5 {Horn} 26. Qc4 (26. Rd5 Nd4 27. Nxd4 cxd4 $132) 26... Nb6 (26... Nd4 $2 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Nxd4 $16) 27. Qb5 Nd4 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Qxa5 Qxc2 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Qxb6 Bc5 $44) 25... bxc3 26. Bxc3 Rb8 27. Rab1 (27. Qc2 {Horn,Pe} Bb4 28. Re3 Bxc3 29. Rxc3 c5) (27. Red1 $2 {Horn,Pe} Rxb3 28. Qd2 Nec5 29. Bxa5 Qa7 $15) 27... Bb4 28. Rec1 (28. Bxb4 Rxb4 29. Qc2 $14) 28... Bxc3 29. Rxc3 c5 30. Qe3 $6 {Karpov plays without his usual precision, control of the white squares and weak a5,c5 pawns should offer him better chances.} (30. Rd1 Red8 31. Qc2 $14) (30. Rd1 {Horn,Pe}) 30... Qd6 $1 (30... Nd4 $4 {Horn,Pe} 31. Nxd4 exd4 32. Qxd4 $18) 31. h4 {Horn: Hier ängt Karpov an, auf Abwege zu geraten: mit Nd2 und Bf1 konnte er das Feld c4 unter Kontrolle nehmen, womit er wohl genügend Gegenspiel bekommen hätte. In den beiden nächsten Zügen ging das immer noch, wenn auch in jeweils (geringfügig) schlechterer Version.} (31. Rd3 Nd4 32. Rbd1 Red8 $14) (31. Bf1 { Horn,Pe} Nd4 32. Nd2 Nb6 33. Rbc1) 31... Nd4 32. Bh3 (32. Nd2 {Horn,Pe} Qe6 33. Bf1) 32... Nb6 33. Rbc1 $6 (33. Nd2 Re7 34. Rbc1 Rc7 $14) (33. Nd2 $11 { Horn,Pe /\ Bf1, Nc4}) 33... c4 $1 {Nun ist guter Rat teuer.} 34. bxc4 Nxa4 35. c5 (35. Rd3 Nc5 36. Rdc3 {sonst kommt Rb3} Rb2 $15 (36... Rb2 {Horn,Pe Hier beherrscht Schwarz das Brett: es ist kein Wunder, daß Karpov dazu keine Lust hatte.} 37. Bf1 a4 (37... Nxf3+ 38. Qxf3 Qd2 39. Rd1 Qxf2+ 40. Qxf2 Rxf2 41. Rd5 Nxe4 42. Re3 f5 43. Rxe4 Rxf1+ 44. Kxf1 fxe4 45. Rxa5 $11) 38. Rd1 Rd8 39. Ne1 (39. Kh1 a3 40. Rxa3 Nxe4 $19))) 35... Qe7 36. Ra3 (36. Rc4 Rb3 $19) (36. Nxd4 {Horn,Pe} exd4 37. Qxd4 Nxc3 38. Qxc3) 36... Nxc5 37. Rac3 (37. Nxd4 exd4 38. Qxd4 Nb3 $17) 37... Ncb3 38. Rc7 Qf6 (38... Nxc1 39. Rxe7 Nce2+ 40. Kg2 Rxe7 41. Qa3 Ra7 42. Nxe5 a4 $15) (38... Nxf3+ 39. Qxf3 Nxc1 40. Rxe7 Rxe7 41. Qa3 Reb7 42. Qxa5 Rb5 43. Qc7 $11) 39. R1c3 Nxf3+ (39... a4 $1 {Jussupow} 40. Ng5 (40. Bd7 Nxf3+ 41. Qxf3 Qxf3 42. Rxf3 Re7 $19 (42... Re7 {Horn,Pe} 43. Rc8+ Rxc8 44. Bxc8 Ra7 $19)) 40... a3 $19) 40. Qxf3 a4 $2 { Anand have spend lot of time on this move, but it gives up the advantage.} ( 40... Nd4 $1 41. Qxf6 gxf6 42. R3c5 $15 (42. Bf1 {Horn,Pe} Ne6 $17)) (40... Qxf3 {Horn,Pe} 41. Rxf3) 41. Qxf6 gxf6 42. Bd7 Nd4 (42... Re7 43. Bxa4 Rxc7 44. Rxc7 Nd4) 43. Bxe8 Ne2+ (43... Rxe8 44. R3c4 Ra8 45. Rc8+ $16) 44. Kg2 Nxc3 45. Bxf7+ Kf8 (45... Kg7 $2 46. Bd5+ Kf8 47. Rxc3 $18) 46. Bxg6 Nb5 (46... Rb3 47. h5 $1 a3 48. h6 $18) 47. Rf7+ Kg8 48. Rxf6 Ra8 (48... Kg7 49. Ra6 Nc7 50. Rc6 a3 51. Rxc7+ Kxg6 52. Ra7 $18) 49. h5 $1 a3 (49... Kg7 50. Rf7+ Kh6 51. f4 exf4 52. gxf4 Ra7 53. Rxa7 Nxa7 54. Kf3 a3 55. Bf7 $18) 50. h6 a2 (50... Nc3 51. Bf7+ Kh7 52. Rc6 a2 53. Bxa2 Nxa2 54. Re6 Nc3 55. Rxe5 $16) 51. Bf7+ Kh7 52. Bxa2 {White must have played this move with a great relief, black pawn was quite dangerous.} Rxa2 {# Hecht: Achtung! Schluß einer Schnellpartie (Zeitknappheit). Karpov hätte e5 abholen können mit Remisschluß, da auch h6 fällt. Mit 53.g4 unternimmt er einen Gewinnversuch. Für die taktische Fehlleistung eine Endspielmedaille.} 53. g4 Nc3 (53... Ra8 54. g5 (54. Kg3 Ra1 55. g5 Nd4) 54... Rg8 55. Rf5 Nd6 56. Rxe5 Nf7 57. Re7 Rxg5+) 54. g5 Nxe4 55. Rf7+ Kg6 $2 {Frustrated Anand commits serious mistake, it is understandable that he badly wanted to win.} (55... Kg8 $1 56. g6 Ra8 57. f3 (57. Rg7+ Kf8) ( 57. Re7 Nf6 $1 58. Rxe5 (58. f3 Nd5) (58. h7+ Kh8 59. Rxe5 Kg7) 58... Ng4 59. Rh5 Nxh6 60. Rxh6 Kg7) (57. h7+ Kh8 58. g7+ Kxh7 59. Rf8 Kxg7 60. Rxa8 $11 { Karpov} (60. Rxa8 {Hecht} Kg6 61. Kf3 Nf6 $11 {Hecht: (Karpov) Anmerkung: Weiß kann noch einen Gewinnversuch unternehmen, indem er den König Richtung d6 in Marsch setzt. Dann wird allerdings der f-Bauer schutzbedürftig.})) 57... Nc5 58. Kg3 Ne6 (58... e4 59. Rc7 Nd3 60. fxe4 Ne5) 59. Kg4 Nf8 60. Kg5 Ra3 61. h7+ Nxh7+ 62. gxh7+ Kh8 63. Kg6 Ra6+ 64. Rf6 Ra8 65. Re6 Rb8 66. Rxe5 Rb6+ 67. Kf7 Rb4 $14) 56. Rg7+ Kf5 57. h7 Rxf2+ (57... Ra8 58. Rg8 $18) (57... Nxf2 58. h8=Q Ne4+ 59. Kh3 $18) 58. Kg1 Kg4 59. h8=Q Kg3 60. Re7 $1 Rg2+ (60... Nd2 61. Qxe5+ $18) 61. Kf1 Nd2+ 62. Ke1 1-0 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f"] [Site "Lausanne"] [Date "1998.01.08"] [Round "8.6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2735"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1998.01.02"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] {Before this game, I trailed by 2-3 and Karpov only needed a draw to clinch victory. What should I do? I remembered my previous match against Karpov (Brussels 1991). Trailing by one point after 4 games, I played calm chess and still got winning positions in both the 5th and 6th games. I also got some hope from the 24th game between Kasparov and Karpov in Seville 1987 when Karpov was in the same situation. Kasparov avoided a theoretical battle and got no advantage. Karpov, however, was too eager to draw and soon got himself into hot water. With these thoughts in mind, I went for game 6.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {The Trompovsky!! I couldn't really bring myself to play something like Kasparov's Reti, so this seemed like a good compromise. On the one hand, it offers interesting positions. Since the theory mostly consists of games of Hodgson, there are no long forced lines leading to draws (yet!), but lots of fascinating and creative chess. Perfect, I thought, for today's game.} e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 g5 7. Bc4 $5 {My team was looking for something off the beaten track, but with some venom. Eventually Yusupov came up with this idea. White is going to castle kingside. His knight should go to e2 (on f3, it would be harassed by g4) and so the idea arose to develop the bishop first. The knight also has ideas like Ne2-g3-h5.} Nc6 8. Nge2 Bg7 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. O-O O-O-O (10... O-O 11. Qe3 {>< f5, h5 >> /\ f2-f4}) 11. Nb5 $1 { Black will ignore any queenside thrust like b4-b5 by simply playing his knight to a5. So I must first provoke weaknesses and only then prepareb2-b4} (11. b4 g4 12. b5 Na5 13. Bd3 h5) 11... a6 12. Na3 {/\ c3, b4} g4 $1 { Black must expand on the kingside to generate counterplay} 13. f4 (13. b4 $6 Qg5 $1) 13... gxf3 14. Rxf3 Qe7 15. c3 h5 16. Rdf1 Rdf8 17. b4 Na7 { Not a bad move, but perhaps showing an over-developed sense of danger.} 18. Nc2 Bh6 19. Qe1 Kb8 20. Bd3 Bc6 $1 $132 {Black has played this phase well and his two bishops and the open g-line give him counterplay.} 21. Nf4 Rfg8 (21... e5 22. Nxh5 $1) 22. d5 (22. Nxh5 f5 $1) 22... Be8 (22... Bxf4 23. dxc6 $1 (23. Rxf4 exd5 24. Rxf7 Qg5 $15) 23... e5 24. cxb7 $14) 23. Qf2 (23. Nxh5 $2 Qg5 $1 24. Ng3 Qh4 $44) 23... Bg7 (23... h4 $5) 24. Nd4 $1 { White has succeeded in neutralizing the two bishops} Bd7 25. dxe6 Bxd4 26. cxd4 fxe6 27. e5 Bc6 28. Ng6 {I didnt see any alternatives for White.} (28. Rg3 h4) 28... Qd8 $4 {As soon as he made this move, I saw a grimace on his face - maybe he missed Nh8xf7, but later it turned out that he hadn't seen 29...Nc8.} (28... Rxg6 29. Bxg6 (29. Rf8+ Nc8 $1 30. Bxg6 Rxf8 31. Qxf8 Qg5 $19) 29... Bxf3 30. Qxf3 dxe5 31. dxe5 Nc6 (31... Qxb4 32. Qf6 $13) 32. Qf6 $13) 29. Nxh8 $16 {Suddenly I was back in the match!! I tried my best to calm down realizing that 3-3 was now a matter of technique.} Bxf3 30. Nf7 Qh4 $8 {After some t, he came up with this move, but really White only has to play carefully to rake in the point.} (30... Bxg2 31. Nxd8 Be4+ 32. Qg3 Rxg3+ 33. hxg3 Bxd3 34. Rf8 $1 $18) 31. Qxf3 (31. Qxh4 $4 Rxg2+ 32. Kh1 Rf2+ $11) 31... Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 d5 {Matters could still get complicated if Black can save his h-pawn due to my stranded Nf7.} 33. Rd1 $1 { The b-P is not important, White must capture the h-P.} Qxb4 34. Rb1 Qa4 35. Qxh5 $18 Nc6 36. Qe2 Ka7 37. Qf2+ b6 {/\ Nb4} 38. Rc1 $1 Kb7 39. h3 $1 { All the precautionary moves and White can go for the e6 pawn.} Rc8 40. Qf6 Nd4 41. Nd8+ $1 {I saw that Nd6 won as well, but Karpov has swindled too many points from me over the years, so I looked for something easier.} (41. Nd6+ cxd6 42. Qe7+ Kb8 43. Rxc8+ Kxc8 44. exd6 Qc6 45. Bxa6+ (45. Qf8+ Kd7 46. Qg7+ Kxd6 47. Qxd4 $16) 45... Kb8 $16) 41... Kb8 42. Nxe6 { Here he resigned. I had drawn the match!} (42. Nxe6 Qa3 43. Rd1 $18) 1-0 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f"] [Site "Lausanne"] [Date "1998.01.07"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "1998.01.02"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 (10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be2 b5 13. b4 Ncd7 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bc3 Bb7 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11 { Karpov,A-Anand,V/Biel/1997/0.5 (40)}) 10... b5 (10... Qc7 11. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 b5 (12... e5 13. Qh4 Nf6 14. e4 exd4 15. e5 $1 $40 { Epischin,V-Brenninkmeier,J/Wijk/1992/}) 13. Bd3) 11. Be2 (11. Bf1 c5 $6 (11... Qc7 $5) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ng5 Bb7 14. Nce4 Nxe4 (14... Rc8 $2 15. Nxf6+ $18) 15. Nxe4 Be7 (15... Rc8 16. Nxc5 Rxc5 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Bb4 Rc2 20. Qh5 Rxb2 21. Rac1 Rc2 22. Bd6 Nf3+ 23. gxf3 Rxc1 24. Bxc7 Rxd1 25. f4 $16 { 1/2-1/2 Arlandi,E-Luther,T/Turin op 1996 (48)}) 16. Nd6 Bd5 (16... Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Bd5 18. e4 Rc8 19. Qd1 Bc6 20. Be3 $16) 17. e4 Bxd6 18. exd5 Rc8 (18... e5 19. a4 $14) 19. Qe2 exd5 20. Rxd5 Nf6 21. Rd3 Qc7 22. g3 Bc5 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Rfe8 {Karpov,A-Polgar,Z/Madrid 1992/1-0 (57)}) (11. Bd3 Bb7 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxb5 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Qe7 17. Be2 Be5 18. Bf3 c5 19. Be3 Rfe8 20. Kg1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Rab1 Qe5 { Greenfeld,A-Horvath,C/Montecatini Terme op 1997/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 11... Qc7 (11... c5 $6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 (12... Nxc5 13. b4 $16) 13. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 (13... Qb6 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Bb2 Be4 17. Qc1 Ncd7 18. Bd4 Qb7 19. Qb2 Rfc8 20. Rac1 { Bukic,E-Atalik,S/Ljubljana LSK 1997/0-1 (57)}) 14. Qxe4 Ra7 (14... Qc7 $2 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bb2 Bb7 17. Qg4 $16) 15. b4 Bb7 16. Qf4 Bxf3 (16... Be7 $2 17. Ne5 Bd5 18. Rxd5 exd5 19. Nc6 $16) 17. Bxf3 Be7 18. Bb2 Qb8 $1 19. Rac1 (19. a4 $2 Qxf4 20. exf4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Nb6 $15) 19... Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. a3 { 1/2-1/2 Dautov,R-Luther,T/Bad Zwesten op 1997 (38)}) 12. Ne4 (12. e4 e5 13. g3 (13. h3 Bb7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bg5 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Be5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 $11) 13... Re8 14. a3 Bb7 (14... exd4 15. Nxd4 c5 $2 16. Ndxb5 $1 axb5 17. Nxb5 $18) 15. Bg5 exd4 (15... h6 $6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 (16... Nxe5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qd2 $1 Rad8 19. Qxh6 $16) 17. Nxe5 hxg5 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. Qxg5 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Bf3 Re5 (22... Qe5 23. Qd2 Rc4 24. Qd7 $16) 23. Rd7 $1 Qxd7 (23... Rxg5 24. Rxc7 Rb8 25. Re1 $18) 24. Qxe5 { 1-0 Epishin,V-Polgar,Z/Madrid 1992 (44)}) 16. Nxd4 Be5 $5 $13) 12... Nxe4 ( 12... Be7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. e4 $14) 13. Qxe4 e5 14. Qh4 Re8 (14... h6 $6 { Kramnik,V-Piket,J/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 63}) 15. Bd3 h6 (15... Nf6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 $14) 16. Bc2 exd4 (16... Bb7 17. e4 Rad8 18. Be3 $11) 17. Qxd4 (17. Nxd4 Nf6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Rad8 20. Bd2 Be5 $11) (17. exd4 Be7 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Nf6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Qd6 22. Re1 Be6 $11) 17... Bf8 18. b3 Nf6 19. Qh4 (19. Bb2 Bg4 20. Rac1 Rad8 $15) 19... g5 (19... Bg4 20. Bb2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Be7 22. Kh1 $5 $14) 20. Qg3 (20. Qd4 {Lutz} Bg7 {/\} 21. Bb2 Nh5) 20... Qxg3 21. hxg3 {White is not without chances since black has weakened his kingside and especiallt f5 square is quite vulnerable.} c5 {Lutz: Die Kontrolle der d-Linie und der geschwächte schwarze Königsflügel wird durch die schwarze Mehrheit am Dmaenflügel ausggeglichen.} 22. Bb2 Bg7 (22... Be7 $5) 23. Rd6 Be6 24. Rad1 Rec8 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Be4 Ra7 27. Bd5 (27. Bf5 $5 Bxf5 28. Rxf6 Bc2 29. Rd2 Kg7 30. Rdd6 $14) 27... Bxd5 (27... Be7 $2 28. Rxe6 $18) 28. R1xd5 (28. Rxf6 Kg7 29. Rd6 Bxf3 30. gxf3 c4 $11) 28... Kg7 29. Rd2 Be7 (29... c4 $1 30. bxc4 Rxc4 $11) 30. Rb6 Bd8 31. Rbd6 Be7 32. R6d5 a5 (32... c4 $1 33. Rc2 Rac7 $11) 33. Kf1 a4 34. Ke2 axb3 35. axb3 Ra3 36. b4 $1 Rc3 (36... cxb4 37. Rxb5 $14) 37. bxc5 R3xc5 38. Rxc5 Rxc5 39. Nd4 Bf6 (39... h5 40. Rb2 Bf6 41. Kd3 Kg6 42. Rb1 Bxd4 43. exd4 Rf5 44. f3 $14) 40. g4 b4 41. Rb2 (41. Nf5+ Kg6 42. Rd6 Rc2+ 43. Kf3 h5 44. Ne7+ Kg7 45. Nf5+ Kg6 $11) 41... Rc4 42. Kd3 Rc3+ 43. Kd2 ( 43. Ke4 b3 $1 44. Nxb3 Rxe3+ 45. Kxe3 Bxb2 $11) 43... Bxd4 44. exd4 Rc4 45. Kd3 Rc3+ 46. Kd2 Rc4 47. Kd3 Rc3+ 48. Ke4 (48. Kd2 $11) 48... b3 49. f3 Kf6 (49... Rc2 50. Rxb3 Rxg2 51. d5 $14) 50. d5 Rc4+ 51. Kd3 Rf4 52. Rxb3 Ke5 53. Rb6 (53. Rb5 Rd4+ 54. Ke3 Rxd5) 53... Kxd5 54. Rxh6 Ke5 (54... Ra4 $2 55. Rf6 Ra3+ 56. Ke2 Ra2+ 57. Ke3 $18) 55. Ke3 (55. Ra6 f6 56. Ra5+ Ke6 57. Ke3 Rb4 $11) 55... Ra4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f"] [Site "Lausanne"] [Date "1998.01.06"] [Round "8.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D42"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2735"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "1998.01.02"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. h4 Nf5 (12... Bd7 13. Qd3 h6 ( 13... g6 14. Bh6 Re8 (14... Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Re5 Bg4 19. g3 f6 20. Ree1 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qd7 { 1/2-1/2 Obodchuk,A-Acs,P/Budapest FS11 IM-B 1994 (43)}) 15. h5 Bc6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Ne5 Nxc3 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. bxc3 Qa5 21. Bd2 c5 22. c4 Qxa2 23. d5 exd5 24. cxd5 c4 25. Qf3 {1-0 Kosic,D-Cela,A/Balkaniad 1989 (33)}) 14. Ng5 $5 (14. a3 Bc6 15. Ne2 Nb6 16. Ng3 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd5 18. Qg4 Kh7 19. Ne4 Nd7 20. Bg5 Nf5 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rac1 Rg8 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Chiburdanidze,M-Ioseliani,N/WchW 1988 (39)}) 14... g6 (14... Ng6 $2 15. Nxf7 $1) (14... Bc6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bg8 g6 17. Nxf7+) (14... hxg5 15. hxg5 Bc6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Qh3 $18) 15. Nf3 Bg7 16. h5 $5 g5 (16... gxh5 17. Ne5 $16 {/\ 18.Qg3, 18.Qh3}) 17. Nxg5 $3 hxg5 18. Bxg5 $40 f6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. h6 fxg5 $2 {(+)} (20... Nxc3 21. Bd2 Ncd5 22. hxg7+ Kxg7 $13 {/\} 23. Qh3 Rh8 24. Qh6+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ $11) 21. hxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nxd5 exd5 (22... Nxd5 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qh6 $18) 23. Re5 $1 $18 {1-0 Dzhandzhava,L-Kalegin,E/Batumi 1991 (30)}) (12... b6 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. hxg5 Bb7 15. Qd3 Nb4 16. Qb1 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Rc8 18. a3 Nbd5 19. Ne2 a5 20. g3 Nf5 21. Kg2 Qc7 22. Rac1 Qb7 23. Nc3 Rfd8 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 {1-0 Trofimova,O-Kononenko,T/EU-chJW U20 1995 (36)}) 13. Qd3 (13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nf3 $11) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 h6 (14... Nxh4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. Be4 $14) 15. h5 ( 15. g3 Nd6 16. Ba3 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 (17. Bxf8 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 Qxf8 $13) 17... Re8 18. c4 Qc7 $11) (15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Re1 Qd8 19. c4 $11) 15... Nd6 16. Ne5 (16. Ba3 $5) 16... Nxe4 (16... Bxe5 $5 17. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 18. dxe5 Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Be3 $15) 17. Qxe4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 ( 18. Qxe5 Qd5 (18... b6 $11) 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Ba3 Rd8 $11) 18... f5 $1 19. Qe2 $6 {After this move only black can hope to create some problems.} (19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Be3 Rf5 21. Rad1 $13) (19. Qf3 $5) 19... Bd7 20. Rd1 Bb5 $1 21. Qf3 ( 21. Rxd8 Bxe2 22. Rd7 Rf7 23. Rd6 Bxh5 24. Rxe6 Rc7 $15) 21... Qe8 22. Bf4 (22. Qxb7 Bc6 23. Qa6 (23. Qc7 Rc8 24. Qd6 Rf7 $1 (24... Bd5 25. Rxd5 $5 exd5 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Ba3 Rg8 28. Bb4 Qxh5 29. Re1 $15) 25. Qb4 Rfc7 26. Qh4 Bb5 $17) 23... Bb5 (23... Qxh5 24. Bxh6 $1) 24. Qb7 (24. Qa5 Qxh5 25. Ba3 Bc6 26. Bxf8 Qg5 27. g3 Qh5 28. Kf1 Bf3 29. Ke1 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Rxf8 $15) 24... Bc6 $11) 22... Rc8 23. Rd4 Rc4 24. Rad1 (24. Qxb7 $5 Rxc3 25. Rb1 a6 26. a4 Bc6 27. Qb2 $11) 24... Qf7 25. Rxc4 (25. Rd8 Be8 $1 26. R1d4 Rxd4 27. cxd4 Qxh5 28. Qxb7 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Qg4 $17) 25... Bxc4 26. a3 {The middlegame is not encouraging, pawns a3, c3, e5 and h5 are potentially very weak.} Rc8 27. Rd4 Kh7 (27... Bd5 28. Qh3 Qc7 29. Rd3 $15) 28. Bd2 Bd5 29. Qh3 b5 30. a4 (30. Qh4 Rc5 31. a4 (31. f3 a5 $17) 31... Be4 32. axb5 Rxb5 $17) 30... bxa4 31. Rxa4 Rc4 32. Rxc4 (32. Rb4 a5 33. Rxc4 Bxc4 34. Qh4 Bb3 $17) (32. Ra3 Qb7 $1 33. Qd3 Rh4 $17) 32... Bxc4 33. Qh4 Bb5 34. c4 (34. Qb4 Qxh5 35. Qxb5 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qxd2 $17) 34... Be8 35. c5 $2 {Anand plays this endgame without his usual esprit, the situation was not so critical yet.} (35. Qd8 $1 Qxh5 36. Be3 Qg6 (36... Qf7 37. Qa8 $11) ( 36... Bc6 37. Qd6 $11) 37. Qa8 a5 38. c5 a4 39. c6 f4 40. c7 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Bd7 42. Bc5 (42. Bxf4 Qf5 43. Bg3 Qh5+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 42... Qg6 43. Kg1 Qb1+ 44. Kh2 $11) 35... Qd7 36. Bc3 Qd3 37. Qd4 (37. Bd4 a5 $17) (37. Bb4 Qd5 $17) 37... Qxd4 38. Bxd4 a5 39. c6 $2 (39. f3 $5 Bxh5 40. c6 Be8 41. c7 Bd7 42. Kf2 a4 43. Bc5 f4 $17) (39. f4 a4 40. Bb2 Bxh5 41. c6 Be8 42. c7 Bd7 43. Kf2 Kg6 44. Ba3 Bc8 45. Ke3 Kf7 46. Kd4 $15) 39... Bxc6 40. f3 f4 $1 (40... Be8 41. g4 $15) 41. Bb2 (41. Bc3 $2 a4 42. Bd2 a3 $19) 41... Be8 42. Bc1 a4 43. Bxf4 a3 44. Be3 Bxh5 {White must have misjudged the consequences of this endgame. The assymetry of the pawns plays in the hands of the side with a spare pawn.} 45. Kf2 (45. g4 a2 46. Bd4 Be8 47. f4 g6 48. Kf2 h5 49. Kg3 Ba4 50. Kh4 Kh6 51. Bc3 Bd1 52. gxh5 gxh5 $19) 45... Be8 46. Bd4 Bc6 47. Bc3 a2 48. g3 h5 49. g4 (49. Kg2 g5 50. Kf2 Kg6 51. Ke3 h4 52. Kf2 h3 $19) (49. f4 Kg6 50. Ke3 Kf5 51. Bb2 Kg4 52. Kf2 h4 53. gxh4 Kxf4 $19) 49... h4 (49... h4 50. f4 g5 $1 51. f5 (51. fxg5 Kg6 52. Ba1 Kxg5 $19) 51... exf5 52. gxf5 g4 $19) 0-1 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f"] [Site "Lausanne"] [Date "1998.01.04"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1998.01.02"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. bxa3 Bd6 13. O-O {Lutz: Der nachfolgende Plan der Läuferentwicklung ist an dieser Stelle neu. Karpow hatte gegen Kramnik zweimal 13.Bd2 versucht, allerdings ohne großen Erfolg.} (13. Bd2 Rb8 (13... Qc7 14. Bb4 c5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Qd4 Qb5 19. Qxg7 Nd3+ 20. Kd2 O-O-O 21. Nd4 Nc5) 14. O-O $5 (14. Qa4 c5 (14... Qc7 15. Rb1 c5 16. Rxb7) 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ba5 Qb8 (17... Qc8 18. O-O O-O 19. Rac1 Nb6 20. Qe4 Rc7 21. Ng5 g6 22. Qh4 h5 23. g4 Be7 24. gxh5 Rxc1 25. hxg6 Rxf1+ 26. Kg2 Rxf2+ $3 27. Kxf2 fxg6+ $19) 18. Rd1 O-O { 1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 1995} (18... O-O 19. Rxd7 Qe8 20. Ne5 Bd6 21. O-O Bxe5 22. Rfd1 Rxd7 23. Qxd7 Qb8 $14)) (14. Rb1 O-O 15. O-O Nf6 $10) 14... O-O (14... c5 $6 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Bc3 $1 (16. d5 exd5 17. Bc3 Nf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxd5 Rd7 20. Qa8+ Qd8 $14) 16... O-O 17. d5 Qe7 18. e4 f6 $8 19. Qc2 Nb6 $6 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Rfe1 Nc4 22. Rad1 $5 (22. a4 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rac1 Bd4 $10) 22... Nxa3 23. Qc1 Nc4 24. Nh4 $1 { Gurevich,M-Novikov,I/Antwerp op/1995/0-1 (93)}) 15. Bb4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Nd4 Qb6 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qd2 Qd5 21. Qc3 h6 22. Rac1 Ne5 23. h3 Rfb8 24. Qc5 Qe4 25. Qc2 Qd5 26. Qa4 Qe4 27. Qc2 Qd5 { 1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Kramnik,V/Monaco rapid 1996}) 13... O-O 14. Bb2 (14. Bd2) 14... Rb8 15. Qc2 c5 {The only exciting moment in the whole game, black trusts his counterplay with bishop looking to white's kingside. Der einzige kleine Höhepunkt der Partie.} (15... f5 $5 16. Bxc6 Rc8 17. d5 (17. Qb3 Rxc6 18. Qxb7 Rb6 $19) 17... exd5 18. Qc3 $1 (18. Nd4 Bxc6 19. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qc7+ $15) 18... Rf7 19. Bxb7 Rxc3 20. Bxc3 Nb6 (20... Qc7 21. Bxd5 Qxc3 22. Ng5 Ne5 23. Rac1 Qxa3 24. Rc8+ Bf8 25. Bxf7+ Nxf7 26. Ne6 $18) 21. Ba6 $13) 16. Bxb7 (16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bd3 (17. Be4 $2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxb2 $19) (17. dxc5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 ( 18. cxd6 Qg5 19. g3 Qg4 $19) 18... Rxb2 19. Qxb2 Be5 $17) 17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 Bxh2+ (18... cxd4 19. Bxd4 Qh4 20. f4 Qg4+ $11) (18... Qh4 $5 {Lutz}) 19. Kxh2 Qh4+ 20. Kg2 Qg5+ $11) 16... Rxb7 17. dxc5 (17. Rab1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qb8 $11) 17... Bxc5 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. a4 (19. Qc3 Nf6 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f"] [Site "Lausanne"] [Date "1998.01.03"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2735"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1998.01.02"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. e4 {Karpov} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. d3 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Na5 12. Bc2 b4 13. Nd2 (13. Bg5 { Karpov} b3 14. Bd1 Rb8) 13... Rb8 14. Qe2 (14. Re1 h6 $6 15. Rb1 $1 $14 { 1-0 Leko,P-Garcia,G/Yopal 1997/CBM 60 (51) [Rodriguez]}) 14... Re8 (14... Ba7 { Karpov}) 15. Nf3 bxc3 16. bxc3 Nb3 17. Bxb3 Rxb3 18. d4 (18. Qc2 Qb8 19. Nd2 Rb7) 18... exd4 19. cxd4 Rxf3 $1 {Ftacnik: Karpov comes up with an inspired defence, exchange sacrifice is quite dangerous and white will have to play carefully.} (19... Rxe4 20. Be3 $1 $16) 20. Qxf3 $6 (20. gxf3 $2 Bxd4 21. Ra3 ( 21. Bb2 Nh5 $1 $17) (21. Ra2 {Karpov} Qc8 22. Kg2 (22. Be3 $2 Qxh3 23. Bxd4 Re6 $19) 22... d5 23. Qd2 c5 $132) 21... d5 $44) (20. dxc5 $5 Rc3 21. Qxa6 $14) 20... Bxd4 21. Ra2 Nxe4 $44 (21... Rxe4 22. Bg5 $16) 22. Qd3 c5 (22... Qf6 $1 { Winants} 23. Qxa6 Ng3 24. Qb5 (24. Rd1 Ne4 $1 $11) 24... Kf8) 23. Qxa6 d5 24. a5 $1 {o^ a} (24. Qd3 Qf6 {/\ c4}) 24... c4 $1 (24... Re6 $6 {Karpov} 25. Qb7 Nc3 (25... Ng3 26. a6 $18) 26. Rc2 Re7 27. Qb6 Qe8 28. a6 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 $1 Ng3+ (29... Re6 30. Qa5 $16) 30. fxg3 Re1 31. Qb5 Qxb5 32. Rxe1 $16 c4 $140 33. Rd2) 25. Be3 (25. Qb7 $2 Re7 26. Qc6 Re6 $1) 25... Be5 (25... Re6 $2 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Bxd4 e5 28. Bb6 $1 {/\ a6-a7}) (25... Bf6 {Karpov} 26. Bb6 Qd7 27. Qa7 Qxa7 28. Bxa7 Nc3 29. Rc2 d4 {Lautier}) 26. Bb6 $1 (26. Qb7 d4) (26. Rc2 {Karpov} d4 27. Rxc4 dxe3 28. Rxe4 Bh2+ 29. Kxh2 Rxe4 30. fxe3 $14 {Ubilava}) 26... Qd7 ( 26... Qd6 {Karpov} 27. Qb7 Nc3 $5 (27... Rb8 28. Qa7 (28. a6 h6 29. Rb1 Nc3 $17 )) 28. Rb2 d4 $1 (28... h6 $6 29. a6 Na4 30. Rb5 Nc3 31. Rc5 Ne2+ 32. Kh1 Qf6 33. Rc8 Rxc8 34. Qxc8+ Kh7 35. Be3 Ng3+ 36. fxg3 Qxf1+ 37. Kh2 Qd3 38. Bf2 Qc2 39. Bg1 $16) 29. Qf3 d3 30. Be3 Qd5 $1 (30... Ne2+ 31. Rxe2 dxe2 32. Qxe2 Qc6 33. Rc1 (33. Rb1 h6 $11) 33... Qa4 (33... c3 $5) 34. Rxc4 Qxa5) 31. Qxd5 Nxd5 32. Rb7 c3 33. a6 Nxe3 34. fxe3 c2 35. Rd7 Bb2 36. Rc7 (36. Rxd3 c1=Q 37. Rxc1 Bxc1 38. a7 f6 $17) 36... Ra8 37. Kf2 h6 38. Kf3 Rxa6 39. Ke4 Rd6 $19) 27. Qa7 Qc6 $6 (27... Qxa7 28. Bxa7 Nc3 $13) 28. Bd4 Bc7 (28... Ra8 $142 29. Qb6 Qxb6 30. Bxb6 Nc3 31. Rc2 d4 {Lautier}) 29. Rb2 c3 (29... Ra8 $2 {Karpov} 30. Qb7 Qxb7 31. Rxb7 Bxa5 32. Ra1) 30. Rb7 Rc8 31. Bb6 $2 {Ftacnik: The bishop will become displaced and black will enjoy strong counterplay with his passed c pawn.} (31. Rc1 $142 $1 {Karpov} Nd6 (31... Qd6 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qxc7 Rxc7 34. a6 {/\ 35.f3, 36.R:c3}) (31... c2 $2 32. Rb2) 32. Rb3 $1 (32. a6 Nxb7 33. axb7 Re8) (32. Rxc3 Qxb7 33. Qxb7 Nxb7 34. a6 Na5 $1 35. a7 Nc4 $19) 32... Nb5 33. Qc5 (33. Rcxc3 $2 Qxc3 $1 34. Rxc3 Nxa7 35. Bxa7 Bh2+ 36. Kxh2 Rxc3 $19) 33... Qxc5 (33... Nxd4 34. Qxc6 Nxc6 35. Rbxc3 Bxa5 36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. Rxc6 g6 38. Rc5 $18) 34. Bxc5 Bf4 35. Be3 Nd4 36. Bxd4 Bxc1 37. Rxc3 $18 {Ubilava}) (31. a6 $142 $1 {Karpov} h6 (31... Qd6 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qxc7 Rxc7 34. a7 Rc8 35. Rb1 c2 36. Rc1 $18) (31... c2 32. Rc1 $16) 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Qb8+ Rc8 34. a7 c2 35. Rc1 Kh7 36. Qb3 $16 {Lautier}) 31... Be5 32. Rxf7 (32. Rc1 {Karpov} d4 $1 ( 32... c2 {Karpov} 33. Re7 $1 Bb2 (33... Bf6 $2 34. Rc7 Rxc7 35. Qxc7 $18) 34. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 35. Qxd4 $16) 33. Rd7 Qh6 34. Rc2 Qd2 $1 $19) 32... c2 33. Rc1 Nc3 (33... Ng5 $11 {Karpov} 34. Re7 Nxh3+ 35. gxh3 Qg6+ $11) 34. Rf3 (34. Rf5 { Karpov} Qe6 $1 (34... Bc7 35. Bxc7 Ne2+ 36. Kh1 Rxc7 (36... Qxc7 $4 37. Rxc2 $1 $18) 37. Rxc2 Qxc2 38. Qa8+ Rc8 39. Qxd5+ Kh8 40. g3 h6 41. Kg2) 35. Rxe5 Qxe5 36. Qd7 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Re8 $1 (37... Rf8 $2 38. Rxc2 Ng3+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Nf1+ 41. Kh1 Ne3+ 42. Kh2 Nxc2 43. Qxd5+ Rf7 44. a6 Nb4 $11 45. a7 Nxd5 46. a8=Q+ Rf8 47. Qxd5+) 38. Bc7 Qe4 39. Rxc2 (39. f3 Qe3 $19) 39... Ng3+ 40. Kg1 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Nf1+ 42. Kh1 Ne3+ 43. Kh2 Nxc2 44. Qxd5+ Qe6 $19) 34... h6 $4 { Ftacnik: Karpov misses the boat in a completely winning position. One must admit, that the move 35...Qe8! from the winning line is easier for the computer programs than for the living grandmaster.} (34... Ne2+ $1 35. Kf1 (35. Kh1 {Karpov} Qe6 $1 36. Be3 d4 37. Bd2 Nxc1 38. Bxc1 Bb8 $19) 35... Qe8 $1 $19 {Fritz} (35... Qe6 $2 36. Kxe2 Bb8+ 37. Re3) 36. Kxe2 $140 (36. Be3 Nxc1 37. Bxc1 Bb2 $19) 36... Bb8+ 37. Re3 Qb5+ $19) 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Re3 $1 $18 d4 37. Rxe5 d3 38. Bd4 $1 Rg8 39. Re6 d2 40. Rxc6 $1 dxc1=Q+ 41. Kh2 $18 Qd2 42. Rc8 1-0 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o. f"] [Site "Lausanne"] [Date "1998.01.01"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D48"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "215"] [EventDate "1998.01.02"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 {The Semi-Slav has quite often in the past been a battle-ground for Karpov and Anand, ever since their candidates match in 1991.} 6. Bd3 {In Brussels 1991 the position after} ( 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 {arose 3 times.} ({ Last year in Biel Anand came up with} 9... a6 $5 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be2 b5 13. b4 Ncd7 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bc3 Bb7 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qb2 Qe7 19. Rfc1 Nd5 20. a3 Rfc8 21. Ne5 Nb6 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Qd6 25. Nd3 Nd7 $11 {Karpov,An-Anand,V/Biel A 1997/})) 6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 {This is the move Anand uses most often. But sometimes he varies with} (8... b4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. a3 O-O 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. e4 h6 15. e5 $1 (15. Qc2 a5 {transposes to another Karpov-Anand game, in which Black had sufficient counterplay.} 16. e5 Nd7 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Qb8 19. Rd1 c5 20. Bf4 $6 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Rc8 22. Qe2 Nf8 23. h4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Ng6 25. h5 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Ra7 27. g4 Bf8 28. g5 Rb7 $15 { Karpov,An-Anand,V/Moscow Alekhine m 1992}) 15... Nd7 16. Bc2 Re8 17. Qd3 Nf8 18. Qe4 Ng6 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Qg4 c5 $5 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Be3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Re7 $14 { Karpov,An-Anand,V/Monte Carlo act 1996}) 9. O-O ({ Another attempt to gain an advantage is} 9. e4) (9. a3 { is too soft, as game 3 shows.}) 9... a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 $5 {The c5-c4 adva nce is part of Black's plan, by this flexible move he tries to realize it at a more suitable moment. Maybe Anand wanted to avoid Kasparov's continuation} ( 11... c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. b4 $5 $13) 12. dxe6 ({Ineffective is} 12. b3 Be7 13. a4 exd5 $1 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 O-O 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Bxb5 Nf6 19. Bb2 Nxd5 20. Re1 Bf6 21. Ne5 Rd8 22. Qc1 h6 23. Bc4 Re8 24. f4 {Krasenkov,M-Timman,J/EUchT Pula 1997} Re7 $1 $11) ({ An interesting situation arises, if White also makes a prophylactic move-} 12. Bc2 $5 {Now delaying c4 is risky, after} Be7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Qc6 15. f4 $1 (15. Qf3 h6 16. Qh3 hxg5 17. Qxh8+ Kf7 18. Qh3 g4 $44) 15... h6 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Qe2 Rhf8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. a4 b4 { Gelfand,B-Drejev,A/ Biel A 1995} 21. Rd1 Qc6 22. a5 $1 $40 {would favor White.} ) 12... fxe6 13. Bc2 {Of course Karpov doesn't repeat the pseudoactive} (13. Ng5 $6 Qc6 14. Qe2 c4 15. Bc2 Bc5 16. Be3 O-O 17. Rad1 h6 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. Nd4 Rae8 20. a3 Ne5 21. h3 Ng6 $15 {Karpov,An-Anand,V/Monte Carlo act 1994}) 13... c4 {The main move.} (13... O-O-O $143 $6 14. Ng5 Ne5 15. Qe2 Re8 16. f4 $1 Nc6 17. Nf3 g5 $5 18. e5 $1 g4 19. exf6 gxf3 20. Qxf3 Nd4 21. Qh5 Be7 22. f7 Rd8 23. Be4 b4 24. Bxb7+ Kxb7 25. Ne2 Bf6 26. f5 exf5 27. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 Rhf8 29. Rxf5 Rd7 30. Bf4 $36 {Sadler,M-Drejev,A/WChT Luzern 1997}) 14. Qe2 ({ Another topical problem is the position after} 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Be3 e5 16. Nf3 $1 Ncxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Re1 Bd6 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Ng5 $44 {|^}) 14... Bd6 $8 (14... O-O-O 15. a4 $5 $40 {is very risky.}) 15. Nd4 ({An older alternative is } 15. Ng5 Nc5 16. f4 h6 $1 17. Nh3 e5 $132 (17... Nd3 $5 $13)) 15... Nc5 16. f4 e5 17. Ndxb5 $5 $146 {A new and violent sacrificial attempt to wrest the initiative. White destroys Black's << pawn chain at the cost of a piece. Lutz: Gleich in der 1.Matchpartie wartet Karpow mit einer bemerkenswerten Neuerung auf. Bislang wurde 17.Nf5 versucht, was dem Weißen nicht viel verspricht.} ({ Not too promising is the older} 17. Nf5 O-O 18. Nxd6 (18. Rd1 Nd3 $1 (18... Rad8 $2 19. Rxd6 $1 Rxd6 20. fxe5 $16) 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Rxd3 Qc7 $44 {@<=>,>}) 24. Qb5+ (24. Ba4+ Kf8 25. Qe2 Rc5 $1 $15 { doesn't seem to give White sufficient compensation.}) (24. Qb3 {Lutz} Bd5 25. Rxd5 (25. Qb5+ Bc6 26. Qb3 (26. Qc4 $2 Qa7+ $19) 26... Bd5 {mit Zugwiederholung }) 25... Nxd5 26. Re1 (26. Qxd5 $2 Qa7+ $19) 26... Qc5+ 27. Kh1 O-O 28. Bxe4 Rxf4 29. Bxd5+ Kh8 30. Bf3 $14 {und die Chancen liegen bei Weiß.}) 24... Bc6 25. Qb3 Bd5 $5 {and Black has at least a draw.} {Losing is} 26. Rxd5 $2 Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Qa7+ $19) (22... Nfxe4 $2 23. Bf4 {/\Re5} Ba6 24. Ba4+ $1 $18) ({II)} 22... Nfd7 $6 {Lutz} 23. Bg5 Qe6 24. Rxc5 Nxc5 25. Qxc5 Rc8 26. Qb5+ Bc6 27. Qb4 $16) ({III)} 22... Ncd7 $5 $15 {Anand: Kramnik, who said that he checked all this way back in 1991 with some friends. Lutz: kam auch stark in Betracht.} 23. Bf4 (23. Bg5 Rc8) (23. e5 Nxe5 24. Qb5+ (24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Bf4 Qe7 $17) 24... Nc6 {führt zu nichts, da Schwarz im nächsten Zug zur Rochade kommt.}) 23... Rc8 24. Qb3 Ba6 $5 $132 {/\ ...Bc4} (24... Rxc2 $6 {ist zu phantasievoll} 25. Qxc2 Bxe4 26. Qc8+ Kf7 27. Qc4+ {Prosaisch, aber effektiv.} (27. Rxf6+ Nxf6 28. Qxh8 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Qf2 {gibt Schwarz zumindest Dauerschach}) 27... Qe6 28. Qxe6+ Kxe6 29. Ra5 $16 {mit klarem Vorteil im Endspiel.})) 23. Qb5+ Ncd7 $8 ( 23... Rc6 $143 24. Be3 $40) (23... Nfd7 $143 24. Bg5 $40 (24. Bg5 {Lutz} Qe6 25. Rd1 $16)) (23... Qd7 {Lutz} 24. Rxc5 $18) (23... Kf7 {Lutz} 24. e5 $18) 24. Qxb7 (24. Ba4 Bc6 (24... Qxe4 $4 25. Re5+) 25. Qa6 O-O $142 $1 (25... Nb6 26. Bxc6+ (26. Qa5 $5) 26... Rxc6 27. Qb5 $36) 26. Bxc6 Nb8 27. Bd5+ (27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Rc5 (28. e5 {Lutz} Rxc6 29. Qf4 Nfd7) 28... Nxc6 $1 29. Rxc6 $2 Qa7+ 30. Kh1 Qd7 $19) 27... Nxd5 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Qc4 Kh8 $5 30. Bd2 $11 (30. Bd2 Qa7+ 31. Kh1 Qf2 32. Qc1 Nf6 $19)) 24... Rxc2 25. Bg5 (25. e5 $2 Qc5+) ({Tricky was } 25. Ra5 $5 Kf7 $142 $1 {erscheint mir beachtenswert.} (25... Qd6 26. Be3 $1 Qd3 {wird von M.Gurewitsch vorgeschlagen, aber} (26... Rf8 27. e5 Qd3 28. Qf3 $1 $16) 27. Ra3 Qe2 28. e5 Rxb2 29. Qc6 $40) (25... O-O $2 26. Qb3+) (25... Qe6 $2 26. Ra8+ Ke7 27. Rxh8 Qg4 28. Qb4+ Nc5 29. Bd2 $18) 26. Qb3+ { Ein hübsches Echo-Motiv : Zuerst holt die weiße Dame den schwarzen Turm ab ...} (26. e5 $6 Rb8) 26... Qe6 $1 27. Qxc2 Qb6+ { ...und dann holt die schwarze Dame den weißen Turm ab.} 28. Be3 Qxa5 29. Qc4+ Kg6 $132) 25... Qd6 (25... Qxe4 $143 $2 26. Qxe4+ Nxe4 27. Re1 Ndc5 (27... Rc4 28. b3 Rd4 29. Rf2 $1 Ndf6 (29... h6 30. Rd2 $1) 30. Rf4 $16) 28. b4 $16) ( 25... O-O {Lutz} 26. Qb3+ $18 {(A.Karpow)}) 26. Qa8+ (26. Bxf6 gxf6 {-26.Qa8+} (26... Nxf6 $2 27. Qa8+ Kf7 28. Qxh8 Qd2 29. Rxf6+ Kxf6 30. Rf1+ $18)) 26... Kf7 $2 {A tactical oversight, which costs Black the game. According to Anand, he overlooked White's crushing 31-st move. Lutz: Schwarz hat eine Remis-Kombination im Sinn, die jedoch brilliant widerlegt wird. Karpow hatte in seiner Hausanalyse 26...Qb8 als Bestes erachtet.} (26... Qb8 $142 $8 27. Qxb8+ (27. Re5+ $2 Kf7) 27... Nxb8 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Nc6 $11) 27. Qxh8 Qd4+ (27... Qb6+ $143 28. Kh1 Qxb2 29. Raf1 Rxg2 30. Qxh7 $18) 28. Kh1 Qxe4 29. Rf3 Rxg2 $5 30. Kxg2 Ne5 31. Qxg7+ $1 $18 { Lutz: Dank dieser Pointe wickelt Weiß in ein klar vorteilhaftes Endspiel ab.} ( 31. Bxf6 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Qe3+ $11) (31. Raf1 Nxf3 32. Rxf3 (32. Bxf6 Ne5+ 33. Kf2 Qf3+ $11) 32... Qe2+ 33. Kg1 $5 (33. Rf2 Qg4+) (33. Kg3 Qe1+ 34. Kh3 (34. Rf2 Qg1+ 35. Kf3 Qg4+ 36. Ke3 Qxg5+ $11 (36... Qxg5+ {Lutz} 37. Ke2 Qg4+ 38. Kd3 Qe4+ $11 {mit Dauerschach (A.Karpow).})) 34... Qe6+ $11) 33... Qxf3 34. Bxf6 Qg4+ $1 35. Kf2 Qf4+ 36. Ke1 Qe3+ 37. Kd1 (37. Kf1 Qf4+ $11) 37... Qg1+ 38. Kc2 Qxh2+ $11 {/\gf6}) 31... Kxg7 32. Bxf6+ Kg6 (32... Kh6 $5 {Lutz (A.Karpow)}) 33. Bxe5 Qxe5 34. Rg1 (34. Rf2 $142 $5 $18 {is even more convincing.}) 34... h5 $8 35. b3 (35. b4 $5) 35... Qe2+ 36. Rf2 Qe4+ 37. Kf1+ $6 { Lutz: Verliert den a-Bauern, wonach der Gewinn sehr schwierig wird.} (37. Kh3+ $142 $1 Kh6 (37... Kh7 {Lutz} 38. Rf7+ Kh6 39. Rf6+ Kh7 40. a4 {(A.Karpow)}) 38. Rf6+ Kh7 39. Rg3 $18) 37... Kh6 38. Rg3 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. Rgf3 Qg6+ 41. Kf1 Qb1+ 42. Kg2 Qg6+ 43. Kh1 Qb1+ 44. Rf1 $8 (44. Kg2 $4 Qg6+ { leads to threefold repetition.}) 44... Qxa2 {Although Karpov hasn't played this phase too accurately, his win still isn't endangered. White gradually strengthens his position by advancing his K and preparing the advance of his passed pawn. Black has no reaslitic hopes for perpetual check, as White's R control the whole board. White also more than once utilizes the fact, that all pawn endgames are hopeless for Black.} 45. Rf6+ Kg7 46. Rf7+ Kh8 47. Rf8+ Kg7 48. R8f7+ Kg8 49. R7f3 Kg7 50. h3 Qc2 51. R1f2 Qe4 52. Kg2 Qb4 (52... Kg6 53. Rd2 {/\Kf2,Re3}) 53. Re2 Qd4 54. Re7+ Kg6 55. Re6+ Kg7 56. Rg3+ Kf7 57. Rge3 Qd5+ 58. Kg3 {/\Kh4,> Punkt g6} Bf7 (21... Rcd8 22. f5 Bf7 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Nf4 Ne5 25. c4 $14) 22. h4 (22. f5 Ne5 $132) 22... Kh8 23. Qh3 $5 {/\h4-h5, /\c4,b5 gefolgt von Nd4-> e6} Rcd8 $1 { /\Qc8, /\b6, /\d5} (23... b6 $2 24. Bxa6) 24. c4 (24. h5 gxh5 25. Ng3 Qc8 $15) 24... b6 $1 25. axb6 Qxb6 {Dies soll den Punkt d4 decken.} 26. b5 axb5 27. cxb5 Na5 $132 (27... Nd4 $6 28. Qe3 e5 29. Ra1 $36) 28. h5 $5 gxh5 29. Ng3 (29. f5 Rg8 30. Nf4 Rg5 $17) 29... Qe3 30. Rf3 Qc5 31. b6 Nb3 32. e5 $1 dxe5 (32... Nd2 33. Nxh5 Nxb1 34. Nxf6 $18) 33. Nxh5 e4 $5 (33... Bxh5 34. Bxh7 $1 $40 (34. Qxh5 $2 e4) 34... Nc1 $5 35. Bc2 (35. Qxh5 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Qg1+ $19) 35... exf4 36. Rxc1 Qg5 37. Rxf4 $36) 34. Bxe4 (34. Nxf6 $5 exf6 35. Bxe4 f5 (35... Bg8 36. Rfxb3 $18) 36. Bxf5 Bg8 37. Bxh7 Bxh7 38. Rfxb3 Rxf4 39. b7 Rb8 40. Rc3 Qd6 (40... Qe5 41. Rc8+ Rf8 42. Rxf8+ Rxf8 43. Qc8 $18) 41. Rc8+ Rf8 42. Qc3+ Kg8 $11) 34... Nd2 35. Nxf6 $1 h5 $8 36. Rc3 Qa5 (36... Qxc3 $2 37. Qf5) (36... Nxe4 37. Nxe4 $16) 37. Ra3 Qc5 38. Rc3 Qa5 39. Ra3 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.30"] [Round "7.8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2680"] [Annotator "Hecht,H"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be2 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O Be7 8. Qc2 Ng5 9. Nxg5 Bxg5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d3 Bf5 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Re1 h6 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Na4 f6 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Rxe5 20. Nxc5 Rae8 21. Kf2 Bg6 22. d4 Rf5+ 23. Kg1 Rg5 24. Rac1 h5 25. Rc3 h4 26. Re2 Re7 27. Rf2 Rg4 28. Kf1 Kh7 29. Rf4 Rxf4+ 30. exf4 {# Hecht weißer Vorteil am Damenflügel mit gutem Springer; schwarzer Vorteil am Königsflügel mit aktivem Gegenspiel durch Königseinsatz.} Bh5 31. Rc2 Kg6 32. Kf2 Kf5 33. g3 hxg3+ 34. hxg3 g5 35. fxg5 Kxg5 36. Rd2 Bg4 37. Nd3 Kf5 38. Nb4 Ke4 39. Nxc6 Rh7 40. Kg1 Ke3 41. Rh2 Rc7 42. Rc2 Bd7 43. Rc3+ Kd2 44. Ne7 Rxc3 45. bxc3 Kxc3 46. Nxd5+ Kxd4 47. Nxf6 Be6 48. a3 Kc3 49. Ne4+ Kb2 50. a4 Ka3 51. Kf2 Bh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.30"] [Round "7.5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B14"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2680"] [Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. a3 Nf6 (10... h6 $5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Bf6 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Be4 Qd6 $13 {"Bislang ist noch nichts besonderes passiert. Wenn Sie aber Gefallen an außergewöhnlichen Manövern finden, sollten Sie auf jeden Fall näher mit der Partie Olafsson,H-Tisdall,J/Reykjavik zt-plof 1995 (42) beschäftigen. Dort überdeckt Schwarz mit Rd8 den Punkt d5 und mit Qf8 den Bauern h6!"(P.Schlosser in CBM 56)}) 11. Be3 (11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 a6 (12... h6 13. Bc4 Bd7 14. Be3 $6 (14. Qe2 $5) (14. Ba2 $5) (14. Ne5 $5) 14... Rc8 15. Rac1 $6 $14 {1-0 Wahls,M-Mueller,K/Hamburg HSK (5) 1996/CBM 56/[Schlosser] (43) } (15. Qe2 $1 Nb8 $140 16. d5 $32)) (12... g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Bc4 $14) (12... Bd7 13. Ne5 a6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 $14 { 1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Yudasin,L/Groningen PCA 1993 (24)}) 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Be6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Qf5 $16 { Topalov,V-Gausel,E/Moscow olm 1994/CBM 45/1-0 (65)}) 11... O-O (11... Bd7 $6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bf4 Qa5 16. Qd2 $1 { +/- Rechlis,G-Haba,P/Ostrava 1991/Inf 53 (16)}) 12. O-O-O $5 { eine unorthodoxe Idee von Anand,} ({bekannt ist z.B.} 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Qe2 $14 {Mortensen,E-Pedersen,E/Aarhus 1983/MCL 03/1/2-1/2 (73) }) 12... Bd7 13. Ng5 (13. d5 $5 exd5 14. Nxd5 h6 (14... Nxd5 $2 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Rxd5 Rc8 17. Rh5 Nb4 18. axb4 Rxc2+ 19. Bxc2+ Kg8 20. Rd1 g6 (20... f5 21. Bb3+ Rf7 22. Rxd7 $18) (20... Qc8 21. Rxd7 Bxb4 22. Rhd5 $18) 21. Rhd5 $18) ( 14... Rc8 15. Kb1 Nxd5 $2 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Rxd5 Nb4 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Qf5 Qxf5+ 20. Bxf5 $16) 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Kb1 $14) 13... h6 14. Nge4 (14. Nh7 $6 Re8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Ne5 { ist aus schwarzer Sicht vollkommen in Ordnung.}) (14. h4 Rc8 $13) 14... Rc8 15. Kb1 Na5 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Ba6 Rc7 19. Qd3 Nd5 20. Rc1 Nxc3+ 21. Rxc3 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Qd5 23. Rc1 Bf6 (23... Qxg2 $2 24. b4 Nb7 $2 25. Qc7 Qd5 26. Rc3 $18) 24. f3 Rd8 25. Rc2 Qb3 26. Qxb3 Nxb3 27. Rc7 Nxd4 (27... Bxd4 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 (28... Nxd4 29. Rxa7 Nf5 30. Rb7) 29. Kc2 Nc5 30. Rxa7 {war Adams angesich ts der weißen Damenflügelmehrheit wohl zu riskant, so daß er lieber den Springer behält und gegen das Läuferpaar weiterspielt.}) 28. Rxa7 g5 29. Rb7 Rd6 30. Bc4 Be5 31. h3 Kg7 32. a4 Kf6 33. Bf2 h5 34. h4 Nf5 35. hxg5+ Kxg5 36. Bxb6 (36. Rxf7 Rd2 (36... Kg6 $5) 37. Bxe6 Bf6 38. Bxf5 Rxb2+ 39. Kc1 Rxf2 $14) 36... Rd2 37. g4 $2 { danach schrumpft das weiße Gewinnpotential auf den a-Bauern zusammen} (37. Bc7 $5 Bxc7 (37... Rd7 $2 38. f4+ $3 $18) 38. Rxc7 Kf6 (38... Rxg2 $2 39. Rxf7 $18) 39. a5 {und es ist nur die Frage, ob Weiß gewinnt oder nicht.}) 37... hxg4 38. fxg4 Rxb2+ 39. Kc1 Kxg4 40. a5 Nd6 41. Rc7 Nxc4 42. Rxc4+ Kf5 43. Ra4 Rg2 44. a6 Rg8 45. a7 Ra8 46. Kc2 Bb8 $5 {forciert das Remis bevor etwas anbrennen kann } 47. axb8=Q Rxb8 48. Be3 e5 49. Kd3 Rb3+ 50. Ke2 f6 {zwar wäre selbst R+B gegen R theoretisch remis, aber Weiß ist hier nicht einmal in der Lage, die beiden verbliebenen schwarzen Bauern zu erobern.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.30"] [Round "7.9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2680"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Qe2 (12. Qc2 Nf6 13. Ne5 h6 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Rae1 b6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qd2 Nh7 18. Qxh6 { 1-0 Shamkovich,L-Gudmundsson,E/Reykjavik op 1982/MCD-op (32)}) 12... Re8 13. c4 g6 14. c5 Nf6 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Bf4 Qc8 17. Rab1 Nd5 18. Bg3 Rf8 19. Rfc1 Bf6 20. Nc4 Bxd4 21. Nd6 Qd8 22. Nxb7 Qf6 23. c6 Bc8 24. Rb3 e5 25. Be4 Be6 26. Rf3 $2 Qg5 27. Qe1 Qe7 $4 (27... f5 $17 28. h4 (28. Nc5 {Anands Partieidee} Bxc5 29. Rxc5 fxe4 30. Qxe4 $17) 28... Qg4 29. Bb1 f4 30. Bh2 Qxh4 $17) 28. Qa5 Bb6 29. Qa3 Qxa3 30. Rxa3 f6 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. Rxc5 Nc7 33. f3 a6 34. h4 Rad8 35. Rc1 Rd2 36. Be1 Rxa2 37. Rxa2 Bxa2 38. Ba5 Rf7 39. Rd1 Nb5 40. Rc1 Nc7 41. Rd1 Nb5 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Ra8 Bc4 44. Rb8 (44. c7 $1 Nxc7 45. Rc8 $18) 44... f5 45. Bc2 Bd5 46. Rb6 Nd6 (46... Nd4 47. Ba4 Ra7 48. Bb4 {/\ Bd6+-}) 47. c7 Nc8 48. Rb8 Rf8 49. Ba4 Be6 50. Bc3 $18 Kf6 51. f4 Kf7 52. Bxe5 Ne7 53. Rd8 Nc8 54. Kf2 Ke7 55. Bc6 a5 56. Bb7 Kf7 57. Bc6 Ke7 58. Bc3 Kf7 59. Bxa5 Rg8 60. Bb4 Na7 61. Ba4 Nc8 62. Bc5 h6 63. Bb5 g5 64. fxg5 hxg5 65. h5 1-0 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.29"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2680"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 Qf5 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Re1 Bg4 18. f3 Bh3 19. Ne4 Rae8 20. Re2 h5 21. Bg5 Bc7 22. Qd2 Kh8 23. Rae1 f6 24. Nf2 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Bf5 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Bf4 Bxf4 28. Qxf4 Bxd3 29. Rd2 Bb1 30. Qd6 Re8 31. Qxd5 Kh7 32. Kg2 Re5 33. Qb3 Qe8 34. a3 Bf5 35. Qb4 Bd7 36. Qd4 Bc6 37. Qd3+ Kh6 38. Qd4 Qa8 39. Rd3 Qe8 40. g4 Re2 41. Qf4+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ Qg6 43. Qxh5+ Qxh5 44. gxh5 Rxb2 45. Rd6 Be8 46. Rxa6 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.28"] [Round "7.3"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2680"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. d3 Bd7 7. a4 (7. Nd5 e6 8. Ne3 Nge7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bxd7 dxe3 13. Qxd6 exf2+ 14. Rxf2 Nc6 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. Qc7 Bd4 18. cxd4 Qxc7 19. Bxc7 Rxd7 20. Bg3 f5 21. d5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Rdf7 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Rfxf5 Rxf5 25. Rd7 Rf7 26. Rd6 Kf8 27. a3 {1/2-1/2 Szabo,L-Averbakh,Y/Zuerich ct 1953/CAND}) (7. Re1 Nd4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 Rc8 11. b4 e5 12. Bd2 Ne7 13. c3 dxc3 14. Nxc3 O-O 15. Qb3 h6 16. Rec1 Kh7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. g3 Qd7 22. b5 Bf8 23. Be3 b6 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. a4 Be7 26. d4 Qc7 27. Qc6 Bd8 28. Qxc7 Bxc7 29. f4 f5 30. Kf3 exd4 31. Bxd4+ Kf7 32. g4 Ke6 33. exf5+ gxf5 34. g5 hxg5 35. fxg5 Kf7 36. Kf4 Kg6 37. h4 d5+ 38. Be5 Bd8 39. Bd4 Be7 40. Ke5 Bd8 {1-0 Fuchs,R-Vizantiadis,L/Vrnjacka Banja zt 1967/EXT 97}) 7... Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Bc4 h6 12. Ne2 b6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Qe8 16. c3 d5 17. Kh1 g5 18. Ne2 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. dxe4 Rd8 22. Qc2 Qd7 23. Re1 Ne5 24. Ng3 Qd3 25. Qb3 Nc4 26. Bf2 Bg7 27. Kg1 Be5 28. Nf1 Rf8 29. Ne3 Qd2 $2 (29... Bd4 $1 {Thipsay} 30. Ng4 Bxf2+ 31. Nxf2 Qg3 32. Qc2 (32. Re2 Ne3 33. Qxe6+ Kg7 34. Qe7+ Rf7 35. Nh1 Qf4 36. Qxf7+ (36. Qe6 Qf1+ 37. Kh2 Qxe2 38. Qe5+ Kf8 39. Qb8+ Ke7 40. Qc7+ Ke6 41. Qc6+ Ke5 42. Qe8+ Kf6 43. Qh8+ Rg7 44. Qf8+ Kg6 45. Qe8+ Kh7 $19) 36... Qxf7 37. Rxe3 Qb3 $19) 32... Ne5 33. Ra1 Nf3+ 34. Kf1 Nh4 $19) 30. Nf5 $1 exf5 31. Qxc4+ Kh8 32. exf5 Rxf5 33. Bg3 Qd6 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Bxe5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.27"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2680"] [Annotator "Ribli,Z"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. Nf3 {Eine kleine Überraschung. Normalerweise spielt Anand 1.e4.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 {Nach dem üblichen 5...Nxd5 haben wir die Grundstellung der Semi-Tarrasch Verteidigung auf dem Brett. Der Partiezug wurde seinerzeit sehr oft von Paul Keres gespielt.} 6. Qxd4 Nxd5 {Der Partiezug führt zu einer symmetrischen Stellung, in der Weiß ein wenig Initiative bekommt, Schwarz aber über eine solide Stellung verfügt.} (6... exd5 { Das war eigentlich eine Lieblingsvariante von GM Keres.} 7. e4 $1 $14) 7. e4 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 {Es gibt eine andere Zugfolge, die zu derselben Stellung führt: 1. c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nxc3 7.Qxc3 Nc6 8.e4 e6.} Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 (9... Qb6 10. Bxc6+ (10. a4 Qc5 11. Bd2 Qxc3 12. Bxc3 Bd7 $11) 10... Qxc6 11. Qxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rfc1 $14 Bb7 15. Bc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 {Weiß besitzt einen kleinen, aber dauerhaften Vorteil, weil der Pc6 eine ewige Schwäche in der schwarzen Stellung darstellt.}) 10. O-O Qb6 11. a4 ( 11. Ba4 Qb4 12. Qxb4 Bxb4 13. Rd1 f6 14. Be3 Ke7 15. a3 Bd6 16. Rd2 Rhd8 17. Rad1 Bc7 18. Bc5+ Ke8 19. Bb3 Bf4 20. Rd3 Rac8 { 1/2-1/2 Salov,V-Barsov,A/Corsica Rapid, Bastia FRA 1997 (24)}) 11... Qc5 12. Qd3 {Wenn Weiß auf Eröffnungsvorteil spielen will, muß er die Damen auf dem Brett halten.} (12. Bd2 Qxc3 13. Bxc3 $11) (12. Be3 Qxc3 13. bxc3 a6 $5 (13... Bd6 $6 14. Rfd1 Ke7 15. e5 $1 Bc7 16. Bc5+ $16) 14. Be2 Bd6 15. Rfb1 (15. Rfd1 Ke7 $11) 15... O-O-O $11) 12... Qd6 (12... a6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bxc6 (14. Bc4 Rd8 15. Be3 Bc8 16. Qc2 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 $36 {Weiß hat großen Entwicklungsvorteil, und der schwarze König steht schlecht in der Mitte.}) 14... Bxc6 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Bf4 f6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 { 1-0 Zueger,B-Giertz,N/SUI-ch 1995 (40)}) 13. Qe2 Qc7 $146 (13... a6 14. e5 $1 ( 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bxc6 (15. Bc4 Na5 $13) (15. Bd3 Bd6 16. Be3 Ne5 17. Rac1 Qb8 ( 17... Bc6 18. Nd4 $14)) 15... Bxc6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Be3 Bd6 $11) 14... Qc7 15. Bd3 Nb4 $8 (15... Be7 16. Bd2 $16) 16. Be4 (16. Bb1 Rc8 $1 (16... Bc6 17. Ng5 $14)) 16... Bc6 17. Bd2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nd5 19. Rfc1 Qd7 20. Rc4 Be7 (20... h5 $5 ) 21. Qg4 Kf8 $8 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Adams,M/Deutschland 1997 (45)}) (13... Be7 14. Bd2 (14. Rd1) 14... a6 15. e5 Qc7 16. Bd3 Nb4 17. Rfc1 Bc6 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Qe4 $16) 14. e5 $5 {Ein zweischneidiger Zug! Weiß gewinnt Raum und bekommt Initiative am Königsflügel. Aber in einigen Varianten wird der Pe5 schwach, und mit dem Partiezug wird zugleich die Kontrolle über das Feld d5 aufgegeben.} Bc5 15. Rd1 a6 16. Bd3 h6 {Mit diesem ug sichert Schwarz seine Königsstellung und unterbindet das eventuelle Springermanöver Nf3-g5.} (16... O-O $2 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Ng5+ (18. Qc2+ $16) 18... Kg8 (18... Kg6 19. Qd3+ $18) 19. Qh5 $16) 17. Bf4 Nb4 {Schwarz muß mit dem König in der Mitte bleiben. In der Tat ist es nicht leicht für Weiß, seinen Angriff zu organisieren.} (17... O-O 18. Qe4 $16) 18. Be4 Bc6 $11 { Die Kontrolle über das Feld d5 bietet Schwarz gleiche Chancen.} 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Bxc6+ Qxc6 {Natürlich hat Schwarz nach dem Tausch der weißfeldrigen Läufer sehr starke Kontrolle über die weißen Felder, aber seine Königsstellung ist ein wenig unsicher.} 21. Ne4 Rxd1+ (21... O-O $5 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Qh5 Bxf2+ (24... Kg7 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Qf4 Kg7 27. Nh5+ Kg6 (27... Kg8 28. Qg4+) 28. Qg4+ $18) 25. Kxf2 Qc2+ $13) 22. Rxd1 Be7 23. Nd6+ {Früher oder später muß Weiß diesen Zug spielen. Der schwarze Plan mit Nd5 ist offensichtlich.} (23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Nd6+ Bxd6 25. exd6 Nd5 26. Qg4 Nxf4 27. Qxg7 (27. Rc7 Qxa4 (27... Qxd6 28. Rc8+ Ke7 29. Rxh8 $14)) 27... Rf8 28. Rc7 Qxd6 $19) 23... Bxd6 24. exd6 $13 {Die ewige Frage in solchen Stellungen ist, ob der Pd6 nun stark oder eher schwach ist. Im Mittelspiel kann der Bauer sehr gefährlich werden, aber im Endspiel -wenn Schwarz z.B. mit Kd7 blockieren kann- ist er eine Schwäche.} Nd5 (24... Kd7 $2 {Dieser Blockadezug wäre verfrüht.} 25. Rc1 $16) 25. Be5 $6 ( 25. Qg4 g6 $13 (25... Nxf4 26. d7+ Ke7 27. Qxf4 Rd8 28. Qb4+ Kf6 29. Qh4+ $1 $16) 26. Rc1 Qxa4 $1 (26... Qd7 27. Be5 $16) 27. Rc8+ Kd7 28. Rxh8 Qa1+ $19) 25... f6 (25... O-O 26. Qg4 $36) 26. Qh5+ (26. Bxf6 $2 Nxf6 (26... gxf6 27. Qxe6+ $18) 27. Qxe6+ Kd8 {Bemerkenswerter Weise befindet sich der schwarze König - dank des weißen Pd6 - in Sicherheit auf der d-Linie.} (27... Kf8 $2 28. Qe7+ Kg8 29. d7 $16) 28. Qe7+ Kc8 29. Qxg7 Rg8 $19 30. Qxf6 Qxg2#) 26... Kf8 27. Bg3 Qe8 28. Qg4 h5 29. Qe4 Qd7 30. h4 { Meiner Meinung nach kommt Weiß um diesen Zug nicht herum.} (30. f4 h4 31. Bf2 Rh5 $13) 30... Kf7 31. Rc1 g6 $11 32. Qc2 {Weiß kontrolliert die einzige offene Linie, aber es gibt dort keine Eindringungsmöglichkeiten.} (32. b3 Rc8 $11) (32. a5 Rc8 $11) 32... Rd8 33. Qc4 Kg7 34. a5 { Mit diesem Zug befreit Weiß seine Dame von der Verteidigung des a-Bauern.} Kf7 {Die schwarze Stellung ist solide. Mit einfachen Wartezügen kann er das Gleichgewicht halten.} 35. b3 Kg7 36. Qd3 Rc8 37. Rc4 Rxc4 38. bxc4 Nb4 { In der ganzen Partie verfolgt Schwarz nur eine einfache Strategie: Blockade auf den weißen Feldern.} 39. Qd2 Nc6 40. Bf4 Nb8 {Auf diese Weise befreit Schwarz seine Dame. Er möchte künftig seinen Springer zur Blockade einsetzen.} 41. Be3 Qc6 42. Qb4 Nd7 43. c5 Qd5 44. Qa4 Qc6 (44... Nxc5 $2 45. Bxc5 Qxc5 46. Qd7+ Kh6 47. Qc7 $18 (47. Qxe6 Qc1+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 49. Kh3) 47... Qe5 48. Qc8) 45. Qf4 Kg8 {Schwarz muß die Drohung 46.Qh6 parieren. Nach dem Partiezug bringt das Eindringen der Dame nichts.} 46. Qc4 (46. g4 Qd5 (46... hxg4 47. Qxg4 Kf7 48. h5 $36) 47. gxh5 gxh5 $13) 46... Kf7 47. Qf4 Kg8 48. Qc4 (48. Qh6 Qe4) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.26"] [Round "7.1"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2680"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 Nxe4 8. d5 Ne5 9. Re1 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. c4 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Nc3 h6 15. Bh4 O-O 16. Qh3 Kf7 17. f4 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rg8 19. Qf3 Rge8 20. Rd3 Kf8 21. g4 Kg8 22. g5 Nh7 23. Qh5 Rf8 24. gxh6 Rxf4 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Nd5 Qh4 27. Qxh4 Rxh4 28. Rxe6 Rxh6 29. Re7 Rg6+ 30. Rg3 Rxg3+ 31. hxg3 Rb8 32. Rd7 Nf6 33. Nxf6+ gxf6 34. a4 Rf8 35. Rxb7 Rf7 36. Rb8+ Rf8 37. Rb7 Rf7 38. Rb8+ Rf8 39. Rb5 Kf7 40. a5 Ke6 41. a6 Ke5 42. Rb7 Kd4 43. b3 Kc3 44. Kf2 Rh8 45. Ke3 Re8+ 46. Kf4 Re1 47. Kf5 Ra1 48. Kxf6 Rxa6 49. Kf5 Ra1 50. Ke6 a5 51. Kxd6 a4 52. bxa4 Rxa4 53. Rb5 Rxc4 54. Rxc5 Rxc5 55. Kxc5 Kd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.24"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2695"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. e4 {HarZvi} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ (6. d3 { HarZvi} O-O 7. Nbd2 Nc6 (7... e5 8. a3 Nbd7 9. b4 d5 10. Qb3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7 12. a4 b6 13. Bc4 Bh6 14. Re1 Bb7 15. a5 Rae8 16. h4 $14 { /~~ Georgiev,Kr-Petursson,M Saint John op-2 1988}) 8. Re1 b6 9. a3 Qc7 10. Bf1 Bb7 11. b4 Nd7 12. Qb3 e6 (12... cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Qxb4 Bxc3 15. Qb1 Bxa1 16. Qxa1 $14 {/+/-}) 13. Bb2 d5 14. d4 c4 15. Qa4 b5 16. Qc2 $13 { Hickel,J-Hubner,R Nussloch 1996 66/163}) 6... Nc6 (6... Nbd7 {RR} 7. Re1 a6 8. Bf1 O-O (8... Ne5 {HarZvi} 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 ( 12... Qb6 13. Rd2) 13. Nd2 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Qh3 Rac8 16. d5 Rfe8 17. Bh6 e6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. c4 $14 {Adams,M-Van Wely,L/Wijk ann Zee 1996}) 9. d4 e5 10. dxe5 (10. d5 Nh5 $36 (10... b5 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Na3 $14)) 10... Nxe5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2 Be6 $10 { Kengis,E-Lukin.A Groningen op(3) 1991 1/2 27}) (6... Bd7 {HarZvi} 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 Na6 10. d5 (10. e5 $5) 10... c4 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Nxc4 Ncxe4 13. a4 Nc5 14. Ne3 Qd8 15. Ra3 $14 {Adams,M-Anand,V Dortmund 1996}) 7. d4 O-O (7... cxd4 {RR} 8. cxd4 O-O (8... a6 {HarZvi} 9. Be2 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Be3 Qb6 12. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Van Wely,L/FIDE-Wch k.o.1997/CBM63/ [Har-Zvi,R] (52)}) (8... Qb6 9. Na3 a6 10. Ba4 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Qe1 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Be3 $16 {/+- 1-0 Yudasin,L-Rechlis,G/ISR-chT 1996/EXP 52 (33)}) (8... d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Ne1 f6 11. f3 Ng5 12. Bxg5 fxg5 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nc2 Bd7 15. Qd2 e6 16. Kh1 Qb6 17. a4 Rf7 18. Rfc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Lagunow,A/GER-ch 1995/EXP 50 (44)}) 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Be2 e5 12. d5 Bxf3 13. dxc6 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Nf6 15. cxb7 Rb8 16. Nc3 $14 {Torre,T-Gallagher,J Saint John op-2 1988 1-0 32/CBM 06}) (7... a6 {HarZvi} 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Re1 (9. dxc5 Nxe4 10. cxd6 Nxd6 (10... exd6 $2 11. Qa4)) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. h3 (11. Nc3 Bg4 $5) 11... Nd7 12. Nc3 c5 (12... Rb8 13. b3 c5 14. Be3) 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Qd2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 $14 { 1/2-1/2 Hellsten,J-De Firmian,N/Mermaid Beach Club 1997/CBM 58/[Har Zvi] (58)}) (7... Bd7 {HarZvi} 8. Qe2 a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. d5 Bd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bf5 14. c4 Qc7 15. Nc3 Rad8 16. Nf3 h6 17. Be3 $11 { Adams,M-Ivanchuk,V Wijk ann Zee 1996 65/(193)}) 8. d5 Na5 (8... Nb8 {RR} 9. Re1 e6 10. a4 (10. dxe6 {HarZvi} Bxe6 11. Na3 h6 12. Bf4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bg3 Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne5 $14 { /+/- 1/2-1/2 Torre,E-Gelfand,B/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2 (77)}) 10... a6 11. Bf1 exd5 12. exd5 Bg4 (12... Bf5 $5) (12... Bf5 {HarZvi}) 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Nxe8 16. Na3 Nd7 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Qd1 Rb8 19. Qd2 Nc7 20. a5 Ne8 21. Nc4 $16 {Lutz,C-Khalifman,A/Munich 1992/CBM 30/[Boensch,U]/1-0 (58) ^^}) 9. Re1 e6 10. Bf1 $1 {/\ c3-c4} (10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Ba4 $11 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nbd2 Bf5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Ng5 $14 { 1-0 Benjamin,J-Kaidanov,G/USA-ch 1996/CBM 55 (41)}) 10... exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Na3 (12. c4 $1 $14 {>< Na5}) (12. c4 $5 {HarZvi this is certainly a move one must consider seriously,since now the knight on a5 seems out of the game and white's knight on "b1" is going to have a very good place on "c3"} Re8 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Bc3 {when white has slight advantage}) 12... b6 ( 12... a6 $5 {HarZvi} 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 $132 {/->}) (12... Re8 $5 {HarZvi}) 13. Bf4 $6 {/\ Nb5} (13. Ba6 $5 Bc8 (13... Qd7 14. b4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Ne4 16. Nd4) 14. Bd3 {>< f5 /\ c4}) (13. Bd3 {HarZvi} Qd7 14. c4 Rfe8) 13... a6 $1 $13 {Har Zvi: black's king is simply commimg and with a pass "h" pawn there is nothing more to seewe can say very easily that white got nothing out of the opening,I guess that because this was the second game in the match Anand did not want to risk a lot and played a solid line not the usual Sicilian which we could expect against Gelfand} 14. Rc1 Be4 15. Bg5 (15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nh5 $1 $13) 15... Re8 16. b4 (16. c4 {HarZvi} h6 17. Bd2) 16... Nb7 17. b5 $5 (17. Nd2 $1 Bxd5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ndc4 Bxc4 21. Nxc4 b5 22. Nb6 $14 {/~/=}) (17. bxc5 {HarZvi} dxc5 (17... Nxc5 18. c4 Qd7 $140 19. Nd4 Ng4 $36) 18. c4 Nd6 {when black's position seems very nice}) 17... axb5 18. Nxb5 h6 $4 {Har Zvi: black's king is simply commimg and with a pass "h" pawn there is nothing more to seeunbelieveable mistake from a player such as Gelfand at this stage of the tournament,a world championchip one!! this was a normal game not rapid and this is move 18 so I have really no explanation at all why this happened} (18... Qd7 19. Bxf6 (19. c4 h6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 $13) 19... Bxf6 20. a4 {^^, >< f5, g4, a4} Kg7 27. c4 h5 {/\ Qg4} 28. h3 $1 Na5 29. Bf1 Ra4 30. Re1 Rb4 31. Kg2 $1 (31. Qe8 Qxe8 32. Rxe8 Nxc4 33. Bxc4 Rxc4 34. Nxd6 Rc1+) 31... Rb3 32. Re3 (32. Qe8 Qf5) 32... Rb4 (32... Rxe3 $8 33. Qxe3 { /\ Bd3, Nd2-e4}) 33. Qe8 Qxe8 34. Rxe8 Nxc4 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 36. Nxd6 Rc1 37. Rc8 1-0 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.23"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bf1 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Rxd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.20"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] {Wedberg: Shirovs novelty in his pet line doesn't help him much. Anand gets a good game right from the beginning. He plays the final assault with the precision we now have come to expect from him.} 1. e4 {Wedberg Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Be3 (13. Bc2 {Wedberg} d5 14. Bg5 ( 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. dxe5 $14 (15. dxe5 Qxb5 16. Ba4 $1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $1 Nxe5 18. Bxb5 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Rxb5 $14)) (14. h3 $5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 exd4 16. Bg5 $13) 14... exd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxd4 $10 { Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Wijk 1996/CBM 51/[Shirov]/1/2-1/2 (53)} (16... Bxd4 $10 { Ftacnik} 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Be4 Nf6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 { Topalov,V-Shirov,A/Wijk 1996/1/2-1/2 (53)})) (13. Re1 {Wedberg Ftacnik} Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. Be3 Qf6 16. Kh1 exd4 17. cxd4 Ba5 18. Rg1 Rxb5 19. Ba4 Rxb2 20. Bxc6 Bb6 21. Rg4 Rb4 22. e5 dxe5 23. dxe5 Qe7 { 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/Investbanka 1997/ (45)}) 13... exd4 (13... d5 { Wedberg} 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. h3 Bh5 16. Bg5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxg5 18. Bxd5 Ne7 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Bc4 $16 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Arduman,C/EUCup G6 1997/CBM 62 (41)} (20. Bc4 {Ftacnik} Ng6 21. Rad1 Qc5 22. Na3 Ne5 23. Qe4 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 { 1-0 Almasi,Z-Arduman,C/EUCup G6 1997/ (41)})) (13... d5 {Wedberg Ubilava}) 14. cxd4 Qe8 (14... Nxe4 $1 {Nijboer-Piket Wijk aan Zee 1998}) (14... Nxe4 $2 { Wedberg} 15. Bd5 Qe8 16. Qc2 (16. h3 {Ftacnik} Bf5 17. Re1 Nb4 18. Bc4 c6 19. Na3 d5 20. Bf1 Bc7 21. Qc1 Rb6 22. Bf4 { 1-0 Nijboer,F-Piket,J/Hoogovens 1998/ (35)}) 16... Nb4 (16... Bxf3 17. Bxc6 Qe6 18. gxf3 Qg6+ 19. Bg5 Qxg5+ 20. Kh1 Nf6 $11) 17. Qxe4 Nxd5 (17... Qxb5 18. Qxg4 Nxd5 19. Bh6 $18) 18. Qxd5 c6 19. Qxd6 Bxf3 20. gxf3 cxb5 21. Ra6 $16) 15. h3 $1 (15. Nc3 Nxe4 16. h3 Bf5) 15... Bd7 (15... Bh5 16. Ba4 Qxe4 (16... Nxe4 { Wedberg} 17. Nc3 $16) 17. Nc3 Bxf3 18. Nxe4 Bxd1 19. Nxf6+ (19. Bxc6) 19... gxf6 20. Bxc6 $16 {>< Qe8 Wedberg: Whites space advantage gives him a clear plus.} Nxc3 18. bxc3 $14 {>< Bb6} Qc8 (18... Qd8 {Wedberg Ubilava} 19. Bc2 $36) 19. c4 $1 { Ftacnik: Somewhat surpising move, since white pawns were limiting black pieces Bb6 and Nc6. Black was threatening Na5 and c5, so white prepares for further blockade.} (19. Ng5 {Wedberg Ftacnik} h6 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Ng3 Bg6 $14) (19. g4 { Wedberg Ftacnik} Na5 20. Bc2 f5 $1 $13) 19... Bf5 (19... Na5 {Wedberg Ftacnik} 20. Ba2 c5 21. d5 $14) 20. Re2 {/\ 21.c5} (20. c5 Ba5) 20... Na5 21. Ba2 c5 22. d5 $1 {>< Na5} Bd8 23. Bd2 {Wedberg: The N on a5 is poorly placed. Especially if White starts operations on the K-side. Blacks hope is some play against c4. Ftacnik: Black will now suffer because of the misplaced Na5.} (23. Bg5 { Wedberg Ftacnik} Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Rb4 $11) 23... Qa6 { The Q is not well placed here. There is no real play against c4.} (23... Bd3 { Wedberg} 24. Re3 Bxc4 $2 25. Bxa5 $18) (23... Nb7 $142 {Wedberg}) 24. Qa4 Ra8 ( 24... Bd3 25. Re3 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27. Bxa5 Rb1+ 28. Be1 $18) (24... Bf6 { Wedberg} 25. Rae1 Ra8 26. Re8 $18 Nb7 {Ftacnik} (26... h5 {Ubilava} 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Re8+ (28. Bxa5 Kh7) 28... Rxe8 29. Qxe8+ Kh7 30. Bg5 Bg6 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Nh4 $18 (32. Bb1 $18)) 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Qxa6 $18) 25. Bc3 $16 {/^ a1-h8} Nb7 26. Qd1 $1 (26. Qxa6 {Ftacnik} Rxa6 27. Rb2 Bc8 $14) 26... Ba5 $6 (26... Qb6 $142 $16) 27. Bb2 Bb4 28. Nh4 $1 {This starts the K-side session. Black is well entrenched on the other side, so prospects are very good for a successful attack.} Bg6 (28... Bd7 29. Re7 $1 $18 (29. Re7 {Wedberg} Ba4 (29... Rfe8 {Ubilava} 30. Rxd7 Re1+ 31. Qxe1 Bxe1 32. Rxe1 Qxa2 33. Rxb7 Qxc4 34. Nf5 $18) 30. Qg4 $18)) (28... Bc8 29. Qd3 $1 $40) 29. f4 {Ftacnik: Wit h queenside safely fixed white can finally focus his attention to the kingside attack.} Qa4 (29... f6 30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. Qd3 $18 Kh7 {Wedberg} 32. Bb1 Qxa1 33. Qxg6+ Kg8 34. Bxa1 Rxa1 35. Re7 Rxb1+ 36. Kh2 $18) (29... h6 {Ftacnik} 30. f5 Bh7 31. Re7 $16) (29... f5 {Ftacnik} 30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. Re6 $18) 30. Qxa4 (30. Bb3 $5 Qd7 31. Rxa8 (31. f5 {Wedberg} Bxf5 32. Ba4 Qc8 33. Re7 $16) (31. Ba4 Qd8 {Anand}) 31... Rxa8 32. f5 $1 Bxf5 33. Ba4 $1 Rxa4 34. Nxf5 $18) 30... Rxa4 31. f5 Rfa8 (31... Bh5 32. g4 $18) 32. Re7 $1 (32. fxg6 $2 hxg6 33. Nf3 f6 { >< Ba2}) (32. Bb1 {Wedberg} Rxa1 33. Bxa1 Bh5 34. g4 f6 35. Bb2 $14) 32... Bh5 (32... Na5 33. fxg6 $18 (33. fxg6 {Wedberg} hxg6 34. Nf3 $18)) 33. g4 $1 (33. Rxb7 $2 f6 $13) 33... f6 34. gxh5 Rxa2 35. Rxa2 Rxa2 {#} 36. h6 $1 $18 { Ftacnik: This brilliant moves crowns white's strategical triumph. White manages to bring hopeless Bb2 to life or win the endgame hands down.} Rxb2 ( 36... gxh6 37. Bxf6 Nd8 (37... Na5 {Wedberg} 38. Rg7+ Kf8 39. Rxh7 Nxc4 40. Ng6+ Ke8 41. Re7+ Kd8 42. Re2+ $18) 38. Ng6 $1 $18) 37. Rxg7+ Kh8 (37... Kf8 { Wedberg Ftacnik} 38. Rxb7 (38. Rxh7 {Ubilava /\ Ng6+ +-}) 38... Kg8 39. Rb8+ Kf7 40. Rh8 $18) 38. Rxb7 Bc3 39. Rd7 Kg8 40. Rd8+ Kf7 41. Rh8 $1 (41. Ng6 $2 Bd4+ 42. Kh1 (42. Kf1 Rf2+ {/\ Rxf5} (42... Rf2+ 43. Ke1 Rxf5)) 42... Rb1+ ( 42... hxg6 {Ftacnik} 43. h7 $18) 43. Kg2 (43. Kh2 {Wedberg} Rb2+ (43... Be5+ 44. Kg2 Rb2+ 45. Kf1 $18) 44. Kg3 Rb3+ (44... hxg6 45. h7 Be5+ 46. Kh4 (46. Kg4 Rg2+ 47. Kf3 Rg3+ 48. Ke2 Rxh3 $11) (46. Kf3 Rb3+) 46... g5+ 47. Kh5 Rh2 48. Rd7+ (48. h8=Q Rxh3+ 49. Kg4 Rg3+ 50. Kh5 Rh3+ $11) 48... Ke8 49. h8=Q+ Kxd7 $11 {Can White force a mate? If not it's a draw.}) 45. Kg4 hxg6 46. h7 gxf5+ 47. Kxf5 Rf3+ 48. Kg4 Rf1 $11) 43... Rb2+ 44. Kf3 Rf2+ 45. Kg4 Rg2+ 46. Kf4 Rf2+ 47. Ke4 hxg6 48. h7 gxf5+ 49. Kd3 Rf3+ 50. Kd2 Rxh3 $11) 41... Bd4+ 42. Kf1 (42. Kf1 {Wedberg} Rf2+ 43. Ke1 Rf4 (43... Rh2 {Ftacnik} 44. Rxh7+ Ke8 45. Rh8+ Ke7 (45... Kf7 46. Ng6) 46. h7 $18) 44. Rxh7+ Ke8 45. Ng6 Rxf5 46. Re7+ Kd8 47. h7 $18) 1-0 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.20"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "Shirov,A"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qh5 f5 11. Rb1 b6 12. Re1 Qf6 13. Qf3 c6 $1 $146 ( 13... Kh8 14. Bf4 $14) 14. Bf4 b5 $1 $13 15. Qg3 (15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Re5 Rae8 17. Rbe1 Rxe5 18. Rxe5 $6 Qa3 $15) (15. h4 $5) 15... Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Rf7 17. Kf1 $1 (17. h4 Re7 $11) 17... Raf8 $1 (17... Re7 18. Rxe7 Qxe7 19. Re1 $14) 18. Re2 Qd8 $1 19. Rbe1 Qb8 20. Qh4 Qd8 $1 (20... Qd6 21. Re7 $14) 21. Qf4 Qb8 22. Re5 Qd6 23. Qc1 $1 a6 $6 (23... f4 $1 $132) 24. f4 $1 $14 g6 25. R1e3 Kg7 26. h4 $5 (26. Kg1 $14) 26... h5 $5 27. Kg1 Rh8 28. Be2 Rhf8 29. Bf3 Qf6 30. Qe1 Qd6 31. Kh2 Kh7 32. Qg3 $6 (32. Kh3 Kh6 33. g3 Kh7 34. a4 bxa4 (34... Kh6 35. axb5 axb5 36. Qa1 Rf6 37. Qa6 Be6 38. Re1 Bd7 39. Kg2 Be6 40. Kf2 Bd7 41. Qa7 Kg7 42. Ra1 (42. Qc5 $2 Qxc5 43. dxc5 Ra8) 42... Re6 43. Ke3 Rfe8 44. Kd3 R6e7 45. Qb6 Re6 46. Ra7 Kf8 47. Kd2 Ke7 48. Kc1 Kf6 49. Kb2 Rb8 50. Qa5 b4 51. Kb3 bxc3+ 52. Kxc3 $14) 35. c4 dxc4 36. Qc3 $14) 32... Qf6 33. Kh3 Kh6 34. Be2 Kh7 35. Bf3 Kh6 36. Be2 $2 (36. Qe1 $14) 36... Kh7 37. Kh2 Kh6 38. Kg1 Kh7 39. Bd3 Kg7 40. Kf2 Ra8 41. Qg5 Rc8 42. Re1 Rb8 43. a4 Rc8 44. a5 $6 (44. axb5 axb5 45. Qxf6+ ( 45. Ra1 Qd6 $132) 45... Kxf6 46. Ra1 Rff8 47. Ra6 Kf7 48. Ra7 Rfd8 49. Ke3 Ra8 $11) 44... Rb8 $11 45. R1e3 Kf8 46. Rg3 (46. Ke1 Qxg5 47. hxg5 Re8 $1 $11) 46... Kg7 47. Ke3 (47. Qxh5 Rh8 48. Qf3 Rxh4 $11) 47... Qxg5 48. Rxg5 (48. hxg5 Re8 $11) 48... Rf6 49. Kd2 Kf7 50. Kc1 Be6 51. Kb2 Rh8 52. Kb3 Ke7 53. Kb4 Kd6 54. Rg3 Rb8 55. Rge3 Rb7 56. Be2 Rb8 57. Bf3 Rc8 58. Re1 Rb8 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.18"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Almasi, Zoltan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2615"] [Annotator "Huzman,A"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bf1 h6 12. c5 g5 (12... f5 13. Bxf4 fxe4 14. Bxe5 exf3 15. Bxg7 fxg2 16. Bxf8 gxf1=Q+ 17. Rxf1 Qxf8 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. f3 Bh3 20. Rf2 $16 {1/2-1/2 Gavrilov,A-Zaitsev,V/Komercni Banka op 1997 (43)}) 13. Nd2 f5 (13... Neg6 14. Nc4 h5 (14... Re8 15. a4 h5 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Be3 Nh4 18. Nb5 Bf8 19. Nxa7 $16 {1-0 Cebalo,M-Ivic,M/Kastel Stari op 1997 (35)}) 15. Be3 (15. Ba3 $1 a6 16. b5 $1 {Khalifman.}) 15... f5 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nb5 fxe4 18. Nbxd6 Bg4 19. Qb3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ionov,S-Khalifman,A/St.Petersburg-ch 1996 (29)}) 14. g3 (14. cxd6 cxd6 15. b5 (15. Nc4 Kh7 (15... Rf6 16. a4 Bd7 $2 17. g3 Nfg6 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bd3 $16 {Sher,M-Volke,K/Copenhagen KS 1996/1-0 (55)}) (15... g4 16. b5 h5 17. Ba3 Rf6 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. b6 a6 20. Qb4 Bf8 21. Ne3 h4 $132 { 0-1 Gormally,D-McShane,L/London 1997 (40)}) 16. b5 Rf6 17. Ba3 g4 18. b6 a6 19. Qb3 Rg6 20. Rac1 fxe4 (20... h5 21. Qb4 Bf8 22. Qb1 h4 23. Ne3 $16 { 1-0 Sokolov,I-Van Wely,L/NLD-ch 1995/CBM 48 (32)}) 21. Nxe4 Nf5 22. Ne3 Nd4 23. Qb1 Kh8 24. Rc7 $16 {1-0 Hauchard,A-Touzane,O/FRA-ch 1996 (32)}) 15... Nfg6 16. exf5 e4 17. f6 $16 { Cmilyte,V-Girkiyan,T/32nd ol (women), Yerevan ARM 1996/1-0 (77)}) (14. Nc4 fxe4 (14... a6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. a4 Neg6 17. Ba3 Rf7 18. b5 Bf8 19. g3 g4 20. gxf4 Nh4 $44 {0-1 Wells,P-McShane,L/London 1997 (32)}) 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nxe4 Nf5 17. b5 Bf6 18. a4 Be7 19. Ba3 b6 (19... g4 20. Qxg4+ Kh8 21. Qd1 Rg8 22. g3 $16 {1-0 Cebalo,M-Kecic,S/Bled op18th 1997 (30)}) 20. g3 Ng6 21. Bg2 a6 22. Qd3 axb5 23. Ncxd6 $16 {1-0 Schlosser,P-Touzane,O/Lippstadt 1996 (30)}) (14. a4 g4 15. Ba3 Rf7 16. a5 Bf8 17. b5 Neg6 18. g3 Nh3+ 19. Bxh3 gxh3 20. Qh5 Kh7 21. b6 axb6 22. axb6 f4 $132 {0-1 Ortiz,E-Tan,J/Greenhills op 1997 (46)}) 14... Nfg6 15. a4 $1 $146 (15. Nc4 f4 (15... Kh8 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nb5 fxe4 18. Nbxd6 $16 {Hess,R-Neidhardt,C/BL2-W 1993/1-0 (64)}) 16. Ba3 Rf6 17. b5 b6 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Bb4 $36 {1-0 Iskusnyh,S-Fedorov,A/RUS-Cup3 1996 (42) <<}) (15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Nde4 (16. Nce4 Nd4 17. Bg2 {1/2-1/2 Jaracz,P-Gdanski,J/POL-ch 1997}) 16... Nd4 17. Bg2 g4 $132) 15... f4 16. Nc4 g4 17. Nb5 Rf6 18. Ba3 $1 h5 19. Nxc7 $1 Qxc7 20. cxd6 Rxd6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. b5 $18 Qf6 23. d6 Nf5 (23... Be6 24. dxe7 Nxe7 25. Rc1 $18) 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Rad1 Rd8 27. Bd3 $1 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 h4 29. d7 hxg3 30. hxg3 f3 31. Bc1 Nf8 32. Qe4 Qe6 33. Ba3 (33. Ba3 Rxd7 34. Bxf8 Bxf8 35. Rxd7 Qxd7 36. Qxe5+ $18) 1-0 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.17"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Almasi, Zoltan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "Ribli,Z"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 (7. c4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 $13 {und der f8-Läufer ist nicht eingeschlossen. In einigen Varianten zieht er nach c5. Ribli.}) 7... d6 8. c4 g6 {Heutzutage scheint diese Läuferentwicklung besser als das traditionelle 8...Be7.} 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 { Dieser Plan wurde von Ljubojevic eingeführt. Weiß zielt auf den Bauern d6.} Nc6 12. h3 {Ein wichtiger prophylaktischer Zug.Weiß bereitet 13.Bf4 vor und nach l3...e5 l4.Be3 ist die Antwort 14...Bg4 vermieden.} (12. Bf4 e5 13. Be3 Bg4 $11 ) 12... Nd7 {Ein interessantes Springermanöver. Schwarz spielt (noch) nicht b7-b6, denn er hat andere Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten für den Läufer.} 13. Be3 { Diese Stellung ist Almasi nicht unbekannt. Bis zur dieser Partie hatte er eine gute Ausbeute mit Weiß. Weiß kontrolliert - wie üblich in Igelstellungen - mehr Raum, muß aber vorsichtig sein, denn die etwas passive schwarze Stellung verfügt über viele geheimnisvolle Möglichkeiten.} (13. Bf4 Nde5 (13... Nce5 14. Rac1 b6 15. Nxe5 (15. b3 Bb7 16. Bb1 f5 17. Nd4 Rae8 18. Qd2 Nf7 19. Nde2 e5 20. Bh2 Bh6 $17 {-/+ Luther,T-Stefansson,H/Altensteig 1992}) 15... dxe5 16. Be3 Bb7 17. b4 f5 18. f3 Rf7 19. c5 bxc5 20. Na4 { 1-0 Xie Jun-Movsesian,S/Hastings9697 1997 (34)}) 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Kh1 Bd7 16. Bb1 Rac8 17. b3 h6 18. Nh2 g5 19. Be3 Nb8 20. Qd2 Rc6 21. Ne2 Be8 22. f4 { 1-0 Luther,T-Chuchelov,V/Dresden op 1992 (33)}) 13... Nde5 (13... b6 14. Rac1 Nc5 (14... Bb7 15. Bb1 Nce5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. b3 Rfd8 (17... Rfe8 18. Qd2 Bf8 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Nxb6 Nxb6 21. Qa5 Nd5 22. Rxd5 Qxa5 23. Rxa5 Rec8 24. Rd1 Be7 25. Bd2 Bd8 26. Ra3 a5 27. Bf4 e5 28. Bd2 Bb6 29. Bd3 f5 30. exf5 e4 31. Be2 gxf5 {Varga,Z-Farago,I/HUN-ch Budapest 1995/1/2-1/2 (114)}) 18. Qd2 Bf8 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Bg5 Rdb8 21. Nc3 Re8 22. Bh4 Rac8 23. Bg3 Ne5 24. f4 Nc6 25. Bf2 Rb8 26. a3 Ba8 27. b4 {Almasi,Z-Vogt,L/Altensteig 1993/1-0 (52)}) 15. Bb1 Bb7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Nh2 (17. b3 Qb8 $6 18. Bh6 $1 $14 { 1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Farago,I/Linz 1995 (43)}) 17... Qe7 18. Ne2 a5 19. b3 Nb4 20. Nc3 d5 21. exd5 exd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Rxd5 24. Qe1 Rfd8 { Van den Doel,E-Shaked,T/Hoogovens-B 1998/0-1 (69)}) 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Nxe5 (15. b3 $6 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qa5 { Schwarz hat starke Kontrolle über die schwarzen Felder.}) 15... dxe5 (15... Nxe5 16. b3 (16. f4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bc6 18. Qxd6 (18. Nd5 $5 exd5 19. cxd5 Bxb2 20. Rc2 Bg7 (20... Bb5 21. Rxc7 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 $16) 21. dxc6 Rfd8 $14) 18... Qxd6 (18... Qa5 19. b4 $16) 19. Rxd6 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxe4 $11) 16... Bc6 17. Bb1 $14) 16. f3 $5 { Weiß bereitet 17.Qf2 vor, um den wichtigen Zentrumspunkt d4 zu kontrollieren.} Nd4 17. Qf2 Rfd8 (17... f5 18. exf5 $14 gxf5 {Nur so! Nach 17...exd5 wäre der Punkt d5 schwach und 17...Nxf5 ist natürlich wegen der schwachen schwarzen e-Bauern weniger stark.}) 18. Ne2 Bc6 19. Nxd4 $5 (19. Bb1 $2 Rd7 20. Bxd4 Rad8 $17) 19... exd4 20. Bd2 $14 {Auf den ersten Blick wirkt der schwarze d4-Bauer stark, aber in Wirklichkeit ist er gut blockiert und Weiß hat freie Hand mit der Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel. Es ist interessant, daß Anand in dieser Stellung Almasis Remisangebot ablehnt.} e5 (20... a5 21. f4 $14) 21. b4 $1 Bd7 (21... Qd7 $5 {Mit diesem Zug errichtet Schwarz eine starke Batterie auf der Diagonalen a4-e8. Er kann so die Drohung b4-b5 verhindern und vermeidet weiße Aktivität am Damenflügel.}) 22. Qe2 a5 $6 {Ein riskanter Zug, der nur schwer zu erklären ist. Nach meiner Meinung wäre es bei dem minimalen weißen Vorteil besser abzuwarten.} 23. bxa5 Be6 (23... Bf8 24. c5 $1) 24. Kh1 {Mit diesem hylaktischem Zug vermeidet Weiß spätere Unannehmlichkeiten auf der a7-g1-Diagonalen. Es ist für Schwarz schwierig, aktives Gegenspiel zu organisieren.} Rdc8 25. Rc2 Bf8 26. Rb1 Bc5 27. Qf2 $5 {Der schwarze Läufer steht zwar schön auf c5, leistet dort aber Wirklichkeit nichts Besonderes, während Weiß mit 28.f3-f4 aktives Spiel am Königsflügel vorbereitet.} Rcb8 $6 { Ich erkenne nur die Nachteile dieses Turmszuges. Nach folgendem 28.f4 hat Schwarz Probleme auf der Diagonalen h2-b8.} 28. f4 $1 exf4 29. Bxf4 Qxa5 $8 { Nach meiner Meinung ist dies die beste Gegenchance für Schwarz. Er gibt eine Qualität für etwas Gegenspiel.} (29... Bd6 30. Bxd6 Qxd6 31. c5 $14 (31. Rcb2 Rxa5 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Rxb7 Ra4 $14) 31... Qe5 32. Rb5) 30. Bxb8 Rxb8 31. Qg3 $1 {Es hängt der Turm und was noch wichtiger ist, Weiß kontrolliert die Diagonale h2-b8.} Qd8 $8 32. a4 $1 $16 (32. e5 $5) 32... b6 {Es ist verständlic h, daß Schwarz den a-Bauern blockieren möchte. Aber jetzt bekommt Weiß eine große Chance, die Partie zu gewinnen, was in Groningen eine große Überraschung bedeutet hätte.} 33. e5 $2 $138 (33. a5 $1 Bd6 34. e5 bxa5 35. exd6 $3 Rxb1+ 36. Kh2 {Weiß hat jetzt einen Bauern weniger, aber seine verbundenen Freibauern in der c- und d-Linie entscheiden die Partie.} a4 (36... Rb3 37. c5 Bf5 38. c6 Rxd3 39. c7 Qd7 (39... Qc8 40. d7 $18) 40. c8=Q+ Qxc8 41. Rxc8+ Bxc8 42. Qxd3 $18) 37. c5 a3 38. c6 a2 39. Rxa2 Bxa2 40. Bf5 $3 $18) 33... Ra8 34. Ra2 $6 $13 Qd7 $1 35. a5 $6 (35. Rb5 $11 Qe8) 35... bxa5 36. Qf3 (36. Rb5 Qxb5 37. cxb5 Bxa2 $36 {Es ist interessant, daß trotz des weißen Materialvorteils die Aktivität der Figuren und der gefährliche a-Freibauer dem Schwarzen die besseren Aussichten bietet.}) 36... Qd8 $1 $15 {Schwarz hat eine Qualität weniger, aber sein a-Freibauer ist stark und das Läuferpaar kontrolliert die wichtigsten Felder, so daß es keinen Raum für die weißen Türme gibt.} 37. Rb7 Rc8 38. Rf2 (38. Qf6 $5 Qxf6 39. exf6 Bb4 40. Ra7) 38... Rc7 39. Rb5 $6 (39. Rxc7 Qxc7 $15) 39... a4 40. Ra5 a3 41. Rf1 (41. Ra8 Rc8 $15) 41... Rc8 42. Ra6 Qe8 43. Qe4 Rb8 44. Ra5 Qe7 45. Qf3 $2 (45. Ra8) 45... Qc7 $17 46. Rb5 Qxe5 47. Qf6 {Das kostet einen Bauern und Weiß bleibt ohne Gegenspiel.} Qc7 48. Ra1 Rc8 49. Qf2 Bf8 50. Rc1 Qc6 $19 {und Weiß gab in hoffnungsloser Stellung auf. Eine tragische Partie für Almasi. Ribli.} (50... Qc6 51. Qxd4 (51. Rc2 Bxh3 52. Qxd4 Be6 53. Ra5 Qc7 54. Ra7 Qg3 55. c5 a2 56. Rc1 Bd6 57. Qxd6 Qxd6 58. cxd6 Rxc1+ 59. Kh2 a1=Q $19) 51... Qxb5 52. cxb5 Rxc1+ 53. Kh2 a2 $19) 0-1 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.16"] [Round "3.6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2655"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 g6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. h3 Bd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. d5 Nb4 14. Nc4 b5 15. Ne3 a5 16. a3 Na6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 O-O 19. a4 Nc7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. axb5 Nxb5 22. Rxa5 Nd6 23. Qa4 Rfd8 24. Qxd7 Nxd7 25. Ra3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bxb2 27. Raa1 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Nf6 29. g3 Nf5 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. Bg2 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Rc4 Kg6 35. Ra4 e6 36. Rb4 h5 37. h4 Kf6 38. Rb8 Rd4 39. f4 Rd2+ 40. Kf3 Rd7 41. Rg8 Rd3+ 42. Kf2 Ra3 43. Re8 Kg7 44. Kg2 Ra2+ 45. Kf3 Ra6 46. Kf2 f6 47. Re7+ Kf8 48. Rh7 Ra2+ 49. Kf3 Ra3+ 50. Kf2 Rd3 51. Ra7 Rd8 52. Kf3 Re8 53. Ra6 Kf7 54. Ra7+ Re7 55. Ra6 Kg7 56. Kf2 e5 57. fxe5 fxe5 58. Kf3 Rd7 59. Ke3 Rb7 60. Ra5 Re7 61. Ra6 Rd7 62. Ra5 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.16"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B66"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Har Zvi,R"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. Bxf6 (9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5) 9... gxf6 10. Bc4 $146 (10. f4 Bd7 11. Be2 (11. f5 h5 12. Bc4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qa5 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Qd3 Kb8 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Ne2 Rhg8 18. Nf4 Qe5 19. g3 Rc8 20. Qb3 $16 { Balashov-Savchenko,1991 Moskow}) 11... h5 12. Rhf1 b5 (12... Qb6 13. Nb3 O-O-O 14. f5 Kb8 15. Qf4 Ne5 16. Kb1 h4 17. Bd3 Rdg8 18. Rg1 Rg4 19. Qf1 Rhg8 20. h3 R4g5 21. Ne2 Qe3 22. Nbd4 Bd8 $17 {Gelman-Fedorovich,USA 1994}) 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd3 Qb6 15. Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. f5 $1 e5 19. Ng3 Rd8 20. Qe2 $16 {Psakhis-Pshewoznik,1980}) 10... Nxd4 (10... Qb6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. f4 $40) 11. Qxd4 b5 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. f4 Qc7 14. f5 Qc5 {black dont have any problem } 15. Ne2 (15. Qd3 a5 $132) 15... Rg8 16. g3 (16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Nf4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Kf7 19. Rf1 Rg5) 16... a5 17. a3 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Bd5 (19. Ne2 b4) 19... Rc8 20. Nb3 Bd8 $15 { A standard move for this position, white does'nt has a big perspektive.} 21. Kb1 Ke7 22. Nc1 Bb6 23. Ne2 b4 24. axb4 axb4 25. Nc1 Ba4 26. Rd2 Be3 27. Re2 Bc5 28. Nd3 Bb5 29. Rd1 h5 {black try create weekness in king side} 30. Ka2 Rc7 $5 (30... h4 31. Rg2 Rg4 32. Kb3) 31. Kb1 (31. Kb3 Ra7) 31... Rcc8 32. Red2 Rc7 {black could not impruve theire position} 33. Re2 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.16"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 Re8 14. a3 Bb7 15. Bg5 exd4 16. Nxd4 Be5 17. Nf5 c5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 f6 20. Be3 g6 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Ng4 Bd6 23. Bh6+ Kf7 24. a4 c4 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rxa8 Bxa8 27. Ne3 Nc5 28. Nf5 Bb7 29. Nxd6+ Qxd6 30. Bf4 Qd7 31. Be3 Nd3 32. Bxd3 cxd3 33. Rxd3 Re5 34. d6 Rd5 35. Rxd5 Bxd5 36. Qc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.16"] [Round "3.5"] [White "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "Khalifman,A"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Bg3 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b4 Ne4 16. Rc1 Nxg3 17. hxg3 c4 18. Bf5 Nf6 19. Qd4 Qb6 20. Rfd1 Bc8 21. Bb1 Bg4 22. e4 Rfe8 $1 23. Qxb6 $2 (23. exd5 $1 Bxf3 24. Qxb6 (24. gxf3 $4 Re1+ $19) 24... axb6 (24... Bxd1 25. Qd4 $8 Re1+ 26. Kh2 Ng4+ 27. Qxg4 Bxg4 28. Rxe1 $16) 25. gxf3 $11) 23... axb6 24. exd5 b5 $1 $17 25. Rc3 Rad8 26. Re3 (26. d6 Re6) 26... Rxe3 27. fxe3 Ra8 $1 28. e4 Rxa3 29. e5 Nd7 30. e6 fxe6 31. dxe6 Bxe6 32. Nd4 Bg4 33. Nxb5 Rb3 34. Rc1 Rxb4 35. Ba2 Nb6 36. Nc3 Be6 37. Rb1 Rxb1+ 38. Bxb1 Nd5 39. Nxd5 Bxd5 40. Kf2 Kf7 41. Ke3 Bxg2 42. Kd4 Bf1 43. Be4 Kf6 44. Bf3 Kf5 45. Bd1 Kg5 46. Bf3 h5 0-1 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.15"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B66"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. e4 {Ftacnik Dokhoian Kramnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. f3 (10. f4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 (11... Bxf6 $2 12. e5 $1 dxe5 13. Qc5 Bd7 14. Nxb5 axb5 15. Rxd7 $1 $18) 12. Bd3 (12. f5 Qa5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Qe3 Bb7 16. Ng3 d5 17. Bd3 O-O-O 18. Qe2 h5 19. exd5 h4 20. Ne4 Rxd5 21. Bc4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rd2 Kb8 24. Qe3 Kc7 25. g4 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Hracek,Z/Erevan 1996/CBM 53}) 12... Qc7 (12... O-O 13. e5 $1 d5 14. Ne4 $16) 13. Qe3 Qc5 14. Qg3 {1-0 Kasparov, G-Kramnik,V/Amsterdam VSB 1996/CBM 52/[Boensch,U] (42) +/= Dokoian, = Kramnik}) 10... Qc7 (10... b5 11. h4 Bb7 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Be3 O-O 15. h5 h6 16. Bf2 Nd7 17. Bh4 Bxh4 18. Rxh4 Rfd8 19. Rhh1 Ne5 { 0-1 Filipenko,A-Yakovich,Y/RUS-chT 1996/EXP 56 (29)}) 11. g4 b5 12. Qd2 Bb7 ( 12... O-O $6 13. Ne2 {/\Ng3-h5} Rd8 $6 (13... Bb7) 14. h4 Bb7 15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Bg2 b4 17. Nd4 a5 18. h5 a4 19. Be3 Nd7 20. g5 Ne5 21. b3 Ba6 $2 { 1-0 Anand,V-Pelletier,Y/Credit Suisse 1997/CBM 60 (36) [Gofshtein]} (21... axb3 22. cxb3 d5 $132)) 13. Bf4 b4 14. Ne2 Rc8 (14... e5 $11 {Khalifman}) 15. Ng3 Qa5 16. Kb1 d5 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 Rd8 $1 {/\ d:e4, Nc5} 19. Bh3 (19. Bd3 $142) 19... dxe4 20. fxe4 Nc5 21. Qe2 O-O {/\ Nc5-a4-c3} 22. b3 Qb5 $5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. Bg2 f5 25. gxf6 $2 (25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Re1 $11 {Khalifman}) 25... Bxf6 26. Be3 Rc8 27. Bh3 $2 (27. Bd4 Rfd8 (27... Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Rf2 29. Bh3 $13) 28. Bxf6 gxf6 $15 {Khalifman}) 27... Rfe8 28. Rd6 (28. Bg2 Be5 $17) 28... Nxe4 $1 $19 29. Nxe4 (29. Bxe6+ Rxe6 30. Rxe6 Nxg3 $19) 29... Bxe4 30. Rh2 Bf5 31. Bd4 Bxh3 32. Bxf6 (32. Rxh3 Red8 $19) 32... gxf6 33. Rxh3 Kf7 34. Rhd3 f5 35. R6d4 Rc5 36. Rxb4 e5 37. a4 e4 38. Rd7+ Ke6 39. Rd1 bxa4 40. Rxa4 Ke5 41. Kc1 Rec8 42. c4 e3 (42... Kf4 {/\ Kf3-f2; e3, f4... -+}) 43. Ra7 R8c7 44. Ra8 Ke4 45. Rad8 f4 $4 (45... Re5 $19 {Khalifman}) 46. R1d4+ Ke5 (46... Kf3 $2 47. Rf8) 47. Kd1 (47. Kc2 e2 48. Kd2 (48. Kd3 e1=N+ $1) 48... f3 49. Rd3 Rf7 50. Re8+ Kf4 51. Ke1 $8 Kg3 $1 52. Rxe2 Ra5 $19) 47... Rc8 $2 (47... Ra5 $19 {Khalifman}) 48. R8d7 $2 (48. Ke2 $1 $11 {Khalifman}) 48... R8c7 49. Rd8 Rc8 $2 (49... Ra5 50. b4 Ra1+ 51. Ke2 Ra2+ $19) 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.14"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Nc6 Qe8 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxc3 Bb7 19. Bd2 Rfc8 20. Qd4 e5 21. Bb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1997.12.12"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1997.12.09"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.03.26"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4 $1 g6 (8... Kf8 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. Nf3 $14) 9. Qd1 $1 (9. Ra2 {RR} Nc6 10. Nf3 Nge7 11. Bd3 (11. Qf4 cxd4 12. Ng5 Nf5 13. g4 h6 14. Nxf7 g5 15. Qf3 Rf8 16. gxf5 Rxf7 {0-1 Porrasmaa,T-Kekki,J/FIN-chT 1986/EXT 86ch2 (31)}) 11... Nf5 12. Qf4 h6 13. h4 Bd7 14. g4 Nfe7 15. dxc5 Qxf4 16. Bxf4 h5 17. Nh2 hxg4 18. Nxg4 Nf5 19. Nf6+ Kd8 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. h5 {1-0 Hazai,L-Kekki,J/Espoo 1987/EXT 87b (24)} ) 9... cxd4 (9... Nc6 {RR} 10. Nf3 b6 { 0-1 Renttinen,J-Kekki,J/Kuopio op 1992/EXT 92op (34)}) 10. Rb1 $1 d3 (10... Qxa3 11. cxd4 $44 {/\ Bb4~/= >< a3, d4} 23. Rfc1 Nb5 24. Nde5 (24. e5 $5 { Lutz hätte den Schaden noch in Grenzen gehalten.}) (24. Nf4 {Lutz Ftacnik} Rd8 25. Ne2 Na3 26. R4c3 Nxb1 27. Qxb1 Bd7 $15) 24... Rd8 25. Nxc6 $2 (25. Qb2 $1) (25. Qe3 $5 {Lutz Ftacnik} Ra3 26. Bd3 Qa7 27. Nxc6 Bxc6 28. Rxc6 Nxd4 29. Rc7 Qa4 $15) 25... Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Ra3 $1 (26... Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 $15) 27. Qc4 (27. Qb2 Rxf3 28. gxf3 Nxd4 $19 (28... Nxd4 {Lutz} 29. Qa3 Nxc6 30. Rxc6 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Qg5+ 32. Kh3 Rg1 $19)) (27. Qc2 {Lutz Ftacnik} Rxf3 $1 28. gxf3 Nxd4 29. Qc4 Nxf3+ 30. Kg2 Ne5 $19) 27... Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 {>< f2, b4} 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Qc6 (30. Qc7 {Lutz Ftacnik} Qxc7 31. R8xc7 Rxb4 32. Bc2 Ra2 $17) 30... Rd2 31. Rc7 Qd8 {Lutz: Befände der weiße e-Bauer sich noch auf e3, würde sich die weiße Stellung sprunghaft verbessern. So hingegen ist der Bb1 tot und der Pf2 schwach.} 32. g3 (32. Bc2 {Lutz Ftacnik} Rc3 33. Qxc3 Bxc3 34. Rxc3 Qd4 35. Rf3 Rxc2 $19) 32... Rf3 33. Rf1 Rdxf2 $1 { Ftacnik: Beautiful way to finish white off with small combination.} (33... Qd4 34. Qc4 Rfxf2 $1 $19) (33... Rc3 {Lutz Ftacnik} 34. Qxc3 Bxc3 35. Rxc3 Qd4 $19) 34. Rxf2 (34. Bd3 {Lutz Ftacnik} Rxf1+ 35. Bxf1 Qd4+ $19) 34... Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Bd4+ (36... Bd4+ 37. Kg2 Qe2+ 38. Kh3 Qf1+ 39. Kg4 (39. Kh4 { Lutz} Bf6+ 40. Kg4 h5#) 39... h5+ 40. Kh4 Bf6#) 0-1 [Event "Belgrade Investbank"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1997.11.21"] [Round "9"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1997.11.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.01.31"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d3 h6 8. a3 a5 9. b3 Nd4 10. Ne1 c6 11. e3 Nf5 12. Ne4 Bb6 13. Bb2 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Ne7 15. a4 Be6 16. Nd3 f6 17. Ba3 Ng6 18. Qe2 Qe7 19. Kh1 Rfd8 20. f4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Belgrade Investbank"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1997.11.20"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2710"] [Annotator "Yudasin,L"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1997.11.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.01.31"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 e5 $5 (4... Nbd7 5. f4 Bg7 (5... Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bd3 Ng4 8. Bg1 d5 9. e5 f6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. h3 Nh6 12. g4 f5 13. g5 Nf7 14. h4 Be6 15. h5 Re8 16. O-O-O Nh8 17. Be3 Kf7 18. Kb1 c6 19. Nd2 Nd7 20. Qg2 a5 21. Ne2 a4 22. Nf3 Nb6 23. Ng3 Nc4 24. Bc1 Qa5 25. hxg6+ hxg6 26. Rh7 Rg8 27. Rdh1 Ra6 28. a3 Rb6 29. Ka2 c5 30. Qf2 Nxa3 31. Bd2 { 1-0 Huebner,R-Pfleger,H/BL8687 1987/BL 80}) 6. e5 Ng8 7. Nf3 Nh6 8. Bc4 e6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Ne4 d5 11. Neg5 Qe7 12. Qd2 c6 13. Bd3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. c3 Nf5 16. Nh3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bh6 18. Nfg5 c5 19. O-O { Jursevskis,W-Vaitonis,P/Vancouver 1951/MCD-r5/ - (41)}) (4... a6 5. h3 (5. f3 b5 6. Qd2 c6 7. g4 h5 8. g5 Nfd7 9. f4 Nb6 10. b3 d5 11. f5 gxf5 12. e5 e6 13. Nce2 c5 14. c3 Nc6 15. a3 c4 16. b4 a5 17. Rb1 axb4 18. axb4 Ra3 19. Nh3 Bd7 { Ree,H-Donner,J/Hoogovens 1969/MCL 05/0-1 (55)}) 5... b5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Qf3 Nb6 8. a4 bxa4 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Nxa4 N8d7 11. e6 fxe6 12. Nxb6 Nxb6 13. h4 e5 14. h5 exd4 15. Bd2 Bf5 16. Ra5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. Ne2 Qe6 19. Rh4 { Markovic,M-Bogdanovski,V/JUG-chT 1994/EXT 94ch/1-0 (31)}) 5. f3 (5. dxe5 dxe5 ( 5... Ng4 6. Bf4 Nxe5 7. Be2 $11) 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bc4 Ke8 $14) 5... exd4 6. Qxd4 Bg7 7. O-O-O O-O 8. Qd2 Be6 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Nbd7 11. g4 (11. Nge2 $5 {E=/+f ,h4,h5}) 11... Qe7 {E-/+fe8,+/=f8,Ea6,b5ě} 12. h4 Ne5 $1 13. Be2 (13. h5 Nfxg4 14. fxg4 g5 15. Be2 f6 16. Rf1 c6 {E g4A}) 13... c6 14. Nh3 (14. h5 Nfxg4 15. fxg4 g5 16. Nf3 f6 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Rhf1 Rf4 $44) 14... Rad8 (14... b5 $13) 15. h5 Rfe8 16. Nf4 (16. Ng5 Qf8 17. hxg6 Qxh6 18. Rxh6 hxg6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. g5 Nh5 21. Rh1 Kg7 22. R6xh5 gxh5 23. f4 $13) 16... Nfxg4 $1 17. fxg4 g5 18. Nxe6 $6 (18. Nd3 f6 19. Rhf1 Rf8 20. Nxe5 dxe5 $13) 18... fxe6 {E=/+f7} 19. Rdf1 Rf8 20. Nd1 Rf7 {E-/+df8,-/+f1,-/+f1,=/+f_|_} 21. Bc4 $8 Rxf1 (21... Nxc4 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Qxh7+) 22. Rxf1 Nxc4 23. Rf6 Qg7 24. Qxg7+ (24. Rxe6 Qxh6 25. Rxh6 Re8 26. Rf6 $8 Rxe4 27. b3 Kg7 28. Rf5 Ne5 $17) 24... Kxg7 25. Rxe6 {Eb3,=/+e3,=/+f5} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Belgrade Investbank"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1997.11.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D23"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "Huzman,A"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "1997.11.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.01.31"] 1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Nh4 $6 (10. e3 Qb6 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Ne1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14. e4 Bg4 15. Nf3 Qa5 16. h3 Be6 17. Qd3 f5 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 exd4 20. Be7 Rf7 21. Bb4 Qb6 22. Rab1 fxe4 23. Bxe4 dxc3 24. Qe2 c2 25. Bxc2 Bd5 26. Bd6 Qa5 27. Rxb7 Bf3 28. Qe6 Bxd1 29. Bxd1 Qd2 30. Be2 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qxf2+ 32. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Simic,R-Adamski,J/Smederevska Palanka 1984/MCD-r8}) (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nbd2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qf4 Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Qc8 16. e4 Bg4 17. e5 Be7 18. Qe4 Qf5 19. Qxf5 Bxf5 20. Nd4 Bg4 21. f3 Bc8 22. Rac1 Rd8 23. Kf2 Be6 24. a3 Bd5 { Azmaiparashvili,Z-Gorelov,S/URS-chI 1985/MCD-ch/1/2-1/2 (42)}) (10. Nc3 $2 Bc2 $1 $19 11. e3 Bxd1 12. Nxd1 c5 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Nc3 a6 15. Ne5 Qb6 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. d5 Bf6 18. Bd2 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 exd5 20. Bxd5 Nf6 21. Bg2 Rcd8 22. Qc4 Rd7 23. a4 Rfd8 24. Bf3 Nd5 25. a5 Qc7 26. Rc1 Nxc3 27. Qxc3 b5 28. axb6 Qxb6 29. Rc2 Rc7 30. Be2 a5 31. b3 Qb4 32. Qxb4 axb4 33. Ra2 g6 34. Kf1 Rdd7 35. Bb5 Ra7 36. Rc2 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Rb1 38. Bc4 Raa1 39. h4 Kg7 40. e4 Rc1 41. Rd2 Rxc4 { 0-1 Csom,I-Lukacs,P/HUN-ch 1979/MCD-ch}) 10... Be4 11. Bxe4 (11. f3 {Ftacnik} Nb6 12. Qb3 Bxb1 13. Rxb1 Nfd7 $17) 11... Nxe4 12. Qc2 (12. Nf3 Qa5 13. Nc3 Nb6 $11 {/=/+}) (12. Ng2 {Ftacnik} Ndf6 13. Qb3 Qb6 $11) 12... Nef6 (12... Bxh4 13. Qxe4 Bf6 14. Nc3 Qb6 $11 {/=/+}) 13. Nc3 (13. e4 {Ftacnik} Qb6 14. Nf3 Rfd8 $11 ) 13... c5 14. d5 $6 {Ftacnik: Ljubojevic enters the sea of combinations in the unfortunate moment, the position was about equal. Ftacnik: Ljubojevic beginnt eine Kombination in einem unglücklichen Moment. Die Stellung war zuvor etwa ausgeglichen.} (14. Nf3 Rc8 15. Bg5 $11) 14... Nxd5 $1 15. Nxd5 (15. Nf5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qe8 $17 {White have no compensation for sacrifised pawn.}) 15... Bxh4 16. Nc3 (16. gxh4 exd5 17. Rxd5 (17. Bg5 {Ftacnik} f6 18. Bf4 Nb6 19. Qxc5 Qd7 $15) 17... Qxh4 18. Qf5 Nb6 19. Rxc5 Qb4 $1 (19... Rac8 20. Be3 $14) 20. Rc3 (20. Kg2 Rac8 $32 (20... Qe1 $5)) 20... Rad8 $17) 16... Bf6 17. Qa4 $2 (17. Bf4 $5 e5 18. Be3 $44 Qc8 19. Rd5 b6 20. Ne4) (17. Ne4 $5 Qe7 18. Bf4 e5 19. Be3 {with some compensation for sacrifised pawn.}) 17... Bd4 $1 (17... Bxc3 18. Rxd7 Qe8 (18... Qa5 19. Qxa5 Bxa5 20. Rxb7 Rfb8 $14 {/=}) 19. Bg5 (19. Qd1 Bf6 20. Rxb7 Qc6 $17) 19... Bxb2 (19... b5 20. Qxb5 Rb8 21. Qc6 Rxb2 22. Rad1 $44) (19... Bd4 20. Be7 a6 21. Bxf8 b5 22. Qc2 Qxd7 23. Bxc5 $11) 20. Rad1 $1 (20. Rb1 b5 21. Qxb5 Rb8 22. Qd3 c4 $17) 20... f6 $1 (20... Bd4 21. Be7 a6 22. Bxf8 b5 23. Qc2 Qxd7 (23... Qxf8 24. Qe4 $16) (23... Kxf8 24. Rc7 $16) 24. Bxc5 Rc8 25. e3 $18) 21. Be3 b6 22. Qe4 {with some compensation.}) 18. e3 Bxc3 19. Rxd7 (19. bxc3 Nb6 $17) 19... Qe8 20. Qd1 (20. bxc3 Rd8 $19) 20... Bf6 21. Rxb7 Qc6 $1 $17 {Weakened position of white king,the black control the file "d" and the problem of development of white pieces.} 22. Rb3 (22. Qd7 $2 {Ftacnik} Qf3 $1 23. Rxa7 Rad8 $19) 22... c4 23. Ra3 Rfd8 24. Qe2 Qe4 {Ftacnik: The position is clearly critical for white, he lacks the chance to finish the development of his pieces. Ftacnik: Diese Stellung ist ziemlich kritisch für Weiß. Er kann nicht darauf hoffen, seine Figurenentwicklung beenden zu können.} 25. f3 (25. Ra4 {Ftacnik} Rd3 $17) 25... Qd5 26. Kf2 (26. Kg2 {Ftacnik} a6 (26... Qb5 27. Rb3 Qc5 28. Qc2 Rac8 $17) 27. e4 Qb5 $17) 26... Qb5 $1 (26... Qd1 $5 $17) 27. Rb1 (27. Rb3 $2 {Ftacnik} Qh5 $19) 27... Rd3 28. Qc2 Rad8 (28... Rxa3 {Ftacnik} 29. bxa3 Qc6 $17) 29. Ra4 (29. Rxa7 {Ftacnik} Qf5 30. Rc7 (30. Qxc4 Qh3 $19) 30... Qh3 31. Ke1 Qh5 $1 (31... Rd1+ 32. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kxd1 Qf1+ 34. Kd2 h5 $17) 32. Qe2 Qa5+ $19) 29... Qf5 $1 $19 30. Rxc4 (30. Qe2 {Ftacnik} Rd1 31. Ra1 Qh3 $19) 30... Qh3 31. Ke1 (31. Rc8 {Ftacnik} Qxh2+ 32. Ke1 Rd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qg1+ $19) 31... Rd1+ (31... Rd1+ 32. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kxd1 Qf1+ $19 (33... Qf1+ { Ftacnik} 34. Kd2 Qxc4 $19)) 0-1 [Event "Belgrade Investbank"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1997.11.17"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Annotator "Wedberg,T"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1997.11.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.01.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ne7 14. Ra7 c5 15. e5 Nfd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qf3 $146 (17. Qg3 O-O 18. Nc3 Ne7 $2 (18... Nxc3 $11) 19. exd6 Nf5 20. Qf2 Qb6 21. Rc7 $16 { 1-0 Polgar,J-Shirov,A/Fontys 1997/CBM 61/[Winants] (25)}) 17... Qb6 18. Rxf7 ( 18. Ra1 Nb4 $11) 18... c4+ (18... Kxf7 19. Qxd5+ Be6 20. Qd1 dxe5 $2 (20... Bf5 21. Qd5+ $11) 21. f5 Bc4 22. Qd7+ Kg8 23. f6 gxf6 24. Bh6 Bf7 25. Rf3 $18) 19. Kh1 Kxf7 20. Qxd5+ Be6 21. Qd1 Bf5 (21... dxe5 22. f5 $40) 22. Qd5+ Be6 23. Qd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Belgrade Investbank"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1997.11.16"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Georgiev, Kiril"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B78"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1997.11.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.01.31"] {Before the 5th round, Ivanchuk and Lautier were leading on +2 and Shirov and I followed closely on +1.} 1. e4 {Ftacnik Schulz,A} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Georgiev has also been playing the Accelerated Dragon, but after his loss to Ivanchuk in the 1st round, I guessed that he would return to the Dragon.} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Na5 { A surprise to me. Why play Na5 when Ne5 accomplishes the same result (Nc4) ? As it turns out, Kiril had another idea in mind.} (10... Ne5 {Schulz,A} 11. Bb3 Rc8) 11. Be2 {I reasoned that Bb3 would give him two choices - Nxb3 and Nc4 - so opted for this one instead. Schulz: Diese Neuereung spielte Anand nach kaum zwei Minuten Nachdenken. Es ist fraglich, ob Schwarz jetzt etwas Besseres hat als mit Nc4 in die üblichen Abspiele einzulenken.} (11. Bb3 {Schulz,A} Nxb3+ { Schulz: war das von Georgiev vorbereitete Abspiel.} (11... Nxb3+ {Ftacnik} 12. cxb3 Qa5 (12... Qb8 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 b5 15. h4 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qb7 18. h5 Qxd5 19. hxg6 Rac8+ 20. Kb1 Bf5+ 21. Ka1 Bxg6 22. g4 f5 23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 {1/2-1/2 Zontakh,A-Velimirovic,D/Arandjelovac 1993 (27)}) 13. Kb1 Rfc8 (13... b5 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. h4 Nxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. Bh6 f6 18. h5 g5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f4 h6 21. Rde1 Rf7 22. Qd3 Kh8 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 { 1-0 Dietrich,F-Mueller,M/DLM 1996 (43)}) 14. g4 b5 15. h4 b4 16. Nce2 Qe5 17. Bf4 Qc5 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. h5 a5 20. Nf5 Re8 21. Be3 Qc6 22. Ned4 Qb7 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. g5 Nh5 25. Nh6+ Kf8 26. Rxh5 gxh5 27. Qh2 { 1-0 Wahls,M-Kunze,M/Munich op9192 1992 (28)}) (11... Rb8 12. Bh6 b5 13. h4 e5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nde2 b4 16. Nd5 Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bb5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Kb1 Qf6 21. Nc1 Rfd8 22. Qe3 {1-0 Sax,G-Bilek,I/HUN-ch 1975 (39)})) 11... Rc8 12. Kb1 a6 $2 {Of course 12...Nc4 13.Bc4 Rc4 would transpose to studied paths. Still, I was and am unconvinced by a6 - White gets all the time he wants on the kingside. In about 3 moves, Black is in dire straits. Schulz: Macht man im Drachen eigentlich nie. Schwarz möchte aber durch den Vorstoß b5-b4 beweisen, daß der B auf e2 schlecht steht, weil er dem Nc3 ein Rückzugsfeld nimmt.} ({Schulz: Mit} 12... Nc4 {Schulz,A} 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 { bekäme man die "normalen" Stellungsbilder. Schwarz versucht jetzt und in der Folge, ohne den thematischen Zug Sa5-c4 auszukommen.} (13... Rxc4 {Ftacnik} 14. h4)) 13. g4 b5 14. h4 e6 (14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. h5 $16) (14... b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 $16 (16. exd5 {Ftacnik} e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. h5 $16)) 15. a3 $1 $16 {Cutting out any b4 stuff.} (15. h5 $2 {Ftacnik} b4) 15... h5 {Once White lays h4-h5 his attack will play itself, so desperate measures are called for.} (15... Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Nb3 $1 {> c}) 26. e4 $1 $14) 23. Bd1 (23. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Qc7 24. e4 c4 25. Bf2 cxb3 26. Bxb6 Qc2 $11) 23... c4 24. Bf3 (24. Be2 {Ftacnik} Rc8 25. Bxc4 Rc5 26. Qa6 Nxc4 27. Rxc4 Qd3 28. Qa8+ Kg7 29. Rxc5 Bxc5 $15) 24... Rb8 25. Qxa5 c3 $1 26. bxc3 (26. b3 Qd3 (26... Qc7 $44) 27. Kf2 (27. Bf2 c2 28. Qb5 (28. Qa7 Rc8 29. Qxe7 Qd2 $19) 28... Qxb3 29. Qe2 (29. a5 Qb2 30. Qf1 Nc4 31. a6 Bc5 $19) 29... Qxa4 30. Rxc2 b3 $17) (27. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Qxe3+ 28. Bf2 Qxf4 29. Qa7 (29. Bxb6 c2 $19) 29... Re8 $17 (29... Rd8 $1)) 27... Nd7 $1 {Tischbierek} (27... Nd5 28. Qa7 Rb6 $1 29. Bxd5 (29. e4 Bc5+ 30. Kg3 Nxf4 $19) 29... Bc5 $1 $19) 28. Rd1 Qc2+ 29. Kg1 Nc5 $36) 26... b3 27. Rb1 (27. Qb5 $142 Nd7 $1 28. Qd3 Qc7 $44) (27. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Qc8 28. Be2 Nd5 $13) 27... Qd3 28. Rxb3 (28. Rd1 { Ftacnik} Qc2 $1 29. Qa7 Rd8 30. Qxe7 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 Qxd1 $19) 28... Qxe3+ 29. Kf1 (29. Bf2 $2 {Ftacnik} Qc1+) 29... Bc5 $40 30. Qb5 (30. Rb2 Kg7 $1 $19 ( 30... Kg7 {Ftacnik} 31. Qb5 Nd7 32. Bb7 Qxf4+ $17)) 30... Rd8 31. c4 (31. a5 { Ftacnik} Nd5 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34. Rb8 Qd3#) (31. Rb2 $8 {Tischbierek} Qg1+ 32. Ke2 Nd5 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34. Rd2) 31... Rd3 32. Qe8+ (32. Rxd3 Qxd3+ 33. Be2 Qd4 34. Bf3 Nxc4 $19) 32... Kg7 (32... Kg7 {Ftacnik} 33. Rxd3 Qxd3+ 34. Be2 Qd4 35. Bf3 Nxc4 (35... Qxc4+ {Tischbierek} 36. Be2 Qxf4+) 36. Qb5 Qg1+ 37. Ke2 Qe3+ 38. Kd1 Qd3+ 39. Kc1 Ba3+ 40. Qb2 Bxb2#) 0-1 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1997.07.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Rogozenco,D"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1997.07.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.09.29"] 1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 (12... Rb8 13. h4 g6 14. h5 Bg5 15. Nce3 Be6 16. Qf3 a5 17. g3 b4 18. Bc4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne7 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Qg4 $1 Bxd5 22. Bxd5+ Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Rf7 24. O-O $16 { Korneev-Filippov/Ekaterinburg/1997}) 13. Be2 {Horvath: Nach meiner Meinung kann Weiß nur mit 13.a4 um Eröffnungsvorteil kämpfen.} (13. a4 { More ambitious than 13. Be2.} bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17. Nce3 g6 18. O-O f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Qh5 Bd7 21. Kh1 $6 Be8 22. Qh3 f4 23. Bd3 Qd7 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 25. Nc4 f3 {0,5:0,5 Hamdouchi-Cherniaev/Cannes/1997}) 13... Ne7 14. Ncb4 (14. Nce3 {Horvath,T ist auch gefahrlos.}) 14... a5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. Qd3 (17. O-O Be6 $11) 17... b4 18. cxb4 axb4 19. Qb3 (19. O-O Be6 20. Rfd1 Ra5 21. Qb3 Bxd5 $11 {Meyers-Kalinitschew/Muenster/1991}) (19. Qg3 { Horvath,T} Bd8 20. O-O Bb6 21. a3 bxa3 22. bxa3 Be6 $10 {Kamsky-Lautier/CBM/47} ) 19... Be6 20. Bc4 (20. O-O $6 {Horvath,T} Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. exd5 $15) 20... Rac8 21. O-O (21. Qd3 Qc6 22. b3 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Bxd5 Bd8 $11) ( 21. h4 $6 Bd8 $15) 21... Qc6 22. Rac1 Bxd5 (22... Bxc1 $2 23. Ne7+ $18) 23. exd5 Qc5 24. Rc2 g6 $15 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 25th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1997.07.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C19"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1997.07.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.09.29"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Ba6 10. Nh4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbc6 12. f4 Qd7 13. Bd2 c4 14. Qh3 g6 15. a4 O-O-O 16. Nf3 h5 17. Rfb1 Nf5 18. g3 Kb7 19. Qf1 Ka8 20. Bc1 Rb8 21. Qe1 Rb7 22. Ba3 Qd8 23. Ng5 Re8 24. Qd2 f6 25. Nf3 Nh6 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Re1 Nf7 28. Re2 Ne7 29. Rae1 Nf5 30. Qc1 Ng7 31. Kg2 Qd8 32. h3 Qd7 33. Nh4 Nh8 34. Nf3 Nf7 35. a5 bxa5 36. Bc5 a6 37. Qa3 Rb5 38. Ra1 Kb7 39. Ree1 Rb8 40. Bf8 Ne8 41. Ne5 Nxe5 42. fxe5 g5 43. Re2 Kc6 44. Rf1 Qh7 45. Be7 g4 46. h4 R8b7 47. Bd8 Rf7 48. Rxf7 Qxf7 49. Rf2 Qg6 50. Kh2 1-0 [Event "Leon m"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "1997.06.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2635"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "1997.06.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.09.29"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Rc1 a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Rce1 Nf8 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Be6 17. f4 f6 18. Rf3 f5 19. Qc2 Qh4 20. Ref1 Qf6 21. Ne2 Re7 22. Qd2 Bf7 23. Rg3 Rae8 24. Bc2 Nd7 25. Qd3 Nb6 26. b3 Nc8 27. Qxf5 Qxf5 28. Bxf5 Nd6 29. Bb1 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Kf2 Re8 32. Nc3 g5 33. fxg5 hxg5 34. Re1 Rxe1 35. Kxe1 a5 36. Kd2 Kg7 37. Na4 Bg6 38. Bxg6 Kxg6 39. Nc5 Kf5 40. Ke3 Kg4 41. Kd3 Kf4 42. a4 Kf5 43. b4 b6 44. Nd7 Nc4 45. bxa5 bxa5 46. Nb8 Nb2+ 47. Ke3 Nc4+ 48. Ke2 Ke4 49. Nxc6 Nb2 50. Nxa5 Nxa4 51. Nc6 Nc3+ 52. Kf2 Nb5 53. Ne7 Nxd4 54. Nxd5 Kxd5 55. Kg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon m"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "1997.06.11"] [Round "4"] [White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1997.06.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.09.29"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 b5 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Nb4 14. Qe2 Nbd5 15. Ne5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. Nd3 Nf6 21. Qb2 Qd6 22. Ne5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leon m"] [Site "Leon"] [Date "1997.06.10"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A75"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2635"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1997.06.08"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.09.29"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 (7... a6 8. a4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. O-O Bg7 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. e5 dxe5 14. d6 Qe6 15. Bg3 Rb8 16. Re1 O-O 17. Nd5 e4 18. Nc3 Rfe8 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Qd2 Rbe8 23. h4 Bf6 24. Qa5 Bd8 25. Qc3 Bf6 26. Qa5 Bd8 27. Qc3 Bf6 {1/2,Xu Jun-Hracek,Z/Bad Homburg/1997/}) 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. Bf4 Qe7 {A rather unusual move. The classical continuation is} (11... Re8 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nh5) ({ A more modern and currently most popular alternative is} 11... Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qe7 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Qd2 Rfe8 15. h3 Ne5 16. Be2 Qc7 17. Bh2 c4 18. Kh1 Rab8 19. f4 Ned7 20. Bf3 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra6 Nc5 23. Rc6 Qa5 24. e5 Nd3 25. Re2 b4 26. Nd1 dxe5 27. fxe5 Nd7 28. e6 N7e5 $36 { Ehlvest,J-De Firmian,N/New York op/1997/}) 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nh5 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Rae1 {White shows his intentions to play in the centre, but doesn't commit himself with a pawn advance.} ({The more played alternatives are} 15. a5 Bd4 (15... Rab8 16. Ra4 Nhf6 17. Bg5 Rfe8 18. f4 Qf8 19. Qf3 b5 20. axb6 Rxb6 21. b3 h6 22. Bh4 Nh7 23. Ne2 Reb8 24. Nc1 Ra8 25. Nc4 Rb5 26. Ra2 $16 { Gligoric,S-Rajkovic,D/JUG-ch Vrbas/1982/}) (15... Be5 $5 16. g3 Rae8 17. Bh6 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Rfe1 f5 20. exf5 Qd8 21. Qf1 $132 { 1/2,Olafsson,H-Tal/Reykjavik/1987/}) 16. Ra4 Qf6 17. Qd3 Ne5 18. Bxd4 Nxd3 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nc4 Rad8 21. Rd1 Nb4 22. Rd2 Ne8 23. Ra1 (23. f4 f6 24. Ra1 Nc7 25. Re1 Rfe8 26. Ree2 Nb5 27. Nxb5 axb5 28. Na3 Ra8 29. Nxb5 Red8 30. Nc7 Rxa5 31. e5 dxe5 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Rxe5 c4 $11 { Naumkim,I-Ciemniak,R/Cappelle op/1992/}) 23... Nc7 24. Re1 Kg7 25. b3 Rfe8 26. g4 Rd7 27. f3 Nb5 28. Ne2 f5 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Ng3 fxe4 31. fxe4 Kh8 32. Rf1 Nd4 33. Rg2 $1 Nxb3 34. Nf5 $16 {Kasparov,G-Suba,M/Luzern olm/1982/}) (15. g4 Nhf6 (15... f5 $5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. gxh5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 f4 19. Kh1 fxe3 20. Qxe3 Qf7 21. Qg3+ Kh8 22. Qxd6 Nf6 23. c4 Qxh5 24. Rae1 b5 $13 { Sturua-Pigusov/Vilnius-mm/1984/}) 16. h3 Ne8 (16... Rab8 17. Bf4 h5 18. Nc4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Kg2 Kg7 23. a5 Rh8 24. f3 Qd8 25. Qf2 Rc8 26. Na4 $36 {Sekulic,D-Arsovic,Z/Belgrade Trako/1993/}) 17. a5 Nc7 18. Ra4 b5 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. Ra2 Rae8 21. g5 Nd7 22. Nc4 f5 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. f3 Ne5 25. Nd1 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Be5 $40 {Lakic,N-Cebalo,M/Banja Luka/1981/}) 15... b5 $6 {This ambitious pawn sacrifice seems premature.} ({More logical is to make use of the fact Rf8 has not yet moved and further the typical b5 advance by} 15... Rfb8 $142 16. Nc4 (16. f4 b5 17. axb5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 axb5 19. f5 Ra3 20. g4 Nhf6 21. Bg5 Qe5 22. c4 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 Re8 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. cxb5 Ra2 26. Qf3 Rxd2 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. Qxf6 Qxf6 29. Rxf6 Rxd5 $11 { Miralles,G-Yang Xian/Dubai olm/1986/}) 16... b5 17. Na5 Bxc3 18. Nc6 Qxe4 19. Nxb8 Bxe1 20. Nxd7 Ba5 21. Qxh5 Qe7 22. Qh3 Rd8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. Qf3 Bc7 26. g3 Be5 $15 {Li Wenliang-Ma Hongding/PRC-ch/1987/}) (15... Bd4 16. g4 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nhf6 18. h3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Rfb8 21. Na3 Rxb2 22. Nac4 $14 {1/2,Akesson,R-Hansen,C/Copenhagen PC/1996/}) (15... Rae8 16. Kh1 Qd8 17. g4 Nhf6 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. f4 Ree8 21. Nc4 $6 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Nxe4 $15 {Bauer,A-Heinz,J/2.BLO/1994/}) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Rfb8 ( 17... Bxb2 18. Nc4 Be5 19. f4 $16) (17... f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. g4 Nf4 20. Qf3 Ne5 21. Qg3 $18) 18. Rb1 Ra2 (18... f5 19. exf5 Nf4 20. Qc4 Ne5 21. Qxf4 Rxb5 22. Ne4 $16) 19. b4 $1 $16 {This refutes Black's idea. The Q-side disappeares from the board and Black is simply left without a pawn fighting for his life.} cxb4 (19... f5 20. bxc5 $1 (20. exf5 Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Rxb5 22. bxc5 $16) 20... f4 21. cxd6 Qg5 22. Bd4 $18) 20. Rxb4 Rc2 (20... Ra5 21. Rfb1 $16) 21. Qd1 Rc7 ( 21... Ra2 22. Qb1 {/\Nd4-c6}) 22. Rb3 $1 (22. Nxc7 $143 $6 Rxb4 {>>}) 21. Nc3 Rf6 22. Rb1 Ba6 23. Qc2 { Black has some attacking chances on >>,and White can double his rooks on b-file.In my opinion Anand was upset of opening results and offered a draw.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1997.04.08"] [Round "6"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2760"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1997.04.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.08.01"] {I was leading Karpov by one point and since this game was played after the rest day, it was clear that I would have a tough game ahead of me.} 1. d4 { Huzman} d5 2. c4 dxc4 {I had played a Slav against Topalov in the 3rd round, and sacrificed my queen to escape from a difficult position. Though Black's position was better than it looked, repeating it seemed like asking for trouble! So this time, I settled for the good old QGA.} 3. e4 e5 {In Wijk aan Zee, Loek Van Wely told me that this system with 6...Be6 was quite good. Later I took a look at the system and decided to give it a shot.} 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 (7. Bb5 Bc5 {Doesn't give White much.}) 7... fxe6 8. Qb3 {The critical line, of course.} Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Bb4 { The idea. By threatening to take on d2, Black provokes Nc4 with the Q still stuck on a6.} 12. Nc4 (12. Qd3 {Huzman Beliavsky -Scherbakov,1996}) 12... O-O {All this has been played before and in fact we only deviated from theory on move 18. Nonetheless, Karpov spent more than an hour getting to move 18.} ( 12... Nxe4 {Huzman} 13. Nce5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 $18) 13. a3 Bc5 (13... Be7 $5 { Huzman} 14. Re1 $14) 14. b4 Bb6 15. b5 {A very committal move. White is willing to trap his Q temporarily in order to dominate the light squares.} Ne7 16. Nfe5 Qe8 17. Re1 Ng6 { I had been waiting for Karpov to improve and now it happens!} 18. Nd3 $1 { Here Karpov shows his improvement from the game Iskusnyh-Rublevsky Elista 1995, where White played the weaker 18.Nc6.} (18. Nc6 $2 Nh4 19. Qa4 (19. Bg5 Qh5 { /\20.B:h4 Q:h4 21.N:b8 Ng4->}) 19... Qh5 { /\20.N:b8? Qg4-+ Iskusnych-Rublevsky/RUS-ch/1995/}) 18... Nh4 $2 {This turns t to be a serious error after 18.Nd3. I thought that Karpov's next move was impossible because of Nxe4, but in fact it is extremely strong.} (18... Nd7 { Huzman} 19. a4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Ba3 $16) 19. Bf4 $1 (19. Bg5 $2 Nxg2 $1 ( 19... Qh5 20. Bxh4 Qxh4 21. f3 $16) 20. Kxg2 Qh5 21. Bf4 (21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. f4 (22. Nce5 Rh6 $40) 22... Qg4+ 23. Kf2 Rxf4+ 24. Nxf4 Rf8) 21... Nxe4 $1 (21... Ng4 22. Bg3 Rf3 {Unfortunately, this fails to...} 23. h3 $1 $16) 22. Rxe4 (22. h3 Qd5 $1 $19) 22... Qg6+ (22... Qg4+ $5 {Huzman} 23. Kf1 Qf3 24. Nd2 Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qxa1 $13) 23. Kf3 Qh5+ $11) 19... Nxe4 20. Bg3 $1 {Very simple. White fortifies his kingside and proceeds to attack Black's bishop.} Nxg3 21. hxg3 Nf5 22. a4 Ne3 {No exclams or question marks for this move. It's simply necessary. Best practical chance} (22... Nd6 {Huzman} 23. Nce5 c5 (23... Ra8 $140 $5 24. a5 Nxb5) (23... Qc8 24. Nc6 $1 $16) 24. bxc6 Qc8 25. Qxc8 Rbxc8 26. a5 $16) 23. Nce5 $2 (23. fxe3 $1 { As often is the case, the way to refute a sacrifice is to accept it!} dxe3 $1 { I discovered this later. I think this is Black's best chance, because White's best move leaves his queen a bit precariously placed....} (23... Qg6 { During the game, I only saw this move} 24. Nce5 $1 (24. Nf4 {Huzman} Qxg3 25. Nxb6 axb6 $132) 24... Qxg3 25. a5 (25. e4 {Huzman} Rf6 26. a5 Rbf8 27. axb6 Rf2 (27... Rh6 28. Ng4 $1 $18) 28. Nxf2 Qxf2+ $11 (28... Rxf2 $4 29. Qc8+ $18)) 25... dxe3 26. Re2 $1 (26. axb6 Rf2 $1 (26... Rf2 {Huzman} 27. Nxf2 exf2+ ( 27... Qxf2+ 28. Kh2 Qh4+ $11) 28. Kf1 fxe1=Q+ 29. Rxe1 Rf8+ 30. Nf3 Rxf3+ $11)) 26... Rf2 (26... Bd4 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Rf8+ 30. Kg1 $1 $18 ( 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Rf2 $1 Qxf2+ $1 32. Nxf2 Rxf7)) 27. Rxf2 (27. Nxf2 $4 {Huzman} exf2+ 28. Kf1 Qh2 $19) 27... exf2+ 28. Kf1 Qh2 29. axb6 Qg1+ 30. Ke2 $18) 24. Nxb6 $1 (24. Re2 Qh5) 24... axb6 25. Rxe3 $18 { but I don't see a way for Black to exploit White's Qa6}) 23... Nc2 24. Nc6 $2 { Another error and now White is almost worse.} (24. a5 $1 {Of course, speaking, Black is doing fine, but White's knights are so strong that I think that White is still much better.} Nxe1 (24... Nxa1 {Huzman} 25. Rxa1 c5 26. bxc6 (26. axb6 axb6 $13 (26... Rxb6 27. Qxa7 Qxb5 28. Qe7 $1 $16)) 26... Bc7 27. Nd7 $16) 25. Rxe1 Bxa5 26. Qxa5 Qxb5 27. Qxa7 $1 $16) 24... Nxa1 25. Rxa1 ( 25. Nxb8 $2 Nc2 26. Rc1 e5 $1 $17) 25... Ra8 (25... e5 $1 26. a5 (26. Ncxe5 Bc5 27. Nxc5 Qxe5 28. Nd7 Qe2 29. Rf1 d3 $15) 26... Ra8 $1 {Transposes.}) 26. Re1 $1 (26. a5 e5 $1 27. Ncxe5 (27. axb6 axb6 28. Qxa8 Qxa8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Ndxe5 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Rd1 32. Nb4 Rb1 $11 (32... Rb1 {Huzman} 33. Ned3 Ra1 34. Ne5 Rb1 $11)) 27... Bc5) 26... e5 (26... Qh5 $5 {Huzman} 27. Nce5 Qf5 (27... c5 28. a5 (28. bxc6 $44) 28... Bc7 29. Nxc5 $44) 28. a5 Rfb8 29. g4 $1 Qg5 30. Ra1 $14) 27. Rxe5 (27. f3 $1 $14 {Huzman}) 27... Qf7 28. a5 Qb3 29. Ncb4 Rae8 { I decided to force the draw.} (29... Rfb8 {Would lead to a very strange position - White can't take the bishop on b6 because of his queen on a6 and his knights are chained to each other. However, Black can't move either R or his bishop.}) (29... Rfb8 $5 {Huzman}) (29... c5 $1 {Huzman} 30. bxc6 (30. axb6 axb6 31. Qxb6 cxb4 $17) 30... Bc7 $17) 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Kh2 { Setting one last trap.} Qf7 $1 {Not falling for it.} (31... Bc5 $2 32. Qc6 $1 Re6 (32... Bxb4 33. Qxe8+ Bf8 34. Ne5 $40) 33. Nxc5 $1 $18) 32. axb6 { There was nothing more.} Qh5+ 33. Kg1 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1997.04.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Salov, Valery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B89"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2665"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1997.04.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.08.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Nd7 12. Nf5 Nc5 13. Nxe7+ Nxe7 14. Qd2 Rd8 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Bxd6 Qc6 17. f4 b5 18. e5 b4 19. Ne2 a5 20. Nd4 Nxb3+ 21. axb3 Qe4 22. f5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Rhe1 Qd6 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Nxe6 Qxd2+ 27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28. Kxd2 Kf7 29. Nd4 Bxg4 30. Nc6 Bf5 31. Re5 Kf6 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Nxa5 Be4 34. c3 g5 35. Ke3 Bh1 36. Nc4 h5 37. Nd2 Bb7 38. Ne4+ Kg6 39. cxb4 h4 40. Nd6 Bd5 41. b5 g4 42. Kf2 1-0 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1997.04.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B66"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "Gofshtein,L"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "1997.04.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.08.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Qe3 Qc7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Nd6+ Qxd6 17. exd6 Bg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Bxg7 Rh4 20. Bd4 ( 20. Bc3 f6 (20... Rc8 21. h3 Bd5 22. Rh2 Re4 23. Bd3 Rf4 24. Bd2 Rf2 25. Bxg5 Rxg2 26. Rxg2 Bxg2 27. h4 Ne5 $14 {Adams-Svidler,Tilburg 96}) 21. Be1 Rh6 22. h4 Kf7 23. Rh3 gxh4 24. Rxh4 Rxh4 25. Bxh4 Rg8 26. g3 Bd5 27. a4 Rb8 28. axb5 axb5 29. Be2 b4 $14 {Adams-Smirin Cap D Agde,96}) 20... f5 (20... Rc8 21. Rd2 ( 21. Bf2 Rh6 22. h4 e5 23. Be2 (23. Rh3 g4 24. Re3 Kf8 25. Bg3 f5 26. Bxe5 Be4 27. Rxe4 fxe4 28. Bg3 Rh5 29. c3 Rf5 30. Be2 $16 {Wahls-Lagunov,Germany 96}) 23... Bxg2 24. Rhg1 Be4 25. Rd2 Rc6 26. hxg5 Rhxd6 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Rg3 Rc6 29. c3 $11 {Wahls-Lagunov,Bins 95} Bg6 30. Rh3 $11) (21. Be3 f6 22. Rd2 Kf7 23. h3 e5 24. Bd3 Ke6 25. Rf1 Be4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Rd3 Rec4 28. Rd2 $11 { Mozaliov.S-KalininA.,Russia 96}) 21... Bd5 22. Be3 f6 23. Bd3 Ne5 24. b3 Kd7 25. Rf1 Rxh2 26. Rxf6 Rxg2 $17 {Varavin-Makarov,Russia94}) 21. b3 Rc8 $6 (21... Kf7 $5 22. h3 e5 23. Bf2 Rh6 $44) 22. Kb2 Kf7 23. h3 Bc6 24. Rg1 (24. c4 bxc4 25. Bxc4 Bb5 $132) 24... e5 25. Bf2 Rhh8 26. c4 Nf6 (26... f4 $5 27. Be2 (27. Bd3 e4 28. Be2 e3 29. Be1 Nf6 30. Bc3 Rcd8 $132) 27... Nf6 $44) 27. Bd3 f4 ( 27... e4 28. Be2 f4 29. Bd4 $14) 28. Bf5 Bd7 29. Bxd7 Nxd7 30. c5 (30. cxb5 axb5 31. Rd5 b4 32. Rb5 Rb8 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Rc1 Ke6 35. Rc4 Kxd6 36. Be1 Kd5 37. Bxb4 e4 $132) 30... Ke6 31. b4 Rh7 32. Rge1 Kf5 (32... g4 $6 33. hxg4 Rg7 34. Rh1 Rxg4 35. Rh7 $18) 33. Kb3 Ke6 34. Bd4 (34. a4 $5) 34... Kd5 $1 (34... Kf5 $2 35. Bxe5 Nxe5 36. Rd5 Re8 37. d7 $18) 35. Bxe5+ Kc6 36. Bc3 g4 37. hxg4 (37. Re7 $5 $16) 37... Rh4 38. Ra1 $2 (38. g5 $1 Rg8 (38... Rg4 39. Bf6 Rg3+ 40. Kc2 Rxg2+ 41. Rd2 $18) 39. Bf6 Nxf6 40. gxf6 Rxg2 41. Rh1 Rhg4 42. Rh3 $18) 38... a5 $1 (38... Rxg4 $2 39. a4 $1 $18) 39. a4 axb4 40. Bxb4 bxa4+ 41. Rxa4 Rxg4 42. Ra6+ Kb5 43. Ra5+ Kc6 44. Re4 $2 (44. Rea1 Rxg2 (44... Nb8 45. Ra8 Rcg8 46. R1a7 $18) 45. Ra6+ Kb7 46. Ra7+ Kc6 47. R1a6+ $18) 44... Rxg2 45. Rxf4 Rgg8 46. Kc4 (46. Ra6+ Kb5 47. Ra7 Nxc5+ $11) 46... Ra8 47. Rxa8 Rxa8 48. Re4 Rg8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1997.04.04"] [Round "3"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D17"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "Huebner,R"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1997.04.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.08.01"] 1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14. Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 b5 (15... Nb4+ {Ftacnik} 16. Kb3 b5 17. Kxb4 bxc4 18. Qxc4 Rb8+ 19. Ka3 Qd6+ 20. Ka2 O-O 21. Qc2 { 1-0 Trifunovic,P-Sokolov,V/JUG-ch Zagreb (15)/1961 (46)}) 16. axb5 Nb4+ 17. Kc3 (17. Kb3 {Ftacnik} cxb5 18. Kxb4 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rb8+ 20. Ka3 Qa5+ 21. Qa4+ { 1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Khalifman,A/Ubeda (08) 1997}) 17... cxb5 18. Rd1 (18. Nb6 { Ftacnik} Qc5+ 19. Kb3 Nc6 20. Qxb5 Qe3+ 21. Kc2 Qf2+ 22. Kc3 Qd4+ { 1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Khalifman,A/Ter Apel (05) 1997}) 18... bxc4 {Eine überraschend e Lösung von verblüffender Einfachheit; ich setze aber kein Vertrauen in sie. Meines Erachtens ist es nötig, sich auf die von Z. Ribli in der Informatormonographie (Slawisch D16-19 unter D 17/76, Fußnote 473) angegebene Fortsetzung} (18... Qc5 19. Qe5 Nd5+ (19... Qxe5+ 20. Nxe5 Nd5+ 21. Rxd5 $1 ( 21. Kb3 a6 22. Bd3 $14) 21... exd5 22. Bxb5+ Ke7 23. Re1 $16) 20. Rxd5 Qxd5 21. Nd6+ Kf8 (21... Ke7 22. Nf5+ Kd8 23. Qxd5+ exd5 24. Bxb5 $14) 22. Qxd5 exd5 { einzulassen.} (22... exd5 {Ftacnik} 23. Bxb5 $14)) (18... Qxc4+ $6 {Ftacnik} 19. Qxc4 bxc4 20. Kxb4 Rb8+ 21. Kc3 $16) 19. Rxd5 (19. Kxb4 $2 {Ftacnik} Rb8+ 20. Kc3 Qa5+ 21. Kc2 Qa4+ 22. Kb1 c3 $19) 19... Nxd5+ 20. Kc2 (20. Kd2 { wurde in der Partie Salow-Illescas Cordoba aus dem gleichen Turnier gespielt; dieser Zug scheint mir stärker zu sein als 20.Kc2. Weiß eilt, seinen König am Königsflügel in Sicherheit zu bringen; außerdem hängt der Bauer auf c4 sofort. Schwarz dürfte verloren sein.}) (20. Kxc4 {Ftacnik} O-O 21. Kd4 Rfd8 $13) 20... O-O 21. Qe4 (21. g3 { kommt in Betracht, um den Springer auf d5 möglichst bald zu befragen. Nach} Rab8 (21... c3 22. Bg2 Nb4+ (22... cxb2 23. Bxd5 { sieht hoffnungslos für Schwarz aus.}) 23. Kxc3 Rab8 24. Be4 { dürfte Schwarz nicht überleben können.}) 22. Bg2 Nb4+ 23. Kc3 Nd3 24. Rb1 Rb3+ (24... Rfc8 {wird mit} 25. b4 {beantwortet.}) 25. Kxc4 Rfb8 26. Qxd3 R8b4+ 27. Kc5 Rxd3 28. Kxb4 Rd2 29. Bc6 Rxh2 30. b3 {Schwarz dürfte die Partie auf Grund der Schwäche seines a-Bauern kaum halten können.}) 21... Rfc8 {Ftacnik: Black builds a very unusual fortress. Ftacnik: Schwarz baut eine sehr ungewohnliche Festung.} 22. h4 (22. Be2 Rc5 (22... c3 23. b3 ({Auch nach} 23. Ba6 Rc7 24. bxc3 Rb8 25. Ra1 Rxc3+ 26. Kd1 { hat Weiß Aussichten, seinen Materialvorteil zu konsolidieren.}) 23... Rab8 24. Ra1 Nb4+ 25. Kc1 {scheint mir vielversprechend für Weiß auszusehen.}) (22... Rab8 23. Ra1 c3 24. b3 Nb4+ 25. Kc1 {führt zur selben Stellung wie Variante A. Auch wenn Schwarz auf den Vorstoß seines c-Bauern verzichtet, kommt er in Schwierigkeiten.}) 23. Ra1 a5 { ist aber von der Partiefortsetzung nicht wesentlich verschieden.}) (22. Bxc4 $2 {Ftacnik} Rxc4+ 23. Qxc4 Ne3+ $19) 22... Rc5 23. Rh3 Rac8 24. Ra3 a5 25. Kc1 ( 25. Ra4 {Ftacnik} h5 26. Qd4 Nb6 27. Ra1 Nd5 $13) 25... h5 { Weiß kann seine Stellung nicht mehr verbessern.} 26. Qd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1997.04.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2690"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1997.04.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.08.01"] {This game was played in the 2nd round. I figured that there wasn't a better time to spring a surprise on Alexei - on the 1st move! I had played 1.Nf3 against Alexei before, but that was a rapid game in Monaco 1997. In our last two "classical" encounters, I played e2-e4 as always, but I didn't get anything in Linares. So here goes...!} 1. Nf3 {Huebner,R Lisenko} d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 {Alexei plays various types of Slavs and the King' Indian, and I had also taken a look at this obscure system. Well, it's a lot less obscure these days thanks to Shirov's efforts! Even so, I had seen it a long time ago. In the World Junior Championship in Finland 1984, Dreev played an amazing game against Thorsteins. I couldn't believe that this sort of move didn't lose at once! I remember thinking that these were the most creative people on the planet. Informator 36 came out during the event and I saw almost the whole game played before between Tukmakov and Bagirov! Dreev had merely improved on that game! So when I looked for a system against 4...a6 I looked first of all at this move.} 5. Bg5 Ne4 (5... e6 { How many people would play 5...a6 against the Botvinnik system?}) 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. g3 (8. e4 $5 {Lisenko}) 8... g6 {Shirov deviates} (8... b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Ne5 f6 11. Nxc4 $5 g5 $5 (11... bxc4 $6 {Lisenko} 12. Rb1 e5 (12... Qc8 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. O-O $44) 13. Rxb7 exf4 14. Qa4 $44 { Tukmakov,V-Bagirov,V /SSSR/1983/ Inf 36/449/} (14. Qa4 {Huebner,R} Qc8 15. Rb6 Bd6 16. Qxc4 Ke7 17. O-O $36 { geschah in der Partie Tukmakov-Bagirov, UdSSR 1983, Inf. 36/449.})) 12. Bxb8 ( 12. Bxg5 $5 {Huebner,R}) 12... bxc4 13. Rb1 Rxb8 14. Rxb7 Rxb7 15. Bxc6+ Rd7 16. Qa4 e6 17. O-O Bd6 (17... Ke7 {Lisenko} 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Qxa6 $14) 18. Qxa6 (18. Rb1 {Lisenko} Ke7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxa6 Rc8 21. Rb7 $1 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Qb5 $1 (23. a4 $2 Bb4 $3 24. cxb4 c3 25. Qd3 c2 26. Qxh7+ Kd6 $19) 23... h5 $1 24. a4 h4 $17 {Dreev,Dvorietzky/}) 18... Kf7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qxc4 Rb8 (20... h5 $1 {Lisenko}) 21. Qd3 $1 $10 (21. a4 $6 {Lisenko} Qc8 $1 22. Qd3 Kg7 23. f4 $6 $17 {Thorsteins,K-Dreev,A /Kiljava/1984 0:1 (51) Inf 38/474/}) 21... Kg7 22. c4 Qa4 23. c5 Be7 24. Ra1 Rb2 25. a3 Rb3 26. Qe4 $2 (26. Qd1 $1 $13 {Lisenko}) 26... Qc4 $1 { 0-1 Rashkovsky,N-Rublevsky,S/Kurgan 1993/CBM 39/[Lisenko] (37)}) 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. Ne5 $1 {White has to act quickly, otherwise he will simply be a P down.} Be6 ( 10... Bxe5 11. Bxe5 f6 {wird von V. Anand vorgeschlagen ("Schach" 5/1997, S.9). Ich habe nach der einfachen Folge} 12. Bf4 {/\ e4~/=} (12. Bf4 {Huebner,R} O-O 13. h4 {kein besonderes Vertrauen in die Stellung des Schwarzen. Vielleicht ist 11...0-0 an Stelle von 11...f6 etwas genauer, aber die strukturellen Verhältnisse bleiben dieselben.})) 11. Qb1 $1 { The Ra1 will be useful on the a-line if Black plays b7-b5} (11. Rb1 Ra7 $1 ( 11... f6 {Huebner,R} 12. Nf3 b5 $44)) 11... Qc8 12. a4 $1 a5 (12... Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. a5 $16) (12... g5 $5 { Not the first move you think of, but here White's N is running out of squares!} 13. Be3 (13. Bxg5 $4 f6) (13. Bc1 {Huebner,R} g4 {ist eine Idee Anands; der Springer auf e5 soll durch f7-f6 erobert werden. Ich habe wenig Zutrauen zu dieser Fortsetzung; nach} 14. h3 gxh3 15. Be4 { sieht die Stellung des Schwarzen allzu zerfetzt aus.}) 13... g4 { Now White has to play the ugly... /\f7-f6} (13... Bd5 { sieht weniger überzeugend aus.}) 14. f3 {But he should have good chances after he castles - Black's K won't be safe on either flank.} (14. O-O f6 15. f4 { This is more speculative.})) 13. O-O O-O 14. Ra2 $1 { Surprisingly, Black has no way to prevent Rb2-b6. Xb7} Nd7 { Ich bin der Meinung, daß Schwarz} (14... f6 {Huebner,R versuchen sollte; nach} 15. Nf3 Nd7 {entsteht eine unklare Stellung mit Aussichten für beide Seiten. Nach dem Textzug ist Schwarz für den Rest der Partie zu passiver Verteidigung verurteilt.}) 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Rb2 Ra7 17. Rb6 {/\Qb2;Rb1 - Xb7 Dieser Zug dient laut Anand dazu, dem Schwarzen den Zug b7-b5 mit Bildung eines Freibauern auf der a-Linie unmöglich zu machen ("Schach" 5/1997, S.10).} (17. e4 {In order to meet f5 with e4-e5.} b5 $1 {This was what I didn't like - Shirov would have been familiar with similar ideas in the Grunfeld. Black just abandons his centre and puts his hopes on a far advanced a-P. White is probably better in either case, but I preferred the game continuation.} (17... f5 {Anand} 18. e5)) 17... f5 $1 { Black's only chance. Otherwise White just triples.} 18. Qb2 Bd5 19. Bxd5+ cxd5 (19... Qxd5 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Qxb7 e5 (21... Bf6 22. Rb1 g5 {We thought Black had some counterchances here when Kevin Spraggett pointed out the right way.} ( 22... Qe4 {Huebner,R} 23. Rb2 $14) 23. Be5 $1 {Spraggett Spraggett} Bxe5 24. Rb5 Rb8 25. Rxd5 Rxb7 26. Rxe5 $18 {Thanks to g5, Black will lose too many Ps.} ) 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxc6 Qxc3 25. Rd1 {Though material is about equal, White's -> is very strong. Especially Rd7 is hard to meet.} (25. Rd1 { steht Weiß laut Anand "riesig" ("Schach" 5/1997, S.10), weil Schwarz Sorgen mit seiner offenen Königsstellung hat. Ganz klar scheint mir die Sachenach} Kg7 {gefolgt von Tf8-f7 noch nicht zu sein.})) 20. Rb1 Rd8 (20... Qxa4 $4 21. Rb5 { /\ Ra1+-}) 21. Qa2 ({Auf} 21. Rxb7 {Huebner,R folgt} Rxb7 22. Qxb7 Qxa4 { . Damit wird der Sinn des Zuges 20...Td8 klar: der Bauer auf d5 sollte gedeckt werden, um dem Schwarzen diese Fortsetzung zu ermöglichen.}) 21... Rc8 22. R6b5 Bf6 23. h4 Kf7 24. R1b2 {/\Qa2-b1-c1-e3} Rc6 $2 {A blunder, but White was threatening to swing his Q to e3 and then to open the kingside. Black's position would eventually collapse. Schwarz stellt den Bauern auf b7 ein. V. Anand meint, ("Schach" 5/1997, S.10), daß die Stellung des Schwarzen ohnehin hoffnungslos sei; Weiß bringe seine Dame nach e3 und öffne die Stellung am Königsflügel. Diese Öffnung scheint mir aber nicht einfach zu erreichen zu sein, wenn Schwarz h7-h5 spielt.} 25. Bb8 $1 Raa6 26. Rxb7 Qe6 27. Qb1 g5 { Dies beschleunigt den Untergang, aber jetzt dürfte die Stellung des Schwarzen in der Tat hoffnungslos sein.} 28. g4 $1 gxh4 $2 (28... Qe4 29. Qxe4 fxe4 30. h5 $16 {White plays e3 and then either penetrates on the 8th rank or attacks the a5 pawn.}) 29. gxf5 Qc8 30. Kh2 Qg8 31. Qh1 $1 Qd8 32. Bf4 Rcb6 33. Rb8 $1 {Of course taking on b6 and then capturing the d5 and c4 pawns would also win, but this leads to mate.} Rxb8 34. Rxb8 Qd7 35. Qg2 (35. Qg2 Bg7 36. Qg4 { /\ Qh5+-}) 1-0 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1997.04.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "Ribli,Z"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1997.04.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.08.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 { Das ist ein von Morozevich in die Tuernierpraxis eingeführter Zug.Ribli.} (8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 (10... Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 a6 14. Rh3 Qa5 15. Be2 O-O $146 16. Rc1 $1 Ne5 17. Qb3 { 1-0 Stefansson,H-Petursson,M/Reykjavik 1996 (31)}) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qb3 a6 13. Be2 Nc6 14. O-O Qc7 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Qa3 $1 { 1-0 Beliavsky,A-Lukacz,P/AUT-chT9697 1997 (23)} (16. Qb2 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qc2 $11) ) 9. O-O (9. e5 $6 Qa5 10. exf6 Qxg5 (10... Bxc3+ $6 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ $2 12. Qd2 Qxa1+ 13. Ke2 {Weiß spielt wie Andersen vor 150 Jahre.Ribli.} Qxh1 14. fxg7 Rg8 15. Nf5 $40) 11. fxg7 Rg8 12. O-O Rxg7 13. g3 Nc6 $13 {Die Bauernstruktur von Schwarz ist etwas angegriffen, aber er hat das Läuferpaar und große Aktivität. Ribli.}) 9... Nc6 10. Rc1 h6 (10... a6 11. a3 $1 Be7 12. Nf3 $14 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qe2 Qf6 15. Rcd1 h5 16. h3 Nce5 $1 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. g3 { 1/2-1/2 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Morozevich,A/Madrid 1996 (31)}) 11. Bf4 $1 $14 { Weiß hat Raumvorteil und seine Figuren stehen sehr gesund. Sein Bf4 steht besonders stark.Ribli.} O-O 12. e5 Qb8 13. Bg3 (13. Bxh6 Nxe5 14. Bf4 Bd6 $13 { Die schwarze Königsstellung ist ein wenig geschwächt, aber Schwarz hat ein sehr gutes Springerfeld auf e5.Ribli.}) 13... Nxe5 $8 {Führt zum Qualitätsverlu st, ist aber dennoch die einzig spielbare Möglichkeit.Ribli.} 14. Re1 Bd6 15. Ndb5 Nxc4 (15... Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Nxc4 17. Nxd6 Nxd6 18. Bxd6 $16) 16. Nxd6 Nxd6 17. Bxd6 Qd8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 {Weiß hat klaren Vorteil. Es überrascht mich ein wenig, daß Kramnik diese Stellung nicht gewinnen konnte. Eine Qualität mehr für nichts sollte sich früher oder später entscheidend bemerkbar machen. Andererseits hat Schwarz keine Schwächen und einen Bauern für die Qualität. Ribli.} 19. b4 $6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht. Da das nur zu späterem Abtausch führt -was Anands Remischancen erhöht-, sollte Weiß die Stellung geschlossener halten und langsamer spielen.Ribli.} (19. Qd6+ Qe7 20. Red1) 19... a6 20. a4 Be8 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Red1 Rb8 $1 $14 { Schwarz muß diese Türme auf dem Brett halten.Ribli.} (22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 $16) 23. f3 {Das ist der beste Bauernaufbau, wenn der Gegner Bc6 spielen kann.Ribli. } Bc6 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Be8 26. Ra1 g5 $1 {Schwarz hat eine Bauernmajorität am Königsflügel, das heißt er kann dort aktiv spielen. Es gehen zwar keine konkreten Drohungen von diesem Zug aus, aber Schwarz gewinnt Raum.Ribli.} 27. Ra7 Kg7 28. Rda1 Rc8 29. R1a3 Rc7 {Ich glaube, Anand spielt die besten Züge der ganzen Partie nach dem Qualitätsverlust. Der Turm steht aktiv auf c7 und verteidigt gleichzeitig Pb7.Ribli.} 30. b6 Re7 31. R3a5 Bc6 32. Rc5 Re8 (32... Kg6 $4 33. Rxc6 $18) 33. Ne2 Bd5 34. Rc7 Rd8 35. Kf2 (35. Raxb7 Bxb7 36. Rxb7 $11) 35... Rd6 36. Nc3 Rxb6 37. Nxd5 Rb2+ 38. Kg1 (38. Kg3 Nxd5 (38... exd5 39. Raxb7 Nh5+ 40. Kg4 Rxb7 41. Rxb7 Kg6 42. Rb6+ f6 43. g3 (43. Rd6 Nf4 44. g3 $4 h5#) 43... Ng7 44. f4 (44. Rd6 Nf5) 44... Nf5) 39. Raxb7 $14 {Ich denke aber, daß diese Stellung näher am Remis als am weißen Gewinn ist.Ribli.}) 38... Rb1+ 39. Kf2 Rb2+ 40. Kg1 Rb1+ 41. Kf2 {Und Remis durch Zugwiederholung.Ribli.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 14th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1997.02.16"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Dreev, Alexey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B66"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2650"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1997.02.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.04.01"] {This game was played in the last round after Dreev had suffered 2 consecutive defeats. It was also my last chance to end up on 50%, so I was quite determined to give it my all.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 {Dreev's prepared variation for this tournament - he played it against Shirov, Polgar and me (Adams deviated early with 6.g3)} 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 (9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bd3 Be7 { Polgar,J-Dreev,A 14th Ciudad de Linares 1997}) 9... h6 10. Be3 Qc7 (10... b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne2 e5 13. c4 Rc8 14. Nc3 b4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rb8 17. f4 (17. Kb1 $1 {I think this gives White an edge - he can follow up with g4 and h4, maybe Kb1 is not even necessary at the beginning.}) 17... Qa5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. d6 Qxa2 20. c5 Qa1+ 21. Kc2 Qa4+ 22. Kc1 { Shirov-Dreev was agreed drawn here}) 11. g4 Ne5 12. h4 b5 13. Be2 $6 (13. Qg2 $1) 13... g6 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Rxh1 16. Rxh1 Nh5 17. Kb1 Ng3 {The right plan , but played with the wrong intentions - if he wanted to play Nc4, he should never allow the White R to penetrate. Nevertheless this is the right move.} ( 17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. b3 {/\ Nde2+/=}) 18. Rh7 Nc4 $2 (18... Nxe2 $1 19. Qxe2 b4 20. Nd1 Nc4 21. Bc1 e5 22. Nb3 Be6 {With equal chances}) 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. b3 $16 Qf1+ $2 (20... Qc7 21. Bf2 (21. Qe1 Nh5 22. Bc1 Rc8 $1 23. Nd5 Qc5 { This is slightly annoying for White}) 21... Nh5 22. Nde2 $16 Bg7 (22... Rc8 23. Bd4 $1 {/\ Nf4}) 23. Bd4 $1) 21. Kb2 a5 (21... b4 22. Nd1) (21... e5 22. Ndxb5 $1 axb5 23. Qd5 $18) (21... Rc8 22. Rh8 $1 {/\ Nany followed by Qd6+-} Ke7 23. Bf4 $1 Nh5 24. Nf5+ $1 $18) 22. Rh8 a4 (22... b4 23. Ncb5 $1 Bxb5 (23... a4 24. bxa4 $1 {Simplest}) 24. Nxb5 a4 (24... Qxb5 25. Qxd6 $18) 25. bxa4 $1) 23. Ndxb5 $1 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 axb3 (24... a3+ 25. Nxa3 Qa6 26. Qb4 Kd7 27. Rxf8 $1 { Even Rh7 should suffice} Rxf8 28. Nc4 $18 {/\ Bb6} Qc6 29. Ne5+ $1) 25. Nxd6+ ( 25. cxb3 Qxb5 26. Qxd6 Qe2+ 27. Bd2 $18) 25... Kd7 26. Nf5+ {The Q just crawls up the board (to b6) with check and Qb7+ leads to mate. With this win, I finally came back to 50%!} 1-0 [Event "Linares 14th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1997.02.15"] [Round "10"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2740"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "1997.02.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.04.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Nb3 Ne5 12. Be2 Bc6 13. f3 Qb8 14. a3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 14th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1997.02.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2690"] [Annotator "Shirov,A"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1997.02.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.04.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {I didn't expect this opening from Vishy but fortunately some other players at Linares could play it and at least i had some knowledge of the database. But to remember the exact move orders would be too much for me...} exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 { Just to know less that one needs after more popular} (7... Be6 {Of course, my choice wasn't without Topalov's influence, as his draw against Kasparov seemed convincing.}) 8. Qf4 Be6 {I made this move quickly but since Anand sank into thought I realised that I probably confused something. It's true because in fact Topalov played} (8... Ng6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 {. But it seems that my move ('home-prepared' as any other commentator would put it) appears to be a good novelty. White anyway will be forced to change queens and Black gets even quicker development than in case of 8...Ng6.}) 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. f4 (10. Na4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O-O+ 13. Bd3 b6 { seems rather satisfactory for Black.}) 10... f5 11. Bd2 {Anand rejected} (11. Na4 {because of} Bb4+ 12. c3 Bd6 13. e5 b5 $1) 11... O-O-O 12. O-O-O Rhg8 13. g3 h5 $5 {Black still has some positional disadvantage and his chances are in active play. Now White opts for a forced line that at the end of all leads to draw.} 14. Bh3 {I was slightly afraid of} (14. Be2 h4 15. gxh4 {but saw that} Rg2 $1 {promises good compensation for the pawn.}) 14... h4 15. Na4 $1 { Now it looks like Black is in danger as the f5 pawn is going to be hanging. So thought I but after some half an hour of thought I found more or less clear path to draw.} Bf2 16. Bb4 Rxd1+ $1 17. Rxd1 (17. Kxd1 hxg3 18. hxg3 Kd8 { is also OK.}) 17... hxg3 18. hxg3 {No time for} (18. Bxe7 gxh2) 18... b5 $1 19. Bxe7 bxa4 20. Bxf5 {It was important to notice in advance that after} (20. exf5 {Black has} Bxa2) 20... Bxf5 21. exf5 Be3+ 22. Kb1 Rxg3 23. Rd8+ Kb7 24. a3 Bxf4 25. Rf8 Be5 {Draw because of the moves repetition after} (25... Be5 26. Rxf7 Rg1+ 27. Ka2 Rg2 28. Kb1 Rg1+) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 14th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1997.02.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "1997.02.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.04.01"] {At this point, I had drawn 5 games and lost 2. I had also failed to win an excellent position against Ivanchuk in round 7. Judit on the other hand had had a good tournament so far and was on -2 even after losing to Kramnik. Still, I was feeling good (at least there were only 4 rounds left!) and I could try to have some fun playing chess - there wasn't much else that could go wrong anymore!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 {Topalov has already drawn twice with this system against me and I figured it was time to try it with Black! Black is trying to get into an Archangelsk without giving White the chance to play d3 and a4. If White plays d3 then Black plays simply d6. If not, then Black plays b5 and transposes} 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d3 {Here she deviates from her game against Shirov two rounds earlier.} (9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 {And here Shirov improved on his game against Topalov (Wijk aan Zee 1996) by taking on f3.}) 9... O-O 10. axb5 axb5 11. Re1 Bb6 12. Nbd2 {I was surprised that she did this - in the Guico Piano (or Italian game, I am not sure exactly what it is called!) this move order was ruled out by the discovery that Ng4 followed by Kh8 and Nh6 gave Black an edge. After some thought I concluded that White was better placed against it. The open a-file and Pb5 make it difficult for Black to concentrate on the kingside. Still, Black is doing fine now.} Ng4 $1 13. Re2 Kh8 14. h3 Nh6 15. Nf1 f5 16. Bg5 (16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. d4 Qf6 $1 { This looks fine for Black.} (17... fxe4 18. Rxe4 Bf5 (18... d5 19. Nxe5 $1 dxe4 20. Nxc6 { Since g8 is off limits to Black's pieces, White can allow the Q to f2.} Qf6 21. Nxb8 Qxf2+ 22. Kh1) 19. Re3 {/\ Ng3} e4 20. Bd5 $1 exf3 21. Bxc6 fxg2 22. Bxg2) ) 16... Qe8 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Ng3 Ne7 (18... f4 19. Nf5 Bxf5 (19... Rxf5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. d4 $1 $16) 20. exf5 Rxf5 {During the game I thought that White should be OK here, but maybe this was worth a try. For eg..} 21. Qc2 $1 {/\ d4} (21. Bd5 Ne7 22. Be4 Rf8 23. d4 d5 $1) (21. d4 e4 {/\ d5}) 21... Qh5 $15) 19. d4 f4 20. Nf5 Nxf5 21. exf5 e4 22. Nd2 (22. Bd5 $1 Bxf5 23. Nd2 (23. Bxe4 $2 Bxe4 24. Nd2 d5 25. f3 Qg6 26. fxe4 f3 27. Rf2 dxe4 $19) 23... e3 $1 (23... f3 24. Nxf3 $1 c6 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Nd2 d5 27. f3) 24. fxe3 fxe3 $11) 22... Bxf5 23. Nxe4 $6 (23. Bd5 $1) 23... Qg6 24. f3 Bxh3 25. Qd2 Rbe8 26. Rae1 { Even after this error White is still fine here, as it is quite difficult to break through White's kingside. Judit however started to commit small errors.} Re7 27. Kf1 {This is not really necessary - 27.Bc2 looks OK.} Rg7 28. Rf2 Bd7 29. Bc2 Qh5 30. Ke2 $2 (30. b4 $1 { Sealing up the Bb6. White can proceed with Ke2-d1-c2-b2.} d5 (30... c6 31. Ke2 $1 Bd8 32. Kd1 $1 {Judit had overlooked that Bh4 could be met by Rh1}) 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. dxc5 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Qxg2 34. Kd1 Qg5 35. Qd4 $15) 30... b4 $1 $17 { Grabbing his chance. Only now is Black really better.} 31. Kd1 bxc3 32. bxc3 Be8 {Once Black moves his Q, plays h5 and Bg6, his Rs will be free to double on the e-file.} 33. Rff1 Qa5 34. Rh1 h5 35. Nf6 $2 { This leads to a forced loss, though White had a tough defence ahead of her.} Qa1+ 36. Qc1 Qxc3 $1 37. Nxe8 (37. Rxe8 Rxe8 38. Nxe8 Rxg2 $19) 37... Rxg2 { My first win of 1997 - I was still on -1, but at least I wasn't in last place anymore!} 0-1 [Event "Linares 14th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1997.02.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2765"] [BlackElo "2740"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "1997.02.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.04.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 h6 15. Nh2 c5 16. Bc2 Bc8 17. Be3 Nb6 18. b3 a5 19. Bd3 Ba6 20. Qe2 c4 21. bxc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Qxg4 Rb8 25. Reb1 g6 26. Qd1 Qc7 27. Qa4 Rec8 28. f3 Kh7 29. Bf2 h5 30. Nf1 Bh6 31. Ne3 Kg7 32. Kh1 Rxb1+ 33. Rxb1 Rb8 34. Rxb8 Qxb8 35. Kg1 Qc7 36. Qe8 Bg5 37. Nf1 Qb7 38. Qa4 Bd8 39. Be3 Bb5 40. Qa3 Qa6 41. Kh1 f6 42. f4 Kf7 43. Qb2 Ke8 44. fxe5 dxe5 45. Bc5 Ba4 46. Qc1 Kd7 47. Bg1 f5 48. Qh6 Bc2 49. exf5 Bxf5 50. Ne3 Bd3 51. Qg7+ Be7 52. Qxe5 Bf6 53. Qb8 Bd8 54. Qb2 a4 55. Bf2 Bc7 56. Bg1 a3 57. Qf2 Qd6 58. Qf7+ Qe7 59. Qg8 Qe8 60. Qg7+ Qe7 61. Qd4 Qe5 62. Qc5 Qd6 63. Qa7 Ke8 64. Nxc4 Qxd5 65. Nxa3 Qc6 66. Qe3+ Qe4 67. Qc5 Bf1 68. Qf2 Qe2 69. Nc2 Qxf2 70. Bxf2 Bc4 71. Nb4 Ba5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 14th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1997.02.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "Huzman,A"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1997.02.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.04.01"] 1. e4 {Ivanchuk} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nc6 8. e5 (8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qg4 $5 (13. Qh5 {- 47/(323)}) 13... dxe5 $6 (13... Be7) 14. g6 f5 15. Bxd8 $1 (15. g7 fxg4 16. gxh8=Q Qxh4+ $44) 15... fxg4 16. Bf6 Rg8 17. Bxe5 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Rxg7 19. Bd3 $16 {+/- Panajotov,J-Sandler,L/Albena 1989}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 dxe5 (9... g5 $6 10. fxg5 Nh7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd6 $16) 10. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 bxc6 12. fxe5 Nd5 (12... Nd7 $5 13. Ne4 g5 14. Bg3 Bg7 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Nc4 a5) 13. Ne4 Rb8 (13... Be7 14. Bf2 $6 (14. Nd6+ $142) (14. Bxe7 $142) 14... Rb8 15. Bd4 Nb4 16. Rd2 Nxa2 17. c3 Nc1 18. Bc4 Nb3 19. Bxb3 Rxb3 20. Bc5 a5 21. Nd6+ $1 { 1-0 Ljubojevic,L-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg 1989 (28)}) 14. b3 (14. c4 $6 {Ivanchuk} Rxb2 $1 15. cxd5 Bb4+ 16. Nd2 exd5 $44) 14... Be7 (14... g5 $6 15. Bg3 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 (16. Kf2 O-O 17. c4 f5 $132) 16... f5 $5 (16... Nc3+ 17. Nxc3 Bxc3 18. Kd3 Bb4 19. c4 {/\ Kc2, Be2-f3+/=}) 17. exf6 e5 18. Kf3 g4+ (18... Bg4+ 19. Kxg4 Ne3+ 20. Kf3 Nxd1 21. Bxe5 Rb7 22. Bc4 $18) (18... h5 19. Kf2 $16 {>}) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Bb4 (15... Nd7 $5 {Ftacnik} 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Qb1 Na4 $40) 16. Red1 (16. Rec1 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Qa8 $13) 16... Rc3 17. Qe2 Qa8 (17... Qa8 18. Qb2 Ba5 19. f3 Rfc8 20. Rac1 Rxc1 (20... Nh5 $6 21. Bd2 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Rc7 23. g4 Nf6 24. g5 Ne8 25. Bd2 Bxd2 26. Qxd2 Qd8 27. h4 $14 { Beliavsky,A-Tiviakov,S/Belgrade/1993/}) 21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 b5 {/\Bb6=})) ( 13. Ne5) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb4 15. Nd2 (15. Re2 a5 $1) 15... Rc8 16. Rec1 Rxc1+ (16... Qd7 $5) 17. Rxc1 Qa8 18. f3 Rc8 19. Nc4 Ba6 20. Bf1 $1 $14 { in the game 1-0 Anand,V-Tiviakov,S/Wijk aan Zee 65/34 1996 (106)} (20. Bf1 { Stohl} Rd8 21. Qb3 Bf8 22. Be3 Rc8 23. Rc2 Qb7 24. Bd3 Qe7 25. Qa4 $14 { [+],^^,Anand,V-Tiviakov,S/Wijk/1996/})) (12... Rc8) 13. cxd4 {/\ d5} Nf6 (13... Rc8 {Psakhis} 14. d5 (14. Qd3 Nc5) 14... exd5 15. exd5 Bf6 16. Rc1 (16. Rb1 $5 {o^d5}) 16... Rxc1 17. Bxc1 Qa8 18. Ng5 $14 { 1/2-1/2 Stangl,M-Pichler,J/BL 1996 (68)} (18. Ng5 {Stohl} h6 19. Ne4 Be5 20. Ba3 Rd8 21. f4 Bf6 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Be7 Rxd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Bd6 Qd8 26. Be5 Qd7 $44 {Stangl,M-Pichler,J/BL/1996/})) 14. Ne5 {The position with it's pawn strucure ressembles the Gruenfeld Indian, however there are significant differences. Due to his B on g2 White has no realistic attacking chances on the K-side, which also has not been weakened by g6. So White pins his hope to his strong center. In this sense Black's next move is inaccurate.} (14. Qd3 { Stohl leads to Anand-Tiviakov, Kramnik probably wasn't too interested what improvement Anand had on his mind.} Rc8) 14... Bb4 (14... Rc8 {Nd7}) (14... Rc8 $142 $5 {Stohl} 15. Qd2 a5 16. a3 b5 $132) 15. Re3 Rc8 {/\ Bc3} 16. d5 $1 (16. Bg5 Bc3) (16. Qb3 Bd2 (16... Qxd4 17. Rd1 Qc5 18. Nd3)) (16. Qa4 $6 {Ftacnik} Bd2 $1) 16... exd5 (16... Qe7 17. d6 Qxd6 (17... Bxd6 18. Ng6 hxg6 19. Bxd6) 18. Nd3 Qe7 (18... e5 $5 {Psakhis} 19. Bxe5 Qe7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nxb4 Qxb4 22. Qd7 Qb2 23. Ree1 Rb8 $14) 19. Nxb4 Qxb4 20. Bd6) (16... Bc5 $6 17. Rd3 Ba6 18. Rd2 Bb4 19. Nc6 Rxc6 20. dxc6 $16) (16... Bc3 17. Nc6 $1 (17. Rc1 {Stohl} Bxe5 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Bxe5 $16) 17... Bxc6 (17... Rxc6 $2 18. dxc6 Bxa1 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. cxb7 e5 21. Re1) 18. Rxc3 exd5 19. exd5 $16 Bxd5 $2 (19... Nxd5 $2 20. Rxc6) 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Bxd5 Rd8 22. Rc1 $1 $18) (16... Re8 $14) 17. exd5 Bd6 { The pawn is invincible, as both ways op capturing it lose material.} (17... Bxd5 $2 18. Rd3 Bxg2 (18... Rc5 {Stohl} 19. Be3 Rb5 (19... Ra5 {Ftacnik} 20. Nc6 $18) 20. a4 Ra5 21. Nc4 $18) 19. Rxd8 Rfxd8 20. Qb3 Bc3 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Kxg2 (22. Bh6 $1 {Psakhis} Rg8 23. Qxf6 $3 Bd5 24. Bxg7+ (24. Ng6+ hxg6 25. Qh4 Rge8 26. Bd2+ Kg8 27. Bxc3 Rxc3 28. Qd4 $16) 24... Rxg7 25. Rd1 $18) (22. Bh6 $1 $18) 22... Bxa1 23. Bh6 gxh6 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. Qe6+ Kg7) (17... Nxd5 18. Rd3 Nxf4 (18... Rc5 19. Be3 Rb5 20. a4 Ra5 21. Nc4 $18) 19. Rxd8 $2 (19. gxf4 Bxg2 (19... Qe7 $2 20. Rd7) (19... Qc7 20. Rd7 Rfd8 21. Rxc7 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxc7 23. Rd8+ Bf8 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Nd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 a5 27. Rb7 $18) 20. Rxd8 Rfxd8 ( 20... Rcxd8 21. Qb3) 21. Qb3 Bc3 22. Kxg2 Bxa1 23. Nxf7 Kf8 (23... Rf8 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Qg8+ Rxg8 26. Nf7#) 24. Ng5 Rd7 25. Qe6) (19. gxf4 $1 $14 {Ftacnik}) 19... Rcxd8 {Psakhis} (19... Rfxd8 20. Qb3) 20. Qg4 (20. Qb3 $18 {Stohl}) 20... Bxg2 (20... Nxg2 21. Qxb4 Rfe8 $13) 21. Qxf4 Bc3) (17... Bc5 18. Rd3 Ba6 19. Rd2 Bb4 20. Nc6 Rxc6 21. dxc6 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Qxd2 23. Bxd2 $18) (17... Bc3 { Stohl} 18. Rc1 Bxe5 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Rxe5 $1 $16 {^^,o^d5}) 18. Nc6 (18. Rd3) 18... Bxc6 (18... Qd7 {Ftacnik} 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne7+ $18) 19. Bxd6 (19. dxc6 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Qxd1+ (20... Qc7 $5) 21. Rxd1 Rc7 22. Bf3 (22. Rd6 {Stohl} Rfc8 { is not an ideal solution, with the split pawns White can hardly make any progress in the endgame.}) 22... Rfc8 23. Rd6 Kf8) 19... Ba4 $5 (19... Qxd6 { Psakhis} 20. dxc6 Qc7 (20... Qxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rc7 (21... Rfd8 $2 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ra3 a5 24. Rb3 Rd1+ 25. Bf1 Nd5 26. Kg2 {/\Bc4}) 22. f4 { /\ Bg2-f3, g3-g4-g5+-} (22. Rd4 $36 {Stohl was better, although the endgame is certainly unpleasant for Black. Although White can't force his passed pawn further, he will gradually strengthen his position by advancing his K-side pawns, gaining space for his pieces and centralizing his K. This was hardly possible with the doubled f-pawns-see previous note.})) 21. Qe2 $16 (21. Qf3 $14 {Ftacnik})) 20. Bxf8 (20. Qxa4 $5 Qxd6 21. Qxa7 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 (22. Rd1 $4 Nxe3 $1 (22... Nxe3 23. Rxd6 Rc1+)) (22. Rd3 Qe5 (22... Qf6) (22... Qc7 $11)) 22... Qxd5 23. Qxb6 $16 (23. Qxb6 Ra8 (23... Ra8 {Stohl} 24. a3 $14))) 20... Bxd1 21. Be7 Qc7 (21... Nxd5 $2 {Psakhis} 22. Bxd8 (22. Rxd1 $2 Qxe7 $1) 22... Nxe3 23. Bg5 $1 Nxg2 24. Rxd1 h6 25. Bc1 Rc2 26. a3 $18) (21... Qd7 22. Rxd1 { d6-Bxf6-Re7} (22. Rxd1 {Stohl} Ne8 23. d6 $40 {/\Bh3!})) 22. Rxd1 {Kramnik said after the game his sacrifice was intuitive and this is quite possible. However, his faith in the power of his ^^ and strong passed pawn was well founded, as it seems Black has no satisfactory defence any more. He would gladly give an exchange for the d-pawn, but how?} Nd7 (22... Qc2 {Psakhis} 23. Bf3 (23. Red3 Qxa2 24. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 25. d6 Rd8 26. d7 $18) (23. Rde1) 23... Rc3 (23... Qxa2 24. d6 Nd7 25. Bd5 {/\ Re3-f3}) 24. Bxf6 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qf5 26. Kf2 (26. Bg2 Qc2 (26... Qxf6 27. d6)) (26. Kg2 {Ftacnik} Qxf6 27. d6 $16) 26... Qxf6 27. d6 $18) 23. Bh3 h6 (23... Qb7 $5) (23... Qc2 $5 {Ftacnik} 24. Rde1 f5 25. d6 $15) 24. Bf5 {A fine move. By creating latent threats of back-rank mates White tries to force g6, which would open f6 for his other Bishop and make Black's 8-th rank really chronically weak.} (24. d6 Qc6) 24... b5 (24... Qb7 25. Bb4 (25. Ba3 Rd8 $5 26. Re7 Qa6 $132) 25... Rd8 (25... a5 {Stohl} 26. Ba3 g6 $5 (26... Rd8 27. Re7 b5 28. Rde1 b4 (28... g6 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Re8+ Kg7 31. d6 $40) 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Nf8 31. d6 $1 Qd5 32. d7 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qd5+ 34. f3 Qd2+ 35. Kh3 $18) 27. Bh3 $16) 26. Re7 a5 27. Bd6 b5) (24... g6 25. d6 (25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Ba3 Rc2 27. d6 Rxa2 28. Re7 Qf5 $19) 25... Qb7 (25... Qc6 {Ftacnik} 26. Be4 Qa4 $15) 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. Bf6 Qg4 28. Ree1) (24... Qb7 $142) 25. Bb4 $18 {Re7} Rd8 (25... g6 {Psakhis} 26. d6 Qb7 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. h3 $1 (28. Re7 Qg4 29. f3 $2 Qxf3 30. Rf1 Qd5 31. d7 Rc2 $1 $19) (28. Bc3 {Ftacnik} Kf8 (28... Qc6 29. Bf6 $16) 29. Re7 Qc6 30. Bb4 a5 31. Rc7 Rxc7 32. dxc7+ Kg7 33. Bxa5 $18) 28... Kg7 29. Re7 Qxh3 30. d7 Rd8 31. Bc3+ Kf8 32. Re8+ Rxe8 33. Bb4+ $18) (25... a5 26. d6 $1 (26. Rc3 Qb7 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Bxa5 (28. Bxd7 Qxd7 29. Bxa5 Qd6 $16) 28... Qa6 $132) 26... Qa7 (26... Qc6 {Stohl} 27. Bxa5 $18) 27. Bxa5 $18) 26. Re7 Qc4 (26... g6 27. Be6 $5 (27. d6) (27. Bh3) 27... fxe6 28. dxe6 Nf8 (28... Qc4 29. exd7 (29. Rexd7) 29... Qxb4 30. Re8+ Qf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Rd6 $18) ( 28... Qc2 29. Rdxd7 Rxd7 30. exd7 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qd5+ 32. f3 Qxa2+ 33. Kh3 $18) 29. Rxc7 Rxd1+ 30. Kg2 Nxe6 31. Rxa7 $18) (26... a5 {Stohl} 27. d6 $18) (26... a6 {Ftacnik} 27. d6 Qc6 (27... Qc4 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Bxd7 Qxb4 30. Bf5 $1 $18) 28. Ba5 Qf3 29. Rde1 Qxf5 30. Bxd8 $16) 27. Rxd7 $1 (27. Re4 Qc7 $8) 27... Rxd7 28. Bxd7 Qxb4 29. d6 { White's pieces cooperate finely and make the d-pawn unstoppable.} Qa4 (29... Qe4 {Stohl} 30. Bxb5 Qc2 31. Re1 $1 Qd2 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. d7 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qd5+ 35. f3 Qd2+ 36. Kh3 $18) (29... a5 {Ftacnik} 30. Bf5 $18) 30. Rd3 ({ Easy was to play} 30. Re1 $1 Kh7 (30... Qxa2 31. Bf5 g6 32. d7) (30... Qd4 31. Bf5 (31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Bf5+ g6 33. d7 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qd5+ 35. f3 Qxa2+ 36. Kh3) 31... g6 32. d7 Kg7 33. Bg4) (30... Qb4 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Bf5+ g6 33. d7 $18) 31. Bf5+ g6 32. d7 Qd4 33. Bg4 $18) (30. Re1 $5 {Stohl /\Bf5+- /\}) 30... Qe4 ( 30... Qc4 31. Bf5 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qc6+ 33. Kh3 (33. f3 Qc2+ 34. Kh3 Qc5 35. Be4 ( 35. g4 $18 {Stohl}) 35... Qh5+ 36. Kg2 $18) (33. Kf1 {Ftacnik} Qc1+ 34. Ke2 Qb2+ 35. Rd2 Qe5+ 36. Kf1 Qa1+ 37. Kg2 $18) 33... Qc5 34. g4 (34. g4 {Psakhis} Qxf2 35. d7 Qf1+ 36. Kg3 Qg1+ (36... Qe1+ 37. Kf3 Qf1+ $13) 37. Kf3 Qf1+ 38. Ke4 Qe2+ 39. Kd4 Qf2+ (39... Qb2+ 40. Ke3 Qc1+ 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Kf1 Qb1+ 43. Kg2 Qxa2+ 44. Kg3 $18) 40. Kc3 Qc5+ (40... Qe1+ 41. Kc2 Qe2+ 42. Kb3) 41. Kb2 Qb4+ 42. Kc1 Qc4+ 43. Kd1 Qa4+ 44. Ke2 Qc2+ 45. Kf1 Qb1+ 46. Kg2 $18)) (30... Qxa2 31. Bf5 Qa5 32. d7 Qd8 33. Rc3 $18) 31. Bxb5 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 ( 33. Kf1 $1 {Ftacnik}) 33... Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kf1 {Repeating moves is the safest way to reach the time control. But you must not forget to repeat only twice in a won position!} Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Qe4+ (36... Qxh2 37. d7 Qh5+ 38. f3 (38. Kd2 {Psakhis} Qg5+ 39. f4 Qd8 40. Re3 Qa5+ 41. Kd1 Kh7 42. Re8 Qxb5 43. d8=Q $18) 38... Qe5+ (38... Qh2+ {Stohl} 39. Kd1 Qg1+ 40. Kc2 Qf2+ 41. Kb3 $18) 39. Kf1 Qa1+ 40. Kg2 Qb2+ 41. Kh3) 37. Kf1 (37. Kd1 $1 {Ftacnik}) 37... Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Qe4+ 39. Kd1 Qg4+ (39... Qb4 40. d7 Qb1+ 41. Ke2 Qxa2+ 42. Kf3 $18) (39... Qh1+ 40. Kc2 Qa1 (40... Qxh2 41. d7 Qxf2+ 42. Kb3 $18) 41. d7 Qxa2+ 42. Kd1 Qb1+ 43. Ke2 $18 (43. Ke2 {Ftacnik} Qb2+ 44. Kf1 Qxb5 45. d8=Q+ $18)) (39... Qa8 {Ftacnik} 40. d7 Qd8 41. Re3 $18) 40. f3 Qh3 (40... Qb4 41. a4 (41. d7 Qb1+ 42. Ke2 Qb2+ 43. Kf1 Qb1+ (43... Qxb5 {Ftacnik} 44. d8=Q+ $18) 44. Kg2 $18) 41... Qb1+ 42. Ke2 Qg1 43. d7) 41. d7 (41. d7 Qf1+ 42. Kc2 Qe2+ 43. Rd2) 1-0 [Event "Las Palmas"] [Site "Las Palmas"] [Date "1996.12.15"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "Shamkovich,L"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1996.12.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.04.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 d6 { This quiet system has a drawish reputation.} 7. Nc3 (7. Be3 Bxe3 8. fxe3 O-O 9. Nc3 b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Qe1 c5 12. Bd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 f5 14. a3 Bd7 15. Kh1 Nb7 { Black is no worse, Illescas Cordoba,M-Malaniuk,V/32nd Chess Olympiad Yerevan ARM 1996}) (7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Bc2 Bb6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Re1 Ng6 12. Nf1 h6 13. a4 {White is slightly better, Hartman,C-Martinovsky,E/It, Wrexham WAL 1996} ) 7... b5 8. Bb3 Na5 9. Kh1 c6 10. h3 Ra7 11. Nh2 O-O 12. f4 { The only chance to break through} Nxb3 13. axb3 Re8 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Qe1 Nd7 16. Nf3 Nf8 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rd7 19. Rf2 f6 20. Nh4 Ne6 21. Nf5 Nd4 { The chances are equal} 22. Qg3 Nxf5 23. Rxf5 c5 24. Rf2 Bb7 25. Raf1 Rf7 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Qxd5 28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Rxf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Las Palmas"] [Site "Las Palmas"] [Date "1996.12.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2735"] [Annotator "Kramnik,V"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "1996.12.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.04.01"] 1. e4 {Dolmatov Shamkovich} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 { The Najdorf variation is the most popular opening system at the present time. Both opponents play it with White andBlack} 6. Be2 { The classical line, which is more quiet than aggressive ones 6.Bg5 and 6.Bc4} e5 {The alternative 6...e6 leads to the Sheveningen formation} 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 {Alternatives are 9.a4 and 9.Be3} b5 (9... Nc6 10. f4 a5 (10... exf4 {Dolmatov} 11. Bxf4 Be6) 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3 Qb6 13. g4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Nd7 15. Nd4 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nf5 $1 { with strong attack, Kasparov,G-Gelfand,B/VSB Amsterdam NED 1996}) (9... Be6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 { and Black's position is satisfactory, Glek,I-Svidler,P/ch-RUS Elista 1995}) 10. a4 (10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd2 Rd7 { is unclear (Sznapik-Bukic, Lubliana 81, Informator 32/349)}) 10... Bb7 (10... b4 11. Nd5 Nxe4 $4 12. Bf3 {wins}) 11. Nd5 {After 11.ab ab 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Qd3 Nbd7 (Vogt-Suetin, Leipzig 1980) the game is even. Kasparov choses the new line with the pawn sacrifice.} ({After solid} 11. f3 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd7 {the posision is practically even, Krylov,S-Baburin,A/32nd Chess Olympiad Yerevan ARM 1996}) 11... bxa4 {The original idea. Black is trying to keep an extra pawn, but at cost of some undevelopment. Alternatives are:} (11... Nxd5 $6 12. exd5 b4 13. a5 {and White has a significant advantage.}) (11... Nxe4 $5 12. axb5 (12. Bf3 {Dolmatov} f5 13. Na5 Qxa5 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxd6 $16) 12... axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Bxb5 { White's position is preferable}) (11... Nbd7 12. axb5 (12. Nxe7+ {Dolmatov} Qxe7 13. f3 bxa4 14. Na5 Nc5 15. Nxb7 $16) 12... axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. f3 {White is better, Ivanchuk,V-Malisauskas,V/Keres Rapid 1996}) 12. Rxa4 Bc6 13. Ra3 (13. Rc4 $2 {Dolmatov} Bb5 14. Rb4 Nc6) 13... Nxe4 {# Is there a sufficient compensation for a pawn? Kasparov continues to play positionally, posessing control over key square d5} 14. Na5 Nf6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bc4 Nd4 17. Rh3 {Combining play on two sides. The threat is 18.Qd3} g6 18. Qd2 { Threatening the simple 19.Qh6} Nf5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bd5 (20. g4 {Timman} Qc8 (20... Nh4 21. g5 $18) (20... d5 $5 21. gxf5 dxc4 22. Qh6 Qd5+ 23. f3 Rfd8 $13) 21. Bd5 $1 (21. Rc3 Qb7+ 22. Bd5 Qb5) 21... Nh4 22. Rg1 $3 {#} (22. Bxa8 { Dolmatov} Qxa8+ 23. f3 e4) 22... g5 23. Rxh4 gxh4 24. g5 Bg7 25. g6 $1 hxg6 ( 25... Qf5 26. gxf7+ Kh8 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 (27... e4 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. Bxf4 Rxa8 30. Bxd6 h6 31. Rxg7 Kxg7 32. f8=Q+ Rxf8 33. Bxf8+ Kxf8 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Kh3 {wins}) 28. Qd5 Rf8 29. Bh6 $1 {Fritz and Black has no defense}) (25... Ra7 26. gxh7+ Kh8 (26... Kxh7 27. Qg5 $18) 27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28. Qh6+ Kh8 29. Qf6+ Kxh7 30. Be4+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ Kh8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qh7#) 26. Rxg6 Qh3 27. Rg1 $1 Kh8 (27... e4 28. Bxe4 f5 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. Qh6#) 28. Qg5) 20... h5 { The only way to hold the position is to sacrifice an exhcange} (20... Rc8 { Dolmatov} 21. g4 $18) 21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Ra3 Rc8 23. c3 Qb7 24. Qd3 (24. Rd1 $5 {Dolmatov} d5 $2 (24... Rc5 25. b4 Rc6) 25. Qxd5 Rd8 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. Rxd8+) 24... Rc6 25. Rd1 { It is strange that Kasparov overlooked 25.Ra5 Ne7 26.f4, which was much better} (25. b4 {Dolmatov} Ne7 26. Be3 d5 27. Bc5 e4 $16) 25... d5 {Now Black has full compensation for the exchange. The point is that if 26.Qxd5 Rd6!, winning.} 26. Ra5 (26. Qxd5 $4 {Dolmatov} Rd6 $17) 26... d4 27. cxd4 exd4 (27... Nxd4 { Dolmatov} 28. Be3 Qxb2 (28... Nf5 29. Bc5 $16) 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Qxa6 Ne6) 28. b4 Nh4 29. f3 Qxb4 {[Black has a pawn for the exchange, his pieces are centralized. The game is practically even, yet Kasparov is trying to break through.} (29... Nf5 {Dolmatov} 30. Bd2 Nd6 31. Rc1 Rb6 32. Rac5 Nb5) 30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Qxa6 Bg7 32. Qd3 Nf5 33. Bf4 Qb2 (33... Bf6 {Dolmatov} 34. Rb1 Qa5) 34. g3 Kh7 35. Rd2 Qb7 36. Qe4 Qb5 (36... Qxe4 $5 {Dolmatov} 37. fxe4 Ne3 38. Bxe3 dxe3 39. Re2 Bh6) 37. Qd3 Qb7 38. Qe4 Qb5 39. Kg1 Qa5 40. Qd3 Ne7 41. Rd1 Nd5 (41... Nf5 {Dolmatov} 42. Kg2 Qa2+ 43. Rd2 Qd5 44. h3) 42. Bd2 Qa7 43. Re1 Qd7 44. Kg2 Qa7 45. Kg1 Qa2 46. Re2 Qa1+ 47. Re1 Qa4 48. Rc1 Nc3 49. g4 { The last try} Qa5 50. Re1 Qc5 51. h3 Bf6 52. f4 h4 (52... hxg4 {Dolmatov} 53. hxg4) 53. Qf3 Qb5 54. g5 Bg7 55. Re7 (55. Qg4 Kg8 56. Qxh4 Ne2+ 57. Kh2 d3 { and Black is no worse}) 55... Qb1+ 56. Qf1 Qf5 57. Qe1 Qxh3 58. Rxf7 Qg4+ 59. Kh2 h3 (59... Ne2 {Dolmatov} 60. Qf2) 60. Qf1 Ne4 61. Be1 d3 62. Qxh3+ Qxh3+ 63. Kxh3 d2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Las Palmas"] [Site "Las Palmas"] [Date "1996.12.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2730"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1996.12.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.04.01"] {I played this game on my birthday. There had been only one decisive game in the first two rounds (Topalov-Kasparov), but I knew from experience (Wijk aan Zee 1996) that things can heat up very quickly! Even so, this was the only decisive game of the 3rd round.} 1. e4 {Ftacnik Kramnik Dolmatov Shamkovich} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 {Ivanchuk had played this move twice this year (against Kamsky and Short). Basically Black retains the option of transposing into the Archangelsk or even 5...b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 but avoids certain unpleasant lines arising from those move orders. [More common is Bc5 without 3...a6 4.Ba4]} 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Nxe4 8. Re1 $5 { 8.Qe2 is usually played here. (ECO C78/2)} Be7 (8... Qh4 $2 {Ftacnik} 9. g3) 9. Rxe4 (9. dxe5 {Kramnik} Nc5 10. Nc3 Nxa4 11. Nxa4 b5 (11... O-O {Ftacnik} 12. Bf4 f6 13. Qd5+ Kh8 14. Rad1 fxe5 15. Qxe5 Bh4 $1 $10 16. Bg3 d6 17. Bxh4 Qxh4 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 {Geller,E-Izeta,F/Palma GMA-op (1)/1989/0.5 (19)}) 12. Nc3 Bb7 $10) 9... Ng6 10. c4 (10. h4 $6 {Ftacnik} b5 11. Bb3 d5 $1 12. Re1 Nxh4 13. Bg5 Ng6 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Qf3 O-O $17 { Sahu-Flear,G/London/1987/}) 10... O-O 11. Nc3 d6 (11... c6 {/\ b5} 12. d5 $14) (11... f5 $5 {Kramnik} 12. Re2 f4 13. f3 d6 {and White is better (ECO)] It is interesting that, in ECO, there is no reference to 13... d6} (13... d6 {Ftacnik } 14. Bc2 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Nd5 Raf8 18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. Bc3 d5 21. c5 g5 {Kashdan,I-Milner Barry,P/London (01)/1932/1-0 (65)})) 12. Nd5 (12. Qh5 {Ftacnik} c6 13. Bc2 f5 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Ne2 Nh4 16. Nf4 Bxd4 17. g3 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qxg6 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Bxf6 21. Bf4 Bxb2 22. Rad1 Bc3 23. Re3 Bb4 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 f4 { 1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Fernandez Garcia,J/Ibercaja op (07)/1994/ (39)}) (12. Re1 $5 { Ftacnik}) 12... Bh4 {I hadn't realized that this was possible. 13.g3 is simply met by 13...c6. I didn't want to concede an insipid draw on my birthday and after a long think conjured up... Intending to keep the pare of Bishops. After 12...Bf5 13.Nxe7+ (or 13.Re1 c6 14.Nxe7+)13... Nxe7 14.Re1 c6 White has just slight advantage} 13. Qh5 $1 {Quite a dangerous move. With hindsight it even seems sound, but at the time I didn't know if I would ever get my exchange back! 13.g3 c6 14.Nf4 Nxf4 15.Bxf4 Bf6 16.Re1 Bg5 17.Qd2 Bxf4 18.Qxf4 Be6 19. Bb3 Qd7 20.Re3 Smirin-Izeta, Las Palmas 1993} (13. g3 {Kramnik Dolmatov} c6 14. Nf4 (14. Nc3 $2 Bf6 $15) 14... Nxf4 (14... Bg5 $10) 15. Bxf4 Bf6 16. Re1 Bg5 ( 16... b5 $5) 17. Qd2 Bxf4 (17... h6 18. h4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4) 18. Qxf4 Be6 19. Bb3 Qd7 20. Re3 $14 {Smirin,I-Izeta,F/Las Palmas/1993/} (20. Re3 $1 {Ftacnik} Rae8 21. Rae1 f6 22. h4 $14 {1-0 Smirin,I-Izeta,F/Las Palmas3 (02)/1993/ (44)})) 13... c6 {Ivanchuk seemed surprised - I don't think he believed the exchange sacrifice. # [Ivanchuk overlooked or underestimated the next combination; better was 13...Be6 +=]} (13... Be6 $5 14. Nf4 $2 (14. Bd2 {Fritz} c6 15. Ba5 Qg5 16. Qxg5 Bxg5 17. Nc7) 14... Bxc4 15. Nxg6 Bxf2+ $1) 14. Rxh4 $1 { Having said 'A'... Otherwise Black is just better. Anand said that he realized that without this sacrifice he would have no advantage.} (14. Nc3 {Ftacnik} b5 15. Bc2 f5 16. Re2 bxc4 $15) 14... Qxh4 (14... Nxh4 $2 15. Bg5 f6 (15... Qa5 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Bc2 h6 (17... Ng6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Nxg6+) (17... Nf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Bf6 $1 $18) 18. Qxh6+ $1 gxh6 19. Bf6#) 16. Bxh4 $1 cxd5 ({Or} 16... g6 17. Qf3 cxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kg7 19. Bg3 {and White is much better}) 17. Qxd5+ ( 17. Bc2 $1 {Kramnik} g6 (17... h6 $2 {is insufficient in view of} 18. Qg6 Rf7 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. cxd5 $1 {with a strong attack}) 18. Qxd5+ Kg7 19. Bg3 { and Black has no counterplay, while d6-pawn is a goner.}) 17... Kh8 18. Bg3 $16 ) 15. Qxh4 Nxh4 16. Nb6 Rb8 (16... Bf5 { Black can still bail out this way, but the ^^s give White a slight edge.}) ({ Better was} 16... Bf5 $5 {Kramnik} 17. Nxa8 Rxa8 18. Bf4 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bg3 Ng6 21. Bb3 Rd8 22. Rc1 { White has a significant advantage, but Black still can hold}) (16... Ra7 { Ftacnik} 17. Bf4 Nf5 18. d5 a5 $15) 17. Bf4 Nf5 (17... Rd8 $2 18. Bg5) 18. d5 $1 (18. Re1 $2 Nxd4 19. Bxd6 Be6 20. Bxb8 Rxb8 $15) (18. g4 $2 {Ftacnik} Nxd4 19. Bxd6 Bxg4 $17) 18... Re8 (18... cxd5 19. cxd5 Rd8 20. Re1 Kf8 21. h3 Ne7 22. g4 $1 {And Black still has to find a way to untangle.}) (18... Rd8 $5 { Kramnik Dolmatov} 19. Re1 f6 20. g4 (20. c5 g5 21. Bxd6 Nxd6 22. cxd6 Bf5) 20... Nd4) 19. Kf1 $1 (19. h3 h5 $1 (19... Re5 20. Rd1 $16) (19... Re2 20. g4 Rxb2 21. Bb3 Nd4 22. Bxd6 Nxb3 23. axb3 Rxb3 24. c5 $1 $16) 20. Kf1 Re4 $1) ( 19. f3 $2 {This stops Re4 and threatens g2-g4, but there is another problem!} Re2 $1 20. g4 Nd4 21. Kf1 Rxb2 22. Bxd6 Nxf3 23. Bxb8 Bxg4 { And there is no defence to mate!}) (19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Bxc6 Re2 $1 $15 (20... Re2 {Ftacnik} 21. c5 Rxb2 22. Be4 Be6 $17)) (19. c5 {Ftacnik} Re4 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 21. cxd6 Bf5 $15) 19... h6 $2 {Now Black gets in serious trouble.} (19... f6 $5 ) (19... h5 $5 20. Re1 {Much more risky} (20. dxc6 { Of course, White can always bail out this way.} bxc6 21. Bxc6 Rxb6 $1 (21... Re7 22. Nd5 $44) (21... Rd8 22. c5 $1) 22. Bxe8 Rxb2 { Black should be fine here.}) (20. Rd1 Re4 $1 {Now this is very unpleasant.}) ( 20. f3 {Ftacnik} Rd8 $15) 20... Rxe1+ 21. Kxe1 f6) (19... Re4 $2 20. Re1 $1 $16 (20. Re1 {Ftacnik} Rxe1+ 21. Kxe1 h5 22. Bc2 g6 23. Kd2 $13) (20. g3 Nh4 21. Bxd6 Bh3+ 22. Kg1 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Rbe8 $19) (20. Bd2 Nd4 21. Bc3 Bf5 22. f3 Rf4 23. Re1 Kf8 $17)) 20. h3 $1 {Now Black is in big trouble.} (20. g4 {Ftacnik} Re4) 20... Re4 (20... Rd8 21. g4 Nh4 22. c5 $16) (20... g5 {Kramnik Dolmatov} 21. Bh2 Rd8 22. Re1 cxd5 23. cxd5 $44) 21. Bh2 cxd5 (21... h5 {Ftacnik} 22. Bc2 cxd5 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. g4 $18) 22. g4 $1 {With the strong threat of Bc2 #} Rxc4 {Material losses are unavoidable, yet Black could have tried 22...dxc4 23.Bc2 (23.gxf5 Bxf5) 23...Rd4 or 22...h5. These lines are less clear} (22... dxc4 { Kramnik Dolmatov} 23. Bc2 $1 $16 (23. gxf5 $2 Bxf5 24. Bc2 Bxh3+ $17) 23... Re3 24. gxf5 Rxh3 25. Kg2 $18) (22... h5 {Ftacnik} 23. Bc2 hxg4 24. Bxe4 g3 (24... dxe4 25. hxg4 $18) 25. fxg3 dxe4 26. g4 Ne3+ 27. Ke2 Nc2 28. Rc1 Nb4 29. Bxd6 $18) 23. Nxc4 dxc4 24. Re1 $1 {This intermezzo does the trick. White succeeds in exchanging rooks. Gaining the tempo, as 24...Nd4 fails to 25.Bxd6 Ra8 26. Re8+ Kh7 27.Bd7 wins ; if 24...b5 25.Re8+ Kh7 26. Bc2 wins} (24. Rd1 Be6 $1 ( 24... b5 25. Bc2 Nh4 26. Bxd6 {/\ Bg3+/-}) 25. gxf5 Bxf5) 24... Be6 (24... Nd4 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Bxd6 Ra8 27. Be5 (27. Bd7 {Ftacnik} Bxd7 28. Rxa8 $16) 27... b5 (27... Nc6 28. Bc2+ f5 29. f4 $1 $18) 28. Bd1 Nc6 29. Bc2+ f5 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Bxf5+ g6 32. Bxc8 Nxe5 33. Bxa6 b4 34. Ke2 $18) (24... f6 {Ftacnik} 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Bxd6 Bxh3+ 27. Kg1 $16) 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Bxd6 Bxh3+ 27. Kg1 Rd8 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Bxe8 {# Black has three pawns for the piece, but the pare of White's Bishops decides the matter} Be6 (29... b5 {Ftacnik} 30. Kh2 Be6 31. a4 bxa4 32. Bxa4 $16) 30. a4 $1 g5 (30... h5 {Kramnik Dolmatov} 31. Kg2 h4 32. a5 h3+ 33. Kg3 Kh7 34. Ba4 Kg6 35. Bc2+ $18) 31. a5 Kg7 32. Ba4 (32. Kh2 {Ftacnik} h5 33. Be7 Kg6 $14) 32... Kg6 33. Bd1 $1 {[E 34.Bf3]} (33. Bc2+ Bf5 34. Bd1 Be4 (34... Be4 {Kramnik} 35. Be2 Bd5)) 33... Bd5 (33... h5 {Ftacnik} 34. Bf3 Bc8 35. Bd5 $16) 34. Bc2+ $1 Kf6 (34... Kh5 {Ftacnik} 35. Bf5 $16) 35. Bc7 { Stopping h5} Ke6 (35... g4 {Ftacnik} 36. Kh2 Kg5 37. Kg3 f5 38. Bd8+ Kg6 39. Kf4 $18) 36. Bh7 {Stopping f7-f5.} Bf3 (36... f5 $2 {Ftacnik} 37. Bg8+ $18) 37. Kh2 Kd5 38. Bc2 (38. Kg3 Be4 {Why bother with this ending?}) 38... Be4 39. Bd1 {Of course, White should not trade the Bishop} (39. Bxe4+ {Ftacnik} Kxe4 40. Kg3 h5 41. Bd8 Kf5 $13) 39... Kd4 40. Be2 Bd3 (40... c3 $2 {Ftacnik} 41. Bb6+ Kd5 42. bxc3 $18) 41. Bb6+ $1 Kd5 (41... Ke4 {Kramnik Dolmatov} 42. Bh5 f5 43. Kg3 (43. Bc5 {Ftacnik xh6}) 43... g4 44. f3+) 42. Bd1 f5 43. Kg3 { Now White's plan is to transfer Bishop from b6 to f8} Ke5 44. Bc5 Kf6 45. Bh5 ( 45. Bf8 {Ftacnik} Kg6) 45... f4+ (45... Kg7 46. Bd4+ Kh7 47. Bf7 {/\ Bd5}) 46. Kh2 {Black cannot stop both Bf8 and Bf3. Certainly one of my best games and a nice way to celebrate my birthday.} (46. Kh2 {Ftacnik} Kf5 47. f3 Kf6 48. Bf8 $18) 1-0 [Event "Las Palmas"] [Site "Las Palmas"] [Date "1996.12.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2735"] [Annotator "Kramnik,V"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "1996.12.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.04.01"] 1. d4 {Shamkovich Avrukh,B} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 { 12... Rb8 was tested two times in FIDE Wch match} (12... Rb8 13. Re1 (13. Bb2 b5 14. c5 e5 15. dxe5 Nxc5 16. a3 Bb7 17. b4 Na4 18. Bd4 a5 $1 { with sharp play, Karpov,A-Kamsky,G/w-ch(13) Elista RUS 1996}) 13... b5 $5 14. c5 e5 15. dxe5 Nxc5 16. a3 Ne6 17. b4 d4 18. Bb2 c5 19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. e3 dxe3 22. Rxe3 Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 { play is even, Karpov,A-Kamsky,G/w-ch (3) Elista RUS 1996}) (12... Nf6 { Here is another recent Karpov's game:} 13. Re1 c5 14. e4 cxd4 15. Bxd4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Rc8 18. Rc1 Bc5 {Black has a comfortable play, Van Wely, L-Karpov,A/Final Playoff, Cap D'Agde FRA 1996}) 13. e4 b5 { In game 16 of the match in Elista, Karpov played Black and tried} (13... c5 $6 {but after} 14. exd5 exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 $1 cxb3 17. Re1 $1 Bb5 18. axb3 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxa7 Bf6 21. Nc4 Bxc3 22. Rxd7 Qf6 23. Re4 {Kamsky manag ed to get a dangerous initiative, Kamsky,G-Karpov,A/w-ch (16) Elista RUS 1996}) 14. Re1 dxc4 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Qa4 {Another line is 16Qc2.(Avrukh.B.)} Bb5 17. Qc2 Re8 18. a4 Ba6 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Nf1 (20. Re3 c5 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Qe8 24. e4 Rd8 25. e5 Nxe5 26. Re1 f6 27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. Bh3 Kh8 29. Be6 Qg6 {0.5 Grabliauskas-Stohl 1996.(Avrukh.B.)}) (20. Qa2 c5 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nb6 24. Ba5 Qd7 {0,5 Dautov-Hrachek 1995.(Avrukh.B.)}) 20... Qb6 {New move according my database.(Avrukh.B.)} (20... Qc7 21. Ne3 e5 22. Bf1 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bb4 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qe5 26. Qc2 Nb6 27. a5 Na8 28. Bxc4 Bxc4 29. Nxc4 $14 {Komarov-Psakhis 1996 (Avrukh.B.)}) 21. Rb1 (21. a5 $2 Qb3 22. Qxb3 (22. Qd2 Rb8 $17) 22... cxb3 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. Nd2 b2 $1 25. Rxb2 Rxb2 26. Bxb2 Bb4 $17 {(Avrukh.B.)}) 21... Qc7 22. Ne3 Rb8 (22... e5 23. Bf1 ( 23. dxe5 Nc5 (23... Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 (24... Qxe5 25. Nxc4 Qe6 $10) 25. Bf1 Rce8 26. Bxc4 Bxc4 27. Nxc4 R5e6 $10) 24. Red1 Nd3 25. e6 $6 (25. Ba1 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Nxc4 (27. Bf1 $2 Rce8) 27... Rc5 28. Bf1 { With idea 29Qa2, with equal chances.}) 25... Rxe6 $1 26. Bh3 Rxe4 $36) 23... exd4 24. Bxd4 Rcd8 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Nxc4 Nc5 27. Bc3 Qc8 $10 {(Avrukh.B.)}) 23. Bf1 Rxb1 (23... c5 24. d5 $14 {(Avrukh.B.)}) 24. Rxb1 Rb8 25. Bxc4 (25. Rd1 c5 (25... e5 26. Bxc4 (26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Bxc4 Bxc4 29. Nxc4 Qe6 $10) 26... Bxc4 27. Nxc4 exd4 28. Bxd4 Bc5 $10) 26. d5 exd5 27. exd5 (27. Rxd5 Bb7 28. Rd1 Ne5 29. Bxc4 (29. Nxc4 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 Re8 $1 $40) 29... Nxc4 30. Nxc4 Rd8 $10) (27. Nxd5 $6 Qc6 28. Ba1 Nb6 29. a5 (29. Nxb6 $2 axb6 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Qxc4 Ra8 $17) 29... Nxd5 30. exd5 Qc7 $15) 27... Ne5 28. Qe4 Nd3 29. Nxc4 Bxc4 30. Qxc4 (30. Bxd3 Bxd3 $10) 30... Nb2 $1 $10 {(Avrukh.B.)}) 25... Rxb1+ 26. Qxb1 {After Rooks are gone, the position became drawish} Bxc4 27. Nxc4 Qc8 $1 $10 {(Avrukh.B.)} 28. Bd2 Qa6 29. Qc2 Nf6 (29... c5 30. Be3 (30. d5 exd5 31. exd5 Nf6 32. Ne3 Qe2 $1 $15) 30... cxd4 31. Bxd4 Qc6 $10 {With idea.} 32. Bxa7 $2 Ne5 33. Ne3 Qb7 $1 $17 {(Avrukh.B.)}) 30. f3 c5 31. Be3 cxd4 32. Bxd4 Nd7 33. Kg2 h6 34. Ne5 Nxe5 35. Bxe5 Qb7 36. Bd4 a6 37. Qc4 h5 38. h3 g6 39. Be5 Bg7 40. Qc7 Qxc7 41. Bxc7 f5 42. Kf2 Kf7 43. Ke3 Ke7 44. Ba5 Be5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Las Palmas"] [Site "Las Palmas"] [Date "1996.12.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B65"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2765"] [Annotator "Kramnik,V"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "1996.12.08"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.04.01"] 1. e4 {Shamkovich Dolmatov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Rd3 ({ More popular is 12.e5. For instance:} 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 Rxd3 20. cxd3 Qd7 { and Black has a sufficient compensation for the exchange, Ljubojevic,L-Leko,P/ It Belgrade1995}) 12... Rad8 13. e5 {N/} (13. Bxf6 $5 {does not promise much} Bxf6 14. Qe3 Bc6 15. Bb3 Rc8 {Black is Okay}) 13... dxe5 (13... d5 $2 {Dolmatov } 14. exf6 Bc5 15. Qe5 $18) 14. Qxe5 Qb4 (14... Qb6 {Dolmatov} 15. Rg3 Kh8 16. Ne4 $16) 15. Rg3 Kh8 ({Or} 15... Qxc4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxf6 g6 { with satisfactory position} (17... g6 {Dolmatov} 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Rgd3 $18)) 16. Bd3 (16. Ne4 $6 {is a blank shot in view of} Qxc4 17. Nxf6 (17. Bxf6 $2 gxf6 18. Nxf6 Ba4 $1 19. b3 Qd4 $1 {winning for Black}) 17... Qxa2 18. Nxd7 (18. Nd5 f6) 18... Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Rxd7+ {wins}) 16... Bc6 17. Rh3 (17. Bxh7 $2 {Dolmatov} Kxh7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rh3+ Kg8 20. Qh5 Qxf4+ 21. Kb1 Qh6 $19) 17... Rfe8 ( 17... Bxg2 $6 {is too risky:} 18. Bxf6 Bxh3 (18... Bxf6 $4 19. Rxh7+ Kg8 20. Rh8+ Kxh8 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Qh7#) (18... gxf6 19. Rxh7+ Kg8 20. Rg1 {mating}) 19. Bxg7+ Kg8 20. Bxf8 {wins}) (17... Qd4 $5 {Dolmatov} 18. Bxf6 gxf6 (18... Bxf6 $4 19. Rxh7+ Kg8 20. Rh8+ Kxh8 21. Qh5+ $18) 19. Rxh7+ (19. Qh5 Qxf4+ 20. Kb1 h6 $10) 19... Kg8 20. Rh8+ Kg7 21. Rh7+ Kg8 22. Qh5 f5 $13) 18. Qe2 (18. a3 $6 Qd4 (18... Qd6 19. Rg1) 19. Qxd4 (19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxh7+ Kg8 21. Qh5 g6 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Bg7 {means the end of attack}) 19... Rxd4 20. Ne2 Bxg2 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxh7+ Kg8 23. Nxd4 Bxh1 24. Ne2 {and now Black is better}) (18. Rd1 Qd4 $1 {(or 18...Qd6 )} (18... Bd6 $2 {Dolmatov} 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Bxf6+ Kg8 21. Bxh7+ Kf8 22. Be4 $1 Bxf4+ 23. Kb1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 $18) 19. Bxh7 $2 (19. Qxd4 $5 Rxd4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rxh7+ Kg8 22. Rh3 Rxf4 23. Rd2 { is favorable for Black}) 19... Qxe5 20. Bd3+ Nh7 $3 {(that is the point!)} 21. Rxh7+ (21. Bxh7 Bxg5 {wins}) 21... Kg8 22. fxe5 Bxg5+ 23. Kb1 Rxd3 {and it is a ll over for White. So it is understandable that Anand decides not to take risk. }) 18... h6 19. Rf1 Kg8 20. Bh4 Nd5 (20... Rd4 $5 {Dolmatov}) (20... Nd5 { Dolmatov} 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Qd2 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 d4 25. Rf2 $10) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"] [Site "Geneve"] [Date "1996.09.01"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "King,D"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "1996.08.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.01"] 1. e4 {Anand} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bf2 Nc6 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. O-O e6 (15... g4 $1 {Anand} 16. f4 Nc4) 16. b3 Ng6 17. Rad1 g4 18. f4 h4 19. Nde2 h3 20. g3 {I hope you will forgive my digression; now we come on to the main theme of this article: the far-advance of the rook's pawn. This and the following game caught my eye, well, I was commentating live on both of them, so they couldn't fail to. The variation Kasparov has played has grown in reputation over the last few years. The kingside pawns are flung up the board introducing a variety of dynamic possibilities. Here Kasparov has managed to advance his h-pawn all the way to h3 making life extremely awkward for White. With no light-squared bishop to cover g2, there will always be a threat of mate looming against the king should the position open. Moreover, as both the e and f pawns have advanced, the king has no cover along the second rank.} Rc8 21. e5 {Shutting out the bishop on g7 as 21...dxe5 22 Ne4 gives White some chances. However, even after} d5 { White is not out of danger, even though the position has closed.} 22. Nd4 O-O 23. Qd3 f5 $1 {Securing the structure. White cannot contemplate 24 exf6 Qxf6 as the position begins to open, and once again the king on g1 is in a shaky position.} 24. Nce2 Rf7 {During the game, I thought I was better, but White should just keep the position closed.} 25. Rc1 Bf8 26. c3 Ne7 27. Rfd1 Nc6 28. c4 {Opening the position is a mistake, though the alternative was just to sit there and allow Black to build up pressure on the queenside. It is difficult to criticise moves in a speed game. Anand was obviously trying to blast his way through to the weak-point on e6, but the plan rebounds.} dxc4 29. Rxc4 Qe8 30. Qd2 b5 31. Rcc1 Nb4 32. Nc3 Rc7 $1 33. a3 Qa8 $1 { Precisely why the position should have remained closed.} 34. Be3 Nd3 35. Rc2 b4 (35... Nc5 {Anand} 36. b4) 36. Na2 Nc5 37. Qe2 (37. axb4 {Anand} Ne4 38. Qe2 $14) 37... bxa3 38. b4 Ba4 39. bxc5 Bxc2 40. Nxc2 Bxc5 41. Bxc5 Rxc5 42. Ne1 Rb5 43. Qc4 Rb2 44. Qxe6 Qa7+ 45. Kh1 Rxh2+ 46. Kxh2 Qf2+ 47. Kh1 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 Qxd1 {There's no perpetual.} 50. Kf1 (50. Qg6+ Kf8 51. Qh6+ Ke7 52. Qg5+ Kd7) 50... Qd7 51. Qxa6 h2 52. Qg6+ Rg7 53. Qh5 Rh7 54. Qg6+ Qg7 55. Qe8+ {time. The h-pawn played a starring role in the game and is due to be crowned for its hard work, but Anand lost on time first.} 0-1 [Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"] [Site "Geneve"] [Date "1996.09.01"] [Round "4.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2785"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "1996.08.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.01"] {King: This was the second blitz game in the play-off of the final of the PCA quickplay in Geneva (the first was drawn). Anand was convinced that the opening variation was better for White so repeated it. However, he was less thrilled to find himself with exactly the same pawn structure on the kingside as before. Once again, Kasparov had a superb position.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bf2 Nc6 14. Qd2 Ne5 15. O-O g4 $1 { His improvement over the 1st game.} 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qe2 Rc8 $1 18. b3 Na3 19. Nd5 e6 20. Nb4 Qa5 21. Qe1 h4 $1 {A very nice demonstration of power play - Black could probably already try to win something on the kingside, but tries to squeeze the maximum out of the position.} 22. Be3 h3 23. g3 Nb5 24. Rd1 Nc3 25. Nd3 Qc7 26. Rc1 Nxe4 $19 27. f5 e5 28. f6 {What else can I do?} Nxf6 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. Rxf5 Qc6 31. Qe2 Qe4 32. Rf2 Nd5 33. Re1 {With one last hope.} Qxe3 $4 {Well, this more than compensates me for the missed win in game 3!} 34. Qxg4 $1 $16 {The face pulling he did now rivalled anything he has ever done!} O-O 35. Rxe3 Nxe3 36. Qxh3 {King: Anand said afterwards that he thought 36 Qd7 might have been stronger, but after his experience with this opening in speed game 1, he had learned his lesson: the pawn on h3 just had to go. A sound practical decision, and germane to this discussion. A rook's pawn nested on the sixth rank can create all kinds of difficulties. Here, it helps to set up a mating net, but even without queens, such a pawn is a thorn in the side, as we shall see.} Nxc2 37. Qd7 Nd4 $2 (37... e4 38. Nf4 Bd4) 38. Qxb7 a5 39. Kg2 Rc3 40. Nb2 Nc2 41. Nc4 d5 42. Nd6 Ne3+ 43. Kh3 f5 44. Qd7 f4 45. Qe6+ Kh7 46. Nf7 Rxf7 47. Qxf7 Rc6 48. gxf4 Rf6 49. Qc7 e4 50. f5 d4 51. Qe7 Rh6+ 52. Kg3 Nd1 53. Rf4 e3 54. Rg4 {And I won my first Grand Prix since April 1994!} 1-0 [Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"] [Site "Geneve"] [Date "1996.09.01"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2750"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1996.08.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.01"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O Nd7 7. e3 Bc5 8. exd4 Nxd4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Nxb3 $2 (10... Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Be7 {c6=}) 11. axb3 c6 12. Bd2 Nf6 $2 {Black doesn't get anything for the pawn. He should have just accepted a passive position.} (12... Re8 13. Bc3 {Re1}) 13. Nxe5 Bd4 14. Bc3 Bf5 15. Re1 Qd6 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Qf4 Rfd8 18. b4 $1 { Tempting Black to take back the P.} Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Qxd3 20. Rg5 Ne8 21. Qe5 Kf8 22. Rxg7 $1 Nxg7 23. Qxg7+ Ke8 24. Re1 $1 { I don't see a defence for Black here.} Qg6 25. Qe5 { Once White gets his K to h2, he can bring the R to the attack.} Kf8 26. b5 $1 Rac8 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. h4 Re8 29. Kh2 {Preparing Re4 etc. Black is helpless.} f6 30. Qd6+ Kf7 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Qd7+ Re7 33. Qxc8 1-0 [Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"] [Site "Geneve"] [Date "1996.09.01"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "1996.08.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.01"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. d3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 e4 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Qc2 d6 11. Nd4 Qe7 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. f3 Nc5 14. e4 Na5 15. Qe2 f5 16. Ba3 fxe4 17. fxe4 Rad8 18. Rf1 Nc6 19. Rae1 b6 20. Bc1 Ne5 21. Nf5 Qe6 22. Bg5 Rc8 23. Qh5 Qg6 24. Qh4 Be6 25. Ne7+ Rxe7 26. Bxe7 Bxc4 27. Rf5 Re8 28. Bg5 Be6 29. Rff1 Bc4 30. Rf5 Be6 31. Ref1 $2 h6 32. Be3 Bxf5 33. exf5 Qg4 34. Bd5+ Kh7 35. Qxg4 Nxg4 36. Bd4 Nf6 37. Bf3 Nd3 38. h4 Ne5 39. Bd1 c5 40. Be3 Nd5 41. Bd2 Nc4 42. Re1 Rxe1+ 43. Bxe1 Nde3 44. Be2 d5 45. Kf2 Nxf5 46. Bd3 g6 47. h5 Ne5 48. hxg6+ Kxg6 49. Bc2 h5 50. Ke2 Kf6 51. Bf2 d4 $2 52. Bxf5 Kxf5 53. cxd4 cxd4 54. Bxd4 { Suddenly I realized that I had made things more complicated.} Nc6 55. Bf2 Ke4 56. a4 $1 Nd4+ 57. Kd2 Nf5 $6 (57... a6 $1) 58. Ke2 Nd6 $2 59. a5 $1 bxa5 60. Bxa7 $10 a4 61. Bc5 Nf5 62. Kf2 Kd3 63. Kf3 Nd4+ 64. Kg2 Ke4 65. Kh3 Ne6 66. Ba3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"] [Site "Geneve"] [Date "1996.09.01"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2785"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "1996.08.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 { Laugh if you will, but I couldn't think of anything else.} 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 {Here Garry thought long and hard, but eventually decided that wimping out was not what was expected of him.} 7. Be3 Ng4 { Before he changed his mind about dxe5!} 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. O-O f5 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. exf5 $1 (13. d5 Ne7 14. exf5 gxf5) 13... Bxf5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Nh4 Bd7 17. f4 exf4 18. Qxf4 Nf5 19. Nxf5+ Bxf5 20. g4 $1 Bd7 21. g5 (21. Qd4 h6 22. Rf2 Qe7 23. Raf1 Rae8) 21... Ng4 22. Qxf8+ (22. Qd4+ $2 Ne5) 22... Qxf8 23. Rxf8 Rxf8 24. Bxg4 Bxg4 25. Nb5 Rf4 26. Nxc7 Rxc4 27. Ne8+ Kf8 28. Nf6 (28. Nxd6 Rc2 29. b3) 28... Bf5 29. Re1 Rc2 30. Re8+ Kf7 31. Rh8 Rxb2 32. Rxh7+ Kf8 33. h4 a5 $15 { Somehow Black has gotten an advantage, but his next move is a big mistake.} 34. h5 $2 {I saw h5-h6 coming and decided to snap it off. Now Black's K can escape from checks via g6. No amount of description can do justice to the faces he pulled now! You have to see the video!} gxh5 35. Nd7+ Bxd7 { The R ending is a cinch.} 36. Rxd7 Rxa2 37. Rxd6 (37. Rxb7 Rd2 38. Rb5 a4 39. Ra5 Kg7 $19) 37... Rd2 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. d6 b5 40. Kf1 a4 41. Ke1 Rd5 42. d7 b4 43. Rb8 Rxd7 44. Rxb4 Ra7 0-1 [Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"] [Site "Geneve"] [Date "1996.09.01"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Speelman, Jonathan S"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "1996.08.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 g6 $2 (6... b6 { Shirov-Kasparov Linares 1994}) 7. c3 Ne5 8. d4 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 cxd4 (9... Bg7 10. e5 $16) 10. cxd4 Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. e5 $16 Ng4 13. Bf4 Nh6 14. h3 Nf5 15. Rad1 Qb6 (15... Qa5 $5) 16. Nd5 Qa5 17. b4 {OK, I can resign here, but if you want to continue, you might as well take the P.} Qxa2 18. Rd2 (18. g4 Be6 (18... Nh4 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Qg3) 19. Nc3 Nh4 20. Qg3 $18) 18... Qa4 19. g4 e6 20. gxf5 ( 20. Nf6+ $1 {This would have been curtains.} Bxf6 21. exf6 Nxd4 (21... Nh4 22. Qg3 (22. Qe3 Qxb4 23. Bg3 Qxd2 $1) 22... g5 23. Bxg5 Ng6 24. h4 $18) 22. Rxd4 e5 23. Bh6 $1 (23. Rxd6 Qxb4) (23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qe3 Qc6 $1) 23... exd4 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Qf4 Be6 26. Rxe6 $1 $18) 20... exd5 21. f6 Bh8 22. Qxd5 $2 (22. Qc3 $18) 22... Qxb4 23. e6 {Having said "A"...} Bxe6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Rf7 26. Bc4 Raf8 27. Bh6 (27. Re2 $1 Bxf6 28. Bxd6 Qb1+ 29. Re1 (29. Kg2 Kg7 $17) 29... Qf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Bxf7 Kxf7 33. d5 { The same position as in the game, but without Black's b-P!}) (27. Bxd6 Qxd2 28. Bxf8 Qg5+ {and Qf6}) 27... Qb1+ 28. Kg2 Qf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Bxf7 Kxf7 32. Rc2 Kxf6 $1 33. Rc7 b5 34. Kf3 (34. Rxh7 $4 Bg7) 34... Ke6 35. Rxh7 Bxd4 36. Rb7 Bc5 37. h4 Kf6 38. Rb8 Kg6 39. Rg8+ Kh5 40. Kf4 Bxf2 41. Rh8+ Kg6 42. h5+ Kg7 43. Rb8 Bd4 44. Kxf5 Kh6 { Here I thought that I had escaped, but there are still a few obstacles.} 45. Kg4 Bc5 46. Re8 b4 47. Re6+ Kh7 48. h6 b3 49. Kh5 d5 50. Rc6 b2 51. Rc7+ Kh8 52. Rb7 Bd4 $1 53. Rb8+ (53. Kg6 Be5 54. Kf5 Bc3 55. Kg6 $10) (53. Rb8+ Kh7 54. Rb7+ Kg8 (54... Kh8 $10) 55. h7+ Kf8 56. Kg6 a5 57. Kf5 a4 58. Ke6 Bh8 59. Rb8+ Kg7 60. Rxb2) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"] [Site "Geneve"] [Date "1996.08.31"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bologan, Viktor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2600"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "1996.08.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nc6 8. e5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 dxe5 11. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 bxc6 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Bg7 15. Bd3 Ke7 16. Nd6 a5 17. O-O Nf4 18. Bxf4 gxf4 19. Nc4 Ba6 20. Nxa5 Bb5 21. Bxb5 Rxa5 22. Bxc6 Bxe5 23. Rd7+ Kf6 24. a4 Rc5 25. Be4 Rc4 26. Bd3 Rxa4 27. b3 Rd4 28. Rb7 Rhd8 29. b4 Rb8 30. Rxb8 Bxb8 31. b5 e5 32. Re1 Ke6 33. Re4 Rd8 34. Rc4 f5 35. Rc6+ Bd6 36. b6 e4 37. Bc4+ Ke5 38. b7 Rb8 39. Ba6 Kd5 40. Rc8 Kd4 41. Kf2 Be5 42. c3+ Kd5 43. c4+ Ke6 44. c5 Bd4+ 45. Ke2 Be5 46. c6 f3+ 47. gxf3 exf3+ 48. Kxf3 Bxh2 49. c7 Rxb7 50. Bxb7 Kd7 51. Rg8 Kxc7 52. Bc8 Be5 53. Bxf5 Bb2 54. Ke4 Bc1 55. Rg6 1-0 [Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"] [Site "Geneve"] [Date "1996.08.31"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Bologan, Viktor"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "1996.08.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 Bb6 6. Bb3 Nbd7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Be3 d5 10. Bxb6 Qxb6 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Re1 Re8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 dxe4 15. Ng5 Rf8 16. Ndxe4 h6 17. Nf3 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Nf6 19. Re5 Bd7 20. Qd3 Rae8 21. Rae1 Qd6 22. Qc3 b6 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Qe3 Nd5 25. Qe4 Be6 26. Qh4 Qd8 27. Qg3 Qf6 28. Re4 c5 29. Qe5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Rfd8 31. dxc5 bxc5 32. g3 Kf8 33. Bc4 Rb8 34. Re2 Bxh3 35. Ne5 Rbc8 36. Rd2 Nb6 37. Rxd8+ Rxd8 38. Bxf7 Rc8 39. b3 Nd7 40. Nxd7+ Bxd7 41. Bc4 Ke7 42. Re1+ Kf6 43. Rd1 Ke7 44. Rd5 Rc7 45. f4 Be8 46. Re5+ Kf8 47. Kf2 Bf7 48. Rf5 g6 49. Rf6 Kg7 50. Ra6 Bxc4 51. bxc4 h5 52. Kf3 Rd7 53. Ra5 Rd3+ 54. Kg2 Rc3 55. Rxa7+ Kf6 56. Ra4 Kf5 57. Kh3 g5 58. fxg5 Kxg5 59. Ra5 Rxc4 60. Ra3 h4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"] [Site "Geneve"] [Date "1996.08.30"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Yakovich, Yuri"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2530"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1996.08.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4 Bh6 8. Qh5 g6 9. Qd1 Nf6 10. Nf1 Bxc1 11. Qxc1 Be6 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. Ncd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 O-O-O 16. c3 f6 17. Qe3 Ne7 18. Bb3 Qg4 19. Kf1 Kb8 20. h5 Rdf8 21. Qh3 Qxh3 22. Rxh3 f5 23. Ke2 g5 24. h6 Rf6 25. Rh5 Rhf8 26. Rf1 Rg6 27. g3 b5 28. exf5 Rxf5 29. Bc2 Rff6 30. d4 Rxh6 31. dxe5 dxe5 32. Rxg5 Re6 33. Be4 Kc7 34. Rg7 Kb6 35. Rd1 Nc8 36. Rb7+ Ka6 37. Rxh7 Rxh7 38. Bxh7 Nd6 39. g4 Kb6 40. g5 Kc7 41. g6 Ne8 42. Rd5 Kc6 43. Rd8 Ng7 44. Rf8 Kd6 45. Ke3 Re7 46. Bg8 Nh5 47. Bf7 e4 48. Rd8+ Kc6 49. Rh8 Nf6 50. Kf4 1-0 [Event "Geneve PCA-GP Credit Suisse"] [Site "Geneve"] [Date "1996.08.30"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Yakovich, Yuri"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1996.08.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nf3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Rfd8 15. Kf1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Kf8 17. Ba6 Ne8 18. Rac1 Be7 19. Ke2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rc1 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Rc7 Nd5 24. Rc4 Ke7 25. f4 Rd7 26. a3 Rc7 27. Kd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1996.07.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2685"] [BlackElo "2735"] [Annotator "Dolmatov,S"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1996.07.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.10.01"] 1. e4 {Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 (4... Nxe4 $2 {Ernst} 5. Qa4+ $18) (4... Nc6 $5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. O-O $36) 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 ( 7... Nbxd7 8. Re1 e5 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. e5 $14 { Torre,E-Kudrin,S/Lugano/1988/}) 8. Re1 O-O (8... Nc6 {Ernst} 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 (10... O-O 11. Nc3 Rac8 12. h3 Rfd8 13. d5 Na5 14. Qd3 a6 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Be3 Nc4 17. Bd4 Bh6 18. Nh2 Ne5 19. Qd1 b5 20. Nf1 Qc4 21. Ne3 Qd3 22. Bxe5 Qxd1 23. Rbxd1 dxe5 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. hxg4 { Sepp,O-Rytshagov,M/Vilnius zt ;CBM 35 1993/1/2-1/2 (72)}) 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nbd2 ( 12. Re2 Rc8 13. Be3 f6 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Nb3 b6 16. Rc1 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Bh6 Qd6 21. g3 Nd7 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Kg2 Bg7 24. Qc2 Ne5 25. Qc7 Qf6 26. f4 Nd3 { Hebden,M-Conquest,S/Dhaka (03) ;CBM 48 1995/1-0 (44)}) 12... Nxd2 13. Bxd2 O-O 14. Be3 (14. Qe2 Nd8 15. Rec1 Ne6 16. Rc3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 Qa4 19. Ra3 Qc2 20. Qd3 Qxb2 21. Rxa7 Rc8 22. h3 h6 23. Be3 Nd8 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. axb3 Rb8 26. Kf1 Nc6 27. Ra1 e6 28. Ke2 Bf8 { Vajda,S-Bigaliev,R/Budapest FS06 IM (08) ;EXP 52 1996/1/2-1/2 (52)}) (14. Rc1 e6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Rfc8 17. Qd2 { 1/2-1/2 Smagin,S-Vogt,L/Biel op (11) ;EXP 19 1990}) 14... f6 15. exf6 exf6 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Qd2 g5 18. h3 h6 19. h4 Rfe8 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Nh2 Qf5 22. f3 Qg6 23. Ng4 {Kuijf,M-Fedorowicz,J/Amsterdam OHRA-B (01) ;CBM 20 1990/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 9. d4 Na6 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Qd2 Ne6 $14 {Kindermann,S-Ernst,Th/Thessaloniki (ol)/1988/} (14... Ne6 {Ernst} 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. h4 f6 18. Ne2 Rad8 19. Nf4 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 d4 22. h5 Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. hxg6 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 { Kindermann,S-Ernst,T/Thessaloniki olm (12) ;TD 88\06 1988/1-0 (41)})) 10. d5 c4 11. Nbd2 (11. e5 $2 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxc4 Rac8 $15) (11. Qe2 $2 Nc5 12. Qxc4 b5 $17) (11. Bg5 Nc5 12. Nbd2 Nd3 $15) 11... Nc5 (11... b5 $2 12. a4 Nc5 13. axb5 Qxb5 14. Nd4 $16) 12. Nxc4 Ncxe4 13. a4 Nc5 14. Ne3 (14. b4 $6 Nxa4 $5 (14... Nce4 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Qd3 b5) 15. Qxa4 b5 16. Nb6 bxa4 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rxe7 Nb6 $17) 14... Qd8 15. Ra3 Nfd7 16. a5 (16. b4 $5 Na6 (16... Ne4 17. Qd3 $14) 17. Bd2 $14) 16... Ne5 $1 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. b4 Nd7 19. c4 f5 20. Bb2 $6 (20. c5 $5 e4 21. f3 $5 $40 f4 22. Nc4 e3 23. Rd3) 20... b6 21. Qa1 Rc8 22. Qa2 (22. f4 $5 exf4 (22... bxa5 23. Rxa5 Qb6 $14) 23. Bxg7 Rf7 24. Bh6 fxe3 25. Qd4) 22... Rf7 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra7 e4 25. Bxg7 Rxg7 26. Rd1 (26. c5 bxc5 27. d6+ Kh8 28. Qe6 exd6 29. Qxd6) (26. Nc2 $1 $16 {Ernst /\ Nd4-e6}) 26... Rf7 27. h3 $2 (27. c5 bxc5 28. d6) (27. d6 $5 e6 (27... exd6 28. Rxd6 $14 ) 28. c5 bxc5 29. Qxe6 $40) 27... Ne5 28. Ra1 Qd6 29. Qa6 Rcf8 30. Rb7 f4 31. Rxb6 Qd7 (31... fxe3 32. Rxd6 exf2+ 33. Kf1 exd6 34. c5 $16) 32. Nf1 Qf5 33. Re6 Qg5 (33... f3 34. Ng3) (33... e3 $6 34. f3 (34. fxe3 $2 f3 $40 (34... fxe3 $17)) 34... Nxf3+ 35. gxf3 Qxh3 36. Nh2 $16) 34. Kh1 f3 35. g3 Qh5 (35... Qf5 36. Kh2 Qh5 37. Ne3) 36. h4 Qf5 37. Kh2 (37. Ne3 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Ng4 $19) 37... Ng4+ 38. Kg1 Rf6 (38... e3 39. Rxe3 (39. Nxe3 $4 Nxe3 40. Rxe3 Qh3 $19) 39... Nxe3 40. Nxe3 $44) 39. Rxf6 Rxf6 40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. Qa7 e3 42. Nxe3 Nxe3 43. Qxe7+ Rf7 44. Qxe3 Qh3 45. Qe5+ Kh6 46. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1996.07.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2665"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1996.07.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.10.01"] 1. e4 {Dolmatov} c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. f4 b5 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. e5 (10. a3 {Dolmatov} Qc7) 10... Bxf3 11. Nxf3 dxe5 12. fxe5 Ng4 (12... b4 {Dolmatov} 13. exf6 bxc3 14. fxg7 Bxg7 15. b3 O-O 16. Qe2 Qa5 17. a4 Nf6 18. Ne5 Qd5 19. Ba3 Rfe8 20. Rae1 { Cseshkovsky,V-Kupreichik,V/URS/1981/}) 13. Qe2 (13. Qe1 Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Qxe5 $15) (13. Bf4 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Nf2+ 15. Rxf2 Bxf2 16. Ne4 Bc5 $15) 13... b4 $1 (13... Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Nxe5 16. Bf4 $16) (13... Rc8 14. Bf4 Be7 15. Rad1 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Nf8 17. Ng5 $14 {Jansa,V-Planinc,A/Amsterdam/1974/} Bxg5) 14. Na4 (14. Ne4 Ndxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5) (14. Nd1 {/\ Qe4, h3} Ndxe5 $1 15. Nxe5 Qd4+ 16. Be3 (16. Kh1 Nxe5 {>< Nd1}) 16... Nxe3 17. Qxe3 (17. Nf3 Qc4 $1) 17... Bc5 $17) 14... Rc8 (14... Qa5 15. Qe4 $16 (15. Qe4 {Dolmatov} Rc8 16. Qxg4 Qxa4 17. c4 $16)) 15. Bf4 (15. h3 Qa5 $15) 15... Qa5 16. b3 Qb5 17. Rae1 h5 (17... Qxe2 $5 {Dolmatov} 18. Rxe2 h5 19. h3 Nh6 20. Nd4) 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Nb2 (19. h3 $2 Nxa4 20. bxa4 Bc5+ (20... Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Nh6 $13) 21. Kh1 Qc4 $1 22. hxg4 hxg4+ 23. Nh2 Rd8 24. Qe2 (24. Qc1 g5 25. Bg3 Qc3 $1) 24... Qxf4 $3 25. Rxf4 g3 $19) 19... Rd8 20. Qe2 $10 (20. Qc1) 20... Qxe2 21. Rxe2 f5 $2 ( 21... Be7 22. Nc4 Nh6 23. Bd2 $14) 22. exf6 $16 gxf6 23. Bd2 $1 {>< Ps b4,e6,f6 } a5 (23... e5 {Dolmatov} 24. Bxb4 Ne6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 $132) 24. Nc4 e5 $2 25. h3 Nh6 26. Nfxe5 $1 fxe5 27. Rxe5+ Kd7 28. Rd5+ (28. Bxh6 $1 Rxh6 29. Rd5+ Bd6 30. Nxd6 Kc6 31. Rxc5+ $1 Kxc5 32. Nf7 $18) 28... Kc8 (28... Kc7 {Dolmatov} 29. Rxf8 Rxd5 30. Rxh8 $16) 29. Rxf8 $1 $18 Rdxf8 30. Rxc5+ Kb8 31. Rxa5 h4 32. Rb5+ $1 (32. Bxb4 Rf5 33. Bd6+ Kb7 34. Be5 Rd8) 32... Kc7 33. Bxb4 Re8 34. Bd6+ Kd7 35. Rb7+ Ke6 36. Be5 (36. Be5 Rhg8 (36... Rhf8 {Dolmatov} 37. Rb6+) 37. Rb6+ $18) 1-0 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1996.07.12"] [Round "7"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2735"] [Annotator "Gelfand,B"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1996.07.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.10.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qc2 c5 12. Nd2 $146 (12. Bb2 $5 {/\ND2}) 12... Nxd2 13. Qxd2 (13. Bxd2 $5) 13... Qg5 14. f3 Rfd8 15. Rd1 d5 $1 { Black is correctly getting counterplay until White develops all his pieces} 16. Qb2 $1 (16. cxd5 exd5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bb2 Nb6 $5 19. f4 (19. bxc5 Nc4) 19... Qe7 20. bxc5 Nc4 $44 (20... Qxc5 21. Bd4 Qe7 22. Qb4 $14 {Anand,V})) (16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rb1 Bc6 (17... Ba6 18. cxd5 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qxd5 20. e4 Qc6)) 16... cxb4 (16... dxc4 17. bxc5 Ba6 18. e4 Qe7 19. cxb6 Nxb6 20. Qc2 $14) 17. Qxb4 $6 (17. axb4 dxc4 18. e4 Qh5 $1 {V.Anand} (18... Qb5 19. Qc3 Rdc8 $13) 19. Bxc4 $140 Bxe4) (17. e4 $1 {I underestimated this tempting pawn sac.White could get full compensation and easy game} Qe7 18. cxd5 exd5 19. e5 {Anand} bxa3 (19... f6 20. f4 fxe5 21. fxe5 (21. dxe5 bxa3 22. Rxa3 $13) 21... bxa3 22. Qb3 $14) 20. Qb3 Nf8 21. Bxa3 $44) 17... Ba6 18. e4 Qg6 19. Qa4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 (21. Bf4 Rac8 22. Rac1 f5 (22... c3 $5 23. Qxa7 f5) 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Qxc4 fxe4 25. Qc7 Rf8) 21... Nf8 22. Be3 (22. Bf4 f5 $10) 22... f5 23. exf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1996.07.11"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2750"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1996.07.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.10.01"] {Anand came to this game as the leader of the tournament,and Topalov in a very strange situation for him in the last,2 out of 5 after losing 2 games in a row the game changes nothing as it was Topalov's third defeat in a row!!} 1. e4 { Dolmatov Petursson HarZvi Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. a4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Na5 (12... Bd7 {Har Zvi,R} 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. b4 Qc7 18. b5 Bd7 19. Rab1 $1 $146 { Anand,V-Kasparov,G New York (m/9) 64/240 [Anand,V] 1995} (19. Rab1 {Dolmatov} axb5 20. Nxb5 $14 {Anand,V-Kasparov,G/New York(WM/9)/1995/})) (12... Rb8 { Dolmatov}) 13. g4 $1 {Kasparov played 13.Bg1 against Topalov one month earlier} (13. Qe1 Nc4 14. Bc1 e5 15. Nde2 Qc5 16. Ng3 (16. fxe5 {Boensch} dxe5 17. Ng3 Be6 18. b3 Nb6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Qc7 $10 { 0-1 Zagrebelny,S-Wojtkiewicz,A/Katowice op (09) 1992 (40)}) (16. Qg3 {Har Zvi,R } Bd7 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nf4 Nxf3 19. Qxf3 Bc6 $13 { Glek,I-Sutovskij,E Haifa 1996}) 16... exf4 17. Bxf4 Nxb2 18. Be3 Qe5 19. Be2 Be6 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Qe6 22. Rf4 Rac8 23. Bd4 Nc4 24. Qg3 Ne5 { 1/2-1/2 Fedorowicz,J-Arnason,J/St Martin op (09) 1992}) (13. Bg1 Bf8 (13... Nd7 14. Qe1 Bf6 15. Rd1 Nf8 16. g4 Ng6 17. Bg2 h6 18. Rd3 Nc6 19. Nde2 Nb4 20. Rh3 e5 21. f5 Nf4 $10 {Apicella,M-Panzalovic,S/Biel op (08) 1990/0-1 (59)}) 14. Qe1 Rb8 15. h3 Nd7 16. Bh2 Nc6 17. Rd1 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 b5 {Har Zvi,R} 19. axb5 axb5 20. e5 { with advantage for white Kasparov,G-Topalov,V Dos Hermanas 1996/1/2-1/2/48/}) ( 13. Qe2 {Boensch} Nc4 14. e5 Nxe3 15. exf6 Nxf1 16. fxe7 Qb6 17. Qd3 e5 $17 { 0-1 Geller,E-Stangl,M/Dortmund-B (9) 1991 (45)}) (13. Qd3 {Boensch} Bf8 14. Rad1 Rb8 15. b3 Bd7 16. Nde2 Nc6 17. g4 Bc8 18. g5 Nd7 19. Bg2 g6 20. Bg1 Nb4 21. Qg3 b6 22. h4 Bb7 23. h5 Bg7 24. Bd4 e5 $15 { (42) 0-1 Gurevich,I-Arnason,J/St Martin op (08) 1992}) 13... Nd7 (13... Nc4 { Dolmatov} 14. Bc1 e5 15. Nf5 exf4 16. g5 $16) 14. Bg2 Bf8 (14... b6 {Dolmatov} 15. Qe1 Bb7 16. Rd1 Rac8 (16... Nc6 17. Nde2 Nb4 18. Rd2 Rac8 19. g5 $40) 17. g5) 15. Qe1 (15. g5 {Boensch} b6 (15... g6 {Har Zvi,R} 16. Bg1 b6 17. Qd3 Bb7 18. Qh3 Nc6 19. f5 $36 {Morawietz,D-Dokhoian,Y Cologne 1992}) 16. Qh5 $40) 15... b6 (15... Nc4 16. Bc1 {/\ b3,Bb2} (16. Bc1 {Dolmatov} b6 17. b3 Na5 18. Bb2 Bb7 19. Rd1 $13)) 16. Rd1 Bb7 17. Qh4 Nc6 (17... Nc4 18. Bc1 g6 19. Rd3 $40 ) 18. Nde2 $1 {white need to play this move since black idea is to take on d4 an d then play e5 with a fine position} (18. Rf3 {Boensch} Nxd4 19. Bxd4 e5 20. Rh3 h6 $13) 18... Nb4 19. Rd2 Qd8 (19... d5 20. e5 f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Bd4 $14 ) 20. g5 f6 (20... g6 {Boensch} 21. Rf3 Rc8 22. Rh3 h5 23. Ng3 $40) (20... h6 $5 {Dolmatov} 21. Nd4 $5 (21. Qf2 hxg5 22. fxg5 Ne5) 21... hxg5 22. fxg5 Ne5 23. Rdf2) 21. Nd4 $1 fxg5 (21... Nc6 22. gxf6 $1 Qxf6 (22... Nxf6 {Boensch} 23. e5 (23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. e5 Bxg2+ 25. Rxg2 Nd7 $10) 23... Nd5 24. Qxd8 Nxd8 $10) 23. Qxf6 Nxf6 24. e5) 22. fxg5 Nc6 23. Rdf2 $1 Rc8 (23... Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Ne5 25. Bxe5 (25. Qg3 {Dolmatov} Qc7) 25... dxe5 26. Rf7 $16) 24. Nce2 $1 Nc5 (24... Nde5 $2 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Nf4 Ree8 29. Nd5 $16) 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Nd4 Bd7 (26... Bxa4 27. Rf3 $40 (27. Rf3 { Boensch threatening Rh3} e5 (27... Rc7 {Har Zvi,R} 28. b4 $3 Nd7 (28... e5 29. bxc5 exd4 30. cxb6) (28... Nb7 29. Nxe6 $1 Rxe6 30. g6 {and white is winning}) 29. Bh3 Ne5 30. g6 $3 Nxg6 (30... Qxh4 31. Bxe6+) 31. Qxd8 Rxd8 32. Bxe6+ { and white is winning}) 28. Rh3 h6 29. Nf5 $40 (29. Qh5 $1 { and white's attack is very strong})) (27. b4 {Dolmatov} Nd7 28. Bh3 $16)) ( 26... Bb7 {Boensch} 27. b3 $16) (26... Bb7 {Har Zvi,R}) 27. e5 $1 (27. Rf3 e5 28. Nf5 g6 29. Rh3 h5 $1) 27... dxe5 (27... d5 28. Rf3) 28. Nf3 Bc6 {Nach} ( 28... Bd6 29. Rd2 (29. Rd1 {Har Zvi,R} Qe7 (29... Qc7 30. g6 h6 31. Bxh6 gxh6 32. Qxh6 Bxa4 33. Nxe5) 30. Rfd2 e4 31. Rxd6 exf3 32. Bxf3) 29... Qc7 30. Rfd1 $18) (28... Qc7 $1 {Boensch} 29. g6 h6 {kommt der Angriff ins Stocken.}) 29. Nxe5 Bxg2+ 30. Rxg2 $18 Rc7 (30... Be7 {Har Zvi,R} 31. Ng4 $1 Qd5 (31... Kh8 32. Nf6 Bxf6 (32... gxf6 33. g6) 33. gxf6 gxf6 (33... g6 34. Bg5) 34. Rxf6 { and white's attack seems decisive}) 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33. gxf6 Rc7 34. a5 $1 { and white is winning} bxa5 35. f7+ Rxf7 36. Rxf7 Kxf7 37. Qf2+) (30... Qd5 { Har Zvi,R} 31. g6 h6 32. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 (32... Qxe5 33. Bc1 {with mate}) 33. Ng4 Nd7 34. g7 {and white is winning}) 31. Ng4 {the decisive maneuver,the knight is leaving the e5 square in order to gain control over the f6 and h6 squares, black is hopeless against white's attack} Kh8 (31... e5 {Boensch} 32. Nf6+ gxf6 33. gxf6+ Kh8 34. Qg3 Bd6 35. Bh6 $18) (31... Qd5 {Boensch} 32. Nf6+ (32. Nh6+ {Dolmatov} gxh6 33. gxh6+ $16) 32... gxf6 33. gxf6+ Bg7 34. Bh6 $18) 32. Qh3 $1 Qd5 (32... g6 {Boensch} 33. Bf4 (33. Nf6 {Har Zvi,R} Rf7 (33... Ree7 34. Rgf2 $1 Rf7 (34... Rc8 {Petursson} 35. b4 Nxa4 36. Nxh7 Qd5+ 37. Kg1 Rxh7 38. Rxf8+ Rxf8 39. Rxf8+ Kg7 40. Qf1 $18) 35. Nxh7 Qd5+ 36. Kg1) 34. Rgf2 Ree7 35. Nxh7 $1 Qd5+ 36. Kg1) 33... Bd6 34. Qc3+ Rg7 35. Rd1 Ne4 36. Qc6 $18) 33. g6 h6 34. Bxh6 $1 {Ist einfacher als} (34. Nxh6 gxh6 35. Bxh6 $1 (35. g7+ Bxg7 (35... Rxg7 36. Qxh6+ (36. Rxf8+ {Dolmatov} Rxf8 37. Qxh6+ $18) 36... Kg8 37. Rxf8+) 36. Bxh6 Kg8) (35. Rxf8+ Rxf8 36. g7+ Kg8 37. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 38. Bxh6+ Ke8 39. Qg4 $18) 35... Bxh6 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37. g7 Qxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Rxg7+ 39. Kh1 Nxa4) 34... gxh6 35. g7+ $1 {Nach} (35. Rxf8+ Rxf8 36. g7+ Kxg7 37. Qxh6+ Kf7) 35... Bxg7 (35... Rxg7 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 (36... Rh7 37. Rxf8+) 37. Nf6+ (37. Nf6+ { Har Zvi,R} Kf7 38. Nxd5+)) 36. Nxh6 {/\ Nf7 Kg8 Qh8} Qxg2+ 37. Qxg2 Bxh6 (37... Kh7 38. Qh3 Bxh6 39. Rf6 $18) 38. Qg6 (38. Qg6 Rg8 39. Qxh6+ Rh7 40. Qf6+ Rhg7 41. Qh4+ Rh7 42. Qd4+ Rhg7 43. Rf7 $18) 1-0 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1996.07.10"] [Round "5"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2685"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "1996.07.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.10.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Ne7 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nc3 Nbc6 9. dxc5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O Bd3 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Bxd3 cxd3 14. Qa4 Be7 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. Rc3 Rd7 17. Qb5 Rfd8 18. Rcxd3 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Rxd3 20. g3 R8d7 21. Kg2 h6 22. Qc4 a6 23. h4 R7d5 24. b4 Ra3 25. Qc2 Rdd3 26. Qb2 a5 27. bxa5 Nxa5 28. Qb5 Bf8 29. Nd4 Nc6 30. Nxc6 bxc6 31. Qxc6 Rxe3 (31... Rxe3 32. fxe3 Rxa2+ 33. Kf3 Rc2 34. Qe8 Rxc5 35. Kf4 Rc4+ 36. e4) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1996.07.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "1996.07.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.10.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a4 Nb6 11. Na5 O-O 12. b3 Nd7 13. Nc4 Rd8 14. Ba3 Nf8 15. Qd2 Bg4 16. Qe3 b6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1996.07.07"] [Round "3"] [White "Huebner, Robert"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2735"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1996.07.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.10.01"] 1. e4 {Baburin Petursson Konikowski,J Dolmatov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 {Während des Kampfes in New York 1995 um den Weltmeistertitel spielte Anand gegen Kasparow mit Erfolg} (8. a4 $5 {Konikowski,J Hübner geht andere Wege.}) 8... O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe1 Nxd4 $1 {Normalerweise wird erst die Dame nach c7 entwickelt. Zum Beispiel:} (10... Qc7 11. Qg3 $14 (11. Qg3 {Konikowski,J} Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Rae1 Rac8 18. Ne4 Rxc2 19. Qd3 Rc4 20. b3 Rcc8 21. Nf6+ Nxf6 22. exf6 Bb4 23. Re4 Rfd8 24. Rh4 g6 25. Qh3 Rc2 26. Rxh7 Qxg2+ 27. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Kxh7 {und Schwarz gewann rasch die Partie (Tscheschkowski-B.Abramovic, Jugoslawien 1995).})) 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bd3 (13. Qg3 {Dolmatov} Bc6 14. Bd3 Qd7 15. Rf3 Qb7 16. Re1 b4 17. Nd1 bxa3 18. bxa3 g6 19. Qh3 h5 20. Nf2 $16 {Sznapik,A-Schmidt,Wl/Smederevo/1981/}) (13. Bf3 $5 {Konikowski,J}) 13... Nd7 14. Rd1 (14. Qg3 $5 { Konikowski,J scheint besser zu sein.}) 14... Qc7 (14... Bf6 $6 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Be7 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. b4 $1 $16) 15. Kh1 e5 $1 {Baburin: This is a typical example of the situation where Black voluntarily goes for ... e6-e5. While in some ways weakening the d5-square, this thrust has its own advantages: a white piece is kicked out of the centre and the e4-pawn is immobilised. Being fixed, this pawn often becomes a nice target for the black pieces.} (15... Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qh4) (15... Rac8 { ist eine wichtige Alternative.}) 16. Be3 (16. fxe5 Nxe5 $10) 16... Rac8 $1 ( 16... exf4 17. Bxf4 Bf6 $10 (17... Ne5 {Dolmatov} 18. Qg3 Rac8 $10)) (16... Bf6 17. f5) 17. Qg3 (17. f5 $6 Nf6) 17... Bf6 18. f5 $6 {Nach} (18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Bf4 $10) (18. Nd5 $5 {Dolmatov} Bxd5 19. exd5 g6 (19... Rfe8 20. c3 $10) (19... e4 20. Bxe4 Bxb2 21. Bf5 Rce8 {hat Schwarz keine Probleme.}) 20. f5) 18... Kh8 (18... Be7 $2 19. Bh6 $1) 19. Rf2 Be7 { Black vacates the f6-square for the knight.} 20. Rfd2 Qa5 (20... Nf6 21. Bg5 $10 (21. Bg5 {Dolmatov} Nh5 22. Qh4 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Nf4 24. Bf1)) 21. Qe1 (21. Nd5 {Konikowski,J} Bxd5 22. exd5 Nf6 23. Qf3 Qa4 {mit gutem Spiel für Schwarz.} ) 21... h6 {Preventing Be3-g5, otherwise possible after the eventual ...Nf6.} 22. h3 Nf6 23. Bf2 $15 (23. Qf2 {Dolmatov} Rxc3 $17) 23... Rxc3 $6 {Für das Qua litätsopfer bekommt Schwarz dauerhafte Initiative. A thematic Sicilian exchange sacrifice. Baburin: This game is an excellent ilustration of the typical "Sicilian" exchange sacrifice - ...Rxc3. It usually leads to the fall of the e4-pawn, followed by the further mobilization of the black pawns in the centre.} 24. bxc3 Qxa3 {After this White is bound to lose tactically, but passive defence was did not offer great promise either.} (24... Qxc3 25. Re2 ( 25. a4 {Dolmatov} bxa4 26. Ra1 a3 27. Rdd1 Qc7 28. Rxa3 d5 $40) 25... Qxa3 26. Ra1 $10) 25. c4 $2 {Nach dem Fallen des zentralen Bauern wird die weiße Stellung bald kritisch. Daher sollte der Anziehende} (25. Re2 $1 Qa5 (25... Rc8 26. c4 bxc4 27. Ra1 Qb2 (27... cxd3 28. Rxa3 dxe2 29. Qxe2 $16) 28. Rb1 Qa3 $10 ) 26. c4 Qxe1+ 27. Rdxe1 $1 $10) (25. Re2 $1 {Konikowski,J versuchen.}) 25... bxc4 $17 26. Bxc4 Nxe4 {Schwächer ist} (26... Bxe4 {Konikowski,J} 27. Bd3 Bb7 28. Rb1 {und Weiß atmet noch.}) 27. Rd3 Qa4 28. Rb3 (28. Bb3 $17) (28. Bd5 { Dolmatov} Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Qxc2 30. Bg1 $17) (28. Bb3 {Konikowski,J} Qd7 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Qxf5 31. Be3 Rc8 {mit Gewinnstellung für Schwarz.}) 28... Qxc4 29. Rxb7 Qxc2 $1 30. Bg1 Bg5 {Schwarz übernahm völlig die Initiative.} 31. Rdb1 Bf4 32. R1b3 (32. R1b2 Ng3+ 33. Qxg3 Qxb2 $19) 32... d5 $19 33. Rf3 Rc8 34. Rxf7 Ng5 35. Rxf4 exf4 (35... Nxf7 $19) 36. Re7 (36. Rxg7 Kxg7 37. Qe5+ Kh7 $19 ) 36... f3 (36... f3 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. gxf3 Nxf3 $19) 0-1 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1996.07.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B47"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1996.07.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.10.01"] 1. e4 {Petursson Konikowski,J Ribli Leko} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 { Leko entwickelt gern seinen Läufer auf der langen Diagonale a8-h1, z.B.} (6. g3 {Konikowski,J} a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Bc5 9. Nb3 Ba7 10. Bg5 Ne5 11. Qe2 d6 12. Kh1 h6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. f4 Nc4 15. f5 $1 Ne3 (15... Nxb2 16. Qf3 Rf8 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. e5 $1 dxe5 19. Ne4 {mit starkem Angriff}) 16. Rf3 Nxg2 17. Kxg2 Bd7 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf6 h5 { mit sehr kompliziertem Spiel (Leko-Lautier, Dortmund 1995).}) 6... a6 7. O-O b5 {Leko spielt gern diese Nebenvariante.} 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Bg5 $5 {Weiß hofft, dass er mit diesem Zug die schwarze Entwicklung stören kann. Wahrscheinlich ein neuer Zug. Aber wie die Partie zeigt, erzielt Weiß damit keine Vorteile. Üblicherweise zieht der Läufer nach e3, so geschah in der Begegnung Hübner-Leko, Wijk aan Zee 1996, zum Beispiel:} (9. Be3 {Ribli} Bb7 10. a4 Rd8 ( 10... b4 $5 {Konikowski,J}) 11. Qe1 Be7 12. f4 b4 13. Nd1 Nf6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qg3 g6 $10 {Huebner,R-Leko,P/Wijk/1996/CBM51/INF65,(186)/} (15... g6 16. Bf2 c5 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 O-O 19. Rfd1 a5 20. b3 Bd5 21. Bf3 {mit Remis.})) (9. a4 b4 (9... Rb8 $5 {Ribli}) (9... Bb7 $2 {Ribli} 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 $1 axb5 12. Bxb5+ Ke7 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Qd4 $18 { Wang Zili-Mortensen,E/Copenhagen K41/1995/CBM48/}) 10. Nb1 Nf6 11. Bd3 Bc5 12. c3 bxc3 13. Nxc3 a5 14. Qe2 e5 15. Bg5 Bg4 $1 16. Qc2 Nd7 $13 { Waitzkin,J-Benjamin,J/New York CITS/1996/CBM52/}) 9... Bb7 (9... Bd6 $5 10. f4 e5 11. f5 (11. Qd3 exf4 12. Rad1 h6 $1) 11... Nf6 $13) 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. Rad1 b4 $1 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Na4 c5 {Einerseits hat Schwarz Bauernschwächen, aber anderseits hat er das Läuferpaar und die Möglichkeit zu aktivem Gegenspiel.} 14. Bf3 $6 (14. Nb6 $1 Rd8 15. Qxd8+ Qxd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. f3 { /\ Ra1, a3+/= Miles}) 14... Rg8 15. Qe3 Rg5 $1 16. b3 Bd6 17. g3 (17. h4 $1 { Leko} Rg6 (17... Bf4 18. Qd3 Re5 19. Nb2 $16) 18. e5 Bxe5 19. Nxc5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rc8 $14) 17... Be5 $1 18. Bg2 (18. Nxc5 {erreicht Weiß nicht viel, z.B.} Bxg3 (18... Bf4 {Konikowski,J} 19. Qd4 Rxc5 $2 (19... Qxc5 $1 20. Qd7+ Kf8 21. Qxb7 Ra7 22. Rd8+ Kg7 23. Qc8 Qxc8 (23... Rc7 24. Rg8+ Kh6 25. Rxg5 Bxg5 26. Qxa6 Qxc2 27. Bg2 {mit weißem Mehrbauern}) 24. Rxc8 Rc7 25. Rxc7 Bxc7 26. Rd1 Ra5 27. Rd7 Bb6 28. Rb7 Bc5 29. Rc7 Bf8 30. Kg2 Kg6 { und Schwarz hat genug Gegenspiel.}) 20. gxf4 Rxc2 21. Qxf6 {mit weißem Vorteil. }) 19. hxg3 (19. fxg3 Qxc5) 19... Rxg3+ $1 20. fxg3 Qxg3+ $10) (18. Qxc5 Bxg3 19. Qxc7 Bxc7+ $19) 18... Bd4 19. Rxd4 $8 {Praktisch erzwungen, sonst hat Weiß eine sehr passive Stellung. Der starke Läufer muß geschlagen werden, wenn Weiß um Vorteil kämpfen will.} cxd4 20. Qxd4 Qe7 21. h4 (21. Nb2 Rd8 22. Qe3 Qc5 $1 $15) 21... Ra5 (21... Rd8 $1 22. Qe3 Re5) 22. Qd2 (22. Re1) 22... Rd8 23. Qh6 Bc6 24. Nb6 $8 (24. Qxh7 {Konikowski,J} Bxa4 25. bxa4 Qc5 (25... Rxa4 $2 26. e5 $1) 26. Bf3 Rd2 {mit schwarzem Vorteil.}) 24... Rxa2 25. Nc4 Bb5 (25... Rxc2 $5 26. Ne3 (26. Qxh7 f5 27. exf5 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 exf5 (28... exf5 29. Qxf5 $44)) 26... Rc3 27. Ng4 Kd7 28. Nxf6+ Kc7 $15) 26. e5 f5 $6 {Der junge Großmeister vergibt damit seinen Vorteil und gerät in Schwierigkeiten. Nach dem richtigen} (26... fxe5) (26... fxe5 $5) (26... fxe5 $1 {Konikowski,J} 27. Qxh7 (27. Nxe5 Rxc2 28. Qxh7 Rdd2 $17) 27... Qf6 {wäre der Nachziehende klar im Vorteil.}) 27. Rc1 $1 $44 {>< Ra2} Qc5 28. Nd6+ Rxd6 29. exd6 Qxd6 (29... Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Qxc2 31. Qxh7 {/\ Ph4-h5}) 30. Bf3 $1 $14 {Ein psychologischer Fallstrick von Anand. Ich denke, Schwarz sollte hier 30...Qe5 spielen, mit unklarer Stellung. 30... Bc6 sieht aber so natuerlich aus.} Bc6 {#} (30... Qd4 31. Qxh7 $14) 31. Qf4 $1 {Eine sehr unangenehme Überraschung.} Qd7 $4 (31... Ke7 $1 32. Bxc6 Qxc6 33. Qxb4+ Qd6 34. Qc3 $14 {>< Ra2}) (31... Qxf4 $4 32. Bxc6+ $18) (31... Kd7 { Konikowski,J} 32. Rd1 Bd5 33. Qh6 Rxc2 34. Qxh7 Qc5 35. Rxd5+ $1 (35. Qxf7+ $2 Kc8 36. Qe8+ Kc7 37. Qf7+ Kb6 $19) 35... exd5 36. Qxf5+ Ke8 37. Bxd5 f6 38. h5 {und Weiß sollte gewinnen.}) 32. Qb8+ Ke7 33. Bxc6 {Eine Alternative wäre} (33. Rd1 {Konikowski,J} Bxf3 34. Qxb4+ Ke8 35. Qb8+ Ke7 36. Rxd7+ Kxd7 37. g4 fxg4 38. c4 a5 39. c5 {mit weißem Vorteil.}) 33... Qxc6 34. Rd1 $1 $18 Qe8 35. Qxb4+ Kf6 36. Qd2 Qc8 {Allows mate in 5 in a lost position Damit vergrößert Schwarz seine Probleme. Notwendig war} (36... Qg8 $142 $1 { Obwohl Weiß besser stünde, ist ein klarer Gewinnweg nicht zu sehen.}) 37. Qg5+ Ke5 38. Qg7+ f6 39. Qh6 1-0 [Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1996.07.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Lobron, Eric"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2585"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1996.07.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.10.01"] 1. e4 {Dolmatov Horvath,T Anand} c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 {The main wea k point in the Sveshnikov variation, but black has ways to play very dynamically and prevent the static fight around weak squares.} Bg7 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O f5 (14... O-O 15. c4 (15. Qh5 f5 16. exf5 e4 17. Rae1 d5 18. c3 Rd8 19. Bb1 Rd6 20. Nc2 Rh6 21. Qg4 Kh8 { 1/2-1/2 Voekler,B-Geisler,F/BL 9495/1995/}) (15. Qf3 f5 (15... Qb7 16. c4 f5 17. exf5 Qxf3 18. gxf3 bxc4 19. Be4 Rb8 20. Nxc4 d5 21. Bxd5 Bxf5 22. Rfe1 Kh8 23. Rad1 Rbd8 24. b3 Bh3 25. Kh1 Bf6 26. Rg1 { Timmerman,G-Lemmers,O/NLD-ch sf Enschede (03)/1993/1-0 (61)}) 16. exf5 d5 17. Qxd5 Bb7 18. Qb3 e4 19. Rae1 Rfd8 20. Re3 Rd4 21. c4 Rdd8 22. Be2 Rd2 23. Nc2 Be5 24. cxb5 Qc5 25. Bc4 axb5 26. Bxf7+ Kh8 { 0-1 Wood,D-Wells,P/Ostend op (03)/1993/ (41)}) (15. c3 {Dolmatov} f5 16. exf5 $14) 15... b4 16. Nc2 Rb8 17. Ne3 a5 18. Qh5 Kh8 19. Rae1 Qa7 20. Nd5 b3 21. a3 Qd4 22. Re3 Qxb2 23. Qh4 Qd2 24. Nxf6 h6 25. Nh5 Be6 26. Rg3 Rg8 { 0-1 Olivier,P-Rouchouse,S/FRA-chB Toulouse (01)/1995/ (32)}) 15. exf5 (15. Qh5 Rb8 16. c4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Rad1 O-O 20. Rd5 Rc8 21. Rfd1 bxc4 22. Rxd6 Rxb2 23. Qg4 f5 24. Qxf5 Rf8 25. Qh3 { Wang Pin-Amura,C/Subotica iztW/1991/0.5 (41)}) (15. f3 O-O 16. Kh1 d5 17. c3 Rd8 18. Qe2 dxe4 19. fxe4 f4 20. Nc2 Rd6 21. Rad1 Rh6 22. Ne1 Bf6 { Enders,P-Kalinichev,S/Budapest FS05 GM/1995/1-0 (40)}) 15... Bb7 (15... d5 $5 { Dolmatov} 16. c3 O-O 17. Nc2 e4 18. Be2 Qe5) 16. Re1 (16. Qg4 O-O 17. c3 Kh8 18. Rad1 e4 19. Rfe1 Rg8 20. Qh3 b4 21. cxb4 d5 22. f3 Bxb2 23. fxe4 Bxa3 24. e5 f6 25. exf6 Qxf6 26. Re6 {Velicka,P-Ikonnikov,V/Cheliabinsk/1990/0-1 (36)}) 16... Qg5 (16... d5 $5 17. c3 O-O 18. Qh5 e4 19. Nc2 $16) (16... O-O {Dolmatov} 17. Qg4 (17. c4 $5 e4) (17. Qh5 e4 18. Bxe4 $2 Bxe4 19. f6 Qxf6 20. Rxe4 Qxb2)) 17. g3 (17. Be4 Bxe4 (17... d5 {Horvath,T} 18. Bxd5 Rd8 19. c4 $1 Qxf5 (19... bxc4 $4 20. Qa4+) 20. Qb3 $16) 18. Rxe4 Qxf5 19. Qd5 O-O 20. c4 Qe6) 17... O-O (17... d5 $6 18. f4 {Anand} Qe7 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. f6 $1 $18) 18. c4 Rae8 (18... bxc4 19. Nxc4 Rad8 20. Rc1 $16) (18... d5 $5 {Dolmatov} 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Nc2 Rad8 21. Qe2) (18... Rac8 $5 {Dolmatov} 19. cxb5 d5 20. bxa6 Ba8 $132) 19. Be4 $1 (19. cxb5 e4 $132 (19... e4 {Dolmatov} 20. bxa6 Ba8 $132)) 19... Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qxf5 21. Qd5 {Anand takes advantage of the d5 weakness again, the main value of the square is the potential base for the knight currently on a3.} b4 22. Nc2 a5 23. Rd1 (23. Ne3 Qe6 24. Qxa5 f5 25. Rh4 $16) (23. Nd4 $5 {Anand} Qxe4 (23... Qg6 {Dolmatov} 24. Nb5 Re6 25. Rd1 $16 Rd8 26. c5) 24. Qxe4 exd4 25. Qd5 $16) 23... Qg6 24. Ne3 (24. Re2 $16) 24... Kh8 (24... a4 25. Rg4 Qe6 26. Qxd6 $16) 25. Rg4 Qh5 (25... Qe6 26. Qxe6 (26. Qxd6 $16) 26... Rxe6 27. Nf5 Rg6 28. Rxg6 hxg6 29. Nxd6 $16) 26. Rh4 Qg5 (26... Qe2 27. Nf5 Re6 28. Nxd6 $16 ) 27. Qf3 (27. Qxa5 Ra8 (27... f5 28. Qxb4 f4 29. Nd5) 28. Qxb4 Rxa2 29. b3 $16 ) 27... f5 28. Rxd6 (28. Rh5 $5 {Dolmatov} e4 29. Rxg5 exf3 30. b3 f4 31. gxf4 Bh6 $132) 28... e4 (28... f4 $2 29. Qe4 h6 30. Rg6 $18) 29. Qd1 f4 (29... Bxb2 {Dolmatov} 30. Rh5 $16) 30. Rg4 { All white's pieces are well prepared to deal with black's counterplay.} Qe5 ( 30... Qe7 31. gxf4 (31. Rd7 fxe3 32. Rxe7 exf2+ 33. Kf1 Rxe7 $132) 31... Bxb2 32. Rd7 $16) 31. gxf4 Rxf4 (31... Qxb2 {Dolmatov} 32. Rd7 Rg8 33. Nf5 Bf6 34. Nh6 $18) 32. Rd2 Rxg4+ (32... Rg8 33. Rg3 $16) (32... Ref8 $5 {Dolmatov}) 33. Nxg4 Qg5 34. Kh1 h5 $2 (34... Rg8 35. Rd5 Qh4 36. Qe2 $16) 35. Rd5 $1 Qh4 ( 35... Qxg4 36. Rxh5+ $18) (35... Qg6 36. Ne3 Be5 37. Rxa5 $18) 36. Nf6 $1 (36. Nf6 $1 Qxf6 37. Qxh5+ $18) 1-0 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1996.06.01"] [Round "9"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Bologan,V"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1996.05.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.08.01"] 1. e4 {Blatny,P} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 (9. Nxe6 $2 {Blatny,P} fxe6 10. Bg6+ Ke7 11. O-O Nf8 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. f4 Kd8 15. c4 Kc7 $17 { Arnason-Ostenstad/Torshavn/1987/}) (9. Nh3 {Blatny,P} g5 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Ng1 Nbd5 $10 {Borkowski-Sapis/Hradec Kralove/1987/}) 9... Nxe4 10. Bxe4 (10. Qxe4 {Blatny,P} Qc7 $5 (10... Nb6) (10... c5 $6 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. Bb5+ $1 Bd7 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. Qa6 $1 Rb6 16. Qa4 Rxb2 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bc3 Rb7 19. Qg4 Bf8 20. O-O $14 {Psakhis - Meduna/Trnava/1988/}) 11. Qg4 Kf8 12. O-O c5 13. b3 e5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bf5 $1 h5 16. Qh3 Ne6 $14 { Gelfand-Speelman/Munich/1992/}) 10... Nf6 11. Bd3 Qc7 (11... b6 {Blatny,P} 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Ba6 Rd7 16. Bxb7+ Qxb7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng8 19. c4 Ne7 20. Be3 Rhd8 $14 {Thorsteinsson-Kamsky/Reykjavik/1990/}) 12. Bd2 (12. c3 {Blatny,P} b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 $14 { Arnason,J-Karlsson,A/Hafnarfirdi (04)/1992/}) 12... b6 (12... O-O $6 {Blatny,P} 13. O-O-O c5 14. g4 $1 $16 {Malisauskas,V-Oll,L/Vilnius zt/1993/}) (12... Nd5 { Blatny,P} 13. g3 c5 14. c4 Nf6 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Bc3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 O-O-O $132 { Tolnai,T-Schwarz,M/Budapest Elekes (07)/1994/}) 13. Ne5 (13. c4 {Blatny,P} Bb7 14. Bc3 c5 (14... O-O-O 15. b4 Rhe8 16. O-O Ng4 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Be7 19. a4 $40 {Tiviakov,S-Dahl,I/Gausdal AC (06)/1992/}) 15. d5 O-O-O 16. dxe6 Rhe8 17. O-O-O Bf4+ $36 {Nevostrujev,V-Galkin,A/St.Petersburg op2 (09)/1994/}) (13. O-O-O {Blatny,P} Bb7 $14) 13... c5 $146 {Normally Black does this move with the bishop on 'b7'.I don't think that it makes much difference especialy when White shaws an fresh reaction to it.} (13... Bb7 14. f4 O-O-O 15. O-O-O $14) ( 13... Bb7 $14 {Blatny,P}) 14. Bb5+ Ke7 (14... Bd7 {Blatny,P} 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 $14 {^^}) 15. c3 {Gata had a long thought in this position because it's obvious that the same thing may happen in his match against Karpov. So should he show all his home analysis or just play something regular.} Bb7 16. O-O Rhd8 (16... Rac8 {Blatny,P >K} Nf6 21. Qg3 cxd4 22. cxd4 Nd5 (22... Ne4 $5 { Blatny,P}) 23. Bd2 a6 24. Bd3 {/\f5->} f5 25. Qg6 Re8 {#} (25... Bc8 { Blatny,P /\Rf8<->f}) 26. g4 $1 $16 {Alekhin would be proud of what Kamsky did. Every White's piece is in the optimal position for the decisive attack.} Nf6 27. gxf5 Bxe5 (27... exf5 {Blatny,P} 28. Bxf5 $16) 28. fxe5 Qc6 29. Re3 $1 $18 (29. exf6 {Blatny,P} Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Qxh2+ 31. Ke3 exf5+ 32. Be4 Rxe4+ 33. Kd3 Rxd4+ 34. Kxd4 Rd8+ 35. Kc4 Bd5+ 36. Kc3 Qc7+ 37. Kd3 Be4+ 38. Ke2 Qc4+ 39. Kf2 Rxd2+ 40. Kg3 Rg2+ 41. Kh4 Bd5+ 42. Kh3 Qd3+ 43. Re3 Qxe3+ 44. Rf3 Qxf3+ 45. Kh4 Rh2#) 29... Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Qxh2+ 31. Ke1 Ne4 (31... Qh4+ {Blatny,P} 32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33. Rxg3 exf5 34. Bxh6 $40) 32. Bxe4 Qh4+ 33. Kd1 Bxe4 34. Be1 Qh2 35. Rxe4 Qh3 36. Ke2 1-0 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1996.05.30"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1996.05.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.08.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Kh8 16. Nc3 Be7 17. Nd5 Bg5 18. Kh1 Bh6 19. Nc3 Nxb3 20. axb3 Qb6 21. Kg1 Rc6 22. Qe2 Qc7 23. Ne1 f5 24. Nd3 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Qf7 26. Qe2 Qg6 27. f3 Bf5 28. Nb4 Rc7 29. Nbd5 Rcf7 30. Ne4 Bg5 31. Ndc3 Be7 32. Rd3 Rc8 33. Rad1 Rc6 34. Nd5 Bf8 35. Rc3 h5 36. Kh1 h4 37. h3 Kg8 38. Rc4 Qh5 39. Ne3 d5 40. Nxd5 Bxh3 41. gxh3 Rxf3 42. Nef6+ 1-0 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1996.05.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Bologan,V"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1996.05.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.08.01"] 1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 { The open Variation of the Ruy Lopez was the main oppening for Anand in his match against Kasparov therefore it was supposed that he has to be well prepared in this line. It's incredible but after six moves he was already queen down.} Bc5 14. Ne4 O-O $2 {Wedberg: !?N Just a blunder it was better not to look at Vishi's face when he saw the consequense of this move. I guess he rejected the normal 14...Bb6 because of next game.} (14... Bb6 15. Nfg5 $1 { N} Nxg5 16. Bxg5 Qd7 17. axb5 $6 (17. Re1 $140 $1 O-O 18. Ra3 $1 $40 { Rodriguez,Am}) 17... Qxb5 18. Nc3 Qd7 $1 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Nxa4 h6 $1 21. Nxb6 cxb6 22. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez,Am-Korneev,O/Barbera del Valles 1994.}) 15. Nxc5 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Nxc5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bg5 $1 Rxa1 {Wedberg: The point of Anands novelty is to give away the queen and build a drawing endgame fortress.} 19. Bxd8 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Rxd8 21. g3 $14 { It is not so easy to improve White's position as it looks from the first sight. } (21. Qc6 Ne6 22. Qxb5 $4 Rd1+ 23. Ke2 Nd4+ $19) 21... Ne6 22. Qb7 g6 23. Qxb5 c5 24. h4 {Wedberg: After this move the draw is a mathematical certainty. The only hope was to press through g4 and f5 to drive the gigantic knight away, but it looks very difficult - especially if Black posts his R on d4.} h5 25. b4 $6 {After this exchange White has no one chance to win the game. Better was to keep the 'b' pawn and to try to speculate with both ideas 'f4-f5' and penetration to the White's king on the queenside.} cxb4 26. Qxb4 Kg7 27. Kg2 Kg8 28. Qc3 Ra8 29. Qf3 Rb8 30. Qe3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1996.05.27"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2675"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "1996.05.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.08.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Rg1 Nd7 11. c3 Be7 12. Bg2 Qc4 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. O-O-O Nc5 15. Qc4 O-O 16. Nc6 bxc6 17. Bxc5 Bb7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Rgd1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 c5 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qxc5 Qh1+ 24. Rd1 Qxh2 25. Qe3 Qg2 26. g5 Qg4 27. b3 f6 28. g6 h5 29. Re1 Qxg6 30. Qxe6+ Kh7 31. Qxa6 h4 32. Qd6 Re8 33. Rh1 Qe4 34. Qd1 Kg8 35. c4 Re5 36. a4 g5 37. Kb2 Qg2 38. Qf1 Qf3 39. Ka3 Re2 40. c5 Rc2 41. Qd1 Qxf2 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kg6 44. Qe8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1996.05.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Bologan,V"] [PlyCount "201"] [EventDate "1996.05.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.08.01"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Nc6 15. d5 Na5 (15... Ne5 $5) 16. Bc5 Bf6 17. e5 Bxe5 18. Rb4 (18. h3 Rfd8 $5 19. hxg4 Rxd5 20. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Rad8 $1 22. Qc2 $1 Qxc2 23. Nxc2 Rd2 24. Rfd1 Nc4 $44 {Strelbin-Nadanian,A/URS/1991/}) 18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rae8 20. Be3 Nc4 {Novelty. The first who is getting out from there previos game is Anand. May be he thought that he'll have enough compensation for the exchange. Anyway he looked very confident in this moment and was playing very fast.} (20... Bc3 21. Ra4 Qb2 22. Qd3 b5 23. Bc1 bxa4 $1 24. Bxb2 Bxb2 25. d6 $4 (25. Qd2 Nc4 26. Qc2 Rc8 27. Be2 Ne3 28. Qxb2 Nxf1 29. Kxf1 $18 {Kramnik}) 25... Bf6 26. Qb5 Nb3 27. d7 Rd8 28. Rd1 Nd4 29. Qxa4 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 e6 $10 { Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Riga Tal.1995}) 21. Bxh6 Nd6 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. h4 $1 { It is important for White to create new weaknesses on the kingside what will be useful in some eventual endings.} (23. Ra4 Qb2 24. Rxa7 Qd4 25. Qxd4 Bxd4 26. Ra4 $16) 23... Rc8 24. Be4 Qa5 (24... Rc4 25. Bb1 Qa5 26. Rxc4 Nxc4 27. h5 $40) (24... b5 $5) 25. Ra4 Qb5 (25... Qc7 26. Bd3 b5 27. Rg4 $16) 26. Bb1 Rc5 27. Bd3 Qd7 28. Rxa7 $16 Rxd5 29. Ra8+ Kg7 30. h5 Rd4 (30... Nf5 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. Qe2 $16) 31. Qe2 Bf6 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Bb1 Qg4 34. Qa2 Nc4 35. Qb3 b5 36. Re1 Rd2 37. Ra2 Rd5 38. Be4 Re5 39. Rae2 Qh4 40. g3 Qh6 41. Qd3 $18 {Vladimir m anaged to improve the position of all his pieces that means that there are not so many practical chances left for Vishy.} Nd6 42. Bd5 Rxe2 43. Qxe2 Qh3 44. Be6 Qh8 45. Qf3 Qb8 46. Kg2 b4 47. Rh1 Qb7 48. Bd5 Qb5 49. g4 Nf7 50. Bb3 Nh6 51. Re1 Qg5 52. Re4 Nf5 53. Qd1 Nh4+ 54. Kh3 Qc5 55. Qe2 g5 56. Qc4 Qxc4 57. Rxc4 Bc3 58. Rc5 Nf3 59. Kg3 Ne5 60. Rb5 Bd2 61. f3 Bc3 62. f4 gxf4+ 63. Kxf4 Nf7 64. Rd5 Bb2 65. Kf5 Bf6 66. Rd1 Ng5 67. Rd3 Nf7 68. Rd7 Nd6+ 69. Kf4 Nf7 70. Rb7 Be5+ 71. Ke3 Bd6 72. Ke4 Ng5+ 73. Kf5 Nf3 74. Bd5 Nh4+ 75. Kg5 Ng6 76. Ra7 Nf8 77. Kf5 Bc5 78. Rb7 Bd6 79. g5 Ng6 80. Ra7 Nf8 81. Bb3 Ng6 82. Ra8 Nf8 83. Kg4 Bc7 84. Kh5 Bd6 85. Rc8 Be5 86. Rc5 Ng6 87. Rc8 Nf8 88. Rc1 Bc3 89. Rf1 e6 90. Rd1 Kf7 91. Rd8 Ng6 92. Rd7+ Ke8 93. Ba4 Ne5 94. Rb7+ Kf8 95. g6 Nd3 96. Kh6 Nc5 97. Rb8+ Ke7 98. Bc2 Nd7 99. Rb7 Kd6 100. g7 Bxg7+ 101. Kxg7 1-0 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1996.05.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2735"] [Annotator "Petursson,M"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1996.05.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.08.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 g6 15. Nh2 h5 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Bc2 c6 18. b4 Ncd7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bb3 Nb6 21. Bg5 Bd7 22. Nh4 Be6 23. Qf3 Nbd7 24. Rad1 Rc8 25. Rd3 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qe7 27. Red1 Qe6 28. Nhf5 Qxb3 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. c4 Qxc4 31. Rxd6 Nh7 32. Bh6 Ndf8 33. Rxa6 Re6 34. Rxe6 Nxe6 35. Nf5 (35. Nxh5 $5 gxh5 36. Qg3+ Kh8 37. Qxe5+ f6 38. Qf5 Rd8 39. Rxd8+ Nxd8 40. Qd7 Ne6 41. Qe8+ Nhf8 42. Bxf8 Qc1+ $10) 35... Qxb4 (35... gxf5 36. exf5 Neg5 37. Qxh5 Ne4 38. Qg4+ Neg5 39. Qh5 $10) 36. Rd7 Nhg5 37. Bxg5 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Nxg5 39. Qg3 $1 (39. Ne7+ Kh7 40. Qf6 Rc1 41. Qxg5 Qg1+ 42. Kg3 Rc3+ 43. f3 Rc2 44. Rd2 Qe1+ $19) 39... Nxe4 40. Nh6+ Kh7 41. Rxf7+ Kxh6 42. Qxe5 Qd2 $4 {Allows mate in six!} (42... Rg8 43. Qf4+ (43. g4 Qb4 44. Rf4 Qd2 45. Qxe4 hxg4 46. hxg4 Qd6 $13) 43... g5 44. Qc7 (44. Qe5 g4 $1 $13) 44... Kg6 45. Qe7 Qc3 46. Qe6+ Nf6 47. Rxf6+ Qxf6 48. Qxg8+ $10) 43. Qg7+ Kg5 44. h4+ Kxh4 45. Qxg6 Rc3 46. Qxe4+ 1-0 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1996.05.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A38"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Hecht,H"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "1996.05.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.08.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. a3 O-O 8. Rb1 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ng5 e6 11. Nge4 b6 12. d3 h6 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Nc3 d4 16. Nd5 Rb8 17. b4 Nxb4 18. Nxb4 cxb4 19. axb4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Re8 21. Kg1 Rc8 22. Re1 Rc6 23. Qa4 Rce6 24. Qxa7 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. Bf4 Qd5 27. Ra1 Qb5 28. Qa8+ Re8 29. Qa3 Bf8 30. h4 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Bd2 Re2 33. Be1 Qf5 34. Qa8 Qxd3 35. Qd8 Qf3 36. Qxg5+ Bg7 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qh4+ Kg6 39. Qf4 Qxf4 40. gxf4 d3 41. Rd1 Kf5 42. Kf1 Ke4 43. b5 Bd4 44. Rb1 Ra2 45. Rd1 Ra1 46. Rxa1 Bxa1 {# Riesenfreibauer d3, weiße B-Schwächen} 47. Bd2 Kd4 48. Be3+ (48. Ke1 Bc3 $19) 48... Kc3 49. Bxb6 Kc2 $1 (49... Kc2 50. Be3 Bd4 $19) 0-1 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1996.05.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Bologan,V"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1996.05.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.08.01"] 1. e4 {Kasparov Petursson} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 e5 9. Nf5 Nc6 10. Qf3 {Novelty. Of course this move has sense only if White is going to sacrify the knight on 'f5'.} (10. Be2 g6 11. Ng3 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. Qd4 Be6 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. Kb1 Be7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nfd7 18. Ne4 $16 {Shirov A.-Kamsky G./ Monte Carlo (Monaco) 1996.}) 10... g6 11. O-O-O gxf5 12. exf5 e4 $6 {The Whites threat 'g4-g5' it is not so dangerous because of intermediar 'ef4'. That's why I would recomend for Black to play 12...Qc7.} (12... Qc7 $5 13. Bg2 $5 $44 (13. g5 $6 exf4 14. gxf6 (14. Bxf4 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Ne5 16. Qf2 Bh6 $19) 14... fxe3 15. Nd5 Qa5 16. Qxe3+ Kd8 17. Bh3 Rb8 $17)) 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4+ Qe7 15. Qd3 Bg7 16. Bd2 $6 { I might be wrong but I think after the game Anand sugested 16.Bb6 as the best move and his evaluation of the position was quite optimistic for White.} (16. Bb6 O-O 17. Bg2 Qf6 18. c3 $16) 16... O-O 17. g5 (17. Bg2 $5) 17... hxg5 18. fxg5 Qe5 (18... Ne5 19. Qe4 d5 20. Qf4 $44) 19. f6 Bf5 20. Qg3 Rfc8 21. Bc3 {#} Nb4 $1 {Just brilliantly from the estetic point of vew. But still there was an simple equalizing move 21...Qg3. Kasparov: I played this move, because I wanted to make the public happy.} (21... Qxg3 22. hxg3 Nb4 23. Rd4 Nxa2+ 24. Kd2 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Rc5 (25... Rc7 $15 {Petursson}) 26. fxg7 Kxg7 27. Bg2 Ra7 28. Rxd6 Be6 29. g6 Kxg6 30. Rb6 $10) 22. Bxe5 Rxc2+ 23. Kb1 Re2+ 24. Ka1 Nc2+ 25. Kb1 Na3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dos Hermanas"] [Site "Dos Hermanas"] [Date "1996.05.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2690"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "1996.05.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "19"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.08.01"] 1. e4 {Ftacnik} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Qf3 e6 6. Nge2 b5 (6... Nd7 7. Bf4 (7. Be3 Ngf6 8. g4 d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. g5 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qa5+ 14. c3 e5 15. Ng3 Be6 16. O-O O-O-O 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qc7 20. Qa4 Qb6 21. Qc2 h6 $40 {Odeev,H-Komliakov,V/Ashkhabad/1996/}) 7... Qe7 8. Bb3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 $1 Ngf6 11. O-O-O h6 12. Be3 Nc5 13. h3 b6 14. Kb1 Nfd7 15. Nc1 Nxb3 16. axb3 a5 17. Rd2 O-O 18. Rhd1 Qd8 19. Na4 Qc7 20. Rxd7 $1 Bxd7 21. Bxb6 Qb7 22. Nc5 Qxb6 23. Nxd7 $16 { Konguvel,P-Mohr,G/Linares op/1996/}) 7. Bb3 (7. Bd3 e5 (7... b4 8. Nb1 Bb7 9. O-O Ne7 10. Qh3 O-O 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nc4 Nb6 13. Na5 Bc8 14. a3 e5 15. Qg3 bxa3 16. Rxa3 exd4 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bf4 d5 19. Bd6 Bd7 20. Nb7 Qe8 21. Bc5 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Nbc8 23. Nxd4 f5 24. Bd3 $16 {Vodicka,V-Nedela,V/CZE-chT 9596/1995/}) ( 7... Nd7 8. O-O Ne7 9. Qg3 e5 10. d5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 a6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nc3 f5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Qxg7 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Rxa4 f4 19. f3 Bf5 20. Rf2 Kd7 21. Bxf4 $1 Rhc8 22. Bg5 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Nxd5 24. c4 $18 { Vasiukov,E-Zilberman,N/Belgorod/1990/}) 8. Be3 Nf6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc1 O-O 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. h3 a6 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. Bxc5 Rd8 16. O-O Nd7 17. Be3 Nf8 18. Ne2 Ne6 19. c3 Bb7 20. Bc2 c5 21. Qg3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. f3 Bf6 25. Qe1 Bg5 26. Qc1 h6 27. Kf2 c4 28. Ke1 Kg7 $15 { 1/2,Liss,E-Kanstler,B/Rishon le Zion/1994/}) 7... a5 8. a3 Ba6 9. d5 $5 (9. O-O Nd7 (9... Ne7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rfe1 Qc7 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. Qg3 Nc8 14. Qh4 b4 15. Na4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bh6 Bb5 18. Nf4 Qd8 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. axb4 Bxa4 22. Bxa4 axb4 23. Bb3 Nb6 24. Ra1 Kf6 25. Nd3 Nxd3 26. cxd3 $10 { Sideifzade-Ivanov,A /Tashkent 1L/1980/}) 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Rad1 (11. e5 $5 d5 12. Nd1 $14 {@,()[+]>>}) 11... e5 12. Bg5 Ngf6 13. d5 $6 c5 14. a4 b4 15. Nb5 Nb6 16. Qd3 c4 17. Bxc4 Nxa4 18. Ra1 Nxb2 19. Qb3 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Rc8 21. Qd3 Qd8 22. c4 O-O 23. Ra2 Rxc4 $1 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Qxc4 Qb6 $17 { Nunn,J-Shirov,A/BL 9596/1996/}) 9... cxd5 (9... exd5 $142 $5 10. exd5 c5 11. O-O (11. a4 $5 b4 12. Nb5 $13 (12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. axb5 Nf6 14. c4 $14)) 11... Nf6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 O-O 15. a4 b4 16. Nb5 Ne8 17. c3 f5 18. h4 f4 19. Bh2 Nd7 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qh5 Qf6 22. Qh3 Ne5 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Qxf6 Rxf6 25. Rfd1 Rb8 $17 {>}) 10. exd5 e5 {Now formally the central pawn structure favors Black (f5,e4), but White's lead in development gives him an active position and enables him to restrain Black's pawns (and later successfully attack them).} 11. Ne4 h6 {/\f5} (11... Qc7 $6 12. c4 $1 bxc4 (12... Ne7 {Ftacnik} 13. c5 $40) (12... Nd7 13. N2c3 bxc4 14. Ba4 { -12...bxc4}) (12... a4 13. Bd1) 13. Ba4+ Nd7 (13... Ke7 14. N2c3 $44) 14. N2c3 Ke7 {/\Ngf6} (14... h6 $5 15. Nb5 (15. g4) 15... Bxb5 16. Bxb5 f5 17. Nd2 Ngf6 18. Bc6 $36 {><->g,/^b1-h7} (19. Bxh6 $2 Rh5 $19)) 18. Qg2 $5 (18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Qg2 ( 19. Qg3 a4 20. Ba2 Nd7 $44) 19... Qh4 $5 (19... a4 20. Ba2 Bxc2 21. Bb1 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 Qf6 23. Be3 Nd7 24. O-O Qf5 25. Rbc1 $14) 20. Rg1 a4 21. Ba2 Nd7 $44 { @,><->g} (24. Bb1 e4 $132) 24... Kh8 (24... Nd7 25. Qe6+ Qf7 26. Qxd6 $18) (24... f4 25. Bd2 {/\Bb1->}) (24... Na6 25. Bb1 e4 26. Rg1 Kh8 27. Qg3 $40) 25. O-O-O {With his K finally safe White has a raging attack.} Nd7 26. Qe6 Rd8 (26... Nc5 27. Bxc5 dxc5 28. d6 $40 {o^d} (28. d6 b4 29. d7 bxc3 30. bxc3 e4 31. d8=Q Rxd8 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Rd1 Qf8 34. Rd7 c4 35. Re7 $18)) 27. Rdg1 f4 28. Ba7 $1 $8 {Looks strange, but the B is unassailable on a7, controls c5 and can attack the important Pd6 from b8 or c7 later.} (28. Bd2 $2 Nc5 29. Qg6 e4 $36) 28... Nf6 (28... Qf6 29. Rg6 $1 $18) 29. Bb1 Re8 30. Qf5 { This dangerous Q-B battery will cost Black material even if he manages to beat off the attack.} Qf7 31. Bb6 Rf8 (31... Qxd5 32. Rh2 $1 (32. Rxg7 Qxh1+ 33. Kd2 Qxb1 $5 (33... Qd5+ 34. Ke1 (34. Bd4 Kxg7 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Qxf6+ Kg8 $10) 34... Qh1+ 35. Ke2 f3+ 36. Kd2 Qxb1 37. Qxb1 Kxg7 38. Qd3 $14) 34. Qxf6 (34. Qxb1 Kxg7 $17 (34... Kxg7 35. Qd3 $14)) 34... Qxb2+ 35. Kd1 Qb1+ $10) 32... Qf7 ( 32... e4 33. Qg6 Re7 34. Bd4 $18) (32... f3 33. Be3 $1 {/\Rg6->}) 33. Rhg2 Rg8 34. Bd8 $1 Rxd8 (34... Rh5 35. Qxf6 $1 $18) 35. Rxg7 Qxg7 36. Rxg7 Kxg7 37. Qg6+ $18) 32. Rg6 Rh5 (32... Nxd5 33. Qxf7 Rxf7 34. Rxd6 Nxb6 35. Rxb6 $16) 33. Qe6 Rg5 34. Rxg5 hxg5 35. Rd1 $1 $18 {^^,>>,Plachetka,J-Huenerkopf,H/Gausdal International/1986/}) 8. O-O Be6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. c3 a6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Qb1 b5 15. a3 Qb6 16. Qa2 e6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Ng3 d5 20. h4 h5 21. Qb1 Kg7 22. Ne2 Bd6 23. Bc2 a5 24. b4 axb4 $10 {Backwinkel,P-Heissler,J/BL 9495/1994/}) 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bd3 O-O $146 (8... h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. O-O Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 $6 12. axb3 g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. Ne1 Nxg3 15. hxg3 O-O 16. b4 e5 17. b5 Nb8 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Nb3 Nxe5 20. Nd4 Nxd3 21. Nxd3 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Bd7 23. Ne5 Bxb5 24. Rfc1 h5 25. Rc7 $44 { |^,Plachetka-Uhlmann/STL 9192/1992/}) 9. h3 (9. O-O Bf5 $10) 9... Qc7 10. O-O ( 10. Qc2 e5 $5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 (12. O-O Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Bf5 $10) 12... Qxe5+ 13. Be3 Bh6 14. Nf3 Qe7 $10) 10... Bf5 $1 11. Qc2 (11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Nh4 e6 13. g4 $6 Ne4 $1 14. Nxe4 (14. gxf5 $2 Nxg5 15. Qg4 h6 $1 16. f4 Nh7 17. fxe6 Nf6 $19) 14... fxe4 {/\f5|^}) 11... Bxd3 12. Qxd3 e6 13. Rfe1 Rfe8 $10 { After a rather unambitious opening by White a sterile position arose. White's attacking chances on the K-side are unrealistic, Black has enough counterplay.} 14. Bxf6 (14. Ne5 $6 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Qb6+) (14. Re2 b5 $5 $132) 14... Bxf6 15. h4 Ne7 (15... b5 16. a3 a5 17. b4 $1 $10 {/\Nb3-c5}) 16. g3 (16. h5 $6 gxh5 $1 {/\Ng6,h4}) 16... Nf5 17. Kg2 h6 18. a4 Bg7 19. Ne5 Nd6 20. f4 (20. g4 $5 Rac8 21. f4 $13 {was stronger, now Black blockades the K-side.}) 20... h5 $1 21. Nf1 Kh7 22. Ne3 f5 23. Nf1 Ne4 24. Nd2 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Qb6 26. Nxe4 fxe4 ( 26... dxe4 27. Qb5 $10) 27. Qb5 Rf8 28. Rf1 Qc7 (28... Qxb5 $6 29. axb5 Rxf1 30. Kxf1 (30. Rxf1 Kg7 31. Rf6 Re8 32. Kf2 Rf8 $10) 30... Kg7 31. Ke2 { >c3}) 11. Rc1 b6 {Christiansen-Henkin/Biel/1994/})) (8... Ne4 {Blatny,P} 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qd3 Nb4 11. Qb5+ Nc6 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 $14 { Gelfand-Kuczynski/Moscow/1994/}) 9. Bf4 (9. Bh4 O-O 10. Bb5 Ne4 { and black has the useful extra-move h7-h6 compared to 8. - 0-0}) (9. Bxf6 { Blatny,P} Bxf6 10. Bb5 O-O { Timman,J-Kramnik,V/Amsterdam VSB (02)/1996/1/2-1/2/43/ ;CBM 52}) 9... Ne4 { One of the points of early h7-h6. Black plays Sf6-e4 before he castles. White has to make his mind op about the possibily Se4xc3.} 10. Bb5 {White allows black to weaken his queenside-pawnstruckture considerably. However Kasparov does get/keep space-advantage in return} (10. Rc1 $5 Nxc3 (10... O-O {Blatny,P} 11. Bb5 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 Qa5) 11. Rxc3) 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 $6 (13. Rb1 $5 {Blatny,P}) 13... Re8 $1 (13... b6 $6 14. c4 (14. Qa4 Qc8 $132 {/\bxc5//\a7-a6}) 14... bxc5 (14... dxc4 15. d5 exd5 16. Qxd5 $36 (16. Qxd5 {Blatny,P} Qc8 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Rxc4 Bc5 $13)) 15. dxc5 $1 (15. cxd5 Nxd4 (15... exd5 16. dxc5 $16) 16. Nxd4 cxd4 {Blacks seems to be fine}) 15... a6 ( 15... dxc4 16. Bd6 $14) 16. Ba4 $14 (16. cxd5 axb5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 $10)) 14. Re1 Bf6 {>< Rc1} (14... b6 15. c4 bxc5 16. cxd5 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bc7) 15. Rb1 {Two moves ago white played Ra1-c1, now Rc1-b1. What is Kasparov doing? It seems 13. Rc1 was directed againt b7-b6. However if black doesn't play b6 the rook is not well placed on c1. If white plays c3-c4 he gets a weak P on d4. More important are the weakneses of the white squares c4,d5} (15. c4 Na5 $132) 15... b6 16. Ba6 Bc8 (16... bxc5 17. Bb7 $16) 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Ba6 Bc8 19. Bd3 $5 {An interesting pawn-sacrifice for space-advantage and |^} bxc5 (19... Bd7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bg5) 20. Ne5 {King: A well judged pawn sacrifice. The pawn at e5 acts as a spearhead creating the space that White needs for his manoeuvres against the king.} Bd7 (20... Nxe5 $5 21. dxe5 Bg5 {This looks at first glance better than the game-continuation where whites two Bs are very strong.} (21... Be7 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Qh5 {/\Bh6,Qf7}) 22. Bxg5 (22. Bg3 Bd7 { /\Tb8. Does white have enough for the pawn?}) 22... Qxg5 (22... hxg5 23. Qh5 g6 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6+ {/\Re3}) 23. Bb5 $1 (23. Qa4 $36 {White has good play for the pawn. However it is hard to believe that he is better} Rd8 (23... Qe7 $5) (23... Qd8 $5 {/\Bc8-d7 + Ra8-b8} 24. Re3 {/\Tg3,Df4 ->} Bd7 25. Qf4 f5 $5 (25... Rb8 26. Rxb8 Qxb8 27. Rg3 Kf8 $13) 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Qxf6 gxf6 28. Rg3+ Kf8 29. Rg6 (29. Rb7 Re7 $10) 29... f5 $13) 24. Qc6 Bd7 25. Qxc5 Rdc8 26. Qd4 Rc7 $10) 23... Rd8 24. Bc6) 21. Rb7 Bxe5 (21... Nxe5 $2 22. dxe5 Bg5 (22... Be7 23. Qg4 $16) (22... Bc6 {Blatny,P} 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. exf6 Qxf6 (24... gxf6 25. Qh5+ $40) 25. Be5 Qg5 26. f4 Qh4 27. Re3 $36) 23. Bxg5 $16) (21... Re7 $2 { Blatny,P} 22. Rxd7 $18) 22. dxe5 {()} Rb8 (22... Ne7 {Blatny,P} 23. Qh5 Bc6 24. Bxh6 Bxb7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Bh7+ $18) 23. Rxb8 Qxb8 24. Qg4 $16 {/\Bxh6 Whites attack is very dangerous. Black has exchanged the wrong minor-pieces.} Kf8 (24... Kh8 {Blatny,P} 25. Qh5 {/\Bh6}) 25. Re3 { King: Black's kingside is bare, but still intact. The entry of the rook into the attack, however, breaks the defences.} Qd8 (25... g5 {Blatny,P} 26. Qh5 gxf4 27. Qxh6+ Ke7 28. Qf6+ Kf8 29. Rh3 Ne7 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qh8#) (25... Ne7 { Blatny,P} 26. Rg3 Ng6 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Qxg6 Re7 29. Qh7 $18) 26. h4 $1 (26. Rg3 g5) 26... Qa5 (26... f5 27. exf6 (27. Qg6 Qxh4) 27... Qxf6 28. Rf3 (28. Bd6+ Kg8 29. Bxc5 (29. Rf3 $18 {Blatny,P}) 29... Ne5 $10) (28. Bg6 e5 29. Qxd7 Qxg6) 28... Kg8 29. Bd6 $1 (29. Bd2 Ne5 $17) 29... Ne5 30. Bxe5 Qxe5 31. Qg6 $18) 27. Rg3 Ke7 (27... Qxc3 {Blatny,P} 28. Qxg7+ Ke7 29. Qf6+ Kf8 30. Bxh6#) 28. Qxg7 $18 Kd8 29. Qxf7 Qxc3 30. Bb5 Qa5 31. Rg7 Ne7 (31... Re7 32. Qf8+ Re8 33. Rxd7+ Kxd7 34. Bxc6+ Kxc6 35. Qxe8+ $18) 32. Bxd7 Kxd7 33. Qf6 (33. Bxh6 { Blatny,P} Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qxe5+) 33... d4 (33... Qe1+ {Blatny,P} 34. Kh2 Qxf2 35. Bxh6 {/\Bg5}) 34. Bxh6 c4 35. Bg5 Qc5 36. Rxe7+ (36. Rxe7+ Rxe7 37. Qxe7+ Qxe7 38. Bxe7 Kxe7 39. Kf1 $18) 1-0 [Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1996.03.23"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Annotator "Boensch,U"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "1996.03.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.06.01"] 1. e4 {Topalov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 ( 7. Be3 Qc7 8. f4 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Qf2 O-O 14. O-O Rfe8 15. Rad1 Bf8 $10 { Gunnarsson,J-Tisdall,J/Reykjavik op (01) ;CBM 52_06 1996/0-1 (43)}) 7... Be7 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Bf3 (9. g4 d5 $5 10. exd5 (10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. h4 Nd7 13. c4 b6 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. O-O-O Nc5 16. Kb1 O-O-O 17. g5 Nd3 18. Rhf1 Bc5 19. Bxd3 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 { 1/2-1/2 Bologan,V-Novikov,I/St.Petersburg op (09) ;EXP 46 1995}) 10... Bb4 11. dxe6 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Kf2 fxe6 14. Qd3 Qc7 15. Bf3 O-O $132 { 1/2-1/2 Yemelin,V-Novikov,I/Novgorod op (08) ;EXP 49 1995 (16)}) (9. O-O O-O 10. a4 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. f5 $6 (12. g4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 $13) 12... e5 13. Nde2 Nbd7 $10 {Lutz,C-Gelfand,B/Cap d'Agde (01) ;EXP 43 1994/0-1 (61)}) 9... Nc6 10. Qe2 Nxd4 $1 $146 (10... Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Bc6 14. Rg1 b5 15. g5 Nd7 16. f5 $40 { 1-0 Navarro,R-Fougy,F/Novi Sad olm (04) MEX-HAI 1990 (30)}) (10... O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Rxd4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Rc4 Qd8 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. Bc5 b5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rc7 Rfc8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $10 { 1/2-1/2 Gipslis,A-Arnason,J/Jurmala 1987 (39)}) 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 b5 13. O-O-O (13. O-O Bb7 $10) (13. a3 Rb8 {/\ 14...b4}) 13... O-O 14. g4 $6 (14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd6 17. g4 $132) (14. f5 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 a5 $10 (16... a5 {Topalov} 17. Kb1 Ba6 18. Qf2 Bc4 19. Rhd1 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 $44)) 14... b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 exf4 17. Bxf4 a5 $15 18. Rhe1 $6 (18. g5 Bf5 ( 18... Re8 {Topalov /\ 19...Bf5} 19. Bg4 $1 $13) 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rfe8 $15 ) 18... Bh4 $1 19. Rg1 $6 (19. Bg3 Bxg3 (19... Bg5+ 20. Kb1 Ba6 21. Qe4 $10) 20. hxg3 a4 $15) 19... a4 $1 20. Qd2 (20. g5 b3 21. a3 bxc2 22. Rd4 (22. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Bf5+ 24. Kd2 Rfb8 $19) 22... Ba6 23. Qd2 Rfe8 24. Be3 Qb6 $17) 20... Rb8 (20... b3 21. a3 $15) 21. Kb1 Re8 22. Rg2 Bd7 23. Re2 a3 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. g5 $6 (25. b3 Bf6 $17) 25... f6 {/\ Be8-g6} (25... axb2 {Topalov} 26. Qd4 f6 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Qxh4 $13) 26. Be4 (26. Bg4 Bg6 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. b3 Bxg5 (28... fxg5 29. Be3 Rf8 30. Rc1 $15) 29. Bxg5 fxg5 30. Rf1 h6 $17) 26... axb2 27. Qd3 g6 28. Qa6 (28. Qh3 Ra8 (28... Qc4 $19 {Topalov}) 29. Qxh4 Qc4 30. Kxb2 Rxa2+ 31. Kb1 b3 $1 $19) 28... Rb6 29. Qa8 Rb8 30. Qa6 Rd8 31. Rd4 f5 $19 32. Bd3 Qe7 33. Bd2 (33. Kxb2 Be1 $19) 33... Be1 $1 34. Be2 Bxd2 35. Rxd2 Qxg5 36. Rd1 Qe3 37. Bc4 f4 38. Bb3 f3 (38... g5 $142 {Topalov /\ 39...Bg6}) 39. Qd3 Qe2 40. Bc4 Qxd3 41. Rxd3 Rc8 42. Ba6 Rc3 43. Kxb2 Bd7 44. Rd4 (44. Rxc3 bxc3+ 45. Kxc3 Bh3 46. Kd2 f2 $19) 44... Bf5 45. Rxb4 (45. Bd3 Bxd3 46. cxd3 Rc8 47. Rf4 Rf8 $19) 45... Rxc2+ 46. Kb3 Rxh2 47. Rf4 f2 48. a4 Bh3 (48... Bc2+ {Topalov} 49. Kc3 g5 50. Rg4) 49. a5 g5 50. Rf3 g4 (50... Kg7 {Topalov} 51. Bc4 g4 52. a6 gxf3 53. a7 $18) 51. Rf5 g3 (51... g3 52. Rg5+ Kh8 53. Rxg3 f1=Q 54. Bxf1 Bxf1 $19) 0-1 [Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1996.03.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Gelfand,B"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "1996.03.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.06.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 a6 $6 3. Bg5 Bg4 $146 (3... h6 4. Bh4 Nf6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 f5 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O $14 {Miles-Nikolic,94,Horgen}) 4. e3 Nf6 (4... c5 5. c4 $5 $16) 5. Bxf6 (5. c4 dxc4 (5... e6 6. Qb3 $5) 6. Bxf6 { -game}) 5... exf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 (7... b5 8. Be2 $14) 8. O-O (8. Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 Ra7 $19) 8... Bd6 9. Nbd2 (9. Be2 $5 O-O 10. Nfd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 f5 12. g3 $14) 9... O-O 10. a3 Qd7 11. Qc2 f5 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. b4 Rad8 (13... b6 14. Be2 {/\Nc4}) 14. Rfc1 g6 $6 (14... Bxf3 $5 15. Nxf3 g6 $14) 15. Ne1 c6 16. Bf1 Bb8 17. g3 g5 18. Nd3 Nd5 (18... f4 $5 19. Ne4 Qf5 $132) 19. Nc5 Qc8 (19... Qe7 20. Re1 $1) 20. Re1 Rfe8 21. Nc4 Re7 22. Bg2 Rde8 23. Qd2 h6 24. f3 Bh5 25. e4 b5 26. Na5 Nb6 27. Rac1 (27. exf5 Nd5 28. g4 Qc7 $132) (27. e5 Nd5 28. f4 $1 $16) 27... f4 28. g4 Bg6 29. Nd3 $2 (29. Rc2 $1 $16 {/\Rec1}) 29... Re6 30. Qc2 (30. d5 Ba7 31. Kh1 Nxd5 32. exd5 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 34. Nxe1 cxd5 $14) 30... Qd7 31. Qf2 Na4 32. Nb3 Rd6 33. Bf1 Rd8 34. Red1 Qe8 ( 34... f6 $5) 35. Ndc5 Nxc5 36. bxc5 R6d7 37. Rd2 Qe6 38. Rd3 Bc7 39. Qd2 h5 40. h3 hxg4 41. hxg4 f6 42. Rd1 (42. Re1 $5 Re8 43. Rd1) 42... Bf7 43. Na5 Bxa5 ( 43... Kg7 $5 44. Qc3 Bxa5 45. Qxa5 Qe7) 44. Qxa5 Qe7 $1 45. Qc3 Rc7 $1 46. R3d2 Kg7 47. Rc1 Rcd7 48. Rcd1 Rc7 49. Ra1 Rb8 50. Qa5 Rd7 51. Rc1 (51. Qxa6 Rxd4 52. Rxd4 Qxc5 53. Rad1 Rd8 54. Qxc6 Qxc6 55. Rxd8 Qc5+ $10) 51... Rbd8 (51... Qd8 $5) 52. Qc3 (52. Qxa6 Rxd4 53. Rxd4 Rxd4 54. Qxc6 Qa7 $1) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.01.28"] [Round "13"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "213"] [EventDate "1996.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.04.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. e4 Nd7 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Qd3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bb4 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Rec1 Rxc1+ 17. Rxc1 Qa8 18. f3 Rc8 19. Nc4 Ba6 20. Bf1 Rd8 21. Qb3 Bf8 22. Be3 Rc8 23. Rc2 Qb7 24. Bd3 Qe7 25. Qa4 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Bxc4 Nd5 28. Bd2 Nf6 29. Kf1 Ne8 30. Bd3 g6 31. Ke2 Nd6 32. Bf4 Qc7 33. Bd2 Qe7 34. e5 Nf5 35. g4 Ng7 36. Be1 Qc7 37. Kd1 Be7 38. Bd2 Kf8 39. Be4 f6 40. Qc6 Qxc6 41. Bxc6 Ne8 42. Bh6+ Ng7 43. Ke2 Kf7 44. Be3 fxe5 45. dxe5 Ne8 46. f4 Nc7 47. Kf3 Na6 48. Bb5 Nb4 49. Bc4 Nc6 50. Ke4 Na5 51. Ba6 Bc5 52. Bd2 Nc6 53. f5 gxf5+ 54. gxf5 exf5+ 55. Kxf5 Ne7+ 56. Ke4 Kg6 57. Bb5 Kf7 58. Bg5 Ba3 59. Bc4+ Kg6 60. Bf6 Bb4 61. Kf4 h6 62. Ke4 Ba3 63. Bh4 Bc5 64. Bg3 Kg7 65. Kf4 Kg6 66. Bd3+ Kg7 67. Kg4 Be3 68. Bh4 Kf7 69. Bc4+ Kf8 70. Bf6 Bd4 71. Kf4 Bb2 72. Ke4 Ba3 73. e6 Bd6 74. Be5 Bxe5 75. Kxe5 Kg7 76. Bd3 Nc8 77. a4 Ne7 78. Bb5 Nc8 79. Ba6 Ne7 80. Bd3 Nc8 81. Ba6 Ne7 82. Kd6 Kf6 83. Bc4 Nf5+ 84. Kd7 Ne7 85. Kc7 Ke5 86. Bb3 Nf5 87. Kb7 Kd6 88. Kxa7 Kc7 89. Ka6 Kc6 90. Bd1 Ne7 91. Bf3+ Kc7 92. Kb5 Nf5 93. Bg4 Nd6+ 94. Kb4 Kd8 95. Kc3 Ke7 96. Kd4 Nb7 97. Kc4 Kd6 98. Kb5 Nc5 99. h4 h5 100. Bh3 Ke7 101. a5 Nxe6 102. Kxb6 Nf4 103. a6 Nd5+ 104. Kb7 Kd8 105. a7 Nc7 106. Bf1 Kd7 107. Be2 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.01.27"] [Round "12"] [White "Topalov, Veselin"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B86"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1996.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.04.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nfd7 11. Bf4 b5 12. Qe2 (12. Qg4 Qb6 $5 (12... Nb6 $6 13. O-O-O $1 Bd7 14. Rhf1 h5 $6 15. Qf3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Bg5 $1 {Zapolskis,A-Tataev,M/Stare Mesto/1992/1-0 (18)}) (12... Nf6 $1 13. exf6 Qxd4 $13) (12... h5 $1 13. Qg3 h4 14. Qg4 g5 15. O-O-O $1 $8 Qe7 $2 (15... Rh6 $1 16. Qxg5 (16. Bxg5 Rg6 $17) 16... Qxg5 17. Bxg5 Rh5 18. Bf4 Bb7 $17 { >< f2}) 24... Rxc7 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. Kf1 $15) 20. Rb1 g6 21. b4 $1 Bc6 22. Qc4 Qf7 23. a4 $1 { Weiss steht mit dem Bauernpulk am Damenfluegel schon klar besser.} Bf6 24. b5 $1 axb5 25. axb5 Be8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. c6 $1 { Die weissen Bauern maschieren unaufhaltsam voran.} Rc8 28. Na4 bxc6 29. b6 $1 Rb8 30. Nc5 Be7 31. Qc3 Bd6 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Na6 Ra8 (33... Rb7 34. Bxc6 Bxc6 35. Qxc6 $18) 34. Qd3 Qe7 35. b7 Rd8 36. Qc2 $1 { Schwarz kann den Materialverlust nicht mehr verhindern.} e4 37. b8=Q Bxb8 38. Nxb8 Qd6 39. Na6 Qd4 40. Qc1 Qd2 41. Nc7 Qxc1+ 42. Rxc1 Bd7 43. Rd1 $1 { Der Rest der Partie bedarf keines Kommentars.} Kf7 44. Na6 $1 Ke7 45. Nc5 Bc8 46. Rxd8 Kxd8 47. Kf1 Ke7 48. Ke1 Kd6 49. Na4 c5 50. Bf1 Bb7 51. Kd2 Bd5 52. Nb6 h6 53. Ke3 Kc6 54. Na4 {Ribli} 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.01.25"] [Round "10"] [White "Van Wely, Loek"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Giese"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1996.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.04.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. Ne2 Nb6 7. Bb3 Bf5 8. Nbc3 e6 9. O-O Qd7 10. a3 Be7 11. Be3 O-O-O 12. Qc1 Kb8 13. Rd1 f6 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Nge4 Na5 16. Ba2 Nac4 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Nc5 Qc6 19. b4 Rhg8 20. b5 Qd6 21. a4 Bh5 22. Re1 $10 {#} Rxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Rg8+ 24. Kh3 (24. Kf1 $2 Nxe3+ 25. Rxe3 ( 25. fxe3 Qxh2) 25... Qxh2 26. Ke1 (26. Rg3 Qh1+ $19) 26... Rg1+ $19) (24. Kh1 $4 Bf3#) (24. Kh3 Bg4+ 25. Kg2 Bh5+ $10) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.01.23"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Timman, Jan H"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C73"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1996.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.04.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd4 15. Bg3 Bd6 16. Rfe1 Rae8 17. Nc4 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Ng4 19. Qxd4 cxd4 20. Na4 Be4 21. Na3 Bg6 22. Nc5 a5 23. b3 Ne5 24. Red1 Rd8 25. Rd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.01.22"] [Round "8"] [White "Huebner, Robert"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1996.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.04.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rfd1 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Bg4 b6 21. Bf3 Nd4 22. Bxd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.01.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1996.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.04.01"] 1. e4 {Bangiev Ftacnik} c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Qe1 $1 {Ftacnik: This line is coming into vogue, white has a simple plan of attacking black's castling position after 0-0.} h6 (8... d5 $2 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nxd5 $1) (8... O-O 9. f5 $5 exf5 10. Qh4 $1 $40) 9. Bb3 a6 ( 9... O-O $2 {Ftacnik} 10. f5 $1 (10. Qh4 $14) 10... exf5 11. Qh4 $16) (9... Nd4 {Ftacnik} 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Bd2 (12. Qf2 Nc6 13. Bd2 Kh7 14. c3 ( 14. Ng3 f5 15. Rae1 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Boronyak,A-Orgovan,S/HUN-chT 9293/1993/}) 14... Qb6 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Be3 Qa6 17. Bxd4 Qxd3 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rad1 Qxe4 20. Rxd6 b6 {1/2-1/2 Giorgadze,G-Novikov,I/Manila olm/1992/ (28)}) 12... Bd7 13. a4 Nc6 14. g4 Kh7 15. h4 Qe7 16. Qf2 f5 17. exf5 exf5 18. g5 Be6 19. Nc1 Rae8 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 Qxe6 23. Nb3 Rc8 { 0-1 Amos,F-Sziraki,T/Eger op (08)/1994/ (35)}) (9... Rb8 {Ftacnik} 10. a4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Qf2 Nc6 14. Ng3 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Nh5 Bh8 17. Bd2 Qe8 18. Qh4 Qe7 19. Qh3 Bd7 20. Rae1 Kh7 21. Re2 Qf7 22. Rfe1 { 1-0 Boronyak,A-Horvath,S/Zalaegerszeg op/1992/ (40)}) 10. e5 $1 {Bangiev: Diese r Zug gestattet Weiß, schwarze Felder in gegnerischen Lager wesentlich zu schwächen. In der Praxis wurden bislang andere Fortsetzungen verwendet.} (10. a4 $5 Rb8 11. Qg3 Nd4 $6 (11... b5 $5 12. f5 exf5 13. Bf4 c4 $1 $13 {Anand,V}) 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Qf2 $1 Qb6 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 gxf5 $8 18. Ng3 $5 (18. Nf4 $16) 18... Be5 19. Bf4 Be6 20. Rae1 { 1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Gelfand,B/Reggio Emilia/1991/ (44)}) (10. Be3 Na5 11. e5 Nxb3 12. axb3 Nf5 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Bf2 b6 15. b4 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Nd6 Qc7 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. Bxd4 { 1-0 Reinderman,D-Cifuentes Parada,R/NLD-ch (04)/1995/ (37)}) 10... Nf5 { Bangiev: Schwarz beabsichtigt das Manöver Nf5-d4 mit der Idee, den Springer f3 abzutauschen und den Bauern e5 zu beseitigen.} (10... dxe5 11. fxe5 g5 $1 ( 11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qd4+ 13. Kh1 (13. Be3 Qxe5 14. Qf2 $2 Qxe3 $1 15. Qxe3 Bd4) 13... Qxe5 14. Qf2 $1 $44 (14. Ne4 $16 {Bangiev /\15.Bf4} O-O $6 (14... f5 15. Bf4 Qxb2 16. Nd6+ $16) (14... Qc7 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bxf7+ $1 $16) 15. Bxh6 f5 16. Bf4 (16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ng5 $16) 16... Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qd4 18. Ng5 $18)) 12. Ne4 g4 13. Nf6+ $1 $14) (10... d5 {Bangiev} 11. Qf2 b6 12. Bd2 Na5 (12... O-O $6 13. Ne2 $5 Bb7 14. a4 $16 {/\a4-a5}) 13. Ne2 Nxb3 14. axb3 {/\15.b4} Nc6 15. d4 $14 ) 11. Kh1 $1 (11. Ne4 dxe5 12. Nxc5 exf4 13. c3 g5 $15) 11... Nfd4 (11... Ncd4 $5 {Van Wely suggested this to us a couple of days later, but we were on our way to a dinner hosted by te organisers and were in no mood to analyze!}) ( 11... d5 12. Ne2 $14 (12. Qf2 {Bangiev,A} b6 13. Bd2 $14)) (11... O-O 12. Ne4 c4 13. dxc4 dxe5 14. g4 $1 $14) 12. Ne4 { Bangiev: Dies soll den Druck auf den Felder d6,f6,c5 verstärken.} (12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Ne4 dxe5 14. Qg3 $5 (14. fxe5 Bxe5 (14... Nxe5 15. Qg3 $1 g5 16. Bf4 $1 $18)) 14... Qe7 $1 $8 (14... O-O 15. f5 $1 exf5 16. Bxh6 $1 (16. Qxg6 Kh8 17. Bxf7 Ne7 $1) 16... Ne7 $1 17. Bg5 $1 fxe4 18. Qh4 $16) 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Rxf4 f5 $1 $8 (17... O-O 18. Rf6 $1 $40) 18. Qxg6+ Kd8 19. Ng3 ( 19. Nc5 Re8 $1) 19... Qg5 $1) 12... Nxf3 (12... dxe5 13. Nxe5 $1 $40) 13. Rxf3 (13. Nxd6+ $2 Qxd6 $19) 13... dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 (14... Bxe5 15. Qf2 $1 $16 ( 15. Nxc5 Bxh2 16. Bxe6 $1 $16)) 15. Rf1 {Ftacnik: Black has decided to postpone the castling, but with a pawn sacrifice White has already begun his attack all the same. Bangiev: Die kritische Stellung. Für einen Bauern hat Weiß Entwicklungvorspung und gute Angriffschancen.} g5 $1 $8 (15... O-O 16. Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 (16... Nxd3 17. Qe3 $1 $40 (17. Qe3 Nxb2 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qxc5 $40)) 17. Nf6+ Kg7 18. Qxe5 Qd4 19. Qg3 $1 $16 (19. Rae1 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 b6 21. g4 $5 $16 {/\g4-g5} g5 22. Nh5+ Kh7 23. Rf6)) (15... Qe7 16. Qg3 (16. Bf4 $36 f5 17. Qg3 $5 $16) 16... g5 17. Bf4 $1 $16) (15... b6 16. Bf4 $44) 16. Qg3 { Bangiev: Es droht 17.h4 oder 17.Bf4} (16. Nxc5 O-O 17. Qe4 Qe7 $13) 16... O-O ( 16... b6 17. Bf4 $1 Qc7 18. Rae1 $40) (16... f5 $6 17. Bf4 $5 (17. Nxc5 Qe7 $14 ) 17... fxe4 (17... gxf4 18. Qxg7 $18) 18. Bxe5 Qe7 19. Bd6 Qd7 20. dxe4 $18) ( 16... Rg8 17. Nxc5 $16) 17. Bxg5 $5 {This piece sac allows Black to survive, so it is probable that White should look for an improvement earlier. Still, Black has to walk a tightrope for several moves. Ftacnik: Anand was certainly in the mood to experiment with less ususal ideas in Wijk. It is impossible to call this sacrifice fully answerable. Mit diesem Zug werden Linien und Diagonalen auf dem Königsflügel geoffnet.} (17. Nxc5 b6 18. Ne4 Bb7 $10 (18... f5 19. Nd2 Qd6 $13) (18... Bb7 19. Be3 $14)) 17... hxg5 18. Nxg5 { Bangiev: /\ Qh4 Es droht 19.Qh4} Ng6 $8 { Bangiev: Dieser Zug ist gegen die Drohung 19.Qh3 oder 19.Qh4 gerichtet.} (18... Qd4 19. Qh3 $1 $18) (18... b5 19. Rae1 Ng6 20. Nxf7 $1 $40) 19. Rae1 $1 { Bangiev: Die weißen Kräfte sind auf dem Königsflügel konzentriert,sprungbereit zum entscheidenden Angriff.} (19. Qg4 $2 Qd4 (19... Bf6) 20. Qh5 Qh4 $19) 19... Qe7 {Bangiev: Die Alternative ist 19...Bf6} (19... c4 20. Bxc4 b5 21. Bb3 Bb7 $2 22. Rxe6 $1 $18) (19... Bxb2 20. Nxf7 $1 (20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Bxe6 Kg7 $1) ( 20. Bxe6 $5 Be5 (20... fxe6 21. Nxe6 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Bxe6 23. Qxg6+ $16) 21. Rxe5 fxe6 22. Ree1 Kg7 $15) 20... Rxf7 21. Qxg6+ Rg7 22. Bxe6+ Bxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Re3 Rh7 25. Rf7 $40) (19... Bf6 $5 20. Rxe6 $5 (20. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 $17) ( 20. Ne4 $2 Bh4 $17) (20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qxg6+ (21. Rxe6 Kg7 $1 (21... Bxe6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Bxe6+ $18) 22. Rd6 Qe7 23. h4 Qe5 $17) 21... Bg7 22. Bxe6+ Bxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 $13) (20. Rf5 $6 Kg7 $17 (20... exf5 $2 21. Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Bxf7 Qf8 24. Re8 Qxe8 25. Qh6#)) 20... Bxe6 (20... Bxg5 $2 21. Rxg6+ $18) 21. Nxe6 Qe7 $1 (21... fxe6 $2 22. Qxg6+ $18) (21... Qb8 $6 22. Nxf8 Qxg3 23. hxg3 $16) 22. Nc7 {/\23.Qxg6} (22. Nf4 $6 Kh7 (22... Kg7 $2 23. Nh5+ $16) 23. Nd5 (23. Qh3+ Bh4 $19) 23... Bh4 $19) (22. Nxf8 Kxf8 $8 23. Qf3 Kg7 24. Bd5 Ne5 25. Qe4 $13) 22... Kg7 23. Nd5 Qe2 $5 (23... Qe5 24. Nxf6 Qxg3 25. Nh5+) (23... Bh4 24. Nxe7 Bxg3 25. Nf5+ Kh7 26. Nxg3) 24. Re1 Bh4 25. Rxe2 Bxg3 26. hxg3 $13) (19... Bh6 $2 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Qxg6+ $18) 20. Rf5 $3 { # The N must be protected! Ftacnik: White puts lot of phantasy in hisattacking attempts. Bangiev: # Ein ausgezeichneter Zug. Es droht 21.Qh3.} Bf6 { Dies wird widerlegt. Die Alternative 20...Bh6 wäre besser gewesen.} (20... Bh6 21. h4 {And Black seems to have no defence against h4-h5.} (21. Nxf7 $6 Kh7 $1 {Gelfand} (21... Rxf7 22. Qxg6+ Bg7 (22... Rg7 23. Qxh6 $18) 23. Rxe6 Bxe6 24. Bxe6 Raf8 25. Rg5 $1 $18 {/\26.Qxg7} Qf6 (25... Kh8 $8 26. Rh5+ Bh6 27. Rxh6+ Rh7 28. Kg1 Qg7 29. Rxh7+ Qxh7 30. Qg5 $16) 26. Qxf6 { Isn't that a nice pair of pins?}) (21... Kg7 $1 22. Ne5 Rf6 (22... exf5 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qxh6+ $18) (22... Rxf5 $6 23. Qxg6+ Kf8 (23... Kh8 24. Qxf5 $16) 24. Qxf5+ $1 exf5 25. Ng6+ $16) 23. Rh5 $16) 22. Nxh6 Kxh6 $44) (21. Nxe6 $2 Bxe6 22. Bxe6 (22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Qxg6+ Qg7) 22... fxe6 23. Qxg6+ Qg7 24. Qxe6+ Kh7 $13) 21... Bxg5 (21... c4 $5 22. Bxc4 b5 23. Bb3 (23. Bd5 Ra7 24. h5 exf5 $5 (24... Bxg5 25. Rxg5 exd5 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. hxg6 $16) 25. Rxe7 Nxe7 (25... Rxe7 26. hxg6 $16) 26. Ne6+ (26. Nxf7+ Kh7 27. Nxh6 Nxd5 $17) 26... Kh7 27. Nxf8+ Bxf8 $13) 23... Bb7 $5 (23... Qb4 24. Re4 Qxe4 25. dxe4 exf5 26. Nxf7 $16 ) (23... Kh8 24. h5 exf5 25. Rxe7 Nxe7 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27. Bxf7) 24. h5 Qb4 $1 ( 24... exf5 25. Rxe7 Nxe7 26. Nxf7+ Kh7 27. Nxh6 $16) 25. Nxf7 (25. c3 $2 Qh4+ $17) (25. hxg6 exf5 26. gxf7+ Kh8 $17) (25. Rxf7 $5 Rxf7 (25... Qxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Rxf7 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. hxg6+ $18) 26. Nxf7 Qh4+ 27. Qxh4 Nxh4 28. Nxh6+ Kg7 29. Rxe6 (29. Ng4 Nxg2 $13) 29... Bxg2+ 30. Kh2 $16) 25... Qh4+ (25... Qxe1+ 26. Qxe1 exf5 27. Nxh6+ Kh7) 26. Qxh4 Nxh4 27. Nxh6+ Kg7 28. Rxf8 Rxf8 29. Rxe6 $16 (29. Ng4 Nxg2 $13)) (21... Kg7 22. h5 Bxg5 23. Rxg5 Rh8 (23... Qf6 24. hxg6 Rh8+ 25. Kg1 $16) 24. Rxg6+ (24. Kg1 Rh6 $13) 24... Kf8 (24... fxg6 $2 25. Qxg6+ $18) 25. Rg5 $16) (21... Kh8 $5 22. h5 exf5 (22... Bxg5 23. Rxg5 $16) 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Nxf7+ Rxf7 25. Bxf7 Bg7 26. h6 Bxh6 27. Qe5+ $16) 22. Rxg5 Kg7 23. h5 $16) (20... exf5 $2 21. Rxe7 Nxe7 22. Qh4 Rd8 23. Qh5 $18) 21. Nxe6 fxe6 $4 {Ftacnik: Gelfand was so shocked, that he goes down without the fight. The correct} (21... Re8 $1 { Ftacnik: could have pointed to some weak points in white's concept.} 22. Re4 $1 (22. Ref1 Bh4 $1 {Gelfand pointed this out to me much later - our conclusion at the post mortem was that White was in no danger of losing after 22.Ref1} ( 22... Bxe6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Rxf6 Qe5 25. Qf3 $44)) (22. Qf3 Nh4 (22... Be5 $2 23. Rxf7 $1 Qh4 24. Rxe5 Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Qf1 Rae8 27. Rf6 $18) (22... Bh4 23. Rxf7 Qxf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Nc7+ Be6 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Bxe6+ Ke7 28. Nxa8 Kxe6 29. Nb6 $13) 23. Qg4+ Ng6 24. Qf3) (22. Rff1 Bxe6 (22... fxe6 23. Qxg6+ Bg7 24. Rf6 $1 Qxf6 25. Qxe8+ Qf8 26. Bxe6+ Bxe6 27. Qxe6+ Qf7 28. Qb6 $13) 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxg6+ Bg7 25. Rf3 Rf8 $15) 22... Bxe6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxg6+ Bg7 25. Rf3 $44 { Here White still should be able to make a draw because of the reduced material. } (25. Rh5 {Ftacnik} Qf6 26. Qxf6 Bxf6 27. Rxc5 $13)) 22. Rxe6 $1 { # Bangiev: Mit dem Textzug gab Weiß dem Angriff den entscheidenden Auftrieb.} ( 22. Qxg6+ $2 Qg7 (22... Bg7 $17) 23. Rxe6 Qxg6 24. Rexf6+ Kh7 $1 $8 {-+}) (22. Bxe6+ $2 Bxe6 23. Rxe6 Qg7 $1 $17) 22... Kg7 (22... Bxe6 23. Qxg6+ Qg7 (23... Bg7 24. Bxe6+) 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 (24... Rf7 25. Bxf7+ Kf8 26. Qxf6 $18) 25. Rh5+) 23. Rxe7+ Bxe7 24. Rxf8 Bxf8 25. h4 $1 {And Boris resigned.} (25. h4 Kh7 26. h5 Ne7 27. Qf3 (27. Qf4 Bd7 28. Qf6 Bc6 29. Bf7 $18) 27... Bf5 28. Qxb7 $18) 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.01.20"] [Round "6"] [White "Piket, Jeroen"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "1996.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.04.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bg2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. e4 O-O 13. Nh4 a5 14. O-O Na6 15. Qe1 g5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nc5 18. Be4 Qf6 19. f3 Rfe8 20. Qe3 Kg7 21. Kg2 h5 22. Rh1 Rg8 23. h3 h4 24. g4 Rgb8 25. Rhc1 b5 26. cxb5 Rxb5 27. R1c2 Rab8 28. Qd2 Qd8 29. b3 Qe7 30. Rc4 R8b6 31. Kf1 Qd8 32. Ke2 Kf6 33. Qc1 Qb8 34. Qe3 Ra6 35. Bd3 Ra7 36. f4 gxf4 37. g5+ Kg7 38. f6+ Kg8 39. Rxc5 fxe3 40. Rxb5 Qe8 41. Rc6 e4 42. Bc2 Ra8 43. Rb7 Qe5 44. Rbxc7 Qf4 0-1 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.01.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Sokolov, Ivan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2665"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "1996.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.04.01"] 1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 {Survey CBM 51 [Ftacnik]} Bg4 11. Be3 d5 12. Nbd2 {Actually, White has very little choice here.} (12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Qe2 (16. Rd1 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 Nxe4 18. Bd5 Rad8 $1) 16... Rfd8 $1 (16... Qxb2 17. Nd2 $44)) 12... h6 $1 (12... d4 13. Bg5 $14) ( 12... dxe4 13. dxe4 $14) 13. h3 (13. exd5 Nxd5 14. h3 Nxe3 15. Rxe3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Bc5 $1) 13... d4 (13... Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ba4) 14. hxg4 dxe3 15. fxe3 Nxg4 16. Bd5 (16. Nc4 $5 Bf6 {It's not so easy to prove an advantage for White here, but he is definitely better because of the difference in Bs.} (16... Bc5 17. Ba4 $1 $16)) 16... Qd7 17. Nc4 Bf6 {Here I saw that the Q sac was possible and that it gave White the advantage. I decided to go for it because I was in a reckless mood that day!} 18. Nfd2 $1 h5 19. Rf1 Rad8 20. Rf5 $1 g6 (20... Ne7 21. Rxh5 g6 (21... c6 22. Nb6 Nxe3 23. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 24. Qh5+ $18) 22. Rh3 { This all seems to work out.}) 21. Qxg4 $3 { Critical but very risky and of course White has reached the point of no return. } hxg4 22. Rxf6 Ne7 23. Bxf7+ Kg7 24. Raf1 Qb5 25. g3 $1 { Otherwise Black himself plays g4-g3} Rd7 {/\ Nd5} 26. R1f2 $1 { Now the N can't move because Rg6+ is followed by Rh2#} Qc5 27. Nb3 (27. Kf1 $142 $1 {Ftacnik /\Ke2}) (27. b3 $142 {Ftacnik} Rdd8 28. Nf1 Rd7 29. Nh2 $16) 27... Qa7 $2 (27... Qb5 $142 $8 28. d4 $1 exd4 (28... Nf5 $1 29. Nxe5 $1 (29. Rxg6+ Kxf7 $13) (29. exf5 $1 Kxf6 { As these things go, the solution is to give more material!} 30. Nxe5 $1 (30. fxg6+ Kg7 31. Nxe5 Re7) 30... Re7 (30... gxf5 31. Bc4 Qa4 32. Nc5 Qa1+ 33. Rf1 $18) 31. Bc4 $1 Qa4 32. Nc5 Qa1+ 33. Rf1 Qxb2 34. Ne4+ Kg7 35. f6+ Rxf6 36. Nxf6 (36. Rxf6 Rxe5 37. dxe5 Qxc2 {This is a mess}) 36... Rxe5) 29... Kxf6 ( 29... Rd6 30. Bc4 $18) 30. Bc4 Qa4 31. Nc5 Qa1+ 32. Rf1 $18) 29. exd4 Kh8 $8 { White has a draw at least with Rh2 and Rhf2, but does he have more?} (29... Nf5 30. Rxg6+ Kxf7 31. Rxf5+ $1 $18 Kxg6 (31... Qxf5 32. exf5) 32. Rxb5 { The reason why exd4 is bad} axb5 33. Ne5+ $18) 30. Ne5 Rxd4 (30... Rd6 31. Bc4 Rdxf6 32. Rh2+ Kg7 33. Bxb5 axb5 34. Re2 $16) 31. Nxg6+ Nxg6 32. Nxd4 Qe5 33. Nf5 $1 Qxf6 34. Rh2+ Nh4 35. Bb3 Rf7 36. Bxf7 Qxf7 37. Rxh4+ $18 { The sting at the end of the tail.}) 28. Nxe5 $4 (28. Rxa6 $3 Qxa6 29. Nc5 Qc6 $1 {Ivanchuk} (29... Rxf7 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Nxe5+ $1 { And Black has a horrible position, which is probably lost.} (31. Nxa6 Nc6 { This didn't seem so clear to me.})) 30. Ne6+ Qxe6 31. Bxe6 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 b3 $1 33. c3 $1 Rxd3 34. Ke2 Rd8 35. Nd2 $1 $16 {This seems to be the best that White can achieve, but he does have good winning chances.}) 28... Qxe3 $1 { Unfortunately, there is a gaping hole in this variation.} (28... Rd6 $4 29. Rxd6 cxd6 30. Nd4 $1 $18 {I saw this and fell in love with the whole variation. }) 29. Nxd7 Rh8 $1 { Now I suddenly realised that Black's threat is not Qg3, but Qe1!} 30. Kg2 Rh3 { With the lethal threat of Qe1!} 31. Bxg6 (31. Bc4 Qe1 $17) (31. Bg8 Nxg8 32. Rf7+ Kh6 33. Nf8 Kh5 $1) 31... Nxg6 32. Kf1 $2 (32. Rf7+ Kh6 33. Nf8 (33. Nf6 Qxg3+ 34. Kf1 Rh1+ 35. Ke2 Nf4+ 36. Rxf4 Qe1#)) 32... Rh1+ 33. Kg2 Rd1 34. Rxg6+ (34. Rf1 Nh4+ 35. gxh4 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Rxf1+ 37. Rxf1 g3 $19) (34. Nbc5 $2 { Ftacnik} Nh4+ $1 35. Kh2 Nf3+ 36. R6xf3 Qh6+) 34... Kxg6 35. Ne5+ Kg7 36. Nxg4 Qe1 37. Kf3 Qh1+ 38. Kf4 Rf1 39. Ke3 Qg1 40. Kf3 $4 { Forgetting that c2 could no longer be protected.} (40. Ke2 $1 Re1+ (40... Rb1 $1 41. Nd4 {And the game chunders on}) (40... Rxf2+ 41. Nxf2 Qb1 42. Kd2 $1 Qxb2 43. Nd1 {/\ Ne3,Nc4}) 41. Kf3 { Black still has to work on realizing his advantage.} (41. Kd2 Rb1)) 40... Rxf2+ 41. Nxf2 Qb1 {Now c2 and the whole << crumble.} 42. Nd4 Qxb2 43. Nf5+ Kf7 44. Ne3 Qa2 45. e5 Qxa5 46. d4 Qa1 47. Ke4 a5 48. d5 a4 { I decided to end my suffering here.} 0-1 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.01.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Dreev, Alexey"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "1996.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.04.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Nd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.01.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E17"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2660"] [Annotator "Dautov,R"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1996.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.04.01"] 1. d4 {Baburin} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Naxc5 13. Nd4 {N} ( 13. Nb5 g5 14. Be5 (14. Be3 $1 $14) 14... Qd7 15. Nc3 Qf5 16. Bd4 Ne6 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qc2 Nd4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Qc7 e3 { 1/2-1/2 Csom,I-Regan,K/Budapest Tungsram 1978}) (13. Be5 Re8 14. Nb5 Bf8 15. Nbd4 a5 $13 {Csom-Barczay/HUN-ch/1977}) 13... Bf6 14. Bh3 $1 (14. b4 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Ne6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rc7 Rf7 $10) 14... Ng5 {Baburin: In positions with an isolated d5-pawn,Bishops are not as useful as Knights, therefore Black should not be seeking this kind of exchange, the Knight was well placed on e4. 14...Re8 would be a normal continuation.} (14... Re8 $2 15. Ncb5 Ng5 (15... Re7 16. b4 Ne6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Nc7 $18) 16. Bg2 Bxd4 (16... Nge6 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. Nd6 $16) 17. Nxd4 Nge6 18. Be3 $16) (14... Qe7 $2 15. Nf5 $16) 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. e3 $14 Bf6 (16... g6 17. Re2 Qe7 {/\Rfd8} 18. Nf3 $16) 17. Re2 { Preparing to put more pressure on the d5-pawn.} (17. b4 Ne4 $14) 17... g6 ( 17... Re8 18. Rd2 $14) 18. b4 {Baburin: A very interesting approach: after the forthcoming Nc3-e4, Nxe4 dxe White is going to take advantage of the fact that his Rooks have been developed to the central files.} Ne4 19. Nxe4 (19. Rec2 $5 Re8 (19... Nd6 20. Bg2 $16) 20. Ncb5 Re7 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 $16) 19... dxe4 20. Rd2 Qe7 21. b5 {Baburin: /\Nc6 The point! White is going to occupy the weak c6-square, as Black cannot afford to take the Knight there (in a view of b5xc6), he has to take it on d4.} Bxd4 22. Rxd4 {<->c,d} Bc8 (22... Rfd8 23. Bd7 $1 (23. Rd7 Rxd7 24. Qxd7 Qxd7 25. Bxd7 Kf8 26. Rc7 Bd5 $14) 23... Bc8 ( 23... Qe5 24. Bc6 Rxd4 25. exd4 Qe7 26. d5 $16) 24. Bc6 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxb7 27. Qe5 $16 {/\Rc7}) 23. Bd7 $1 {/\Bc6} Bxd7 24. Rxd7 Qa3 $1 25. Rc2 {/\Qd5} (25. Qd2 a6 26. bxa6 Rxa6 $14) 25... Qa4 (25... a6 26. bxa6 Rxa6 27. Qd5 $16) 26. Rd5 Rae8 (26... Rac8 27. Rxc8 Qxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxc8 29. Rd7 Ra8 30. a4 a6 31. Rb7 axb5 32. axb5 h5 33. Rxb6 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Rb1 35. h3 Kg7 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 g5 $16) (26... a6 $5 27. Qe2 (27. bxa6 Qxa6 (27... Rxa6 28. Rd4 Qe8 29. Qb1 $16 {/\Rb2,Rc7}) 28. Qd4 Qa4 $14) 27... axb5 28. Rd4 Qa5 29. Rxe4 $14) 27. h4 h5 28. Kg2 $1 Re6 (28... Rc8 $4 29. Rxc8 Qxd1 30. Rxf8+ $18) (28... a6 29. bxa6 Qxa6 30. Qd4 $16) 29. Qe2 Qa3 30. Rc7 Re7 31. Rc6 Rfe8 32. Qc4 Kh7 33. Rd2 Rb7 34. Rdd6 $16 Qb2 (34... Rbe7 35. g4 $1 hxg4 36. h5 gxh5 (36... Rg8 37. Rf6 Rg7 38. Rxf7 $1 $18) 37. Qd5 Qb2 38. Rh6+ Kg8 39. Rxh5 $18) 35. a4 Re5 { /\Rf5} 36. Rd5 (36. Qd4 Qxd4 37. exd4 Ree7 $14) 36... Rxd5 (36... Rbe7 37. Rc7 Kg7 (37... Rxc7 $2 38. Qxc7 Rxd5 39. Qxf7+ $18) 38. Rdd7 Rxd7 39. Rxd7 Rf5 40. Qd4+ Qxd4 41. Rxd4 Re5 42. Rd7 $16) (36... Ree7 37. Rd4 Qb1 38. Rc8 $18 { /\Qc3,/^a1-h8}) 37. Qxd5 Re7 38. Qd6 $1 (38. Qd8 $2 Qe5 $14) 38... Re6 39. Qd8 $1 {/\Rc7} Qe5 40. Rc7 Kg7 (40... Rf6 {/\Qb2} 41. Rc8 Rf5 42. Qg8+ Kh6 43. Qh8+ Qxh8 44. Rxh8+ Kg7 45. Ra8 $16) 41. Rxa7 Rd6 42. Qe7 $18 Qd5 43. Ra8 Rd7 (43... Qxa8 44. Qxd6 Qxa4 45. Qxb6 $18) 44. Qf8+ Kf6 45. Re8 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.01.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1996.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.04.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Be3 Bg6 8. Nh4 Nf5 9. Nxf5 Bxf5 10. g4 Bg6 11. f4 f5 12. g5 h6 13. h4 hxg5 14. hxg5 Kf7 15. Nd2 Be7 16. Kg2 Qc7 17. Rh1 Rag8 18. Bf3 Rxh1 19. Qxh1 Qd8 20. Qd1 Rh8 21. Qe2 Qg8 22. Rh1 Rxh1 23. Kxh1 Nb6 24. Kg2 Qh8 25. Bf2 Qd8 26. b3 Nd7 27. c4 Nf8 28. c5 Qa5 29. Nb1 Kg8 30. a3 Qd8 31. b4 Be8 32. Nc3 Ng6 33. Qd2 a5 34. Bg3 b5 35. Na2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1996.01.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1996.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.04.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Ra7 8. d3 b6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Bxb7 Rxb7 12. Qf3 Qc8 13. d4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 O-O 15. a4 Nfd7 16. Rfd1 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nc6 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Rc7 20. Qe2 Na5 21. Rxb6 Nc4 22. Rb4 a5 23. Rb5 Nxb2 24. Nd5 exd5 25. Rxb2 Rc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 c6 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Be7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Ng5 Bxg5 8. Qh5 Qe7 9. Qxg5 Qxg5 10. Bxg5 Nc5 11. f3 Be6 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Nd2 Nfd7 14. Nc4 f6 15. Be3 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Ke7 17. Rfd1 Rhd8 18. a4 a5 19. b3 b6 20. Kf2 Nb7 21. h4 Ndc5 22. Bf1 h5 23. Ke1 g6 24. g3 Rd6 25. Bh3 Rad8 26. Rdb1 Ra8 27. Rd1 Rad8 28. Rxd6 Nxd6 29. Ke2 Rb8 30. Rd1 Ne6 31. c3 b5 32. Ra1 bxa4 33. Rxa4 Rxb3 34. Rxa5 Nb5 35. Kd2 Kd6 36. Bf1 Na3 37. Bd3 Nb1+ 38. Bxb1 Rxb1 39. Ra7 Rb2+ 40. Ke1 Rb1+ 41. Ke2 Rb2+ 42. Ke1 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2735"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2 a6 9. Re1 Ba7 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Ng3 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 Qd7 13. h3 Rfe8 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Rd2 b6 20. Kf2 g6 21. e4 Nf4 22. Red1 Na5 23. Nf1 Nb7 24. Ke3 f6 25. Ng3 Nd6 26. Kf2 Kg7 27. Ne2 Ne6 28. Ng3 Nc5 29. Kf1 a5 30. Re1 a4 31. Rdd1 a3 32. d4 exd4 33. cxd4 Ncxe4 34. Nxe4 Rxe4 35. bxa3 Rxe1+ 36. Rxe1 Kf7 37. Rc1 Rd7 38. a4 Nf5 39. Ke2 Re7+ 40. Kf2 Nd6 41. d5 Ne4+ 42. Kg1 Rd7 43. Rc6 h5 44. Nd4 h4 45. Kf1 Rxd5 46. Rxc7+ Ke8 47. Nf3 g5 48. Rc6 Rd6 49. Rc4 f5 50. Rb4 Ke7 51. Nd4 Kf6 52. Nf3 Nc3 53. Rc4 Ne4 54. Rb4 Rd1+ 55. Ke2 Nc3+ 56. Kf2 Rd6 57. Rc4 Ne4+ 58. Kf1 Nd2+ 59. Nxd2 Rxd2 60. Rc6+ Ke5 61. Rxb6 Rxa2 62. Rb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2770"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Ne5 c5 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. a3 a5 18. Bc3 Rhd8 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. Nc4 Bc5 21. Be5 Qc8 22. Bxf6+ gxf6 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Rd1 Bd5 25. Bc6 Bxc6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Ne3 Be4 28. Qh5 Bxe3+ 29. fxe3 Rc8 30. c3 Bxg2 31. Qxh6 Rc4 32. Qh5 Bd5 33. h3 a4 34. Qh8 Re4 35. Kd2 b5 36. Qc8 f5 37. Qc5+ Kf6 38. Qxb5 f4 39. exf4 Rxf4 40. Qb8 Kf5 41. Qh8 e5 42. h4 Rf2+ 43. Ke1 Rxb2 44. h5 Ke4 45. h6 Rb1+ 46. Kd2 Rb2+ 47. Kc1 Rg2 48. h7 Kd3 49. Qg8 Rc2+ 50. Kb1 Rxc3 51. Qg3+ Kc4 52. Qxc3+ 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B66"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Kb1 Rb8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Ke7 16. Rd1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 e5 18. Kb2 Be6 19. Bd3 Rhc8 20. Ra1 Rc5 21. Rhb1 Bd7 22. Bf1 Rbc8 23. c4 Be6 24. cxb5 Rxc2+ 25. Ka3 axb5 26. Rxb5 Bxa2 27. Rxe5+ Be6 28. Ra5 Rb8 29. Ra7+ Kf6 30. Ka4 g5 31. g3 Rxh2 32. Ra3 Rf2 33. Bb5 h5 34. Ra6 Kg7 35. Ka5 h4 36. gxh4 gxh4 37. Rb6 Ra8+ 38. Ra6 Rxa6+ 39. Bxa6 h3 40. Ra1 Kf6 0-1 [Event "WDR Match TV g/60"] [Site "Cologne"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D56"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2765"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1996.08.??"] [EventType "game"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Rd1 b5 19. Qb3 a5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qc2 Na6 22. a3 b4 23. Rc6 Rc7 24. Nd4 bxa3 25. bxa3 Rfc8 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Qe2 Qc4 28. Qf3 Nc7 29. h3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Lautier, Joel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nb1 Ba6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f3 e5 9. Ne2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Qa5 11. Nd2 c3 12. N2b3 Qc7 13. bxc3 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 bxc3 15. Rc1 Bb4 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Nxc3 a5 18. Kf2 Nbd7 19. Qe2 Rfe8 20. Nb5 Qb7 21. N5d4 c5 22. Nb5 Qb8 23. h3 Nh5 24. Rhd1 Qg3+ 25. Kg1 Ne5 26. Nd6 c4 27. Nxe8 cxb3 28. Nc7 Rf8 29. Nd5 b2 30. Rb1 f5 31. f4 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2600"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. O-O Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 d6 8. d3 Be7 9. Nd5 Qa5 10. Nxe7 Qxa4 11. Nxc8 Rxc8 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. b3 Qa5 14. Qg4 h6 15. Be3 Ke7 16. f4 Rhg8 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Qf5 f6 19. d4 Qc3 20. Rae1 Kf7 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Re8 6. Qb3 a5 7. O-O e5 8. d3 Na6 9. Qc2 c6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nd2 Qd8 13. a3 Bf8 14. e3 d6 15. Rae1 Bd7 16. f4 g6 17. Kh1 Bg7 18. Nce4 Be6 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. c5 Re7 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Nde4 Nc7 23. Nd6 Nd5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Qb3 a4 26. Qa2 Ra5 27. Rc1 Qc7 28. Bxd5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Qxc5 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Ne4 Qxe3 32. Qc4 Kh7 33. Kg2 Qd4 34. Qxd4 exd4 35. Rc1 b5 36. Rc6 Rb7 37. Nc5 Rb8 38. Nxe6 Be5 39. Kf3 b4 40. Ke4 bxa3 41. bxa3 Bf6 42. Ra6 Rb2 43. Rxa4 Rxh2 44. Ra7+ Kg8 45. a4 Re2+ 46. Kd5 g5 47. Nc5 h5 48. Ne4 Bg7 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50. Nxg5+ Kg6 51. Ne4 Ra2 52. a5 Ra3 53. Kc4 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Piket, Jeroen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C86"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2570"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Be3 d5 16. h3 d4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Bd2 Bd6 19. Rac1 Be6 20. Bb3 Qd7 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. b3 a5 23. Nh4 a4 24. f4 axb3 25. axb3 Ra2 26. Qf3 Bf8 27. e5 Nd5 28. Ne4 Ne3 29. Bxe3 dxe3 30. Nxc5 Bxc5 31. Rxc5 e2 32. Re1 Nd4 33. Qd5 Nxb3 34. Qxe6 fxe6 35. Rxb5 Nd4 36. Rb7 Rd2 37. Kf2 Rd8 38. Nf3 Rxd3 39. Nxd4 R8xd4 40. g3 Ra3 41. Rxe2 Rdd3 42. Kg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2675"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f4 Nf6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nf3 exd4 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. O-O b4 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. Kh1 c5 13. Bg1 Bb7 14. Ng3 Qc7 15. b3 Rae8 16. Rae1 Re7 17. f5 Rfe8 18. Qf4 Ne5 19. Qh4 Qd8 20. Be3 Nxf3 21. gxf3 Qb6 22. Bf4 d5 23. e5 c4 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Nf5 gxf5 26. Bxf5 d4 27. Re2 d3 28. Rg2 Rxe5 29. Rxg7+ Kf8 30. Qh6 Re2 31. bxc4 d2 32. Rg2+ 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 b6 12. a4 Ne8 13. Nb5 f5 14. a5 fxe4 15. Nd2 c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Bc3 bxa5 18. Nxe4 Be6 19. Nexd6 Nxd6 20. Nxd6 Nd4 21. c5 Nb3 22. Bf3 Ra7 23. Bd5 Nxc5 24. Bxe6+ Nxe6 25. Qd5 Qe7 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Qxe5 Nf4 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Rxa5 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Nc3 31. f3 Rd8 32. Nc4 Re2 33. Ra3 Nd1 34. Ra1 Ne3 35. Nxe3 Rxe3 36. h3 Re2 37. Ra7 Rde8 38. Rc1 R8e7 39. Rcc7 Rxc7 40. Rxc7 Rb2 41. Kh2 Rb4 42. Kg3 Ra4 43. f4 Ra2 44. Kf3 Rb2 45. g3 h5 46. Ke4 Rb3 47. Ke5 Rxg3 48. Kf6 Rxh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Xie, Jun"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2530"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Nf1 Bb7 14. d5 Rfe8 15. Ng3 c4 16. Nh2 g6 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Bg5 Bg7 20. Rf1 h5 21. Rae1 a5 22. Bh6 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Qe7 24. f4 exf4 25. Qxf4 Nfd7 26. Nf3 Ne5 27. Nxe5 dxe5 28. Qf2 Rf8 29. Nf5 Qc7 30. d6 Qb6 31. Kh1 Nd7 32. Qd2 1-0 [Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E34"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "151"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. e3 Rd8 10. Be2 e5 11. Nxe5 Be6 12. g4 Qxe5 13. dxe5 Bxb3 14. exf6 Be6 15. f4 gxf6 16. O-O-O Kg7 17. Rhg1 Na5 18. b3 Nxb3+ 19. axb3 Bxb3 20. Nb5 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Bxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Rxd2 23. Kxd2 c6 24. Nd4 a5 25. Kc3 a4 26. Kb2 c5 27. Nf5+ Kf8 28. Ka3 b6 29. Bc4 Ra5 30. Nd6 Ra8 31. h4 h6 32. h5 Ra5 33. e4 Ra8 34. Bd5 Ra7 35. Nf5 b5 36. Nxh6 c4 37. Nf5 b4+ 38. Kxb4 a3 39. Bxc4 a2 40. Bxa2 Rxa2 41. g5 Rf2 42. h6 Kg8 43. Ne7+ Kh7 44. Nd5 fxg5 45. fxg5 Kg6 46. Kc5 Kxg5 47. h7 Rh2 48. Kd6 Rxh7 49. e5 Kf5 50. Ne7+ Ke4 51. Ng8 Rg7 52. Nf6+ Kf5 53. Nd7 Rh7 54. Nf8 Rg7 55. Nd7 Rg1 56. Ke7 Kg6 57. Nf8+ Kg7 58. Nd7 Re1 59. Kd6 Kg6 60. Nf8+ Kf5 61. Ke7 Ra1 62. Kxf7 Ra7+ 63. Ke8 Kxe5 64. Nd7+ Kd6 65. Nf8 Rg7 66. Kd8 Re7 67. Ng6 Re1 68. Nf8 Re2 69. Ng6 Re6 70. Nf8 Re2 71. Ng6 Re1 72. Nf8 Re3 73. Ng6 Ke6 74. Nf8+ Kf7 75. Nd7 Rc3 76. Nb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C91"] [WhiteElo "2735"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "166"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15. Nf1 Re8 16. Ng3 Be6 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Nc5 21. Bc2 f6 22. Bc1 Na4 23. Qf3 Rc7 24. Nf5 Kh8 25. Bd3 Nc5 26. Bc2 Na4 27. Rd1 Rd7 28. h4 Nb6 29. h5 Bxf5 30. Qxf5 Rf8 31. Bd3 Rdd8 32. Rb1 Nb7 33. Bd2 Nc5 34. Bc2 Nc4 35. Bc1 Nb6 36. b3 Nc8 37. Bd2 Qc7 38. Rbc1 Qf7 39. Be3 Ne7 40. Qg4 Ne6 41. b4 h6 42. Rd2 Ng5 43. Bb3 Qe8 44. Rcd1 Qc6 45. Bxg5 fxg5 46. Qe6 Nc8 47. c4 Rf6 48. cxb5 Qxb5 49. Qc4 Qb6 50. Rc1 Rdf8 51. Rcc2 Na7 52. Qc7 Qxc7 53. Rxc7 Nb5 54. Rc6 Nd4 55. Rxa6 Nxb3 56. axb3 Rb8 57. Raxd6 Rxd6 58. Rxd6 Rxb4 59. f3 Rxb3 60. Rd5 Rb2 61. Rxe5 Kg8 62. Re7 Kf8 63. Rd7 g4 64. fxg4 Rb4 65. Rd5 Rxe4 66. g5 hxg5 67. Rxg5 Ra4 68. Kf2 Ra3 69. g4 Kf7 70. Rf5+ Kg8 71. Rf3 Ra5 72. Rb3 Kh7 73. Kg3 Ra7 74. Rb6 Ra3+ 75. Kh4 Ra4 76. Re6 Rb4 77. Re5 Ra4 78. Kg5 Ra7 79. Rc5 Rb7 80. Kf5 Rf7+ 81. Ke6 Rf6+ 82. Ke7 Rf1 83. Rf5 Ra1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2770"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 b4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. a3 O-O 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. e4 h6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Bc2 Re8 17. Qd3 Nf8 18. Qe4 Ng6 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Qg4 c5 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Be3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Re7 28. Kf2 Rb8 29. Rd2 Rb5 30. f4 Reb7 31. Kf3 g5 32. Ra6 gxf4 33. exf4 h5 34. Kg3 Rb4 35. Rf2 R4b6 36. Rxb6 Rxb6 37. f5 Rb4 38. Rf4 Rxb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E22"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. a3 Be7 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bf4 O-O 9. e3 a6 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Ne5 Ne7 13. h3 c6 14. Rac1 Qc7 15. Na4 Bf5 16. Nc5 Bxd3 17. Nexd3 Bxf4 18. Nxf4 Rab8 19. Qc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Lautier, Joel"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. e4 a5 10. Qb3 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Ne1 Na6 13. Nd3 b6 14. Qc3 Nc5 15. b3 Bd7 16. a3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rfb8 18. Qc3 Be8 19. b4 Nd7 20. Bh3 Qd8 21. Nb3 Nf6 22. Bg2 c6 23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Qd3 Ba4 25. Nd2 b5 26. bxa5 Qxa5 27. Rfc1 b4 28. axb4 Rxb4 29. Qxd6 Rd8 30. Nb3 Rxd6 31. Nxa5 Ra6 32. c5 Rxa5 33. c6 Ra8 34. Bh3 Ne8 35. c7 Nxc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-rapid 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E72"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c6 6. e4 d6 7. f4 e5 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nbd7 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Qa4 Qc7 12. Nge2 Ng4 13. Bd2 Nc5 14. Qc2 Qb6 15. Nd1 cxd5 16. cxd5 f5 17. Nec3 Bd7 18. h3 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf2 21. Nxf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kd1 Bxh3 23. Be1 Qd4+ 24. Kc1 Bf5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Bc3 Qxd5 27. Qb3 Qxb3 28. axb3 Rf3 29. Rg1 a6 30. Ra4 Raf8 31. Kd1 e4 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Rxe4 Rxb3 34. Kc2 Rbf3 35. g4 Rf1 36. Rg3 R8f2+ 37. Kc3 Rf3+ 38. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 39. Kb4 Kf6 40. Rd4 Rg3 41. Rd7 Rxg4+ 42. Ka5 Rg5+ 43. Ka4 Rb5 0-1 [Event "Amber-rapid 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. c4 d6 7. O-O b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 Bf5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Nb5 Nxa6 12. a4 Nb4 13. Ra3 Nf6 14. Ne1 Qb6 15. h3 Be4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Nc2 Qb7 18. Nxb4 cxb4 19. Re3 f5 20. b3 Nc3 21. Nxc3 bxc3 22. Ba3 f4 23. gxf4 Rxf4 24. Rd3 Rb8 25. b4 Rxb4 26. Bxb4 Qxb4 27. Qc2 Qc5 28. Re3 Bf6 29. Qd3 Rb2 30. Re4 Rd2 31. Rc4 Qa5 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Qb5 Qxb5 34. axb5 Rxe2 35. Rc1 Rb2 36. R1xc3 Bxc3 37. Rxc3 Rxb5 38. Rd3 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 Re1 40. Rd4 Re5 41. h4 Kf6 42. Kg3 h6 43. f3 g5 44. hxg5+ hxg5 45. Kf2 Kf7 46. Rd1 Ke8 47. Kg3 Kd7 48. Kg4 Kc7 49. Kh5 Kb6 50. Kg6 Kc5 51. Kf7 Rxd5 52. Rc1+ Kd4 53. Kxe7 Ke3 54. Ke6 Rc5 55. Rg1 Kxf3 56. Kxd6 Ra5 0-1 [Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Piket, Jeroen"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Be7 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qxc4 Rfe8 16. e3 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qd4 Rad8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C90"] [WhiteElo "2675"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "186"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ng3 h6 14. d4 Qc7 15. d5 Nc4 16. h3 g6 17. a4 Bd7 18. b3 Na5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be3 Bg7 21. Ra2 Reb8 22. Nd2 Qd8 23. Qe2 Nb7 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. b4 c4 26. Ngf1 Nh5 27. f3 Nf4 28. Qf2 Ra3 29. Nb1 Ra2 30. Rd1 Qg5 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Rd2 Be5 33. Kh2 Nd8 34. Qe1 Qf6 35. Re2 h5 36. Qc1 g5 37. Bd1 Ra1 38. Qb2 Ra8 39. Rf2 Kf8 40. Kg1 Ke7 41. Qc1 Qh8 42. Rc2 f6 43. Na3 Nf7 44. Nh2 Qb8 45. Nb1 Ra1 46. Nf1 Ra8 47. Qd2 f5 48. Qe2 fxe4 49. Qxe4 Kf6 50. Qe2 Bf5 51. Nbd2 Bd3 52. Ne4+ Kg7 53. Qe1 Bxc2 54. Bxc2 Ra2 55. Bb1 Qa7+ 56. Kh2 Ra1 57. Ned2 Bxc3 58. Qe4 Kf8 59. Qf5 Bxd2 60. Nxd2 Qd4 61. Qc8+ Kg7 62. Qf5 Qf6 63. Qh7+ Kf8 64. Ne4 Qg7 65. Qf5 Qe5 66. Qg6 g4 67. hxg4 hxg4 68. Nf6 Ke7 69. Nxg4 Qg5 70. Qh7 Ra8 71. Kg1 Rh8 72. Qe4+ Kf8 73. Qe6 Qe7 74. Nf6 Qxe6 75. dxe6 Nd8 76. Bf5 Nxe6 77. Bxe6 Ke7 78. Bxc4 bxc4 79. Nd5+ Ke6 80. Nxf4+ Kf5 81. Ne2 Ke5 82. Kf2 Ra8 83. b5 d5 84. f4+ Ke4 85. Nc3+ Kd4 86. Ne2+ Kd3 87. Kf3 c3 88. f5 c2 89. g4 Re8 90. Nc1+ Kd2 91. Nb3+ Kc3 92. Nc1 Re1 93. Na2+ Kb3 0-1 [Event "Amber-blindfold 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Nf1 Nc5 14. Bd5 Ne6 15. Ng3 Ncd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. c3 Ne6 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe6 Bc6 21. Be3 Bh4 22. Ra1 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Re8 24. Qf5 Bd7 25. Qg5 Qxg5 26. Bxg5 Kg8 27. Ra7 Rc8 28. Be7 Bc6 29. f4 exf4 30. gxf4 d5 31. e5 Kf7 32. Bd6 Ke6 33. Bxc7 Ra8 34. Rxa8 Bxa8 35. g4 g6 36. Kf2 d4 37. cxd4 Bc6 38. Kg3 Bd7 39. Kh4 h6 40. Bd6 Kd5 41. Bf8 g5+ 42. fxg5 hxg5+ 43. Kxg5 Kxd4 44. Kf4 Kd5 45. g5 Ke6 46. g6 Be8 47. g7 Bf7 48. Ke4 Kd7 49. Kf5 Bg8 50. Kf6 Be6 51. d4 Bg8 52. Bc5 Be6 53. Kg6 Bg8 54. d5 1-0 [Event "Amber-rapid 05th"] [Site "Monte Carlo"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Xie, Jun"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1996.04.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "MNC"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.07.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Bg2 Ne5 12. Qe1 Rc8 13. Kb1 b4 14. Na4 d5 15. f4 Nc4 16. g5 Nxe4 17. g6 Qa5 18. b3 Na3+ 19. Kb2 Be7 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21. Bh3 Bf6 22. Bxe6+ Ke7 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. c3 Rxc3 25. Rc1 Nb5 26. Rd1 Na3 27. Rc1 Nc4+ 28. bxc4 Qxa4 29. Rxc3 Nxc3 30. Bd2+ Ne4 31. Qe3 dxc4 32. Kb1 c3 33. Bc1 Bd5 34. Nb3 c2+ 0-1 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1995.11.12"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B65"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2795"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "1995.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.01.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 hxg5 12. hxg5 Ng4 13. Be2 e5 14. Qg1 exf4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Qh2 f5 17. Qh7+ Kf7 18. Rh6 Bxg5 19. Rhxd6 f3+ 20. Kb1 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 fxg2 22. Qh2 Bf3 23. Qg3 Rh8 24. Qxg5 Rh1+ 25. Nd1 g1=Q 26. Rd7+ Kf8 27. Qxf5+ Kg8 28. Qxf3 Rf8 29. Qb3+ Kh7 0-1 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1995.11.12"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "1"] [EventDate "1995.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.01.01"] 1. Nf3 {Anand failed to reach the venue in time and defaulted.} 1-0 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1995.11.11"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Chernin, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2600"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1995.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.01.01"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. O-O-O Nc6 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nb1 c6 11. Na3 Bd7 12. Qe3 Nb5 13. Nc4 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nc7 15. f4 gxf4 16. gxf4 cxd5 17. exd5 Kf8 18. Nf3 b5 19. Nce5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Be8 21. d6 exd6 22. exd6 Ne6 23. d7 Bxd7 24. Ne5 Kg8 25. Nxd7 Qa5 26. Kb1 Rc8 27. Rh4 Qc7 28. c3 a6 29. Re4 Qc6 30. Be2 Rd8 31. Bg4 Nf8 32. Nxf8 Rxf8 33. Bh5 Kh7 34. Re7 Rd8 35. Rxf7 Rxd1+ 36. Bxd1 Rf8 37. Qd3+ Kh8 38. Bc2 Kg8 39. Rxg7+ 1-0 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1995.11.11"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Chernin, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1995.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.01.01"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Bb6 8. d3 Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. Nc3 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qa3 d5 15. Na4 Nc6 16. Bd2 Bc7 17. Rac1 Rb8 18. b4 Ne7 19. Qb3 Re8 20. Rfd1 h6 21. Rc2 Bd6 22. Nc3 Bc7 23. Rdc1 d4 24. exd4 Nf5 25. Ne2 Bb6 26. Bc3 e4 27. dxe4 Nxe4 28. Bb2 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 Qxd4 31. Qc4 Rbd8 32. a3 Qf6 33. Bxe4 Rd4 34. Qb5 Rdxe4 35. Rc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1995.11.10"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A81"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1995.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.01.01"] 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Nd2 Qb6 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. Ne5 Rf8 9. Ngf3 d6 10. Nd3 Qb6 11. Qc2 Na6 12. a4 Be6 13. b4 Bd5 14. O-O Qd8 15. c4 Be4 16. Qb3 Nc7 17. b5 Ne6 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Qd7 20. Rfd1 Rc8 21. Bh3 Bxf3 22. exf3 Kf7 23. Ra2 Kg8 24. Re2 Rfe8 25. Bg2 Kf8 26. Bc1 cxb5 27. axb5 a6 28. b6 Qc6 29. Rc2 Nd7 30. f4 Qxb6 31. Qd3 Qc7 32. Ba3 b6 33. Qb3 Rb8 34. Qa4 Qa7 35. Bc6 Red8 36. Re2 Rbc8 37. Rde1 Bf6 38. Re6 Nb8 39. Bd5 Qd7 40. Qb3 b5 41. Bxd6 bxc4 42. Rxf6+ Kg7 43. Rf7+ Kh8 44. Be5+ 1-0 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1995.11.10"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D77"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "1995.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.01.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Rfc1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nb6 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Rac8 17. Qb3 Rc7 18. Rab1 Rfc8 19. Qa3 b6 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 bxc5 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. c4 Bxb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.10.10"] [Round "18"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Wahls,M"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "1995.09.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.12.01"] {10,5 zu 7,5 lautet der Endstand der Intel Schachweltmeisterschaft 1995. Durch ein Kurzremis in der 18. Partie konnte der alte und neue Weltmeister Garry Kasparov das auf zwanzig Partien angesetzte Match gegen den indischen Herausforderer Viswanathan Anand vorzeitig für sich entscheiden. Er unterstrich damit erneut seine Vorherrschaft in der Schachwelt und erhielt als Belohnung einen Scheck in Höhe von einer Million US Dollar. Die 18. Partie dauerte lediglich 20 Minuten. Nach seinem 12. Zug lächelte Kasparov und bot Remis, worin schließlich Anand nach fünfminütigem Zögern einwilligte. Nach der Partie wechselten die Spieler noch ein paar freundschaftliche Worte, bevor sie gemeinsam zur Pressekonferenz erschienen. Anand präsentierte sich als gutgelaunter Verlierer. "Das sind eine ganze Menge Nullen", war sein Kommentar, als er von Intels europäischem Marketingdirektor Mike Couzens den Fünfhunderttausenddollarscheck entgegennahm. "Kasparov hat seine Chancen genutzt, ich nicht," erklärte er abschließend den Matchverlauf.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 {"Ich glaube, daß mit dieser Veranstaltung eine neue Ära des Profischachs begonnen hat, eines Profischachs, das in der Lage sein wird, fortan die breiten Massen und die dazugehörigen Sponsoren in seinen Bann zu ziehen." Das sind die Worte Kasparovs, des Weltmeisters, der als Mensch umstritten ist, als Motor des Schachsports jedoch von unschätzbarem Wert.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.10.09"] [Round "17"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B78"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "1995.09.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.12.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {The Dragon again. My performance against it in this match hadn't been stellar, to put it mildly, but I was hoping to get some measure of revenge in this game.} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Bb3 Ne5 13. Bg5 { The main line or the line with the most amount of theory at any rate. It had taken me and my team a few days to find our way through the maze here, but I was finally ready.} Rc5 14. Kb1 Re8 {Black wants to transpose into Beliavsky-Georgiev which did a lot to curtail further investigation of 14.Rhe1. } 15. Rhe1 Qa5 16. a3 $1 {This is mentioned in the notes to the aforementioned game, but apparently nobody took it very seriously. The move is not silly at all. White challenges Black to find a useful move.} b5 $2 { Not this one, though.} 17. Bxf6 $1 exf6 (17... Bxf6 18. Nd5 { Now that Rc5 doesn't protect Qa5.} Qxd2 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. Rxd2 $16 {_|_}) 18. Nde2 $1 (18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 (20. Rdd1 f5) 20... bxc4 {/\ f5<=>} ) 18... Rc6 (18... b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Qxd6 {I don't see Black's ~/=.}) 19. Nd5 (19. Qf4 $5 {Speelman told me this after the game.} Rb8 (19... f5 $5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Nd4 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qxc3 23. Nxf5 Nc4 $1 24. Rxe8+ Kh7) 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Nd4 Rcc8 22. g4 $40) 19... Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Red1 $1 f5 23. exf5 (23. Nb4 Rc7 24. Rxd6 fxe4 $1 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 exf3 27. gxf3 Rxe2 28. Rxa7 Rh2 $1) 23... Bxf5 24. Nd4 { Very simple. White is now ready to exploit Black's weaknesses.} Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Re2 26. R4d2 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Kf8 28. Kc1 $2 {Here I missed a very good chance. I saw 27.Nb4 c3 28.Rd5 Rc4 but failed to see g2-g3. It seemed that Black's pieces would get too active. Therefore, i decided to keep all the advantages of my position and bring my king closer to c3. Unfortunately, Black can probably hold after that.} (28. Nb4 $1 c3 (28... Rb6 29. Rd5 $1 { /\ Ra5,Kc1-d2-c3}) (28... Rc5 29. Rxd6 Re5 30. Kc1 $1 Re2 31. Rd2 Re1+ 32. Rd1 Re2 33. Rg1 a5 34. Kd1 Re6 (34... Rf2 35. Ke1 $18) 35. Na2 $16) 29. Rd5 Rc4 30. g3 $1 cxb2 31. Kxb2 $14 {/\ c3,Ra5/Rd6}) 28... Be6 29. Rd4 (29. Nc3 Ke7 30. Rd4 Rb6) 29... Bxd5 $1 (29... Rc5 30. Nc3 {/\ Kd2,Ne2,Kc3}) 30. Rxd5 Ke7 31. Rb5 $1 {White's only chance.} (31. Ra5 a6) 31... Ke6 32. Rb7 Rc5 $2 (32... a6 $1 { White is better, but nothing serious. Now I get a second chance.}) 33. Rxa7 g5 34. Ra8 gxh4 35. Re8+ $1 { I played all this instantly - Kasparov later admitted that he had missed Re8+.} (35. Kd2 c3+ $1 36. bxc3 Rg5 $132) 35... Kd7 36. Re4 c3 37. Rxh4 $4 { Throwing it all away and there will be no more chances in this game.} (37. bxc3 h3 $1 38. gxh3 Rxc3) (37. b4 $1 Rg5 38. Rxh4 Rxg2 39. Kb1 $16 {White gets his king to b3 and starts pushing his queenside pawns. Black is not lost yet, but faces a horribly unpleasant endgame.}) 37... cxb2+ 38. Kxb2 Rg5 39. a4 f5 ( 39... Rxg2 $2 40. Rxh5 Rg8 $16 (40... Rg3 41. Rf5 Ke6 42. Rf4)) 40. a5 (40. Rh2 {According to Kasparov, White still retained some chances with Rh2. OK, it's not the most aggressive move, but his point was to find time to bring the K to d3.}) (40. f4 Rxg2 (40... Rg4 41. g3 $1 (41. Rxg4 fxg4 42. a5 h4 43. a6 Kc7 44. f5 h3 45. gxh3 gxh3 46. a7 Kb7 47. f6 h2 48. f7 h1=Q 49. a8=Q+ Kxa8 50. f8=Q+ Ka7 51. Qxd6 $10)) 41. Rxh5 Rg4 $1 42. Rxf5 Ke6 43. Rb5 Rxf4 44. Kb3 Kd7 $10) 40... f4 41. a6 Kc7 42. Rxf4 Rxg2 43. Rf7+ Kb8 44. Kc3 h4 (44... Rg8 45. Kd3 Rh8 46. Ke4 h4 47. Rb7+ Ka8 48. Rb1 h3 $2 49. f4 h2 50. Rh1 Ka7 51. f5 Kxa6 52. f6 $16) 45. Kd3 Rf2 46. c4 $2 (46. a7+ $1 { The best try, of course. White pushes the BK away and then continues as before. } Ka8 47. c4 $1 Ra2 48. Ke4 {And here Ra7 fails} Rxa7 49. Rxa7+ Kxa7 50. f4 Kb6 51. Kf3 Kc6 52. f5 $18) 46... Ra2 $1 47. Ke4 (47. Rh7 Rxa6 48. Rxh4 Kc7 $10) ( 47. a7+ Rxa7 48. Rxa7 Kxa7 49. Ke3 Kb6 50. f4 d5 $1 { And the extra tempo makes all the difference.}) 47... Rxa6 48. Rh7 Ra5 49. f4 Kc8 50. f5 Kd8 51. Kf4 Rc5 52. Kg5 Rxc4 {We could agree a draw here, but I felt like playing till there were only kings left on the board.} 53. Kg6 Rg4+ 54. Kf7 d5 55. f6 Kd7 56. Kf8+ Ke6 57. f7 Rf4 58. Kg8 d4 59. f8=Q Rxf8+ 60. Kxf8 Ke5 61. Rxh4 d3 62. Rh3 Ke4 63. Rxd3 { And Kasparov clinched the right to play the reunification match!} 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.10.06"] [Round "16"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Wahls,M"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1995.09.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.12.01"] {Die 16. Partie der Schachweltmeisterschaft endete erneut mit einem farblosen Kurzremis. In der Eröffnung bediente sich Anand eines psychologischen Tricks. Er wählte die von Kasparov bevorzugte Najdorf-Variante und ließ den Weltmeister quasi gegen sich selber spielen. Tuniertaktisch klug entschied sich dieser dann einfach für ein Spiel auf Sicherheit und nahm seinem Kontrahenten damit allen Wind aus den Segeln.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Auch wenn Anand diesen Zug nicht zum ersten Mal spielt, so ist er im Gegensatz zu seinem Gegner nicht gerade als Experte der Najdorf-Variante bekannt.} 6. Be2 {Die ersten fünf Züge spielte Kasparov sehr schnell. Als Anand jedoch mit 5...a6 ankam, zuckte er sichtlich zusammen und begann zu überlegen. Während der nächsten sieben Minuten bot der Weltmeister dann den Anblick eines Schauspielers im Training, als er so ziemlich alle überhaupt erdenkbaren Fratzen und Grimassen über sein Gesicht wandern ließ. Nur wenige hatten es bisher gewagt, ihn auf seinem ureigensten Terrain zu bekämpfen. Anstatt nun zu testen was Anand auf die gefährlichste Fortsetzung 6. Lg5 (so spielte der junge Kasparov) oder 6.Lc4 (Bobby Fischers Lieblingszug) vorbereitet hatte, entscheidet sich der Champion für die sicherste Möglichkeit. Warum auch Risiken eingehen, so kurz vor dem nahen Gesamtsieg.} e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 {Vorausgesetzt ein "Deja-vu-Erlebnis"sei, wie viele Wissenschaftler behaupten, eine Fehlfunktion des Gehirns, so ist dies hier mit Sicherheit keines. Mit vertauschten Farben wurde diese Stellung bereits fünfmal in diesem Match erreicht!} 12. Bd3 { Merkwürdigerweise verzichtet Kasparov hier auf 12.Lf3, womit ihm Anand seine bisher einzige Niederlage beibringen konnte. Der Weltmeister konvertierte anschließend zur Drachenvariante.} Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Rac8 15. Bb6 Qb8 16. Bd4 {An dieser Stelle verläßt Kasparov die Spuren Anands. In der siebten Partie versuchte der Inder vergeblich die Initiative an sich zu reißen. Nach 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Sfd5 18.Sxd5 exd5 19.Te1 h6 20.c3 Sxd3 21.Dxd3 Lc5! war die Partie zum Remis verflacht.} Bc6 17. Qd2 Nxd3 {Mit diesem Tausch beseitigt Schwarz den gefährlichen weißen Angriffsläufer (Erinnern wir uns an die 3. Partie. Dort hätte Anand mit einem Einschlag auf h7 gewinnen können.), verbessert aber auch gleichzeitig die weiße Bauernstruktur. Vielleicht hätte er mit dem Tausch warten können, bis der Läufer wirklich etwas droht.} (17... Nd7) (17... d5 $6 18. e5 Ne4 19. Qe3) 18. cxd3 Nd7 19. Bg1 Qc7 20. Nd4 { Das mit diesem Zug einhergehende Remisangebot wurde von Anand akzeptiert. Er sah sich wohl nicht in der Lage den Weltmeister aus einer derartig soliden Stellung heraus noch ernsthaft zu gefährden. Und wer wollte es ihm auch verargen? Die magere Ausbeute von einem Punkt aus den letzten sechs Partien war sicherlich keine Kraftnahrung für sein Selbstbewußtsein. Immerhinversprach er für die siebzehnte Partie noch einmal alles zu geben.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.10.05"] [Round "15"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B76"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Wahls,M"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "1995.09.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.12.01"] {Der partielle Stromausfall im 107.Stock des World Trade Centers vor der Partie war noch das Spannenste an der 15.Auseinandersetzung der Kontrahenten um den Schach-Thron.Der erste Zug konnte nur mit zwei Stunden Verspätung ausgeführt werden,dafür war die Partie dann aber auch schnell beendet.Nach nur 16 Zügen willigte Anand in Kasparovs Remisofferte ein; verständlich nach vier Niederlagen in den vergangenen fünf Partien.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. g4 {Bisher hatte Anand hier zweimal 9.Lc4 gegen Kasparovs Drachen versucht.Seine Bilanz:zwei Niederlagen.Die hatten allerdings mit diesem Zug wenig zu tun.} Be6 {Schwarz ha t an dieser Stelle gewissermaßen die freie Auswahl.Gespielt wird auch 9..Lg4,9. .d5,9..h5,9..e5,9..Sd7.9..e6 und 9..Sd4.Der Partiezug gilt als die stärkste Fortsetzung.} 10. O-O-O Nxd4 (10... Ne5 $5) 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. a3 Rab8 {Nach Geller führt} (13... Bc4 14. h4 Bxf1 15. Rhxf1 Rc4 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Nxf6+ Kg7 19. Rxd2 Kxf6 {zum Ausgleich.}) 14. Nd5 (14. g5 Nh5 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Bxd5 17. exd5 $14 {Karpov-Dueball, Skopje 1972}) (14. h4 b5 15. Nd5) 14... Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Nxd5 16. Bxg7 {Diese Stellung hatten vor Anand schon andere Weißspieler angestrebt,um nach 16..Kg7 17.ed5 in einem Endspiel mit Raumvorteil ihr Glück zu versuchen.Der Vorteil ist jedoch minimal.} Ne3 $5 (16... Kxg7 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Rd4 (18. h4 Rc5 (18... h6 19. Bd3 Rc5 20. Re1 Rxd5 21. Rxe7 Be6 22. b4 Kf6 23. Rc7 Ke5 24. Kb2 a5 25. c4 Rd4 26. Re2+ Kf6 27. Kc3 Rf4 28. Be4 axb4+ 29. axb4 b5 30. Rd2 Ke5 31. Re7 bxc4 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 Rb5 34. Bc6 Rb6 35. Rd5# {1-0 Micic,J-Sadkiewicz,J/BLW 1993}) 19. Rd4 Rbc8 20. Bd3 a6 21. Re1 Kf8 22. h5 Bb5 23. Be4 Bd7 24. b3 Rc3 25. Kb2 f5 26. gxf5 Bxf5 27. Re2 Bxe4 28. Rdxe4 gxh5 29. Rf4+ Ke8 30. Rf5 h4 31. Rh5 Rxf3 32. Rxh7 Rf7 { 1/2-1/2 Maus,Si-Von Westphalen,A/NWL 1993}) 18... b5 19. Bd3 Rc7 20. Re1 Kf8 21. g5 Bc8 22. b4 Kg7 23. Kb2 Bf5 24. Re2 Rbc8 25. h4 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Rc4 27. Rde3 Kf8 28. Rxe7 Rxc2+ 29. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Kxe7 {1/2-1/2 Westerinen, H-Sehner,N/Wuppertal 1986. Diese Neuerung Kasparovs scheint die einfachste Lösung der schwarzen Stellungsprobleme zu sein.Nach 17.Ld4 Sf1 18.Tf1 a5 (18.. b6)19.h4 (19.Lb6 Ta8 Idee Ta6) 19..b5 20.h5 g5 oder 19..Kf8 20.h5 Ke8 garantieren die ungleichfarbigen Läufer dem Schwarzen ein leichtes Remis.}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.10.03"] [Round "14"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Wahls,M"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1995.09.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.12.01"] {Die 14.Partie machte deutlich wie angeschlagen Anand wirklich war.Aus einer sehr guten Stellung heraus ließ er seinen Vorteil peu a peu aus den Fingern gleiten,um die Partie ganz am Ende mit einem riesigen Patzer in den Sand zu setzen."Anand",so Kasparov,"ist von seinem Team falsch beraten worden.Sie haben ihn zwar gut auf mich präparirt,aber ihm dabei auch seine Stärken genommen.Durch die Fixierung auf meine Person ist ihm seine außerordentliche Kreativität abhanden gekommen.Ihm fehlten dadurch die Mittel,um auf meine Überraschungen zu reagieren.Anand hat in diesem Wettkampf allerdings auch jede Zähigkeit vermissen lassen."} 1. e4 d5 {Die Zeiten wo Skandinavisch als minderwertige Eröffnung verschrien war,in der sich höchstens eine Hand voll Abenteurer wie beispielsweise Bent Larsen oder Ian Rogers tummelten, sind schon lange vorüber.Trotzdem überrascht es ein wenig,sie ausgerechnet in der kritischen Phase eines WM-Finales angewendet zu sehen,und das um so mehr,als es sich in Bezug auf Anand dabei um ein Novum handeln dürfte.Zu diesem Schritt bewogen haben wird Anand die Tatsache,daß Kasparovs skandinavische Erfahrung sich ausschließlich auf zwei Begegnungen beschränkt:einer Simultanpartie gegen den französischen IM Eric Prie und einer freien Partie mit Fernseh-Entertainer David Letterman!} 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 {Schwarz gibt seiner Dame eine Rückzugsmöglichkeit(Man kann nie wissen!) und schickt sich an die Kontrolle über das Feld mit Lf5 und e6 zu verstärken.5..Lg4 führt meist zu schärferen Stellungen,während 5..Lf5 auf eine Zugumstellung hinausläuft.Wie sich allerdings in dieser Partie zeigen wird,ist der Partiezug eine Spur flexibler.} 6. Ne5 Be6 $5 { Gebräuchlicher ist 6..Lf5 7.Ld3 Ld3 8.Dd3 Sbd7 oder 7.Lc4 e6 8.g4 Lg6 9.h4 Sbd7 } 7. Bd3 {Grundsätzlich gibt es vier Alternativen:7.Lc4,7.Sc4,7.Le2 und 7.Ld2.} Nbd7 (7... g6 8. O-O Bg7 (8... Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg7 10. Bc4 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Qc7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Rad1 Nb6 15. Na5 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. c4 Nb6 19. Be3 Rad8 20. b4 e6 21. b5 cxb5 22. Nxb7 Rde8 23. Nc5 Qc8 24. d5 bxc4 25. d6 c3 26. d7 {1-0 Minasian,A-Soppe,G/Manila 1992}) 9. Ne2 { /\ Nf4-Nxe6;/\ c3,Ng3 ->>>} Nbd7 10. Bd2 $5 Qc7 11. Bf4 $1 Nxe5 (11... Nh5 $2 12. Nxg6 Nxf4 13. Ngxf4 {/\ Nxe6,c3 +-}) 12. Bxe5 Qd7 13. c3 O-O 14. Ng3 c5 $2 (14... Rfd8 $142 {/\ c5}) 15. dxc5 Rad8 16. Bd4 $1 (16. Bc2 Qc6 $13) 16... Qc7 17. Qc2 Ng4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. b4 $16 {Fedorowicz-Ricardi,Buenos Aires 1991}) 8. f4 {Die Stützung des Königsspringers erweist sich als sehr zweischneidig. Kasparov bereute diesen Zug später, und war mit seiner gesamten Eröffnungsbehandlung recht unzufrieden.Er führte sie zurrück auf eine Mischung aus mangelnder Erfahrung mit diesem Stellungstyp und der Ungewißheit auf welches Ergebnis hin er eigentlich spielen wolle.Mit den weißen Steinen spielt der Weltmeister gewöhnlich auf Vorteil,in diesem Fall jedoch wäre auch ein Unentschieden nicht zu verachten gewesen.Nach} (8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. O-O {hatte der Schwarze in keiner der beiden Begegnungen auch nur irgendwelche Probleme:} Bg4 (9... e6 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Ne2 c5 {San Segundo-Ricardi,Buenos Aires 1995}) 10. Ne2 e6 11. c3 Bd6 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 Bg6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 gxf6 18. Qf3 f5 19. c4 O-O-O 20. d5 Be5 { M.Kaminski-Van der Werf, Groningen 1992}) 8... g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Kh1 Bf5 11. Bc4 e6 { Das sieht häßlich aus,aber der Läufer steht in der Tat ziemlich sicher auf f5.} 12. Be2 h5 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Bg1 O-O 15. Bf3 Nd5 {Der stellungsöffnende Zug} ( 15... c5 $1 {hätte den Champion vor größere Probleme gestellt.Die schwachen Felderkomplexe am weißen Königsflügel wären dadurch bedeutsamer geworden.} 16. Qc1 (16. Bxb7 $2 Nxe5 (16... Qb6 17. Qf3 cxd4) 17. fxe5 Ng4 18. h3 cxd4) 16... cxd4 (16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. Ne4) (16... Ng4 17. h3) 17. Bxd4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rd7 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Ng4 21. Bxg4 Bxg4 $17) 16. Nxd5 {Das mit diesem Zug einhergehende Remisangebot wurde von Kasparov auf der Pressekonferenz als psychologische Kriegslist beschrieben.Er ging davon aus, daß Anand aufgrund seiner deutlich überlegenen Stellung ablehnen würde,und wollte anhand der Zeit die der Herausforderer über das Angebot nachdächte Erkenntnisse über dessen Selbstvertrauen gewinnen.Und in der Tat war es damit nicht zum Besten bestellt, denn Anand wies das Angebot erst nach mehreren Minuten des Nachdenkens zurück.} exd5 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. Rc1 f6 19. Nd3 Rfe8 20. b3 Nb6 21. a4 Nc8 22. c4 Qf7 23. a5 Bf8 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Bh4 Nd6 26. a6 b6 $6 { Damit wird a7 zur Endspielschwäche.Sicherer und natürlicher ist 26..ba6.} 27. Ne5 $5 {Erneut ein psychologischer Trick.Angefangen beim frühen Mittelspiel war Kaparov fortwährend positionell im Nachteil,ohne wirkliche Chanchen auf Gegenspiel.Plötzlich jedoch wird die Lage unklar.Als er seinen 27.Zug ausführte war sich der Weltmeister völlig darüber im Klaren,daß dieser einer genauen schachlichen Prüfung wohl kaum standhielte,aber trotzdem die wahrscheinlich beste praktische Möglichkeit sein würde.} Qe6 $2 {Genau davon ging Kasparov aus!In dem Bestreben seinen positionellen Vorteil nicht zu gefährden,würde Anand davor zurückschrecken sich in Verwicklungen zu stürzen, und sich auf diese Weise nicht für die kritischen Fortsetzungen entscheiden. Kritisch wäre hier laut Kasparov die Annahme des Opfers gewesen:} (27... fxe5 28. fxe5 Ne4 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. g4 hxg4 31. Bxg4 Bxg4 32. Qxg4 Nf2+ 33. Rxf2 Qxf2 34. Qxg6+ Bg7 35. Rc7 Qf1+ {Damit endet die hypothetische Variante des Weltmeisters.Schwarz besitzt eine Figur für zwei Bauern,doch die Schwäche a7 läßt Weiß nicht ohne Gegenchanchen.}) 28. g4 $1 {Dieser starke Zug Kasparovs ließ die Zuschauer,zumindest teilweise von ihren Sitzen aufspringen.Zum ersten Mal in diesem Match erkannten die Spieler,daß ihre Glaskabine keineswegs schallisoliert war.Mehr als ausreichend dafür geeignet die Stimmen der Kommentatoren auf ein kaum hörbares Summen hinunterzuschrauben,war sie jedoch nicht in der Lage den enthusiastischen Rufen von 500 Zuschauern Einhalt zu gebieten.} hxg4 29. Nxg4 {Zum ersten Mal in der Partie sind sämtliche weißen Figuren in das Geschehen einbezogen.} Bg7 {Der natürlichste Zug ist nicht immer auch der stärkste.Besser wäre Ilya Gurevich zufolge 29..Le7 gewesen.Auch} (29... Ne4 $5 {mit der Absicht} 30. Rc7 b5 31. Rxa7 Qb6 { kommt hier in Betracht.}) 30. Rc7 {Die Spannung steigt,denn das erste Mal in diesem Wettkampf befinden sich die Kontrahenten in Zeitnot.} Ne4 31. Ne3 (31. Rxa7 $6 b5 $1 (31... Ra8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Qe2 b5 34. Ne3) (31... Nc3 32. Qa1 Bxg4 33. Qxc3 Bxf3+ 34. Qxf3) 32. Qe2 (32. Ne3 Nc3) 32... Qb6 33. Rb7 Qxa6 34. Qxb5 Qe6 35. Qa5 (35. Nf2 Nd2 $1) (35. Rg1 Nd6 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qxd5 Bxg4 38. Rxg4 Nf5 39. Qxe6 Rxe6) 35... Bxg4 36. Qc7 Rd7) 31... Bh3 { Ausgesprochen riskant erscheint} (31... Qd6 $6 {zum Beispiel} 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Nxf5+ gxf5 34. Bxe4 fxe4 $2 35. Rg1+ Kf7 36. Qh5+) 32. Rg1 g5 33. Bg4 (33. fxg5 $5 fxg5 34. Rxa7 Nc3 35. Rxg5 Nxd1 36. Rgxg7+ Kf8 37. Nxd1 Rc8 (37... Qf5 $2 38. Rgf7+ Qxf7 39. Rxf7+ Kxf7 40. Bh5+) 38. Bg3 {Idee Ld6 unklar} (38. Rh7 $4 Qe1+)) 33... Bxg4 34. Qxg4 Qxg4 35. Rxg4 (35. Nxg4 $5 Kh8 (35... Rc8 36. Rxa7 Ra8 37. Rd7 Rxa6 38. Ne3) (35... Kf8 $2 36. fxg5 fxg5 37. Rf1+ Kg8 38. Rff7) 36. Be1 gxf4 37. Nf2 Bf8 38. Rxa7 Ra8 39. Rd7 Rxa6 40. Rxd5) 35... Nd6 { Gemäß Kasparov wäre 35..Tc8 die letzte Möglichkeit gewesen,die Partievielleicht zu retten.Meiner Ansicht nach kam der schlimme Fehler erst ganz zum Schluß.} 36. Bf2 Nb5 37. Rb7 Re4 38. f5 Rxg4 (38... Rxd4 $2 39. Rxd4 Nxd4 40. Rxa7 Nxb3 41. Rb7 d4 (41... Nc5 42. Rxb6 d4 43. a7) 42. a7) 39. Nxg4 Rc8 40. Rd7 Rc2 $4 { Anand wird zum Opfer seiner Zeitnot.In jungen Jahren wußte der Mann mit den schnellsten Fingern der Welt nicht einmal wie man das schreibt:Zeitnot. Natürlich muß erhier} (40... Rc3 {spielen,um nach} 41. Rxd5 { sowohl einen Bauern zu verspeisen,als auch seinen Springer decken zu können.} ( 41. Ne3 Rxb3 42. Nxd5 Ra3 43. Ne7+ Kh7 44. d5 Rxa6 45. d6 Ra2) (41. b4 Rb3 42. Rxd5 Rxb4) 41... Rxb3 42. Rd8+ Kf7 43. Rd7+ Kf8 44. d5 (44. Ne3 Ra3 45. d5 Rxa6 ) 44... Rf3) 41. Rxd5 {Anand hatte nun wieder genügend Zeit,um sich von der Hoffnungslosigkeit seiner Lage überzeugen zu können:41..Sc7 42.Td8 Kf7 43.Td7 Kf8 44.Lg3 Sa6 45.Ta7 Ta2 46.Ld6 Kg8 47.Le7} 1-0 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.10.02"] [Round "13"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B77"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1995.09.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.12.01"] 1. e4 {Dzindzichashvili} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 { A repeat of the Dragon came as a bit of a surprise for the Grandmasters in the pressroom. They expected a return to the Najdorf/Scheveningen seen in games 1, 3,5,7, and 9. The text makes one wonder who was in Garry's camp when he made his pre-match preparations. None of his seconds - Grandmasters Evgeny Pigusov, Yury Dokhoian and Vladimir Kramnik - play the Dragon with either color. Nor are any of them regular practioners of 1.e4, Garry's favorite choice as White in this match. Maybe Grandmaster Sergei Tiviakov spent some time with Garry. He's one of the world's leading experts on the Dragon, plays 1.e4 exclusively, and was a teammate of Kasparov's on the Russian A team in Moscow last December. } 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 {Vishy played the normal Yugoslav Attack move order in game 11 (7.f3 and 8.Qd2), but here he offers Garry the opportunity to mix things up with 7... Ng4 8.Bb5+ Kf8)} Nc6 8. f3 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 { Game 11 saw 10.O-O-O Ne5 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.h4 h5 13.Kb1.The text looks like it will transpose, but Anand has a surprise in store.} h5 11. Bb3 Rc8 {#} 12. Nxc6 {A little known and unorthodox way of handling the Yugoslav Attack.} bxc6 13. Bh6 c5 14. Bc4 (14. Bxg7 $5 Kxg7 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Bc4 Rb8 17. O-O-O Rb4 18. b3 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. a3 Rd4 21. Nb5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qa5 23. e5 $16 { Madl,I-Farago,S/Budapest/1989/}) 14... Qb6 (14... Rb8 15. O-O-O Rb4 16. Bb3 Qc7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. a3 Rd4 $13 {Tolnai-Watson,W/Kecskemet/1988/}) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b3 Be6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 {#} e5 {The right way to advance. Here the natural looking 18...e6 would not have been met by 19.dxe6, but 19.O-O-O, when Black would have nothing better than 19...e5.} (18... e6 19. O-O-O e5) 19. dxe6 $2 {Garry criticized this move in the post-game press conference, preferring 19. O-O-O, when he said the position would be about equal. He explained Anand's puzzling decision to open the position with his King in the center, by pointing out that White's opening play was based on pressure against e7. When Black plays ...e7-e5 the weak pawn becomes a strong one and Vishy couldn't accept this. But now the cure becomes worse than the disease.} (19. O-O-O $10) 19... d5 20. Be2 c4 {After the game, Kasparov remarked this was, "the first time in my life that I prevented castling on two wings with one move." With 20. ..c4 kingside castling is rendered illegal and queenside castling undesireable. } 21. c3 $2 {The losing e. Forced was 21.Rd1, planning Qd4 and making Rd2 available. The text loses almost instantly.} (21. Rd1 $142 {Kasparov} c3 22. Qd4 fxe6 $15) 21... Rce8 {Not an easy move to find. The Rook is already well-developed but all the action is occurring on the e-file.} 22. bxc4 { Alternatives fare no better. Garry gave the following pretty variations in the VIP room:} (22. exf7 {Kasparov} Rxf7 23. Rf1 (23. Kd1 Rfe7 24. Re1 d4 25. cxd4 Nd5 $19) 23... Rfe7 24. Rf2 Rxe2+ 25. Rxe2 Qg1#) 22... Rxe6 23. Kf1 (23. cxd5 Re5 (23... Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Qb2 (24... Rfe8 25. O-O-O Rxe2 26. Rd2) (24... Rd8 25. Qc4) 25. O-O Rxe2 26. Qg5 f6 27. Qg3 Qxc3 $15) 24. f4 Rxd5 25. Qc2 Qe3 $17) 23... Rfe8 24. Bd3 dxc4 25. Bxc4 { The poor White Bishop has moved no less than six times in this short game! #} Ne4 $1 {Since the next to last draw in game 8, the match has become a slugfest with decisive results in four of the last five games. Unfortunately for Vishy the Champion has been throwing most of the punches. Game 11, where Anand blundered horribly, may still be with him. Kasparov has pointed out more than once, that the contestants in this match are playing under much more difficult conditions than previous World Championships. They play four games a week instead of the usual three, and no time outs are allowed. When Karpov blundered horribly in game 11 (22...Rcd8??) of the 1985 World Championship match, he could take a timeout to recover. Anand has had no such luxury.} ( 25... Ne4 $1 26. fxe4 (26. Qe1 Rd6 27. fxe4 Rf6+ 28. Ke2 Rxe4+ $19) 26... Rf6+ 27. Ke1 Rxe4+ 28. Be2 Qf2+ 29. Kd1 Rxe2 $19) 0-1 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.29"] [Round "12"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Benjamin,J"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1995.09.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.12.01"] 1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 {Anand varies from his favorite Open Variation (5...Nxe4) which suffered a serious setback in game 10. Vishy has played the Archangel (5...b5), but more often as White than Black.} 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. d3 d6 9. Nc3 b4 10. Nd5 Na5 (10... h6 { Ftacnik} 11. a5 O-O 12. c3 Rb8 13. Bd2 bxc3 14. bxc3 Ba7 15. Be3 Bc8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bd5 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Na7 19. Rb1 Rxb1 20. Qxb1 c6 21. Ba2 Nb5 22. Qb2 { Timman,J-Bareev,E/Wijk (3.2)/1995/0.5 (38)}) (10... O-O {Ftacnik} 11. Bg5 $16) 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Ba2 h6 { The text is possibly a new move, and definitely a prudent one.} (12... Bc8 { Ftacnik} 13. Bg5 (13. d4 $1 exd4 14. e5 $36) 13... Qg6 14. Be3 Bg4 15. Bxc5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc5 17. Qe3 Qd6 18. f4 O-O 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Rab1 Rae8 21. Rf3 c4 22. dxc4 c5 {Adams,M-Lin Weiguo/Adelaide-WchJ (6)/1988/0-1 (66)}) 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Be3 Rad8 16. Rb1 (16. Bxc5 $6 {Ftacnik} dxc5 {xd3}) 16... Bc8 17. Qe2 {White has emerged from the opening with a clear advantage.} Be6 $6 {Natural enough, but soon Vishy finds himself in serious trouble. The text was universally criticized by the GM commenting corp, but they were unable to come up with a good improvement.} 18. h3 {Here 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.d4 exd4 19.cxd4 Bb6 20.Nd2 d5 21.e5 Nc4 22.f4 is a promising alternative to the text.} (18. Bxe6 $5 {Ftacnik} Qxe6 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Bb6 21. Nd2 d5 22. e5 Nc4 23. f4 f5 24. Rfc1 $14) 18... Bxa2 19. Qxa2 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qe6 21. Qxe6 (21. Qd5 Qxd5 22. exd5 e4 $1 23. dxe4 Nc4 24. Rb7 Rd7 $13 {and Black captures on e3, rescueing his Knight with ...f7-f5, if 24.Re1 Re8. The star move 22...e4! was spotted by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili. Interestingly enough, this move proves to be Vishy's salvation later in the game.}) 21... fxe6 22. Rb4 Rb8 {Compare this position with the one that emerges after Black's 26th move and it will become clear that the immediate doubling of Rooks by 22...Rf7 and 23...Rdf8 deserved serious consideration.} (22... Rf7 $5 23. Rfb1 Rdf8) 23. Rfb1 Nc6 $2 { This could have been the fatal mistake that caused Anand to castle queenside. Black should have played 23...Rxb4.} (23... Rxb4 24. cxb4 (24. Rxb4 Kf7 $13 { This position differs from some that could have occurred later in the game in one important detail: Black has time to bring his King to the center before White's Rook reaches b7. Sometimes a Knight on the rim isn'tdim!}) 24... Nc6 25. b5 axb5 26. Rxb5 (26. axb5 Na7 27. b6 cxb6 28. Rxb6 Nc8 29. Rb7 Rf7 30. Rb8 Rc7 31. d4 exd4 32. exd4 Kf7 $10) 26... Ra8 27. Rb7 Rxa4 28. Rxc7 Nb4 29. d4 Nd3) 24. Rb7 Rbc8 {Necessary as 24...Rfc8 would be met by the dynamic 25.d4 exd4 26.Nxd4 when White's ugly pawn structure is more than compensated for by his activity.} (24... Rfc8 $6 {Ftacnik} 25. d4 exd4 26. Nxd4 $1 Rxb7 27. Rxb7 Nxd4 28. exd4 $16) 25. Kf2 {Here the aggressive 25.d4 would be effectively countered by 25...d5 26.exd5 exd5 27.Nxe5 (or 27.dxe5 Rfe8) 27...Nxe5 28.dxe5 Rfe8.} (25. d4 $2 {Ftacnik} d5 $1 26. exd5 exd5 27. Nxe5 (27. dxe5 Rfe8) 27... Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rfe8) 25... Rf7 26. Ke2 Rcf8 27. d4 g5 28. Kd3 Rg7 29. d5 exd5 30. exd5 g4 31. dxc6 {Vishy was hypnotized yesterday and missed 31...Rxc2.Now it's Garry's turn to overlook something big - namely the intermezzo 31...e4+. He actually wrote 31... gxf3 on his scoresheet after capturing on c6, Anand's reply caused him to dirty his score. Had he played 31.hxg4 he would have had excellent chances to win and go two up.} (31. hxg4 $142 e4+ 32. Kxe4 Ne7 (32... Rxg4+ 33. Kd3 Ne7 34. c4 Rxg2 35. Nd4 Ng6 36. Rxc7 Ne5+ 37. Kc3 Rg3 38. Ne6 Rxe3+ 39. Kd2 (39. Kd4 $2 Ra3 40. Nxf8 Nf3+ 41. Ke4 Nd2+)) 33. g5 $1 (33. Rxc7 Rxg4+ 34. Kd3 Nxd5)) 31... e4+ (31... gxf3 {Ftacnik} 32. gxf3 Rxf3 33. Ra7 d5 ( 33... Rxh3 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rbb7 Kg6 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 $16) 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rbb7 e4+ (35... Kg6 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 Rf6 38. c4) 36. Kd4) 32. Kxe4 gxf3 33. gxf3 Re7+ {Now Black's counterplay is enough to draw.} 34. Kd4 Rxf3 35. e4 Rxh3 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rb8+ Kf7 38. Rb7 Re7 39. c7 Rxc7 40. Rxc7+ Ke6 41. Ra7 h5 42. Rxa6 Rh1 43. Ra8 {The position is clearly drawn: (1) Black will advance his passed pawn to h2 tying the White King down; (2) Next he will trade his h-pawn for the enemy a-pawn; (3) he will transfer his King to c6.The resulting position with two pawns versus one on the same side of the board is totally without chances so the two players quickly make peace.} h4 {The longest game of the match but the two players have yet to play four hours (today lasted 3:15)! Surely this must be a record of sorts for a WorldChampionsh ip.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.28"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B78"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Benjamin/King"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "1995.09.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.04.19"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {This appears to be the first time that Garry has played the Dragon in a serious tournament game. The Champion tried the Accelerated Dragon (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6) against Fritz in an exhibition game , and dabbled with the Dragon in simuls, but the text must have come as a bit of a shock to Anand. Dies ist offenbar das erste Mal, dass Garry den Drachen in einer ernsthaften Turnierpartie anwendet. Bei einer Schaupartie gegen Fritz versuchte der Champion das beschleunigte Fianchetto (1.e4 c5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Sxd4 g6) und riskierte den Drachen auch bei Simultanveranstaltungen, für Anand aber muss der Textzug ein kleiner Schock gewesen sein.} 6. Be3 {Vishy chooses the most testing continuation after some reflection. Nach einigem Nachdenken wählt Vishy die kritischste Fortsetzung.} Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 {Garry preferred 9. O-O-O, when Bulgarian GM Veselin Topalov essayed the Dragon against him at the Euwe Memorial this past Spring. In seiner Weißpartie gegen den Bulgarian GM Veselin Topalov beim Euwe Memorial im vergangenen Frühling bevorzugte Garry 9. 0-0-0.} Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. h4 h5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Nde2 b5 16. Bh6 Qa5 {This is not a theoretical novelty - it was previously played in Suetin-Szabo, Leningrad 1967, but it is very rare. Most attention has been focused on 16...b4, with the most important game involving one of Anand's seconds: Wolff-Kir. Georgiev, Biel (Izt) 1993 Keine theoretische Neuerung - der Zug wurde bereits Suetin-Szabo, Leningrad 1967 gespielt - dennoch äußerst selten. Die meiste Aufmerksamkeit wurde bislang 16...b4 gewidmet, und bei der wichtigsten Partie mit dieser Variante war einer von Anands Sekundanten beteiligt: Wolff-Kir. Georgiev, Biel (Izt) 1993.} (16... b4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qa5 20. b3 Rc5 21. g4 $1 $40 { Wolff-Georgiev, Biel 1993. Wolff-Georgiev, Biel 1993.}) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf4 Rfc8 19. Ncd5 {White opts to simplify as he has no real attacking chances. Garry mentioned more than once after the game that, "White has no real chances for an advantage in the Dragon if he doesn't play g2-g4 ." Weiß strebt Vereinfachungen an, da er keine wirklichken Angriffschancen besitzt. Garry wies nach der Partie mehrfach darauf hin, dass "Weiß im Drachen keine echten Chancen auf Vorteil hat wenn er nicht White g2-g4 zieht."} Qxd2 {Kasparov offer ed a draw after making his move. Nach diesem Zug bot Kasparov remis an.} 20. Rxd2 {Anand thought for four minutes before declining the draw, the first time in the match that an offer has been refused. During the press conference Garry compared this game with number 47 of his epic first match with Anatoly Karpov. That game saw Karpov decline a draw in a dead equal endgame and go on to lose. Something similiar happens here. Anand überlegte vier Minuten, bevor er ablehnte. Zum ersten Mal im Match wurde ein Remisangebot ausgeschlagen. Während der Pressekonferenz verglich Garry diese Partie mit der 47. Begegnung seines epischen ersten Matches gegen Anatoly Karpov. Damals lehnte Karpov in einem totremisen Endspiel die Punkteteilung ab und verlor dann noch. Etwas Ähnliches geschieht hier.} Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Kf8 22. Re1 Rb8 {A mysterious Rook move. More direct was 22...Be6. Ein mysteriöser Turmzug. Direkter war 22...Le6. } 23. b3 Rc5 24. Nf4 Rbc8 25. Kb2 a5 26. a3 Kg7 27. Nd5 Be6 28. b4 $2 { Losing the thread. And what about 28. Nxe7? Garry rattled-> off the following variation in the post-game press conference. Verliert den Faden. Und was ist mit 28. Sxe7? In der anschließenden Pressekonferenz rasselte Garry die folgende Varaitne herunter:} (28. Nxe7 Re8 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Rc4 32. Rxd5 Rec8 (32... Rxb4+ $142 33. Kc1 f5 34. Rxd6 fxe4 35. Kd2 $10) 33. Re2 (33. c3 $142 Rxc3 34. Re2 $16) 33... Rxb4+ 34. Kc1 Rc6 35. Red2 Ra6 $1 36. Kd1 Rb1+ 37. Ke2 Rb2 $10) 28... axb4 29. axb4 Rc4 30. Nb6 $4 {A horrible ination. Here White had to try 30.Nxe7, though 30...Rxb4+ 31.Kc1 Ba2 32. Rxd6 Rb1+ 33.Kd2 Rxc2+ 34.Kxc2 Rxe1 leaves Black with winning chances. Eine schreckliche Halluzination.} ({Weiß mußte hier} 30. Nxe7 { versuchen, wenngleich Schwarz nach} Rxb4+ 31. Kc1 Ba2 32. Rxd6 Rb1+ 33. Kd2 Rxc2+ 34. Kxc2 Rxe1 {Gewinnchancen hat.}) (30. c3 $145 $1 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxc3 32. Re2 $13) 30... Rxb4+ 31. Ka3 Rxc2 {A terrible heartbreak for the Challenger who will have little time to recover. Ein schreckliches Fiasko für den Herausforderer, dem nur wenig Zeit bleibt, sich davon zu erholen.} 0-1 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.26"] [Round "10"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1995.09.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.12.01"] 1. e4 {Benjamin:Garry opened with 1.d4 in game two and 1.Nf3 in game four, but got nothing out of the opening. His 1.e4 in the sixth and eighth games was strongly answered by Anand opening novelties, so one can safely assume that Gary and his team have prepared a surprise for Vishy in the Open Spanish.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 dxc3 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3 Qd3 {All these moves were played more or less instantly. Now Garry varies from game six (14.Nf3) and instantly plays.. .#} 14. Bc2 $3 $146 {Tal's idea.This move, in conjunction with White's next, is the prelude to a spectacular Rook sacrifice. Kasparov mentioned at the press conference that he had discovered it last weekend.} Qxc3 {Vishy spent only four minutes on this move, which suggests that the game is still following his pre-match preparation.} 15. Nb3 { Once again Garry played this move instantly.} Nxb3 { Played after a 45 minute thought.} 16. Bxb3 Nd4 (16... Qxa1 17. Qh5+ (17. Qf3 Nd8 18. Qxa8 (18. Bf4 Qd4 19. Rd1 Qa7 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Qc6+ Kf7 22. Rd7+ Be7 23. Be3 Qb8 24. Qf3+ Kg8 (24... Ke8 25. Qc6 Kf7 26. Qf3+ $10) 25. Rxe7 (25. Qd5 Qe8 26. Qxe6+ Kf8 $19) 25... Qf8 26. Rxe6 Qxf3 27. gxf3 Kf7 $17) 18... Qxe5 19. Qxa6 Bd6 20. f4 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 O-O $13) 17... g6 (17... Kd7 18. Bxe6+ Kxe6 19. Qg4+ Kf7 (19... Kd5 20. Qd7+ Bd6 21. Qf7+ Kxe5 22. Qxg7+ Ke6 23. Qxa1 $18) 20. Qf3+ Ke6 (20... Kg8 21. Qd5#) 21. Qxc6+ Bd6 22. exd6 Qe5 23. Bd2 $18) 18. Qf3 Nd8 (18... O-O-O 19. Qxc6 Qxe5 20. Qxa6+ Kb8 (20... Kd7 21. Bb2 $1 $18) 21. Be3 $18) 19. Rd1 (19. Bf4 Qd4 20. Rd1 Qa7 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Bg5+ Be7 23. Bxe7+ Kxe7 24. Qf6+ Kd7 25. Qxe6+ Kd8 26. Qf6+ Kd7 27. Qe6+ Kd8 28. Qf6+ Kd7 $10) ( 19. Qf6 Rg8 20. Bxe6 (20. Bg5 Qc3 (20... Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Ba3 22. Qf3 $16) 21. Rd1 (21. Bxe6 Rg7 22. Rd1 Re7 $1 $19) 21... Bd6 $1) 20... Rg7 (20... Be7 21. Bd7+ $1 Kxd7 22. e6+ Nxe6 23. Qxa1 $16) (20... Nxe6 21. Qxe6+ Be7 22. Qxg8+ $18 ) 21. Ba3 Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Bxa3 23. Qxg7 Nxe6 24. Qxh7 (24. Qg8+ Nf8 25. e6 Be7 $17) 24... Rd8 25. Qxg6+ Ke7 $13) (19. Qxa8 Qxe5) 19... Rb8 $5 (19... Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qf6 21. Qxa8 Bc5 (21... Be7 22. Bxc7 $16) 22. Rxd8+ Ke7 (22... Qxd8 23. Qc6+ Qd7 24. Qxc5 $18) 23. Qc6 Bxf2+ 24. Kf1 (24. Kxf2 Qxf4+ $19) 24... Rxd8 25. Bg5 Rd1+ (25... Qxg5 26. Qxe6+ Kf8 27. Qf7#) 26. Bxd1 Qxg5 27. Qxc7+ Ke8 28. Kxf2 $18) 20. Qd3 $1 (20. Qf6 Rg8 21. Bg5 (21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxe6+ Be7 23. Qxg8+ Kd7 24. Qe6+ Ke8 25. Qf7+ $10) 21... Qxd1+ 22. Bxd1 h6 23. Be3 Be7 $13) 20... Be7 (20... Bd6 21. exd6 Qg7 22. Bb2 e5 (22... Qxb2 23. dxc7 $18) 23. d7+ $18) 21. Qd7+ Kf7 22. Bg5 Qxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Re8 24. Qxc7 (24. Bg4 h5 25. Bh3 $40) 24... Rb7 25. Qc1 $16) 17. Qg4 Qxa1 (17... Nxb3 18. Qxe6+ Be7 19. Bg5 $18) 18. Bxe6 {Garry was still moving more or less instantly and was over an hour ahead on the clock.} Rd8 {This move was played quite quickly by Anand. Black can try other moves, but they also seem to lose.} (18... Nxe6 19. Qxe6+ Be7 20. Bg5 $18 ) (18... Qc3 19. Bd7+ Kf7 (19... Kd8 20. Bg5+ Be7 21. Bxe7+ Kxe7 22. Qxg7+ $18) 20. Be3 Bc5 (20... c5 $2 21. Bxd4 Qc4 22. e6+ Kg8 23. e7 $18) 21. Rd1 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 $1 (22. Qxe2 Bxe3 (22... Qxe5 23. Qf3+ Ke7 24. Bxc5+ Qxc5 25. Bh3 $40) 23. e6+ Ke7 24. fxe3 $40) 22... Bxe3 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Qf5+ Ke7 25. Be6 $18) 19. Bh6 {Once again Kasparov blitzed out his move.} Qc3 {According to Garry, Vishy found the only way to survive for awhile. Here 19...Qxf1+ 20.Kxf1 gxh6 21.Qh5+ mates.} (19... Qxf1+ 20. Kxf1 gxh6 21. Qh5+ $18) 20. Bxg7 Qd3 (20... Bxg7 21. Qh5+ $1 $18) 21. Bxh8 Qg6 (21... Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Ng3+ 23. hxg3 Qxf1+ 24. Kh2 Qd3 25. Bf5 $1 Qc4 (25... Qd1 26. f3 $18) 26. f4 Qxa2 27. Bxh7 $18) 22. Bf6 Be7 23. Bxe7 Qxg4 {Necessary as 23...Kxe7 would allow 24.Qh4+.} (23... Kxe7 24. Qh4+ Ke8 25. Bg4 $18) 24. Bxg4 Kxe7 {#} 25. Rc1 {A star move that abruptly stops Black's counterplay. If Anand were allowed to play ...c7-c5-c4 things would be far from clear. Garry spent a lot of time on the final phase of the game. As he put it, "Its been a long time since I went two weeks without a victory, and I didn't want to spoil things after my brilliant novelty". The only previous time Garry had experienced such a drought was his first match with Karpov, back in 1984- 85.} c6 26. f4 a5 (26... Rg8 27. Bd1 $18) 27. Kf2 a4 28. Ke3 b4 29. Bd1 {Accurately played. The tempting 34.Rc4 would allow 34... a3 and Black is much better than in the game.} a3 (29... b3 30. axb3 a3 31. g4 $18) 30. g4 { Now everything is clear. Black's advance on the queenside has been stymied and Garry is ready to roll with his e and f pawns.} Rd5 31. Rc4 c5 (31... Nf5+ 32. gxf5 Rxd1 33. f6+ Kd7 34. Rxb4 $18) 32. Ke4 Rd8 33. Rxc5 Ne6 (33... b3 34. Bxb3 Nxb3 35. axb3 Ra8 36. Rc7+ Kf8 37. Rc1 $18) 34. Rd5 Rc8 35. f5 Rc4+ 36. Ke3 Nc5 37. g5 Rc1 38. Rd6 1-0 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.25"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1995.09.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.12.01"] 1. e4 {The World Championship had begun with 8 draws. The absolute record - 17 consecutive - still belongs to Karpov vs Kasparov from Moscow 1984. Anyway the next six games had five decisive results!} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {Neither player wanted to blink first.} e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 {Our discussion of the Scheveningen Variation continues into my fifth White. I had tried 12.Qd2 in the first game and then 12.Bd3 3 times. But Garry had managed to find a solution to 12.Bd3 so it was time to switch.} Bd7 {He had played 13...Rb8 consistently in the matches against Karpov, but then switched to this move against Van der Wiel in Amsterdam (Optiebeurs) 1987.} 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Rfd1 $1 {A recommendation of Van der Wiel. Almost all the interesting games in this line were played by Van der Wiel - against Polugaevsky and against Kasparov himself and his notes were a good starting point for my preparations.} (16. Qd2 Rc8 {Van der Wiel-Kasparov Optiebeurs 1988 }) (16. g4 {Van der Wiel-Polugaevsky Haninge 1989}) 16... Bc6 (16... e5 17. f5) 17. b4 Qc7 18. b5 Bd7 (18... axb5 $2 19. axb5 Bd7 20. Na4 $16) 19. Rab1 $1 $146 {I was surprised to discover later that this move was an improvement over 19. Ne2 (Kuijpers-de Boer). This is clearly stronger of course.} (19. Ne2 Rc8 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Qxa6 Ra8 22. Qd3 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 Bxa4 24. Nc3 Bc6 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 Rb8 27. Qa4 Rc8 28. Rd2 Nd7 29. Qd4 Rb8 30. g3 Nb6 31. Be2 Qc6 { 1/2-1/2, Cuijpers-DeBoer, 1988}) 19... axb5 (19... Rc8 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Qxe5 (21... Nd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nxd5 Qxe5 24. Bf4 $16) 22. Bd4 Qc7 23. Bxf6 ( 23. b6 Qb8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Qxd7 Re7) 23... Bxf6 24. Qxd7 $16 {Because Black hasn't exchanged the a-Ps yet, White will create dangerous passed pawns.}) 20. Nxb5 $1 (20. axb5 {Now this is less strong since the a-Ps are no longer there.} Rc8 (20... Ra8) 21. Na4 Qxc2 22. Qxc2 (22. Nb6 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Rc7 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Nd5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Nxd5 Bf5 $1 28. Nxc7 Bxd3 29. Nxe8 (29. Rd1 Rd8) 29... Bxb1 30. Nd6 Bxd6 31. exd6 Bf5 $10) 22... Rxc2 23. Nb6 $44) 20... Bxb5 { This surprised me since I was expecting 20...Qa5.} (20... Qa5 $1 21. Nxd6 { Anything else allows Black to play Bc6 with a fine position.} Bxa4 22. Bb6 ( 22. e5 Bxd6 23. exd6 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd6 25. Qa3 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 exd5) 22... Rxd6 23. Bxa5 $1 (23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. Bxa5 Bxf4 (24... Bxc2 $2 25. e5 $18) 25. Rxb7 Bxc2 26. Rd8 Rxd8 27. Bxd8 Bxe4 $1 (27... Nxe4 28. Bc7 g5 $1) 28. Rb4 Bxf3 29. Rxf4 Bd5 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Rxf6 $10) 23... Rxd3 24. cxd3 Bxd1 $14 { White keeps a slight advantage due to his ^^s and Black's weak b-P.}) 21. Qxb5 (21. Rxb5 $5 {Possibly even stronger than the game continuation.} Nd7 (21... Rc8 22. Rdb1 Qxc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Rxb7 $16 d5 $140 $2 25. e5 $18) 22. Rdb1 Nc5 23. Qc4) 21... Ra8 22. c4 e5 23. Bb6 $1 { A fine move forcing Black's Q to go to c8.} (23. fxe5 $2 dxe5 24. Bb6 Qc6 $1) 23... Qc8 (23... Qc6 {Now this fails because...} 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. c5 $1 $16) 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. a5 Bf8 26. h3 Qe6 27. Rd5 $1 Nxd5 $4 {An inexplicable move. Black should just wait and make some useful moves on the >>. White remains with the better position but has to find a way to break through.} (27... h5 $5) 28. exd5 $18 {Now White just has to push his pawns.} Qg6 29. c5 e4 30. Be2 Re5 (30... Be7 31. d6 (31. Qb3 e3) 31... Bf6 32. d7 Rf8 { Black threatens Be5 with some chances, but...} 33. Bc7 $1) 31. Qd7 $1 Rg5 ( 31... Qg3 32. Qxb7 Rg5 33. Rg1 $18) 32. Rg1 $1 e3 33. d6 (33. Qxb7 Re8 34. d6) 33... Rg3 34. Qxb7 Qe6 35. Kh2 $1 {This gave me my first win in a WC match and my frist win against him (in a tournament game) after Reggio Emilia 1991. I was ecstatic. Needless to say, the rest of the week was a cold shower.} (35. Rf1 Rb8 $1 36. Qxb8 $140 Rxh3+ 37. Kg1 Qe5) (35. Rd1 $1 Rb8 36. Qd5 $18) (35. Kh2 Re8 36. d7 $18 (36. Rf1 $18)) 1-0 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.22"] [Round "8"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "1995.09.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.12.01"] 1. e4 {Benjamin} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {At this time, Kasparov hadn't yet found the solution against my Open Ruy Lopez, that he employed in game 10, so he deviates a bit earlier. Garry, for at least the time being, has decided not to test Anand's Open variation to the Ruy Lopez.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 { This variation was played twice in the 1990 World Championship match between Kasparov and Karpov, with the champion scoring a win and a draw.} bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g5 $1 {The point of thie move is very simple. Black wants to stop f4 which is quite good against 9...g6. A theoretical novelty. The usual choices are 9...Qh4 and 9...g6. Karpov tried 9...O-O-O against Garry.} (9... g6 10. f4) 10. Ba3 {After a reasonable think, Kasparov decided to follow an idea he had against g6 the previous move, reaching a position which he had prepared with the only difference being the pawn on g5. The champion thought for 15 minutes here, and then played his next few moves at a rapid tempo. As will be seen on move 15, the two players are following a game where 9...g6 was played. It seems likely that Garry spent his time here trying to decide whether ...g5 makes a big difference compared with ...g5.The latter move, which seems Speelmanesque, allows not only ...Bg7 but ...Nf4 as well.} d6 (10... c5 11. g3 Nb4 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. O-O Bg7 14. Bb2 $1 {/\ a3}) 11. exd6 {A forcing line.} Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bg7 $1 13. cxd5 Bxe2 (13... Bb7 $4 14. dxc7 $1 Bxa1 (14... cxd5 15. Bb5+ Bc6 16. Bxc6#) 15. d6 $18) 14. Kxe2 Bxa1 15. Rc1 {This position was reached (with the pawn on g6) in Kuksov-Aleksandrov Smolensk Cup 1991. #} O-O-O $3 $8 {Found after a 20-minute think. The point is that Black needs the open centre for his rooks and any pawn capture (cxd6, cxd5) closes the file and gives White time to bring his N to c4. A substantial improvement over Kuksov-Aleksandrov,A., Smolensk Cup 1991, (remember the Black pawn was on g6 instead of g5) which saw 15...cxd6 16. Rxc6 O-O 17.Bxd6 Rfd8 18.Nd2 Rd7 19.Kd3 Re8 20.f4 f6 21.b4 with a considerable advantage for White.} (15... cxd5 16. Rxc7 $16) (15... cxd6 16. Rxc6 Be5 (16... O-O 17. Bxd6 $16) 17. Nd2 $1 {/\ Nc4+/-}) (15... Be5 16. Rxc6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Na3 $1 Kd7 19. Nc4 $16) 16. Rxc6 Rhe8+ (16... Rd7 $1 17. Nc3 (17. Kd3 Be5 18. dxc7 Rxc7 (18... Rxd5+ 19. Ke4 Rb5 20. Nc3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Re8+ { White still has an uphill struggle to draw.})) 17... Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Re8+ $15 { This leads to a position that I wanted to reach in the game. Black has some chances.}) 17. Kd3 {The best move and one which cost Garry 37 minutes on the clock. The alternative 17.Kf3 is strongly met by 17... Re5.} Rd7 18. Nc3 $1 { It was Kasparov's turn to sink into long thought (40 minutes!) here and he finally found a way to keep the balance. If White has any chances to improve it has to be here. Two alternatives to the game continuation are: (1) 18.Bc5 Kb7 19.Rxc7+ Rxc7 20. dxc7 Kxc7 21.Bxa7 Kd6; (2) 18.Nd2 Be5! (less clear is 18. ..Re5 19.Nc4 Rxd5+ 20. Ke4 Rd4+ 21.Ke3 Rd1 22.Bc5) 19.Nc4 Bxh2 20.g3 h5 21. dxc7 Rxd5+ 22.Kc3 h4 23.Nd6 + Rxd6 and Black has all the chances. These lines are not meant to be exhaustive, but rather to show that Anand seems to have found a very good antidote to the Scotch.} (18. Nd2 Re5 19. Nc4 Rxd5+ 20. Ke4 $15 {Probably White has enough ~/= here, but the method chosen in the game ismore efficient.}) 18... Bxc3 $6 (18... Re5 19. Nb5 Rxd5+ 20. Kc4 Rd2 21. Bc5 $1 Be5 $1) 19. Kxc3 $1 { I had underestimated this move. I only expected 19.Rxc3.} (19. Rxc3 Re5 $15) 19... Re5 20. Kc4 Re4+ {If Black tries to play 20...Re2 it will still be a draw. Play might continue 20. ..Re2 21.Bc5 Rxa2 22.b4 and now there are two possibilities: (1) 22...Kb7 23. dxc7 Rxc7 24.Rf6 (or 24.Rh6); (2) 22...a5 23. b5 Kb7 24.Ra6 cxd6 25.Ra7+ Kc8 26. Ra8+ Kb7 27.Ra7+. White can even win if Black overpresses - 20...Kb7 21.dxc7 Rxc7 22.Bd6!} (20... Re2 21. Bc5 Rxa2 22. b4 {Now White is completely safe.} Kb7 23. dxc7 Rxc7 24. Rf6 $44) 21. Kd3 Re5 22. Kc4 Re4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Seirawan,Y"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1995.09.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.12.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {Anand sticks to 6. î Pe2, the most controlled response to the Najdorf. Prior to this match he had played that move on a couple of occasions, but had also experimented with 6.a4, 6.î Pc4 and 6.î Pe3. Interestingly, it appears he has never employed the sharpest rejoinder to the Najdorf - 6.î Pg5.} e6 {Anand also plays the Najdorf, but prefers the more double-edged 6...e5. It now transposes into the Scheveningen.} 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Rac8 15. Bb6 { A refinement on game five, where 15.î Be2 î Pc6 16.î Pb6 was played.} Qb8 {#} 16. e5 {This double-edged move was played instantly and is very likely the product of work Anand's team (GMs Yusupov, Speelman, Ubilava and Wolff) did over the free day. Kasparov was critical of it in his analysis in the VIP room after the game. He said "it doesn't really make sense to open the position without any concrete gain."} dxe5 17. fxe5 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 { A good mov e which gains necessary breathing space for Black's pieces.} ({ It's also forced since} 18... Nxd5 {would be strongly answered by} 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Qh5 Bh6 (20... f5 $145 $1) 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Qxd7 $18) 19. Re1 {Vishy inten ds to force Garry into a passive position with ...î Pe6 but the world champion finds a pawn sacrifice to liberate his position. One of the ideas behind 19.î Re1 is to be able to answer ...î ..xd3 with î Bxd3 and not worry about ...î Pb5.} ({Two alternatives:} 19. Qd2 Nxd3 20. cxd3 h6 21. Rae1) (19. Rf2 { intending î Raf1.}) 19... h6 {A good idea. As Kasparov explained in his analysis of the game; "Normally White wants to exchange dark-squared Bishops, but this position is an exception. Here Black wants to trade down to light-squared Bishop versus Knight because of the specifics of the situation - namely the weakness of the e and a pawns and the possiblity of B vs. N in the ending."} ({Note that the immediate} 19... Bd8 $2 {would be met by} 20. Bxd8 Rcxd8 21. Ng5) 20. c3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bc5 { This temporary pawn sacrifice solves all of Black's problems.} 22. Qxd5 Be6 ({ The natural} 22... Bc6 {would only leave Black struggling for a draw after} 23. Qxc5 Bxf3 24. Qf2) 23. Qd2 ({The queen sacrifice} 23. Qxc5 {falls short after} Rxc5 24. Bxc5 Bd5 $1 25. Bd6 Qc8 26. Nd4 Qg4 27. Re2 f6) 23... Bxb6 24. axb6 Rc6 25. Ra4 {Kasparov praised this move. White activity or his weak e-pawn will leave him worse.} Rxb6 {Drawn at Kasparov's suggestion. Anand's next move would be 26.Rd4 grabbing the d-file. This draw, the seventh in a row, equals the record for consecutive draws at the start of a World Championship match. The other match to start with seven draws, Karpov-Kortchnoi, Baguio City 1978, was contested with different conditions. The winner was to be the first player to win six games, draws not counting. So in a real sense the players did set a record today, beating the six consecutives draws that marked the start of Petrosian-Spassky, Moscow 1966.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.19"] [Round "6"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1995.09.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.12.01"] 1. e4 {Benjamin} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 {All right, which variation will it be?} 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 $5 {The sharpest try in this variation. I imagined that Kasparov would be very well prepared for all the main lines, and so I decided to go ahead and use an obscure idea.} dxc3 (11... Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6 Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 $16) 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3 Qd3 {Former Candidate Artur Yusupov, who is serving as one of Anand's seconds, is one of the world's experts on the Open Ruy. Sideif-Sade - Yusupov, Frunze 1979, saw 13...Nxb3 14.axb3 Qd3.} 14. Nf3 {As we all know now, Kasparov blew a hole into this variation in the 10th game with 14.Bc2, but let's not jump ahead. #} O-O-O $1 {This was Elizbar's idea. I was first sceptical, but later became very enthusiastic about this move. To compensate for the obvious shortcomings in his position (weak king, White's two bishops) Black has a lead in development and White's pieces do not coordinate very easily. A theoretical novelty. Karpov-Kortchnoi, Bagiuo City 1978 saw 14...Qxd1 15.Bxd1 Be7 16.Be3 Nd3 17.Bb3 Kf7 18.Rad1 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Bf4 with the better ending for White. 17 years later this line is once again in the spotlight during a World Championship Match.} 15. Qe1 (15. Bd2 Nxb3 16. axb3 (16. Qxb3 Rd5 $1) 16... Kb7 {/\ Be7,Rhf8}) 15... Nxb3 16. axb3 Kb7 17. Be3 {Played by Kas parov after 20 minutes thought. Another possiblity was 17.Bg5 . After 17...Rd5 White could choose between the speculative 18.c4!? and the strange-looking 18. b4.The latter seeks to deny Black's Bishop c5.One possible variation is 18.b4 h6 19.Be3 g5 20.Ra2 with Rd2 and Qa1 in the works.} (17. Bg5 Rd7) 17... Be7 18. Bg5 {An interesting idea. White wants to gain access to the c5 square which means he must eliminate Black's dark coloured bishop. Once again the weird-looking 18.b4 is deserving consideration.} (18. Ra2 {/\ Qa1} Rhf8 $1 19. Qa1 Rxf3 $1 20. gxf3 Qg6+ 21. Kh1 Qh5 {And Black can count on at least a draw.} ) 18... h6 {During the post-game press conference Anand mentioned that 18... Rhe8 would have left White with a slight advantage.} (18... Rhe8 $5 {This may w ell be the best move since the game continuation is quite risky for Black. I don't see anything clear for White here.} 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Ng5 {I was worried about this during the game, but afterwards my seconds showed me Qd2.} Qd2 $1 21. Ne4 (21. Qe4 Qxg5 22. Rxa6 Rd5 23. Rxc6 Kxc6 24. c4 Qxe5 25. cxd5+ Qxd5 $15 ) 21... Qxe1 22. Rfxe1 Kb6) 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Nd4 $5 {#} Rxd4 $1 {The only move . Anything else allows b4 and Nb3-c5. Anand had forseen this possiblity many moves before.} (20... Qg6 21. b4 Nd5 22. Nb3 $1 Nf4 23. Nc5+ Kc8 24. g3 Nd3 25. Qe3 $18) 21. cxd4 Qxb3 (21... Qxd4 {This is a serious alternative. I wanted to have connected passed pawns in the <<, but Black has good compensation here as well.}) 22. Qe3 $6 {Benjamin: A critical decision and one that Garry spent twenty five minutes on. The GM commenting corp spent a lot of time on 22.Qc1, staying in the middlegame. One possible line is 22...Ra8 (Black has to worry about Rxa6 followed by Qxc7) 23. Ra3 Qb4 24.Rc3 Nd5 25.Rc6 Qxd4 26.Rxe6 Nc3 27. Kh1 a5 and Black is doing fine.} (22. Qc1 { Much more dangerous than the game continuation.} Qb4 $5 {This is probably the best defence. The point is that after 23.Qf4 Nd5 24.Qf7 Black can play 24... Qe7.} (22... Nd5 $2 23. Rxa6 Nc3 24. Qa1 Na4 25. Rb1 Qxb1+ 26. Qxb1 Kxa6 27. Qg6 $18) (22... Qd5 $4 23. Qa3 { I actually wasted a few seconds before I saw this.}) (22... Ra8 23. Qf4 $1 (23. Qc5 Nc6 24. Rfc1 Qd5 $1) 23... Qd5 (23... Nd5 24. Qf7 Nc3 $2 25. Qf3+ $1) 24. Qf7 Nc6 25. Rac1 Rd8 $1 (25... Rc8 26. Rc5 Qxd4 27. Rfc1 {/\ Qf3}) 26. Rc5 Qxd4 27. Rxc6 $1 Kxc6 28. Rc1+ Kb7 29. Qxc7+ Ka8 30. h3) 23. Qc2 (23. Rxa6 $2 Kxa6 24. Qxc7 Qa3 $1 25. Qd7 Rc8 26. Qxe6+ Rc6 27. Qf7 Rc1 $1) 23... Qxd4 24. Qa2 Qb6) 22... Qxe3 $8 (22... Qd5 $4 23. Qa3 $18) 23. fxe3 {I didn't know what to make of this ending during the game, but now it seems to me that Black is not in danger here.} Nd5 24. Kf2 Kb6 25. Ke2 a5 26. Rf7 (26. e4 $6 Nb4 $1 { And now Black threatens Rd8 and Nc6.} (26... Nc3+ 27. Kd3 b4 28. Rf7)) 26... a4 27. Kd2 {Benjamin:Anand express ed some surprise at this move. He preferred the immediate 27.e4 and rattled off the variation 27...Nb4 28.Re7 Nc2 29.Rxe6+ Kb7 (29...Ka5 30.Rd1 with Rc6 to follow) 30.Rd1 a3 31.d5 a2 32.Kd3 a1(Q) 33. Rxa1 Nxa1 34.Kc3.Vishy felt that the final position, where Black's Knight is cornered and White's e-pawn is ready to run, didn't offer the second player prospects for more than a draw.} (27. e4 Nb4 {/\ Rd8} (27... Nc3+ $2 28. Kd3 b4 29. Kc4)) 27... c5 $2 {Another viable alternative is IM Vitaly Zaltsman's 28... Rd8, intending to hold up e4 before advancing on the queenside. After 29.Rxg7 c5 30.Rg6 then 30... Nc7 leads to interesting play.} (27... Rd8 $1 {I had seen this move, but thought that c5 was a better way of opening the position on the <<. A pity, since White would have had serious problems to solve.} 28. Rxg7 ( 28. e4 $2 Nb4 29. Kc3 Nc6 30. Rd1 b4+ $1 31. Kb2 (31. Kc4 Nxe5+) 31... Nxd4 { /\ c5-+}) 28... c5 29. dxc5+ (29. Rg6 Nc7 30. Kc3 c4 $5 (30... cxd4+ 31. exd4 Ka5 {Followed by b4+ and Nb5.}) (30... Nd5+ 31. Kd2 c4 32. Rxe6+ Ka5 33. Rd6) 31. e4 Ka5 32. Rxh6 Rc8 $1) 29... Kxc5 30. Rc1+ (30. Rg4 Nb6+ 31. Rd4 Rxd4+ 32. exd4+ Kxd4 $15 {_|_}) 30... Kb4 31. Rg4+ Ka5 32. Rd4 Rf8 $36) 28. e4 $5 { Benjamin: A disappointment for the spectators but understandable under the circumstances. Each player has only a little over thirty minutes left and the position is very complicated. Anand very honestly confessed after the game: "neither of us had a clue what was happening." One line bandied about by the GM commentators was 28.e4 Nb4 29.dxc5{as we go to press, 29.Re7 appears to favor white, it seems that 28...Nc7 is probably best.) Kc6 (29...Kxc5? 30.Rd7) 30.Re7 Rd8+ 31.Kc3 Kxc5 32.Rc7+ Kb6 33.Kxb4 Kxc7 34. Kxb5 Rb8+ or 34...Nc6 and Black looks to have the better chances.} (28. e4 {The exclamation is for the move, the question mark is for the draw offer that accompanied it. I was a bit puzzled but taking into consideration that the position was very difficult to evaluate, I accepted after ten minutes thought. Later, analysis showed that my intuition was right, the position now holds dangers only for Black. The next morning there was further confirmation of this. Kasparov wrote in USA Today (where the players were expected to submit daily reports of the games) that he was wrong to offer a draw! There are two moves here:} Nc7 (28... Nb4 29. Re7 $1 cxd4 30. Rxe6+ Ka5 31. Rd6 Rf8 32. e6 $1 {This seems to me to be +/= at least. Black plans to meet Rc1 with a3 but he doesn't have a useful move here.} Rf2+ $2 33. Kd1 $1 Rf1+ 34. Ke2 Rxa1 35. e7 d3+ 36. Rxd3 Nxd3 37. Kxd3 $1 $18) 29. dxc5+ $1 (29. Rd7 cxd4 (29... c4 $5) 30. Rc1 Na6) 29... Kc6 30. Kc3 Rd8 (30... Na6 31. Re7 Nxc5 (31... Kxc5 32. Rxe6) 32. Rd1 $1 $16) 31. Re7 $1 $16) 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Benjamin,J"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1995.09.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.12.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Rac8 { Kasparov is the first to deviate from game three, where 14...Bc6 was played. The text has the virtue that after 15.Bb6 Qb8, the Rook doesn't get trapped on a8. #} 15. Qe2 Bc6 16. Bb6 {Vishy is still in his pregame preparation. Sixteen moves into the game he has spent only four minutes. Kasparov explained Anand's opening strategy as follows:" White's play is based on the isolation of Black's Queen."} Qb8 {#} 17. Nd4 {Natural and probably best, though White had three alternatives worthy of consideration: (1) 17.Ng5 (threatening e5 but loses time) 17...h6 18.Nxf7 ?! Kxf7 19.e5 Nfd5 20.Bh7! looks very strong for White but 18...Nxd3! looks like} Nxd3 $5 {Sharpening the struggle. The text prepares a well-timed counterblow in the center.} 18. cxd3 {Former World Junior Champion Ilya Gurevich, who is serving as one of the guest commentators for the event, tossed in the offhand suggestion of 18.Nxc6, meeting 18...bxc6 with 19.Qxd3, but 18...Rxc6 is fine for Black.} d5 $5 {A double-edged advance. Under different circumstances Anand would no doubt have gone for the throat with 19.e5 Nd7 20.Qg4 Nxb6 21.axb6 Bc5 22.Nce2 Bxb6 23.Rf3 and a strong initiative but a pawn minus. During the post-game analysis} 19. Qf3 {Kasparov, a nd several of the GM commentators, criticized this move after the game, but alternatives to the very committal 19.e5 are not so easy to find. #} Nd7 20. Nxc6 {Winning material would cost White dearly: 20.exd5 exd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Nxb6 23.axb6 Rcd8 with tremendous pressure down the central files.} bxc6 21. Na4 Qd6 {Kasparov feels that 21..Bd8 would have been strongly met by 22.f5 with a kingside attack brewing. The text finally allows Black to activate his Queen.} 22. Qe3 {Here the spectators were getting excited about the radical 22. b4!?. White has real compensation after 22.b4!? Qxb4 23.Rfb1 Qd6 24.e5 Qb8, but nothing concrete.} Qb4 23. Rfc1 c5 24. Qf3 Nf6 25. Nc3 Bd8 26. exd5 {#} exd5 {Kasparov criticized this move after the game, claiming that 26...Bxb6 27. axb6 Qxb6 28.Na4 Qb5! (G.K.) 29.dxe6 Rxe6 would have given him a slight advanatage. It seems that after 30.d4 c4 31.Nc5 Rd6 32.Qc3 the game would still be heading} 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 {The draw was well justified. After 28.Qxd5 Bxb6 29.axb6 Qxb6 30.Qc4 the position is quite equal.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Fedorowicz,J"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "1995.09.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.12.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 { Garry has also tried 4.î Bc2 and 4.d4 here.} O-O {Kasparov-Sharif, Evry 1989, transposed into a Catalan after 4...d5 5.a3 î Pe7 6.î Pg2 O-O 7.d4.} 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 h6 9. e3 {It's not easy to find any prior examples of this position. Usually White plays a2-a3 very early in this line.} Re8 10. a3 {#} dxc4 {Anand finds the correct sequence of moves.} ({The alternative} 10... Bxc3 {would allow} 11. Qxc3 dxc4 12. Qxc4 {with strong pressure.}) ({ Also giving White the upper hand was} 10... Ba5 {when} 11. Na4 Qe7 12. Qc2 b6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. b4 {is an example of the dangers that could befall Black.}) 11. dxc4 { The only possible capture, as 11.î Bxc4 is strongly answered by 11...î ..a5.} Bxc3 12. Qxc3 e5 13. b4 e4 14. Nd2 Qe7 { Overprotecting c5 as well as e4, and keeping options open for the bishop.} ({ Anand didn't like} 14... Bf5 {because of} 15. Bb2 Ne5 16. Nb3) 15. b5 Ne5 16. Nxe4 {# More or less forced as 16.î Pb2 î ..d3 gives Black an easy game.} Nf3+ ({The other possiblity here was} 16... Bh3 {, exploiting the unprotected queen on c3. Black has excellent compensation for the pawn after} 17. Nd2 (17. Bxh3 Nxe4 ({Also possible is} 17... Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Qxe4 19. Bg2 Re5 20. Bb2 Rh5 21. Bxf3 Qxf3+ {again with unclear play.}) 18. Qc2 Nf3+ 19. Kh1 Qe5 20. Bg2 Qh5 21. h3 Nfg5 22. h4 Rad8 23. Ra2) 17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rad8 {with unclear play.}) ({ Note that the routine} 16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxc4 { favors White and his beautiful bishops after} ({If} 17... Bh3 { White has a powerful exchange sacrifice in GM Alexander Ivanov's} 18. Bb2 { The position after} Bxf1 19. Rxf1 {is very good for White, who has the two bishops, a extra pawn, a support square on d5, and no weaknesses.}) 18. Bd5) { When asked after the game why he rejected 16...î Ph3!?, Vishy said he saw it was possible, but that 16...î ..f3+ was the first move he analyzed. Having found one satisfactory answer, he said he didn't want to waste ten to fifteen minutes calculating another.} 17. Bxf3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 ({The answer to} 18. Qc2 { is not} Qf6 ({Instead} 18... Bf5 19. Bb2 Qe6 { intending ...î ..g5, is the way to go.}) 19. Bxe4 Qxa1 {as White has} 20. Bb2) 18... Qxe4 19. f3 Qe7 20. e4 Be6 {#} 21. Be3 {A move which indicates White's willingness to split the point. Black's plan is to exchange off both pairs of rooks and then gang up on the c-pawn with ...f7-f6 and ...î Be7-f7. White's best hope is to try to trade one pair of rooks, but even here Black should be fine as there is little constructive that White can do.} ({More tempting is} 21. Bb2 {and indeed after} f6 22. e5 fxe5 ({Instead the correct path is} 22... f5 {This looks good for White at first glance, as it yields the d6-square, but Kasparov pointed out that} 23. Rfd1 Qf7 $1 (23... Rad8 24. Rd6 $1) 24. Rac1 f4 {offers Black a strong attack.}) 23. Rfe1 { the first player has some advantage (note that} Qf7 24. Rxe5 Bxc4 $2 {is met by } 25. Rf5 $1) 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1995.09.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.12.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {The classical Scheveningen is actually more interesting and unexplored than generally acknowledged.} e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 { This position arose several times in the 1985 match between Kasparov and Karpov. Needless to say, I had made a thorough study of these games for this match.} 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 $1 {This move is much stronger than 14. Qf3. The Q can still go to g3 in two moves if necessary, but Black must now deal with Bb6.} Bc6 $6 {Later, Kasparov played the correct 14...Rac8.} 15. Bb6 Qc8 $5 16. Qe1 Nd7 17. Bd4 Nc5 $5 {Very ambitious. Black is forcing White to take a shot at him on the kingside since normal moves leave White a bit worse.} 18. Qg3 f6 (18... Bf8 $2 19. f5 exf5 20. exf5 Nbxd3 21. Bxg7 $1 Bxg7 (21... Qxf5 22. Nh4 Re3 23. Nxf5 Rxg3 24. hxg3 Bxg7 $16) 22. f6 Ne6 23. cxd3 $16) ( 18... g6 19. Rad1 $14) 19. e5 $1 {This gives White an almost decisive advantage. This move cost me 23 minutes and I spent almost all of it on 19... dxe5.} (19. Bxc5 Nxd3 $1 (19... dxc5 20. Nd2 Rd8 21. Nc4 Nxd3 22. Nb6 Qb8 23. cxd3 Ra7 24. Qh3 {/\ 25.f5+/-}) 20. Bxd6 Nxb2 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 $132) 19... Rf8 $1 {During my 25-minute think before e5, he must have realised that 18...dxe5 loses.} (19... dxe5 20. Bxh7+ $1 {This I had calculated before playing e4-e5. Anything else leaves White much worse, of course.} (20. fxe5 $2 f5 $1 $15) 20... Kxh7 21. fxe5 Nxc2 (21... f5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 (22... Bxf3 23. Bxe7 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 $18) 23. Ng5+ Kg8 (23... Kh6 24. Qh4+ Kg6 25. Qh7+ Kxg5 26. Qxg7+ Kh5 27. Qh7+ Kg5 28. h4+ Kg4 29. Qg6+ Kxh4 30. Rf4#) 24. Qh4 $18 {->}) 22. Qh4+ (22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Bxf6 (23. Ng5+ $2 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 (24. Rf7 Nxd4) 24... Qc7) 23... gxf6 24. Qh4+ (24. Ng5+ $2 fxg5 25. Rf7+ Kg6 26. Raf1 Qd8) 24... Kg7 25. Ne5 $1 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Ne3+ 27. Kh1 Nxf1 28. Rxf1 {mate in 5}) 22... Kg6 (22... Kg8 23. exf6 Nxd4 24. f7+ $1 Kxf7 (24... Kf8 25. Qh8+ Kxf7 26. Ne5#) 25. Ng5+ Kg6 ( 25... Kg8 26. Qh7#) 26. Qh7+ Kxg5 27. h4+ Kg4 28. Qg6+ Kxh4 29. Rf4#) 23. Qg4+ (23. exf6 gxf6 24. Qg4+ (24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Ne5+ Bxe5 26. Qg4+ Kh6) 24... Kh6 ( 24... Kh7 25. Ng5+ $1 $18) 25. Bxc5 (25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nh4 Bxg2+ $1 27. Nxg2 Bg5 $1 28. Rad1) 25... Bxc5 26. Ne5 $1 $18) 23... Kh6 (23... Kf7 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. exf6 $18) (23... Kh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. exf6 $18 Bxf6 (25... Nxd4 26. f7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Kxf7 28. Ne5#) (25... Bxf3 26. f7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Kxf7 28. Qxg7#) (25... gxf6 26. Qg6+ Kf8 27. Ng5 Bxg2+ 28. Kg1 $18) 26. Ng5 $18 Bxg2+ $5 27. Kxg2 Qc6+ 28. Kh3 e5 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Rxf6+ $3 $18) 24. exf6 $1 (24. Nh4 g5 $8) 24... Bxf6 (24... gxf6 25. Bxc5 $1) 25. Bxf6 (25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Qd7) 25... gxf6 26. Ne5 $1 $18) 20. Bxc5 $2 {What a pity! Having spent so much time on 19... dxe5, I hadn't considered thiis move.} (20. exf6 $1 Rxf6 (20... Bxf6 21. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 22. Ng5+ {Amazingly, I had seen this in my calculations. Unfortunately, I didn't linger long enough to realize how strong White's attack is. The variations are quite pretty.} Bxg5 (22... Kg6 23. f5+ $1 exf5 24. Nge4+ Kh7 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Rf4 $18) (22... Kg8 23. Qh4 Bxg5 24. fxg5 Qe8 (24... Rf5 25. g6 e5 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qh5 $18) 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 (25... Qxf8 26. g6 $18) 26. Rf1+ Kg8 (26... Ke7 27. g6+ Kd7 28. Rf7+ Qxf7 (28... Kc8 29. Bxg7 $18) 29. gxf7 $18) 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Rf6 $1 $40 (29. g6 Qe7 30. Rf7 Qxf7 31. gxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qh7+ Kf6 33. Qh4+ Kf7 (33... Ke5 $5 34. Qg5+ Kd4 35. Qf4+ Ne4 36. Nxe4 Bxe4 37. c3+ Kd3 38. cxb4 Rg8 $1 39. Qxd6+ Bd5) (33... Kf5 34. Qxb4 Rg8 35. Ne2 $1 $16) 34. Qxb4 Rg8 $132)) 23. fxg5 $1 Qe8 (23... Kg8 24. g6 $40) (23... Kg6 24. Rf6+ $1 gxf6 25. gxf6+ Kh5 $1 $8 26. Qh3+ (26. Be3 $4 Bxg2+ $3 (26... Rg8 27. Qh3+ Kg6 28. Qh6+ Kf7 29. Qh7+ Kxf6 30. Rf1+) 27. Kg1 (27. Kxg2 Rg8) (27. Qxg2 Qc6) 27... Rg8) 26... Kg5 $8 27. Rf1 $1 $18 (27. Be3+ Kxf6 $8 28. Rf1+ Kg7 $1 $8 (28... Ke7 29. Bg5+ Ke8 (29... Kd7 30. Qh7+) 30. Qh5+ $1) 29. Bh6+ (29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Qh4+ Kg8 $10) 29... Kg6 $8 30. Bxf8 Qxf8 $8 31. Qg4+ Kh7 32. Rxf8 (32. Qh5+ $2 Kg8 $17) 32... Rxf8 33. Qh4+ Kg6 34. Qg4+ $1 Kh6 $10 (34... Kf7 35. Qxb4 Rg8 $13))) (23... Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Qe8 25. Qh4+ Kg8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Rf6 $1 $16 (28. g6 Qe7 29. Rf7 Qxf7 30. gxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qf4+ Ke7 32. Qh4+ Kf7 33. Qxb4 Rg8 $1 34. Qf4+ Ke7 35. Qh4+ Kf7 36. Qf2+ Ke7 $10)) 24. Rxf8 Qxf8 25. g6+ Kg8 (25... Kh6 26. Be3+) 26. Qh3 $18) 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 $16) 20... dxc5 {Kasparov later explained that he was so relieved after 22.Bxc5 that he didn't want to speculate any more.} ( 20... Nxd3 21. Bxd6 Bxd6 22. cxd3 $44) 21. Bc4 Bd5 $1 {Simple} (21... Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Nxc2 $2 23. f5 Nd4 24. fxe6 $1 Nxf3 25. Nd5 (25. gxf3) 25... Qd8 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. e7 $1 Bxe7 28. Nc7+ $1 (28. Nxe7+ Kh8 29. Ng6+ hxg6 30. Qh3+ Qh4) 28... Kh8 29. Ne6 Qd4 30. Nxd4 Nxd4 31. Qc7 $16) (21... f5 $14) 22. Nxd5 exd5 $8 (22... Nxd5 23. f5 $1 $16) 23. Bb3 c4 24. Ba4 Nc6 25. c3 (25. Rae1 $1 Nxa5 ( 25... fxe5 26. Nxe5 $1 Bb4 (26... Nxe5 27. Rxe5 $16) (26... Bf6 27. Qf3 $1) 27. c3 Bxa5 {Black shouldn't be worse here.}) 26. c3 $44) (25. Rad1 fxe5 $1 26. fxe5 Qe6 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Nd4 Qg6 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Ne6 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Bb4 32. Nc7 Rd8 33. e6 d4 $132) 25... fxe5 26. Nxe5 (26. fxe5 $1 Nxa5 27. Bc2 Nc6 $13 { This position didn't seem so clear to me at the time, but perhaps it was worth a try anyway, since White doesn't really run a lot of risk.}) 26... Nxe5 27. fxe5 Qe6 28. Bc2 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Qf4 g6 32. Bd1 Qf7 33. Qd4 $1 {/\ 34.Bf3} (33. Qxf7+ $4 {Not very bright.} Kxf7 34. Bg4 Bc5 $1 (34... Bh6 35. Bc8 Bc1 36. Bxb7 Ke6 37. Bxa6 Kxe5 (37... Bxb2 $2 38. Bc8+ Kxe5 39. a6 d4 $8 40. a7 (40. cxd4+ Bxd4 41. Bd7 Ke4 $17) 40... dxc3 41. a8=Q c2 42. Qb8+ $18) 38. Bb7) 35. Bc8 b6 (35... d4 $2 36. cxd4 Bxd4 37. Bxb7) 36. axb6 Bxb6 37. Bxa6 Be3 $1 $19) (33. g3 $5 Bh6 34. Qf3 (34. e6 Qxe6 35. Qb8+ Bf8 36. Bf3) 34... Bc1 $140 35. Qe2 Bxb2 $4 36. e6 $18) 33... Qf1+ 34. Qg1 Qxg1+ (34... Qf4 35. Bf3 Qd2 (35... Qxe5 36. Qd1) 36. Qd4 Qe1+ 37. Qg1 Qxe5 38. Qd1) 35. Kxg1 { The difference with the immediate Q exchange is that White's K is closer to the << and so the queen side won't disintegrate.} Kf7 36. Bg4 b6 (36... Bc5+ 37. Kf1 Be3 38. Bc8 b6 $10) (36... b6 37. axb6 Bc5+ 38. Kf1 Bxb6 39. Ke2 Bc7 40. e6+ Kf6 41. h3 h5 42. Bf3 Kxe6 43. Kd2 $10) 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E34"] [WhiteElo "2795"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "De Firmian,N"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "1995.09.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.12.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 { The World Champion varies from his latest outing. Kasparov-Nikolic, Moscow (ol) 1994 saw the more common 7.a3, with Black quickly equalizing after 7...cxd4 8. axb4 dxc3 9.bxc3 b5 10.Nf3 O-O 11.c4 bxc4 12.Bxc4 Qxe4 13.Bd3 Qxb4+ 14.Ke2 Qb6. } Bxc3 8. Bxc3 {Much less common than 8.bxc3, which was popular in the 1930s. GM Yasser Seirawan, who is serving as one of the guest commentators, came up with an interesting novelty while analysing today. He proposes to answer 8. bxc3 with 8...Qe4!? (8...O-O is normal).} cxd4 (8... Nc6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. Nf4 Qd6 11. dxc5 Qxc5 $10 {Bagirov in ECO E.}) 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bxf6 {This appears to be a new move, previous experience being confined to 10.Bc3. Finegold-Smyslov, London 1988, was quickly drawn after 10...e5 11.Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 O-O 13.Qb3 Qxb3 14.axb3 Rfe8 15.Bb5 Nd7 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Ra5 f6. It's safe to assume that the text, which was played instantly, is part of Kasparov's pre-match preparation.} gxf6 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. a3 { A necessary preventive move, as 12.Nc3 Nb4 is good for Black.} Qe5 13. Nc3 f5 { Another approach was possible. Several GMs commenting on the game were attracted to 13...Nd4 intending to redeploy the Knight to f5. Anand, in the post-game press conference said he rejected the move because he wanted to place his pawn on f5, and not a piece. Still the move looks worthy of future tests. One possible line might go 13...Nd4 14.Qd1 Nf5 15.Qh5 Bc6 16.O-O-O Rc8 14.Kb1 Ke7 with very sharp and unclear play.} 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. g3 Kb8 16. Be2 {This move was played after what must be one of Kasparov's longest thinks in his career - 44 minutes! The natural looking follow up to White's last move would be 16.Bg2, but then Black has 16...Ne7 followed by ...Bc6.Those looking to improve on White's opening play might want to consider GM Walter Browne's suggestion of 16.Qa4, planning to meet 16...Qa5 with 17.Qh4.. Objectively White might not have much of an advantage, but it would probably create livelier play than what follows - play that Anand called "not rock and roll" in the press conference.} Ne7 17. Qd3 Qc7 {Always beware of World Champions offering gifts. Here Anand avoids the obvious 17...Bc6? which win material but leads to a difficult position after 18.Qxd8+ Rxd8 19.Rxd8+ Kc7 20.Rhd1 Nd5 21. R8xd5 exd5 (21...B xd5 22.Nxd5+ exd5 23.Bf3 is probably even worse) 22.Rd4 when White has no weaknesses and Black no counterplay.} 18. Qd6 Bc6 19. Qxc7+ Kxc7 20. Rhe1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Kd2 {Kasparov has an infinitesimal advantage that is impossible to convert against Anand's accurate play.} Nc8 24. Kd3 Nd6 25. Kd4 b6 26. b4 Ke7 27. f4 h6 28. a4 f6 29. a5 Bd7 { White's only way to continue play was h2-h3 followed by g4, but since every pawn exchange favors the defender its easy to see why the two players agreed to split the point.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Anand +4-1=13"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1995.09.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2795"] [Annotator "Benjamin,J"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1995.09.11"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.12.01"] {Verhaltener Auftakt bei der Schachprofiweltmeisterschaft in New York. Die diesjährige Schachweltmeisterschaft ist vom Rahmen her sicherlich die spektakulärste überhaupt.Gespielt wird in einer schalldichten Glaskabine auf der Aussichtsplattform( im 107.Stock) des nach dem Bombenanschlag erst kürzlich wiedereröffneten Worl Trade Centers.Die ca. 1000 Zuschauern können die Partie mit Hilfe von computergesteurten Demonstrationsbrettern und großmeisterlichen Livekommentaren, gut afbereitet verfolgen.Im Gegensatz zum Rahmen gestaltete sich die erste Begegnung der beiden Kontrahenten eher nüchtern.Wie zwei Boxer,die sich inder ersten Runde noch beschuppern müssen, blieben beide Spieler auf Distanz,und einigten verhältnismäßig früh auf Remis. Wie bei solchen Anläßen durchaus nicht unüblich, eröffnete der Schirmherr Mr. Giuliani, Bürgermeister von New York,die Veranstaltung,indem er den ersten Zug eigenhändig ausführte. Unüblich war es allerding,diesen Zug vorher nicht mit dem betreffenden Spieler abzusprechen. Wohl ein wenig ungläubig mußte das indische Wunderkind dabei zusehen,wie plötzlich statt seines geliebten Königsbauerns der Damenläuferbauer zwei Schritte nach vorne tat.Da es hier um die höchsten schachlichen Ehren ging,konnte auch ein so liebenswürdiger und toleranter Mensch wie Anand dies nicht auf sich beruhen lassen. Kurzerhand nahm er den Zug des Bürgermeisters zurück,und zog seinerseits..} 1. e4 {Wahls} c5 {Die Sizilianische Eröffnung.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 { Soweit keine Überraschung.Die Najdorf-Variante ist seit Jahrzehnten die Lieblingswaffe Kasparovs gegen 1.e4.Der Ausgang des Kampfes hängt m.M. nach sehr stark davon ab,ob es Anand im Laufe des Matches gelingen wird,den Weltmeister in diesem soliden System unter Druck zu setzen.} 6. Be2 {Wie schon Karpov beim WM-Kampf 1985 in Moskau,so wählt auch Anand diese verhältnismäßig positionelle Fortsetzung.Es stellt sich ernsthaft die Frage,ob man den Weltmeister damit gefährden kann.Karpov jedenfalls schien zu resignieren,und konvertierte in späteren Kämpfen mit Kasparov zu 1.d4.} e6 {Kasparov unterläßt den Najdorf-typischen Zug 6..e5.Durch Zugumstellung ist die Scheveninger Variante entstanden.} 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Qd2 {Less common than 12.Qe1 or 12. Bf3. The text has been used by one of Anand's seconds, former U.S. Champion Patrick Wolff.} Bd7 {Neben der Partiefort setzung werden hier auch die Züge 12..Sa5,12..Sd4 und12..Tb8 gespielt.} 13. Rad1 {Die Hauptfortsetzung ist 13.Sb3.} (13. Bf3 Rab8 14. Qf2 e5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qa5 17. g4 {King-Mainka,G Dortmund II (9) 1987}) 13... Rad8 { Played after 30 minutes thought. 30 Minuten brauchte Kasparov für diesen Zug.} (13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Qc4 { Sznapik,A-Wojtkiewicz,A Poland match 1991} (16. Bf3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 exf4 {- A Sznapik-Ftacnik L/EU-chT Haifa 1989 1/2-1/2 Sznapik, A-Ftacnik,L ,Haifa 1989}) (16. Qc4 {Wahls} Qxc4 17. Bxc4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Be6 19. Bb3 h6 20. Be3 Bxb3 21. cxb3 Bf8 22. Bb6 Rd7 23. Rd4 Re6 24. a5 g6 25. Rc4 Bg7 26. g3 Kh7 27. Kg2 g5 28. b4 Kg6 29. h3 Rde7 30. Bd8 Re8 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Nd5 Bg7 33. Re1 Re5 34. g4 Rxd5 {0-1 Sznapik,A-Wojtkiewicz,A ,Warschau 1991})) 14. Nb3 {(1:52) Dieser Zug ist neu.Bekannt war bisher} (14. Bf3 Na5 15. Qe1 Nc4 16. Bc1 e5 17. Nde2 b5 {Wolff,P-De Boer,G.J Wijk aan Zee op(12) 1993} (17... b5 {Wahls} 18. b3 Nb6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be3 Rb8 21. Rd2 Bf8 22. Qd1 b4 23. Na2 exf4 24. Bxf4 Nxe4 25. Rd4 Nc3 26. Naxc3 bxc3 27. Rxd6 Qa7 28. Rd3 Rbc8 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Nxc3 Be6 31. Nb5 Qa5 32. Nc7 Re7 33. Nxe6 Rxe6 34. Qd2 Qa3 35. h3 Qb2 36. Qd3 Re7 37. Be3 Nd7 38. Bd4 Qa3 {1-0 (59)})) 14... Bc8 {(1:22)} (14... d5 {Wahls} 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. a5 Bb4 18. Bb6 Bxd2 (18... Qxb6 19. axb6 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 $16) 19. Bxc7 $16) 15. Bf3 b6 {(1:03)} 16. Qf2 {(1:18)} Nd7 {(1:05)} 17. Nd4 {(1:09 Here the aggresive looking 17.g4 would be strongly met by 17...Bf6, threatening to destroy White's Q-side with ...Bf3. Another sharp try was 17.e5. After 17... dxe5 White has two tries but neither need worry Black!} (17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxd7 (18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. fxe5 f5 (19... Nxe5 $2 20. Bd4 f6 21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. Qf7+ Kh8 23. Rxd8 Bxd8 24. Qf8+ Rxf8 25. Rxf8#) 20. Nd4 Qc4 (20... Qc4 21. Qg3 Nxe5 $1)) (18. f5 Nc5 $1) 18... Bxd7 (18... Qxd7 {Wahls} 19. Bxb6 Bb7 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. fxe5 Rf8 $44 23. Na5 Qc7 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. b3 Qc7) 19. Bxb6 Qb8 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. fxe5 Rf8 { Black's two bishop offer excellent compensation.}) (17. Qg3 $5 {Wahls} Bb7 18. Rd2 {is auch nicht von der Hand zu weisen.}) 17... Bb7 {(1:05)} 18. Bh5 { (0:58) Ein Nadelstich.Weiß attackiert den schwächsten Punkt im schwarzen Lager,und droht den schwarzen König mittels des doppelten Figurenopfers auf f7 und e6 ins Zentrum zu ziehen,wo er den weißen Figuren schutzlos ausgeliefert wäre.18..Sf6?! könnte durch das ruhige 19.Sc6 Dc6 20.Lf3 Sd7 21.f5! mit weißem Vorteil,oder sogar durch die Figureneinschläge auf f7,bzw.e6 beantwortetwerden. } Rf8 { (0:55) Kasparov reagiert umsichtig.Der neuralgische Punkt f7 wird überdeckt.} 19. Qg3 {(0:49)} Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bf6 {(0:51 Black's last three moves have effectively neutralized any prospects of White launching a kingside attack.} 21. Be2 {A good move according to GM John Fedorowicz, one of the guest commentators. The Bishop retreat ties Black down to the defense of the a6 pawn (no...Bc6-Qd7) and prepares to redeploy on the f1-a6 diagonal. It may look a little funny to see the Bishop go to h5 on move nineteen and then retreat three moves later, but there is sense to it. Remember, Kasparov had to undevelop his Rook to f8.} e5 { (0:38) Die bedrohliche weiße Bauernphalanx wird zestört.} 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Qf2 {(0:40)} Nc5 $5 {(0:34) A sharp way to play the position. #} 24. Bf3 { Criticized by Kasparov in the post-mortem. The World Champion preferred} (24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 (25... Qxd8 26. a5) 26. Bc4 Nxe4 27. Qxf7+ Qxf7 28. Rxf7 Rd4 (28... Kh8 {Instead} 29. Rxb7 Nxc3 30. h3 (30. Kg1 Nxa4 31. Bxa6 Nxb2 32. Rxb6) 30... Nxa4 31. b3 b5 {holds the draw.}) 29. Bb3 (29. Ba2 Nxc3 30. bxc3 Bd5 $1 (30... Rxa4 $2 31. Bb3)) 29... Nxc3 30. Rxb7+ (30. bxc3 {Wahls} Bd5 $1) 30... Kf8 31. h3 Nxa4 32. Rf7+ Ke8 33. Rxg7 {with a big edge for White.}) 24... Rfe8 (24... a5 { intending Qe7-g5. The text though natural, weakens f7 in some variations.}) 25. h3 a5 26. Rfe1 {(0:22)} Bc6 27. b3 {(0:22)} h6 {The position is balanced. One possible line is Das Remisangebot Kasparovs konnte Anand natürlich nicht ablehnen.Er steht aufgrund des eingeschränkten Läufers f3 eher ein wenig schlechter. Das Remisangebot Kasparovs konnte Anand natürlich nicht ablehnen. Er steht aufgrund des eingeschränkten Läufers f3 eher ein wenig schlechter.} ( 27... Qe7 28. Re2 Qg5 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Red2 $10) 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1995.04.30"] [Round "4.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2700"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "1995.04.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.07.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nd7 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. d5 Nb6 11. Bb3 exd5 12. Nxd5 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rc1 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Nb4 16. Bc4 a6 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qb3 Qc8 19. a3 b5 20. axb4 bxc4 21. Rxc4 Rb8 22. Rfc1 Qb7 23. Qa2 Bd3 24. Rf4 c4 25. Ne5 Qd5 26. Nxd3 cxd3 27. Qxd5 exd5 28. Rd4 Rxb4 29. Rxd3 Rxb2 30. Rxd5 Ra8 31. g4 a5 32. Rd7 Bf8 33. Rcc7 a4 34. Ra7 Rbb8 35. Bd4 Rxa7 36. Rxa7 Rb4 37. Be5 Re4 38. Bc3 Rxg4+ 39. Kf1 a3 40. Ke2 Rc4 41. Kd3 Rf4 42. Bd4 h5 43. Ra8 Kh7 44. Ke3 Rf7 45. f4 Bd6 46. Be5 Bc5+ 47. Kd3 Kg6 48. Ra5 Bb4 49. Ra4 Rb7 50. Ke4 Kf7 51. Ra6 Be7 52. f5 Rb4+ 53. Kd5 Rg4 54. Ra7 Rg2 55. Ke4 a2 56. Kf3 Rc2 57. Ke4 Re2+ 58. Kf4 Rxe5 59. Kxe5 a1=Q+ 60. Rxa1 Bf6+ 61. Kf4 Bxa1 62. Kg5 Bb2 63. h4 Bc1+ 64. Kxh5 Kf6 0-1 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1995.04.30"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2805"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1995.04.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.07.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rb1 a6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Rfc8 13. Rfd1 Bg4 14. Qe3 Nd7 15. Nd5 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e6 18. Nc3 Rd8 19. Rbd2 Nde5 20. Be2 Nb4 21. h4 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Nbc6 24. a3 d5 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. b4 Qa4 28. Rxd5 1-0 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1995.04.30"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2715"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "1995.04.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.07.01"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. c3 e5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Rd1 Qd6 14. Qe4 Nce7 15. Bg5 c6 16. Rac1 h6 17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Re1 Nf6 19. Qe5 Nf5 20. Qxd6 Nxd6 21. Bb3 Rad8 22. Ne5 Nd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rc7 Nc4 25. Nxc4 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 dxc4 27. Rxb7 Bxd4 28. Kf1 g5 29. f3 Rd6 30. Ke2 Kg7 31. Rb4 Ra6 32. a4 Rb6 33. Rxb6 axb6 34. Kd1 Kf6 35. Kc2 Ke6 36. b4 h5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Kd5 39. Bd2 Bf6 40. Be3 Bd8 41. Kc3 Bf6+ 42. Kd2 Bd8 43. Kc2 Kc6 44. Kc3 b5 45. a5 Bf6+ 46. Bd4 Bxd4+ 47. Kxd4 Kb7 48. Ke4 Ka7 49. Ke3 Kb7 50. Kd4 Ka7 51. Kc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1995.04.30"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A41"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2715"] [Annotator "Vaisser,A"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1995.04.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.07.01"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nc6 7. d5 Nd4 8. Nc3 c5 9. Be3 Qb6 10. Rb1 Nxf3+ (10... Qb4 11. Qd3 Nf6 12. Bd2 $1) 11. gxf3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qa6 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxc5 Nd7 16. Be3 b6 17. c5 Qa5 18. O-O Nxc5 19. Rb5 Qa4 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Qxe5 O-O 22. Rb7 (22. Rxc5 $1 $14) 22... Qxa2 23. Rxe7 Rad8 24. d6 (24. d6 Qd2 $10) (24. Rd1 Qc2 25. Qe1 Rd6) 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1995.04.30"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2715"] [Annotator "Vaisser,A"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1995.04.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.07.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 (3... Qh4+) 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. d4 Bb4 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nc6 12. Qh4 Ne7 13. Bxf4 Qxc3 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Ne5 Nf5 16. Qf4 Be6 17. Bb4 Rfc8 18. g4 Nd6 19. Rae1 Nfe4 $2 {#} (19... a5 $1) 20. c4 dxc4 (20... Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Qb6 $1 22. Rxe4 $1 Qxb4 23. Nxf7 Rxc4 24. Rxe6 Rxd4 25. Qf5 Rxg4+ 26. Kh1 $16) 21. Bc2 Nf6 22. g5 Nh5 $2 (22... Nd5 23. Qh4 (23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. g6+ Kg8 25. Qh4 (25. Bxd6 $2 Nxf4 26. gxf7+ Bxf7 27. Bxc7 Nd3 $17) 25... fxg6 (25... Nxb4 $2 26. Nxf7 $1 Nxf7 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Rxe6 $18) 26. Bxd6 $1 (26. Nxg6 $2 Nf7 (26... Nf5 $2 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qh5 Nf6 29. Rxf5 Bxf5 30. Qxf5 Re8 31. Ne7 $16) 27. Rxe6 Re8 $17) 26... Qxd6 27. Nxg6 Nf6 28. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 29. d5 $1 Qc5+ 30. Kf1 Kg7 31. Rxe6 $40) 23... g6 (23... Nxb4 $2 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Ng6+ Ke8 $19 26. Rxe6+ fxe6 27. Rf8+ Kd7 28. Ne5+ $18) 24. Nxg6 (24. Bxd6 $6 Qxd6 25. Nxf7 Bxf7 26. Rxf7 h5 $1 $13 ( 26... Kxf7 $4 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28. Bxg6 $18)) 24... fxg6 25. Rxe6 Nxb4 26. Bxg6 Qg7 (26... Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rxd6 c3 29. Qh6 $1) 27. Rxd6 hxg6 28. Qe1 $1 $40) 23. Qf3 g6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 (25... Ng7 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Bxf7+ Bxf7 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Re4) 26. Rxe6 Qf7 (26... Qg7 27. Bxd6 $1) 27. Qd5 Nf5 28. Rxf5 $1 1-0 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1995.04.29"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B05"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2605"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "1995.04.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.07.01"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Qb3 N8d7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. c5 dxc5 19. dxc5 Nd5 20. Qxb7 f5 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nf3 Nxc5 23. Qxe7 Nxe7 24. Rfd1 Nd5 25. Ned4 Nf4 26. Kf1 Nfd3 27. Rc2 e5 28. Ne2 e4 29. Nfd4 g6 30. a3 Kf7 31. Nc3 Rfd8 32. Nce2 Kf6 33. f3 Ne6 34. Nxe6 Kxe6 35. Nc3 e3 36. g3 Ne5 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Ke2 Nc4 39. Nb1 Rd4 40. b3 Nd6 41. Kxe3 Rd1 42. Nd2 Kd5 43. Ke2 Ra1 44. a4 g5 45. Rc7 h5 46. Rg7 Ra2 47. Kd3 h4 48. Rxg5 hxg3 49. Rxg3 Nb7 50. Rg5 Nc5+ 51. Kc3 Ke5 52. h4 Ra1 53. Nc4+ Kf4 54. Nd6 Rc1+ 55. Kb4 a5+ 56. Kb5 Ke5 57. Nc4+ Kd4 58. Nxa5 1-0 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1995.04.29"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B95"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2715"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1995.04.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.07.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 Nbd7 8. O-O-O Be7 9. Be2 Qc7 10. Qg3 h6 11. Be3 b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. f4 b4 14. axb4 Rxb4 15. Bf3 Rg8 16. Rhe1 g5 17. f5 e5 18. Nb3 g4 19. Be2 Rxb3 20. cxb3 Nxe4 21. Kb1 Nxg3 22. Nd5 Qb8 23. hxg3 Bb7 24. Bc4 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Bg5 26. Bf2 Nf6 27. Bc6+ Kf8 28. Rd3 Kg7 29. Red1 d5 30. Ka2 d4 0-1 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1995.04.28"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B78"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2635"] [Annotator "Vaisser,A"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1995.04.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.07.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. h4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. g5 Nh5 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. b3 Rc8 20. Ne2 e6 21. Ndf4 Nxf4 22. Nxf4 Qc7 23. Qh2 h5 (23... Rfd8 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. c4 Qa5 26. Nd5 $5 exd5 $140 27. Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 28. Bd4+ f6 (28... Kf8 $2 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Bf6+ Ke6 31. cxd5+ $18) 29. gxf6+ $40) 24. gxh6 Be5 25. h7+ Kh8 26. Bd4 Be8 (26... Bxd4 $2 27. Rxd4 e5 28. Nd5) 27. Qe2 (27. c4 b5 $2 (27... Qe7 $8) 28. Bxe5+ dxe5 29. Qh4 $18) 27... Qe7 28. Qe3 b6 29. Ne2 Qf6 30. f4 Bxd4 31. Nxd4 e5 32. Ne2 Bc6 ( 32... exf4 $1 33. Nxf4 Bc6 $15) 33. f5 gxf5 34. Nc3 Bxe4 35. Nxe4 fxe4 36. Rdg1 {#} Rc5 (36... Qf4 37. Qh3 $18) 37. Qg3 Qg6 38. Qh4 1-0 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1995.04.28"] [Round "1.6"] [White "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2715"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "1995.04.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.07.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 O-O 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 Qe7 8. O-O Rd8 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. e3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nb4 14. Qb3 c6 15. a3 Na6 16. Be2 Nb8 17. Rac1 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. Qc2 a5 20. Na4 Qa7 21. Nc5 a4 22. b4 axb3 23. Qxb3 b5 24. Nd3 Qxa3 25. Qxa3 Rxa3 26. Nb4 Ne4 27. Bf3 Rc3 28. Bxe4 Rxc1 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Rxc1 Rd7 31. Rc2 Rd6 32. h4 Kg6 33. Kg2 Kf6 34. g4 Ke6 35. f4 Kd7 36. Ra2 Kc8 37. Ra7 Rd7 38. Rxd7 Kxd7 39. h5 Kd6 40. g5 Nd7 41. Nd3 Ke6 42. Kf3 f6 43. Kg4 fxg5 44. fxg5 Nb6 45. h6 gxh6 46. gxh6 Kf6 47. Ne5 Nc4 48. Kh5 Nd6 49. Nxc6 Nf5 50. Nb4 Nxe3 51. h7 Kg7 52. Kg5 Kxh7 53. Kf4 Nc4 54. Nxd5 Kg6 55. Nb4 Kf6 56. d5 Nb6 57. Ke4 Nxd5 58. Kxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "London"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Dreev, Alexey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "1995.08.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.01.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. d4 c5 7. c3 Be7 8. Bb5 Ba6 9. a4 Bb7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. N2f3 O-O 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Bg5 Bd8 16. Bxd8 Raxd8 17. b4 Bb7 18. Re3 Ba6 19. Qc2 h6 20. Rae1 Rc8 21. h4 Rfe8 22. Nh2 Qc4 23. Qd2 Nf8 24. Rg3 Kh8 25. Ng4 Nh7 26. Kh2 Qc7 27. f4 Qe7 28. Rh3 Rc4 29. Ne3 Rc7 30. f5 Rec8 31. Kg1 Bb7 32. Nb5 Rd7 33. Nxa7 Ra8 34. Nb5 Rxa4 35. Nd4 Ra8 36. Ng4 exf5 37. e6 fxe6 38. Ne5 Nf8 39. Nxd7 Qxd7 40. Rhe3 Bc8 41. Nf3 Qd8 42. Ne5 Qxh4 43. Rh3 Qf6 44. Qd4 Bb7 45. Qxb6 Bc8 46. Qc7 Kg8 47. Rg3 h5 48. b5 h4 49. Rf3 Ra2 50. Qxc8 Qg5 51. Rf2 Rxf2 52. Kxf2 Qg3+ 53. Kf1 h3 54. gxh3 Qxh3+ 55. Ke2 Qh2+ 56. Kd1 Qb2 57. Qc5 Qb1+ 58. Kd2 Qb2+ 59. Ke3 Qh2 60. Nf3 Qh6+ 61. Ke2 Qh5 62. Qd4 Qh3 63. Rg1 g6 64. b6 Qh5 65. b7 Qh7 0-1 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "London"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Dreev, Alexey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1995.08.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.01.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. d4 c5 7. c3 Be7 8. Bb5 Ba6 9. a4 Bb7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Nf1 c4 13. Ng3 h5 14. b4 cxb3 15. Qxb3 Na5 16. Qc2 Nc4 17. Nd2 h4 18. Ngf1 h3 19. g3 a6 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Ne4 O-O 22. Qe2 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qg4 b4 25. Bh6 g6 26. Nfd2 bxc3 27. Nf3 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 c2 29. Rc1 Rb8 30. Re2 Re8 31. Qxh3 Rb3 32. Qg4 Qa8 33. Kg2 Rd8 34. Rcxc2 Nb6 35. Re4 Qa4 36. Bg5 Nd5 37. Bxe7 Nxe7 38. Ng5 Nf5 39. Qh3 Rd7 40. d5 exd5 41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Qf6+ Ke8 44. e6 1-0 [Event "Riga Tal Memorial"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gulko, Boris F"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2595"] [Annotator "Blatny,P"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1995.04.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "LAT"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.08.01"] 1. e4 {Hecht Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 (3... c5 {-> Kindermann-Kortschnoj }) 4. Nf3 (4. c3 {-> Sepp-Kaunas}) (4. h4 {-> Gubanov-Orlov}) 4... e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nd7 (6... Qb6 {-> Iordachescu-Guliev}) 7. c4 cxd4 (7... dxc4 {Ftacnik} 8. O-O a6 9. Bxc4 Ne7 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bd3 c4 12. Bc2 Rc8 13. Re1 b4 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. Bg5 Qa5 16. Nh4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 g6 18. Qg4 Bg7 19. f4 Qb6 20. Kh1 Qc6 21. f5 N7b6 22. Bf6 Bxf6 23. exf6 Kd8 24. fxg6 { Kamsky,G-Karpov,An/Dos Hermanas (08)/1995/1-0 (38)}) 8. Nxd4 Bxb1 9. Rxb1 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 (10. Kf1 Ne7 11. Qa4 (11. f4 O-O 12. Qb3 a5 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Nb5 Nc5 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Bf3 Nf5 17. Ke2 Ne3 18. cxd5 Nxd1 19. Kxd1 exd5 20. Nc3 Be3 21. g3 d4 22. Nd5 a4 23. Qxa4 Rc5 24. Qb3 { Gofshtein,L-Finkel,A/Groningen op (04)/1993/0-1 (29)}) 11... Qa5 12. Qxa5 Bxa5 13. b4 Bc7 14. f4 {Ftacnik} dxc4 15. Bxc4 O-O 16. Bb3 Bb6 17. Ke2 Rfd8 18. Rhd1 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Nb6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 Kf8 24. Kd2 $10 {Ehlvest,J-Gulko,B/Riga Tal mem (07)/1995/0.5 (34)}) 10... Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Ne7 $6 (11... Nxe5 $5 12. Qb4 (12. O-O Nxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 {/\Ne7,0-0}) ( 12. cxd5 Qxd5 (12... Qxd5 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rfd1 Nc6)) 12... Nc6 (12... dxc4 { Ftacnik} 13. Qb5+ Nd7 14. Rd1 $44) 13. Nxc6 (13. Qb5 Qd7) (13. Qa4 Nge7) 13... bxc6 14. cxd5 exd5 {/\Ne7,0-0}) 12. cxd5 (12. O-O Nxe5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 $17) 12... Nxd5 13. f4 {>6P. Weisse Gewinnmotive: mehr Raum, entfernter Freibauer, Zugzwang. } g5 (29... Ke7 30. Kd3 (30. a4 {Hecht} Kd7 31. Kc3 Kc7 32. Kc4 Kc6 33. h3 h6 34. h4 g6 35. g3 h5 36. b3 Kc7 37. Kb5 Kb7 38. a5 bxa5 39. Kxc5 $18) 30... Kd7 (30... b5 31. a4 $1 {>< Bc1}) 16... Nb4 17. Rxe5 Rxe5 18. Bf4 Nd3 $14 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qd4 $14) 13. Nc4 $14 Qc7 14. Nce5 (14. Qb3 $1 Rad8 15. Nce5) 14... Ng4 $1 (14... Nd7 15. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 16. g4 e6 17. gxf5 exf5 $16) (14... b5 {Ftacnik} 15. a4 $14) 15. Nh4 Nxe5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 (16... Nc4 {Ftacnik} 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. b3 $16) 17. dxe5 e6 (17... Bxe5 {Ftacnik} 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Bg7 20. Qxf5 $16) 18. Qe2 {^^} Ne7 19. f4 (19. c4 c5 {/\ Nc6}) (19. Bg5 Ng6 20. f4 $140 h6) 19... Nd5 20. c4 Ne7 21. Be3 Rad8 22. b4 Rd7 23. Qf2 Nc8 $1 (23... b6 24. a4 $1 {/\ a5}) 24. a4 (24. Bxa7 $2 {Ftacnik} b6) (24. Red1 {Ftacnik} Red8 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. a4 $16) 24... Red8 25. a5 f6 $1 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Rab1 (27. Rac1 Rd3 {/\ Bc3}) 27... Bc3 28. Rf1 (28. Rec1 Bd2 $1) 28... Rd3 29. Kh1 (29. Bxa7 $4 {Ftacnik} Nxa7 30. Qxa7 Bd4+ $19) 29... Bd4 30. Bxd4 R3xd4 $6 (30... R8xd4 $1 $14 {/\ Qd7 <-> `d'} 31. c5 { Ftacnik} (31. Rfc1 Nd6) 31... a6 32. Qe2 Qd7 33. Rfe1 Ne7 34. Qxe6+ Qxe6 35. Rxe6 Rd1+ 36. Re1 Rxe1+ 37. Rxe1 Rxb4 $10) 31. Rfe1 $2 (31. Bd5 $1 R4xd5 32. cxd5 exd5 $16 {/\ Nd6-e4}) 31... Qf7 $2 (31... Rxc4 $1 32. Rxe6 (32. Qe2 { Ftacnik} Rcd4 33. Qxe6+ Qf7 34. Qxf7+ Kxf7 35. a6 bxa6 36. Bxc6 $16) 32... Qd7 $14) 32. Bd5 $1 Qg7 $2 (32... R4xd5 33. cxd5 exd5 (33... cxd5 {Ftacnik} 34. Qe3 $16) 34. Re5 $16) 33. Re5 $1 $18 (33. Bxe6+ {Ftacnik} Kh8 34. Bxf5 $18) 33... R4xd5 34. cxd5 cxd5 (34... exd5 35. g4 $5 $40 (35. Rxf5 $18)) 35. g4 $1 Ne7 ( 35... fxg4 {Ftacnik} 36. Rg5 $18) 36. Rxe6 (36. gxf5 exf5 37. Rg1 Ng6 38. Rxf5 $18) 36... fxg4 37. Qh4 Rd7 38. Rbe1 Kf8 (38... Nf5 39. Qh5 Qf7 40. Qg5+ $18) ( 38... Ng6 {Ftacnik} 39. Qxg4 $18) 39. f5 (39. f5 {Ftacnik} Nxf5 40. Rf6+ Rf7 41. Rxf5 Rxf5 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Re7+ $18) 1-0 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "London"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2640"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "1994.08.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.11.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bb3 a5 9. c3 h6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 a4 12. Bc2 Qd5 13. Qe2 a3 14. b3 c5 15. Be4 Qd8 16. Nf3 Nd5 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Bd3 Be7 19. O-O O-O 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Ne5 b6 23. Qf3 Ba6 24. Rfe1 Bxd3 25. Nxd3 Qd5 26. Qxd5 Nxd5 27. c4 Nf6 28. Bb4 Bxb4 29. Nxb4 Rfd8 30. f3 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke8 32. Ke2 g5 33. Rxd8+ Kxd8 34. Nc6+ Kd7 35. Ne5+ Ke7 36. Rd1 Rc8 37. Ke3 Rc5 38. Kd4 h5 39. Rd3 Nd5 40. Rd2 Nb4 41. Nd3 Nxd3 42. Rxd3 e5+ 43. Kc3 f5 44. Kb4 Ra5 45. Rd2 h4 46. h3 e4 47. fxe4 fxe4 48. Re2 Re5 49. Kc3 Kf6 50. Kd4 Re8 51. Rxe4 Rd8+ 52. Kc3 Rd1 53. Re2 Rb1 54. b4 Kf5 55. c5 bxc5 56. bxc5 g4 57. hxg4+ Kxg4 58. c6 Rb6 59. Re4+ Kg3 60. c7 Rc6+ 61. Rc4 1-0 [Event "PCA-Wch Candidates sf2"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2640"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "1994.09.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.12.01"] 1. e4 {Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O (13. Ne4 Ngf6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Qa5) 13... Ngf6 14. Kb1 a5 15. Ne5 (15. c4 a4) 15... a4 16. c4 O-O 17. Ne4 (17. Qf3 $5) 17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe5 $10 19. Bxe5 Bf6 20. Qf4 (20. f4 a3 21. b3 Bxe5 22. Qxe5) 20... Bg5 (20... b5 $5 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Rh3 $10) 21. Qe4 a3 (21... Bf6 22. f4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qa5) 22. b3 Bf6 23. f4 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qa5 (24... Qb6 $1 25. Kc2 (25. Qd4 Qa5 26. Qe3 $10) (25. Rd2 Rfd8 26. Rhd1 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Qg1+ 28. Kc2 Qa1 $40)) 25. Kc2 Rad8 ( 25... f6 26. Rd7) 26. Rd6 $1 (26. g4 Qc5 $36 {>< a2,>>}) (26. Qe3 {Ftacnik} Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8 $10) 26... Rxd6 27. exd6 Qc5 28. Rd1 Qxh5 29. Rd2 Rd8 (29... Qg6 $10) 30. b4 $1 $44 c5 $6 (30... Kf8 31. c5 (31. Qh7 Qg6+ 32. Qxg6 fxg6 $13) ) 31. Qe5 $1 (31. b5 {Ftacnik} Rd7 32. Kb3 Qh4 33. Kxa3 Qd8 34. Qe5 b6 $13) ( 31. Qxb7 {Ftacnik} Qf5+ 32. Kb3 Qxf4 $132) 31... Qg6+ (31... Qxe5 {Ftacnik} 32. fxe5 cxb4 33. Kb3 $16) 32. f5 Qg4 $1 (32... Qxf5+ $2 33. Qxf5 exf5 34. bxc5 $18 {/\ Rd3-b3} (34. bxc5 {Ftacnik} Kf8 35. Kc3 Re8 36. Kb4 $18)) (32... exf5 33. bxc5 $16) 33. Kb3 $1 (33. Qxc5 b6 $1 (33... e5 34. Qd5 (34. Qxe5 Qxc4+ 35. Qc3 Qe4+ (35... Qxa2+ $4 36. Kc1 $1) 36. Kc1 Qxf5 37. d7) 34... Qxf5+ 35. Kb3 $1 { /\ Ka4-b5}) 34. Qb5 Qe4+ 35. Kc3 Qe3+ 36. Kc2 $10) 33... Qg5 (33... exf5 34. bxc5 $16) (33... b5 34. Qxc5 bxc4+) (33... cxb4 34. fxe6 $16) 34. Re2 Qc1 ( 34... cxb4 {Ftacnik} 35. fxe6 Qxe5 36. Rxe5 fxe6 37. Rxe6 b6 38. Kxb4 Kf7 39. Re7+ Kf6 40. c5 bxc5+ 41. Kxc5 $18) 35. bxc5 $2 (35. Re1 $1 Qd2 36. bxc5 $1 $16 ) 35... Qb1+ 36. Kc3 Qc1+ 37. Kd3 Qd1+ (37... exf5 $4 38. Re1 $1 Qg5 39. Qe7 Qg3+ $2 40. Re3 $18) 38. Ke3 exf5 39. Kf2 $16 Qc1 40. Qe7 Qf4+ (40... Rd7 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qe5) 41. Kg1 Qd4+ (41... Rd7 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qe5) 42. Kh2 Rd7 43. Qe8+ (43. Qxd7 $2 {Ftacnik} Qh4+ 44. Kg1 Qd4+ 45. Rf2 (45. Kf1 Qf4+ 46. Rf2 Qc1+) 45... Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qh5+ 47. Kg1 Qd1+ 48. Rf1 Qd4+ $10) 43... Kh7 44. Qe5 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qg5 (45... Qxc4 {Ftacnik} 46. Qxf5+ g6 (46... Kg8 $2 47. Re8#) 47. Qxd7 Qxe2 48. Qxf7+ Kh8 49. Qf8+ Kh7 50. Qe7+ $18) (45... g6 {Ftacnik} 46. Qd5 Qf4 $1) 46. Re3 f6 $2 (46... g6 47. Qd4 $16 {/\ Re8}) 47. Qg3 $1 $18 Qh5 (47... Qxg3 {Ftacnik} 48. Rxg3 Kg8 49. Rxa3 Kf7 50. Ra7 Ke6 51. c6 Rxd6 (51... bxc6 52. Rxd7 Kxd7 53. c5 g5 54. a4 $18) 52. cxb7 Rd1+ (52... Rb6 53. Ra6 $1 $18) 53. Kh2 Rb1 54. a4 Kd6 55. a5 Kc7 56. a6 g5 57. Ra8 $18) 48. Qf4 Kg8 49. Rxa3 Qd1+ 50. Kh2 Qh5+ 51. Rh3 Qg4 $2 (51... Qg6 {Ftacnik} 52. a4 $18) 52. Qxg4 fxg4 53. Rb3 (53. Rb3 Kf7 54. Rxb7 Rxb7 55. c6 $18 (55. c6 {Ftacnik} Rb4 56. c7 Rxc4 57. d7 $18)) 1-0 [Event "PCA-Wch Candidates sf2"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2640"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1994.09.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.12.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 Ne5 7. d3 g6 ( 7... e6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. a3 N7c6 10. Rb1 Be7 11. Be3 O-O $10 { Shabanov-Rashkovsky/URS/1974/}) 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Be3 e6 10. Nc3 Bd6 (10... O-O-O 11. Qf3 f6 12. Rfd1 $14) 11. Qf3 $1 f6 (11... Ne7 12. Qf6 $1 $36) 12. a3 Kf7 13. Rab1 Kg7 14. b4 b6 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Rb5 a6 17. Rb6 Ne7 18. Rfb1 Rhb8 $2 ( 18... Rhc8 19. Qd1 $14) (18... Ra7 19. Qd1 $14 {/\ Na4}) 19. Rxb8 (19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Rxb8 Bxb8 21. Bxc5 Bd6 22. Qe3 $1 $16 (22. Bb4 Bxb4 23. axb4 Qd4 24. Nd1 Qa1 $1 $132)) 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA-Wch Candidates sf2"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2640"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1994.09.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.12.01"] 1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. axb3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Qd5 18. Rg4 h5 19. Rf4 Rad8 (19... g5 $2 20. Nxg5 $1 Bxg5 (20... Qxg5 21. Rg4 hxg4 22. Bxg5 Bxg5 23. Qxg4 $18) 21. Qxh5 $1 $18) 20. Be3 Nb4 (20... g5 21. Rxf6 Rxf6 22. Bxg5 $18) 21. Qb1 Qxb3 22. Rf5 Qc2 (22... Rd5 23. Ra3 $1 (23. Nd2 Qc2 24. Qxc2 Nxc2 25. Rxd5 Nxa1 26. Rc5 Rd8 $1 27. Rc1 $140 Bxd4) 23... Qc4 24. Rc3 Qe2 25. Rxc7 $16) (22... g6 23. Rg5 $1 $18) (22... Qf7 23. Ng5 Qg6 (23... Qe7 24. Re5 $18) (23... Qb3 24. Rxb5 Bxg5 25. Rxg5 $16) 24. Ne6 $16) (22... Nc2 $5 23. Rxa6 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 $14) 23. Qxc2 Nxc2 24. Rxa6 Rfe8 (24... Nxd4 $2 25. Rfxf6 $18) 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Rxg5 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 (27. Nh4 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Re2) 27... Rxd4 28. Rc6 $1 (28. Rag6 Re7 29. Rxb5 Kh7 30. Rc6 g6 31. Rbc5 Rdd7 32. b4 $16) (28. Rxh5 $2 {Ftacnik} Rb4 29. Rc5 Re7 30. Rc2 c5 $10 { Anand,V-Sharif,Me/ Oviedo 25 (04)/ 1993/1/2-1/2/ ;EXP 38}) 28... Re7 (28... Rd2 {Ftacnik} 29. Rxc7 $18) (28... Rc4 {Ftacnik} 29. Rxc4 bxc4 30. Rxh5 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Re2 32. Kg3 Rxb2 33. Rc5 Rc2 34. Rxc7 $18) 29. Rxb5 $1 {>}) 16... Nxd5 17. Nxf8 {Much more messy; !? Wolff} (17. Rxe5 {This was simple and good} dxe5 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. Ne4 $14) 17... Nxe3 18. Qxh7+ Kxf8 19. fxe3 (19. Qh8+ Kf7 20. Qxa8 Nxg2 $1 21. Kxg2 $8 (21. Qxb7 Nf4 $40) 21... Qg4+ $10) 19... Re8 (19... Qg4 $2 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21. Qxa8 Qd1+ (21... Bh4 22. Qxb7 Qe2 23. g3 $18) (21... Qe2 22. Qxb7 Qxe3+ 23. Kf1 Qd3+ 24. Ke1 $18) 22. Nf1 $18) 20. e4 (20. Ne4 $5 { Yusupov suggested this after the game as slightly better for white.}) 20... d5 $2 {?? Wolff} (20... Qg4 21. Qf5+ (21. Nf1 {Yusupov} Nf3+ 22. Kh1 (22. Kf2 Bh4+ 23. g3 Nxh2 24. Qxh4 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Qxf1+ 26. Kxh2 Qf2+ $10 {Schach/3/94}) 22... Nh4 23. Ne3 Qe2 24. Bd2 Bf6 25. Rf1 Re5 $40 {/\Rh5 Schach/3/1994}) 21... Qxf5 22. exf5 $14) (20... Bf6 $1 $44) (20... Bf6 {Yusupov} 21. Nf3 (21. Nf1 $14 { Wolff White is obviously better, but Black has some annoying active play.}) 21... Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 d5 $1 $44) 21. Nb3 $1 $16 dxe4 $2 (21... Ng4 $1 22. e5 $1 (22. Bh6 Bf6 $1 $8 (22... Nxh6 23. Rf1+ Bf6 (23... Nf7 24. Qh8#) 24. Rxf6+ $18) 23. Rf1 Qf7 $1 (23... dxe4 24. h3)) 22... Nxe5 23. Be3 $16 (23. Bh6 $18 {Wolff} )) (21... Qg4 $5 {Yusupov} 22. Be3 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Nh4 24. Rf1+ Bf6 $1 25. g3 $3 ( 25. Rxf6+ $2 Ke7 26. g3 (26. Rg6 Nxg6 27. Qxg7+ Kd8 28. h3 $140 Qxe4 29. Nc5 Qf5 $17) 26... Kxf6 27. Qxh4+ Qxh4 28. gxh4 Rxe4 $13) 25... Nf3 (25... Rxe4 26. Qxh4 $1 (26. Bc5+ Ke8 (26... Kf7 27. Qxh4 Qe2 28. Qh3 $18)) 26... Qxh4 27. Bc5+ $1 $18) 26. h3 $1 Qxg3 (26... Qxe4 27. Bc5+ Kf7 28. Qh5+) 27. Bc5+ Kf7 (27... Re7 {Yusupov} 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ $18 {Anand}) 28. Qh5+ $18) 22. Be3 (22. Bh6 $6 {Yusupov} Qg4 23. Rf1+ Nf3+) 22... Bf6 (22... Qg4 23. Rf1+ Nf3+ 24. Kh1 $18) 23. Rf1 Ng4 (23... Ke7 24. Nc5) 24. Bd4 Qc6 $2 { This loses but I don't see much else} (24... b6 {Yusupov} 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Rxf6+ $18) (24... Qd5 {Yusupov} 25. h3 Ne5 26. Rxf6+ gxf6 27. Bc5+ $18) 25. Bc5+ (25. Bc5+ Kf7 26. Qh5+) (25. Qh8+ $140 {Yusupov} Ke7 $1 26. Bxf6+ Qxf6 $1) 1-0 [Event "Candidates FIDE m2"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Jussupow, Artur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C75"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2665"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1994.01.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.04.01"] 1. e4 {Wolff} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 {Having achieved nothing in the 1st game with 5.Bxc6+ we prepared this line and found some interesting ideas} (5. Bxc6+ {Wolff} bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Be3 Ng6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. h4 h5 12. Ne1 Qb8 13. g3 Qb4 14. f3 Rb8 15. Nd3 Qc4 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bd2 O-O 18. b3 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Qxd3 20. cxd3 $10 { Anand,V-Yusupov,A Wijk aan Zee (1) 1993}) 5... Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Be3 $1 (7. Bb3 h6 8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. Nc4 Be7 {The main line}) 7... h6 8. Nbd2 (8. d5 $5 {Wolff } Nb8 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. c4 $14) 8... g5 $6 (8... Ng6 $5) (8... g6) 9. dxe5 $1 { White gains little by keeping the central tension and Black may have the option of exd4 at somepoint} dxe5 (9... Nxe5 $6 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Nf3 $16) 10. h4 $1 (10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3 Nf4 12. O-O Bd6 $1 {/\ g4,h5 Qf6}) (10. O-O Ng6 11. Bb3 g4 12. Ne1 h5 $13) 10... g4 11. Nh2 h5 12. Nhf1 Ng6 13. g3 $1 { Now Black's kingside is permanently weak} Be7 14. Bc2 $1 {/\ Nb3,Nfd2,Qe2} Be6 (14... O-O $5 {Wolff} 15. Bh6 $140 Re8 16. Ne3 Kh7) 15. Bb3 $1 (15. Nb3 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 f6 {/\ Kf7}) 15... Qd7 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qb3 $1 {The endgame is very pleasant for white since Black has a lot of static weaknesses} Qxb3 18. axb3 O-O 19. b4 b5 $2 (19... f6 20. Nb3 Kf7 21. Nfd2 Ke6 22. Ke2 $16 {/\ Nc4,Rfd1}) (19... a5 $1 20. b5 (20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Rxa5 Nxa5 22. b4 Nc6 23. Nb3 Ra8 24. Nfd2 Ra2 $132) 20... Nb8 (20... Na7 21. Bxa7 $1 (21. Rxa5 b6 $10) 21... Rxa7 22. Ne3 $16) 21. Nc4 (21. b4 $1 {Wolff} a4 22. Nc4 $16) 21... b6 22. Nfd2 (22. b4 Nd7 23. bxa5 bxa5 $44) (22. Bc1 Nd7 23. Nfe3 Nc5 24. Nd5 Bd8 $132) 22... Nd7 23. Ke2 Rfc8 $14) 20. Nb3 a5 $8 (20... Rfd8 21. Nfd2 Bd6 22. Ke2 Kf8 23. Ra2 $1 $18) 21. Nxa5 Nxa5 (21... Bxb4 22. cxb4 Nxb4 23. Ke2 Nc2 24. Nd2 $18) 22. bxa5 c5 (22... Ra6 {Wolff} 23. Nd2 Rfa8 24. b4 c5 25. Rb1 $18) 23. Nd2 Ra6 24. Nb3 $1 (24. c4 Rb8 $1 25. Ke2 Nf8 26. Rhc1 Ne6 27. cxb5 Rxb5 28. Nc4 Nd4+ 29. Bxd4 cxd4 $14) 24... Rc8 (24... c4 25. Nc5 Bxc5 (25... Rc6 26. Nd7 Rd8 27. Nb6 $18) 26. Bxc5 Rfa8 27. Bb4 $18) 25. Ke2 {! Wolff} (25. c4 {Wolff} Rb8 (25... bxc4 26. Nd2 Rb8 27. Nxc4 Rb4 28. Rc1 Nf8 29. O-O Ne6 30. Rfd1 Nd4 $132) 26. Nxc5 ( 26. Bxc5 bxc4 27. Bxe7 Rxb3) 26... Bxc5 27. Bxc5 bxc4 $10) 25... c4 26. Nc1 $1 (26. Nd2 Bd8 (26... Rca8 27. Bb6) 27. b4 cxb3 28. Nxb3 Rxc3 $14) 26... b4 ( 26... Rca8 27. b4 (27. Rd1 Rxa5 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Rd5) 27... cxb3 28. Nxb3 $16) (26... Bd8 $6 27. Rd1 Bxa5 (27... Rxa5 28. Rxd8+) 28. Rd7 {/\ Rb7} (28. Rd5 { Wolff} Rb8 29. b4 cxb3 30. Nxb3 Rba8 31. Bd2 $18) 28... Rb8 $2 29. Ra7 $1 Ra8 30. Rxa8+ Rxa8 31. b4 cxb3 32. Nxb3 $18) 27. Rd1 bxc3 (27... b3 {Wolff} 28. Ra4 {>}) (27... R8e6 $5 {Ftacnik}) 28. Qg2 $1 (28. Re3 $2 f4 $1 $17) (28. Qh1 Qxh1+ 29. Kxh1 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Rxe1 31. Bxe1 a5 $44 {>< Kh1}) 28... Qh5 29. f3 $1 (29. Rxe4 $2 dxe4 $5 (29... Rxe4) 30. Be3 Qe2 31. Nd2 f4 $1 32. gxf4 Bxf4 33. Bxf4 e3 $44) 29... Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Rxe1 31. Bxe1 Qe8 (31... f4 $142 {Blatny,P} 32. g4 (32. gxf4 Bxf4 $14 {P<,>< Kg8} Bc6 38. Be5 Bf8 39. Nf4 g5 (39... Bb7 {Ftacnik} 40. Qh2 Bg7 41. Qb2 Bc6 42. Bxg7 Kxg7 43. Kf2 $16) 40. Ng2 $1 {>< Pf5} Qe6 41. Ne3 Kf7 42. Qc2 Bd7 (42... Kg6 43. g4 $1 $18) 43. Qh2 (43. Qb3 {Blatny,P} Bc6 44. Qb1 Bd7 45. Qb7 $18) 43... Qg6 (43... Kg6 44. Qa2 (44. Qh8 {Blatny,P} Qf7 45. Nxd5 (45. Kf2 $16 {Ftacnik}) 45... Bc6 (45... Qxd5 46. Qf6+ Kh5 47. Qxf8 Qxf3 48. Qf7+ Kg4 49. Qxd7 Qd1+ $10) 46. g4 $18) (44. g4 fxg4 45. fxg4 Bh6 46. Nf5 Kh7 47. Kf2 Qb6 48. Kg3 $16) 44... Bc6 45. Qc2 $1 $18) 44. Qa2 Qe6 (44... Be6 {Blatny,P } 45. Nxd5 f4 46. Qa7+ Kg8 47. Nf6+ $18) 45. Qxd5 Qxd5 46. Nxd5 Bc6 47. c4 Ke6 (47... Bxd5 48. cxd5 g4 (48... Ke8 {Ftacnik} 49. Kf2 Kd7 50. Ke3 Bb4 51. g4 fxg4 52. fxg4 Be7 53. Ke4 $18) 49. fxg4 fxg4 50. Kf2 Kg6 51. Ke3 Kf5 52. d6 $18 ) 48. Nc7+ Kd7 49. Kf2 Ba3 (49... Bd6 {Ftacnik} 50. Bxd6 Kxd6 51. Na6 $18) 50. Ke2 Bb2 51. Nb5 g4 (51... Bxb5 {Ftacnik} 52. cxb5 Ba3 53. Kd3 $18) 52. fxg4 fxg4 53. Kd3 Ba1 54. Kc2 Be4+ 55. Kb3 Bd3 56. Nc3 (56. Na3 Be2 $1 57. Nc2 $2 Bd1) 56... Ke6 (56... Bxc3 {Ftacnik} 57. Kxc3 Bf1 58. d5 Be2 59. Kd4 Bf1 60. c5 $18) 57. Nd5 Kf5 58. Nb4 Be2 59. c5 Bd1+ 60. Kc4 Ke6 $18 (60... Be2+ 61. Kd5 Bf3+ (61... Bc3 {Ftacnik} 62. Nc2 $18) 62. Kd6 Ke4 63. c6 Bxd4 64. Bxd4 Kxd4 65. c7 Bb7 66. Nc6+ Ke4 67. Kd7 Kf3 68. Na5 Ba6 69. Nb3 $1 $18) (60... Ke6 { Ftacnik} 61. c6 Bf3 62. Bf4 $18) 1-0 [Event "Candidates FIDE sf1"] [Site "Sanghi Nagar"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2695"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "1994.07.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.10.01"] 1. e4 {Ftacnik Hansen,LB} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 g6 13. d5 Nb8 14. b3 c6 15. c4 a5 (15... Qc7 {Hansen,LB} 16. Nf1 Nbd7 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Ng3 a5 $13 {Magem Badals,J-Karpov,A/Dos Hermanas/1993/}) (15... Bh6 $5 {Hansen,LB} 16. a4 b4 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Nf1 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 Qe7 20. Qd2 a5 21. Ne3 Nb8 $10 {Hazai }) 16. dxc6 (16. Nh2 {Hansen,LB} Nbd7 17. Nhf1 Nc5 18. Ne3 Bg7 19. Bb2 b4 20. a4 Nh5 21. g3 Bc8 22. h4 Bh3 {1/2-1/2/Georgiev,Kr/Ibragimov,I/Hania op/1993/}) (16. Nf1 {Hansen,LB} Nbd7 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Rc1 Rec8 20. Bd3 $14 { Karpov,A-Beliavsky,A/SU-ch/1983/}) 16... Bxc6 17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. Nc4 Na6 19. Bg5 Nb4 20. Ne3 $5 (20. Bb1 {Hansen,LB} Bxc4 21. bxc4 h6 22. Be3 Qc7 23. a3 Na6 24. Nd2 Nc5 $10 { Ljubojevic,L-Karpov,A/Linares/1991,and Ljubojevic,L-Karpov,A/Amsterdam/1991!} ( 24... Nc5 {Ftacnik} 25. Bc2 Reb8 26. Rb1 Qc6 27. Rxb8 (27. Qf3 Bg7 28. Rec1 Nfd7 29. Qd1 {Ljubojevic,L-Karpov,An/Amsterdam/1991/}) 27... Rxb8 28. Qa1 { Ljubojevic,L-Karpov,An/Linares/1991/})) 20... Be7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. a3 (22. Bb1 $2 {Hansen,LB} d5 $1 23. a3 (23. exd5 $2 e4 24. Nd4 Qb6 $19) (23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 e4 25. Bxe4 (25. Nd4 $2 Qxd5 $19) 25... Bxa1 26. Qxa1 f5 $17) 23... d4 $17 ) 22... Nxc2 23. Qxc2 Bg7 (23... Re7 $5 {Hansen,LB} 24. Rad1 Rd7 25. Nd5 Bg7 26. a4 Ba6 27. Nd2 Rc8 28. Nc4 Rc5 $10 {Magem Badals,J-Karpov,A/Madrid/1992/}) 24. Rad1 (24. a4 Rc8) 24... Qb8 (24... Re7 $5 {Hansen,LB}) 25. a4 Rc8 26. Qb1 Ba6 27. Nd2 (27. Nd5 {Ftacnik} Qb7 28. Nd2 f5 $1 $132) 27... Rc3 $2 (27... h5) (27... Bh6 $5 {Hansen,LB} 28. Ndc4 $1 (28. Nd5 Qb7) 28... Bxe3 29. Nxe3 Rc3 30. Nd5 Rxb3 31. Qc1 $36 {X Kg8}) 28. Nd5 (28. Qb2 {Ftacnik} Rc5) 28... Bd3 29. Qa1 (29. Qb2 {Ftacnik} Rc2 30. Qa3 Bh6 $36) 29... Rc2 30. Re3 $1 $16 (30. Ne3 { Hansen,LB} Bh6 $1) 30... Ba6 31. Rc3 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 Bh6 (32... Qb7 $142 { Hansen,LB} 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. Qxc4 Rb8 $16 (34... Rb8 {Ftacnik} 35. Rd3 $14)) 33. Nc4 (33. Qxa5 $2 {Ftacnik} Be2 $19) 33... Bxc4 34. Qxc4 (34. bxc4 $5 {Hansen,LB }) 34... Bg5 (34... Qb7 $5 {Hansen,LB} 35. Nf6+ $140 (35. Rd3 Bg5) 35... Kg7 36. Rxd6 Rc8) 35. Rd3 $2 (35. Nc7 $1 Ra7 36. Nb5 Rd7 (36... Ra6 37. Qd5 Be7 38. Rc1 $18) 37. Qc6 $18) (35. Rb1 {Ftacnik} Qd8 36. b4 axb4 37. Qxb4 Ra5 $14) 35... Qb7 $1 $14 (35... Qc8 $2 {Ftacnik} 36. Nb6 Qxc4 37. Nxc4 Be7 38. Rd5 $16) 36. Rc3 Rb8 37. Qd3 Kg7 38. g3 (38. b4 axb4 39. Rc7 Qa8 40. Qf3 Rf8 $13) 38... Bd8 39. Qf3 Qd7 (39... Rc8 {Ftacnik} 40. Rxc8 Qxc8 41. Kg2 $14) 40. Kg2 h5 41. Rc4 Qb7 42. Rc3 (42. b4 axb4 43. Rxb4 Qxb4 $1 (43... Qa8 {Ftacnik} 44. Rxb8 Qxb8 45. Qc3 Qb1 46. Qb4 Qd3 47. a5 f5 $132) 44. Nxb4 Rxb4 $10) 42... Qd7 43. Qe2 Bb6 44. Qd2 (44. Nxb6 {Ftacnik} Rxb6 $10) 44... Bd8 $1 (44... Bc5 45. Qg5 $1 Qd8 46. Ne7 $1 $40 Kf8 $2 47. Nxg6+ fxg6 48. Qxg6 $18) 45. Qc2 Qb7 46. Qd3 Bb6 47. Qf3 Bd8 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Rc8 50. Qe3 Rxc3 51. Qxc3 Qa6 52. Qc2 (52. b4 {Ftacnik} axb4 53. Qxb4 Qe2 54. Kg3 Bh4+ 55. Kxh4 Qxf2+ 56. Kh3 Qf3+ $10) 52... Qa7 53. Qd2 Qb7 54. Qd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 12th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2740"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "1994.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.06.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. a4 c5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. Ngf3 Nbd5 15. O-O Nh5 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Rad1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Nf6 19. Nc4 Be7 20. Qe5 Qc6 21. Na3 Bd6 22. Qe2 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Qc5 24. Nc4 Bb8 25. Ne5 Ra6 26. Qb5 Qc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B24"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2815"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "1994.06.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.09.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. g3 d5 6. d3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O b6 9. e5 h5 10. Ne2 Nf5 11. c3 a5 12. Rf2 Ba6 13. h3 Bf8 14. Kh2 Be7 15. Neg1 Rc8 16. Re2 d4 17. c4 b5 18. b3 Kf8 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. fxg5 Qb6 21. Bf4 Bb7 22. Be4 h4 23. g4 Ng3 24. Bxg3 hxg3+ 25. Kxg3 Qc7 26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27. Qf1 Ke8 28. Qf6 Rh7 29. h4 Kd7 30. Rf1 Qb6 31. Qf4 bxc4 32. bxc4 Qb4 33. Qd2 Rch8 34. Qxb4 axb4 35. Rh2 Ra8 36. Nh3 Ra3 37. Nf4 Ke7 38. Re1 Rg7 39. Rb2 Rg8 40. Ree2 Ra7 41. Rh2 Raa8 42. Rbd2 Ra3 43. Nh3 Be4 44. Nf2 Bc6 45. Kf4 Rga8 46. h5 Rxa2 47. Rxa2 Rxa2 48. h6 Ra8 49. Nd1 Kf8 50. Nb2 Kg8 51. Kg3 Ra1 52. Rf2 Be8 53. Re2 Rg1+ 54. Kh4 Bc6 55. Rf2 Re1 56. h7+ Kh8 57. Rxf7 Re3 58. Nd1 Rxd3 59. Nf2 Rf3 60. Rf6 b3 61. Nd1 Rd3 62. Nb2 Re3 63. Nd1 Rxe5 64. Rxg6 Kxh7 65. Rf6 Kg7 66. Rf2 Re1 0-1 [Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Koeroglu, Naim"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B76"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O b5 10. h4 Nh5 11. g4 Ng3 12. Rg1 Nxf1 13. Rdxf1 Qa5 14. Kb1 Bd7 15. h5 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Rh1 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 e6 20. Qd2 Qf6 21. c3 Qe7 22. Rh3 f5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. exf5 exf5 25. gxf5 Rxf5 26. Rfh1 Raf8 27. Bd4 b4 28. Rh8+ Kf7 29. Bxg7 Rxh8 30. Bxh8 1-0 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "London"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C09"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "1994.08.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.11.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bxb6 axb6 13. h3 Bh5 14. c3 Qd6 15. Be2 Rad8 16. Nfd4 Bg6 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Rad1 Be4 19. f3 Bg6 20. Bf1 Nc8 21. Qf2 h6 22. f4 Nc6 23. f5 Bh7 24. Nb5 Qf6 25. N3d4 h5 26. Be2 h4 27. Bg4 N8e7 28. Nf3 Nxf5 29. Bxf5 Bxf5 30. Nxh4 Be4 31. Qxf6 gxf6 32. Rf1 Ra8 33. a3 Ra5 34. Nd4 Nxd4 35. Rxd4 Kg7 36. Nf5+ Kg6 37. Nd6 f5 38. Nxb7 Ra7 39. Nd6 Re7 40. Nb5 Rg8 41. Rd2 Kh6 42. Nd4 Rg5 43. Kh2 Re8 44. Nf3 Rg7 45. Nd4 Rg5 46. Rdf2 f4 47. Nf3 Rg7 48. Ne1 Reg8 49. Rd2 Kg5 50. Rdf2 Kh5 51. Rd2 Kg5 52. Rdf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Koschetzki, Christian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E87"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Qd2 Re8 9. O-O-O a6 10. g4 Nc5 11. Nge2 b5 12. b4 Ncd7 13. cxb5 Nb6 14. Ng3 axb5 15. h4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. h5 c5 18. dxc6 Be6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Bf8 21. Rhd1 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Red8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. g5 Nh5 26. Nge2 Rd3 27. Bd2 Rxf3 28. b5 Rf8 29. b6 Nf4 30. Nxf4 exf4 31. Bxf4 1-0 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "1994.04.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.07.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. c4 Qd6 10. d5 Na5 11. Na3 a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. cxb5 Nxd5 14. Bg5 Rd8 15. Rb1 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb6 17. Qe2 Nc6 18. Bb3 Bg4 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nf6 21. a4 Rd7 22. Rbc1 Rad8 23. Bc4 h6 24. Bh4 g5 25. Bg3 e6 26. b3 Nd5 27. Rcd1 Nd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. Bb5 Re7 30. Be5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Qc7 32. Re2 Kg7 33. Red2 Rb8 34. Bc4 Nf4 35. Rd6 Ng6 36. Qc3+ Kg8 37. Qf6 Ree8 38. Rd7 Qf4 39. Rxf7 Qxf6 40. Rxf6 Nf4 41. Rd7 Rbd8 42. Bxe6+ Nxe6 43. Rxe6 Rxd7 44. Rxe8+ Kg7 45. Rc8 Rb7 46. Rxc5 Rxb3 47. a5 Ra3 48. Rc7+ Kg6 49. Rc6+ Kg7 50. a6 Ra2 51. Rc7+ Kg6 52. a7 h5 53. g4 hxg4 54. hxg4 Kf6 55. Kf1 Ke5 56. Rf7 Ke6 57. Rf5 Rxa7 58. Rxg5 Ra4 59. Kg2 Kf6 60. Rf5+ Kg6 61. Kg3 Ra3+ 62. f3 Ra1 63. Rb5 Ra6 64. f4 Rc6 65. Kh4 Rd6 66. f5+ Kg7 67. Kg5 Rd7 68. Re5 Ra7 69. Re7+ Rxe7 70. f6+ Kf7 71. fxe7 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "1994.04.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.07.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c3 f5 14. Nc2 Bb7 15. Ne3 fxe4 16. Nf5 Qf6 17. Bxe4 d5 18. Bxd5 Rd8 19. Qg4 Rxd5 20. Qxg7 Qxg7 21. Nxg7+ Ke7 22. Nf5+ Ke6 23. Ne3 Rd7 24. Ke2 f5 25. f3 f4 26. Nc2 Rg8 27. Rhg1 Bd5 28. Kf2 Bxa2 29. Nd4+ exd4 30. Rxa2 dxc3 31. bxc3 Rd6 32. Rga1 Kf5 33. g4+ fxg3+ 34. hxg3 Rgg6 35. g4+ Kf4 36. Rb1 Rge6 37. Rb4+ Kg5 38. Rb1 Rd3 39. Kg3 Rxc3 40. Rh1 Kg6 41. Rah2 Rf6 42. Rh6+ Kf7 43. Rxh7+ Ke6 44. Rf1 Kd5 45. g5 Rfc6 46. Kg4 b4 47. Rb7 b3 48. f4 a5 49. f5 R6c4+ 50. Kh5 Kc6 51. Rb8 Kc7 52. Rb5 Kc6 53. Rxa5 Rc1 54. Ra6+ Kc7 55. Rxc1 Rxc1 56. Ra7+ Kc6 57. Ra6+ Kc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Munich Intel Express blitz '5"] [Site "Munich"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Leko, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B57"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2545"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1994.05.??"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Na5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Qe2 a6 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Bg5 e6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. f4 Nc6 14. f5 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Be7 16. Rhd1 Rc8 17. Kb1 Qc5 18. g3 b5 19. a3 h5 20. h4 Qe5 21. Qf3 Rc5 22. Ne2 exf5 23. Nf4 Rc8 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Re4 Kf8 26. Rde1 Re8 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Kxe7 29. Nd5+ Ke6 30. Nc7+ Ke5 31. Qd5# 1-0 [Event "Munich Intel Express blitz '5"] [Site "Munich"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Lobron, Eric"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B41"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2570"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1994.05.??"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 d5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Qxd5 Nxd5 9. Bg2 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nc4 b5 13. Nce5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rd8 15. Nd3 Bb6 16. b3 Bb7 17. c4 bxc4 18. bxc4 Nc3 19. Bxb7 Ra7 20. Bd5 exd5 21. c5 Ba5 22. Kg2 h6 23. Bd2 d4 24. Rab1 Bc7 25. Rb3 a5 26. Re1 a4 27. Rb2 Ba5 28. a3 g5 29. h4 f6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. f4 g4 32. f5 Kf7 33. Re6 Nd5 34. Bxa5 Rxa5 35. Rb7+ Kg8 36. Rd6 Ne3+ 37. Kf2 Rf8 38. Rxd4 Nxf5 39. Rxg4+ Kh8 40. Nf4 1-0 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C76"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2595"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1994.04.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.07.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. d5 Nb8 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bxd7 Nbxd7 12. Nd2 c6 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qe2 Rc7 15. Rfd1 cxd5 16. cxd5 b5 17. f3 Qb8 18. a4 b4 19. Na2 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Nb3 Rcc8 22. Qxa6 Bh6 23. Na5 Rc2 24. Nc6 Qc7 25. Naxb4 Rxb2 26. Rab1 Be3+ 27. Kh1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Nd7 29. Nd3 Kg7 30. Qb7 Rc8 31. Qxc7 Rxc7 32. a5 1-0 [Event "EU-Cup final"] [Site "Lyon"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2510"] [Annotator "Blatny,P"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1994.11.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.04.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 (4. e5 {French Defence}) 4... exd5 (4... Qxd5 5. Nf3 {B22 main line}) 5. Nf3 Nf6 (5... Nc6 $5 {/\Be6}) 6. Bg5 c4 { :Bd3,/^b1-h7} (6... Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Qe2+ Be6 10. Nbd2 { /\Nb3,Rd1 >a,[+]}) 12... Nfd7 13. Bxe7 Nxe5 (13... Qxe7 14. O-O {/\N2f3} Nxe5 15. dxe5 $14) 14. O-O Kxe7 15. Re1 Nbc6 (15... f6 16. c4 $40 {>e} Kf8 17. b5 Qd6 (17... Qd7 18. dxe5 (18. bxc6 $2 Nxc6 $15) 18... Ne7 $14) 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nb3 Bg4 (19... Nd3 20. Re3 {>< /^a3-f8} (18... Qc7) 19. Qe2 Qc7 20. Ba3 $1 (20. Nbd2 {Wedberg} Rb8) 20... Nb3 $2 (20... Nh5 $5 21. Nxe5 (21. Nbd2 Nf4 22. Qf1 f5 $132) 21... Nf4 22. Qd1 $8 (22. Qd2 Bg5 $19) 22... Bxh3 23. g3 $1 {Wolff} (23. gxh3 $2 dxe5 24. d6 Qd7 25. dxe7 $2 Qxh3 26. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 $19) 23... Ng6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 $13) (20... Re8 {Wedberg} 21. Nbd2 Bd7 22. Bb4 $14) 21. Bxb3 cxb3 22. Nbd2 $16 Bd7 (22... Qxc3 23. Nc4 $1 $16) (22... a5 23. Qc4 $1 $16 (23. Nxb3 $6 Ba6 $14)) 23. Nxe5 $1 b2 $1 (23... Bxa4 24. Qc4 $1 $18 (24. Qc4 {Wedberg} Qa5 25. Nxb3 Bxb3 26. Qxb3 $18)) 24. Rab1 Bxa4 25. Qc4 $1 Qa5 26. Bb4 $1 (26. Nef3 Rfc8) 26... Qb6 (26... Qd8 {Wedberg} 27. Nc6 Bxc6 28. Qxc6 $16) 27. Qa2 (27. Nef3 $1 Rfc8 (27... a5 28. Ba3 $18) 28. Qd3 a5 (28... Bb5 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. Rxe3 $18) 29. Ba3 $18) (27. Rxb2 $2 {Wedberg} dxe5 $19) 27... a5 $1 28. Nec4 (28. Ba3 $1) 28... Qc7 29. Bxd6 $6 (29. Ba3 $1 $18) 29... Bxd6 30. Qxa4 Bh2+ $1 31. Kh1 Rfe8 $1 32. f3 $1 {>< Rg4} fxe5 59. Rg3 Rfd8 60. Rd1 Ra7 61. Rgd3 g4 62. Qc6 $1 (62. Qc6 gxh3 (62... a4 63. Rd6 Qg7 64. Rg6 Qf8 65. Rdd6 $1 $18) 63. Rxh3 Qg7 64. Rd6 $18) 1-0 [Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m2"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C96"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2585"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1994.06.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.10.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. d5 Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 Bc8 15. Be3 bxa4 16. bxa4 Nc4 17. Bc1 Na5 18. Nbd2 (18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Be3 Bd7 20. Nbd2 Rfb8 $10) 18... Qc7 19. c4 Rb8 20. Ra2 g6 21. Bb2 Nh5 22. Bd3 Bd8 (22... Nf4 23. Bf1 ) (22... Bd7 {/\ Rb7,Rfb8}) 23. Bc3 f6 24. Bf1 Qg7 25. Qc2 Rf7 (25... g5 $6 26. Rb1 Rxb1 27. Qxb1 g4 28. hxg4 Bxg4 29. Nh4 $16) 26. Rb1 Rxb1 27. Qxb1 Rb7 28. Rb2 Rxb2 29. Qxb2 Qb7 30. Qc2 (30. Qxb7 Nxb7 31. Be2 Nf4 32. Bd1 Ba5 $17) 30... Nf4 31. Kh2 Bd7 32. Ne1 Be8 (32... Be8 33. g3 Nh5 34. Nd3 Qd7 35. Nb2 $10) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Schaefer, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2215"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Ngf6 8. Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 O-O 11. c3 e6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Ne5 b5 15. Bb3 c5 16. Qg4 Nf6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qf3 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 cxd4 20. cxd4 Bb7 21. Qg3 a6 22. Qf4 Kg7 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Qe3 Rfd8 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 1-0 [Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Schnitzspan, Lothar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D97"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2305"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. d6 h6 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Be5 Be6 16. Qh4 Qd8 17. Qa4 Nb4 18. Bb5 Nd7 19. a3 a6 20. Bxg7 axb5 21. Qxb5 Nc2 22. Rac1 Nxa3 23. bxa3 Kxg7 24. Qxb7 Rxa3 25. Nd5 Rxf3 26. Nc7 Rf4 27. Re1 Rf6 28. Nxe8+ Qxe8 29. Ra1 Nf8 30. Ra8 Bc8 31. Rxe8 Bxb7 32. Rxf8 Bxa8 33. d7 Ra6 34. h3 Kxf8 35. d8=Q+ Kg7 36. Qc8 Ra5 37. Kh2 c4 38. Qxc4 Rf5 39. Qd4+ Kh7 40. f3 Bxf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Schnorr, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. g4 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. g5 Ne8 12. h4 Nc6 13. Kb1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rc8 15. Rg1 Qd7 16. h5 b4 17. Ne2 d5 18. e5 Qc7 19. Nf4 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Bd3 Nc7 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. g6+ Kg8 24. h6 Nb5 25. hxg7 Kxg7 26. Nh5+ Kg8 27. g7 f5 28. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 1-0 [Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Scholz, Franz Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Qxc5 6. Bf4 g6 7. Qd2 Bg7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Bc4 Nc6 11. Nge2 Ne5 12. Bb3 b5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qb6 19. Qc3 Rb8 20. Nf4 Be6 21. e5 dxe5 22. Qxe5 c3 23. b3 Bc4 24. Rhe1 e6 25. h4 Rfc8 26. h5 Rc5 27. Qd4 Qc7 28. hxg6 e5 29. gxh7+ Kh8 30. Qe3 exf4 31. Qxc3+ f6 32. Qxf6+ Qg7 33. Rd8+ 1-0 [Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Schuenemann, Klaus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D06"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. e5 g6 10. Bh6 Re8 11. Be4 Nd5 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Qd2 Nce7 14. Rfe1 Nf5 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qh6 Qd7 19. Ng5 f6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Rxc7 1-0 [Event "Munich Intel Express blitz '5"] [Site "Munich"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2665"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "1994.05.??"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. a4 Nd7 11. c3 Nc5 12. Bc2 Nxa4 13. Bxa4 bxa4 14. Qxa4 Rb8 15. Nc4 f5 16. Be3 fxe4 17. dxe4 Qe8 18. Nfd2 Kh8 19. b4 Bc8 20. Nf1 h6 21. Bd2 Bd8 22. Nce3 Ra8 23. Nd5 Bd7 24. Qd1 Ne7 25. Nxe7 Bxe7 26. Ne3 Be6 27. Nd5 Bd8 28. Qe2 Qc6 29. c4 Qb7 30. Qd3 c6 31. Ne3 Be7 32. Bc3 Rf7 33. Re2 Raf8 34. Be1 Rd8 35. Rea2 Bg5 36. Rxa6 Bxe3 37. Qxe3 Bxc4 38. Ra7 Qc8 39. Rxf7 Bxf7 40. Bc3 Qe6 41. h3 Kg8 42. Ra7 Rd7 43. Ra6 Rc7 44. Qb6 Qc8 45. Bd2 Bc4 46. Ra1 Bb5 47. Qe3 Qe6 0-1 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Smirin, Ilia"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1994.04.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.07.01"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 c6 5. Nge2 Nbd7 6. Be3 b5 7. Qd2 e5 8. O-O-O Qa5 9. a3 Bg7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qd6 Bb7 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Qe7 Rhf8 14. Nc1 Rde8 15. Qd6 Re6 16. Qd2 Kb8 17. g4 Bc8 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Nc5 Re7 20. Bxb5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Rd7 22. Bd3 Rfd8 23. Na4 Ka8 24. Be3 Bf8 25. Qc3 Ba6 26. Bg5 Be7 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Nc5 Bxd3 29. Nxd7 Be2 30. Nxf6 Bxd1 31. Nd5 Qb7 32. Rxd1 cxd5 33. Qxe5 Qb5 34. exd5 Re8 35. Qd4 Qe2 36. Rd3 Rc8 37. Qa4 Qf1+ 38. Ka2 Qc1 39. d6 Rxc2 40. Qe8+ Rc8 41. d7 Qc4+ 42. Rb3 1-0 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Smirin, Ilia"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1994.06.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.09.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne2 Qd5 13. Nf4 Qd6 14. Nh5 Nxh5 15. Qxh5 h6 16. Re1 Bd7 17. g3 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Qf6 19. Qd5 Bh3 20. b4 Rad8 21. Bc7 Rc8 22. b5 Be6 23. Qd6 Re7 24. bxc6 Rexc7 25. cxb7 Rxb7 26. Rab1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 g6 28. Re1 Kg7 29. Re4 Rd8 30. Qc5 Rd7 31. h4 Qf3 32. Qe5+ Qf6 33. Qc5 Qf3 34. Rf4 Qd5 35. Qxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "EU-Cup final"] [Site "Lyon"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Sokolov, Ivan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "Kortschnoj"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "1994.11.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.04.01"] 1. e4 {Dorfman} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Bd5 $5 {This is a new idea} (11... dxc3 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3 $14) (11... Qxg5 12. Qf3 $13 Bd7 13. Bxf7+ Ke7 14. Bd5 Nxe5 15. Qe2 d3 $13) 12. Bxd5 (12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Qf3+ Ke6 $13) 12... Qxd5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 (13... Rd8 {Dorfman} 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. e6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Re1 Ne5 18. Qh5+ $18) (13... d3 {Dorfman} 14. Nd4 Nxe5 15. Re1 Be7 16. Nf5 $36) 14. axb3 Be7 15. Nf3 Nxe5 (15... d3 $1 $13 16. Bg5 {Dorfman} (16. Nd4 $13) 16... Bxg5 17. Nxg5 O-O $10) 16. Nxd4 Ng6 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Nxf3 c5 19. Rd1 $14 O-O 20. Be3 Rfc8 (20... Rfd8 {Dorfman} 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Kf1 Ra8 23. Rd1 $16) 21. Kf1 Nf8 (21... Kf8 $6 {Dorfman} 22. Rd7 Ke8 23. Rb7 $16 {/\Rb6}) 22. Ne5 Bf6 23. Rd5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Ne6 25. f4 $6 (25. Rd5 Rc6 26. Ke2 $14) 25... g6 26. g4 Kg7 27. f5 $2 (27. Ke2 $142 $16) 27... gxf5 28. gxf5 $2 (28. Rxf5 $142) 28... Kf6 29. Rd5 Rd8 30. Rad1 $2 (30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. Bxc5 Kxf5 $15) 30... Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Nxd8 33. Bxc5 Kxf5 $17 34. Ke2 Ke4 35. Be7 Ne6 36. Bf6 Nf4+ 37. Kd2 Nd5 38. Bg7 f5 39. Bf8 (39. c4 Nc7 {/\Ne6}) 39... Ne3 40. Ke2 f4 41. Bd6 f3+ 42. Ke1 Nc2+ 43. Kd2 Na1 $1 $19 44. b4 Nb3+ 45. Ke1 Nc1 { Winning a pawn.} 46. Kf1 Nd3 47. b3 Nc1 48. c4 Nxb3 49. c5 Nd4 50. Bg3 Nc6 51. Be1 Ke3 52. Bf2+ Kd3 53. Be1 a5 $1 (53... a5 54. bxa5 b4 55. Bh4 b3 56. Bf6 Nd4 $19) 0-1 [Event "Linares 12th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B70"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [BlackElo "2640"] [Annotator "Boensch,U"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1994.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.06.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 a6 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nb3 Be6 11. Kh1 Rc8 (11... h6 $6 12. Be3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Nc5 Bxb2 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Nd7 $16 { Xie Jun-Chiburdanidze,M (11) WchW Manila 1991 1-0 34}) 12. f4 Na5 (12... Nb4 $6 13. f5 Bc4 14. a5 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Rc5 16. Ra4 Nc6 17. b4 Rxc3 18. Bxf6 Re3 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. b5 $16 {Fishbein,A-Karason,A Saint John op-1 1988 1-0 40}) 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Bd3 Rfe8 (14... Bc4 15. Qf3 e6 16. f5 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Qb4 18. Rf2 $16 {Fishbein,A-Danek,L Vienna op (4) 1991 1-0 41}) 15. Qe2 (15. f5 $5) 15... Qb4 16. a5 $2 (16. f5 Qxb2 $2 (16... Bd7 $10) 17. Bd2 $18) 16... Bg4 (16... Qxb2 $2 17. Na4 Qd4 18. Nb6 Rc7 19. Ra4 $16) 17. Qd2 Bd7 $1 18. Qe2 $2 (18. Ra3 Bc6 $15) 18... Qxb2 $17 19. Bxf6 (19. Na4 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Nd7 $17) 19... Bxf6 20. Nd5 Bb5 (20... Qxa1 $5 21. Rxa1 Bxa1 22. Nb6 Rc7 23. Nd5 Rc5 $17) 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Rab1 Rc5 $1 (23... Rxc2 $6 24. Rxb5 $15) 24. Rfd1 (24. Nxf6+ exf6 25. Rfe1 Rxc2 26. Rxb5 Rxe4 $19) 24... Kg7 25. Nb6 (25. g4 g5 26. Nxf6 exf6 27. fxg5 fxg5 28. Rd4 Re6 $19) 25... Rxc2 26. Rxb5 Re2 27. Nd5 (27. Rb4 $5 $17) 27... Rxe4 $19 28. Rxb7 Ra8 29. g4 (29. Rb5 Ra4 $19) 29... Rxa5 30. g5 Ba1 31. Nxe7 (31. Rxe7 $2 Rxd5 $19) 31... Rxf4 32. Nc6 (32. Rb8 h5 33. gxh6+ Kxh6 34. Rxd6 Be5 $19) 32... Ra8 $1 (32... Ra2 33. Nd8 (33. Nb4 Rb2 $19) 33... Kf8 34. Rc1 {/\ Ne6}) 33. Rxd6 Ra2 34. Rd1 Rff2 35. Nd8 Kg8 36. Rb8 h5 (36... Be5 $4 37. Ne6+ Bxb8 38. Rd8#) 37. gxh6 Be5 38. Rb7 Rxh2+ 39. Kg1 Rhg2+ 40. Kh1 Rh2+ (40... Rg4 $19) 41. Kg1 Rhg2+ 42. Kh1 Rg4 0-1 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2575"] [Annotator "Horvath,Ta"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1994.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.01.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nxc6 $2 (7. Nb3 Bb4 8. Bg2 d5 9. O-O $1 Bxc3 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. bxc3 O-O 12. c4 Nde7 13. Re1 $14 {Barczay-Horvath,T/Zalaegerszeg/1979} (13. Ba3 $6 Qa6 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Qd3 e5 16. Rfe1 Be6 $15 {Marinkovic-Stojanoviv/Nis/1993})) 7... bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Ne4 Qb4+ 10. Nd2 Qd4 11. Qe2 Rb8 $1 12. Nb3 $2 (12. Bg2 Nc3 13. Qe3 Qxe3+ 14. fxe3 Na4 $15) 12... Rxb3 $1 $19 13. axb3 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qe4+ 16. Qe2 Qxh1 17. h3 f5 18. Ra4 Nb6 19. Rxa7 O-O 20. c4 c5 21. Qe3 Bb7 22. Ke2 Qc6 23. Ra5 Rc8 24. Kd2 d6 25. exd6 Qxd6+ 26. Bd3 Be4 27. Kc3 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Qe7 29. Ra6 Qb7 30. Ra5 Nd5+ $1 0-1 [Event "Frankfurt Chess Classic sim"] [Site "Frankfurt"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Zoefel/Boehme"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2715"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qf4 g6 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 Qf6 12. Qxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Bxd8 Bxd5 17. Bxc7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nf5 19. Bd3 Rac8 20. Bf4 Nfd4 21. Kb1 Nxf3 22. h5 Nb4 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Bb5 Re4 25. Bg3 a6 26. Ba4 Re2 27. Bb3+ Kh8 28. c3 Nc6 29. Rd7 Nd2+ 30. Kc1 Nxb3+ 31. axb3 Re7 32. Rxe7 Nxe7 33. Rd1 Nf5 34. Be5+ Kg8 35. Rd7 b5 36. Kc2 Re8 37. f4 g5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Munich Intel Express blitz '5"] [Site "Munich"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Comp Fritz 3"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B44"] [BlackElo "2715"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "1994.05.??"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be6 8. N1c3 a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Na3 Bg7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nc4 Nd4 14. Ne2 f5 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. O-O-O Rc8 19. Rhf1 Rfc5 20. Na3 b5 21. Rd2 Qf6 22. Qd3 d5 23. f4 Kh8 24. g3 b4 25. Nb1 a5 26. Re1 a4 27. h3 Qf7 28. Kd1 Qh5+ 29. g4 Qf7 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Rff2 Rcc8 32. Qb5 Qc7 33. Qxb4 Rxf4 34. Qxa4 Rxf2 35. Rxf2 Qg3 36. Qa6 Rb8 37. Qf1 h6 38. b3 e5 39. Rf3 Qh4 40. Rf7 e4 41. Nd2 Qg3 42. Qf4 Qg1+ 43. Nf1 Rg8 44. Qd6 d3 45. Qxd5 dxc2+ 46. Kxc2 Qg2+ 47. Nd2 Rc8+ 48. Kd1 Qh1+ 49. Ke2 Re8 50. Qd7 Qh2+ 51. Kd1 Rg8 52. Re7 Qg1+ 53. Ke2 Qg2+ 54. Ke3 Qxh3+ 55. Kxe4 Qg2+ 56. Kd3 Qa8 57. a4 Rd8 58. Rxg7 Rxd7+ 59. Rxd7 Qc8 60. Rd4 Kg7 61. b4 Kf6 62. Ne4+ Ke5 63. Nc5 Qc6 64. Kc4 Qg2 65. Nd3+ Kf6 66. a5 Qc2+ 67. Kb5 Qc8 68. a6 Qb8+ 69. Kc4 Kg5 70. b5 Qc7+ 71. Nc5 Qf7+ 72. Kb4 Qa7 73. Rd7 Qb6 74. a7 1-0 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "London"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Comp Genius"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E11"] [BlackElo "2720"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "1994.08.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.11.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 dxc4 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14. Qxc6 Rb8 15. Qxc4 Rb6 16. e3 Ba6 17. Qa4 Rfb8 18. Rd1 exd4 19. Qxd4 Rd6 20. Qa4 Qf6 21. Rxd6 Qxc3+ 22. Rd2 Rb1+ 23. Qd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Bd3 25. Ke1 Qxa3 26. Bf3 g6 27. Be2 Bf5 28. h4 Qc3 29. h5 g5 30. h6 Kf8 31. Bf3 c5 32. Rh5 f6 33. Rh2 c4 34. g4 Bd3 35. Be2 Bb1 36. Bf3 a5 37. Bd1 Qb4 38. f3 a4 39. Rhf2 a3 40. Kf1 c3 41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. Ra8 c2 43. Ra7+ Ke6 44. Ra6+ Kf7 45. Ra7+ Ke6 46. Ra6+ Kd5 47. Bxc2 Bxc2 48. Kg2 Bb1 49. Rxf6 Qa5 50. e4+ Kd4 51. Rf5 Qa6 52. Rxg5 a2 53. Rxa2 Qxa2+ 54. Kg3 Ke3 0-1 [Event "Munich Intel Express blitz '5"] [Site "Munich"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Cvitan, Ognjen"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2715"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1994.05.??"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 d5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bg4 8. Nc3 e6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 h5 11. h3 Bf5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe5 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Rfd1+ Kc7 20. Bf3 Bxb2 21. Rab1 Nd7 22. Rd2 Ba3 23. Rc2+ Kd8 24. Rd1 Ke7 25. Rc7 Bd6 26. Rxa7 Rhd8 27. Bc6 f6 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. Bc5 Kc6 31. Rxd6+ Kxc5 32. Rxe6 Rf8 33. h4 Kd5 34. Re3 Ra8 35. a3 g5 36. Kg2 gxh4 37. gxh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "EU-Cup final"] [Site "Lyon"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Greenfeld, Alon"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2720"] [Annotator "Stohl,I"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1994.11.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.04.01"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 Bd7 (10... b5 $6 11. a3 a5 12. Bxb5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nh5 14. Kh1 f5 15. Qe1 Nf4 16. Rg1 h6 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. exf5 g5 19. Bd3 Kh8 20. f6 Rxf6 21. Qe4 Nf5 22. Nb5 Rf7 23. c3 Be5 24. Qc4 Qf6 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Nd4 Qh3 27. Qf1 $16 {Liberzon,V-Quinteros,M/Netanya/1983/}) 11. Ne1 Ng4 (11... b5 $5 12. a3 a5 13. Nd3 Qb8 14. f3 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. b4 d5 (16... axb4 $2 17. Nxb4 $1 Rxa3 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Nxb5 Ra2 20. Bc4 $16 {Vogt,L-Bernard,C/Wildbad/1990/}) 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Nf2 axb4 19. axb4 d4 20. Nb1 Ra2 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. Nc1 Ra8 $15 { Kuczynski,R-Chernin,A/Budapest zt-B/1993/}) 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. f4 Bg4 15. Rb1 (15. Nf3 f5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Nc8 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bh6 Nd6 21. Re1 Qh4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 $13 { 1/2:1/2/Geller,E-Thipsay,P/New Delhi/1987/}) 15... exf4 $5 $146 (15... c6 16. h3 (16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Bc5 b6 18. Ba3 c5 19. b4 cxb4 20. Bxb4 Bd7 21. Nf3 h6 22. Rfe1 Kh7 23. Ba3 Rc8 $132 {Liberzon,V-Adorjan,A/Amsterdam IBM/1977/}) 16... Bd7 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bc5 Re8 19. Qf2 cxd5 $6 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nxd5 Qe6 22. Nc7 Qxa2 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Nd3 Qc4 25. b3 Qd4 26. Kh1 $14 { Gachon,L-Chabanon,J/FRA-chT/1989/}) 16. Rxf4 (16. Bxf4 $142 Bd7 17. Nd3 $14) 16... Bd7 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 f5 $1 $10 19. Rf2 (19. e5 g5 $1 20. Rf2 dxe5 21. Qxe5 Ng6 $15) (19. Nd3 g5 (19... fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf5 21. Qc3 $14) 20. Rf2 f4 21. e5 Nf5 $132) 19... fxe4 20. Rxf8+ (20. Nxe4 Rxf2 21. Kxf2 Nf5 22. Qf6 Qe8 $36) 20... Qxf8 21. Nxe4 Qg7 $1 22. Rd1 (22. Nf6+ $2 Kf7 $1 $19) (22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rd1 Bf5 $15) 22... Qxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Kg7 24. Nc3 (24. c4 $5 {/\c5<=>} Nf5 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Nc3 Ne3 27. Rd4 {/\Nf3=} Nxc4 $6 28. Rxc4 Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 $16) 24... b5 $5 {/\a5()<<} 25. Re4 Ng8 $1 (25... Nf5 $2 26. g4 $18) 26. a4 $2 (26. Nd3 Nf6 27. Re2 a5 28. a3 Rb8 $15) 26... Nf6 27. Rd4 (27. Re7+ Kf8 $17) 27... bxa4 28. Nd3 (28. Rc4 $142 $15) 28... Rb8 $36 29. h3 h5 30. Rc4 Rb7 31. Kf2 a5 32. Ke2 g5 {/\h4,Bf5,Nh5,> main line}) 7... Bg4 8. Ngf3 e6 9. Bh4 {/\Bg3} (9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 $10) 9... Bd6 10. Bg3 Bh5 {/\Bg6} 11. Bxd6 (11. O-O {/\Re1,Ne5} Bxg3 12. hxg3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 (13. Qc2 Nb4 $17) 13... hxg6 {/\0-0-0,<->h}) 11... Qxd6 $10 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Rab8 {/\b5 ->Pc3} 14. a4 Qc7 (14... Rfc8 15. a5 {/\Qa4}) 15. Qb1 {>>>}) 21... Rec8 22. Re3 Qb6 $1 {/\_|_} 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 {>< Bb3}) (17... Re8 $2 18. Bb5 h6 19. Bh4 $1 (19. Bxe8 hxg5 $44) 19... g5 20. Bxe8 gxh4 21. Bb5 $16) 18. Be3 Bf7 $13) 17... Qd6 $1 18. Bd2 $6 (18. Qxd6 exd6 19. Ba6 Ba4 $1 $13) 18... Rfd8 $1 19. Qxd6 (19. Ba6 Qxb4 20. Bxb4 e6 $1 21. Be7 $8 (21. d6 Be5 $17) 21... Rd7 22. d6 Be5 23. Bb5 Bxd6 $1 24. Bxd7 Bxe7 $17) 19... exd6 20. Bg5 Rdc8 21. Ba6 Rc5 $1 $17 22. Rxc5 bxc5 ( 22... dxc5 $5 {A far more committal move. Black has an armada of passed pawns on the queenside but I was afraid that white's centre pawns could get messy. The game continuation is less risky but slower}) 23. Rc1 (23. Bd2 Bc4 $1) 23... Rb8 $1 24. Bd2 Rb6 25. Bxa5 $8 (25. Bd3 $2 Nb7 {/\ a5-a4}) 25... Rxa6 26. Bc3 Bh6 $1 (26... Bxc3 27. Nxc3 $15) 27. Rb1 Rb6 28. Kf2 Bc4 29. Ra1 $1 a6 30. Ra4 Bd3 31. Ra3 Rb1 32. e5 Bf8 (32... dxe5 33. Bxe5 Bb5 34. Nc3 $1 $132) 33. exd6 Bxd6 34. Be5 $1 Bxe5 35. Rxd3 Bd6 (35... c4 $2 36. Re3 $1 Bd6 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Rc8) 36. Ra3 Rb6 37. Ra4 (37. Ra5 c4 38. Ra4 Bb4 $1 {/\ a5}) (37. Nc3 $5 c4 ( 37... f5 38. Ra5 c4 39. Na4) 38. Ra2) 37... Kf8 38. h3 Ke7 39. Ke3 Be5 $1 $19 { /\ Kd6} 40. f4 Bg7 41. f5 Kd6 42. Rh4 h5 (42... h6 43. fxg6 fxg6 44. Rg4 g5 45. h4 Bf6 $19) 43. fxg6 fxg6 44. Ra4 Be5 $1 45. g4 (45. Ke4 Rb4+ $19) 45... h4 $1 (45... hxg4 46. Rxg4 Kxd5) 46. g5 Bg3 $1 (46... Kxd5 $6 47. Rxh4 Rb3+ 48. Kd2 a5 $17) 47. Nc3 (47. Nxg3 hxg3 48. Kf3 Kxd5 49. Kxg3 c4 50. Kf3 Re6 $19) 47... Be1 $1 48. Ne4+ Kxd5 49. Nf6+ Kc6 50. Re4 Kb5 51. Kd3 Rd6+ 52. Kc2 Bb4 53. Rxh4 Rd2+ 54. Kc1 c4 55. Ne4 Re2 $1 (55... Rh2 56. Rf4 c3 57. Rf2) 56. Kd1 Re3 $1 { >< Ne4} 57. Nf6 (57. Rg4 a5 58. h4 a4 $19) 57... Re1+ 58. Kc2 Re2+ 59. Kd1 Rd2+ 60. Kc1 c3 0-1 [Event "Candidates FIDE m2"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Jussupow, Artur"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D93"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2715"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "1994.01.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.04.01"] 1. d4 {Yusupov Wolff Hansen,LB} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O (5... c5 {Hansen,LB}) 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Qe2 $5 Nh5 {To exploit the fact that white has not played h3} ( 12... Bf5 13. Rfd1) (12... Bg4 $5 {Hansen,LB} 13. h3 Bxf3 $10 { Farago,I-Portisch,L/Hungary/1974/}) 13. Bg5 h6 {?! Hansen,LB} (13... Bg4 $1 { Wolff =Hansen,LB} 14. Ne4 (14. Bh4 Qb4 $10) (14. Nd5 {Yusupov} e6 15. Ne7+ $10 {0,5/Pfleger-Mohr/BL/1989}) 14... Qf5 15. Bc2 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 (16. gxf3 Qh3 $36) 16... Qxf3 17. gxf3 Rac8 $15) 14. Bh4 g5 15. Rfd1 {! Yusupov} (15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Qxh5 gxh4 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Rc4 $140 (18. Rfd1 {Wolff} e6) 18... Bf5 $1 ( 18... e6 19. Rxh4 f5 (19... Qxh4 20. Qxh4 exd5 21. Bxd5 $36) (19... Re8 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Rg4 exd5 22. Qxg7+ Ke7 23. Rf4 Be6 24. e4 $1 $40) 20. Nf4 Qf6 21. Rd1 $40) 19. Qxf5 (19. Rxh4 {Yusupov} e6) 19... e6) (15. Ne4 {Wolff} gxh4 16. Rc5 Qb4 17. Nfd2 {/\ Qxh5, Rb5} Nf6 18. Rb5 Nd4 $5 {Fritz} 19. exd4 Qxd4 $15) 15... e6 (15... gxh4 $2 {Hansen,LB} 16. Rd5 $16) 16. Bg3 {!?N Yusupov} (16. Na4 {Yusupov} Rd8 17. Bg3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bd7 19. Nc5 Qc7 20. Rc2 Be8 21. Rdc1 Qe7 $14 {Hort-Ogaard/Nice/ol/1974}) 16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rd8 (17... b6 $142 $5 { Wolff}) 18. Ne4 Bd7 19. Nd6 (19. Rc5 {Yusupov} Qb4 $132) (19. Nc5 { Yusupov -Hort-Ogaard}) 19... Qc7 $6 (19... Qb6 $1 20. Ba4 {Wolff !? Yusupov} ( 20. Rc2 Na5) (20. Nh2 Be8) 20... Nd4 $1 21. Rxd4 Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Rxd6) 20. Rc2 $6 (20. Rd2 $1 $14 {Yusupov} Be8 $140 (20... Bxb2 $2 {Yusupov} 21. Nb5 $1) 21. Nxe8 Rxe8 $8 (21... Rxd2 22. Nxc7) 22. Ba4 $16) 20... Be8 $1 21. Nxe8 (21. Rcd2 $1 $16 {Yusupov} Nd4 $2 22. Rxd4 $1 (22. Nxd4 Rxd6 $10) 22... Bxd4 23. Nxe8 $18 ) 21... Rxd1+ (21... Rxe8 $2 22. Ba4 $16) 22. Qxd1 Rxe8 23. Ba4 Rd8 24. Qc1 Qd6 $6 {? Yusupov} (24... Qa5 $142 $132 {Yusupov}) (24... Rd6 $14 {Yusupov}) 25. Rd2 Qe7 (25... Qc7 {Wolff} 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Bxc6 Qc7 28. b3 $14) 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. b3 Rxd2 (27... g4 $142 {Yusupov}) 28. Nxd2 Qd7 29. Qc2 (29. g4 Qd3 $1) 29... Qd5 $2 {?! Yusupov} (29... h5 $1 { Yusupov Black should be able to hold this position}) (29... g4 $8 {Wolff}) 30. g4 $1 {Now with the proverbial second weakness Black will have a difficult task } Kf8 31. Nc4 f5 $2 {Black adds a weak king to his other problems} (31... Bf6 $1 {/\ Kg7. Keeping the king safe may help}) 32. f3 (32. gxf5 $2 {Yusupov} exf5 $10) 32... Bf6 33. Kf2 (33. Kf1 $5 {Yusupov}) 33... Kg7 34. Kf1 Bd8 35. e4 $1 fxe4 36. fxe4 Qc5 (36... Qd4 $142 {Yusupov} 37. Qb2 Qxb2 $16) 37. Qf2 $1 Qe7 ( 37... Qxf2+ {Hansen,LB} 38. Kxf2 $16 {>< a7,c6,h6;Bd8}) 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Ke2 Bb6 {?! Hansen,LB; ? Wolff; !? Yusupov} 40. Nxb6 axb6 41. Qxb6 $18 Qa3 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Qd2 Ke8 44. Kf3 c5 (44... e5 $5 $16 {Yusupov}) (44... Qf8+ $5 $16 { Yusupov}) 45. Qd6 Kf7 46. Qd7+ (46. e5 {Yusupov} Qa8+) 46... Kf6 47. Qd8+ Kf7 ( 47... Ke5 {Yusupov} 48. Qc7+ Kf6 49. e5+ $18) 48. e5 Qa6 (48... Qxa2 {Hansen,LB } 49. Qf6+ $18) 49. Qd7+ Kg8 50. Ke3 Qxa2 51. Qxe6+ Kf8 (51... Kg7 {Hansen,LB} 52. Qf6+ Kh7 53. Qf7+ Kh8 54. e6 (54. Qd5 {Yusupov} Qa5 55. Ke4 $18 (55. e6 $18 )) 54... Qxb3+ 55. Ke4 $18) 52. Qxh6+ Ke8 53. Qe6+ Kf8 54. Qf5+ Ke8 55. Qc8+ Kf7 56. Qd7+ Kf8 57. Qd8+ Kf7 58. Qd5+ 1-0 [Event "Candidates FIDE sf1 playoff rapid"] [Site "Sanghi Nagar"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2720"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "1994.07.??"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.10.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 g6 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Qb3 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. d5 Nd8 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. e4 d6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. O-O Bg7 13. e5 Nh5 14. exd6 exd6 15. Rfe1+ Kf8 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qb5 1-0 [Event "Candidates FIDE sf1"] [Site "Sanghi Nagar"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B35"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2720"] [Annotator "Boensch,U"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1994.07.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.10.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Rac8 (11... Qh5 12. Qxh5 (12. Nf3 b5 13. a3 a5 14. Qd3 a4 15. Bd5 e6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. f5 $16 { Garcia,Gi-Zamora,J/New York op (04)/1994/1-0 (25)}) (12. Qd3 b5 13. a3 $1 $14 { -ECO}) 12... Nxh5 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Kh2 b6 15. g3 Na5 16. Nde2 Bc6 $10 { Peterson,E-Troyke,C/GER-chJ U20/1991/0-1 (23)}) (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qd3 (13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 $10) 13... Rad8 14. Nd5 (14. Rad1 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Kh1 Nc5 $13 {-ECO}) 14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Bb5 16. c4 Bd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rae1 $14 {Tiviakov,S-Delebarre,X/Paris-ch (4)/1991/1-0 (55)}) 12. Qf3 (12. Nf3 Qh5 (12... Rcd8 13. Qe1 Bc8 14. Rd1 e6 15. Qh4 Qh5 16. g4 Qxh4 17. Nxh4 $14 { -ECO}) 13. Qd3 b5 14. a3 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Bc4 Na5 18. Be2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rxa7 $16 { Garcia,G-Oblitas,C/Capablanca mem-B (11)/1992/1-0 (38)}) 12... Qh5 13. Nxc6 $1 $146 (13. Qf2 b5 14. Ndxb5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxb5 $10) (13. Rad1 Na5 14. g4 Nxg4 $13) 13... Bxc6 14. g4 $1 $14 (14. Bxa7 Qxf3 15. gxf3 Nh5 $44) 14... Qa5 15. Rad1 b5 16. g5 Nd7 17. f5 Bxc3 (17... Ne5 $2 18. Qf2 $16) 18. bxc3 Ne5 (18... Qxc3 $4 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Bxf7+ $18) 19. Qf4 Nc4 20. Bd4 e5 $2 (20... Qc7 $14) 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Bf6 $1 $16 Qc7 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Rxd6 Bxe4 25. Rxe6 Qxf4 26. Rxf4 Bf5 $2 (26... Bxc2 $16) 27. Ra6 $18 Rf7 28. h4 Bxc2 29. Rd4 Bf5 30. a4 Rb7 31. Kf2 Re8 32. Kf3 Kf7 33. Rc6 Bd3 34. a5 Re6 35. a6 $1 Rbe7 (35... Rxc6 36. axb7 Rb6 37. Rd7+ Ke6 38. Rxh7 {/\ Bd4-a7} Kf5 39. Re7 $18) 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. Rd7+ Ke8 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Rd7+ Ke8 40. Rxa7 Be4+ (40... h5 41. Re7+ $18) 41. Ke3 Bb7+ 42. Kd4 Bxa6 43. Kd5 Rb6 44. Kc5 Re6 45. Rxh7 (45. Rxh7 Re4 (45... Kf8 46. Rh8+ Kf7 47. Ra8 $22 Bb7 48. Ra7 Rc6+ 49. Kb5 Rc7 50. Kb6 $18) 46. h5 gxh5 47. g6 Rg4 48. Re7+ Kf8 49. g7+ Kg8 50. Re8+ Kf7 51. Rf8+ Ke6 52. Bd4 $18) 1-0 [Event "Candidates FIDE sf1"] [Site "Sanghi Nagar"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2720"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "1994.07.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.10.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 Be6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c6 14. Ne5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Qf3 (16. Qb3 $6 f6 $1 17. Nf3 b5 18. Be2 Kh8 19. Bd2 Nb6 $6 20. Rfe1 Qd7 21. c4 bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Rfc8 24. Nh4 Bf8 $10 { Georgiev,Ki-Ivanchuk,V/Debrecen/1992/0.5 (36)}) (16. Re1 $2 Ba3 17. Qf3 Bxc1 18. Bxc1 Be6 19. Bd3 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qxa2 21. Bg5 Qa5 22. Qh5 f5 23. Bd2 Rae8 24. h3 Qd8 25. Rb1 $17 {Timman,J-Bareev,E/Linares (10)/1993/0-1 (52)}) 16... Be6 17. Rfe1 (17. Bd3 Bd6 18. Bd2 Qh4 $1 19. Rfe1 Nf6 20. a4 Ng4 $1 21. Bf4 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bd5 23. Qf5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 g6 25. Qd7 $36 { Huebner,R-Timman,J/Sarajevo (m/4)/1991/0.5 (61)}) (17. Bd2 Bg5 18. Bxg5 { Khalifman,A-Christiansen,L/BL 9192/1992/0.5 (18)}) 17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 (18. Bxe6 $2 fxe6 19. Qxe3 Bg5 20. Qh3 Bxc1 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Rxc1 Qf6 $17) (18. fxe3 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Qd5 20. Qxd5 cxd5 $10) 18... Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Bf6 20. Rb1 b6 ( 20... Qd5 21. Ne5) 21. Qf3 Rc8 22. Ne3 (22. Rbd1 g6 23. d5 cxd5 24. Rxd5 Qc7) 22... g6 23. d5 Bg5 $1 (23... cxd5 24. Nxd5 Kg7 25. Red1 Rc6 26. Nxb6) 24. dxc6 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Qd6 26. Rd1 Qxc6 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Rd7 Rfc8 29. Ree7 (29. Rxa7 Rxc3 $10) 29... Rxc3 30. h3 Rf8 31. Rxa7 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc6 33. Reb7 Rf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Candidates FIDE sf1"] [Site "Sanghi Nagar"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2720"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "1994.07.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.10.01"] 1. d4 {Ftacnik Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 11. O-O-O c6 $5 $146 (11... c5 { Dautov}) (11... Qc8 {Dautov /\Rd8}) (11... Qc8 {Ftacnik} 12. h4 Rd8 13. d5 $1 (13. Rh3 h6 (13... Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Rg3 Qc4 16. Kb1 Bf8 17. h5 f6 $2 18. e5 $1 f5 19. Ng5 Qd5 20. Re3 Be7 21. Nh3 Nf8 22. g4 $1 $16 { Anastasian,A-Stefansson,H/Luzern WchT/1993/1-0 (53)}) 14. d5 Nf6 15. Ng5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Ng4 17. f4 Bc5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc3+ e5 20. Be2 Bd6 21. f5 Rg8 22. Bxg4 Kf8 23. Qf3 c6 24. f6 { Akopian,V-Granda Zuniga,J/Groningen PCA (03)/1993/0.5 (40)}) 13... Nf8 14. Rh3 $1 {>} (12... h6 {Dautov} 13. h4 b5 14. g4 a5 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. g5 h5 $13) ( 12... b5 13. d5 $1 cxd5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Rxd5 $1 exd5 17. Qf5 Bd6 (17... Nf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qh5 Kg7 20. Nd4 Rh8 21. Nf5+ Kf8 22. Re1 Rc8+ 23. Kb1 Rc7 24. Qh6+ Ke8 25. Qg7 $18) 18. Qh3 Bf4+ 19. Kb1 Nf6 20. Bf5+ Bh6 21. g4 $18)) 12... b5 13. Rh3 (13. e5 $5 {/\ Ng5}) (13. Ng5 $6 {Dautov} h6 14. e5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Bxg5+ 16. Kb1 g6 $19) (13. Kb1 $5 {Dautov} a5 14. d5 cxd5 15. Bxb5 Nf6 $13) 13... a5 14. d5 cxd5 (14... b4 $2 {Dautov} 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bc4 $18) (14... exd5 $2 {Dautov} 15. exd5 b4 (15... cxd5 16. Bxb5 $16) 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne5 $1 bxc3 18. Nxc6 cxb2+ 19. Kb1 Qe8 20. Re3 $18) 15. Bxb5 Nf6 ( 15... Rc8 $1 16. Ng5 $140 (16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Ng5 (17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Ng5 f5 $17 {/\Bf6}) 17... Nf6 $15) 16... Bxg5+ (16... Nf6 17. e5 $18) 17. hxg5 Qxg5+ 18. Kb1 Nf6 (18... Nf6 {Dautov} 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Bxf6 Rxc2 21. Bxg5 Rxf2 22. g4 $18)) 16. Ng5 $1 Qb6 $1 $8 (16... h6 $2 {Dautov} 17. e5 $1 (17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxf6 Rc8 19. Bc3 hxg5 20. hxg5 Bxg5+ 21. Kb1 f5 $13) 17... hxg5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. hxg5 Bxg5+ 20. Kb1 f5 (20... Bh6 21. Rxh6 $1 gxh6 22. Rd3 $40) 21. Qe2 Qb6 22. Rdh1 $40) 17. exd5 (17. e5 {Ftacnik} Ne4 18. Nxe4 (18. Bd3 Nxg5 19. hxg5 Bxg5+ 20. Kb1 h6 $15) 18... Qxb5 (18... dxe4 19. Bd7 (19. Ba4 Rfd8 $132) 19... Bd5 $36) 19. Nd6 Qc6 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 $15) 17... Rac8 $1 (17... Qxb5 {Ftacnik} 18. Bxf6 Rfc8 19. Bc3 g6 20. dxe6 Bxg5+ 21. hxg5 Qxg5+ 22. Kb1 $16) (17... Rfc8 { Ftacnik} 18. Bd7 Bxd5 19. Bxc8 Rxc8) 18. Bd7 Bxd5 $1 $44 (18... Rc7 $2 {Ftacnik } 19. dxe6 $16) 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxd5 (20. Qd3 {Dautov} h6 21. Nf3 Ne4 $17) ( 20. Re1 {Ftacnik} Bb3 21. Qd2 Nd5 $36) 20... exd5 (20... Nxd5 $4 {Ftacnik} 21. Qxh7+) 21. Qf5 (21. Rd3 {Ftacnik} h6 22. Nf3 Ne4 $17) 21... Qa6 22. Kd2 $6 (22. Kb1 Qf1+ 23. Ka2 Qc4+ $10 (23... Qc4+ {Dautov} 24. Kb1 d4 $1 (24... g6 {Ftacnik } 25. Qd3 h6 $15) 25. Bxd4 Rd8 26. Nf3 (26. Bc3 $2 Rd1+ 27. Kc2 Qe2+ 28. Kb3 a4+ 29. Kxa4 Qc4+ 30. b4 Rd6 $19) 26... Rxd4 27. Nxd4 Qxd4 $15)) (22. Qd3 { Dautov} Qxd3 23. Rxd3 h6 24. Nf3 Ne4 25. Kc2 Bf6 $15) 22... g6 23. Qe5 (23. Qd3 {Ftacnik} Qb6 24. Bd4 Qc7 $17) 23... Re8 24. Re3 $2 (24. Qd4 Bd8 $1 (24... h6 $2 25. Re3 $1 $16) (24... Qf1 {Dautov} 25. Re3 $1 Qxf2+ 26. Kc1 $44) 25. Re3 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 h6 $13) (24. Qc7 {Ftacnik} Qf1 25. Rf3 Ne4+ $17) (24. Qd4 { Ftacnik /\ Re3+/=}) 24... d4 $1 $15 25. Bxd4 (25. Qxd4 $2 Rd8 26. Rxe7 Rxd4+ 27. Bxd4 Qd6 $19) 25... Bb4+ 26. axb4 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 (27. Bxe5 {Ftacnik} Ng4 $19 ) 27... Qc4 (27... axb4 {Ftacnik} 28. Nf3 $17) 28. Nf3 Qxb4+ 29. Kd3 (29. Bc3 { Ftacnik} Ne4+ 30. Kd3 Nxc3 $19) 29... a4 30. Nd2 (30. Bc3 {Ftacnik} Qb6 $17) 30... Qb7 $1 {>< c4}) (14. Be4 {Ftacnik} Na5 {xc4}) 14... Na5 15. e4 Ba6 16. Rf3 $44) 12... Kh8 $1 (12... Na5 13. e4 $1) ( 12... Qd7 13. d5 Na5 14. e4 Ba6 15. Qe2 Qa4 $140 16. Bg5) 13. d5 $6 (13. Qd1 $13 {Ftacnik Anand}) 13... e4 $1 14. Bxe4 (14. Nxe4 Ne5 15. Qe2 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 $1 17. Bd3 Ba6 $44 (17... Qh4 {Ftacnik} 18. f4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rae8 20. Bd2 Re4 {/\ Ba6})) 14... Ne5 15. Qf4 (15. Qe2 $2 Ba6 16. Bd3 (16. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Bxc4 17. Qc2 $15) 16... Nxd5 $1) 15... Ba6 (15... g5 $6 16. Qxg5 Rg8 17. Qh6 Rxg3 18. fxg3 $1 Nxe4 19. Rf4 Nxc3 $140 20. Bb2 $1 $16) 16. Rd1 $2 (16. Bf3 Bxc4 17. Rd1 $15) 16... g5 $1 17. Qxg5 $8 (17. Qf5 Bc8 18. Qxg5 Rg8) 17... Rg8 18. Qh6 (18. Qf4 {Ftacnik} Rg4 19. Qh6 Nxe4 20. f3 Rg6 $19) 18... Rxg3 19. hxg3 Nxe4 20. f3 Nxg3 (20... Nxc3 {Ftacnik} 21. Re1 Bxc4 22. Bb2 Na4 23. Bxe5+ dxe5 24. e4 $17) 21. e4 Qf8 $2 (21... Ne2+ $1 22. Kf2 Nxc1 23. Raxc1 (23. Rh1 $2 Ncd3+ 24. Ke3 Qg8 $19) 23... Qe7 $17) 22. Qxf8+ $2 (22. Qf6+ $1 Qg7 $8 (22... Kg8 23. Bh6 Nh5 24. Bxf8 Nxf6 25. Bxd6) 23. Qxg7+ (23. Qxd6 $2 {Ftacnik} Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Nxe4+ $19) 23... Kxg7 24. Kf2 Nh5 25. Rh1 $13) 22... Rxf8 23. Kf2 Rg8 24. Bf4 Nh5 25. Bxe5+ dxe5 26. Rh1 Nf6 27. a4 Bxc4 28. g4 Rg6 29. a5 b5 30. Rh4 Kg7 31. Ke3 a6 32. Rg1 h6 33. Rh2 Ne8 34. Rh5 f6 35. f4 (35. Rh2 {Ftacnik} Nd6 $19) 35... exf4+ 36. Kxf4 Nd6 37. e5 fxe5+ 38. Rxe5 Rf6+ $19 39. Ke3 Nf7 40. Rf5 Kg6 41. Ke4 $1 Rd6 $2 (41... Nd6+ 42. Ke5 Nxf5 43. gxf5+ Kf7 44. d6) (41... Ng5+ $1 42. Kf4 (42. Ke5 Nf3+) (42. Ke3 {Ftacnik} Rxf5 43. gxf5+ Kxf5 44. Rh1 Nf7 $19) 42... Bxd5 (42... Nh3+ 43. Ke5) 43. Rd1 Bc4 $1 {>< a6} 44. Rxf6+ Kxf6 45. Rd6+ Ne6+ 46. Ke4 b4 $19) 42. Rd1 Be2 43. Rd2 (43. Rg1 {Ftacnik} Ng5+ 44. Ke5 Rd8 45. Rc1 Re8+ 46. Kd6 Bxg4 $17) 43... Bc4 (43... Bxg4 {Ftacnik} 44. Rf4 h5 45. Rdf2 Ng5+ 46. Ke5 Rd8 47. d6 $132) 44. Kf4 Kg7 45. Rd1 Bb3 $2 (45... Rf6 $1 46. Rd2 Nd6 $17 {>Sisniega-McNab}) 13... b5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nd4 bxa4 $5 (15... Ra6) 16. bxa4 (16. Nxc6 $2 Qe8 17. bxa4 (17. Rxa4 $4 Nb6 $19) 17... Nb6 18. Nd4 Nxa4) 16... Bxd4 $5 17. Bxd4 c5 18. Bb2 Rb8 19. Nb3 (19. Ba3 $5 {/\ f4}) 19... Bxd3 20. Qxd3 c4 21. Qe3 cxb3 22. cxb3 Na6 (22... Na6 23. Bd4 Qe7 24. Rfc1 $14) 1/2-1/2 [Event "EU-Cup final"] [Site "Hilversum"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1993.12.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.04.01"] 1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 {A flexible move order - Black avoids committing the knight to f6 - which is useful in systems where White plays Pg4-g5} 6. f4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O (8. Qf3 {Boensch} Nd7 9. Be3 Rc8 10. g4 Nc5 11. g5 Ne7 12. Nb3 Na4 13. Nxa4 bxa4 14. Nd2 d5 $15 { Anand,V-Wojtkiewicz,A Manila olm 1992 r 35}) 8... Nf6 {Now Black can play Nf6 even though it is possible to delay it for one more move.} (8... Nd7 9. Kh1 ( 9. f5 $2 Qb6 $1 $17 (9... e5 10. Ne6 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kd8 13. fxe6 Ndf6 14. Qf7 $13)) 9... Ngf6 {Transposes}) 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Kh1 Be7 (10... Rc8 { To stop b4.But I didn't want to stay undeveloped for too long}) 11. b4 { Obviously a risky move. White fixes the queenside pawn structure to his advantage. He can play a4 later for instance but there are disadvantages as well - the c4 square - that become apparent in thegame} (11. Qe1 {Boensch} Qc7 12. Qg3 g6 13. Bd2 Nc5 14. Rae1 d5 15. e5 Nfe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 $15 { Dobrovolsky,L-Gross,S Rimavska Sabota (10) 1990 0-1 83}) 11... O-O 12. Bb2 Rc8 {/\ Nb6-c4} (12... Qb6 $5 {Boensch}) 13. Qe2 {/\ e4-e5} Nb6 $1 { Black must act quickly white was /\ing e5.} 14. e5 { Michael played this due to an oversight} (14. a4 $5 Nc4 15. Bc1 Qb6 16. Nf3 Rfd8 $13) 14... dxe5 15. fxe5 Nfd5 $1 (15... Qxd4 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Na4 $1 (17. Nd1 $2 Qh4 $1 18. Bxf6 gxf6 $17) 17... Qd8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Qh5 f5 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Rxf5 $18) 16. Nxd5 $2 { This hands over the initiative to black.} (16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qh5 Rf5 $3 { Mickey missed this move when he played e5.} (17... g6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Qxe6+ $40) 18. Rxf5 g6 $1 19. Rg5 Bxg5 20. Bxg6 Rc7 $19) ( 16. Ne4 $5 Nc4 $5 (16... Na4 17. Qh5 g6 (17... h6 $6 18. Bc1 $40) (17... Nxb2 $6 18. Ng5 $1 (18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. exf6 Nxd3 $19) 18... h6 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 $8 ( 19... Qe8 20. Bg6 $16 Qd7 $140 21. Nxh6+ gxh6 22. Bf7+ Rxf7 23. Rxf7 Nf4 24. Rxf4 Bg5 25. Qg6+ Qg7 26. Qxe6+ $40) 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Nxe6 Qg8 22. Qg6 Nxd3 $13) 18. Qh6 Nxb2 19. Rf3 Nf4 $1 $8 20. Qxf4 (20. Rxf4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 $8 Nxd3 22. cxd3 Qd5 $15 (22... Bg5 $15)) 20... Nxd3 21. cxd3 Kh8 $1) 17. Bxc4 (17. Qh5 h6 (17... g6 18. Qh6 Nxb2 19. Rf3 Nf4 {Transposes}) 18. Bc1 Nde3 $1) 17... Rxc4 ) 16... Bxd5 17. Rae1 (17. Rad1 $5 {Boensch}) 17... Bc4 18. Nf3 $6 (18. Bxh7+ $2 {I wasn't worried about this during the game but Salov pointed out that since White stood worse after the exchange of bishops the position called for such desperate action!} Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Re3 $1 (20. Rf3 g6 21. Rg3 Kg7 22. Rf1 Qe8 $19) 20... Bxf1 $1 (20... g6 $2 21. Rg3 Qe8 (21... Bxf1 22. Rxg6+ $10 (22. Nxe6 Qe8 23. Qh6 $10)) 22. Rxf7 (22. Rf6 Kg7) 22... Qxf7 23. Rxg6+ Qxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 $10) (20... Bg5 $2 21. Rh3 Bh6 22. Rf6 $1 $40) 21. Rh3 Bxg2+ $1 22. Kxg2 Qd5+ 23. Kg1 f5 $1 {and white is lost} 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ (25. Rg3 Ke8 (25... Rg8 $4 26. Qg6+ $18) 26. Rxg7 Rc7) 25... g6 26. Qh7+ Ke8 27. Qxg6+ Kd7 $19) (18. Qe4 {Boensch} Bxd3 19. cxd3 $15) 18... Bxd3 19. cxd3 Nd5 $6 (19... Qd5 $1 $17 { /\ Qb3, Na4. The knight looks good on d5 but the queen is more effective there} ) (19... Qd5 $1 $17 {/\ Na4,Qb3}) (19... Na4 $1 $17) 20. Qd2 $1 $15 Ra8 { ?! Boensch} (20... Nb6 $5 {/\ Qd5}) (20... a5 $5 {Boensch} 21. bxa5 Ra8 (21... b4 22. Ra1 $15) 22. Nd4 Bg5 $17) (20... Qd7 $15 {Boensch}) 21. Nd4 Bg5 22. Qf2 {?! Boensch} (22. Qe2 {Boensch}) 22... Bh4 $6 {! Boensch} (22... Rc8 $1 23. Nb3 (23. Bc1 $2 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qg5 26. Re1 Rc8 27. Rf1 Qe7 $15 {<->c}) ) 23. g3 Bg5 24. h4 Bh6 25. Kh2 Rc8 26. Bc1 $4 (26. Nb3 $1 {Mickey pointed this out at the post-mortem.The position seems about equal. After fighting back to equality Michael blunders}) (26. Nb3 $1) (26. Re4 $6 f5 $1 27. exf6 ( 27. Re2 Qd7 $19) 27... Nxf6 $19) (26. Re2 $17) 26... Rxc1 $1 27. Rxc1 Ne3 28. Kh3 $2 (28. Nc6 $1 Ng4+ (28... Qxd3 29. Qf3 $1 (29. Qxf7+ Rxf7 30. Ne7+ Kf8 $1 $19) (29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Qxf7 Nxf1+ $19) 29... Qd2+ (29... Nxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Qxf3 31. Rxf3 $15) 30. Kh3 Nxf1 31. Rxf1 {Black is clearly better but he has a difficult technical task ahead of him. Contrast the position of the knight on c6 with the miserable position it occupies in the game}) 29. Kg2 (29. Kg1 Qxd3 $19) 29... Qxd3 (29... Nxf2 30. Nxd8 Nxd3 31. Rc8 $1) 30. Qf3 $17) 28... Nxf1 $1 (28... Qxd4 $4 29. Qxf7+ Rxf7 30. Rc8+ Rf8 31. Rfxf8#) 29. Rxf1 Qd5 $1 $19 { >< Nd4} 30. g4 g6 31. Re1 Rc8 32. Nf3 Rc3 33. g5 Bf8 34. Re3 Rxa3 35. d4 Rxe3 36. Qxe3 Bxb4 37. Kg3 a5 38. Kf4 a4 39. Qc1 Qc4 40. Qb1 a3 (40... a3 41. Qe4 a2 42. Qa8+ Bf8 $19) 0-1 [Event "Groningen PCA"] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Agdestein, Simen"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D18"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Chekhov,V"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1993.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.04.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Be2 $146 (9. Qe2 $5) (9. Qb3 $5) (9. Nh4 Bg6 10. h3 Bh5 $1 11. Qb3 a5 12. f4 O-O 13. Nf3 (13. g4 Nxg4 14. hxg4 Qxh4 15. gxh5 Qg3+ $10) 13... Nb6 14. Be2 c5 $15 {Piket,J-Anand,V/Amsterdam/1993/0:1 (30) Inf 57/380/}) 9... O-O 10. Nh4 a5 (10... Bg6 $5) 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Qc2 g6 $10 13. Bd2 (13. Rd1 $5) 13... Re8 14. Na2 $1 Bd6 (14... Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Ne4 16. Qc2 {/\Nc3,Rd1+/=/}) 15. b4 axb4 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. Nxb4 f4 $1 18. Qb3 (18. exf4 $4 Qe7 $19) 18... Ne4 ( 18... c5 $6 19. Nc2 cxd4 20. Nxd4) (18... Qe7 19. Nc2) 19. Ra2 Ndf6 20. Bc4 ( 20. Nd3 Nd5 21. Qxb7 fxe3 22. fxe3 Nxe3 23. Qxf7+ (23. Rxf7 Qxd4) 23... Kh8 $36 ) (20. f3 Nd6 21. e4 (21. exf4 Nf5) 21... Ndxe4 22. fxe4 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Nxe4 $36 ) 20... Nd6 21. exf4 (21. Re2 $2 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxa4) (21. Re1 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Re4 $15) 21... Re4 22. Nc2 Rxf4 (22... Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxf4 $15) 23. Bd3 (23. g3 Nxc4 $1 24. Qxc4 Re4 $17) 23... Nd5 $17 24. g3 Rf6 25. Re1 Qa5 26. Bf1 (26. Raa1 $5) 26... Nc3 (26... b5 $6 27. Rea1 Nc3 28. Ra3 Nxa4 29. d5 Qb6 (29... c5 30. Bxb5 Qxb5 31. Qxb5 Nxb5 32. Rxa4) 30. Ne3 $44) 27. Ra3 Nce4 28. Bg2 (28. f3 $2 Nd2 $19) (28. Re2 Nd2 29. Qd3 (29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. Nxb4 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Nxd4 $17) 29... N6c4 30. Ra2 Rf3 31. Ne3 Nxf1 32. Qxc4 (32. Kxf1 Nxe3+ 33. Rxe3 Rxe3 34. Qxe3 Qd5) 32... Nxe3 33. Rxe3 Qf5 34. Rxf3 Qxf3 $17) 28... Nxf2 29. Re2 Qf5 $19 30. Ne3 Nh3+ 31. Kh1 Qh5 32. Qb2 Ng5 (32... Re8 $5) 33. d5 Nge4 34. Kg1 cxd5 35. Rd3 Ra5 36. Re1 (36. Nxd5 Rxd5 37. Bxe4 Nxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxd3 39. Qxf6 Rd1+ 40. Kf2 Rd2+ $19) 36... Rf2 37. Qb4 Rc5 38. Qd4 (38. Nxd5 Rxg2+ $19) 38... Nf5 39. Nxf5 gxf5 40. Rd2 $4 (40. Rxe4 Rxg2+ 41. Kxg2 fxe4 $19) 40... Rxd2 0-1 [Event "Groningen PCA"] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "Dautov,R"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "1993.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.04.01"] 1. e4 {Hansen,Cu} c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qd3 (12. Bd3 Qxc3 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Ne5 Qd5 $13 (14... Nxe5 {Hansen,Cu} 15. Rc5 Qa3 16. dxe5 Qxc5 17. Bxf6 $40 {Dolmatov,S-Speelman,J/Hastings/1989/})) (12. Qe2 b6 13. Rfc1 Bb7 14. Bd3 Rac8 15. c4 h6 16. Bh4 (16. Bd2 $5 $14) 16... Nh5 17. Qe3 Qf4 18. Bg3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 $14 {Cabrilo-Mirkovic/Beograd/1991}) (12. Bb3 { Hansen,Cu} b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Bh4 Qf4 16. Qd3 Ndf6 $10 { Velimirovic,D-Ciric,D/Bela Crkva/1984/}) 12... b6 13. Bb3 (13. Bh4 Nh5 (13... Bb7 $5) 14. Ng5 Ndf6 15. Bg3 Qc6 16. Bb5 Qd5 17. Be5 Bb7 18. f3 h6 19. c4 Qd8 20. Nh3 $16 {Gulko-Tatai/Roma/1988}) 13... a5 $6 (13... Bb7 14. Rfe1 (14. Bh4 $14 {Hansen,Cu}) 14... Rac8 15. Rac1 h6 (15... Rfd8 {Hansen,Cu} 16. Qe3 Qc6 17. c4 $14 {Georgadze,G-Fossan,E/Gausdal Peer Gynt/1992/}) 16. Bh4 (16. Bd2 Rfd8 $10) 16... Nh5 17. Bc2 (17. c4 Qf4 18. Bc2 Ndf6 19. Bg3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Qc7 $10) 17... Ndf6 $132) 14. Rac1 $1 (14. a4 $5 Ba6 (14... Bb7 $142 $13) 15. c4 Rac8 16. Rac1 $14) 14... a4 15. Bc4 Bb7 16. Bb5 (16. Nd2 Ra5 {/\} 17. Bh4 Rh5 18. Bg3 Qc6 19. Qf3 (19. f3 $4 b5 $19) 19... Qxc4 $1 20. Nxc4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 $10) 16... Bc6 (16... Ng4 17. Bh4 $1 Bxf3 18. Bg3 Qb7 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Ngf6 21. c4 $16 {^^,>/^a8-h1} (26... Nh4 $2 27. d5 $1 exd5 28. cxd5 Nxd5 29. Qxh4 $18) 27. g3 (27. Rec1 $2 Nh4 $1 28. d5 exd5 29. cxd5 Nxd5 30. Qxh4 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Rxd2 $17) 27... Rd7 28. Qa3 Ne7 29. Rb4 $16 Nf5 $5 ( 29... Ra7 30. Reb1 (30. d5 {Hansen,Cu} exd5 31. Bxb6 Ra6 $13) 30... Ra6 31. Nf3 Ng6 (31... Nf5 32. Ne5 Rd6 33. c5 bxc5 $2 34. Rb8+ $18) 32. Qd3 $1 $16 { /\Ne5,/\d5}) 30. Rxa4 Qb7 31. Nf3 $6 (31. Ra8+ $1 Kh7 (31... Rc8 32. Rxc8+ Qxc8 33. Qb2 $16) 32. Qf8 {/\Nf3-e5} Rcd6 (32... Nxd4 33. Bxd4 Rxd4 34. Nf3 $18) ( 32... Nxe3 33. Qh8+ Kg6 34. Nf3 $1 Nxc4 35. Nh4+ Kh5 36. Qxg7 $18) (32... Rdc7 33. Qh8+ Kg6 34. Nf3 Rc8 35. Ne5+ Kh5 36. g4+ Kh4 37. Kh2 Nxg4+ 38. hxg4 Rxh8 39. f4 Nxe3 40. Rxe3 $18) 33. d5 $1 Nxe3 (33... exd5 34. Nf3 Re6 35. Qh8+ Kg6 36. g4 Nxe3 37. Nh4+ Kg5 38. Qxg7+ $18) 34. Nf3 Nxc4 35. Qh8+ Kg6 36. Nh4+ Kh5 37. Qxg7 $18) 31... Rc8 32. Ne5 Rdc7 (32... Rdd8 $2 {Hansen,Cu} 33. Ra7 $16) 33. Rb4 (33. Qd3 $5 {Hansen,Cu} Nd7 34. Bf4 $16) 33... Nd7 $132 34. Nxd7 (34. c5 $6 {Hansen,Cu} Rxc5 35. Nxd7 (35. dxc5 Nxe5 $40) 35... Rc3 36. Qa4 Nxe3 37. fxe3 Qf3 $17) 34... Rxd7 35. d5 (35. c5 $6 Qf3 $1 (35... Qe4 {Hansen,Cu} 36. cxb6 Nxd4 $132) 36. cxb6 Nxg3 $1) 35... Nxe3 36. Qxe3 exd5 37. Rxb6 Qa8 38. cxd5 Rxd5 39. Qb3 (39. Rb2 Ra5 40. Ree2 Ra3 41. Qf4 Ra4 42. Qd2 Rd4 $1 $132) 39... Re5 $1 40. Rd1 Re2 41. a4 (41. Rb7 {Hansen,Cu} Qxa2 $10) 41... Qe4 { /\Rxf2} 42. Rb8 Rxb8 43. Qxb8+ Kh7 $10 44. Qb3 (44. Qb1 Qxb1 45. Rxb1 Ra2 46. Rb4 g5 $10) (44. Qb5 Qf3 45. Rf1 g6 46. a5 Ra2 47. a6 Qf6 $10) 44... Qf5 45. Rf1 Rd2 (45... Qxh3 $4 {Hansen,Cu} 46. Qd3+) 46. h4 h5 47. Qb6 Ra2 48. Qd4 Qg4 49. Qd5 (49. Qd3+ {Hansen,Cu} f5 $10 (49... g6 $2 50. Qd5)) 49... Rxa4 50. Qxf7 Qg6 51. Qe7 Re4 52. Qd8 Re2 53. Rc1 Qf5 54. Qd4 Qe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"] [Site "Bad Mergentheim"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ahrens, Manuela"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. f4 Be7 9. Kh1 Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Be3 O-O 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. g4 d5 17. exd5 e4 18. Bg2 Nxd5 19. Bd4 Nf4 20. Qe3 Nxg2 21. Kxg2 Ne5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Rad1 Bg5 24. Qxg5 e3+ 25. Rf3 e2 26. Re1 Rxc3 27. bxc3 h6 28. Qd2 Qe4 29. Nd4 Qxg4+ 30. Kf2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Re4 32. Rg3 Rg4 33. Qe3 Qh3 34. Rxe2 1-0 [Event "Oviedo rapid"] [Site "Oviedo"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Atalik, Suat"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B66"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2535"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Kb1 Rb8 13. Qe3 Bd7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Qb6 16. Qf4 Rb7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qe1 O-O 20. Bd3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Qd2 Bc6 23. Rhe1 Bd5 24. Qf4 Qa5 25. b3 Qc3 26. Re3 Qc6 27. Rc1 a5 28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Rb4 30. Rec3 Qb6 31. Qe5 Bxc4 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Qg1+ 34. Rc1 Qxg2 35. Qf4 Qe2 36. Rc2 Qd3 37. Kb2 Kh7 38. Rd2 Qb5 39. a4 Qb7 40. Qe3 Rg6 41. Rc2 Qb4 42. Qc3 Qb6 43. Qc5 Qa6 44. Qb5 Qa8 45. Qc6 Qd8 46. Qc7 Qd4+ 47. Qc3 Qb6 48. Qc5 Qa6 49. Qb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"] [Site "Bad Mergentheim"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bakalarz, Grazyna"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D75"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2055"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. d4 Nc6 10. d5 Na5 11. Bf4 Nc4 12. Qb3 Nd6 13. Rfe1 c4 14. Qc2 Nb5 15. e4 Qa5 16. Bd2 Na3 17. Qb2 a6 18. Nd4 Nb5 19. e5 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qb5 21. Qa3 Bf5 22. Qxe7 Qb2 23. Be3 Rfe8 24. Qc7 Rac8 25. Qa5 b5 26. d6 c3 27. Rec1 c2 28. Qxa6 b4 29. Bd5 Rf8 30. Bb3 Rc3 31. Qa4 1-0 [Event "Linares 11th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1993.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.06.01"] 1. e4 {Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 b5 { I'm not sure why Nc6 is delayed (this game and Kamsky-Ivanchuk Tilburg 1992)} 8. Qd2 Be7 (8... Bb7 {Knaak} 9. Bd3 b4 10. Nd1 Nc6 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Be7 13. Rf3 O-O 14. Rh3 g6 15. Nf2 {Kamsky-Ivanchuk/Tilburg/1992}) 9. Bd3 g6 { and this is really asking a bit too much of Balck's position.Of course the position is somewhat closed but black cannot neglect hisdevelopment} 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nd1 { forcing Black to take or White plays c2-c3 and moves his knight to g4} cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. b4 $1 {@} Na4 (13... Nxd3 14. cxd3 Nc6 15. Rb1 $14) (13... Ne4 14. Qe1 {>< Pa6}) 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8+ Bxa8 22. Nxc4 $1 bxc4 (22... dxc4 23. Be4 O-O (23... Bxe4 { Knaak} 24. Qxe4 O-O 25. Ra1 $18) 24. Ra1 $18 { +- may seem a strong evaluation but I don't see hope for Black here}) 23. Bc2 Bc6 24. Qe3 $1 {anticipating 24...0-0} (24. Ra1 $16 {Knaak}) 24... O-O 25. f5 exf5 (25... Ra8 {Knaak} 26. f6 Bf8 27. h4 $16) 26. Bxf5 Qd8 (26... gxf5 $4 27. Qg3+ $18 (27. Qg3+ {Knaak} Kh8 28. e6+ f6 29. Qxc7 $18)) (26... Ra8 {Knaak} 27. e6 $1 gxf5 28. exf7+ Kxf7 29. Qh6 Ke8 30. Qxh7 Ra2 31. Re1 Kd8 32. Qg8+ Kd7 33. b5 $1 Ba8 34. Qe6+ Kd8 35. b6 Qd6 36. b7 $1 Qxe6 (36... Bxb7 37. Bb6+ Ke8 38. Qxd6 $18) 37. b8=Q+ Kd7 (37... Qc8 38. Bb6+ Kd7 39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Qxc8 $18) 38. Rxe6 Kxe6 39. Qc8+ $18) 27. Bg4 $1 { to help with e6. The bishop has no more work on the /^ b1-h7} Bg5 28. Qe2 h5 { Allows 28.Bh5 but this is already bad for Black} (28... Bd7 29. e6 $18) (28... Qe7 29. Bc5) (28... Re8 29. e6 (29. g3 f5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Rxf5 Re6) (29. Qf3 Qe7 30. g3 $18) 29... f6 30. g3) 29. Bxh5 gxh5 30. Qxh5 Be8 (30... Qe7 31. h4 $1 (31. Rf5 $2 f6 32. exf6 Qe1+ 33. Rf1 Be3+ 34. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 35. Kh1 Rxf6 $1 $17 ) (31. e6 f6 32. h4) 31... Bxh4 (31... Bd2 {Knaak} 32. Rf3 $18) 32. Rf4 $18) 31. Rf6 $1 $18 (31. Rf6 Bc1 (31... Bd2 {Knaak} 32. e6 Be3+ 33. Kh1 Qxf6 34. Bxf6 $18) 32. e6) 1-0 [Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"] [Site "Bad Mergentheim"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Baumann, Ines"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Ne7 11. h3 h5 12. hxg4 hxg4 13. Nh2 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Qxg4 Qd7 16. Qg6+ Kd8 17. Rad1 Kc8 18. Nf3 Kb7 19. Rfe1 Raf8 20. Bg5 Ba5 21. Qe6 Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Rh7 23. Rde1 Rfh8 24. Kf1 1-0 [Event "Groningen PCA"] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2635"] [Annotator "Vaisser,A"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1993.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.04.01"] 1. e4 {Boensch Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 (9... Bb7 {Boensch} 10. h4 b4 $146 11. Nce2 d5 12. e5 Nfd7 13. f4 $1 $14 { (Ftacnik) Anand,V-Ftacnik,L Biel (izt) 1993 1-0 37 -Inf.58/254}) 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Nce2 d5 13. Bh3 $5 (13. exd5 $6 Nxd5 14. Bf2 Be7 (14... Bd6 $5 { Boensch}) 15. Ng3 Nc5 16. Bc4 Qc7 17. Nh5 (17. Ngf5 $3 {Boensch} exf5 18. Nxf5 Nb6 19. Bg3 Nxc4 20. Qe2 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qb7 22. Qxb7 Nxb7 23. Rhe1 O-O 24. Nxe7+ Kh7 25. Rd4 $18) 17... O-O-O $1 18. Bg3 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Nxg7 Rhd8 $1 $36 {Timman-Beliavsky, Tilburg 1993}) 13... dxe4 (13... Ne5 {Ftacnik} 14. g5 $1 ( 14. Nf4 $146 {Boensch} g5 15. hxg5 Nc4 $2 (15... hxg5 16. Nfxe6 fxe6 17. Nxe6 Qd6 18. Nxg5 $36) 16. Qe2 Qa5 17. Kb1 hxg5 18. Nfxe6 fxe6 19. Bxg5 Be7 20. Nxe6 $16 {(Vera) De la Riva-Vera,J Sitges 1993 0-1 30 -Inf.58/253}) (14. Qe1 { -Inf.55/238}) 14... Nc4 15. Qd3 Qa5 (15... Nd7 16. exd5 Nde5 17. Qb3 Bxd5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe6 Bxe6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nf4 Bf5 22. Nh5 Rc8 23. gxh6 Nd3+ 24. Kb1 $16 {Renna,T-Goregliad,S/Nassau Masters (03)/1992/1-0 (39)}) 16. Kb1 Nd7 17. g6 $1 Nc5 $8 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Bxe6+ Ke8 20. Nb3 Nxd3 21. Nxa5 Ndxb2 22. Nxb7 Nxd1 23. Bd4 Nc3+ 24. Nxc3 $16 { Ernst,Th-Stohl,I/Manila ol/1992/0.5 (66)}) (13... Qa5 {Ftacnik} 14. Kb1 dxe4 ( 14... g6 $5 15. g5 Nh5 16. f4 $16 O-O-O 17. f5 gxf5 18. exf5 e5 19. Ne6 $1 fxe6 20. fxe6 Kb8 21. exd7 d4 22. Nxd4 $1 exd4 23. Qxd4 $18 { Magem Badals,J-Brenninkmeijer,J/Novi Sad ol/1990/}) 15. g5 hxg5 (15... exf3 $6 16. gxf6 $1 Nxf6 $8 17. Ng3 $5 Bd5 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Rhg1 Qb6 $1 22. Nd4 O-O-O $16 {Varavin,V-Neverov,V/Smolensk/1991/}) 16. hxg5 exf3 17. Ng3 Rxh3 (17... Bd5 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Bf4 {Boensch} Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. gxf6 Nxf6 22. Qg5 $16 {Magem Badals,J-Vera,J Barcelona (2) 1990 1-0 29}) 18. Rxh3 Nd5 {Grosar,A-Rychagov,M/Debrecen EU-chT (4) SLO-EST/1992/0.5 (19)}) 14. g5 (14. f4 {Ftacnik} Nd5 15. g5 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qb6 17. Ng3 Nc5 18. Bg2 hxg5 19. hxg5 Rxh1 20. Bxh1 Rd8 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Bc5 24. Nf5 $14 {Grosar,A-Belotti,B/Aosta op (06)/1990/1-0 (41)}) 14... hxg5 (14... exf3 { Ftacnik} 15. Nf4 (15. Ng3 Nd5 16. g6 Nc5 17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. Nxf3 $5 Bd6 19. Rhf1 $1 Kg8 20. Bxc5 Bf4 21. Bxe6+ Kh7 22. Qxf4 Nxf4 23. Rxd8 Raxd8 24. Bf5+ { Savko,A-Karklinsh/USSR/1990/1-0 (37)}) 15... Ne4 16. Qe1 Bd6 (16... Qa5 $6 17. g6 f5 18. Nfxe6 Qxa2 19. Nb3 Rc8 20. Rxd7 Kxd7 21. Bxf5 Ke8 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Bc5 Bxc5 24. Nexc5 $18 { De la Villa Garcia,J-Martin,V/Sevilla op (2)/1993/1-0 (26)}) (16... f2 $2 17. Bxf2 Bd6 18. Nfxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Bxe6 Qe7 $18 { Magem Badals,J-Rojo Huerto,G/Espana ch/1990/}) 17. g6 O-O $1 18. gxf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxe6 Qf6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 $13 {Magem Badals,J-Danailov,S/Sitges/1990/}) 15. hxg5 exf3 16. Nf4 Ne4 17. Qe1 f2 $1 (17... Nxg5 $2 18. Ndxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Bxe6 (19. Nxe6 $1 {Ftacnik} Nxe6 20. Bxe6 Rxh1 21. Qxh1 Nf6 (21... Qa5 22. Bxd7+ Kf7 23. Qh2 $40) 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qg1 $16) 19... Nxe6 20. Rxh8 Qf6 21. Rd6 $1 O-O-O 22. Nxe6 {1:0, Romero Holmes - Tukmakov, Wijk an Zee B, 1991}) 18. Bxf2 Qxg5 $1 (18... Nxf2 $2 19. Bxe6 $1 (19. Ndxe6 {Ftacnik} fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Qe7 21. Qg6+ Kd8 22. Rxd7+ Qxd7 23. Qb6+ Ke7 24. Ng6+ $18) 19... fxe6 (19... Rxh1 $2 20. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 21. Qe6#) 20. Ndxe6 Qe7 21. Rxh8 Nxd1 22. Ng6 $18) 19. Be3 Qh4 $1 {?! Ftacnik} (19... Qe7 {Ftacnik} 20. Ndxe6 Rxh3 21. Nxg7+ Bxg7 22. Rxh3 $13) 20. Ndxe6 $1 {!! Boensch} Qxe1 (20... fxe6 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxe6 Qxh1 (21... Qxe1 {Boensch} 22. Bxd7+ Kf7 23. Be6+ Ke8 24. Rhxe1 $16) 22. Bxd7+ Kf7 23. Qe2 $1 (23. Be6+ Ke8 24. Qxh1 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 $14) (23. Qxh1 Rxh1 24. Rxh1 Nc5 25. Rd1 Rd8 $13) 23... Qh6 (23... Bd6 24. Qc4+ Ke7 25. Ng6+ Kxd7 26. Ne5+ Kd8 27. Bb6+ Ke8 28. Qf7#) 24. Qc4+ Ke7 25. Qc7 $40) 21. Nxg7+ (21. Nc7+ $2 {Ftacnik} Kd8 22. Rhxe1 Rxh3 23. Nxa8 (23. Bb6 Rh4 $13) 23... Rxe3) 21... Kd8 $6 { ? Boensch} (21... Bxg7 $5 22. Bxd7+ Kf8 23. Rxh8+ (23. Rhxe1 $5) (23. Rhxe1 $14 {Boensch}) 23... Bxh8 24. Rxe1 $44 a5) 22. Rhxe1 (22. Bb6+ $2 {Boensch} Ke7 23. Nf5+ Kf6 24. Bd4+ Kg5 25. Rdxe1 Rxh3 26. Nxh3+ Kxf5 $17 {(fritz2)}) 22... Rxh3 23. Nxh3 Bxg7 24. Ng5 $1 Ke8 $6 {? Boensch} (24... Nxg5 $4 25. Bb6+ Kc8 26. Re8#) (24... Ke7 $4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Bg5+ $18) (24... Nef6 {Ftacnik} 25. Nxf7+ Kc7 26. Bf4+ Kb6 27. Re6+ $16) (24... Kc8 {Boensch} 25. Nxf7 a5 26. Bf4 Ra6 $10 ) 25. Nxf7 $1 Ne5 $6 (25... Rc8 $2 26. Nd6+ Nxd6 27. Rxd6) (25... Ndf6 $5) ( 25... Kxf7 {Ftacnik} 26. Rxd7+ $18) (25... Bf8 {Ftacnik} 26. Ng5 Ndf6 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. Rd4 Be7 29. Bf4 Nf6 30. Bd6 Ng8 31. Rg4 (31. Rxb4 Bc6 32. Rg4 $16) 31... Kd7 32. Bxe7 Nxe7 33. Rxe7+ Kxe7 34. Rg7+ Kd6 35. Rxb7 Kc6 $14) 26. Nd6+ $1 (26. Nxe5 $6 Bxe5 27. Bc5 a5 28. Rxe4 Bxe4 29. Re1 Rc8 30. Bd4 $1 Rxc2+ 31. Kd1 Kd7 32. Rxe4 Rc4 33. Rxe5 Rxd4+ 34. Kc2 a4 $10) 26... Nxd6 27. Rxd6 $16 Kf8 (27... Kf7 $2 28. Bd4 Nf3 29. Rd7+) (27... Nf3 $2 28. Re2) (27... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 28. Rb6 $16) 28. Bh6 $1 (28. Bd4 $2 Re8) 28... Bxh6+ (28... Re8 29. Rf6+ (29. Bxg7+ {Ftacnik} Kxg7 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Rd7+ $18) 29... Kg8 30. Rg1 Re7 31. Rb6 $18) 29. Rxh6 Nf7 30. Rb6 Bd5 31. Rxb4 Rc8 32. Rb6 a5 33. a4 (33. Rb5 $2 Bxa2 34. b3 a4 35. Kb2 axb3 36. cxb3 Bxb3 $10) 33... Bc6 34. b3 Bd7 (34... Nd8 $5 35. Ra6 Nb7 36. Re6 Bd5) 35. Kb2 Rc5 (35... Nd8 {Ftacnik} 36. Rf6+ $1) 36. Rb8+ Kg7 37. Rb7 $18 Bc8 (37... Bf5 38. c4 Kf6 39. Rb5 Ne5 40. Kc3 Nd7 41. Kd4 $18) 38. Rb5 1-0 [Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"] [Site "Bad Mergentheim"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bielicki, Birke"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2225"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. e5 Bg7 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bh6 Kf7 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Rfe1 Kg8 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Ne5 Re7 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Be5 Rf7 21. Re2 Bg5 22. f4 Bh6 23. Rf1 Qf8 24. Rf3 b5 25. Nd1 b4 26. Nf2 Bb5 27. Re1 Bc4 28. b3 Bb5 29. Ng4 a5 30. h3 Rc6 31. Nxh6+ Qxh6 32. Kh2 Qf8 33. Rc1 Qc8 34. Rxc6 Qxc6 35. Rf2 Rf8 36. Qd1 Rc8 37. h4 Qe8 38. Rc2 Rxc2 39. Qxc2 Qc6 40. Qd1 Qd7 41. Qg4 Qf7 42. Qg5 Qf8 43. h5 Bd3 44. h6 Bb1 45. Bg7 Qe8 46. Qe5 Bf5 47. Qc7 Qa8 48. Qe7 Qb8 49. Kg3 Qc8 50. Kh4 Bd3 51. g4 Bb5 52. Be5 Qd7 53. Qf6 Bc6 54. Qh8+ 1-0 [Event "Oviedo rapid"] [Site "Oviedo"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Comp Genius"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [PlyCount "140"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Kb1 a6 17. c4 Qb6 18. Bf4 Rhe8 19. Qe2 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. Qe5 c5 22. Rxd4 cxd4 23. Rd1 Nd7 24. Qxg7 e5 25. Bxh6 Qe6 26. Qg5 Qc6 27. Bg7 Qf3 28. Kc1 Re6 29. h6 Rc6 30. Qd2 Rxc4+ 31. Kb1 Qg4 32. Qd3 Rc6 33. Rh1 Nc5 34. Qd1 Qf5+ 35. Ka1 Qh7 36. Bxe5 Rxh6 37. Rxh6 Qxh6 38. Bxd4 Qc6 39. Be3 Ne4 40. Kb1 Qg6 41. Qc2+ Kd8 42. Kc1 Qe6 43. b3 Qe5 44. Qd3+ Ke8 45. Qd4 Qe6 46. Kc2 Qc6+ 47. Kd3 Nf6 48. Qe5+ Kd7 49. Qf5+ Ke8 50. Bg5 Nd7 51. Qe4+ Qxe4+ 52. Kxe4 Nc5+ 53. Kd5 Nd3 54. Be3 Kd7 55. a3 Ne1 56. f4 Nc2 57. Bc1 b5 58. g4 Na1 59. b4 Nb3 60. Be3 Na1 61. g5 Nc2 62. Bc1 Ne1 63. Ke4 Ke6 64. f5+ Ke7 65. Kd5 Nd3 66. Bd2 Ke8 67. f6 Nf2 68. g6 Kf8 69. g7+ Kg8 70. Be3 Nd3 1-0 [Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"] [Site "Bad Mergentheim"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Delemarre, Isabel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B77"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. O-O-O Rfc8 13. Kb1 b5 14. Rhe1 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Rd8 16. g4 Rac8 17. g5 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. h4 Ne5 20. Qe3 Re8 21. f4 Nc6 22. h5 a6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. f5 Rcd8 25. Nd5 Rh8 26. f6+ exf6 27. gxf6+ Kf8 28. Rh1 Rg8 29. Rc1 Nb4 30. a3 Nxd5 31. exd5 1-0 [Event "Wall Street 5'"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "2.2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Dlugy, Maxim"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B66"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2550"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. Kb1 Be7 12. f3 Bd7 13. g4 Bc6 14. Qf2 b4 15. Ne2 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 Qc7 18. Nc1 Bb5 19. Nb3 Bc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Nd2 c3 22. Ne4 O-O 23. g5 g6 24. gxh6 cxb2 25. h4 Kh7 26. h5 Rac8 27. Rhg1 Rg8 28. Ng5+ Bxg5 29. fxg5 Nf8 30. Rg3 Qb7 31. Rf3 Rc7 32. Bb6 Re7 33. Bc5 Rd7 34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Rxf7+ 1-0 [Event "Biel Interzonal"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Dreev, Alexey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2570"] [Annotator "Wolff,P"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "1993.07.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.12.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb4 13. O-O O-O 14. Rb3 Qa5 15. Qe3 Nb6 16. Qg3 Nc4 {1/2-1/2, Ivanchuk,V-Dreev,A Biel izt (3) 1993. One would think that White has enough compensation, but I guess neither player wanted to take any chances!}) 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 {A stodgy and unambitious line by Black, but it keeps his disadvantage to a minimum.} (9... cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 g5 14. Rb1 $1 a6 (14... gxf4 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 17. Nb6 $16 {Kalegin,E}) 15. Nb2 $5 (15. Bd3 { Two recent games of Kalegin have shown that this move is dangerous, too!} gxf4 16. O-O Nxe5 (16... b5 17. Nb2 Nxe5 18. Rxf4 $16 { Kalegin,E-Chigvintsev 56/(305)}) 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Rxb7 Nxd3 20. Qh5 O-O 21. Ne4 $1 $18 {Kalegin,E-Okotchnik 56/(305).}) 15... Nc5 (15... gxf4 16. Nd3 $16 Qxa2 $140 $4 17. Ra1 $18) 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. O-O Qxa2 18. fxg5 Qa3 19. Nf3 a5 20. Qe2 Nb3 21. Bb5 Bc6 22. Na4 O-O 23. Qd3 $18 { Kuczynski,R-Dolmatov,S Polanica Zdroj (7)}) 10. b4 Qc7 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O b5 ( 12... f5 13. Ng5 Nf8 14. g4 $14 h6 15. Nh3 fxg4 16. Bxg4 g6 17. b5 Nd8 18. f5 $2 exf5 19. Bf3 Be6 20. Nf4 Bg5 21. Nc5 Bxf4 22. Bxf4 Qe7 23. Qe2 Nf7 $17 { Kamsky,G-Bareev,E Biel izt (10) 1993}) 13. Nc5 $14 a5 14. a3 Nxc5 15. dxc5 O-O 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bd7 18. Qd2 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Qb7 21. Qa2 $2 { Even if Black should infiltrate along the a-file, there is nothing there to do so White should continue the attack against the king.} Bc6 22. Bg4 Ra8 23. Qxa8+ $6 {Ending all hopes to play for a win.} Qxa8 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. f5 exf5 26. Bxf5 Bc6 27. Kf2 Bd8 28. g3 Bc7 29. h4 g6 30. Bc8 Kf8 31. e6 Ke7 32. exf7 Kxf7 33. g4 h6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Biel Interzonal"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "13"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Epishin, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1993.07.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.12.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 a5 10. c3 a4 11. Bc2 Nbd5 (11... c5) 12. Bd2 Qb6 $1 13. Rb1 (13. O-O-O $6 c5 {/\ a3|^}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Ngf3 Qc7 17. O-O b6 18. Rbc1 Bb7 19. Rfe1 Rfd8 (19... Bd6 $5 20. Bb1 (20. Nd4 Ba6) 20... Rfd8 21. Nd4 Ba6 22. c4 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Nf4 25. Be3 Ng4 $1 $10) 20. Nd4 Bxd4 (20... Ba6 $5 21. Qf3 (21. Nb5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Bd6 23. Nf3 a3 24. b4 Bf4 $10 ) 21... Bd6 22. Ndc6 Bb5 23. Nxd8 Bxe5 24. c4 Bxc4 25. Bd3 b5 26. b3 axb3 27. axb3 Rxd8 28. bxc4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Qd6 30. g3 Bd4 {/\ e5+/=}) 21. cxd4 Qd6 22. Qf3 $1 $14 Ra7 23. a3 Ba8 24. Qh3 (24. Qg3 $5 Nh5 25. Qh4) 24... Qf8 $1 (24... Ne7 $2 25. Qg3 Nf5 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Bxh6 Nh5 28. Qg5 $18) 25. Bb1 Rc8 26. Qd3 Rcc7 $1 27. Rxc7 (27. f3 {/\ g4}) (27. h4 $142 $14) 27... Rxc7 28. Qa6 $6 (28. Qb5 Qe8) (28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 {/\ f3, g4, h4+/=}) 28... Qe8 29. Rc1 Bb7 30. Qd3 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Ne7 $1 $10 32. f3 Qc8 33. Bd2 Ba6 34. Qc3 Nfd5 35. Qxc8+ Nxc8 36. Ba2 f6 37. Nc6 Kf7 38. Kf2 Bb5 39. Nb4 Nce7 40. Nxd5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Biel Interzonal"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2535"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1993.07.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.12.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 (8... Bb7 9. Qd2 b4 (9... Qc7 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 d5 12. e5 Nfd7 13. f4 Nb6 14. b3 N8d7 15. Ng3 Nc5 16. Kb1 Be7 17. c3 bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rc8 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Qa5 Nbd7 21. Be2 O-O 22. Rhd1 Bd8 23. Qa3 Bb6 24. g5 Rfd8 25. h4 Ne4 26. Nxe4 $13 {Moberg,K-Evdokimov,O/Stockholm op/1990/}) 10. Nce2 d5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. f4 Nc5 13. Ng3 Nbd7 14. Bg2 Be7 15. O-O a5 16. Rae1 O-O 17. Kh1 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Qd1 Rc8 $13 {Aseev,K-Yudasin,L/Leningrad/1984/}) 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. h4 b4 ( 10... Nbd7 11. Rg1 g6 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nh5 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. Ndxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5+ Bc6 18. Bd4 Rg8 19. f4 Be7 20. Qf2 Bxb5 21. Bxb6 Qd7 22. f5 Bc6 23. f6 Bf8 24. Rge1 Qb7 25. a4 Rh8 26. a5 $36 { Nijboer,F-Van Wely,L/Amsterdam OHRA II (5)/1990/}) (10... Be7 11. O-O-O $14) 11. Nce2 d5 (11... e5 12. Qxb4 Qd7 (12... Qc7 13. Qa4+ Nbd7 14. Nf5) 13. Nb3 d5 14. Nc5 $16) 12. e5 Nfd7 13. f4 Nc5 14. Bg2 Nbd7 (14... Ne4 15. Bxe4 (15. Qd3 Nd7 16. c4 Ndc5 17. Qc2 Be7) 15... dxe4 16. f5 $1 $40) 15. O-O-O Be7 (15... Nb6 16. b3 a5 (16... Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. f5 (18. Nxe6 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 fxe6 20. Bxb6 e3+ 21. Kxe3 Bxh1 22. Rxh1 $13) 18... Bd5 19. Nf4 $16) 17. f5 a4 18. fxe6 axb3 19. cxb3 fxe6 20. Nf4 Qc7 21. Kb1 $16) (15... a5 16. g5 h5 17. f5 Nxe5 18. Nf4 Nc4 19. Qe2 e5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Nc6 Qc7 22. Rxd5 $18) (15... Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. f5 Nxe5 18. fxe6 Nc4 (18... Nf3 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Nxf3 exf3 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8 fxe2 23. Rd7+ $18) 19. Qe1 (19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Qe1 Nxe3 21. Qf2+ Kg8 22. Qxe3) 19... Nxe3 20. Qf2 fxe6 21. Qxe3 $16) (15... Qb6 16. g5 h5 17. g6 fxg6 18. Bh3 $40) 16. g5 h5 (16... hxg5 17. hxg5 Rg8 18. g6 $1 $16) (16... g6 17. h5 gxh5 18. Rxh5 $16) 17. f5 $1 (17. g6 fxg6 18. Bh3 Nf8 $13) 17... Nxe5 $8 (17... exf5 18. Nxf5 Nxe5 19. Nxg7+ $18) 18. Nf4 $1 (18. fxe6 Nc4 (18... fxe6 $2 19. Nf4 $16) 19. exf7+ Kxf7 $1 (19... Kd7 20. Bh3+ Kc7 21. Bf4+ $18) (19... Kf8 20. Qe1 Nxe3 (20... Qa5 21. Kb1 Nxe3 22. Nf4 Nxg2 (22... Nxd1 23. Ng6+ Kxf7 24. Qxe7+ Kxg6 (24... Kg8 25. Nf5 Rh7 26. Rf1 Nc3+ 27. bxc3 bxc3 28. Qf8+ Rxf8 29. Nfe7#) 25. Qd6+ Kf7 (25... Kh7 26. g6+ Kg8 27. Bxd5+ $18) 26. g6+ Ke8 ( 26... Kg8 27. Bxd5+) 27. Nf5 $18) 23. Ng6+ Kxf7 24. Qxe7+ Kxg6 25. Rhf1 $1 $18 Nxh4 (25... Rhe8 26. Qf7+ Kh7 27. Qxh5+ Kg8 28. g6 $18) (25... Rhf8 26. Rxf8 Rxf8 27. Qxf8 $18) 26. Qf7+ Kh7 27. Qxh5+ Kg8 28. Qf7+ Kh7 29. Rh1 $18) 21. Nf4 Nxg2 22. Nfe6+ $18) 20. Qe1 Re8 $1 $132 (20... Nxe3 21. Qf2+ Kg8 22. Qxe3 $16)) 18... Nc4 (18... exf5 19. Nxf5 $16) 19. Qe2 Qa5 (19... e5 20. f6 $5 (20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. Nxd5 (21. Qxc4 dxc4 22. Bxc6+ Kf8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Nd5 $15) 21... Qa5 22. Qxc4 (22. Bxc5 Qxa2 23. Nc7+ Kf8 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 $19) 22... Bb5 23. Qxb5+ axb5 24. Nxe7 Nd7 25. Bxa8 Qxa8 26. Nd5 Qxa2 $17) (20. Nxd5 Bxd5 (20... Nxe3 21. Nc6 $1 Nxg2 (21... Bxc6 22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Bxc6+ Kf8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxe3 $18) 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Nxe7 $18) 21. Nc6 (21. Nb3 Nxe3 (21... Nxb3+ 22. axb3 Qa5 23. bxc4 Bxg2 24. Qxg2 Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Rd8+ 26. Ke2 Qxb2 27. Qc6+ Kf8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Bc5+ Kg8 30. Qe8+ $18) 22. Qxe3 Nxb3+ 23. axb3 Bxg2 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $17) 21... Bxg2 (21... Nxe3 22. Bxd5 Qc7 23. Qxe3 $16) 22. Nxd8 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Bxh1 24. Nxf7 (24. Qxe5 f6 $1 $13 (24... Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Qb8+ Kd7 27. Qxh8 g6 28. Qh7 $1 $16)) 24... Kxf7 25. Rxh1 $13) 20... gxf6 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 (21... Nxe3 22. Nc6 Nxd5 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 $16) 22. Nf5 Nxe3 23. Nxe3 $16) 20. Kb1 Nxb2 (20... Na4 21. fxe6 Ncxb2 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Bd2 $18) (20... e5 21. Nxd5 Nxe3 (21... exd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 $18) 22. Qxe3 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 exd4 24. Rxd4 Rc8 25. f6 $18) 21. fxe6 $1 (21. Kxb2 Na4+ 22. Kc1 Nc3 23. Qd3 e5 $17) ( 21. Nb3 $5 Nxb3 22. axb3 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 O-O-O 24. fxe6 $44) 21... O-O-O (21... Nxd1 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Rxd1 Raf8 (23... Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qc4+ Ke8 26. Nde6 Rc8 27. Nxg7+ Kf8 28. Ng6+ Kxg7 29. Bd4+ $18) (23... Na4 24. Bd2 Nc3+ 25. Bxc3 bxc3 26. Qe6+ Ke8 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Qb4+ 29. Bb3 $18) 24. Nxd5 $18) ( 21... fxe6 22. Ndxe6 $1 (22. Kxb2 Na4+ (22... Qa3+ 23. Ka1 Na4 24. Bc1 Qc3+ 25. Kb1 $18) 23. Kc1 Nc3 (23... b3 24. Nxb3 Ba3+ 25. Kb1 Nc3+ 26. Ka1 Qa4 27. Qd3 Bb4 28. Qg6+ $18) 24. Qd3 O-O $5 25. Ndxe6 $16 (25. Nfxe6 $2 b3 $3 26. Nxb3 Ba3+ 27. Kd2 Ne4+ 28. Ke2 Ng3#)) 22... Nxd1 23. Nxg7+ Kf7 24. Rxd1 $18) (21... O-O 22. Qxh5 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Na4 24. Bd2 Nc3+ 25. Bxc3 bxc3 26. exf7+ Rxf7 27. g6 Qb4+ 28. Nb3 $18) 22. Kxb2 $1 Na4+ 23. Kc1 b3 (23... Nc3 24. Qd3 Qxa2 25. exf7 $18) 24. Nxb3 (24. cxb3 $2 Ba3+ 25. Kc2 Qc7+ $19) 24... Ba3+ 25. Kb1 Nc3+ ( 25... Qc3 26. Bd4 $18) 26. Ka1 Qa4 27. Qd3 Bb4 28. Nc1 Kb8 (28... Nxd1 29. Rxd1 fxe6 30. Nxe6 Rd7 31. Bd4 $18) (28... Bc6 29. Bd4 (29. exf7 Bb5 30. Bh3+ Kb8 31. Qd4 $18) 29... Bb5 30. Bxc3 Bxd3 31. Rxd3 $18) (28... Ba5 29. Bd4 (29. exf7 $2 Qb4 30. Nb3 Qa3 31. Nc1 Qb4 $10) 29... Qb4 30. Nb3 $18) 29. Bd4 Rc8 30. Be5+ $18 Ka7 (30... Ka8 31. Nxd5 $18) 31. Qe3+ (31. Qd4+ Rc5 32. Nfd3 Qxc2 33. Qxb4 Rb5 34. Bxc3 Rxb4 35. Bxb4 Qxg2 36. exf7 $18) 31... Rc5 32. Rd3 Qxc2 (32... d4 33. Bxd4 Qxc2 34. Bxc5+ Ka8 35. Bxb7+ Kxb7 36. Rd7+ Kc8 37. Qd3 $18) 33. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 34. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 35. Qxc3 Rxc3 36. exf7 Rf8 37. g6 1-0 [Event "Oviedo rapid"] [Site "Oviedo"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Galego, Luis"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2390"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Nbd7 4. c4 a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 b5 7. b3 e6 8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. d5 Bg4 10. f3 Bf5 11. Ne2 Bc5 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 O-O 15. Kf2 Rad8 16. Nbc3 b4 17. Ng3 Qd7 18. Nce2 c6 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Nxf5 Qe6 21. Qf4 1-0 [Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"] [Site "Bad Mergentheim"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Heinatz, Gundula"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2225"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 e5 10. O-O Qh4 11. f3 Nd7 12. Bb3 Nb6 13. Be3 exd4 14. cxd4 Re8 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Bg5 Qh5 17. Ng3 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Bc3 19. Nxh5 Bxd2 20. Nf6+ Kf8 21. Bxd2 Re5 22. f4 Rb5 23. Nxh7+ Kg7 24. Ng5 f6 25. Ne6+ 1-0 [Event "Linares 11th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2710"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1993.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.06.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Qh4 8. c4 O-O-O 9. c5 g5 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. g3 Qh3 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb5 14. Bg2 $1 $146 (14. Bxg5 Rxd4 15. Bg2 Qf5) 14... Qf5 15. Be3 $1 Bxf1 16. Bxf1 $44 { ^^ /\ Qa4 ,Rd1-d3 O} Rhe8 17. Qa4 Kb8 (17... Rxe3 18. fxe3 Qe4 19. Qb3 $1 (19. Re1 Bxd4) 19... Rxd4 (19... Re8 20. Re1 Bxd4 21. Bg2 $18) 20. Bg2 $18) 18. Rd1 c6 (18... Rxe3 19. fxe3 Qe4 20. Rd3 $16) 19. Rd3 Qe4 20. Ra3 a6 21. Bd3 (21. Bxa6 Rxd4 $1 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Bf1 Bxc5 (23... Bxb2 24. Qa7+ Kc7 25. Rb3 $18) 24. Qa8+ Kc7 25. Qa5+ Bb6 26. Qxg5 Re5 $1 $132) 21... Qg4 $2 (21... Qd5 $1 { >>>} Qa5 12. a3 f5 $6 (12... f6 13. h4 $14) (12... c5 $5 13. Qd2 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nd7 $132) 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nge2 {><>>} Nc7 15. Ng3 Bg4 16. Bd3 $1 d5 (16... Bxd1 17. Qe4 g6 (17... Bg4 18. Qxh7+ Kf7 19. Bg6+ Ke6 20. f5+ Kd7 21. Qxg7 $16) (17... Bd8 $2 18. Qxh7+ Kf7 19. Bg6+ Ke6 20. f5+ Kd7 21. Qxg7+ $18) 18. Qxe7 Bf3 19. Rf1 $40 {/\Bd4,Qd6} (19. Bd4 {Ftacnik} Rf7 20. Qd8+ Rf8 21. Qxd6 $40 Bxh1 $2 22. Qe5 Ne8 23. Qe6+ Rf7 24. Qxe8+ Rf8 25. Qe6+ Rf7 26. Bxg6 $18)) 17. f5 $1 Bxd1 18. Nxd1 $44 {->} Bd6 $2 (18... c5 $142 $44 { /\c4}) 19. Qh4 Ne8 20. Bd4 Qc7 $8 (20... c5 21. Bxg7 $1 Nxg7 22. f6 $18 {->}) 21. f6 gxf6 (21... g6 22. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 23. f7+ Kxf7 $8 24. Qh7+ Ke6 25. Re1+ $18 (25. Re1+ {Ftacnik} Be5 26. Rxe5+ Kd6 27. Re7 $18)) 22. gxf6 Rf7 23. Rg1 $18 Kh8 24. Bxh7 $1 Rxh7 25. f7+ Ng7 26. Bxg7+ (26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Nf5+ (27. Ne4+ {Ftacnik} Kf8 (27... Kxf7 28. Qxh7+) 28. Rg8+ Kxf7 29. Qxh7+ Ke6 30. Ng5+ Ke5 31. Qh8+ Kf5 (31... Kf4 32. Qd4+ Kf5 33. Ne3#) 32. Ne3+ Kf4 33. Qd4#) 27... Kf8 28. Qxh7 $18) 1-0 [Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"] [Site "Bad Mergentheim"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Janus, Elfi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E87"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2105"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Nge2 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Qd2 a6 12. O-O Qf6 13. Rab1 Nd7 14. b4 b6 15. Na4 Ra7 16. Nxb6 Nxb6 17. bxc5 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 {..} 1-0 [Event "Linares 11th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Jussupow, Artur"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2645"] [Annotator "Jussupow,A"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1993.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.06.01"] 1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 (3. d4 {Schussler} Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Qh4 (7... Bd6 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Qxd5 Bc6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 Rc8 14. Bxe4 $1 (14. Bh6 Re8 15. Nd2 Bd7 16. Qf3 Qh4 17. g3 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Qxd4 $10 { Ivanchuk,V-Yusupov,A, Linares 1993, CBM 34 game 432}) 14... Bxe4 15. Nc3 Re8 16. Be3 {+/-/+/= - Timman,J-Yusupov,A, Linares 1993, CBM 34 game 484}) 8. c4 O-O-O 9. c5 g5 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. g3 Qh3 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb5 14. Bg2 Qf5 15. Be3 Bxf1 16. Bxf1 $16 {Anand,V-Ivantchuk,V, Linares 1993, CBM 34 game 401}) 3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 (6... Bd6 {Schussler} 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 (9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 b6 13. Rb5 Bc7 14. h3 a6 15. hxg4 $1 axb5 16. Qc2 g6 17. Bxb5 {17.Bh6} Qd6 18. g3 $14 { Ivanchuk,V-Bareev,E, Linares 1993, CBM 34 game 427}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. h3 Bh5 15. f4 h6 $1 16. Nf3 {16.Ne4!?} Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Re8 {Kamsky,G-Bareev,E, Linares 1993, CBM 34 game 434}) 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 (8. c4 {Schussler} Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 Bf5 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c6 14. Ne5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. Qf3 (16. Re1 $6 Ba3 17. Qf3 Bxc1 $15 {=/+/-/+ - Timman,J-Bareev,E, Linares 1993, CBM 34 game 479}) 16... Be6 17. Bd3 Bd6 18. Bd2 (18. Rfe1 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Qg5 $10) 18... Qh4 $10) 8... Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 {ECO C42/(110)} 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Nxd2 (13... Rf6 14. Bxc6 Rxc6 15. Ne5 Ra6 {=Botvinnik ECO} 16. Qc2 Bh5 17. f3 { +/=/+/-}) 14. Nxd2 Qd6 (14... Nb8 $6 15. h3 $1 Bh5 16. Be2 $16) 15. Nb3 $6 (15. Nf1 $5 f4 16. f3 $13) (15. f3 Bh4 $5 (15... Bh5 $5 $13) 16. Re2 Bh5 17. Nf1 f4 $1 $13) 15... Bh4 $1 (15... f4 16. f3 (16. Nc5 Qg6 $6 (16... Bh4 $1 {-15...Bh4} ) 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. f3 { 1/2-1/2 Yudasin - Khalifman, Simferopol USSR (ch-1l) 1988}) 16... Bh4 17. Re2 $13) 16. Rf1 $1 (16. Nc5 $2 Bxf2+ $1 (16... f4 $5 17. Nxb7 Qg6 {/\Bf3} 18. Bd3 (18. Bxc6 Bf3 $19) 18... Qxd3 19. Qxc6 Rae8 $1 20. Qxe8 (20. Bxf4 Bxf2+ $1 21. Kxf2 Qd2+ $1 $19) 20... Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Kf7 22. Re1 Qc2 23. g3 (23. Rf1 Be2 $19) 23... fxg3 24. hxg3 Bxg3 $1 $17 25. fxg3 $2 Bf3 $19) 17. Kxf2 Qxh2 {/\f4,f3->} 18. Ne6 (18. Bxc6 bxc6 (18... f4 $5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 $40) 19. Qxc6 (19. Ne6 f4 $40 ) 19... f4 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 $40) 18... f4 19. Nxf4 (19. Bxf4 Bxe6 $19) 19... Rxf4+ 20. Bxf4 Rf8 $40) (16. g3 $2 f4 $1 17. gxh4 Qg6 $19) 16... f4 (16... Qg6 $5 17. Bf4 Bh3 18. g3 $1 (18. Bg3 $2 f4 19. gxh3 fxg3 20. hxg3 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Kh1 Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Rf3 $19 (24... Rae8 25. Bxc6 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Qg4+ 27. Kh1 Qh5+ 28. Kg1 Qg5+ 29. Kh1 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Re2 $19)) 18... Bg5 19. Bxg5 Bxf1 20. Bxf1 $1 (20. Rxf1 Qxg5 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qxc6 f4 $17) 20... Qxg5 21. Nc5 $15) 17. f3 Bf5 18. Nc5 Qg6 (18... Rae8 $6 19. Nxb7 Qg6 20. Bxf4 Bh3 21. Bg3 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Qxg3 23. Qc2 $16) 19. Qd1 $1 $8 (19. Bxc6 $2 Bh3 $19) (19. Bxf4 $4 Bc2 $19) 19... Bh3 (19... Rae8 20. Bxf4 (20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Nxd3 Bg5 $15) (20. Nd3 Bxd3 21. Bxd3 Qh5 22. Bd2 Bg3 23. h3 $13) 20... Bh3 21. Bg3 Bxg3 22. hxg3 Qxg3 23. Qd2 $10) 20. Qd2 Rae8 21. Nd3 $1 {/\Kh1,><>> } Ra7 17. Rb1 Be6 (17... Ba6 $5 $14 {/\} 18. dxe5 Rxe5) 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Ngh3 Qe7 (20... Bxh3 21. Nxh3 $16 {/\Bc4,>b,h}) 21. Ng5 $40 Ba2 22. Rb2 Qa3 23. Rxa2 $1 $8 Qxa2 24. Nxh7 $1 Nxh7 (24... Qa1+ 25. Nd1 Nxh7 ( 25... Rxh7 26. Qxg6+ Rg7 27. Bc4+ $18) 26. Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Bc4 $1 $40 (27. Rxh7 Rxh7 28. Qxh7 Qxa4 $132)) (24... Rxh7 25. Qxg6+ Rg7 26. Qxf6 $16) 25. Qxg6+ Kf8 26. Rxh7 Rxh7 27. Qxh7 Qg8 (27... Qxa4 28. Ng4 Qa1+ 29. Kf2 Qxc3 30. Nh6 $1 Qb3 (30... Qd2+ 31. Be2 Qf4 32. Nf5 Qg5 33. Bc4 $18) 31. Nf5 Qf7 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Bc4 $1 $18) (27... Qe6 $5 $16) 28. Qh4 Nd7 29. Ng4 Qb3 $6 30. Qh6+ Ke7 31. Qxc6 $18 Qb1+ 32. Kf2 Qb2+ 33. Be2 Rb8 34. Nxe5 $1 (34. Nxe5 Nxe5 35. Qc5+ Ke6 36. Qd5+ Kf6 37. Qd6+ Kf7 38. Qxe5 $18 {->}) 1-0 [Event "Biel Interzonal"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2645"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "1993.07.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.12.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Nbd5 11. Be5 (11. Bd2 $5) 11... Qa5+ 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. Ngf3 Be7 14. Nxd4 O-O 15. O-O-O $1 (15. O-O $6) 15... Bd7 (15... Nc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Nb5 $18) (15... Nd7 16. Bg3 Nc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Nb1 $1 $18) 16. Kb1 Qb6 $1 (16... Ba4 $5) 17. c4 Nb4 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bc5 $6 (19... Rfd8 $5 20. Qg4 Bf8) 20. Nc2 $1 Bc6 21. Qg4 f6 22. Bc3 a5 $1 (22... e5 $4 23. Nxb4 Bxb4 24. c5+ $18) (22... Rae8 23. Nxb4 Bxb4 24. c5 Bxc5 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Bf5 $40) 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. f3 Rae8 (25... f5 $1 $44 {Khalifman,A}) 26. Qf5 Re2 27. Ne1 $1 Re5 28. Qc2 Be8 29. Ka1 Re3 30. Rd2 Bf7 31. Nd3 Bg6 32. Qd1 Bxd3 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Qxd3 Qd8 $2 (34... Qd6 $1 35. Qf5 Qe5 $14) 35. Qf5 Qc8 36. Qg6 Qe8 37. Bc2 $1 $16 {> CBM: Anand-Kamski, Dehli 1990, Pastor-Cramling, Sevilla 1992}) 8. Kh1 Nc6 (8... Bxh2 $2 9. f4 Bg3 (9... e5 10. Nf5 Bxf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. e5 $40) 10. Qf3 Bh4 11. g3 $18) 9. c3 (9. Nf3 Ng4 10. h3 h5 $40) 9... Ne5 10. f4 (10. Bc2 Neg4 11. h3 (11. f4 e5 $5 12. Nf5 $13) 11... h5 $36) 10... Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7 ( 11... e5 $2 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. Bf4 $1 Qxe4 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 $40) 12. c4 {()} (12. e5 {--> CBM: Magomedov-Dizdarevic, Ljubljana 1992}) 12... d6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. b3 Nd7 (14... Bd7 15. Bb2 {/\Rae1 +/=/+/-}) 15. f5 $5 (15. Bb2 Bf6 {/\Nc5<=>}) 15... Bf6 16. fxe6 Ne5 (16... Nc5 $5) 17. Qg3 (17. exf7+ $6 Rxf7 18. Qg3 $13) 17... fxe6 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Qxg5 $14 h6 (20... Qf7 $4 21. Qd8+ $18) 21. Rf1+ Kg8 22. Qh4 b6 23. Nce2 Ra7 24. Nf4 Qe7 (24... g5 $2 25. Qg3 Qf7 26. Kg1 $1 {/\Nd5->}) 25. Qe1 Bd7 26. Qb4 Rb7 27. Kg1 Kh7 28. Rd1 Qf6 29. Qd2 Bc8 30. Nh5 Qh4 31. Ng3 Rf7 32. Qe2 Bb7 (32... Ng4 $6 33. Nf3 Qe7 $8 34. Qd2 $18 {_|_}) (32... Qe7 $142 33. Qd2 $14) 33. Nxe6 Ng4 34. h3 $8 Nf2 (34... Qxg3 35. Qxg4 (35. hxg4 Bc8 36. Rd3 $8 Qe5 37. Nd4 Rf4 $15 {>< Rc8}) (21... Rd8 22. Qxh7+ (22. Nd5 Rxe4 ) 22... Kf8 23. Rhg1 $1 Qe5 $8 24. Rd5 $1 Qf6 25. Rxf5 Qh6 (25... Qd4 26. Rfg5 $1 {/\ Qh8!}) 26. Qxh6 $1 Bxh6 27. Rh5 Bg7 28. Rhg5 $1 $18) 22. Rdg1 $18) 20... Re8 21. Nf5 $1 gxf5 22. Rhg1 $1 (22. Rdg1 Rxe4 23. Qg5 (23. Rxg7+ Kf8 24. Qg3 $1 (24. Rhg1 Qe1+ $3) 24... Rg4 25. Rxg4 fxg4 26. Qe3 $1 f6 27. Rxh7 $1 $18 Kg8 28. Rh5) 23... Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxd5 25. Rhg1 Qd4 26. c3 h6 27. Qxf5 $1 $18) 22... Rxe4 (22... Kh8 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Rg1 $18) 23. Qg5 Rg4 24. Rxg4 fxg4 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Qxa5 $18) (19... h5 {Boensch} 20. Rxh5 $2 gxh5 $2 ( 20... Rxd4 $17) 21. Rg1 $18) (19... Qd7 $2 {Boensch} 20. Nf5 $18) 20. Ndb5 $1 ( 20. e5 $2 Qb6 $1 (20... d5 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qh3 h5 23. Qxe6+ Kh7 $13) 21. Ne4 (21. Qh3 h5 22. Nxe6 Bxe5 23. Nxf8 Rxc3 24. Nd7 Rxh3 25. Nxb6 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 axb6 $19) 21... dxe5 $1 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Qh6 Rd8 24. Rdf1 Rcxd4 $1 $19) 20... Qa5 (20... Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Nxd6 Rc6 23. Ncb5 {/\ b3,a4,Nc4 +/-}) 21. Nxd6 Rxc3 $2 (21... Rc6 $1 22. Ndb5 (22. Nxb7 $2 Qb4) 22... a6 23. Nd4 $14) (21... Rb4 $6 22. Rd3 h5 23. Rhd1 $1 (23. a3 $2 Qxa3 24. Nc4 Qa6) 23... a6 $2 24. a3 Qxa3 25. Nc4 $1 $18) 22. bxc3 Bxc3 23. Rd3 $1 $18 {[]} Qb4+ 24. Kc1 Qb2+ (24... Bg7 25. a3 $1 Qb2+ 26. Kd2) 25. Kd1 Qxa2 $2 (25... Be5 26. Qh6 Qb1+ 27. Ke2 ( 27. Kd2 $2 Bf4+) 27... Qxc2+ 28. Rd2 $18) (25... Bg7 $18) (25... Qb1+ {Boensch} 26. Qc1 $18) 26. Qh6 (26. Qh6 $1 Qb1+ 27. Ke2 Qxc2+ 28. Ke3 $18) 1-0 [Event "Madrid"] [Site "Madrid"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B77"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2635"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1993.06.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "14"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.10.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Bb3 h5 12. Bh6 Rc8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O-O Nc4 15. Qd3 Na5 16. Nde2 Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 b5 18. Kb1 Qb6 19. Nf4 Bc6 20. Qe2 Qb7 21. Rhe1 e5 22. Nfd5 b4 23. Nxf6 bxc3 24. Rxd6 Qb4 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Nd5 c2+ 27. Kc1 Qa5 28. a3 Rb8 29. b4 Qa4 30. Qd3 Rd8 31. Re2 a5 32. b5 Rc4 33. Rd2 Rd4 34. Qc3 Qxb5 35. Rxd4 exd4 36. Qxd4+ Kh6 37. Qd2+ Kg7 38. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Las Palmas"] [Site "Las Palmas"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2635"] [Annotator "Wedberg,T"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1993.06.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.10.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 f5 18. Qf1 Qh5 19. f4 Kh8 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Qg2 $5 (21. a4 bxa4 (21... g5 22. axb5 axb5 23. fxg5 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 f4 25. gxf4 Bxf4 26. Rg3 Qxg5 27. Kh1 Bd6 28. Qg2 Bxg3 29. Qxg3 h5 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Nxf1 Qc1 32. Kg1 Qxb2 33. h3 Bd1 34. Ne3 Qb1 35. Kg2 {+/-/+- Nunn}) 22. Rxa4 g5 23. Raa1 Re6 24. fxg5 Rfe8 25. Qf2 h6 {Nunn}) 21... Re4 22. h4 h6 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Rf1 Rf6 $5 $146 (24... g5 25. Qh2 $1 gxf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Bxf4 28. gxf4 e3 29. Qg3 e2 30. Kf2 Qf5 31. h5 {+- Klover-Kant, Ostrava 1981}) 25. a4 Rg6 26. axb5 axb5 $5 27. f5 $5 (27. Ra7 Bf3 28. Qh3 (28. Qh2 $2 Qg4 29. Kf2 Be2 $40) 28... Bg4 29. Qh2 Bf3 {/\ Qg4} 30. Re1 (30. Qh3 Bg4 $10) 30... Qg4 31. Kf2 Bd1 32. Qg2 Bf3 33. Qg1 $13) 27... Bxf5 28. Bf4 Be7 29. Be5 Bxh4 30. Ra7 Bxg3 $1 ( 30... Bf6 $6 31. Bxf6 Rxf6 (31... gxf6 32. Ra8+ Kh7 33. Rfa1 $40) 32. g4 $1 Bxg4 33. Rxf6 gxf6 34. Qg3 Qg5 35. Qb8+ Qg8 36. Qxg8+ Kxg8 37. Kf2 $18) (30... e3 $2 31. Qxd5 $18) 31. Bxg3 e3 32. Re7 Be4 33. Re8+ $1 Kh7 34. Rxe4 dxe4 35. Qxe4 (35. Re1 $2 Qf3 $17) (35. Rf4 $5 Qg5 36. Kh2 Qh5+ 37. Rh4 Qf3 38. Qxf3 exf3 39. Rf4 f2 40. Rf3 Re6 41. d5 e2 42. Bxf2 e1=Q 43. Bxe1 Rxe1 $10) 35... Qh3 $2 (35... e2 $1 36. Re1 (36. Rf3 $4 Qxf3 37. Qxf3 e1=Q+ $19) (36. Rf8 Qh3 37. Rh8+ (37. Rf3 $6 h5 38. Kf2 Qf1+ 39. Ke3 e1=Q+ 40. Bxe1 Qxe1+ { With at least a draw}) 37... Kxh8 38. Qxg6 Qf1+ 39. Kh2 e1=Q 40. Bxe1 Qxe1 $10) 36... Qh3 37. Rxe2 Qxg3+ 38. Rg2 Qxg2+ 39. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 40. Kxg2 $10) 36. Rf3 e2 {/\ h5-h4} 37. Qb1 $1 $18 {/\ Kf2} (37. Kf2 $2 Qf1+ $10) 37... h5 38. Kf2 h4 39. Be5 Qg2+ 40. Ke3 1-0 [Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"] [Site "Bad Mergentheim"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ulms, Sandra"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A31"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2280"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Be3 Qxb2 10. Na4 Qxa1 11. Qxa1 Nxe4 12. Qb1 Nf6 13. Nb5 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nc6 16. Nac3 Kh8 17. Nd5 Nd7 18. Nxe7 Nde5 19. Qxd6 Rfd8 20. Qa3 Rd3 21. Qa4 Nxe7 22. c5 Nf5 23. Bf4 a6 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Qe4 axb5 26. Qxd3 Nd4 27. a3 Ne6 28. Qxb5 Rxa3 29. Qxb7 Kg7 30. c6 Rc3 31. g3 Nd8 32. Qb1 Nxc6 33. Rc1 Rxc1+ 34. Qxc1 Nd4 35. Kg2 Bf6 36. Qc4 h6 37. g4 Ne6 38. f4 g5 39. f5 Nf4+ 40. Kf3 Be5 41. Qe4 f6 42. Qb7+ Kg8 43. Ke3 h5 44. gxh5 Nxh5 45. Qc8+ Kh7 46. Qd7+ Ng7 47. Qf7 Kh8 48. Ke4 Bc3 49. Qg6 Kg8 50. Kd5 Be5 51. Kc6 Kf8 52. Kd7 Bd4 53. Qh6 Kf7 54. Qh3 Be5 55. Qf3 Kf8 1-0 [Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"] [Site "Bad Mergentheim"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Weischedel, Hong Nhung"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E02"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Qxc4 c5 9. Rd1 Rb8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bf4 b5 12. Qxc5 Nxc5 13. Rxd8 Rxd8 14. Bxb8 Rd1+ 15. Bf1 e5 16. Bxe5 Bh3 17. Nfd2 Nce4 18. b4 Bxf1 19. Nxf1 Nxf2 20. Nbd2 Rxa1 21. Bxa1 N2e4 22. Bxf6 1-0 [Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"] [Site "Bad Mergentheim"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Weng, Annegret"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 d6 6. b4 f5 7. b5 Nce7 8. d3 Nh6 9. e3 O-O 10. Nge2 g5 11. h4 gxh4 12. Rxh4 Ng6 13. Rh1 f4 14. gxf4 exf4 15. exf4 Rb8 16. Be3 b6 17. Nd5 Nf5 18. Be4 Be6 19. Ng3 Ngh4 20. Kd2 Kh8 21. Qh5 Bf7 22. Qg4 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Qf6 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Rh3 Rf6 26. Rbh1 Rh6 27. Ng5 Rf8 28. Rxh4 Nxh4 29. Rxh4 Rxh4 30. Qxh4 h6 31. Qh5 Qf6 32. d4 Qf5 33. Nf7+ 1-0 [Event "Wall Street 5'"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Wolff, Patrick G"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2580"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. d4 a6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Ba2 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Be7 12. e4 b4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. e5 bxc3 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Bb2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qc7 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bxd5 Rd8 22. Ra4 O-O 23. Rc4 Qa7 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qxf5 Rd6 26. Rg4+ Kh8 27. Be4 Rg6 28. Qh5 Qb6 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Qe5+ Bf6 31. Qd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Be5 33. Re6 Bg7 34. Kg2 a5 35. Ra6 Bc3 36. Rc4 Bb4 37. Rc7 1-0 [Event "Wall Street 5'"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Wolff, Patrick G"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D80"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [BlackElo "2580"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Rc1 Qxa2 14. d5 Rfd8 15. Bc4 Qa5 16. Qb3 Nb4 17. d6 e6 18. e4 Bxe4 19. Bd2 Qa2 20. Qe3 Bxf3 21. Bxa2 Nxa2 22. Qxf3 Nxc1 23. Bxc1 Rxd6 24. Qxb7 Rdd8 25. Qa6 Bd4 26. Bg5 Rd5 27. Be3 Bg7 28. g3 h5 29. Kg2 Rd7 30. Rb1 Rad8 31. Bxa7 Ra8 32. Rb7 Rxb7 33. Qxb7 Rd8 34. Bb6 Rd5 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qe8 Rf5 37. h3 Bh6 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Rf4 40. f3 1-0 [Event "Bad Mergentheim sim"] [Site "Bad Mergentheim"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Zdebik, Barbara"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [WhiteElo "2710"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "GER"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 1-0 [Event "Las Palmas"] [Site "Las Palmas"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2710"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "1993.06.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.10.01"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Be2 { An idea which Azmaiparashvili has been trying frequently this year} Ne4 { At least we would both be out of our preparation!} (7... Bf5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Qb3 e6 10. Qxb7 Na5 11. Qc7 Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Bb4 {Azmaiparashvili -Akopian Wijk aan Zee and Azmaiprashvili-Morovic Las Palmas. The pawn sac seems to offer reasonable compensation but Azmai obviously had something in mind. Therefore... }) 8. Nxe4 (8. Nf3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 g6 $5) 8... dxe4 9. f3 e5 $1 (9... exf3 $2 10. Nxf3 $16 {And White threatens e4 and 0-0.}) 10. dxe5 Qa5+ (10... Be6 $5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. a3) 11. Kf2 Be6 $1 12. Qc2 $1 (12. fxe4 { The e-pawns are only millstones around White's neck} Rd8 13. Qc1 h6 $1 $17) 12... Rd8 $1 13. Qxe4 Rd2 $44 { The bishop is cut off from the queenside by his extra pawns!} 14. Nh3 Bd5 $6 ( 14... Qb5 $1 15. Rhe1 Bc4 $1 16. a4 (16. Ng1 Bd3 $1 $19) 16... Qb3 17. Rad1 Bd3 (17... Rxb2 18. Rb1 $1) 18. Qxc6+ bxc6 19. Rxd2 Bxe2 20. Rdxe2 $15) 15. Qf5 Be6 16. Qe4 Bd5 17. Qf5 Be6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Biel Interzonal"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1993.07.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.12.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. b3 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. e3 Bg4 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Ba3 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nb1 Bd7 24. Nc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Oviedo rapid"] [Site "Oviedo"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "13"] [White "Barlov, Dragan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2480"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. d3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 Rb8 9. h3 e5 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Nd7 12. d5 Nce5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. f4 Nc4 15. Nc3 b5 16. Qc2 Qa5 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Bf5 19. Qd1 Nxe5 20. g4 b4 21. Ne2 Bd7 22. Ng3 c4 23. Bf4 Rbe8 24. Qd2 Nd3 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Bh6 Qb6+ 27. Kh2 Be5 28. Rf1 Qd6 29. Rf3 Nxb2 30. Bf4 c3 0-1 [Event "Linares 11th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1993.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.06.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bf4 Qa5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nge2 Na6 9. f3 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 Bf5 11. g4 Bg6 12. a4 Nb4 13. Kf2 Bd3 14. axb5 Qb6 15. Be3 g6 16. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 17. Kg2 Bg7 18. f4 g5 19. Ra6 Qb7 20. Qa4 Nxb2 21. Qa2 gxf4 22. Bxf4 Nd3 23. Qxc4 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Ne4 Rd8 26. Rd1 h5 27. g5 Bd4 28. Rxd4 cxd4 29. Qc6+ Rd7 30. Nc5 Qxc6 31. dxc6 Rd5 32. Rxa7 O-O 33. Nd7 Rd8 34. b6 d3 35. b7 d2 36. Ra1 d1=Q 37. Rxd1 Rxd1 38. c7 R1xd7 39. b8=Q Rxb8 40. cxb8=Q+ Kg7 41. Qe5+ Kg6 42. h4 Rd2+ 43. Kf3 Rd3+ 44. Ke4 Rd1 45. Qh8 1-0 [Event "Groningen PCA"] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Benjamin, Joel"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B63"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2725"] [Annotator "Chekhov,V"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1993.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.04.01"] 1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 (9... a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qh6 Kh8 12. Qh5 Qe8 13. f4 Rg8 14. Bd3 Rg7 15. g4 b5 16. h4 b4 17. Ne2 e5 18. f5 a5 19. Kb1 a4 20. Nd2 Bb7 21. Rhf1 Nb8 $1 22. g5 Nd7 23. Nf3 Nc5 $132 { Borriss,M-Leko,P/Kecskemet/1991/1:0 (47) Inf 53/188/}) 10. f3 Rd8 11. Kb1 (11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qf2 d5 (12... Nd7 $5 13. h4 a6 14. h5 (14. Bg5 $5) (14. Kb1 $5) 14... b5 15. g4 Nce5 $1 16. Rg1 b4 17. Na4 Rb8 18. f4 Nc4 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bd4 { Adams,M-Conquest,S/London/1990/1:0 (37) Inf 50/222/} e5 $1 $15) 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. Rxd5 exd5 16. g4 (16. g3 $2 Bf5 17. Bf4 Qd8 18. Bb5 Nb4 19. c3 Bd3 20. cxb4 Rc8+ $19 {Petrushin,A-Brodskij,M Sochi 1993 0-1 27}) 16... Be6 17. Kb1 Bf6 $1 18. Bd3 (18. g5 {Boensch} Be5 19. f4 d4 20. Bc1 Bd5 21. Rg1 Bd6 $10 {Illescas Cordoba,M-Kramnik,V (1) Alcobendas m 1993 0-1 56 -CBM 39}) 18... Nb4 {Rogers,I-Kotronias,V/Crete/1991/0,5 (47) Inf 53/189/} 19. Rd1 $1 $36) (11. Nb5 {Boensch} Rd7 12. Be3 Qd8 13. N5d4 Qf8 $6 (13... e5 $1 14. Nf5 d5 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bc5 Qe6 17. exd5 Rxd5 18. Bd3 b6 $10 { Petrushin,A-Shmuter,L Sochi 1993 1-0 37}) 14. Qc3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 a6 16. g4 Rd8 17. g5 Nh5 18. Ne2 e5 19. Qd2 Be6 20. Nc3 $14 { xd5 Fedorowicz,J-Gurevich,D USA-ch (03) 1993 1-0 37}) 11... Qc7 (11... a6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qf2 Nd7 14. g4 b5 15. g5 Rb8 16. h4 Nb6 17. g6 $5 Na4 (17... fxg6 18. h5 gxh5 19. Rxh5 Na4 $13) 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne2 Bf6 20. Ned4 $14 { Timman,J-Salov,V/Linares/1991/0,5 (71) Inf 51/194/}) 12. Bxf6 $5 $146 (12. Qf2 $2 Ng4 $15) (12. Nb5 Qb8 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg5 Be6 $10) (12. Bf4 a6 13. g4 b5 ( 13... Ne5 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Qg2 b5 16. h4 (16. Bc1 {Boensch} Bb7 17. f4 b4 18. Ne2 Nc4 19. Ng3 d5 20. Qe2 Ndb6 21. exd5 $17 { Illescas Cordoba,M-Kramnik,V (3) Alcobendas m 1993 -CBM 39}) 16... b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. h5 Nf8 19. Bc1 Bb7 20. f4 Ned7 21. Ng3 d5 $1 $132 { Nunn,J-Gschnitzer,O/BRD/1990/1:0 (36) Inf 50/221/}) 14. g5 Nh5 15. Be3 Ne5 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Bb6 b4 $1 19. Ne2 Re8 $13 { Svidler,P-Fishbein,A/Oakham/1990/0,5 (49) Inf 50/220/}) (12. h4 {Boensch} d5 13. Bxf6 dxe4 14. Nb5 Rxd2 15. Rxd2 Qb6 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. c4 $16 { Cunningham,R-Fishbein,A Philadelphia World op (1) 1992 1-0 27}) 12... Bxf6 13. g4 g6 $6 (13... a6 $5 14. g5 {Boensch} Be7 15. h4 b5 16. h5 b4 17. Ne2 a5 $132) (13... Ne5 $5 {Boensch}) 14. h4 a6 15. g5 Bg7 16. h5 b5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. f4 ( 18. Bd3 Ne5 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4) 18... b4 19. Na4 (19. Ne2 a5) 19... Rb8 20. Qh2 (20. Bd3 $5 {/\Rh4,Qh2,Rh1->/}) 20... Kf8 21. Rd3 e5 $5 (21... Ne7 $5) 22. f5 $1 (22. Bh3 exf4 23. Qxf4 Ne5) 22... gxf5 23. Rh3 Ne7 (23... f4 24. Rh8+ (24. Rh7 $1 $18) 24... Ke7 (24... Bxh8 25. Qxh8+ Ke7 26. Qf6+ Kd7 27. Nac5+ $18 ) 25. Rh7 Rg8 $13) (23... fxe4 $2 {Boensch} 24. Rh7 Be6 25. Rxg7 $18) 24. Rh8+ $2 (24. Rh7 $1 Ng8 (24... Ng6 $5 $13) (24... Ng6 $19 {Boensch}) 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. exf5 $18 Bxf5 (27... Qc6 28. f6 Bf5 29. Qg7+ Ke8 30. Qxg8+ Kd7 31. Qxf7+ Kc8 32. Rh2 $18) (27... Bb7 28. Rh4 $1 Rbc8 29. f6) 28. Qxf5 Qc6 29. Rh7) 24... Ng8 (24... Bxh8 $2 {Boensch} 25. Qxh8+ Ng8 26. Rh7 Be6 27. exf5 Rdc8 28. Bd3 $18) 25. Rxg8+ Kxg8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. exf5 Bxf5 $1 {!! Boensch} 28. Qxf5 Qc6 29. g6 Rb7 30. Rh7 $6 (30. Qg5 $5 Rc8 $13) 30... Qxa4 31. Qg5 {? Boensch} ( 31. Bc4 d5 $1 (31... Qd7 {Boensch} 32. Qf3 e4 33. Qh5 $13) 32. Bxd5 Qd7 33. Qxd7 Rbxd7 34. Bxf7 Rd1+ 35. Nc1 Rg1 $19) 31... Qe8 32. Bxa6 $2 (32. Bg2 $5 d5 (32... e4 $2 33. Bxe4 $1) 33. Nc5 Re7) 32... Re7 33. Bd3 e4 $19 (33... d5 $2 34. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 35. gxf7+ Kxf7 36. Bg6+ $18) 34. Bb5 Re5 35. gxf7 Rxg5 36. fxe8=Q+ Rxe8 37. Bxe8 Rg1+ 38. Nc1 Kxe8 39. a4 $2 (39. c3 bxc3 40. bxc3 Bxc3 41. Kc2 Bf6 $17) 39... bxa3 40. bxa3 Bc3 {! Boensch} 41. Rh4 d5 0-1 [Event "Las Palmas"] [Site "Las Palmas"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D29"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2710"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1993.06.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.10.01"] 1. d4 {Anand} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. e4 (11. d5 {Anand} exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Qb7 {Transposes back to the main line}) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bg5 (13. f3 Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Bc2 Qb8 (16... Rfd8 17. a3 Qb8 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. Bxb3 Bd6 20. g3 Be5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 h5 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qd2 $10 {Salov,V-Chernin,A/Wijk aan Zee/1991/0.5 (49)}) 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Bxb3 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Bd6 21. g3 Be5 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Nd1 Nd7 24. Nf2 $10 {Andersson,U-Ribli,Z/EUCup (Lyon-Bayern)/1991/0.5 (30)}) (13. e5 Nfd7 14. Bf4 b4 (14... Nxb3 15. axb3 Be7 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Be3 Qa5 18. f4 b4 19. Na4 Bd5 20. Qg4 O-O 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rfd8 23. Qe2 Qb5 24. Qc4 $14 { Farago,I-Dobosz,H/Lodz/1980/1-0 (43)}) (14... Be7 15. Bc2 b4 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nc5 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qg4 g6 21. Bg5 $16 { Kharitonov,A-Gorbatov,A/Liningrad op/1991/}) 15. Na4 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bd5 17. Rac1 Qb7 18. h4 Be7 19. Qg4 g6 20. Rd3 Rc8 21. Rcd1 h6 22. Nf3 Bc6 23. Nd4 Bd5 24. Nf3 $13 {Levitt,J-Chernin,A/Protvino/1988/0.5 (26)}) 13... Bd6 (13... Ncxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rac1 (15. Nxb5 $1 {Anand} axb5 16. Qxb5+ Bc6 (16... Qc6 17. Qxb7 $1 $18) 17. Ba4 $1 Rxa4 18. Qxc6+ $1 $18) 15... Bc5 16. Bxe6 $1 O-O (16... fxe6 17. Nxe6 Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Qe5 19. Nc7+ Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Nxf2 21. Re1+ $18) (16... Qb6 17. Bf5 Bxd4 18. Bxe4 $18) 17. Be3 fxe6 (17... Qb6 18. Bd7 Rad8 19. b4 $1) 18. Nxe6 Qc6 19. Qg4 Rf7 20. Nxc5 $16) (13... Nfxe4 $2 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. f3 $1 $40 {Once the bishop moves all sorts of things are going to land on e6}) 14. Rac1 (14. Ncxb5 {Anand} axb5 15. Nxb5 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Qb8 $17) (14. g3 {Anand} Nfxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 $15) 14... Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Be5 (15... Nxb3 16. axb3 Be5 17. Nd5 Qb8 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bh6 $40) (15... O-O {Anand} 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. g3 $18 ) 16. Bxf6 (16. Ncxb5 Qb6 (16... Qe7 17. Nf3 Nxb3 18. axb3 Bb8 19. e5 axb5 20. Qxb5+ Kf8 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Bh6+ Kg8 23. Qb4 $1 $18) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rxc5) 16... gxf6 (16... Bxf6 17. Ncxb5 Qb6 (17... axb5 {Anand} 18. Qxb5+) 18. e5 $16) 17. Ncxb5 Qe7 (17... axb5 18. Qxb5+ Qd7 19. Rxc5 $16) (17... Qb6 18. Rxc5) 18. Rxc5 $1 (18. Nc3 f5 19. Nf3 Bf4 20. Rc2 fxe4 $17) 18... Qxc5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 ( 19... Qe7 $2 20. Nbc7+ Bxc7 21. Ba4+ $18) 20. Qh5+ Ke7 (20... Kf8 21. Rd7 Qc1+ 22. Bd1 $16) 21. Bxe6 $1 Kxe6 (21... Raf8 $2 22. Rd7+ Kxe6 23. Qf5#) 22. Qg4+ Kf7 23. Rd7+ Qe7 $8 24. Qh5+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Qg7+ Ke6 28. Qg4+ Ke7 (28... Kf7 29. Qd7+ Kg6 30. Qg4+ $10) 29. Qg7+ Ke6 30. Qxb7 (30. f4 $6 {Anand} axb5 (30... Bxf4 31. Nd4+ $16) 31. fxe5 Bxe4 32. Qxf6+ Kd5 33. Qd6+ Kc4 34. b3+ Kc3 35. Qc5+ Kd3 {This looks,if anything, like a losing try for White!} ) 30... axb5 31. Qd5+ Ke7 32. Qb7+ Ke6 33. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Oviedo rapid"] [Site "Oviedo"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O h6 13. Bd2 a6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxa6 Bxa6 18. Qa4+ Qd7 19. Qxa6 O-O 20. Qe2 Qa4 21. Rc4 Qxa2 22. Rg4 h5 23. Rg3 g6 24. Bc1 Rc7 25. Nh4 Kh7 26. Qd2 Qc4 27. Nxg6 fxg6 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Rxg6+ Kf7 30. Rg7+ Ke8 31. Qxe6+ Be7 32. Qg6+ Kd8 33. Bg5 Bxg5 34. Qxg5+ Kc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wall Street 5'"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Dlugy, Maxim"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D23"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e3 Ne4 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Bg6 14. e4 Nf6 15. Be3 Bb4 16. f3 c5 17. Rfd1 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Qe7 19. Bxa7 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxc3 21. Bd4 Rc6 22. Rab1 Rfc8 23. Qb5 R6c7 24. a4 h6 25. a5 Kh7 26. h4 h5 27. Kh2 Nd7 28. Rd2 Nc5 29. Be5 Rc6 30. Rbd1 Qe8 31. Bf4 Ra6 32. Rb2 Na4 33. Qxe8 Rxe8 34. Rxb7 Rxa5 35. Ra1 Raa8 36. Be3 Nc3 37. Rc1 Rac8 38. Bf1 Na4 39. Ra1 Nc5 40. Rb5 Nd7 41. Rd1 Nf6 42. Rd2 Rc3 43. Bg5 Rxf3 44. Be2 Rf2+ 45. Kg1 Nxe4 46. Rdb2 Rxe2 47. Rxe2 Nc3 48. Reb2 Nxb5 49. Rxb5 Bf5 50. Kf2 Kg6 51. Kf3 f6 52. Bf4 Rd8 53. Rb7 e5 54. Be3 Rd7 55. Rb8 0-1 [Event "Wall Street 5'"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Dlugy, Maxim"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D97"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "USA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. e5 Nxc5 13. Qb4 Nfd7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 a5 16. Qh4 b4 17. Nb5 e6 18. Qh3 h5 19. Nd6 Bd5 20. Rac1 Na4 21. Bd4 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Nc4 Bf4 25. Rcd1 Qc7 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Qb3 Bxh2+ 28. Kh1 Bf4 29. Qxa4 Qxc4 30. Qb3 Qc7 31. Qf3 Rc8 32. b3 Be5 33. Rd2 Bc3 34. Rd3 Kg7 35. Rfd1 Rf8 36. g3 Bf6 37. Kg2 Qc2 38. R1d2 Qb1 39. Rd7 Bc3 40. Re2 e5 41. Qd5 Qf5 42. Re3 g5 43. Rf3 Qg6 44. Rd6 Qb1 45. Rdf6 e4 46. Rxf7+ Rxf7 47. Qxf7+ Kh6 48. Qe6+ Kh7 49. Rf7+ Bg7 50. Qf6 1-0 [Event "Linares 11th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2710"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1993.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.06.01"] 1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bf4 Qa5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nge2 Na6 $1 9. f3 Nb4 $1 $146 (9... Nxc3 10. Nxc3 Bf5 11. g4 Bg6 12. a4 $16 {Beliavsky-Anand}) 10. fxe4 Nd3+ 11. Kd2 g6 $3 (11... Nf2 $2 12. Qe1 Nxh1 ( 12... Nxh1 {Ftacnik} 13. g3 $13)) 12. b3 $2 (12. a4 b4 $19 (12... b4 {Ftacnik} 13. Nb5 a6 $17)) (12. d6 exd6 13. a4 Nxf4 $1 (13... b4 14. Nd5 $13) 14. Nxf4 Bh6 15. g3 dxe5 16. axb5 Qd8+ 17. Kc2 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 exf4 $17) (12. g3 $5 Bg7 13. Bg2 Nxe5 $44) (12. Ke3 Bg7 13. g3 $1 $13 (13. Nc1 $2 Nxf4 14. Kxf4 Bxe5+ 15. Kxe5 g5 $1 {Gelfand} 16. d6 f6+ 17. Kd5 e6+ 18. Kxc5 Qb6+ 19. Kb4 a5+ 20. Ka3 Qc5+)) (12. Bg3 {Ftacnik} Bh6+ 13. Kc2 b4 $1 (13... Qb4 14. Qb1 $1 $16 (14. Rb1 $2 Qb3+ $1 15. axb3 Nb4#))) (12. Ke3 $5 $13 {Ftacnik}) 12... Bg7 13. bxc4 Nxf4 14. Nxf4 $2 (14. cxb5 Bxe5 15. Qb3 $17) 14... Bxe5 15. Nfe2 b4 16. Qa4+ ( 16. Rc1 {Ftacnik} bxc3+ 17. Nxc3 Bf4+ $19) 16... Qxa4 17. Nxa4 Bxa1 18. Nxc5 O-O $1 $19 (18... f5 19. Nf4 $132 {>} (37... Bxg3 {Ribli} 38. Rxb7 $13)) (37. Ra2 Re7 $10) 37... Rxe6 $1 $17 38. Ra7 Ref6 39. Ra2 (39. b7 {Ribli} Rxf2 $1) 39... Rf8 40. b7 R6f7 41. Ra8 Rb8 $1 (41... Nb4 $2 42. Ne6 $18) 42. Rxb8 Nxb8 43. Nd5 Kg7 (43... g4 $5 {>}) 15. Kh1 Nb6 16. b3 Nxb5 (16... c4 17. Be3 $1 (17. b4 $2 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Qd7 $36 {/\Na4}) 17... Nxb5 18. Nxb5 cxb3 19. Qxb3 $14) 17. Nxb5 Qd7 18. Ra2 Rfb8 (18... Qxb5 19. axb5 Rxa2 20. Be3 $16 {/\b4}) 19. Rff2 $1 (19. Be3 $2 Nxa4 $1 20. bxa4 Rxb5 21. axb5 Rxa2 $17) 19... c4 (19... Nc8 $5 20. Bb2 Na7 (20... Rxb5 $6 21. Bxg7 $16) 21. Na3 $5 $14) 20. bxc4 Nxc4 21. Rfc2 Rc8 (21... Nb6 22. Rc6 $16 {/\Be3}) 22. h3 $1 h5 23. Bf4 Rc5 24. Qe2 Rac8 25. Bh2 $1 $16 Nb6 (25... Na5 $142) 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 (26... dxc5 27. a5 Na8 $8 28. Qc4 $18) 27. Bg1 Rc1 (27... Nxa4 $5 28. Bxc5 Nxc5 $16) 28. Qe3 $1 Rxg1+ $8 29. Qxg1 Nxa4 30. Nd4 (30. Rxa4 Qxb5 31. Qd1 h4 $16 {<=>>< <<} Rd8 35. Qe4 Kb8 36. Be2 $1 Qc7 37. Bf3 {(.)} (37. Bf3 Kc8 38. g3 $16 (38. Rc3 $2 Rd1+ $1 39. Bxd1 Qxc3 $10)) (37. c4 $1 Qc5 $140 (37... Rd7 38. Rb5 $16) 38. Bf3 $18) 1-0 [Event "Roquebrune rapid"] [Site "Roquebrune"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C27"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2720"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "15"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nxe5 g6 8. Qe2 Nd4 9. Qd3 Nxb3 10. axb3 Nf5 11. O-O d6 12. Nf3 c6 13. b4 O-O 14. b5 d5 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Re1 a5 17. Qe2 Bb4 18. d3 d4 19. Ne4 Bxe1 20. Qxe1 f6 21. b3 Be6 22. Bd2 Bd5 23. Bxa5 Qe7 24. Ra4 Qe6 25. h3 Rfe8 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 f5 28. c4 fxe4 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. dxe4 dxe4 31. Bd2 Qxb3 32. Rxe4 Qf7 33. Bc3 h5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2720"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1992.04.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.08.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 c6 7. d3 d6 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. f4 Bg4 11. Qf2 Be6 12. O-O exf4 13. Bxf4 d5 14. Rae1 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxb3 16. axb3 Qd7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 f6 20. Re4 Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qxa7 Re2 23. Rf2 Re1+ 24. Rf1 Re2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Alekhine Memorial"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C86"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Kortschnoj"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1992.11.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.04.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Rd1 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. a4 {This move,first applied by Short in his match against Karpov,changes,it seems, the assessment of this position,as favourable for black.} Rb8 { Karpov played 13...ba,what turned out to be unsatisfactory for black.} 14. axb5 axb5 15. h3 Bh5 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Rc1 Rb6 { Played in order to meet 18.Dc2 with Lf3.17...Sd8!? was an alternative.} 18. Nc3 Nb4 19. Ra7 Ng5 {19...Sc6? 20.Sd5!,winning.} 20. Bxg5 Bxg5 21. Rca1 { 21.Td1 was more prudent} Bf4 $2 {The move meets a tactical refutation.After 21. ..Ld8 the position was unclear. But 21...Sc6! with threats Sa7 and 21...Sd4 would pose a real challenge to white!} 22. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 23. Qe4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nb4 26. Qe3 $1 Qc8 {The threat was Db6.The move,which looked the most stubborn-26...Dd3 would be met by 27.Lf7 Tf7 28.Ta8 Tf8 29.Tf8 Kf8 30.Df4. } 27. Qe4 Na6 {Or 27...Sc6 28.Ta8 Da8 29.Ta8 Ta8 30.e6 fe 31.Le6 Kh8 32.Ld5} 28. Bd5 c6 29. Qe3 Rb7 30. Bxf7+ Rbxf7 31. R7xa6 Rxf2 32. e6 Rxb2 33. e7 Re8 34. Ra8 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Qc7+ 36. g3 Rb2+ 37. Kg1 Qd7 38. Rxe8+ 1-0 [Event "Dortmund"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2655"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "1992.04.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.08.01"] 1. e4 {Ftacnik Ernst} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 Bd7 16. Nd2 (16. Rh4 {Ftacnik} Qf5 17. Bc2 Rae8 18. d4 Re1+ $5 19. Qxe1 Qxc2 $13) 16... g5 (16... Rae8 {Ernst} 17. Rh4 Qf5 18. Nf1 Qg6 19. Bd2 Bf5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Ne3 Be6 22. a4 Be7 23. Rf4 Bg5 24. Rf3 b4 $6 25. c4 $16 {Murei - Geller, Amsterdam 1987.}) 17. Re2 (17. Re1 $5 {Ftacnik} f5 18. Ne4 $36) 17... f5 18. Ne4 $2 (18. c4 bxc4 19. dxc4 f4 20. cxd5 fxg3 21. hxg3 ( 21. fxg3 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 Bg4 $17) 21... Rxf2 22. Rxf2 Qxg3+ 23. Rg2 Qe3+ 24. Rf2 Qg3+) (18. Nf3 $14 {Ernst}) (18. Bxd5+ {Ftacnik} cxd5 19. Qb3 $13) 18... fxe4 19. dxe4 Bg4 20. exd5 c5 (20... Bxe2 {Ftacnik} 21. dxc6+ Bc4 (21... Kg7 22. Qxe2 Rae8 23. Be3 $16) 22. Bxc4+ bxc4 23. Qd5+ (23. Qxd6 $2 Rad8 $19) 23... Rf7 24. Qxd6 $36) 21. Qf1 Qh5 $1 {The move I had missed} (21... Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Bxe2+ 23. Kxe2 $44 (23. Kxe2 {Ftacnik} c4 24. Bc2 Rae8+ 25. Be3 Bc5 26. Rd1 $146)) 22. Re3 (22. Re1 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Bf3 $19) 22... c4 23. Bc2 Bc5 24. Bd2 ( 24. a4 {Ftacnik} Rae8 $22 25. Rxe8 Qxe8) 24... Bxe3 (24... Rad8 $1 25. Be4 Rde8 26. Qg2 (26. Rae1 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Bxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 30. Ke3 Qxg3+ 31. Kd4 Qd3+ 32. Kc5 Qxd2 $19) 26... Bh3 27. Qh1 Qf7 28. Rf3 Qa7 (28... Qxf3 29. Bxf3 Re2 (29... g4 30. Bf4) 30. Be1 Rxb2 31. d6 Kg7 32. g4 $13) 29. Be3 g4 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Bxc5 Qxc5 $19) (24... Rae8 {Ftacnik} 25. Rae1) 25. Bxe3 Rae8 26. Re1 Bf3 27. d6 Bc6 28. Qe2 $2 (28. Bd1 Qf7 (28... Qg6 $19 { Ftacnik}) 29. Bd4 Rxe1 30. Qxe1 Qd5 31. f3 $15) 28... Qh3 29. Qf1 Qe6 30. Bd1 Qd5 (30... Qxd6 $19) (30... Qxd6 {Ftacnik} 31. Bg4 $17) 31. f3 Qxd6 (31... g4 { Ftacnik} 32. Bh6 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Rf6 34. Bf4 $17) 32. Bd4 (32. Bxg5 {Ftacnik} Qc5+ $19) 32... Rxe1 33. Qxe1 g4 (33... Bxf3 $17 {Ernst}) (33... Bxf3 {Ftacnik} 34. Bxf3 Rxf3 35. Qe8+ Rf8 $19) 34. f4 $1 { With the obvious intention of getting my king to a1 via c5!} Qd5 35. Kf2 Qg2+ 36. Ke3 Re8+ 37. Be5 Qxb2 (37... Qxh2 38. Bxg4 Qxb2) (37... Bf3 {Ftacnik} 38. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 39. Kd2 $17) 38. Bxg4 Qc2 (38... Qxa2 $19) (38... Qxh2 $19 {Ftacnik} ) 39. Kd4 Qd3+ 40. Kc5 Qd5+ 41. Kb4 (41. Kb6 {Ftacnik} Bd7 $19) 41... a5+ 42. Ka3 (42. Kxa5 $2 {Ernst} Qc5 $1 $19) 42... Qd3 43. Kb2 b4 44. Ka1 $1 { Mission accomplished!} (44. cxb4 {Ftacnik} axb4 (44... a4 45. Qc3 a3+ 46. Kxa3 Qb1 47. Qxc4+) 45. Qxb4 Rxe5 46. fxe5 Qd4+ 47. Ka3 Qxg4 $19) 44... a4 45. Be2 ( 45. cxb4 {Ftacnik} a3 46. Be2 Rxe5 $1 $19) 45... Qe4 46. Qd1 bxc3 $2 (46... Bd5 $1 47. a3 $1 (47. cxb4 Rxe5 48. fxe5 Qxe5+ 49. Kb1 Be4+ 50. Kc1 Qc3+) (47. Qxa4 Ra8 $1 (47... Rxe5 48. fxe5 Qxe2 49. Qe8+) 48. Qd1 (48. Qd7 Rxa2+ 49. Kxa2 Qc2+ 50. Ka1 Qc1+ 51. Ka2 b3#) 48... b3 $19) (47. Bh5 Rxe5 48. fxe5 Qxe5 49. Qg4+ Kh8 50. Qd4 Qxd4 51. cxd4 a3 $19) (47. Bf1 {Ftacnik} Rxe5 48. fxe5 Qxe5 $19) 47... b3 $15) 47. Bxc4+ Kf8 (47... Qxc4 48. Qg4+ Kf7 49. Qf5+ Ke7 50. Qf6+ Kd7 51. Qd6+ Kc8 52. Qc7#) 48. Bd6+ (48. Qd6+ {Ftacnik} Re7 49. Qd8+ Be8 $19) 48... Re7 (48... Kg7 {Ftacnik} 49. Qg4+ Qg6 (49... Kh8 50. Be5+ Rxe5 51. Qg8#) 50. Be5+ Kf8 51. Qxg6 hxg6 52. Bxc3 $10) 49. Bd3 Qe3 50. Bc2 (50. Bxh7 $1 $16 { Unfortunately I hadn't realised that I could be better in this game!}) 50... Ke8 51. Bxe7 Kxe7 52. Qb1 h6 53. a3 Kf6 54. Qd1 Qc5 (54... Ke7 {Ftacnik} 55. Qb1) 55. Qd8+ Kg7 56. Qc7+ Kf6 57. Qd8+ Kg7 58. Qc7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"] [Site "Reggio Emilia"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2730"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1991.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.04.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 Bg4 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nge7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Nf5 12. Rb1 Qb6 13. Be3 Be7 14. b4 O-O 15. Bd3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rac8 17. Kh1 Qd8 18. Qe1 a6 19. b5 axb5 20. Rxb5 Rb8 21. Qb1 h6 22. e4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 dxe4 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Bxe4 Qd4 27. Qd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Roquebrune rapid"] [Site "Roquebrune"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "18"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2725"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "15"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 Bg6 8. Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nge7 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Na4 O-O 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Qb6 15. Qd2 a6 16. Rfc1 Bh5 17. a3 Rad8 18. b4 Rd7 19. h3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Be2 Rdf7 24. Qe1 g6 25. Qg3 Kg7 26. Bd3 Qa7 27. h4 Qb8 28. Qxb8 Nxb8 29. b5 axb5 30. Bxb5 Nd7 31. Rc7 Nb6 32. R7c5 Rf2 33. a4 Ra2 34. Rc7 Nxa4 35. Be8 Rxc7 36. Rxc7+ Kf8 37. Bd7 Nb6 38. Bxe6 Re2 39. Rf7+ Ke8 40. Rxh7 Nc4 41. Bxd5 Nxe3 42. Bxb7 Nf5 43. Bf3 Rd2 44. d5 Kf8 45. h5 g5 46. Ra7 Rd4 47. g4 Nh4 48. Kf2 Rd3 49. Be4 Rb3 50. d6 Rb4 51. Ra8+ Kf7 52. d7 1-0 [Event "Paris Immopar rapid"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2790"] [Annotator "Boensch,U"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1992.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.04.01"] 1. e4 {Anand} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 (7. Bd3 b5 $1 8. e5 $6 dxe5 9. fxe5 Nd5 $15 { De Firmian,N-Polugaevsky,L/Biel/1989/ /}) 7... Qb6 (7... Nbd7 8. g4 h6 9. Be2 Qb6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Qg2 Rb8 12. Be3 b5 13. g5 hxg5 14. fxg5 Nh5 15. g6 Ne5 16. gxf7+ Qxf7 17. Rf1 Qg6 18. Qxg6+ Nxg6 $13 {Short - Kasparov, Belgrad 1989}) 8. a3 (8. Nb3 $5 Qc7 9. g4 $36) 8... Nbd7 (8... h5 $6 $146 9. Nb3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 b5 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Rhe1 Be7 14. Kb1 Rb8 15. Qg3 h4 16. Qh3 e5 17. g4 $1 $16 {Chandler,M-Suba,M Walsall (4)/1992/1-0/48/ -CBM 32}) (8... Nc6 $5 9. Nb3 (9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. b3 (10. g4 g6 11. g5 Nd7 12. b3 Bg7 (12... h6 13. Bb2 Rh7 14. Na4 Qc7 15. h4 hxg5 16. fxg5 Be7 17. Qg3 Bb7 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Bc3 Re8 20. Kb2 d5 21. Qxc7+ Kxc7 22. Bg2 Nc5 23. Be5+ Bd6 24. Bxd6+ Kxd6 25. e5+ { Oll,L-Stohl,I/Manila olm/1992/1-0}) 13. Bb2 O-O 14. O-O-O d5 15. h4 Nc5 16. h5 Ra7 17. Rd2 a5 18. e5 Rd8 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Rdh2 Bf8 21. Nd1 a4 22. b4 Ne4 23. Bd3 c5 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qe3 Rb7 26. Nf2 cxb4 27. Qxb6 Rxb6 28. Rxh7 bxa3 29. Rh8+ Kf7 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Bxa3 { Short,N-Smirin,I/Debrecen EU-chT/1992/1/2-1/2/49/}) 10... Bb7 11. Bb2 c5 12. O-O-O Be7 13. g4 d5 14. g5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qc3 Qc7 17. Qxg7 Qxf4+ 18. Kb1 Rf8 19. Rg1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Bc4 Qxh2 22. Rf1 Be7 23. Be5 Qd2 24. Qxh7 e3 25. g6 e2 26. Bxe2 Qxe2 27. Rxf7 Qxe5 28. Rxe7+ Kd8 29. Rf7 Re8 30. Rxb7 Qd6 31. Ra7 {Adams,M-Polugaevsky,L/FRA-chT/1992/1-0/}) 9... Qc7 (9... Be7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd2 b5 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. Qh3 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Na5 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Rac8 18. f5 exf5 19. Qxf5 Ba8 20. Nc4 Qb7 21. Bg5 Rc5 { Belotti,B-Sanchez Almeyra,J/Biel op (06)/1992/0-1 (21)}) 10. Bd3 (10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nd7 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nc5 14. O-O Nxb3 15. cxb3 Be7 16. Qh3 O-O 17. Nd5 exd5 18. exd5 g6 19. Rac1 Rae8 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. f5 Bd8 22. Qh6 { Sax,G-Wojtkiewicz,A/Debrecen EU-chT/1992/1-0}) 10... g6 11. O-O (11. Bd2 Bg7 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Nd7 14. Qf2 Nb6 15. Qe2 Na4 16. Rb1 Nxc3 17. bxc3 O-O 18. h4 Bb7 19. h5 Rfe8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rh4 Na5 22. Nxa5 Qxa5 23. Qh2 Qxa3 24. Ke2 d5 25. Rh7 dxe4 26. Bxb5 Red8 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. f5 Rxd2+ 29. Kxd2 Rd8+ 30. Bd3 Rxd3+ 31. Ke2 {Lutz,C-Van Wely,L/Debrecen EU-chT/1992/0-1}) (11. Be3 $1 Bg7 12. g4 $132) 11... Bg7 12. Bd2 (12. Be3 O-O 13. Rae1 (13. Rad1 b5 14. Bxb5 $1 axb5 15. Nxb5 Qb8 16. Nxd6 $16) 13... b5 14. e5 $2 (14. Kh1 $1 Bb7 15. Qh3 $13) 14... dxe5 15. Bc5 Bb7 $1 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Qe3 Bh6 $1 $17 18. Qh3 Bxf4 19. Kh1 Ne7 $1 20. Ne2 Ned5 21. Qh4 Kg7 22. Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Rf2 h6 24. Kg1 Rd8 25. Nd2 $6 {25. g3! <} 32. Qd5 Rc5 33. Qe6+ Kd8 34. Kb1) 32. Qd5 Rc5 33. Qe6+ Kd8 34. c3 a3 35. bxa3 Qa4 $2 (35... Qa6 $132) (35... Qa6 {Anand} 36. Kb1 $1 { and I don't the continuation of Black's attack} Nxa3+ 37. Bxa3 Qxa3 38. Rb2 $1 Rxc3 39. h6 $18) 36. Rd4 $1 $18 Qa6 37. Rxe4 Rc7 38. Qg8+ Kd7 39. Rhe2 (39. Rxe7+ {Anand} Kxe7 40. Re2+ Ne5) 1-0 [Event "Paris Immopar rapid"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B93"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2790"] [Annotator "Boensch,U"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "1992.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.04.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 (6... Nbd7 { - Polgar,J-Sadler,M Hastings (06) 1992 -CBM 33}) 7. a4 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nc6 (9... Nbd7 10. O-O e6 11. Qe1 Nc5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nfd7 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Kh1 b6 16. Qh4 Bb7 $10 {Ansell,S-James,D BCF-ch (7) 1992 1/2 62}) 10. O-O Bg4 11. Qe1 O-O (11... Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nb4 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nc5 16. Bf1 O-O 17. Raa3 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Polugaevski,L Moskow 1986 1/2 51}) 12. Qh4 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 e6 14. Be3 Qd8 $1 15. Raf1 $2 (15. Rd1 $10) 15... d5 $1 16. f5 $2 (16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 $15) 16... dxe4 $19 17. Rh3 (17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Bxe4 gxf5 $19) 17... exf5 18. Bxe4 Re8 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Rxf5 Rxe3 $1 21. Rxe3 Qb6 22. Qf2 Ng4 23. Re8+ Rxe8 24. Qxb6 Bd4+ 25. Qxd4 Re1+ 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Nxd4 28. Ne4 Nxc2 29. Nc5 b5 30. a5 Nb4 31. h3 Ne3+ 32. Ke2 Nc4 33. b3 Nxa5 {Boensch} 0-1 [Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"] [Site "Reggio Emilia"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "Schussler,H"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1991.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.04.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re2 {Popular now.} Qh4 (13... Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. Qf1 (15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Nd2 f5 17. Qb3 Bf7 18. Nf1 f4 $10 {Kamsky,G-Ivanchuk,V, Linares 1991.}) 15... Bg6 16. Qf2 Qc7 $13) 14. g3 Qh3 15. Nd2 (15. f3 $5 Bf5 16. c4 {Rantanen,Y-Hellers,F, Finland-Sweden 1990.} bxc4 17. Bxc4 h5 $13 {(Wedberg)}) 15... Bf5 16. a4 Bd3 $5 (16... Rae8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Nf1 b4 $5 {18. - h5 []} 19. c4 Nf6 20. c5 Bc7 21. Bc4 a5 22. Bd2 $14 { Wahls,M-Khalifman, A, Hamburg 1991.}) 17. Re1 Rae8 18. Nf3 $1 $14 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 h6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ne5 {21. d2.} Re8 22. Qd1 Bxe5 23. dxe5 (23. Qxd3 $2 Bxg3 $19) 23... Qf5 (23... Rxe5 $2 24. Ra8+ Kh7 25. Qxd3+ $18) 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. g4 $1 Qg6 26. Bf4 Qe4 27. h3 h5 28. Bg3 Be2 29. Qd4 $10 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goodricke op 03rd"] [Site "Kolkata"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "King, Daniel J"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B86"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2505"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "1992.01.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.05.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4 Nc5 9. f5 Be7 10. O-O e5 11. Nde2 h6 12. Be3 Nxb3 13. axb3 O-O 14. Ng3 b5 15. Nh5 Bb7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bg5 18. Bf2 b4 19. Bb6 Qd7 20. f6 Bxd5 21. fxg7 Rfb8 22. Qxd5 Qb7 23. Qxb7 Rxb7 24. Bf2 Rc7 25. Rad1 Rxc2 26. Rxd6 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Be3 Kxg7 29. Rf2 Rc6 30. Re2 Kg6 31. Kf2 f5 32. Kf3 Bg5 33. Bf2 h5 34. g3 Rd6 35. h4 Rd3+ 36. Kg2 Bd2 37. Bc5 fxe4 38. Rxe4 Kf5 39. Rc4 Rxb3 40. Rc2 Be3 41. Bxe3 Rxe3 42. Rc6 a5 43. Rh6 Ke4 44. Rxh5 Re2+ 45. Kh3 Rxb2 46. Rh6 a4 47. Ra6 a3 48. h5 Rb1 49. Kg2 Rb2+ 50. Kh3 Rb1 51. Kg2 Rc1 52. h6 Rc2+ 53. Kh3 Rc7 54. Ra4 Rb7 55. Kh4 Kd5 56. g4 b3 57. Ra5+ Ke4 58. Ra4+ Kd5 59. Ra5+ Ke6 60. Ra6+ Kf7 61. g5 b2 62. g6+ Ke7 63. g7 b1=Q 64. g8=N+ Kf7 0-1 [Event "Roquebrune rapid"] [Site "Roquebrune"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2585"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "15"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d6 6. c4 bxc4 7. dxc4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Re1 c5 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 a6 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Qc1 Rd7 15. e4 Rfd8 16. h3 Ne5 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. Bc1 Ne8 19. g4 Bf6 20. Be3 Nb4 21. Qd2 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Nxa2 23. Qd2 Nb4 24. Bf4 e5 25. Bg5 f6 26. Bh4 g5 27. Bg3 Ng7 28. Nh2 Ne6 29. Nf1 Nd4 30. Rb1 Bc6 31. Ne3 Rb8 32. Nd5 Qd8 33. Re3 a5 34. Bf3 Rf7 35. Bd1 Be8 36. Ra1 Rfb7 37. Ra3 Bg6 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Kg1 Be8 40. Kg2 Bg6 41. Kg1 Nbc6 42. Kh2 Ra8 43. Ra4 Qb8 44. Ra3 h6 45. Kg2 Nb4 46. Nc3 Be8 47. f3 Nbc6 48. Bf2 Bf7 49. Qa2 Nb4 50. Qd2 Be8 51. h4 Rba7 52. h5 Qb7 53. Re1 Qf7 54. Na4 Bxa4 55. Rxa4 Rb8 56. Be3 Qc7 57. Bf2 Nbc6 58. Re3 Rab7 59. Qa2 Nb4 60. Qd2 Ndc6 61. Be1 Nd8 62. Kg1 Ndc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Roquebrune rapid"] [Site "Roquebrune"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "22"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Larsen, Bent"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B38"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2535"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "15"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nc2 a6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. f3 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15. Na3 h5 16. Kf1 Ba4 17. Re1 Bc6 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Nfd7 20. b4 e6 21. Ne3 Nb6 22. h3 Bh6 23. c5 dxc5 24. Rxc5 Rcd8 25. Bc1 Nd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Nec4 Nxc4 28. Nxc4 Bf8 29. Ne5 Bxc5 30. Nxd3 Bf8 31. a3 Bb5 32. Ke2 Rc8 33. Rd1 Rc2+ 34. Ke3 Rxg2 35. Ne5 f6 36. Nd7 Re2+ 37. Kf4 Bxd7 38. Kg3 Bc6 39. h4 Kf7 40. Rd8 Be7 41. Rd4 e5 42. Rd3 f5 43. exf5 gxf5 44. f4 Rg2+ 45. Kh3 Rg4 46. fxe5 Rxh4+ 47. Kg3 f4+ 48. Kf2 Rg4 49. Rh3 Kg6 50. Bd2 Rg2+ 51. Ke1 f3 52. a4 Re2+ 0-1 [Event "Roquebrune rapid"] [Site "Roquebrune"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "13"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "15"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 g6 6. d4 e4 7. f3 exf3 8. Nxf3 d6 9. O-O Bg7 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. e4 O-O 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Rae1 f4 17. Bf3 fxg3 18. hxg3 h5 19. Kg2 Rf7 20. Nd1 Raf8 21. b4 Bh6 22. Bxh6 Nxh6 23. Qd2 Ng4 24. Be2 h4 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Rh1 hxg3 27. Rh3 Ne3+ 28. Qxe3 Bxh3+ 29. Kxh3 Rh7+ 30. Kg2 Qh4 31. Qxg3 Qh1+ 32. Kf2 Rh2+ 33. Ke3 Rh3 34. Qxh3 Qxh3+ 35. Bf3 Qf1 36. Be2 Qe1 37. a3 g5 38. Kd3 a5 39. b5 b6 40. Ne3 Qb1+ 41. Nc2 Qb3+ 42. Kd2 Kf8 43. c5 bxc5 44. d6 cxd6 45. Ne3 Qxa3 0-1 [Event "Roquebrune"] [Site "Roquebrune"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "15"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.05.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 d6 8. d3 Nge7 9. Qe1 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. f5 gxf5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Nf4 Qe5 16. Qf2 Rg8 17. Nh5 Bh8 18. Bf4 Qd5 19. Bg3 Bd7 20. Rfe1 O-O-O 21. c4 dxc3 22. bxc3 Bc6 23. d4 Rg4 24. h3 Rxd4 25. Nf4 Rxf4 26. Bxf4 Rg8 27. Re2 Bxc3 28. Rc1 Bd4 29. Rxc6+ bxc6 30. Be3 c5 31. Rd2 Rxg2+ 32. Qxg2 Bxe3+ 0-1 [Event "Linares 10th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B93"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nf3 b5 9. O-O e6 10. Kh1 Be7 11. Qe1 b4 12. Nd1 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qg3 g6 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Nf2 Bb7 17. Ng5 Bf8 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Ng4 O-O-O 20. Nh6 Rd7 21. Rac1 Bd4 22. c3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Bc5 24. Qh3 Kb8 25. Rb1 Ka7 26. Rb2 Na5 27. Rfb1 Bc6 28. Nhxf7 Rxf7 29. Nxe6 Qe7 30. Bxg6 Rff8 31. Nxf8 Rxf8 32. Bd3 Nc4 33. Re2 Rxf4 34. Bxc4 (34. Qh6 Rh4 35. Qxc6 Rxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Qh4#) 34... Rxc4 35. Rf1 Rh4 36. Qg3 Bb5 37. Rf6 Ra4 38. Re1 Rxa2 39. Qg8 Rf2 40. Rxf2 Bxf2 41. Rb1 Qb7 42. Qf8 Bh4 43. Qc5+ Ka8 44. Qf8+ Ka7 45. Qc5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Roquebrune rapid"] [Site "Roquebrune"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "16"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Piket, Jeroen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "15"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bb7 10. Qg4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Kh8 13. Bf4 d5 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. Qxc8 Raxc8 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Rxd6 Rxc3 19. Re1 Bc8 20. f3 Rc7 21. Rb6 g6 22. Re2 Rd8 23. Kf2 Kg7 24. Re3 Rd2+ 25. Re2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Roquebrune rapid"] [Site "Roquebrune"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "14"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2550"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "15"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Kh1 b5 10. f4 d6 11. Be3 Be7 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 e5 14. N1d2 Ng4 15. Bg1 exf4 16. Rxf4 Nce5 17. Be2 h5 18. a5 Bg5 19. Rf1 Be3 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. Nf3 Bxg1 22. Kxg1 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bh3 24. Rf2 O-O 25. Qd5 g6 26. Nd4 Rae8 27. Kh1 Re5 28. Qc6 Rxa5 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. Rfd2 Re5 32. Ra1 d5 33. Ra5 Rd7 34. Nb3 f6 35. Raxd5 Rdxd5 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. exd5 Kf7 38. c4 bxc3 39. bxc3 Ke7 40. Kg1 Kd6 41. c4 Bf5 42. Kf2 Bc2 43. Na5 Kc5 44. Ke3 Kb4 45. d6 Bf5 46. Nc6+ Kc5 47. Nb8 Kxd6 48. Nxa6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"] [Site "Reggio Emilia"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B83"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "Boensch,U"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "1991.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.04.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nb3 Na5 11. Nd2 $1 (11. f4 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Bc6 13. Bf3 O-O 14. a5 Nd7 15. Na4 Rc8 16. Rf2 f5 17. Nb6 Nxb6 18. Bxb6 Qd7 $15 { Salazar,H-Ermenkov,E Novi Sad ol (05) 1990}) 11... O-O 12. f4 Bc6 13. Bf2 (13. Bd4 e5 14. Be3 d5 15. fxe5 d4 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. b4 dxe3 18. Ndb1 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxe4 20. bxa5 Bxc2 $44 {Westerinen,H-Liberzon,V Solingen 1974}) (13. b4 $2 d5 14. bxa5 (14. e5 Bxb4 $17) (14. exd5 Bxb4 (14... Nxd5 $2 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bf3 $18) 15. dxc6 Bxc3 $17) 14... d4 15. Bf2 dxc3 16. Nc4 Nxe4 $19) 13... Rc8 14. Bd3 (14. b4 $2 Bd7 $17) 14... Be8 15. Qf3 Nd7 16. Qh3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. e5 g6 19. Nce4 dxe5 (19... Rc8 $5 20. exd6 (20. Qh6 f5 21. exd6 Bf6 $13) (20. Nf3 dxe5 21. fxe5 Bc6 $15) 20... Bxd6 21. Ng5 (21. Qh6 f6 $13) 21... h5 $13) 20. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 21. Kh1 Nc6 $44 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. c3 Be7 25. Nf3 Qc7 26. Be2 Bf6 27. Nd2 Bg7 28. Ne4 Ne5 29. b3 Qe7 30. Qe3 Bc6 31. Nd6 h5 32. Nc4 Nxc4 33. Bxc4 Rc8 34. Rc1 Kh7 (34... Bxa4 35. Bxe6 Qxe6 36. Qxe6 fxe6 37. bxa4 Rxc3 38. Rxc3 Bxc3 39. Rc1 $16) 35. a5 Be8 36. Qd3 Qc7 37. Ra1 Qe5 38. Rf3 Rc5 $2 (38... Qc7 $14) 39. Qd8 Bc6 40. Rxf7 Qxc3 41. Raf1 Rf5 42. R7xf5 exf5 43. Bd5 $1 $16 Bb5 44. Rd1 f4 45. Qg8+ Kh6 46. Be4 Qf6 47. Qd8 Qe6 48. Qd5 Qf6 49. Qxb7 Be2 50. Rb1 Qg5 51. Qd5 Qe7 52. Qc6 Bf6 53. Qc2 Bg4 54. Bxg6 f3 55. Be4 fxg2+ 56. Bxg2 Be5 57. Qc6+ Bd6 58. Qc1+ Kg7 59. Qc3+ Kg6 60. Rf1 Be2 61. Rg1 Kh7 62. Qd4 {Boensch} 1-0 [Event "Roquebrune rapid"] [Site "Roquebrune"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D40"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "15"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Ne5 11. Rd1 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Qc7 13. c5 Be7 14. Na4 Bd7 15. Nb6 Rae8 16. f4 Bc6 17. Rg1 Bb5 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Be5 Qc6 20. Qb2 Kh8 21. Ke2 Rg8 22. Rg3 Nh5 23. Rh3 f6 24. Rxh5 fxe5 25. Qxe5 Rgf8 26. Qd4 Rf6 27. Rg1 Bd8 28. Rhg5 Bxb6 29. Rxg7 Bd8 30. Qe5 Ref8 31. Qh5 h6 32. Qg4 1-0 [Event "Brussels SWIFT rapid"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Portisch, Lajos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2575"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "1992.07.??"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.09.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O Bd6 9. h3 Bh2+ 10. Kh1 Bf4 11. Qc1 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Qb6 13. Nf5 Qxe3 14. Nxe3 b5 15. a4 b4 16. Ne2 Rb8 17. f4 d6 18. a5 Ke7 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. Ng3 Bb7 21. Re1 Kf8 22. Kg1 g6 23. Ra4 Nd7 24. Raa1 Nc5 25. Bf1 h5 26. Nc4 Nd4 27. Rad1 Nxc2 28. Re2 h4 29. Nh1 b3 30. Rxd6 Nxe4 31. Rb6 Bd5 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Nb6 Rd8 34. Nxd5 exd5 35. Nf2 Nd4 36. Re3 Ng3 37. Rd3 Ngf5 38. Nd1 Rc8 39. Rc3 Re8 40. Kf2 Re6 41. Rc5 Rd6 42. Nc3 Ne7 43. Rc7 Ne6 44. Rb7 d4 45. Ne4 Rc6 46. Rxb3 Nxf4 47. Kf3 Ne6 48. Rb6 f5 49. Nd2 Nc7 50. Nb3 Rc2 51. Nxd4 Rd2 52. Rb8+ Kg7 53. Rb7 Rxd4 54. Rxc7 Kf6 55. Bxa6 Rb4 56. Rb7 Ra4 57. Rb5 g5 58. Bb7 Ng6 59. a6 Ne5+ 60. Ke2 g4 61. hxg4 fxg4 62. b4 Ra2+ 63. Kd1 Nc4 64. Rc5 Ne3+ 65. Kc1 g3 66. Ra5 1-0 [Event "Goodricke op 03rd"] [Site "Kolkata"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ravi, Lanka"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2370"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1992.01.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.05.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nd2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bd3 c4 14. Bc2 b5 15. g3 Nb6 16. Ng5 b4 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qg4 Ke8 19. Qxe6 Qd7 20. Qxg6+ Kd8 21. f4 Qh3 22. Rf2 Qh6 23. Qxh6 Rxh6 24. f5 Rh8 25. h4 a5 26. a4 b3 27. Bd1 Kc7 28. Kg2 Nd8 29. Rf4 Nf7 30. Rg4 Rag8 31. Rg6 Nh6 32. g4 Bxh4 33. Bf4 Nf7 34. g5 Nc8 35. Bg4 Ne7 36. Re6 Re8 37. Rh1 Nxg5 38. Rxe7+ Rxe7 39. f6 Ne6 40. Bg3 Bxg3 41. fxe7 Re8 42. Bxe6 1-0 [Event "Dortmund"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Salov, Valery"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2655"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1992.04.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.08.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Nb3 Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Rd8 14. Rxd8+ Nxd8 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Be4 f5 17. Bd3 Kf7 18. c3 Nc6 19. Bc4 Rc8 20. Kb1 b6 21. Rd1 Be8 22. Re1 Bd7 23. Ba6 Rd8 24. Bf4 Be8 25. Bc7 Rd7 26. Bg3 Rd8 27. Bb7 Bd6 28. Bxd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Alekhine Memorial"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Salov, Valery"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2655"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1992.11.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.04.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1 d5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be3 Qxh4 13. Qf3 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. O-O-O Bd6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. gxf5 Be5 18. Kb1 Rb8 19. b3 Qb4 20. Rd3 Kf8 21. Bd2 Qd6 22. Re1 Bf6 23. Bf4 Qa3 24. Be5 Re8 25. Qg3 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Kg8 27. Re8+ Kh7 28. Rxh8+ Kxh8 29. c3 Qe7 30. Qe3 Qd7 31. Qf3 Kh7 32. Kc2 a5 33. Kd1 Qe7 34. Qe2 Qd7 35. Qf3 Qe7 36. Qe2 Qd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Reggio Emilia-A 9192 34th"] [Site "Reggio Emilia"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Salov, Valery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2665"] [Annotator "Ernst,T"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "1991.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [EventCategory "18"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.04.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne2 Bd5 12. Ne1 h5 13. Nf4 Rd8 14. b3 Be7 15. Bb2 (15. c4 $1 Be4 $6 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. f3 Bc5+ 18. Kf1 Ne3+ 19. Ke2 Nc2 20. fxe4 Nxa1 21. Bb2 $18) 15... g5 16. Ne2 Rg8 17. c4 Be6 18. Nc2 a5 ( 18... b5 $1 19. Ncd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 bxc4 21. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bd7 { 22.-cxb3? 23.La3!} 23. Nxe7 Kxe7 24. bxc4 $14) 19. Nc3 Rd7 20. Ne4 c5 $2 (20... b5 $1 $14) 21. Kf1 Kd8 22. Ke2 Kc8 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Rd1+ Kc6 25. a4 $1 b6 26. Ne1 Kb7 27. g3 Nh6 28. Nc3 Bg4+ 29. f3 Be6 30. Nd5 Bd8 31. Ne3 Be7 32. Bc3 c6 33. N1c2 Bd8 34. Rh1 g4 $2 {Ein Fehler in Zeitnot.} 35. f4 Nf5 36. Rd1 $1 Bc7 37. Nxf5 Bxf5 38. Ne3 Bc8 39. Kd3 h4 40. Ke4 hxg3 41. hxg3 Rh8 42. f5 Rh2 43. Nxg4 Re2+ 44. Kf4 (44. Kf3 $2 Bxf5 $1 $13) 44... b5 45. Rd2 Re1 46. Ne3 f6 47. g4 Rb1 48. Ke4 fxe5 49. Bb2 Re1 50. Rd3 Kb6 51. Bc3 Re2 52. Bxe5 Bxe5 53. Kxe5 bxc4 54. bxc4 Kc7 55. Kf6 Ra2 56. g5 Rxa4 57. g6 Ra1 58. Rd1 1-0 [Event "Roquebrune rapid"] [Site "Roquebrune"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "20"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Seirawan, Yasser"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2600"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "15"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 9. Nc3 Nc8 10. Be3 Nb6 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Na4 O-O 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Nd7 15. Rc3 a6 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. Rfc1 Rfb8 18. Nh4 Bg6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bg4 Nf8 21. h4 Na7 22. Be2 Nb5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. a3 b4 25. Rc5 Qa4 26. axb4 Qb3 27. Bg5 Nh7 28. Be7 g5 29. hxg5 Nf8 30. R5c3 Qa4 31. Bd6 Rd8 32. Ra3 Qb5 33. Rc5 Qe8 34. Rc7 b6 35. Re7 Rxa3 36. bxa3 Qa4 37. Qd3 Ng6 38. Rc7 b5 39. Qf3 Nh8 40. g6 fxg6 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Qf6+ Kh7 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Qxd8 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qh5+ 46. Kg3 Qg5+ 47. Qxg5+ Kxg5 48. Be7+ Kh5 49. Kh3 g5 50. g3 g4+ 51. Kg2 Nf7 52. a4 bxa4 53. b5 a3 54. Bxa3 Nd8 55. Kf1 Kg6 56. Ke2 Kf5 57. Kd3 Nb7 58. Bb4 Nd8 59. Ba5 Nb7 60. Bd2 Kg6 61. Kc3 Kf7 62. Kb4 Ke8 63. b6 Kd7 64. Kb5 Nd8 65. Bb4 Nb7 66. Ka6 Kc8 67. Be7 Kb8 68. Bd6+ Ka8 69. Bc7 1-0 [Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Seirawan, Yasser"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2600"] [Annotator "Blatny,P"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "1992.05.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.10.01"] 1. e4 {Kortschnoj Ernst} c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 (5... Be6 {Ernst} 6. Nge2 $1 dxc4 7. Nf4 Bc8 8. Bxc4 e6 9. d5 e5 10. O-O $1 Bd6 { 10.-exf4 11.Te1+ Le7 12.d6!} 11. Nh5 Nxh5 12. Qxh5 O-O 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Bc3 f5 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Qe2 a6 18. a3 Re8 19. Rac1 $16 { Hebden - A.Martin, England (ch), 1985.}) 6. Bg5 dxc4 (6... Qa5 {Ernst} 7. Bxf6 (7. Qd2 {Ernst} Bf5 (7... Be6 {Ernst} 8. c5 Ne4 $1 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Bd2 $1 Nc6 12. Bc3 O-O-O 13. Ne2 Bc4 14. Ng3 $10 { Ribli - Torre, Alicante 1983.}) 8. Bxf6 exf6 9. cxd5 Nb4 10. Bb5+ Kd8 11. Kf1 Nxd5 12. Nge2 $14 {Gavrikov - Matulovic, Vrsac, 1985}) 7... exf6 8. cxd5 Bb4 9. Qd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qxd5 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Nf4 Qd6 13. Be2 Bf5 14. O-O Rac8 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 $13 {Ornstein - Shamkovich, Gausdal 1984.}) (6... Be6 {Ernst } 7. Qd2 $1 g6 $6 8. g3 $1 Na5 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. c5 h5 11. Bg2 Bh6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Nge2 Re8 14. O-O Bf5 15. Qa4 Bd3 16. Rfe1 Bd2 17. Red1 $1 Nc4 18. Nxd5 $1 $16 {Svesnikov - Mih.Cejtlin, Sochi 1985.}) (6... e6 {Ernst} 7. c5 Bd7 8. Bb5 b6 9. cxb6 Qxb6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nge2 a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Rb1 Bd6 14. O-O h5 15. b4 Ke7 16. Qd2 Bb5 17. Rfe1 Rag8 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Nc3 Kf8 20. Qd3 Qb8 $14 {Psakhis - Granda Zuniga, Manila (ol) 1992.}) 7. d5 (7. Bxc4 $36) 7... Ne5 ( 7... Na5 8. b4 (8. Nf3 $1 {Ernst} e6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bxc4 Nxc4 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qxc4 Rc8 13. Qh4 f5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 $14 {Hebden - Orr, London 1988.}) 8... cxb3 9. axb3 Bd7 10. b4 Rc8 11. Nb5 Nc4 $36 { Sveshnikov-Roepert, Amsterdam op 1992}) 8. Qd4 h6 (8... Nd3+ 9. Bxd3 cxd3 10. Nf3 $16 {Botvinnik-Flohr, Leningrad (m) 1933} (10. Nf3 $1 {Ernst} h6 11. Bf4 g5 12. Be5 Bg7 13. Qxd3 $14 {Botvinnik.})) 9. Bh4 (9. Be3 Nd3+ 10. Bxd3 cxd3 11. Nf3 e6 $10) (9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Bxc4 Nxf4 11. Qxf4 g5 {/\Bg7,0-0}) 9... Ng6 10. Bg3 e6 11. d6 (11. Bxc4 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 $10) 11... Ne7 $1 12. Rd1 (12. O-O-O Nf5 13. Qxc4 Bd7 {/\Rc8->}) 12... Ned5 (12... Nf5 13. Qxc4 (13. Qc5 $1 {Ernst} Bd7 14. Bxc4 Rc8 15. Qb4 $16) 13... Nxg3 (13... a6) 14. Nb5 Nd5 15. Nc7+ Nxc7 16. dxc7 Qxd1+ 17. Kxd1 Nxh1 $13) 13. Qe5 {/\14.Nd5 Nd5 15.Rd5 +-} Nd7 (13... Ng4 { Ernst} 14. Nxd5 $5 Nxe5 15. Nc7+ Kd7 16. Bxe5 Rb8 17. Bxc4 $40) 14. Qe2 (14. Qd4 N7f6 (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 {()}) 15. Qe5 $10) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 g6 (15... b5 16. Nf3 Bb7 17. Nd4 Qa5 $36) 16. Be5 (16. Qxc4 Bg7 {/\b6,Bb7,Rc8 |^}) 16... Nxe5 (16... Rg8 17. Nf3 b5 $15) 17. Qxe5 Rg8 {/\Bg7 /^a1-h8} 18. Bxc4 Bg7 19. Bb5+ (19. Qe3 Qg5 {/\Qg2,Qe3 --> _|_}) 19... Bd7 20. Bxd7+ Qxd7 21. Qe3 Qc6 22. Ne2 b6 (22... Qxg2 23. d7+ (23. Rg1 Qc6 24. d7+ Ke7 $19) 23... Ke7 (23... Kd8 { Ernst} 24. Rg1 Qxh2 $13 (24... Qc6 {Kortschnoj} 25. Rg4 $146) 25. Qf3 Ke7 26. Qxb7 Bxc3+ 27. Kf1 Qh3+ $1 $132) 24. Qc5+ Kd8 25. Rg1 Qxh2 {/\Qc7}) 23. O-O O-O-O 24. c4 Kb7 (24... Kb8 $142) (24... Rxd6 {Ernst} 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qf3 Qc7 $1 27. Qa8+ Qb8 28. Qc6+ Qc7 29. Qa8+ $10) 25. Nd4 {/\26.Qf3 /^h1-a8->} Bxd4 ( 25... Qxd6 $2 {Ernst} 26. Qf3+ $16 (26. Qf3+ {Kortschnoj} Ka6 27. Nc6 $18)) 26. Rxd4 Rd7 (26... h5 $142) 27. Qxh6 e5 (27... Rxd6 28. Qf4 (28. Qh7 {Ernst} Rf8 $10) 28... Rd7 $10) 28. Rd5 Re8 29. Qd2 Re6 30. c5 (30. Rd1 $2 {Kortschnoj} Qxc4 31. Rc1 Rexd6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 $17) 30... bxc5 31. Rb1+ Ka8 32. Qb2 Re8 33. Rxe5 Red8 34. Qc3 Rxd6 35. Rf1 c4 (35... Rd5 {+/=/=}) 36. Re7 f6 $2 (36... R6d7 $142 $10) 37. Qe3 R6d7 38. Rxd7 Qxd7 (38... Rxd7 39. Qe8+ Kb7 40. Qxg6 $16) 39. Qf3+ Qd5 $4 $138 (39... Qd5 40. Rd1 $18) (39... Qb7 $8 40. Qxf6 {+/-/+-}) 1-0 [Event "Paris Immopar rapid"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B66"] [WhiteElo "2690"] [BlackElo "2710"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1992.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.04.01"] 1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Qc7 (9... Nxd4 { After my exertions against Ivanchuk I was looking forward to this but}) (9... Be7 {Boensch - Ehlvest,J-Serper CBM 33}) (9... Nxd4 { Boensch - Adams,M-Anand,V CBM 33}) 10. f3 (10. f4 $5 {Boensch}) 10... Rb8 { Alexei doesn't believe in Ahimsa!} 11. g4 Ne5 (11... Nxd4 {Boensch} 12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 Nd7 (13... dxe5 14. Bxe5 $18) 14. exd6 Bxd6 15. Ne4 (15. Bxg7 $2 Bf4 $19 ) 15... Bf4 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 O-O $14 { Chiburdanidze,M-Gaprindashvili,N Picunda m/11 1978 0-1 40}) (11... b5 $5 { Boensch}) 12. h4 b5 13. Qg2 { White must be quick to exploit Black's underdevelopment} b4 14. Nb1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. g5 Nd7 17. b3 (17. g6 { is also possible but I didn't see the need to give up pawns...yet!}) 17... Qc7 18. g6 Nc5 19. gxf7+ (19. Nd2 f6) 19... Qxf7 20. Nd2 e5 (20... Be7 21. Nc6 $16) (20... Bb7 {Boensch} 21. Nc4 Rd8 22. Na5 Ba8 23. Nac6 $18) 21. Nc6 Rb6 22. Na5 (22. Bxc5 $1 Rxc6 (22... dxc5 23. Nxe5 Qe6 24. Nec4 $18) 23. Bxb4 Be6 $16) 22... Rb5 23. Ndc4 Be6 24. Kb1 $2 { I wanted to play Rd6 after Be7 and I was rudely woken up by...} (24. Rxd6 $1 { simplest} Rxa5 25. Rxe6+ Nxe6 26. Nxa5 Bc5 $16 { Black has very little compensation}) 24... Qc7 $1 25. f4 Rxa5 26. Nxa5 Qxa5 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Qg6+ Ke7 29. Rd2 (29. h5 $1 {Boensch /\ Bf2-h4}) 29... Qc7 $2 ( 29... Nd7 30. Rf1 Qc7) 30. Rf1 $4 (30. Bxc5+ $1 Qxc5 31. Rhd1 {/\Rd8} Qc6 { I had seen this far and didn't see what to do.} (31... h5 32. Qg5+ Kf7 33. Rf1+ $18) 32. h5 $1 {This I had not seen} (32. Rd8 {is met by} Bd5 $1) 32... Qe8 $8 (32... Rg8 33. Rd8 {now Black can mark time with his a-pawn.} a5 34. R1d3 (34. R1d6 $2 Qxd6 35. Qe8+ Kf6 36. Rxd6 Bxd6 $19 {as the rook is protected}) 34... a4 35. Kc1 axb3 36. axb3 Rh8 (36... Qb5 37. R8d6 Bc8 38. R6d5 $18) 37. R3d6 Qxd6 38. Qe8+ $1 Kf6 39. Rxd6 Bxd6 40. Qg6+ $1 Ke7 41. Qxg7+ $18) 33. Qg1 $1 $40 Qxh5 34. Qc5+ Kf6 35. Rf1+ Kg6 36. Rxf8 Rxf8 37. Qxf8 Qh1+ 38. Kb2 Qxe4 39. Qe8+ $1) 30... Nd7 31. Rdf2 Qd6 32. Kc1 a5 33. h5 Kd8 34. Rd2 Qc6 35. Kb1 { in case you haven't noticed I am drifting!} a4 (35... Kc7 36. Rfd1 $15 (36. Qe8 {Boensch} Rg8 $13)) 36. Bxh6 $1 Rxh6 (36... gxh6 37. Qf6+ Kc7 38. Qxh8 Bc5 39. Qxh6 $16) 37. Rxf8+ Kc7 38. Qg5 { If I had seen Bd7 I wouldn't have played this but...} (38. Qxg7 Rxh5 39. Rf1) 38... Nxf8 39. Qxg7+ Bd7 {oops!} 40. Qxf8 Rxh5 41. Qxb4 {White should certainly be able to draw this but Alexei was in terrible zeitnot here} Rh6 $2 42. Rd5 Qb6 43. Qc3+ Kb7 $4 (43... Bc6 44. Qxe5+ Kc8 $16) (43... Kd8 {Boensch} 44. Qxe5 a3 $13) 44. Rxd7+ {The lovers of `Slow Chess' must be turning in their graves but the audience seemed to enjoy it!} 1-0 [Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2685"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "1992.05.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.10.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Ba2 b4 12. Ne2 Rb8 13. Ng3 c5 14. Nf5 Bc8 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Bd2 Ne8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. c3 Nc6 19. Nc4 Nc7 20. Be3 Bf6 21. Rc1 bxc3 22. bxc3 d5 23. Ncd2 Be7 24. Nf1 Qd7 25. Qc2 Bd6 26. Rb1 h6 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Rb1 Qe8 29. Bc1 Na5 30. Rxb8 Qxb8 31. N3d2 Ne8 32. Ne3 Nf6 33. h3 Qb7 34. Qa2 Kh7 35. Ba3 Qc6 36. Qc2 Kg8 37. Qd1 Bf8 38. exd5 exd5 39. c4 d4 40. Ng4 Nd7 41. Ne4 Nb7 42. Ng3 Nd6 43. Qc2 Be7 44. Bc1 Bh4 45. Nf1 e4 46. Qe2 h5 47. Ngh2 Ne5 48. Bf4 Nxd3 49. Bxd6 Bxf2+ 50. Kh1 Qxd6 51. Qxe4 Ne5 52. Nf3 Nxf3 53. Qxf3 Be3 54. Nxe3 dxe3 55. Qxe3 g6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Brussels SWIFT rapid"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Sokolov, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1992.07.??"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.09.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 Nf6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Nc5 9. Bf3 Be7 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 Qc7 12. Be3 Rb8 13. f4 Re8 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nfd7 16. Rxf7 Kxf7 17. Qh5+ Kf8 18. Rf1+ Nf6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Ndb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Qd7 22. Qxh7 Qe7 23. Rxf6+ Qxf6 24. Bxc5+ Re7 25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Nd6+ 1-0 [Event "Roquebrune rapid"] [Site "Roquebrune"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A11"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "15"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. c4 Ngf6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 a6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qb3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 b5 12. Rfc1 O-O 13. Bg2 Nc5 14. Qd1 Rc8 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. b4 Nb7 17. a3 Nd6 18. e3 Nf5 19. Ne2 h5 20. h3 Rfd8 21. Bc3 Ne8 22. Ra2 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Rac2 Ne8 25. Rc5 g6 26. Qd2 Ne7 27. Nd4 Nd6 28. Nb3 Nb7 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 31. Qb2 Qc7 32. Bf3 Qd6 33. Kg2 Nc6 34. Qc3 Ne7 35. Qd4 Nc8 36. e4 dxe4 37. Qxe4 Nd8 38. Qa8 Ne7 39. Nc5 Kg7 40. Be4 Nf5 41. Nxa6 Nd4 42. Nc5 f5 43. Bb7 Nf7 44. Qe8 g5 45. a4 bxa4 46. Qxa4 h4 47. gxh4 gxh4 48. Qa1 e5 49. Kh1 Ng5 50. Bg2 Nc2 51. Qc1 f4 52. Qxc2 f3 53. Bf1 Qd4 54. Qd2 1-0 [Event "Linares 10th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2670"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "Speelman,J"] [PlyCount "143"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 9. Nc3 Nc8 10. Be3 (10. Bg5 $5) 10... Nb6 11. Rc1 (11. Na4 Be7 12. Nc5 $5) 11... Be7 12. Na4 Nxa4 $1 (12... O-O $2 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 $14 { Anand,V-Seirawan,Y/Roquebrune/1992/1-0/69/}) 13. Qxa4 O-O 14. Bb5 $6 (14. a3 $5 ) 14... Nb4 $1 (14... Na5 15. Bd2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Be4 18. Rfe1 $44 { But perhaps +/=}) 15. a3 Nd3 16. Bxd3 Bxd3 17. Rfe1 a5 18. Qd1 $1 $8 Bg6 19. Qb3 $1 Ra6 $1 20. Bd2 Qd7 21. Rc3 $2 (21. Qc3 $1 $16) 21... a4 22. Qd1 Qb5 23. Bc1 Rc6 24. Ree3 Rfc8 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 (25... bxc6 $5) 26. Bd2 $1 $14 {/\ Bd2-c3} Qxb2 27. Qxa4 Qa1+ 28. Be1 Bf8 29. Qa8 Ra6 $5 $138 (29... Rc1 $4 30. h3 Be4 31. Kh2 Bxf3 32. Bb4 $18) (29... Be4 $5 {or perhaps !, but not in time trouble!} 30. Qxb7 (30. h3 Bxf3 31. Kh2 {?!! Anand} Bxg2 $3 { Anand and Speelman in the post mortem} (31... Ra6 32. Qc8 Rxa3 33. Rxf3 $1 Rxf3 34. Bb4 $18) 32. Kxg2 Ra6 33. Qc8 Rxa3 34. Rf3 Rxf3 35. Bb4 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Qxd4+ $19) 30... Rc1 31. h3 (31. h4 $2 {to control g5;} Bxf3 32. Rxf3 Rxe1+ 33. Kh2 f6 34. Qd7 (34. exf6 Bd6+ 35. Kh3 Rh1+ 36. Kg4 Qxd4+ $19) 34... Qxd4 $19) 31... Bxf3 32. Rxf3 Rxe1+ 33. Kh2 f6 $1 {Anand} (33... f5 $2 34. Qd7 Rh1+ ( 34... f4 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Rxf4 Rh1+ 37. Kg3 Qxa3+ 38. Rf3 Qe7 39. Qxe7 $1 Bxe7 40. Rf7 $10 Ba3 41. Rd7 (41. Ra7 $2 Bf8 42. Rf7 Kg8)) 35. Kg3 Qxd4 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Qxf5 $18) 34. Qd7 (34. exf6 $4 Bd6+ $19) 34... Rh1+ $5 (34... Qxd4 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 (36... Qc5 $5 37. Rf3 (37. Rf7 $2 d4 38. Qe8 (38. f4 d3 39. Qe8 Qg1+ 40. Kg3 Re3+ 41. Kh4 Qf2+ 42. Kh5 g6+ $19) (38. g3 d3 $1 (38... Rxe5 39. Rxf8+ Qxf8 40. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 41. Kh1 $10) 39. Qe8 Kg8 40. Rf3 Qe7 41. Qxe7 Bxe7 42. Rxd3 Rxe5 $17) 38... Kg8 39. Rf5 Qe7 $19) 37... Qe7 38. Qxd5 $1 ( 38. Qc8 Kg8) (38. Rf7 $4 Qxe6 39. Rxf8+ Qg8) 38... g6 39. Rf7 Qc5 $1 $44) 37. Qxf6+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ $10) (34... Qc1 $1 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Qg4 (36. h4 $2 Qh6 37. g3 Qc1 $1 $19) 36... Qc7 $5 $17) 35. Kg3 Qxd4 $1 (35... Qc1 $2 36. Re3 $1 Re1 37. Qxe6+ Kh8 38. exf6 $1 (38. Rxe1 Qxe1 39. Qf7 (39. a4 Qc3+ 40. Kh2 Qxd4 $19) 39... Qc3+ 40. Kh2 Qxa3 41. exf6 Qd6+ 42. Kg1 gxf6 $17 (42... Qxf6 $5 43. Qxd5 $17)) 38... Rxe3+ 39. fxe3 Qc7+ 40. Kf3 $14) 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Rxf6 $1 (37. exf6 g5 $1 38. Rf5 $8 Qh4+ 39. Kf3 Rf1) (37. Qe8 Qc5 $17) 37... Qc5 38. Rf3 Qe7 39. Qxe7 Bxe7 40. Rf7 Bxa3 41. Rd7 Kg8 42. Rxd5 Kf7 $19) 30. Qxb7 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 Qxa3 32. Qc8 h6 $17 33. Qc3 Be4 34. Qxa3 Bxa3 35. Nd2 $1 (35. Bc3 Bxf3 36. gxf3 Kh7 $17 {perhaps just winning}) 35... Bb2 $138 36. f3 $1 Bxd4+ $2 (36... Bc2 $1 {Short, >>>}) 16. Bc1 Qb6 $6 {>} 22. h4 g6 (22... b6 23. Bb1 g6 (23... f5 24. e4 Bg6 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Qe2 $16) 24. h5 c5 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Ba2 $16) 23. e4 $1 (23. Bb1 $5 h5 24. Ba2 $14) 23... Qf8 (23... e5 24. Rcd3 Bc7 25. h5 gxh5 26. dxe5 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Qc1 Kh7 30. f4 $16) (23... h5 24. e5 Bc7 25. Ng5 $16) 24. h5 gxh5 25. Nd2 $16 {/\e5,Ne4} Be7 26. Rg3+ (26. Nc4 $142 b5 27. Nxa5 b4 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. axb4 Bxb4 30. e5 $1 $18) 26... Bg5 27. Nc4 $1 (27. f4 $2 Qd6 $1 $17) (27. Nf3 Qg7 $13) 27... h4 28. Rf3 (28. Rg4 $2 f5 29. exf5 exf5 30. Nd6+ Kh8 $13) 28... b5 $1 (28... Qg7 29. e5 $16 {>< Pe4,g4}) 28... e4 29. Re3 (29. Rc3 $2 Bf6) 29... d5 $17) 23... Kd7 24. g5 Ke6 25. gxf6 Bxf6 26. Bd2 Be7 $1 {simple and best} (26... Bh4 27. Bb4) (26... Rg8 27. Ref2 Be7 28. Rxf7 Rg4) 27. Be1 f6 28. Bg3 d5 29. exd5+ Kxd5 30. Rf5 $1 { forces Black to lose some time} Kc6 $8 (30... Ke6 $2 31. Bxe5 Re8 32. Rxf6+) ( 30... Rb7 $2 31. Bxe5 Ke6 (31... fxe5 32. Rfxe5+ Kd6 33. Re6+ Kd5 34. Rxe7) 32. Bxf6+ Kxf5 33. Bxe7 $10) 31. Ref2 $2 (31. Rf3 $1 Rh7 32. Rc3+ Kb7 { The king belongs on e6 and Black would have a hard technical task ahead}) 31... Rh6 32. Kb2 Kd7 33. Re2 Bd6 34. Rf3 Rc8 $1 (34... Ke6 35. Rc3 {/\Rc6}) 35. Be1 Ke6 {Mission accomplished!} 36. Rd3 Rh7 37. Rg3 Bc5 38. Ka2 Rd7 39. Rc3 Rcc7 ( 39... Rd1 $2 40. Bf2 Bxf2 41. Rxc8 Bd4 42. c3 $16) 40. h4 Rd1 41. Bf2 Bd6 42. Rg3 e4 $1 $19 43. Rxe4+ (43. Rg1 Rxg1 44. Bxg1 f5) 43... Be5 44. Rxe5+ (44. c3 Rd2+ 45. Kb1 Rxf2 $19) 44... fxe5 45. Kb2 Rd2 0-1 [Event "Linares m"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B66"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2690"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1992.09.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.12.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. Kb1 $5 Bb7 (11... b4 12. Na4 Nxe4 (12... Rb8 13. e5 $1 dxe5 (13... Nd5 14. Bc4 Bb7 15. Rhe1 $16) 14. Bxe5 Bd7 (14... Qxd2 15. Rxd2 $16) 15. Qf4 $1 Ra8 16. Bc7 $18) 13. Qxb4 $16 (13. Qe3 d5 14. f3 Nf6 15. g4 $5)) 12. f3 Be7 (12... Bc6 $5 13. Qf2 (13. h4 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Be3 d5) 13... b4 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. g4 $140 e5 16. Be3 d5) 13. g4 Bc6 14. Qf2 $1 Qb8 ( 14... Qc7 $5 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Bb6 Qb7 18. Ng3 $14) 15. h4 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Be3 d5 18. Ng3 $6 (18. Bc5 $1 $16 d4 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Ng3 $1 (20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Qxd4 Nd7 $1 (21... Rc8 22. g5) 22. Qxg7 Qf4 $1 $13) 20... g6 21. Bd3 { /\ g5,f4 ->}) 18... d4 $8 (18... dxe4 $2 19. Bc5 Qc7 20. Nf5) 19. Bc1 g6 20. Bh3 $2 (20. Bd3 $1 {/\ g4-g5, f3-f4}) 20... Nd7 21. g5 h5 22. f4 O-O $1 23. Rhe1 (23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxd4 Rd8 $44) (23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. fxe5 Bg4 $1) 23... Qc7 24. fxe5 (24. f5 Nc5 $1 $132 {>= 5.Ngf3} Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. Ne4 b6 $1 10. Nxc5 Qxc5 $1 11. Be3 $6 (11. O-O) 11... Qc7 12. Bd4 Bb7 13. O-O-O Nc5 $1 14. Be5 (14. Bxf6 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Qf4+ 16. Kb1 Qxf6 {=/=/+}) 14... Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 $6 (15. Qxd3 Qc6 (15... Qc5 $2 16. Bd6 $18) 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nd4 $13) 15... Qc4 $1 16. Nd4 $6 (16. Kb1 $6 Be4 17. Re3 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nd5 $17) (16. Bxf6 Qf4+ 17. Kb1 Qxf6 {=/=/+ }) 16... Be4 (16... Qxa2 $5 {Ernst} 17. Bxf6 gxf6 $13 { 17.-Da1+? 18.Kd2 Dxh1 19.Tg3 g6 20.Dh5 +-.}) 17. Re3 Qxa2 $1 (17... Qxe2 $6 18. Rxe2 Bxg2 $2 19. Rg1 $18) 18. Bxf6 (18. Rxe4 {Ernst} Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxh1 21. Qg4 f6 22. Nxe6 Rf7 23. Bxf6 Re8 $1 $19) 18... Bg6 $1 (18... Qa1+ $6 19. Kd2 Qxh1 20. Rxe4 gxf6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qh4 $40) 19. Ra3 Qd5 20. h4 (20. Be5 f6 21. Bd6 $5 (21. Bg3 {Ernst} Qxd4 22. Qxe6+ $10) 21... Rfc8 $1 (21... Qxd6 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. Nxe6 $10) (21... Rfe8 $2 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nc7 $16) 22. Qxe6+ (22. c3 Qxd4 23. Qxe6+ Bf7 24. Qe7 Qxf2 $19) 22... Qxe6 23. Nxe6 Rxc2+ 24. Kd1 Rc6 $17) 20... gxf6 21. h5 Qxd4 22. hxg6 hxg6 $17 23. Rah3 f5 24. Rh4 f4 $1 (24... Qf6 25. Qe3 Rfd8 26. Qh3 Kf8 27. Rh8+ Ke7 28. Qa3+ Kd7 29. Rd1+ Kc6 30. Qa4+ $18 Kc7 (30... Kb7 $2 31. Rd7+ Rxd7 32. Qxd7+ Ka6 33. Rxa8 $18) 31. Rdxd8 $1 (31. Rd7+ Rxd7 32. Rxa8 Kd6 $13) 31... Rxd8 32. Qxa7+ Kc6 33. Rh3 $40) 25. Qf3 Rac8 26. Rxf4 (26. Qh3 Qxf2 $1 27. Rh8+ Kg7 28. Rh7+ (28. Qh6+ { Ernst} Kf6 $19) 28... Kf6 29. c3 Qe3+ $19) 26... Qc5 27. c3 Kg7 28. Rhh4 Qe5 29. g3 Qe1+ 30. Kc2 Rcd8 31. Rd4 Qe5 32. Rhf4 Qc7 33. Qe3 e5 $1 $19 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Re4 Rd5 36. g4 b5 37. g5 Qd6 38. f3 a5 39. Qe2 Qe6 40. Qh2 Qf5 41. Qg3 Qd7 42. Qe1 b4 43. cxb4 (43. Rxe5 {Ernst} Qa4+ 44. Kc1 bxc3 $1 45. bxc3 { 45.Txd5? Da1+ und gewinnt die Dame.} Qf4+ 46. Re3 Rd3 $19) 43... Qa4+ 44. b3 ( 44. Kc1 {Ernst} axb4 45. Rxe5 Rd6 $19) (44. Kc3 {Ernst} Qc6+ 45. Rc4 axb4+ 46. Kxb4 Rb5+ 47. Kc3 Qxf3+ 48. Kc2 Qb3+ $19) 44... Qa2+ 45. Kc3 (45. Kc1 {Ernst} axb4 46. Qxb4 Qa1+ 47. Kc2 Qd1+ $19) 45... a4 $1 46. bxa4 Qa3+ 47. Kc2 Qxa4+ 48. Kc3 Qa3+ 49. Kc2 Rd3 0-1 [Event "Linares 10th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "Knaak,R"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5 Qa5 9. Bd2 cxd4 $6 (9... h6 10. Qg4 Bd7 $1 11. Qxg7 O-O-O $13) 10. cxd4 Qa4 11. Nf3 $5 {N} (11. Bc3 b6 12. h6 gxh6 13. Qd3 a5 14. Qd2 Nf5 15. Rb1 Ncxd4 16. Kd1 Rg8 17. Rxb6 Bd7 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 $13 {Short-Kortschnoj/Wijk/1987}) (11. c3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 h6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. f4 Na5 15. Nf3 Nc4 16. Ke2 Nb2 17. Rab1 Nxd3 18. Kxd3 b6 19. g4 Bc8 20. Nh4 $14 { Van Riemsdijk-Vilela/Capablanca/1991}) 11... Nxd4 12. Bd3 Nec6 13. Kf1 $1 { /\ 14.Rh4} Nxf3 14. Qxf3 b6 (14... h6 $2 15. Qg3 Kf8 16. Rh4 d4 17. Rg4 Rg8 18. Bxh6 $18) (14... Nxe5 $2 15. Qg3 Qd4 (15... Nxd3 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. Bh6 Qxc2 18. Qxf8+ Kd7 19. Qxf7+ Kc6 20. Rh3 $18) 16. Bc3 $1 Qxc3 17. Bb5+ $18) 15. h6 Ba6 $1 (15... g6 16. Qf6 {/\ 17.Rh4}) 16. hxg7 Rg8 17. Bxa6 (17. Rxh7 $2 Qxc2 $19) (17. Qf6 $2 Bxd3+ 18. cxd3 Qd4 $17) 17... Qxa6+ 18. Kg1 Rxg7 19. Qf6 Rg8 20. Rxh7 Qb7 21. Bg5 Nd4 $1 22. c4 $6 Ne2+ 23. Kh2 Nc3 $1 24. Rh8 Rxh8+ 25. Qxh8+ Kd7 26. Qh7 (26. Qg7 $5 Kc6 27. cxd5+ Nxd5 (27... Kxd5 28. Qh7 $16) 28. Rc1+ Kb5 29. Qh7 $16) 26... Rf8 $1 27. Bh6 Re8 28. Qxf7+ Re7 29. Qg6 (29. Qg8 $5 Qc7 30. Bg5 Qxe5+ 31. f4 Qg7 32. Qb8) 29... Qb8 $1 30. cxd5 $6 (30. f4 Qh8 31. g4) 30... Nxd5 31. Rd1 $6 (31. Re1 Qh8 32. g4 Rh7 33. g5 Re7 $13) (31. f4 $5 Qh8 32. Kg3 $1 (32. g4 Nxf4 $17) 32... Rh7 33. Bg5 Rg7 34. Qe4 $14) 31... Qxe5+ $10 32. f4 Qh8 33. f5 Qe5+ 34. Kh1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dortmund"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D19"] [WhiteElo "2780"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "1992.04.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.08.01"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 Re8 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. f3 Nd5 14. Na2 Bf8 15. e4 Bg6 16. Qe1 f5 17. exd5 1-0 [Event "Paris Immopar rapid"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteElo "2790"] [BlackElo "2690"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "1992.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1993.04.01"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. e3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bg3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. O-O Nb6 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Qc8 17. Ne5 Ba4 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Rab1 Bc6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Qf3 Nb8 22. Be5 f5 23. Qg3 Bf6 24. Bd3 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rf6 27. Rfc1 Nd7 28. Qa5 f4 29. Be4 fxe3 30. fxe3 Rb8 31. Qxa7 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Rf8 33. Qb7 Qd8 34. Bxc6 Nf6 35. Bf3 Nd5 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. Rf1 Re8 38. Qb3 Qa5 39. h3 Ra8 40. Rf5 Rd8 41. Kh2 Qc7+ 42. Re5 Qf7 43. a4 Kh7 44. Qc2+ Kh8 45. a5 Qa7 46. Qc5 Qa8 47. Qc7 Rc8 48. Qd7 Rd8 49. Qb5 Kh7 50. a6 Rd6 51. Qb7 Qxa6 52. Qxa6 Rxa6 53. Rxd5 Kg6 54. Kg3 Kf6 55. Kf3 Ra3 56. h4 Rb3 57. g4 Ke6 58. Ra5 Kf6 59. Kf4 Rb6 60. e4 Rb1 61. Ra6+ Kf7 62. g5 h5 63. g6+ Ke7 64. Ke5 Rb7 65. d5 1-0 [Event "Goodricke op 03rd"] [Site "Kolkata"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Khasin, Alexander"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2455"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1992.01.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.05.01"] 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. c4 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 dxc4 7. dxc4 Ne5 8. Qb3 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. Bg2 e6 11. Qc2 Bb4 12. a3 Ne7 13. Rb1 Bxd2+ 14. Bxd2 Qc7 15. Bc3 Nf5 16. Qe4 Nd7 17. O-O Nf6 18. Qc2 h5 19. b4 h4 20. b5 hxg3 21. hxg3 Ng4 22. Qe4 Nf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Qxc6 Qxc6 26. Bxc6 Nd4 27. Bb7+ Kc7 28. e3 Ne2+ 29. Kg2 Nc3 30. Rb3 Na4 31. Bf3 Rb8 32. Rb4 Nc5 33. Rfb1 Rb6 34. Rd1 Rhb8 35. Rxb6 axb6 36. Bh5 Rf8 37. a4 f5 38. Rb1 f6 39. a5 bxa5 40. Rb5 Kd6 41. Rxa5 Rb8 42. Rb5 Ra8 43. Rb2 Ra1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Roquebrune rapid"] [Site "Roquebrune"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "17"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "15"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Rc1 h6 11. Qc2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qd2 d5 14. Qf4 Nbd7 15. Rfd1 c6 16. Bb2 a4 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 21. Qc4 a3 22. Ba1 Qe7 23. Qxc6 Nb4 24. Qxb6 Reb8 25. Qd6 Qb7+ 26. f3 Nxa2 27. Rc7 Qxb3 28. Qe7 Rf8 29. Rdd7 Qb1 30. Ra7 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 Nb4 32. Qb7 a2 33. Bc3 Nd5 34. Bd4 Ne3+ 35. Kf2 Nc2 36. Bc3 a1=Q 37. Bxa1 Qe1+ 0-1 [Event "Roquebrune rapid"] [Site "Roquebrune"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Larsen, Bent"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E62"] [WhiteElo "2535"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "15"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] 1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. d4 Qa5 8. h3 Be6 9. Nd2 Qa6 10. b3 d5 11. Rb1 Bf5 12. Rb2 Rd8 13. e3 h5 14. Re1 Qb6 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Qc7 17. Qb3 Be6 18. c5 Nbd7 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Rdb8 21. b6 Qc8 22. f4 Nxc5 23. dxc5 d4 24. exd4 Bxb3 25. Nxb3 e6 26. Be3 Nd5 27. Nxd5 cxd5 28. Nd2 Ra3 29. Nf3 Rba8 30. Bf2 R8a4 31. Bh1 h4 32. g4 Rxf3 33. Bxf3 Rxd4 34. Rc2 Rxf4 35. Be2 Bd4 36. Bxd4 Rxd4 37. c6 bxc6 38. Rb1 Qb8 39. Rb3 Qb7 40. Ra2 Kg7 41. g5 c5 42. Ra7 Qb8 43. b7 Rb4 0-1 [Event "Roquebrune rapid"] [Site "Roquebrune"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C16"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "15"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Nbc6 8. Bd3 Ng6 9. Bxg6 fxg6 10. Na4 Rf4 11. c3 Re4+ 12. Kf1 Ba5 13. b4 Bc7 14. Nb2 Nxe5 15. Ng5 Rg4 16. f4 Qf6 17. Kg1 Rxf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Qc1 Qg4 20. Qe3 Bd7 21. Rf1 a5 22. h3 Qh5 23. b5 Bxb5 24. Nxe6 Bxf1 25. Nxc7 Rf8 26. Ne6 Rf6 27. Ng5 Qh4 28. Nd1 Rf5 29. g4 Bxh3 30. Qxh3 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qe2+ 32. Kg3 Rf3+ 33. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 34. Kh2 Nxg4+ 35. Kg1 Qxd1+ 36. Kg2 Qe2+ 37. Kg3 Qf2+ 38. Kxg4 h5+ 39. Kg5 Qf6# 0-1 [Event "Goodricke op 03rd"] [Site "Kolkata"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Norwood, David"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2495"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "1992.01.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.05.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. Bf4 c6 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Qc1 Re8 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Ndf3 Ne4 13. Nh4 Bf6 14. Nd3 Nd6 15. Nc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Goodricke op 03rd"] [Site "Kolkata"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Parameswaran, Tiruchi Natesan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2365"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "1992.01.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.05.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. O-O h6 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Bc4 Ke7 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Be3 Rhc8 20. Rfc1 Qa5 21. Nd4 Nd7 22. b3 Rab8 23. Nc2 Ba8 24. Bd2 Qd5 25. Ne3 Qxe5 26. Rxc8 Qxa1+ 27. Rc1 Qe5 28. Qa6 Qd4 29. Rd1 Qb6 30. Qe2 Qb5 31. Nc4 Nf6 32. Bf4 Rd8 33. Bd6+ Ke8 34. Bc7 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Qd5 36. Qxd5 Bxd5 37. Ba5 Bxc4 38. bxc4 Nd7 39. Bxb4 g5 40. f3 Ne5 41. c5 Nd3 42. Ba3 Kd7 43. g4 Kc6 44. Kf1 f6 45. Ke2 Nxc5 46. Ke3 Kd5 47. Bb2 Nd7 48. Ba3 f5 49. h3 f4+ 50. Ke2 Nc5 51. Bb2 e5 52. Bc3 Ne6 53. Bb4 e4 54. fxe4+ Kxe4 55. Be7 f3+ 56. Kf1 a6 57. a3 Nf4 58. h4 Ng6 59. hxg5 Nxe7 60. gxh6 Ke3 61. g5 f2 62. a4 Kf3 0-1 [Event "Dortmund"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Piket, Jeroen"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "1992.04.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.08.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nxd4 a6 (15... Rc8 16. a3 Be7 17. Bh6 a6 18. Qb3 Qd8 19. Nf3 g5 $132 { Belov-Kaidanov/Moskva II/1987/}) (15... Bg7 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nb3 Qb5 19. Nd4 Qa5 20. Nb3 Qb5 21. Nac5+ Ke8 22. Rc1 Bc8 23. Ne4 Bxe5 24. Rc5 Qb8 25. Rxd5 $1 exd5 26. Nf6+ $18 {Marjanovic,S-Karaklajic,N/Jug-ch/1977/}) 16. Rc1 Bg7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 O-O (18... Nxe5 $2 19. Rc5 $18) (18... Bxe5 $2 19. Rxe5 Nxe5 20. Rc5 $18) 19. Bc4 N5b6 $1 20. Nxb6 Nxb6 21. Bb3 Rfc8 (21... Bxe5 22. Rxb6 Qxb6 23. Rxe5 $18) 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qd4 Qb5 24. h4 Nd7 (24... a5 25. h5 a4 26. Bd1 $36) 25. Bf6 Bf8 (25... Nxf6 26. exf6 Bf8 27. Rxe6 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Qb8+ $1 29. g3 fxe6 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. f7+ Bg7 32. Qd7 Bf8 33. Qd4+ $10) 26. Rd1 Nxf6 27. exf6 a5 28. Qd7 Qxd7 29. Rxd7 h5 (29... Rc5 30. g4) 30. f3 Rc5 31. g4 hxg4 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Roquebrune rapid"] [Site "Roquebrune"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Piket, Jeroen"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E18"] [WhiteElo "2615"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "15"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Bf4 c6 10. Rc1 d5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Qa4 Rd8 13. Rfd1 a5 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 b5 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Rc8 18. Bxb8 Raxb8 19. Nf4 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Nd3 Bd6 22. Ra1 Ra8 23. Rdc1 Rcb8 24. Rc6 Be7 25. f4 h6 26. Kf2 Bf6 27. Kf3 g6 28. g4 Kg7 29. Rc5 g5 30. f5 exf5 31. Rxf5 a4 32. Rd5 Ra7 33. e4 Rd8 34. Rxd8 Bxd8 35. bxa4 bxa4 36. e5 Be7 37. Ke4 a3 38. bxa3 Ra4+ 39. Kd5 Bxa3 40. h3 Kg6 41. Ra2 h5 42. Nf2 hxg4 43. hxg4 Kg7 44. Nh3 Kg6 45. Nf2 Kg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Roquebrune rapid"] [Site "Roquebrune"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "15"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3 c4 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Qh5 h6 12. Nh4 g6 13. Qg4 Qd8 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. Qf4 Qa5 16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. h4 Rdf8 18. g4 Ng7 19. a4 Ne8 20. Qe3 h5 21. g5 Ng7 22. O-O Nf5 23. Qf4 Nb8 24. Rfb1 Na6 25. Ne1 Kb8 26. Ng2 Ka8 27. Qf3 Bc6 28. Bc1 Rc8 29. Ba3 Qd8 30. Qf4 Bxa4 31. Ra2 Bd7 32. Ne3 Qa5 33. Nxf5 exf5 34. Qf3 Be6 35. Rba1 Qd8 36. Bd6 Rc6 37. Qg2 Qd7 38. Ra5 Rd8 39. f4 Rxd6 40. exd6 Qc6 41. Qf3 Kb8 42. Rb1 Rxd6 43. Qe3 Nc7 44. Qe5 b6 45. Rc5 Qd7 46. Ra5 Rc6 47. Bf3 Qd6 48. Ra4 Qxe5 49. dxe5 Rc5 50. Rab4 Ra5 51. Kf2 Ra3 52. R4b2 Rxc3 53. Ra1 Kb7 54. Ke2 b5 55. Rba2 a6 56. Rf1 Kb6 57. Rd1 a5 58. Bg2 a4 59. Rf1 Kc5 60. Rd1 d4 61. Rf1 a3 62. Rf3 b4 63. Rxc3 dxc3 64. Bf3 Nb5 65. Ke3 b3 0-1 [Event "Roquebrune rapid"] [Site "Roquebrune"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "21"] [White "Polugaevsky, Lev"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "15"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 h6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Rfe1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qb2 d5 14. Bf1 Bxf3 15. exf3 Nbd7 16. Bd3 a4 17. Rad1 axb3 18. axb3 Ra7 19. f4 Qa8 20. f5 Nf8 21. Ra1 exf5 22. Rxa7 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Qxa7 24. Bxf5 dxc4 25. bxc4 Qa4 26. Qc2 Qa1 27. Qc3 Qd1 28. Kg2 Ne6 29. Bd2 Qh5 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Bf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Brussels SWIFT rapid"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Portisch, Lajos"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D28"] [WhiteElo "2575"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "1992.07.??"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.09.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. Qe2 b5 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e4 Nc6 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Rfe1 Qa7 18. Bg3 O-O 19. Ne4 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Ng5 Bf4 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Be4 Bxg5 24. Rc7 Rab8 25. Qf3 Qb6 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Bxb7 Kg8 28. g3 Rd8 29. h4 Bf6 30. b3 Rd2 31. Rc1 Kf8 32. Rc8+ Rd8 33. Rc2 b4 34. Be4 Bc3 35. h5 Qd4 36. Re2 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Rd2 38. Bg6 Rd7 39. Bc2 Qd5 40. Be4 Qc5 41. Bd3 Qd5 42. Be4 Qc5 43. Qf4 Qxh5 44. Qb8+ Ke7 45. Bf3 Qb5 46. Qa8 Rd8 47. Qa7+ Rd7 48. Qa8 Rd8 49. Qa7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 10th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Salov, Valery"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2655"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 e5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. cxd5 exd4 11. Nc4 Nc5 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. Bc4 Bg4 14. Qxd4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne6 16. Qh4 Nxd5 17. Rd1 Nec7 18. Qg3 Qc6 19. Bb3 Ne7 20. Bg5 Nf5 21. Qg4 g6 22. Rac1 Qb6 23. Bc2 Ng7 24. Bb3 Nf5 25. Bc2 Ng7 26. Be3 Qxb2 27. Bd4 Qxa2 28. Bb1 Qa5 29. Bc3 Qb6 30. Bd4 Qa5 31. Bc3 Qb6 32. Bd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Roquebrune rapid"] [Site "Roquebrune"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Seirawan, Yasser"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D13"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2670"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1992.02.??"] [EventType "tourn (rapid)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [EventCategory "15"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.06.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nf3 e6 9. Rc1 Be7 10. Qb3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Na5 12. Qa4+ b5 13. Qd1 O-O 14. O-O Rc8 15. Qe2 Nh5 16. Bg3 f5 17. Be5 Nc4 18. f4 g6 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. b3 Qa5 21. Nb1 cxb3 22. axb3 Nf6 23. Nd2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qa2 25. Qd3 Ng4 26. Qc2 Qxc2 27. Rxc2 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rb8 29. Rc6 Kf7 30. Rxa6 h6 31. Nf3 Bc5 32. Rc6 Rb5 33. b4 Bb6 34. Rc8 Rxb4 35. Rb8 Bc5 36. Rc8 Bb6 37. Rh8 Kg7 38. Rb8 g5 39. Nd4 Rxd4 40. exd4 Bxd4 41. Rb4 Bc3 42. Rb3 Bd2 43. Rb7+ Kf8 44. Rb8+ Kf7 45. Rb7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Seirawan, Yasser"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "Dautov,R"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "1992.05.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "16"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.10.01"] 1. d4 {Schussler} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 (7... c5 {Schussler} 8. Bg5 {8.e4!} Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. e3 O-O 12. Bd3 g6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. O-O Nd7 $10 { Seirawan,Y-Timman,J, Amsterdam 1992. CBM 30 game 6.}) 8. Qxc3 Be7 (8... h6) ( 8... Nd7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Kxe7) 9. Bf4 O-O $5 {N} (9... c6) (9... Bd6 10. Bg5) 10. Qxc7 (10. Bxc7 Qd5 11. Bg3 Rc8 12. Qd2 (12. Qd3 $5 Ba6 13. Qd1 Nc6 $44 ) 12... Nc6 13. e3 Na5 $44) (10. e3 $5) 10... Qxc7 11. Bxc7 Rc8 12. Bxb8 (12. Bg3 Rc2 13. Rb1 Be4 14. e3 Nc6 15. Ba6 $13) (12. Bg3 Rc2 13. Rb1 Bd5 $1 $44 { /\Ba2}) (12. Bf4 $1 {Schussler +/-/+/=} Rc2 13. Rc1 $1 Rxb2 14. Rc7 Bxa3 15. Rxb7 Na6 16. e4 Nb4 17. Rc7 $18 {(Seirawan)}) 12... Raxb8 13. e3 (13. Kd2 $2 Be4 $36) 13... Rc2 14. Rb1 {/\Bd3} Be4 15. Bb5 (15. Ba6 $2 b5 $1 $17) 15... Rbc8 16. O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bh4 $10 {> Nunn-Polgar} 17. Ne2 $5 Rc8 18. Bb3 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Be5 20. Qc1 Rg8 21. f3 Nxd5 22. Kh1 Rg6 23. fxe4 fxe4 24. Rf5 Kf8 25. Qf1 Nf6 26. Ng3 e3 27. Ne4 Qd8 28. Qf3 d5 29. Rxe5 dxe4 30. Rxe4 Qd2 31. Rxe3 Rxg2 32. Rd3 Rxh2+ 33. Kg1 Qe2 34. Rf1 Re8 35. Qxe2 Rexe2 36. Rxf6 h5 37. Rxf7+ Ke8 38. Rg7 Kf8 39. Rdd7 1-0 [Event "Munich SKA"] [Site "Munich"] [Date "1991.05.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Nunn, John DM"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2635"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1991.05.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "GER"] [EventCategory "14"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.08.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc3 Be7 (9... h5 $5) (9... Rc8 10. Be3 Be7 11. Bd3 g6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Bh6 Re8 15. h4 Bxh4 16. Qd2 Be7 17. Qf4 $16 { Blatny,P-Ghinda,M/Stara Zagora zt/1990/}) 10. g4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 O-O 13. f4 f6 14. exf6 (14. Qd2 fxe5 15. fxe5 Rxf1+ 16. Rxf1 h6 $10) 14... Bxf6 15. Rc1 g6 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. Bf3 Qa5 18. Bg2 Kh8 19. Kh1 Rac8 20. h3 Qb4 21. Rfd1 b6 22. Bf1 Na5 23. b3 Bc6 24. Ne4 Qe7 (24... Qxd2 25. Rxd2 $14) 25. Ng5 $6 (25. Nf2 $5 e5 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxc6 Nxc6 28. dxe5 Qxe5 $13) 25... e5 $1 26. Rxc6 ( 26. fxe5 $2 h6 $19) (26. Nf3 exf4 27. Bxf4 Qe4 $19) 26... Nxc6 27. dxe5 Nxe5 ( 27... h6 28. Nf3 g5 $1 $17) 28. fxe5 h6 29. Ba6 Rcd8 $6 (29... Rce8 $5) 30. Bf4 Rde8 (30... hxg5 31. Bxg5 Qxe5 32. Bxd8 Rxd8 $10) 31. Bb5 hxg5 32. Bxe8 gxf4 33. Bxg6 Qh4 34. Bf5 $5 (34. Qh2 Bxe5 35. Rxd5 Qe1+ 36. Qg1 Qe2 $40) 34... f3 ( 34... Qxh3+ 35. Qh2 Qxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Bxe5 37. Rxd5 $14) 35. Qh2 Re8 36. e6 Kg8 37. g5 $1 Bf8 (37... Qxg5 38. Rxd5 Qc1+ 39. Qg1 Qc6 40. Qg6 f2 $2 41. Qf7+ Kh8 42. Qh5+ Kg8 43. Bh7+ Kh8 44. Be4+ $18) 38. Qe5 Qf2 39. Rg1 Re7 40. Bg6 { Ftacnik,L} 1-0 [Event "Tilburg"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "14"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bareev, Evgeny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2680"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "1991.10.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.02.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O b6 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Bd5 12. Bxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 09th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C57"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2640"] [Annotator "Schussler,H"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "1991.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.06.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. Bd5 Qe8 7. d3 d6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Be3 Qg6 10. Nf3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Qxg2 12. Rg1 Qh3 13. Rxg7+ Kd8 14. Rg3 $16 Qh6 15. Qe2 Ng4 $2 16. h3 Nf6 (16... Nxe3 17. Ng5 $18) (16... Qxe3 17. Qxe3 Nxe3 18. Na3 $18) 17. Nbd2 Ba6 18. O-O-O Ke7 19. h4 {19.Rdg1!?} Rag8 20. Rg5 $18 Qf8 21. Nh2 $6 Qf7 22. b3 h6 23. Rf5 $2 Bc8 24. Rf3 Qh5 25. Rdf1 Rg3 26. d4 Rxf3 27. Nhxf3 Ng4 28. Qd3 Rf8 29. Qc3 Bd7 30. Kb2 exd4 31. exd4 Kd8 32. e5 Rf4 33. Re1 Qf5 34. Kc1 {34.Qa5! + -} Kc8 35. a4 d5 36. Kb2 Be8 37. Re2 Qf8 38. a5 $6 Kb7 39. a6+ $6 Kxa6 40. e6 Kb7 41. Re1 Qd6 42. b4 Nf2 43. Nb3 Ne4 44. Nc5+ $2 Qxc5 $1 0-1 [Event "Candidates m7"] [Site "Madras"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Dreev, Alexey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2625"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1991.01.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. h4 Bb7 $1 (9... b4 10. Na4 cxd4 (10... c4 11. b3 $14) 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb7 13. Qe3 $14) (9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. Bd3 $14) 10. h5 $6 ( 10. dxc5 Bxc5 (10... Nxc5 $1 11. Qf2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 Nb4 $36) 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 $132) (10. a3 $13) 10... b4 $1 11. Na4 $2 cxd4 $6 (11... Nxd4 $1 12. Nxd4 (12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qa5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 $17) 12... cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 $17) 12. Bf2 $1 Qc7 13. Bd3 Na5 $2 (13... f6 14. O-O fxe5 15. fxe5 ( 15. Ng5 e4 16. Nxe6 Qd6 $17) 15... Be7 $15) 14. Nxd4 Nc4 15. Qc1 Bc6 $2 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. b3 Na3 18. O-O Rc8 19. Qe3 g6 20. Qh3 Bh6 21. Be3 Nb5 22. Rf3 $36 Nc3 {not necessary but then black would constantly have to watch out for Na4-b6 } 23. Nxc3 Qxc3 24. Raf1 Qc6 25. Kh1 Bg7 (25... Nc5 $2 26. f5 Bxe3 27. hxg6 $18 ) 26. Bd4 (26. g4 $1 Nc5 27. Bxc5 $16) 26... Nc5 27. Bxc5 $6 Qxc5 28. g4 Rc6 $1 29. R1f2 Qd4 30. Qf1 Ke7 31. Rh2 a5 $2 {> French Defence pawn structure 3.Nd2}) 5... Qe7 6. d4 exd4 7. exd5 cxd5 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. N2b3 {>h,>h} 35. Nxe5+ fxe5 36. Ne2 h5 37. Nc3 Be6 38. Rd1 hxg4 39. hxg4 Rd8 (39... Rh2 $2 40. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 (40... Rxf2 41. Nxc7 Rxf3 42. Rd6 {Pb5-b6-b7-b8Q}) 41. Rxd5 Rxf2 42. Rd7+ $16) 40. Be3 Kg6 41. Bc1 Rd7 42. Bb2 d4 43. Ne4 Rf7 44. Bc1 Bd8 45. Rh1 Rxf3 46. Rh8 Bf6 47. Nxf6 (47. Rb8 Bd5 48. Nd2 e4 49. Rxb6 Rf2 50. Rd6 e3 51. Rxd5 exd2 (51... exd2 $1 52. Bxd2 Rxd2 53. b6 d3 54. cxd3 Rb2+ 55. Kc1 Rxb6 56. Rxa5 Rb4 $19)) 47... Rxf6 48. Rd8 $1 $8 (48. Rh5 Rf1 49. Rxg5+ Kf6 50. Rh5 e4 { Pe4-e3-e2-e1Q}) 48... Bxg4 {-+/-/+} 49. Rg8+ Kf7 50. Rxg5 Bf5 51. Rh5 e4 52. Bb2 Kg6 53. Rh1 Rd6 54. Rd1 d3 55. cxd3 e3 56. Be5 Re6 57. Bd4 e2 58. Re1 Bxd3+ 59. Kb2 Bf5 $4 (59... Kf5 $142) 60. Bxb6 $1 Rxb6 61. Rxe2 $10 { /\Re2-e7-a7,Re2-e8-a8,Kb2-c3-d4-c5} Rd6 {Sealed move} 62. Kc3 Rd3+ 63. Kc4 Ra3 64. Kc5 Rxa4 65. b6 Rb4 66. Ra2 Rb1 67. Rxa5 Be4 68. Rb5 Rc1+ 69. Kd6 Bb7 70. Rc5 Rb1 71. Kc7 Bh1 72. Rc6+ Bxc6 73. Kxc6 Kf7 74. b7 Ke7 75. Kc7 Rc1+ 76. Kb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Candidates qf4"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2730"] [Annotator "Hansen,Cu"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "1991.08.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] 1. e4 {Blatny,P} c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nd7 (6... Nf6 7. a3 Bc5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Qg3 Bd4 10. f4 O-O 11. Ne2 Bb6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 $10 {Hickl,J-Schlosser,P Altensteig 1990}) 7. Be2 {N} ( 7. Bd2 Bd6 8. d4 a6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Ne7 $13 {Planinc,A-Petrosjan,T 1972}) 7... g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Qg3 {/\f2-f4} Qb6 10. Kh1 Ne7 11. f4 f5 (11... O-O $2 { Blatny,P} 12. f5 exf5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Rxf5 gxf5 15. Bh6 $18) 12. e5 $10 d4 $6 {> Anand-Karpov, Brussel 1991 CBM25}) 7... h6 (7... c5 { --> Benjamin-Seirawan, USA(ch) 1991}) 8. Na3 a6 { --> Anand-Karpov, Brussel(m-5) 1991 CBM25}) 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 (7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Ne7) 7... Bg6 $1 8. a3 Nh6 $1 (8... Ne7 9. Nh4) 9. c4 Be7 10. Nb3 O-O ( 10... Nf5 11. Bd2 a5 12. cxd5 cxd5 (12... exd5 $5) 13. Bb5 b6 14. Bc3 $14) 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. Qd2 Kg7 13. Na5 Qc7 14. cxd5 (14. b4 b6 15. Nb3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 a5 $132 {Karpov}) 14... exd5 $1 15. b4 f6 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Qc3 Bd8 18. Bd3 fxe5 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. dxe5 c5 $1 $15 21. e6+ Nf6 22. Nb3 cxb4 23. Qxb4 (23. Qxc7+ $15) 23... Be7 24. Qd2 Bxa3 $17 25. Qd3 (25. Nbd4 Re7 26. Qd3 Bc5 $17) 25... Bd6 26. Nbd4 Qc4 (26... Re7 $17) (26... Ne4 $5 {Blatny,P}) 27. Qb1 Qb4 (27... Re7 $142 {Blatny,P}) 28. e7 Rf7 (28... Rg8 $2 29. Ne6+ Kh8 30. Qa1 Bxe7 31. Nc7 Rd8 32. Re6 Rgf8 33. Ne5 $16) 29. Ne6+ Kh7 30. Nf8+ Rexf8 31. exf8=N+ Bxf8 32. Qd3 Qc4 33. Qe3 Qe4 34. Ne5 Rg7 (34... Re7 35. Qc5 Qf5 36. Nxg6 $16) 35. Qb6 Qf5 36. Nf3 Rf7 37. Re5 Qf4 38. Re6 Nd7 39. Qb1 Qg4 40. Re3 (40. Rfe1 $5 Rxf3 $2 41. h3 Qg5 42. h4 Qg4 43. h5 $1 $40) 40... Bc5 41. Rd3 Qf5 (41... Qe4 42. Re1 Qf5 $13) 42. Nd4 Qh5 $2 (42... Qe4 43. Re1 Qh4 44. g3 (44. Rg3 Nf8 45. Nf3 Qf6) 44... Qh5 $13) 43. Rh3 Qg4 44. Nf3 $14 Re7 45. Qxb7 Qc4 (45... Nf6 $1 46. Qxa6 (46. Qc6 Ne4 47. Qxd5 Qf5 $1 48. Qxf5 $140 gxf5 {>< Rh3,Pf2}) 46... Ne4 $44) 46. Qb2 $1 $16 h5 47. Rg3 Re2 48. Qa1 $16 a5 $2 (48... d4 $142 {Blatny,P}) 49. Ng5+ Kg8 50. Nh3 Ne5 51. Qxa5 $1 $18 Be7 52. Qa7 Ng4 53. Rf3 $1 Ne5 54. Re3 Kf7 55. Qb7 $1 {The best move putting black almost in zugzwang} Kf6 56. Rxe2 Qxe2 57. Nf4 1-0 [Event "Candidates qf4"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2730"] [PlyCount "187"] [EventDate "1991.08.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. c3 h6 8. Na3 a6 9. Nc2 Bh7 10. Nce1 c5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Ng6 13. g3 Be7 14. h4 h5 15. Re1 Rc8 16. Be3 c4 17. Nc1 Rc6 18. Qc2 Nb6 19. Ne2 Qd7 20. Ng5 Bd8 21. Nh3 Nc8 22. Nef4 Nxf4 23. Nxf4 Ne7 24. Qd1 g6 25. Nh3 Nf5 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27. Nxg5 Qe7 28. Kg2 b5 29. Qd2 Rb6 30. b4 cxb3 31. axb3 Rc6 32. b4 O-O 33. Reb1 Ra8 34. Rb3 Kg7 35. Nf3 Qd8 36. Ra5 Ne7 37. Qf4 Rc7 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Ra1 Rca7 40. Rba3 Nc6 41. Qf4 Qf8 42. Ng5 Ne7 43. f3 Nf5 44. g4 Ng7 45. Nh3 Rc7 46. Rxa6 Rxa6 47. Rxa6 Qc8 48. Ra1 Rxc3 49. Ng5 Rc7 50. Kg3 Qb7 51. Ra2 Qc6 52. Ra3 Ne8 53. Qd2 Kg7 54. Ra2 Qc3 55. Qxc3 Rxc3 56. Ra8 Kf8 57. gxh5 gxh5 58. Rb8 Ke7 59. Rxb5 f6 60. Rb7+ Rc7 61. exf6+ Kxf6 62. Rb8 Nd6 63. Kf4 Rc1 {Abgabezug/ sealed move} 64. Rb6 Ke7 65. Ra6 Re1 66. Ra7+ Ke8 67. Rh7 Nb5 68. Nf7 Nxd4 69. Ne5 Rb1 70. Kg5 Rxb4 71. Kf6 Kd8 72. Rxh5 Rb3 73. Rg5 Re3 74. Rg4 Nxf3 75. Nf7+ Kd7 76. h5 Re4 77. Rxe4 dxe4 78. h6 e3 79. h7 e2 80. h8=Q e1=Q 81. Qd8+ Kc6 82. Qa8+ Kc7 83. Qxf3 Qh4+ 84. Kg6 Qd4 85. Qg3+ Kb7 86. Ne5 Qd5 87. Kf7 Kb6 88. Qc3 Kb5 89. Qb2+ Ka6 90. Qe2+ Kb6 91. Ke7 Kc5 92. Nd7+ Kb4 93. Qb2+ Qb3 94. Qxb3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Candidates qf4"] [Site "Brussels"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2730"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "1991.08.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "BEL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nd2 c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nf5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Nf3 Be7 13. Bd3 Nb8 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. Bc3 a6 16. b3 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. g3 Be7 19. a3 Qb6 20. b4 O-O 21. Qg4 Rfc8 22. Rac1 Bf8 23. h4 Ne7 24. h5 gxh5 25. Qxh5 g6 26. Qh4 Qd8 27. Bd2 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rd1 Nf5 30. Qxd8 Rxd8 31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. Rc1 b5 33. Rc6 Ra8 34. Rb6 Be7 35. Kf1 Bd8 36. Rb7 Kg7 37. Ke2 Rc8 38. Kd3 Rc6 39. Rb8 Bc7 40. Ra8 Kg6 41. Rc8 f6 42. Bc3 Kf7 43. exf6 Kxf6 44. Bd2 Rc4 45. Rf8+ Kg6 46. Ra8 Rc6 47. Rg8+ Kf7 48. Rc8 Rc4 49. Ra8 Rc6 50. Ra7 Kg6 51. Be3 Bd6 52. Bd2 Bc7 53. Ra8 Bd6 54. Rh8 Kg7 55. Rh6 Bc7 56. Rh1 Bd6 57. f3 Bc7 58. g4 fxg4 59. fxg4 Bd6 60. Rh6 Bf8 61. Bg5 Kg8 62. Rh1 Bg7 63. Be7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tilburg"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2770"] [Annotator "Lautier,J"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1991.10.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.02.01"] 1. e4 {Ftacnik Ernst Boensch Anand} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Qb6 (8... Be7 {Boensch}) (8... g6 {Boensch}) 9. Be3 Qxb2 (9... e5 10. Nf5 Qxb2 11. Qd2 Qa3 (11... Qb4 12. Nb5 $1 Qxd2 13. Nbxd6+ Bxd6 14. Nxd6+ Ke7 15. Nf5+ Kf8 16. Bxd2 $18) 12. Bc4 $16) 10. Ndb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Ra5 (11... Qb4 12. Nc7+ Ke7 (12... Kd8 13. Nxa8 Qa5 14. Nb6 Nxb6 15. Qe1 $1 {Gheorghiu} Qa7 16. a4 Ng4 17. a5 $18) 13. Nxa8 Qa5 14. e5 Ne8 15. exd6+ Nxd6 16. c4 Qxa8 17. c5 Ne8 18. f5 $40 {de Firmian-Gheorghiu, Lone Pine 1980} ( 18. f5 {Anand} f6 (18... Ne5 $5) 19. Bd4 Ne5 $6 (19... e5 20. Qb3 Nc7) 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Bc4 $16 {De Firmian-Gheorghiu Lone Pine1980})) (11... Kd8 $2 12. a3 $1 {/\ Bd4} Ra4 (12... d5 13. Rb1 Qa2 14. Rb3 $1 {/\ Nc3}) 13. c4 $1 $18) (11... Rb8 $2 12. Rb1 Qxa2 13. Ra1 Qb2 14. Bd4 Qb4 15. c3 $18) 12. Rb1 Rxb5 (12... Qxa2 $2 13. Nc3 Qa3 14. Rb3) 13. Rxb2 Rxb2 14. Qa1 Rb6 (14... Rb4 $2 15. Qc3) 15. Bxb6 Nxb6 16. Qc3 Be7 (16... Kd8 17. Qa5 Nfd7 18. Rb1 d5 (18... Kc7 19. Bb5 Kb8 (19... Nc5 $2 20. Be8 $18) 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Qd8 g6 (21... d5 22. Kf1 dxe4 23. Rb3 Nc5 24. Rc3 $18) 22. Kh1 $1 Bg7 23. Qe7 Kc7 24. Rd1 $16) 19. exd5 exd5 20. Bf5 Bc5+ 21. Kf1 Ke7 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Qc7 f6 24. Rd1 d4 25. c3 $16) (16... Nfd7 17. Rb1 Be7 {transposes to the game.} (17... d5 $2 18. Rxb6 Nxb6 (18... Bc5+ 19. Kf1 d4 20. Qc4 $18) 19. Qc7 $18)) 17. Rb1 Nfd7 (17... Bd8 18. Qd4 Nbd7 19. Qxd6 Be7 20. Qc7 O-O 21. Kf1 $16) 18. Qxg7 (18. Qc7 O-O $1 19. Rxb6 $2 Bd8 20. Qxc8 Bxb6+) 18... Bf6 19. Qh6 Ke7 (19... Rg8 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxh7 $1 (21. Rxb6 e4 22. Rxe6+ fxe6 23. Bxe4 $14) 21... Rh8 22. Rxb6 Nxb6 (22... e4 23. Rb4 Ke7 24. Rc4 $18) 23. Qxf6 Rxh7 24. Qxe5 Nd5 25. c4 Ne7 26. a4 $16 { with the plan Qc7, c5-c6 and pushing the "a" pawn to Queen !}) 20. Bb5 $2 (20. g4 $1 Rg8 21. g5 Bg7 (21... Bd4+ 22. Kf1 Nf8 $5) 22. Qh4 (22. Qxh7 $4 Bd4+ 23. Kf1 (23. Kh1 Rh8) 23... Rh8 $19) 22... e5 (22... h6 23. Kf1 hxg5 24. Qxg5+ $16) (22... Na4 {Anand} 23. Kh1 Nac5 24. g6+ Bf6 25. gxh7 $13) 23. Kh1 exf4 24. e5 $1 Bxe5 25. g6+ Bf6 26. gxh7 Rh8 27. Qh6 $16 {/\ Rg1-g8}) 20... Rg8 $2 (20... e5 $1 21. Rf1 (21. f5 Nc5) 21... Rg8 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Qxh7 Rg7 24. Qh4+ Nf6 $10) (20... Nc5 $2 {Ftacnik} 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Qg5+ Kd6 24. Rd1+ Nd5 25. c4 $18) 21. Rd1 $1 e5 (21... Nc5 22. e5 (22. Rxd6 $2 Rg6 $19) 22... dxe5 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Qe3 (24. Qh4+ {Ftacnik} Bf6 25. Qb4 $18) 24... Nbd7 ( 24... Bd6 25. Qd4 Rd8 (25... Nd5 26. c4 $18) 26. Qh4+ f6 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qg7#) 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. Rxd7+ Bxd7 27. Qxe5 Bc6 28. g3 $16) (21... Rg4 {Anand Kasparov's original intention} 22. e5 dxe5 23. Qh3 Rxf4 24. Qa3+ Ke8 25. Qc5 Bd8 26. a4 $18) 22. f5 {/\ Qd2} Nc5 $2 (22... Rd8 $1 23. g4 Nc5 24. g5 Nxe4 (24... Bh8 $2 25. f6+ $18) 25. gxf6+ Nxf6 $14) (22... Rg4 $2 23. Qd2 d5 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 (24... Bxd7 25. Qb4+) (24... Kxd7 25. Qe2 $18) 25. Qxd5 $18) ( 22... Na8 {Anand} 23. Bxd7 $1 Bxd7 24. Rxd6 Bg5 (24... Kxd6 25. Qxf6+ Kc7 26. Qxf7 $18) 25. Qxh7 $16) (22... Na8 $5 {Ftacnik}) 23. Rxd6 $1 Bg5 (23... Kxd6 24. Qxf6+ Kc7 25. Qxf7+ $18 (25. Qxe5+ $18 {Boensch}) (25. Qxe5+ $18 {Ftacnik}) ) 24. Qxh7 Nxe4 (24... Kxd6 25. Qxg8 Be3+ (25... Nxe4 {Ftacnik} 26. Qxf7 $18) 26. Kf1 Nxe4 (26... Ke7 27. Qe8+ (27. f6+ Kxf6 28. Qd8+) 27... Kf6 28. Qd8+) ( 26... Bd7 {Anand} 27. Bxd7 Nbxd7 28. Qxf7 $18) 27. Qxf7) 25. Rxb6 (25. Qxg8 { Ftacnik} Be3+ 26. Kf1 Nxd6 $16) 25... Rd8 (25... Be3+ {Ftacnik} 26. Kf1 Rd8 27. Qh4+) 26. Bd3 (26. f6+ {Ftacnik} Nxf6 27. Rxf6 Bxf6 $16) 26... Be3+ 27. Kf1 Bxb6 (27... Nd2+ {Ftacnik} 28. Ke2 Bxb6 29. Qh4+ Kd7 (29... Ke8 30. Bb5+ Bd7 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qxe5+ Kf8 33. Qd6+ $18) 30. Kxd2 $18) 28. Bxe4 Rd4 29. c3 (29. c3 Rxe4 30. f6+ $18 (30. f6+ {Ernst} Kxf6 31. Qxe4 $18)) 1-0 [Event "Tilburg"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2610"] [Annotator "Knaak,R"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "1991.10.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.02.01"] 1. e4 {Kortschnoj} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. h4 O-O $1 {N} 9. Qd2 {8.h4 oder 9.Qd2 ist ?!} (9. Bd3 c5) 9... e5 $1 10. O-O-O (10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 Bxe5 $10) 10... e4 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Kb1 c5 $15 14. Bc4 Qd6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qc3 Rac8 17. Qb3 Nd5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Nc4 a6 $1 20. Rd2 (20. Ne3 $2 Nc3+ $1 21. bxc3 Rb5 $19) 20... Rfc8 21. Ne3 Nc3+ $1 22. Ka1 $8 Qxb3 23. cxb3 $8 Nd5 24. Kb1 Nxe3 25. fxe3 $17 h5 26. Rhd1 R8c6 27. Rf1 Rc7 28. b4 Re5 29. Rf4 Kh7 30. Rd4 f5 31. Rf1 Rc6 32. Rd7 Rg6 33. Rxb7 Rxg2 34. Rc7 Rd5 35. Rc5 Rdd2 36. Rfxf5 Rxb2+ 37. Kc1 Rxa2 38. Rxh5+ Kg8 39. Kb1 Rab2+ 40. Kc1 Rbe2 41. Rc8+ Kf7 42. Rf5+ Ke6 ( 42... Ke7 $5) 43. Rf1 Rxe3 44. Rc6+ Ke5 45. Rxa6 Rc3+ 46. Kb1 Rb3+ 47. Kc1 Rf3 48. Re1 Rc3+ 49. Kb1 Rb3+ 50. Kc1 Rxb4 51. Ra7 Rc4+ 52. Kb1 Rg6 53. Rb7 Rcc6 $2 54. Rb5+ Kf4 55. Rf1+ Kg4 (55... Ke3 56. Re1+ Kf3 57. Rf5+ Kg4 58. Re5 $15) 56. Re1 Rb6 (56... Rc4 $4 57. Rg1+ $18) (56... Rge6 57. Rg1+ $15) 57. Rxe4+ Kh3 58. Rxb6 Rxb6+ 59. Kc2 Rh6 60. Re7 g6 61. Re6 Kxh4 62. Kd2 Kg3 63. Re3+ (63. Re3+ Kf4 64. Ra3 {/\ Ke2=}) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Paris Immopar rapid"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C63"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "1991.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.03.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bc4 Na5 9. Qd3 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 c6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rad1 b5 14. Qb3 Ke7 15. a4 a6 16. Rd3 Rd8 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Ne2 Be6 19. Qa3 c5 20. Qa1 c4 21. R3d2 b4 22. c3 a5 23. Ng3 Kf7 24. h3 g6 25. Nf1 Qc6 26. Re1 Rab8 27. Ne3 bxc3 28. bxc3 Qxe4 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. Rxe4 Bxe4 31. Qe1 Rb1 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Qxd1 d5 34. Nd2 Bd3 35. Qf3 Kg7 36. Qg3 Rd7 37. Qg4 Re7 38. Qc8 e4 39. Qc5 Bg5 40. Nf1 Bxf1 41. Kxf1 Rd7 42. Qxa5 Bf6 43. Qb5 Rd8 44. Qb7+ Kh6 45. Qb6 Kg7 46. a5 d4 47. cxd4 Rxd4 48. Ke2 c3 49. Qc7+ Kh6 50. Qxc3 Rd6 51. Qe3+ Bg5 52. Qxe4 Rd2+ 53. Ke1 Ra2 54. Qd5 Ra1+ 55. Ke2 Bf6 56. g4 Kg7 57. g5 Bb2 58. Qb7+ Kg8 59. Qxb2 Rxa5 60. Qb8+ 1-0 [Event "Linares 09th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2590"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "1991.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.06.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Nxd4 $6 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Na4 Qc7 12. c4 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rac1 (14. e5 $2 Qc6) 14... d6 15. Qe3 Nd7 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Bf1 Rfd8 18. Qd4 Qc6 19. Nc3 $14 Nf6 20. f3 h6 21. b3 Rab8 22. Rc2 Qc7 23. Rcd2 Bc6 24. a4 Rd7 ( 24... a5 25. Nb5 Bxb5 26. cxb5 $14) 25. b4 $6 Bb7 26. Qe3 Rc8 27. Ra1 Rdd8 28. a5 Nd7 29. Nd1 bxa5 30. Rxa5 Ne5 31. Nb2 Nc6 32. Ra4 e5 $132 33. Nd1 Nd4 34. Qf2 Rb8 35. Rb2 Qd7 36. Ra3 f5 37. exf5 Qxf5 38. Ne3 Qg5 $6 (38... Qf6 $10) 39. Qg3 Qf6 40. h3 Kh8 41. Raa2 Rf8 42. Bd3 g5 $1 43. c5 Qe7 44. cxd6 Qxd6 45. Nc4 (45. Bf1 Nxf3+ $40) 45... Nxf3+ 46. gxf3 (46. Qxf3 Rxf3 47. Nxd6 Rxd3 48. Nxb7 $10) 46... Qxd3 47. Qxe5+ Kh7 $8 (47... Kg8 48. Qe6+ Kg7 49. Rd2 $18) 48. Qe7+ Kh8 $1 $10 49. Qe5+ Kh7 50. Qe7+ Kh8 51. Qe5+ Kh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Paris Immopar rapid"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Salov, Valery"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2665"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "1991.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.03.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 e5 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 exd4 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bg5 Qa5 12. Na3 a6 13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bh6 d6 17. Bd2 Qc5 18. Rc1 Qxc1 19. Bxc1 Bd7 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. Qf3 1-0 [Event "Tilburg"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C85"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2660"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "1991.10.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.02.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 c5 8. Nxe5 Qd4 9. Nf3 Qxe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. Re1 Nf6 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. c4 Kf8 16. d4 Re8 17. Nf3 h5 18. Nbd2 Rh6 19. Nf1 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bd6 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Ne3 h4 23. h3 Rh5 24. Rd1 f6 25. Bc3 Kf7 26. Kf1 Bc6 27. Nd4 Be4 28. f3 Bb7 29. Ndf5 Ke6 30. Nd4+ Kf7 31. Be1 g6 32. Bf2 Bc5 33. Ne2 Bxe3 34. Bxe3 Re5 35. Bf2 g5 36. Rd8 Re7 37. c5 bxc5 38. Bxc5 Re5 39. Bd4 Rd5 40. Rb8 Nd6 41. Kf2 a5 42. Be3 Rd3 43. Bc5 Bd5 44. Bxd6 cxd6 45. Ke1 a4 46. Nc1 axb3 47. axb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Linares 09th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1991.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.06.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Qd6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O f5 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rad1 c5 14. c3 b6 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Rfd8 17. Qe2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qd5 19. Nb5 Qc5 20. a4 a6 21. Na3 Bxc3 22. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Paris Immopar rapid"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Timman, Jan H"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1991.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.03.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. c3 Qc7 8. a4 g5 9. Na3 f6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O-O 12. exf6 Ngxf6 13. Re1 Re8 14. c4 Ne4 15. Nd2 Bb4 16. Rxe4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Rd8 18. Nc2 Be7 19. Be3 Nf6 20. b4 Rhf8 21. Nxf6 Bxf6 22. Qe4 Kb8 23. a5 e5 24. d5 cxd5 25. cxd5 Qd7 26. Bc5 Be7 27. Ne3 Rf4 28. Qg6 Bxc5 29. bxc5 Qf7 30. Qxh6 Rxf2 31. Qxg5 Rg8 32. Qxe5+ Ka8 33. a6 Re2 34. axb7+ Qxb7 35. g3 Qb3 36. d6 Qxe3+ 37. Qxe3 Rxe3 38. c6 Rc3 39. d7 Kb8 40. Ra6 Rc2 41. Kf1 Kc7 42. h4 Rb8 43. Rxa7+ Kxc6 0-1 [Event "Tilburg"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Timman, Jan H"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C06"] [WhiteElo "2650"] [BlackElo "2630"] [Annotator "Hansen,Cu"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "1991.10.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.02.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 b6 6. c3 Ba6 7. Bb1 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qc7 (9... Be7 10. O-O g5 11. Be3 h6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. h3 O-O-O $10 { Sznapik,A-Short,N Dubai OL 1986}) (9... b5 10. O-O b4 11. Re1 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Be3 Be7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Rac1 Rc7 17. h4 $16 { Sznapik,A-Hort,V Helsinki 1979}) 10. O-O Rc8 (10... h6 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Re1 Kb8 13. Nf4 Rc8 14. Qa4 Bc4 15. h5 $14 {Beshukov,S-Bykhovsky,AV Podolsk 1990}) 11. Re1 Be7 12. Bd2 Na5 13. Nf4 Nc4 14. Bc1 b5 $6 (14... cxd4 15. cxd4 (15. b3 Nb2 $1 16. Bxb2 dxc3 $19) 15... Bb4 $132 16. Re2 (16. Rf1 Ncxe5) 16... Ncxe5) 15. Bd3 $16 {>=} Re8 $6 (11... Bg7) (11... Be6 {Ribli} 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. Re1 Bg7 $13 { Gedevanishvili,D-Martin,B Sydney 1990 CBM/20}) 12. b4 (12. Nd2 $5 {Ribli} Bg7 13. e3 $5 Ne7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 e4 16. d4 f5 17. Qb3 Kh8 18. Ra1 Rb8 19. b5 Ng8 20. Nd5 Nf6 21. b6 c6 22. Nxf6 Qxf6 23. Ra7 Be6 24. Qa4 Qd8 25. Qa5 Bg8 26. Rc1 Bh7 27. c5 d5 28. Nb3 $14 {Duric,S-Fedorowicz Novi Sad ol 1990 50/(25)}) 12... axb4 13. axb4 Nd4 (13... Bg7 $5 {Ribli} 14. b5 Ne7 15. Nd2 $2 e4 $1 $15 { Vaganian,R-Lautier,J Manila izt 1990 CBM/19}) 14. Nd2 Bg7 15. e3 (15. b5 $5 Ra3 16. Nb3 c6 17. e3 Nxb3 18. Rxb3 Rxb3 19. Qxb3 $14) 15... Ne6 16. Qc2 (16. b5 e4 $1 17. d4 (17. Ncxe4 $2 f5 $19) 17... f5 $36) 16... c6 17. Ra1 (17. b5 Qc7 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Nb5 Qd7 $10) 17... Bd7 18. Nb3 Qc7 $6 { /\ 20.cd6 Qd6 21.Ne4+/=} (18... Qb6 $1 19. Ne4 (19. Na5 Qc7) (19. b5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 cxb5 21. Nd5 Qd8) 19... Qxb4 20. Rab1 Qa3 21. c5 (21. Ra1 $10) 21... d5 22. Nd6 Reb8 23. e4 Bf8 $1 $13) 19. c5 $1 d5 20. b5 $6 (20. Na4 $5 e4 21. d4 Ng5 22. Nb6 Rxa1 (22... Rab8 23. Qe2 h5 24. Nxd7 $5 Qxd7 25. h4 Ne6 26. Bh3 f5 27. Ra7 $16) 23. Rxa1 Bg4 (23... Bh3 24. Bxh3 Nxh3+ 25. Kg2 Ng5 26. h4 Nf3 27. Nd2) 24. Ra7 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Bxf3 26. Na5 $16) 20... Reb8 $5 21. Na4 (21. b6 $5 Qd8 22. Ne2 $1 $14 (22. Ra7 $2 Rxa7 23. bxa7 Ra8 24. Ra1 Nc7 {/\ 25...Na6-/+})) 21... e4 (21... cxb5 22. Nb6 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 d4 24. exd4 exd4 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Ra7 Qc8 $10) 22. d4 cxb5 23. Nb6 Rxa1 24. Nxa1 $6 (24. Rxa1 Bc6 25. Ra7 Rd8 $5 $10 {/\ 26...Qb8,27...Nc7}) 24... Bc6 25. Qa2 Rd8 26. Nc2 f5 $1 {>=} Kh8 ( 35... Qh5 36. Qe1 Na8 37. Nxb5 Nxb6 38. cxb6 Bxb5 $1 39. Rxb5 $10) 36. Be2 $5 Be7 37. Qe1 Qg6 38. Qg3 Qe6 (38... Qxg3 39. hxg3 Na8 40. Bxb5 $1 Nxb6 41. Bxc6 bxc6 42. Rxb6 $16) (38... Qf6 39. Nxb5 Nxb5 40. Bxb5 Bxc5 41. dxc5 Bxb5 42. Rxb5 Rg8 43. Qe1 $1 $16) 39. Nxb5 Nxb5 40. Bxb5 Rg8 41. Qh3 Kh7 42. Bxc6 bxc6 43. Rg1 (43. Ra1 Bd8 44. Qh5 Bc7 45. Ra7 Rg7 46. Ra8 Rg8 $10) 43... Rxg1+ 44. Kxg1 Kg6 $2 (44... Bd8 $1 45. Kf2 Bc7 46. Qh5 Kg7 {/\ 47...Qf7=}) 45. Kf1 h5 ( 45... Bd8 46. Qg2+ Kf7 47. Qa2 Qg6 48. Qa7+ $16) 46. Qg2+ Kf7 47. Qe2 Qg6 48. Nd7 $1 Bf6 49. Nb8 Be7 50. Qg2 $1 $18 Qe6 51. Qb2 Qc8 52. Qb6 Bd8 53. Qa7+ Ke8 54. Ke2 h4 55. h3 Ba5 56. Kd1 Bc3 57. Qg7 Qe6 58. Qb7 Qg6 59. Nxc6 (59. Qxc6+ Qxc6 60. Nxc6 $18) 59... Qg1+ 60. Kc2 Qf2+ 61. Kxc3 Qe1+ 62. Kb2 1-0 [Event "Linares 09th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Jussupow, Artur"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D05"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2635"] [Annotator "Schussler,H"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1991.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.06.01"] 1. d4 {Anand} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 { Gives White simple play. 5. - c5 is more dynamic.} (5... c5 {Anand}) 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. f4 g6 8. b3 Bg7 9. Nd2 (9. Ba3 {Anand} c5) 9... c5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qf3 Ne8 12. Qh3 Nd6 13. Ndf3 Re8 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rad1 f6 17. Nxh7 $1 $16 Nxh7 18. Nxg6 Qc7 19. Rf3 (19. Ne7+ $5 Rxe7 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 21. Rf3 $16) 19... Ne4 (19... c4 $2 {Anand /^a3-f8} 20. Ne7+ (20. Qxh7+ $2 Kxh7 21. Ne7+ Ne4) 20... Rxe7 21. Bxh7+ Kf8 22. Rg3 $16) 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rg3 Rad8 $1 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Qg4 Qd5 24. h4 Qf5 25. Qd1 Qd5 26. Qg4 Qf5 27. Qd1 Qd5 28. Qe2 $5 $13 Bc8 29. h5 Kf7 30. Qg4 Ng5 31. fxg5 $2 {31.h6!?} (31. Ne5+ $1 {Anand} fxe5 32. fxg5 $18) 31... f5 $1 32. Qe2 Bxb2 33. c4 Qd6 34. Qxb2 e5 (34... Qxg3 { Anand} 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. Qh7#) 35. Rh3 (35. Qc1 $16 {Anand}) 35... f4 36. Rh4 fxe3 37. Kh2 (37. Rxe4 {Anand} Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qxh5+ 39. Nh4 Bf5) (37. Qe2 {Anand} Qd4 (37... Qd2 38. Qf1+) 38. Kh2 $14) 37... Bf5 38. Qe2 Qd2 $17 39. Qf1 Ke6 40. Rxe4 Bxe4 0-1 [Event "Tilburg"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2650"] [PlyCount "201"] [EventDate "1991.10.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.02.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. e4 e5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. h3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. a3 Be5 15. Be3 Nf8 16. Rd2 b5 17. Ba2 c5 18. Nde2 c4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Ng6 21. Rad1 Nh4 22. Nd4 Qd7 23. Bb1 g6 24. Qe4 Bf6 25. Qf4 Qxd5 26. f3 Qe5 27. Be4 Nf5 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Bf2 Rxe4 30. fxe4 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Bg5 32. Re2 Be6 33. Bc5 h5 34. Rd6 Bf4 35. Rd1 Kh7 36. Kf2 Rc8 37. Bb4 g5 38. Kf3 Bc7 39. g4 Kg6 40. Bc3 Bf4 41. Ree1 Bc7 42. Rg1 Rg8 43. Rg2 hxg4+ 44. hxg4 a5 45. Ke2 Rb8 46. Kf3 b4 47. axb4 axb4 48. Bd4 Bf4 49. Be3 Be5 50. Bd4 Bxd4 51. Rxd4 b3 52. Rdd2 Kf6 53. Ke3 Ke5 54. Rgf2 Rb5 55. Rf1 Rc5 56. Rc1 Rc8 57. Ra1 c3 58. Ra5+ Kf6 59. Rf2+ Kg6 60. bxc3 Rxc3+ 61. Kd4 Rc4+ 62. Ke3 Rb4 63. Rb2 Bxg4 64. Rd5 Be6 65. Rc5 Rb8 66. Ra5 Rh8 67. Rg2 Rh3+ 68. Kd4 g4 69. Rb5 Rf3 70. Rb8 Kg7 71. Rb5 Kf6 72. Rb8 Ke7 73. Rb7+ Kd6 74. Rb6+ Ke7 75. Rb5 Rf1 76. Rg5 Kd6 77. Rb5 Rc1 78. Rb6+ Kc7 79. Rb5 Kc6 80. Rg5 Kb6 81. Rh2 Rc8 82. Kd3 Ra8 83. Kc3 Rc8+ 84. Kd3 Rc1 85. Kd4 Rc4+ 86. Kd3 Rb4 87. Rb2 Kc6 88. Re5 Rb8 89. Rg5 Kd6 90. Ke3 Rc8 91. Rd2+ Ke7 92. Rb5 Kf6 93. Rf2+ Kg6 94. Kf4 Rc3 95. Rb6 Kf6 96. Rb5 Ke7 97. Rd2 Rf3+ 98. Ke5 g3 99. Rb7+ Kf8 100. Rd8+ Kg7 101. Rbb8 1-0 [Event "Linares 09th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A35"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2635"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "1991.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.06.01"] 1. Nf3 {Ribli} c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nd4 $5 { A provacative move but not easy to refute} 4. e3 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 d6 8. g3 Rb8 9. Bg2 Nf6 $1 {The most precise move order} (9... Bd7 10. O-O Bc6 11. Qe2 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nf6 13. Ne4 $14 {Andersson-Ljubojevic}) (9... Nh6 { Ribli} 10. Qd1 a6 11. O-O O-O 12. d3 b5 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. Nd5 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Ng4 $13 {Ftacnik,L-Miles,A Manila izt 1990 CBM/19 49/53}) 10. h3 ( 10. Qd1 {Ribli} O-O (10... Bg4 $5) 11. d4 Bg4 12. Qd2 Qc8 13. O-O Bh3 { Ribli,Z-Miles,A Wijk 1989 CBM/11}) 10... O-O (10... b5 11. Nxb5 $1 Bb7 12. Qxb7 Rxb7 13. Bxb7 O-O 14. Bg2 $14 {Karpov}) 11. O-O a6 12. Qe2 b5 $1 13. d3 b4 14. Nd1 (14. Nb1) 14... a5 15. a4 e5 16. e4 (16. d4 $2 e4 $1 {> Short-Anand}) 6... a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Ne5 (8... Bc5 $2 { Blatny,P} 9. Nxe6 $1) 9. h3 Bc5 (9... b5 $5 {Blatny,P /\Nc4}) 10. Kh1 (10. Na4 {Blatny,P} Ba7 11. c4 {[+]}) (10. Qe2 {Blatny,P} d6 11. f4 Ng6 {()}) (10. Qe2 { Anand has been more popular recently}) 10... d6 11. f4 Nc6 $6 (11... Ned7 12. Qf3 (12. g4 $5 {Tal}) 12... b5 $13 {Tal,M-Najdorf,M/Beograd/1970/} (12... b5 { Blatny,P} 13. Nb3 Bb7 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Nc5 17. Ng3 $13 { Tal-Najdorf, Beograd 1970})) (11... Ng6 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Rae1 b5 14. f5 Ne5 15. Qg3 Kh8 $10 {Kuzmin-Sludcov/URS/1980/}) (11... Ned7 {Anand}) (11... Ng6 {Anand} ) 12. e5 $1 Nxe5 (12... dxe5 13. Ndb5 $1 (13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxc5 exf4 $13) (13. fxe5 {Blatny,P} Nxe5 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Ndb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb8 17. Nxd6+ $18 Qxd6 18. Bb5+) 13... axb5 14. Bxc5 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Bxb5+ Bd7 17. Qxd4 $16) ( 12... Nxd4 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Ne4 (14. Bxd4 {Blatny,P} Bxd4 15. Bb5+ axb5 16. Qxd4 $40) (14. f5 $6 Nxf5 15. Bxc5 Ng3+) 14... f5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. c3 (16. b4 $16 {Anand}) 16... Nb5 17. a4 Nd6 18. b4 $1 $36) (12... Bxd4 13. Bxd4 dxe5 ( 13... Nxd4 14. exf6 gxf6 15. f5 $1 Nc6 (15... Bd7 {Blatny,P} 16. Bxa6) 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Rxf6 $16) 14. fxe5 Nd7 (14... Nxe5 15. Rxf6 $5 gxf6 16. Ne4 f5 17. Qh5 $40) 15. Ne4 $1 Ncxe5 (15... Nxd4 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Rxf7+ Kd8 18. Qg4 $18) ( 15... O-O 16. Qh5 $40) (15... Ndxe5 $2 16. Bc5) 16. Qh5 $40 (16. Qh5 $1 $16 { Anand the move I had overlooked initially} O-O $2 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Nf6+)) 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bb5+ axb5 (14... Bd7 15. Nxe6 (15. Rxf6 {Blatny,P Kasparov}) ( 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (15... Nxd7 16. Qf3) 16. Nf5 exf5 (16... Bxe3 17. Nxe3 $18) 17. Bxc5 $18) 15... fxe6 16. Bxd7+ Nxd7 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. b4 $1 Nd7 19. Ne4 O-O-O 20. Nd6+ Kb8 21. Nf7 $16) (14... Kf8 15. Rxf6 $1 (15. Nf5 {Blatny,P} Bxe3 16. Nxe3 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qe7 18. Nc4 $36) 15... exd4 (15... gxf6 16. Bh6+ Ke7 17. Nf5+ exf5 18. Nd5+ $18) (15... Bxd4 16. Bh6 $1 gxh6 17. Qh5 e4 (17... axb5 18. Raf1 $18) 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 (18... Ke7 19. Rxf7+ Kxf7 20. Rf1+ Ke7 21. Qg5+ Kd6 22. Nxe4#) 19. Nxe4 axb5 20. Raf1 $18) 16. Bh6 $1 (16. Bf4 {Anand} Qe7 (16... Qd8 17. Qh5 $18) 17. Ne4 axb5) 16... axb5 (16... dxc3 17. Rxf7+ (17. Qh5 Bd4 18. Rxf7+ Qxf7 19. Rf1 Qxf1+ $1 (19... Bf6 20. Rxf6 $18) 20. Bxf1 cxb2) 17... Kxf7 18. Qh5+ g6 $13) 17. Qh5 Ke8 (17... dxc3 18. Raf1 $18) 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Nxb5 Qd7 20. Qxh7 $16) (14... Ke7 15. Rxf6 $1 (15. Nc6+ $18 {Anand}) 15... exd4 ( 15... Kxf6 16. Qg4 (16. Bg5+ {Blatny,P} Kxg5 17. Ne4+ Kf4 18. Qf3#) 16... Ke7 17. Qxg7 $18) (15... gxf6 16. Nf5+ $1 exf5 (16... Kf8 {Blatny,P} 17. Bh6+ Kg8 18. Qg4#) 17. Nd5+ $18) 16. Qf3 $6 (16. Bf4 $1 Qa5 $8 (16... Qb6 17. Nd5+ $18) (16... Bd6 {Blatny,P} 17. Nd5+ $1 $18) 17. Qh5 axb5 18. Rxf7+ Ke8 19. Rxg7+ $18 ) 16... gxf6 17. Ne4 axb5 (17... f5 $1 18. Bg5+ Kf8 (18... f6 19. Bxf6+ Kf8 20. Bxh8 $16) 19. Qh5 fxe4 (19... axb5 20. Qh6+ Ke8 21. Nf6+ $18) 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Bf6 Qg3 $1) (17... Qe5 18. Bf4 Qf5 (18... Qd5 19. Bd6+ $1 Bxd6 20. Qxf6+ Kf8 21. Qxh8+ Ke7 22. Qe8#) 19. g4 Qg6 20. Bd3 $1 Bb6 21. Nxf6 $1 Qg7 22. Be5 Qf8 23. Nd5+ exd5 24. Qf6+ Ke8 25. Qxb6 $18) 18. Qxf6+ Kd7 19. Bxd4 $1 Rd8 20. Nxc5+ Kc6 21. Be5 Qb6 22. b4 $16) (14... Nd7 {Blatny,P} 15. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Ne4 {/\Qg4+-}) 15. Ndxb5 Qb6 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Nd6+ Ke7 (17... Kf8 18. Nce4 $18) 18. Rxf6 $1 (18. Nce4 Qd4 19. Qf3 Nxe4 20. Rad1 Nxd6 $1) 18... gxf6 19. Nce4 Qd4 (19... Qc7 20. Qh5 Rf8 21. Qh6 $40) 20. Qh5 Rf8 21. Rd1 Qe3 (21... Qxb2 {Blatny,P} 22. Qh6 Qxc2 23. Nf5+ $1 $18) 22. Qh4 Qf4 23. Qe1 Ra4 (23... f5 24. Qb4 fxe4 25. Nxe4+ Ke8 26. Qb5+ Ke7 27. Qc5+ Ke8 28. Qc7 $18) 24. Qc3 Rd4 (24... Rd8 25. Qc7+ Bd7 26. Nc8+ Rxc8 27. Rxd7+ $18) (24... Rxe4 { Blatny,P} 25. Qc7+ Bd7 26. Nf5+ $1 $18) 25. Rxd4 Qf1+ 26. Kh2 exd4 27. Qc5 Kd7 (27... Qf4+ 28. g3 Qe5 29. Nxc8+ Kd7 30. Nb6+ $18) 28. Nb5 Qf4+ 29. g3 { Ftacnik,L} (29. g3 Qe5 (29... Qxe4 {Blatny,P} 30. Qc7+ Ke8 31. Nd6#) 30. Nxf6+ $1 Qxf6 31. Qd6+ (31. Qc7+ Ke8 32. Nd6#) 31... Ke8 32. Nc7#) 1-0 [Event "Linares 09th"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Kasparov, Garry"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2800"] [BlackElo "2635"] [Annotator "Schussler,H"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1991.02.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.06.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Bxe5 8. dxe5 Nc6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Bxe4 Nxc2 12. Bxd5 Bf5 13. g4 Bxg4 14. Be4 Nxa1 15. Bf4 f5 16. Bd5+ (16. Bxb7 Nc2 17. f3 Bh5 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Rd1 c5 $1 $13) 16... Kh8 17. Rc1 c6 (17... Rad8 $6 18. Nc3 b5 19. e6 $16) 18. Bg2 Rfd8 19. Nd2 (19. f3 Bh5 20. Na3 Rd4 21. Be3 Rb4 22. Nc4 Ra4 23. Na3 {Draw agreed, Sax,G - Yusupov,A, Thessaloniki (ol) 1988.}) 19... Rxd2 20. Bxd2 Rd8 21. Bc3 Rd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bxd1 23. f4 $2 { 23.Bf1! gives White a clear advantage according to Rozentalis.} Nc2 24. Kf2 Kg8 25. a4 a5 $1 $10 26. Bxa5 Nd4 27. Bf1 Bb3 { 28.Ke3 Ne6 29.Bb6 Bxa4 30.Bc4 Kf7 31.Bxe6 Kxe6 32.Kd4 =} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Paris Immopar rapid"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2650"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "1991.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.03.01"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. f4 Ng6 12. Bg2 Bc6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 a5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 a4 18. Nd4 a3 19. b6 Qe7 20. Nc2 d5 21. Qb5 Ng4 22. Bd4 Bd6 23. e5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 axb2 25. Bc5 Qg5 26. Bxf8 Nxf8 27. Qc5 Nxe5 28. Qe3 Qh5 29. Rd4 Nfd7 30. Re1 Nc6 31. Bf3 Qg6 32. Rg4 Qf6 33. Be2 Qd8 34. Qh6 g6 35. Rh4 Nf8 36. Qe3 e5 37. Bb5 d4 38. Qf3 Qxb6 39. Bc4 Qc7 40. Rf1 Nd8 41. Qb3 Rc8 42. Bd5 Qd7 43. Re4 Rc3 44. Bxf7+ Nxf7 45. Qxb2 Rc6 46. Nb4 Rb6 47. a3 Ne6 48. Re2 Kg7 49. Ref2 Nd6 50. Qb3 Rb5 51. Qf3 Nf5 52. h4 Qc6 53. Qb3 Nc5 54. Qb2 Qe4+ 55. Qc2 Qxc2+ 56. Kxc2 Ne3+ 0-1 [Event "Tilburg"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2650"] [Annotator "Hansen,Cu"] [PlyCount "222"] [EventDate "1991.10.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.02.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 e6 5. Qb3 Be7 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. e4 (9. e3 a6 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O c4 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc7 $10 { Gross,S-Polgar Zso 1991}) 9... b4 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bd3 Nef6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rac1 $44 {>}) 44. gxh6 gxh6 45. Be6 Be8 46. Rg8 h5 47. Rh8 Kd8 48. Rg3 $1 $18 Rh7 (48... b4 49. Rgg8 Re7 50. axb4 axb4 51. Bf7 Rxf7 52. Rxe8+ Kc7 53. Rc8+ Kb6 54. Rxc4 $18) (48... Rg7 49. Rg6 $1 $18) 49. Rxh7 Rxh7 50. Rg8 Rc7 (50... Ke7 51. Kc3 Bf7 52. Ra8 $18) (50... Rb7 51. Kc3 Rc7 52. e5 dxe5 53. d6 Ra7 54. a4 $18) 51. Kc3 1-0 [Event "Paris Immopar rapid"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Salov, Valery"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2665"] [BlackElo "2650"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "1991.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.03.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 f5 15. Bd3 e5 16. Ne2 Rae8 17. O-O exd4 18. exd4 N7f6 19. Rfe1 f4 20. Bg6 Re7 21. Nc3 Rd7 22. Bf5 Rdd8 23. Re5 Rfe8 24. Rae1 Kf8 25. Bg6 Rxe5 26. dxe5 Ng8 27. Bh4 Nge7 28. Be4 g5 29. Bf2 Nxc3 30. Bxb7 Nd1 31. Re2 Nxb2 32. h4 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Nd3 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Kh3 Rf1 36. Bd4 Nf5 37. Rd2 Ne3 0-1 [Event "Tilburg"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B47"] [WhiteElo "2660"] [BlackElo "2650"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "1991.10.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.02.01"] 1. e4 {Hansen,Cu} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 (10... Bxd4 11. Bxc7 Bxc3 12. bxc3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Be5 (14. Ba5 $5) 14... f6 15. c4 $14) 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Ke7 (13... Bxe3 $2 14. fxe3 $16 Ke7 $2 15. Rxf6 $18) (13... O-O 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Qd6 $14) 14. f4 $1 (14. h3 Be6 $10) 14... Be6 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nd5+ Bxd5 17. exd5 Rhd8 $1 $8 (17... Rad8 18. Kh1 $16 Rhe8 (18... Ne8 19. Qf2 $18 {Popovic,P-Damljanovic,B}) 19. Qc3 Kd6 (19... Bd6 20. Qxc7+ (20. Qb3 $36) 20... Bxc7 21. c4 $16) 20. Bxh6 $18) 18. Kh1 Rac8 $1 (18... Bxe3 $2 19. Qxe3 Ne8 20. c4 Qxc4 21. Qxe5+ Kf8 22. d6 $18 {Brunner,L-Fauland,A haifa 1989}) 19. c4 (19. b4 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qd6 $10) (19. Bxh6 {Hansen,Cu} gxh6 20. Rxf6 Kxf6 21. Qxh6+ Ke7 22. Rf1 Qd6 23. Qg5+ Ke8 $19) (19. c3 $5 {Hansen,Cu}) 19... Qd6 20. Bxc5 (20. Rc1 {Hansen,Cu}) 20... Rxc5 21. Qe2 Rdc8 22. Bh3 (22. Rfe1 {Hansen,Cu } Rxc4 23. Qxe5+ Qxe5 24. Rxe5+ Kd6 $17) 22... R8c7 23. b3 $6 (23. Rfe1 Kd8 $1 (23... Rxc4 24. Qxe5+ Qxe5 25. d6+ $1 Kf8 26. Rxe5 $18) (23... b5 24. b4 $1 $18 ) (23... e4 $2 24. Rd4 $18 {/\ 25.b4,Re4}) 24. b3 (24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxc4 26. d6 R7c6 $10) 24... b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Qxe5 Qxe5 27. Rxe5 Rc1 $10) 23... b5 24. Rf5 $6 (24. Rfe1 bxc4 (24... e4) 25. bxc4 (25. Qxe5+ $6 Qxe5 26. d6+ Kd8 27. dxc7+ Kxc7 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. bxc4 $17) 25... Kd8 $10 (25... e4 {Hansen,Cu} 26. Rd4 $15) (25... Rxc4 $2 26. Qxe5+ Qxe5 27. d6+ $18) 26. Qb2 (26. Rc1 Rxc4) 26... Rxc4 27. Qb8+ Ke7 $13) 24... bxc4 25. Rxe5+ Kf8 26. Re1 (26. Rf1 Rxd5) 26... g6 27. bxc4 Rxc4 28. Qb2 (28. Bf1 $1 Ra4 $15) 28... Rc2 29. Qd4 Kg7 30. Bg2 R7c4 31. Qa1 Qa3 32. R5e3 Qxa2 33. Qxa2 Rxa2 34. Bf3 Rcc2 35. h4 Rd2 36. Re7 Nxd5 37. Bxd5 Rxd5 38. Rf1 Rf5 39. Rxf5 gxf5 40. Rc7 a5 (40... Kg6 $19) 41. Rc6 a4 42. Ra6 a3 43. Kg1 h5 44. Kf1 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 a2 46. Kh2 Kf8 47. Ra7 Ke8 48. Kg2 Kd8 49. Kh2 Kc8 50. Kg2 Kb8 51. Ra4 Kb7 52. Ra3 Kb6 53. Ra8 f4 $1 54. gxf4 f5 55. Ra3 Kc5 56. Ra8 Kc4 57. Ra3 Kd4 58. Ra8 Ke4 59. Ra4+ Ke3 0-1 [Event "Paris Immopar rapid"] [Site "Paris"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Timman, Jan H"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A55"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2650"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "1991.11.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.03.01"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. e4 Re8 9. b3 a6 10. a4 a5 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Re1 Nb8 14. c5 dxc5 15. dxe5 Ng4 16. Nb1 Nd7 17. e6 fxe6 18. e5 Nb6 19. Nbd2 Rd8 20. Qc2 Nd5 21. Ng5 g6 22. Nde4 Nh6 23. Nf6+ Nxf6 24. exf6 Nf7 25. Nxe6 Bxe6 26. Rxe6 Qd7 27. Rce1 Qd2 28. Qxd2 Rxd2 29. Bc3 Rc2 30. R6e3 Nd6 31. Bh3 Nf5 32. Bxf5 gxf5 33. Rd1 Bh6 34. Rf3 Rf8 35. Rd6 Rf7 36. Bxa5 Bf8 37. Re6 Rd7 38. Rxf5 Kf7 39. Re4 Rd3 40. Kg2 Rxb3 41. Bd8 Rb4 42. Re7+ Kg6 43. Rf3 Bxe7 44. fxe7 Re4 45. h4 h5 46. Rf6+ Kg7 47. Rf5 b5 48. a5 b4 49. Rf4 Re1 50. Rf8 Rce2 51. a6 b3 52. a7 b2 53. a8=Q b1=Q 54. Qxc6 Qe4+ 55. Qxe4 Rxe4 56. Rf5 c4 57. Rxh5 Re5 58. Ba5 Rxh5 59. Bxe1 Kf7 60. Kf3 Rd5 61. Ke2 Kxe7 62. g4 Ke6 63. h5 Rd3 64. f3 Ra3 65. Bd2 Ra2 66. Kd1 Kd5 67. h6 Ra1+ 68. Kc2 Rh1 69. g5 Ke6 70. Kc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tilburg"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Timman, Jan H"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2650"] [Annotator "Hansen,Cu"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "1991.10.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "17"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1992.02.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 Bc7 19. Rc5 (19. g3 a6 20. Rh5 g6 21. Bh6 f5 $17 {Arakhamia-Akopian Oakham 1990}) 19... Bd6 20. Rb5 (20. Rg5 Be7 (20... g6 $5) 21. Bf5 (21. Rxg7+ $3 Kxg7 22. Bf5 Qxd4 23. Be3 Qe5 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Bd4 $18) 21... Qxd4 22. Rg4 Qe5 23. Bd2 $13 {Adams-Anand Oakham 1990}) 20... Bc7 21. Rc5 Bd6 22. a5 $1 $16 {N} Nc8 (22... Bxc5 23. dxc5 Nc8 (23... Na4 24. c6 $16) (23... Nd5 24. Rd1 Rad8 25. Be4 $16) 24. a6 $16) 23. Bf5 Qd8 24. a6 Ne7 25. axb7 Rb8 26. Bg5 f6 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Bf4 Bxf4 29. Qxf4 Rxb7 30. d5 Ng6 31. Qxc4 Qb8 32. Rc1 Rb1 33. Rc7 Rxc1+ 34. Qxc1 Rd8 35. Bf5 (35. d6 $1 Qb6 ( 35... Nf8 36. Bf5 Rxd6 (36... g6 37. Qh6 $18) (36... Qb5 37. Rc8 $18) 37. Rc8 $18) 36. Rc6 (36. Qc6 Qxc6 37. Rxc6 Nf8 38. d7 {/\Lf5,Tc8} g6 $10) 36... Qd4 37. d7 Nf4 38. Qc4 $1 (38. Bg4 f5 $1) 38... Qa1+ (38... Qe5 39. Rc8 $18) 39. Kh2 {/\Tc8/Dxf4} Qe5 40. g3 $18) 35... Qb6 36. Qc6 Qa5 37. Kh2 Nf8 38. Rc8 Rxc8 39. Bxc8 (39. Qxc8 Qb4 $8 40. Qc7 a5 $132) 39... Qb6 $1 $10 40. Bg4 Kg8 41. f4 Kf7 42. f5 g6 (42... Qxc6 43. dxc6 Ke7 44. Bd1 Kd6 45. Ba4 $18 {>CBM 13}) (9... e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. Qd4 Rd8 13. Qxc4 Ngxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qb3 b6 { 1/4-1/4/Ninov-Dimitrov/Stara Zagora zt-A/1990/ ->CBM 17}) (9... b6 10. Qe2 Ba6 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. d5 cxd5 13. exd5 e5 14. Bg5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Bh3 Nc5 $10 {Brenninkmeiejer,J-Lukacs,P/Wijk-B/1988/}) 10. Qe2 b6 (10... Nb6 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. Be3 c5 14. Nb5 $10 { Neckar,L-Prandstetter,E/Praha Bohemians/1988/ ->CBM 08}) 11. Rd1 Ba6 12. Bh3 ( 12. d5 $5) 12... Re8 13. g4 Nf8 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. f4 (15. Bf4 {/\ Bg3}) 15... b5 $1 16. g5 N6d7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. e5 Rad8 19. f5 (19. axb5 cxb5 20. d5 Bc5+ $132 ) 19... exf5 20. axb5 Bb7 $1 (20... cxb5 21. Nd5 Qc8 22. Bxf5 $40) 21. Bxf5 cxb5 22. e6 Nf8 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Be4 (24. Bxh7 g6 $1 (24... Nxh7 25. g6+ Kg8 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Qh3 $18)) 24... Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Kg8 26. Qg2 Bb4 27. Qg3 (27. Nxb5 Qd7 28. Nc3 Ng6 $40) 27... Qd7 28. Bf4 Ng6 29. Bc7 Rc8 30. Bxa5 Bd6 31. Qf3 Kh8 32. h3 b4 33. Nd5 Qc6 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1990.01.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C15"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2635"] [Annotator "Knaak,R"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "1990.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.08.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 Ne7 $1 {Das häufiger gespielte 4...dxe4 führt oft zu Schwierigkeiten. Siehe auch;Anand,V (2555)-Van der Wiel,J (2550)/ Wijk Wijk aan Zee 1990 (4)/1-0} 5. Bd2 (5. Bg5 O-O 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 f6 8. Bd2 b6 9. Qe3 Bb7 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf5 12. Qe2 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Qd5 14. Qxd5 exd5 $15 {Smirin-Vaganian/URS-chT/1988/TD XI}) (5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg3 O-O 8. Bf4 Na6 $1 $15 {8...La6 9.Lxc7+/- Borkowski-Teske, Polanica Zdroj 1988}) 5... b6 {Die Damenstellung auf d3 erweist sich als zweifelhaft, obwohl Short nie La6 zieht.} 6. Be2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 a5 $15 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. exd5 exd5 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qd1 Ne4 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Re1 { Irgendwann sollte Weiß a3-a4 ziehen.} Ng6 15. Be3 a4 $17 16. Nd2 Nd6 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Nf1 Nh4 19. Bf4 Nc4 20. Rb1 Qf6 21. Bxc7 Rac8 22. Bg3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Bh3 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bf4 Re2 27. Rc1 g6 28. Be3 Bf5 29. Ng3 Rxc2 30. Nxf5 (30. Rxc2 Bxc2 31. Bc1 Bd3 $1 $19) 30... Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 gxf5 $19 32. Kf1 Kg7 33. Ke2 Kg6 34. Kd3 Na5 35. Bf4 b5 36. Bc7 Nc6 37. Ke3 Kg5 38. Bg3 Na5 {Zugzwang} 39. h4+ Kg6 40. Kd3 Kh5 {Zugzwang} 41. Ke3 Nc4+ 42. Kd3 Nxb2+ 43. Kc3 Nc4 44. Kb4 f4 45. Bxf4 Kxh4 46. Kxb5 Nxa3+ 47. Kxa4 Nc2 48. Be5 Kg5 49. Kb5 Kf5 50. Kc5 Ke6 51. Bg3 h5 52. f4 f5 0-1 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1990.01.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Van der Wiel, John"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C15"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2550"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1990.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.08.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 dxe4 5. Qxe4 Nf6 6. Qh4 c5 7. dxc5 Nd5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Bd2 N5f6 11. c6 bxc6 12. a3 Be7 13. O-O-O Kc7 14. Nd4 Bb7 15. Be2 Rae8 16. Nb3 Nd5 17. Ne4 f5 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 e5 20. Bd2 c5 21. g3 h6 22. Rhe1 g5 23. Na5 Ba8 24. Bb5 Rh7 25. Nc4 Bc6 26. Ba5+ N5b6 27. a4 Re6 28. Ne3 f4 29. gxf4 exf4 30. Nf5 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 h5 32. Re6 Bd5 33. Rg6 Ne5 34. Rxg5 Nf3 35. Rg6 Be4 36. Rf6 Nxh2 37. Bd2 Bxf5 38. Bxf4+ Kb7 39. Bc6+ Ka6 40. Rxf5 Ng4 41. f3 Nf2 42. Be3 Nh1 43. Rxc5 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1990.01.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Andersson, Ulf"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A35"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2555"] [Annotator "Ribli,Z"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "1990.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.08.01"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 { 6.d5, Ne5 Illescas Cordoba,M-Ljubojevic,L Barcelona WCup 1989 CBM/12} Bg4 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Rc8 $5 {8...Nh6 9.d5, Bxf3 10.Bxf3, Ne5 11.Be4!, f5? (11.. .0-0) 12.Bc2 +/= Speelmann-Xu Jun Luzern 1989 i 38/50} 9. b3 Qd7 10. Be3 Nh6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nf5 13. Bg4 d5 $5 14. Nxd5 { 14.cxd5!?, Nb4 15.Rc1, 0-0 16.Bf3, Nh4 17.a3, Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3, Na6 +/=} e6 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Nf4 Bxd4 17. Nh5 Qd8 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Qd3 Rg8 20. Rad1 Qg5 21. Nf6+ Qxf6 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Ke7 24. Rfd1 Rc7 25. Rh4 Rh8 26. Kf1 a6 27. Ke2 b5 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Rd2 Ra7 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4 Rb8 32. Ra2 Ra5 33. Kd3 e5 34. Rc4 f4 35. Kc3 Ke6 36. Rb4 Rc8+ 37. Kb3 Rac5 38. a5 Rc3+ 39. Ka4 Kd7 40. Rd2+ Kc7 41. Rd5 Re8 42. Rdb5 e4 43. Rb7+ Kd6 44. Rxf7 e3 45. Rf6+ Kc7 46. Rf7+ Kd6 47. Rf6+ Kc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1990.01.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Dlugy, Maxim"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "1990.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.08.01"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Bb4 8. Nge2 O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O c6 12. Nf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1990.01.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B38"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1990.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.08.01"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nb3 a5 11. Nd2 Bc8 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bh6 16. f4 Bb7 17. Be3 Nc5 18. b3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Qd4 Bc6 21. f5 Bg7 22. Qxb6 Qd7 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Bg5 a4 25. Qe3 axb3 26. axb3 Ra2 27. Rf2 Qe6 28. Bf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1990.01.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Kuijf, Marinus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "2490"] [BlackElo "2555"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1990.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.08.01"] 1. e4 {Schussler} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Nxe5 Ng6 7. Bd3 (7. Qe2 Qe7 8. Qxe4 (8. Nxg6 $6 hxg6 $15) 8... Qxe5 $10) 7... Nxe5 (7... Nxf2 $2 8. Bxg6 Nxd1 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. Bg5+ Kd6 11. Nc4+ Kc5 12. Nba3 Nxc3 13. Bxd8 $18) 8. Bxe4 Bc5 9. Qh5 d6 10. Bg5 $2 (10. h3 $10) 10... Bg4 $1 11. Qh4 $2 (11. Bxd8 Bxh5 12. Bg5 $15) 11... f6 12. Bc1 (12. Bd2 Qe7 13. O-O g5 14. Qh6 ( 14. Qg3 f5 $19) 14... Nf7 15. Qg7 Qxe4 16. Re1 Qxe1+ 17. Bxe1 Ke7 $19) (12. Be3 g5 13. Qh6 (13. Qg3 f5 14. f4 Bxe3 15. fxe5 Bf4 $19) 13... Qe7 14. O-O Nf7 15. Qg7 O-O-O 16. Bxc5 Rdg8 17. Re1 Bd7 $19) 12... Qe7 13. O-O $8 g5 14. Qg3 f5 $19 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Bxg5 Qf7 17. Nd2 Rg8 18. Rae1 h6 19. Rxe5+ dxe5 20. Qxe5+ Kd7 21. Be3 Rae8 22. Qf4 Qxd5 23. Nf3 Bd6 24. Qa4+ b5 0-1 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1990.01.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Nijboer, Friso"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2555"] [Annotator "Schussler,H"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "1990.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.08.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. a4 (9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 {Brunner,L-Lane,G Game 971/disk 16.}) 9... a5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nbd2 Ba6 12. Re1 Qe7 13. d5 g5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Kg7 16. b4 cxd5 17. exd5 Qd7 18. Qf3 Nh7 19. Qh5 f5 20. b5 Bb7 21. Bh6+ Kh8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Nc4 f4 24. Rad1 Bc8 25. Nxb6 cxb6 26. f3 Qc7 27. Qh4 Bf5 28. c4 Kg7 29. Rc1 Nf6 30. Qf2 Nd7 31. g3 Bg6 32. gxf4 Rxf4 33. Kh1 Nc5 34. Rg1 Qf7 35. Rcf1 Kf8 36. Rg3 Ne4 37. Qxb6 Nxg3+ 38. hxg3 Rf6 39. Qe3 e4 40. b6 exf3 41. Kg1 Bh5 42. Qd4 Kg7 43. Qb2 Kh7 44. Kf2 Qe7 45. g4 Rh6 46. b7 Qh4+ 47. Ke3 Qg5+ 48. Kd3 Bg6+ 0-1 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1990.01.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Petursson, Margeir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1990.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.08.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nb6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Nf3 e6 9. O-O Nb4 10. Be2 Bc6 11. a3 N4d5 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Nc5 Qe8 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Re1 Na4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. Qe2 h6 20. Rac1 Bc6 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rd5 23. Rc4 Qd7 24. Rec1 c6 25. b4 Nf5 26. g3 Rd8 27. Rd1 Kb8 28. Kg2 Qe8 29. Rc5 g5 30. h3 Qg8 31. Rxd5 cxd5 32. Qe1 g4 33. hxg4 Qxg4 34. Nh2 Qg6 35. Qd2 h5 36. Rc1 Ne7 37. Nf3 Rg8 38. Qc2 Qxc2 39. Rxc2 Nf5 40. Kh3 Rg4 41. Rd2 Kc7 42. Kg2 Kd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1990.01.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Piket, Jeroen"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A41"] [WhiteElo "2495"] [BlackElo "2555"] [Annotator "Ribli,Z"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1990.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.08.01"] 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bg5 $5 {5.e3, Ngf6 6.Be2, c6 7.h3 (7.0-0, Be7 Maksimenko,A-Huzman,A URS-sf Ukraine-ch Kherson 1989 CBM/16) 7. ..Bh5 Davies,N-Hodgson,J London WFW 1989 CBM/13} Be7 6. Bxe7 Nxe7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 exd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. Rd1 Re8 11. h3 Bf5 12. O-O Qc8 13. Qf4 Ng6 14. Qg3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Rd4 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Qf5 18. R4d2 Ne5 19. Nd4 Qf6 20. Kh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Oakham YM"] [Site "Oakham"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1990.03.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.07.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 Nb6 15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. a4 Bc7 19. Rc5 Bd6 20. Rg5 Be7 21. Bf5 Qxd4 22. Rg4 Qe5 23. Bd2 g6 24. Bc3 Qd5 25. Be4 Qe6 26. Bxb7 Rad8 27. Re1 Rd3 28. Rxe6 Rxf3 29. Bxf3 fxe6 30. a5 Nd5 31. Rxc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Oakham YM"] [Site "Oakham"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2385"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1990.03.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.07.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Bd3 Be6 8. O-O a6 9. N5c3 Bg5 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. Be2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd4 15. Qd3 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. f3 Qb6 19. Kh1 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 Qb7 21. Rac1 h6 22. h3 Rc5 23. Qd3 Nh5 24. Nd5 Rxa2 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. b4 Rxd5 27. exd5 Ng3+ 28. Kh2 Ne2 29. Re1 1-0 [Event "Prestwich"] [Site "Prestwich"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Badea, Bela"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B87"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2495"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.10.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3 b5 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 Nc6 12. f4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b4 14. e5 Nh5 15. Qg4 bxc3 16. Qxh5 cxb2 17. Bxb2 g6 18. Qh6 Bf8 19. Qh3 d5 20. Bd4 Bd7 21. c3 Qc6 22. Kh1 Bg7 23. f5 gxf5 24. g4 Qc7 25. Rae1 Bb5 26. gxf5 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Qd7 28. fxe6 Qxe6 29. Qg2 1-0 [Event "Oakham YM"] [Site "Oakham"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Blatny, Pavel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2510"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "1990.03.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.07.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Qc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"] [Site "Novi Sad"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Boshku, Harallamb"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "1990.11.17"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 g6 15. Be3 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Ng5 Re7 18. Qxd6 Rc8 19. Qd3 h6 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Rad1 Qb7 22. Nd2 Ree8 23. Qb1 Nc5 24. Bc2 b4 25. c4 a5 26. b3 Rcd8 27. f3 Ne6 28. Ndf1 Nd4 29. Kh1 Ne6 30. Bg1 Nd7 31. Ne3 Ndc5 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Nd5 Bg7 34. Ne2 Re8 35. Rd1 Ra8 36. Qc1 Kh7 37. Rf1 a4 38. Qd2 axb3 39. axb3 Ra2 40. Rb1 Nd4 41. Nxd4 exd4 42. Nxb4 Ra8 43. Nd3 Ne6 44. b4 Ra3 45. Bb3 Ng5 46. Nc5 Qc8 47. Bh2 f5 48. h4 Nxe4 49. fxe4 fxe4 50. Qe2 Qf5 51. Rf1 d3 52. Qd1 Qc8 53. Qd2 Qg4 54. Qf4 Qxf4 55. Bxf4 Bd4 56. Ne6 Bc3 57. b5 Bxb5 58. cxb5 Rxb3 59. Nc5 Rb4 60. b6 Rxb6 61. Nxe4 Bg7 62. Bd2 Rc6 63. g3 Rc4 64. Re1 Bd4 65. Kg2 Rc7 66. Nf2 Rc2 67. Rd1 g5 68. hxg5 hxg5 69. Kf3 1-0 [Event "Manila Interzonal"] [Site "Manila"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Chandler, Murray G"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B56"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2560"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1990.06.29"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "PHI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.12.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Na5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rfd1 a6 13. Qe1 h6 14. b3 Nc6 15. a3 Qc7 16. h3 Rfd8 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Na4 1/2-1/2 [Event "OHRA-B"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Dorfman, Josif D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C29"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2580"] [Annotator "Schussler,H"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "1990.07.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.02.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Qe2 Nxc3 (6... Nc6 $2 7. Nxe4 Nd4 8. Qd3 Bxf3 9. Ng3 $18 {Euwe-Yates, Haag 1921.}) 7. dxc3 Qd7 8. Bf4 Na6 9. h3 Be6 10. Nd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Rome op"] [Site "Rome"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Farago, Ivan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C06"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "1990.02.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Bd7 14. a3 Rae8 15. b4 a6 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Nc5 Re7 19. h3 Be8 20. Be2 h6 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. Nfe1 Nb6 23. Nc5 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Bf4 25. Ned3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 Qg3 28. Bg4 Nd8 29. Nf4 Bf7 30. Rc3 Nc4 31. Qc1 e5 32. Nxd5 Bxd5 33. e4 Qf2 34. Rc2 Qg3 35. Rc3 Qf2 36. Nd3 Qxd4 37. exd5 b5 38. Nc5 e4 39. Be2 Nd6 40. Nxa6 e3 41. Rc7 Rxc7 42. Nxc7 Ne4 43. Qe1 Qe5 44. Nxb5 Qg3 45. Qxg3 Nxg3+ 46. Kg1 Nxe2+ 47. Kf1 Ng3+ 48. Ke1 Nf7 49. Nc3 Ne5 50. Kd1 Kf8 51. a4 Ke7 52. a5 Kd6 53. a6 Kc7 54. b5 Nc4 55. Ke1 Nb6 56. Kd1 g5 57. Ke1 h5 58. Kd1 h4 59. Ke1 Nc4 60. Kd1 Kb6 61. Ke1 Nd6 62. Kd1 Ndf5 63. Ke1 Nd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "OHRA-B"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Fedorowicz, John P"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B74"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2565"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "1990.07.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.02.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nb3 Be6 10. O-O Qc8 11. Kh1 Bg4 12. Bg1 Rd8 13. Nd5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 e6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. c3 Bg7 17. Rad1 Rb8 18. Bf2 b5 19. Bh4 Rd7 20. Rd3 a5 21. Qd1 Bf8 22. Bf6 a4 23. Nc5 Ra7 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 25. Qxd6 Na5 26. f5 Nc4 27. Qg3 Rba8 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. fxg6 h6 30. Qh3 Rg7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Rf7+ Kxg6 33. Re7 Kf6 34. Qh4+ Ke5 35. Rf7 Kd6 36. e5+ Kc6 37. Qe4+ Kb6 38. h3 Qc6 39. Qd4+ Ka6 40. Rd7 Qb6 41. Qxb6+ Kxb6 42. b3 axb3 43. axb3 Nxe5 44. Rd6+ Nc6 45. Rxe6 Ra3 46. Rxh6 Rxb3 0-1 [Event "Prestwich"] [Site "Prestwich"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Galliamova, Alisa"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B56"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2365"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.10.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bb3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Bf8 13. h3 a6 14. Nh2 Na5 15. Ng4 Nxb3 16. axb3 Nd7 17. Nd5 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. c4 Re6 20. Qf3 Bc2 21. Rd2 Bh7 22. b4 Rc8 23. b3 h5 24. Nh2 Qh4 25. Qe2 Rg6 26. Kh1 Kh8 27. Nf3 Qd8 28. h4 Rg4 29. Bg5 Qe8 30. g3 Qf7 31. Kh2 Nf6 32. Ne3 Re4 33. Rad1 b5 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Rd5 bxc4 36. bxc4 Rcxc4 37. Nd2 Rxb4 38. Nxe4 Bxe4 39. Ra5 Rb6 40. Nc4 Rb5 41. Qxe4 d5 42. Rxd5 1-0 [Event "Manila Interzonal"] [Site "Manila"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2640"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1990.06.29"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "PHI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.12.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 (6... f6) 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Nb4 10. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa5 (11... Qb6 $1 12. Bxb4 ( 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Bb5 $10) 12... Qxb4+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ $10) 12. a3 $1 (12. Bxb4 $5) 12... Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 f6 15. Rac1 Ne7 16. b4 Kd8 (16... Nc6 17. b5 $5 Na5 18. Kc3 a6 19. a4 $14 {/\ Kb4}) 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Nxc8 ( 18... Kxc8) 19. g4 h6 $6 (19... Nb6 $1 20. b5 (20. exf6 gxf6 21. g5 Nc4+ {/\} 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. gxf6 Bc6 $13) 20... Ke7 21. Rc1 $5) 20. Nh4 Ne7 21. f4 a6 ( 21... fxe5 22. dxe5 $1 $14) 22. Rf1 Bb5 23. f5 $2 (23. exf6 gxf6 24. Re1 Rg8 $1 $132) (23. Re1 $14) 23... h5 $6 (23... Bxd3 $1 24. Kxd3 h5 25. Ng6 Rh6 26. Nf4 hxg4 (26... exf5 $5) 27. Nxe6+ Ke8 28. Nxg7+ Kf7 $15) 24. Ng6 $6 Nxg6 $2 (24... Bxd3 $1) 25. exf6 $1 gxf6 26. fxg6 Ke7 $6 (26... Bxd3 27. Kxd3 Ke7 (27... hxg4 28. Rxf6 Ke7 29. g7 Rg8 30. Rg6 $18) 28. g5 fxg5 29. Rf7+ $18) 27. g5 $1 f5 ( 27... Bxd3 28. gxf6+) 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Rc1 Kd6 30. Ke3 Rg8 31. Kf4 b6 32. Rc3 Rxg6 33. Rh3 Rg8 34. Rxh5 Rc8 35. g6 Rc4 36. Rg5 $1 Rxd4+ 37. Ke3 (37. Kf3 $2 Rg4 $1) 37... Re4+ 38. Kf2 1-0 [Event "Oakham YM"] [Site "Oakham"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Hennigan, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2355"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1990.03.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.07.01"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. f4 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. fxe5 Nh5 10. Nf3 Ng3 11. Rg1 Nxf1 12. Rxf1 c6 13. Bg5 Re8 14. O-O-O Nd7 15. Bf4 Nc5 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Rd4 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bg5 Re8 20. Bf6 Nd7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rd1 h6 23. Ne2 Kf8 24. Nf4 Ke7 25. b3 Nc5 26. Rd4 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28. Nd2 b5 29. Kb2 Nd7 30. Nd3 Kc7 31. c4 Kb6 32. Kc3 a5 33. cxb5 cxb5 34. Kd4 Nb8 35. Ke3 a4 36. Kd4 axb3 37. axb3 Nc6+ 38. Kc3 Ka5 39. b4+ Ka4 40. Nb1 1-0 [Event "Manila Interzonal"] [Site "Manila"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "13"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2680"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "1990.06.29"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "PHI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.12.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Be3 f5 12. a3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"] [Site "Novi Sad"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "13"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C93"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2680"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1990.11.17"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bb2 g6 16. a4 Bg7 17. Bd3 c6 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. b4 d5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Nf3 Re6 23. exd5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Nxd5 25. Be4 Re8 26. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 cxd5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qd2 Qc6 30. Nf3 d4 31. cxd4 Bf8 32. Bc3 Qd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Rome op"] [Site "Rome"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ivkov, Borislav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C86"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2480"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "1990.02.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Rd1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d3 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. d4 h6 16. Bh4 Nb6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. b3 b4 19. cxb4 cxb4 20. Ne3 Nc6 21. Rac1 Qa7 22. Bb1 Bd7 23. Nd5 Rac8 24. Nxb6 Qxb6 25. Rxd7 Nd4 26. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 g5 29. Bg3 Rd8 30. Qf1 Qb5 31. Bc2 f6 32. Qc4+ Kg7 33. h3 Qxc4 34. bxc4 Rc8 35. Bb3 a5 36. Kf1 a4 37. Bxa4 Rxc4 38. Bb3 Rc1+ 39. Ne1 Bc5 40. Ke2 Bd4 41. f3 h5 42. Nd3 Rh1 43. Bf2 Bc3 44. Bc5 Rh2 45. Kf2 Rh1 46. Bxb4 Bd4+ 47. Ke2 1-0 [Event "New Delhi"] [Site "New Delhi"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Kamsky, Gata"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2650"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.06.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 g6 9. Rd1 Bg7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Bc2 e5 $1 13. Be3 Nb4 $1 (13... Bg4 $10) (13... Ng4 $13) 14. Nc3 Nxc2 15. Qxc2 Qxc4 16. Rxd6 b5 17. Bb6 Bb7 (17... b4 $2 18. Nd2 $18) 18. Nd2 Qc8 $6 (18... Qb4 $1 19. Rd3 (19. Qd3 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qa3 $17) 19... Rfc8 $15) 19. Qd3 Nh5 20. g3 Qh3 21. Nd5 Kh8 22. Qf1 $1 Qxf1+ 23. Nxf1 f5 24. Rd1 Nf6 (24... fxe4 $6 25. Nfe3 Nf6 26. Nc7 $16) 25. Nxf6 Bxf6 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Rd7 Be4 (27... Bc6 $6 28. Rc7 Rac8 $2 29. Rd6 Rxc7 30. Bxc7 Be4 31. Rxf6 $18) 28. Ne3 Rac8 29. b4 Bf3 30. Re1 f4 31. Nf1 $1 (31. Nd5 Bg7 $132) 31... Bg7 (31... Rc2 $13) 32. Nd2 Bg4 33. Ra7 Rc2 34. Ne4 Rxa2 35. Bc5 Rd8 36. Be7 $1 Re2 37. Rf1 Rc8 38. Bf6 $1 Bxf6 (38... Rg8 39. Ng5 $1 (39. Bxg7+ Rxg7 40. Ra8+ Rg8 41. Rxg8+ Kxg8 42. Nf6+ Kg7 43. Nxg4 h5 $10) 39... h6 40. Nf7+ Kh7 41. Nxe5 $16) 39. Nxf6 Bf5 40. g4 $1 Rf8 $2 {#} (40... Be4 $1 $8 41. h4 $1 (41. Rd1 Rd2 42. Ra1 Ra2 $1) (41. f3 {><<<}) 20. Bxc4 $1 Bxe4 (20... Qxc4 21. Bh6 Bxe4 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 (22... Rxf8 23. Qxe4 $18) 23. Rxe4 Qxc2 24. Ref4 Qc7 (24... Rc7 25. Qf3 $18) 25. Rxf7 $18) 21. Rxe4 $1 (21. Bxe6 $2 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Qxe6 23. Qxe4 Rc4 $17) 21... bxc4 22. Bh6 Rfd8 23. Qf4 $1 (23. Ref4 Bf8 24. Bxf8 (24. Rxf7 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Bxh6 26. Qh4 Rf8 $17) (24. Bg5 Rd7) 24... Rxf8 25. Qg5) 23... Bf8 24. Bxf8 $1 Rxf8 25. Qh6 Rcd8 26. h3 (26. Rh4 Qa7+ 27. Kh1 f5 $13) 26... Rd5 $6 ( 26... Qa7+ 27. Kh1 Qc7 $1 28. Qf4 (28. Rh4 f5 $13) 28... Rc8 (28... Rd5 29. Rxc4 Qxe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. Rc6 $16) 29. Rd1 $1 {/\ Rd6+/-} (29. Rd4 f6 $5 $13 {/\} 30. exf6 e5 31. f7+ Rxf7 32. Qxf7+ Qxf7 33. Rxf7 exd4)) 27. Rh4 f5 28. exf6 Rf5 29. Rxf5 exf5 30. Qf4 (30. Rxc4 $1 Qb6+ 31. Rc5 Qxf6 32. Qf4 $18) 30... Qxf4 31. Rxf4 Rc8 32. Rd4 Kf7 33. Rd6 Re8 34. Rc6 $4 (34. Kf2 f4 35. Rxa6 Re3 36. a4 Rc3 37. Rc6 Rxc2+ 38. Kf3 c3 39. a5 Rb2 40. Rxc3 Rxb4 41. Ra3 Rb7 42. a6 Ra7 43. Kxf4 $18) 34... Re3 35. Rxa6 Rc3 36. Rc6 Rxc2 37. a4 c3 38. b5 $2 (38. a5 Rb2 39. Rxc3 Rxb4 40. Ra3 $16) 38... Ra2 39. Rxc3 Rxa4 40. Rb3 Ra7 41. b6 Rb7 42. Kf2 Kxf6 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. h4 h6 45. h5 $2 (45. g3 g5 46. h5 $16) 45... gxh5 $2 (45... f4+ 46. Kd3 $8 (46. Kf3 g5 $10) 46... gxh5 47. Kc4 f3 $1 48. gxf3 Kf4 49. Kc5 Kg3 $1 50. Kc6 Rb8 51. Kc7 Rh8 52. b7 h4 $10) 46. g3 h4 47. gxh4 Kf6 48. Kf4 Kg6 49. Rb4 Kf6 50. h5 Rg7 51. Rb1 Rb7 52. Rg1 Kf7 53. Rg6 Rd7 54. Rxh6 Rd4+ 55. Kxf5 Rd5+ 56. Ke4 Rb5 57. Rh7+ (57. Rh7+ Kg8 58. Rb7 $18) (57. Rh7+ Ke6 58. b7 $18) 1-0 [Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"] [Site "Novi Sad"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Milos, Gilberto"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C99"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2540"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1990.11.17"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rac8 15. Ne3 Nc6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bb1 a5 18. a3 Na6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Qb7 21. Bd2 Bd8 22. Bd3 Bb6 23. Nc2 Rfe8 24. Nh2 g6 25. Qf3 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 f5 27. Bh6 Bd8 28. Bd3 Rc3 29. Qd1 Qxd5 30. Ne3 Qc6 31. Qd2 1-0 [Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"] [Site "Novi Sad"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B38"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2530"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1990.11.17"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Rb1 Nc5 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a5 13. b3 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 b6 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. Rbd1 f6 17. Bg4 Bc6 18. h4 Qc7 19. Qe3 Qb7 20. h5 Rf7 21. Nd5 g5 22. h6 Kh8 23. a3 e6 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 exd5 26. exd5 Ba4 27. bxc5 Bxd1 28. c6 Qe7 29. Qc3 Qxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Bxg4 31. Qb4 Be2 32. Qxd6 Bxc4 33. c7 Re8 {#} 34. Qe6 Rff8 35. c8=Q Rxc8 36. Qe7 1-0 [Event "Oakham YM"] [Site "Oakham"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Norwood, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2530"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "1990.03.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.07.01"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nh6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bf5 11. Ne4 Na6 12. Qe1 f6 13. a4 Nc7 14. g4 Be6 15. Nc5 Bd5 16. f5 gxf5 17. Qh4 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Qd5 19. Bxh6 Bxh6 20. Rxf5 Qxc5+ 21. Kh2 e6 22. Rh5 Bf4+ 23. Kg2 Qd5+ 24. Kg1 Qd4+ 25. Kg2 Qd5+ 26. Kg1 Be3+ 27. Kh2 h6 28. Qg3 Qd4 0-1 [Event "Rome op"] [Site "Rome"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Novoselski, Zoran"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2370"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1990.02.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Ne4 O-O 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 f5 13. Nd6 Ne7 14. f4 Qb6 15. Bg2 Rb8 16. b3 c5 17. O-O-O Ba6 18. h4 h5 19. Bf3 g6 20. Rh2 Kg7 21. Qc3 Qc7 22. Rhd2 Rbd8 23. Kb2 Nc6 24. Bxc6 dxc6 25. Rd3 Kg8 26. Kc2 Rb8 27. Qe1 Rb4 28. Qc3 Rbb8 29. a3 Rfd8 30. R3d2 Kf8 31. Ra1 Bc8 32. b4 Bd7 33. bxc5 a5 34. Rdd1 Qa7 35. Rab1 Rxb1 36. Rxb1 Qxc5 37. Nb7 Qf2+ 38. Qd2 Qxd2+ 39. Kxd2 Rb8 40. Kc1 Ra8 41. Nc5 Ra7 42. Kc2 Ke7 43. Rb8 1-0 [Event "Rome op"] [Site "Rome"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Oll, Lembit"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C19"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2570"] [PlyCount "26"] [EventDate "1990.02.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd2 Nbc6 9. a4 Bd7 10. Bb5 c4 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "OHRA-B"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Piket, Jeroen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B88"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2495"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1990.07.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.02.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3 Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. O-O-O b5 12. g4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 b4 14. Rxb4 d5 15. Rd4 dxe4 16. Qe2 a5 17. g5 Nd7 18. Nxe4 Nb6 19. a4 Ba6 20. Qf2 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. b3 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 e5 24. Rc4 Ba3+ 25. Kb1 exf4 26. Rxc7 fxe3 27. Re1 Rfe8 28. Rc4 h6 29. Ka2 Bf8 30. gxh6 f5 31. hxg7 Bxg7 32. Nd6 Re5 33. Rf4 Rd8 34. Nc4 Re7 35. Rxe3 Rd1 36. c3 Bxc3 37. Rxc3 Re2+ 38. Nb2 Rdd2 39. Rg3+ 1-0 [Event "New Delhi"] [Site "New Delhi"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Polgar, Sofia"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B44"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2425"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.06.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nb8 11. f3 Be7 (11... Nbd7 12. Bf4 $14) 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Kh1 Qb8 17. Bf1 Kh8 18. Nc2 Rg8 19. b3 Bc6 20. Bg1 g5 21. Re1 $1 Rg6 (21... Ba8) 22. Nd5 $1 $14 Bd8 23. Nxf6 Nxf6 24. Bd3 Nh5 25. Bd4+ e5 (25... Kg8 26. Ne3 Nf4 27. Bb1 $16) 26. Be3 (26. Bb2 $5 g4 (26... Nf4 27. Ne3 $16) 27. f4 (27. fxg4 Rxg4 28. Qh6 Nf4) 27... Kg8 28. f5 Bg5 29. Ne3 $14) 26... g4 27. fxg4 Nf6 28. Nb4 $1 Bxe4 29. h3 Qb7 30. Nd5 Bxd3 31. Qxd3 b5 (31... h5 32. gxh5 Nxh5 33. g4 $14) 32. Nxf6 Rxf6 33. Qd5 Qd7 (33... Qxd5 34. cxd5 Ra8 $14) 34. cxb5 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 axb5 36. Qa8 $16 Rg6 37. Bb6 Rg8 38. Rc8 Qxc8 39. Qxc8 Bxb6 40. Qc6 Bc5 41. Qxb5 e4 42. b4 Bf2 43. Qe2 e3 44. Qb2+ $1 Rg7 45. b5 d5 46. b6 $18 Bg3 47. b7 f6 48. b8=Q+ Bxb8 49. Qxb8+ Rg8 50. Qa7 1-0 [Event "Prestwich"] [Site "Prestwich"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Quillan, Gary"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C19"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2295"] [Annotator "Knaak,R"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.10.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 Ba4 10. h4 h6 11. h5 c4 $6 (11... Qc7 $1) 12. Bf1 Nbc6 13. g3 Kd7 14. Bh3 Qg8 15. O-O Qh7 16. Ra2 g6 (16... a5 17. Nh4 $14 { Dolmatov-Hertneck/Lugano/1986/i41/354}) 17. hxg6 (17. Nh2 $1 gxh5 18. Qxh5 Bxc2 19. Ng4 $40 {Dolmatov}) 17... fxg6 18. Nh2 Qf7 19. Ng4 Ng8 20. Be3 $14 Kc7 21. Bg2 Rf8 22. Rb2 Qe7 23. Qd2 Qg7 24. Qe2 Qe7 25. Ra1 g5 26. Bd2 Qf7 27. Rf1 Nge7 28. Ne3 Qg6 29. Nxc4 dxc4 30. Be4 Qf7 31. Qxc4 b5 32. Qc5 Rd8 33. c4 Rxd4 34. Ba5+ Kd7 35. cxb5 Rxe4 36. bxc6+ Nxc6 37. Qd6+ Ke8 38. Rb8+ Nxb8 39. Qd8# 1-0 [Event "Asia zt"] [Site "India"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Rahman, Tahmidur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. c3 Be7 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Qf3 Qc7 14. Bg5 Nd5 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. h3 Bc6 18. Nf5 Be5 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. Qg4 Re6 21. Bf4 g6 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Bxe5+ Rxe5 24. Qd4 f6 25. Ng4 Re4 26. Qxa7 Rfe8 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. a4 h5 29. Ne3 Qf4 30. a5 d4 31. cxd4 Rxd4 32. a6 Rd2 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34. axb7 Bxb7 35. Qxb7+ Kh6 36. Qb6 Qe5 37. Rb1 g5 38. b4 Kg6 39. Qe3 Qd5 40. Qe1 g4 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Re1 Rd1 43. Qe7+ Kg6 44. h4 Rxe1+ 45. Qxe1 Qd4 46. g3 Kf5 47. Qb1+ Ke6 48. b5 Kd7 49. b6 Kc8 50. Qc2+ 1-0 [Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"] [Site "Novi Sad"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ribli, Zoltan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B47"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2610"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,L"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1990.11.17"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1 Nxd4 (8... d6 9. f4 Be7) 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b5 11. f4 Bb7 (11... h5 $5) 12. Bf3 O-O 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. a4 $1 {N} (15. Ne4 Be7 16. f5 f6) ( 15. f5 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bg5 {Beliavsky-Andersson, Szirak izt 1987}) 15... b4 (15... Rb8 $2 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ra5 $1) 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Be3 (17. f5 f6) 17... Qc6 18. Ng5 $5 Bxg5 $2 (18... f5 $22 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bd4 g6 21. Qh3 Nh5 $1) (18... g6 $1 19. Rad1 d6) 19. fxg5 Nc7 (19... Rc8 20. Bd2 $1 a5 21. c3 $16) (19... d6 20. Rf4 Rc8 (20... dxe5 21. Rxb4 $16 (21. Rc4 $6 Qd5 22. Bc5 Rc8)) 21. exd6 Qxd6 (21... Nxd6 $2 22. Rxb4 Qxc2 23. Qxd6 Rfd8 24. Qf4 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 26. Bg1 $18) 22. Rd4 Qc6 23. Rxb4 Qxc2 24. Qxa6 $18) 20. Rf4 $1 Nd5 21. Rc4 Qb7 22. Bc5 Rfc8 23. Rf1 g6 (23... Rc6 24. Rh4 g6 (24... Rxc5 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Qg6 Ke7 27. Qxf7+ Kd8 28. Qf8+ Kc7 29. Qd6+) 25. Rxh7 $1 Rxc5 26. Rfxf7 Nf4 27. Rfg7+ Kf8 28. Qd6+) 24. Qh3 $1 d6 $8 (24... Rc6 25. Rxf7 $1) 25. exd6 Qd7 ( 25... Rc6 26. Qh6 Rac8 27. Rh4 f5 28. gxf6 Qf7 29. Bd4 Rxc2 30. Qxh7+ $1 Qxh7 31. f7+ Kf8 32. Rxh7 Rc1 33. Bg7#) 26. b3 (26. Qh6 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Qxd6 $132) 26... Rxc5 (26... Rc6 27. Qh6 Rac8 28. Rh4 f5 29. gxf6 Qf7 30. Bd4 Rxd6 31. Qxh7+) 27. Rxc5 Qxd6 28. Rc4 Qe5 29. Qf3 $1 (29. Rh4 Qxg5 30. Rxh7 Nf4 31. Rh8+ Kg7 32. Qh7+ Kf6 33. Qh4 $1 Qxh4 $8 34. Rxh4 g5 35. Rhxf4+ gxf4 36. Rxf4+ Kg6 37. Rxb4 $18) 29... Rf8 30. Rc6 Qxg5 (30... a5 31. Rc5 $18) 31. Rxe6 $1 (31. Rxe6 $1 a5 32. Re8 $18) 1-0 [Event "Manila Interzonal"] [Site "Manila"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Rogers, Ian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2535"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1990.06.29"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "PHI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.12.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 4. Bb5+ $5 (4. Nf3) 4... Bd7 (4... c6 5. Ba4 Ba6 6. c3 $14) 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 f6 8. O-O fxe5 9. dxe5 $6 (9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 $14) 9... Qc7 10. Re1 Nh6 $1 (10... Nge7 $6 11. Na3 Nc8 $16 (11... a6 $2 12. Bxa6 $1 Rxa6 13. Nb5 $18)) 11. c4 d4 12. Na3 $6 (12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Nbd2 O-O-O (13... Bg7 14. Qe2 O-O $2 15. Qe4 $18) 14. a3 $14) 12... a6 13. Be4 O-O-O $8 (13... Nf7 $2 14. Ng5 $1 $16) (13... Be7 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. b4 cxb4 16. Nb5 $1 $16) 14. Nc2 Nf7 15. Bf4 $6 (15. b4 cxb4 16. a3 $1 $44) 15... Be7 16. b4 g5 17. Bg3 g4 $2 (17... h5 $1 18. bxc5 bxc5 $1 (18... h4 19. cxb6 Qxb6 20. Rb1 $44 ) 19. h3 Rdg8 $1 {/\ 20... g4 21. hg4 hg4 22. Nh2 Bh4!=/+}) 18. Nd2 Ncxe5 $6 ( 18... h5 $13 {Rogers,I}) 19. a4 $1 (19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Nb3 $14) 19... cxb4 ( 19... a5 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. Rb1 $16 {->}) (19... d3 $142 $1 {Rogers} 20. Bxd3 Bc6 $13) 20. a5 $1 bxa5 21. Nxd4 $6 (21. c5 $1 Bb5 (21... Bxc5 22. Nc4 $18) 22. Nb3 a4 23. Nxb4 $1 a5 (23... axb3 24. Nxa6 Bxa6 25. Rxa6 $16 {->}) 24. Nd3 Bxd3 25. Bxd3 axb3 26. Ba6+ Kd7 (26... Kb8 27. Rxe5 $1 $18) 27. Bb5+ Kc8 28. Qxb3 $16 {->}) 21... Bc5 $1 22. N4b3 $1 a4 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Bc2 a5 $2 (24... a3 25. Ne4 Qc7 26. c5 Bc6 27. Nd6+ Nxd6 28. cxd6 Rxd6 29. Qe2 $18) (24... b3 25. Bxb3 (25. Ne4 $6 Qb4 $13) 25... axb3 26. Nxb3 $1 (26. Qxb3 Bc6) 26... Qxc4 $1 $8 ( 26... Qc7 27. Rxa6 Bc6 28. Qa1 Bb7 29. Ra5 $16 {->}) 27. Bxe5 (27. Rc1 Bc6) ( 27. Qb1 $5) 27... Nxe5 28. Rxe5 Ba4 29. Qe1 Qxb3 (29... Bxb3 30. Rc1 Bc2 31. Re2 $1) 30. Rc5+ Kd7 31. Rb1 Qa2 $1 $8 {>} ) 25. Ne4 Qc7 26. Bxa4 Bc6 27. Qc2 Bb7 28. c5 $18 Rd5 (28... Kb8 29. Ng5 $18) 29. Bb3 Rhd8 30. Rac1 $1 (30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rac1 Qc6 $16) 30... Qc6 31. Ba4 Qc7 32. Nd6+ R8xd6 33. cxd6 Qxc2 34. Rxc2+ Kb8 35. Bb3 Rxd6 36. Rxe5 $1 (36. Rxe5 Rd1+ 37. Re1+) 1-0 [Event "Manila Interzonal"] [Site "Manila"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Seirawan, Yasser"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2635"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "1990.06.29"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "PHI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.12.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 Nb6 9. Bb3 Bd7 10. O-O O-O 11. d5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qxd5 Nc6 14. Qh5 Qa5 15. Ng5 1/2-1/2 [Event "OHRA-B"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Serper, Grigory"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B66"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "1990.07.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.02.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d5 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. Bd2 d4 14. Ne2 Bxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Qa5 16. a3 e5 17. Ng3 g6 18. Rd1 Qxe1 19. Rxe1 Rc8 20. Kb1 O-O 21. h4 h5 22. Rh2 Rc7 23. Nh1 Rfc8 24. g3 Ba4 25. Bd3 Nd7 26. Rd2 Nc5 27. Bf1 Bc6 28. Nf2 Re8 29. Nd3 Nxd3 30. Bxd3 Kg7 31. Rf2 Rce7 32. Kc1 f6 33. Kd2 Rf8 34. Rfe2 Bd7 35. Rf2 f5 36. f4 exf4 37. Rxf4 Rfe8 38. Re2 Bb5 39. Bxb5 axb5 40. Kd3 Rc8 41. Ref2 fxe4+ 42. Rxe4 Rxe4 43. Kxe4 g5 44. hxg5 Kg6 45. Kd3 Rc5 46. Kxd4 Rc4+ 47. Ke3 Kxg5 48. c3 Kg4 49. Rf3 Rc5 50. Kf2 Rd5 51. Rf4+ Kg5 52. Rd4 Rf5+ 53. Kg2 Re5 54. Kh3 1-0 [Event "Asia zt"] [Site "India"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Shadarevian, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2335"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Na5 15. d5 g6 16. Nbd2 Bg7 17. b4 Nb7 18. a4 Nb6 19. a5 Nd7 20. Nf1 Qe7 21. Ng3 Nd8 22. Be3 c4 23. Qd2 f6 24. Nh2 Nf7 25. Rf1 Re8 26. Rae1 Qf8 27. Ng4 h5 28. Nh2 Bh6 29. f4 exf4 30. Bxf4 Bxf4 31. Rxf4 Nfe5 32. Ne2 Qh6 33. Qd1 g5 34. Rf2 Nf8 35. Qd2 Ra7 36. Ref1 Nh7 37. Nd4 Qg6 38. Nhf3 Kh8 39. Nxe5 fxe5 40. Nf5 Rf7 41. Nh4 gxh4 42. Rxf7 Bxh3 43. Kh1 Bc8 44. Rc7 Ng5 45. Qf2 1-0 [Event "Asia zt"] [Site "India"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C90"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2435"] [PlyCount "140"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Nf1 Bf8 15. Ng3 g6 16. Nh2 Bg7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qb6 19. Rf1 Be6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bg5 Nd7 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Ne5 24. Kh1 Nac6 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. Qxg4 Qc7 28. Qe4 Rf8 29. f6 Bh8 30. Bb3 c4 31. dxc4 Na5 32. Ba2 Nxc4 33. b4 Ne5 34. Qd4 Rc8 35. Qd5 Qd8 36. Qxb5 Rxc3 37. Qb7 h6 38. Qe7 Qa8 39. Ra1 Qc8 40. Bd5 hxg5 41. Ra8 Qxa8 42. Bxa8 g4 43. Kg1 g3 44. Kf1 Rc2 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Qxd6 Rf2+ 47. Ke1 Bxf6 48. b5 Kg7 49. b6 Nc4 50. Qb4 Ne3 51. Qb3 Nxg2+ 52. Bxg2 Rxg2 53. b7 Be5 54. Qe3 Bb8 55. Qc3+ Kh7 56. Qc8 Rb2 57. Qxb8 g2 58. Qg3 Rxb7 59. Qh4+ Kg8 60. Kf2 Rb2+ 61. Kg1 Rb5 62. Qd8+ Kg7 63. Qd4+ Kg8 64. Kxg2 Rf5 65. Kg3 Rh5 66. h4 Rf5 67. Kg4 Rh5 68. Qd8+ Kg7 69. Kf4 Rf5+ 70. Ke4 Rh5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"] [Site "Novi Sad"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Timman, Jan H"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B49"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2660"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1990.11.17"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. f4 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Bf3 Qc4 11. e5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Rc8 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. Rd4 Qc6 15. Qxc6 dxc6 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Re1 c5 18. Rdd1 c4 19. c3 Be7 20. Kc2 g6 21. g3 Kd7 22. Bb6 Kc6 23. Ba5 h5 24. h4 Rb8 25. a3 Rb7 26. Rd4 Bc5 27. Nxc5 Kxc5 28. Red1 Rd7 29. Kd2 Kc6 30. Ke2 f6 31. exf6 Rf8 32. Kf3 Rxf6 33. Re1 Ne7 34. Bd8 Rxd4 35. cxd4 Kd7 36. Bxe7 Kxe7 37. Ke3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Oakham YM"] [Site "Oakham"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2490"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "1990.03.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.07.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N5c3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nd5 Bg5 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 b5 12. O-O Be6 13. c3 Ne7 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Na3 Rfd8 16. Nc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "New Delhi"] [Site "New Delhi"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Torre, Eugenio"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C86"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2530"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.06.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Rd1 Qe8 $5 (10... Qc8) (10... exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 $13 ) 11. a4 Na5 12. Bc2 b4 13. d5 c5 (13... b3 $5 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Be3 (15. Bxa6 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nc5 17. Bb5 Qd8 18. Be3 Bg5 $44) 15... Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 $13) 14. Nbd2 $14 Qb8 15. h3 Bd7 (15... Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ne1) 16. Ne1 $1 Rc8 17. Bd3 Qb7 18. Nc2 g6 19. Ne3 Nh5 20. Qf3 Rcb8 (20... Nf4 21. Bf1) 21. Nec4 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 a5 23. cxb4 cxb4 (23... axb4 24. b3 $14) 24. Be3 $16 Qc7 25. b3 Qd8 26. Rac1 Ng7 27. Qe2 f5 $6 (27... Nh5) 28. f4 $1 exf4 29. Bxf4 Nh5 30. Be3 fxe4 31. Bxe4 Bg5 32. Qd2 Bxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Qe7 34. Re1 Nf6 35. Qd4 Nxe4 36. Qxe4 (36. Rxe4 Qg5 $132) 36... Qxe4 37. Rxe4 Bf5 38. Re7 Rd8 39. g4 Bd3 {#} 40. Nb6 $1 (40. Nb2 Ba6 41. Rcc7 Rdc8 42. Rg7+ Kf8 43. Rxh7 Rxc7 44. Rxc7 Re8) 40... Re8 41. Rec7 Rad8 (41... Rab8 42. Nd7 $18) 42. Nd7 Re3 43. Nf6+ Kf8 44. Nxh7+ Kg8 45. Ra7 $1 g5 46. Nf6+ Kf8 (46... Kh8 47. h4 $18) 47. Rcc7 (47. Rcc7 Bg6 48. Rg7 $18) 1-0 [Event "OHRA-B"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B56"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2520"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "1990.07.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.02.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O Qxd4 10. Bxc6 Qxd1 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Raxd1 h6 13. Bc1 g5 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. c3 Bg7 16. f3 Ne5 17. Ng3 Ng6 18. Nf5 Be5 19. g3 e6 20. Ne3 h5 21. Ng2 h4 22. f4 gxf4 23. gxf4 Bg7 24. Ne3 b5 25. Kh1 h3 26. Rg1 Bh6 27. Ng4 Bxf4 28. Bxf4 Nxf4 29. Rgf1 Ng6 30. Rxf7+ Kc6 31. Rxa7 Ra8 32. Rg7 Rhg8 33. Rxg8 Rxg8 34. Rf1 Ne5 35. Nxe5+ dxe5 36. Rf3 Rg2 37. Rxh3 Rxb2 38. Rg3 Re2 39. h4 Rxe4 40. Rh3 Re1+ 41. Kg2 Re2+ 42. Kf3 Rc2 43. Ke4 Re2+ 44. Kd3 Rxa2 45. h5 b4 46. h6 e4+ 47. Kxe4 b3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Manila Interzonal"] [Site "Manila"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ye, Rongguang"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C73"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2525"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "1990.06.29"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "PHI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.12.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8. Qxd4 Be7 9. e5 $5 (9. Nc3) 9... c5 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qb3 Be6 (11... Ng4 $1 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Nc3 Bh4 $5 (14... Nf6 $10) 15. Ne4 Bf6 $10) 12. exf6 $1 Bxb3 13. fxe7 Qxe7 14. axb3 O-O 15. Nc3 Qe6 16. Be3 Qf5 17. Rac1 { /\ Rfd1-d2, Ra1+/-} Rfe8 18. Rfd1 Rab8 19. Nd5 Qc8 (19... Rb7 20. Rd2 $16) 20. Nd2 c6 $2 (20... Re6 21. Nc4 h6 22. Ra1 Kh7 $16) 21. Nc3 Re6 22. Nde4 Qf8 23. Rxd6 $1 $18 Rxe4 (23... Rxd6 24. Bxc5 Rbd8 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Ne4 $18) 24. Nxe4 f5 (24... Re8 25. Bxc5 (25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. Rxc6 $16) 25... Rxe4 26. Re6 Qxc5 27. Rxe4 $18) 25. Rxc6 fxe4 26. Rxa6 c4 27. bxc4 Qc8 (27... Rxb2 28. c5 $18) 28. Ra2 Qxc4 29. b3 Qc3 30. Ra4 Re8 31. Rc4 Qa5 32. Rc5 $1 (32. Rd1 Rd8) 32... Qa3 33. Rd1 h6 34. h3 Kh7 35. Rc7 (35. Rb5 $1 {/\ c4+-}) 35... Re6 36. Rdd7 Rg6 37. Bd4 (37. Rd1 $18) 37... h5 $138 (37... Qc1+ $5 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. g3 Rxg3 $1 40. Rf7 $3 Qd6 41. Rcd7 $18) 38. Rxg7+ $6 (38. Kh2 $1 Kh6 (38... Qc1 39. Rxg7+ Rxg7 40. Rxg7+ Kh6 41. Be3+ $18) 39. Be3+ Kh7 40. Rc5 $18) 38... Rxg7 39. Rxg7+ Kh6 40. Rb7 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qxc2 42. Be3+ Kg6 43. Rb6+ Kf5 44. h4 Qc7+ 45. Kh3 (45. g3 Kg4 {(/\ 46. Rf6?? Qg3!=)} 46. b4) 45... Qd7 46. b4 Ke5+ 47. Kh2 Kd5 48. g3 Kc4 49. b5 Kd3 (49... Qd8 $142 50. Rh6 $18) 50. Rc6 Ke2 51. Kg2 $1 (51. Rc2+ Kf3 { /\ 52. b6?? Qh3!!=} 52. Rc6) 51... Qf5 52. Rc2+ Kd1 53. Rc1+ Ke2 54. b6 Qb5 55. Rc7 Qe5 56. Rc2+ Kd1 57. Rc1+ Ke2 58. Rb1 1-0 [Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"] [Site "Novi Sad"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Andersson, Ulf"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "1990.11.17"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Qd2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rad1 Qe7 11. Bg5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Nd5 Qd6 14. c3 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Rxd5 f6 18. Be3 Rf7 19. Rfd1 b6 20. a4 f5 21. c4 Re8 22. c5 Bf8 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Rc1 c5 25. Kf1 Ra7 26. b3 Kf7 27. exf5 gxf5 28. f4 Bh6 29. fxe5 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Rae7 31. Rd6 Re6 32. Rcd1 Ra8 33. Rd7+ Re7 34. Ke2 c4 35. bxc4 Rxd7 36. Rxd7+ Ke6 37. Rxh7 Rxa4 38. Kd3 Kxe5 39. Re7+ Kd6 40. Re8 Ra1 41. Rd8+ Kc6 42. Rf8 Rd1+ 43. Kc3 Rc1+ 44. Kd4 Rd1+ 45. Ke5 Re1 46. Kf4 Rf1+ 47. Kg3 Rg1+ 48. Kf3 Rg4 49. Rf6+ Kd7 50. Rxf5 Rxc4 51. Rf4 Rc5 52. h4 Ke7 53. Kg4 Rc8 54. Rf5 Rg8+ 55. Kf4 Rg1 56. h5 Rf1+ 57. Kg5 Rg1+ 58. Kh4 Rh1+ 59. Kg3 Ke6 60. e4 Ke7 61. Kf4 Ke6 62. Kg5 Rg1+ 63. Kh6 Re1 64. Kg6 Rxe4 65. Rg5 1-0 [Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"] [Site "Novi Sad"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Bouaziz, Slim"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C09"] [WhiteElo "2360"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1990.11.17"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Bh4 Bg4 13. Bg3 Rad8 14. Be2 a6 15. Nbd4 Bc8 16. Qc2 Ng6 17. Bd3 Qb6 18. Rfe1 Bc5 19. Nb3 Be7 20. Ne5 Bf6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. c4 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bd6 Ne5 26. Bf1 Be6 27. Nc5 Bd5 28. Nxa6 Ng4 29. Bc5 Qd8 30. h3 Be5 31. Nb4 Be4 32. Bd3 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Qg5 34. Kh1 Nf6 35. Qc4 Bc7 36. Nxc6 Qh5 37. Bf1 Ne4 38. Be3 Qh4 39. Nd4 Bb8 40. Qb5 1-0 [Event "Prestwich"] [Site "Prestwich"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Burgess, Graham"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A41"] [WhiteElo "2335"] [BlackElo "2555"] [Annotator "Ribli,Z"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.10.01"] 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 { 4.g3, Nc6 5.Bg2, e5 Yrjola,J-Karlsson,La SVE-FIN 1989 CBM/15} Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 {5...Nb8 6.g3, e5 7.e4, Nd7 8.Bg2, a5 9.0-0, Ne7 10.Be3, 0-0 11.a3, b6 12.Rc1, Ba6 13.b3, h6 14.Nh4, Kh7 15.f4 +/- Liberzon-Banfalvi Debrecen 1968} 6. Nxe5 Bxe5 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 {10.Qc2} e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. b3 c6 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Qd2 { 14.Qxd6?, Ng4 15.Bd4, Qh5! 16.h3, Rfd8 17.hxg4, Bxg4 =/+} Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Qh5 16. Bd4 Bh3 {/\ 16...Ng4} 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bxh3 Qxh3 20. Qf4 Qe6 { /\ f5} 21. g4 d5 22. cxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. Rc3 Qd1+ 25. Kg2 Qxe2 26. Rf3 Rf8 27. Qe5 Re8 28. Qf4 Rf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Manila Interzonal"] [Site "Manila"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Damljanovic, Branko"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2610"] [Annotator "Horn,Pe"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "1990.06.29"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "PHI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.12.01"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bf5 5. O-O h6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nbd7 (7... cxd3 $2 8. Qb3) (7... Qc8 $2 8. Nxc4 Bh3 9. Qb3 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 e6 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Bd6 $16 {Rukavina-Nikolic, Vrnjacka Banja 1986}) 8. Nxc4 e6 9. Bd2 (9. Bf4 {Rukavina}) 9... Be7 10. b4 $16 O-O 11. a3 Nb6 12. Na5 Qd7 13. Nc3 e5 14. Re1 Bh3 15. Bf3 Rac8 16. Rc1 Nbd5 17. Nc4 Qe6 18. e4 Nb6 19. Na5 Rfd8 20. Be3 Rd7 21. Ne2 Rcd8 22. Qc2 Ng4 23. Rcd1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Bg5 25. Nc1 Qe7 26. Ncb3 Rc7 27. d4 g6 28. Bg2 Bg4 29. Rb1 h5 30. h3 Bc8 31. Qf2 h4 32. g4 Rd6 33. Nd2 Na4 34. Nf3 b5 (34... Nc3 $5 35. Nxe5 (35. Nxg5 Nxb1 36. Qxh4 f6) (35. Nc4 Rd8 36. Ncxe5 Nxb1 37. Rxb1 $146) 35... Nxb1 36. Rxb1 $146) 35. Qc2 Bf6 36. g5 Bxg5 37. Nxe5 c5 38. bxc5 Nxc5 39. Nac6 Rdxc6 40. Nxc6 Rxc6 41. Rxb5 Qc7 42. Rxc5 Qg3 43. Qf2 Rxc5 44. Qxg3 hxg3 45. dxc5 Kf8 46. Bf1 Bd7 47. Kg2 Bh4 48. Be2 Bf6 49. Rd1 Ke7 50. Rd6 Be5 51. Ra6 Bb8 52. Bg4 Be8 53. e5 g5 54. Kxg3 Bxe5+ 55. Kf3 1-0 [Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"] [Site "Novi Sad"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "14"] [White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "1990.11.17"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 a5 9. b3 Nb8 10. Be2 b6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Bb2 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qe2 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qd7 19. O-O Bf6 20. Qe2 Bxd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Manila Interzonal"] [Site "Manila"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Gelfand, Boris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B38"] [WhiteElo "2680"] [BlackElo "2610"] [Annotator "Gelfand,B"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "1990.06.29"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "PHI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.12.01"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Qb4 (16... Rfc8 $5) 17. Rc2 Rfc8 18. Qc1 Qb6 19. a3 (19. Kh1 $5) 19... Qd8 20. Qd2 (20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Na4 22. Nd1 $14 { Dimitrov - Moldovan, St.Zagora 1990}) 20... e6 21. Bf1 Be5 22. b4 (22. Ne2 $5) 22... axb4 23. axb4 Na4 24. Ne2 Qh4 25. g3 Qe7 26. Nd4 Be8 27. Rbc1 (27. Nb3 b5 $5 $132) 27... Nb6 (27... Rc7 28. Nb3 Rac8 29. c5 $5 $14) 28. Nxe6 (28. f4 Bg7 29. c5 $1 (29. Nf3 Nd7 $13) 29... dxc5 30. bxc5 Na4 31. Nb5 $16) (28. Nb5 Bxb5 29. cxb5 $14) 28... Qxe6 (28... Nxc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Bxc4 fxe6 31. f4 Bg7 32. Rd1 $16) 29. Bxb6 Ra3 $6 (29... d5 $5 30. Qf2 (30. c5 $6 dxe4 31. fxe4 Bc6 32. Bc4 Qg4 33. Bd5 Ra3 $1 34. Qe2 Qg5 $40) (30. Bf2 dxe4 31. fxe4 Bc6 (31... Rd8 32. Qe1 $14 {/\b5 x Be8}) 32. Qe3 $14) 30... dxe4 31. fxe4 $16) 30. f4 (30. Qf2 $16) 30... Bg7 31. Qd5 Bc6 $1 $8 (31... Qe7 $2 32. c5 Bc6 33. cxd6 $18) 32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. Bg2 e5 34. Rd2 (34. f5 $5 Bh6 $5 $132) 34... exf4 35. gxf4 Bc3 ( 35... Bh6 $5) (35... Rf8 $5) 36. Rxd6 Bxb4 37. c5 Rf8 38. e5 $1 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Rxf4 40. e6 Re4 41. Rd8+ (41. Bd8 $2 Re2+ 42. Kf1 Raa2) 41... Kg7 42. Rd7+ Kh6 (42... Kf6 43. Bd8+) 43. e7 Re2+ 44. Kf1 Raa2 (44... Rae3 45. Rxb7 $1 (45. c6 $2 bxc6 $1 46. Bxe3+ Rxe3 47. Rxc6 Rxe7 $1 $10) 45... Rxe7 46. Rxe7 Rxe7 47. c6 $18) 45. Bc7 Ba3 46. Re1 Rf2+ 47. Kg1 Bxc5 48. Kh1 $1 (48. e8=Q $2 Rxh2+ 49. Re3 Rag2+ 50. Kf1 Rf2+ 51. Ke1 $2 Bb4+ $1 52. Kd1 Rh1+ $10) 48... Bxe7 49. Rdxe7 $18 Rf5 50. Bb6 Rf6 51. Be3+ g5 52. Rg1 Rf4 53. Bxf4 {Gelfand,Kapengut} 1-0 [Event "Manila Interzonal"] [Site "Manila"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Georgiev, Kiril"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2610"] [Annotator "Ribli,Z"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1990.06.29"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "PHI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.12.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. e5 Ng4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be4 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. d4 Bxf3 (11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bb7 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Bg3 Qe8 16. Rad1 Qg6 17. Qd3 Qg4 18. Qe2 Qg6 $10 { Smejkal,J-Marjanovic,S Trnava-A 1989 CBM 12}) 12. Qxf3 cxd4 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. b3 (14. Bf4 $6 a6 15. Nxd4 Rxc4 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. Rac1 Kf7 18. Qe2 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 $146 {Speelman,J-Short,N Barcelona WCup 1989 47/18 CBM 12}) 14... a6 15. Nxd4 Bc5 16. Be3 O-O 17. Qe2 b5 $5 18. cxb5 Qb6 19. Qd2 axb5 (19... Nd5 20. bxa6 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qxa6 22. b4) 20. b4 $8 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Qb7 22. a4 Rc4 23. a5 Nd5 24. Be5 (24. Bc5 Rd8) 24... Rf5 25. Bd6 Qa6 26. Bc5 d6 $1 27. Bb6 $1 Rxb4 28. Rfe1 Kf7 29. Bd4 Rc4 30. g3 Ne7 31. Bxg7 $5 Kxg7 32. Rxe6 Ng6 33. Rxd6 Rc6 (33... Qc8 34. a6) 34. Qd4+ Ne5 35. Rxc6 Qxc6 36. f4 Qc4 $1 37. Qb2 Qc5+ 38. Kg2 Qd5+ {Ribli} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Asia zt"] [Site "India"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Harandi, Khosro"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B59"] [WhiteElo "2420"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bf3 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rfc1 h6 14. a4 Qd7 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Qe1 Nh7 17. Nd5 Bg5 18. Ra3 Rdc8 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Qd2 g4 22. Be2 Rd8 23. Bb5 Qc7 24. Qg5 Qc5 25. Bd3 Qb4 26. Raa1 a6 27. Qd2 Rac8 28. Ne2 Qxd2 29. Rxd2 d5 30. exd5 Rxd5 31. f3 gxf3 32. gxf3 e4 33. fxe4 Nxe4 34. Rdd1 Rg5+ 35. Kf1 Bh3+ 36. Ke1 Re8 37. Bxe4 Rxe4 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Ra3 Bg4 0-1 [Event "OHRA-B"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Hellers, Ferdinand"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "1990.07.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.02.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 d6 8. Qd3 Bd7 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Bc4 Qe7 11. Rfe1 h6 12. Bh4 Kh8 13. Bd5 Rad8 14. Nc4 Ba7 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Ncxe5 Be6 19. Nd3 g5 20. Bg3 Kg8 21. b3 Rfe8 22. h3 Nh5 23. Bh2 Bb6 24. Rad1 Nf6 25. c4 Ba5 26. Re2 g4 27. hxg4 Bxg4 28. Nde5 Bh5 29. Bf4 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Rd8 31. Qc2 Ng4 32. Nxg4 Bxg4 33. Re3 Qf6 34. Be5 Qg6 35. Bc3 Bxc3 36. Rxc3 Qd6 37. Qc1 Bxf3 38. Rxf3 Qd1+ 39. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 40. Kh2 Rd2 41. a3 Ra2 42. b4 Re2 43. Rd3 Rxe4 44. c5 a5 45. bxa5 Ra4 46. Rb3 Rxa5 47. Rxb7 Rxc5 48. Rb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Manila Interzonal"] [Site "Manila"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2610"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1990.06.29"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "PHI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.12.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 O-O $5 10. b4 Bb6 11. a4 a5 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. bxa5 (13. b5 Ne7 $10) 13... Nxa5 14. Bd5 Qc7 15. c4 Bg4 $10 16. O-O Kh8 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nb3 19. Ra2 Nc5 20. Qd1 Qd7 21. f4 f6 22. d4 exd4 23. Qxd4 Rxa4 24. Rxa4 Qxa4 25. Kh2 b5 26. Rb1 bxc4 27. Bxc4 Rc8 28. Qd5 Qc2 29. Re1 Na4 30. Bd3 Qd2 31. Qf5 Rc3 32. e5 Rxd3 33. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Asia zt"] [Site "India"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lhagvasuren, Cedendemberel"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2385"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IND"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Qf3 Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O g6 11. Na3 Bg7 12. Nc2 Nb8 13. Rad1 c6 14. Ne3 Nd7 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Be6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qc8 22. Rd2 Bh6 23. Rd3 Qc2 24. Rb3 b6 25. Nd4 Qc4 26. Nc6 Rfe8 27. g3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Rome op"] [Site "Rome"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin Z"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "1990.02.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c3 g6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. Nd2 Nh5 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nf6 8. e5 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qd2 c5 11. h4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. h5 Rd8 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Qc3 Bf5 17. Nh3 Qd7 18. Rd1 Bg4 19. Qc2 Bf5 20. Ng5 Nb4 21. Qb3 Nd5 22. Rh4 Qc6 23. Rc1 Qb6 24. Nxe4 Qxb3 25. axb3 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Kd2 Nb4 28. Nc3 Rd8 29. f4 Nc2 30. g4 g5 31. fxg5 Nxd4 32. Ke1 Be6 33. g6 fxg6 34. g5 Nxe2 35. Nxe2 a6 36. Rd4 Rc8 37. Nf4 Kf7 38. Kd2 Rc6 39. Nd3 Bf5 40. Bf4 Ke6 41. b4 b6 42. Bg3 Bxd3 43. Kxd3 Rc1 44. Re4 Rd1+ 45. Kc4 Rd5 46. Rd4 b5+ 47. Kc3 Rxe5 0-1 [Event "Oakham YM"] [Site "Oakham"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Manor, Ilan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2450"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1990.03.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.07.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. Ne2 Nb6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Be3 Qd7 9. Nbc3 Rd8 10. Be4 Bf5 11. Qb1 Bg6 12. h4 Qg4 13. h5 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Qxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd5 16. N2c3 h6 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Nc3 Rd8 19. O-O-O e6 20. d5 Nxe5 21. Bd4 Ng4 22. dxe6 c5 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Be3 Be7 25. Nd5 Bg5 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. Rhe1 Rd7 28. Re4 Nf6 29. Nxf6 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Kxf6 31. g4 Rd8+ 32. Ke2 Rd4 33. Ke3 Rd1 34. Rc4 b6 35. b4 Re1+ 36. Kd3 Rd1+ 37. Ke3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Prestwich"] [Site "Prestwich"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Matveeva, Svetlana"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "2360"] [BlackElo "2555"] [Annotator "Horn,Pe"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.10.01"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. e4 Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Re1 b6 9. c3 e6 10. Nf1 $6 (10. a3 a5 11. e5 Nd7 12. d4 Bb7 13. Nf1 b5 14. h4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qb6 16. b3 Rac8 17. Bg5 b4 18. a4 Ncb8 19. N1h2 Rc3 20. Bd2 Rc7 { Quinteros-Zivkovic, Bar 1977} 21. h5 $16) 10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Ba6 13. Ng5 $6 (13. Ne1) 13... h6 14. Nh3 Rad8 15. Bf4 Ng4 16. Ne3 Nge5 17. Bf1 Bd3 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxd3 Nxd3 20. Rab1 b5 21. Kf1 c4 22. Ke2 Nc5 23. f3 Rc8 24. Rbc1 f5 25. Nf2 f4 26. gxf4 Rxf4 27. Rg1 g5 28. Rg4 Nd3 29. Nxd3 cxd3+ 30. Kxd3 Rxf3 31. Ke2 (31. Rf1) 31... Rcf8 32. Rf1 $4 Rxe3+ 0-1 [Event "Rome op"] [Site "Rome"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Micalizzi, Giovanni"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B61"] [WhiteElo "2240"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "1990.02.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 a6 8. f4 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. f5 h5 11. Be2 h4 12. O-O Bh6 13. Qd3 Qb6 14. Rad1 Qxd4+ 0-1 [Event "Manila Interzonal"] [Site "Manila"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Miles, Anthony John"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A53"] [WhiteElo "2595"] [BlackElo "2610"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1990.06.29"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "PHI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.12.01"] 1. Nf3 {Ribli} d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. h3 Bh5 8. b3 (8. g4 Bg6 9. Nh4 Ne4 10. Nxg6 Nxc3 11. bxc3 hxg6 12. Rb1 $14 { Gurevich,D-Norwood,D Rejkjavik Summit 1990 CBM 18}) 8... c6 9. d5 O-O 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Nc5 12. Ba3 $6 Qa5 13. Bb2 Qb6 $10 14. Rb1 $6 (14. Nh4 Bxe2 ( 14... Bg6 {Ribli} 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qc2) 15. Qxe2 g6 $10) 14... Bg6 15. Rc1 a5 16. Ba3 Nfe4 $1 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 (17... Nxe4 $2 18. Nxe5 $16) 18. Ne1 Rfd8 19. Nd3 Bg6 20. Nxc5 $6 dxc5 21. Qe1 a4 22. Rc3 e4 $6 {> A 40} Nf6 6. Nf3 (6. Be3 Bb4 7. f3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. c5 O-O 10. Ne2 Nh5 11. Qd2 f5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Be3 Rf8 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 $14 {Guimard-Emma Argentina 1958}) 6... Bb4 7. Qc2 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. h4 h6 10. g3 (10. h5 $6 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 $15) 10... O-O 11. h5 Ne7 12. Nh4 c6 (12... Nxh5 13. Nf5 Nxf5 14. exf5 $40 (14. Rxh5 Ne7 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qd2 Ng6 17. Qxh6 Re8 $19)) 13. Be2 b5 14. dxc6 bxc4 15. O-O Be6 $6 (15... Qc7 $1 16. Rd1 Qxc6 17. Ba3 Rd8 18. Rd2 Bb7 $1) 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Ba3 Rfd8 18. Rd2 Qxc6 19. Rad1 Nc8 $6 (19... Nxe4 $2 20. Bf3) (19... Qxe4 $1 20. Qc1 (20. Bxd6 Rxd6) 20... Bg4) 20. Bf3 Rb8 21. Ng2 $146 Bf5 22. Rd5 $1 Nxd5 (22... Bh7 23. Rxe5 $1) (22... Be6 $5 23. Rxe5 Qb6 $5 $13) 23. exf5 Nce7 ( 23... Qa6 24. Bxd5 Qxa3 25. f6 $1 $18) 24. f6 $1 gxf6 25. Rxd5 $1 Nxd5 26. Qd2 $18 Rb5 27. Qxh6 {/\ Bf3-e4} Ne3 28. Qxe3 (28. Bxc6 $2 Rb1+ 29. Kh2 Ng4+) 28... d5 29. Qh6 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Rf1 31. Be7 1-0 [Event "Prestwich"] [Site "Prestwich"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Ulybin, Mikhail"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A53"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2555"] [Annotator "Ribli,Z"] [PlyCount "18"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.10.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. f3 e5 5. d5 { 5.e4, exd4 6.Qxd4, Be6 7.b3 Lin Weiguo-Imanaliev,T Frunze 1989 CBM/15} e4 6. g4 {6.Qd4, exf3 7.gxf3, Nbd7 8.Bd2 Novikov,I-Piket,J Lvov 1988 CBM/7} Nxg4 $1 7. fxg4 Qh4+ 8. Kd2 e3+ $1 9. Kxe3 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "OHRA-B"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B09"] [WhiteElo "2440"] [BlackElo "2610"] [Annotator "King,D"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "1990.07.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.02.01"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Bg4 9. h3 (9. Bc4 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 b6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Kh8 16. g4 Rad8 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. Qg3 g5 19. f5 Ne5 20. Bf1 h5 $13 { Wedberg-Azmaiparashvili, Reykjavik 1990.}) 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nb4 $14 11. a3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Qb6 13. Qc4 Qa5 14. Bd2 b5 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. e5 Nd7 17. Qxb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 dxe5 19. Rae1 Nb6 20. fxe5 Nxd5 21. c4 Nb6 22. b3 a6 23. Nc3 Rfd8 24. Bf4 Nd7 25. Rf3 Nf8 26. Nd5 Ra7 27. Bg5 Re8 28. Be3 Ne6 29. b4 Rc8 30. Bf2 Rb7 31. b5 axb5 32. cxb5 Rd8 33. Nc3 Nd4 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Rd3 Rbb8 36. Red1 Bxe5 37. a4 Ra8 38. b6 Rd6 39. b7 Rb8 40. Ne4 Rd7 41. Nc5 Rd5 42. Rc1 Bd6 43. Rb3 Rxc5 44. Rxc5 Bxc5 45. a5 e5 46. a6 e4 47. Kf1 Ba7 48. Rb4 e3 49. Ke2 Rd8 50. Kd3 Re8 51. Rb2 f5 52. Rc2 e2 53. Rxe2 Re3+ 54. Rxe3 dxe3 55. b8=Q+ Bxb8 56. Kxe3 Kf7 57. g4 fxg4 58. hxg4 Kf6 0-1 [Event "Oakham YM"] [Site "Oakham"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ward, Christopher"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2390"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1990.03.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.07.01"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxe4 6. fxe4 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Nxc5 11. O-O-O Nfd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e5 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Qxe5 17. Rhe1 Qh5 18. Ne4 b6 19. g4 Qg6 20. Qg3 Bb7 21. Nd6 Bd5 22. g5 Rad8 23. h4 Rd7 24. Ne4 Bxa2+ 25. Kxa2 Rxd1 26. Nf6+ gxf6 27. Rxd1 fxg5 28. hxg5 Qxc2 29. Rd3 Qa4+ 30. Ra3 Qc4+ 0-1 [Event "Novi Sad ol (Men)"] [Site "Novi Sad"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Xu, Jun"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "22"] [EventDate "1990.11.17"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8. Nc3 Re8 9. O-O e5 10. e4 Bg4 11. d5 Bxf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1989.01.29"] [Round "13"] [White "Douven, Rudy C"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2445"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "1989.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 c5 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Qf4 Na6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1989.01.27"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Benjamin, Joel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B63"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2545"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1989.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Kb1 d5 12. Bxf6 dxe4 $4 13. Bxe7 Rxd2 14. Nxd2 $1 exf3 (14... Nxe7 $2 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Nb5 $18) 15. gxf3 $6 (15. Nc4 $1 Qc7 {15...Qf2 16.Ne4! +-} 16. Bd6 $1 $18) 15... e5 16. Bh4 $2 Be6 17. Nde4 Nd4 18. Bg2 $2 Rc8 19. Bf2 f5 $1 20. f4 $1 (20. Ng5 $2 Rxc3 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. bxc3 dxc3 24. Ka1 Qe2 $17) 20... fxe4 21. fxe5 Rc4 22. Rhe1 $2 (22. Ne2 $1 Ra4 23. b3 $16) 22... Rb4 $2 (22... Bg4 $1 23. Rxd4 $2 Rxd4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Bxb6 Rxe1#) 23. Kc1 $1 Bg4 $2 24. Nd5 Qc5 25. Nxb4 Bxd1 26. Kxd1 $1 ( 26. Rxd1 $2 Ne2+ $19) (26. Rxe4 Nb3+ $1 $19) 26... e3 27. Rxe3 Nf5 28. Bd5+ Kf8 29. Rf3 Qxb4 30. Rxf5+ Ke8 31. e6 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1989.01.26"] [Round "11"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Sax, Gyula"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "1989.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. h4 h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Be2 a6 12. h5 Bd7 13. Qd2 b5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. a3 Qb8 16. Qd4 Nd7 17. Be3 Rh7 18. O-O-O Qb7 19. f4 Rc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1989.01.25"] [Round "10"] [White "Nikolic, Predrag"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A39"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1989.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 Ng4 9. e3 Nge5 10. b3 d6 11. Nde2 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. h3 Nb4 14. a3 Nbd3 15. Bd2 a5 16. Rb1 Nc5 17. f4 Nc6 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Nd3 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qc2 Nxb4 22. Rxb4 Bxh3 23. Rf2 Ra1+ 24. Kh2 Qa5 25. Rb1 Qh5 26. Kg1 Rfa8 27. Rh2 e5 28. Qb2 Rxb1+ 29. Qxb1 exf4 30. Nxf4 Qf3 31. Rxh3 Bxc3 32. Bxc3 Qxe3+ 33. Kh2 Qxc3 34. Qe4 Qd2+ 35. Ng2 d5 36. cxd5 Qxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1989.01.24"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Sokolov, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C73"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2580"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1989.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Be3 a5 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. O-O-O Qc8 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bf7 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Ng5 Bg8 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Be7 18. Nf3 Be6 19. e5 d5 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. Rhf1 Bc5 22. Na4 Be7 23. Nb3 Rf8 24. Nac5 Bxc5 25. Nxc5 Qe7 26. Qe3 a4 27. Qc3 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Nf8 29. Bf2 Qf7 30. Qd3 Qg6 31. Qc3 Qf7 32. Qe1 Nd7 33. Bh4 Qg6 34. Qb4 Qh6+ 35. Kb1 Nb6 36. Na6 Qxh4 37. Qf8+ Kd7 38. Nc5# 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1989.01.22"] [Round "8"] [White "Piket, Jeroen"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D96"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "1989.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. e3 e6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Rac1 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bd7 15. Na4 b6 16. Bb5 Na5 17. Qb4 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Rc8 19. Rc3 Rxc3 20. Nxc3 Nc4 21. Rc1 Qb8 22. Ne2 Rc8 23. b3 Nd6 24. Qd7 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Qc8 26. Qxd6 Bf8 27. Qe5 Qxc1+ 28. Kh2 Qc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1989.01.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Van der Wiel, John"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2560"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "1989.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Be2 Bg5 10. Bxg5 Qxg5 11. O-O Rd8 12. Nd5 Nf6 13. Nc7+ Kf8 14. Qd3 h5 15. Nc2 Ne7 16. Rad1 Ng6 17. Nxe6+ fxe6 18. Qa3 Nxe4 19. Bd3 Nc5 20. Bxg6 Qxg6 21. Ne3 Ke7 22. b4 Ne4 23. c5 d5 24. b5 Kf7 25. bxa6 bxa6 26. Qxa6 Nxc5 27. Qa7+ Nd7 28. Qc7 Rhf8 29. Nc4 dxc4 30. Rxd7+ Rxd7 31. Qxd7+ Kg8 32. Qc6 Qg4 33. h3 Qd4 34. Qxe6+ Kh7 35. Qe7 Rf6 36. Qe8 Rf5 37. Qe6 Rf6 38. Qe8 Rf5 39. Qe6 g6 40. Qe7+ Kh6 41. Qa3 c3 42. Qc1+ Kh7 43. Qc2 e4 44. Re1 Rd5 45. Rc1 e3 46. Qe2 Re5 47. fxe3 Rxe3 48. Qf2 h4 49. Qf7+ Kh6 50. Kh1 c2 51. Rf1 Rc3 52. Qf8+ Kh5 53. Rc1 Rd3 0-1 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1989.01.20"] [Round "6"] [White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1989.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. d4 b6 8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nce4 13. Qd4 Rc8 14. Bb2 e5 15. Qd3 Ba6 16. Rac1 Qc7 17. Bh3 Bxc4 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Qe3 b5 20. Rfd1 Re8 21. a4 Qb7 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. f3 h6 24. fxe4 Nxe4 25. a5 Ng5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1989.01.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ribli, Zoltan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "1989.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. Kh1 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Qd3 Red8 16. Qd2 Bc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1989.01.17"] [Round "4"] [White "Vaganian, Rafael A"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1989.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b3 Bb7 8. Bb2 d6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Ne5 11. O-O Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e5 14. Qg2 Re8 15. f4 e4 16. g4 Nd7 17. b4 a5 18. g5 Qe7 19. f5 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Bxa1 f6 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Rf4 Kf8 24. Qg5 Qf7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Qh4 Qe7 28. b5 Kh8 29. e3 Qe5 30. Kf2 Re7 31. Ke2 Re8 32. Rg4 Qe7 33. Kd1 Qe5 34. Kc2 Qe7 35. h3 Qe5 36. Qh6 Qe7 37. d3 exd3+ 38. Kxd3 Qf7 39. Ke2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1989.01.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C96"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2520"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1989.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Bd3 Nc4 15. b3 Nb6 16. Bb2 b4 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. bxa4 d5 19. exd5 e4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxd5 22. Re3 Bd6 23. Qd3 a5 24. Ne5 Bb8 25. Qf5 g6 26. Qd3 Kg7 27. Rae1 Qd6 28. Ba1 f6 29. Ng4 h5 30. Re7+ Rf7 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. Ne3 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Re8 34. Qb5 Bxg2+ 35. Ke2 Bf4 36. Kd2 Bf3 37. Qf1 g5 38. Bb2 g4 39. Kc1 Be4 40. Kd1 Bf3+ 0-1 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1989.01.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Georgiev, Kiril"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2590"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "1989.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8. O-O Qd7 9. e3 Rb8 10. Qe2 b5 11. a4 a6 12. axb5 axb5 13. b3 cxb3 14. Nd2 Be7 15. Nxb3 O-O 16. Bd2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Nd5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Nce7 20. Ra7 Nc6 21. Ra6 Nce7 22. h4 c6 23. h5 h6 24. e4 Nb6 25. Qg4 Kh8 26. Rc1 Nc4 27. Bc3 f5 28. Qe2 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Nd5 30. Bb1 Ra8 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Be1 Nf6 33. Rd1 Qd5 34. Bg6 Nd6 35. Qe5 Nc4 36. Qe2 Rd8 37. Rd3 Nd6 38. Bb4 Nf5 39. Bc5 Ne4 40. Bxf5 exf5 41. Bb6 Ra8 42. Qf1 Ra2 43. f4 b4 44. Qe1 Nf6 0-1 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1989.01.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Miles, Anthony John"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2520"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1989.01.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "13"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be6 7. c5 g6 8. Bb5 Bg7 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Be8 13. h3 Kh8 14. Bf4 Ng8 15. b4 f6 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. a4 a6 18. Bh2 g5 19. Qe2 h5 20. Qe6 Qxe6 21. Rxe6 Bh6 22. Nd2 Bd7 23. Ree1 g4 24. Nb3 e6 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Re2 Ne7 27. Bd6 Rfe8 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Rxa1+ 31. Nxa1 cxb5 32. Nxd5 Rf7 33. Nb6 e5 34. d5 Bf5 35. Ra2 Bf8 36. Nb3 Rb7 37. Ra6 Kg7 38. d6 Rf7 39. Na5 b4 40. Nbc4 Bd3 41. Rb6 Ra7 42. c6 Ra8 43. c7 Bf5 44. Rb8 Ra6 45. Ne3 Be6 46. Re8 1-0 [Event "Asia-chT fin 08th"] [Site "Asia"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Adianto, Utut"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bf5 8. Nbc3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bc2 Bg6 12. Be4 O-O 13. Qc2 Nac4 14. Nf4 c5 15. Rad1 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe3 17. fxe3 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Qb8 19. Nd3 Nd5 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. Qh5 Rad8 22. Rf3 Qb6 23. Rh3 h6 24. Ndf2 Nf4 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Rxf4 Bg5 27. Rg4 Qxb2 0-1 [Event "Cannes schev"] [Site "Cannes"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Andersson, Ulf"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "1989.02.??"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. a4 a6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. c3 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. b3 O-O 17. Ba3 Rfe8 18. Rac1 Bc6 19. Qe5 Red8 20. Bb4 Qd7 21. Ba5 Re8 22. Rc3 Nd5 23. Rh3 f6 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qh6 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Bd3 Qg7 28. Qd2 Qa7 29. Bf1 Ra8 30. b4 Qd7 31. Rc1 Rab8 32. Rb3 Ne7 33. Rbc3 Rec8 34. Rc5 Nf5 35. d5 Bxd5 36. Bxb5 Qb7 37. Bf1 Rxc5 38. Rxc5 Rc8 39. Rxc8+ Qxc8 40. b5 Qc5 41. Bb4 Qc7 42. Qb2 Kf7 43. Ba3 Bb7 44. Qb4 Qd8 45. b6 h5 46. Qa5 Nd4 47. Qa7 Qd7 48. Qb8 Qc8 49. Qd6 Nf5 50. Qb4 Qd8 51. Qa5 Nd4 52. Bb2 Nc6 53. Qc5 Ne7 54. Qe3 Nd5 55. Qh6 Qf8 56. Qh7+ Qg7 57. Qxg7+ Kxg7 58. Bd4 Kf7 59. h4 e5 60. Bc5 f5 61. Bb5 g5 62. g3 gxh4 63. gxh4 Ke6 64. Be8 Nf6 65. Bg6 Nd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Groningen"] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2575"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1989.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "11"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.06.01"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 c6 6. Be3 Qa5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qe3 a5 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Bc4 Rad8 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Nf3 Ree8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Re1 Nd7 23. Rd1 Nf6 24. Re1 Nd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Cannes schev"] [Site "Cannes"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Csom, Istvan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B66"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2545"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "1989.02.??"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Kb1 Ng4 11. f4 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Bd7 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. f5 Ne5 15. Rhf1 Kb8 16. Qh3 Be7 17. Bh5 Bf6 18. Nce2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Asia-chT fin 08th"] [Site "Asia"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Donguines, Fernie"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B47"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 a6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 b5 9. b4 Qa7 10. Qxa7 Rxa7 11. a3 Rc7 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Nf6 14. Bf3 d6 15. e5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. exd6 Rd7 18. Ne4 f5 19. Ng3 Nxf4 20. Be5 Ng6 21. f4 Nxe5 22. fxe5 g6 23. Rhe1 Bg7 24. Nh1 Rd8 25. a4 Kd7 26. axb5 axb5 27. Nf2 Rc8 28. Kb2 Rc4 29. Nd3 Rhc8 30. Re2 Kc6 31. Ra1 Re4 32. Ra6+ Kd5 33. d7 Rd8 34. Rd6+ Kc4 35. Rxe4+ fxe4 36. c3 1-0 [Event "GMA op"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Fauland, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2450"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1989.05.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Be2 Be6 8. O-O a6 9. N5c3 Bg5 10. Nd2 Nd4 11. Nb3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Rc8 13. Nd5 Bxc1 14. Raxc1 Ne7 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. c5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nf5 18. c6 Qb6 19. Qg4 g6 20. Qa4 bxc6 21. dxc6 h5 22. h3 h4 23. Rc4 Rc7 24. Rdc1 Rb8 25. R4c3 Qb5 26. Qe4 Rb6 27. Kh2 a5 28. Nd2 Qb4 29. Qg4 Kg7 30. Ne4 Qxb2 31. Qg5 Qxa2 32. Qf6+ Kh7 33. Qd8 Rb4 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Ne8+ Kh6 36. Nxd6 Nxd6 37. Qxc7 Nb5 38. Qxe5 Nxc3 39. c7 1-0 [Event "GMA op"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2600"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "1989.05.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O Be6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. f4 Qc7 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. f5 Bc4 15. Kh1 Rfc8 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Ra4 Bb5 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Qd3 Qc6 21. Nd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "GMA Baleares op"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Georgiev, Krum"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B80"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2480"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1989.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3 b5 9. g4 Bb7 10. O-O-O Nfd7 11. g5 Nb6 12. h4 N8d7 13. h5 b4 14. Nb1 d5 15. Qg2 dxe4 16. fxe4 Qc7 17. g6 Bf6 18. gxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qg4 Rhe8 20. h6 Ne5 21. Qf4 g5 22. Qh2 Bxe4 23. Bg2 Bg6 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Qg2 Nec4 26. Bxg5 Be5 27. Rhf1+ Kg8 28. b3 Qc5 29. Qg4 Re8 30. bxc4 Nxc4 31. Rfe1 Bxd4 32. Qxd4 Qxg5+ 33. Nd2 1-0 [Event "GMA Baleares op"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Hector, Jonny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C60"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2500"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "1989.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bb4 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 Ba5 6. b4 Bb6 7. Bxc6 Nxc6 8. b5 Na5 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. d4 Qe8 11. Nd2 f5 12. Nec4 fxe4 13. Ne3 c6 14. Ba3 Rf6 15. Bb4 d5 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4 Qd8 18. f3 Ba6 19. Rfe1 Bd3 20. Ng4 Re6 21. fxe4 dxe4 22. Kh1 Qg5 23. Ne3 Rh6 24. Nef1 Re8 25. Re3 Bc7 26. Rae1 Nc4 27. Rxd3 Nxd2 28. Rxd2 Bxh2 29. Qb3+ Kh8 30. Qf7 Rg8 31. Rxe4 Bg3+ 32. Kg1 Rf6 33. Qxf6 gxf6 34. Be7 Qf5 35. Rde2 Rg6 36. Bxf6+ Rxf6 37. Nxg3 Qg5 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. R2e3 Qb5 40. R8e5 Qb1+ 41. Re1 Qxa2 42. Nh5+ Kg6 43. Nxf6 Kxf6 44. Rf1+ Kg6 45. Rf3 a5 46. Kh2 a4 47. Re4 h5 48. Ref4 Qe6 49. Rg3+ Kh6 50. Rf8 Kh7 51. Ra8 Qd6 52. Kh3 Qe6+ 53. Kh4 a3 54. Ra5 a2 55. Rxh5+ Qh6 56. Rxh6+ Kxh6 57. Kh3 a1=Q 58. Kh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Cannes schev"] [Site "Cannes"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Larsen, Bent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B38"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2580"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1989.02.??"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Rab1 b6 16. Bd1 Qb8 17. a3 Rc8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 a4 20. b4 Nb3 21. Qe2 b5 22. cxb5 Rc3 23. Bxb3 Rxb3 24. Rxb3 axb3 25. Qd3 b2 26. b6 Qe8 27. Rb1 Qa4 28. b7 Rf8 29. Bd4 Bxd4+ 30. Qxd4 Qxa3 31. Rxb2 Qa4 32. Re2 Qd7 33. Qa7 Qc7 34. Kf2 Re8 35. b5 Kf8 36. b6 Qc5+ 37. Kf1 1-0 [Event "Asia-chT fin 08th"] [Site "Asia"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Liew Chee Meng, Jimmy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2415"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6 8. Ba4 d6 9. Na3 exd4 10. cxd4 Ne7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Bb3+ Kh8 14. Nc4 d5 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. f3 Be6 17. Bg3 Qd7 18. Re1 b5 19. e5 f5 20. Qd2 Ng6 21. a4 bxa4 22. Bxa4 Ra6 23. Bc2 Rfa8 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. h4 h6 26. Qb4 Ra8 27. Bd3 Kg8 28. Qd6 Qxd6 29. exd6 Kf7 30. h5 Nf8 31. Bxf5 Bxf5 32. Re7+ Kg8 33. Be5 Nh7 34. g4 Ng5 35. gxf5 Nxf3+ 36. Kf2 Nxe5 37. dxe5 b6 38. e6 1-0 [Event "GMA op"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1989.05.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. c3 Nxe4 8. d4 Na5 9. Nxe5 Nxb3 10. Qxb3 Qf6 11. f3 Nc5 12. Qd1 Ne6 13. a4 Bd6 14. Qe2 c5 15. axb5 cxd4 16. Nc4 Bc5 17. cxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 O-O 19. b6 Bc6 20. Be3 d5 21. Nca3 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxb2 23. Nd2 d4 24. Qf2 Qxb6 25. Nac4 Qd8 26. Rfd1 Bb5 27. Ne5 Qd5 28. Qg3 Nc5 29. Rac1 Rae8 30. Re1 Qd6 31. f4 f6 32. Ng4 Kh8 33. Nf2 d3 34. Qf3 Ne6 35. f5 Nd4 36. Qg4 Ne2 37. Rb1 Nc3 38. Ra1 Re5 39. Nh3 Rfe8 40. Rf1 Ne2 41. Nf3 Re4 42. Qh5 Nf4 0-1 [Event "Cannes schev"] [Site "Cannes"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Miles, Anthony John"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2520"] [PlyCount "22"] [EventDate "1989.02.??"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. d5 Ne5 6. Bb5+ Ned7 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a4 c6 1/2-1/2 [Event "GMA Baleares op"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mohr, Stefan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "1989.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nd7 7. a4 b4 8. Nd1 Rb8 9. Bd3 Ngf6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Bf2 Ba6 15. Ne3 c5 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Qa2 Rb7 19. Nf4 Rcb8 20. Qc4 Qxc4 21. Nxc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Asia-chT fin 08th"] [Site "Asia"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ng, Ek Teong"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B09"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qc4 Qb6 15. Qe2 h5 16. h3 Nh6 17. Bd2 Nf5 18. O-O-O Ng3 19. Qd3 Nxh1 20. Rxh1 Qd4 21. Qxg6 Qf6 22. Qxf6 exf6 23. Nd5 Raf8 24. Nxf6+ Ke6 25. Ne4 d5 26. Ng5+ Kf5 27. g4+ Kf6 28. Re1 hxg4 29. hxg4 d4 30. b3 Rh4 31. Re6+ Kg7 32. f5 Rh1+ 33. Kb2 Rh2 34. Rg6+ Kh8 35. Bf4 1-0 [Event "GMA op"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Piskov, Yury"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2400"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1989.05.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8. exd5 exd5 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. c3 O-O 12. Bg5 Bg4 13. Bc2 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxd5 Rae8 16. h3 Be6 17. Qe4 g6 18. Qh4 g5 19. Qe4 Qg7 20. Nbd4 f5 21. Nxe6 fxe4 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Bxe4 Re6 24. Bxc6 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 bxc6 26. Rd1 h5 27. Rd7+ Kg8 28. Rd6 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Rxc6 1-0 [Event "Groningen"] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Rogers, Ian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C16"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2470"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1989.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "11"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.06.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qd3 Bd7 11. b5 Rc8 12. Ba3 Qa5 13. Qd2 Ng6 14. Nd4 Qxc3 15. Qxc3 Rxc3 16. Kd2 Rc8 17. g3 Be8 18. c4 Nd7 19. cxd5 exd5 20. h4 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Bd3 Nf8 23. Nb3 Rcc8 24. Ra3 b6 25. Rha1 Rc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Groningen"] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C60"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2570"] [Annotator "Schussler,H"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "1989.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "11"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.06.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bh6 a6 9. Ba4 Nb6 10. Bb3 d5 11. exd6 (11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 c5 13. Ba4+ Nxa4 14. Qxa4+ Bd7 15. Qb3 Bc6 16. Nd2 Qd7 $13 {Sax-Radulov, Warszaw (zt) 1987.}) 11... Qxd6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nbd2 O-O-O 15. Re1 Qd5 16. Qe2 Rhe8 17. Qxe6+ Qxe6 18. Rxe6 Bf8 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Groningen"] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Spasov, Vasil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2430"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "1989.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "11"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.06.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. g3 fxe4 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bg2 Rb8 16. O-O Be6 17. Nc2 a5 18. Kh1 Qd7 19. f4 e4 20. Nce3 Ne7 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. g4 fxg4 23. f5 Bc4 24. Rf4 h5 25. Rxe4 Qf6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. Rf1 Qg5 29. Qxd6 Rbd8 30. Qb6 b4 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Qg6 Qxg6 33. fxg6 b3 34. axb3 Rd6 35. b4 Rxg6 36. Rxf8+ Bxf8 37. b5 Kg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Cannes schev"] [Site "Cannes"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2580"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "1989.02.??"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. a3 bxc4 13. Bxc4 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Ba2 e4 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Nc3 Nb6 18. f3 Rc8 19. Bb3 Ba8 20. Bg5 Rc7 21. Rc1 Nfd7 22. Bf4 Bg5 23. Bxg5 Qxg5 24. fxe4 dxe4 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. Nxg4 g6 27. Nf2 Re8 28. d5 Kg7 29. Nfxe4 Nxd5 30. Nd6 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 N5f6 32. Re7 Rc6 33. Rxf7+ Kh6 34. Nc4 Re6 35. Kf2 Kg5 36. Bc2 Bc6 37. Nd2 h5 38. Nb3 Ne5 39. Ra7 Neg4+ 40. hxg4 Nxg4+ 41. Kf1 Ne3+ 42. Kg1 Nxc2 43. Rxa6 Bd7 44. Rxe6 Bxe6 45. Nc5 Bc4 46. a4 Kf4 47. a5 Nb4 48. b3 Bf7 49. Nd3+ Nxd3 50. a6 Be8 51. Nd5+ 1-0 [Event "GMA Baleares op"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Suba, Mihai"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2500"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "1989.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. c4 Nc7 6. h3 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Nd7 8. Nf3 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qc1 c5 14. dxc5 Ndxc5 15. O-O Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nf4 17. Bd1 f6 18. Nd4 a6 19. Bf3 g5 20. Rad1 e5 21. Nb3 Na4 22. Qc2 Be6 23. Nd2 Nc5 24. Bxf4 gxf4 25. b4 Nd7 26. Ne4 Rad8 27. c5 Kg7 28. Rd6 Bf5 29. Rfd1 Nb8 30. Qe2 Nc6 31. Bg4 Qc8 32. Nxf6 Rxf6 33. Bxf5 Qxf5 34. Rxd8 Nxd8 35. Rxd8 Rg6 36. f3 Kf7 37. Kh2 Re6 38. Rd7+ Ke8 39. Rxb7 e4 40. fxe4 Qe5 41. Qf3 h6 42. Rb6 Rxb6 43. cxb6 Ke7 44. a4 Qd6 45. a5 Qe5 46. b5 axb5 47. a6 b4 48. a7 Qa5 49. e5 1-0 [Event "GMA op"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B78"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "1989.05.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. f4 Nc4 15. Qd3 Ng4 16. Bxc4 Nf2 17. Qe2 Nxh1 18. Bb3 Qb6 19. Nf3 Rxg5 20. hxg5 Bxc3 21. Rxh1 Bb5 22. Qd1 Qe3+ 23. Kb1 Bg7 24. Nh4 Be2 25. Qe1 Qd4 26. c3 Qd3+ 27. Ka1 Qxe4 28. Qd2 Bc4 29. Re1 Qc6 30. f5 Be5 31. fxg6 Bxb3 32. axb3 Bg3 33. g7 Re8 34. Rh1 Bxh4 35. Rxh4 Kxg7 36. Qd4+ e5 37. Qf2 d5 38. Qf3 e4 39. Qxh5 Qa6+ 40. Kb1 Qg6 41. Qh6+ Qxh6 42. gxh6+ Kg6 43. Kc2 f5 44. Rh3 Rh8 45. Rg3+ Kxh6 46. Kd2 Rh7 47. Ke3 Rg7 48. Rh3+ Kg5 49. Rh8 f4+ 50. Kf2 Kg4 51. Ra8 e3+ 52. Kf1 f3 53. Re8 fxg2+ 54. Kxg2 Kf4+ 55. Kf1 Kf3 56. Rf8+ Ke4 57. Re8+ Kd3 58. Re5 d4 0-1 [Event "GMA Baleares op"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "1989.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Be3 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. Bf2 d5 18. exd5 e4 19. Bxe4 Bd6 20. Qf3 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Be5 22. d6 Bxd6 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24. Bh4 Be5 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Nd5 Qxc2 27. Ne4 Qc6 28. Ra3 Nc5 29. Nf2 Kh8 30. b4 Nxa4 31. Ng4 Nb2 32. Rf1 Red8 33. Ne7 Qxf3 34. gxf3 Rc4 35. Rxa6 Re8 36. Ra7 Nd3 37. Nd5 Rg8 38. Ra3 h5 39. Rxd3 hxg4 40. f4 Rd4 41. Rfd1 Rxd3 42. Rxd3 Bb8 43. Kg2 Rd8 44. Kg3 Kg7 45. b5 Bd6 46. Nb4 Kh6 47. Rd5 Kh5 48. Rd4 Be7 49. Rxd8 Bxd8 50. Nd5 Kh6 51. Kxg4 Kg7 52. Kf3 Kf8 53. Ke4 Ke8 54. Ne3 Ke7 55. Kd5 Kd7 56. Ng4 Be7 57. Nh6 Ba3 58. Nxf7 Bc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Asia-chT fin 08th"] [Site "Asia"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2505"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. h4 h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Be2 a6 12. h5 Bd7 13. Qd2 Be7 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. h6 gxh6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nf5 Be7 18. Nxe7 Kxe7 19. Rg3 b5 20. Qf4 Rad8 21. Qh4+ Ke8 22. Bxb5 Ne5 23. Be2 Qc5 24. Bh5 Rf8 25. f4 Nc6 26. e5 d5 27. Bxf7+ Rxf7 28. Rg8+ Qf8 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Qh5+ Ke7 31. Qg6 1-0 [Event "Cannes schev"] [Site "Cannes"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Andersson, Ulf"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1989.02.??"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. Qe2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Nd5 15. Rac1 Re8 16. Ne4 e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bc3 Qe7 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Rd4 Re7 21. Rcd1 Rae8 22. b4 Kg7 23. a3 h5 24. Qc1 a6 25. Qb2 Kg8 26. Qd2 Kg7 27. a4 b6 28. Rc1 Re6 29. a5 Rb8 30. axb6 Rxb6 31. Nc5 Re7 32. Na4 Rb5 33. Rxc6 Reb7 34. Rcc4 Nb6 35. Rc5 Rxc5 36. Nxc5 Ra7 37. f4 Qe7 38. Qc3 Kg8 39. Re4 Qd8 40. Qe5 a5 41. Rd4 Qf8 1-0 [Event "Groningen"] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Brenninkmeijer, Joris"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A81"] [WhiteElo "2445"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1989.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "11"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.06.01"] 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 a5 8. a3 c6 9. Nbd2 Kh8 10. Re1 Na6 11. Rc1 d5 12. c4 Be6 13. Ne5 Nc7 14. Nd3 Ne4 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. a4 Bg8 17. Nf3 Na6 18. Nfe5 Rc8 19. e3 Qd6 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. g4 e6 22. Qf3 Bf6 23. Qh3 Kg7 24. Nf4 Nb4 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Bxe4 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 fxe4 28. Nh5+ gxh5 29. Qg3+ Bg5 30. Qxg5+ Kh8 31. Ba3 Re7 32. Bxb4 axb4 33. Rc8 Qe6 34. Kf1 Rg7 35. Qd8 h6 36. Rc7 Qb6 37. Rd7 Qxd8 38. Rxd8 Rc7 39. Rd7 Rxd7 40. Nxd7 Be6 41. Nc5 Bc8 42. a5 Kg7 43. Kg2 Kf6 44. Kg3 Kg5 45. h4+ 1-0 [Event "Cannes schev"] [Site "Cannes"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Csom, Istvan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E18"] [WhiteElo "2545"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "1989.02.??"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qa4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Be3 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rfd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "GMA Baleares op"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A95"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "1989.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 a5 8. Nc3 d5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. e3 Ne4 11. Ne5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Be8 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Nd3 Bd6 15. f3 Nf6 16. Rae1 Bh5 17. Qd2 Bf7 18. Nf2 Bg6 19. e4 fxe4 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Qf6+ 24. Kg1 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 a4 26. Qe2 axb3 27. axb3 Re8 28. Kg2 Qf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Groningen"] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Hellers, Ferdinand"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2555"] [Annotator "Schussler,H"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "1989.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "11"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.06.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Nc5 (10... Re8 11. Qc4 Nc5 12. Bg5 { Hübner-Spasskij, Venice (m1) 1989.}) 11. Be3 Ne6 12. Rad1 {White delays Nf3-d4 so that Black cannot answer this with Ne6xd4 followed by c5 and d5. In the game he can only play d5.} d5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Re8 16. Qf3 d5 17. Na4 {The control of c5 gives White a slight advantage.} Bf8 18. Bc5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qa5 20. b4 Qd8 {If 20. - Qxa4 then 21. Re8 Bb7 22. Qe2.} 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Qc3 Bd7 23. a3 h6 24. f3 Qd8 25. Nc5 a5 26. bxa5 Bf5 27. Nb3 Qd6 28. Qb4 c5 29. Nxc5 Rb8 30. Qd4 Rb5 31. a6 Rxc5 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. a7 Rc4 34. Qf2 Rxc2 35. a8=Q Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Qc5+ 37. Kg3 Qc7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "GMA op"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C54"] [BlackElo "2525"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1989.05.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. Bg5 a6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. Nf1 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Ne3 Kg7 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. d4 f5 15. exf5 e4 16. Ng1 Nxf5 17. Ne2 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bg4 19. O-O-O 1/2-1/2 [Event "Groningen"] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kuijf, Marinus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B26"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1989.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "11"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.06.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. Be3 d6 8. h3 Nc6 9. g4 Nd4 10. Ng3 Ne8 11. Qd2 Nc7 12. O-O-O b5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh6 b4 15. Nce2 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Be6 17. f4 Nxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Bxa2 19. b3 a5 20. f5 Ra7 21. fxg6 Ne6 22. g5 a4 23. Rdf1 hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Rg7 25. Qf5 Nxg5 26. h4 Nh7 27. Bh3 axb3 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. cxb3 c4 30. bxc4 b3 31. Nc3 Qb6 32. Kd2 Rg3 33. Re1 Qf2+ 34. Re2 Qd4 0-1 [Event "Cannes schev"] [Site "Cannes"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Larsen, Bent"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A20"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "164"] [EventDate "1989.02.??"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Nc6 5. d5 Nce7 6. e4 Bg7 7. h4 Nf6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Bh3 Bxh3 10. Nxh3 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. h5 Qd7 13. Qe2 c5 14. Ng1 Kg7 15. Nf3 Ng8 16. Kf1 Bd8 17. Kg2 Ba5 18. Nd1 Nf6 19. Nh4 Qg4 20. Qxg4 Nxg4 21. f3 Nf6 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. a4 Nd7 24. Nf2 Rae8 25. Nd3 Nb8 26. Kf2 Bd2 27. a5 Na6 28. Ke2 Bg5 29. Ng2 Rf7 30. Rhb1 Rc7 31. Nge1 Nb8 32. Nc2 Nd7 33. a6 Bd8 34. axb7 Rxb7 35. Na3 a6 36. Nc2 a5 37. Na3 Nf6 38. Nb5 Rd7 39. Rh1 h5 40. Nf2 Nh7 41. Nh3 Rf8 42. Rhg1 Kh6 43. Rg2 Nf6 44. Nf2 Nh7 45. Nh3 Rg8 46. Rf1 Bf6 47. Rh2 Rb8 48. Ra1 Bd8 49. Nf2 Kg7 50. Nd1 Nf6 51. Ndc3 Bb6 52. Rg1 Rf8 53. Nd1 Bd8 54. Nf2 Nh7 55. Nh3 Bg5 56. Ra1 Bd8 57. Ra3 Kh6 58. Rb3 Rb7 59. Nf2 Kg7 60. Rh1 Ng5 61. Nh3 Nf7 62. Ra1 Rh8 63. Kf2 Kf6 64. Kg2 Bc7 65. f4 Bd8 66. Rf1 Kg7 67. f5 g5 68. g4 h4 69. Rff3 Kf6 70. Na3 Rb4 71. Nf2 Bb6 72. Nd1 Rc8 73. Rbc3 Nd8 74. Rc1 Nb7 75. Rfc3 a4 76. Nb5 Rd8 77. Rb1 Na5 78. Ne3 Nb3 79. Rd3 Nd4 80. Nc3 Rb3 81. Ned1 Ba5 82. Ra1 Nc2 0-1 [Event "GMA op"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Lau, Ralf"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C61"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2525"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "1989.05.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 c6 7. Ba4 Ne7 8. Qh5 d5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nf3 f6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bb3 Be8 14. Qh4 Bf7 15. Bd2 Ne7 16. Re4 Bxb3 17. axb3 Ng6 18. Qh3 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Re1 Qf7 21. Qg4 Rd8 22. h4 Qd7 23. Qe4 Qd5 24. b4 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Bb6 26. h5 Nf8 27. g4 Kf7 28. Kg2 Ne6 29. Nh4 Rd5 30. f4 Rd7 31. Kf3 Nc7 32. g5 fxg5 33. fxg5 g6 34. hxg6+ hxg6 35. Kg4 Nd5 36. Nf3 Re7 37. Ne5+ Kg7 38. Nc4 Rf7 39. Be1 Rf1 40. Bg3 Ne3+ 41. Nxe3 dxe3 42. d4 Rb1 43. c3 Rxb2 44. Rxe3 Rc2 45. Be5+ Kf7 46. Bf6 Kf8 47. Rh3 Ke8 48. Rh8+ Kd7 49. Rh7+ Kd6 50. Rg7 Rxc3 51. Rxg6 Rc4 52. Kf5 Rc1 53. Be5+ Kd5 54. Rd6+ Kc4 55. g6 Rf1+ 56. Ke6 1-0 [Event "Asia-chT fin 08th"] [Site "Asia"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lodhi, Mahmood"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2400"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Rec1 Qh5 14. Ne1 Bh3 15. Bh1 Qa5 16. a3 Qa6 17. Nc2 Nb6 18. Nb4 Qa5 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. e5 Nc4 21. Qe2 Nxe3 22. fxe3 dxe5 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Qf3 Qe6 26. Nd1 Bg4 27. Qxc6 Qb3 28. Qe4 Be6 29. Qc2 Qb6 30. Qc5 Qb7 31. Qc6 Qb8 32. Qc7 Qb5 33. Rc2 Rc8 34. Qxc8+ Bxc8 35. Rxc8+ Bf8 36. Rac1 Kg7 37. Ra8 e6 38. Rxa7 Qe2 39. Nf2 Bd6 40. Rd7 Be5 41. Kg2 Qxe3 42. Rc4 Qb6 43. Nd3 Bd6 44. Rc3 g5 45. Nf2 Kg6 46. b4 h5 47. h3 h4 48. gxh4 gxh4 49. Rc4 f5 50. a4 Bg3 51. Nd1 Qb8 52. Rd2 Be1 53. Rcd4 Bxd2 54. Rxd2 Qg3+ 55. Kf1 Qxh3+ 56. Ke1 Qh1+ 57. Ke2 Qe4+ 58. Kf2 0-1 [Event "Groningen"] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Martinovic, Slobodan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2460"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1989.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "11"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.06.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4 Bxe4 9. Bg5 Bd5 10. c4 Bxc4 11. Nc3 e6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. d5 e5 14. Nh4 Bb5 15. Ne4 Bd7 16. Qh5 h6 17. f4 Qe7 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. d6 Qe6 20. Rf1 O-O-O 21. Nxc5 Qxd6 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Nf5 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Bc5 25. Qg4 Kb8 26. Nxh6 Rhd8 27. Qf5 Qxb2 28. h3 Rd2 29. Rab1 Qxa2 30. Qxf6 Qd5 31. Qg7 Bf8 32. Qg4 Bxh6 33. Rf6 Bf4 34. Rf1 Rd1 35. R6xf4 exf4 36. Qxf4+ Ka8 0-1 [Event "Groningen"] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Piket, Jeroen"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E19"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "1989.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "11"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.06.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 Bf6 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Be3 Qe7 15. h4 h6 16. Rd2 e5 17. Nh2 Rab8 18. Rad1 Nd4 19. Qc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qe6 21. b3 Rec8 22. f3 h5 23. Qd3 a5 24. Bf2 a4 25. e3 Nf5 26. Nf1 axb3 27. axb3 d6 28. Ra2 Be7 29. Kh2 e4 30. Qxe4 Qxe4 31. fxe4 Nh6 32. Ra7 Bf6 33. Rxd6 Rxb3 34. Kg2 Rc3 35. Nh2 Rxc4 36. Rd5 Rxe4 37. Kf3 Re5 38. e4 c4 39. Be3 Rxd5 40. exd5 Nf5 41. Bf4 c3 42. d6 c2 43. d7 Rc3+ 44. Kg2 Rxg3+ 45. Kf2 Rd3 46. Nf3 Bd8 47. Ne5 Rd4 48. Bc1 Bxh4+ 49. Kf3 Bf6 50. Nxf7 Rd1 51. Ng5 Nd4+ 52. Kg2 Bxg5 53. Bxg5 Ne6 54. Ra8+ Kh7 0-1 [Event "GMA Baleares op"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Ruban, Vadim"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "1989.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nh3 c6 7. e3 Na6 8. Nf4 Be7 9. h4 O-O 10. Be2 Nc7 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nd7 13. g3 Bf6 14. Bd2 Be5 15. Rc1 Nf6 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. a4 Na6 18. Qa3 Bd7 19. b4 Rc8 20. a5 Nc7 21. Qb3 a6 22. Bc4 Qe8 23. Nce2 Ng4 24. Bc3 Nb5 25. Bd2 Bf6 26. Kf1 Ne5 27. Kg2 Nf3 28. Qa2 Qe5 29. Bxb5 Bxb5 30. Bc3 Qe7 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32. Ne6 Rg8 33. N2d4 Bd3 34. Qa1 Ne5 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Rc1 Bc4 37. Qa4 Qf7 38. Kg1 h6 39. Qd1 Kh7 40. Rc3 g6 41. Qc2 Qf6 42. Kg2 g5 43. h5 Qf7 44. g4 fxg4 45. Qxe4+ Kh8 46. Kg1 g3 47. Qf5 Qxf5 48. Nxf5 Nf3+ 49. Kg2 Nh4+ 50. Kxg3 Nxf5+ 51. Kh2 Ne7 52. e4 Be2 53. Rxc8+ Nxc8 54. Kg3 Bxh5 55. Nd8 b6 56. f4 bxa5 57. bxa5 Kg7 58. e5 Bf7 59. fxg5 hxg5 60. exd6 Nxd6 0-1 [Event "GMA op"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Shirov, Alexei"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D79"] [WhiteElo "2450"] [BlackElo "2525"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "1989.05.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. Bg5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qa4 h6 14. Bf4 g5 15. Be3 Qd5 16. Rad1 Qxe5 17. Bd4 Qe6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rd4 e3 20. f4 g4 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Qxa7 Qf6 23. Rb4 Qd6 24. a3 Qd2 25. Qc5 e6 26. Qc3+ Qxc3 27. bxc3 Rfd8 28. a4 Rd2 29. Re1 Ra2 30. Kf1 Bc2 31. Bc6 Rc8 32. Rc4 Bb3 33. Rb4 Bc2 34. Rc4 Ra3 35. Bb5 Rxc4 36. Bxc4 Bxa4 37. Rc1 Bc6 38. Ke1 h5 39. Kd1 Ba4+ 40. Ke1 Kf6 41. Bd3 e5 42. fxe5+ Kxe5 43. c4 f5 44. c5 Bc6 45. Kd1 Ra4 46. Kc2 f4 47. gxf4+ Rxf4 48. Kc3 Rf2 49. Ra1 Rxh2 50. Ra6 Bb7 51. Rg6 Rh1 52. Kc2 Be4 53. Rg5+ Kf4 54. Bxe4 Kxe4 55. c6 Rf1 56. c7 Rf8 57. Rxh5 Rc8 58. Rh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Cannes schev"] [Site "Cannes"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "1989.02.??"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. d3 Re8 9. e4 a6 10. a4 Nd7 11. Nh4 Nc5 12. a5 Qf6 13. Ra3 g5 14. Nf3 h6 15. h4 g4 16. Nh2 Qg6 17. f3 gxf3 18. Qxf3 Bd7 19. g4 f6 20. Ra2 Rf8 21. Raf2 Nxa5 22. h5 Qg7 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxf6 Kh7 25. Rf7 Nxd3 26. g5 hxg5 27. Bxg5 Nf4 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Rxf4 Rh8 31. Rh4 Nxc4 32. e5 Nxe5 33. Bxb7 a5 34. Nf3 Nxf3+ 35. Bxf3 a4 36. Rb4 Rf8 37. Bg4 Be8 38. Rb7 Kh6 39. Bd1 a3 40. Ra7 Bb5 41. Bb3 Rf3 42. Rxc7 Rf1+ 43. Kg2 Rb1 44. Bg8 a2 45. Bxa2 Rb2+ 46. Kg3 Rxa2 47. c4 Ba4 48. c5 d5 49. Ra7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Cannes schev"] [Site "Cannes"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A35"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "1989.02.??"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nd4 4. e3 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 d6 8. g3 Rb8 9. Bg2 Nh6 10. Qd1 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. a4 Bc6 13. d4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rc8 15. Qd3 cxd4 16. exd4 Nf5 17. d5 Qb6 18. Nd1 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 e5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Rad1 Rf6 22. Rd2 e5 23. Qd5+ Kg7 24. Qb5 Qc7 25. c5 Qxc5 26. Qxb7+ Rc7 27. Qd5 Qb4 28. Rfd1 Rc5 29. Qa8 Qxb3 30. Nd3 Rc2 31. Qe4 Rc4 32. Qd5 Qc3 33. Rb2 Rd4 34. Rb7+ Kh6 35. Qb5 Ne3+ 36. Kg1 Qc2 37. Rf1 Rxd3 0-1 [Event "GMA op"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2525"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "1989.05.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Nc6 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. Ne1 Bd7 12. Nc2 Qb6 13. Ne3 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Nb3 Rfe8 17. Qd4 Qa6 18. a3 Rc4 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. e3 bxa3 21. Rxa3 Rb4 22. Nd4 Rxb2 23. Qa5 Qxa5 24. Rxa5 Bd3 25. Rd1 Ba6 26. Rc1 g6 27. h3 Nd7 28. Nc6 Nc5 29. Nxa7 Rb6 30. Raxc5 dxc5 31. Rxc5 Kf8 32. Rc7 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Rb2 34. Kg1 Ra8 35. Nc8 Bd3 36. d6 Bf5 37. Ne7 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Be6 39. g4 Rxf2 40. Kg3 Rd2 41. Bd5 Ra6 42. Bxe6 fxe6 43. Nc8 Rc6 44. Rxh7 Kg8 45. Rc7 Kf8 46. Ne7 Rcxd6 47. Nxg6+ Kg8 48. Rxb7 Rd7 49. Rb8+ Rd8 50. Rb5 Kg7 51. Nf4 Re8 52. g5 Rd7 1-0 [Event "GMA Baleares op"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Watson, William N"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "2495"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "1989.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8. Qd2 f5 9. Nc3 b5 10. O-O-O 1/2-1/2 [Event "GMA Baleares op"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Zapata, Alonso"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B61"] [WhiteElo "2490"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1989.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Rg8 12. f4 f5 13. e5 e6 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Ne2 Ba4 16. b3 dxe5 17. fxe5 Bc6 18. Ng3 Rd8 19. Bd3 Qd4 20. c3 Qxe5 21. Rhe1 Qf6 22. Re2 Bh6 23. Qc2 Kf8 24. Rf1 Bg7 25. Kb2 Qxc3+ 26. Qxc3 Rxd3 27. Qxg7+ Rxg7 28. Rff2 Rg5 29. Nf1 h5 30. Ne3 h4 31. Nc4 Rd1 32. Ne3 Rh1 33. h3 Kg7 34. Rf4 Rg1 35. a4 Bxg2 36. Rxh4 Bf3 37. Rf2 Be4 38. Nc4 R5g3 39. Nd2 Bd5 40. a5 Rh1 41. Rb4 Rgxh3 42. Nc4 R3h2 43. Rxh2 Rxh2+ 0-1 [Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"] [Site "Thessaloniki"] [Date "1988.11.29"] [Round "14"] [White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C49"] [WhiteElo "2370"] [BlackElo "2345"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1988.11.13"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [WhiteTeam "Argentina"] [BlackTeam "India"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. d4 Qe7 11. Re1 a6 12. Bd3 Kh8 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nd2 g5 15. Bg3 b6 16. Nc4 a5 17. Ne3 Na6 18. Qf3 Nc5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rg8 21. Qf3 h5 22. h4 Ng4 23. Qf5 Nh6 24. Qf3 g4 25. Qe3 Rg6 26. Kh2 Rf8 27. f4 gxf3 28. gxf3 Nxd3 29. cxd3 f5 30. Qe2 Rfg8 31. Rg1 Qg7 32. Bf2 Rg2+ 33. Kh1 Qg3 34. Bxg3 Rxe2 35. Bh2 Re3 36. Rxg8+ Kxg8 37. d4 f4 38. dxe5 dxe5 39. Rg1+ Kh7 40. Rf1 Rxc3 41. Rf2 Nf7 42. Kg2 b5 43. Kf1 b4 0-1 [Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"] [Site "Thessaloniki"] [Date "1988.11.27"] [Round "13"] [White "Rogers, Ian"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "2400"] [BlackElo "2345"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "1988.11.13"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [WhiteTeam "Australia"] [BlackTeam "India"] [WhiteTeamCountry "AUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qf3 Rd8 15. Qc6+ Qd7 16. Qxd7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"] [Site "Thessaloniki"] [Date "1988.11.26"] [Round "12"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B70"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2605"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1988.11.13"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [WhiteTeam "India"] [BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "YUG"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Kh1 b6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c3 Bf5 15. Qd2 Nc2 16. Ra2 Rfc8 17. Rg1 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bxb5 Qb6 21. c4 Qa7 22. Bc6 Rb8 23. Bb5 Ra8 24. Bc6 Rb8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"] [Site "Thessaloniki"] [Date "1988.11.25"] [Round "11"] [White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "2455"] [BlackElo "2345"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1988.11.13"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [WhiteTeam "Cuba"] [BlackTeam "India"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qd6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. a3 Nf6 14. Bb4 Qd7 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Qd1 e6 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 b6 20. Qc2 Bf8 21. Be1 Bd6 22. Kf1 Ne8 23. Ba6 Kg7 24. Bd2 h5 25. Ke1 Be7 26. Bd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"] [Site "Thessaloniki"] [Date "1988.11.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mariotti, Sergio"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C06"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2435"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "1988.11.13"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [WhiteTeam "India"] [BlackTeam "Italy"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "ITA"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 f5 6. exf6 Nxf6 7. Ngf3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Nbd4 Nc6 13. c3 Qd6 14. Be3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Bd7 17. Ne5 Qb6 18. Qd2 Be8 19. Rac1 Nd7 20. Nf3 Rf6 21. a4 Bh5 22. a5 Qd8 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Bg6 25. Be2 Rc8 26. Bg4 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 Bf5 28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Rxe6 Qxa5 30. Re8+ Rf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qc8+ Ke7 33. Qxb7+ Kf6 34. Qc6+ Ke7 35. Qc1 Qb4 36. Qe3+ Kf7 37. b3 a5 38. g4 a4 39. bxa4 Qxa4 40. Kg2 Qa2 41. Qe5 h6 42. h4 Qb3 43. Qc7+ Kg8 44. Qc8+ Kf7 45. Qd7+ Kf6 46. Qc6+ Ke7 47. g5 hxg5 48. hxg5 Qd1 49. Qc7+ Ke8 50. Qe5+ Kf8 51. Qf4+ Ke7 52. g6 Qh5 53. Qe5+ Qxe5 54. dxe5 Ke6 55. f4 Kf5 56. Kf3 Kxg6 57. Ke3 1-0 [Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"] [Site "Thessaloniki"] [Date "1988.11.22"] [Round "9"] [White "Zapata, Alonso"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C82"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2345"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "1988.11.13"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [WhiteTeam "Columbia"] [BlackTeam "India"] [WhiteTeamCountry "COL"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Be3 f5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Bc2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Bf5 15. Nbd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Ne5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"] [Site "Thessaloniki"] [Date "1988.11.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Torre, Eugenio"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C82"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2505"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1988.11.13"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [WhiteTeam "India"] [BlackTeam "Philippines"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "PHI"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 Bh5 13. Nf1 O-O 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Be3 Qd7 16. h4 Rad8 17. h5 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Ne6 19. Rad1 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. h6 g6 22. Ne4 Qf7 23. Neg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Nxg5 25. Bxg5 Rd7 26. Qe2 d4 27. Qe6 Rd6 28. Qxf7+ Rxf7 29. cxd4 Nxd4 30. Re8+ Rf8 31. Rde1 Rd7 32. R1e7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Rf7 34. Re4 Nf5 35. Re6 Nd6 36. Be7 Nf5 37. Bc5 Rd7 38. Rxa6 Nxh6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"] [Site "Thessaloniki"] [Date "1988.11.20"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2490"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "1988.11.13"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [WhiteTeam "India"] [BlackTeam "England"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. d5 Ne7 15. Na3 Ba6 16. Nh2 g6 17. Bc2 Qb7 18. b4 Bg7 19. c4 Rd8 20. Bg5 f6 21. cxb5 fxg5 22. Bd3 Rf8 23. Qd2 Nb8 24. bxa6 Nxa6 25. Rb1 Qa7 26. Nb5 Qb6 27. Nf3 Bf6 28. Ra1 Nb8 29. Ra2 h6 30. Qc3 c6 31. dxc6 Nbxc6 32. Ra4 h5 33. Bc4+ Kg7 34. Qa3 g4 35. Ra6 Qb7 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Nh2 g3 38. fxg3 Nxb4 39. Rxd6 Qxe4 40. Qxb4 Bg5 41. Rd7 Kh6 42. Rd1 Be3+ 43. Kh1 Rf2 44. Nf3 Rxf3 45. Qxe7 Rf5 46. Be2 Rf2 47. Rg1 Bb6 48. Nc3 Qd4 49. g4 Rf7 50. Qh4+ Kg7 51. Rc1 Rf8 52. Rd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"] [Site "Thessaloniki"] [Date "1988.11.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Motwani, Paul"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "2355"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "1988.11.13"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [WhiteTeam "India"] [BlackTeam "Scotland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "SCO"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 h6 12. Rad1 Be6 13. h3 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 a4 16. b4 Rd8 17. Nd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"] [Site "Thessaloniki"] [Date "1988.11.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Lodhi, Mahmood"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A26"] [WhiteElo "2400"] [BlackElo "2345"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1988.11.13"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [WhiteTeam "Pakistan"] [BlackTeam "India"] [WhiteTeamCountry "PAK"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 f5 7. Nd5 Nge7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bf6 O-O 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Qc3 Qf6 14. Nd2 Rab8 15. e3 a6 16. Nb3 Ne7 17. O-O b6 18. d4 c5 19. d5 Bd7 20. Nd2 g5 21. Rad1 a5 22. b3 e4 23. Qxf6+ Kxf6 24. a4 Ng6 25. g4 fxg4 26. Bxe4 Ne5 27. f4 gxf3 28. Bxf3 Ke7 29. Bg2 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rf8 31. Rxf8 Kxf8 32. h3 Bf5 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Kg3 h5 35. h4 Kf6 36. Be4 Bg4 37. Bc2 gxh4+ 38. Kxh4 Nf3+ 39. Nxf3 Bxf3 40. Kg3 Be2 41. Kf4 h4 42. e4 Bh5 43. e5+ dxe5+ 44. Ke3 Bg6 45. Bd1 e4 46. Be2 Ke5 47. Bf1 Bf5 48. Bg2 h3 49. Bh1 h2 50. Bg2 Bg4 0-1 [Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"] [Site "Thessaloniki"] [Date "1988.11.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Schmidt, Loren R"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B05"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "1988.11.13"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [WhiteTeam "India"] [BlackTeam "Japan"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "JPN"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 N8d7 10. exd6 cxd6 11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. b4 Bf6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Ne7 19. Qa7 b6 20. Nb5 Nc6 21. Qb7 Qc8 22. Qxc8 Rxc8 23. Nd6 Rc7 24. Ne8 Rc8 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Rb1 f5 27. Be2 f4 28. Ba6 Rc7 29. Bxf4 Ra7 30. Bc8 Nxd4 31. Be3 bxc5 32. bxc5 Nc6 33. Bb7 d4 34. Bh6 Ne7 35. c6 Nc5 36. Rb5 Ne4 37. c7 Nd6 38. Rg5+ Ng6 39. c8=Q+ Nxc8 40. Bxc8 Rc7 41. Ba6 f5 42. Rg3 Kf7 43. Rd3 e5 44. Rb3 Ke6 45. Rb7 Rc6 46. Bb5 Rc5 47. Bd7+ Kd5 48. Bxf5 e4 49. Rxh7 Ne5 50. Rh8 Nc4 51. Rd8+ Ke5 52. g4 1-0 [Event "Thessaloniki ol (Men)"] [Site "Thessaloniki"] [Date "1988.11.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Mukabi, John"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C68"] [BlackElo "2345"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "1988.11.13"] [EventType "swiss ()"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] [WhiteTeam "Kenya"] [BlackTeam "India"] [WhiteTeamCountry "KEN"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. Be3 Ne7 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O-O Ng6 12. g3 Re8 13. Nb3 Bb4 14. Bd4 b6 15. a3 Bf8 16. f4 Bb7 17. Rhe1 Rad8 18. Bf2 c5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Nd2 Ne7 21. g4 Ng6 22. Bg3 Bd6 23. e5 fxe5 24. fxe5 Be7 25. Nc4 Bf3 26. e6 Rc8 27. Ne3 c6 28. h3 Bg5 29. Kb1 Re8 30. Nc4 Nf8 31. Nxb6 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 Nxe6 33. Nd7 Bg2 34. h4 Be3 35. Nd1 Bd2 36. Nf2 c4 37. Ne5 Bd5 38. c3 Nc5 39. g5 Na4 40. Kc2 Be3 41. Nxc4 Bxc4 42. b3 Bb5 43. bxa4 Bxa4+ 44. Kb2 Kf7 45. Ng4 Bc5 46. Ne5+ Ke6 47. Nd3 Be7 48. Nb4 a5 49. Nd3 Bb5 50. Nf2 Kf5 51. a4 Bxa4 52. Bc7 h6 53. gxh6 gxh6 54. h5 Bh4 55. Nd3 Bb5 56. Nc5 Be7 57. Bb6 a4 58. Ka3 Kg4 59. Kb4 Kxh5 60. c4 Ba6 61. Kc3 Bxc5 62. Bxc5 Kg4 63. Bd6 h5 64. Kd4 h4 65. Kc5 a3 0-1 [Event "Belgrade GMA op"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Akopian, Vladimir"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A26"] [WhiteElo "2455"] [BlackElo "2555"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1988.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 f5 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 h6 12. b5 Ne7 13. c5 Be6 14. Bd2 (14. b6) 14... Nd7 $6 (14... b6 $1 15. cxb6 cxb6 $10) 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Na4 $1 b6 17. Bb4 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 (18... bxc5 19. Nd2 $16) 19. Qc2 $1 (19. Nd2 $2 e4 $1 20. Qc2 Nd5 21. Nc4 Nb4 22. Qb3 Ra5 $1 $17) 19... Ra7 (19... Nd5 $5 20. Nh4 $1 Kh7 21. e4 $1 Nb4 22. Rxb4 cxb4 23. exf5 Rc8 24. fxg6+ Kg8 25. Bc6 b3 $1 $13) 20. Nd2 Nd5 21. Bxd5 $1 $8 Bxd5 22. Nc4 Rb7 $6 23. Rbc1 (23. Rfc1 $5 e4 $1 24. Ncxb6 Rxb6 25. Nxb6 Qxb6 26. Qxc5 Qe6 27. b6 exd3 28. exd3 Bb7 $14) 23... f4 (23... e4 $5 24. Naxb6 Rxb6 25. Nxb6 Qxb6 26. dxe4 $1 (26. Qxc5 Qe6 27. Rfd1 $1 (27. b6 $2 f4 $1 $40) 27... Bb2 $1 28. Rb1 Rc8 $1 29. Qb4 (29. Qa7 exd3 $1 30. Rxb2 dxe2 $40) 29... Bc3 $132) 26... Bxe4 27. Qxc5 Rb8 28. Qxb6 Rxb6 $14) 24. Naxb6 Rxb6 25. Nxb6 Qxb6 26. Qxc5 Qe6 27. e4 (27. f3 fxg3 (27... Rb8 $1) 28. hxg3 Rb8 29. e4 $16) 27... Bb3 $1 28. f3 (28. Kh1 $1 Qh3 29. Rg1 $14) 28... fxg3 29. hxg3 Qh3 30. Qf2 Rb8 $1 31. Rc6 (31. b6 Rxb6 $1 $10) 31... Rxb5 32. Rxg6 Bf7 (32... Be6 $2 33. f4 $1 $16 Bf7 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. fxe5) 33. Rg4 h5 34. Rg5 Ra5 $10 35. Qb6 $1 Ra2 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qxe5+ Kg6 $1 39. Rf2 Rxf2 40. Qd6+ (40. Kxf2 Qh2+ 41. Ke3 Qg1+ $10) 40... Kh7 41. Kxf2 Qh2+ 42. Ke3 h4 $1 43. Qe7 Qg1+ 44. Ke2 (44. Kd2 Qf2+ 45. Kc3 $2 Qxg3 $1 $17) 44... Qg2+ 45. Ke3 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"] [Site "Reggio Emilia"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Andersson, Ulf"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "1988.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [EventCategory "14"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Ne4 Be7 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. c3 h6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Ng3 Nf6 13. Ne4 Rd8 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bd3 Ne7 16. Re1 Bd7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 Ba4 20. Be2 Rd7 21. Be3 Nf5 22. Ra5 Bc6 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Bxa7 Rd2 25. Bg4 Rxb2 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. h4 f6 28. a4 Kf7 29. Bd4 f4 30. a5 f3 31. g4 Bd7 32. g5 fxg5 33. hxg5 Rb5 34. gxh6 gxh6 35. a6 Rg5+ 36. Kh2 bxa6 37. Rxa6 Rg2+ 38. Kh1 Rg6 39. Rxg6 Kxg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "IND-ch"] [Site "India"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Babu, N Sudhakar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B70"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2325"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "IND"] [EventCategory "4"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. Kh1 Rc8 12. Rb1 Nb4 13. Nd4 Bc4 14. Ndb5 Qd7 15. f4 Qe6 16. f5 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qc4 18. Qd2 Rcd8 19. b3 Qc6 20. Rbe1 Rfe8 21. Nd4 Qc8 22. Ncb5 Nd7 23. c3 Nc6 24. Re3 Be5 25. Rh3 Nc5 26. Qe1 Nd7 27. Qh4 Nf8 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Bh6 Qd7 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Qh6+ Bg7 32. Qxg6 Ne5 33. Ne6+ 1-0 [Event "BCF-ch"] [Site "Blackpool"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Bell, Stephen"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A43"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2380"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "1988.08.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. O-O d5 10. e5 Ne8 11. Ng5 Nc6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bg4 Nc7 14. Ne2 Rf7 15. Be3 Qe7 16. c3 Rd8 17. Qd2 b6 18. g3 a5 19. a4 Kh8 20. Kg2 Qd7 21. Bg1 Ne7 22. b4 Qc6 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Bf3 g5 25. Qe3 Na6 26. c4 Nf5 27. Qd2 Nb4 28. Rac1 g4 29. Bxg4 d4+ 30. Kh3 Qxa4 31. Ra1 Qb3 32. Rxa5 Ne3 33. Bxe3 dxe3 34. Qc3 Qxc3 35. Nxc3 Bxe5 36. Ne4 Bd4 37. Ng5 Rf6 38. Ra7 Nd3 39. Kg2 h6 40. Ne4 Rg6 41. Be2 Nf2 42. Nd6 Rb8 43. Nb5 e5 44. fxe5 Bxe5 45. Rb1 Rbg8 46. Kf3 Rxg3+ 0-1 [Event "BCF-ch"] [Site "Blackpool"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Cooper, Lawrence"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2335"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1988.08.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 Nf6 16. Rh4 Qf5 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bxd6 gxh4 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qe2 Bb7 21. Nd2 c5 22. f3 hxg3 23. hxg3 Qg5 24. Qf2 Rd8 25. Bc2 Nh5 26. Nf1 Qd5 27. Re1 Qxf3 28. Qxc5+ 1-0 [Event "Biel-B"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Costa, Jean Luc"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2350"] [PlyCount "197"] [EventDate "1988.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "8"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O c6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 a5 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bf1 Re8 12. Qf3 Qb6 13. b3 Qb4 14. Bc4 Ncd7 15. Qe3 d5 16. exd5 Bf8 17. Qd2 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 cxd5 19. Ndb5 dxc4 20. Ba3 cxb3 21. Bxb4 axb4 22. Ne2 bxc2 23. Ned4 Nc5 24. Nxc2 Nd3 25. Qd2 Bf5 26. Ne1 Nxe1 27. Rxe1 Rxa4 28. Qd8 b3 29. Nd4 Bc2 30. Nxc2 bxc2 31. Rc1 Rc4 32. Qd3 b5 33. Rxc2 Rxc2 34. Qxc2 h5 35. f4 b4 36. Qc4 g6 37. Kf2 h4 38. Kf3 Ne8 39. Kg4 Be7 40. Qc8 f5+ 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. Ke3 Ng7 43. Qc4+ Ne6 44. Qd5 Bd8 45. Kd3 Kf6 46. Qe5+ Kf7 47. Kc4 Be7 48. Kd5 Nf8 49. Kc6 Nh7 50. Qd5+ Kf8 51. Qb3 Nf6 52. g3 hxg3 53. Qxg3 Kg7 54. Qe3 Kf7 55. Qb3+ Ke8 56. Qe6 Kf8 57. h4 Ke8 58. Kb5 Kf8 59. Kc4 Ke8 60. Kd4 Kf8 61. h5 Nxh5 62. Qxg6 Ng7 63. Kd5 Bh4 64. Kc6 Be1 65. Qd6+ Kf7 66. Qd5+ Kf8 67. Kd6 Bc3 68. Kd7 Bf6 69. Qc5+ Kg8 70. Qxb4 Kf7 71. Qb3+ Kg6 72. Qg8 Bh4 73. Kd6 Bf6 74. Qb3 Bh4 75. Qh3 Bf6 76. Qg2+ Kf7 77. Kd7 Bh4 78. Qd5+ Kg6 79. Qg8 Bf6 80. Kd6 Bh4 81. Qf8 Bf6 82. Kd5 Bc3 83. Qc5 Bf6 84. Kd6 Ne8+ 85. Kd7 Ng7 86. Qg1+ Kf7 87. Qg3 Bd4 88. Qb3+ Kg6 89. Qg8 Bf6 90. Kd6 Bh4 91. Qa8 Bf6 92. Qc6 Kf7 93. Qg2 Be7+ 94. Kd7 Bh4 95. Qh3 Bf6 96. Qg3 Bd4 97. Kd6 Bf6 98. Kd5 Be7 99. Qxg7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Lugano op"] [Site "Lugano"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Cramling, Pia"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2435"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1988.03.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. f4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. Bf3 h5 12. h3 h4 13. O-O Nf6 14. e5 Nh5 15. Bxh5 Rxh5 16. Rad1 Bc5 17. Qd3 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qc5 19. Rd4 f6 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Rfd1 Rh7 22. R1d2 f5 23. Qe2 Kf8 24. Kf1 Bc6 25. Ke1 Kg8 26. Qf2 a5 27. Nd1 Rg7 28. Ne3 Rg3 29. Nf1 Rxg2 30. Qxh4 Rg1 31. R4d3 b4 32. a4 Re8 33. Re2 Qe7 34. Qf2 Rg2 35. Qd4 Qh4+ 36. Kd2 Rg7 37. Ne3 Be4 38. Ng4 fxg4 39. Qxe4 gxh3 40. Rh2 Rf8 41. Rdxh3 Qxf4+ 42. Qxf4 Rxf4 43. Rh5 Rf5 44. Rxf5 exf5 45. Rf2 Rg5 46. c3 bxc3+ 47. Kxc3 Kf7 48. b4 axb4+ 49. Kxb4 Ke6 50. a5 Rg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Belgrade GMA op"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Epishin, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2475"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1988.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 (7. Be3) (7. a3) 7... Be7 (7... a6) 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 d6 11. Qf3 a6 12. Nd4 $5 (12. Kh1 b5 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Qh3 Rad8 $1 $13) (12. g4) 12... Bd7 $6 (12... Nxd4 $1 13. Bxd4 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Qg3 Bc5 $1 $11) 13. Kh1 b5 14. a3 Rab8 15. Nxc6 $1 Bxc6 16. Qh3 g6 $2 (16... e5 $1 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Qg3 (18. Nd5 $2 Bxd5 19. exd5 e4 $17) 18... Nh5 $1 (18... Kh8 19. Rf5 $1 Nd7 20. Raf1 $16) 19. Qf3 g6 $13) 17. f5 $1 b4 (17... exf5 18. exf5 b4 19. Ne2 $16) 18. axb4 exf5 19. b5 $1 (19. exf5 $2 Rxb4 $1 20. Bh6 Nh5 $1 (20... Re8 21. Rae1 $16) 21. fxg6 ( 21. Bxf8 Rh4 $40) 21... hxg6 22. Bxg6 Rh4 $1 $13) 19... axb5 (19... fxe4 20. bxc6 exd3 21. Rxf6 $1 $16) (19... Bxe4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. bxa6 $1 $16) (19... Bxb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. exf5 $16) 20. exf5 b4 21. Ne2 $16 Ra8 (21... Rfe8 22. Ra7 $16) 22. Rxa8 $1 (22. Rae1 Rae8 $1) 22... Bxa8 23. Bd4 $1 Qd8 24. Nf4 (24. Qh6 Nh5 $1 25. fxg6 fxg6) 24... Bc6 25. Qh6 Qa8 26. Bc4 $1 (26. Bc4 $1 d5 $8 27. Bd3 $18) (26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Ne6 Bxg2+ 30. Kg1) 1-0 [Event "IND-ch"] [Site "India"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ganesan, Sankar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2270"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "IND"] [EventCategory "4"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe1 Be7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. f5 Qe3 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Rf1 Qc5 19. Nf4 Bd7 20. Qe2 a4 21. Bc4 a3 22. Bxe6 Bb5 23. Nd3 axb2 24. Rf5 1-0 [Event "Biel-B"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gaprindashvili, Nona"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2455"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "1988.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "8"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 Nh6 6. exd5 cxd5 7. g4 O-O 8. Be3 f6 9. Qd2 Nf7 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. Nc3 e6 15. h4 Na5 16. Qe2 Nc4 17. Bc1 Rc8 18. Rd3 Qa5 19. Nd2 Na3+ 20. bxa3 Rxc3 21. Nb3 Qb5 22. a4 Qc4 23. Nc5 Bxa4 24. Nxa4 Rxd3 25. Nb2 Rb3 26. Qxc4 Rxb2+ 27. Bxb2 dxc4 28. Re1 Re8 29. Bd5 b5 30. Bc6 Rb8 31. Rxe6 f5 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Re7 Nd6 34. Rd7 Ne4 35. Bd5+ Kh8 36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. Bc1 Bf6 38. d5 Rd8 39. Rf7 Bd4 40. Bh6 Kg8 41. Rf5 Bc5 42. Kc1 Be7 43. Kd2 Bc5 44. Be3 Bb4+ 45. Ke2 Rd6 46. Bd4 Ra6 47. Ke3 Rxa2 48. c3 Be7 49. Kxe4 Re2+ 50. Kf3 Re1 51. d6 Bxd6 52. Rxb5 Ra1 53. Rb7 a5 54. Rg7+ Kf8 55. Rxh7 a4 56. Kg2 Rd1 57. Ra7 a3 58. Kf3 Rh1 59. Kg4 Be7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"] [Site "Reggio Emilia"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Georgiev, Kiril"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B78"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2595"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1988.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [EventCategory "14"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. f4 Nc4 15. Qd3 Ng4 16. Bxc4 Nf2 17. Qe2 Nxh1 18. Bb3 Qb6 19. Nf3 Rxg5 20. hxg5 Bxc3 21. Rxh1 Bb5 22. Qd1 Qe3+ 23. Kb1 Bg7 24. Nh4 Be2 25. Qc1 Qxc1+ 26. Kxc1 Kh7 27. f5 gxf5 28. exf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Biel-B"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gerber, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2370"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "1988.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "8"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Ngf6 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. c4 Bb6 17. Bc3 Rhe8 18. Qc2 c5 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. cxd5 c4 22. Rh4 Kb8 23. Kb1 Rd6 24. Rf4 Qc5 25. Rxc4 Qxf2 26. Qxf2 Bxf2 27. g4 f5 28. g5 Be3 29. gxh6 Bxh6 30. Rc2 Re3 31. Rc3 f4 32. Kc2 Re2+ 33. Kc1 Re3 34. Rd2 b5 35. Kd1 b4 36. Rb3 Kc7 37. Nd4 Rxb3 38. Nb5+ Kd7 39. axb3 Rf6 40. Rc2 f3 41. Rc7+ Kd8 42. Rc6 Rxc6 43. dxc6 a5 44. Ke1 Bg7 45. c7+ Kd7 46. Nd6 Kxc7 47. Ne8+ Kd7 48. Nxg7 Ke7 49. Kf2 Kf6 50. h6 Kg6 51. Nf5 1-0 [Event "Biel-B"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gobet, Fernand"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2405"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1988.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "8"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8. Bxd4 Ne7 9. Qg5 h6 10. Qe3 d6 11. Bb6 Qb8 12. f4 Bd7 13. f5 Nc8 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Be2 Nxb6 16. Qxb6 Qa7 17. Bh5+ Ke7 18. Qb3 g6 19. Bg4 h5 20. Be2 Bh6 21. e5 d5 22. Qb4+ Ke8 23. Nd1 Rf8 24. Bd3 Rf4 25. Bxg6+ Kd8 26. Qa5+ b6 27. Qc3 Rg4 28. Bxh5 Re4+ 29. Kf1 Bb5+ 30. Kg1 Rc8 31. Qg3 Qg7 32. Qxg7 Bxg7 33. Nc3 Rxe5 34. Bf3 Re1+ 35. Kf2 Rxh1 36. Rxh1 Bxc3 37. bxc3 Rxc3 38. Bd1 e5 39. Re1 e4 40. h4 Ke7 41. Re3 Rc8 42. h5 Kf6 43. Rg3 d4 44. Rg6+ Ke5 45. Re6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "IND-ch"] [Site "India"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gupta, Radhey S"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C76"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2300"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "IND"] [EventCategory "4"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 Qe7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nd4 Bxa4 11. Qxa4+ Qd7 12. Qd1 Ne7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Na3 Rae8 15. Nac2 Qg4 16. f4 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 N5c6 18. Bh4 Bh6 19. Bg3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bg7 21. e5 Nc8 22. Nb3 b6 23. Nd4 dxe5 24. fxe5 Ne7 25. e6 Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 fxe6 27. Bxc7 Nc8 28. Rde4 Rf6 29. Be5 Rf5 30. Rd1 Rf7 31. Bg3 Rb7 32. Rc4 Ne7 33. Bf2 b5 34. Rc5 Nd5 35. Bg3 Kf7 36. Rf1+ Kg8 37. Re1 Kf7 38. h3 a5 39. b3 b4 40. c4 Nc3 41. Rxa5 Rd7 42. Be5 Kg8 43. a3 Rf8 44. axb4 Nd1 45. Ra2 Rd3 46. b5 Ne3 47. Rae2 1-0 [Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"] [Site "Reggio Emilia"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "1988.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [EventCategory "14"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 Bd7 11. Ne1 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 f5 16. exf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Biel-B"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Hickl, Joerg"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2500"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1988.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "8"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Qd2 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nd7 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Kb1 b5 11. h4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Qg2 Nh5 14. Ne2 Nc4 15. Bc1 Bh6 16. Qg4 Rb8 17. Ng3 Nf6 18. Qh3 Nd7 19. h5 Kd8 20. Qf1 Ndb6 21. Qe1 Qxe1 22. Rdxe1 Kc7 23. c3 Nd7 24. Kc2 e6 25. Rh2 Bg7 26. Reh1 Ncb6 27. b3 Rhg8 28. Ba3 d5 29. Nf1 Nc8 30. Ne3 b4 31. Bxb4 Bxd4 32. Ng4 f5 33. Nh6 Rg7 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Rg2 fxe4 36. fxe4 Be3 37. exd5 cxd5 38. f5 Rh7 39. Rxg6 e5 40. Rh3 Bc5 41. Bxc5 Nxc5 42. f6 e4 43. Be2 Nd7 44. Rh5 1-0 [Event "Belgrade GMA op"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Khasin, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B66"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2425"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1988.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.06.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. f3 Be7 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. Bd3 Bc6 14. h4 b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. Bf2 d5 17. Ng3 dxe4 18. fxe4 O-O 19. Qe2 Qc7 20. Be3 Bd7 21. Rdf1 Ng4 22. Bd2 Be6 23. h5 Nf6 24. Nf5 Nh7 25. Ne3 a5 26. Nd5 Qd6 27. Rd1 Bxd5 28. exd5 f5 29. Rhf1 e4 30. Bc4 Bg5 31. Be1 Rae8 32. c3 f4 33. cxb4 axb4 34. Bb3 f3 35. gxf3 exf3 36. Qc4 Be7 37. Qg4 Kh8 38. Rxf3 Rxf3 39. Qxf3 Qe5 40. Bg3 Ng5 41. Qd3 Qe4 42. d6 Bd8 43. Qxe4 Nxe4 44. Be1 1-0 [Event "IND-ch"] [Site "India"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Koshy, Varugeese"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2330"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "IND"] [EventCategory "4"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. e5 Bb7 10. Be4 Bxe4 11. Nxe4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nh6 14. e6 Nf6 15. Neg5 Qd5 16. Qe2 O-O 17. O-O Nh5 18. exf7+ Nxf7 19. Ne6 Bxd4+ 20. Nfxd4 Rfc8 21. c3 Nf6 22. a3 Qh5 23. Qf2 Ng5 24. Rae1 Nf7 25. h3 Qd5 26. Qg3 Qd6 27. Qh4 Ra7 28. Re2 Rb7 29. Rf3 Qd5 30. Nf5 Rc6 31. Nfd4 Rc8 32. Rf1 Qh5 33. Qe1 Qd5 34. Nf4 Qc5 35. Kh1 Qd6 36. Re6 Qc7 37. Rxa6 Ng5 38. Nfe6 Nxe6 39. Qxe6+ 1-0 [Event "Belgrade GMA op"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Krnic, Zdenko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B46"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2430"] [Annotator "Ribli,Z"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "1988.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nf6 9. f4 e5 10. Qe1 Be7 11. fxe5 $6 dxe5 12. Qg3 Ng4 $1 13. h3 Qd4+ 14. Kh1 h5 15. Nd1 Be6 16. Nf2 h4 (16... Nxf2+ 17. Rxf2 g5 $15) 17. Qf3 Nxf2+ ( 17... Nf6 $15) 18. Rxf2 g5 19. c3 Qd7 $13 20. Be2 a5 21. Be3 a4 22. Rff1 Qb7 23. b3 Rh7 24. Rab1 Kf8 25. Bc4 Qc8 26. Bxe6 Qxe6 27. bxa4 Rxa4 28. Rb8+ Kg7 29. Re8 Rh8 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. Bxg5 Qe6 32. Bf6+ Kg8 33. Bxh8 Kxh8 34. Qh5+ Kg7 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Rd1 Ra8 37. Qxh4 Re8 38. a4 Kg7 39. a5 Qg6 40. a6 Ra8 41. Rd3 Qh6 42. Rg3+ Kh7 43. Qg4 Kh8 44. Qf5 f6 45. a7 c5 46. Qd7 Qh7 47. Qc6 1-0 [Event "Biel-B"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Litinskaya, Marta I"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C66"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2400"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "1988.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "8"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 Re8 10. Ba4 h6 11. Ng3 d5 12. h3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Na5 14. b4 Bxa4 15. Qxa4 Nc4 16. Qb5 Nd6 17. Qe2 b5 18. a4 a6 19. Qc2 Nd7 20. h4 h5 21. Bg5 Qc8 22. Rad1 Nb6 23. a5 Nbc4 24. Rd3 Qe6 25. Qc1 Bf8 26. Bh6 Be7 27. Ng5 Qg4 28. Nf1 Qxh4 29. Rg3 Qf4 30. Qd1 Bf8 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. Ne3 c6 33. Nh3 Qh6 34. Nf5 Nxf5 35. exf5 Rad8 36. Qc2 Qd2 37. Qxd2 Rxd2 38. fxg6 f6 39. f4 Kg7 40. fxe5 fxe5 41. Ng5 Rd6 42. Ne4 Rxg6 43. Rxg6+ Kxg6 44. Nc5 Ra8 45. Rd1 Kf5 46. Rd7 e4 47. Rf7+ Kg6 48. Rc7 e3 49. Rxc6+ Kf5 50. Rxa6 Rd8 51. Kf1 Rd1+ 52. Ke2 Rd2+ 53. Kf1 Rd1+ 54. Ke2 Rd2+ 55. Kf1 Rf2+ 56. Kg1 Rc2 57. Kf1 Rf2+ 58. Kg1 Rc2 59. Kf1 Rxc3 60. Rf6+ Ke5 61. Re6+ Kd4 62. a6 Ra3 63. Nb7 Kd3 64. Kg1 Kc3 65. Nd6 Ra1+ 0-1 [Event "Lugano op"] [Site "Lugano"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Maric, Alisa"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B46"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2345"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "1988.03.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O Nf6 10. e5 Nd7 11. b3 Nc5 12. Kh1 Be7 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6 Bf8 15. Qh3 a5 16. Be3 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Be7 18. Qh6 Bf8 19. Qh4 Be7 20. Qf2 Nd7 21. Qe2 Qc8 22. Na4 c5 23. Bd2 Bxd3 24. cxd3 O-O 25. Rac1 Qa6 26. Be3 Rac8 27. Rd2 Qb5 28. Rdc2 Rc6 29. Bf2 Rfc8 30. Qe3 c4 31. Nc3 Qa6 32. bxc4 dxc4 33. d4 Nb6 34. Qf3 R6c7 35. Qh3 Rd7 36. Bh4 Bxh4 37. Qxh4 Rxd4 38. Re2 Nd5 39. Ne4 c3 40. Ree1 Qd3 41. Rxc3 Rxc3 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Nf6 Nxf6 44. exf6+ Kh6 45. Qf8+ Kh5 46. Qxf7 Rxf4 47. Re5+ Rf5 48. Qxh7+ Kg5 49. h4+ Kxf6 0-1 [Event "Belgrade GMA op"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Miles, Anthony John"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2500"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "1988.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Ne4 Ngf6 14. g3 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. c4 Rhe8 17. Bc3 Qe7 18. Ne5 Bb6 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. Nf3 Nf6 21. Ne5 Nd7 22. Nf3 Nf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "IND-ch"] [Site "India"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mishra, Neeraj Kumar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2335"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "IND"] [EventCategory "4"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Nd7 9. Re1 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bc5 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qh6 Re8 13. Bg5 Bf8 14. Qh4 Qd7 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. c4 d4 17. f4 Qc6 18. Bf6 Bg7 19. f5 Qc5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qf6+ Kf8 22. e6 1-0 [Event "IND-ch"] [Site "India"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Mohanty, Pabitra M"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2350"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "IND"] [EventCategory "4"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 a5 9. h3 O-O 10. c3 Na6 11. a4 c5 12. Be3 c4 13. Bc2 f5 14. Bf4 Nc7 15. Na3 Ne6 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. b3 Bc6 18. bxc4 Nxc4 19. Bb3 Nxa3 20. Rxa3 f4 21. h4 Bh6 22. Bc2 b5 23. h5 Kg7 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. axb5 Bxb5 26. Bxg6 Bc4 27. Bb1 Rh8 28. Nh4 Bg5 29. Ng6 f3 30. Bf5 Rh6 31. Be3 Rxg6 32. Bxg6 Kxg6 33. Qc2+ Kh6 34. Qf5 Qg8 35. Qxf3 Qg6 36. Rea1 Kg7 37. Rxa5 Rf8 38. Qg3 Bxe3 39. Qxg6+ Kxg6 40. fxe3 Ng5 41. Ra8 Rf7 42. Rg8+ Kh5 43. Ra7 Bd3 44. Ra2 Rf1+ 45. Kh2 Be4 46. Rb2 Kh4 47. Re2 Kh5 48. Rh8+ Kg4 49. Rg8 Kh5 50. Rh8+ Kg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "BCF-ch"] [Site "Blackpool"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Morris, Philip"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1988.08.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 cxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qc7 10. Qd3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Bg5 Rac8 15. Rac1 Qc6 16. c4 h6 17. Bh4 b5 18. c5 a5 19. a3 Rfe8 20. Bg3 Nf8 21. Bc2 N8h7 22. h4 g5 23. Be5 g4 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. Be4 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Bxe4 27. Nh2 Bf5 28. Nf1 1-0 [Event "BCF-ch"] [Site "Blackpool"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Morrison, Graham"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2325"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "1988.08.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. h4 Bxh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Re3 g6 16. Rg3 Qf6 17. Qg4 Qg7 18. Qh4 f5 19. Bh6 Qf6 20. Bg5 Qf7 21. Re1 Na5 22. c4 Be4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rc3 Rac8 25. Rxe4 Rfe8 26. Rf3 Qd7 27. Ref4 Rf8 28. Bh6 Rxf4 29. Qxf4 Qe7 30. c5 Nc6 31. Bg5 Qd7 32. Qd6 Qxd6 33. cxd6 Nb8 34. Re3 Kf7 35. d5 Re8 36. Rf3+ Kg8 37. Rc3 exd5 38. Rc7 h5 39. Rxa7 d4 40. d7 Nxd7 41. Rxd7 Re1+ 42. Kh2 Re2 43. Kg3 Rxa2 44. Rxd4 Kf7 45. Rd6 Rb2 46. Be3 b5 47. Kf4 1-0 [Event "IND-ch"] [Site "India"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Murugan, Krishnamoorthy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2325"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "IND"] [EventCategory "4"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 1/2-1/2 [Event "BCF-ch"] [Site "Blackpool"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Norwood, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2470"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "1988.08.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a5 Rb8 9. d5 Nc5 10. Nd2 cxd5 11. exd5 b5 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. Nc4 Qb4 14. Bd2 Qb7 15. Na5 Qd7 16. Bc4 Rxb2 17. O-O Qf5 18. Ra2 Rxa2 19. Bxa2 Ba6 20. Nc6 Re8 21. Nd4 Qh5 22. Re1 Qxd1 23. Rxd1 Nfe4 24. Nxe4 Bxd4 25. Re1 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Bb6 27. Bg5 Rc8 28. Bb3 f6 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Rc7 31. Rb4 Kf7 32. e4 Bc8 33. Rb8 Bd7 34. Ra8 Rb7 35. Kf2 f5 36. Ke3 fxe4 37. Kxe4 h5 38. Kf4 Bf5 39. Kg5 Rc7 40. c4 Bd3 41. Kh6 Bxc4 42. Bc2 Bxd5 43. Bxg6+ Ke6 44. Rf8 Bxg2 45. h4 d5 46. Bxh5 Be4 47. Bf7+ Ke5 48. h5 d4 49. Rd8 d3 50. Kg7 Rc2 51. h6 Rg2+ 52. Kf8 e6 53. Bg8 Rh2 54. Kg7 d2 55. Bh7 Bxh7 0-1 [Event "BCF-ch"] [Site "Blackpool"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Plaskett, H James"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2450"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "1988.08.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f3 b5 9. O-O-O b4 10. Na4 Ne5 11. Nb3 Rb8 12. Bc5 Bxc5 13. Naxc5 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. f4 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. f5 O-O 18. Be2 Rfd8 19. Bf3 Ba4 20. fxe6 Bxb3 21. exf7+ Kf8 22. axb3 Nc3 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. bxc3 bxc3 25. Kb1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qa5 27. Rd3 Kxf7 28. h3 Kf6 29. Ba8 h5 30. Bf3 g6 31. Ba8 g5 32. Bf3 h4 33. Ba8 Ke6 34. Bf3 Ke5 35. Ba8 Qc5 36. Bf3 Qa5 37. Ba8 Qb4 38. Ka2 Qa5+ 39. Kb1 Qc5 40. Ka2 Ke6 41. Bf3 a5 42. Bh5 a4 43. Bg4+ Ke5 44. Bf3 Kf4 45. Bd5 a3 46. Bf3 Kg3 47. Ba8+ Kf2 48. Bf3 Qf5 49. Bd1 Ke1 50. Rd8 Qf6 51. Rd5 Qf2 52. Rd3 Qxg2 53. Kxa3 Qe4 54. Rd7 Qa8+ 55. Kb4 Qf8+ 56. Ka4 Qf5 0-1 [Event "IND-ch"] [Site "India"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Prasad, Devaki V"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C83"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2405"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "IND"] [EventCategory "4"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Ne2 Rad8 16. Nf4 Kh8 17. a4 d4 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qh5 Bf7 21. Qh3 Ng5 22. Qg3 Ne4 23. Qf3 Ng5 24. Qe2 Bc4 25. Bd3 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Ne4 27. Bd2 Nxd2 28. Qxd2 Bg5 29. Ng6+ hxg6 30. Qxg5 Qe6 31. Rfe1 d3 32. Rad1 Rd5 33. Qe3 f4 34. Qf3 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Qxe5 36. Qxd3 Re8 37. h3 Kh7 38. b3 Rc8 39. Qd7 Rc3 40. Qf7 Qf6 41. Qe8 Qc6 42. Rd7 g5 43. Qh5+ Qh6 44. Qe2 Qg6 45. Qxb5 g4 46. hxg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "IND-ch"] [Site "India"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Ravi, Lanka"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B14"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2320"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "IND"] [EventCategory "4"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rad1 Bb4 15. a3 Bf8 16. Bb1 Nd7 17. Ne5 Ncxe5 18. dxe5 Nb6 19. Qd3 g6 20. Qg3 Nc4 21. Ne4 Bg7 22. Re2 Qe7 23. Nd6 Nxd6 24. exd6 Qd7 25. Rde1 d4 26. h4 Kf8 27. h5 g5 28. Be5 Rc5 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qd3 Qxd6 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Bg6 Qf4 33. Qh8+ 1-0 [Event "Belgrade GMA op"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Savon, Vladimir A"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B85"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2430"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1988.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O e6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. a4 Be7 11. Nb3 b6 12. Bf3 O-O 13. Qe2 Rfc8 14. g4 Be8 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bg2 Na5 17. Rad1 Nc4 18. Bc1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qf2 b4 21. Nb5 Qb6 22. N5d4 e5 23. Nf5 Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Kf8 25. Nd2 Ra1 26. Nxc4 Rxc4 27. b3 Rc3 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxe7 Kxe7 30. g6 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 hxg6 32. Ra1 Rc7 33. h3 Bc6 34. Ra6 Rb7 35. Ra8 g5 36. Rf1 Rc7 37. Rb8 Bd7 38. Rf2 Nc6 39. Rg8 g6 40. Bf1 Nd4 41. Bc4 Be6 42. Bxe6 Nxe6 43. Rb8 Nf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"] [Site "Reggio Emilia"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Sax, Gyula"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2600"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "1988.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [EventCategory "14"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. Be3 g5 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. O-O-O Nde5 11. Be2 a6 12. h4 Be7 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Rh1 Rg8 15. Rh7 Bd7 16. Rdh1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qc7 18. Qe3 Qc6 19. Kb1 O-O-O 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Rxf7 Bc5 22. Qg3 Bd4 23. Rhh7 Rgf8 24. Qf3 Qd6 25. a3 Bc6 26. Bc4 Kb8 27. Qd3 b5 28. Bb3 Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Rh8 30. Ka2 Be8 31. Rf6 Bd7 32. Ne2 Qe7 33. Qf3 Bc5 34. Rf7 Qd6 35. Qf6 Rc8 36. Nc1 a5 37. Nd3 Bd4 38. Qe7 Qxe7 39. Rxe7 Bc6 40. f3 Rf8 41. Rxe6 Kc7 42. Nxe5 Bxe5 43. Rxe5 Rxf3 44. Rxg5 Rg3 45. Bd5 Bd7 46. e5 Re3 47. e6 Bc8 48. Rg8 Kd6 49. Rxc8 Kxd5 50. Re8 Kd6 51. e7 1-0 [Event "IND-ch"] [Site "India"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Thipsay, Praveen Mahadeo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C96"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2420"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "IND"] [EventCategory "4"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. d5 Na7 13. Nbd2 c4 14. Nf1 a5 15. Ng3 Qc7 16. Nh2 b4 17. Rf1 Nd7 18. Ng4 Nb6 19. f4 Nb5 20. f5 f6 21. Qe1 Ba6 22. Nh5 Kh8 23. Nh2 Nd7 24. Nf3 Nc5 25. Nh4 Rf7 26. Rf3 bxc3 27. bxc3 Nd3 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. Rxd3 Rc8 30. Ng6+ Kg8 31. Nxe7+ Rxe7 32. Rg3 Nxc3 33. Nxf6+ Kh8 34. Bg5 Ne2+ 35. Kh2 Nxg3 36. Qxg3 gxf6 37. Bxf6+ Rg7 38. Rc1 Qf7 39. Rxc8+ Bxc8 40. Qg5 Kg8 41. Bxg7 Qxg7 42. Qd8+ Qf8 43. Qxa5 Qe7 44. a4 Qg5 1/2-1/2 [Event "IND-ch"] [Site "India"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Barua, Dibyendu"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C61"] [WhiteElo "2480"] [BlackElo "2520"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "IND"] [EventCategory "4"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 Ne7 7. f4 c6 8. Ba4 f5 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qh6 Kf7 11. Bb3+ d5 12. e5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Biel-B"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E13"] [WhiteElo "2450"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "1988.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "8"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Be5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 f6 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Bg3 Na6 15. Nd4 Qe7 16. f3 Nxg3 17. Qg6+ Qf7 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. hxg3 Nc5 20. e4 a6 21. Nf5 Rae8 22. Kf2 h5 23. Rd4 d6 24. Bc4+ Kg6 25. g4 h4 26. Rdd1 Bc8 27. Ne3 Rh7 28. a3 Re5 29. g3 hxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Ree7 31. Ba2 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 Rh7 33. Rxh7 Kxh7 34. Nd5 Be6 35. Nxf6+ Kg6 36. Nd5 Bxd5 37. Bxd5 Na4 38. c4 Nc3 39. Bb7 a5 40. Kf2 Nb1 41. Ke3 Nxa3 42. Kd3 b5 43. cxb5 Nxb5 44. Kc4 Na7 45. e5 dxe5 46. Kb3 Nb5 47. Ka4 Nd6 48. Bc6 Kf6 49. Kxa5 e4 50. fxe4 Ke5 51. Kb4 Nxe4 52. Ba8 Kd4 53. Bb7 c5+ 54. Kb3 Nf6 55. Bc8 c4+ 56. Kc2 Nd5 57. Kd2 c3+ 58. Kc2 Nb4+ 59. Kd1 Ke3 60. Bf5 Nd5 61. Kc2 Kd4 62. Bc8 Ne3+ 63. Kc1 Kc4 64. Be6+ Kd3 65. Bd7 c2 66. Be8 Kc3 67. Bg6 Nxg4 68. Bxc2 Ne3 69. Be4 g4 70. Bb7 g3 71. Bc6 Kd3 72. Bf3 Nf5 73. Kd1 Ke3 74. Bh1 1/2-1/2 [Event "BCF-ch"] [Site "Blackpool"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Cooper, John Grantley"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2380"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "1988.08.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. Nc3 bxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. Rb1 Bc6 9. O-O Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. d4 Ne4 12. Ne2 Nf6 13. Nc3 Ne4 14. Ne2 Nf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Biel-B"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Cramling, Pia"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2425"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1988.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "8"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. g3 Be7 8. Qa4+ c6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bc7 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Bc3 Nhf6 18. Ne5 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qc7 21. Bc2 Nf8 22. Rd6 Ne6 23. h4 c5 24. Qg4 Nd4 25. Be4 Bxe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"] [Site "Reggio Emilia"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Damljanovic, Branko"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1988.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [EventCategory "14"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. e3 c5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. d4 Re8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Rac1 Bc8 17. Qc3 Bf6 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Bxb2 20. Rxc6 Bg4 21. Rd2 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. h3 1-0 [Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"] [Site "Reggio Emilia"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ehlvest, Jaan"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B09"] [WhiteElo "2580"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1988.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [EventCategory "14"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. c3 Be6 11. O-O Rad8 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Qe1 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Qg3 h6 16. Rae1 Qe6 17. a3 Na5 18. Bg5 Rd7 19. Qh4 h5 20. b4 Nc4 21. Bc1 Nb6 22. Ng5 Qc6 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Qf2 1-0 [Event "Biel-B"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Franzoni, Giancarlo"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2435"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "1988.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "8"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. O-O Be6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Be3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rb1 Rf7 16. c4 Raf8 17. Qd2 Qh4 18. a4 Kh7 19. Qe3 Qe7 20. a5 g5 21. c3 Qf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "IND-ch"] [Site "India"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Hegde, Ravi Gopal"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D88"] [WhiteElo "2315"] [BlackElo "2520"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "IND"] [EventCategory "4"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Rb1 Bxb5 15. Rxb5 Nc4 16. Bf2 b6 17. Rb4 Rc8 18. Qa4 Na5 19. d5 Qe8 20. Nd4 Qxa4 21. Rxa4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 f6 24. Be1 Nc4 25. Bb4 Kf7 26. Rc1 Ne5 27. Rdd1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Nd3 29. Rc4 Nxb4 30. Rxb4 Rc8 31. Rb2 f5 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Kf2 Kf6 34. Re2 Rc5 35. Re6+ Kf7 36. Re5 Rc2+ 37. Kg3 f4+ 38. Kxf4 Rxg2 39. Rh5 Rxa2 40. Rxh7+ Kf6 41. Rh6+ Kg7 42. Rc6 b5 43. h4 Ra4+ 44. Ke5 Ra3 45. Rc7 Kf8 46. h5 Rxf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Reggio Emilia-A 8889 31st"] [Site "Reggio Emilia"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2555"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "1988.12.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [EventCategory "14"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1989.08.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 Qd6 (10... O-O 11. Nfd2 $2 Nxf2 12. Kxf2 Bh4+ 13. g3 ( 13. Kf1 Bxe1 14. Kxe1 Qh4+ 15. Kf1 Rae8 $19) 13... f4 $1 14. Kg2 (14. gxh4 Qxh4+ 15. Kf1 f3 $1) (14. Kg1 fxg3 15. h3 Bxh3 16. Be4 g2 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Rd1 Bg4 20. Bc2 Rde8 $19) 14... fxg3 15. hxg3 (15. Be4 Bh3+ $1 16. Kg1 gxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qd6+ 18. Kh1 Bxe1 19. Qxd5+ Qxd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Nf3 Bg3 22. Ng1 Bf1 23. Nd2 Rae8 24. Ne4 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 Rf2 26. Nf3 Bg2+ 27. Kg1 Bxf3 28. Bxf3 Rxf3 {0-1 Ljubojevic,L-Makarichev/Amsterdam/1975/})) 11. Nfd2 $5 O-O-O 12. f3 Bh4 13. Rf1 Bh3 (13... Bf2+ 14. Rxf2 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 Qxh2 16. Nf1 Qh4+ 17. g3 $18) (13... Bh5 14. fxe4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 $1 (15. Nxe4 $6 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Rhf8 17. Rxf8 Rxf8 18. Be3 Qf6 $13) 15... dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qg6 17. Nc5 b6 18. Qe6+ $18) 14. Qc2 Qg6 15. Nb3 Rhf8 16. Na3 Rde8 17. Kh1 $4 (17. Bf4 $1 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Nxg5 19. gxh3 Nxh3+ 20. Kh1 Nf4 21. Rae1 $18) 17... Nf2+ 18. Rxf2 Bxg2+ 0-1 [Event "IND-ch"] [Site "India"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Katdare, Jayant C"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "2270"] [BlackElo "2520"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "IND"] [EventCategory "4"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 a6 9. Bc4 h6 10. Rd1 Qe8 11. a3 Bd8 12. Bd3 Nh7 13. Nbd2 Bf6 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 Ng5 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. Nd2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 a4 19. f4 Qe7 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. f5 Na5 22. Rf1 f6 23. Nf3 Rfd8 24. Rad1 Be8 25. Nh2 Bf7 26. Rf3 Nb3 27. Kh1 Nc5 28. Rg3 Nxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Rd8 31. Qe2 Qd6 32. Ng4 Qd1+ 33. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Kh2 Kf8 35. Ne3 Rd2 36. c4 c6 37. Nf1 Rxb2 38. Rc3 Rb3 0-1 [Event "BCF-ch"] [Site "Blackpool"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Knox, Victor W"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C47"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1988.08.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bf4 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Bg3 Bc5 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Rab1 Kh8 15. b4 Bd6 16. Ne2 c5 17. c3 cxb4 18. cxb4 Rb6 19. a3 Ne5 20. Nd4 c5 21. Nb5 c4 22. Nxd6 Nxd3 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. b5 d4 25. Rfd1 c3 26. Qxd3 c2 27. Rbc1 cxd1=Q+ 28. Rxd1 Rb7 29. h3 Rd7 30. Qe4 Rf8 31. a4 h6 32. Rd3 Rff7 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qe4+ g6 35. Bh4 Qf4 36. Qxf4 Rxf4 37. Bg3 Re4 38. Kf1 Rd5 39. f3 Re3 40. Rxe3 dxe3 41. Bb8 a6 42. b6 a5 43. Bc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Belgrade GMA op"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2555"] [Annotator "Anand,V"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1988.12.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.03.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. d4 $5 (10. Nf1) 10... Re8 11. a3 Bh6 $5 {N} (11... h6) 12. Bc2 a5 $1 {/\ a4} 13. Rb1 Bg7 (13... a4 $2 14. Bxa4 Nxd4 15. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 $18) 14. b4 (14. Nf1 $2 a4 $15) 14... axb4 15. axb4 exd4 16. cxd4 Nh5 $1 17. d5 Na7 18. Nc4 $1 Nb5 19. Qd3 b6 (19... Bg4 20. Na5) (19... c6 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Na5 {/\ Bb3}) 20. h3 (20. Bd2 Qf6 $132 21. Bg5 $6 Qc3) 20... Nf6 ( 20... Qf6 21. Bb2 $16) 21. Bg5 (21. Bd2 $2 Nxe4 $17) 21... h6 22. Bh4 $6 Qc8 23. g4 $2 {>